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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 04, 1974

Page

4

Services for Myrtle Midkiff set Tuesday in Coolville

Funeral services for Myrtle E. Midkiff 57 of Guysville Route 1 will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in White Funeral Home with the Rev. Roy Deeter officiating and burial in Athens County Memory Gardens. Eastern Star services will be Monday at 7 30 p.m. Friends may call at any time. She died Saturday evening in O Bleness Memorial Hospital after an extended illness. She was born in Calhoun County West Virginia and was a member of Lawrence Chapel Church Minear Chapter 274 Order of the Eastern Star and a former Tupperware dealer. Survivors include her husband Norman E a daughter Ada Grace Depoy four brothers three sisters and three grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two infant brothers.

Coolville Myrtle E. Midkiff Guysville Roy Deeter Athens County Memory Gardens Eastern Star Midkiff O’bleness Memorial Hospital Calhoun County W. Va J. R Annie Radabaugh Murphy Lawrence Chapel Minear Order of After Star Norman E Ada Grace Depoy Okey Murphy Mineral Wells Jessie Murphy Saxonburg Delbert Murphy Nobe Ola Pat) Murphy Scottsburg Ind Grace FE. Gainer Lena Chevalier Reedsville Daisy Province Union Middleport Harriet Leona Hattie) Fraser Holzer Medical Center Rawlings-Coats Steve Skaggs Beech Grove Pomeroy Southside Augustus Rosa Sheline Lewis Gallipolis Leslie Bill) Niday Garfield Avenue Holzer Waugh-Halley-Wood Harry Cole Providence Cemetery Harrison Twp Gallia County Emory D Ladosea Martt Niday Providence Baptist Church Mabel Johnson Niday Wayne Glenn Dayton Lasco Niday Fon Eva) Weaver Fort Wayne

Three Alarms Answered By Nelsonville Firemen

Nelsonville firemen fought three alarms on Saturday. A car on Public Square owned by Mary Jo Palmer caught fire from a backfire, causing wiring damage. A rear seat fire erupted at Center Cafe on Columbus Street due to a cigarette. A smoke scare at 76 Mill Street involved crayons dropping on a furnace causing smoke.

Nelsonville Public Square Mary Jo Palmer Columbus Street Robert Mohney Mill St

Two Logan Drivers Cited In Friday Accidents

Logan City police investigated two auto accidents Friday and cited two people. Gladys L. Clark 45 Logan Route 4 cited for reckless operation after colliding with a parked car owned by Roberta W. Myers 767 Wood St near Market and W Hunter Street. Walter S. Polsley 21 687 Church St cited for failure to yield after a left turn onto Front St collided with Gary L. Richardson 28 Rushville Route 1.

Logan — City Gladys L. Clark Logan Roberta W. Myers Wood St Gary L. Richardson Rushville Polsley

Services for Mrs May Hood Held in Pataskala

Funeral services for Mrs May Hood 52 of Beechwood Trails Pataskala Route 2 will be Tuesday at 1 30 p m at Thurston Funeral Home with Mrs William Fritz officiating Burial will be in Forest Lawn Cemetery She died Friday at Mount Carmel Medical Center Survived by husband Frank two sisters Bessie Emrick Logan and Grace Emrick Cincinnati two brothers Charles Abzell Port Clinton and Roy Arbell Athens Route 3 and nieces and nephews Parents Charles and Glenna Robson Azbell and two brothers Robert and Alvin Also listed are other relatives

Pataskala May Hood Beechwood Trails Thurston Funeral Home William Fritz Forest Lawn Cemetery Hood Mount Carmel Medical Center Frank Bessie Emrick Logan Grace Emrick Cincinnati Charles Abzell Port Clinton Roy Arbell Athens Charles Glenna Robson Azbell Robert Alvin

Two Accidental Shootings Reported In Gallia County

Gallia County deputies said two men were injured in separate accidental shootings over the weekend. Archie Diggs, 20, of Bidwell Route 1, was shot in the right shoulder by a 38 Special pistol while handling the gun Friday night and was treated at Holzer Medical Center. Saturday evening Charles F. Beeman, not listed age, of Thurman, was struck in the right leg when a .22 pistol discharged during hunting on Pleasant Valley Road. he was taken to Holzer Medical Center by private conveyance.

Gallipolis Gallia County Thurman Pleasant Valley Road Beeman Holzer Medical Center

Miner Gasoline Protest Extends as West Virginia Miners Boycott

About 20 000 southern West Virginia coal miners stay off the job in a second week long protest of state and federal gasoline allocation policies. Pickets appear at mines and the UMW orders workers to return only if they have enough gasoline.

Charleston W.va West Virginia United Mine Workers Union Federal Energy Office Welch Chessie Peach Creek Logan County John Mendez UMW Stirrat Arch A. Moore Jr Mendez England McDowell County Tom Bethell

One-Car Crash Injures Driver In Point Pleasant

POINT PLEASANT Dale Carson Nowlin 18 of Southside was treated and released at Pleasant Valley Hospital after a Saturday 9 26 p m one car crash at 21st Street and Mt Vernon Avenue. Police say he blacked out and veered into a pair of houses on 2nd Street. Damage to the car and property totaled 50 each. No citations.

Point Pleasant Dale Carson Nowlin Southside Pleasant Valley Hospital 21St Street Mt. Vernon Avenue Point Pleasant City Nowlin

Weekend Break-Ins Reported Across Gallia County

Gallia County Sheriff investigators logged several break ins over the weekend. Wickline Grocery Bidwell suffered food stamps cash and a safe contents loss after an unlocked door allowed entry. Benny Hall Grove City reported a weekend Johnson Road house break in with glass breach Friday evening. Other incidents included fires and burglaries in Meigs Mason areas and Bidwell homes with televisions and a mower stolen or damaged.

Gallipolis Gallia County Benny Hall Grove City Johnson Road

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