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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1964
Page
2
Point Pleasant city council increased gross sales tax on two public utilities to the state maximum. Appalachian Power Co. goes to 4 percent and United Fuel Gas Co. to 3 percent, from a prior 0.25 percent.
Mrs. Edna Jones 42 of 2224 Jefferson Ave Morgantown WVU Medical Center underwent open heart surgery last Thursday. She has a hole in her heart about the size of a quarter likely present since birth. Her family plans a 10 day to two week hospital stay and library week proclamation was issued by Mayor Virgil Siders.
Freda Newell, 53, of Point Pleasant Route 2, was cited for improper passing after a two car collision at 7 45 am Monday. State Police said she passed the other vehicle driven by Charles Gleas on Steenbergen Hill in a curve on a double line. There were no injuries and damage totaled 90 dollars.
The notice lists couples from Henderson and Point Pleasant with ages and hometowns. David S McCoy 26 and Dottie Lou Berkley 21 are paired from Henderson and Point Pleasant. Charles William Durst 38 and Annetta Jane De Weese 23 come from Letart and Point Pleasant. Douglas Gene Edwards 21 and Phyllis Diana Stewart 18 are from Letart and Hartford.
Boys aged 8 to 15 are asked to register at the senior high school cafeteria on April 17 for Little League. Season opens May 18. A separate women only meeting on April 18 at 7 30 p m will plan fundraising for the league and elect officers. The annual dinner is set for May 9 at Ordnance School.
U S Corps of Engineers repair fleet arrived at the Gallipolis Roller Dam to fix the upper gates of the 600 by 110 foot land lock. Repairs are expected to take about five days and will force traffic through the smaller 360 by 110 foot river lock, slowing operations and requiring double lockages.
Dismissal notice listing Mrs. Ora Biddle of Point Pleasant Mrs. Lester Gibbs of Millwood and Timothy Smith among others in hospital notes.
Miles Darst, Mason County conservation officer, reports two more deer killed over the weekend, bringing the yearly total to 10. A doe fawn was hit on Route 17 by a car driven by L. J. Nutter of Gallipolis, and salvage for the school lunch program was not possible. Carl Siders of Point Pleasant saw a deer on Route 2 near the Jackson County line and found blood and 93 feet of skid marks but could not locate the animal.
Reedsville recent visitors include Mr and Mrs Marion Hetzer and family of Toledo Mr and Mrs Raleigh Hetzer and sons of Akron and Mr and Mrs Arthur Hetzer and family of Washington West Virginia Also Mrs Nettie Cowdery returns home after winter with daughter Mrs Ruth Barthelmas of Columbus Zenith Chevalier returns from San Diego California after four years in the U S Navy spent mostly in the Pacific and West Coast
A long list of birth announcements from Holzer Hospital names numerous families and newborn daughters. Entries include Higginbotham Grimms Landing, McClelland Kenton, Sanders Gallipolis Eureka Star Route, and many others across Gallia Jackson Lawrence and adjacent towns. The notices name parents and their hometowns, reflecting community births.
The Mason County Young Democrat Club plans a 7 30 p m meeting in the courthouse courtroom. President Lawrence Plants invites all local and state candidate hopefuls and the public to attend, ahead of the May 12 primary. Roger W Cleland of Cheshire forfeited a $20 bond after being charged with fishing without a license in Campaign Creek, cited by Gallia Co game protector Kenneth L Tomlinson.
Three Mansfield youths were injured Sunday morning when their car overturned on Route 689 in Meigs County near Albany. Driver David Dopps Jr., 18, and passengers Michael Harris, 16, and Donald Dopps, 17, suffered cuts and were taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital by Albany ambulance. The crash occurred when David Copps lost control on a hillcrest, sending the car off the road and off the highway before overturning. The vehicle was demolished. GALLIPOLIS Charles Holzer, son of Dr and Mrs Charles E Holzer Jr, is a member of the 1964 track team at Haverford College.
Three Southeast Ohio State Highway Patrol posts organized an emergency blood run from Huntington West Virginia to Marietta Ohio. A South Point Post 44 car collected the shipment at Chesapeake and passed it to a Gallipolis Post 27 car at Crown City, then Gene E. Scott’s Gallipolis car relayed it to a Meigs County Mariеtta Post 84 car for delivery to Marietta.
Danny and Kenny Brown earned Tenderfoot ratings in Boy Scout Troop 211 at the Scoutmaster Rev. Marion T. Williams home in Addison. Eight attended, with one new applicant Tom Denney. Next meeting is Monday at 7 p.m. at Addison Town House. scouts should bring camping gear for inspection.
R. J. Hodges files a civil action of appeal in circuit court against James Ellis. Hodges seeks review of a justice of the peace ruling awarding $149 to Edith Fox of Clifton for materials used on a home.
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