Alcometer Purchase Approved by Gallipolis Commission
Gallipolis officials approved buying an alcometer for 710 dollars to test drivers. The device will serve city police, the sheriff, and the State Highway Patrol, replacing hospital testing at Holzer, with fees paid by individuals. The meeting also reviewed a 14,200 dollar street sweeper purchase and discussed opening Newsome Street and water line extension policy guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alcometer
Newsome Street
Sheriff's Department
State Highway Patrol
Lauren Blue
Harold Hardpence
J & H Equipment Co
Wilmington
City Service Department
Halliday
State Board Sought To Back School Funds Request
Columbus Ohio State Board of Education will weigh supporting E E Holt request for nearly 50 million dollars to cover May distribution and other needs. Holt also seeks temporary high school charters revocation for Lore City Guernsey County and South Bloomfield MorrowCounty. He notes six schools and 20 pending revocations plus some continuations after improvements. Extension of Timken funded Malone College bachelor degree courses urged to June 30 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Board of Education
E. E. Holt
James H. Malon
Ohio
Holt
Lore City
Guernsey County
South Bloomfield
Morrow County
York and Hoaglin- Jackson
van Wert
Miami Trace
Fayette County
Hannan Trace
Gallia
Bennington
Morrow
Black River
Medina
Malone College
Canton
Timken Foundation
Merchants Hear Plans For Education Program
Gal lpolis merchants heard Gallia Academy High School principal Ross Fleming outline a distributive education program. The plan pairs schools with businesses to train seniors in retailing wholesaling and service with part time classes and supervised work. A city wide "big dime" weekend sale was also announced for Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Retail Merchants Association
Lafayette
Ross H. Fleming
Gallia Academy High School
Gallipolis Merchants
Ralph Bennet
Fleming
Board of Education
Coast Guard Aids In Hunt For Missing After River Tragedy
Coast Guard personnel at Point Pleasant led by CPO Ralph H. Carr and En1c Ronald R. Winter aided in dragging operations near Charleston since Sunday, searching for three people who drowned when their pleasure craft struck a barge on the Kanawha River Sunday afternoon. One body, a woman, was recovered Monday afternoon. search resumed Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ralph H. Carr
Big Mama Sprague Passes Up Ohio on Debut Run
Hundreds line the Ohio River to view the stern wheeler Sprague on its first upper river trip in 44 years. The Big Mama, painted white with red trim, rode high above the Lehigh as it moved past Gallipolis Dam. The Sprague will head to Neville Island then Pittsburgh for the May 9 bi centennial debut, with Miss America 1958 Mary Ann Mobley slated to ride the final leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Thomas
GallipOlis
Ohio River
Sprague
Ohio
Ssippi
Union Barge Line
Lehigh
Neville Island
Pitsburgh
Vicksburg
Miss
Pittsburgh
Monongahela River
Monongahela
Allegheny
Golden Triangle
Mary Ann Mobley
Slides To Be Shown At Uni Women Meeting
Point Pleasant Max Tawney of Gallipolis will present color slides from 33 European countries and the World's Fair at the April meeting of the Point Pleasant Branch of University Women. The program is overseen by the department of international relations with Mrs. Nelson Park as chairman. the event is Monday at 7 45 p m in the Appalachian Auditorium led by Mrs. Eugene Sterrett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Max Tawney
Gallipolis
Europe
University Women
Tawney
Ireland
England
France
Spain
Holland
Italy
Department of International Relations
Nelson Park
Appalachian Auditorium
Eugene Sterrett
James Hampton
Dorothy Mitchell
Carroll Casto
Samuel Nichols
Esther Macknicht
Wilda Berisford
Grace McDermitt
Judge Betz
Eugene Gloss
Driver Cited After Route 33 Accident
Barbara Lynn Knight aged 17 of New Haven was cited for failure to keep her vehicle under control after rear ending another car on Route 33 about 100 yards above the Mason and Pomeroy bridge at 4 25 p m Tuesday. The other driver Robert Harris 17 of Mason stopped to pick up a passenger when struck. Damage totaled about 400 dollars to each vehicle. Mason County sheriff s department and State Police investigated the crash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Barbara Lynn Knight
New Haven
Route 33
Mason and Pomeroy Bridge
Robert Harris
Mason
Mason County
Firemen View Civil Defense Films at Meeting
Fourteen volunteer firemen met Tuesday night for their semi-monthly session and watched four civil defense films. The routine gathering was chaired by Fire Chief J. Hector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. Hector
Lineman Injured in 30‑Foot Fall at Plant
Paul F. Noel, 34, of Camden, is hospitalized at Holzer after falling about 30 feet from a switchstand at the Phillip Sporn Plant in New Haven, suffering a fractured pelvis. Also admitted is Shelton R. Zwilling, 17, son of Syracuse residents, with a back injury from a grape vine swing break.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Paul F. Noel
Camden
Holzer Hospital
Phillip Sporn
New Haven
Shelton R. Zwilling
Woodrow Zwilling
Syracuse
Hospital Notes Record Births and Admissions
A daughter born to Kenneth V. Trainer of Hamden Route 1 and a daughter to Edsel G Point Pleasant Route 1. A daughter to Stanley E. Jones Gallipolis Route 2. A son to Harold Hawk Chester. Several admissions listed including Mrs Herbert B Thivener Gallipolis Route 2 Shelton R Zwilling Syracuse William R Sisson Pomeroy Cindy Lou Hurley Gallipolis Route 2 Harry C Martin Jackson Route 3 Mrs George W Franklin Ashland Ky Route 1 Edward C Berridge Galipolis Mrs Cora F Massie Waterloo Paul F Noel Camden Mrs Robert Bowen South Point Mrs Theresa Oblinger Letart Route 1 David M Bagley Camden Mrs Claude E Ridenour Cheshire Jimmy E Davis Dexter. Blood used Tuesday 4 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth V. Trainer
Hamden
Edsel G
Point Pleasant
Stanley E. Jones
Gallipolis
Harold Hawk
Chester
Herbert B. Thivener
Shelton R. Zwilling
Syracuse
William R. Sisson
Pomeroy
Cindy Lou Hurley
Harry C. Martin
Jackson
George W. Franklin
Ashland
Edward C. Berridge
Galipolis
Cora F. Massie
Waterloo
Paul F. Noel
Camden
Robert Bowen
South Point
Theresa Oblinger
Letart
David M. Bagley
Claude E. Ridenour
Cheshire
Three Cars Collide On Route 2 Near Point Pleasant
Three vehicles traveling in the same direction collided on Route 2 south of Point Pleasant at Crab Creek Tuesday evening. Mrs Laura Swisher of Point Pleasant sustained bruises and fractured ribs and was treated and released. Driver Barbara Ann Mink of Gallipolis stopped behind Woodrow Bush Hogsett who signaled left. Neal Kinder of Elkhart Indiana trailed the student car. Swisher said brake failure caused the rear‑end crash, damaging all three cars in an estimated 2000 dollar loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Crab Creek
Laura Swisher
Point Clinic
Barbara Ann Mink
Gallipolis
Woodrow Bush Hogsett
Neal Kinder
Elkhart
Ind
River Traffic Conditions On Kanawha and Ohio Dams
Dams on Kanawha and Ohio rivers report movable dam sections down while the river falls to Gallipolis Dam. Towboat and barge movements list multiple vessels at Locks 14 through 18 and 23 with varying rise readings from 0 to over 18 feet and numerous boat names and timings across Marmet Huntington Gallipolis Winfield and Lehigh coal and chemical transports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garges
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Queen City
Crediter
Coral Sea
L. Wade Childress
Lock
Sycamore
Kanawha
Sally Ann
Solvay
C. VY. Horner
Coast Guard
City of
Ovec
Orleanian
Semet
Bob Benter
Cherrystone
James
Bonnie D
Jefferson
Mammoth Cave in Kentucky Reaches 100 Miles Mapped
Researchers report Mammoth Cave in Kentucky now spans 100 miles of mapped passages. Explorers chart new chambers as caving teams extend knowledge of the vast underground system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mammoth Cave
Kentucky
Boy Scout Troops Plan Parents Night and Campout
Troop 203 led by Scoutmaster Jim Hackworth arranged a parents night at Camp Hout at 6 p m with food and two films. The first overnight campout is set for April 17 at Tyn Rhos Cemetery community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scout
Gallipolis
Boy Scouts
Jim Hackworth
Camp Hout
Tyn Rhos
Robert W. Cobb
Harry Hamilton
M-G-M
James Thomson
Gaylord Woomer
Point Pleasant National
Spittlebug Control Spray Urged For Local Farm Field
Mason County farmers should apply granular heptachlor at 20 pounds per acre just before spittlebug hatching within the next two to three days. Grain alfalfa treated showed taller greener growth, while untreated did not. Application can use a fertilizer spreader or cyclone seeder per county agent William Gregory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
William Gregory
Ohio Valley Experiment Station
Gregory
Point Pleasant Class Plans Play Paint The Town Pink
Point Pleasant High School seniors stage a three act comedy "Paint The Town Pink" by Anne Coulter Martens on April 16. The plot centers on Turnout Day when students swap roles with the principal and teachers, creating uproar as modern education ideas clash with tradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
the Town
Anne Coulter Martens
Twenty Take Driving Examinations In Gallipolis
Twenty persons took driver license examinations Monday and Tuesday with only eight failing to pass the tests according to the State Highway Patrol. Examinations are given the first two days of each week by Ivan B. Davis of Ironton, examiner for the Gallipolis area. Tests are by appointment only and applicants must call the Gallipolis patrol post between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Ivan B. Davis
Ironton
4 H Leaders And Counselors Meet At School Cafeteria
Point Pleasant reports the 4 H leaders assistant leaders and counselors will meet at 8 p m Thursday in Point Pleasant High School Cafeteria. The County Camping Committee also meets at 6 30 p m to plan the summer camping program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Taft Born in Cincinnati Suburb, Historic Birthplace Note
President William Howard Taft was born in a Cincinnati suburb. The hometown detail places his birth in the immediate area outside the city, marking a notable entry in presidential biographical notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
President William Howard Taft
Cincinnati
Mason County Marble Tourney Planned for Fifth and Sixth Graders
Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce and Point Pleasant Register announce the Second Annual Mason County Marble Tournament open to all fifth and sixth graders. Each school holds a local champion tournament then advances to the county finals in Point Pleasant the first week of May. Prizes will be awarded to the school champion. a large trophy goes to the 1959 county champion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Billy Wallis
Sunnyside
Fishes Without License GaIlipolis Youth Fined
Gallia County Municipal Court fined Gerald P Langhorne 20 of Gallipolis 15 dollars plus costs for fishing without a license. Judge William H Jones suspended 5 dollars of the costs leaving 10 dollars to pay. Merrill McCormick district game protector filed the charge. Also in court Lillie P Walker Brewer 48 of Gallipolis was fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Gerald P. Langhorne
Langhorne
Merrill McCormick
District Game Protector
Jones
Lillie P. Walker Brewer
County Agent Hosts 4-H Workshops in April
County agent William Gregory will conduct dairy project workshops for 4-H Club members. A clothing workshop for girls with Wool Outfit and Complete Costume will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday April 11 in the county extension office, following a 7:30 p.m. meeting Thursday at Point Pleasant High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Gregory
Point Pleasant High School
County Extension
Marriage License Sought in Point Pleasant and Columbus
Oran Preston Love of Columbus and Roma Agee Morrison Wartenburg of Point Pleasant have applied for a marriage license. Love is 55, son of Henry and Eunice Weigand Love. Morrison Wartenburg is 50, daughter of George Morrison and Delilah Jacobs Morrison Steele.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Preston Love
Columbus
Henry and
Eunice Weigand Love
Roma Agee Morrison Wartenburg
Point Pleasant
George Morrison
Delilah Jacobs Morrison Steele
Lions Club hears antiques history and outlines district plans
Gallipolis Lions Club members and guests attend a ladies night at Tyes Restaurant where Judge and Mrs. Betz discuss antique collecting. The group names officers for April 22 and outlines Gallipolis district 13 H convention activities set for April 18 19 with a Palm Room reception and Kgger Creek Power Plant banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lions Club
Gallipolis
Gallia
Tye’s Restaurant
Norman W. Pinschmidt
Judge
Mrs. Betz
Boudinot
Palm Room
Lafayette Hotel
Pinschmidt
Garfield Ave
Kgger Creek Power Plant
Gallia Parents to Attend Orientation Meeting for Incoming Freshmen
Gallia City Schools invite 199 eighth graders' parents to an orientation at Gallia Academy High School at 7 30 p m Thursday. Principal Ross H Fleming and the administration outline the high school curriculum, courses, requirements, electives and extracurriculars with department heads and instructors detailing each phase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Ross H. Fleming
Guid
Chamber of Commerce Names New Yearly Committee Chairs
Gallipolis chamber appoints new committee chairmen for the coming year led by president Carl Bias. Appointments cover Education Harold Brown. publicity Emerson Evans. membership Dean Davis. finance Gilbert C. Beard and Selwyn White. national/state/business affairs Dann O. Taber. rural Tim Evans and Carrol H. McKenzie. historic preservation Dwight C. Wetherholt. industrial development John K. Allen and Richard C. Roderick. recreation Atty. John E. Halliday. hospitality Mrs. Marianne B. Campbell. Highway Joe D. Miller. safety James B. Harreld and Dr. Norman W. Pinschmidt. fire prevention Herb C. McGinness. traffic Herb Bush. special events Robert Richards. retail merchants Ralph Bennett and Dean Davis. youth Paul Watson and Manning Wetherholt. special planning and national counselor Wayne B. Foster. Next meeting set for Monday April 13 with honorary directors announced Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Brown
Emerson Evans
Dean Davis
Gilbert C. Beard
Selwyn White
Rep
Dann O. Taber
Tim Evans
Carrol H. McKenzie
Cochairmen
Dwight C. Wetherholt
John K. Allen
Richard C. Roderick
Joe D. Miller
James B. Harreld
Norman W. Pinschmidt
Herb C
Mac) McGinness
Herb Bush
Robert Richards
Ralph Bennett
Paul Watson
Manning Wetherholt
Wayne B. Foster
D M Haner dies at 83 in Gallipolis
Dennis M. Haner 83 of 1154 Second Ave. died on arrival Tuesday at Holzer Hospital from a coronary attack. Retired Gallia County farmer born July 7 1875 he lived in Gallipolis since 1951. Survived by wife Alice Nolan two sons two daughters two brothers and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren. funeral Saturday at Mercerville Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dennis M. Haner
Second Ave
Holzer Hospital
Mr. Haner
Kananga
Gallia County
Guyan Twp
Smith
Sarah Syrus Haner
Alice Nolan
Russell
Kenneth
Oscar
Mabel) Warren
Springfield
Earl
John Haner
Mercerville Baptist Church
Chester J. Lemley
Ridgelawn Cemetery
Mercerville
Professor Roth to Speak at Kiwanis Dinner in Point Pleasant
Professor C FE Roth will address the Kiwanis Club on World Affairs at the Moose Home Thursday dinner. He heads Morris Harvey Night School and formerly led the political science and history department. Reservations to John C Hutchinson at 1000 are required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. FE
Roth
Kiwanis Club
Moose Home
Morris Harvey
John C. Hutchinson
Ex Resident Otis Childs Dies in Jacksonville
Word reached Point Pleasant of the death of Otis Childs formerly of Point Pleasant and a son of the late Mr and Mrs George Childs He was married to Milf red Rhoades of Point Pleasant The notice notes his former residence and connection to the local area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Otis Childs
Jacksonville
Fla
George Childs
Milfred Rhoades
Transfers of land parcels in Gallia County deeds list
Multiple property transfers recorded in Gallia County with owners including Robert E Baird Alvin C Walton Elizabeth L Walton Colby Pounds Grover Ram ey Purl and Lona Smith Dolly Marie Hall Ralph R Ep ling Pauline Meek and others. Transactions cover Morgan Hunt ington Addison Greenfield Mills Village Gallipolis Cheshire Walnut and Cheshire townships with acreages ranging from one to eighty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. Baird
Alvin C
Elizabeth L. Walton
Morgan
Colby Pounds
Grover Ramey Grover
Huntington
Purl
Lona Smith
Dolly Marie Hall
Hatfield-Campbell Creek
Addison
Ralph R
Francis M. Epling
Pauline Meek
Greenfield
George E. Carter
Etux
Merrill L. Evans
Carter
Evans
Thomas F
Dana G. Morris, Jr
Mills Village
Green Two
Ruby Tawney Jenkins
Millie C. Folden
Beall
City
Charles W. Berry
Stacy Berry
Walnut
Milk Market Job Outlined For Rotarians
Robert W. Sechrist of the U S Department of Agriculture spoke to the Gallipolis Rotary Club at the Farmers Hotel outlining his duties and the local office operation. Rebecca Ann Sechrist, grand award winner at the Regional Science Fair, plus Rodney Lusk and Joe Bagshaw, also scored for Gallia Academy High School. A film on Public Highways was shown by Lawrence P. Huber and Alva T. Grever.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert W. Sechrist
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Rodney Lusk
Joe Bagshaw
Lawrence P. Huber
Gallia County
Alva T. Grever
Meigs- Gallia Development Association
Huber
Jack A. Buxton
Bill Knight
Point Pleasant
Gordon Leckie
James A. Saxton
Mor arrested for DUI in Gallia County Court
Earl L. Mor, 54, of Charleston West Virginia, was arrested Tuesday by the State Highway Patrol on a charge of driving while under the influence. His case was scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday in Gallia County Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galli Polis
Earl L. Morrow
Charleston
W. Va
State Highway Patrol
Gallia County
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Commission
Oks
John E. Halliday
Elbert McGhee
Perry J. Bailes
Cotton, Halliday
Bailes
McGhee
J. Russell Sarrett
Howard Neal
Thomas E. Agee
Frances Worman
Radio
Michigan
Stanley Yankus
John Donaldson
New London
BIG Mama
Krirths
Jimmy E. Davis
Dexter
Gallia Angler
Oran
L. Vance Campbell
Jack Hudson
Robert A. Boudinot
James Davis
Dr. C. C. Kimbrell
Dan Thomas
Odie O’donnell
Bill Wellman
Bill George
Bob Boudinot
Ance
Elsie Lusk
Aldeth Robinson
Charles Shaver
Ruth Gillingham
A Kimball Suiter
Joseph Bachus
Chamber of Commerce
Carl Bias
Gallipolis Chamber of Commercce
Thelma Elliott
D. M. Haner
Miller
Professor Roth
Prand
Thurman
Inez Mavs
Rock Rural
Walnut Two
Belva K. Stewart
Clarence Newell
Alva Newell Et al
Melvin Newell
Cheshire Tyen
Doris F. Jeffers
C. F. Saunders
Green Tw
Lottie N. Jackson
Carl C. Myers
Charles A. Thomas
Vera Thomas
Cheshire Two
Mary Elizabeth Darnell
Mary E. Darnell
Ohio Valley
Sttion Center
Main St
Biggs Dept. Store
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