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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1953

Page

13

Hospital Week Observance At Holzer Hospital

Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis will host an open house on Sunday May 10 from 1 to 8 PM to celebrate National Hospital Week. Tours will cover old and new sections and include the historic Dionne quint incubator and a modern incubator showing the hospital’s evolving neonatal care. Wayne B. Foster cites special displays and guided tours led by hospital staff.

Gallipolis Holzer Hospital Wayne B. Foster Daniel Dafoe Callendar Ontario Cincinnati Keith Brandeberry Coolville Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology Foster Keith R. Brandeberry Messenger

Funeral for Lola Romaine Sisson in Gallipolis

Miss Lola Romaine Sisson 91 died Wednesday evening at a niece’s home. Funeral services 2:30 p.m. at Gravel Hill Cemetery with Rev. Sherley Wood officiating. Born August 13 1861 in Cheshire Township she was the last surviving family member. Nieces Leota Shuler Mary Swisher and nephew James Thompson survive. Burial followed at Miller funeral home with pallbearers Curt Swisher Fred Mulford Leith Reynolds James Thompson Art Swisher Floyd Thomas.

James Thompson Miller Funeral Home Curt Swisher Fred Mulford Leith Reynolds Art Swisher Floyd Thomas

Truck Driver Suffered Head Injury in Jackson County

James Earl Roberts, 23, of Ewington, admitted to Holzer Hospital after a truck rollover at the intersection of Routes 337 and 124 in Jackson County. His mother said he and a companion were driving when Roberts swerved to avoid cars, struck a guard rail, and overturned the light truck. Jackson Highway Patrol investigated.

Gallipolis James Earl Roberts Ewington Holzer Hospital Jackson County Roberts

Gallia County Land Transfers Dozens of Property Deals

A Gallia County notice lists multiple transfers across townships including Clay, Harrison, Racoon, Perry, and Walnut. Entries name buyers and sellers such as Nellie Halderman to Scott, James Haskins to Murray, Gallia Coal Co. to Lambert, and others involving 2 to 62 acre parcels and lots in Racoon, Gallipolis, Cheshire, Centerville, and Patriot townships.

Nellie Halderman Robert Rebecca Scott Clay Township James E. Haskins Ivan E. Murray Guyan Township Gallia Coal Co Perry Erma Lambert Harrison Township Emma Lambert Gallia Coa Co Harrison Anna Margaret Wilson Virgil Jessie Lemon Raccoon Township Walter Viola Bartrum Dorothy Gibbs Springfield Max Mabel M. Tawney Carl C. Myers Lot Gallipolis Carl C. Meyers Leslie M Dorothy L. Rayburn William and Opal Saunders William H R. T. Davis Luther Marshalline Burnett Patriot Emory E. Gordon Robert Gordon Als Cheshire Township Frederick W. Shafer Woodrow and Mary Hall Centerville Ernest and Ethel Clark E. N Alice Wiseman Perry Township Mabel Edith Corn L. H Florence Wickline Worthy Maggie Jeffers John Pearl Colegrove Walnut Township

Improper Lights Charged Gallipolis

City officers report the arrest of John Edison Lewis of Asbury West Virginia on a charge of improper lights. He posted a fifteen dollar bond for appearance May 1.

Gallipolis John Edison Lewis Asbury W. Va

Mrs. Laura Swick Hammond Dies at 75 in Gallipolis

Mrs. Laura Swick Hammond aged 75 died at 1 a m at her home 947 Second Ave Gallipolis after 30 years of partial invalidism. She leaves son Lyman Swick four Ward brothers a grandson Don Swick and her second husband Gordon Hammond whom she wed in 1950. Private funeral services will be at McCoy funeral home Vinton Saturday at 1 p m with burial in Fultonham Cemetery Zanesville.

Gallipolis Laura Swick Hammond Second Ave Lyman Swick Charles Ward Grant Ward Floyd Ward Everett Ward Don Swick Gordon Hammond McCoy Vinton Fultonham Cemetery Zanesville

Gallipolis Driver Sentenced for Failure to Yield

Gallipolis resident John Robert Gordon aged 24 was fined $15 plus costs by Judge William H. Jones for failing to yield at Third and Cedar in an earlier accident. His license was suspended for nine months. The driving left-of-center charge from a separate incident was held under advisement.

Athens County Ohio Edith Ashton John W. Ashton Fred Woodruff Mattle Martha Bodkin Isola Taylor Viola Conant James L. Davis Hannah Mildred Davis Wilda H. Dupler C. E. Dupler Mary L. Dillon Robert Gamwell Thomas Gamwell Marie Hooper Harry Hooper Elpha A. Howe Miles H. Howe Gilbert Johnson Max E. Huston Harold J. Rose Lewis F. Jones Florence Meeks Robert E. Meeks H. L. Murrey Eddie R. Murrey John Parmiter Mae Parmiter Evelyn Potts W.w.a Theodore E. Potts Dorothy Vorhes Minnie M. Vorhes Mary Williams Wilbur S. Williams Lucy Misner Robert Boscoe Foster B. Cornwell Hettle M. Campbell Eleanor P. Fisher Sarah Alice Fisher Frederick Alderman Fisher Wilma Mae Gilbert Marvin Nelson Gilbert Wm. Parker Walker Vera Mae Hunter Logan J. Ice M. L. Ice Joel B. Draper Vernon Ray Johnson Joseph B. Marshall Agnes Marshall Edith Meek Lewis Meek, Jr Blanche McAfooces Talmadge D. McAfoces Emma Norris Gerald Norris Samuel Burskine Marion H., Pickett, Jr James W. Pitts Dale P. Pitts Mary FE. Omen J. Barrett Walker Lucille White Shirley Elaine White Anita Lucille White Leonard Martin Ella Woodyard Mary Goodwin Floyd Barrett Bank of Athens Nba Hull Foster, Jr Helen Foster Dickenson Witt Rose A. Foster Joe B Draper Susie Hornsby Nina Gean Calaway Lewis V. Maynard Clyde H Maynard L. G Maynard John F Newcomb Gallipolis John Robert Gordon William H. Jones Third and Cedar Jones

Stolen Car Found in Gallia as Driver Sought

The State Highway Patrol recovered a car Thursday in Gallia. It had been reported stolen from a Circleville dealer the previous day after being taken from the lot for a test drive. The driver was not with the car and remains at large.

Gallipolis State Highway Patrol Gallia Circleville

Holzer Hospital Births and Admissions

Births include a daughter to Mr and Mrs Clayton Wise of Oak Hill. Admissions list numerous patients from Gallipolis Wellston Racine and nearby towns including Claude Swann and Mrs Herbert Whitlock, with medical and surgical cases. The notice names many patients and associated relatives across multiple communities.

Clayton Wise Oak Hill Claude Swann Gallipolis Herbert Whitlock Ronald Dean Winters Wellston Medical James Lewis Point Pleasant Surgical Charles Christian Jackson Stanley Ervin Jesse E. Starcher Bidwell C. W. Harman Pomeroy S. G. Martt John Everett Evans, Jr Elmer E. Brown Racine Joan E. Canter Oak Hil Ross R. Woods Earl Clark Ironton

Alimony Suit Filed In Gallipolis Court

Doris L. Johnson has filed an alimony action against Bernard O. Johnson in the Common Pleas Court records show.

Gallipolis Doris L. Johnson Bernard O. Johnson Common Peas

Building Fund To Be Aided By Festival

New Haven plans a festival at the New Haven Grade School Saturday evening to aid the community building fund. The Recreation Foundation reports over 1600 already raised for the purchase and the festival proceeds will be added to that total. Additional fund raising projects are in preparation.

New Haven Recreation Foundation

Gallipolis Church News and Events This Week

Local church notices list weekly worship times, services, and church meetings across several denominations in Gallipolis. Key events include First Presbyterian Sunday school at 9 30 am and worship at 10 30 am with A Good Mother, St Peters Episcopal Rogation Sunday services, and Grace Methodist Mother s Day messages plus youth fellowships and midweek activities.

First Presbyterian L. H. Stebbins ST. Peters Episcopal Richard H. Ash Mary and Martha Guild Cincinnati ST. Louis Adolph Golubiewski GSI First Baptist W. H. Green Bible Mothers Young Peoples Fellowship Paint Creek Preston C. Smith Grace Methodist Paul M. Niswander Methodist Church Board of Education Grace Guy Smith Third Ave NYPS Church OF Christ Lewis Mikell Church OF God H. M. Smith

Rummage Sale at Court House Morning Sale Adverts

A jumble of local notices promotes a rummage sale at the Court House on Saturday at 7 AM hosted by the Woman's Auxiliary of the Church of the Good Shepherd. It also lists shop names like Athens Pharmacy and Glaxo for linoleum care.

Court House Woman's Auxiliary Church of the Good Shepherd

Bladen Man Samuel Litteral Dies in Holzer Hospital

Samuel Litteral 79 of Bladen died at 6 a m Thursday in Holzer Hospital after four weeks of illness. The time of services remains undetermined pending notification of distant relatives. He had been ill since last summer. Survivors include his widow a brother and two sisters.

Gallipolis Samuel Litteral Bladen Holzer Hospital

Divorce Petition Cites Gross Neglect in West Virginia case

Lucille Conner Dixon sues Lawrence Edgar Dixon in Common Pleas Court seeking custody and support for two children and a restraining order over jointly owned property. The petition cites gross neglect and asks for division of family assets. The Dixons married in Point Pleasant, West Virginia, on June 6, 1934.

Common Pleas Court Lucille Conner Dixon Lawrence Edgar Dixon Dixons Point Pleasant W. Va

River Traffic Tide Feeds Ohio River Movements

Gauge readings at 2 p.m. Thursday show rising river levels across locks and points including Lock 18 at 14.6 and Lock 23 at 18.0 feet. Boat movements list multiple up and down transits on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers with times from 10:10 a.m. to 2:35 p.m. including Patsy Chotin Criss Jr and Pioneer among others.

Gallipolis Winfield Kanawha Falls Point Pleasant Ohio River Patsy Chotin Criss Jr Creditor Jolly Roger Pain Pioneer Francis Down Pe Stevenson Lucas Jefferson Cherokee Dawson Penn Semet Indiana Kanawha Marmet Patriot Ogram Solvey Castle Jones Criss

Driver Fined Fifteen Dollars for Reckless Driving

Charles I Hamilton of New Straitsville Route 1 pleaded guilty to reckless operation of a motor vehicle. He was fined 15 dollars plus costs after arrest by Sheriff A. J. Waldron on an affidavit by Walter Wilk of West Street Logan, arraigned before Magistrate S. B. Whitehart.

Logan Charles I Hamilton New Straitsville Hamilton A. J. Waldron Walter Wilk West St S. B. Whitehart

Thespians To Initiate At Point Pleasant High School

Point Pleasant Troupe 88 of the national Thespians will initiate members at 8 p.m. at the Moose Home, followed by a 9 p.m. to midnight dance with Johnny's Rhythmaires. Mrs. Edward Jackson advises. Edith Schneider helped organize the troupe in 1932.

Point Pleasant The Thespians Point Pleasant High School Johnny John McNeill Joe Buffington Pat Yeager Michael Easley Jimmy Gaskins Paul Edward Smith Mickey Whalen John Eckels Sandra Jones Anna Lou Dunn Beverly Wedge Evelyn Wiseman Marlene Bumgardner Ann Williams Shirley Thomas Eva Hill Peggy Hatton Ronnie Roush Lynn Smith Glenna Allison Carolyn Wartenburg

Point Pleasant Resident Dies at 86

Point Pleasant resident George William Doolittle, born June 22, 1866 in Clifton, died Friday at his J Road home. Survived by sons William Homer, Lewis Elmer, Emery Franklin, James Thomas Herbert, Curtis Frederick, and granddaughter Mary Margaret Stanley. Wife Margaret Eads Doolittle died 1936. Funeral arrangements handled by Franklin Funeral.

Point Pleasant George William Doolittle J. Road Clifton David W. Doolittle Nancy Worley Doolittle Doolittle Margaret Eads William Homer Lewis Elmer Emery Franklin James Thomas Herbert Curtis Frederick Mary Margaret Tanley Franklin Funeral Home

Trustees Announce Cemetery Clean Up at Ebenezer Cemetery

Logan residents were informed of a cemetery clean up at Ebenezer Baptist cemetery on Route 4 scheduled for Thursday May 14. Trustees Carl Griggs Elmer Howdyshell and Loren Howdyshell urged cooperation from those with relatives buried there.

Logan Ebenezer Baptist Cemetery Logan Route 4 Carl Griggs Elmer Howdyshell Loren Howdyshell

Hocking Valley Hospital Admits Several Patients

The Hocking Valley Hospital admitted Terry Donahoe of Dundas and John Christopher Green of Logan. Also admitted were William A. Blackford of Canton. Discharges included Mrs Ray Glandon of Londonderry Route 1 and Mrs Charlies Kienzle of Logan. Other listed patients include Inboden of Logan Route 4 and Mrs Harold Nixon of Logan. Mrs Thomas Felton of McArthur and Mrs Vernon Angle with daughter.

Terry Donahoe Dundas John Christopher Green Logan William A. Blackford Canton

Final Rites for Mrs Lucy May Nill Held

Rites conducted Wednesday at Leonard Funeral Home for 86 year old Lucy May Nill with Rev Lloyd Evans of Nelsonville officiating. Organ music by Mrs John T Underwood. Pallbearers John Parry Robert Parry John Bownes Elson Kennedy Thomas Brandt Richard Brandt. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.

Logan Lucy May Nill Leonard Funeral Home Lloyd Evans Nelsonville John T. Underwood John Parry Robert Parry John Bownes Elson Kennedy Thomas Brandt Richard Brandt Oak Grove Cemetery

Shower Planned for Arnold Family at Church

The Pilgrim Holiness Church will host a miscellaneous shower for Mr and Mrs Pearl Arnold at the church on May 14. The Arnold family lost all belongings in a fire early Monday.

Carbondale Pilgrim Holiness Church Pearl Arnold Arnold

Market Report Cincinnati Livestock Prices AP

USDA marked salable hogs 2300 active with hogs up 25 and sows 25 higher. Cattle calves limited activity with steers, yearlings and cows showing varied per weight classes. Vealers 24 to 27, sheep and lambs scattered with good woolly lambs 20 to 23 dollars. ewes around 150 pounds noted.

Cincinnati USDA

Poultry and Egg Market Notes From Cincinnati

Summary of egg grades and weights with FOB Cincinnati pricing terms. Lists white and brown egg categories with grade ranges and percent quality, current receipts, and case exchange figures. Includes poultry weights, heavy and light hens and rooster weight ranges.

Cincinnati

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