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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 09, 1946
Page
7
Point Pleasant Market posts record prices for all classes of livestock. Hog prices jump with top hogs at 21 00, cattle rise about three dollars per hundred, veal and lambs bring solid returns, and beginning Saturday July no horses will be sold in the ring.
Mason County Jail records show Sanford Edmonds arrested on a drunken driving warrant by Huntington City Police with a Tuesday appearance. Glen Jones, intoxication charge, had 10 dollars costs and 20 days in jail after arraignment. William Fisher posted bond for infantication charge. John Davis and Roy Mullens fined five dollars and costs and jailed 10 days for intoxication. Howard Pence faces multiple indictments with hearings set. multiple prior arrests noted for July incidents.
August 4 designated for the annual Union District Churches convention at Promised Land United Brethren Church in Point Pleasant. Also notices of appointment, probate actions, and sheriff sale detail estate affairs, with dates in 1946 and Athens County Ohio.
State Trooper H D Coyner and Deputy T L Morrison responded to a breaking and entering report at the home of Mrs Maude Gilbert five miles from Ashton. The interior showed signs intruders fled before completing the search and the exact entrance time could not be determined. Neighbors noticed the open house and alerted Mrs Gilbert who could not identify any missing items.
Robert Ed ward Rayburn 81 retired farmer died at 11 55 am Monday at his son A G Raburns home 415 Viand Street Born June 12 1865 in Mason County son of Alec and Sally Ball Rayburn Survived by wife five children 12 grandchildren five great grandchildren and a host of relatives Funeral services 2 30 pm Wednesday at Church of Christ in Christian Union 204 Main Street Rev J O Keffer officiating Interment Sunerest Cemetery
Displays from Point Pleasant manufacturers draw weekend attention for the town celebration. A replica of the Florence Marmet steamboat by Capt Jacob Hem sits in a Firestone store window near Main Street, with river craft photos and items from Marietta Manufacturing Co, West Virginia Malleable Iron Co, and Point Pleasant Machine Works on exhibit.
Lambda Chi Omega held a group meeting in the Moose Club lounge with Mrs Zolla Poling presiding. Plans for the State Convention July 27-28 were discussed and a report on the National convention was presented by Mrs. Sidney Brown and Mrs. John Hutchinson. Donations were voted to the cancer drive and Band Boosters. Attendees included Mrs. Doris Halstead and many others.
In Charleston Darts Mail editorials laments July 4 in the capitol as dull. The paper notes strong reader reaction and ongoing comments. It also mentions the Queen's Ball sponsor Lambda Chromes sorority event with over 150 couples attending and voting on the best organized dance in Point Pleasant society.
Donald Shamblin, winner of the Soap Bow Derby on July 4, will enter Charleston competition at the Incal track. Shamblin ran 28 seconds to win the first heat, beating Willam Bardin Jr by half a second. the Charleston state winner advances to the national meet in Akron.
Point Pleasant Building and Loan Association reports a $34 900 rise in first mortgage loans, lifting the total to $307,194.13 as of December 31. Total resources are listed at $477,007.24.
Promoters invite all interested in planning future farm institute activities to a meeting Friday evening at 8 o'clock in the basement of the Gallia County Court House. County Agent Forbes Brown announced the event and listed officers from various local farm institutes across Gallia County including Fanfield, Deck Latin, and others, with officers and hosts named in the notice.
Gallia patients admitted to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis include Mrs Calvin Sto ser and others while discharges include Mrs M F Dowling and John Dowling. Weekend and Saturday admissions show multiple residents from Gallipolis and surrounding towns with several infants noted.
A Gallipolis area birth notice reports a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Gould De White at Haber Hospital on Sunday a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Lafayette Rupe at the hospital on Sunday a son born to Mr and Mrs Charles Sievers at the hospital on Sunday Also a son born to Mr and Mrs Alfred Hodge in Gallipoli and a daughter to Mr and Mrs James Haley of Middleport on Saturday at the hospital
A hot humid day in Gallipolis saw temperatures not exceed 90 while humidity spiked. A noon thunder shower crossed the county into West Virginia, briefly halting the climb, then sun returned. Around 3 15 p.m. more showers moved through the Ohio Valley, lowering temperature and humidity as clouds lingered. Midnight reading stood at VL degrees.
Mr and Mrs Fred Stone and their two daughters moved from Gallipolis to Washington DC where Mr Stone is employed in the personnel department of the U S Army. He had already spent months in the capital arranging housing for his family.
Miss Catherine Cushman of Turlock California visits her sister Mrs Mary Thompson for five weeks. Thompson's son Robert Thompson and his wife from St Louis visit over the weekend. The pair plan to remain for a visit with his mother into Monday.
GALLIPOLIS W Va Jan 5 Mrs Garnett Murray 52 Bluefield WV died en route to Bluefield Hospital after an auto crash on Route 75 five miles north of Oak Hill. The car was driven by her daughter Miss Hazel Murray Dayton who apparently lost control of the vehicle.
Gallia county report shows Leon George of Vinton, 24, fined 319 and costs after State Patrol arraignment in municipal court for pulling a car onto the road. Roy Priddy, 26, Rutland, fined 75 and costs for driving while intoxicated on Route 7, with a driving suspension near six months. Robert Kreg, 25, Bay Side, Long Island, N. C., fined 2 and costs, 15 suspended, for license violation.
Gallia County records note Ray Lewis Jackson seaman first class earned an honorable separation at Great Lakes on June 29 after enlisting March 19, 1944 and serving at Seattle area stations. Cecil E. Cotton, Private First Class, of Lower River Road Gallipolis, received an Army discharge at Fort Meade Maryland on July 3 after entering Fort Hayes August 2 last year and serving as a finance clerk with occupation forces in Germany. Cotton departed overseas January and returned to the States June 22.
Sheriff Ernest Hesson and Dorsel E. Wedge inspected the wreck on Ohio Route 141 near Gallipolis where Cecil Wedge was killed. The car was demolished except for the tires, and a similar disposal fate befell the truck owner’s wife, with Colby McClasker held on a manslaughter charge.
Gallipolis police reported six intoxication cases over the weekend with bonds set at 1. The suspects listed include Franklin Cox of Gallipolis James West of Gallipolis Edsill Ringworthup John Thacker of Wilkesville Emmet Green of Eureka and Dewey Day of Eureka. William H Sheets of Fourth Ave posted bond on an indictable disorderly conduct charge.
Mr and Mrs Earl Arnett spent Sunday with relatives in Charleston and Milton. Mr and Mrs Charles Green of Columbus visited with Mr and Mrs Mervin Chapman during the weekend. Mrs Chapman traveled to Gallia with them on the return trip to visit her father Edward Green. Buster Beard, recently discharged from Holzer Hospital, was moved home near Gallipolis this morning in Chapman Ambulance.
Miss Anna White of Ria Grande died at Halzer Hospital Saturday evening. Mi WE Johnson of Middleport died at Halzer Hospital Saturday morning. Gallipolis deputies arrived from Lima with Timothy Sprouse who is declared sane and will be sent to Common Pleas Court. Butch Keeton, 26, Wheelersburg stock dealer, charged with first degree murder in shooting of Charles Roeil of Dayton.
A New York based column blasts baseball executives for excluding popular fans' choices from the American League All Star roster in Boston. It argues the mob rule system spurred by public ballots would have boosted fan interest, while critics say selectors ignored current form and favored old favorites.
Russ Crane of Ohio University joins the University of Richmond as line coach and head track coach in the Physical Education Department. A former All American guard at Illinois, Crane previously coached Richmond line from 1935 to 1938 and will begin duties when football practice starts late August.
Pitcher Woody Abernathy pitched his fourth shutout of the season as the Minneapolis nine defeated the St Paul Saints 5-0 on three scattered hits. The loss drops St Paul out of a tie with Indianapolis and into second place in the American Association standings as Indianapolis moved atop the league with a 41-33-1 mark.
A collection of light sports notes from a busy weekend. Abe Greene criticizes boxing promoters for focusing on box office rather than fighter improvement. Joe Curcio fights Ray Robin in Newark with an outdoor victory celebration. Jimmy Conzelman sells a magazine piece. Gizmo the racing dog and Bermuda yacht race antics are noted. Byron Nelson forecasts and delivers 68 and 67 rounds in Columbus. Tony Galento is teased by a drunk caller claiming resemblance to his look while he referees.
Boston Fenway Park hosts the 23rd interleague classic as the American League stars led by Dom DiMaggio Ted Williams and Bobby Doerr face the National League lineup. Bob Feller opens against Claude Passeau with Newhouser and Chandler in reserve as injuries thin rosters.
Denny Wood former Ohio University football star and track man is announced as line coach at Washington and Lee University in Lexington. A IU native, Wood played on OU championship teams of 1935 and 1936 and later served as coach at Oak Hill and Central High Schools before Navy service. He returned to OU for a masters and will begin duties in August.
Springfield Giants aim for a third win after rain washed out their game with the Richmond Roses. Manager Non Ramsay tabs lefty Ewen Breden to face Newark’s Jack Trade as the second annual affair unfolds. In other action Newark beat Lima 6 to 3 and Maron’s Cardinals crushed the Zanesville Dodgers 23 to 5.
Cincinnati fire works display before a recent Reds game at Crosley Field leads to a $52,500 damage suit against the Cincinnati Baseball Club. Robert E. Gabbard, whose son Charles was injured by an unexploded piece found in the street nearby, sues in Common Pleas Court.
In the American Association game Kansas City edged Milwaukee and Minneapolis 6 to 5 with St Paul also on the schedule. No other American League games were played and no NL games were listed.
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