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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1964
Page
6
Gallipolis officials report about $900 remains to cover more Christmas decorations for City Park. John Foster and crew began installing decorations in the park as part of the project.
Nancy Lee Uhl of Point Pleasant will wed Omar Edward Bradley of Athens Route 4 in a 1:30 p.m. double ring ceremony at the First Church of God officiated by Rev. Clarence Dillion. Bradley, an all state football player from Point Pleasant High and UNC alum, and his family host a reception at the Uhl home.
The Naomi Bible Class of Bellemeade EUB Church held a Thanksgiving themed potluck meal with a devotional program and business session. Hostesses were Nellie Schools Hilda Barringer Betty Dickens and Marie Forbus. Guests included Polly Fowler and Ethel Martin.
George T. Hill a Huntington and Gallipolis CPA spoke on the new income tax law as Gallipolis Rotary distributed tax forms. The club announced 164 Christmas basket applications with more expected than last year and noted its attendance contest win with Point Pleasant. Visiting Rotarian Bill Knight and Cincinnati doctors Dr. Richard Goodrich and Dr. Benjamin Smith attended.
The Hartford town council discussed forming a volunteer fire department after Mayor William Kelly announced that Andy Wilson of Mason County donated a fire truck. A water system contractor halted work and faces a ten day start or forfeit notice. A traffic survey will set a safe speed limit on West Point Road. Village treasury stands at $1626.49.
Report covers water levels and lock status on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. Dams on the Kana wha system run on the sill with all rollers engaged. listed boat movements show arrivals and departures through Huntington district locks with precise times and vessel names.
The Beech Hill Telstars 4-H Club schedules a Thanksgiving pot luck dinner on November 25 at 6 30 p m at Beech Hill School. Members should bring their own table service and beverage.
Surprise towboats Memphis Zephyr and Dixie Star pass through, with Zephyr now out of Wilmington Delaware and owned by American Commercial Barge Line Co. Ice piers on Kanawha River to be removed, Union gunboat Cairo salvage progress, Greenup Dam lock status, and Greene Line announces 1965 river cruise schedule including Delta Queen stop in Gallipolis on June 15, 1965.
A long listing of newborns and furnishing parents names and locations across Ohio and Kentucky. Includes infants of Neville, Lee, Howell, Bays, Hope, Conley, Culver, Bowyer, Brogan, Ward, Unger, Rose, White, Poling, Rutherford, Jones, Ecker, Jeffers, Flowers, Watson, Moss, Stevenson, Fowler, Richards, Null, Duncan, Sprouse, Milhoan, Gibson, Saunders, Scherer, Williams, Dixon, Funk, Hite, and McAbee families.
Members of American Legion Auxiliary Post 23 and Legion reps John Caynor and Junior McKinney set plans for the annual Christmas party for Legion children and guests. The event runs December 20 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Legion home. Treasurer Mrs. Faye Barnette will mail gifts to West Virginia veterans hospitals and gift shops. Frances Durst presided as plans formed to order 2000 pop pies made by veterans in WV hospitals. Hostesses served refreshments.
Mildred L. De Lille 23 and Hal S. Borden 59 were in a collision on Rodney Bidwell Rd a mile north of Route 35. Borden was cited for driving left of center. De Lille suffered a bruised shoulder but declined treatment. Damage reported to both vehicles and fence.
Admitted were Edgar Hope from Henderson, Addi son Ohio, Mrs. Raymond Taylor from Ohio, Mrs. Eva Warten burg from Point Pleasant. Dismissed were Richard Nibert from Hogsett, Mrs. W. R. Doolittle from Point Pleasant, Thomas Cockrell and Eleanor from W. Va.
Six of 19 candidates in the November 3 general election have filed expense accounts or statements of no expenses with the Gallia County Board of Elections. Deadline is 4 p.m. December 18. Failure to file disqualifies a candidate for five years, six if the office term is six years. Sept. Albert R. Durose filed.
A car and a tractor trailer side swiped on the Shadle Bridge Tuesday at 8 30 p m with no injuries. The incident involved a vehicle leased by M T Epling Co Gallipolis driven by Clare Ed Gettles 28 of Kanauga and a southbound Valley Steel Co tractor trailer from St Louis Mo driven by Robert L Wulff of Vienna Mo. The text also mentions a committee expense account in a separate note.
Teenville will host a joint junior and senior high session Saturday in the old GAHS gym. Teen Ville membership cards began Nov. 21 and students must present a card to enter the canteen, stated Principal James N. M. Davis.
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