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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 27, 1947
Page
10
Bids for Hedgewood Drive paving in a new subdivision west of Chickagawa Creek will be advertised within six weeks. The concrete street runs 2,300 feet by 20 feet with 2,000 feet of sanitary sewer. Officials say lot restrictions aim to ensure higher-priced homes.
Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association held its annual meeting in the county health department court house on Wednesday night. New directors were elected and two new attendees were Mrs. Herman Condee and Edward Parkins. Illness kept several members away, including others named to the directorate. The financial committee reported on the Christmas seal campaign results.
Mr and Mrs Austin Hill of Charleston West Virginia were weekend guests of his parents in East Gallipolis.
Gallia Academy High School announced the names of 41 students who would have participated in the Southeastern Ohio Music Festival at Jackson before it was canceled. Flute players include Janice Cating and Alice MacKenzie. others named span woodwinds brass and voice, with Cliff Christ and James Hackworth among the instrumentalists.
Gallia County hosts state officials Jean Thompson and Naomi Evans aiding a survey of county schools to assess health education needs and assist teachers with health education programs.
Kenneth Wallace a welder and Bertha Hutchens a factory worker both of Gallipolis received a marriage license in the city.
The Ohio River rose .3 feet per hour, with gauges at Gallipolis locks 17.9 and 27.5 and the river at 82 feet on the rollers. Downstream passages included Martin and Dawson from Wheeling and Ravenswood from Huntington, while up boats listed Sohio and Dauntless among others. Kanawha River movements also noted with several boats and coal trips.
Barbara Simmons 18 files for divorce from Raymond Simmons 19 in Common Pleas Court on grounds of gross neglect, petition filed by her father Harry McGhee in Gallia County jurisdiction.
Rep. Clarence J. Brown told the Springfield Chamber of Commerce that Russia likely has the atom bomb and would affect the war margin. He cited Russia with about 950,000 troops within a 24 day march to the English Channel versus the United States with 180,000 first class troops in all of Europe.
P. S. Frederick Kemper, president of the Cincinnati Die Casting Co., died yesterday in Cincinnati. John Doe, CEO of the firm, announced the death and ordered tributes to be paid to Kemper, a longtime industry leader.
Mr. and Mrs. Ralph McDade and Mr. and Mrs. Amos Guinn spent a weekend in Akron visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sutton and daughter Sharon Jane. Mrs. Agnes Price reports 75 dollars turned to the Meigs County treasurer for the Infantile Paralysis Fund drive. Portland schools closed for a week due to flu. Charles Ward visits from Drive 42. Births include a son to Mr. and Mrs. William Proctor. E. H. Price improves after hospital stay. Harold Roush and son Melvin move back to their own home. Dcran Dailey moves to a farm near Long Bottom. Lawrence Ritchie Jr. buys the Smith property and will move in spring. Mrs. James Rush returns to Columbus after visiting sister Mrs. B. F. Price.
Twenty four persons attended Sunday School last week. The Rev. Charles Blevins preached. Blevins spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Daisel Smith. Will Story visited Silas Taylor Monday. Mr and Mrs R V Heilman of Bunker Hill and Mrs John Sargent with daughter Carol spent Thursday with Mr and Mrs Ziba Midkiff.
A market and bake sale hosted by the Ohio Chapel WSCS will take place at the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company office starting at 8:30 a.m. Friday.
Viola Jenkins sues Oakley Brooks Homer Brooks and Lona Brooks in Common Pleas Court seeking partition. Viola Jenkins also files as executrix of the estate of Annia Brooks, deceased.
The article notes that less than one ninth of the original virgin timber stock remains in the country highlighting severe deforestation.
Gallipolis notice reports Mr and Mrs Dennis M Haner of Eureka Star Route unable to entertain on their 50th wedding anniversary due to illness in the family. Mr Haner suffers high blood pressure, Mrs Haner has influenza, and their daughter Mrs Oscar Warren is ill. Son Kenneth is home after three years in the Army.
Zalmon Maggied aged 18 of Gallipolis was elected a Knights of Pythias member on Tuesday night making him one of the youngest lodge members in the country.
Nine county tuberculosis associations plan a meeting at the Cambrian Hotel in Jackson on April to discuss control measures and better health. Public health officials and local groups will attend to coordinate efforts and share updates.
Mr and Mrs Harry Moore of Atwood NL returned home Wednesday after visiting Gallipolis due to the illness and death of Mrs Sarah M Wetherholt mother of Mrs Moore.
Describes early European Bible covers that required more than five years to complete due to extensive designs and decorations. Highlights the exceptional craftsmanship and time invested by artisans in gilded motifs and intricate imagery on sacred texts.
Harry Edward Moore of Pomeroy and Robert McGuire of Dexter were arrested Tuesday night on a Crown City informant’s complaint. They were fined five dollars and costs each in municipal court on intoxication charges.
The county health department administered tuberculosis skin tests on Monday at Bidwell-Porter school and Vinton, totaling 204 tests.
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