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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 20, 1951
Page
3
Gallipolis fire crews were dispatched Saturday to the intersection of Fourth Street and Vine Street for a vehicle fire. No damage extent or cause information was immediately available.
Gallipolis district schools begin September 4 at 8 30 a.m. with a half day for staff organization and a full program starting the next day. A general teachers meeting at Washington School on September 3 at 10 a.m. will set objectives and plans. Parents must provide birth certificates and immunization forms for new pupils. Kindergarten and first grade age cutoffs are set for January 1, 1952. The roster lists principals M Harold Brown and I Marshall Boggs and dozens of teachers, supervisors, nurses, and secretarial staff across Gallipolis schools, including Gallia Academy High School Washington School East Gallipolis Kananga School and specialists in vocal and instrumental music, health, and library services.
Mrs. Wilson Lewis Jr of Mercerville welcomed a son. Admissions include Mrs. Oscar Clark, Northup, Jeddie Kennedy, Pt. Pleasant, Dennis Burnsides, Oak Hill, Mrs. Carl Snyder, Oak Hill, Mrs. Robert Dilley, Pt. Pleasant, Mrs. Lester Doles, Londonderry, Mrs. Walter Harmon, Pt Pleas ant. Discharges include Mrs. Robert Gilmore and baby, Mrs. Charles Moore and baby, Mrs. Elben Higgenbotham, Mrs. Troy Hoops and baby, Mrs. James Holy Cross and baby, Mrs. Okey Henry, Mrs. Emma Smith, Hubert Dillon, Stephen Anderson, Stella Searls, Herschel Addis, Donald Crace, W. R. Dodson, Mrs. Charlies Rayburn, William Cullen, Carl Trotter, Harold Howell, Mrs. Mabel Clarke.
Miss Janet Person visits with Mr and Mrs Merle Shivers in Bethesda Maryland while Ethel Person Ruth Hamer and George enjoy Washington and New York vacations. Numerous relatives and friends throughout Ohio and Michigan are noted as visiting, hosting, or returning home from trips including Columbus The Plains Willis The Log Pile Church and Logan with gatherings at Rachelmacher Park.
The Messenger invites readers to submit service member addresses for the Military Mail Call column. Entries include names and full addresses such as Eldon Francis Gaston of The Plains in USS Fort Mandon LSD 21 with Fleet Post Office New York, and Sgt. Lewis Calvin Keplar Field Station 8609 AAA with APO 235 Landshut Mill Subpost San Francisco.
Friends of the Rev. Fr. Anthony Tague, former priest of St. Bernard Church, learned of his death at St. Anthony’s Hospital in Columbus after a long illness. Funeral services and burial took place at Crooksville. Andrew Plant rests at Oakfield after extended Columbus hospital stay. Mae Rodgers chosen as delegate to the ministerial convention at Westernville, a post she has held for four years and who teaches the Philos class at the EUB Church School. Mr. and Mrs. Fielding Hawkins and daughter Dee, formerly from Corning, visited friends in the area.
Sunday at 2 o'clock an afternoon song service will be held at the church in Hockingport. Mrs. Juanita McIntyre of Detroit visited her sister Mrs. Carl Wright and relatives. W. T. Matheny visited his daughter Mrs. Clarence Randolph and family. Bertha Jackson returned from Schenectady after three weeks with nephew and family. Lieut and Mrs. Charles Randolph noted. Bernice Livingston of Little Hocking spent a day with Delbert Sams. Ora Randolph, now of Columbus, stayed a week with Bertha Jackson and George Sprouse and called on George Reed and Russell Randolphs at Eden. Miss Jean Massie trip with her father on the boat Charles Stevenson. C. H. Morgan drilled a water well for the new school, which will be ready for Sept. 4.
Gallia County two people were injured in a three way passing collision on Route 7 west of Gallipolis. Charles E Bocock 35 Huntington drove a tractor as Lawrence Shafer driven truck Crown City attempted to pass. Shafer sustained a bruised side and a passenger Ogle Shriver 34 Crown City suffered a head injury and abrasions. Vehicle damage was extensive. Four arrests were reported by the patrol including Robert W Caruthers 35 Middleport no license Clarence V Halley 36 Eureka Star driving while intoxicated Lewis M Brown 40 Pomeroy speeding and Joe Randall Long 19 Gallipolis speeding.
Gallipolis locks report Sunday river traffic incl the Solvay down at 11 15 a m Kenna up 5 45 p m Alcot down 6 25 p m Roland up 11 15 p m on the Kanawha Somet down Market 8 30 a m Keeley up Winfield 11 40 a m. Other craft include Pittsburgher up 12 05 p m Patriot down 12 50 p m Keystone up 12 55 p m Neville down 2 00 p m S Hoagland up 2 10 p m J T Hatfield up 1 00 p m Brown up 12 40 p m Price up 10 34 a m Parker up 12 10 p m Upper gauge 18.0 lower 19.6 feet two feet at the rollers Kanawha Falls 0.84 stationary.
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Aberts and children returned from a vacation to the Gulf of Mexico and the south. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Williams moved to their Hollister home from Reece. Helen Aberts and son Lester Lee came home after a two week visit in Carroll. The Thompsons visited their Hollister home. The Hardy family returned to Michigan after a two week stay visiting friends. Dora Wilson and her children from Murray City spent an evening with Bessie Slater.
The Army disclosed on Saturday it is testing primaquine a new drug that may cure malaria so fast victims recover before they know they are ill Maj Gen George E Armstrong Army Surgeon General said extensive tests in the U S and Korea indicate the drug may be more effective than any current treatment
Gallipolis city police logged two minor traffic accidents over the weekend with no injuries. In the first crash Bernard O. Johnson, 31, Scottown, and Buddy L., Harvey, 34, Chesapeake, were involved. The second crash involved A. J. Mason, 77, Bidwell Route 2, and Judah Eugene Cremeans, 25, Second Ave. city. Auroral curtains are noted as striking forms of the northern and southern lights.
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