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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1974
Page
7
Obituaries list Ovid Pendleton 53 of Canton and Otis Burton 78 of Columbus, with service details. Dr I A Barnett former OU professor, Viola Zarley 81 Glouster, and John Joseph Staten Wellston victimized by illness, with survivors named. Service times, burial plans, and locations included.
Theodore T. Reed Jr., president of the Farmers Bank and Savings Co. of Pomeroy, is named vice chairman of the Ohio Development Financing Commission. Reed, 49, has served on the commission since Jan. 1 and was chosen at a Friday Columbus meeting. He and his wife Nancy live at 141 Mulberry Ave. in Pomeroy, and he began his career as a bank bookkeeper 25 years ago. The ODFC aids Ohio industry with loan guarantees and tax free revenue bonds to spur development.
Syracuse First United Presbyterian Church held its annual picnic at Great Bend on the Dick Harris fishing camp. Rev. Dwight Zavitz gave the blessing. Attendees included Inez Hill Morarity Racine Dan Morarity Zavitz Duffy Blake Nease Morarity Lawson David Grueser Duckworth White Pierce Diddle Hall Cottrill and the Harris family with Ginger.
The Reedsville United Methodist Woman’s Missionary League gathered in the church basement with hostesses Mrs Dorotha Riebel and Mrs Gladys Morgan. Mamie Buckley led a devotion on Victory through Faith and district officers sent letters about meetings.
A parade of visitors from Syracuse Pomeroy Detroit Cleveland Florida and Cincinnati called on local residents including Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Searls Mr. and Mrs. Claude Rupe and Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Sisson. Several trips and vacations were noted with Swishers Isaacs Rupe Athey and Rife among those mentioned.
A Black Lung Association chapter is being organized in Athens County. Harry Smith of the Tri County Community Action Agency and Donald Nunley of United Mine Workers announce details. A meeting for interested parties is set for 1 p.m. Sunday at the Glouster Eagles Hall with Donald Bright of the West Virginia Black Lung Association in attendance.
Three coeds in Hayes Hall Room 304 left a pot of chicken soup on the stove too long Tuesday afternoon. The pot burned and filled the room with smoke, prompting Athens firemen to respond at 2 12 p.m. They tossed the pot in the sink.
United States officials say captors holding seven hostages at the Venezuelan consulate near Santo Domingo have dropped their $1 million ransom demand. Six guerrillas seek safe conduct from the Dominican Republic and three deadlines have passed without killings. Hostages include Barbara Hutchison and Venezuelan Consul Jesus de Gregorio.
Fairview social news lists visits among families from Pomeroy Syracuse Racine Beaver Falls Lorain Ashland and more with several gatherings at homes and reunions. The Wellston Fire Department put out a car fire on Pennsylvania Avenue and Second Street due to cigarette-rag ignition. damage about 10 dollars as eleven firefighters and one pumper responded.
Personal guests visit family across multiple towns in a weekend roundup. Robert Lewis Brenda attend Bethlehem Baptist Church picnic at Ernest Brewer home in Portland. Nell Pickens Wellsville and Bernard Stewart Debbie Pollard Conn. visit Ernst Grimm family.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources and Bowling Green State University host a three day geology workshop at Hocking Hills State Park. Dr. Jane Forsyth leads with DNR naturalists assisting. Participants explore Ohio earth history through slides field trips and hikes with a $2 registration. Pre register with Bill Loebi.
Emergency calls include possible stroke for James Davis at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg and breathing difficulty for Jeannie Kiser at Holzer Medical Center. An accident at Brimstone Raceway left Jeannie Kiser with hip injury and Mark Clatham took from Hide A Way Hills to O’Bleness Memorial Hospital in Athens.
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