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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1951
Page
5
Gallipolis officials discuss fire training Ohio Inspection Bureau plans for water system testing this summer. The panel weighs speed limits one way street requests by the Washington School PTA and appoints a group to study the issue.
James G. Dodrill of Kanauga files for divorce from Gwytha J. Dodrill also of Kanauga in common pleas court. Married in 1949 in Gallipolis with no children. Ground alleged is gross neglect.
Law rence Brammer 51 linked to chicken thefts in Crown City area facing two local charges breaking and entering and burglary while already indicted for a separate fatal shooting case. Scarberry and Hamlin, also from Lawrence County, pled guilty to counts and drew Ohio Penitentiary terms. Brammer had claimed innocence and never stood trial.
Gallipolis faces school budget strain as kindergarten cuts and lunch program reductions are discussed. Enrollment could reach 560 at Gallia Academy High School, with potential need for another teacher and possible half day sessions. Rebuilding plans for Washington School roof involve bids, while in-service teacher training is eyed with participation from Rio Grande College and others.
Boat movements on the Gallipolis locks and Kanawha River show several vessels rising and falling through the day. Upper gauge readings and specific times for numerous boats indicate ongoing river traffic and a rising Kanawha valley level near Point Pleasant.
Births list includes Mrs Bueford Houck city daughter. Mrs Lillie Spires Rutland. William Hughes Firebrick. Glenn Wesley Cecil Pomeroy. and many others. Discharged: Vanell Albert, Hazel Napper, Clarence Harris Jr. James Robert Sellars. and a long list of patients ending with Charles King.
Cheshire residents Mr and Mrs Stanley Mauck of Columbus visited friends here. Ed Yeanger hosted weekend guests including Mr and Mrs Joe Foley and Buddy and Mary Leithelt of Pomeroy. Vernon Russell of Newark visited his grandparents Mr and Mrs Eugene Watson. Reverend Paul Bryant and Mrs Bryant stayed with relatives in Maysville Kentucky. Mrs Anna Thompson of Cincinnati visited local friends.
A state highway patrol report notes a head on collision Monday near Bidwell on Woods Mill Road. Participants were milk truck driver Lowell E Jeffers 18 and car driver Charles Lee Hively 19 with extensive damage to the car and medium damage to the truck.
Gallopolis reports the City Commission completed Dana O. Taber's appointment as director of civil defense after creating the city department on May 28. The county commissioners accepted Taber's resignation, leaving civil defense operations under city auspices and Taber's duties confined to the city.
Five men were sent to Ashland Kentucky Tuesday morning for induction into the armed forces. Those who left were Ralph F Reynolds Bidwell Route 1 Paul Lewis Ward Cheshire Route 1 Leroy E Mitchell Bidwell Route 1 James Cecil Stout Bidwell Route 2 and Robert James O Deil Gallina Route 4.
The fragment lists Everett J. Stewart and Beulah D. Miller with ages 55 and 45 from Springfield Missouri and Malvern Ohio, plus Ollie Mae Louden 45 from Gallipolis. William E Morbitter 21 of Columbus and Ruth Imogene Davis 20 of Thurman.
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