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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Oct 31, 1966

Page

3

Columbus Man Convicted in DWI and Open Container Pleas

William Darrell Connolly, 32, of Columbus, pleaded no contest to driving while intoxicated and to an open container charge. He was fined $150 and costs and sentenced to three days in city jail. He also faced fines for improper plates. Lawrence Walker, 70, cited for failure to yield, allegedly caused a collision with Robert R. Riley. Walker must appear in Nelsonville Mayor's Court at 8:30 p.m. Friday.

Nelsonville William Darrell Connolly Columbus Lawrence Walker Grosvenor St Walker Robert R. Riley Fort St Riley

Phantom Black Striper Sought After Lining Car

Point Pleasant deputies seek a vandal who spray painted a white car with a black stripe during a Saturday night incident. The vehicle owned by Owen Litchfield of Point Pleasant Route 1 was targeted in what authorities call a Halloween prank.

Point Pleasant Owen Litchfield Sheriff's

Your Money: Save for Dream Vacations With Regular Deposits

The article promotes vacation dreaming with easy programmed savings. It touts saving with purpose to reach goals like the French Riviera Paris or Rome, highlighting regular deposits and high savings interest to fund trips sooner.

French Riviera Paris Rome

Librarians Attend Columbus Meeting on Library Change

Mrs Nelle Elliott York Local Schools Librarian returns from a three day session of the Ohio Association of School Librarians at Neil House Columbus Speakers include Mary Helen Mahar US Office of Education Robert Case Ohio library supervisor John Rowell Western Reserve University and Dr Donald Barr headmaster Dalton Schools New York City who calls librarians intellectual grocers Conference sessions featured Alice Aiello Miriam Laukkonen and Dr Thomas E Miller with talks on library roles and future forecasts.

Nelsonville Nelle Elliott York Ohio Association of School Librarians Neil House Columbus Mary Helen Mahar United States Office of Education Robert Case Ohio John Rowell Western Reserve University Donald Barr Dalton Schools New York City Alice Aiello Cuyahoga County Miriam Laukkonen Thomas E. Miller Ohio State University

Market Report Cincinnati Live Stock Prices and Trends

Livestock prices from Cincinnati show cattle activity very slow across classes with steers 25 to 50 lower and cows and bulls mostly down. Vealers hold steady with some high choices. hogs slow with barrows and gilts down 25 and sows mixed. lambs and feeder lambs varied with openings steady to weak and late-day weakness.

Cincinnati USDA

Area Deaths and Obituaries Across Ohio Towns

Multiple notices report deaths and funeral plans from Nelsonville Chauncey The Plains Columbus Pomeroy Middleport Point Pleasant Shawnee and surrounding areas. Recipients include Forest Pearl Loper 61 of Chauncey and John G Richardson of Columbus among others with services at Johnson Rutherford Hughes Schoedinger and local churches and cemeteries.

Obituary notices from Athens and Point Pleasant area

Clarence J Baker 71 of Athens died after a long illness at East Manor Nursing Home Albany. Retired printer former composing room foreman Athens Messenger Springfield News Columbus Dispatch member International Typographical Union. Surviving daughter Clara Tasker West Carrollton son Virgil G Athens two grandchildren sister Margaret Fenton Springfield. Funeral 9 a.m. Tuesday Jagers and Sons Funeral Home Rev Paul G Williams Evergreen Cemetery West Carrollton. Also grave side in Mountain View Memorial Park Charleston for John V Mann 27 formerly Point Pleasant died from Missouri auto injuries. Surviving Judith Harris Mann Jake Christopher Mann mother Betty Mann sister Margaret Mann brother Bronson. Body at Barlow Bonsall Funeral Home Charleston. Mrs Ottie Forsythe 80 Point Pleasant funeral 11 a.m. Monday Crow Hassell Funeral Home grave side 2:30 p.m. Victory Cemetery Anstead WV. Born June 4 1886 Nicholas County daughter of M and Nancy Ann Sawyers. Husband Forest Forsythe deceased. Surviving three sons Forest Charleston Robert Cleveland John Huntington niece Lee Ann Mercis Cleveland sister Etta Lynch Phoenixville PA.

Nelsonville — Forest Pearl Loper Chauncey Lancaster Fairfield Hospital Hocking County Alec Mary Loper Gertrude Daniels Columbus Frank Albert Miami Fla Johnson Funeral Charles Hook Greenlawn Cemetery Middleport Thelma Chartier Glen Ellyn Meigs County Bradbury Richard and Hettie Sisson Horden Helen Elizabeth C. C. Chartier Henry Margaret) Davis G. B. Fisher Ventura Calif H. C. Horden L. D. Horden Gerard Gretta Horden George Skinner Pomeroy Middleport Church of Christ Donald Hicks Riverview Cemetery Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home Point Pleasant Mountain View Memorial Park Charleston John V. Mann Missouri Mann Florissant Judith Harris Mann Jake Christopher Mann Betty Mann Margaret Mann Atlanta Bronson Ottie Forsythe Crow-Hassell Cecil McMillion C. S. Thompson Victory Cemetery Anstead W. Va Forest Robert Cleveland John Huntington Lee Ann Mercis Etta Lynch Phoenixville

Athens woman Mrs Golden Gabriel dies after long illness

Mrs Golden Gabriel 77 of Athens Route 4 died Sunday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital after eight years of ill health. She was a lifelong Athens County resident, widow of John C. Gabriel, with three daughters Leola Shields Faye Genter Irene Wade and seven sons. Survived by 22 grandchildren and 14 great grandchildren and a brother Aaron Lewis. Funeral held Wednesday at 1 30 p m at Hughes Funeral Home with Rev R Edsel Wilcox officiating. Burial Zion Cemetery. friends may call after 2 p m Tuesday.

Helen Horvath the Plains Howard Lancaster Harold Alah Cline Esta Brandenberg Plains Nazarene Everett C. Altick New Marshfield Hughes Funeral Home Athens Pomeroy Chester Arthur Donohew Letart Falls Donohew Ruth Archie Letart Letart Falls Methodist Church James Early Freeland Norris Golden Gabriel Sheltering Arms Hospital John C Leola Shields Faye Genter Irene Wade Columbus St. Athens Floyd Chillicothe John Harold Springfield Kenneth C Detroit Russell Glen Elmer Lorain Aaron Lewis R. Edsel Wilcox Zion Cemetery

Workman Injured in Roof Fall at Local Garage

Cecil Sargent of Cheshire Route 1 is in serious condition at Holzer Hospital with severe head lacerations a fractured arm and possible neck and back injuries after a fall Monday morning at Rawlings and Sons Co auto agency in Middleport. He fell through the roof into the garage onto a hoist and was taken to hospital by the Middleport emergency squad at 10 20 a m.

Middleport Cecil Sargent Cheshire Holzer Hospital Rawlings and Sons Co. Auto Agency Sargent Rawlings

Bond Forfeitures Municipal Court Summary

Barbara Rollins, 59, Bates Ra. fined $52 for failure to yield the right of way. John Stephen Dumford, 18, Franklin, fined $23 for speeding. Rae Blizzard, 70, Winfield West Virginia, fined $14 for traffic sign violation. James Sayre McMurray, 20, North Olmstead, fined $44 for unsafe operation. John H. Lybarger, 43, New Lexington, fined $18 for speeding.

Barbara Rollins Bates Ra John Stephen Dumford Franklin Rae Blizzard Winfield W. Va James Sayre McMurray North Olmstead John H. Lybarger New Lexington

Traffic Fines Levied on Local Motorists

David Allen Derolph 20 of Glen ford Route 2 fined 15 dollars plus costs for speeding. John W. McCarty 19 of 1244 West Union Street fined 60 dollars for failure to display license plates.

David Allen Derolph Glenford John W. McCarty W. Union St

Mrs. Monad Lee Dies in Athens After Illness

Mrs. Monad Lee, 73, of Athens died Sunday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital after a brief illness. Widow of Lt. Col. Raymond Lee, she leaves three daughters Miriam Ownby Yap Caroline Islands Ruth Abbot Fort Wayne Ind Nancy Buehl New Orleans La and two sons William Toledo Jesse Phoenix Ariz. Also surviving a sister Sara Snyder Charleston W Va and 15 grandchildren. She was active in First Presbyterian Church and several organizations including American Legion Auxillary Eight and Forty Daughters of Union Veterans Higley Study Circle Athens Chapter 175 Order of Eastern Star White Shrine Emblem Club and Garden and Nature Club. Funeral arrangements complete at Jagers Funeral.

Athens Monad Lee Sheltering Arms Hospital Raymond Lee Miriam Ownby Yap Caroline Islands Ruth Abbot Fort Wayne Ind Nancy Buehl New Orleans William Toledo Jesse Phoenix Ariz Sara Snyder Charleston W. Va

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BY Dale E. Shultz IGSL Mil Street Athens County Savings & Loan CO al Saeedates Warkets Albany High School Albany Oakley Collins Wm. Rowland Co Republican Executive Oakley Collins John G. Richardson Riverside Hospital Alfred Alice Richardson Baker Young Flossie McElwee Westerville Elsie) Traugh Edgar Mildred) Downey Canal Winchester Albert Richardson Akron N. Y QO. L. Richardson Rutherford Funeral Home N. High St Cecil Groce Mount St. Mary Hospital Plains Athens County Anna Rorick Salem Plains Nazarene Church Charles Jennie Watkins Jacksonville F. and R. Lazarus Co Helen Watkins Edward Joan) Hebden Lima James Watkins Fort Worth Texas Jack Watkins Vessie Houston McArthur The Linden Baptist Church Schoedinger State St Wiliam J. Bowser Maplewood Cemetery Glouster Chester Donohew Mrs. Thelma Chartier George Sprenger George W. Sprenger Sprenger Ben Robinson Construction Co Silver Bridge Ashland Fredrich and Johanna Nulte) Sprenger Loyal Order of Mouse Presbyterian Church Lorena (Gibbs) Sprenger Martha Sprenger Houston Eugene Dorothy) Kalbfleisch Thomas Gall Moundsville H. Paige Bell Parkersburg Eugene Ball Tulsa Oklo Crow-Hassell Funeral Home Gaston Boyle Suncrest Cemetery Flora Braglin Flora Belle Braglin Howdyshell Rd Gore Jackson County William and Amanda Brooks Spires Charlotte Shaffer Bremen Samuel Braglin Crooksville Sylvester Andrew Corning Harry Raleigh N. C New Straitsville John Spires Junction City Josie Ashley Lyndia Rayburn South Webster Humphrey Shawnee Harold Shriner New Lexington Cemetery Clarence J. Baker Clarence J. Bak East Manor Harry and Daisy Deam Baker Baker Athens Messenger Springfield News Columbus Dispatch International Typographical Union Clara Jean Tasker West Carrolton Virgil G Margaret Fenton Clara Jagers and Sons Funeral Home Paul G. Williams Evergreen Cemetery Appalachian Power Co West Virginia University Episcopal Church McDonald Aircraft Corp Barlow- Bonsall Funeral Home Mrs. Ottie Fors Nicholas County She M. and Nancy Ann (Whitman) Sawyers Forest Forsythe Mrs. Golden Gabriel Douglas Bertha Lewis Paul Freda Oakland Auditorium Navy China Stimson Ave New Post Office Athens, Ohio Smith Audio Visual Service W. Union Mrs. Monad Lee Gertrude (Daling) Bishop First Presbyterian Church Jagers Funeral Home Jockey J Lhnans First Apostolic Church Rolling Hills N. A. Urshan S. G. Norris St. Paul, Minn WED THURS P. M. Alden Edward Kozar United Pentecostal Church St. Louis, Mo
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