Two Gallia County High Schools Hit by Break-ins
In Gallia County two high schools reported break-ins early Sunday. At Kilger Creek High School in Cheshire deputies found a pried rear door and footwear left outside. thieves escaped with no loot. North Gallia High School on Route 160 saw a back window smashed and about five dollars stolen. Both cases under sheriff investigation.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ficers
Sheriff's Department
North Gallia High School
Route 160
Porter
Vinton
Frank Contasta
Miss Champer Leads in Gallia County Girl Scout Cookie Drive
Miss Penny Champer daughter of Mr and Mrs Foster Champer set a new record by selling 614 boxes in Gallia County to lead the Rocky Ledges Council She won two weeks tuition free at Camp Rocky Ledges and earned 307 in sales for her troop Local scouts exceeded last year totaling 4364 boxes with a 21840 profit for camp funds and improvements Top sellers over 60 boxes received theater tickets list includes Tarcy Fleming Edith Miller Stephanie Gibert Mary Morse Pamela Nolan Carolyn Bailes Gay Bastiani Sheryl Jeffers Ginger Elcessor Cheryl Ann Thomas.
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Gallipolis
Penny Champer
Foster Champer
Mardh Gallia County
Rocky Ledges
Miss Champer
Camp Rocky Ledges
Huntington Girl Scouts
Gallia
County
Tarcy Fleming
Edith Miller
Stephanie Gibert
Mary Morse
Pamela Nolan
Carolyn Bailes
Gay Bastiani
Sheryl Jeffers
Ginger Elcessor
Cheryl Ann Thomas
River Traffic and Dam Conditions on Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
River conditions show movable dams down on the Ohio and Kanawha. Dams at Marmet and London report running in feet with several boats and locks listed from 9:30 a.m. to 4:50 a.m. Readouts include ships such as Robert E. Reed and City of Maysville with up and down movements at multiple locks. Gallipolis and Marmet boats report varied upriver and downriver changes through the day.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hint
Pomeroy- Mason
Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Robert E. Reed
Reliance
Winchester
Gason G. Crane
Beaver
National
City of
Fred W. Olcott
Franklin Pierce
Dixieland
Nita Dean
L. Wade Childress
Bertha Rose 79 Found Dead in Gallipolis Home
Bertha Rose 79 of 43 Grape Street was found dead at 2 35 p.m. Sunday in her home by a neighbor after knocking to no answer. Coroner Dr Donald Warehime ruled natural causes with death occurring late Saturday night. She was a lifelong Gallia County resident and Grace Methodist member. Burial planned at Mound Hill Cemetery with services at Wetherholt Elliott Sanders Funeral Home.
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Gallipolis
Bertha Rose
Grape St
Donald R. Warehime
Gallia County
Deryl Elcessor
Gall
Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders
Warren H. Wilson
Mound Hill Cemetery
Gallia Native William H. Foster Dies in Princeton W Va
William H. Foster 74 a Gallia County native and former Mullens mayor died at 5 20 p m Sunday at his home in Princeton West Virginia He was a retired Virginian Railroad superintendent and 32nd degree Mason Shriner Elks member Also part of The Old Guards in Princeton He left Gallia County 50 years ago Survived by daughter Helen Penn two grandsons three brothers and two sisters Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home with burial in Mound Cemetery
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William H. Foster
Gallia County
Princeton
W. Va
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Mullens
Virginian Railroad
Elks Lodge
Old Guards
Guyan Twp
James
Nancy Waugh Foster
Emma Mae Swain
Helen Penn
John Foster
Crown City
Harry Foster
Charles Foster
Roanoke
Ella Houck
Edith Notter
N. Howard Foster
Hobart L. Foster
Waugh - Halley - Wood
Warren H. Wilson
Mound Hill Cemetery
Two People Held For Bad Checks In Gallia County
Mrs. Waldo Fannin 28 of Lancaster Pennsylvania was returned to Gallia County to face a charge of passing a worthless $40 check last November. Joseph David Fisher 29 of Jackson was arrested on two counts of passing checks for $45 each and admitted the charges. He is wanted on similar offenses in Ath ens Jackson Brown Scioto Counties. Fisher was identified by license number. Both cases set for Monday before Judge William H. Janes in Municipal Court.
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Waldo Fannin
Lancaster
Doug Runyan
Loren Kerr
Jackson
Joseph David Fisher
Sheriff's Department
Fisher
Athens
Brown
Scioto
Kerr
Gallia Man's Father Dies in Huntington
Fred Hudson 65 father of Jack A. Hudson Route 141 Huntington W Va died at 827 First St Huntington after an extended illness. Funeral held 2 30 p m Tuesday at Cavendish Johnson funeral home Huntington by Rev C W Lynch. Burial Woodmere Cemetery Huntington. Born April 14 189 in Huntington son of Morris and Nettie Hudson. Member Seventh Ave Methodist Church Hunt ington Lodge 313 BPO Elks. Retired 1950 after 18 years as Huntington district manager for Elk Refining Co. later machinist at Fred McCorkle Machine Shop. Survived by widow Hattie May Hudson a son Fred Hudson Jr El Paso Texas two sisters Lenora Crosby Jacksonville Fla Ruth Booth Leesburg Fla five grandchildren.
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Fred Hudson
Jack A. Hudson
First St
Huntington
W. Va
Cavendish- Johnson
C. W. Lynch
Woodmere Cemetery
Mr. Hudson
Morris and
Nettie Jewell Hudson
Seventh Ave. Methodist Church
Huntington Lodge
BPO Elks
The
Elk Refining Co
Fred McCorkle
Hattie May Hudson
Fred Hudson, Jr
el Paso
Tex
Lenora Crosby
Jacksonville
Fla
Ruth Booth
Leesburg
Fila
Dotson Infant Dies in Gallia County
David Eugene Dotson month old son of John and Mary Dotson of Bidwell Route 2 died at 8 45 p m Sunday in Holzer Hospital. Arrangements to be announced by the Vernon McCoy Funeral Home of Vinton.
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Gallipolis
David Eugene Dotson
John and
Mary Dotson
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
Vernon McCoy
Vinton
Mrs. Allen 83 Dies in Vinton at Home
Frankie Kent Allen 83 widow of Marvin Allen died at 11 am Sunday at the home of Leo Wellington in Vinton. She was a Gallia County native born in Morgan Township, one of nine children of Lewin and Rachel Ward Kent, and was the last of her family. She married Marvin Allen on August 30 1908 in Columbus. he died May 8 1927. She lived mostly in Columbus before the last three years. Several nieces and nephews survive in Gallia County including Clair Wellington of Porter. Funeral was at 2 pm Wednesday at Vinton Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Donald Myers of Porter. Burial in Vinton Memorial Park. Friends may call at Vernon McCoy funeral home after 7 pm Monday. Pallbearers: Keith Tyler Francis Tyler Gene Wellington Wendell Wellington Basil Harris Harland Green.
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Frankie Kent Allen
Marvin R. Allen
Leo Wellington
Vinton
Allen
Gallia County
Morgan Twp
Lewin
Rachel Ward Kent
Marvin Allen
Columbus
Galila County
Clair Wellington
Porter
Vinton Baptist Church
Donald Myers
Vinton Memorial Park
Vernon McCoy
Keith
Francis Tyler
Gene
Wendell Wellington
Basil Harris
Harland Green
Woman Hurts Hip In Fall At Holzer Hospital
Mrs. Elias Wetherholt 82 of 602 First Ave admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured hip after a fall while visiting grandson in Charleston West Virginia. Condition listed as good. Two other weekend admissions include Raymond Lee Cole 40 Pom eroy Route 2 with abdominal injury and John Clark eight, Crown City Route 2, eye injury. Both conditions listed as good.
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Gallipolis
Elias Wetherholt
First Ave
Holzer Hospital
Douglas Wetherholt
Charleston
W. Va
Raymond Lee Cole
Pomeroy Route 2
John Clark
Boyd Clark
Crown City
Election Office Open For Disabled Voters
County Board of Elections stays open for absentee and disabled voters to vote in the May primary. Deadline is 4 p.m. April 28. Clerk Mrs Crilla Stiverson said the office in the Steve Clark Building on Locust St will be open 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily except Thursdays closing at noon and Saturdays at 3 p.m.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Mrs. Julia Lumsey Dies at 82 in Gallipolis
Julia Lumsey 82 of 715 Fourth Ave Gallipolis died at 6 p.m. Sunday in Holzer Hospital Arrangements by Miller's Funeral Home will be announced.
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Gallipolis
Julia Lumsey
Fourth Ave
Holzer Hospital
Miller’s Funeral Home
Bidwell Notes Open Meeting and Social Visits
Community club members led an open meeting at Bidwell Porter School on freezing produce and small kitchen appliances. Visitors and family gatherings followed, with multiple households from Eureka Columbus Gallipolis and Porter hosting relatives and friends. A baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. Chick of Porter as Marlene Fraley celebrated a birthday with friends and cake.
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Bidwell Porter School
Betty Saunders
Doris Snedeger
Juanita Hall
Reva Fraley
Bidwell Ivy Club
Lester Soles
Glenn Soles
Kenny and
David
Eureka
Paul Soles
Tracy and
Carol
Columbus
Thomas Chick
Annett and
Danie
Porter
William Fraley
Cleo Chevalier
Gallipolis
Robert Faris
Hazel Faris
Portsmouth
Jim Langdon
Dorothy
Julia McGhee
Lizzie Geary
Vickie
Glenn Summit
Emma Lawless
Roger Black
Herbert Black
Ivy Club
Robert Schaeffing
Barber Birth Announcements and Local Obituaries
Carbondale reports the birth of a baby born March 20 to Mr. and Mrs Byron Barber with grandparents and great relatives listed. Another birth is noted for Barbara Jean Whaley born March 5 at Sheltering Arms Hospital to Mr and Mrs Charles Whaley with extended family in Portland and Perrysburg. Milo G Six of Columbus dies at 51, former Rainbow Flower Shop president, survived by five sisters, one brother and a foster-brother.
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Geraldine Barber
Ethel Warner
George Barber
Isaac Cook
Fairview
W. Va
William Brown
Perrysburg
Ohio
Charles Whaley
Barbara Jean
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Harley Whaley
John Lawson
Portland
Anna Gillian
Ella Whaley
Milo G
Parkwood Ave
Columbus
Harrison and
Tryphosa
Rainbow Flower Shop
Grace Mace
Hazel Pinkley
Akron
Ethel Hansman
Barberton
Verna Woodyard
Emma Spires
Lancaster
Clarence
Arizona
Frank Bennett
Discipline Promised as Jambar Copies Burned
Youngstown University officials promise disciplinary action against students who burned 300 copies of the Jambar. Editor David Poole blamed the act on campus censorship controversy sparked by editorials in the March 18 issue.
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Youngstown
Youngstown University
Jambar
David Poole
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