Area Death Notices Highlight West Virginia Losses
A series of death notices from Point Pleasant Glenwood Wellston Middleport Logan and Athens detail recent deaths and funerals. Bernice Brumfield 9 of Glenwood Route 2 dies after long illness at Huntington Hospital. Services in Greenbottom Baptist Church. Harold Steele 28 Wellston admitted for observation after tractor incident. Ida Mourning 91 Middleport dies at Camden-Clark Hospital with services at Rawlings-Coates. Bertha Helber 79 Logan dies at Hocking Valley Hospital, funeral at Roberts. Nathan Smith 91 Athens dies at Russell Nursing Home, funeral at Jagers and Sons. Burial in Pleasant Valley Cemetery and Hocking Cemetery respective locations.
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Point Pleasant
Bernice J. Brumfield
Glenwood
Huntington Hospital
Greenbottom Baptist Church
Cabell County
Thomas Kinnaird
Greenbottom Cemetery
Chapman Funeral Home
Huntington
Wellston
Harold J. Steele
Holzer Medical Center
Rawlings-Coates
Charles Simons
Buria
Lone Oak Cemetery
Jagers and Sons Funeral Home
Herbert Harris
Hocking Cemetery
Nelsonville York School District Candidate Ad
Voters in the Nelsonville York City School District are asked to vote on November 4 for a member of the school board. The ad pledges open meetings, taxpayer money accountability, district wide representation, and improved school management for student training and value.
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Nelsonville
York City
Stolen car recovered by police in Akron
State Police report a stolen car owned by Rudy Allinder of Point Pleasant was recovered in Akron. Donald Ridenour of Akron was taken into custody for the crime. The auto was stolen from Route 62 across from the Pleasant Point Resort while Allinder worked Wednesday night.
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Akron
Point Pleasant
Rudy Allinder
Donald Ridenour
Route 62
Pleasant Point Resort
Allinder
Nelsonville man pleads guilty on two bad checks
Edward Max Matheny of 1078 Chestnut Street pleaded guilty in Nelsonville Mayor's Court to two counts of issuing checks with insufficient funds dated October 7 1969. He was fined $50 and costs on each count with $25 suspended on condition of restitution. Roy E Bankes A and P Market and Donald Frank Frank's Market filed related complaints over checks.
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Nelsonville
Edward Max Matheny
Chestnut St
Earl Hilleary
Roy E. Bankes
A & P Market
Donald Frank
Frank’s Market
Carpenter Westina Crabtree Carpenter Meeting At Temple WSCS
The Temple WSCS regular meeting at the church hosted Carpenter Baptist Busy Bees. Deovotions led by Mrs. Arthur Crabtree centered on Faith and Stewardship. Various guests visited along with members and local families, with several members noted as hosting or visiting others in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpenter
Temple Wscs
Mendal Jordan
Carpenter Baptist Busy Bees
Arthur Crabtree
Marie Seel
William Cheadle
Rex Cheadle
Ronald Whittington
Lewis Smith
Paula Luckett
Otho McKnight
Murl Galaway
Rolland Crabtree
Ed Wood
Angie
Columbus
Wood
Zella Perry
Carroll Woodgerd
Servicemen News Promoted and Graduates Named
Sp 4 David E. Fife 20 of Cheshire Route 2 is promoted while serving near Pleiku Vietnam with the 4th Infantry Division. He is a rifleman with Company A 3rd Battalion 12th Infantry. entered Army July 1968. basic at Ft Gordon. overseas December 1968. holds Combat Infantryman Badge. 1967 Middleport High School graduate. Tech Sgt Henry D. McKnight of Middleport Route 1 graduates from Air National Guard NCO Academy at McGhee Tyson Airport Tenn. slated for duty with 438th Security Police Squadron at McGuire AFB New Jersey. Rutland High School graduate. married to Grace H Bowman.
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David E. Fife
Marvin F. Fife
Cheshire Route 2
Pleiku
Vietnam
4Th Infantry Division
12Th Infantry
Ft. Gordon
Middleport High School
Coal Tipple Destroyed By Fire in Hocking
Nelsonville and Murray City firefighters responded to an alarm at Pittsburg Hollow Ward Township Hocking County about 450 am Thursday. A coal tipple owned by Joy Coal Co was partially destroyed by a fire of unknown origin. Army personnel with Vietnam service listings follow in the text.
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Nelsonville
Murray City
Pittsburg Hollow
Ward Township
Hocking County
Joy Coal Co
Salser and Dempsey Kin Attend Local Weddings and Visits
Syracuse residents report wedding attendances as Mrs. Nial Salser and Mrs. Daisy Roush host and visit relatives. David Wagner wed Patricia Skinner of Waterford with attendance by Mr. and Mrs. Nial Salser and others. Additional visits include Mr. Clem Cooper to Albany and Bernard Ward of Pittsburgh with George Dempsey visiting Huntington and Clara Hess.
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Syracuse
Nial Salser
Ex Manager Of Grocery Firm H O Sedwick Dies At 67
Ex manager and vice president of the F J Beasley Co in Athens H O Ott Sedwick 67 of 193 E State St Athens died Friday at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg after three days admission He was active in Masonic circles Republican Party and local churches Survived by wife Margaret daughter Donna Rigel four grandchildren and two grandsons one son Robert D and an infant sister predeceased Burial in Green Lawn Nelsonville with Masonic services at Jagers and Sons Funeral Home.
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Logan
Bertha May Helber
Hocking Valley Community Hospital
Mabel Roop
Main St
Paulding County
Ohio
Sanford and Almeda Frasure Swick
John Wesley Helber
Roop
William
Dorothy) Beavers
Starr
Hazel Strawn
Jessie Swick
Gore
George Swick
Roy Swick
Mineral
Roberts Funeral Home
Hugh Robinson
Pleasant Valley Cemetery
Hocking County
Lucy Gillette
Athens Route 3
Betty Hunter Smith
Pearly
Sarah
Ray
Clarence
Percy
Neil
Alfred
Athens
H. O
Ott) Sedwick
State St
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
Henry and
Alvira Wilmuth Sedwick
Sedwick
F. J. Beasley Co
Amesville
First Presbyterian Church
F&am
Eohemia
CES
Central Committee
Republican Party
Jagers and Sons
Samuel J. Marshall
Green Lawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
Candidate Davis Clarified for Nelsonville School Board
Ralph E. Davis, candidate for the Nelsonville York City Board of Education, lives at 233 Ashton Ave and works as an installer-repairman for General Telephone Co., Logan. Davis is one of six candidates for two open seats, and appears at a teachers meeting Wednesday night described him as a local businessman.
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Nelsonville
Ralph E. Davis
Nelsonville-York City
Davis
Saxbe Aid Speaker At Teacher Meeting
Ohio University graduate Vince Rakestraw on Senate staff spoke at the Southeastern Ohio Teachers Association meeting in Athens Middle School about the political involvement of teachers. He discussed civic roles and professional responsibilities during the session.
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Ohio University
United States
William B. Saxbe
Southeastern Ohio Teacher's Associations
Vince Rakestraw
Athens Middle School
Logan Hotel Fire Prompted By Smoldering Mattress
Sixteen Logan firemen responded to an alarm at 11 34 p m originating from the Chrisman Hotel on West Main Street. A booster line extinguished a burning mattress set afire by smoking in bed. Kahle Rummer 31 of Marietta a patron, turned in the alarm.
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Logan
Chrisman Hotel
West Main Street
Kahle Rummer
Marietta
Pollution Controls Sought At Parkersburg Marietta Area
Parkersburg Marietta area residents push for air pollution controls after a state federal conference in Vienna West Virginia with testimony from NAPCA officials and local leaders. Petitions with 2903 signatures were presented urging action amid TEHHEW delays and political pressure.
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Parkersburg - Marietta
Vienna
W.va
West Virginia
HEW
Marietta
Ohio
John A. Burnworth
Burnworth
Drunk Driver Pleads Guilty in Nelsonville Case
George J. Eppley 19 of McConnelsville Route 4 faced charges of driving while intoxicated and operating an unsafe vehicle. He pleaded guilty, was fined 150 dollars plus costs, jailed three days, license suspended 30 days for the DWI, and fined 10 dollars plus costs for the unsafe vehicle.
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Nelsonville
George J. Eppley
McConnelsville
Eppley
Earl Hilleary
Delores Brookhart Found Guilty in Habitual Drunkenness Case
Delores J Brookhart of Athens Route SOA listed as guilty of habitual drunkenness. Court grants custody of the minor child to Brookhart following the verdict.
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Delores J. Brookhart
Athens
John C. Brookhart
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Bernice Brumfield
She Was the Daughter of
Emzie and
Lomna Deal Brumfield
Patty Ann
William Deal
Nina Brumfield
Elgin
Tena Sharp
Jack Hudson
Ravenswood
Ida
Middleport
Ida Mourning
Camden-Clark Hospital
George and
Elizabeth Gise Mourning
Margaret Mourning
Ironton
Bertha Helber
Nathan J. Smith
Russell
Albany
Nathan
Elizabeth Swett Smith
Strouds Run
Wilbur D. Mender
Redwood
Tingley
Bowser
Wayne & Master
W.mainst
Pomeroy, O
Kk. M. Matheny
Westina Crabtree
Chester Price
Jerry Stansbury
Reba
Kenneth Hutchinson
David
John Throckmorton
Leslie
College Corners
Vina Rutherford
Faye Jordan
Hocking
Army
Guy E. Yarger
Carl W. Yarger
Junction City
101St Airborne Division
Army Sp
Timothy R. Walpole
Mona J. Byrd
Dennison St
Hebron
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Bernard W. Walpole
Corning
Dale L. Compston
John Compston
Shawnee
Pamela
Margaret Cottrill
Robert H
Robert H. Auflick
H.O. (Ott) Sedwick
Masonic Lodge
Saxbe
Logan Hotel
ED Nicholls
Associated Press
William H. Megonnell
National Air Pollution Control Administration
NAPCA
Health, Education and Welfare
Robert Finch
Clarence Miller
Miller
W. Va
Kirk Foster
Donald Hensel
Amax Metals Co
Ibrahim Hindawi
Hindawi
Herschel Slater
Union Carbide
Elberfelds
Pomeroy
2Nd Street
The
Athens National Bank
Bankamericard
Bankamericard Service Corporation
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
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