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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1960
Page
5
The 11th annual Gallia County Junior Fair opens tomorrow night with a queen selection at 9 p.m. The event draws two finalists from each of six high schools, judged on beauty poise and personality by out of town judges as voters watch for a reigning queen through the fair week.
Gallia County commissioners in special session chose Brown Brubaker and Brandt of Columbus to study attic remodeling of the Gallia County Courthouse for additional offices. The attic now has one room. remodeling could yield four or five rooms and two restrooms for the Board of Elections and Welfare Department, saving about 150 annually in rent. They also approved new roads in Greenfield and Addison Townships and authorized paving work on Mill Creek Road. County Engineer J Roy Bartlett to oversee the project.
The Kyger Creek Local School District plans its first special education classes for slow learning students this fall. Two teachers Mary Carolyn Miller and Elizabeth Evans will lead classes at Cheshire Kgger and Addaville Elementary. The board filled most vacancies, ordered fuel oil bids due Sept 3, bought two home resuscitators, and moved the September meeting to September 7. The district picnic is set for Aug 19 at Kgger Creek High School. All board members attended except President Henson.
River gauges show Gallipolis at 17.8 and 9.5 with two feet of rollers, Montgomery 16.1 and 9.3 cresting three feet, Kanawha Falls 0.87 fall and Hinton 0.63 falling. Ohio River movable dams in Huntington District are up. several locks report boats with up and down readings across multiple locks including Tri-State, National, and Cincinnati entries.
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs John Little Ravenswood A son to Mr and Mrs Herman J Sims Proctorville Rt 2 A son to Mr and Mrs Richard M Miller Columbus Admitted include Lawrence Oiler Vinton Rt 1 Joe Gilliam Vinton Rt 1 Stanley Fellore Gallipolis Waterloo Star Route Robert Laudermill Pomeroy Barbara V McNickle Racine Rt 2 Leonard F de Gallipolis Mrs Carl E Jackson Rt 4 Mrs Charles E Finley Pomeroy The Rev Ted R Woodard Wellston Mrs Thomas F Claar Hamden Anthony C Grimm Grimms Landing Karl W Kloes Middleport Jack W Baxter Middleport Mrs Charles E Campbell Wellston Eilena K Dill Pomeroy Andrew F Duffy Wilkesville Michael K Wi Gallipolis Mrs Doug Rt 2 Louis E Farmer Jackson Miss Rose M enamel Syracuse Lawrence F McManus Mrs Elbert O Masters Thomas E Stover Mrs Daniel Hughes Robert H Roush Mrs Harold Young Mrs Oakey Johnson Jr Otha Wandling and Richard Justice Blood used Sunday 7 pints Monday 3 pints.
In Gallipolis Municipal Court Judge William H. Jones fined Floyd Martin 34 of Crown City James M. Butler 24 of Jackson Route 4 and John J. Taylor 67 of Gallipolis $10 and costs each for intoxication arrested by city police over the weekend.
Gallipolis Southwestern Local board hires Kenneth Maynard of Huntington as head football coach and bookkeeping teacher at Southwestern High School. The board also hires three elementary teachers, Jo Ann Thompson Gladys Null and Edna Lee, with reemployment for Null and Lee. T. K. Owens attends. President John R. Morgan and Executive Head James N. Webster also present.
Gallia County voters will see a renewal measure on the fall ballot for five mills operating levy in the Raccoon Local School District. The existing tax rate remains 17 mills for schools if renewed. The levy runs five years. The board also hired Kent King of Clay County West Virginia as English instructor at Rio Grande High School. King holds a B S from Marshall College and is pursuing a master’s degree at Marshall. President Joseph W. Clark led the meeting with all members present.
Gallia County Sheriff Oscar Baird reports two unidentified suspects robbed Ed McCarley in his Bowman Town home Sunday about 10 p m They threw a sheet over him and took about 31 dollars He sustained a black eye and deputies Grant Long and Baird continued the investigation into Monday night.
Gallia list Eddie Hamilton and Kenny Thomson of Troop 203 head to Camp Arrowhead Ona West Virginia for the Tri State Area Council tapping ceremony. Thomson serves as scout commissioner of the Mason Gallia Meigs District.
Gallia Common Pleas Judge Betz ordered J. D. North Jr, Helen Brumfield and Mary North doing business as J D North Produce to recover from Gilbert Daniels of Gallipolis the sum of 402.34 and costs. An entry shows Lambert Jones Lumber Co of Columbus versus Joe Dobbins of Bidwell has been dismissed.
Gallia County Deputy Sheriff Stanley Fellore was ill and unable to report for work. Late Monday, Deputy Grant Long took him from his Waterloo Star Route home to Holzer Hospital where he was admitted as a medical patient with a good condition reported.
In Gallia and Meigs counties the State Highway Patrol reported ten cases with two Meigs Juvenile Court dispositions. In Gallipolis Municipal Court Judge William H. Jones suspended fines for August Underwood. Four men forfeited bonds for traffic violations. Juvenile Judge F. H. O'Brien lectured two youths and released them. Meigs County Court Judge E. W. Peoples fined four defendants and one bond forfeited. James L. Ridenour pled innocent to a patrol charge. a hearing will be scheduled.
State Highway Patrol in its Gallia Meigs County jurisdiction reports 32 accidents in July none fatal. Thirteen were injury accidents with 24 people injured. Post 27 at Gallipolis made 150 arrests and issued 687 warnings for minor traffic violations.
The State Highway Patrol reports a two car crash on Hannan Trace Rd east of Route 775 at 5 30 p m Monday. Vehicles driven by Waldo C Nance 26 and Donald E Barlow 22 of Northup collided on a blind curve causing minor damage. No injuries and no charges filed.
Gallia County Probate Court reports 18 marriage license applications in July. Couples include E Harold Hill 29 of Dunbar West Virginia and Darla Lee Piciano 19 of Gallipolis. Herbert H Moore 25 Haydenville and Jean A McCoy 21 of Vinton. Marlin W Wedemyer 20 Gallipolis and Reba Joyce Akers 20 of Gallipolis.
Ralph W. Garnes, 65, of Bidwell, pleaded guilty to no operator's license after a weekend collision with a State Highway Patrol car on Route 35 near Rodney. He pleaded not guilty to failing to signal a turn and requested a jury trial. trial date set later. Patrolman Gene Scott, 25, Gallipolis, sustained minor damage. Garnes' car minor damage, patrol car moderate damage.
A historical report notes Liberia with an estimated literacy rate of only five percent, highlighting extreme educational challenges in the African republic.
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