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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1956
Page
8
GALLIPOLIS. C M Swisher of Bidwell Route 1 was admitted to Holzer Hospital after a farmer's tractor ran over his right leg. Family said brakes slipped while he worked on the farm vehicle at home.
Southwestern Local Board of Education Monday night let contracts totaling $389,417 for the new high school building. The general contract went to Ohio Valley Construction Co. on its bid of $283,763 with three alternates including aluminum windows and fascia and asbestos tile. Plumbing went to A J Stockmeister for $24,472. Electric to Haskins Electric Co. for $26,100. Lewis Distributing Co. for $9,980 supplied kitchen equipment. Columbus Heating and Ventilating Co. won the heating job for $41,729.
Ferry L Dillon about 60 died suddenly in Dayton. He was Crown City Mayor O A Dillons brother. Born Nov 26 in southern Gallia or northern Lawrence counties he moved to Dayton in 1942 and worked as senior interviewer for the U S Employment Service. Survived by his father A L Dillon Crown City. son Donovan in Dayton. four grandchildren. brothers Stanley Crown City and Arnold Dillon Springfield. Funeral Wednesday in Gallipolis First Baptist Church with graveside at Crown City Cemetery.
Last rites for Mrs. Sally Estella Woodward aged 59 were conducted at Wetherholt funeral home with Rev. Paul M. Niswander officiating. Burial is planned in Mound Hill Cemetery. She died Saturday in Holzer Hospital after a three day stay. Widow of Capt. Tom Woodward, her river captain husband who died in 1946. Survived by brother Alva Sawyer of Columbus and sister Ruth Doepping, plus two sons and a daughter.
Rufus C. Grover 82 collapsed and died of a heart attack in his Turkey Run home yard near Cheshire. Gallia County acting coroner Dr. J. Gordon Gibert ruled natural causes. A passerby found him around 6:30 p.m. with a rope attached to a bucket in his hand. He would have turned 83 next September 25. Body at Miller's funeral home.
Glenn Burgess 22 of Huntington posted 15 dollar bond to secure his appearance in Pom eroy court on a speeding charge filed by the Gallipolis post of the patrol.
Rio Grande trustees Lewis White Denver Kerr and Jim Walker met with Mayor George S Northup and the council for a second consecutive first Monday of the month. The meeting continued the April 2 discussion on fire equipment with no action taken. Finley Richards reported on attending the Gallia County District Health Advisory group meeting on April 9. Rio Grande voted to hold clean-up day next Tuesday and to shift the summer meeting time to 8 p.m. from June through August. Crown City and Cheshire councils paid bills. Crown City, led by May or Orin A Dillon, also attended to ditching and tiling. Cheshire, under Mayor Leith J Reynolds, discussed obtaining natural gas service for residents.
Gallipolis crowd hears Municipal Judge William H. Janes extol Boy Scouts as a powerful nonracial force against juvenile delinquency. He cites FBI and local examples, lauds Troop 200 recharter, and notes future troop meetings at the former VFW Hall on Court Street.
Gallipolis Ohio area traffic notes report two West Virginia school bus drivers returning from Huntington with a high school band were arrested for speeding. Donald Adams, 35, Newport Ohio and Howard D. Elliott, 40, St. Marys West Virginia cited for 60 mph. Additional speeding fines and citations issued to several residents by local judges and mayors for various offenses including unsafe operation and losing coal on the highway.
The ceremony took place at Dunton Presbyterian Church New York on Saturday April 28 at 3 PM. Frances Northup a Gallia County native and former resident became Mrs George Hyman of New York City. Attendants were Mr and Mrs Michael Moroz and witnesses included Hyman daughters Gloria Pearl Pauline and the Morozs. The couple reside at 114-30 One Hundred and Thirty-Fifth St South Ozone Park Queens.
Sandra Pinschmidt daughter of Dr and Mrs Norman W Pinschmidt was crowned May Queen at the Community youth center in St Peters Episcopal Church parish house Saturday night. Cliff Smith acting Messenger correspondent in Point Pleasant placed the crown on Sandra and kissed her and each of the four princesses Sue Dailey Donna Cornwell Charlene Evans and Penny Fish Karen Smith presided as the youngsters elected the May Queen and her court.
Mrs Hilah Lutz Anna Stevens Lola Mae Sutter Mabel Tawney Mabel Waugh Edith Hutsinpiller and Mabel Brown attended the Oak Hill inspection by Mrs Marjorie Bean Newcomerstown worthy grand matron of Ohio. Most 24th district chapters joined the dinner before the inspection.
Sharon Lynn Hazlett celebrated her fourth birthday Sunday at the home of her grandmother Mrs. Pearl Hazlett near Bladen. Twenty guests attended, enjoying games, refreshments, and gifts for the honoree.
The French Colony chapter of the D A R installed officers Monday afternoon at the Hotel Lafayette after a luncheon for 19 members and guests. Miss Anne Hill presided, inducting Miss Mary Cutler as regent and naming the new officers, with entertainment by Jack Brown and Karen Davis. Carolyn Sisson, named Good Citizen of Ohio, and Barbara Null were acknowledged amid remarks on Sisson’s Cleveland trip to receive Ohio conference awards.
Ricky Dean Saunders died unexpectedly at 3 30 p m Saturday at his home 2763 East Sixth Columbus just two days before he would have been six months old He was the son of Harry Lee and Dorothy Lenore Church Saunders Survived by a 17 months old sister Kathy Lee his parents grandparents Mr and Mrs Loren Sanders Crown City Murray Church of Mercer ville and Mrs Audrey Jolliff great grandparents Marion J Clary Crown City and Mrs Ed Church Gallipolis Funeral services were held Monday afternoon at Siloam Church with burial in Sanders ville Cemetery
Gallipolis Clay Local reviewed applications for a cook and a teacher. The notice mentions a morning field meet and an afternoon softball tournament next Monday with Addison Kyger Bulaville and Clay participating. Two tournaments will run for boys and girls.
Kyger Creek Local Board of Education met Monday with George Walter of Lagedrost and Walter of Dayton, chosen April 30 to design Cheshire Township Elementary School. Walter will confer this afternoon with C Comer Bradbury, executive head of the Kyger Creek system. The firm also drew up plans for Kyger Creek High School auditorium music room and swimming pool.
Gallipolis mayor George S. Northup fined James Robert Evans 30 of Rio Grande five dollars plus costs for driving under suspension and sentenced him to two days in jail but suspended the jail time and allowed the two days to be served later.
Wayne Gibson of 144 Hudson Street Middleport was admitted Saturday to Holzer Hospital with a left leg laceration after falling from a fuel oil delivery truck, his family said.
GALLIPOLIS Ohio Local Board of Education voted 3 1 to merge with Guyan and Harrison local school districts. Vic Holley made the motion Joe Call seconded President Earl Angel joined to pass. J Donald Pollitt Jr opposed. Absent Tom Gooldin. County board action scheduled for May 19. April 21 prior meeting noted about Ohio Township seceding to join Clay district.
The Gallia County Commissioners reported a tentative stance on forming a county planning commission after a survey by the County Commissioners Association of Ohio. They answered no to having a planning commission and no to lacking a regional planning group, with undecided on obtaining more information. The board also ordered a Drake Fork Road survey, moved funds from relief to disabled, approved a motor grader purchase on deferred terms, and warned the elections board to fix its courthouse office within 10 days or face a state fire marshal inspection. An architect will be consulted on the office space situation.
An eighth grade child reported receiving a beating at home twice in three days prompted a board discussion at Gallia County Child Welfare Board. The board, with Florence Trainer absent, agreed to await Juvenile Court Judge John W. Howell's return from Florida before raising the matter with him.
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