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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
8
A marriage license has been issued in Gallipolis court for William Parnellines, 21, and Opal D. Mersmen, 17, both of Vinton.
Lawrence Boggs of Gallipolis was sentenced to an indeterminate term of one to 20 years at the Ohio Penitentiary after being found guilty of forging an old age pension check for 44.80. Other courtroom actions include bond settings and trial dates for several defendants on charges ranging from assault to contempt for alimony nonpayment.
The Gallipolis community band directed by Herbert O. Pepper performs Friday near the park featuring fifth grader Tommy Hayes with a clarinet solo When You Wore a Tulip. The program includes marches and waltzes by Bennett Weeks Lee Evans Skornicka and others.
Gallapolis officer Cedi FE Halley, probation officer for common pleas court, gains a raise from 25 to 100 dollars monthly with a six and a half cent per mile allowance. Total monthly pay now 225 dollars, split as 75 for juvenile court probation and 100 as chief deputy for probation court. Judge Retz cites a tougher probation program requiring more work from Halley.
GALLIPOLIS Vinton Smith of Point Pleasant was arrested for reckless operation on July 14 by city police and released from county jail Wednesday after serving seven days with the remainder of his fine paid in cash.
Clarence E Bey erhbymer of Westerville was fined 1 dollar and costs in municipal court for operating a vehicle while intoxicated after colliding with a one room building under construction behind Chestnut Avenue. He was jailed by city police, paid the fine, and released. Other municipal court convictions include Steven Might of Middleport 10 dollars and costs for intoxication, Frieda Ashysell of Pomeroy 10 dollars and costs for intoxication, Thomas Montgomery of Crown City 3 dollars and costs for a traffic violation, and Carroll Swansen of Oberlin 50 dollars and costs for physical control after July 12 arrest.
In Gallipolis a common pleas court suit seeks to quiet the title to property held by Lewis Clench against Tincle Deckard and others. The real estate is located in Huntington township.
Dan Holback, 54, of Coal Grove, fined $5 in municipal court for permitting an unauthorized minor to drive. Morris Wright of Vinton was arrested by the State Highway Patrol for intoxication and will be arraigned Thursday in municipal court.
Virginia Criner and Howard Meadows were granted a divorce in common pleas court. Criner, a minor, is the plaintiff with Sherman Criner listed as her father. The couple married in 196 and faced a gross neglect charge. H W and W P Cherrington represented Criner.
Judge John W. Howell of the probate court was selected by M. S. Kennedy Jr. of the Federal Land Bank of Louisville to serve on an eight member committee. The group includes two members from Ohio Kentucky Tennessee and Indiana and will meet in Louisville on July 26 for shares conference arrangements.
Admissions list includes Julia Tollert Dale Spires Jimmie Jordan Jessie McCarty Charles Daniels Frank Nichols Leslie Beck James Johnson Doris Russell William Gehring birth announcements note a daughter for Mrs Arthur Hill and a son for Mrs Ted Carter, with other discharge entries for Homer Leach William Fout Ellis King Stanley Shover Arthur Taylor and Katie Vigor.
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