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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 01, 1949
Page
3
An 48 Meigs County Izaak Walton League minstrel group will perform at Washington School in Gallia at 8 15 p m Tuesday under the Gallipolis Rotary Club. Ed H Condon directs with a large cast including Charles F McMaster as interlocker and F G Hunker as a specialty act.
George L. Bair 53 of Henderson died Sunday at River St home. Funeral at Henderson Tabernacle Wednesday at 2 p.m. Rev. J P Keefer in charge. Burial in Henderson Cemetery. Native of Pittsburgh, son of Philip and Elizabeth Ann Bair. Survived by widow Pauline Messick Bair and daughter Barbara Ann 7. Member of local Fraternal Order of Eagles lodge.
Ruth Mattox of Gallipolis was fined 40 dollars plus costs for stealing a coat, with 30 dollars suspended on payment promise and good behavior. She also paid 5 dollars plus costs for intoxication. Richard Secarberry, Northup and Clyde Stewart, Point Pleasant, each paid 5 dollars plus costs for intoxication. Ed McNirlen of Oak Hill was fined 5 dollars plus costs for driving without an operator's license.
Wallace Rus a Middleport post office clerk scored a perfect grade after taking his annual examination in Columbus. He reportedly inspected and filed 832 cards in his mail case as part of the test.
Mrs Grover Neville and Garnett Louise from Point Pleasant visited here recently. Jimmie Sprouse and son Bobbie were in Hartford. Clyde Barnett of Mason City visited Hartford. Hoy Roush visited Mrs Roush's mother Effie Lee. Junior Riley of Clifton visited relatives. Mrs William Young visited her daughter and son in law Ray and Maude Sprouse visited Milton and Mrs Knapp of Point Pleasant. Helen E Roush.
Mary Belle Messick files for divorce from Roy H. Messick in circuit court. The couple married in 1937, separated in 1948, and Roy is now a Cabell County resident. No children are involved.
Frances Worman has resigned as court reporter effective March 1, announced by Judge Robert M. Betz of the common pleas court.
One of the earliest forms of naval attack was ramming a boat by another. Navies built ships with bows designed to withstand ram impacts, guiding hull design through to 1911.
Ethel Coon transfers 45 acres in Clay Township to Calvin and Lenice Waugh. Charles V. Kuhn and Hazel Kuhn transfer 108.44 acres in Guyan to Armet and Hattie Fitzgerald. Homer Mossman and Nellie Mossman transfer Lot 123 to Vinton Memorial Cemetery. John B. Raike and Phyllis Raike transfer to Lena Mae Raike in Kanauga. Henry M. Bickle transfers 46 acres in Walnut to Charles O. Berry. Roland Smith and Hazel Smith transfer 63.54 acres in Cheshire to Richard and Lillie McClintock. Marie Lanier transfers 5 acres in Raccoon to Claude Winters. Charles and Mary Province transfer Block 6 in Kanauga to Harry Griffin. Peggy Casto transfers Deeds, Lots and Hamilton add to E. G. McCall for Carl L. and Annabelle, 5 acres in Green. E P Hatfield and Anna Ball transfer 159 acres in Greenfield to Theodore R. and Nevada Ball. Charles Henry and Anna Oler transfer 40 acres in Huntington to Reno and Cora Spencer.
Gallipolis locks saw the Reliance descend at 2 10 p m and the Bruce rise at 7 45 p m while no boats were listed on the Kanawha River. Other district traffic included the Peace down 18 Pennsyvania up 14 Zubie down 15 Martin up 17 Sohio State up 20 Creighton up 20 Rowe up 21 Twain up 29 Jason up 34 with gauges at 18.0 feet upper and 24.6 feet lower and 54 feet of water at the rollers.
Mr and Mrs F W Ingraham plan to leave today to visit Mrs Ben Stout near Boston where Mr Stout attends Harvard University. The trip centers on meeting the Ingrahams first grandchild.
Two marriage licenses issued in Gallipolis probate court. Clifford R. Waugh 23 and Juanita Cox 19 received license one. Leonard R. Ramey 22 and Nancy L. Russell 17 obtained license two. All are from Gallipolis.
At midnight the temperature in Gallipolis stood at 20 above and was expected to fall further by early Tuesday morning.
Alfred Daniels of Jackson suffered a bruised chest and facial cuts after his truck hit a semi on Route 3 east of Jackson. The semi was driven by Robert H. Davis of Grove City. Daniels was cited for unsafe operation and fined 10 dollars plus costs. A second Route 35 crash near Jackson involved Robert Comstock, Virgil Edwards, and a Columbus Southern Ohio Electric Co. truck with extensive property damage. Charges included intoxication for Charles Biffle and license plate misuse for Melvin Little.
Gene Wayne Smith of Huntington was arrested on Route 62 by Trooper R. C. Dilley for driving while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty, fined $25 and costs, with a learner’s permit and a six month vehicle impoundment. Jerry Robert Byus paid $5 and costs for operating a taxicab without a chauffeur’s license.
Davidson, manager of Mason Furniture Corp., said about 50 workers are employed at the plant near the West Virginia National Guard Camp on Route 62. The facility began producing living room tables in late 1948.
Mrs. Walter E. Selby of 802 Main St will host the Bethany Bible Class at Main Street Baptist Church this evening at 7 30.
County Clerk John G. Aten recalls an early 1900s incident with Jimmy Short, a Putnam County saloon keeper who paid a $1000 annual license in cash at his brick First and Main building. Short handed Aten $800 in gold and the rest in other currency, as travelers headed to Kanawha and Ohio river steamers.
Frank Filson 89, a former businessman, shows improvement after a week of hiccoughs. His son Ross said he had been free of hiccups for three days and his general condition was better while hospitalized at Holzer Hospital in Point Pleasant.
Mason City drive-in theater expected to open about April 1 per manager Ross Filson. The lot has gravel added parking areas shrubs planted more fencing and screen supports repainted after last fall closure.
A son named Robert Michael Neal was born Sunday at Point Clinic to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Neal of Point Pleasant. This is their first child. mother Virginia Yester is daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George E. Yester of Gallipolis Ferry. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Neal of Henderson.
State police report a juvenile confessed to breaking and entering a North Point Pleasant home four times in recent weeks. He pried a window on two occasions and admitted stealing small sums each time. Investigators note other burglaries from Point Pleasant to New Haven but consider this case separate. He said a Sunday morning delay made him 30 minutes late to Sunday school.
Charles A Blain 83 died Sunday at his Huntington home after months of illness. Funeral services were held at Bruce Chapel Church with Rev. Charles Rice officiating and burial in the chapel cemetery. He was part of Mason County’s old Blain family, son of the late ZT J and Amanda Deigh Blain. He left four sons C F Blain, E Blain, Dwight Blain, and Water Blain and four daughters including Mrs. Charlotte Wright and Mrs. Frances Hughes, all of Huntington, with others in Apple Grove Detroit and nearby towns. He had two brothers S P Blain of Apple Grove and John A Blain of Gallipolis Ferry.
Mrs. Faye Barnett, secretary in the state road commission office, said there is nothing new in road construction. The force is monitoring slides and other obstructions caused by winter weather and heavy rains in Point Pleasant.
Mrs. Lena Laws on, deputy registrar for license plates, cannot serve. Ball Clark of 847 Second Ave is appointed to the post. License plates will be issued from a store room at 260 Second Ave starting today.
Mrs Gaylord Woomer of 94 Bur dette Addition plans to move to a property on Mill Creek Road Gallipolis this weekend observed in local notices.
Mrs. Walter A. Windsor hosted the final meeting before Lent with the Married Ladies' Bridge Club in Pt. Pleasant. Windsor posted high score, with members including Mrs. Milton L. Miller and Mrs. Dewey A. Windsor among others. Weekend visitors included Mrs. Bruce Pollock and son George Kay from Huntington and Attorney Robert H. Kay from Charleston.
John A. Kay and A. BE. Sommer of South Side returned home after a month in Florida where they fished. City Clerk and Mrs. John A. Brown spent Sunday in Charleston with their son John E. Jr. The Rev. M PD Shifler spent the weekend in Huntington with cousins Mr and Mrs Harry Austin. His brother Fred Shiflet of
Captain C C Stone and son Captain Charles H Stone plan to fit a stronger Dessel power unit in their towboat the Alan Mere ol. The vessel, formerly the Senator Combs, was renamed in honor of Stone's grandson Alan Meerttl of Gowanda New York. It will operate mainly in the Kanawha River towing trade.
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