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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1977
Page
9
Betty Talmadge, former wife of Senator Herman Talmadge, reflects on divorce and finding purpose after marriage. She discusses her meat business, a best selling cookbook, a new cookbook tied to farm dishes, and the role of self respect aided by a long-term psychiatrist.
Southeast Ohio forecast calls for much colder conditions with snow tonight. Lows mid 20s, 80 percent snow tonight, 50 percent Saturday. Extended outlook through Tuesday shows highs in 20s to 40s and clearing Tuesday.
A list of patients with newborns and discharges from multiple guardians and towns. Names include Mr and Mrs Rolland Llewellyn The Plains a son and several other families from Athens Glouster Montgomery Moyer Logan Millfield and Columbus. Admissions include Albert Hill Jr Long Bottom and Harold Smith Reedsville. Discharges include Tony Stone Robert Lyons and John Okey Baker.
Emergency runs list several incidents in Athens including Lillian Cokenougher 81 being moved to O Bleness from Mulligan Road and George Van Dyke injured at Athens Middle School. Middleport squad reports knee injury to Brian Haning 12 taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital. A transfer group from Logan area moved to Mount Carmel West Columbus includes Patricia Lindsey and others.
In Athens County readers are alerted to Marcellnte Rebekah Lodge meeting at 7:30 p.m. at IOOF Temple Jacksonville. Overeaters Anonymous meets at 10:30 a.m. at Central Avenue Methodist Church. Albany Grange holds degree work at 8 p.m. and a sandwich gathering for those not solicited. VFW 9093 in Albany hosts a dance from 9 p.m. to 1 a.m. with Rudy and the Spiral Country. Murray City Ladies Auxiliary dinner in Hocking County with 3:30 p.m. assembly at Eagles Hall and transport provided. Sunday District meeting and Loyal Order of Moose at 2 p.m. in Athens host. Rainbow Advisory meeting at Athens Masonic Temple. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at 8:30 p.m. at Church of the Good Shepherd University Terrace. Albany OES gathers at 2 p.m. in the Masonic Temple for installation practice.
Edward Mayo Smith, longtime Tigers manager credited with the 1968 pennant and World Series title run, died at 62 in Boynton Beach Florida two days after a stroke. Survived by wife Louise daughter Judith Wolfe son Fred and three grandchildren.
The Seafarers International Union calls for a Congressional inquiry into the 1975 Edmund Fitzgerald disaster on Lake Superior, accusing the Coast Guard of carelessness and failing to enforce prior safety recommendations. The 729‑foot freighter with 28,000 tons of taconite sank during storm conditions, killing all 29 crew.
AP reports House & Home magazine finds more singles buying homes in New York. Economic motives include tax breaks and equity, while emotional factors center on owning a personal space. Today’s singles are a mature, independent group, different from the 1970s trend of vibrant singles complexes.
Logan man Shane M. Adams 22 of Elm Court Apartments was found unconscious in a wrecked car on Route 328 at 2 30 a m He was taken to Hocking Valley Community Hospital by Southeast Ohio EMS after striking a guide wire and a tree near Golf Course Road Another crash on Route 93 near Old McArthur Road left James B Primmer 58 of 525 West St with minor injuries He was cited for reckless operation after his car left the road and rolled down an embankment
Mrs Lillian Walker 78 of Middleport died Wednesday in Gayheart Nursing Home Piketon She was born in Mason daughter of the late Sue and Sarah Estep She had lived in Meigs County 15 years Survived by two sons William Hall Sr Rutland and Charles Walker Crystal Lake Ill a daughter Bertha Bodycomb Pueblo Colo a sister Bessie Young Mason a brother Charles Knapp Middleport and a first husband Robert Hall She and a second husband Robert Walker were later separated Services Sunday 1 30 p m Foglesong Funeral Home Rev James H Lewis officiating Burial Clifton Hill Cemetery Friends may call after 2 p m Saturday
Firemen responded at 3:18 a.m. to a vehicle fire in a car owned by Jim Gray from Rockbridge Route 2. The blaze burned in the engine compartment and was extinguished upon their arrival at Brooks Marathon Station, 220 South Mulberry Street.
Namibia derives its name from the Namib desert a burning barren expanse of dunes and rocky flats that earned the moniker Skeleton Coast for its harsh coast and desolate landscape.
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