Two Deaths Probed After Bodies Found in County
Hocking County authorities investigate two separate deaths over the weekend. An unidentified white man found Sunday near Rockbridge was beaten to death, while a badly decomposed body found Saturday along Salt Creek may be suicide. Autopsies ordered. no identified victims or weapons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Hocking
Paul Hartman
Good Hope
Owen Yaw
Salt Creek
Laurelville
South Bloomingville
Mark Wise
Columbus
Wise
Rockbridge
Robert Bailey
Hartman
Yaw
Herman Henry
Ohio Bureau of Criminal Identification
Colum
Bruce Ebert
Route 56
Community Club Meetings and Local Club Events Nearby
Athens County events include Glouster Kiwanis at 6 p m Hotel Gordon Nelsonville Glenford Dugan Post 229 American Legion at 7 45 p m War Memorial Building Al Anon 8 p m Church of the Good Shepherd 64 University Terrace open to friends and relatives with drinking problems call 592 3025 Athens Bulldog Boosters 7 30 p m Athens High School football field project discussions Lodi Grange 8 p m program and refreshments Glouster Boy Scouts 6 p m Scout Building Women s Golf Association Crazy Day at Hocking Hills Country Club 9 a m coffee and donuts 10 a m tee off McArthur Good Cheer Club 6 p m Community Building covered dish dinner and Ruth George musical program and business meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Al-Anon
Church of the Good Shepherd
University Terrace
Athens Bulldog Boosters Club
Athens High School
Women’s Golf Association
Hocking Hills Country Club
Vinton County
McArthur Good Cheer Club
Ruth George
Thailand Ends Military Presence Free Base Upgrades Left Behind
Thailand will receive 388 million dollars in U S built bases and improvements after ordering American forces out by July 20. The United States will rent about 2 million dollars worth of equipment to operate a linked communications system and expects Thailand to pay 45 million for ammunition. The departure preserves a Thai port at Sattahip a major airport at Utapao a coastal highway and a seismic station in Chiang Mai while rejecting U S requests to keep Ramasun for intelligence gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Thailand
U.S
Pentagon
North Vietnam
Sattahip
Gulf of Thailand
Utapa
United States
Takhli
Pacific
Indian Ocean
Chiang Mai
Russia
Ramasun
China
Mayaguez
Weather summary for Ohio region July 19 1976
Southeast Ohio forecast calls for near zero rain tonight, 10 percent Tuesday, clearing later in the week. Highs in upper 80s to low 90s, lows mostly 60s. Extended outlook shows possible showers Wednesday, clearing Thursday. Lake Erie easterly shore conditions with 1 to 3 foot waves offshore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Ais
Lake Shore
Central
Lake Erie Fair
Cleveland
Area Death Notices Feature Dozens of Obituaries Across Ohio
Numerous obituaries and funeral details surface from Athens to Gallipolis, Logan to Wellston. The notices include Marcia Johnson of Chauncey died after a brief illness at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Floyd Kitchen of Logan died at Doctors Hospital North. Henry Penn of Hillsboro died in an accident at General Telephone in Wilmington. and Florence Nay of Columbus died at Doctors Hospital West. Also listed are Florence Newlon of Bartlett and Bartlett area, Lewis Reed McArthur, Flossie Church of Pomeroy, Charles Kirby of Vienna West Virginia, Esther Bush of Wellston, Grover Armbruster of Athens, and additional survivors, services, and burial details across multiple counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcia Johnson
Chauncey
Dan E
Marcia) Johnson
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Carthage
Twp
Grant
Lucy Jane Warren Russell
Athens County
Russell L. Johnson
Melvin
Alice) Loar
Slidell
Robert
Julia) Smith
Athens
Florine Pabst
Dayton
Dorothy Stalder
Dan E. Johnson
Eloise
Hughes Funeral Home
Paul Johnson
West Union Street
Floyd Kitchen Logan
Floyd D Kitchen
E. Main St
Doctors Hospital
Columbus
Chillicothe
Bertha Vetter Kitchen
Charles Kitchen
Logan General Electric Co
Nazarene Church
Helena Rollins Kitchen
Jack
Judy) Edwards
Tucson
Henry Penn
Hillsboro
Henry I. Penn
Hope- Miller
Mr. Penn
General Telephone Co
Wilmington
Lillian White Penn
Meigs County
Pamela Sue White
Florence Nay
Florence A. (Christian) Nay
Rivera Court
Doctors Hospital West
Joshua Franklin
Annie M. Hill Mitchell
Sfc
Amos Christian Jr
An Sun Christian
Okinawa
Iris Carmon
Anthony
Gerri) DeCarlo
Donald
Kathy) Parr
Groveport
William L. Mitchell
Kathryn Millhoff
Barberton
Leona Carr
Akron
Louise Chappelear
Obett
Carole Mitchell
Lewis Reed McArthur
Lewis E
Dick) Reed
McArthur
Veterans Administration Hospital
Cincinnati
Glenroy
William E
Martha E. Stewart Reed
Eagles
American Legion
Jessie Adams Reed
Robert E. Hawk
Colorado Springs
Colo
William Reed
John Reed
East Fultenham
Albert Reed
Coalton
Mabel Rose
Clara Woodgeard
Logan
Blanche Alexander
Zanesville
Bertie Stanley
Philo
James N. Blower
Jerry Griffith
Elk Fork Cemetery
Flossie Church
Pomeroy
Marion
Letart
Samuel
Arminta Pounds Norris
James Church
Marysville
Ben Douglas
Carroll Poland
Milford Center
Ohio
Lowell Taylor
Vernon Donahue
Radinor
Fern Norris
Freeland Norris
Racine
Florence Adams
Frances Cady
West Jefferson
Walter E. Church
Ewing Funeral
Charles Kirby
Vienna
W. Va
Charles L. Kirby
39Th St
Camden- Clark Memorial Hospital
New Haven
George and
Minnie Riggs Kirby
Wesley United Methodist Church
Masonic Lodge
Scottish Rite
The
Shrine
Shrine Motor Corps
E.I. du Pont Co
Mason
J.P. Shaffer
Graham Station
Leavitt Funeral Home
Parkersburg
Esther Bush Wellston
Esther L. Campbell Bush
Wellston
Holzer Medical Center
Boyd County
Joseph and
Alice Matters Kelley
Cleatus
Metta Lutten
Chicago
Ill
Charles Ross Campbell
Carson Sexton
Ridgewood Cemetery
Grover
Vernon
Ruth) Weddle
Plains
Dan
Springboro
Norman
Harry
Charles
Jagers and Sons
David Holdren
Wittenberg University Receives Kresge Grant Toward Koch Hall
Wittenberg University in Springfield received a $100,000 Kresge Foundation challenge grant toward renovating Koch Hall for the Art Department and building a Workshop Theatre wing. The grant is contingent on pledges to reach a total $400,000, and the award would be made in 1977. This marks the fourth foundation-supported project at Wittenberg in 20 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wittenberg University
Springfield
Kresge Foundation
Koch Hall
Wittenberg
Court notes list varied offenses and fines across towns
A court roundup lists individuals from Middleport Pomeroy Lancaster and other towns with offenses including possession of marijuana speeding left of center larceny littering fishing without license and traffic violations. Several pleaded innocent to trespass theft and disorderly conduct while others faced fines and jail or license suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas McCloud
Middleport
June Opal Johnson
Pomeroy
Franklin Fyther
James Large
Langsville
Charles Hoy
Lancaster
Dwight Honaker
Coalville
Hugh Stanley
Paul Spencer
Racine
Larceny
Ray Wayne Johnson
Nelsonville
Richard Chapman
Crown City
Thomas Hutchins
Beverly
Center
Danny Harmon
Mason
Mary Black
Portland
Bill Davis
Steven Goebel
Reedsville
Manuel Corey Jr
Warwick
R.C
Jesse McKee Jr
New Marshfield
Paul van Cooney
Olivia DeLegal
Columbus
Charles Livesay
Charles LeMasters
Ernest Michael Myers
Handley F. Sayre Jr
W. Hunter St
Raymond H. Bee
Stanley A. Spencer
Logan
Steve E. Cowgill
Galloway
Births listado from O'Bleness Hospital of Athens area families
A long hospital notes list records many births and admissions. It names Mr and Mrs and individual parents from Athens Glouster Nelsonville Logan Minford Chauncey and surrounding communities with several newborns and several admitted patients including transferred to University Hospital Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
O’bleness
Larry Hook
Glouster
Larry Acord
Minford
George Townsend
University Hospital, Columbus
Harry Schroeder
Timothy Chavalas
Roger Adrian
Alvin Bentley
Janice Rodgers
Charles Warren
Steve Cunningham
Grace Leningar
Earl Leidy
Arnold Mathena
David Conner
Albert Sparks
Venice Humphrey
Erma Hillyer
Brian St. Clair
Italian actress Rina Morelli dies at 68 in Rome
Italian actress Rina Morelli, famed for stage work, died of a heart attack at her Rome home Saturday. She was 68. Also reported, Frank Whittemore Abrams, former chairman of Standard Oil Co of New Jersey, died Sunday in Greenport at 87.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rina Morelli
Rome
Frank Abrams
Greenport
N.Y
Frank Whittemore Abrams
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Exxon
Career Survey Completed by Kootaga Area Scout Council
The Kootaga Area Boy Scout Council Exploring Division completed its 1976 career interest survey of over 10 000 high school students across 17 area schools. Top interests include nursing secretarial accounting auto mechanics teaching forestry and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kootaga Area
Meigs Will Use Gallia Facilities
Meigs County plans to send 30 mentally retarded students to Gallia County facilities due to lack of operating funds for a new Meigs site. Officials expect to know by August 1 whether Gallia schools can accommodate the students, with annual costs around 47 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Gallia County
Manning Webster
Meigs Board For
Henry Wells
Gallia
Meigs
Wells
Pomeroy Home Damaged by Fire In Overloaded Circuit
Fire Chief Legar says a Rose Hill residence owned by Ralph Cundiff suffered $1000 in damages after a blaze started by an overloaded electrical circuit. The fire, reported Sunday at 9 25 p m, was contained to the ceiling and beams. 18 firefighters responded, marking the 59th fire call of the year, versus 62 for all of last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Greg Cundiff
Rose Hill
Ralph Cundiff
Charles Legar
Legar
Dexter Area Home Raided Friday Night
Dexter Routeman faced Meigs County Court on drug charges after a Friday night raid at his home. Wayne Peyton, 24, was arrested by Sheriff Robert Hartenbach with Middleport Police Chief J J Cremeans for cultivating marijuana possessing marijuana and receiving stolen goods. He secured a 25000 bond for arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Dexter
Meigs
Wayne Peyton
Robert Hartenbach
Middleport
J.J. Cremeans
Robert Buck
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Glouster Kiwanis Club
Gordon
Nelsonville Glenford Dugan
Athens City
Lodi Grange
Glouster Boy Scouts
Hocking County
Sretenery Occlvde Gece
Bere
Nationma
Dakotas
Nebraska
Central Gulf
Great Lakes
Ohio University Geography Department
C.L. Colmer
Lisa Culpepper
Detroit
Lisa
Fire Department
Amos Christian
Donovan Nay
Alonzo Christian
Paul, Port
Howard Mitchell
Pearl M. Slaughter
Rutherford Funeral Home
N. High St
Robert E. Owens
Green Lawn Cemetery
R. O. Gilmore
Mound Hill Cemetery
Georgia Newlon Bartlett
Georgia Gage Newlon
Jerry City
Bartlett
Wood County
Bowling Green
Batesville
George
Emily Shelby Gage
Newton
Bartlett United Methodist Church
Andrew Newton
George Newton
Westerville
Elizabeth McGinnis
Mary Hatcher
San Antonio
Texas
Dorothy Black
Charlotte, Mich
Edith Carpenter
Court News
Kim Hayman
Dorcas
Thomas Scally
Charles Lee
James Clark
Bernard Watson
John Hensley
Tuppers Plains
Jack Crawford
South Point
Glenn Blackburn
John Adams
Cinnaminson
John Holley
Rodney
Gene Hood
Stephen McCaffery
Apollo
Kenneth Early
Huntington
Paul Qualls
James Whaley
Lloyd Hudnall
Debra Lowe
Marie Cavanaugh
Sylvia Morrison
Buchtel
Pearl Nutt
Andrew Jackson
Donald Winchell
John Dane
Rodney Riley
Rodney Brown
Stewart
Burl Sparkman Jr
Chesterhill
Violet Bay
Margaret Kasten
Jimmy Koon
Tommy Nicholson
Ronald Williams
Robert Steele
Robert Humphries
Priscilla Rosser
Charlotte Mitchell
Peggy Bean
Thomas Russell
Timothy Fischer
Mary Sims
Kelly Lee Hutchinson
Roger Linscott
Wayne Reading
Pamela Seiver
George Keirns
Mount St. Mary
the Plains
Jay Maiden
Helen DeLong
Louella Scurlock
Dwight Coffman
Hocking Valley
Dan Armstrong
James Shoults
Paul Matheny
Haydenville
Dulcie Kamento
Earl Hanning
Sara Payne
Larry Welch
Kenith Richmond
Walter Frasure
Larry Donaldson
Randy Dilkerson
Baby Woolever
Shawn Williams
William Mills
Kenneth Sigler
Dexter Area
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