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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 05, 1960

Page

12

Tycoon Lake road changes approved by Gallia County Commission

Gallia County commissioners vacated two county road sections around Tycoon Lake in Raccoon Township and created four new township roads. They authorized an alternate road around the lake, with easements and surveys to be arranged by the county engineer and wildlife engineers. A $20,000 M&A fund appropriation was approved to fund highway work. Attendees included Ohio Division of Wildlife and civil engineering staff.

Gallipolis Gallia County Board of Commissioners Raccoon Two J. Roy Bartlett Division of Wildlife Engineers Tycoon Lake Raccoon Twp Sam Guthrie Perry Guthrie Cora-Beaver Rd Harrison Queen’s Lane Brumfield Peter Parsons Big Creek Parsons Guyan Addison-Gallipolis Bulaville-Porter Rd J. Q. Haskins James R Geraldine Smith Smith Greenfield Drake Fork Rd Guyan Two Clint Jones Arthur Rupe Rush Chapman Cheshire Two Africa Rd Oty M. Stewart M&a William E. Owens Ohio Division of Wildlife Harold Young

Rio Grande High status under state review sparks board delays

Rio Grande High School may close after state inspector Gerald R. Norman recommended discontinuance. The Raccoon Local Board tabled actions on staffing and program pending the State Board of Education's April 11 decision. A May 3 bond vote on district improvements was set, with potential appeals if the state upholds the recommendation.

Rio Grande — Raccoon Norman Raccoon Local Rio Grande High School Joseph W. Clark Glendon O. Evans B. Lewis Jones

Orthopedic Clinic Set April 25

Gallia County and the City sponsor a semi annual orthopedic clinic at Grace Methodist Church on April 25. Dr H B Lacey of Columbus will conduct the clinic with Dr Leonard Harris of Holzer Hospital as examining pediatrician. Assistants include Mrs Mary B Recupur and John Patchen from welfare services and vocational rehab. Contact city or county health departments to attend.

Gallipolis City Gallia County Grace Methodist Church H. B. Lacey Columbus Leonard Harris Holzer Hospital Mary B. Recouper Ohio Department of Welfare John Patchen Bureau of Vocational Rehabilitation State Services For Gallia County Society For

Mrs Beulah Lear 67 Dies After Illness in Gallipolis

Mrs Beulah Chancey Lear 67 of Haner Rest Home died Monday in Holzer Hospital after a stay since February 26. Funeral 3:30 p.m. Wednesday at Miller's Funeral Home with Rev Merritt Saunders. burial Pine Street Cemetery. She is survived by two brothers and a sister and by two daughters and a son with a late son. She married twice and worked as a practical nurse in Gallipolis. Friends may call at the funeral home Tuesday evening and until services.

Gallipolis Beulah Chancey Lear Haner Rest Home Miller's Funeral Merritt Saunders Pine Street Cemetery Lear West Virginia Holzer Hospital Jackson County W. Va Everett and Hattie Johnson Casto Oral Casto Staats Mills Leonard Casto Big Chimney Telitha Casto Racine Merton Chancey Charleston Charles Emily Hogsett Point Pleasant Lorena Wilson Texas Edmund Year Mt. Sterling

Divorce Sought by Ruth A Martin in Gallia County

Ruth A Martin of Crown City Route 1 files for divorce and alimony from Floyd R Martin in Gallia County Common Pleas Court. The couple married August 30 1952 and have no children.

Gallipolis Ruth A Martin Crown City Gallia County

Cheshire Board approves sale of high school grounds

Cheshire Kgger Creek Local Board of Education approves a resolution to sell four lots behind the old Cheshire High School. The sale will be public with date and time to be advertised.

Kyger Kyger Creek Robert French Billy Joe Vance Gallipolis Cheshire Kgger Creek Local Board of Education

Big Overload Freight Fine In Gallipolis Court

Municipal Judge William H. Jones fined Billy C. Campbell 36 of Gallipolis 324 dollars plus costs for hauling 31 570 pounds overweight while moving a bulldozer on a Maiden Coal Co lowboy from Gallipolis to Hamden. Other patrol cases included fines for no operator license unsatisfied registration and speeding bond forfeitures.

Gallipolis William H. Jones Billy C. Campbell

Dotson Child Is Buried

Graveside services were held for one month old David Eugene Dotson of Bidwell Route 2 at Providence Baptist Church. He died at 8:45 p.m. Sunday in Holzer Hospital a few hours after admission. He was the son of John and Mary Bunch Dotson, born March 5, 1960, in Holzer Hospital. Surviving are two brothers Johnny Jr and James FE Dotson two sisters Dinah Sue Elizabeth and their parental grandparents Elijah Bunch Kerr and Thomas Dotson paternally, with maternal grandparents listed.

Gallipolis David Eugene Dotson Bidwell Providence Baptist Church Robert L. Petty Holzer Hospital John and Mary Bunch Dotson Johnny, Jr James FE. Dotson Dinah Sue Elizabeth Elijah Bunch Thomas Dotson Kerr

Student Council Race Open At High School

Candidates for next year’s student council president and vice president will be published on Friday. Petitions require 50 signatures with each signer limited to one petition. deadline is April 14. Uniformed services offer hazard pay for service involving exposure to lepers.

Gallipolis Gallia Academy High School The Uniformed Services

Gallipolis Southwestern Local Board Meets on Staffing and Finances

The Gallipolis Southwestern Local Board of Education discussed adding industrial arts and music teachers and a school library need. No hires were made. a special session is set for April 18 to review salary schedules and hire staff. The board authorized an advance tax draw to cover bills and salaries and approved back retirement for John Alton Wood. President John R. Morgan presided with all members present and officials attending.

Gallipolis Southwestern James N. Webster Herman Lee Massie B. Lewis Jones

Gallipolis-Hannin Tract board hires three school enumerators

The board approved Clerk Ewing Campbell's $2500 bond and hired three enumerators: Clarence Hineman for Guyan Township, Mrs. Nettie Carter for Harrison Township, and Mrs. Sarah Halley for Ohio Two. The meeting, led by Roy Daniels in the president's absence, planned a special session to review teacher enrollment with Executive Head Dennis M. Murdock in attendance.

Gallipolis Hannin Trace Board of Education Ewing Campbell Clarence Hineman Guyan Nettie Carter Harrison Sarah Halley Ohio Roy Daniels Arnold Fulks Dennis M. Murdock

Duncan Rites Are Held

Funeral services and burial planned for Forrest Lee Duncan 49 a former Gallipolis resident who died Sunday in Cocoa Florida after a heart attack His mother Alice Duncan survives in Gallipolis with sister Mrs Garnet Betz Father Frank Duncan preceded him His wife and eight children live in Gallipolis Marion Cocoa Florida and nearby areas He is also survived by two brothers the Rev Brady G Duncan Nitro West Virginia and Ben Duncan Eleanor West Virginia

Gallipolis Forrest Lee Duncan Cocoa Fla Gallipolis Ferry W. Va Alice Duncan Garnet Betz Frank Duncan Jack Joe Bob Jimmy Duncan Dave Marion Kenny Mary) Neal Harold de Lille

Rise in U S grade school enrollment 1958 59

An estimated 31 793 000 children were enrolled in grade schools in the United States during 1958 59, spanning kindergarten through eighth grade.

U. S

Two Meetings Planned for County Cattlemen

Beef and dairy cattlemen in Gallia and Lawrence Counties will hold two meetings next week. On Wednesday April 6 at 7 30 p m beef cattlemen will meet at Symmes Valley Grange Hall Waterloo to discuss economical feeder calves and view a cattle raising film with Ohio State University speakers Harold Shoemaker and Jim Warner. On Friday April 8 at 8 p m Dr Harry Goldstein head of the Diagnostic Laboratory Reynoldsburg will address dairymen in Gallipolis on prevention and control of udder diseases and antibiotic use approved by the FDA.

Gallia Lawrence Symmes Valley Waterloo Ohio Harold Shoemaker Jim Warner Ohio State University Harry Goldstein Common Pleas Gallipolis Goldstein Reynoldsburg

Admitted and Discharged Patients at Holzer Hospital

List of admitted patients including Mrs. Robert Warner and Rhoda M. Duncan with locations such as Pomeroy Bidwell Gallipolis and West Columbia. Discharged names include Mrs. Mark Taylor Mrs. Lula Goeglein and several others. Blood used recorded as Sunday three pints Monday three pints.

Robert Warner Pomeroy Rhoda M. Duncan Bidwell Pearl Russell Wellston Oliver Johnson Gallipolis J. Arthur Crow David H van Matre West Columbia Raymond Broyles West Columa James E. Maynard Mason Paul R. Henry John W. Potter Jackson James S. Blake Hartford Kerr Blain South Side Carol L. Dailey Larry L. Boyer Mark Taylor Lula Goeglein Fred F. Copeland Clarence Burns, Jr James H. McNellis Sam Meech Allister William Hughes Clarence Murnahan Wilma Davis Joseph King Donald Kuhn John Carter Wallace Henry Frances Anderson Elza Smith Mona Neal Danny White Linda Cragg

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