Scorpions and Tarantulas Enter Urban Pet Scene
A Chicago area pet shop reports rising tarantula sales with 25 percent growth year over year. Dealer Tom Krause notes impulse buying as customers seek novelty including two price point scorpions called Vinegaroons. Tarantula prices range from 10 to 40 dollars with crickets feeding them sold at six for a dollar. An expert, Esther Lewis, urges controlled educational use and warns against sales to minors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Krause
Noah's Ark
Chicago
Krause
Esther Lewis
Lisle
Lewis
Mount Ayr
Iowa
Woman 86 Trains For Deep Sea Dives With Cousteau
Sheila MacBeth Mitchell, 86, of Bolton England, training in a bathyscaphe to dive to 360 feet near Kea Island to revisit the Britannic wreck she survived in 1916. She previously served as a nurse aboard the liner when it sank after a suspected torpedo strike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korissa
Greece
Jacques Cousteau
Sheila MacBeth Mitchell
Ocean Rover
Cousteau
Miss Mitchell
Aegean Sea
Kea Island
Bolton
England
Bicentennial swindles target unwary buyers in Detroit
Detroit bank auditors warn of a surge in Bicentennial scams using patriotic themes. The list includes bogus cruises aboard the S S United States, air bottles claimed to be from 1776, escort fees, weight loss schemes, arts and crafts exhibit deposits, and misrepresented historical flag offers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
P. T. Barnum
Barnum
David Westhoff
Detroit Bank & Trust
Bill Kalmar
Patrick Henry
Benedict Arnold
Westhoff
Kalmar
John Paul Jones
S.S. United States
New York City
Philadelphia
Washington, D.C
Slim
Court News Shows Driver Licenses, Registrations, and Indecent Exposure
A roundup from the court lists L Hanning license suspension for unsafe operation in Nelsonville with 25 dollars costs. Denver D Keirns faces improper registration in Millfield Route 1 with 25 costs. Thomas H Barnhard cited for speeding in Columbus with 15 costs. Eugene White case at Leach's Trailer Court for indecent exposure dismissed on officer’s request with city costs. Transfers include multiple property and trust dispositions among Crow, Morrison, Gosney, and others in Chester Rutland Sutton Middleport Pomeroy and related entities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A L. Hanning
Nelsonville
Denver D. Keirns
Millfield
Thomas H. Barnhard
Columbus
Eugene White
Leach’s Trailer Court
George S
Zelda M Hobstetter
I. Carson Crow
Chester
Eugene
Jay Morrison
Wilma L
Philip W. O'Morrow
Rutland
Robert H
Kathryn Crow
James H
Pamela L. Crow
Sutton
Ruth Gosney
Independent Holiness Inc
Middleport
Farmers Home Administration
Robert W
Julia R. Qualls
Mila J. Woods
Paul F
Dorothy Amberger
Pomeroy
Multiple Patients Dismissed or Listed Across Several Towns
Hospital notes list patients by last name and town including Nelsonville Glouster Athens Buchtel Vanburen and Columbus Riverside Hospital patient Michael Wogan and others. several people are noted as dismissed or under care with spouses and relatives named in the keeper notes. The fragment names numerous individuals across Ohio towns such as Nelsonville Glouster Athens Albany and Columbus with mentions of families and wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Historical Society
Cobb
Society
Ales
John Bozicevic
Albany
Riverside Hospital
Columbus
Southeast Ohio Weather Forecast Friday October 29 1976
Southeast Ohio forecasts increasing cloudiness tonight with lows in the mid 30s. Saturday will be mostly cloudy with highs in the 50s and a 20 percent chance of precipitation. Extended outlook shows showers possible Sunday to Tuesday with highs in the 50s and lows in the 30s and lower 40s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Lake Shore
Group Activities Today In Athens And Vinton County
Athens Council 15 R&SM and 7 p.m. at the Athens Masonic Temple stage Royal and Select Master degrees. Wilkesville Senior Citizens Club holds a spaghetti supper at 4 30 with prices 1 50 and 75 cents and a wiener roast at Weaver Chapel starting at 6 30 on church grounds open to the public.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens City
Athens Council
R&sm
Athens Masonic Temple
Wilkesville
UNICEF Coin-Counting Event At First United Methodist
UNICEF coin counting party to be held at First United Methodist Church on College Street from 2:30 p.m. Young people will turn in UNICEF boxes. Woman's Music Club of Athens invites guests to a 2 p.m. recital at Ohio University School of Music Recital Hall featuring Baroque pieces. For guests call Mrs. Willard Phelps at 593-7535. In Nelsonville the IOOF Boosters host a bingo night at 7 p.m. at IOOF Hall on Jackson Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Unicef
First United Methodist Church
College Street
Woman's Music Club of
Athens
Ohio
University School of Music
Willard Phelps
Albany VF'W Dance Night With Dottie and Rhythm Makers
Albany event runs from 9 30 pm to 1 30 am featuring Dottie and the Rhythm Makers. masking optional with a 1 50 dollar donation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Dottie and
The
Rhythm Makers
Gideon Member Earl Radcliffe to Speak at New Life Assembly
Earl Radcliffe, a Gideons International member, will speak at 6:30 p.m. Sunday at New Life Assembly of God in Athens. He will discuss Gideons ministry and goals of distributing Scripture worldwide, noting Bible portions in schools, hospitals, and at Ohio University. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Radcliffe
Gideon Chapter
New Life Assembly of God
N. Lancaster St
Athens
Radcliffe
Gideons International
Gideon Association
Ohio University
Four Children Change Life for Dayton Priest
In Dayton Ohio Fred Bruening a 46 year old former priest of 14 years now father of four describes life after leaving the priesthood. He says becoming a parent gave him real, tangible life and he hopes the Church may someday allow priests to marry. Bruening and his wife Joan met at a Dayton high school and later pursued the Peace Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton, Ohio
Fred Bruening
Bruening
Joan
Dayton
Rome
Karen
Julie
Mary Jo
Becky
Emergency runs reported for Pomeroy and New Haven squads
On Wednesday several patients were transported to local hospitals from Pomeroy and New Haven squads. Norma Goodwin and Scott Follmer were moved from Pomeroy area locations to Veterans Memorial Hospital and Holzer Medical Center. Charles Manley Riggs was taken from New Haven to Pleasant Valley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norma Goodwin
Pomeroy
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Leo Rueter
Veterans
Scott Follmer
Holzer Medical Center
Charles Manley Riggs
New Haven
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Candle Ignites Dorm Fire at Ohio University
A candle in Room 361 Jefferson Hall sparked a dorm fire at 12:42 p.m. causing 600 dollars in damage to stereo equipment a chest and a desk. Jim Sadler and Darrell Dirt reportedly left the candle burning. A false alarm later rang for Room 228 Irvine Hall at 8:47 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Jefferson Hall
Jim Sadler
Darrell
Irvine Hall
West Green
Rankin Talk Set Tonight on Election ’76 and the Black Vote
State Rep. James W. Rankin D-25 Cincinnati speaks at Ohio University on Election ’76 and the Black Vote The free lecture is at 7 p.m. in the third floor Dutch Took Step room The Dutch built Fort Orange at Albany in 1617 marking early English moves into Ohio country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James W. Rankin
Cincinnati
Ohio University
Center For
Adies
Ohio Country
Fort Orange
Albany
Area death notices from Athens and surrounding cities
Obituaries report Essie M. Vance 94 of Athens died after a long illness at O'Bleness Memorial Hospital. Graveside services Saturday at West Union Street Cemetery. Survivors include son Joseph R., sisters Lula Johnson and Selah Hanawalt, brother Fred Ray, three grandchildren, and several great grandchildren. Also noted are Louis Coleman 94 formerly of Haydenville who died in West Lafayette Care Center and Pearl Caldwell 72 of McArthur Route 1. Additional notices list Merl Roberts 83 of Amesville, John Gooldin 70 of Crown City, Oma Melton 77 of Bidwell Route 1, and William Barnitz 84 of Pomeroy with service details and burial plans. Family requests cancer fund contributions where noted. Arrangements by Jagers and Sons, Heinlein-Brown, and other local funeral homes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Essie M. Vance
N. Lancaster St
O'Bleness Memorial Hospital
Ray
George R
Mary J. Dixon Ray
Vance
First United Methodist Church
Order of Eastern Star
Joseph R
Lula Johnson
Sarasota
Fla
Fred
Selah) Hanawalt
Chillicothe
Fred Ray
Findlay
Richard
Joan) McKinnon
Chicago
Ill
Jean Vance
E. Christian Vance
Joseph
Jere) Collette
Long Island
N.Y
J. B. Vance
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Della Elswick
Elba
Arva Ray
West Union Street
Waldemar Haupt
Cancer Fund
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
LOGAN — _ Louis Dudos Coleman
Haydenville
West Lafayette
Hungary
Petras
Esther Baleo Dudos
Natco
United States
Heinlein-Brown
Don MacNeil
Simuel Suttle
Elk Cemetery
Crown City
John William Gooldin
Dravo Corp
Gallia
Mary Kemper
Bidwell
Farah Holley
Marjorie Green
Waugh-Halley- Wood
John Jeffrey
Swan Creek Cemetery
Oma Melton
Holzer Medical Center
Pliny
W. Va
Monte
Mary Johnson Dewberry
Efrim Carter
John Melton
Henry Carter
Steubenville
Junior Carter
Lancaster
Kenneth Carter
Hartford
Herman Carter
Lakin
Charles
Marguerite) Legg
Porter
McCoy-Moore
Vinton
Jack Finnican
Fairview Cemetery
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Randy Irwin
Buchtel
Lois Koon
Anna Merz
Ronald Decker
Gary Sauders
Charlene Milhoan
Vanburen Hamilton
Mary Skinner
Beri Lowry
Marian Easler
O’bleness Birth
Mrs
David Rose
Athens, Daughter
Floyd Carsey
Sandra Skeens
Zale~ki
Jeremy Allen
New Marshfield
van Buren Hamilton
Michael Wooten
Edward Keller
McArthur
Charles Drake
Pleasant Valley
Michael Holley
Mabel Marsh
Herbert Wallace
Ora Richmond
Earl Richmond
Lonnie Hodge
Edward Thomas
Nora McCauley
Ernest Gay
Harold Whittington
William Boston
John Little
Wanda Holley
Ruth Wolfingbarger
Everette Swartz
Earl Colegrove
Carl Cook
Hocking Valley
Ethel Brown
Marcella Guess
Logan
Ingraham Smith
Russell Brown
Mary Stroupe
James McLain
Renata Wharton
Terry Ridgeway
Paul Summel
William Beaty
Mary Hindy
Shirley Wolfe
Harry Thomas
Debra Spencer
Fred Michell
National Statmen Service
Noaa US
Gulf
Pennsylvania
C. L. Colmer
Vinton County
Tion
Jackson Street
Athens County
Gideons
Pomeroy Squad
NEW Haven Squad
Essie Vance
Louis Coleman
Pearl Caldwell
Roberts Services
Chesterhill
Merl T. Roberts
Amesville
Stone- Matheney
Mount Hermon
Roberts
John Gooldin
Barnitz Services
William Barnitz
Ewing
Carl Hicks
Robert Hayden
Letart Falls Cemetery
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