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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1957
Page
3
Flames swept a Spruce Street extension home, vacated less than a week earlier, with firemen short of water and two calls arriving at 7:50 p.m. Fire began after gas tank explosions. the house owned by Mrs Ephriam Frazier burned as Lawrence Mitchell and his family had just moved out.
Funeral services for Clarence E. Day 62 who died Monday night in Holzer Hospital will be Friday at 2 p.m. in Mount Zion Baptist Church with Rev. Tyler Mooney officiating. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. Friends may call after 6 p.m. today at 86 Pine St. Day was farm manager at the Gallipolis State Institute and a lifelong Gallia County resident born to Al and Alice Day. His daughter Mrs. Milton Brewer resides on Pine Street.
George G. Spencer, 22, of Pomeroy paid $25 and costs for failing to yield the right of way and $25 and costs for driving without an operator's license in Minersville court. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol. Arthur E. Musser, 44, of Pomeroy paid $5 and costs for a defective muffler in Middleport court.
A vintage advertisement promises quick relief from backache headaches and muscular pains plus soothing bladder irritation and mild diuretic effect. It touts eight ways the pills act, claims long track record of over sixty years and urges asking for a new large size to save money.
Gallipolis Ohio city school board decides all teachers must hold degrees by the start of the 1958 59 school year. Four teachers receive one year contracts while ten city positions remain vacant. Six hired instructors will teach on certificates until they earn degrees next year.
Albert Scott 74 of Vinton Route 1 died at his home on State Route 160 near Porter and Vinton about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday after a six month illness. Born February 21, 1883 near Centerville, he married Mattie Pounds in 1919, who survives with daughter Virginia Gaines. A stepson Johnny Pounds, brothers Herbert and Nicey Scott, and sister Mrs. Caroline Bass also survive. He was a member of the Church of God of Oak Hall. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Vernon McCoy funeral home, Vinton.
George Bates formerly of Point Pleasant and now a local resident was advanced to Knight in the Knights of Pythias Naomi Lodge 55 meeting Tuesday night. Sixteen lodge members attended with visitors Brad Wolfe and Cash Bahr from Middleport assisting in the knight rank work. Refreshments were served and knight rank work was scheduled for next week.
GALLIPOLIS Two men arrested by the city police for traffic offenses forfeited an appearance bond in Tuesday's session of Municipal Court. Paul Mazuzan 52 Columbus forfeited 10 for illegal left turn at Pine and Vinton. He was the 61st arrested for that error. James Murrel 21 Columbus forfeited 25 for speeding.
Traffic gauges show 18.6 and 23.6 at Gallipolis with the river at 48 feet. Kanawha and Ohio systems rise slowly with dams down or near sill and locks reporting vessel movements across Locks 14 to 33 including Calrein and Forsythia work-flats.
Rotarians listened to folklore stories Tuesday night told by Mrs. George Fuller an avocational student. She also sang two ballads with accompaniment from a stringed instrument. Ed Nelson of Lancaster was a visiting Rotarian.
The American Legion Auxiliary Lafayette Unit No 27 met in Legion Hall on Tuesday night to discuss poppy sales on city streets May 25 and to plan a pot luck supper on May 14 at the home of Mrs L G Marchi Sr for unit members.
Gallia County Commissioners appropriated 4275 from the maintenance and repair fund for road work. Tabor Road Huntington Township and Gravel Hill Road Cheshire Township will each receive 1600. Raccoon Road Clay Township 800 and Garland Creek Road 275. An additional 2000 was allotted to the county engineer to buy new equipment. Bills were paid in other action.
The late Sybil Howell leaves all belongings to husband Juvenile Judge John Howell. Will filed in Gallia County Common Pleas Court naming James Mills as executor.
Flora Jane Parkins Mossbarger, 95, died Monday night in Circleville. Rites set Thursday at 2 p.m. at Bethel Methodist Church with Rev. George R. Holcombe officiating. Burial in church cemetery. She lived in Gallia County most of her life, later in Circleville with her late niece’s family. Born October 27, 1861, daughter of William and Rebecca Wickline Parkins. Husband Samuel Elnathan Mossbarger died in 1929. She had no children.
Gallia County District Library trustees move toward an autumn operating levy vote after last year’s defeat. A questionnaire will seek input from school administrators on past failure and ideas to secure passage. A meeting will plan promotion with local parent-teacher groups and civic delegates.
oil companies and operators hold leases on 220 million acres of U.S. land for oil exploration rights representing about 12 percent of the nation's total land area
Kyger Elementary School led Gallia County eighth grade scholarship tests with an average of 127. Centerville was second at 121 and Clay Local School third with 120. Other schools and scores include Cheshire 119.75 Addison 119.33 Cadmus 116 Mudsoc 115 Rio Grande 114 Swan Creek 113.80 Vinton 113.78 Bidwell-Porter 112 Bethel 112 Rodney 109 Little Bullskin 105 Gallia 103 Perry 102 Mercerville 98 Centenary 96 Bulaville 94.
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