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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1954
Page
5
Logan High School honored seniors and other students at an awards assembly in the auditorium. Principal Howard Kirk and Superintendent George Carr led the program recognizing six top senior honor students and numerous district state scholarship recipients with medals and certificates.
The Rev. Carl F. Lauer, former Logan pastor of St. Matthew and St. John churches, will celebrate his 50th ordination anniversary this Thursday and, with Mrs. Lauer, their golden wedding anniversary next Sunday. He also served as Army captain in World War II and later as Protestant chaplain at Western Penitentiary. He now resides at 503 Clara Ave in Houtzdale, Pennsylvania.
At Central High School cafeteria the Central PTA installed new officers including Mrs Howard Nowels as president and Mrs Marion Allen as first vice president. Mrs Gladys Webb was named second vice president, Mrs Richard Price secretary, and Mrs Carl Hoskins treasurer. Rooms of Mrs Jean Graham and Miss Elsie Martin received aquariums for largest attendance as the junior and senior bands under William Gasbarro performed.
Mrs Nellie Adams and three co hosts led the Euterpean Club meeting at Adams home on Monday. Programs for fall and winter were distributed and Debussy and Faure pieces highlighted a varied Modern French composers program. Members performed piano duets and solos with Satie Poulenc and Ravel works finishing the evening. Refreshments followed the close of the program.
Mrs. Richard Brandt hosted a Junior Tourist Book Club gathering at Brandt's restaurant and home. Officers elected: Marion Allen president, Fred Blume vice president, Richard Farmer secretary, Dean Dobison treasurer. June 1 picnic planned at Rachelmacher Park with many members present.
Lois Anderson of Logan Route 3 files for divorce from Richard Anderson of Route 3 in Hocking County Common Pleas Court. She seeks custody of a minor child, support money, alimony and equitable relief.
City police investigated two minor crashes over Friday and Saturday. Richard E. Rife, 21, of Middleport Route 1, and James A. Green, 55, of 443 E Main St., collided at FE Main and Culver when Rife turned onto Main. Green was stopped at a red light. Both cars sustained tender damage. In the second crash, taxi driver Raymond Holcomb, Logan Route 4, north on Warner Ave, struck Allen T. Smith, 25, of 460 Zanesville Ave, driving east on Church St. both vehicles had body damage.
Curtis McWilliams 38 of Gore Route 1 was fined 200 dollars and costs and sentenced to three days in the county jail after pleading guilty to drunken driving before Mayor Joseph Phillips. He had a prior mayor's court charge for the same offense.
The Ohio River gauges near Gallipolis read 18.8 and 15.8 feet, with 18 feet on the rollers Sunday. Dams rise from Lock 13 to Lock 23, then drop to Lock 35. Kanawha Falls high at 7.1 feet. Montgomery dam at 11 feet. Several craft including a new Pittsburgh boat on its maiden trip and multiple up and down movements are noted at various river mileages and locks.
John Zimmerman 18 Bill Bonecut ter 20 of Point Pleasant and Stanley Barry 49 of Scottown are slated for a hearing this afternoon before Municipal Judge William H. Jones on charges of intoxication.
Officers were reelected at a meeting of the Hocking County Republican Central and Executive Committees after a dinner in Blossers banquet room. Twenty six committeemen attended. Dean Collison of Logan was named chairman for two years along with John Maraz Murray City as vice chairman Charles Chidester of Logan as treasurer and Mrs Glayds Proctor Gore as secretary. Central committeemen for precincts with no candidates were deferred to a later date creating eleven vacancies.
Charles W Guess of Logan near Starr Township died Sunday after a long illness. He is survived by wife Hattie and three sons, Walter and Herbert of Zanesville, Clarence of Logan, and daughter Mrs John Rohrer of Cincinnati. Services Tuesday at Woodard funeral home with Revs A N Grueser and Stanley T Benton officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
Lafayette Post 27 of the American Legion sponsors a carnival at Holzer airport beginning today. Legionnaires will transport Gallia County Children's Home residents to the event for rides and refreshments and return them after the carnival.
Marriage license applications list several couples: Vernon W. Mitchell 22 Mid dleport electrician and Janet Gaynell Dent 17 Cheshire student. James H. Holley 24 Northup and Rose Lee Lear 19 Gallipolis waitress. Grover C. Long 61 Gallipolis carpenter and Florence Heil 46 Gallipolis clerk. Newt Radekin 58 Gallipolis motel operator and Myrtle Rinehart of Gallipolis. Loren K. McCall 42 Gallipolis interior decorator and Jeanette Leport 23 Gallipolis.
Gallipolis city police charged Dock Roland Wilson, 31, of Gallipolis with speeding and docketed him this afternoon in Gallipolis municipal court.
Samuel Dean Smith aged 19 of Mercerville Star Route faces Gallipolis Municipal Court this afternoon on a charge involving an operator's license. The city police cited him for the license violation.
Gallipolis resident Arthur Persinger 34 was fined six dollars with no costs by Municipal Judge William H. Jones on a city police charge of disorderly conduct.
Gordon B. Gray as Administrator filed April 5 1954 in Athens County Ohio Probate Court Cause No 21046 to sell Mary Dorothy Devol estate real estate and determine liens. Betty Jane Harper and others with unknown heirs are named and must answer by May 24 1960. 4-12-60t
Gallipolis reports Alan Pete Nibert won the economy run covering 87 miles through Vinton Wilkesville Hamden Wellston Jackson and back to Gallipolis. He posted 65.25 ton miles per gallon in a 1952 station wagon. Charles Jeffers observed and scored, with GAHS booster and prize money from Terminal Oil and Quaker State.
James A Dunn, 79, of Vinton Route 1 died at 10 p m Saturday in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a month as a patient. He was born May 16 1875 in Mason County to Thomas J and Rhoda Casey Dunn and married Mahala Cremeens in 1898. He ran a grocery at Apple Grove and later bought the Braley farm near Vinton. Survived by wife, six children, a brother Grant Dunn, and six grandchildren. Last rites set for 2 p m Wednesday at Vernon McCoy funeral home with burial in Vinton Memorial Park.
Gallia County Junior Leadership Club met at Canter school with 16 members present. They set a Charleston West Virginia tour for June 20 and accepted an invitation to July 12 from Lawrence County Junior Leadership Club. County Agent Bill Smith spoke on State Junior Leadership Camp and Canter's Caves 4-H camp periods. Members must belong to a local 4-H club before joining. President Jerry Evans presided.
Morris Webster and family moved Thursday from Route 141 to 116 Second Ave the home of his late mother Mrs J S Webster The Websters sold their Route 141 home to Robert L Meyers and family who now reside at 557 Second Ave Maxwell Jordan moved from Wilkesville to 101 Cedar St and Leslie Jordan moved from Wilkesville to 564 Fourth Ave last Tuesday
GALLIPOLIS David E. Jenkins Perry Local School principal found his car rear window damaged after leaving it parked on Nebo Road near Gage at noon Saturday. When he returned late afternoon the glass showed criss crossed cracks making it opaque.
Mary Caldwell Love died at 8 45 a m Sunday after a lingering illness. Born November 8 1884 she married John Love in 1902 at her father Rev William Caldwell s home in Huntington Township. Survivors include her husband three sons and three daughters with a sister and two brothers. Final rites Tuesday at Vernon McCoy Funeral Home Vinton with Rev David Williams officiating burial in Vinton Memorial Park.
Gallipolis chapter elects Lloyd Roush as president and Jerry Evans as vice president to serve as official delegates to the June 5 FFA convention in Columbus. Half of their expenses will come from the chapter treasury. Seed corn contest winners listed Eugene Elliott Ronni Sheets and Eugene Brown. Officers installed include Secretary Tommy Grube Treasurer Brian McCown Reporter Richard Neal and Sentinel Eugene Kiliott.
Gallipolis Post reports a hit-skip dump truck driver sought by State Highway Patrol after three weekend incidents. The truck hit a barn owned by Erma Shumaker in Cheshire, then a pole for Ohio Bell, and caused minor damage. Several motorists faced minor or no injuries as officers filed charges and court dates.
Four money or foreclosure suits and three divorce actions were filed in Clerk of Courts Marjorie Rinehart's office. Divorces allege gross neglect of duty and cruelty. foreclosures target properties in Walnut Township and Bidwell with liens on taxes.
Gallipolis residents and Ohio University students Carl Dean Ray Circle and Joe Ross visited parents over the weekend. Marshall College student Roger Hood and families attended. other locals include Shirley Ann White and A20 Wirt Hackworth returning from leave. Attendees at the Southeastern District Class A meet in Athens included Gaynard Christ and the Knoutsen and Jenkins families. A 50th wedding anniversary was celebrated at 423 First Ave Gallipolis for the Donnallys with relatives from Toledo and Washington, D C. The Donnallys wed May 14 1% in Grace Methodist Church parsonage with two witnesses. Mrs. Charles Phillips visited Midport. Eva White traveled to Ashland Kentucky to visit relatives.
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