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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1950
Page
6
Local police and sheriff's officials reported a very quiet holiday weekend with no trouble from firecracker celebrations and no arrests recorded by either office.
Gerald Wise was fined $10 and costs in the court of Mayor Sidney A. Spencer Monday evening after an intoxication charge. Another hearing for Wise on a charge of discharging firearms is scheduled.
Delmar Canaday former Pomeroy mayor and welterweight boxer announces his candidacy for governor on the Independent ticket. He outlines a six point platform including state control of gambling, higher old age pensions, and removing the highway department from politics. He vows to file 30 000 signatures and to spotlight Meigs County and other minority counties long neglected.
A frame residence on Route 680 between Tuppers Plains and Reedsville reported livestock theft as wolves took sheep from the cabin doors. Local residents expressed concern over predator activity along the rural path.
Mrs. Young entertains her card club on W Main St with prizes to Mrs. Duerr Mrs. Huber and Mrs. Fugate. A long social roundup follows with visits from Edith Mallory Jay Warner and others plus local family lore tracing David Shields and P. S. Hostetter connections and a note on John Dewey’s pioneer family.
Thousands flocked to the Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. circus at Carson's Playground despite a 5 am downpour that left grounds muddy. Elephants aided tent set up, eleven paraded to Pomeroy, and extra police kept traffic orderly as spectators filled the stands and aisles.
Christine Coats celebrated her seventh birthday on the Fourth of July at home on Second Ave in Middleport. Her parents Mr and Mrs Robert Coats and siblings Stephen and Christine returned from a California vacation visiting Shrine convention and spots. En route they met Dorothy Chase and Jean Bennett also on vacation. Chase and Bennett guests of friends in Colorado have returned home. The Coats visited Mr and Mrs Charles Coats in Winchester on the way home. The article notes the nine former capitals of the United States.
Middleport volunteer firefighters attending Al G. Kelly and Miller Bros. Circus were summoned at 9 p.m. when smoke poured from the Yellow Jacket Club owned by Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gibbs Jr. Patrolman I R Neal spotted the blaze. a burning motor caused the smoke. Firemen checked the club and above apartment. Gibbs had closed the club and were not at home.
Basil Cremeans of Rutland suffered a broken arm and arm lacerations when his car sideswiped a truck in Rutland Monday afternoon. He was transported to Holzer hospital in Gallipolis. Meigs County Sheriff Charles Russell investigated the accident.
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