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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 24, 1974
Page
7
Four hippie men in a multi color van stole a case of beer from Logan Carry-Out on East Hunter Street. They fled after a chase and beatings near the store. the van started with help from three of the four who reentered, while the fourth fled on foot leaving the beer behind.
Velma Fee Carpenter 89 of Albany Route 3 died Tuesday at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Survived by Ney her husband two daughters Martha Mays and Roberta Parker. Services Friday 2 pm Bigony-Jordan Funeral Home officiated by Rev Howard Mayne. Burial Temple Cemetery. Friends may call after 2 pm Thursday. Esta B. Boster 63 of 1038 Second Ave. Gallipolis died Tuesday morning at home. Retired Gallipolis State Institute employee. Survived by sister Gladys Harmon of Chillicothe. Funeral Friday 1 pm at Gallipolis Nazarene Church. Burial Okey Chapel Cemetery. Viewing 2-4 and 7-9 Thursday at Waugh-Halley-Wood. Elmer Jones 62 of 1420 Lewis St. died Tuesday afternoon at home after apparent heart attack. Owner of Elmer Jones and Co. bulk milk transport for 25 years. Survived by wife Serena Keefer Jones two daughters Patty Beard and Betty Mayes four sons Paul Edward Jack William Richard Rev Elmer Jones II six sisters three brothers and 17 grandchildren. Service Friday 2 pm at Church of Christ in Christian Union with Rev James Bunn and Rev Everette Delaney. Burial Suncrest Cemetery. Viewing at residence after 2 pm Wednesday. Crow-Hassell Funeral Home directing.
Raymond McClellan 41 of Langsville died when a tree fell during work near Cheshire Ohio on Ward Road. A co worker said he operated machinery while McClellan sawed a tree and the trunk kicked back crushing his skull. He died at the scene and the body moved to funeral homes in Vinton and Hamlin. He left a wife Avis and four children. Clara Marguerita Evans former Middleport resident died in Kettering. Calling hours are Wednesday and services Thursday at Rawlings Coats Funeral Home with burial at River View Cemetery.
Mr and Mrs Donald Parsons of Nelsonville welcome a son. Master Michael Alltop of New Straitsville and Vernon Dixon, along with Robert Bateman and Robert N White, are admitted at Hocking Valley Community Hospital and transferred to Mount Carmel Columbus. The Horn family reunion for descendants of James and Susan Horn is set for Sunday at Rachelmacher Park with a noon basket dinner and children's games.
Congressman Clarence Miller and the Farmers Home Administration announce FHA funding for two projects. Hocking Valley Community Improvement Corp. gets a $200,000 loan at 5 percent for a medical office building near the hospital with space for two surgeons and five doctors. Bishopville water and Sewer Association receives a $35,000 grant to extend the water system to Vicksville and add a storage tank, adding to $446,000 previously received.
Veronica McCoy was shot in the leg while riding in the back of a pickup near Winton Gallia County. She and her father Ernie McCoy were returning home from a church picnic when an unknown shooter fired. She was transported to Holzer Medical Central by the Gallia County Emergency Squad.
Logan Jack S. Guess aged 18 of 506 E Angle Ave is jailed awaiting a Hocking County Court hearing on possession of a drug after being stopped by Ptl Steve Mowery near Worthington Park. A juvenile was not detained.
Rep. Lawrence Hogan announced support for impeachment, the first committee Republican to do so, signaling possible broad GOP turnout. The Judiciary Committee planned to debate seven articles with votes by Friday or Saturday and a possible Senate trial if impeached.
Benjamin F. Pettus is replaced as Logan Goodyear plant manager by Welton Birdwell. Birdwell moves to Akron to lead design and technical services in the Industrial Products Division after serving as Goodyear Marysville belting products supervisor. Birdwell, a Jacksonville State alumnus, joined Goodyear in 1957. Pettus, Purdue graduate and 22 year Goodyear veteran, had led the Logan plant since July 1972 and previously ran Marysville belting products.
In Lawrence County Common Pleas Court the jury awarded Frank and Carrie Wagner 250 dollars after reducing their damage demand from 250 000 to 140 000. Plaintiffs claimed strip mining by Rep. Oakley C. Collins and Coleman Collins damaged their land. Jurors deliberated over two days.
A pickup truck lost control on a curve in Glouster Urban Crest and struck a light pole, which fell onto Routes 78 and 13. Denver Kittle was the driver. no injuries reported. Police are investigating and traffic was redirected around Fairlawn Avenue.
Emergency calls recorded for Wednesday at 2 10 a m for Mrs Willa Lou Robinson 22 of 40 Moore Ave taken to O Bleness Hospital. Tuesday at 7 01 p m Robert Huntington 23 of Rose Avenue taken from Athens County Jail to O Bleness for a lacerated wrist.
A federal grant of 1500 dollars funds the Tri County Community Action Agency Neighborhood Youth Corps to aid the Athens City Recreation Program for disadvantaged children aged 7 to 16. The two week arts and sports program runs weekdays 9 am to noon at the East State Street recreation center through August 9 with transportation from the AORTA bus system. For info call 592 6601 or 592 2423.
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