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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 16, 1951

Page

5

Capsizes On Route 160 and Related Local Incidents

A hay truck capsized on Route 160 north of Vinton causing one lane traffic. Driver Forest Jennings Cremeens, 27, Bladen, escaped injury as the load shifted. A separate accident on Route 233 near Oak Hill involved James Osler and Howard Allen with minor damage. Several DUIs and fines were issued to local residents including Harold Dray and Arthur Mounts, with Henry Clemens and William McGraw also cited.

Gallipolis Vinton State Forest Jennings Cremeens Bladen James Osler Oak Hill Howard R. Allen Harold Dray Point Pleasant Frank Pritchett Jackson Arthur Mounts Dayton Henry B. Clemens Carroll I. Smeck Athens William W. McGraw East Liverpool

Logan High Band Concert Fills School Auditorium

Virtually a full house gathered at 3 p m for Logan High School Band’s spring concert in the high school auditorium. Director James Horwell led a program of recent works including The Citadel read aloud after intermission to test the band’s sight reading. Soloist Jimmy Murray performed Willow Echoes as trumpet solo with band, with a trumpet quartet featuring Poling Leonard Sinnott.

Logan Logan High School Citadel David Bennett James Horwell Jimmy Murray Central School Fred A

Garden Tips From Ohio Extension Bulletins For Spring Care

Emily Van Fossen discusses spring garden recovery after winter damage. She highlights fertilization with 4-12-8 or similar blends and suggests lawn feeding rates per area. She promotes evaluating dead shrubs, expanding flower beds, and using 4-H and extension service bulletins to plan plantings and pest control.

Victor Ries Agricultural Extension Service Ohio State University Court House

Drill Theft Is Solved in County Shifting Drill

Vinton County officials announced the theft of a coal drill from Hope Hollow eight months earlier. The drill owned by Earl Lowery was located April 7 in Pittsburgh Hollow near Jobs in Hocking County by Sheriff A J Waldron and Deputy Pearl Cunningham. Cunningham pled guilty to petty larceny and was fined $200 with a 30 day jail term after selling the drill to Beryl Lanning who did not know it was stolen.

Logan Vinton County Hope Hollow Hocking County A. J. Waldron H. Bryan Earl Lowery New Marshfield Pittsburgh Hollow Jobs Pearl Cunningham Vinton Coun Sand Run Brown McArthur Cunningham Beryl Lanning

Safeguards Suggested for Chris Wolfe Coal Co No 4 Mine

Federal coal mine inspector J B Vanity urged safety upgrades at Chris Wolfe Coal Co No 4 in Murray City after an initial inspection. Proposals include a ventilation fan preshift gas checks and improved blasting timbering ignition and machinery safeguards. The mine employed 12 men and produced 5 tons daily.

Murray City Chris Wolfe Coal Co J. B. Vanity

Miss Lafferty Guest at Logan Weekend

Miss Sally Lafferty of Massillon visited her parents Mr and Mrs H H Lafferty near Logan for the weekend, staying at their home.

Logan Sally Lafferty Massillon H. H Lafferty Near

Kiwanis Sell Advance Circus Tickets for Mills Bros

Logan County residents urged by the Kiwanis Club to buy advance tickets for the Mills Bros Circus at the fairgrounds. Half of adult advance-sale proceeds support the underprivileged childrens fund, while circus-day sales yield ten percent. The 12th season Mills Bros Circus promises acts, clowns, animals and pro shows with afternoon and evening performances.

Logan Hocking County Mills Bros. Circus Fairgrounds Logan Kiwanis Club Kiwanis Club

Services Set for Banker Charles Clayton Florida

Charles Clayton Florida 72 died at his Gibsonville home. He was an investment banker with Maynard-Merch Toledo and helped found the first joint stock land bank in Ohio in Columbus. Survived by wife Jessie Paullette Brashaies Florida, daughter Mrs Allan Barr Taitz, Charles Clayton Florida Jr, two grandchildren. Services 3 pm Tuesday at Heinlein funeral home with burial in Fairview Cemetery. casket not opened.

Florida Allan Barr Taitz Birmingham Michason Charles Clayton Florida, Jr New York City Heinlein M. F. White Gibisonville Faipeten

River boating reports from Gal l ipolis and Kanawha district

Boats at Gal lipolis locks reported various craft levels with times for Senet Ayres Pete Solvay Bruce Kenna and others. Kanawha River boats Marmet E Hatfield Winfield and others were noted with times. Ohio River levels show slow fall in the upper end and slow rise in the lower end with gauges and key points listed.

Gallipolis Senet Ayres Pete Pam Solvay Bruce Kenna Kanawha Tolie Marmet E. Hatfield Winfield Durant Talbot Cherokee Lehigh Craig Manitou Indiana Ohio River Kanawha Falls Point Pleasant

Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital notes

Birth announcements list Mrs Richard Simms Gallipolis with a son Mrs Edward Phillips Bladen with a son Mrs Emmett Hoy Gallipolis with a son and Mrs Neal Clark Gallipolis with a daughter. Admissions include Landon Smith Point Pleasant Homer Border Coalton Mary Esther Gordon Jackson Melvin Lee Middleport Sam Denny Bidwell Ferry Souders Hamden Otis Cooley Bidwell Mrs John W Stevers Crown City Neal Blaine Clark Gallipolis Charles J Hackney Rio Grande Mrs Arden Dobwen Gallipolis Jake Osler Oak Hill and discharges Clyde Ingels Theodore Mota James Carr Betty Hasmon Mrs Alfred Vallance Helen Riffie Pads Ann Halley William Snyder R A Miller.

Landon Smith Point Pleasant Homer Border Coalton Mary Esther Gordon Jackson Melvin Lee Middleport Sam Denny Bidwell Ferry Souders Hamden Otis Cooley John W. Stevers Crown City Neal Blaine Clark Gallipolis Charles J. Hackney Rio Grande Arden Dobwen Jake Osler Oak Hill Clyde Ingels Theodore Mota James Carr Betty Hasnon Alfred Vallance Helen Riffie Pads Ann Halley William Snyder R. A. Miller

OPS Reports Neglect In Record Keeping

Central and Southeastern Ohio wholesalers and manufacturers largely neglect required business records. District Director Edward F. Wagner says a survey of 59 firms found about 25 percent maintaining proper records for compliance under OPS rules.

Ohio Office of Price Stabilization Edward F. Wagner

Two Men Questioned After Cargo of Stolen Goods Found

Sheriff George Ehman and deputies grilled two men arrested on suspicion after over 100 cigarette packs with Pennsylvania tax stamps and other items were found in their possession at Gallipolis. The men, lifelong friends, gave conflicting stories about the merchandise and its origin near Mingo Junction.

Gallipolis George Ehman Mingo Junction Ean Upriver East Liverpool State Line Beaver County

Two Accidents Investigated In Logan

Logan police investigated two traffic crashes Saturday damaging five autos. The first crash at Hunter and Main involved Ralph M. Brown 31 Dewit Iowa Richard N. Wimberly 42 Columbus and Lee Tolliver 37 Logan with Tolliver rear ending Wimberly causing Wimberly to strike Browns auto. The second crash at Second and Culver involved John Frank Courter 67 Logan and Ned E Canan 18 Logan with Courter traveling west and Canan south colliding.

Logan Hunter Main St Ralph M. Brown Dewit Iowa Richard N. Wimberly Columbus Lee Tolliver Hunter St Tolliver Wimberly Brown Auto Second and Culver Sts John Frank Courter Second St Ned E. Canan Culver

Area PTA Conference Set April 19

The south central district PTA conference will be held in Gal lipolis on Thursday April 19 with two meetings at Grace Methodist Church. A 1 to 1:30 p.m. registration precedes the afternoon session and a 6 p.m. dinner follows. Mrs. Russell C. Bickel of the Ohio Congress will give the afternoon address, with study sessions on home and family life art education and dental hygiene. Delegations are expected from Portsmouth and the Washington School PTA hosts.

Gallipolis Grace Methodist Church Russell C. Bickel Ohio Congress Portsmouth Washington School Parent-Teachers Association

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Martha Blosser Delores Burgess Mariam Evans Mary Mauk Jane Cox Alice Jane Greathouse Marilyn Saxton Ruth Ann Bowers Mona Strawn Norma Wallace Judy Hutchison Bette Buskirk Louella Nutter Barbara Sheline Patsy Crane Mary Belle Evans Doris Houston Jean Bowen Sue Sutton Shirley Derr Dorothy Wallace June Kornmiller Mary Sater Jane Risch Jerry Clark Judy Arnold Donna Richards Jean Bail kKorm Emily van Fpossan Ries Pvt Donald W. Schilling John A. Schilling Wilkenville Air Force Lackland Air Force Base San Antonio Texas Dick Turner NEA Service, Inc Pet Miss Lafferty Holzer Hospital Richard Simms Edward Phillips Aon Emmett Hoy Neal Clark Davis Lemaster Grand Lodge Knights of Pythias Timon Lodge 45 Naomi Lodge of OPS Sheriff Grills Pennsylvania PTA Enape Sohio West Winter Car Service
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