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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 05, 1963
Page
7
Point Pleasant and surrounding areas suffered extensive damage from a weekend storm dumping over four inches of rain. Lightning struck homes on Redmond Ridge destroying the Fanny Wamsley residence, while streets and basements flooded and trees caused outages and property damage across the city.
A severe storm dumped over one and a half inches of rain on the Gallipolis Point Pleasant area, flooding Kanauga. Four 1000 gallon gasoline and oil tanks at the Dance Oil Station rose two to three feet as water undercut them, spilling gasoline and diesel while two tanks remained intact.
Gallia County saw 8500 attend Saturday events including tractor contest, flower show, horse riding, and Cowboy Tex Ritter remarks about O. O. McIntyre. The fair ended amid a storm with damage across Gallia and Kanauga, including downed poles and flooded streets.
Gallia County Library reports a July 1963 circulation rise with adults borrowing 1830 fiction and 441 non fiction volumes while juveniles read 306 fiction and 907 non fiction. The bookmobile shows a total volume increase of 1363 over the main library. Ten new fiction titles were released including The Tin Drum and The Beast.
Gallia County Ohio State Highway Patrol reported two weekend accidents. A 5:15 p.m. Saturday two car collision at Gallia County Junior Fairgrounds Route 35 caused minor damage with no injuries or arrests. A 6:35 p.m. Sunday collision south of Route 33 involved a car leaving a private driveway, rolling into a culvert and burning. no injuries or charges.
Albert Neal, 43, of 83 Spruce Street, was arrested Friday on burglary inquiries and arraigned Saturday in Municipal Court on breaking and entering an uninhabited dwelling. He allegedly burglarized Dr. Morgan’s Cedar Street residence, taking a diamond ring valued at $500 later traced to him. Neal, a former sanitation worker, was bound over to the grand jury. Also arrested were Boyd Jones for DUI and four others for intoxication or related offenses.
Mr and Mrs John Foster of Gallipolis welcomed a daughter. Admissions include Peggy Profitt of Racine Bess McBee of Point Pleasant and Mrs James Bragg Jr of Point Pleasant Also Mrs Wilford Scarberry of Point Pleasant. Discharges include Joseph Antal of Point Pleasant Mrs M C Clark of Point Pleasant Donald Forshee of Gallipolis Ferry George Jones of Gallipolis Mrs Wilbur Stephens of Cottageville and Perry Click of Cottageville with daughter.
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