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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 07, 1959
Page
14
Gallia Academy Junior High will add commercial math for eighth graders and beginning science for seventh graders in 1959 60 as electives alongside required subjects. The shift cuts class periods from eight to six with 57 minute sessions to improve teacher student contact and align with the high school.
Gallia County 4-H Tractor Maintenance Club voted to tour Kaiser Aluminum in Ravenswood in June after a Kaiser invitation letter was received. Officers noted immediate submission of tractor project books while members Ronda Skeen Tom Walters David Roush and Charles Sisson attended.
Raccoon Kyger Hannan boards meet to reemploy three Rio Grande High School teachers and plan to purchase two 48 passenger school buses for 10 577 98. The district will sell unused frame buildings at Kyger and Cheshire and will open bids for a bus while ordering repairs flagged by the state fire marshal.
Gallia Hannan Trace Local Board of Education hired three enumerators to conduct the district census and purchased three school buses for 17 563 38 dollars. Ohio Valley Implement Co of Gallipolis bid on a 60 passenger chassis to be fitted with a Carpenter body for the project.
Joseph W. Clark of Gallia County Selective Service Board 45 announced the resignation of clerk John E. Switzer effective April 30. Switzer joined the board in 1948. replacement will be chosen via civil service. Applications via county post offices. must pass civil service typing test within 30 days.
Twelve Gallia Academy High School students will take the general aptitude test Wednesday at the high school, Principal Ross H. Fleming reported. The group includes Albert Lee, Bill Porter, Ronnie Lemon, Rod Frazer, Tom Houck, David Hively, Gary Clark, Fred Ferguson, Larry Saunders, Marlin Pitchford, Kenneth Mitchell and Jimmy Steele.
The board's bid for two 48 passenger busses with Superior bodies at 5365.40 each minus 100 trade-ins was accepted. They also approved a single bus bid of 6132.48 minus 100 for a trade-in. Enumerators Clarence Hineman Guyan Twp Georgia Johnson Ohio Twp and Nettie Carter Harrison Twp were appointed for the new year. President Arnold Fulks presided with Aaron Thompson vice president Raymond Carter Henry Meadows S E Johnson and Ewing Campbell clerk attending.
Gallia County Probate Court records show two marriage license applications in April. Francis Walters 53 of Gallipolis and Dorothy Harrison 37 of Gallipolis filed on Saturday. Jack F Powell 18 of Columbus and Mary Wann Swick 16 of Bidwell filed on Monday.
Thomas F. Callanan 59 a former St. Louis sheriff and influential Democratic faction leader died Saturday from a heart ailment. His career included leadership roles in party affairs and local law enforcement.
Glenn Simpkins, 34, Henderson, forfeited a $25 bond in Gallia County Court on two charges of no operator's license and insufficient brakes after weekend arrest by the Gallia County sheriff's department.
Municipal Judge William H. Janes will sentence two men after guilty pleas to gambling charges. Harry L. Smith 45 of 7512 Third Ave and Calvin C. Cousins 21 of Kerr pleaded guilty with Smith found guilty of keeping a place where gambling was permitted. Sentences for Cousins and Smith are scheduled in the coming days. Additional fines were levied for traffic and intoxication offenses.
Gallia County Commissioners learned from Prosecuting Attorney Warren F. Sheets that the county must pay the City Solicitor Perry J. Bailes for prosecutions in Municipal Court under Revised Code 733.52. Sheets cited 1929 attorney general ruling and Supreme Court decisions to support the interpretation, with a $2400 annual salary authorized.
Rio Grande College student Bernard A. Sikora was thrown from a speeding car that crashed into a power pole and was run over by the right front wheel. Frasier Frances D. Taylor, 18, of Rio Grande, lost control on Route 35 as she topped a grade. she was cited for operating left of center and fined by Rio Grande Mayor George Northup. Sikora was treated at Holzer Hospital for bruises and abrasions.
Mrs John Embrey of Drakes visited Tuesday night and attended Methodist Church services. Mrs Amy Lanning and Mrs Margaret Edwards traveled Saturday to Lakeside for the wedding of Susan Elizabeth Edwards, granddaughter of Dr and Mrs William D Edwards. Mr and Mrs Owen Wallace visited friends in Stockport over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Robert Keller of Columbus spent the weekend with relatives here.
Holzer Hospital records show a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Wagener of Wellston Route 3. The list also includes admissions: Miss Ermatie Straight Gallipolis. John W. Call Jr Middleport. Frank Vorek Vinton Route 1. George D. Walker Wellston. and numerous others with residences in Coal Grove Jackson Letart Scottown Pomeroy Ironton Point Pleasant Dunbar Gallipolis New Haven Syracuse and Oakey Johnson among names. Blood used noted as Monday one pint.
Five Gallia Academy High School Future Business Leaders of America members attended the state convention at Ohio State University Student Union in Columbus. Attending Gallipolis chapter members were Eileen Lear Donna Gail Sheets Sharon Lupton Frances Guess Bette Johnson and sponsor Miss Jearl Stump.
Henry Williams, 51, of Gallipolis was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to five days in jail on a state highway patrol charge of operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Victor D. Hager, 39, was fined five dollars and costs for failing to obey a stop sign. Richard D. Ward, of Waverly, was fined five dollars and costs for excessive speed. Bonds forfeited include Clifford L. Mullen, 23, Parkersburg, 15 dollars for failing to stop within the assured clear distance, Larry Ross, 19, Melvindale, Michigan, 15 dollars for crossing a yellow line, and Harry J. Finley, 46, Ashland, Kentucky, 10 dollars for no mud flaps.
Gauge readings show the Ohio and Kanawha rivers with multiple dams and locks in operation. Listings cover dam rollers, lock statuses, and boat movements at Gallipolis, Marmet, Winfield, Huntington, Aliquippa, Lehigh, Cherrystone, and other vessels throughout the day.
The honor flag flew at Gallia Academy High School to recognize three regional science fair winners from Marshall College Huntington. Becky Sechrist won the junior girls grand award, Rodney Lusk took junior biology first, and Joe Bagshaw finished fifth in senior biology.
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