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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 19, 1977
Page
7
Washington officials await July August and September GNP data to gauge if the sluggish 1977 economy will meet goals. The report tracks overall output, inflation risk, and recession signals amid tax spending and unemployment relief programs. Personal income rose in September aiding consumer spending outlook.
Cincinnati researchers report a stethoscope computer system that detects abnormal blood flow tones from intracranial aneurysms before rupture. The device uses eyelid acoustic sensing, microphone amplification, and tape recording to identify warning sounds aiding early surgery consideration.
Leonard Daily of Long Bottom faces illegal firearm possession during hunting off season. Dale Herman of Middleport charged for no operators license. Burdell McKinney and Michael Guess among others cited for illegal passing and speeding. Bond forfeitures include Ronald Falenko for driving while intoxicated and several individuals for speeding with varied fines. Names span Pomeroy, Marietta, Huntington areas with defendants from Ohio and West Virginia.
Partly cloudy southeast Ohio with a 10 percent chance of rain Thursday. Highs in low 60s, lows near 40. Northwest and lake shore areas report low 60s, mid 50s to 60s elsewhere. Field delays due to light rain tapering by Thursday. corn and soybeans harvest and haying adjustments noted. cool moisture favorable for wheat seeding and fall plowing.
A trooper spotted a barn fire on Route 550 at 4 30 p m Tuesday. The Richland Area Volunteer Fire Department and Chauncey Volunteer Department responded with minor damage reported to the barn owned by Sybil Gabriel of Athens Route 2 and rented by James Pincelli of Athens Route 3. The Richland department also fought a brush fire on the Maxine Black property on County Road 17 with no damage reported.
Janis Muller of Albany Arms Apartments reported to the Athens County Sheriff's Department that her car, valued at $850, was stolen from the parking lot early this morning after she found it missing around 6 a.m.
The Middleport Class 12 Circle of Heath United Methodist Church will meet Thursday at 7 30 p m at the church. Mrs Orin Smith leads the program planning a come as you like party with games and prizes Hostesses are Jane Gilkey and Terry Byer.
A jumble of partial company and fund names appears, including Acceler ation Corp and Nationwide Corp among others, with stray fragments like Coastal States and Mooney. The text shows a broken catalog of financial entities rather than a coherent event or report.
A dense schedule lists Legion posts FOE 529 Athens Council 15 RAM Masonic and Rebekah Lodge meetings at multiple venues including Athens Masonic Temple Nannie Allom and Glouster Moose Hall. Several church choir rehearsals chaired by Chauncey parish and Ohio University Inn guest night with Elizabeth Menson highlight local civic activity.
Jackson County commissioners denied all requests for new appropriations at their Monday meeting saying no funds are available. Two requests were noted, Sheriff Hunter for 4000 and Clerk of Courts for 1500, with possible transfers from salaries and risk of layoffs.
Meigs County sheriff investigates mail box vandalism in Letart Falls region. An unknown driver damaged a fence on Paul Paynter’s property on County Road 1 in Columbia Township. Four mail boxes were damaged including those of Roger Durst Barbara Hunt Kathryn Hunt and Robert Ashley.
Nelsonville Lions Club schedules a 6 30 p m gathering at Hocking Valley Motor Lodge on Wednesday Al Leonard Athens a Columbia Gas of Ohio representative will present the program Don Kern president urges all members to attend
The Appalachian Green Parks Project hosts a week long mini concert series at the Athens Mall from 7 to 8 p.m. to thank donors to the Athens County United Appeal. The Barbershop Bobcats will sing four part harmony from 7:30 to 8 p.m. and strolling troubadours will entertain shoppers through downtown Athens. The public is invited. A special Southern Local Board of Education meeting is set for 7:30 p.m. at Racine High School.
Police report a robber tried to grab a deposit bag from George Rowland treasure of the Fraternal Order of Eagles after he left a bank on Pennsylvania Avenue. The bag contained four bank books and was found later in a mailbox after a tip. No arrests yet.
Two businesses at Meigs Plaza in Middleport were entered early Tuesday morning, safes were broken into, and cash taken. The Vaughan Food Store and the Meigs Plaza Hardware Store in the same building were targets. Entrance came through a trash door. Herman Henry of the Bureau of Criminal Investigation assists Police Chief J.J. Cremeans.
Ralph Waldo Terrel 60 of 3541 Tremaine Road Columbus died Monday in Mount Carmel Hospital East. A Gore native, WWII Navy veteran, he taught in Logan schools and worked for Army Civilian Defense. Burial Oak Grove Logan. Services Gore United Methodist Church Friday 2 p.m. Friends may call Leonard-Lyke Funeral Home after 2 p.m. Thursday. Glenn R. Bell 20 Columbus killed when a car fell on him in his father’s garage. Survived by parents Leroy and Carol Bell, siblings Paula Heffner and Joy Lea, grandparents Lucille Carsey and Georgia Willard. Roy G. Ellis 84 Point Pleasant Route 1 died Tuesday in Pleasant Valley Born Huntington W Va. Retired United Methodist minister, served 57 years in WV, member of several groups. Survived by wife Gail, daughters Lois French, Reba Taylor, Mildred Att. sons Charles, Orville, William, Kenneth. step-daughters Wilma Withers, Grace Smeltzer. step-sons George C. Smith, Carl Smith, Robert Smith, Roy W. Smith. siblings James Gill, Lillian Foster, Irvin, Russell Ellis. many grandchildren and great grandchildren. Services Thursday 2 p.m. Trinity United Methodist Church with Reverends Emerson Wood and Tally Hanna officiating. Burial Kirkland Memorial Gardens. Body to church one hour before services. Crowe-Hassell Funeral Home accepting visits after 2 p.m. Thursday. In lieu of flowers donate to Trinity United Methodist Church.
Chauncey Christian Church launches the Larry Anderson Fund with Rev. Paul A. Johnson as treasurer. Larry Anderson, a congregation member, remains hospitalized after an August accident at University Hospital Columbus. First fund raiser is an indoor yard sale at the Parish House on Drake Street Chauncey on November 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A cornbread and bean dinner follows on November 19 from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Admission is 125 cents for children under 12 and 175 cents for adults.
Hocking County Red Cross Chapter staff attended an all day workshop on volunteer activities at the Columbus division chapter house. Ada Rheinscheid Elaine Meyers and Irene Mathias attended a fall regional blood bank session at the Marriott Inn Columbus. New operation procedures and equipment such as reclining donor chairs and pickup donor tables were reviewed for bloodmobile units.
Tuesday incidents include John Bridges 18 from Pickering Hall to O Bleness with possible back injury after football. Mabel Swartz 83 from Kimes Convalescent Center to O Bleness with left hip pain. Thomas Reading 21 from Sargent Hall to O Bleness with right knee pain during soccer. Thomas Thon 21 from Congress Street to Shafer fields for soccer. A2:34 p.m. auto motorcycle crash near South Green Drive. Jeff Hawley 22 from Waffle Shop to Veterans Memorial medical. Marland Rife Storys Run to Veterans Memorial Hospital medical. D A Milam 21 from Pearl Street to Holzer Medical Center with possible stroke.
A hospital notes list names of patients and families from Athens Nelsonville Logan and nearby towns. Entries include Mr and Mrs John Dickson and a son from Athens and others such as Katie Frost John Savage Charles Brown Garnet McCollister Mabel Swartz Dorothy Swisher and Eleanor Swart from Athens Nelsonville.
Miss Kathy Freer Mrs Elizabeth Hipkiss Richard Fouty Samuel Henderson James Warren all of Nelsonville Mrs Susan Adams Crooks Miss Lisa Martin Millfield DISMISSED Miss Kathy Freer transferred to Children's Hospital Columbus Ryan Bartlett Mrs Kathleen Gardner Mrs Blanche Riley transferred to O Bleness Gerald Kennard Mrs Marlene Hook
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