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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Nov 12, 1963

Page

7

North Gallia School Board adds Vinton teacher

Gallia county officials voted to create a vacancy and hire a new teacher at Vinton school as the seventh grade class has 52 pupils. Principal Walter Neal says total enrollment exceeds 300 with nine teachers, and state rules would allow ten under a 30 to 1 ratio.

Gallipolis North Gallia Vinton School W. Carter Massie Vinton Walter Neal Neal Miles Sanger Chesteria Lee Marshall McClaskey Mas

Seniors We Take Test At Gallia Academy High

Gallia Academy High School seniors are set to take the Ohio Senior Scholarship Test Thursday under guidance counselor Glyde Evans. Principal James N. M. Davis announced the list of 22 seniors and other school board actions.

Gallipolis Gallia Academy High School Ohio Glyde Evans James N. M. Davis Don Winters Charles Clark Norman Lanier Gary Jobe Gene Robinson Judy Judd Carolyn Jo King Frank Niday Bill Jones Delmas Morris Carol Grace Tina Gabrielli Jim Magnussen John Sheets Steve Bower Karen Worman Sharon Grose Linda Hoffman Sally Lease Ralph Lusher Gene McDaniel George Somerville

Boss Nicht Plans Made at Gallipolis Club

Mrs. Ethel Wambaugh of East Liverpool will speak at 6 30 p m Monday for the fifth annual boss night of the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women Club at Grace Methodist Church. She is an associate in the G E Eckert Advertising Agency with over 25 years in the field. Principal James N M Davis announced a Veterans Day observance at Gallia Academy High School with taps and a minute of silence.

Gallipolis Ethel Wambaugh James N. M. Davis Gallia Academy High School

New Civil War Novel Featured With 9 Other Volumes At Gallia Library

Gallia County District Library added ten new books in circulation. The Richmond Raid by John Brick chronicles Kilpatrick’s daring 1864 plan to burn Richmond and free prisoners, a central Civil War episode. Other fiction titles include Love Let Me Not Hunger and The Lost and The Found. Non fiction topics cover baby care, world affairs, and animal training.

Gallipolis Richmond John Brick Gallia County District Library Lee Hugh Judson Kilpatrick Belle Isle Libby Jefferson Davis Gallico Chidhester Stephen Crane Gullason Davis Wall Smith Covkendall Hoffman Tharp

Truck Hits Empty School Bus in Gallipolis

City police report a morning collision on Fourth Ave above Vine St between a truck driven by Julian Stevens and a school bus driven by Emerson C Corbin. The bus had no passengers. no charges were filed. Also noted, a sail-powered hydrofoil for the U.S Navy exceeded 30 knots during Lake Mendota trials.

Gallipolis Fourth Ave Vine St Julian Stevens Kananga Emerson C Corbin U.S Navy Lake Mendota Wis

Man Pleads Innocent in Gallipolis DWI Case

Billy Penn Fisher, 30, of Harrisburg North Carolina, arrested November 2 by city police, pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to driving while intoxicated. No trial date set. Bond of $1000 posted and continued, Fisher released. In other cases Judge Sowers fined Robert Richards, 44, Bidwell, $10 and costs for intoxication. Lloyd Ecker, 65, Gallipolis, and Dowle Parks, 19, Martins Ferry, each forfeited a $25 bond for intoxication.

Gallipolis Billy Penn Fisher Harrisburg N.C Fisher William H. Sowers Robert E. Richards Bidwell Lloyd Ecker Dowle R. Parks Martins Ferry

Two Women Injured in Separate Falls

Mrs. Garnet McMillin, 80, of Winton Route 1, admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured right hip after a fall at home. Mrs. Carl N. Martin, 64, of Chesapeake, admitted at Mer cer ville with a fractured left arm. both listed in good condition.

Gallipolis Garnet McMillin Winton Holzer Hospital Carl N. Martin Chesapeake Mercerville

Damaged text fragment reports river conditions and dam status

Fragmentary notes describe multiple rivers including Kanawha and Ohio with mentions of dams, ship routes, and measurements. The garbled OCR lists crests, falls, and movable dams in Huntington District and Kanawha River area, with scattered times and figures.

Giaiges Gallipolis Polleps Alia Pormery Kreentdrey Kanawha Falls Obie Huntington Distriet

Crown City Drivers Fined and Jailed in DWI Crackdown

Crown City judge William H. Sowers fined and jailed Louis F. Drummond 42 with six month license suspension for DWI and five day jail terms on additional charges. Bernard Wells 29 and Emmett Akers 36, both of Crown City and Gallipolis Route 2, received $50 fines, five days in jail, and six month license suspensions. Wells changed a prior plea to guilty. Gwen Fisher 30 Gallipolis Route 2 had license charges postponed due to medical treatment.

Gallipolis William H. Sowers Louis F. Drummond Crown City Drummond DWI Sowers Bernard R. Wells Emmett L Akers Wells Gwen Fisher

Cathy Clark I Appointed To Gallia Extension Committee

Cathy Clark was named representative to the Gallia County extension advisory committee during a 4H Junior Leadership Club meeting at Grace Methodist Church. The group discussed an OSU College of Agriculture tour on Dec 7 and plans for a 1964 Canter's Cave 4-H Camp.

Gallipolis Cathy Clark Gallia County Grace Methodist Church Ohio State University College of Agriculture Bryson R. Carter Canter's Cave Jackson Anita Robinson Ross Hamrick

Southwestern Board Names New School Leaders

The South western school board Monday night hired Clay Baker as executive head of the Southwestern School district replacing James N. Webster who resigned before the fall and is now at Utica. Opal Miller Lloyd was named English instructor and Baker’s replacement as principal at Southwestern High School. Contracts run until June 30, 1966.

Gallipoles Southwestern School Board Clay Baker Southwestern High School Southwestern Baker James N. Webster Utica Southwestern Board Opal Miller Lloyd Unti

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