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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1972
Page
5
A string of obituaries from Nelsonville Wellston Logan and Portland mourns include Oscar Simpson 86 Millfield. Cora May Graham 91 Wellston. Ovid E Potts 55 Wellston. infant Montgomery of Lancaster. Carolyn Gilkey 26 Logan. Wayne Hoback 83 Portland. Ada Jane Dupler 86 Thurston. Services and burial plans listed with surviving relatives and funeral home details.
Services for Jessie E. Sansbury of Philadelphia will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home with burial in Bradford Cemetery. Also listed are notices for Betty Walraven Weed of Athens who died while painting, Leona Clark of Kirkersville, and William Parker Sands of Muskegon, with details on survivors and funeral arrangements.
At 11 15 a m Sunday on State Route 62 in front of Burris Product Market West Virginia State Patrol reports Martha Michael 28 Pomeroy was treated and released at Veterans Memorial Hospital after a crash. Harold McDaniel 67 Columbus left of center and was cited. Maxine Michael 48 Pomeroy drove the other car. damages totaled 1300 dollars.
The Athens Chapter of the Order of DeMolay will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the Nelsonville Masonic Lodge. Members needing rides should gather at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co at 6 50 p m. The Meigs County Chapter of the American Red Cross will also meet Thursday at 7 30 p m in Pomeroy.
After Pamela Smith was convicted of violating the campus disruption act, the second of 75 trials is scheduled for Wednesday. Judge Franklin Sheeter will begin with Joseph Carter Lampert, a 19 year old Ohio University student from Dillonvale, charged under HB 1219. Lampert faces fines, possible jail, and possible one year university suspension if convicted.
Vinton County commissioners vote to buy a sheriff's department car and seek bids for a highway department truck. Sealed bids close Oct. 16 at 10 a.m. Sheriff Zinn will specify car details. Bids reviewed from Gill Chevrolet and Dodrill Ford with trade in options.
Proposals in principle map two Southern Ohio Coal Co mines in Wilkesville Two with engineers Henry Lester Harry Varemba Richard Morrison and Joe Ramsey presenting to commissioners. Raccoon Mines Three and Four to be operated though no production date set. Glouster notices include Taylor Ridge Ladies Aid meeting and WSCS gathering at the Guinther home with program leader Mrs. Cox.
Haskell Jones, 69, arrested Sept. 18 for allegedly making corn mash whisky at his Glouster farm, will be represented by a court appointed attorney after he appeared in Athens County Municipal Court. Bond remains $300 as Judge Franklin Sheeter delays to await counsel. A district agent testified seeing a moonshine cave and still, while Jones claimed the still dust ring proves inactivity. Several other local cases were heard with guilty pleas, fines, or bonds set.
Representatives of Ohio University and AFSCME Local 1699 agreed on negotiating guidelines during the first session toward a new union management contract to be signed this fall. An initial issues presentation occurred and a second meeting is set for Friday. Ward Wilson and Oscar McGee issued the joint statement releasing details. The current contract expires November 16.
Police say at 7 40 p m Monday a car driven by C L Head 49 Point Pleasant failed to stop on Jefferson Boulevard and struck a motorcycle driven by Curtis Riffle Riffle was taken to Holzer Medical Center and is in good condition Head was cited for failure to yield the right of way
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