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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1965
Page
12
Plaintiff claims negligence caused auto collision leading to 750 damage, 500 medical costs, 350 lost wages, ongoing pain, and permanent injury with future expenses. Mrs C J Hyer hosts Mary Circle at Trinity Methodist Church Tuesday at 7 45 PM with Rodney Pullins leading devotions.
List of names including Yvonne Stewart Gallipolis Lester Putney Jr Hogsett Mrs Walter Ridenour Leon Glenn Moses Point Pleasant Dish Sed Sarah Brumfield Glenfield James Young Point Pleasant Bunnie Rayburn Mason Mrs Campbell Stevens Apple Grove Corbett Manley West Columbia.
Principal Neil H. Sanders announced five practice teaching assignments at Gallia School. Names include Linda Kunzi at Second Grade, Linda Neal and Carol Jones at Third Grade, Phortia Rosterfer at Third Grade, and Roger Myers at Grade Six with respective classroom placements. Gallia Academy High School math classes toured Ohio Valley Bank to learn bookkeeping and banking services and later spoke with Selwyn White.
Mason County sees a growing oil boom as Rudder Gas and Oil Co. drills north of the Kanawha River on the Edsel Hughes and C. C. Lewis farms with wells about 1650 feet deep. The company reports oil production and a 500 barrel tank and 100 barrel tanks at each site. Prior Oil Co. of Belpre has drilled on the Adam Krebs farm and plans another well as many firms lease land, including city parcels.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Erwin of Point Pleasant announce the birth of a son, Kevin Matthew, on February 14 at St. Joseph Hospital in Parkersburg. The infant joins 21 month old Scott. Mother Judy Hanshaw is the former, with grandparents Matthew D. Hanbahn and Chester Erwin listed among the relatives.
Thirteen Gallia Academy Tri-Hi-Y girls volunteer to sell Heart Fund balloons Saturday in downtown Gallipolis for the annual drive led by the Gallia County Heart Fund. Zella Craft chairs Balloon Day with workers Roberta Brickles Bonnie Bosworth Martha McKean Beverly Rusk Sheila Cragg Carolyn Vallance Joan Snyder Sheryl Roberts Sharon Roberts Linda Mitchell Suellen Samples Sue Kelton Kay Egner. Proceeds aid the Gallia County Heart Council for heart disease fight and research in Central Ohio.
Eight more 4H Club members join the Gallia County Junior Leadership Club led by Bryson R. Carter. New members include Patty Saunders Bidwell Patty Bush Bill Barcus Karen Price Kathy Fadely Clyde Fadely Betty Jones and John Shaver. The group meets monthly in Gallipolis with about 300 junior leaders. older members may visit meetings and assist with club duties.
The Ord nance School PTA will purchase a microphone and speaker for PTA use and school events. The equipment was shown at a PTA meeting held Tuesday night at the school. Principal John Taylor announced an ordered triple water fountain to be installed soon.
Gallpolis Chapter of Future Farmers of America selects Bill Tawney to receive a five day Ford camp scholarship funded by Nolan Carter dealer. Tawney, son of Mr and Mrs W L Tawney of Gallpolis Route 2, will attend Camp Muskingum in Carroll County for leadership conservation and recreation training. He runs a cow on his farm.
National Hair dressers and Cosmetologists observed National Beauty Salon Week by providing free permanents, shampoos and sets, and hair cuts for patients at the Eastern Star Home Meigs County Children’s Home Gallia County Children’s Home and Lakin State Hospital. Volunteers listed include Doddee Foran Tootie Wilson Regina Stowers and others with lectures and a hairstyle contest at local schools.
A Point Pleasant skating party staged by the Candystripers of Pleasant Valley Hospital at the 22nd Street Roller Rink awarded prizes. The event followed a hospital news list noting several newborns from local families including Bordman Ridenour Roush Riggs Halley Cline McKee and others.
Opportunities for feeder pig production in Gallia County prompt a swine growers meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. next Tuesday at Grace Methodist Church. Clarence Bowen of Ohio State University will speak on improving farms and exploring new income opportunities, hosted by Cooperative Extension Service.
Kiwanis Club in the West Virginia Room heard MGM scout executive Guy Nash urge help for youth. C J Hyer inducted Guy McWilliams as a member and Jake Somerville received a past president pin. Plans were made for the annual pancake sale in March.
Mason James Dudding, 22, pleaded guilty to reckless driving before Mayor Dayton Raynes. He was fined $25 and costs after a two car crash in Mason involving a vehicle owned by Glenn Cundiff Jr. of Syracuse. The Dudding car struck another vehicle, burst into flames in Mrs. Robert Stewart’s yard, and totaled the car with damage estimated at $200.
In Point Pleasant Mrs Ralph Crump chairs Heart Sunday announce Feb 21 as Heart Sunday. A door to door canvass by the Key Club and Keyette Club of Point Pleasant High School begins at 1 pm with volunteers wearing identification tags. Workers report to the high school cafe to collect materials and return after completing their routes. Walt Fisher leads the Key Club and Etta Sue Sturgeon leads the Kayettes.
Steve Allen son of Mr and Mrs John K Allen of Mills Village has returned from U S Army duty and joined WTAP Parkersburg W Va as a television announcer He is a 1962 Ohio University BFA and ex WJEH radio announcer He served at Fort Sam Houston Fort Chaffey Fort Bragg and Okinawa with a psychological warfare unit and AFRTS prior to the station appointment.
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