Dr. J L Webb to retire after 60 years in Nelsonville
Nelsonville's longtime physician Dr. J L Webb announced plans to retire December 10 after practicing since 1919. Dr. Ernesto Cordova will assume the Nelsonville office, with Mrs. Lenore Smith continuing in the office. Webb served Mount St. Mary Hospital since 1950 and led as chief of staff in 1955.
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Nelsonville
J.L. Webb
Carbon Hill
Ernesto Cordova
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Webb
Mount St. Mary
Pine Grove Drive
Lenore Smith
Group Supports Sunshine Bill in Ohio
Common Cause executive director David C. Hetzler praises Senate Bill 74 the Sunshine bill which requires public officials to conduct official business only in public meetings. He cites campaign finance disclosure limits and anti gerrymandering measures as key goals while noting the group’s broader push for government accountability. Athens meeting included local officials chaired by Beth Goedicke.
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Patrick Keenan
Common Cause
David C. Hetzer
Hetzler
Ohio
Senate
Essense
Athens
Beth Goedicke
Athens Fire Emergency Run Summary
Emergency runs report multiple injuries and transports. Mrs. Virginia Griffin 52 from 51 Longview Heights taken to O'Bleness ill. Mrs Olive Renkenberger 72 from 44 Fairview Drive to O'Bleness with broken left wrist. Lena White 66 from The Plains to O'Bleness ill. Katherine Graham 48 from 43 Moore Ave to O'Bleness after auto crash. Robert Damron 24 from Central Coal Co to Pleasant Valley Hospital with finger cut. Racine squad Raymond Hartley to Veterans Memorial Hospital for medical.
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Virginia Griffin
Longview Heights
O'Bleness
Olive Renkenberger
Fairview Drive
Lena White
the Plains
Steppe's
Court St
O’bleness
Katherine Graham
Moore Ave
South Shafer
West Union Streets
Robert Damron
Central Coal Co
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Cut Finger
Racine
Weather outlook for Southeastern Ohio and nearby regions
Southeast Ohio forecast shows rain tonight and Friday with lows in the low 50s and highs in the low 60s. Ohio extended outlook calls for clearing Saturday and cooler nights with upper 40s to low 50s, warming to upper 50s to low 70s by Monday. Other regions report increasing cloudiness with scattered rain chances and 40 to 70 percent portions.
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Ohio
Lake Shore
Central Central
East Central
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Prosecutor Says Death Would Be Murder in Quinlan Case
Morristown New Jersey AP Karen Anne Quinlan lies in a coma as her parents seek permission to disconnect life support. Morris County Prosecutor Donald G Collester says removing the respirator could be homicide unless the act is willful murder. Guardian Coburn argues she could breathe without the device. hearings begin Monday on legality and privacy issues.
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Morristown
N.J
Karen Anne Quinlan
Miss Quinlan
Joseph Quinlan
Morris County
Donald G. Collester
Collester
New Jersey
Daniel R. Coburn
Karen
Quinlan
Coburn
Quinlans
Robert Muir Jr
Armstrong
Athens area community calendar and meetings today
Organizational meeting for Under 30 and Over 30 basketball leagues at Middle School gym 7 p.m. contact Clyde Jarvis 797 2323 or City Recreation Office 592 2423. First games Oct 21. Also EMS committee 7:30 p.m. at Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation. Athens Chapter of National Secretaries Association 7 p.m. Cutler Hall. Bicentennial Ensemble at 8 p.m. Memorial Auditorium. Athens Jaycees board 7 p.m. and membership 8 p.m. Baptist Youth Rally 7:30 p.m. at West State Street churches. Amesville Lodge 278 F and AM 8 p.m. York Grange 2436 8 p.m. Grange Hall Oak Grove. Class 12 Circle Heath United Methodist Middleport 7:30 p.m. Hostesses listed. Friday IOOF Charles Thomas Lodge 7 p.m. Glouster. Vinton County Senior Citizens 10 a.m. Fischer House Zaleski. Glouster Village Council 7:30 p.m. council chambers.
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Athens City Recreation Department
Clyde Jarvis
City Recreation Office
Athens Countians For Ems
Ohio Valley Health Services Foundation Inc
Athens
National Secretaries Association
Cutler Hall
Memorial Auditorium
Athens Jaycees
Ohio University Inn
Happy Hollow Free Will Baptist Church
West State Street Baptist Church
West State Street Church
Nurse demographics in South Africa show racial disparities
Figures from the South African Nursing Association indicate one qualified white nurse per 162 whites and one nonwhite nurse per 674 blacks, coloreds and Asians. Hospital beds show 45,124 whites in 848 hospitals and 121,560 for blacks.
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Johannesburg
South Africa
South African Nursing Association
Whoopers Fly Success May Save Species
Three or four young whooping cranes hatched in Idaho took to the sky as part of a joint Fish and Wildlife Service project with Canada. The cranes fly to Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge in Colorado to join foster sandhills for feeding before continuing southward, with observers hopeful the program will establish a wild flock and save the endangered species.
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Alamosa
Colo
American West
Idaho
Monte Vista National Wildlife Refuge
Violet Solt
Fish and Wildlife Service
North America
Rod Drewien
University of Idaho
Drewien
Wood Buffalo
Canada
Northwest Territories
Grays Lake
Colorado
Monte Vista
Coal Dumped In Wreck On Route 33
Richard Phillips 29 of The Plains dumped a coal load when his truck overturned on Route 33 south of County Road 23 in Meigs County. He was uninjured and no citation was issued. In Gallia County, David Roush 31 of Bidwell rolled a pickup on Route 554 east of Route 160, was taken to Holzer Medical Center with a concussion and neck injuries. no citation was issued.
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Gallipolis
Richard Phillips
The
Plains
Ohio Highway Patrol
Meigs County
Phillips
Gallia County
David Roush
Bidwell
Roush
Holzer Medical Center
Athens County museum group urged to expand board and plan
Consultant Mary Claire Bradshaw urged the Athens County museum project to broaden its board to 21 members and start immediate and long range plans. She recommended site search, funding methods, bylaws, and seeking government support while trustees handle policy and finances.
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Herb Amey
Athens County
Mary Claire Bradshaw
Newport News
O’bleness
Josh McDowell to Speak at Ohio University Crusade
Christian activist Josh McDowell arrives at Ohio University for two days of talks. He will present Maximum Sex at Memorial Auditorium and address social, economic, and moral issues, aiming to show the need for a transformative power in human nature.
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Joe Brockert Messenger
Ohio University
Josh
Athens
Josh McDowell
McDowell
Campus
Crusade For Christ International
Memorial Auditorium
Wheaton College
Illinois
Jesus Christ
Youth Films Inc
Kellogg College
Talbot Theological Seminary
Lyman Strauss
College
Area death notices Ken Peterson and Phillip Preston
Ken Peterson 55 of Wellston died after a long illness at his residence 464 S Wisconsin Ave. He owned Driving Park Dairy and Petersons Garage. Surviving wife Mabel Linda Smith Kenny daughter son Ralph sister group members include DAV and Eagles. Services 2 p.m. Saturday Jenkins Funeral Home with military burial Ridgewood Cemetery. Phillip Preston 70 of Glouster died in McConnelsville center. Arrangements by Van Fossen Funeral Home.
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Ken Peterson
Wellston
S. Wisconsin Ave
Burnsville
N.C
Rubin
Georgia Honeycutt Peterson
Peterson
Driving Park
First Baptist Church
Mabel Wright Peterson
Sidney
Linda) Smith
Jackson
Kenny
Ralph Peterson
Burnsville N.C
Phyllis Barley
Robert Mincer
Charlottsville Va
Janet Renfro
Homestead
Trene Hill
Hickory
Jenkins Funeral Home
Frank Snare
Ridgewood Cemetery
Phillip Preston Glouster
Phillip Preston
Mark Best
McConnelsville
Glouster
van Fossen Funeral Home
Pirouette Club Donates and Plans Bike-A-Thon Support
Nelsonville residents report Pirouette Club donations to Campfire Girls Berean Community Players and Nelsonville York Band calendar project. Two riders, Mrs Fick and Mrs Levandofsky, will be sponsored for the Cancer Society Bike-A-Thon on Sunday Oct 26. The club also notes annual dues and schedules a November 11 meeting at Mrs Warren's home.
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Nelsonville
Bill Duvall
West Franklin Street
Pirouette Club
Curtis Heinzleman
The
Cancer Society
Robert Fick
Rudolph Levandofsky
Campfire Girls
Berean
Nelsonville York Band Calendar Project
Wilbert Warren Jr
Warren
E. Washington Street
Roads to Nature Los Padres National Forest
Road network to Los Padres National Forest in California ties state county and forest roads together. The routes lead nature lovers into remote and untouched country across the vast public lands.
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Los Padres National Forest
California
Hospital Notes List Names Across Several Towns
A compiled hospital notes list includes Kathyanne Reeves Darlene McClain Kenneth Bartlett Mary Williams from Athens Edward Willet from New Haven W V Goldie Spaulding Chauncey Donald Williamson Melinda Brooks Albany Mitchell Deal Trim ble Gerald Stedman Sharon Colwell Nelsonville James Sizemore New Marshfield Peggy Ricketts The Plains William Holcomb Stella Bauer Gary Simons David Ross Helen Gilham Mrs Robert Drake and son Bessie Rosser Barbara Monteiro Russell Hartley Eva Trout James Gillespie Jerry McClure Louella Rousey Mrs Thomas Brown and son.
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Kathyanne Reeves
Darlene McClain
Kenneth Bartlett
Mary Williams
Athens
Edward Willet
New Haven
W. Va
Goldie Spaulding
Chauncey
Donald Williamson
Melinda Brooks
Albany
Mitchell Deal
Trimble
Gerald Stedman
Sharon Colwell
Nelsonville
James Sizemore
New Marshfield
Peggy Ricketts
the Plains
William Holcomb
Stella Bauer
Gary Simons
David Ross
Helen Gilham
Robert Drake
Bessie Rosser
Barbara Monteiro
Russell Hartley
Eva Trout
James Gillespie
Jerry McClure
Louella Rousey
Thomas Brown
Notable Names Mentioned in Regional Notices
Long term care unit dismissed. Listed individuals include Donnie Herring and Mrs Walter Wiseman of Rockbridge, Gary Fussner and son, Miss Janis Wyckoff, Mrs Clarence Allison, Mrs Katie Burcham, Norman Jones, Jackie Lee Hedges, Mrs Ruth Robb, Nelsonville, Mrs Helen Hutchinson, Haydenville, Denver Smathers, Luther Steve Holcomb, Mrs Shirley Theisen, Mrs Francis Bullock, and Frank McCreanor.
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Gary Fussner
Janis Wyckoff
Clarence Allison
Katie Burcham
Norman Jones
Jackie Lee Hedges
Denver Smathers
Luther Steve Holcomb
Shirley Theisen
Francis Bullock
Frank McCreanor
Fire Destroys Car in Pomeroy Crash
A car driven by Marc Dailey 20 of Toledo lost control on Union Avenue Pomeroy struck a berm then a ditch and a utility pole and caught fire. Passenger Richard Dailey 18 of Middleport was taken to Veterans Memorial Hospital. Marc Dailey was arrested for reckless operation.
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Pomeroy
Union Avenue
Marc Dailey
Toledo
Richard Dailey
Middleport
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Man Hurt In Tipple Accident At West Columbia
Carl Lee Stewart, 45, of Patriot, was admitted to Holzer Medical Center with shock and a broken right leg after being pinned under a coal tipple in West Columbia. Mason County deputies, called at about 6 p.m., freed him from under the structure with shovels after about 30 minutes. Owner Marion Upton of Scott Depot said workers were moving the tipple onto a barge on the Ohio River. Stewart was transported by Mason Emergency Squad.
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West Columbia
Carl Lee Stewar
Holzer Medical Center
Mason County Sheriff's Department
Stewart
Marion Upton
Upton Construction Co
Scott Depot
W. Va
Court News: Richard Swan and Roy Boggs Hearings
Richard Swan, 19, of Middleport faces charges for disturbing the peace and disorderly conduct with $10 forfeitures. Roy Boggs of Middleport is listed under disorderly conduct with a $10 forfeiture as the hearing proceeds in Hocking County.
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Richard Swan
Middleport
Roy Boggs
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