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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1953

Page

7

19 Gallia 4-H youths advance to Ohio State Fair

After their success at Gallia County Junior Fair, 19 youths were chosen to compete September 2 at the Ohio State Fair in Columbus. The event at Holzer Airport featured two judging panels and multiple entries across school and college dress, demonstrations, and dairy foods, with several named 4-H clubs and families highlighted.

Capital Gallipolis Gallia County Columbus Holzer Airport Ruth Sonner Aldeth Robinson Gallia Academy High School Ethel Bower Hocking County Anita Tope Wendell Tope Laura Wood The Harris Lucky Ladies Walter Wood Norma Davis Rio Lucky Clover Club Clarence Davis Mary Berg EF. K. Berg Barbara Roush Eno Sail On Club Wendell Roush Linda Bane Lower River Road Wide Awake Club Maurice Bane Phyllis Metcalf Vinton Chag and Chew Club Leslie R. Metcalf Roger Hill Vinton Racoon Valley Club Basil Hill Tharon Jeffers Bladen Blue- Eyed Susans Kenneth Jeffers Eno Sail On Club Clara June Grover Eno Sailon Club Paul Grover Bertha Walls Ross County GSI Cheerful Leaders Jane Ann James Roush Little

Three Drivers Fined and Jailed in Gallipolis

Gallipolis officers arrested three men for operating motor vehicles under the influence. Judge William H. Jones sentenced all three on Saturday and Sunday to five days in jail a $58 fine and costs and six month license suspensions. Names listed: Russell Byus 26 Point Pleasant Route 2 Wilbur Thaxton 39 Charleston Oscar L Jarvis 45 Chillicothe. A passenger, Robert F Seymour 25 Chillicothe Route 8, was fined $10 on intoxication charges.

Gallipolis Gallipolis Post State Highway Patrol William H. Jones Russell Byus Point Pleasant Wilbur Thaxton Charleston Oscar L. Jarvis Chillicothe Jarvis Robert FE. Seymour

Gallipolis Personal Vacations Mentioned in Florida and Pensacola

Mrs Ermalie Straight Miss Wanda Massie Miss Frances Jones and Miss Gail Russell depart for a Florida week long vacation Saturday Douglas Runyon and Jack Richards take a two week trip to Pensacola Florida to visit relatives Overnight guests at Mr and Mrs Douglas J Wetherholt include Mr and Mrs Stanley Kules of Columbus both Ohio University graduates Kules is a dental student at Ohio State University and Mrs Kules Joan Kelly is a writer for a farm publication former society editor of the Cambridge Jeffersonian

Ermalie Straight Wanda Massie Frances Jones Gail Russell Florida Douglas Runyon Jack Richards Pensacola Fla Douglas J. Wetherholt Stanley Kules Columbus Ohio University Kules Ohio State University Joan Kelly Society Og The Cambridge Jeffersonan

Three Forfeit Bonds On Speeding Charges

Three speeding charges filed Sunday by Gallipolis Post State Highway Patrol led to the forfeiture of bonds by three men. John W. Stekel 25 Reynoldsburg bonded for 20 dollars Russell Bethel 25 Chillicothe Route 7 bonded for 20 dollars and George W. Zwayer 21 Kingston Route 1 bonded for 15 dollars.

Gallipolis Gallipolis Post State Highway Patrol John W. Stekel Reynoldsburg Russell Bethel Chillicothe George W. Zwayer Kingston

Birth at Holzer Hospital for Wilson girl

Birth announced at Holzer Hospital: Mr. and Mrs. James N. Wilson of Gallipolis Ferry welcomed a daughter. Admission notes list numerous patients including Mrs. Raymond Klees of Middleport and others from Henderson Gallipolis Patriot Ironton Hanging Rock Ironton and Patriot as medical admissions and newborns among the names listed.

James N. Wilson Gallipolis Raymond Klees Middleport Leslie Nibert Henderson Fannie Mitchell Ben Patterson J. E. Pottenger Hanging Rock L. B. McKee Patriot Anna Everly Ironton

Gallipolis Fines Driver for Unsafe Operation

John Eynon 21 of Racine was fined 20 dollars and costs by Municipal Judge William H. Jones on a charge of unsafe operation brought by Gallipolis Post and the State Highway Patrol.

Gallipolis John Eynon Racine William H. Jones Gallipolis Post State Highway Patrol

Forfeits $15 Bond in Highway Patrol Charge

Gallipolis reporting Benjamin King 18 of Point Pleasant forfeited $15 bond after a State Highway Patrol charge that he did not have an operator s license.

Gallipolis Benjamin King Point Pleasant

Four Planes Crash at Gallipolis Exhibition

Four model airplanes crashed during a five hour Memorial Field show in Gallia County. The biggest plane, built by Max Raynes of the Lecta Flying Hillbillies, was destroyed after a pilot slipped and the craft dove to the ground. No one was hurt, and spectators from a nearby flower show watched as Roger Robinson and other aviators observed the event.

Gallipolis Memorial Field Max Raynes Larry Rood Jimmy Robert Gillespie Washington School Leeta Flying Hillbillies Roger Robinson Wayne White Stracy Brumfield Stanley Brumfield Delano Myers Merrill Kingery Rood

Proudly We Hail Class Flower Show in Gallipolis

The Ohio Then and Now show at Washington school featured the Proudly We Hail and Proudly We Royal themes. Annie Oakley displays won blue ribbons with gold stars, while Gallipolis members like O. O. McIntyre and Mrs. Robert Cornwell earned blue ribbons for other arrangements.

Gallipolis Washington Ohio Gallipoli Garden Club French City Garden Club Louis Hacquard Portsmouth Luther C. Dayton Annie Oakley O. O. McIntyre Robert Cornwell Odd McIntyre Patty Bradbury Delma Roush Warren Sheets Leo Mossman Amy Haffelt Wymond Bradbury Merrill White George Tabit Harry K. Mills George Ely Carter Brumfield Paul McNealey Oliver Lyle Harland T. Martin L. C. Dayton John Morgan James Mehaffey Hollis Wood Osa Baird Kenneth Frazier Charles W. Shaver Avon D. Lusk Russell Smith T. S. Bachus John Rutz Harland Martin Mac Broyles Tussy Mussy Aaron Davis Robert Caldwell T. A. Thomas Gomer Phillips Stanley Evans Paul Haskins Frank Porter John O'Dell W. R. Proffitt Mason James Titus Middle Harley George L. Paul Haskins Countess Vanderfleet Rose D. C. Priestley

Failure To Stop After Crash Charged

Gallipolis police charged Lois Marie Archer 26 of Point Pleasant with failure to stop within assured clear distance after a minor crash at 6 28 p m Saturday in Gallipolis. Hearing set in Municipal Court at 11 45 a m Wednesday. Archer car struck the rear of a car driven by Joseph Lee De Walt 26 of Chapel Hill N C a medical student.

Gallipolis Lois Marie Archer Point Pleasant Archer Joseph Lee de Walt Chapel Hill N. C

Crash Investigation Yields No Charges In Gallipolis

Gallipolis city police investigated a 4 p m collision at Central Ave and an alley involving two cars driven by Harry L. Wallis 31 Gallipolis Ferry Route 2 and Virsi Hatfield 27 1924 Eastern Ave. Police filed no charges.

Gallipolis Central Ave Harry L. Wallis Virsi Hatfield Eastern Ave

Meigs Driver Fined in Gallipolis Red Light Case

Guy Russell, 23, of Pomeroy was fined $5 and costs in Gallipolis Municipal Court on a State Highway Patrol charge that he ran a red traffic light.

MEIGS Gallipolis Guy Russell Pomeroy

Gallipolis Man Fined for Intoxication Charge

Percy Bryant aged 54 of Gallipolis was fined 15 dollars plus costs on a city police intoxication charge filed Sunday.

Gallipolis Percy Bryant

Organization List Hunted by Gallia County Library

Gallipolis Gallia County District Librarian A Parsons asks the public to help compile a file of county organizations. Send the organization name and the president and secretary names and addresses to Gallia County District Library Third and State Streets Gallipolis. Include civic fraternal social religious educational labor and farm groups.

Gallipolis A. Chapman Parsons Gallia County Parsons Third and State Sts Missionary Society Grange Garden Club Parent-Teacher Association

Driver Charged After Headon Collision Near Gallipolis

Erman D. Cremeens 40 of Northup cited in Municipal Court by Judge William H. Jones after a Sunday morning crash on King Road 1.7 miles from Route 7 junction. Cremeens allegedly drove left of center, colliding with Everett Paxton 71 and Bessie Paxton 62 who suffered a bruised nose.

Gallipolis William H. Jones Erman D. Cremeens Northup State Highway Patrol King Road Cremeens Everett Paxton Bessie Paxton

Carpenter Fined for Driving Charge in Gallipolis

Edaminondas Rollins, 21, of Leon Route 2, was fined $10 and costs in Gallipolis Municipal Court for failing to stop within the assured clear distance. He was also ordered to pay for damage to Harold Cunningham's rear after a 3 p.m. Sunday collision at Pine and Fourth. Cunningham is a 31-year-old sheet metal worker from Point Pleasant Route 1.

Gallipolis Edaminondas Rollins Leon Carpenter William Hi. Jones Harold Cunningham Rollins Pine Cunningham Point Pleasant

Thivener Joins Thivener Dry Cleaning Firm

Howard Thivener of Chillicothe Road joins his brothers Cecil and Gordon Thivener in a laundry and dry cleaning business with locations in Huntington Ironton and Gallipolis after resigning from Middleport's David Produce Co. effective Saturday.

Jallipolis Howard Thivener Chillicothe Road Middleport David Produce Co Cecil and Gordon Dode) Thivener Huntington Ironton Gallipolis

Yeanger Buys 14 Acres at Sheriff’s Sale in Ohio River Area

E. O. Yeanger purchased 14 acres in the middle of the Ohio River Collieries Cheshire operation for 1905 dollars at a partition sheriff’s sale held late Saturday morning. The suit was George Dunn versus Edwin Yeanger and others.

Gallipolis Yeanger Ohio River Cheshire George Dunn Edwin Yeanger

Northup Man Fined For Unsafe Gas Operation

George Leroy Mooney, 25, of Northup faced a Gallipolis Municipal Court charge for unsafe operation of a gas-powered vehicle. He was fined $10 plus costs on Sunday.

Northup Gallipolis State Highway Patrol George Leroy Mooney

Parking charge filed in Gallipolis Municipal Court

James T. Forbes, 29, of Waverly was fined $5 and costs on a State Highway Patrol charge that he parked improperly in Gallipolis Municipal Court Saturday.

Gallipolis James T. Forbes Waverly

Woman Hits Parked Car In Gallipolis Parking Lot

Henry Clemons of Jackson Route 1 told city police a woman driver backed into his parked car in the 300 block of First Ave at noon Saturday. He did not get the name but obtained the license tag number.

Gallipolis Henry Clemons Jackson First Ave

Also Mentioned on This Page

Dorothy Swisher Linda Cardwell Vinton's Raccoon Valley Club John Swisher Everett Cardwell Ruth Franklin B. Lincoln Franklin Mary Lou Miller J. Dale Miller Wanda Harris Cor Betta Roberts Centenary Merry Maids Charles D. Harris Corbett Roberts Patty Baughman Delmas Baughman Don Swisher Jeannie Harrison Holzer Hospital Eugene Gladman Charles Brewer Glen Graham Gary E. Johnson Barney Osborne John W. Lewis William Claar, Jr M. J. Lilly John Aice Edward Johnson Ellen Good Thomas McClellan Kelson Phillips Elizabeth Bowman Ray Buckalow Donald Ebersbach John Thomas Clarence Irwin James Morris Charles Thompson Herman Wehrmeyer Racine Man Bell Laboratories Chester N. J Organization List U. S Theodore Zanowicz Zanowicz Mexico Virginia Panian Detroit, Mich William Standage Ground Observer Corp Burbank Calif Standage Mitzi Berlin Texi Clark Zep Colonie Zep Leatherneck Richard Clark Joseph Douglas Donald Robert Raymond Harold Clinton Franksville Wis Dan Maras Guy Wertz International Business Machine Company New York U. S. Navy Collier's Magazine Vice Adm Charles A. Lockwood Thermer Argostoli Greece
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