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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1957
Page
2
Gallia County District Library records 66 children signing up for a six week summer reading program. Enrollees include preschool through sixth grade with sessions offered at 1:30 p.m. on varying days in June and mid August for certificates and book clubs.
A birth is recorded for a son to Mr and Mrs Carl Cameron of Gallipolis on June 3. The hospital note lists numerous admissions including Mrs Cecil Haskett Oak Hill medical and Mrs Everette Bostic Middleport medical along with several other patients from Gallipolis Jackson Wellston Middleport Point Pleasant and Pleasant Hill in surgical and medical categories.
Mary A Evans Marjorie Oliver Evelyn Miller and Marion Johnston transfer 19 acres in Greenfield Township to Ernest E and Clarence E Null. Alvin Jones deceased transfers part of lot 324 in Gallipolis to Isa bel Jones Charles A Jones and Helen Gertrude Jones. Isa bel Jones Charles A Jones and Helen Gertrude Jones transfer part of lot 324 in Gallipolis to Charles W Smith. Phillip J and A Dorothy Hecker transfer 472 acres in Gallipolis (R-1 tract 1-H Hilltop) to John A and Alberta D Johnson.
Harrisville notes list residents and relatives visiting relatives in Charleston Baltimore Athens and Chillicothe while attending A E S Inspections and funerals. Names include Rhodes Cotterill Diehl Wilson Hannon Stanley Town send Ellis Reisinger Gibson Kumamon and others with multiple regional stops.
Gallia County treasurer Roger W. Tracy reports prepaid tax receipts for the week ending May 18 show 5824.29 collected, 1957 ahead of 1956’s 5371.96, with year to date 232795.91 versus 244451.56 in 1956. Statewide, the week ending May 18, 1957 rose 5.55 percent from 1956.
Gallia County 4-H members and advisers are invited to a dairy training day on June 18 at the Charles Carmichael farm Route 35 five miles west of Gallipolis. Ralph Porterfield will lead dairy type training animal prep for exhibit and practice judging. Five or six members may be chosen to travel to Athens on June 24 for state fair judge training.
Gallia County health nurse Mrs. Pearl Hatfield reported that 120 shots of anti polio vaccine were given at Saturday's free clinic in the county health office. A reminder noted that each Saturday morning vaccinations for diphtheria tetanus and whooping cough are offered at no charge to Gallia County children.
Forty four pupils are graduated at Corning commencement exercises with Dr Rolland G Carter of Springfield as speaker. The report lists residents Bert Rodgers Stanley Brown Alice Brown Hannah Rodgers and Jessie Richardson visiting Joe Adams home in Hollister. Dr James Miller remains under observation at Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville.
Ernest Blankenship 20 of Lima a sheet metal worker and Rometa Hill 18 of Gallipolis a window trim merchant were granted marriage to be wed. The brides are daughters of Bell and Daisy Har less Blankenship and Wyatt and Virginia Thomas Hill. Edward K. 21 of Gallipolis a mechanic and Virginia Rutan 18 of Bidwell at home are to marry, children of Edward and Sallie Gardner Kirby and Sherman and Alice Hatfield Porter.
Gallia County Sheriff Oscar Baird held a public sale on the courthouse steps to sell 48.52 acres in Cheshire Township appraised at 1200 dollars. The Ohio River Colleries won the bid at 1600 dollars as about ten people attended the short sale lasting just over five minutes.
The Gallipolis Garden Club continues a workshop series with Mrs. Forrest Underwood of Barboursville leading the session on June 6 at 1:30 p.m. at Buckeye Rural Electric Co-Op. She will critique local arrangements, give a lecture, and demonstrate with live displays.
Cub Scouts of Pack 203 met at the Methodist Church and approved a camp out to Camp Pete at Pete MacCormicks' in Fairfield. They will depart Friday at 5 p.m. and return Sunday at 2 p.m. New member John Paul Kerns joined and earned his Bobcat pin.
Gallipolis P D reported 35 automobile accidents investigated in Meigs and Gallia counties during May. Nine people died in two crashes, eight south of Middleport on Route 7 and one west of Gallipolis on Route 3. Fifty injuries, 133 arrests, and 346 written warnings were issued by patrol officers.
Confined for operation at Grant Hospital Mrs Garnette Fort of Columbus shows satisfactory condition. Local families host and visit kin across Athens Columbus Arcadia McArthur Pittsburgh Japan and London with many weekend gatherings and cemetery visits noted. Roy Kyle now captain in Japan with wife and two daughters.
About 25 fourth graders from Mrs. J. V. Mueller’s room gathered for a farewell picnic at Roadside Park on Route 35. Parents provided transportation and the day featured games and a wiener roast. Assistants included Mrs. Tim Evans Mrs. Floyd Simmons Mrs. Paul Pullins and Mrs. Herb Bush.
In Point Pleasant the Trinity Methodist Church hosted the annual spring piano recital for Mrs W W Robinson’s students. About 150 attendees heard Miss Linda Tatterson substitute for Beverly Morgan and a Centerville trio perform. The program featured solos by pupils, a sacred vocal pair, a trumpet duet, and a devotional reading by Robert Williams Thurman Ohio.
Mr and Mrs William David Cornell announce the birth of their fourth child a son. Mr and Mrs Lindsay Plymale of Westerville and family visited Mr and Mrs Robert Ssooten. Elizabeth Chapel Ladies Aid met at Mrs Ruby Poling s Blue Lake Drive home. Mr and Mrs Richard Mayo of Gallipolis were guests of Mr and Mrs Fred Hoffelt. Mr and Mrs Donald Gillen water are parents of a son. Mrs Rebecca Soward and grandson Robert Stayl of Huntington spent three days here. Mr and Mrs Chauncey E Sheets and Wynne J Sheets visited Mrs Vergie Haliey in Gallipolis. Mrs Myrtle Sheets was a guest of Mrs C E Sheets.
The bulletin lists river gauges for Gallipolis and Kanawha regions, dam statuses on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, and numerous lock and boat movements including names like City of Huntington, Ashland, and Lehigh. Notable notes mention the Walruses’ name origin from Norse sailors and Lou Nova shifting to acting and poetry reading.
Gallipolis prepares for summer camps with Caroline Knight and Lois Lee Roberts as counselors. Knight will serve at Camp Libby near Toledo and Roberts at Camp Rocky Ledges near Milton West Virginia.
Gallia County commissioners authorize County Auditor Morton Dickey to accept Lewis Roofing and Heating Co. of Gallipolis for repair and painting of the children's home roof. They also authorize payment of many bills. After adjournment, commissioners and County Engineer J Roy Bartlett inspected Teens Run Road section slated for repair this month.
Gallipolis notes list multiple convictions and bonds. Charles L Meyers, 29, Monmouth Ill., DUI with six month license suspension and five days jail. Several others—Glenn Crawford, 18. Gilbert WV, speeding bonds. Charles R Nichols 32 Detroit. Emma Perkins 41 Chicago. Arthur C Harmon 26 Logan. Russell Lee Dunaway 30 Rodney. Edward Lee Goff 25 Charleston. William Alfred Baldwin 36 Marion. Harold Jessie Brewer 23 Pataskala. Calvin Coolidge Simpson 28 Marion. William T Bruce 31 Marmet—fined or forfeited bonds for speeding.
About 100 Future Farmers of America and 4H Club youths from Gallia Jackson counties attended an all day cattle showing and judging clinic at the Martin Angus Farm in Gallipolis. Curt Balthas of Ohio State University supervised with hands on practice using Martin cattle. Attendees included FFA members from MecConnellville Point Pleasant Rio Grande Gallipolis Marietta McArthur Fairfield Pennsville and Stockport and 4 H clubs from the same area.
Gallipolis city police reported three men fined for traffic and intoxication offenses in Judge William H. Jones's court. Rexyall James Wade 22 paid 10 dollars and costs for speeding Wendell T. James paid 15 dollars and costs for intoxication Arthur Persinger 46 paid 10 dollars and costs for intoxication Darvin Lee Banks 20 was cited for speeding to appear in Jones's court June Edward Thompson 48 was arrested for intoxication and jailed.
Delbert A. Clemons was convicted of one count of forgery and sentenced by Judge Robert M. Betz to from one to 20 years in the Ohio State Penitentiary. He faced two other counts of issuing checks with insufficient funds and pleaded innocent to those. He was remanded to Gallia County jail pending transfer. In other brief items, a G I helmet was found in New Guinea during mining exploration, and the USS Saratoga flight operation area covers more than six acres.
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