Mills named Kiwanian of the Year at Gallipolis banquet
John W. Mills received a bronze plaque as Kiwanian of the Year for 1959 at the Gallipolis Kiwanis Club 13th anniversary dinner in the Lafayette Hotel. Paul E. Watson won the Work-Horse award for perfect attendance, while C Neilson Griffith of Delaware spoke on the Three Rs. L Claude Miller led presentations as members and visitors were recognized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John W
Bi) Mills
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Lafayette Hotel
Sec
Treas
Paul E. Watson
Gallipolis Club
C. Neilson Griffith
Delaware
L. Claude Miller
Mills
Paul Watson
Watson
Dale C. Gilkey
W. Robert Houck
John R. Heiskell
Heiskell
Wayne Amsbury
Gladys
Carodus Elliott
Jimmy Evans
Lillian Clench
Carole Boster
Kingery Wins District FFA Speech Title
Gallia Academy High School senior Marlin Kingery of the Gallia FFA won first place in extemporaneous speaking at the District 15 public speaking contest at Marietta High School. He earned a gold rating and advances to the state finals in Columbus during the State FFA Convention June 23. Reggie Legg won third place and a silver rating in the manuscript division with a talk on Conservation of Our Natural Resources and National Security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Marlin Kingery
FFA
Future Farmers of America
Marietta High School
Kingery
Gallia Academy High School
Columbus
Reggie Legg
Gallia Academy
Legion Post to Sponsor Baseball Team This Summer
Legion Post 27 Lafayette in Galiapolis reports it may sponsor a Legion baseball program this summer. A committee led by J J Pannabaker includes L G Marchi Sr Hobart Wilson Sr and Tom Adams to study the plan and report next Wednesday. The group will also name delegates and alternates to Buckeye Boys State 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galiapolis
Lafayette
American Legion
Legion
J. J. Pannabaker
L. G. Marchi
Hobart Wilson
Tom Adams
Buckeye
Gallia County sells 69 house trailer permits
Gallia County auditor Morton L. Dickey reports 69 house trailer permits sold since March 11 at 18 dollars each. The deadline is April 30 with exemptions for out of state licensed trailers and a 30 day tax due upon Ohio employment. Penalties of one dollar per day apply if unpaid after 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Morton L. Dickey
Dickey
Ohio
U S Plane Shot Down in Cuba Under Castro Probe
Cuban authorities led by Premier Fidel Castro investigate a Florida plane shot down near Matanzas. Pilot Howard L. Rundquist and co pilot William J. Shergales say they were fishing using the coast as a guide. Authorities suspect the craft aimed to pick up four Cubans named Santiago Rodriguez Lazaro Montesino and Miguel Sanchez, arrested at the scene. The plane was rented in Miami for a flight to Fort Lauderdale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Florida
Matanzas
Howard L. Rundquist
William J. Shergales
Santiago Rodriguez
Lazaro Montesino
Miguel Sanchez
Rundquist
Miami
Fort Lauderdale
Man Fined for Property Destruction in Gallipolis Court
In Gallia Municipal Court Judge William H. Jones fined Hugh Dobbins 53 of Eureka Star Route 25 dollars and costs for destruction of property. The sheriff reported two others cited after an early Tuesday Route 7 accident, Thomas Kerwood 19 and George Walker 21, with Walker also losing his license for one year. Juvenile Judge Joan W. Howell jailed Cecil Edward White 37 for assault and battery involving a minor, suspending the 500 dollar fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Hugh Dobbins
Eureka
Sheriff's Department
Kananga
Thomas Kerwood
Cheshire
George Walker
Walker
Joan W. Howell
Cecil Edward White
Gallia County
White
Esta White
Why We Should Have a School Library Panel
A panel discussion titled Why We Should Have a School Library will highlight the April meeting of the Washington Elementary School Parent-Teachers Association in the school cafeteria at 7 30 p.m. Monday. Panel members include Lawrence R. Huber Gallia County librarian Mrs George Fuller Miss Earlene Saunders Washington elementary teachers and Mrs J Gordon Gibert chair of the Gallia County Neighborhood Girl Scouts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Washington
Parent-Teachers Association
Lawrence R. Huber
Gallia County
George Fuller
Earlene Saunders
J. Gordon Gibert
17 Children Visit City Well Child Clinic
Dr James Orr of Holzer Hospital examined 17 children at the City Health Department well child clinic in Gallipolis. Two were referred to their family doctor. 12 Salk polio shots, 11 DPTs, and three smallpox vaccines were given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Orr
Holzer Hospital
City Health Department
City Health
Helen Spriegel
R. N
Pearl Pope
Ella Condee
Orr
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Dismissals
Births list includes a son to Mr and Mrs Lewis W B Charles E Masters Jr Cheshire Route Homer A Henderson Jackson Route and numerous named mothers and parents. Dismissals include Margaret M Howard and others. Brood used Wednesday 17 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis W. B
Charles E. Masters, Jr
Cheshire
Homer A. Henderson
Jackson
Vance E. Leedy
Margaret M. Howard
Dora Thomas
John Robie
Raymond Broyles
Orville Dudding
Thomas Clark
Howard C. Brannon
Frank Hall
Russell R. Priddy
Larry L. Boyer
Leroy C. Wyant
James Maynard
William Templeton
Samuels. Stover
Connie J. Haggerty
Henry Pierce
George B. Sisson
James P. Conley
Richard Erwin and Son
Brood
Two Drivers Are Cited in Gallipolis Crash
The State Highway Patrol cited Eloise L. Rice and James W. Halley after a 6 p.m. accident on Mill Creek Road near Route 35 in Gallipolis. Rice backed onto the road from the GSI grounds, causing minor damage. Rice faces a Saturday Munipal Court appearance for failing to yield. A second, 10 a.m. Meigs County crash on Route 689 near Route 346 involved William L. Llewelyn and Donald S. Matthews, with Matthews cited to Meigs County Court for left to center after sideswiping. Llewelyn’s vehicle sustained heavy damage and Matthews’ medium damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Mill Crek Rd
Eloise L. Rice
James W. Halley
Rice
Mill Creek Rd
GSI
Meigs County
William L. Llewelyn
New Marshfield
Donald S. Matthews
Jackson
Matthews
Meigs County Court
Llewelyn
Stork Shower Guest Heads to Puerto Rico
Mrs. C. J. Holliday formerly Pauline Cottrill was a guest at a stork shower at the Grange Hall. She left April 4 for Puerto Rico where her husband will be stationed for three years. Other social visits include Mary Lynn Grile teaching at Wilton North School and several local families hosting friends from Nelsonville Stearns Ky and Cincinnati. Dee Caudill a Wilton North student broke his arm playing volleyball.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliff
C. J. Holliday
Pauline Cottrill
Grange Hall
Mary Lynn Grile
Wellston
Wilton North School
Wayne Cooper
Karen
Rebecca
Robert Cottrill
Nelsonville
Gladys Pierce
Evans and Shaver
Ida Phillips
Jack Murphy
Terry
Stearns
Dee Caudill
Wilton North
Charles Trent
Tamara
Columbus
Duane McLaughlin
Cincinnati
Parnie McLaughlin
Gallipolis Youth Fined for Passing School Bus
Municipal Judge William H. Jones fined Tom McKean 19 of Gallipolis ten dollars and costs for passing a school bus that had stopped to discharge passengers on Bastiani Drive. McKean pleaded guilty in Municipal Court after the case was continued from Thursday to Monday. Leon Trotsky, revolutionary leader in Russia, was assassinated in Mexico City in 1940.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Tom McKean
Bastiani Drive
McKean
Leon Trotsky
Russia
Mexico City
Eleven Gallia Students Enter OU Science Day
Gallia County junior and senior high students will enter projects in the 12th Annual Science Day at Ohio University Athens. Eleven entrants include six Gallia Academy Science Fair winners from March 24 led by Rodney Lusk and Tom Bailes with top honors in biological and physical science. one grand prize winner Joe Bagshaw will skip Athens to prepare for nationals. Others headed to Athens are Frank Gibert, Mary Avalon Betz, Joann Ford, Frances Lou Baker, and Sandra Pinschmidt with last minute additions possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio University
Athens
Gallia Academy
Rodney Lusk
Tom Bailes
Roger States
Phyliss Pope
Reginald Noble
Joe Bagshaw
Indianapolis
Ind
Huntington
Frank Gibert
Mary Avalon Betz
Joann Ford
Frances Lou Baker
Sandra Pinschmidt
Noble
Three Traffic Violators Cited In Municipal Court
Highway Patrol reports three motorists convicted in Municipal Court on Wednesday. Bobby Roach was fined 5 dollars with costs suspended for obstructed vision. Joseph Drummond charged with speeding paid 10 dollars and costs. Kermit Pauley fined 10 dollars and costs for failing to register. Bonds forfeited by Don Mace for no license and Herman Stiltner for expired license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
William H. Jones
Bobby Roach
Joseph P. Drummond
Addison
Kermit O. Pauley
Chapmansville
W. Va
Don F. Mace
Spring Hill
Herman L., Stiltner
Huntington
14 Drivers Passed By Patrol Examiner
Gallipolis reports 14 of 20 applicants passed driving tests at the municipal building. Over two days 37 examined 28 passed. Tests moved to Tuesday and Wednesday. New examiner is Francis W. Newman of Jackson. Appointments via GI-6-2433.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Francis W. Newman
Jackson
Board Discusses Teacher Hiring In Gallipolis
The Gallipolis City Board of Education met unofficially at Washington Elementary with Supt Marshall D Boggs and principals to plan next year’s teacher hires. Members Mat thew s Gibbs Davis Saunders Sowers attended. regular session Tuesday will set contracts and notify nonrenewals 30 days before year end. Principals Fleming Ross Evans Helms Ball also attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Education
Washington Elementary School
Marshall D. Boggs
B. B. Matthews
J. Gordon Gibert
George W. Davis
Clyde Saunders
William H. Sowers
Ross H. Fleming
Gallia Academy
Joseph N. Ross
Evan Howard Evans
Washington
Tom Helms
Clay
Robert Ball
Green
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Across Ohio River Basin
River gauges show Kanawha and Ohio rivers with rollers down and falling levels while dams run at varying crests. Shipping figures list numerous boats with height readings and times from Gallipolis to Ashland, detailing up and down movements along Canawha, Gallipolis, and surrounding locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Rocket
Pennsylvania
Robert P. Bonnie
Beaver
Cotton Queen
National
Semet
Irene Chotin
R. W. Lea
Defemier
Robert E. Reed
Cornell
Harriet M
Fred W. Olcott
Solvay
Titan
Ashjland
Coal King
Reliance
Couple Files For Marriage License In Gallia County
Carl Buford Ratliff aged 20 of Vinton and Loretta Jane Ferrell aged 17 of Vinton filed a marriage license in Gallia County Probate Court. Ratliff is son of George and Gypsy Layne Ratliff. Ferrell is daughter of Emmett and Hazel Canterbury Ferrell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Carl Buford Ratliff
Vinton
Loretta Jane Ferrell
George and
Gypsy Layne Ratliff
Emmett
Hazel Canterbury Ferrell
Sweetbreads Dominate US Gourmet Market in Two Cities
Nationally produced sweetbreads largely go to New York and Los Angeles markets. Demand centers on upscale dining and trend setting chefs in these major cities.
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New York
Los Angeles
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Kyger Creek Keyettes
Ronald Johnson
Kyger Creek Key Club
John Morrow
Rio Grande College Circle-K
Lettie Bruniardi
Amyl
Kay Haffelt
Mason Wiles
ASC Tobacco
New York City
William Shergales
Howard Rundquist
Lazaro D. Montesino
Montesino
Rodriguez
City
Stanley K. Skaggs
Oak HM
George W. Scubeck
Roy K. Donaldson
William P. Huffman
Leon Rt
Leslie E. Adams
Perry EB. Thaxton
Deibert L. Higginbotham
Grimms Landing
Hubert L. Putney
Thurman
Homer L. Harvey
Paul FE. Haskins
Buster Barrett
Pomeroy
Roy F. Martin
Mildred F. Ward
Bidwell
Joseph V. Edinger
Dallas V. Hill
Racine
Elias W. Sisson
Harry C. Drummond
Skyline
Family Weekly
Court & State Sts
Honolulu
DeVere Baker
California
Baker
By Gladys Pierce
Snider's
Jiffy
Gallia
Ond
Barbara Foster
Sharon Bisnaugle
Pleasant Hill Rd
Pascal Celery
Moundview
Clover Farm
Hormel
Oceanic
Hance Foods Flavors
Ohio Food
Tel. LY
N. Court St
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