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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 27, 1961
Page
7
Economist outlook for 1962 suggests rising employment and incomes, with slower price gains. Food prices rise seasonally but drift to fall, housing demand grows with 1.5 million starts, and mortgage financing remains abundant though interest rates inch higher.
The piece notes more jobs but not enough to reduce unemployment. Wage scales rise moderately as unions push for job security guarantees amid a still high jobless total. Management focuses on controlling costs while seeking stable employment prospects.
Funeral services for Earl L Harmon 51 former resident of Vinton will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Vernon McCoy funeral home in Vinton led by Rev Jack Stutler. Burial will be in Vinton cemetery. He died at Memorial Hospital Beckley after working in coal mines most of his life. Born January 8 1910 in Tazewell Virginia he was the son of the late Mathedus Harmon and Fannie Underwood Harmon. His wife Othelia Harris survives in Vinton with a daughter Mrs Fannie Wheeler and one grandson. Also surviving are brothers Hubert Charles Hulan and Mrs Mary Coleman Mrs Margaret Collins and Mrs Nannie Atwell.
Municipal Judge William H. Janes fined Lovells E. Jackson 39 Millen Ga 25 and costs on a over load charge. Four persons were fined with two forfeiting bonds. Frank L. White 76 Middleport 10 and costs for driving left of center Donovan N. Stevens 27 Gallipolis 10 and costs for unsafe operation Donald Smith 31 Bidwell 5 with no costs for driving an unsafe vehicle. Forfeiting bonds Willie C. Hucks 46 Sumter S C 15 for overlength vehicle Frederick D. Austin 48 Gibbon W Va 25 for speeding.
Pfc Clarence C. Sargent Jr., 20, of Vinton Route 1, is a rocket crewman in the 57th Artillery now moved from Fort Sill Oklahoma to Okinawa. The unit uses the Little John free rocket to provide fire support for the division. He joined the Army in 1960 after graduating North Gallia High School in 1959 and attending Bliss Business School in Columbus.
Gallipolis card cardwell a civilian employee at Fort Richardson Alaska telephoned his parents Mr and Mrs Francis Cardwell of Vinton on Christmas night He has worked at the fort for about a year after three years in civilian government service He served nine years in Naval aviation He married a Seattle woman and they have two sons and two daughters aged three to ten.
Gallipolis reports the marriage license issued to David Carroll Briggs 19 of Cheshire and Minerva Elizabeth Robie 16 of Bidwell Route 1.
The piece notes living costs rising with no spike in inflation yet, citing a widening US Treasury deficit, higher demand for goods, and gradually increasing labor costs. It suggests plenty of supplies could temper price momentum in early 1962.
Mrs Lucille Josephine Race 74 of East Liverpool native of Gallipolis died Tuesday in Holzer Hospital after 34 days as a patient She was the widow of George Race Survived by daughter Georgeanne Race son Charles Race two sisters and two brothers Funeral services set for Friday at 2 pm at Wetherholt Elliott Sanders funeral home with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery
Apple Grove and surrounding families share holiday plans with relatives in Hebron Kingsbury Huntington and Rene. Phyllis Lee stays with grandmother Mrs Walter Lee for Christmas. Ivan Pickens ill at home. Apple Grove Methodist to present Christmas program Sunday night December Eve. Buck family celebrate Christmas in Jacksonville with Don Beegle family.
The Lend a Hand Club met at Harrisonville Presbyterian Church for a Christmas gathering. Secret pal gift exchange and new officer elections followed a potluck dinner. Also noted are several social visits including the Welsh and Gillogly families with relatives in Albany and Parkersburg, West Virginia.
The Holzer Hospital admission list includes Shirley M. Schartiger Cheshire Route, Ola S. Bostick Patriot, Vicki L. Fetty Pomeroy Route, Harold A. Young Clifton, T Richard Hayes Jackson Route 4, Edna Carman Gallipolis, Leon Hacker Ironton, Katie A. Evans Patriot Route 2, Shirley B. Ledlie Langsville, Leonard D. Warman Bidwell Route 2, Ralph C. Durst Gallipolis, John Pushak Jr Gallipolis, Paul J. Riemke Ashland Kentucky, James E. Ryan Mason, Ogle D. Notter Scottown Route, Wyman E. Call Crown City Route 2, Lawrence Ebersbach Portland, Charlie D. Soward Kananga, Emma Davis Pomeroy, Rosetta St. Clair Rio Grande, James A. Thomas Pomeroy, Charles Knotts Bidwell, George A. White Pomeroy Route, Rainey Randolph Point Pleasant, Paul R. Holter Racine, Christy Dailey Portland Route, Mollie J. Johnson Gallipo, A Edward Fitzpatrick Gallipolis, Firest Goff, Vicki Caldwell, Doris Lloyd, John Lloyd, Del bert Martin, Samuel Johnson, Earl McCoy, Norma McCausland. Blood used Tuesday 5 pints.
The year begins as a consumer year but hints at an improving business climate. If the upturn strengthens, producers may regain parity in the second half. if relief is brief, consumers could continue to endure months of recession and partial recovery.
Gauges report varying river depths with rollers and crests at Gallipolis Greenup and Kanawha Falls while dams remain up from Huntington District south to Dam 22. A list of boats on Kanawha and Ohio rivers shows numerous arrivals and movements with multiple vessels at various locks during the day.
Gallipolis Rotary dinner hears Chillicothe mayor Truman A. Morris recount the first manned space shot with slides and film from Cape Canaveral. Morris, WBEX proprietor, also leads Kiwanis and teaches government at Ohio University Chillicothe. Leo Mossman notes 199 Christmas baskets and $1370 in donations.
Gallipolis firefighters responded to a 11:03 AM call on Bob McCormick Road at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Belville. Fumes from a fuel oil floor furnace clogged the chimney vent with soot. no blaze reported after five firefighters checked the scene and advised repairs.
Grace Frank reports a Dec 27 Corning Methodist Church Family Night with a surprise party for Carlo Hermey and prize games for attendees including Bob McCormick and Juanita Reed. WSCS and Junior MYF events, fruit baskets to shut-ins, caroling, and multiple church groups shared in a PTO Christmas program.
Army 2nd Lt. Gary R. Cooper 23, son of Mr. and Mrs. Raymond W. Cooper of McArthur, completed the eight week officer orientation course at the Infantry School Fort Benning Georgia on December 14. He is a 1956 McArthur High School and 1961 Ohio State University graduate.
Donovan Stevens 27 of Gallipolis remained in the Gallia County jail after Municipal Judge William H. Jones bound him over to the January term grand jury on a breaking and entering charge with a $500 bond. The warrant cites a Christmas night entry at a Route 554 residence owned by Aston McKee. Stevens pleaded innocent.
Floyd Chapman 40 of Cheshire Route 1 Arthur Persinger 45 and Hysell Persinger 55 both of Gallipolis were listed in a December 27 1961 Athens Messenger item.
GALLIPOLIS Herry C and Geneva Clark of Cheshire filed suit Tuesday in Gallia County Common Pleas Court against David H and Barbara L Thomas of Chillicothe for 2881.64 plus 6 percent interest since December 6. Plaintiffs seek foreclosure of a mortgage deed to the 96 in Cheshire in Joseph Mauck's Addition to satisfy judgment.
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