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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 16, 1965
Page
7
Gallia County commissioners ordered all county officials to stay within their budgets and obtain prior approval for purchases. They approved two subdivisions Green Two and Rio Grande Lake Drive with health department consent, authorized $500 easement for dump dirt, and discussed welfare department relocation and road repairs with multiple local figures.
Dr. Francis W. Shane, president of the Gallia County Heart Association, told the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club that heart disease is the nation’s top killer. The event noted the Heart Fund drive, with Mrs. Lola Mae Sutter presenting a $75 contribution to Mrs. Madge Neal for 1965.
Gallia County Sheriff's Department returned Ervin Starr to Gallipolis to face a charge of malicious destruction of property. Starr will appear in Municipal Court for allegedly breaking three windows in a trailer at Stella's Trailer Court on December 12. In custody, Warren J. McKeever is held on absence without leave from the Army and intoxication with a possible forgery charge being studied.
The Vin ton Parent-Teachers Club at Vinton Elementary featured a skit Silas Outsmarts the Slicker and songs Choc olate Ice Cream Cone Sweeter As the Days Go By Without Him. The group voted to buy a movie screen and repair playground equipment. Thirty-one attendees. first grade Ruth Quickel won the attendance banner.
In Gallia County Common Pleas Court Judge C W Smith sentences Fred E Kuhn 23 Racine Route 1 to 120 years at Mansfield Reformatory for forgery. Donald Smith 34 Vinton Route 1 gets six months in Dayton workhouse after guilty plea to probation violation. Roy Edgington 48 Huntington W Va and Donald Lawdon 36 Huntington W Va face a breaking and entering and grand larceny trial next Tuesday. Barnacle larva described with six developmental stages before shrimp-like form.
Notice public for Min nig Chaney of R D 3 Pomeroy Ohio named administratrix of the estate of John Sord Township Shaney late of Osceola County Ohio. Court details and filing likely to follow with official proceedings and duties.
William D. Bolzer 29 of Columbus and Stephen J. Crummery 20 of Cincinnati were admitted to Holzer Hospital with severe head injuries after a one car crash on Route 35 near the Ohio Valley Livestock Sales. Bolzer, driving toward Gallipolis, lost control and overturned down a steep embankment onto a railroad spur. Crummery suffered deep lacerations. both were trapped for minutes before rescue. Bolzer to face driving while intoxicated and reckless operation charges.
In a 3:55 p.m. Route 735 crash James F. Long 19 Kanauga and Larry L. Cook 18 South Side W V collided as Cook attempted to pass. Long cited for failure to yield right of way. court date set. A second 10:55 a.m. collision on Route 735 near the Silver Bridge left no injuries. Richard C. Roach 26 Point Pleasant failed to stop within the assured clear distance and posted a 27.50 bond. A third crash at 6:30 a.m. on Route 160 near Vinton damaged Edward C. McClelland's car. he was cited for failure to drive on the right half.
Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club announces its annual Spring Style Show with Marianne Campbell as narrator. The event is set for April 1 at 7 30 p m in Point Pleasant High School auditorium and features Ruth Sturgeon and Shirley Gardner as co chairs.
A list of individuals connected to Holzer Hospital in various towns and route addresses. The names include Malcolm D Hooper Richard L Mc Calla Douglas M Harris Mrs Charles E Hall Charles G Mays Connie M Phillips Thelma R Love Den ver L McVay Norris A Nunn Robert H McCarley Hart ford Connie M Phil lips Ravenswood Janet S Tackett Patrick J Gallagher Larry G Duke Rod ney Kenneth R Holliday Nancy Blackburn Thomas K Jackson Natasha S Mulford Sandra K Marcum Yeager Hooper Midkiff Harrison Swango Swick Bowles Hardman Rose Roush Culpepper and daughter.
Mrs. Tanner Livisay of West Virginia University spoke to Mason County PTA Council at Beech Hill School about parent self rating. Questions covered love, apologies, listening, and respect, with 19 self answered prompts guiding the discussion.
Hospital notes list Penny Hughes Ashton Vanessa Hayman Point Pleasant and Mrs. Orville Sturgeon Henderson Connie Rayburn Mason Mrs. Ferrell Kiser Point Pleasant Leonard Shobe Point Pleasant. Dismissed Howard Harper Point Pleasant Harvey Rainey Gallipolis Ferry Owen Plants Leon.
Larry G. Duke, 24, of Rodney, admitted to Holzer Hospital at 9:40 p.m. Monday with first to third degree burns on his right hand arm chest and body. His condition is listed as satisfactory. Duke worked for James Merry Stone Co. on Bidwell Route 2 and was burned when gasoline spilled on him and ignited.
Dr. Roman Verhaalen spoke at the hay and silage show at the Ohio Valley Experiment Farm about West Virginia University’s Appalachian Center. He said the past 20 years eclipsed all prior eras in change and that two life types now exist, stressing lifelong education and the shifting job market toward service and professional roles.
In POINT PLEASANT a jury verdict favored the plaintiff Charles Kraft against George Yester in a circuit court action over an October 14, 1964 Viand Street accident. Judgment awarded $236. Attorneys were Raymond G. Musgrave for the plaintiff and Carroll Casto for the defendant.
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