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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 25, 1963
Page
4
Kyger Creek Band Boosters announce an Aug 10 ice cream social and band concert at the high school to raise funds, with a record hop on Aug 16 on the blacktop featuring Bill Griffin as DJ. Also noted are a July 3 Gallia County Junior Fair concert, arrival of new band uniforms, and future try-out dates.
Four Gallia County boys completed a five day state FFA Camp Muskingum on Leesville Lake. Polczyn and Petty received Ford Tractor scholarships via Nolan Carter of White Implement Co and Kugger Creek FFA funded Petty. Wollborn attended on a Gallia County Agricultural Society scholarship and Wells received support through Wells funding.
Gallia County Juvenile Judge John W. Howell named Robert R. Saunders to the Gallia County Child Welfare Board replacing Clarence M. George who resigned after taking a teaching position in central Ohio. The five member board includes four appointees by the Gallia County Commissioners Frank Plymale Mrs Ishmael Gillespie Herman Brucker and Robert L. Condee.
Two men, Raymond C. Stewart and Kelly H. Fuller, pleaded guilty to drunken driving in Municipal Court. Stewart and Fuller were fined 50 dollars plus costs, jailed five days, and had their licenses suspended six months. additional fines were handed to several others for traffic offenses in the same session.
Vernon Taylor, 57, of Ewington Route 1, was admitted to Holzer Hospital with a dislocated left knee after a limb fell on his leg while he was sawing a tree limb. He is listed in good condition.
State Highway Patrol examiner Gene Mathers of Wellston conducted 13 preliminary exams and 14 behind the wheel tests at 42 Olive St. He passed 10 applicants for temporary permits and 13 for operator licenses. This week he held 35 pre exams with 25 passes and 29 driving tests with 27 operator licenses. Tests occur Tuesdays and Wednesdays, by appointment for driving tests via the Gallipolis Patrol Post at 446 2433.
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