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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 04, 1955

Page

6

Two Logan youths injured in grade crossing crash

Two Logan youths aged 18 and 17 were seriously injured when their car collided with a Chesapeake and Ohio train at Route 328 grade crossing south of Gan Thay. Max Robinette suffered facial and body lacerations. Ted Manter had a possible broken neck and skull concussion and was taken to White Cross Hospital in Columbus.

Manter White Cross Hospital Columbus Robinette Route 33 Union Furnace Chesapeake and Ohio

Gallipolis Church Listings Include Dozens of Denominations

The Gallipolis page lists services and schedules for churches citywide. Clergy names include Rev. Vernon C. Shafer, Rev. S. C. Hoelle, Rev. Luther Tracy, Rev. George Holcombe, Rev. D. L. Latham, Rev. Father Adolph Golubiewski, Rev. Paul M. Niswander, Rev Richard H. Ash, Rev. William H. Green, Rev. Preston C. Smith, and others with service times from morning worship to evening evangelistic meetings across Nazarene, First Church of God, Cabvery, Chapel Methodist, Triedstone, Catholic, Grace, First Presbyterian, and more.

Church of the Nazarene Vernon C. Shafer Young Peoples Service Cabvery Baptist Rio Grande Luther Tracy Methodist George Holcombe Orship A. D. Laisk Church Lester L. Roush Senior High Methodist Wesley Red Cross Bloodmobile Grace Grange MYF Mid-Winter Institute Irenton First Methodist Church St. Peter's Episcopal Richard H. Ash Holy Communion First Baptist Wiliam H. Green First Presbyterian Rey Linson H. Stebbins Pom Btu Raymond Jackson Oon Sfpsig Ae Wamiediet P. Ueiewanden Lusk Aim Teat Cirelo WSCS WCTU Junio

Dependents Aid Budget Shows 149952 Dollar Request

Logan County Commissioners reviewed the Division of Aid for Dependent Children budget totaling 149 952 dollars for the county program. They noted 47 recipients, monthly spending of 12008 dollars, and that county funds of 5100 dollars were appropriated. Hearings on two Green Township road petitions followed, with easement needs identified for both proposed routes.

Logan Hocking Division of Aid ADC Green Township Hock-Hocking J. Floyd Wright Hunter Road Shell Hardgrove John Dicken Charles Moore Jacob Mohler John Hunter David Maze Tuberculosis Fund Aid For Blind Medical Fund AFB

Women support riverbank parking and meters at Gallipolis Public Square

Delegations of Gallipolis women urged a parking lot along the Ohio River bank at the Public Square with meters on First Ave. They praised preserving park beauty over neon filling stations and argued the lot would aid rural shoppers without municipal cost. Fred Hamrick narrated the meeting with humorous anecdotes about Harold Bennett and a parrot.

Gallipolis Ohio River Public Square First Ave

Holzer Hospital Notes Admissions and Patients List

Holzer Hospital records show multiple patient entries and admissions across departments. Names include Mr and Mrs Cilbert Grant of Jackson with a newborn son, and others from Gallipolis, Point Pleasant, Oak Hill, and surrounding towns listed with medical or surgical notes.

Cilbert Grant Jackson Clarence Haddox Ray Donald Blankenship Gallipolis Noah Woods Oak Hill Walter Blake Clifton Surgical Vern M. Brown George Shrewsbury Lronton Vinton A. Rankin Crown City, Surgical Ricky Bush Point Pleasant Harry Childers Oat Vance Ewington Wooler Wellston Bernard M. Guinther George McDaniel Joseph C. Nagle Cheryl Ann Mitchell Norman E. Russel

Sgt Malone Arrives at Yokohama Depot as Administrative Specialist

Sergeant First Class Willard E. Malone, son of Mrs. Iaa Alvis of West St. Logan, has arrived at the Yokohama Engineer Depot and serves as an administrative specialist with Detachment C. He entered the Army in 1946 and was previously stationed in Gotemba, Japan with the 6th Tank Battalion. He attended Logan Junior High School.

Logan Willard E. Malone Iaa Alvis West St. Logan Yokohama Malone Army Gotemba Japan 6Th Tank Battalion Logan Junior High School

Tracy Returns to Campus as Co Pastor at Rio Grande

The Rev. W. L. Tracy pastor of The Calvary Baptist Church assumes active duties again as Rio Grande College student co pastor. He makes his first campus appearance in midweek services after a 17 year absence serving Ohio churches.

Rio Grande W. L. Tracy Calvary Baptist Church Rio Grande College Ohio

Marriage License for Carl R. Poling and Norma Jean Redick

Carl R. Poling 2, a clerk from Logan and Norma Jean Redick 22, a payroll clerk from Logan, obtained a marriage license.

Carl R. Poling Logan Norma Jean Redick

Girl 11 Hospitalized After Cheshire School Mishap

Sharmes Armes 11 the daughter of Mr and Mrs T Metevelis Armes of Cheshire was admitted to Holzer Hospital Thursday for possible abdominal injury after a collision with another pupil at Cheshire school.

Gallipolis Sharmes Armes T. Metevelis Armes Cheshire Holzer Hospital Cheshire School

Apothecary Etymology Ties To Warehouse Keeper

Encyclopedia Britannica notes the term apothecary derives from a word meaning warehouseman. The origin traces to medieval traders and storers of goods who prepared medicines from stored ingredients.

Encyclopedia Britannica

Col Mullins Leads Milwaukee Air Reserve Center

Col. William F. Mullins, 99, head of the 2473rd Air Reserve Flying Center at Milwaukee, is a Rio Grande College graduate of 1994. Born January 1, 1916, in Cambridge Ohio, he earned wings in May 1940 and rose to lieutenant colonel by March 1944. His career includes 890 submarine and surface patrol hours, 194 combat hours across 19 missions, and commands in the Pacific, Panama advisory work, and multiple decorated honors.

Rio Grande Rio Grande College Wiliam FP. Mullins 2473Rd Air Reserve Flying Center Milwaukee Mitchell Air Force Base N. Y Cambridge Ohio Brown High School Winnie B. Hutchin Canton Billy Mullins Air Force Panama Canal Zone Republic of Panama Col. Mullines Caribbean Tinian Mariannas Islands Air Force Reserve

Prominent Logan Family Ties Highlight Work Legacy

The Robert Work family of Logan is traced from Irish roots to early Ohio settlement. Robert Reed Work, Civil War veteran and longtime hardwareman, and his relatives shaped Logan's business and social life for over a century. The Woodard Funeral Home now occupies their former Orchard Street residence.

Woodard Funeral S. Orchard St Logan Robert Reed Work John Wright Work Ohio Ireland Canada New Brunswick British Empire Lancaster Joseph Work John Work Fielding G. M. Webb Thomas Baker Work Robert Work Robert Cushing Work E. Hunter St A. K. Smith Robert Reed Woodard Robert Bell E. Hunter Sr Hocking County Nacy May Work McGovern Mr. Work Brown Athens van Voorhes Robert Cushing Works Isabelle Work Ohio University

Logan Pastor to Speak in Iowa Ambassadors for Christ program

The Rev. Paul A. Warner pastor of St. Matthew and St. John Lutheran churches will travel to Iowa February 6 to 11 as an Ambassadors for Christ preacher. He will deliver seven sermons, starting in Pom eroy and ending in Dubuque, with Herman D. Siefkes, D D, a key church official, accompanying him. Local substitute Rev. W. Howard Ward Jr will fill in at Logan services. Warner may also serve as Houston missioner March 6 10 during Spiritual Life Missions tied to the A L C anniversary.

Logan Paul A. Warner St. Matthew St. John Lutheran Iowa American Lutheran Church Ambassadors For Christ Warner Pomeroy Dubuque Herman D. Siefkes D. D ALA Verner W. Howard Ward, Jr Capital University Theological Seminary Columbus Varner Houston Tex Trinity Lutheran Paul D. Holtzen Walther League Lutheran Laymen's League A. N. Grueser First Methodist Church First Methodist Stanley T. Benton The United Nations Clark College Intermediate Fellowship Martha Circle Ruth Circle Church of the Nazarene E. Klingler Hocking Valley Tabe FE V. Baker Deborah's Witnesses W. L. Bush Watchtower United Brethren In Christ J. N. Burnworth Salt Creek Valley South Haydenville Logan Methodist Herbert Harris Carbon Hill Liberty Hill St. Matthew Lutheran Dav N. Warner Tal University Seminary Cbs Evange Committee Women of the Church WOTC Cherub Paul N. Warner

Puerto Rican Pastor to Speak at Rio Grande Service

The Rev. Hermino E. Quiroga a Puerto Rico native will be the special speaker at Sundays 7 30 p m community worship at Simpson Methodist Church under Rio Grande College Christian Association sponsorship Born in Rio Piedras P R he studied at Evangelical Seminary on the Islands served as rural pastor then 23 years in New York City as pastor of The Spanish Baptist Church He led the Puerto Rican Church in Campbell Ohio last September and will speak again Monday morning at the college assembly.

Rio Grande Hermino E. Quiroga Puerto Rico Simpson Methodist Church Rio Grande College Christian Association Rio Piedror P. R Quiroga Evangelical Seminary Islands New York City Spanish Baptist Church Campbell (Ohio

Gallipolis Social Notes Miss Mabelle Gills Heads West

Miss Mabelle Gills a veteran saleswoman at C. D. Kerr Drug Co. left Gallipolis for Columbus and will fly Friday with her sister Annette for a West Indies vacation. They plan two weeks visiting nephew Philip Archer and his family in Trinidad where Archer works with a U S bridge building firm already serving contracts there.

Mabelle Gills C. D. Kerr Drug Co Columbus Annette West Indies Trinidad Philip Archer Archer Reginald Archer Gallipolis Ferry United States

Mrs L Claude Miller Hosts DAR Chapter Meeting

Mrs L Claude Miller will host at 2 p m Monday for the French Colony Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution. Miss Mary Cutler will review Lights Across the Delaware. Assistant hostesses are Miss Ella Rothgeb Mrs W N Hayward and Miss Catherine Hayward.

Gallipolis Personal News Highlights Visit and Birth

Dr. and Mrs. Howard D. Miller and children Paul and Sally Jo of Cambridge spent the weekend with Mrs. Millers parents. Rio Grande College President Paul R. Lyne and Teresa Landell Pennington welcomed the first child of Mr and Mrs Ray Pennington of Gallipolis Route 1 born at 8 am Thursday according to Warehime Clinic announcement.

Howard D. Miller Paul Sally Jo Cambridge Miller Rio Grande College Paul R. Lyne Teresa Landell Pennington Ray Pennington Gallipolis Warehime Clinic

Hocking Valley Hospital Notes

Community hospital notes list patients and routes in Kilkenny New Plymouth Logan and South Bloomingville areas. Names include Mrs Clifford Tatman Mrs Ramon Morris Mrs Edith Bowlby Fae Linda Kay Berry Mrs Daniel R Roberts Mrs Edward Mundy and others with routes 1 2 4 and Logan connections.

Linda Kay Berry Logan Daniel R. Roberts T’smissed

Auto Collision Northwest of Logan Injuries None

Spur geon Metzler deputy sheriff investigated a two car crash about two miles northwest of Logan at the foot of Jurgensmier Hill. Vehicles driven by Fred R. Nutter and Gerald E. Barton, both of Logan, were involved with Barton stopping to avoid a slower car and being struck from the rear by Nutters car.

Logan Spurgeon Metzler Jurgensmier Hill Fred R. Nutter Gerald E. Barton Si Metzier Barton Nutter

Electric Company Meeting Features 400 at Waaning ton Show

Four hundred attended the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co meeting at Washington School auditorium. A. Kimball Sutter led a 15 minute pep band from Gallia Academy High School. Tickets totaled about 145 dollars for the Band Boosters Club.

Gallipolis Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Waanington A. Kimball Sutter Gallia Academy High School W. Lewis Brown Spooriefly Robert L. Kanneis Columbus Maxine Kramer Robert Minshall Robert Wilson Stanley Dennis Charlies White Mike Allen Sally Briggs Paul Frank Truman A. Morris J. Roy Bartlett Rowena Stormont Columbus and Southern Electric Co Roddy Kilowatt

Radar Check Brings Seven Speeding Charges in Kananga

State Highway Patrol conducted a two hour radar check at Kananga on Thursday afternoon resulting in seven speeding charges. Bond posted for defendants Crumbley Rotz Wilde Warhola and Petit with amounts from 20 dollars. Additional citations issued to Eckart Maggied and others. One DUI charge in Gallipolis city jail and other penalties noted. Seventeen warnings also distributed during the operation.

Gallipolis State Highway Patrol Kananga Joseph C. Crumbley Bellaire Glenn L. Rotz Burt M. Wilde Andrew Lee Warhola Richard P. Petit Huntington James E. Eckart Chesapeake Meyer Maggied James Turner Eldridge E. Maddy Beaver W. Va Frank Denney Rio Grande Fritz Buck Pomeroy

Fire destroys two story frame house in Cheshire

A two story frame house near Cheshire was destroyed by fire late Thursday night. It housed Lon Fowler and family and was owned by Lida Lucas of Columbus. Located on Cheshire Route 1 near Route 7 crossing, GallipolisMiddleport fire departments fought the blaze after being alerted at 10 45 p m. Nothing was saved.

Cheshire Lon Fowler Lida Lucas Columbus Gallipolis Middleport

River traffic report from Gallipolis and Kanawha area updates

The Ohio and Kanawha rivers show rising levels with gauges at Gallipolis six to twenty three feet and Canawha readings climbing. Multiple steamers and barges are listed in up or down movements including Indiana Guadalcanal Ruth Brent and Sohio State with various cargoes and times noted.

Gallipolis Ohio River Montgomery Point Pleasant Kanawha Falls Frank C. Rand Cornell Allen B. Wood Paul Blazer Reva Jane Charles R. Stevenson Louisiana Invader Lehigh A. H. Crane Olcott Linn Smith Manogahela Lucy Jane Lucas Kanawha River Marmet Arthur Merrill Semet Winfield Winfield, Bosworth Up At 7:30 A.m. At Gallipolis Jeffheat Pennsylvania Davy Crockett Pittsburgher Warren Hoagland Reg By William Penn James D Francis J. T. Hatfield Irene Chotin Indiana Guadalcanal Ruth Brent Sohio State Duncan Bruce

Vinton Village clears fence from bayou along Route 325

The village of Vinton, with the State Highway Department, is clearing a right of way along Route 325 to widen the highway and build a new bridge over Glenn Run. The project includes filling the sunken garden area near the Route 160 bridge. Regular Village Council meeting details given with mayor and members listed.

Vinton State Highway Department Glenn Run Raccoon Creek G. W. (Cook E. E. Davis Don Swick Granville Gasto Clyde Eagle Glenn Brown Harvey Reece

Coaches Club Plans For Two Banquets In Gallipolis

Gallipolis Downtown Coaches Club outlined plans for two banquets with President Russell M. Smith presiding. A meeting at 6:50 p.m. next Tuesday in Washington School Gym will finalize details before the Jackson doubleheader. A win at Nelsonville would clinch a SECA League crown tie. banquets tentatively set for March 14 or 15 and April 7 or 8 with M Harold Brown and Marshall D. Boggs chairing committees. Films of the Columbus East game were shown.

Gallipolis Russell M. Smith Washington School Jackson Blue Devils Nelsonville GAHS Smith M. Harold Brown Marshall D. Boggs

Local Churches Schedule Varied Services Across Logan Area

Logan area churches list weekly schedules including Sunday schools at 9 30 a m and worship at 10 30 a m. Sermon topics range from The Victorious Christian Race to Unbeliefs Tragic End with youth meetings and choir rehearsals noted at multiple parishes.

Edler Rites Planned for Sunday

Clint Edler 70 died Thursday in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis. Rites set for 2 p.m. Sunday at Miller's funeral home with Rev. J P Keefer officiating. Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. Survived by sister Hattie Whaley Decatur Mich and six brothers. Married Augusta Alborn who preceded him in death.

Gallipolis Clint Edler Kaan Holzer Hospital Miller's J. P. Keefer Point Pleasant Mound Hill Cemetery Edler John Anna Cynthia Ripley Edler Perry Township Dan S. Davis Jesse Detroit Hattie Whaley Decatur Mich Thomas L. Edler San Francisco Pearl Edier Charleston Harry and Lester Columbus Morris Edler Buffalo N.Y Marion Edier Augusta Alborn

Dr Schwab Home Sold in Gallipolis Move

Dr John Schwab of Hooser Hospital sold his residence at 144 First Avenue to Miss Alma McCormick. The Schwa bs with wife and six year old daughter will relocate to an outlying site when new home is ready, while the McCormick family occupies the Cedar Street house.

Gallipolis John Schwab Hoizer Hospital First Avenue Alma McCormick Schwab Robert Houck Schwabs Miss McCormick J. H. McCormick McCormick Cedar Street

Assault and Battery Charges Filed Against Clem Schwalbaugh Jr

Clem Schwalbaugh Jr of Laurelville was arraigned in Magistrate E. E. Bright's court on assault and battery charges. He pled innocent and posted 500 bond to appear before the grand jury after initial detention. affidavit by Farrel E. Lykens. arrest by J. Breeze and Spurgeon Metzler, deputy sheriffs.

Logan Clem Schwalbaugh, Jr Laurelville E. E. Bright Schwalbaugh Farrel E. Lykens Joe Breeze Spurgeon Metzler

Case Continued in Gallipolis for Disorderly Conduct

Municipal Judge William H. Jones continued to next Monday the consideration of the disorderly conduct charge against Walter Junior Clay 18 of Gallipolis. Police said he beat up another youth on Third Avenue Tuesday.

Gallipolis Wiliam H. Jones Walter Junior Clay Third Avenue

Also Mentioned on This Page

Andrew Collins D. R. Huffman RK. Whataver W. W. Johnson Frank Cunningham H. W. Hawkins Columbua Spurgeon Metzer Sheri Ft Fred Hamrick Gallia County Farmers Hotel Harold Bennett Harold Hamricks Lawrence M. Stewart Midd Re Ernest Blazer Adam Partiow Ashte Cadle Leon Walter Arthur Arley Clark Leonard Perkins Arnold Green Granville Gibson Melvin van Meter Cynthia Houck Wilson Rowe Carl Morrow Ferris Thabet Robert Boxla Jones Morrison L. V. McGrew Sgt. Malone Yokohama Depot Tracy Col. W. P. Mullins Rye. M. Harris Gallipolis Social Notes Rs. Miller Hocking Valley Hospital Edith M. Bowlby Fae Edward Mundy Richard Viney Albert Elick Electric Company Meeting Vinton Village Coaches Club Church News of W. Howard Ward Jre Earl F Schottke Harrington Westminster Fellowship Berea Presbyterian Nion Furnace Earl F. Schottke Lauren Run Community Church Dr. Schwab
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