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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 03, 1977

Page

7

Hocking Escapees Nabbed After Jail Break

Two inmates from Hocking County Jail, Michael Hoyd and James Mowery, were recaptured Monday night in Haydenville after escaping sometime after 12:30 a.m. Hap Thrush reported relatives aided their transport to the area and noted ongoing repairs to a jail door while nine dormitory prisoners remained inside.

LOGAN Hocking County Haydenville Hap Thrush Michael Hoyd James Mowery State Highway Patrol

Millfield Man Clive Hillen Dies at 72

Clive E. Hillen, 72, of Millfield, died on arrival at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital at 3 a.m. He was born in Athens County, son of Thomas and Isabella Hillen. A Grange member and retired Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. employee. Survived by wife Mary Simpkins Hillen, two daughters Carolyn Casto and Frances Simpson, three grandchildren, one great grandchild, and sister Alma Hanning. Five brothers and one sister buried at Hilltop Cemetery. Visitation at Van Fossen Funeral Home Wednesday 2 to 5 and 7 to 9 p.m.

Point Pleasant Laura Gay Endicott Holzer Medical Center Barboursville W. Va Charles Hattie Duncan Gwinn Daisy Reid Virginia Virgil and Elmer Jr Athens Russell Fairmont Janice Sapp Florence Collins Kasper Margaret Lacy Columbus Alice Scooley Mississippi Charles Gwinn Cecil Gwinn Forest Gwinn Elmer Lee Endicott Sr Wilcoxen Funeral Home Wayne Damron George Smith Oak Lawn Cemetery Nashville, Tenn Joe U.S. Naval Station Oceana Millfield Christian Church Paul Johnson Hilltop Cemetery Millfield van Fossen Funeral Home Clive E. Hillen O’bleness Memorial Hospital Athens County Thomas and Isabella Johnson Hillen Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Mary Simpkins Hillen Carolyn Casto Mansfield Frances Simpson Dayton Alma Hanning Nelsonville Hilltop van Fossen

Incorporation May Help Fight Clifton Coal Tipple

About 50 Clifton residents met to oppose a coal tipple on the river. They consider incorporating the community to gain taxing power if the Army Corps approves the project. Four organizers were named to pursue incorporation and residents to press letters against the dock location. Public opposition cited noise dust pollution and property value concerns affecting nearby land.

Deb Arvidson Clifton Army Corps of Engineers William Zuspan Mason County Court of Commission Charleston Roy Elmer Bill Vanmeter Danny Kearns Peters Wahama High School Ohio Pomeroy West Virginia Meigs County Ohio Department of Transportation Pomeroy-Mason

Two Hurt In East Front Street Cycle Crash

Logan police report two people injured in a motorcycle crash on East Front Street early today. Howard A. Shaver, 33, of 57 Ellinger Road, is in good condition at Hocking Valley Community Hospital. Passenger Robert Hartman, 39, of 64 East Second Street, was treated and released. Shaver cited for excessive speed.

Carborundum Union Hall Shaver

Southeast Ohio Weather Summary May 3 197

Weather briefing notes high yesterday 72 lows 53 with no yesterday precipitation. Rain likely tonight and Wednesday with 70 to 80 percent chances. Extended outlook fair Thursday and Friday and showery Saturday with highs upper 70s to low 80s and nights in the 50s. Lake Erie winds east to southeast near 10 knots.

Ohio West Lake Shore Lake Erie

Hospital Births and Discharges Reported

Admitted: Ellen Miller James Jeffress Ola Adkins John Vanity all from Athens Minnie Wooten Albany Rosa Mace New Marshfield. Dismissed: Ethel Fennell Crystal White John Ross Mrs Mike Perry and son Lori Higgins Edward Tedrow.

Ellen Miller James Jeffress Ola Adkins John Vanity Athens Minnie Wooten Albany Rosa Mace New Marshfield Ethel Fennell Crystal White John Ross Mike Perry Lori Higgins Edward Tedrow

Local Nelsonville and New Marshfield residents named

Robert Hollenbaugh Jeremy Thomp son both of Nelsonville Mrs Nora McCalley Mrs Dora Werner both of New Marshfield Mrs Mildred Roberts Murray City Ronald Kasler James McClelland Mrs Flo Guess Mrs Marie Whitmore.

Robert Hollenbaugh Jeremy Thompson Nelsonville Nora McCalley Dora Werner New Marshfield Mildred Roberts Murray City Ronald Kasler James McClelland Flo Guess Marie Whitmore

Local Names Listed for Community Roll Call

A grouping of residents from New Straitsville Logan Nelsonville and Byerself Spurbeck reflects names including Inez Kern Ruth Toerner Harold Simmons John Starner Frank Armstrong Oddest Thompson and Raymond Anderson listed in a community notice.

Inez Kern New Straitsville Ruth Toerner Logan Harold Simmons Nelsonville John Starner Byerself Spurbeck Richard VanSickle Frank Armstrong Oddest Thompson Raymond Anderson

Vandalism Reported Across Hocking County

The Hocking County Sheriff’s Department logged multiple break ins and vandalism incidents over the past weeks. William C. Smith reported entry to his house barn and outhouse near South Bloomingville between April 23 and 30 with broken locks and damage to a jeep. a plastic rifle was stolen. A Rockbridge summer house owned by W N Owens was entered by door screen tearing and kitchen window prying, about $300 worth of articles missing. John Fitch’s cabin on Stump Road had twelve windows broken with rocks and a BB gun during the last two weeks.

Pomeroy hearing set on nursing home application

J B Vanity Jr of Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation says the areawide review committee will meet May 12 at the Meigs Inn to discuss eligibility for reimbursement of capital expenditures for a proposed 100 bed nursing home by The Ameritel Corporation of Columbus in Pomeroy. The session opens at 7 p.m. and is open to the public. The committee reviews are in conjunction with the Ohio Department of Health under the Social Security Act and Ohio Revised Code.

Pomeroy J.B. Vanity Jr Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation, Inc Meigs Inn Ameritel Corporation of Columbus Ovhsf, Inc Ohio Department of Health

Local Masonic and Community Meetings Across Towns

Paramuthia Lodge 25 F and A M meets 7 p m at Athens Masonic Temple with Entered Apprentice degree. Glouster events include Boy Scout building program and National Be Kind to Ce e ee open to public. American Legion and VFW activities in Glouster. Several clubs meet including Loch Grange and Progressives. Nelsonville Queen Esther Class meets at United Methodist Church with fruit drive.

Paramuthia Lodge F&am Athens Masonic Temple Boy Scout Glouster National Be Kind Ce Ee Humane Rick Dvorak Albany Vfw Glouster Boy Scouts American Legion McCann Frederick Post Legion Home VFW Jacksonville Progressive Study Mabel LeFever Walnut Hill Loch Grange Hocking Valley Parish Trimble Chauncey Queen Esther United Methodist Church Lorna Campbell

Court fines for multiple speeding and DWI cases

Norman A. Blum 22 Athens Louis G. Panesi 21 Athens and Robert L. Leon 21 Athens were fined 15 and costs each for speeding. Donald Arthur Keeney 19 Ostville and Jack A. Mattachione Athens were fined 35 and costs each for speeding. Robert G. Scholz 28 Sidney Floyd P. Strawn 46 Logan Route 4 were fined 150 and costs for driving while intoxicated and sentenced to 15 days in jail with five days to run consecutively and the rest on weekends, plus a 30 day license suspension.

Norman A. Blum Louis G. Panesi Robert L. Leon Athens Donald Arthur Keeney Ooville Jack A. Mattachione Robert G. Scholz Sidney Floyd P. Strawn Logan

Speaker Calls Education Right for Handicapped Youth

Dr. Edwin W. Martin urges a national goal to educate all handicapped children by 1980 and then all 3 to 18 by 1978 and 3 to 21 by 1980. He outlines funding rises, grass roots coalition building with groups like Federation of Teachers and Children’s Defense Fund to push federal legislation.

Edwin W. Martin Bureau of Education For Martin US Commissioner of Education Morton Congress Federation of Teachers The United Cerebral Palsy Association Children's Defense Fund Council For Exceptional Children

Janet Shields tops COE honors at eighth annual banquet

Janet Shields was named outstanding COE student at the class eighth annual employer appreciation banquet. Joanne Smith notes Kathy Bush and Ken Zimmerman earned awards of distinction for vocational education. New participants include Athens Oil Co. and Brown-Armstrong & Jackson CPA among others.

Janet Shields Joanne Smith COE Kathy Bush Ken Zimmerman Athens Oil Co Brown-Armstrong & Jackson Cpa Garry Hunter Ohio University WATH School of Interpersonal Communication Athens County Savings and Loan Jones and Ball Attorneys Logan's Hocking Valley Bank Vanadium Tool Fred Palmer The Chamber of Commerce

Seniors Attend Program by Business and Professional Women

Members of the Business and Professional Women's Club hosted 34 Nelsonville York senior girls at the Elks Lodge for an April meeting. A film on the Tri County Joint Vocational School and Hocking Technical College followed, narrated by James Bowser.

Nelsonville Business and Professional Women's Club Nelsonville- York Elks Lodge Tri- County Joint Vocational School Hocking Technical College James Bowser Harriet Juniper Martha Sines Ruby Cooley Jean Standall Mount St. Mary Hospital Mary Jones

Strike Vote Possible Over Library Worker Reclass

AFSCME Local 1699 leader says a strike vote may occur tonight at 7:30 in Morton Hall Room 201 over Ohio University reclassifying a library worker. The university appeals a State Personnel Board of Review ruling to upgrade the employee from library assistant to binder operator II and awaits a decision.

Ohio University Tommy Adkins Afscme University State Personnel Board of Review State Personnel Board Adkins Franklin County Common Pleas Court Morton Hall

Bakery Founder Dies at 70 in Cincinnati

Morgan B Pennington, 70, founder of Pennington Bros Inc, a large wholesale bakery, died of a heart attack in Cincinnati on April 29. Founded in 1930, the firm operates bakeries in Washington Court House Marietta and Cincinnati with 14 Ohio distribution centers. The bakery will continue under a management committee led by Jack Brennan with Howard G Wright and Willard H Keller. Funeral arrangements are by Charles A Miller Funeral Home.

Cincinnati Morgan B Pennington Pennington Bros. Inc United States Pennington Pennington Bakeries Washington Court House Marietta Ohio Jack Brennan Brennan Howard G. Wright Willard H. Keller

Meeting on arthritis treatment set at Athens High School

A public forum on arthritis effects and treatment will be held May 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Athens High School auditorium. Sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation in Athens the event features Dr. Richard Turner orthopedics Dr. Marvin Thomas rheumatology Sandra Lewis physical therapy and Marilyn Hart occupational therapy. The forum is free and open to the public. For information contact Elaine Seelhorst 593-7161.

Athens High School Arthitis Foundation Athens Richard Turner Marvin Thomas Sandra Lewis Marilyn Hart Elaine Seelhorst

Beltone offers free tiny hearing aid model

Beltone in Chicago announces a free non-operating model of the smallest Beltone aid to anyone responding to the advertisement. The tiny, ear level unit weighs under a third of an ounce and is mailed with no cost or obligation. Send to Dept. 9188 Beltone Electronics Chicago Illinois 60646.

Chicago Ill Beltone Beltone Electronics Victoria St

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Hocking Velma Lanning Fairborn Velma M. Lanning S. Wright Utland Hilltop House Rutland William and Lucy Ormiston Hooper Grand Avenue Baptist James C Robert Evelyn) Hill C. William Hill Dana Stephen Suzanne Lanning William D Eldon H Morris Sons Funeral Home William Davis Medway Cemetery Friends Laura Endicott Sandra Gillespie Clive Hillen Hellonery Oete National Weather Service Moaa Dept. of Commerce AP Laserphoto Plains Midwest Carolinas Florida Ohio and University C. L. Colmer U.S O’bleness Larry Smith Perry Kennedy Mount St. Mary Hocking Valley First Methodist Church College Street Jo Ann Croxford Athens County Kennel Club Baker Center Athens Stamp Club South Stay Avenue Phi Mu Auxiliary Foster Cornwell Elmwood Place Higley Study Circle Ohio University Inn Sam Hicks Marian Coe Rebekah Lodge the Plains Glouster Lodge Masonic Temple Women of the Moose Glouster Moose Hall Trimble Township United Mine Workers Auxiliary of Eagles Hall Hocking Valley Motor Lodge Nelsonville Vfw Post Home Valley Lodge Knights of Pythias Pythian Hall West Washington St Parade of the Hills Committee Wayside Inn Ruchtel Sowssets Ladies Auxiliary Lake Hope Drive Pomeroy Lodge Shade Umw Luella Burson Ali Fouamibia Reeerene the National. Bank First Banc Group OF Ohio, Inc FDIC Athens City Middleport Masonic Lodge Court News Bob Wilson Jr Cooper Brewer Chauncey P.H. Wesleyan Horace M Barbara Logan Monument Co., Inc West Main St Plston, Ono Circleville Ono Pomeroy, Ohio Bridge W. Main Vinton, Onio W. Main Street Charles A. Miller
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