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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1957
Page
6
The Daughters of Ruth Class of the United Methodist Church postponed its regular meeting to September 12. The Sep 12 gathering will be at Mrs. Jacob Mees home, 311 East State Street, Athens, with Mrs. Minnie Neutzling as co hostess.
Meigs County Sheriff Robert C. Hartenbach seeks information on Harold Caster, 26, missing from his Carpenter home for about a week. Caster, pale with dark wave front, 140 pounds, wore a blue shirt, black and white trousers, brown shoes, no hat. He may have bought a bus ticket to Parkersburg or Chillicothe. no car. He has had temporary amnesia in the past. Contact the sheriff's office with any information. He lived with his parents on the Whittington Farm near Carpenter.
Gauge readings list water levels three fourths foot to one foot above standard at Gallipolis Montgomery and Kanawha Falls with dams on sill. Ohio River lock data show boats moving at Lock 14 15 16 18 19 20 21 22 29 31 32 33 35 with various up and down totals amid OVEC and Armco activity and vessel names such as Queen City Mr Criss Tradewinds and Reba Jane.
Tonight and Friday remain fair and cool with lows around 46 to 52 and highs near 74 to 78 in West Virginia. National map shows Albuquerque clear, Chicago clear, Cleveland clear, Des Moines cloudy, Fort Worth clear, Grand Rapids clear, Kansas City cloudy, Louisville clear, Miami cloudy, Minneapolis St Paul clear, New Orleans cloudy, New York clear, Omaha cloudy, Phoenix clear, Salt Lake City clear, San Diego cloudy, Seattle cloudy, Traverse City clear.
State Auditor James A. Rhodes releases a two year Shawnee village audit showing a $16,110.38 bank balance and $11,400 bonded debt reduced by $4,600 with no new bonds. Perry County personal tax duplicates rise nearly $500,000 to $9,907,199. No petitions were rejected for the November 5 ballot. Ida Mae Zartman seeks divorce from Lester Zartman amid gross neglect and cruelty with custody of four children. Marriage licenses issued to six couples. Realty transfers include easement to Ohio Power Co. and multiple lot transfers in New Lexington Thornport Somerset Roseville.
Mr. and Mrs. Perry Albert of Indianapolis visited Mrs. Albert’s parents Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Knox in Vinton over Labor Day. Their daughter Carolyn Thompson, who had vacationed at the Albert home, returned to town to start the school year.
Mrs. Rickman hosted Miss Bessie Byrd Mrs. Cecil Byrd of Jackson and others from Cleveland and New York City. Attending Baptist convention in Louisville are Mrs. Will Winston Virginia Nell and several church members. Local visits include Gallipolis Buckeye families Cincinnati and Columbus trips for garden club events and a Colorado motor tour.
An indoor laundry area doubles as a recreation room with a retractable clothesline reel. The device holds four or five plastic-coated lines and unreels to the opposite wall for laundry day, keeping lines out of sight on other days.
The Jockeys Hall of Fame was established at Pimlico Racecourse in 1955 marking the sport’s enduring honors. Its creation highlighted notable riders and preserved racing heritage at the Maryland venue.
Esther Hayes presided over the Chester Council Daughters of America meeting with 28 members present at the lodge hall. A gift of money was received from Mrs. Clair Newell. Mrs. Henry Spencer reported on the state council session in Columbus. A quarterly birthday supper is planned for Sept 17, and Past Councilors gather Sept 11 with hosts Mrs. Esther Wright and Mrs. Hobart Newell. Field Campbell and Grace Campbell depart for a month’s western U S tour visiting relatives in California.
Thomas Belcher 90 former Gallipolis resident died at his granddaughter's home in Marietta at 5 30 a m Wednesday. He lived in Marietta since 1948 was a machinist and worked for Gallipolis firms. Survived by daughter Julia Dawson and two grandchildren Frances Becker and Thomas Dawson with four great grandchildren. Graveside rites set for 2 p m Saturday at Mound Hill cemetery Gallipolis.
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