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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 21, 1939
Page
10
Improvement work at Gallipolis High School enhances home economics facilities. The sewing room gains two electric and one pedal sewing machines, with three more on order bringing total to 14. Four new sewing tables, a new asphalt floor, and modernization of the department under Mrs. Katharine Kircher accompany updated kitchen equipment.
Twenty one sizable steaks with accompaniments will be served to equal numbers of Rotary Club members tonight. Twenty one bowls of soup will feed those who lost a six weeks attendance contest closing last week. Winners were led by Elmer E Caldwell. losers by Fred Stone. Ohio State University dean Joseph A Park will speak.
Mrs Minta Wig ner has been appointed administrator of the estate of her late husband Charles D. Wigner.
Early pea growers in the Mutton Hollow area south of Gallipolis declare war on English sparrows and other birds harming pea patches. Birds are said to grasp tender shoots with their beaks and pull germinating seed from the ground, rendering scarecrows useless and threatening early peas and market returns.
Gallipolis educators note 100 high school pupils in Ben Bachus manual training program making strong strides this year. The remodeled shop features electrical machines with guards and includes general shop work and mechanical drawing. Accomplishments include music racks for the concert band cabinets for the chemistry department and an electric scoreboard for the athletic field.
Funeral services for Howard S. Gates 50 former deputy sheriff at Ohio Hospital for Epileptics will be held late this week after his mother sister and son arrive from California Burial will be in Salem Cemetery Perry Township He is survived by his wife Ida Jones and three sons Donald Jones and Warren Gates his mother Mrs Kerns and sister Mrs Vesta Sheppard of West Los Angeles
Gallia County committee chairman Vance Brumfield says March 31 is the deadline to submit applications for payment, appeals and claims under the 1938 Agricultural Conservation Program. County committees statewide report accomplishments over four months ahead of last year.
Gallia special report says Ohio Valley spokesmen will testify March 24 before the House Appropriations Committee urging an increase in flood control funding from 110 million to 195.6 million. Dr. Charles Holzer cites defense needs, chemical and steel plant protection, and job losses from past floods to press for accelerated authorizations and greater appropriations.
Gallipolis musicians excel at the Nelsonville School Music Festival. The Grade School Band earned excellent ratings with soloists James Gillingham on trumpet Elaine Lear on clarinet and Manning Wetherholt on tuba all receiving superior marks.
Excavation started yesterday on a lot at Third and State Streets in Gallipolis for a new residence by T S Berridge. The site formerly housed a gasoline station opposite the public library.
Dr. D. R. Dodd from Ohio State University meets with Gallia County agriculture leaders on pasture problems. He is set to speak tonight at Little Kyger Grange Hall.
Gallipolis reports Dr. Charles E. Holzer was notified Monday of election as a Fellow in the International College of Surgeons. The society will meet in Paris in mid summer and Dr. Holzer plans to attend.
Mrs Frances Rinehart Haffelt 76 wife of Charles Haffelt died over the week end at the family home near Thivener Funeral services were held this afternoon at Bailey Chapel with interment at Mound Hill Cemetery
In Gallia County only five individuals have accepted seedlings offered by the U S Forestry Service for plantings while no farm groups have applied. Seedlings are free to groups and cost a small per thousand to individuals. interest faded after soil erosion work ended years ago.
Gallipolis reports local school attendance nearing normal after widespread influenza. Five teachers were recorded absent on Monday due to illness, with recovery expected as cases decline.
Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Keller and son Robert are in Oklahoma City to attend funeral services for Mrs. Anna King, sister of Mr. Keller. They left Sunday by motor.
A surprise birthday party honored Mrs. Bill Kerrigan Saturday with games and a potluck lunch including a cake. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs. Bill Kerrigan and their children, plus numerous neighbors and friends.
Gallipolis reports new school band instruments bought under director A. Jord Bayless. The supply includes pedal tympani three sousaphones one euphonium French horn bass trombone two mellophones and bass and snare drums along with miscellaneous percussion.
Joseph Lattimer was charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He was arraigned before Judge E. L. Ewing and entered a not guilty plea. Bond was set at 300 dollars to await a hearing.
Charles T. Robinson a local insurance man was elected exalted ruler by Gallipolis Ellis Lodge at the Monday night meeting signaling a leadership honor for the fraternal group in the Ohio town.
E. E. Higgins sets April 1 as opening for a Gallia County Boy Scout financial drive with a $1200 goal unchanged from last year. Gallia District will meet March 28 at Lafayette Hotel to discuss plans and elect officers as organized Scouting marks its first year in the county.
Announcement by E. E. Higgins, school superintendent, says Rev. Merton S. Rice of the Metropolitan M. E. Church on Woodward Avenue, Detroit, will deliver the commencement address at the local high school exercises Thursday night June 1. Rice is described as a highly regarded pastor and public speaker.
Several officers and members of the Gallia County Health League plan to attend a district meeting in Marietta on Tuesday March 28, according to C C Byers president of the local organization.
Gallipolis reports the state education department sets April 1 for the general senior scholarship test and the southeast district music festival in Portsmouth. Local high school pupils will take the test with Portsmouth students. A Jord Bayless, local music instructor and band director, chairs the Portsmouth district meeting. a Gal lipolis meeting last year was well attended.
The Bidwell High School junior class presents The Redhead this Friday evening March 31. Director is Mrs Lyvonia Clark Bunce.
Gallipolis school board meets March 31 to review a report by DeVoss and Donaldson on a proposed four room addition to Gallia Academy High School. Estimated cost about 15000 dollars. Enrollment at 512 is the highest in history, with more pupils expected. board plans to finance from existing channels without bonds. No action beyond hiring the architects has been taken.
D W Bill Reese, local gas and oil agent, has purchased the Lantz Hamilton Hotel in McArthur and will operate it starting Monday. The hotel was reopened in September by Mr and Mrs Fred Darling, former Gallipolis residents, who have since run it. Reese plans to move his family to McArthur after the current school year ends.
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