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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 28, 1950
Page
3
Gallipolis reports Patrolman Grant Long built a tiny 12 foot cabin cruiser as a hobby. It is the fifty ninth vessel in his Long fleet, most others are Johnboats. He lacked plans and lumber but used a magazine image to craft the boat with a four foot cabin and room for four people.
Gallia county 4-H members and advisors led by Jim Ballard and Anne Clark conducted the first self run annual meeting. Bill Northup reported on the junior leadership camp at Camp Ohio while Wyman Denney spoke about the conservation camp. Kathleen Call demonstrated sweater washing and group recreation was shown by C. E. Blakeadlee with assistants.
Point Pleasant begins daily census sessions in the basement of the American Legion Hall led by Crew Leaders Frank Tillis and Anabel Lee. Sessions end with practice enumerations Thursday and Friday, as the nationwide count starts Saturday April 1 with two weeks local and four to six weeks rural enumeration.
Funeral services for Levi Siders 39 were to be held this afternoon at Beech Hill Church with Rev. C. F. Haney officiating. Burial followed at Beech Hill cemetery. Siders recently moved to East Bank West Virginia from Gallipolis Ferry and died there Sunday at 5 30 am. Survivors include his wife five children four brothers and two sisters.
Wreck victim Miller of 2219 Lincoln Ave. returned home Sunday night from injuries suffered in an automobile crash near Columbus. His condition is described as considerably improved. A bidding notice from Athens Ohio invites sealed bids by March 29 1950 for lease of 35 acres around city water wells, with renewal options and potential bid rejection.
Point Pleasant hosts Armed Services Day with the third annual County School Field Day on May 20. Elementary students across the county will race and compete for ribbons and school banners. Site selection will follow a meeting with coaches from Point Pleasant and Wahama High Schools.
A Lake Charles probate judge urged action by Police Chief E F Geiger and Trooper R C Dilley claiming a 16 year old runaway boy was being held and could be sent to reform school if no home could be found. Geiger said he would wire Lake Charles that no suitable home exists locally.
Local court records show Vic W Turner and several others in Point Pleasant facing charges. Turner pleaded guilty to assault and battery and paid $5 fine plus costs. Others, including John Davis and several Point Pleasant residents, were fined for intoxication with bonds posted or payments made. An annual financial report for Rome Township and Stewart, Ohio outlines receipts and disbursements for the fiscal year ending December 31, 1949, including tax revenues, highway funds, and cemetery expenses.
Holzer Hospital notes report the birth of a son to Mrs. Hobart L Call of Bidwell. The list also includes multiple admissions and discharges such as Mrs P S Frogale and Mary McCarty, with several residents from Gallipolis Bidwell Wellston and Point Pleasant.
Coach Jack Rogers opens drills as 36 candidates report for Point Pleasant High baseball with two returning veterans among scarce local facilities. Practices move to the football field. first game at Lakin in under two weeks. Davis Child Shelter fundraiser planned in Mason County chaired by Milton Burdette.
Desertion is charged in a divorce suit instituted by Clifford H. Baker of Leon Route 2 against Virginia Burham Baker. Two other chancery suits seek to partition real estate: Hazel Meadows et al versus Dwight Sturgeon et al and William, Fred, Alice, Owen and Hattie Russell versus Robert F. Russell et al.
River traffic across the Gallipolis and Kanawha districts shows multiple boats moving through the locks with times ranging from 8:00 a.m. to 5:55 p.m. Upper gauge 17.7 feet and lower 31.1 feet, Kanawha Falls at 5:42 feet and falling.
Charles L. Whitt 17 and Lewis G. Fife 18 of Gallipolis Ohio enlisted March 24 as privates unassigned in the United States Air Forces. Local recruiter Woodrow M Griffith said they will report for indoctrination to Lackland AFB San Antonio Texas.
William Humphrey of 2214 Mt. Vernon Ave is reported recovering after an eye injury suffered at Filson Sheet Metal Shop two weeks ago when a piece of galvanized metal flew into his eye.
O J Howard Sr of New Haven, recently ill, was celebrated by friends and relatives on his birthday Sunday. Guests included the Howards from New Haven and Letart, and families from Racine, Hartford, Portsmouth, Mason, Cheshire, and other nearby towns.
Jimmy Reynolds has recovered from illness at 905 Second St. James Easley, recently a surgical patient at Huntington Orthopedic Hospital, returned home to his parents at 708 Viand St. Mrs. John Gerwig, 2606 Garfield Ave, is improved after flu at home. Eugene and Mrs. Pierce, 2614 Garfield Ave, visited Charleston relatives. Robert Willis, 2014 Jefferson Ave, returned home after visiting Ashville, N C. Charles King, Dunbar, spent Sunday with his wife's parents Otis and Mrs. Rainey in Bellemeade. Robert Ferguson, 152 Park Dr, visited Ravenswood relatives and Don Ferguson in Ripley. Mrs. Ezekiel Sayre, Leon Route, improved from pneumonia after two weeks. Sayre is mother of Mrs. Early McKinney, 2111 Jefferson Ave. W C Bird, 1813 Jefferson Blvd, slightly improved after a month ill at home.
The Star Dusters 4-H Club met at Vernon School with Belva Roush presiding. Madaline Lieving presented the secretary’s report and Ruth Roush led the program. A special meeting for adult counselors and officers was set for April 5 at Vernon School. Poems were read by Lieving and Adkins. Mrs. Foglesong showed photos from last year’s 4-H Camp.
Dana Adrian of Gallipolis sues O D Parsons of Portsmouth Road for 25000 in common pleas court. The petition by attorney William H. Jones claims Parsons backed into a car while mechanic was beneath it at Moore Motor Sales garage, attempting to move another car. Parsons is described as a real estate salesman.
In Gallipolis two men forfeited bonds and four were fined Monday in municipal court per city police. Wayne Saunders of Gallipolis forfeited a $15 bond for intoxication and Kenneth R. Miller of Norwalk forfeited a $15 bond for disobeying a stop sign. Harry B. Davis and Nelson Rice of Patriot were each fined $10 with costs for intoxicated and disorderly conduct. Charles Biffle and Vesta Fay Rose were fined $5 with costs for intoxication.
The State Highway Patrol reports two convictions for speeding in municipal court on Monday. Marvin T. Griffin 26 Kananga and Hera L. Casto 24 Mason City were fined 10 dollars and costs each.
Robert Lee Shoemaker aged 18 from Glenwood West Virginia and Annis Birchfield aged 19 from Northup are listed in the new local community notice.
A Gallia County reader questions a president backed two billion dollar housing bill for middle income families. He fears the cost, taxes, and potential shift toward upper class housing, while calling for restraint and reflecting on the burden on small taxpayers.
Mason County transfers include Harley A Burns to Charles Burdette and Cora L Burns to Burdette for one acre in Cologne District. Willie Edwards to Rena Turnbull and James Turnbull Jr for one acre with coal rights in Waggener District. Esther Reynolds Jr to Pauline and William Wamsley Jr for one fifth acre in Lewis District. A marriage license was issued in Point Pleasant to Henry Hunt and Ora Durst.
Gallipolis Fraternal Order of Eagles Aerie 2290 nominated GALLIPOLIS BUELL Hayes for worthy president and named Delbert Dray as vice president Dann O Taber as chaplain Jerold Parsons as treasurer and George Johnson as worthy conductor. Trustees nominated were Jess Hodge Forest Davis and Earl Carter with an election set for next week.
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