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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
8
Nine representatives from the Gallia Soil Conservation District attended a Tuesday evening dinner meeting of area 10 soil conservation district supervisors at the Presbyterian Church in McArthur. Attendees included 65 supervisors and guests from Fairfield Meigs Jackson Vinton Perry Hocking Athens and Gallia districts.
A minor accident occurred Wednesday morning on the snowy streets of Gallipolis. Gus Thevenin, 36, stopped at Portsmouth Road and Garfield Avenue when Everett Plantz, 53, of Sheshire Route 2, attempted a Garfield onto Portsmouth turn and struck Thevenin’s car damaging the right front fender and bumper while the truck’s left front fender was damaged. The incident time was 7 39 a.m. The text also notes that about one tenth of U S lumber supply comes from national forests.
Gallipolis city police recorded their fourth December arrest and conviction for driving while intoxicated in Municipal Court. Judge William H. Jones fined Robert Nelson Hurt of Chatham New Jersey $50 and costs, sentenced him to five days in jail, and suspended his license for six months for operating a motor vehicle under the influence. The other Municipal Court conviction was Erich Paul Boegli of West Columbia for passing over a double yellow line.
Mrs. Newman Kincaid, sister of Willoughby Hill, died recently in Chester. Michael Elberfeld stays with the Lamberts of Middleport while his mother is a patient at Meigs General Hospital. Attendees included Rev E E Barnhart, Mrs Freda Miller, Mrs Della Windsor, and Mrs Elizabeth Wickham at a Christian Endeavor meeting in Tupper Plains. Mr and Mrs Harold Newell and daughter Belpre visited the Nelsons recently.
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