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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1964
Page
9
Gallia Academy High School Thesian Club will present Twelve Angry Women at 8 p m on April 10 in the GAHS auditorium. The play, adapted from Twelve Angry Men, follows women deciding a young man s guilt on trial for his life. Admission is 35 or 75 cents, tickets from club members.
Gallia County reports record activity in March with 101 titles issued in a day and 1245 titles in a month. Auto dealers show gains across all categories including 338 total sales and 206 used cars, up from February. 20 new trucks up from 17. 24 used trucks up from 17. plus one new Jeep and several trailers. The Clerk Marjorie Rinehart noted 41 duplicate titles, 348 lien notations and 285 lien cancellations.
Gallipolis Ohio patrolmen logged 1874 hours in Gallia and Meigs Counties in March investigating 36 accidents three down from February and 124 in the first three months of 1964. One fatal crash killed Dennis G Cooper and Mabel Scott Cooper in Proctorville. Patrols issued warnings to 387 motorists and answered 4527 calls, with 13 safety talks to 726 listeners.
In Gallipolis Municipal Court Judge William H. Sowers fined William E. Stewart 61 of Ewington Route 1 fifty dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated. Stewart received five days in jail and a six month license suspension. Olaf Murray 54 of Scottown had pleaded innocent to assault and battery. charge dismissed at city solicitor’s request with costs suspended. Merrill E. Shriver 24 of Bidwell Route 2 was fined ten dollars and costs for no muffler. Arthur Persinger 47 of Gallipolis was fined ten dollars and costs for intoxication.
Holzer Hospital reports multiple births to local families in Henderson and surrounding towns. Gallipolis Fire Department logged 12 alarms in March including seven grass fires and four auto fires, totaling 33 runs for the year, with 27 accidents investigated and no fatalities.
At the Gallipolis City Health Department monthly well child clinic Dr. J Gordon Gibert examined 13 children. Four school physicals were given and one child referred for further medical examination. Nurses administered six DPT doses five Sabin oral polio vaccines and two smallpox shots.
The Theater of the World, published in 1570, was the first modern atlas. An Antwerp businessman grew tired of varied map shapes and projections and commissioned a draftsman to create uniform sized maps.
Gallia County plans its annual spelling bee for grades 3 through 8 at Rio Grande Elementary School with eleven county schools competing in preliminary rounds. Winners advance to the grand finale with J Sherman Porter serving as pronouncer and a panel of judges from Rio Grande College and local churches. The overall winner advances to the Tri State spelling bee in Huntington May 9, then national finals in Washington, D C in June.
The Messenger details Southwestern Junior High and Hannan Trace Elementary with principals and pronouncers across grades five to eight. Named officials include Marguerite Hineman, Gladys Brucker, Walter Neal, John D. Davis, Howard Slagle, Dan G. Fulks, Katherine Williams, Sherley E. Sheets, Glen Wiseman, Walter W. Rife, and Daisy Glassburn.
Batavia voters rejected a 336000 bond issue for a new high school on Tuesday. The defeat blocks plans for expansion and prompts officials to review next steps and voter sentiment.
An inmate identified as Boyd Rowland, 42, escaped from Gal lipolis State Institute around 3 p.m. Wednesday and remained missing early today. Rowland is 5 feet 4 inches, 135 pounds, with grey hair and eyes, wearing overall pants and a green jacket. Call Gallipolis Patrol at 446-2433 if seen.
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