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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1958
Page
9
Gallipolis contractors won contracts at Monday night’s adjourned meeting. Raymond Barr secured the $28 000 bid to build the Waterworks Utility and Maintenance Building, and a $39 683 bid for a 200 000 gallon storage tank, including $11 217 for labor.
Mrs Chloe Maloney of Jackson announced Marianne Campbell of Gallipolis to the state board as Ohio advancement chairman during the Gallipolis BPW installation attended by 41. New officers include Dorothy Sommer president and Madge Neal vice president with board members Mabel Waugh and Mabel Tawney. Campbells led after Hershey meeting with ABWA groups. nearby notes include relocations, vacations, and visits.
Mr and Mrs Robert Sibley of Bellfontaine make their annual visit to friends and relatives. An employee of the New York Central Railroad, Sibley is the son of the late Frank W Sibley once publisher of the Gallipolis Daily Tribune. The article notes other locals visiting relatives and spending weekends with family across Ohio and West Virginia.
Mrs. George Files, president, led about 20 members at St. Peter's Episcopal Church parish house in Gallipolis. The group appointed Mrs. W. Lewis Brown as chairman of church periodicals and Mrs. Thomas W. Morgan as chairman of the united clothing appeal. The meeting reviewed duties of committee chairs and reported on the regional auxiliary meeting at All Saints Church in Pom er oy. They set the annual guild picnic for Thursday July 17 at the Bastiana home with husbands as guests, co hosted by Mrs. William P. Cherrington and Mrs. Kenneth Boster.
Gallia county court sentenced Densel E. Durst to 10 days in jail fined 100 dollars and costs and suspended his operator license for three years after pleading guilty to driving while under the influence. Other defendants faced smaller fines for traffic offenses.
In Gallipolis Municipal Court Judge William H. Janes continued the case of D J Russell 24 of Waterloo Star Route charged with reckless operation and resisting arrest. Russell posted 100 bond after Saturday arrest. The judge also fined six men for intoxication: Gilbert Hart George Scutlock Marvin Mullen Ray Mullen John Stearns and Henry Mcdade all of various towns.
Mrs. Sarah Jesta Qualls Payne 81 wife of Mt. Carmel Church pastor Rev C M Payne died at home Monday at 6 30 am. Born March 10 1877 in Raccoon Twp she married April 24 1894 and they observed 64th anniversary this past April. Surviving sons and daughters reside in Columbus Troy Bidwell Chillicothe and Athens among others. church member active in Mt Carmel affairs. Funeral arrangements to be announced by Vernon McCoy Funeral Home pending word from Mrs Borden en route to Denver.
Gallia County district library held a summer reading program session with 31 children listening to readings of Magnificent Mr. Toad and The North Wind's Gift by children's librarian Mrs. E Ray Bailey. They watched The Seven Little Ducks, and an identical session is planned for 1:30 p m Tuesday for kindergarten and first and second graders. Attendees included Jeff Simmons Henry Doss Susan Thompson and others.
Inland waterway bulletin records river gauge readings at Gallipolis and Kanawha Falls, dam statuses on Kanawha and Ohio rivers, and a sequence of boat movements at locks 13 through 22 and on Kanawha and Gallipolis routes. Kant quotation and trailing garbled text conclude the item.
Bidwell social notes record visits among area families including the Soles Wicklines McBrides Fraser Chevallier and Langdon. Harold Hayes stationed in Hawaii transfers to Japan for ten months. A surprise birthday dinner honors Mrs. M R Dean with local friends and relatives in attendance.
Donna D. Mossman daughter of Mrs Mabel Gordon Cheshire Route 1 completed the clerical procedures course at the Women's Army Corps School Fort McClellan Alabama She entered the WAC last January and is a 1957 Eastmoor High School graduate of Columbus Ohio Her father Winfield S Mossman also resides on Cheshire Route 1
Kyger Creek Band Boosters Club met Monday to discuss the concession stand for the Kyger Creek swimming pool. Mrs. Howell Edwards chaired in the president's absence while Mrs. Ara Swisher was in Columbus.
Keith Durwood Heck 14 of Gallipolis was admitted to Holzer Hospital after a fall from a cherry tree on the Harry R. Smith farm. He dislocated his left elbow and injured the left arm.
Birth announcements list a son for Mr. and Mrs. Thomas K. Roush of Minersville a son for Mr. and Mrs. Ray Boone of Gallipolis and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. James Arcadipane of Oak Hill. Admissions include numerous patients from Crown City Pomeroy Gallipolis Ironton and surrounding areas with varied medical and surgical cases. Blood usage reported as Saturday one pint Sunday four pints Monday seven pints.
Gallia County Boy Scout Troop 200 and other troops meet at Troop 200's Court St hall Tuesday at 7 30 p m to review exhibits for the Gallia County Junior Fair with the theme Pioneering. Court of honor for Leslie Menshouse and Galene follows next Monday night. An overnight camp is planned leaving 6 30 p m this Friday.
Mrs Ida Price Steele 75 of Eureka died at 12 15 pm Monday in Holzer Hospital after 19 hours hospitalization She was born April 6 1883 in Kanawha County WV and taught school There are seven children 16 grandchildren and two greats plus three brothers and one sister Services will be 1 30 pm Wednesday at Chambersburg Methodist Church conducted by Rev Roscoe Moore Burial Beale Chapel Cemetery Apple Grove WV Friends may call Millers funeral home until noon Wednesday
The Chauncey Dover Exempted Village Board of Education approved payment for new roofs on the gym and high school buildings with 10 year maintenance and 20 year manufacturer guarantees. They purchased a gasoline motor, drill press, ignition tester, a used filing cabinet, and other items from the surplus warehouse.
Sgt. John O Finnicum son of Mr and Mrs Wade QO Finnicum Gallipolis completed the eight week ranger course at the Infantry School Fort Benning He entered the Army in 1942 His wife Belvin lives at 301 S Magnolia Ave Dunn NC
Donald D. Daugherty, 39, of Columbus, requested a hearing after refusing to answer police questions about an attempted safe robbery at O Dell Lumber Company in Gallia County. Bond set at 10000, he was jailed after capture near Chickamauga Creek with a loaded .22 caliber pistol and burglar tools found at the scene.
In Franklin County, prosecutors sought to raise Donald B. Daugherty’s bond to 25000 on a burglary charge from Heaton’s Music Store last February. The request was denied. Daugherty remains free on 5000 bond as his legal issues span Columbus and Gallipolis robberies and West Virginia warrants. Local burglaries tied to Daugherty include the Economy Savings and Loan filing cabinet theft and a 1000 pound safe crack at Point Pleasant Register.
Gallia County commissioners cut meeting frequency to the first and third Mondays. They approved the Hauldren Subdivision in Green Township with 15 lots on 4.1 acres. Absent commissioner Roscoe Houck, the board also finalized Bay Beaver Road in Gigan Two as a township road and scheduled hearings for a new township road on Route 218 to Flossie Folks. Viewing set for July 21 at 2 p.m. Final hearing scheduled for August 4 at noon.
Gallipolis David Tawney passed his first class requirements and Mike Dobbins his second class requirements Monday at the board of review of Boy Scout Troop 200. Merit badges were presented to David Tawney photography Ralph Burner reading and to David Ott music fingerprinting citizenship in community and nation and first aid to animals.
The Christian Brotherhood Hour quartet will perform a 7 30 p m concertThursday June 26 at the First Avenue Church of God pastor Rev Hershel McDonough announces The group features Gene Miller Roger Allen Glen Seelock Darrell Taylor and Paul Yerden who accompanies on piano The program comes from the Church of God and is distributed internationally by radio.
Chauncey residents and guests were reported visiting and being visited across town. Families including the Easlers, Gillespies, Lock family, Betts of Albany Route, Bullocks, Mineharts, Smiths, Rutledges, Penders, Johnsons and others shared afternoons, dinners, and overnight stays at homes in Caldwell Pomeroy and Buckeye Lake with extended visits from Gleneta Lock and Sandra Rutledge respectively.
CHAUNCEY The Loyal Women's Class met in the Parish House with Mrs. Willard Simonton presiding. A piano donated by Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nye was moved to the Parish House. Cards were sent to 13 ill members and friends. A Floral Romance contest was won by Mrs. Thomas Dew. A birthday party honored eight members. The next meeting will be a picnic dinner at 6 p.m. July 10 at Gloucester Memorial Park for members and husbands.
Miss Kathryn McCoy calls a band practice for CHAUNCEY on Wednesday at 6 30 in the band room. All members are requested to attend.
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