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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1973

Page

18

Middleport Woman Burned In Large Home Fire

A Middleport woman sustained facial and hand burns in a Thursday fire that damaged a three year old home on Park Place owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harold Hubbard. The blaze started near a water softener and spread around the eaves, with damage estimated at 40 000 to 50 000 dollars.

Middleport Harold Hubbard Park Place Hubbard Wayne Davis Fire Department Davis Byers Meigs

Chicago Newsman Murdered in Near North Side Apartment

Dudley Chamberlain 56, night news editor for the Chicago Daily News Sun Times Wire Service, was found fatally beaten in his third floor Near North Side flat. His roommate Charles McAdams 25 is charged with murder and to appear in felony court.

Chicago Chicago Daily News-Sun Times Near North Side Dudley Chamberlain Charles McAdams Chamberlain McAdams The Daily News Citizen Journal Columbus Ohio Marietta Marietta College Evansville Ind Parkersburg W. Va

Logan-Hocking Library Adds 33 New Books

Logan Ohio area library announces 33 new titles across non fiction fiction mystery western and science magazine shelf. Highlights include Mysteries of the Mind by Robert M Goldenson Evening In Byzantium by Irvin Shaw The Tiger Waits by Anton Myrer Surfacing by Margaret Atwood The Great American Novel by Philip Roth and a new Scientific American issue.

Logan Logan- Hocking County Robert M. Goldenson America Trutram P. Coffin Barbara Howar Roosevelts Hyde Park Elliott Roosevelt Sunset Magazine Doghouse Bruce David Colen Helen van Pelt Wilson Jack Kramer Frank Caplan Byzantium Irvin Shaw Jacqueline Susann Wilma Dykeman Anton Myrer Virginia Coffman Francesca Laura Conway Mary Leader Margaret Atwood Philip Roth Venice Velda Johnston John D. MacDonald Rae Foley Mickey Spillane Shelley Smith Patricia Power Colonel Butler Anthony Price Slade Gene Tuttle Hassle Medicine Man Clifton Adams John Reese Horseman’s Flats Rosemary Anne Sisson West George Garland Paul Evan Donald S.S. Rowland Paul K. McAfee Scientific American

Area Death Notices Highlight Athens Area Figures

Obituaries recount Clyde O. Gibson 86 of Amesville Athens resident and bank executive and former Athens County auditor with military service in World War I cited for bravery in France. Also noted are Florence Green 72 Nelsonville and John L. Evans 58 Gallipolis with funeral details and local cemetery burials.

Athens Clyde O. Gibson Amesville Masonic Springfield Gibson Bank of Athens Athens National Bank Athens County Ohio University Ohio University Athletic Hall of Fame Mr. Gibson Frank W Luella Curfman Gibson Cambria France King of England Masanutten Military Academy Harrisburg Arlene Walker Billy Williams Nelsonville Florence Green Columbus Charles Marguerite Barrows Kermit Jack Wagner Warren Funeral Home Green Lawn William Mechem K. T. Crossen Post 21 Athens American Legion Legion John Katherine) Hartley A. J Irene) Cederbourg Florida S. G. Luscroft Ned Jagers and Sons Funeral Home Frank Hare Amesville Lodge No. 278 F&am Gallipolis John L. Evans Second St Gallipolis Reident Holzer Medical Center First Presbyterian Church Glenn R. Hueholt Linson H. Stebbins Mound Hill Cemetery Gallia County Benjamin F Elizabeth Williams Evans Evans Evans Grocery Co Ruth Elks Club Veterans of Foreign Wars Kiwanis Club

Fairview Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits and Events

Fairview social notes list numerous visits among residents of Mason Hebron Point Pleasant and nearby towns. Families including Powell MecNickles Wolfe Foreman and Ours hosted and visited relatives, with celebrations for David Foreman and a WSCS meeting at the church. A community dinner for Apple Grove United Methodist Church drew 48 attendees.

Ray Heiney Fairview Frank Powell Mason W. Va Eliza Foreman Charles MecNickles Lowell McNickles Racine Beryl Wolfe Hebron Gordon Wolfe George McClintock Point Pleasant Virginia Roush Minersville Ernest Grimm Joe Foreman David Joyce Jimmie Foreman Timmy Wolfe Bertha Proffitt Columbus Jo Ann Proffitt Carolyn Tammy Portland Ruby Wolfe Louise Linda Roeser Harbor Hill Lewis Ours Harold Bird Gaye Young Bashan Robert Lewis Brenda Jack Bartenschlag Bertha Wolfe Bryan Harris James Chadwell Reedsville Parkersburg Madison Powell Pleasant Valley Hospital WSCS Jan Norris Bertha Roberson Florence Smith Letart Falls Apple Grove United

Albany Socials Visit Westerville and Pittsburgh Friends

Albany residents Mr and Mrs Waldo Poston and their daughter joined Mr and Mrs Frank Tippie in Westerville along with Mrs James Davidson and Jan Striker from Pittsburgh visiting the Scott family on Lee Street. Mrs Scott is Mrs Davidson's grandmother.

Waldo Poston David Turrill Lori

Gallipolis Names Paul Willer as New City Manager

The Gallipolis City Commission selects Paul Willer aged 34 as city manager designating a June 11 start. He comes from Lake Orion Michigan where he serves as village manager and replaces D Kenneth Morgan who left for a EMS director post. Willer earns 16500 dollars annually and is a Miami Florida native with three children. M Harold Brown had served as interim city manager since March.

Gallipolis Paul Willer Michigan Willer D. Kenneth Morgan Southeastern Ohio Emergency Medical Services Lake Orion Mich Detroit Miami, Fla North Miami Senior High School Florida State University St. Petersburg Junior College M. Harold Brown Gallia Academy High School

Wolfe Appointed Athletic Director

RACINE The Southern Local School Board approved the graduating seniors list and the 1973 school calendar. Carl Wolfe was named athletic director and head basketball coach. Football coaches Dudding and Jewell were cleared to attend an Ohio State University clinic. The bus driver Russell Cline retires. Gordon Fisher named junior high football coach. Linda Fisher Debby Hill and Donna Cross may join Title I pending federal approval. Carla Salser named cheerleader advisor. Janitors Elbert Ours Floyd Hendricks and Lizzie Wood hired. Backstops for summer repairs approved. Enrollment may bring in more funds.

Racine Meigs County Board of Education Carl Wolfe John Dudding Bill Jewell Ohio State University Russell Cline Ralph Sayre Gordon Fisher Linda Fisher Debbie Hill Donna Cross Carla Salser Elbert Ours Floyd Hendricks Lizzie Wood

Southeast Ohio School Board Meeting Set for May 24

Clerks treasurers and superintendents from Southeastern Ohio boards of education will meet May 24 at the Hocking Valley Motor Lodge in Nelsonville. Officials from the Ohio School Boards Association State Auditor's Office and State Department of Education will present on The New Accountability Plan Washington actions on Federal Programs and exchange viewpoints.

Southeastern Ohio Boards of Education Washington Harry Lackey Ohio School Boards Association State Auditor's Office State Department of Education Hocking Valley Motor Lodge Nelsonville

Professor To Speak To Rotarians In Logan

Logan Rotary hosts Dr. Hubert Wilhelm associate professor and chair of geography at Ohio University Monday night. He will lecture with a slide review on barns and settlement forms in southeastern Ohio and explain cultural diffusion of architectural traits. He earned his doctorate at LSU and studied geography at Illinois. has taught at OU for 10 years.

Logan Logan Rotary Hubert Wilhelm Ohio University Wilhelm Ohio Germany United States University of Illinois Louisiana State University

Post Appeals Housing Ruling

The Ohio University Post appeals an April 18 ruling by Common Pleas Judge Lowell B. Howard that denied campus newspaper access to raw information held by the Athens Code Enforcement Office in its housing complaints investigation. The case goes to the Fourth District Court of Appeals on September 27.

Ohio University Post Common Pleas Lowell B. Howard Athens Code Enforcement Office Fourth District Court of Appeals

Lawrence man to receive KU geography PhD in May

Lynden S. Williams of Athens will receive a PhD in geography at the University of Kansas annual commencement exercises in Lawrence in May 2021.

Lawrence, Kan Lynden S. Williams Athens University of Kansas

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