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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1975

Page

10

Hospital Patient Roster Noted With Names Across Ohio Towns

A long list of patients and transfers appears from Athens to Nelsonville Glouster Pomeroy Reedsville Racine and beyond. Notable entries include Douglas Martin transferred to Children’s Hospital Columbus and a Long Term Care Unit transfer for Mrs Tressa Hermann.

Douglas Martin Children’s Hospital Columbus Erma Hillyer William Bobo Gerald Atking Herman Wion Shayne Kelly Mary Kimble Ronald Worthman Tressa Hermann

Court News Fines And Dismissals Include Several Defendants

Raymond Powell 19 The Plains resisted arrest during a patrol with $25 and costs. Debbie McCumber 1216 Carriage Hill shoplifted from Kroger's with $100 and costs. Richard Weekly Cutler Route 1 receiving stolen property charged by John Mayle dismissed with costs to complainant. Ricardo Gonzales 32 Los Angeles Calif disorderly conduct dismissed on city prosecutor motion. Charles Serrozo 42 Newark unsafe traffic fines listed.

Raymond Powell the Plains Debbie McCumber Carriage Hill Richard Weekly Cutler Route 1 John Mayle Ricardo Gonzales Los Angeles Calif Charles Serrozo Newark

Community Event Listings and Local Court Fees Update

Athens County groups meet at IOOF Glouster and Fischer House Zaleski. Athens Nabby Ames DAR hosts luncheon and Indian history program. Vinton seniors meet for resources. Sunday traffic and speeding fines listed for multiple courthouses. Bond forfeitures and cases dismissed noted with fines.

Weather briefing for Friday October 17 1975

The report lists temperatures yesterday and today, humidity at 9 am, rainfall totals, and sky conditions. It covers regional forecasts for Southeastern Ohio, West Lake Shore, East Lake Shore, Inland zones and West Virginia with rain chances and high low temperatures through the weekend.

Ohio and University Geography C. L. Colmer U.S

Court To Be Poured for Pomeroy Park Courts

POMEROY forms are being prepared for the first concrete pour of two tennis basketball courts in the new municipal park. Jaycees executive VP Bill Young coordinates the project with Randy Hill donating time and equipment for final excavation. R C Glascow and Associates did the surveying. Volunteers may contact 992-2288 for evening shifts.

Pomeroy Bill Young Jaycees Randy Hill Harrisonville R. C. Glascow and Young

District Meeting Planned by Garden Clubs of Mason County

Reservations due by next Friday for the Ohio Guyan District Garden Club meeting hosted by the Mason County Council of Garden Clubs. Members from Nehaclima New Haven and Tu Endie Wei form the council. $5 covers coffee luncheon and expenses. Event begins 9 a.m. at the Presbyterian Church Point Pleasant with horticulture program, lunch at 12:30 at the Holiday Inn Kanauga, then 200 Years of Flower Arranging by Mrs. Thomas and Milstead. state president Mrs. Hunt Cunningham to attend.

Point Pleasant Ohio Guyan District Garden Club Mason County Council of Garden Clubs Nehaclima Garden Club New Haven Garden Club Tu-Endie Wei Garden Club Evelyn Gammon Park Drive Presbyterian Church John Otto Holiday Inn Kanagua A. S. Thomas Jr L. M. Milstead Hunt Cunningham Gammon

Meigs County Pioneer Society Annual Meeting Scheduled

Meigs County residents are invited to the Meigs County Museum on Thursday at 7 30 p m for the annual meeting of the Meigs County Pioneer and Historical Society. A 16 minute color film Going back to Limestone records settlement in the Ohio River Valley. A slide show The Ohio River by Liz and Jerry Hilferty will also be shown. Up to 30 trustees will be elected and officers will report on finances membership drives and activities. Special centennial and bicentennial membership cards are expected. Refreshments follow.

Pomeroy Meigs County

Man Beaten Along Route 180 Reported to Sheriff

Roger Dean Lytle of Gibisonville told Hocking County deputies he was pulled from his car through an open window on Route 180 about 8 15 p.m. Thursday, threatened and beaten about the face head and shoulders. He walked home then called SECEMS and was treated and released at Hocking Valley Community Hospital.

Logan Gibisonville Hocking County

Zaleski Senior Citizens Yard Sale Raises Over 200

Vinton County Senior Citizens realized more than 200 at their recent yard sale. Items for sale remain at the Fisher House including sweet potatoes donated by Lew Williams.

Zaleski Vinton County Fisher House Lew Williams

Wellston High Students Rally Across Street Protest

WELLSTON Several Wellston High School students were suspended after a three day demonstration this week. The march began in response to disciplinary action toward another student last Friday. A faculty member allegedly struck a student after refusal to go to the office and a name calling incident. Principal William Lockhart said parents were called and actions taken. Students who returned to class faced no penalties while those who remained in class were commended.

Wellston Wellston High School William Lockhart

Ohio Supreme Court to rule on trucker case and more

The Ohio Supreme Court will decide if truck driver David D. Kane expressed an opinion or was guilty of disorderly conduct after a so called totally mouthy outburst to a highway patrolman at a weigh station. The court will also review a Strongsville injunction on two books in high school English classes and consider Schaub’s second degree murder appeal in Dayton.

Columbus Ohio Supreme Court David D. Kane Trumbull L1th District State Court of Appeals Kuno Girard Kano Strongsville Promised Land Cuckoo's Nest’’ Were Judged Obscene By Cuyahoga County Common Pleas Court 8Th District State Court of Appeals Strongsville Board of Education Robert Grosser Citizens Textbook Committee John J. Schaub Dayton

Voting Locations Updated for Nov City Election

Two city precincts will vote at the Natural Resources building on East State Street instead of the DAV building for the November 4 municipal election. The county extension office hosts poll worker training sessions at the City-County Health Building on West Union Street with multiple time slots for different districts.

Elections Board Natural Resources Building East State Street DAV County Extension City-County Health Fairgrounds West Union Street Alexander Federal Hocking City of Athens Nelsonville York Glouster and Trimble Dover

Three Arrested in Meigs County Tool Thefts

POMEROY Meigs County Sheriff Robert Hartenbach arrested John Lee Chevalier Ruth Ann Smith and Ray Barker all of Reedsville on charges of receiving and dis posing of stolen tools valued at 1500. The trio was taken to the Meigs County Jail to appear before County Court Judge Robert Buck.

Pomeroy Meigs County Robert Hartenbach Reedsville John Lee Chevalier Ruth Ann Smith Ray Barker Dwight Carl Dick Hayman Fred Miller Robert Buck

Emergency medical runs list for Mason and Racine squads

Mason squad records two medical calls and one injury incident with patients Helen Cobb Pamela Lawrence and Victor Swain. Additional calls include Carl Jeffers with a cut neck and a possible heart attack in Racine area. Clinton Johnson later reported from Portland route to Holzer Medical Center.

Victor Swain Racine Holzer Medical Center Carl Jeffers Clinton Johnson Portland

Millfield Mining Days Committee Plans Fall Event

The Millfield Mining Days Memorial Committee meets Sunday at the John Law home Millfield Route 1 to finalize plans for Hocking Valley Old Times Day on October 25 at the Athens County Fairgrounds. Event begins 6 p.m. with narration by J Harry Smith followed by dances. a Nov 2 45th anniversary observance of the Millfield mine disaster includes parade ceremony dinner at Trimble High School and Morris Brothers band in West Virginia.

Millfield Floyd Ayers Hocking Valley Athens County Fairgrounds J. Harry Smith Ohio Trimble High School Morris Brothers Central Coalfields West Virginia Jock Jablonski Arnold Miller United Mine Workers of America John Law

County Bicentennial plans eyed at Athens ACBC meeting

Athens County Bicentennial Commission discussed a possible county wide July 4 1976 celebration and Minuteman support program with 37 members. A November 6 meeting was set to plan festival possibilities and float entries for OU Homecoming on November 1. Representatives will speak to local groups about the project.

Athens County Bicentennial Commission ACBC Robert Mathes Minutement Minuteman Minutemen Athens County Columbia Gas Co John Jones Ohio University OU Alumni Association Homer Baird Athens Friends and Newcomers Beta Sigma Phi Sorority Business and Professional Women’s Club

Death notices and funerals in Meigs and Wellston areas

Roy Eisels tein 85 former Chester resident dies at Mount State Rest Home in Charleston West Virginia. Survived by wife Nora Dean Eiselstein three sons a niece and extensive family with eight grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Services Saturday 10 am at McNeeley Funeral Home Man West Virginia then graveside at Chester Cemetery at 3 pm. Ruby Pittington Green Springs dies. private graveside today at Vinton Memorial Park. Survived by brother Carry Cramer of Columbus. Daniel Clyde Sayre 60 Wilkesville dies at home after 45 years in the community. Survived by wife Dorothy Davis Sayre son Danny B Sayre daughter Peggy Shifflet six brothers and six sisters and one grandson. Services Sunday 1 pm at Walker Funeral Home with burial in Salem Center Cemetery. Phillip Preston 70 dies. services Monday 11 am Van Fossen Funeral Home with Maplewood Cemetery burial. Grace T. Morrow 79 Wellston dies after a year illness. Survived by son Clark B Cleveland daughter Mary C Wright two stepsons and three granddaughters. Lamont Faulkner 69 Wellston dies at Mercy Hospital Columbus. Survived by daughter Anne Walton brother Ralph Sewell. Funeral noon Sunday J P Rogers Funeral Home burial Oak Dale Cemetery.

Roy Eiselstein Chester Mount State Rest Home Charleston W. Va Nora Dean Eiselstein Joe Dean John Eiselstein Betty Chevalier Tuppers Plains Meigs County Delbert Eiselstein Pomeroy William Dean Earl Dean Donald Anna McNeeley Funeral Home Man Chester Cemetery Ruby Pittington Vinton Vinton Memorial Park Ruby Pittington Green Springs Daniel Sayre Wilkesville Daniel Clyde Sayre Jackson County Nellie Sayre Fred Sayre Tennessee Gas Transmission Co Raccoon Valley Sportsman Club National Rifle Club Ohio Harness Horsemens Mildred) Strasbaugh Gladys Sayre Clifford Opal) Callihan Ewington Rena Grimm Estle Robinson Billa Lou James Allen Walker Funeral Home Eugene Boundage Salem Center Cemetery Grace Morrow Wellston Grace T. Morrow S. New York Ave Holzer Medical Center Bainbridge Charles E Mary Cameron Tulleys Senior Study Club Clark B. Cleveland Atlanta, Ga Mary C. Wright Atlanta Ford R. Morrow Lagona Hills, Fla Max W. Morrow Janet, Grace April Wright Frank C. Morrow Jenkins Funeral Home John M. Taylor Grandview Chillicothe Morrow First Presbyterian Church Lamont Faulkner Pennsylvania Ave Mercy Hospital Columbus Byhalia Frank and Myrta Guy Sewell Walton Coal Co Methodist Church Robert Anne) Walton Ralph Sewell

Bedknobs and Broomsticks shown for area children

A full length film bedknobs and broomsticks will be shown Monday at 7 p.m. for school age children at the Chauncey Public Library. The program is sponsored by the library in cooperation with the Ohio Valley Area Libraries serving 11 counties.

Chauncey Chauncey Public Library Ohio Valley Area Libraries

Athens High School Pep Bonfire Doused

Athens firefighters responded to a safety call at 7 53 p m to the Athens High School Student Council bonfire after a pep rally at the East State Street recreation area.

Athens City Fire Department Athens High School East State Street

Fort Gower Built Near Hockingport in 1774

Fort Gower was constructed in 1774 near Hockingport in Athens County. Virginia officers in Lord Dunmore's Army signed resolutions pledging support to the Colonies if war with George III occurred.

Fort Gower Hockingport Athens County Virginia Lord Dunmore George III

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