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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jul 17, 1950

Page

3

Gallipolis Counties See Multiple Road Accidents and Fines

State Highway Patrol reports a string of Sunday incidents across Gallia and nearby towns. Leona McCreary 38 of Manchester taken to Holzer Hospital after a left turn accident on Route 141 near Gallipolis. her husband Raymond 38 uninjured. Damages included 40 feet of barbed wire fence and a hill-side rollover on knee-high bank. Separate incidents saw Eben Dixon 29 Oak Hill fined 100 dollars for driving while intoxicated after a two-vehicle sideswipe on Route 75 near Jackson. Robert Reed 25 of Jackson also involved. Charles Grant 22 of Gallipolis reported a hit and run near Blackfork with light damage. Paul Fout 17 Rutland reportedly demolished in a roadside crash after falling asleep striking a utility pole and ending in a Gallipolis State Institute cornfield. Fout sustained a bruised right leg and lacera

Gallipolis State Highway Patrol Leona McCreary Manchester Ohio Holzer Hospital Raymond R. McCreary Route 141 Kenneth Frazier Eben A. Dixon Oak Hill Wenwell Horton Dixon Robert M. Reed Jackson Charles Grant Blackfork Paul S. Fout Rutland Fout John Oscar Rieves Lawrence N. Y Audrey Rieves Route 7 Clipper Mills

Gallia County Agents Lead 4-H Leaders to Columbus Trip

Gallia County Agent Bill Smith and Home Demonstration Agent Doris Rice traveled to Columbus Friday with a group of four H Club leadership members. The group comprises older 4-H members with an outstanding record.

Gallipolis Bill Smith Doris Rice Columbus

Saucer Mystery Near Meigs and Gallia Solved by Technician

Donald Duffy, a radio technician, identified the Sunday night aerial lights troubling Meigs and Gallia counties as carnival beacon light activity. He observed beams from Fortification Hill and nearby West Virginia hills while police linked the phenomenon to a Charleston carnival spotlight.

Gallipolis Meigs Gallia Donald Duffy Mr. Duffy Fortification Hill West Virginia Charleston

Sheridan Price Dies at 80 in Gallipolis

Sheridan Price 80 died Saturday at the home of sister in law Mrs. Margaret Price 735 Third Ave. He worked for 60 years on a Chickamauga Road farm and never married. Survived by a brother Frank Price and a single relative. Born April 20 1870 in Green Township. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Paint Creek Baptist Church John Gee Chapel with Rev. C E Jamison officiating. Burial Pine Street Cemetery. Pallbearers named. Funeral home calling hours. Also notes that the Coast Guard fired the first shot at Manila Bay in the Spanish American War with the cutter McCulloch.

Gallipolis Sheridan Price Margaret Price Third Ave Harry Mills Chickamauga Road Price Frank Price William Maddy Price Nancy Ann Hill Green Township Paint Creek Baptist Church C. E. Jamison John Gee William Lee George Brown Lloyd Mayo Elbert McGhee Elmer King John King Claud Miller Pine Street

Chicken Theft Suspect Pleads Innocent

Lawrence Brame of Chesapeake, among three men arrested on chicken stealing charges, was released on a $2000 bond Saturday after pleading innocent. Averill Scarberry and Minard Hamlin from Chesapeake pleaded guilty and began serving one to fifteen year sentences in Ohio Penitentiary.

Gallipolis Lawrence Bramemer Chesapeake Sheriff's Office Averill Scarberry Minard Hamlin Ohio Scarberry Hamlin

Knights of Columbus Lodge Formally Founded in Gallipolis

Gallipolis Council Knights of Columbus No. 3335 opened with a Sunday parade and officer installation at Farmers Hotel. A. A. Cornett became grand knight with John Frazer deputy grand knight and 130 attendees, including 35 to 40 new initiates, at the banquet where Prof. R. F. Beckett spoke on democracy and service.

Gallipolis Gallipolis Council Knights of Columbus Farmers Hotel A. A. Cornett John Frazer Frank Lyons Hobe Baldwin Remo Rocchi Lawrence Bastiani Emmet Hoy Warren Skidmore Robert Rocchi George Tabit L. G. Marchi R. F. Beckett Ohio University Knghts of Columbus Paul R. Gruhler Henry Kondrat Joseph M. Corry Jack M. Malloy Larry Rodgers Henry W. Cherrington

Women fly To Europe from Rio Grande College leaders

Miss Sarah Stevenson head of the history department at Rio Grande College and Mrs. Frank Allen of Rio Grande depart Saturday from New York by chartered plane for Europe. They will visit England Holland Germany Switzerland Italy and France visiting 25 principal cities and attending the Salzburg festival. The trip is a field study on western civilization directed by Dr. Harry Elmer Barnes.

Gallipolis Sarah Stevenson Rio Grande College Frank Allen Rio Grande New York Europe England Holland Germany Switzerland Italy France Westminster Abbey Stevenson Allen Salzburg Miss Stevenson Harry Elmer Barnes

Holzer Hospital Notes Admissions and Births

Admissions list several patients including Rowe Schafer Johnson Shepherd Williams and others. Discharges include Pittenger Rudd Liknes Ross Raines Dunn McGinnis Souders Eisnaugle Lovette Johnson Schellen ger Grinstead Hensley Hall Kight Stewart Dunn Zinn Rice Rollman James Reffitt Workman Jeffers Colby Collins Pickering and a few with family mentions. Birth announced for Otis Chapman in Minersville.

Sam Pittenger Marvin Rudd H. G. Liknes Robert Ross Lee Raines Donald Dunn John McGinnis Ray Souders Herman Eisnaugle Clara Lovette Clint Johnson Guy Schellenger Foster Grinstead Helen Hensley Jennings Hall Emma Rita Kight Forrest Stewart John Dunn Richard Zinn Otis M. Rice Paul Rollman Mary

All Bran To Relieve Constipation Says Customer Letters

Patient testimonials praise Kellogg's All Bran as a cure for constipation. An unnamed Clinton New Jersey reader credits the cereal with easing her condition after trying pleasant medicines. The ad urges daily consumption and water, offering a double money back guarantee if unsatisfied after ten days.

Kellogg’s Battle Creek Mich

River traffic report and legal notices in Ohio district

River traffic updates list boats and times at Gallipolis Kanawha Marmet and related districts with gauge readings Kanawha Falls and rollers. Also several legal notices include divorce petition in Athens County Ohio and US eminent domain action for land in Athens County 7 29 acres with jury impanelment deadline 9 19 1950.

Gallipolis The Rowe Rand Bruce Ernestine Semet Minnesota Husky Kenna Keystone Kanawha Sullivan Marmet Solway Shirley Winfield Weir Walker Talbot Ayres Patriot Virginia Neville Trade Wind Price Monitor Kanawha Falls Carl Shiviey Liberty Street Parkersburg West Virginia Mary Helen Shirley Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio Helen Shivley Woolley, Rowland and Bridgewater Odessa B. Day Bertha FE Allman Amanda Bishop Frank Bishop United States of America United States District Court For Southern District of Ohio Columbus Federal Building John M. Bowsher United States

Doctors Endorse Camel Crispness in 30 Day Test

A survey of family physicians surgeons throat specialists and other doctors shows Camel as the top preferred cigarette. The ad urges readers to try Camels for 30 days using the T Zone of throat and taste to judge mildness and flavor and decide for themselves.

Patricia Morison Margie Fletcher Mitzi Lucas Riley

Also Mentioned on This Page

William D. Lee Middleport Carl Ellis George Walter Caufman Gallipolis Rt. 2 Clair P. O'Hara Gallia County U. S. Coast Guard Manila Bay McCulloch K of C Atvens Chenille Sol Rowe Dexter Edward Schafer Ewington Henry Johnson New Haven Elmer Shepherd Walter E. Williams Arbuckle Paul Fout Homer C. Martin, Sr Point Pleasant Robert Collins E. B. Pickering John Shaffer Wilkesville Hubert Carrington Olivier Knopp Cottageville la Donna Ecker Donald Adkins Morris North Mary Alice Refeitt Hamden Carl Douglas Carney Otis Chapman Minersville Reserve Life Insurance Company S. Broad St Lancaster USA George Ansbro Cole Porter Mel Peter Lind Hayes
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