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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 25, 1948
Page
10
Gallipolis Bible School at First Baptist Church of Gallipolis presents closing exercises by J. Edward Hakes. The two week program features music, Bible verses by ages four to 14, flag salutes, target drill, sword drill, and a 10 minute Bible story. Enrollment reached 163 with 23 teachers involved.
Grace Methodist led by Lis de Donnally holds 10 am service with sermon The Person in the Mirror. Mrs Harris Deepping sings Besides Still Waters. Church school classes start 10:30 am for children 10 to 11 and adults 11. Nursery care available. Juniors gather at 11:15 am.
Rio Grande College president F W McDermott announces two new faculty members for fall. Mrs Alice De Mell and Miss Clare E Poston will join English and history teaching roles. Poston comes from Sidney High School with degrees from Ohio University and Columbia University. De Mell is Webster High School graduate and Ohio University alumna.
Paul Northup chairman of the Christian Rural Overseas Program announces the first showing of the film Seeds of Destiny for the Morfield Council of the Farm Bureau. The event occurs Thursday night at Fred Mills home Mills Station. The group will remain in Gallia County for several weeks and may be scheduled by other organizations.
Leo Mossman a pharmacist from Holzer Hospital leaves to attend the American Hospital Association Institute at Princeton University New Jersey. His wife Mrs Mossman and daughters Martha and Gretchen accompany him to Binghamton New York to visit his brother.
River prafel Gallipolis district reports boat movements on Thursday with several boats passing Gallipolis locks and Kanawha River activity. Locks gauges show 17.8 feet upper, 12.2 lower with nine feet of water at rollers. Kanawha Falls reads 3.00 feet and rising.
Lundis Lancaster invites anyone interested to attend the camp at Lan caster this year. A meeting is scheduled at Grace Methodist Church on Wednesday evening June 30 at 7 p m.
Scouts plan a July 4 celebration at Rio Grande College campus hall with 10 cent admission. Activities include a market booth selling vegetables baked goods butter eggs and more, an ice cream supper, movies and an amateur program. First prize is five dollars with two and one dollar for places two and three. Proceeds fund a Scout cabin to be built during the Second Frontier celebration.
C J Martin of Ohio Valley Set and Frontier seeks a covered wagon for the Point Pleasant Fourth of July parade. Transportation for the wagon is offered by Tom Agee. Willys Overland officials including Alfred F Schott and Walter E Schott visited, agreeing to provide a jeep for each media outlet for September coverage.
The body of Private Harold Jones arrives June 25 at 1 30 p m with military escort. Graveside rites will be at Burlingham Cemetery Saturday at 2 p m. He fell on Los Negros Islands March 16 1944 and is survived by his parents sister Grace and four brothers Robert Paul Wayne and Walter all Burlingham residents. The DAV and VFW will oversee services and request flags flown at half mast Friday afternoon.
Lafayette Post American Legion names delegates to the Eighth District Convention in Lancaster and plans for the Columbus convention. Delegates include Major Oliver Lyle Jim Houck J Blazer Wetherholt W M Elliott Clay Liddy and Commander Harry Maggied. Alternates are Otis Drummond William H Jones James Sayre Thomas Adams Joe Page and John Ivor Richards. Others expected to attend include Charles Huber and J Everett Saunders.
Lloyd Stowers already in county jail on forgery was bound over to the grand jury on a larceny with trickery charge. He allegedly tried to sell a heifer he did not own while misrepresenting Forest Duncan as the owner. Duncan refunded $100.
GALLIPOLIS The will of Grant George filed in probate court by Caddie George. A hearing is set for July 1 and an application to take depositions is noted. Harrison B. Ferrell appointed administrator of Quindora Ferrell’s estate with bond 9000. Sureties Walter H. and Jessie L. Terrell. Appraisers named James Simms Levi Reynolds Morris Brown.
Marie Janie Comer sues Gladys Goodwin as administrator of the Thomas Halley estate in Gallia County Common Pleas for 1590 dollars. She claims 159 weeks of personal services at 10 dollars weekly, mainly housework. Perry J. Bailes represents the plaintiff.
Mary B. Aker, school and health nurse, presided over the weekly well baby clinic on Wednesday and examined 10 infants. Dr. John Gilbert led the clinic with assistance from Mrs. Stanley Plymale and Mrs. J. R. Hall.
Fred L. Fisher 23 of Vinton and Thelma Faye Carpenter 21 of Vinton secured a marriage license in the Gallipolis probate court.
A Gallia County Viewpoint column praises Columbus Citizen writer Ben Hayes for his friendly coverage of the area. The piece defends a Beauregard comparison, notes the author’s modern farm work with a tractor named Gordon, and welcomes Hayes back to Gallipolis with warm regards.
A speaker recalls launching the Ohio Valley Civic Council on July 12 1938 with a six page newspaper notice. He emphasizes ongoing support for Southern Ohio and the valley through legit channels, donating time and effort with no dues or profit, aiming to spur regional development.
G B Hammond transfers 3.1 acres in Huntington Township to Charles Rat cliff. Mary Etta Darst transfers 3442 acres to Virgie Lewis in Cheshire. Virgil Lewis Darst transfers 34% acres to Mary Etta Darst in Cheshire. Oscar and Alice Maynard transfer 7.4 acres to M N Parsley. Christiana De Long transfers part of lot 8 in the city to Fred J and Anna Smith.
Homer Mossman of Gallia Farm Bureau Federation voiced unofficial support for a civic building to serve farmers and youth groups in Gallipolis. He urged starting the idea, noting the need for a gathering place while acknowledging no specific site or type was proposed. The suggestion originated at a Chamber planning committee meeting and three locations have been discussed.
The notice explains cash rates per line for classified ads including Card of Thanks Obituaries and political notices. Ads must be ordered and read back, with corrections possible the first night. Lost and Found and Employment Wanted differ. payments by phone or mail accepted, all ads due by 10:00 a.m. for same day insertion.
Athens County Farmers and Hunters Club invites members to Grange Hall Far Grounds on Friday July 2 at 8 p m. The event features music and is signed by Ervin Finney president.
Edward T. Jelle, 29, of South Bend Indiana, drove two 1949 trucks for delivery and lost control on Route 35 two miles west of Thurman. He was uninjured. both trucks were damaged. Police arrested John W. Shriver, 20, of Thurman Route 2 and Eugenia Perry, 25, of Rio Grande for driving without a license. Shriver fined 15 dollars and costs. Perry cited to appear before Mayor Ray Thomas Friday.
G M Shug Gerhart of Armco Drainage and Metal Products Columbus visited Rio Grande College farm Thursday as part of the Ohio Valley Second Frontier. He inspected bridges and drainage outlets and may supply trickle tubes for farm ponds. Gerhart formerly lived here and served in the Marietta highway office.
Gallipolis services for Marlin Hughes of Garfield Ave will be held Sunday at 11 a m in Bethesda Church with Rev Earl Creemens officiating He was electrocuted Tuesday while working at a transformer He worked for Buckeye Rural Electrification Cooperative He leaves his father and three children including son Marlin Jr in the army radar training school Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery
U S Department of Agriculture report from Cincinnati shows salable hogs 2800 with steady to strong quotes for various weights and good sows, mixed weights 160-250 pounds at 28.00-28.23, heavier hogs 26.50-27.50, and sows up to 22.00. Cattle around 300 head and calves 200 with slow trade, grass-fed steers and heifers weak to steady, canners 12.00-18.00, vealers 14.00-27.50, lambs 21.00-30.00 for good, 10.00-22.00 for culls, ewes scarce.
Gallipolis river notice reports all dams raised in Huntington district. Listed boats show vessels such as Ductulite Progress Price LCI Titan Cook Brandt LWaein State Neville Sullivan Talbot Ayres Hurley Jewett Semet Leila Arden Shearer Ogram Dawson with times and statuses. Locks read Upper 18.2 feet Lower 11.7 feet with eight feet at rollers Kanawha Falls 2.76 rising.
Mrs Cora Kenney of Woodsfield Ohio visited John Gill and Leslie Gill and her sister Mrs Ray Morgan of Greendale Ohio. Mr and Mrs Robert Guisinger and son Bobby Lee of Shawnee visited Evan Jones. Effie McFarland and Nellie Blain of Burgstown Pa visited Ralph Owings and George Owings of McArthur. Delbert Mills and family of Columbus visited Albert Hite. Ned Harmon and family celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary with Bobby Lee of Shawnee and Mrs Inez Rutgers.
No good steers or heifers on sale. Medium steers 20.86 to 23.90, medium heifers 23.00 to 25.60, common 17.10 to 22.90. Cows Good 17.00 to 20.10, medium 15.00 to 16.50. Canners and cutters 12.20 to 14.90, bulls 17.90 to 23.90. Stocker cattle good 22.10 to 25.10, medium 16.55 to 21.50, stocker bulls 17.50 to 23.50. Milk and stocker cows 97.00 to 200.00 per head. Veal calves lower top 26.15 to 26.25, medium 22.50 to 23.15, light 16.00 to 17.80, heavy 25.15 to 26.00, baby calves 15.00 to 20.00 per cwt. Hogs 180 to 235 lbs 26.90 to 25.10, 240 to 300 lbs 25.00 to 26.00, 130 to 175 lbs 25.90 to 27.10, sows 18.00 to 21.10, pigs 6.50 to 19.50 by the owl. 27.50 to 32.00. Sheep and lambs lambs 24.00 to 27.90, old sheep 5.00 to 9.00.
Cincinnati AP market items show poultry categories with weights and price ranges. Heavy fowls over five pounds listed 29 to 31 cents per pound, heavy fryers up to four pounds 39 to 42, heavy broilers 39 to 42, Leghorns and light 22 to 25, roosters 14 to 16, butter prints 83 to 84, and potatoes 2.25 to 5.50 per hundredweight. Butterfat premium 73, regular 70.
Cincinnati reports consumer grades for eggs with U S A large 49 5614 medium 47 521 B large 47 522 and wholesale grades Extras large 46 5314 U S extras large 53 2 55 s. Current receipts 38 42.
Hoyte Wade, 32, of Newark, was critically injured at Jones Speedway when thrown from his car as it fell back on him after a skid. Deputies said another vehicle struck Wade following the mishap.
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