Harry Lackey To Speak At Annual Grid Banquet
Harry Lackey principal of Athens Junior High and longtime Southeast Ohio League coach will be the main speaker next Tuesday night at the Farmers Hotel in Gallipolis for the annual grid banquet.
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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 24, 1954
Page
5
Harry Lackey principal of Athens Junior High and longtime Southeast Ohio League coach will be the main speaker next Tuesday night at the Farmers Hotel in Gallipolis for the annual grid banquet.
Sixteen boys received Bobcat pins at the largest Pack 203 meeting in Gallipolis Grace Methodist Church. Dr. Raymond Pepe presented pins to parents for sons Gene Robinson John Blazer Richard O’Dell John Holzer Billy Jones George Newton Dennis Quillen Timothy O’Neal Dan O’Neal Billy Ned Eachus George Somerville Thomas White James Magnussen John Sheets Rodney Bailey Mike Dobbins. Training certificates were given to Dr. Pope Mrs. Arthur Sylvester Mrs. Dr. Newton and Mrs. Clovis O’Neal by Nelson Leace. The event drew about 109 attendees with dens performing skits and refreshments served.
William A. Blackford petitions for divorce from Audrey Leona Blackford on gross neglect of duty. Case No. 20545 seeks custody of minor children, control and education, and division of household goods. Hearing scheduled on or after December 11, 1964. Attorney for plaintiff John F. Newcomb.
At midnight Monday a car driven by Howard H. George 37 Huntington caught fire 3.2 miles north of Pomeroy Route 7. He pulled over but the vehicle burned completely before Gallipolis Post State Highway Patrol Pomeroy Fire Department Meigs County Sheriff Charlies Russell and the Pomeroy Emergency Squad could arrive.
Notice states Carl Newman of Buchtel Ohio is appointed Administrator of the Estate of Susan Newman late of Athens County. Creditors must file claims with the fiduciary within four months. Dated November 19, 194 ROGER J. JONES SR Probate Judge.
Gallipolis social notes report Mrs. S. L. Bossard reviewed Irving Stone s Love is Eternal for the English Club at Mrs. Paul M. Niswander s home. The review presents a different Lincoln biography, noting Stone portrays Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln as more deeply in love than most biographers claim. A Thanksgiving roll call and dessert followed. next meeting set for December 7 with Miss Maye Davis.
Mrs. Virginia Yoakum and daughters Nancy and Marian of Columbus visited weekend with Mr. and Mrs. Russell M. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert B. Bush traveled to Marietta for the funeral of Mrs. Bush's father George Schafer. Their son Jimmy Gilbert Bush joined his grandparents in Marietta to spend Thanksgiving.
Indian Prime Minister Nehru praised President Eisenhower as a peace worker before Parliament. He cited two near crises in March and September this year that passed without disaster and credited the U.S. leader for helping avert war.
Notice states bids will be received by the Lodi Township Board of Trustees until December 4 1954 for a Caterpillar tractor 30 and a pull type Caterpillar grader in good condition. Rams are to be submitted separately for each item and for both. The board reserves the right to reject any or all bids. Also notices appointing DH Sams administrator with will annexed of Roy F Hawk and C E Berry as executor claims deadlines and probate judge signatures appear with dates in Athens Ohio.
Nan A Daggett has filed a cross petition for divorce against Robert M Daggett in Athens County Court of Common Pleas case 20518. The petition seeks custody and education of a minor child, temporary and permanent alimony, attorney fees, and division of household goods. Hearing set on or after December 1, 194. Defendant listed as John of Opoome Cine Building, Stash or dant.
Gallia County Chapter of the American Red Cross told its executive board it must schedule four Huntington regional bloodmobile visits between year end and July 1. The Dec. 7 visit was canceled at the chapter’s request. The board noted an earlier promise of four stands per year totaling 700 pints. Upcoming visits will occur in January March April and June.
In Holzer Hospital notes several births announced including a daughter to Mr and Mrs George McCausland and a son to Mr and Mrs Robert McCluskey. Admissions list medical and surgical cases for patients across Gallipolis Vinton Jackson Pomeroy Point Pleasant and nearby towns. Names include Mrs Bart Smith Mrs Franklin Mooney T A Fox and many others.
In Canton a man and two women agreed Monday to return to Johnson City Tennessee to face robbery charges. The trio namely Godsman 25 Viola 17 and Merly Leist 21 were arraigned before U S Commissioner H A Horn and denied knowledge of the store robbery involving 20 dollars in cash clothing and a gun. The defendants were arrested in a Canton hotel.
The Federal Power Commission provisionally granted a wholesale natural gas rate increase to Hope Natural Gas Co of Clarksburg West Virginia but reduced the proposed rise from 3 29 million dollars to 2 174587 million annually The company had sought 3 29 million dollars
A Gallia County jury found Brady Hayes of Columbus guilty of larceny by trick for taking a dog from George B French with a promise to return it. Hayes posted appeal bond immediately and the case proceeds to Common Pleas Court before Judge Robert M Betz.
French and Tunisian rebels clash in the Sidi Aiche Mountains near Gatse leaving 20 guerrillas and 1 French soldier killed. Nine French wounded and rebels captured amid a looming one day grace period and planned truce.
Gallipolis report states Municipal Judge Witlem H. M. Janes fined John Schwendeman ten dollars for speeding on a State Highway Patrol citation.
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