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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1951
Page
7
A garbled year end police report notes no arrests or major incidents during New Year celebrations. Officers reportedly reduced violations with earlier curfews and mobility, contrasting last year’s chaotic record and road hazards.
Maritime listings show Gal lipolis traffic with vessels Toner and Christy passing times, Kenna and Marmet routes on Kanawha and the Titan, Patroll, Rand, Indiana, Wyo, and E Harfield noted with times and gauge readings. Falls, no rollers, and nine feet at Nawha, Point Pleasant 24.77.
Gallipolis report states a fire department heavy pumper was knocked out of service in a traffic collision on Eastern Ave near the terminal. A truck pulled onto the highway, narrowly missing a police cruiser ahead. the pumper was towed, front-end damage noted, and radiator leaks recorded. Driver Hubert Davis Tate of Fosteralls Va faced a yield-right-of-way charge with bond issues. fire truck driver Harvey Brown sustained a knee cut. A minor blaze at Pete Plymale’s Eastern Ave home preceded the day’s events with soot in a chimney causing slight damage.
In Galliplis Holzer Hospital recorded the first 1959 birth a son to Mrs Nolan Mollan of Crown City and at 2:25 pm Sunday. The year 1950 saw 36 injuries from 167 motor vehicle accidents with three bicycle incidents and eight crashes into fixed objects. City police handled 45 funeral escorts and 116 school zone hours. William Benville Pomeroy fined 310 and costs in Municipal Court for speeding after arrest by the State Highway Patrol.
George Noble 79 a retired New York Central Railroad foreman and Knights of Pythias member died at home in Cheshire after a brief illness. He was born July 23 1871 and married Margaret McCarthy who died in 1937. Survived by sons Earl George Robert and John and daughters Hazel Collins Mary Sherrick Helen Preston Kathleen Webbe and Doris Zerkle. Services at Cheshire Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. conducted by Knights of Gallipolis.
Gallia County board 45 announces twelve registrants to be moved to Portsmouth Wednesday for induction into the armed forces. Names include Earl C. Marlin of Patriot New Carlisle Ohio Willard Blankenship Vinton Route 2 Dallas G. Moss Northup Route 1 Homer D. Drummond Patriot Cline E. Osler Vinton Route 2 Sherman C. Griffith Binwell Route 2 Harry L. Fellore Iowa City Marlin L. Theverin Gallipolis Paul B. Wells Gallipolis Route 2 Clester Tackett Vinton Route 2 John W. Johnson Gallipolis Route 1 Kenneth Eu Gruhe Patriot Jack W. Bowers transferred to Springfield for induction.
In Lucknow India wild elephants numbered twelve roamed a colonization area in Northern Uttar Pradesh and refused to leave. Attempts to scare them back failed as elephants charged. Men tried a large fire to drive them off but the animals doused the flames with water from a rivulet. Hunters have been requested by the Colonization Department.
Mrs. Sadie Young, 72, longtime Stewart mayor after 40 years, retires and moves to Vancouver. The climate and hillside memories frame her departure, while reports of counterfeit one dollar bills circulating in Gallipolis and a police chief inspecting them surface amid reminiscence of Stewart’s gold rush days and local relics.
The Czechoslovak government orders 15 research institutes across ministries including engineering agriculture health and trade to form a broad research system. Subjects cover economics water use building, archive work, tire production, agriculture economics and mechanization, forestry, physiology, circulatory diseases, tumors, and experimental surgery. Meanwhile a crowd party ran late with officers noting polite revelry, some appearing intoxicated, others sober.
Gallipolis dispatch notes the state highway patrol post in Me and Jackson counties logged 437 accidents investigated and 666 arrests during the year. Patrolmen averaged about 58 hours per week on reserve, 19 127 hours total on duty, with 5 725 phone inquiries and two visitors. Post checks including 173 rechecks of school buses and property recovered valued at 6500 dollars.
Gallipolis district board elected Robert M Richards president succeeding Dr H B Thomas at a Monday meeting. Rannelis named vice president and Emmett Morrison re elected clerk. The board approved 259516 20 in appropriations from an 208800 fund with 9000 reserved for retirement of bonds. Teachers salaries led the list at 145000. Meeting set for the first Monday of each month. The United States literacy rate cited as 97 3 percent in 1949 per Britannica.
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