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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 12, 1950
Page
3
State Highway Patrol reports twelve weekend arrests in Gallipolis for various offenses including speeding and DUI. Three traffic accidents were recorded with minor injuries or property damage to several vehicles and a furniture truck.
Gallipolis social items recount Dr. and Mrs. N A Martin in Columbus for George Davis's optometry graduation with family from Illinois and Missouri visiting. other locals host guests from Barrington New York City Plainfield Dayton Granville and Mullins plus travel plans to Mexico and Central America. Julianne Hoy arrives from New York to split summer between home and Ohio University.
Police said two weekend crashes were caused by drivers backing from a parking space and by slick brick pavement. In the first, Paul Richard Johnson and Thomas W. Welker, both of Gallipolis, were involved. In the second, John William Johnson and Homer Johnson, both of Gallipolis, were involved in the 900 block of Fourth Ave. No arrests and minor property damage reported.
River traffic logs show multiple boats rising and falling on the Gallipolis lock and Kanawha River with numerous vessels listed by name, time and rise or fall. The report notes upper and lower gauges near 18.3 and 17.7 feet, Kas Nawha Falls at 4.31 rising, and a separate line stating that over 100000 tons of dirt and sand may be carried in a cubic mile of air above a desert sandstorm.
A second confession was obtained in the chicken theft arrests of three men by the Gallipolis sheriff. Averill Scarberry of Chesapeake confessed after Minard Hamlin, Chesapeake, had already pleaded guilty to illegal highway parking and faced a $200 bond. Lawrence Brammer of Chesapeake refused to admit participation and remained jailed.
Charles Edward Bowen 78 of 648 First Ave Gallipolis died Saturday after a three year illness. Born April 8 1872 in Coalton he was a river worker before 1915. Survived by wife Laura Norris Bowen two daughters Edna Ferguson Cora Lansford two brothers Noah Lewis William and two sisters Mary Jolly Virginia Lewis. Funeral Tuesday at Miller Funeral Home 2 pm with Rev Vernon Shafer burial Pine Street Cemetery.
Sheriff George Ehman of Gallipolis received a card from Col. H B Ecker postmarked Orland Florida praising the safety inspection of Ecker's car. Ecker says he has traveled through ten states and always earned approval from authorities.
Gallipolis service for Carl C. Smith who died at Bellaire Hospital will be Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. at Waugh funeral home. He was vice president of the Gallipolis District school board and a sports fan. Elks Lodge service Monday at 8. Interment in Mound Hill Cemetery.
Gallia station WJEH ran an equipment test at 4 a.m. Monday. An FFC inspector will visit from Toledo after the report. if satisfactory, a two day waiting period will follow and daytime broadcasts of regular programs are likely to begin.
Columbus report quotes W. T. Holliday chairman of the board of Standard Oil Co urging parents to keep children from buying illegal fireworks for July 4. He says kids should shun the fireworks bootlegger as they would any lawbreaker.
Dr and Mrs W L Brown and their children Lynn Jack and Bill will leave for a month long trip to the West Driving to Columbus they will take a train to California En route they will spend two days in Chicago and visit Mrs Browns mother and sister Mrs Earl Dailey and Mrs Edward Carter in Los Angeles Their Greensburg Pa relatives will house sit in their absence
Mr and Mrs Ode Frownfelter observed their golden wedding anniversary in Columbus. They married at Clipper Mills on June 9 1900 and lived in the county until 1928 before moving to Columbus where Mr Frownfelter works at the Ohio Penitentiary. They have two sons Fred and Frank.
The Progressive Bible Class of Grace Methodist Church held an outdoor outing Thursday evening on Hedgewood Drive at the home of Mrs Stanley Evans. A picnic supper was the featured event of the affair.
Mrs Wayne Lutz visits Charleston with her son Dr John Lutz. Lester and Emerson Evans travel to Johnson City Tenn to be with sister Ruth Evans whose husband is critically ill. Bertha Rawson of Columbus arrives for a two week vacation with daughter Mrs Harry Clendenin. Ruth Thornley visits Dayton with aunt Mrs Laura Tomlinson. Mr and Mrs Emmett Keeler were guests for the end of the
Hospital births include a daughter for Mrs Glendon Hill of Jackson and a son for Mrs Frank Mahan of Gallipolis. Also listed are births to Mrs A M Gilley Jr Point Pleasant and Mrs Willard Mannering Jackson with daughters born. Other names appear without accompanying details.
Unsold letters praise Kellogg's All-Bran for constipation relief. A.S. Beatty of Cornersville Tenn shares success with daily All-Bran and water. Advertising promises double your money back if not satisfied after ten days and requests return of the empty carton to Battle Creek Mich.
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