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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jan 17, 1964
Page
10
Los Angeles hosts the fifth annual indoor track meet with strict qualifying marks for field events. Only jumpers clearing seven feet and vaulters clearing 16 feet are invited, featuring John Pennel, John Veles, and John Thomas among others.
John Gorman, a 6 foot 8 reserve center for Xavier University, has been suspended by Coach Don Ruberg after a bar fight in Milwaukee last Sunday. Gorman will miss the rest of the semester and cannot travel with the team on away games when he rejoins next term.
In Gallipolis the United Presbyterian Church elected Timothy Hickman as treasurer succeeding John L. Evans after 16 years. Three-year terms for elders and deacons were filled with Wayne Ogdin Carl Cameron J Sherman Porter Miss Mildred Gillman and Mrs Julia Leimann Mrs Wymond Bradbury James Hanson and Douglas Runyon. Dr Oscar W Clarke presided at the corporate meeting naming three trustees Merrill Evans Clayton Miller Morton L Dickey and congregational secretary Mrs Ned Eachus. A five-member nominating committee was chosen and a budget commission was elected. The church has 322 members and ordination is set for January 26. Officers meet Sunday at 2 pm.
Letart Falls and nearby residents gathered for social evenings with the Hill and Gruese families. The MYF met at the Methodist Church to plan for the Mid Winter Institute in Portsmouth on January 18. The Rev. Charles Kirsch of Reynoldsburg will speak at the meeting. An Easter bazaar is set for March 27 at the Community Hall to raise funds for the Camp. The Rev Casto spoke on membership training. Harold Henderson and family of Alfred visited the Burnem family.
Gallia County sheriff's deputies arrest John E. Sheets 23 Crown City Route 2 on removing mortgaged property from the state with intent to defraud. He is to be arraigned Saturday in Gallipolis Municipal Court on a warrant signed by John Wiseman.
Inland gauges show river levels and roller readings at Gallipolis Greenup Marmet Meidahl and other sites. Dams on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers are up and moving. multiple down and up boat movements are logged at Gallipolis Kanawha and locks 14 through 23 including Marmet Winfield and Greenup with various vessels listed and times noted.
A long list of newborns is reported from Holzer Hospital including a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Merrill E. Null of Bidwell Route 2 and a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Donald R. Smith of Clifton, with many other families named across Gallia Greenup and surrounding areas.
Gallipolis group plans February meet in the city. The last gathering Saturday evening at Mrs. Olaf Baird home featured members reading original manuscripts. Mrs. Harland Wood of Rio Grande taped stories for her son's first grade class at Rio Grande Elementary School.
Gallipolis B P W Club plans a 6 30 p m panel discussion on What My Tax Dollar Buys with Morton L Dickey as moderator. The panel includes Albert R Durose Virgil Brown Gary R Short and is chaired by Mrs Max Avner for the legislative committee.
Mrs Mary Sheets Dayton visited her brother Titus Pickens and sisters Josie Pickens Maud Johnson. Mike Hubbard week in Lorain visiting sister-in-law and brother-in-law. Dale Hubbard Washington DC visited Edison Hubbard. Edward Chapman Gordon West Racine visited James S Quick family. Robert Jeffers family visited Midland Pennsylvania. Clarence Freeman sons visiting California. Mrs Roger Winebrenner Kelly Kim visited Leesburg parents. Sandra Clark Tom Murphey Marietta College students visited grandparents Thomas Clark. Morris Harden family hosted T M 2 C Robert Harden Norfolk VA Pamela Bashan Florence Harden. Dale Vanlangen Columbus weekend with Avis Hubbard and Peggy Hubbard. Kathleen Wider David Columbus visited Titus Pickens. Herschel Roush Letart Falls visited Thomas J Quick Columbus. Florence Harden hosted Donald Lisle family and Robert Harden family.
Anne Bailey Farm Women's Club schedules a January lesson on Guide Lines for Action led by Mrs Powell Reynolds. The meeting occurs Tuesday at 1 30 p m at the Krodel Park club house with hostesses Mrs Roy Kincaid Mrs Otis Randolph and Mrs Virgil Burris Sr.
A Gallipolis Common Pleas Court jury directed a verdict for the defendants in a will contest. The 1958 will, admitted to probate in 1962, is declared the last will of Millie Swisher of Cheshire who died July 10, 1962. Grace W. Bell of Columbus filed Feb 9, 1963 to set aside the will. Defendants include Ruth W. Frail Elizabeth W. Bass Eugene Watson and others along with Gravel Hill Cemetery Association and executors Daniel and Gordon Swisher.
State Highway Patrol listed two crashes in Gallia. At 3:30 p.m. on Little Bullskin Road James Wiley 24 of Jackson and Stanley Kingery 26 of Northup Route 1 collided on a curve due to slippery road. no injuries or charges. A Hannan Trace High School bus and another car had minor damage in a parking lot incident at 8:45 a.m. no students were aboard. no injuries or arrests.
A flurry of visits links families in Athens Guysville Little Hocking Belpre Pomeroy Middleport and Keno as relatives and friends travel to see each other. Conni Sue Woode spends time with aunt Mrs William Carr and family while Marlene Winebrenner plans a winter trip to Miami Florida. WSCS group to meet January 21 at Eleanor Boyles home.
Gallipolis city police reported a minor accident at 4 55 p m on Third Ave just below Pine Street involving John R Borden 33 Gallipolis Route 1 and Marc A Sarrett 17 Gallipolis. Sarrett had parked on the street when Borden began to back out striking the right rear door of Sarretts car with no damage to Borden. No charge was filed.
Mr and Mrs Earl Humphrey vacationing in Florida. Mr and Mrs Melvin Smith and daughter of Pomeroy visited Mr and Mrs Dale Smith and family. Denver Weber and sons and Ernest Whitehead and daughter visited Bill Merediths in Beverly. Nettie Cowdery visiting daughter Ruth Barthelmous in Columbus. Bill Williams of Lancaster stopped at R E Williams home enroute from Florida. Ernest Whitehead and Denver Weber visited sister in Gallipolis Clinic.
Gallia patrols hunted Roy Carroll 29 who escaped London Prison Farm Gallipolis State Institute honor camp after 9 15 p m check. Carroll 6 1 135 pounds blond hair blue eyes wore green herringbone twill jacket and pants and a white shirt last seen near the camp.
Gallia Academy High School schedules its annual Valentine Dance for February eight sponsored by Tri-Hi-Y. Junior class candidates vie for queen with voting at the dance and the winner announced at the halfway mark.
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