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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 24, 1961

Page

3

Forest Service Begins Timber Marking In Ohio District

U S Forest Service starts annual timber marking between Nelsonville and New Straitsville. 2.3 million board feet marked for cutting equals about 23 000 truckloads of logs worth $25 000 with 25 percent returning to counties in lieu of taxes. Knudson notes selective cutting aims to protect wildlife and growth.

Jim van Dyne U. S. Forest Service Nelsonville New Straitsville Ray Knudson Knudson Earl Niewald National Forest IBM Milwaukee

Bodies Recovered From Train Wreck Rites Set

Bodies recovered from the train wreck are identified as MR. MULFORD and Mr. Turner with detailed survivor lists. Rites set for Sunday and Saturday at Columbia Chapel with burial in Gravel Hill and Standish cemeteries, including military and Masonic rites. Local officials coordinated heavy lifting equipment to clear debris and recover the engine.

Columbia Chapel Standish Cemetery

Fire damages range at Armstrong Road home

A fire at the home of Mrs. Virgina Lasure on Armstrong Road was extinguished by 12 10 p m Thursday. Wiring inside the electric range caused the blaze and damage to the appliance was slight.

Virgina Lasure Armstrong Rd

Charles Ogg Dies at 84 Former Athens Resident

Charles Ogg 84 retired McBee employee died Friday at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a long illness. He lived at 35 N Congress St Athens before moving to Hillcrest Nursing Home where his wife Nell resides. Survived by two sons Harold L Athens and Virgil C in Heidelberg Germany, three daughters Ruth Snow Laura Mae Hummell and Mary Ackley Columbus. Services at Jagers and Sons Funeral Home with Masonic rites by Amesville Lodge 278 F and AM. Final arrangements incomplete.

Ann Elizabeth Janna Goode Wooster Sherri Thomas E Dexter Robert S Henry Glenn Frank Carpenter Joe Albany Wayne Rutland Kenneth Glenford Warren G Reynoldsburg Anna Kendall Springfield Hazel Slater Millersport Mabel Gibson Bowling Green Alice Phillips Columbus Charles Ogg McBee Employe Sheltering Arms Hospital Aaron and Theodosia Wickam Ogg N. Congress St Athens Hillcrest Nursing Home Nell Harold L Virgil C Heidelberg Germany Ruth Snow Laura Mae Hummell Mary Ackley Jagers and Sons Sunda Amesville Lodge F& AM Ogg

Burl Wright Returned to Kentucky on Abandonment Charge

Morgan County sheriff's deputies took Burl Wright 19 back to West Liberty Kentucky to face charges of abandoning a pregnant wife. Wright was arrested by Athens city police last week after a check showed he was wanted by Kentucky officials. He appeared in Municipal Court to waive extradition.

Morgan County Burl Wright West Liberty Wright Athens Kentucky

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U.S. Forest Service Forest Service Ray Binegar Southern District Ohio Fuel Gas Co Binegar Marietta Ohio MR. Mulford NYC The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen Erma Dennis Charles Debra Gwen Otto Mulford Cheshire Connie Mulford Middleport Betty Govall Jacqueline Ellis Darlene Sayre Maggie Mulford Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home O. H. Cart Gravel Hill Cemetery Turner Columbia Chapel Church Laurel Grange Orphan’s Friend Masonic Lodge of Wilkesville Eastern Star and Brotherhood of Railway D. M. Turner Villa Swearingen Sharon Annette Commonwealth Telephone Co. OF General Telephone System Plymouth Kinneer Motors E. State St Charles Ove the Farm Gureee Cooperative Assn. Ing N. High Street Columbus 16 Ciity Athens, Ohio Famous Brand Altmans Casey Jones Avia Sale Men Dickie Oshkosh Dickie and LEVIS Wranglers Rockford Lee
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