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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1976
Page
11
Athens city and county groups report meetings and events tonight. Sigma Phi Gamma and Alpha Tau Chapter host a Tush party at 7 30 with Peggy Jagers. many others meet at various locations including Masonic Temples, Legion posts, and clubs with speakers, elections, and officer installations.
At Amesville Grange Hall noon and 5 pm meals accompany political articles for sale in the country store run by the Ladies Auxiliary Post 8804. A second sale runs 11 am to 7 pm at Post Home in New Marshfield with chili vegetable soup sandwiches pies and coffee. A turkey dinner at St. Sylvester Hall Zaleski begins 11:30 am, sponsored by United Methodist Women of Zaleski.
A 45 year old woman Lucy A. Klingenberg suffered injuries when her car hit trees after swerving to avoid a deer on Marion Township Road 46 near Hide-A-Way Hills. She was treated and released from Hocking Valley Community Hospital. A 5 year old boy was struck by a car driven by Larry Garrett on County Road 36 near Route 56 and taken to Ross County Medical Center.
Pearl Chase of Chauncey is a patient in Riverside Hospital Columbus. She is assigned room 6008.
The Athens County Bicentennial Commission finished two years of work and dedicated the Bicentennial Gallery in the Courthouse while preparing a time capsule for burial at Revolutionary War Soldiers Park. Rain postponed the burial.
Federal officials report LEAA pilot program in seven states targets contraband cigarettes moving from low tax grower states to high tax markets. Since inception, 38 arrests and 54,000 cartons seized, with projected multi‑state tax losses totaling about 100 million dollars.
Ohio entered statehood in 1803 with no owned land. The federal government maintained land not yet sold, fueling a boom where Revolutionary War warrants were sold to eastern speculators. Jonathan Dayton and others profited by locating land for warrant holders, creating a land office boom after 1812.
A weather summary reports yesterday high 43 and low 29, 83 percent humidity at 9 a.m., and 0.1 inches of precipitation. It covers Southeast Ohio, Northwest West Lake Shore, East Lake Shore, and surrounding areas with forecasts of partly cloudy to mostly cloudy skies, temperatures in the 40s and 50s, chances of showers from 10 to 40 percent, and winds from 10 to 20 knots over Lake Erie.
Glouster police cruiser was demolished in a one car crash during a pursuit on Route 78 east of Hollister. Officers Danny Trapp and Eddie Roberts, both injured, were treated at O Bleness Memorial Hospital and released. A revival opens Wednesday at Mount Zion Community Church in New Straitsville with Rev. John H. Lanier speaking nightly through Sunday.
A hospital notes record lists Rollie Sayre New Haven Glen Darling Minersville Maudie Wood Pomeroy Garfield Pauley Portland Carolyn Deem Mason and many others admitted or dismissed across The Plains Nelsonville Athens and surrounding towns. It notes multiple patients including Randall Dunn and Mrs Brandy Dunn with extensive names of family visitors and staff.
Documents show several affidavits of transfer and parcel transfers in Letart Salisbury Bedford Middleport and Pomeroy. Transfers list grantors including David Todd Rhodes George R Burson Brown deceased and Brown family with heirs and recipients such as Roger H Christee L Roush Sladys B Burson James M Fink and Victoria L Fink.
Emergency runs recorded for Monday and Friday with responders Helen Clark 42 from New Marshfield to C Bleness, Rolie Sayre 89 from New Haven to Veterans Memory Hospital, William Dye 77 from New Haven to Pleasant Valley Hospital, Lisa Collins 4 from Mason to Pleasant Valley, Allen Hughes from Middleport to Holzer Medical Center with various times and locations.
The third black strike in two months against apartheid polices started today in Johannesburg with scant participation. Officials reported scattered absenteeism in the nation’s commercial and industrial capital as protests continued.
In Columbus Ohio Sister Rita Agnes Masse is among 20 graduates of a rape defense seminar led by Franklin County Deputy Larry Greene at Ohio Dominican College. He urged readiness and taught self defense tactics including eye strikes and distracting moves to escape attackers and buy time.
The AP reports that punch card voting, led by the Votomatic system, is expanding beyond lever machines and paper ballots. Votomatic cards cost around 200 dollars and allow fast counting by computer, though counting still relies on separate computers.
In Troy, New Hampshire, 49 year old Democrat Matson and 27 year old Republican Davis run for a state representative seat with minimal campaigns. Davis does door to door while Matson plans no campaign beyond a 2 dollar filing fee. The town of 1800 leans Democratic though the race may hinge on the legacy of a local strike at Troy Mills.
Clarence D. Chamberlin, 82, an aviation pioneer who helped set a 1927 world endurance record and became the first American to pilot a passenger across the Atlantic, died Sunday after a long illness in Shelton Connecticut.
Chesterhill John Harris 74 of Chesterhill died Saturday at home in Morgan County. Retired oil field worker, he belonged to Mount Olive Lodge 148 K&AM. Survived by wife Mae Adrain Harris a son Richard Amesville a daughter Linda Metluire West Jefferson six grandchildren and one great great grandson. Services Tuesday 7 30 pm at Stone Matheney Funeral Home. Burial Chesterhill Cemetery. Viasomic services 7 30 pm today. Nelsonville Christopher Waldeck 91 of 108 Fb Liberty St East Canton died Sunday at Summer Health Center after brief illness. Born Athens County son of John and Mary Barden Waldeck he was preceded in death by wife Blodwin Koght Waldeck in 1924. Survived by two sisters Margaret Anderson East Canton Lottie Gill Murray City nieces and nephews. Services Wednesday 1 pm Johnson Funeral Home with Rev Roy Bookman. Burial Nye Cemetery Chauncey. Friends may call after 7 pm Tuesday.
The Alexander Band Boosters will meet Tuesday at 7 30 pm at the high school, instead of today as originally scheduled. The group will discuss upcoming events and support for the band activities.
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