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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 10, 1961
Page
7
Ten persons were injured in a four car collision in a construction zone on Route 7 north of Gallipolis. Seven were hospitalized at Holzer Hospital, including Selma J. Keith and her family. July accident totals reached 13 after weekend incidents.
The Raccoon School Board approved transporting Rio Grande High School students to Southwestern or Gallia Academy High Schools this fall. Joseph W. Clark resigns as board president effective Aug 1 due to ill health. A 4-1 vote favored the plan with John Myers voting no amid petitions to merge districts. The district previously assigned Rio Grande students to Gallia Academy and now weighs options amid state charter revocation and parent surveys favoring Southwestern.
A list of birth notices from Holzer Hospital including newborn sons and daughters to families in Wellston Crown City Henderson Coalton Willis Gallipolis Ewington Oak Hill Buffalo Gallipolis Rutland Racine Vinton Davis Hall Pomeroy Lancaster Alexandria Athens and surrounding areas. Notable parents include Earl D Caldwell Darrell R Roberts John C Fulks and Linda J Fraley.
Mrs. Donald Ritchie, Athens R D, called on Mrs. Pearl Brown and children. Mr. and Mrs. Foster Bean spent the 4th of July weekend at their cottage at Hockingport. Mrs. Mary Pearcy of Florida visits Dan Pearcy's home. Dwight Kim and family spent the 4th weekend at Huntington with Mrs. Kim's mother, Anna Buick. Bueleh Hutchens returned home after visiting with Kenneth Van Cleve's family in South Lebanon. Howard Klingenburg and son of Columbus were weekend guests of Vennie Klingenburg. Bert Vercoe of Athens visited July 4 with Waldo Buck. Ronnie Bretz attended the Athens Chapter Order of DeMolay installation at the Masonic Temple. Garnet Gall of Athens was a July 4 guest of her mother, Vennie Klingenburg. Boy Scout Troop 75 held a regular meeting with a night hike Tuesday night.
Seventy seven more anti polio injections were given along with 24 DPTs for a yearly total of 489. Five smallpox vaccines, 18 tetra vaccines and one typhoid shot were administered. Nurses were assisted by Mrs Don Rees and Bill Neal.
Mrs. Margaret L. Moore, 88, of Bidwell, died Sunday at her daughter’s home in Crown City from a heart attack. She leaves daughters Marguerite Hineman and Bess Jeffers, 12 grandchildren, 32 great grandchildren, and a long local family legacy. funeral is Wednesday at Bidwell Methodist Church with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
Gallia County elections see four new filings asClay Two John Walters Luther Miller E C Waugh and J B Walker enter. In 15 townships each elect two trustees on November 2 with 19 candidates already filed and five townships still unfilled Green Perry Walnut Guvan Morgan have no filings.
GALLIPOLIS The State Highway Patrol listed 12 convictions. Judge William H. Jones fined Donald Angel 40 Crown City 960 and costs for driving while intoxicated with five days in jail and six month license suspension. Other fines included Raymond Wolfe 40 Syracuse 5 and costs for hauling an insecure load Glendon Jenkins 40 Thurman 5 and costs for failing to register a motor vehicle Daniel ODell 31 Pomeroy 5 and costs for no operator's license Wayne Ox yer 20 Cheshire 10 and costs for left of center.
Clyde Millhouse was taken to St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg for surgery. Recent visitors to Mr and Mrs R K Rowan included Mrs Forest Linton and daughters Becky and Brenda as well as Mr and Mrs Gerald Bibbee and son Jerry of Coolville.
City police seek the owner of a small red zipper case found behind the Ohio Valley Bank in Two-and-A-Half Alley containing a dollar bill and loose change. A boy retrieved the item and turned it in.
Miss Teresa F. Andrews 17 of Long Bottom Route 2 was admitted to Holzer Hospital at 11 a.m. Saturday with a fractured left foot after dropping a 10 gallon milk can on her foot. She is listed in good condition. Edward F. Massie 76 of 646 Fifth Ave. also admitted with a fractured left hip from a fall. his condition is satisfactory.
Gallia area notes report Mr and Mrs Howard Hardway and daughter Karen left Monday for a month in the far west visiting siblings in Clayton New Mexico Maxwell New Mexico and Pueblo Colorado on return they will see uncle William Shuler in Chicago Also Mrs Frank E Wetherholt returned home from Worthington after visiting her daughter and family in Mercer and Columbus with Lola Mae Wallace and her daughter Sherry while Wallace takes a vacation in New York
Merrill Evans, 28, of 449 Lariat Dr., was skimming the Ohio River behind Forrest Clark’s cruiser when a towline pulled tight. His middle finger was amputated at Holzer Hospital and he was released to go home.
Gallipolis city police reported one conviction and two bond forfeitures in Municipal Court Saturday. Judge William H. Jones fined William C. Rutherford of Gallipolis ten dollars and costs for failing to stop within the assured clear distance. Ferdinand C. Meyer of Dayton forfeited a twenty five dollar bond for passing at an intersection, and Spencer Sayre of Grimms Landing forfeited a twenty five dollar bond for intoxication.
River traffic crews report water readings of 6.5 feet on the Great Pyne with figures like 16.1 and 8.3 for various channels. Dams on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers show movable and roller structures adjusting. details include Lock 18 at Montgomery down at 2 10 am and Lock 19 at 16 3 up at 1 35 am with several boats listed in motion or at specific times.
Virgil L. Massie of Greasy Ridge, 54, brother of Gallia County North Gallia Local School District head W. Carter Massie, died of a heart attack at Lawrence County Highway Garage. He worked as a truck driver for Lawrence County for 10 years and is survived by wife Iris Wall, daughter Cheryl, two sisters, and a brother. Funeral set for Tuesday at the Old Baptist Church.
Ron M. Peterson, 34, of Columbus, was brought from Jackson to Gallipolis to face assault and battery and destruction of property charges. He appears before Muncipal Court Tuesday. The charges stem from a late Friday night incident on Mill Creek, filed by Frances Hale and Betty Harmon.
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