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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1950
Page
4
A brief note explains the saying that Panama hats are not made in Panama but in Ecuador, highlighting trade origins and cultural branding without accusing any party.
In Gallia county two men were arraigned and fined 50 dollars and costs each for intoxication after beer bottles struck a passing car driven by Bernard O. Johnson. Other incidents included road accidents with injuries, fines for intoxication, and a multiple-car collision on Route 7 and Route 160.
Gallia Jackson Meigs and Lawrence Counties cancel Women's Home Council camp scheduled for August 9 to 11 at Canter's Cave campsite due to insufficient reservations and lack of interest. Doris Rice notes the event is definitively called off for this year.
No bids were received when Sheriff George Ehman tried to sell a Clay Township property from the courthouse steps on Saturday. The partition suit between Paul Wise and Opal Wise Franklin valued the property at $7000.
Grass fire reported Sunday at 11 15 a m burned behind Plymale Wagner Co on Pine Street at the Standard Oil Co bulk plant. Fire department responded and reported no damage.
Dun and Bradstreet reports continued rise in consumer buying in New York as early data indicate growing spending across sectors. The release notes a sustained improvement in retail activity with shoppers reengaging after slower periods.
A Point Pleasant woman, Mrs. Daisy Spencer, was hospitalized with a severe laceration to the right foot after a motorcycle driven by her husband Charles Spencer collided with a car driven by Harold Messmer on Eastern Avenue near the Steak House. The incident occurred at 2 15 p.m. Sunday and was investigated by city police.
The Gallia County 4-H Club Junior Leadership Council will meet at the Northup home on Wednesday. Plans for judging projects will be discussed.
River logs list multiple boats at Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha River entries with rise and fall times. Upper gauge reads 18.2 feet and lower 10.3 at the locks with four and a half feet at the rollers. Kanawha Falls 2.20 rising and Point Pleasant 23.97.
Holzer Hospital notes list multiple admissions including Elsworth Ord and Nile McDaniel with spouses and locations such as Gallipolis Ferry Point Pleasant and Oak Hill. Discharges include Roger Compston and daughter Jerry Edwards Aaron Harper and several others across Oak Hill Gallipolis and Jackson.
Mrs. Floyd Davis called on Mrs. Orion Nelson. Howard Pond visited his daughter Beatrice Reinhart. Junior Pond of Circleville spent a weekend there. Mrs. Emma Romine visited Mrs. Katie Stout at Athens. Four H girls hosted a tea for mothers at Star Grange. Four H boys and girls had an ice cream supper. Neva Nicholson visited her father J. E. Radekin at Mt. Carmel Hospital. The Harless families visited in the W. A. Harless home. Mildred Hawley of Middleton visited Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Hawley, who is recovering from illness.
Eddie Province of Kanauga was fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail on assault and battery charges before Justice of the Peace Maurice Grover. Alonzo Stover of Cheshire Route 1 faced 10 dollar fines and costs for intoxication with a suspended penalty if he avoids Upper River Road bars. Sheriff Ehman deputized Carl Allen and Gordon Fisher for special duty at the Winton bean dinner. no disturbances were reported.
Gallipolis reports the 1950 aquacade at the local pool, the fourth in as many years since 1939. The program featured diving exhibitions by Tommy Thompson and Wayne Shaver, comic routines by Alphonse the Clown, water pistol bits, and a finale set to Stars and Stripes Forever with a sextet including Lynn Brown and Mary Champer. Pool manager Tommy Robinson expressed hope for an annual, bigger event next year.
Gallia County home demonstration agent Doris Rice announced a 4-H dress review will be held August 12 in Grace Methodist Church parlors. Girls from county clubs will model self made dresses. winners proceed to the Ohio State Fair later in August and will model again.
Loretta Morgan of Oak Hill was admitted to Holzer Hospital with a broken back after a cow attacked her on Saturday morning. She was thrown into a roadside ditch and then fallen on her back. the animal persisted until her brother drove it away.
Sherman Cornell of Gallipolis was fined $10 and costs in municipal court on charges of intoxication.
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