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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1958
Page
5
Gallipolis reports 1957 saw 282 accidents investigated by city police with no traffic fatality for the sixth straight year. Of 37 injuries, 26 occurred in the first 262 wrecks. 282 accidents compared with 286 in 1956, injuries down from 41. Pedestrian and bicycle crashes declined, with limited injuries.
In Gallia County Ohio Elbert Masters 40 of Cheshire Turkey Run went berserk after a tooth pulled left an abscessed gum. He broke windows threatened a Middleport emergency squad car and battled officers to the Holzer Hospital where a shot subdued him. No one hurt.
Larry Clytus Hill is the first baby of 1958 in the tri county area. He weighed six pounds one ounce and was born at 6 48 a m Wednesday at Holzer Hospital to Earl Hill and Luetta Hawk Hill of Gallipolis. He has two sisters Linda Lou and Jackie Lee. The family details include Ola Neal Fred Hill Ola Danner and Mills Transfer Co employee Earl Hill.
Gallipolis judge William H. Jones fined four speeders in Municipal Court Tuesday. John A. Brunicardi 24 Gallipolis Norris E. Jeffers 20 Patriot William D. Brown 19 Gallipolis and James Hale 21 Waterloo each paid 10 dollars plus costs. Joseph A. Johnson 44 Pomroy was fined 10 dollars and costs for failing to keep right side of the highway. James R. Rogers 18 Thurman Route 2 forfeited a 20 dollar bond for speeding.
The Mark Twain boyhood home in Hannibal Missouri welcomes visitors without charge, offering access to the historic site and its exhibits at no admission price.
Graveside services were held at Gravel Hill Cemetery in Cheshire for Albert Rhodes 56 of Cheshire who died of a heart attack at his daughter Audrey Arnolds home in Campbells Creek West Virginia. Surviving are his wife Laura two daughters Doris Conkle and Katherine Wills and son John plus nine grandchildren and many siblings. Funeral services were held at Coal Fork Methodist Church with ministers officiating.
A list of newborns and admissions includes a son for Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hill of Gallipolis and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Hallaway of New Haven. The section also records dozens of patients admitted for medical and surgical care across Gallipolis Pomeroy Point Pleasant and nearby towns. Louisiana's capitol Baton Rouge rises with 48 steps each marking a state's entry date into the Union.
Gallipolis leader Gilbert P. Bush, commodore of the 22 state Second District, travels to San Diego for a national auxiliary gathering after a Washington conference. He is a key district officer and owner of Gallipolis Ice Co. His son runs the company."}
Charles Morrison 20 of Vinton Route 1 was arrested on forgery charges after altering a check from 20 to 25 dollars drawn on the First National Bank of Gall ipolis. Deputy Grant Long arrested Clell Bland Wood 23 on intoxication and petty larceny, with his case set before County Judge Betz.
The article notes Clara Bartin stepping down from her role as president of the United States branch of the Red Cross in the year 1904. It highlights a leadership transition within the organization during that period.
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