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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1965
Page
11
Obituary notices for Bertha Vivian Sanders of Millfield and Maude Thomas of Logan lead a list of local deaths. The deaths include Myrtle Cline of McArthur, Val Durst of Erie, Charles Saxon of Nelsonville, and Harry Davis of Logan. Services and funeral details are given for each case along with surviving relatives and burial places.
O Neail Quillin 71 Hartford council member died Monday night at Veterans Memorial Hospital Pomeroy He was a retired Great Lakes Steel Corp employee born March 17 1894 in Syracuse NY He leaves a sister Clara Brown Hartford and a niece Gertrude Dodd Dayton Ky Funeral was held Thursday at 2 p m at Foglesong funeral home Rev Warren Zinn officiating Burial followed at Hartford Hill Cemetery Friends could call after 3 p m Wednesday
Mrs. Bessie Gallaher of Sarasota Florida visits Mr. and Mrs. Marion Levingston and Mr. and Mrs. Chester Wade. Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Ledon of Delaware with Dr. and Mrs. William Edwards of Lakewood visit Amy Lanning and Margaret Edwards. Mr. and Mrs. Ray Watson of Cincinnati spend the weekend with Mr. and Mrs. O. M. Trevey.
Odesssa T. Roush of R. D. 2 Pomeroy Ohio has been duly appointed Administratrix of the estate of Charles M. Roush late of R. D. 2 Pomeroy Meigs County Ohio deceased Dated October 1965 John Bacon Acting Judge of the Probate Court Meigs County Ohio
South Deerfield Massachusetts. Karol Rae Hammon 21 of Anchorage Alaska former Miss Alaska plunged 200 feet from Mt Sugarloaf after nearly grasping a sapling. Ginny Scheer a Smith College student witnessed the effort to save her. Hammon died at Farren Memorial Hospital after rescue and artificial respiration. Hammon competed in the 1965 Miss America pageant.
Henri Fentener Van Vlissingen, a naturalized American, vows to reenter Switzerland to highlight his expulsion over a house 19 inches too tall. The 44 year old Dutch born former U S infantry sergeant was escorted to Evian les Bains after Swiss authorities branded him an undesirable trouble maker. He left wife and four children at the villa in Saint Sulpice.
Dixie Lee Radcliff aged 16 and her boyfriend Donald Boggs 23 were charged with murder in the New Hampshire killings. Superior Court Judge J Smith Gibbons denied a defense bid to release Radcliff, noting a grand jury indictment takes precedence over a justice of the peace dismissal.
Miss Janet Stump was elected secretary of the MYF Fellowship group and Miss Phyllis Caldwell was elected treasurer. Mr. and Mrs. Kirk Connally and Mrs. Warren Backer of Point Pleasant were recent guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Wamsley.
Glouster Mr and Mrs William Spencer announce the engagement of their daughter Cheryl Lynn to Clifford Fred Hashman son of Mr and Mrs Fred Hashman Athens Route 3 Wedding plans incomplete Cheryl Lynn is a 1965 Glouster High School graduate Clifford Hashman is a 1962 Chauncey Dover graduate He served three years in Germany with the Armed Forces and works for Automatic Electric Co in Sheffield Lake Ohio
Pvt. Larry W. Goss son of Mr and Mrs James W Goss 1027 Fourth St Logan completed an eight week personnel administration specialist course at the Army Armor Center Fort Knox The 18 year old soldier entered the Army in May 1965 and completed basic training at Fort Knox Ky He is a 1964 Logan High School graduate and previously worked at Rifle Shell Service Station Logan
Mrs Beatrice Vaughn entertained with a squirrel dinner Sunday at Front Street home. Attendees included H J Black of Columbus and Harry Vaughn, J C Buck and son from Athens, Vernon West of Athens. Greg Morris returns to Cincinnati after visiting parents. Erin Jane named for Schoeman couple's new daughter. Marena Schultz recovering at home in Jacksonville after hospital stay.
Chauncey officials enact a 9 p.m. curfew for residents under 18 during October to curb Halloween vandalism. Mayor Charles Wadley says curfew applies to October except for legitimate errands and church or school activities. Parents may be held responsible for property damage.
Mayor William Hoff man announced three bond forfeitures. Donald Lee Elliott of Route 3, cited for excess speed, forfeits $25. William Russell Christian of 702 Jackson St. cited for unsafe operation, forfeits $30. Ralph Dexter of Little Hocking cited for traffic light violation, forfeits $20.
Members of the tri county district joint vocational school board met with James Dougan of Columbus to review a preliminary agricultural production program. They recommended training for outdoor recreation technologists, resources conservation technologists, and forestry technologists, to be studied by a state advisory committee.
Loy al workers destined for Chauncey meet at the Class Mill field Christian Church Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Friendship Class at Chauncey Church of Christ Wednesday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Masel Dunlevy home with Mrs Erma Roberts in charge of study.
Harold B. Koker, production manager for Ohio Farms Industries, Inc., reported Monday that financing activities for the integrated poultry production and marketing firm are progressing.
Chauncey Church of Christ hosts a family night pot luck at the parish house at 6 pm Saturday. The Rev. J A Long will show slides from a trip to the Holy Land with group singing and junior choir selections.
Nelsonville council and administration reaffirmed endorsement of the Hocking Conservancy Plan for river flood control. The plan goes to the district conservancy court on October 16 at Athens. Also, a Red Cross bloodmobile visit at First Christian Church collected 105 pints, sponsored by the Pandorian Club.
Specialist James L. Helber, 20, son of Mr. and Mrs. Roscoe Helber of Logan Route 2, took part in a field training exercise near Göppingen to hone his unit’s communications setup for a 4th Armored Division exercise later this year. A fixed station controller in Company C of the 144th Signal Battalion, Helber enlisted in May 1963 and had been stationed in Viet Nam before this European tour beginning May 1965. He graduated Logan High School in 1963.
The Glouster Garden Club will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the home of Mrs Harold Vaughn with Mrs Esta Haskins as co hostess.
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