Death notices from Athens area pasted obituary items
Leonard W Prater 74 of New Marshfield Route 1 died in O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Mabel T Harrison 73 of 1564 W Main St died in Hocking Valley Community Hospital. Eva J Giffin 72 of Corning died at University Hospital Columbus. John E Anderson Jr 46 of Glouster Route 1 died at Riverside Methodist Hospital Columbus. Burial and service details follow in local funeral notices.
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Athens
Leonard W. Prater
New Marshfield
O’bleness
Lake County
Fla
Warren
Oscar
Sherman
Bessie
Mabel Howson
Glen
Columbia City
Ind
Hughes Funeral
Harry Dickerson
New Marshfield Cemetery
Logan
Mabel T. Harrison
W. Main St
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Hocking County
Murray City
Hocking Valley Hospital
Godman Shoe Co
James Thomas
Lewis D
Columbus
James R
Hilliard
Oakey
Margaret) Hammond
Esther Grove
Lancaster
Dale
Heinlein Funeral Home
Corning
Eva J. Giffin
South Valley Street
Univeristy Hospital
Mr. Giffin
Athens County
Mildred McConaha Giffin
Wilbert G
Kenneth
William
Freda) DeGarmore
Dorothy) Murphy
Glouster
John E
Jack) Anderson Jr
Riverside Methodist Hospital
John E. and
Eleanor Davis Anderson Sr
Nelsonville
John Allen Smith
Marietta Road
O’bleness Memorial Hospital
William and
Grace Stufflebeam Smith
Wm. Brooks Shoe Co
Smith
Church of the Nazarene
Alice Gandee Smith
Sandra Lynn
Glenn
Gregory
William Lindley
Clark Preston
Chauncey
Charles E
Vermillion
Warren Funeral Home
A. E. Miller
Green Lawn Cemetery
Pomeroy
Mildred Elizabeth Frank
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Lester
Evalena Ridenour Trussel
WSCS
Chester United Methodist Church
Laurel Cliff Free Methodist Church
Stanley Trussell
Long Bottom
Inez Carson
Mur Ours
Nell Ohlinger
Ventura
Calif
Ewing Funeral Home
Chester Cemetery
Death notices and funeral services for George Van Zandt
Funeral services honored George Van Zandt 65 a Cheshire native and Huntington businessman killed in a Route 60 head on crash. Wife Judith critically injured and daughter Margaret 17 injured with Colan Lee Sturgeo observed. Van Zandt led Pepsi Cola Bottling Huntington and chaired multiple local groups.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
George van Zandt
Huntington
Beverly Hills United Methodist Church
Ridgelawn Memorial Park
van Zandt
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
William Smith
Pepsi-Cola
P & W Soft Drinks, Inc
Vernors- Whistle Bottling Co
West Virginia Soft Drink Association
National Soft Drink Association
East Kiwanis Club
Jaycees
Gallia County double homicide suicide shocks community
In Gallia County a 55 year old man Oakey Thacker Jr killed his 3 year old son Billy then shot himself at 9 20 p m on Lincoln Pike. Both died from gunshot wounds and were pronounced dead after arrival at Holzer Medical Center. A 12 gauge shotgun was used. The incident remains under investigation with no motive released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Oakey Thacker Jr
Billy Thacker
Lincoln Pike
Thacker
Holzer Medical Center
Donald Wareheim
Willis Funeral Home
Roger Funeral Home
Huntington
Radcliff Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Mrs Gladys Pierce reports numerous visits in Radcliff and surrounding areas. The Ede and Scott families of Lee Center New York vacationed with the Wilsons and infant James Scott was baptized at United Methodist Church. Other visitors include Colmbus residents, Gilbert West Virginia relatives, and Ohio guests attending graduations and starting fall studies at Otterbein College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gladys Pierce Radcliff
James Ede
James Scott
Lee Center
N.Y
Ede
John Wilson
Orient
Columbus
United Methodist Church
Mildred Buehler
Charles Conrad
Shelly
Ryan
Erroll Parsons
McKinley Smith
Holzer Medical Center
Gladys Pierce
Mary Lou Palmer
Dan Shelton
Northland High School
Nancy Danise Shelton
Otterbein College
D. E. McLaughlin
McLaughlin
Parnie McLaughlin
Derailment Halts Chessie Train in Athens County
Four Chessie System cars derailed at Luhrig Road crossing near Route 682 and plunged 25 feet into Factory Run Creek. One car leaked soda ash but EPA officials say it poses no threat. Cleanup delayed by another Wilmington Ohio derailment. heavy equipment required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chessie System
Athens County
Factory Run Creek
Chessie
Wilmington
Ohio
Ohio Environmental Protection Agency
Joe Davidson
Davidson
Luhrig Road
Ohio Epa
Department of Natural Resources
Service members receive commendations and promotions
Sgt Lawrence E Burley receives the Air Force Commendation Medal at Mountain Home Idaho for meritorious service at Ko Kha Air Station Thailand and serves in a Tactical Air Command unit. Sgt Roger L Stivson represents his unit in SAC missile competition at Vanderberg California and serves as a missile electronics systems supervisor at Minot AFB. Roger E Graves is promoted to Army Specialist Five at Ft Huachuca Arizona as a dental technician. James Dean France enlists in the Air Force Delayed Enlistment Program and will begin active duty October 18 after graduating Athens High School in 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence E. Burley
William D. Burley
Zaleski
Mountain Home
Idaho
Burley
Ko Kha Air Station
Thailand
Tactical Air Command
Air Force
Sandra
Glenn Murphy
Canal St
Nelsonville
Roger L. Stivson
Robert W. Stivson
Union Furnace
Strategic Air Command
SAC
Vanderberg Afb
Calif
Stivison
Minot Afb
N.D
91St Strategic Missile Wing
Six Minutemen
Titan
Titan Wings. Sergeant Stimson
Starr Washington High School
Judith
Howard Hackel
Hillside, Ill
Roger E. Graves
Asa M. Graves
Albany Route 3
Army
Medical Department
Ft. Huachuca
Ariz
Graves
Bonnie
Arizona
James Dean France
Howard France
Chaumont Dr
Athens
Athens High School
Lackland Afb
Tex
Oil Fraud Victim List At Center Of Major Swindle
New York AP reports a $100 million oil drilling swindle involving Home Stake Production Co of Tulsa. Investors included Andy Williams and many notable figures. five wells on a California farm formed the alleged facilities with three dry holes. The scheme, likened to a Ponzi model, saw about $130 million invested with $30 million recovered. An SEC inquiry and grand juries are under way as details emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wall Street Journal
Securities and Exchange Commission
Russell McFall
Liza Minelli
Walter Matthau
Fred Borch
Jack Benny
David Cassidy
Andy Williams
Walter Wriston
NEW York
Martin Bregman
SEC
The
Journal
Santa Marta
Calif
General Electric
Oleg Cassini
Jacob K. Javits
R-N.y
Jack Ben
Diahann Carroll
Barbra Streisand
Bobbie Gentry
Mia Farrow
Jonathan Winters
Tony Curtis
Faye Dunaway
Buddy Hackett
Bob Dylan
Alan Alda
Candice Bergen
Paul Miller
Gannett Co
Associated Press
James R. Shepley
Time Inc
Florida
Claude R. Kirk
Washington
Earl W. Kintner
Henry J. Fox
Thomas S. Gates
Defense
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Murray I. Gurfein
Walter B. Winston
First National City Bank
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Chester W. Nimitz
Perkin-Elmer Corp
Navy
the Journal
Home Stake
Charles Ponzi
Boston
Robert S. Trippet
Los Angeles
Magnetic Recovery Used In Recycling
More than 3 billion steel cans annually are recovered magnetically for recycling from municipal solid waste in 22 cities. Salvaged cans are recycled in four markets including steel mills to make new steel and chemical processes to recover copper from low grade ore. Detinning plants separate steel and tin for recycling and scrap cans are used in ferroalloys production.
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New York
Carpenter Personal Notices and Visits Across Regions
Funeral attendees from distant areas for Mrs. Harold Caster included Steele Hoar Grant Caster Spencer Harper Powell. Busy Bees met at Rex Cheadle’s home with James Gaston leading. News notes cover moves, travels, church events, and family visits across Ohio, West Virginia, Illinois, and Florida. Nelsonville visits Patton of Carlsbad for days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westina Crabtree Carpenter
Harold Caster
Illinois
Robert Steele
Richard Hoar
Warren Grant
Chicago
Ill
A. R. Caster
Chester Spencer
Charleston
W. Va
Forrest Harper
Chillicothe
Ruth Powell
Highland
Rex Cheadle
Carpenter Baptist
James Gaston
Rick McDaniel
Albany
Paul Gaston
Arthur Crabtree
West Ohio
United Methodist Church
Lakeside
Mendal Jordan
Earl Starkey
Columbia Grange
Meigs County
Rodney Grange Hall
Gallipolis
Gallia
Lawrence
Owen Arnson
Michele
Allison
Pembrook Pines
Fla
Lucy Thomas
Cleveland
Emzie Davis
Parkersburg
Ruth Sharp
Columbus
Anna Halliday
Dexter
W. C
Lewis Smith
Larry Stanley
Marion
Roger Spiegel
Dale Dye
Peter Kepner
Hartford
Dean Blackwood Sr
Pomeroy
H. E. Starkey
Eugene Holliday
Ronnie Young
Renee
Ex-Senator Gruening Dies as Viet War Opponent
Former Alaska Senator Ernest Gruening, a leading early opponent of the Vietnam War, dies at 87 in a Washington hospital from colon cancer. He helped defeat the Tonkin Gulf resolution and later campaigned on overpopulation and Alaska statehood while a journalist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Gruening
Tonkin Gulf
Lyndon B. Johnson
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Congress
Johnson
House
Wayne L. Morse
Dore
Senate
New York
Harvard Medical School
the Nation
Juneau
Territory
Mike Gravel
Nation
Racine Notes Mention Visits and Family Gatherings
Mrs. Francis Morris returned home after eye surgery in Columbus at University Hospital. A stream of visitors includes Hazel Carnahan, Frances Foster, Mrs. Ruth Frank, Mrs. Mary Carson, and many others from Racine, Buckeye Lake, Spencer West Virginia, and Washington DC, sharing weekend and holiday visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Francis Morris
Racine
Columbus
University Hospital
Hazel Carnahan
Frances Foster
Lee Tisdale
Buckeye Lake
Gretta Simpson
Isabel Simpson
Solon Butcher
Spencer
W. Va
Critt Bradford
Ruth Frank
Racine Route
Mary Carson
Coolville
Critt Bradford Jr
Worthington
Gladys Turley
St. Albans
Kenneth Turley
A. J. Gould
Marietta
William McKenzie
Philip
Jeff
Josie
Gallipolis
Roy Biffle
Theron Johnson
Kathryn Philson
Ben Philson
Mina Lewis
Edith Hayman
Jane Ellis
Washington, D.C
Howard Bingman
Grace Ellis
Ruth Ellis
Frank Cleland
Ivan Powell Jr
Ivanna
Lori
Steve Cleland
Vincent and
Ryan
Betty Sayre
David Hensler
Lloyd Sayre
Glouster
Bryan Parr
Kathryn
Walter Hamilton
Mary Pavey
Hillsboro
David Parry
Also Mentioned on This Page
Leonard Prater
Wiley-Van Fossen Funeral Home
Glouster Cemetery
John Anderson Jr
Ruth Antle Anderson
Larry Anderson
Richard Dunkle
Gary Dunkle
Craig Dunkle
David Dunkle
Buchtel
Myra Kopter
Mary Douthett
New Jersey
Don Seevers
Maplewood Cemetery
Mrs. Margaret Nice
Marjorie Boyer
Brooklyn
Barbara Thompson
Constance Nice
Janet Fredericks
Galesburg
Katherine Morse
Waltham
Mass
Edward S. Morse
Londonderry
William N. Morse
Newton Highlands
Jagers and Sons Funeral
Joe Bishman
John A. Smith
VFW
Boys Club of
West Huntington
Bobo
Alice van Zandt
Shawn Johns
Madison Creek
Manning W
Mary) Webster
Margaret Coughenour
Beard Funeral Home
Big Green Club
Marshall University
Mildred Frank
Radcliff
France
Stimson
Carpenter
Jimmy Patton
W. Franklin Sr
Jack Patton
Carlsbad
N. Mex
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