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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 14, 1962
Page
7
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce operating funds fall short through March 1963 with $1861 on hand and $1965 needed for rent wages and utilities. Directors consider raising dues from 25 to around 50 yearly and expanding membership. a half year dues drive will run to finish the year.
The Messenger disclaims responsibility for listing errors when stations fail to supply corrected schedules. Boldface indicates color programs.
At 7 p.m. Beachcomber Cameron Mitchell pursues a kidnapped girl in The Spaniard while Laramie features A Grave for Cully Brown with Jess mistaken for the killer. Cain’s Hundred presents Murder By Proxy and Bachelor Father follows How Howard Won his C. The New Breed shows Thousands and Thousands of Miles as a eloping couple steals jewels and Shelley Berman offers a solo TV show. Zane Grey Theatre offers Knife of Hate with a physician torn between oath and his daughter’s chosen fiancé.
TV movie guide lists Channel 4 and Channel 8 airings across Tuesday and Wednesday with titles Bittersweet Part I Part II The Penalty She Loves Me Not Old Hutch and King of Gamblers among others. The passage ends with a science aside explaining the Perseids meteor shower name and nature.
Gallia Academy High School classes plan a reunion dinner and dance at the Lafayette Hotel in Gallipolis. Class president Jim Thomas will preside. Reservations are due by August 25 and tickets may be bought at the door or from Greta Thomas Caldwell or Ann Halliday Jenkins. The alumni dance runs 9 p.m. to midnight with a Chillicothe band. about thirty reservations have been made.
River traffic reports show Ganges Gallipolis with gauges at 18.0 and 12.0 feet and rollers. Montgomery 16.4 and 10.7. Greenup 11.9 and 11.0. other sites listed with dam conditions on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers in the Huntington District. Vessel movements include Lock 13 to 38 with multiple boats in and out, and local notices report hospital admissions and a stroke case in Point Pleasant.
North Gallia School Board staff changes include Geraldine Roush named special education teacher at Vinton Elementary. Also hired six substitutes and three cooks. Board discussed railroad crossing hazard, football field usage fees, band gate-share, and bus driver assignments. No action on water pond locations or high school building test holes. Adjourned to next Monday night.
Rose Mary Thomas had charges of contributing to the delinquency of a minor dismissed by Justice of Peace A. M. Goodwin. The report also notes Harry Erlewine held to grand jury on second offence petit larceny with bond set at $1500, unpaid, and jailed at arraignment. Others fined for speeding intoxication or driving violations include Avery Dillard James H Smith Marie McDade Pearl Henry Hall Donald Roush Dayton Hysell and Emil Hoffman. Richard Nibert ordered to pay $60 per month for support.
Births at Pleasant Valley Hospital include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Thomas Watkins of Point Pleasant with other newborns listed. Discharges feature Jerry Zerkle from Hartford Robert Sawyers from Letart and several Point Pleasant residents including Mrs Leo Daugherty and Mrs Marion Robinson and daughter along with William Young of West Columbia.
Gallia County Common Pleas Judge Robert Betz placed Kenneth Halfhill, 43, of Vinton Route 2, on one year probation after his guilty plea to a nonsupport charge. Halfhill, father of eight, appeared on a bill of information with waivers of counsel and grand jury indict ment. he had been free on bond since his July 28 arrest by the Gallia County Sheriff's Department.
Evan H. Evans principal notes late registrations for Gallipolis city schools. First grade has 163 registrations versus 180 last year and kindergarten 91 versus 97. Marriage licenses issued include Kenneth Coleman and Janet Sauls of New Haven and Harry Albaugh Jr. and Sharon Burris of Point Pleasant.
Point Pleasant city council hires Walter Rice a retired policeman as supervisor over ADC workers for the city lake project. Mayor Siders seeks more help from Charleston. 15 to 20 workers may be assigned. Public protest meeting set Aug 20 on paving Victory Heights streets. Army Pvt Don Harmon, son of Fred Harmon, Elmwood WV, completes 15 week tracked vehicle mechanics course at Fort Knox.
Registration will be held 9 a.m. to noon Monday at Bidwell-Porter and Vinton elementary centers for children entering school for the first time. Eligible children are six by Dec 31, 1962 with birth certificates. A medical checkup and immunizations are required.
Point Pleasant officials announce a band ice cream social at the high school parking lot on Tuesday August 21 at 5 PM. Homemade ice cream hot dogs cake and other foods will be served. The Point Pleasant High School band directed by James Andrews will play a program from the West Virginia State Fair in Lewisburg during the last week in August. Tables chairs will be provided and a cake walk will be held.
West Virginia State Police investigated a Route 2 two car crash causing 500 dollars in property damage with no injuries. Lenwood McCallister 28 Apple Grove and Barton Brooks 17 Mundel ain Ill were involved. Brooks was attempting to pass. Directors announce repeat performance of George Washington Slept Here Friday and Saturday at Henderson Amphitheater.
Mr and Mrs Kim Bogdanski of Montreal left Point Pleasant Aug 5 for Miami Beach to attend the Merle Norman Cosmetic International Convention at the Eden Roc Hotel. Mrs Bogdanski formerly Joan Wilson of Point Pleasant and Lamarce Beauty Shop owner was elected one of three delegates for next year's Hawaii convention. Afterward the couple vacationed in Nassau before returning to Canada.
GALLIPOLIS The 63rd Miller Barton reunion is scheduled for Sunday August 19 on the Rio Grande campus. A basket dinner will be served at noon. All members of the two families are invited with J Dale Miller of Rio Grande serving as vice president and program chairman.
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