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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1951
Page
5
The Gallia County Ministerial Association sponsors a free Vacation Bible School Institute for workers in daily VBS. Experts teach, sample teaching materials, and lunch is not provided. It runs April 24 from 10 a.m. to 3 30 p.m. at Stace Methodist Church in Gallipolis.
Washington school in Gallipolis held an open house sponsored by the Parent Teacher Association. Parents toured rooms displaying puppets, art, quilts, woodwork, textiles, and home economics projects while a cadet band performed for attendees and awards were handed to students.
Gallia County commissioners end a two year dispute by approving modest monthly salary increases for deputies in six court house offices. Increases range from 16 to 30 dollars for nine months through Jan 1 1982. They also plan to sell surplus equipment and buy a new typewriter for the clerk of courts.
Five individuals were fined in municipal court after city police arrests. Virgil C. Booten was fined 10 dollars and costs for left-of-center driving. Preston Halley, Lawn Bowen, Reonert Shepard, and Robert Love received costs for intoxication. Calvin Nolen and others forfeited bonds on related charges.
Mrs Magnussen elected president of the Washington PTA during a Monday night meeting. Other officers include Mrs R D Thomas as vice president Wayne Foner as corresponding secretary and Mrs Des McGinness as treasurer.
In municipal court Monday, two drivers were convicted and one bond forfeited. Hebert Donald Carson of Rutland faced speeding charges with $10 and costs. Thomas Lewis Springer of Gallipolis also charged, with costs. Carl Pahner of Charlenton forfeited a $200 bond after arrest for driving without lights.
Gallia County VFW 4464 commander Ingerick will install Post 476 Pomeroy officers Tuesday night and a week later install Albany Post 99-5 officers. He also serves as district 12 commander and a member of Gallia County Post.
River traffic reports show vessels passing through Gallipolis Locks with times for the Lewis Taibhot Craig and others. Kanawha River activity lists Mator Semet Marmet Cherokee Winfield and additional upriver vessels with varied times. The Ohio River fell while the Kanawha rose. gauges read upper 18.1 and lower 27.6 feet with rollers at 0 feet and Kanawha tides.
Edwin Carroll of Gallipolis applies for divorce from Patty Frances Carroll of Beauty Kentucky. Married in Gallipolis in 1945 the couple have children. The petition cites gross neglect and cruelty as grounds.
Gallipolis student Kendall Sheets of Mercerville High School was chosen by the 40 and eight to attend Boys State this summer. Gallia Academy’s Steve McKean was selected by Lafayette Post American Legion to represent city schools at Reva State. Camp Pere Hie year June 15 to 34.
Wil Stewart was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to six months in jail for possession of moonshine found at his home. The jail term was suspended by Justice Maurice Grover on good behavior they say, with half of the fine also suspended. Sieart Was Charged with the legal possession.
Relatives of Lt Col Wetherholt believe he will be reassigned to the states within a month, traveling through Gallipolis and Athens. He has served in the Korean theater since the war began and is a graduate of Ohio University. He married Margaret Dailey of Athens, with her mother Mrs. Bertha Dailey. The family previously lived in Tacoma, Washington, before Japan deployment. A son, Bob, also attended Ohio University and is with the 24th Division in Korea.
A list of admitted patients at Holzer Hospital includes Mrs Lette Jennings of Point Pleasant and Mrs Leste Lemley of Kanawha, with numerous others from Gallipolis Jackson Rutland Crown City and nearby towns. Names include Grace Estler Jackson Betty Harmon Leora Galbraith Laura Miller Carla Jane Miller and several dozens more.
Names and ages listed for several couples and pairs in Ohio counties including Gallipolis, Columbus, Vinton, and Oak Hill. Entries show George W Liggins with Mildred Stephenson, Lenald Berne with Nettie J Hall, and Howard Hubbard with Nancy J Hess, with ages ranging from 16 to 32.
Mr and Mrs Robert Dunn of Charleston were guests Sunday at the Kanauga Gallipolis event. Details of the occasion and attendees are limited in the readable text.
Gallia County Sheriff George Ehman asks residents to help identify a recovered watch linked to a breaking and entering investigation. A boy found and sold the watch. it is a woman’s eight sided Swiss movement timepiece in white gold or German silver with a half inch black adjustable strap.
The Ladies Aid of the Methodist Church will hold its regular meeting at the church Thursday all day and will observe the birthdays of class members.
Chauncey Mayors Charles Wadley met with the Men's Progressive Club of the Church of Christ to back a community playground project to move children from street play. They noted unused athletic fields and want a coordinative play program with backing from residents and a town meeting soon. The group also outlined plans for the County Men's Brotherhood anniversary meeting May 3 with about 150 attendees and local music provided by a high school group.
The Loyal Work of the Chauncey Church of Christ will hold a meeting Thursday at the home of president Mrs. Martha Shafer on Ellis Avenue.
Mrs Irene Davis announces the Friendship Class of the Church of Christ will gather Wednesday night at 7 30 in Edith Nye's High Street home for a class meeting.
A joint committee from Greens Run and Taylor Ridge churches met at Taylor Ridge to organize an attendance contest between the two Sunday Schools starting next Sunday and running through June 3. Members present included Fred Leake, William Hanley, Dave Swartz, Virgil Swart, Travis Chesser, Earl Mohler, and G. B. Courtney.
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