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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1964
Page
5
The Gallipolis swimming pool will open May 29 with daily hours 1 to 6 p m. Adults and children only from 5 to 6 p m. Rentals available and last year’s prices apply. John Milhoan returns as pool manager and Bobby Ford is this year’s basket boy.
William W. Blankenship and Otis Arthur Johnson, both of Crown City, pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to arson charges. Bound to the May term grand jury with $10,000 bonds each, they face case linked to a Tuesday fire that gutted Johnsons home, with furnishings destroyed and interior soaked in kerosene or fuel oil suggested by the sheriff. Prosecution by Warren F. Sheets and arson investigators from state and prison lab assisted local deputies.
District Forest Fire Warden Ed Chesser said two fires last week destroyed 6.9 acres. A 1.5 acre blaze in Vinton County and a 0.3 acre fire in Fairfield County were reported. Two Hocking County fires burned 3.1 acres while Vinton County reported a separate two acre blaze.
The North Gallia Local School District board moved to oust executive head W Carter Massie with a 4-1 vote though two Bidwell members opposed. Massie warned March 1 as the notice date for administrators not being rehired. The board also re employed nine teachers, granted continuing contracts to two, and approved bus, milk and bread contracts for the 1964 65 year.
William Grate 55 a State Highway Department employee in Gallia County was injured while guiding piling on the river bank above Addison. A piling lead dropped after a brake slip struck his helmet causing a fractured neck and back with a forehead laceration. He was moved from Holzer to Cabell Huntington Hospital and listed as serious but not in critical condition.
James Mullins was elected president and Martha Evans vice president of the seventh and eighth grade student council at Gallia Academy Junior High School. Nancy Clark challenged Mullins for president. several students ran for vice president. In Kentucky, Senate Bill No. 50 was introduced, weighing 4144 pounds and updating statutes since 1942.
Gallipolis Judge William H. Sowers ruled Roy W. Neal 52 Gallipolis innocent on a failure to yield charge after a March 31 accident involving Neal Jim Bush and Terry Johnson. Jim Black 30 Gallipolis Route 2 admitted guilty to assault and battery with a $10 fine. Garland Ward 65 Gallipolis and Frances Irene Wright 35 Gallipolis were fined $10 and costs for intoxication. Wright also for disorderly conduct. Herschel B. Sheets 51 Crown City forfeited a $25 bond for intoxication. All arrests were by City Police.
Mrs Car roll K Snowden was elected president of Washington Elementary School PTA in Washington Auditorium. She succeeds Mrs Harold Wseman after installation next month. Principal speaker was Mrs Margaret Swann of Marshall University, university labor atory school guidance counselor, on What Is Elementary Guidance. Sixth grade band directed by A Kimball Sutter debuted with 29 musicians performing Glow Worm and Toyland.
Ronald J. Wilcoxon, 27, Gallipolis, fined 25 dollars for speeding at 100 mph after pleading guilty to a State Highway Patrol charge. Clarence E. Wheaton, 28, Gallipolis Route 1, fined 50 dollars and costs and received five days in jail plus one year license suspension for driving while intoxicated after pleading guilty. Wheaton had been arrested March 28 following a collision with a semi on a Kananga route. Additional fines were assessed for unlicensed minor operation, insecure load, no muffler, unsafe vehicle, and failing to stop for a flashing red signal. Others include Alice W. Rogers and James E. Smith with speeding and passing charges.
The Laurel Run Friendly Neighbor Club met at Mrs. Lawrence Wolfe's home on April 2 to resume making pads for the American Cancer Society. The meeting opened with a song, prayer, minutes read, treasurer reported, gifts exchanged, and a Sunshine Box prepared for ill member Mrs. Vesta Chesher. Next meeting set for April 16 at Mrs. Elmer Anthony's. attendees listed. In Dunn, grocery stores run anti illegal whisky campaign with signs urging buyers to report large purchases.
In Gallipolis police report the Elliott Appliance Store on Third Ave and Pine St suffered a third burglary in 14 months. Thieves shattered glass, took two portable TVs and a radio worth 239.50, as owner Morris Elliott arrived Monday morning to discover the break in. Earlier breaks in 1963 involved $600 and $900 in appliances.
A minor crash at 10:20 p m on Monday at the Gallipolis State Institute grounds caused moderate damage with no injuries and no charges filed. Kathleen Thompson 45 and Goldie M Quimby 30 were involved after Thompson stopped to pick up a passenger and Quimby failed to stop hitting Thompson from behind.
Eleven Gallia County schools will send 102 students to the Gallia County Spelling Bee at Rio Grande Elementary School Friday at 7 p.m. The county champion advances to a Tri State Bee in Huntington West Virginia.
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