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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 03, 1960
Page
6
Gallipolis City Commission votes to divide Ward 4-A into two precincts 4-A and 4-C to balance electors. The plan follows Ohio Revised Code guidance and cites heavy voting in 4-A with 599 votes versus 347 in 4-B, setting remonstrance hearings for August 16.
Gallia County sees 50 entrants in the Little Miss and Little Mister Gallia County pageant at the fair opening. Lions Club chair Claude Daniels oversees the event with Odie O’Donnell hosting and Atty Bernard Fultz and Evan Davis judging. Contestants are Gallia County six and seven year olds born between Aug 2 1952 and Aug 2 1954, including 18 girls and 8 boys with listed parents and addresses.
Gallipolis Lions Club distributed perfect attendance pins for one year to five members and two year pins to six members plus three year pins to six members. New member John Ecker will be inducted Aug 16, O’Donnell named chair for Sept 6 Little League awards night.
A 16-year-old girl missing from Logansport Indiana since last Friday was found Tuesday evening at the Gallia County Junior Fairgrounds. Sheriff Oscar Baird said she rode to the fair with carnival setup. a male suspect questioned and released had a West Virginia non-support warrant but no charges were filed. Parents notified and expected to retrieve her after teletyped instructions.
Births list a son to Mr and Mrs John P Grinnam of Millwood Route 1 and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Boyd E Wellington of Bidwell Route 1. Numerous admissions include Linda Lou Grueser Pomeroy and Michael A Nesselroad Pomeroy. Dismissals include multiple patients and their accompanying kin. blood used Tuesday two pints.
Gallia County Probate Court records show two August marriage license applications. Couples are Jerry L. McManus 24 of Wellston and Cleo H. Taylor 24 of Gallipolis, and James Donovan Jenkins 22 of Commercial Point with Jylanda Pearl Russell 19 of Bidwell. The Weather Bureau began identifying hurricanes by girls names in 1953.
Herman Walters 59 of Chambersburg died about 9 p m Tuesday after finishing work on a house in Addison He was born Swan Creek a son of Mrs Vesta Caldwell Walters and the late Flemon O Walters He is survived by his wife Ellen Peck four siblings and other relatives Funeral arrangements will be announced by Miller's funeral home
Gallia County Sheriff deputies arrested John G. Osler 21 Porter and Charles E. Shotts 20 Jackson after a disturbance at an upriver tavern in Kanauga. They were charged with intoxication and fighting and scheduled for a Wednesday Municipal Court hearing.
Crown City youth Carl E. Daniels, 15, was fined $5 and costs by Juvenile Judge John W. Howell after being arrested by the State Highway Patrol following a Sunday accident in south Gallia County.
Gauge readings across Gallipolis Montgomery and Kanawha Falls show low water on the Kanawha with dams on the sill while Ohio River movable dams in Huntington District are up. Towboat listings include Montgomery Captain Harrison and others with times and up or down statuses at various locks and points including Jefferson Lock 13 and Lock 32 Southland.
Ronald G. Lambert of the State Highway Patrol reported 31 examinations Tuesday with 23 passes. Of these, 13 were preliminary tests for temporary permits with 12 passing, and 18 were regular drivers tests with 11 passing. Tests to be repeated Wednesday. Burning charcoal emits almost twice the heat of the same volume of wood.
Judge Robert Betz granted Wanda L Harrison and Ronald K Harrison a divorce on gross neglect and extreme cruelty with custody to the mother. The father owes $100 monthly support plus costs. A second divorce was granted to Fred Burdette from Rosalee Mae Burdette on similar grounds with custody to the mother and terms from a May 20 1960 separation agreement.
Deputy Sheriff Jack Owens and Special Deputy Doug Runyan brought two prisoners from Cincinnati to Gallia County. Richard C. Gerhardt 30 Newport Ky and Lloyd B. Keels 29 Cincinnati face local charges. Gerhardt indicted for burglary tools arraignment set before Judge Betz. Isaac brothers George Paul 26 Covington Ky and Edward Earl 25 Ludlow Ky already indicted for breaking and entering and serving three year terms in Kentucky State Penitentiary. Gallia County holds on Gerhardt and plans to return when terms end. Keels faces a non support charge in Municipal Court.
State Highway Patrol investigated a 5 45 p m collision on Bladen Mercerville Rd west of Route 218. No injuries reported. John M Shaw 49 Crown City and Walter M Davis 18 Crown City were involved with minor damage to both cars. Davis was cited for following too closely and ordered to appear Saturday in Municipal Court.
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