Welfare Workers Still On Payroll in Gallia County
Gallia County welfare department employees Frank Petrie and Mildred Stevens were kept on the payroll past the April 1 deadline after the county commissioners ordered their dismissal. Welfare director Virgil Cross said he had not received official discharge orders and would act only on formal directives. The March 6 resolution passed 2-1 over Cross’s objections. The commissioners also considered a $10,000 appropriation for voter registration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Joe Stewart
James A. Boggs
Cross
Gallia County
Board of Elections
Auto Sales Show Climb In March
Gallia County clerk of courts Marjorie Rinehart reported 56 new passenger cars sold in March, up from 44 in February. County dealers moved 232 total March sales, the highest since last August. Titles issued reached 852 with 259 lien notations and 263 lien cancellations. Used car and truck sales rose to 132 and 21 respectively, while new and used trailers and new trucks also sold in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Marjorie Rinehart
Gallia County
Visitors and visits around West Columbia community
Mrs James Elhart and son Vernal Elhart of Chicago are visiting her parents Mr and Mrs Emery Fowler and sister Mrs Herman Kirby and Joseph Kirby. The Rev and Mrs Robert Stewart attended the EUB church and visited relatives. Several locals from Pomeroy and Middleport stopped by for visits with families in West Columbia including Joy Fay Thabit Patty Decker and Susie Russell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Columbia
James Elhart
Vernal Elhart
Chicago, Ill
Emery Fowler
Herman Kirby
Joseph Kirby
Robert Stewart
Eub Church
Lester Russell
Pomeroy
Barbra Walker
Elsie Lee Walker
Lawrence Stewart
Lawrence Foreman
Lester Foreman
Joy Fay Thabit
Patty Decker
Susie Russell
Point Pleasant
Jack Cartwright
Middleport
Edgar Arnott
Rickie
George Trew
Donald Roush
New Haven
Hugh Elias
Peachie Elias
Sheets Speaks on The Trial of Christ at First Baptist
Gallia County prosecuting attorney Warren F Sheets spoke Sunday evening on The Trial of Christ for the combined youth groups at the First Baptist Church. He is a church member and was introduced by Charles Corbin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Warren F. Sheets
Gallia County
First Baptist Church
Sheets
Charles Corbin
Sheriff Arrests Emerson Spires For DWI In Gallia County
The Gallia County sheriff's department arrested 53 year old Emerson A. Spires of Cheshire Route 2 on a driving while intoxicated charge. He was slated for a Municipal Court hearing Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Electric City Variants Inhabit Atlantic And Pacific Waters
Despite the odd wording, the text notes at least fifteen varieties of electric beings in ocean waters, capable of sending a current through metal harpoon shafts much like electric cells charging a wet fishline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Pacific
Two Drivers Cleared Of Charges In Municipal Court
Judge William H. Jones ruled Everett M. Rayburn of Point Pleasant and Francis W. Rees of Rio Grande innocent of traffic offenses. Several others were fined for DWI and various violations, with additional costs and suspensions noted.
Births and Admits in Local Register
A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl B. Vickers Oak Hill and to Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester M. Maag Jackson Route 4. Admissions list includes Mrs. John H. Holcomb Bridgeport Clarence Q. Horton Jackson Mrs. Kyle A. Hill Gallipolis Mrs. Arnold K. Herdman Evans WV Route 1 and many others with locations in Ohio and West Virginia. Blood used Saturday four pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl B. Vickers
Oak Hill
Sylvester M. Maag
Jackson
John H. Holcomb
Bridgeport
Clarence Q. Horton
Kyle A. Hill
Gallipolis
Arnold K. Herdman
Evans
W. Va
William R. Hall
Middleport
Donald Lovett
Young Driver Fined in Gallia Juvenile Court
Judge John W. Howell in Gallia County Juvenile Court fined 16 year old Robert Schaeffing of Vinton five dollars and costs for failing to yield the right of way after an accident Friday night near Porter. He was arrested by the State Highway Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Gallia County
Juvenille
Robert Schaeffing
Vinton
State
Porter
Easter Egg Hunt Winners Named at Gallia Library Event
Margie Kohl and Topper Orr won chocolate eggs as prizes at the Story Hour Club Easter egg hunt held Saturday at the First United Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Margie Kohl
Topper Orr
Story Hour Club
Gallia County
Patrol Report Details Gallipolis Highway Patrol March
Gallipolis post reports 30 accidents in March up from February with 24 injuries total. No fatal crashes in Gallia County in 1961. March arrests reached 185 including 13 DWIs, 524 warnings, 965 patrol hours, 18 safety talks for 565 attendees, and 1618 calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Meigs
Attempted break in at Empire Furniture Store
Gallipolis police report an attempted break in at Empire Furniture Store late Sunday night marking the third hit in a year. Employee Edwin Edelblute discovered the attempt around 9 p.m. Police conducted the investigation with Patrolman Jim Saunders and Deputy Sheriff Grant Long.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Empire Furniture
Edwin Edelblute
Edelblute
Jim Saunders
City Police
Grant Long
Sunday Visitors Fill Wolf Pen and Nearby Homes
A sequence of local social visits is recorded across Wolf Pen and surrounding areas. Families centered on Lambert, Johnson, Letts, Shumate, Smith, Gilkey, Haning, Tuckerman and Wyatt hosted relatives and friends from Pomeroy Mansfield Mason City Rio Grande Radcliff Springfield Ohio State University and Florida during a recent weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolf Pen
Kenneth Grover
Joy
Byrne Vaughan
Pomeroy
Cecil Gillogly
Stevie
Athens
Gene Lambert
Charlotte
Don
David
Cheryl
Peach Fork
Harley Haning
Bryan Keith White
Flatwood
Joseph Johnson
Larry
Beverly
Kenny
Everett Lambert
Everett Ray Johnson
Ohio State University
Glenn Thompson
Harvey Letts
Mansfield
Eugene Thompson
Nsina Marie
Janet Shumate
Brenda Burton
Mason City
Nancy Hatfield
Sharon Thoma
Jan
Jo Smith
Howard Gilkey
Rio Grande
Driver cited in Evans parking lot crash
Charles H. Jones 50 of Gallipolis was cited for driving while intoxicated after backing into Howard D. Gilkey 34 of Rio Grande in Evans parking lot on Third Ave Saturday afternoon. Case set for Municipal Court Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles H. Jones
Evans
Third Ave
Jones
Howard D. Gilkey
Rio Grande
Injured Finger Reported After Saw Incident
Larry M. Nolan, 16, of Bidwell Route 2, lacerated an index finger while cutting timber with a power saw Saturday. He was admitted to Holzer Hospital and listed in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Larry M. Nolan
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
Teen Dance Winners Named at Teenville Canteen
Nancy Thompson and Anita Robinson won the junior high pony dance at Teenville Gallipolis youth canteen on Saturday night. About 275 teens attended the April Fools dance across junior and senior sessions. Jim Morrison DJ and Lou Mueller ran the sound with chaperones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Nancy Thompson
Anita Robinson
Teenville
Jim Morrison
Lou Mueller
Tom Mills
Beverly Russell
Russell Wood
Freddy Burdette
Royals
Health nurses treat many at Gallia free polio clinic
Saturday at the Gallia County Health Department weekly free clinic in the courthouse nurses administered 68 Salk polio shots. They also gave 15 DPT 8 tetravax 4 diphtheria-tetanus 4 smallpox and 4 typhoid immunizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Saunders to Speak at Holzer Nursing Alumnae Event
Gallipolis golf er Joe Baker Saunders will be principal speaker at 8 p.m. Tuesday in Davis Hall for the Holzer Hospital School of Nursing Alumnae Association. Mrs. Vance Johnson announces. association president is Mrs. Miles T. Epling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Saunders
Gallipolis
Davis Hall
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Vance Johnson
Miles T. Epling
River Traffic and Dam Conditions In Huntington District
River gauges report varying levels across Kanawha and Ohio rivers with dams down on the Ohio in the Huntington District. Vessel movements include multiple up and down readings at Locks 14 through 35 and numerous boats aboard Kanawha and Kanawha River routes with edging crests and rising levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Huntington
Reliance
Heron
Orleanian
Criss Jr
Kay Dean
Bob Beaver
Lock
Beaver
Floyd Blaske
Dixie Star
Glenn Jr
Derrick
Alton Zephyr
Indiana
Chandeleur
Kanawha
Solvay
C. V. Harner
Andrew P. Calhoun
Alice Ingram
Queen City
Cornell
Peggy Downey
Nita Dean
Aliquippa
Easter Weekend Visitors Fill Gallipolis Homefront Greet
In Our Town Gallipolis Easter Sunday dawned clear and windy as residents hosted relatives and airmen on leave. Notables included the Millers of Columbus visiting Brammer and Miller families. Airmen Ferrell Betz and Ira Persinger discussed base duties. Jack Wetherholt, 1940 graduate, visited relatives before helicopter training at Ft. Eustis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Fred B. Miller
Columbus
John Brammer
L. Claude Miller
Drammers
Joseph Morgan
John Fulks
Don Fulks
Grove City
Lester Stevers
Lula Shaw
F. L
Bud) Stevers
Mercerville
Tommy Thompson
Ernest Thompson
Chanute Air Force Base
Illinois
Formosa
Lewis Myers
Melbourne
Fla
Gallia County
Robert Myers
D. Hollis Wood
John S. Richards
Cortez
Sam Neal
Mike Davis
Ft. Lauderdale
Ferrell Betz
Little One
Betz
Lockbourne Air Force Base
801St
Lockbournite
Ira Persinger
87Th
Mid-Ohio
Ira
Lockbourne
SAC
Strategic Air Command
Jack Wetherholt
Gallia Academy High School
Jack
Carol
Frank E. Wetherholt
Steilacoom
Wash
Paul Wetherholt
Ft. Eustis
14Th Air Force
Claire P. Chenault
Flying Tigers
China
Four Persons Fined in Gallipolis Municipal Court
Robert I. Ruff, 23 Thurman, was fined two dollars for overtime parking. Fred A. Smith, 18 Greenville, forfeited a $15 bond for driving the wrong way on a one way street. Judge William H. Jones fined Andrew Bryant 10 plus costs, Chris Anderson 33, Elijah Davis 53, all from Gallipolis, Route 1, for intoxication. All were arrested by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert I. Ruff
Thurman
Fred A. Smith
Greenville
William H. Jones
Andrew P. Bryant
Chris Anderson
Elijah Davis
License Renewal for McArthur H. W. Engle Auctioneer
McArthur H. W. Engle's auctioneering license was renewed this week in Common Pleas Court by Judge C W. Smith.
Bench Show and Trials Slated for April 20 22
Gallia County Fox Hunters Association will hold its annual bench show and field trials April 20 22 in Gallia County Ohio. The bench show starts 8 p m April 20 at Bullville Grange Hall with judge Joe Caldwell of Charleston and trophies for three classes plus ribbons for five places. Field trials begin daybreak April 21 22 at Mortons Woods near the Gallia County Children’s Home under master hounds Earl Shambart of South Webster and judge Vie Leifheit of Racine with trophies for derby all age and top field placements and ribbons for ten. Arnold Stump of Little Ryger is vice president and Mrs Sam Theiss of Addison is secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arnold Stump
Little Ryger
Sam
Julia) Theiss
Addison
Cars Collide Near Kyger No One Hurt
Gallipolis report notes two weekend accidents. In the first collision at 5 15 p m near Kyger Tommy L Taylor 19 Columbus and Franklin Showmaker 27 Gallipolis Route 1 had medium damage with no injuries and no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyger
Gallipolis
Tommy L. Taylor
Columbus
Franklin Showmaker
Pauling Hill
Jessie Creek
Bound Over To Grand Jury In Non Support Case
Ivan A. Sheets of Gallipolis pleaded not guilty to non support in Municipal Court and was bound over to the May term grand jury after posting a $300 bond. His wife Nancy Sheets had charged him with non support of her and their four minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Choir Cantata Lights Easter Services at First Baptist
In Gallipolis Easter observances included Ned Dejournett’s Easter cantata Sunrise Over Calvary at the First Baptist Church. The senior choir with soloists Sam Matthews Shirley Biswaugle Sue Dailey James Emmons Danner and a duet by Keith Sheets and his mother Wy mond Sheets performed under Mrs Neil Sanders at the organ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ned Dejournett
Calvary
First Baptist Church
Dejournett
Neil Sanders
Sam Matthews
Shirley Biswaugle
Sue Dailey
James Emmons Danner
Keith Sheets
Wymond Sheets
Gallia County
Harriett Clendenin
Miami University
Grace Methodist Church
Harry Clendenin
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By Helen Roush
Bob Humphry
David Roush
Billy Joe Coleman
Here
Everett M. Rayburn
Francis W. Rees
Thomas L. Stout
Russell L. Porter
William S. Myers
Denver Slagle
Charles W. Meadows
Crown City
William E. Campbell
Holzer Hospital News
Leona M. Harlacher
Perry E. Livingston
Joe W. Carter
Edward C. Barton
Racine
James E. Grant
Coalton
Harry W. Eckhart
Ironton
Joan C. Sargent
B. Samuel Jarvis
Wells
Harold H. Weatherholt
Bidwel
Marvin C. Morrison
Proctorville
Jesse C. Proffitt
Carpen
Ervin L. Morris
Perry L. Wells
Paul W. Leslie
Wellston
Howard H. Guthrie
Clyde Bosworth
Ravenswood
Samuel E. Fowlkes
Gilbert M. Circle
Dan B. Adams
Garry C. Vanrney
Mary R. McClure
Sherman L. Leedy
Lawrence E. Nance
Raymond P. Thompson
Herbert J. Patterson
Louise E. Jeffers
Gordon L. Hill
Ora H. White
Roy W. Neal
William J. Scherer
Jerome S. Hardin
B. Donovan Halley
Michael Dixon
Charles W Buck III
Independence
Republic Steel
Wolf
By Naomi Smith
Saunders
Howard
Joe
Ural Humphreys
Fox Hunters Association
Humphreys
Bula
Ger
Jerry Williams
Neal
Ivan A. Sheets
Messenger Insurance
Athens Messenger
William E. Slater
Hudson Street
Susan
William
William Slater
the Athens Messenger
Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company
Age City
Sophens
Ice
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