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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1957
Page
9
The Gal lipolis City Board of Health increased the salary of sanitary police officer John O. Frazier from 75 to 100 dollars per month at a brief Wednesday meeting. The board also requires all city food handlers to pass an annual physical and patch test, abolishing the former serology and enforcing the ruling strictly.
The text cites heartbeat rates: about 120 beats per minute for a tiny baby, around 90 for a seven year old, and between 70 and 80 for an adult. It presents a concise comparison of normal heart rates across ages.
A series of birth announcements with parents and locations from Ravenswood Oak Hill Jackson Bladen and Gallipolis. Admitted patients include Penny Ann Burns Arlen Brisker Marion Slavens Brenda Finnicum and others. Several surgical and medical admissions and dismissals are listed for Gallipolis Kananga Wellston Bidwell Ironton and affiliated families.
Charles Saunders 90 a retired Gallia County farmer died at his Route 218 home near Thivener at 5 am Wednesday after weeks of declining health. He was born January 24 1867 in Harrison Township son of Robert and Susan Alford Saunders. He married Emma Phillips who died in 1957. Surviving are four sons Glennie and Shirley of Mercerville Star Route Tennie of Crown City Eck of Akron. three brothers Grover of Bidwell Stanley of Mercerville Sam of Northup. Funeral at Providence Baptist Church Sunday 2 pm Rev Earl V Cremeens officiating burial in church cemetery. Friends may call at the residence Friday afternoon until services.
Gallia County Sheriff Oscar Baird reports the arrest of Charles L. Richards aged 33 of Gallipolis Route 1 on a warrant for intent to defraud. The complainant Lorene Wamsley of Point Pleasant alleged Richards took a horse to stock yards to sell and returned with it.
The report notes a dispute where a woman alleges a man kept a horse and repaid her with $20, claiming the horse was for his own use. Thomas Earwood, 49, of Gallipolis Route 1, was arrested on intoxication charges by the sheriff's department and fined $5 plus costs in Municipal Court.
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