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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 23, 1968
Page
3
Donald Priddy 32 of Middleport Route 1 faces an arson charge after allegedly starting a small fire in the Meigs County jail. Sheriff Robert Hartenbach said Priddy had been jailed Saturday night for disturbing the peace before the blaze was reported.
Week end arrests recorded by the sheriff's department include Norman Jordan 30 of Gallipolis Ferry and by the State Police Russell Stover 22 of Gallipolis Ferry intoxication with William Lee Stover 21 also from Gallipolis Ferry in toxication and Ronnie Lee Slayton 22 of Bidwell driving while intoxicated.
Gallipolis fire crews battled a blaze at the Frosty Freeze on Garfield Avenue Sunday night. The building valued at 1,000 with 3,000 in contents suffered 1,000 and 2,000 in damage respectively, but 26,000 in goods were saved. Fire started from fryer grease. The 8:31 p.m. alarm brought 14 firefighters and two trucks. Owner is F. E. Kerr. building leased to Horace Abbott.
Shelter arms hospital notes list new births for several families including Alvin Reynolds Chauncey and Delores Deal Athens among others. Dismissals include Ronald Perry Goldie Shields and multiple other patients and relatives.
West Virginian Pfc. James R. Miller is killed serving in Vietnam. Son of Mrs. Florence M. Agosti of Kenna, Jackson County, he leaves a sister MyrnaFields of Sissonville, a brother Lawrence Miller, half siblings, and two grandmothers Mrs. Artie Snyder of Charleston and Mrs. Lillian Miller of Pine Grove. Funeral arrangements await body arrival.
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Pfc. John E. Perry 25 of McArthur killed in Vietnam on Sept 12. He was a former mail carrier, a 1960 McArthur High School graduate, and had served since February with a Vietnam tour since July. Survived by his parents Everett and Melva Cooper Perry, one brother Allen Perry of Radcliff, and one sister Loisene Faulk of Circleville. Services at 2 p.m. Tuesday at Wrightsel Funeral Home, Elder Kenneth Kriebel officiating. Burial in Elk Cemetery. Friends may call at the funeral home anytime.
N Straitsville and Akron visitors spent a weekend with local residents. Ivan Benson of Ashton was admitted to Pleasant Valley Hospital after a Route 2 auto crash that damaged his car. a possible nasal fracture was reported.
Ronald Jacobs, 25, was released from Pleasant Valley Hospital after a Friday 11 40 a m explosion at the Stauffer Chemical Plant in Gallipolis Ferry. Plant officials report minimal damage and no serious injuries while in plant personnel acted swiftly. Ed Lewis of Six San Addition suffered severe upper body and facial burns when a car radiator exploded on Route 17 and was treated at the same hospital.
Final FAA approval secures plans to lengthen Mason County airstrip from 3200 to 4000 feet and widen from 60 to 75 feet. Sverdrup and Parcel and Associates of St. Louis with M Waldo Blake lead the project. FAA funds 50 50. bids advertised Sept 24 Oct 1 and Oct 8 with opening Oct 15 and contract by Oct 30. Earth moving to start soon. lighting matches a 4000 foot set up.
McArthur Market on West Main Street was entered Sunday morning with cash taken from a dismantled safe. George Howell owns the business. Entry used a front door lock picked. similar to a Laurelville robbery. George Craig discovered the theft. Sheriff Harold Steele and a Bureau of Criminal Investigation official are investigating. suspected professional safe cracking.
Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant receives a $50,503 share of Appalachian Regional Commission funds totaling $9,678,066 allocated to West Virginia. The status report to Gov. Hulett C. Smith from Pent FE Hutchinson Jr notes the federal grant.
City police investigated vandalism to a bulldozer owned by Upton Construction Co of Leon Sunday. The machine used for church basement work had wiring cut breather and gas cap removed. The site lies in the small strip between Lone Oak Cemetery and Meadowbrook Addition, outside city limits. case turned over to state police for further inquiry.
Two juveniles were cited after police apprehended them for breaking into Red's Meat Market at 2101 Jefferson Ave in Point Pleasant. Cash totaling $25 was missing and $7.06 was recovered. the youths were released to their parents.
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