25th Anniversary Held By Gallipolis B&PW Club
Gallipolis B and P W Club marks its silver anniversary at the Farmers Hotel with 145 in attendance including officers and guests from nearby clubs. Dr Ella G Lupton honored as oldest B P W member in state and nation with 24 red roses for each year as charter member.
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Gallipolis B&pw Club
Gallipolis
Farmers Hotel
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women’s Club
Ella G. Lupton
Ethel Maude Young
B&pw
Ohio
United States
Ella
Ironton B&pw Club
Lou Emma Reed
Ironton Club
Madge Neal
Gallipolis Club
Girl of Month Named by Gallipolis Club
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club named Janet Brewer, daughter of Mr and Mrs Milton E Brewer of 88 Pine St, as April Girl of the Month. She is a Galia Academy High School senior and holds multiple roles.
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Gallipolis
First Church of the Nazarene
Two Drivers Pay Fines In Municipal Court
Judge William H. Janes fined Clyde Brown 20 of Troy and Harold Miller 22 of Waterloo 25 dollars and costs for unsafe operation after an accident near Waterloo. Jack M. Freeman 23 of Huntington West Virginia was fined 10 dollars and costs for passing over a yellow line. Bonds forfeited included Shirley J. Repass 22 of Columbus 20 dollar bond for not stopping within the assured clear distance Jerry L. Littrell 20 of Lancaster 20 dollar bond for speeding George E. Shotts Jr 23 of Wellston 15 dollar bond for no muffler and Howard B Pokras 27 of Steubenville both 10 and 25 dollar bonds for no operator's license and speeding.
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Gallipolis
William H. Janes
Clyde Brown
Troy
Harold Miller
Waterloo
State
Janes
Jack M. Freeman
Huntington
W. Va
Shirley J. Repass
Columbus
Jerry L. Littrell
Lancaster
George E. Shotts, Jr
Wellston
Howard B. Pokras
Steubenville
Storys Run Mr and Mrs Vollmer Honeymoon in Chicago
Mr and Mrs James Vollmer on honeymoon in Chicago Illinois will reside at the Lowe apartment Powell Street Middleport. Mr and Mrs Marlin Rife visited McArthur with their daughter and family Mr and Mrs Charles Young. Mr and Mrs Watson Davis visited with Mr and Mrs Joe Jenkins and family.
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James Vollmer
Elsie Edwards
Chicago
Ill
Lowe
Powell St
Middleport
Marlin Rife
McArthur
Charles Young
Watson Davis
Joe Jenkins
Mrs. Jones Rites Slated Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Gladys K. Jones 41 of Winton Route 1 will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Morgan Bethel Church Gallipolis with Rev. Robert L. Petty officiating Burial will follow in the church cemetery She died Sunday at her grandmother's home where she lived the last 11 months Born in Meigs County she was a Meigs County native daughter of the late Coretta West and Luther Jones Survivors include two children William 6 and Joyce 10 along with other relatives and earlier residence Martins Ferry Meigs County natives and family details are noted.
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Gallipolis
Gladys K. Jones
Winton
Morgan-Bethel Church
Robert L. Petty
Meigs County
Jones
Pomeroy
Coretta West
Luther Jones
William
Joyce
Accident victim listed in critical condition
Tommy Eugene Kerwood, 19, of Cheshire Route 1, was admitted to Holzer Hospital in critical condition after an automobile crash on Route 7 in Cheshire. He suffered a severe forehead laceration and a brain contusion when his car left the road and struck a tree, with the vehicle demolished and the motor rolling 70 feet from the wreck. He was ejected from the car.
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Gallipolis
Tommy Eugene Kerwood
Cheshire
Holzer Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Kerwood
Ker
Gallia County Reports 85 Polio Shots at Free Clinic
Gallia County health officials administered 85 polio shots at a weekly free clinic bringing Gallia residents year to date to 1337. The current total trails last year’s by 317 after nurses had given 1654 shots at the same time last year.
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Gallipolis
Hea
Gallia
Practical Politics Talk Slated For Thursday
Richard L. Bailey district manager for the National Chamber of Commerce will present the Action Course in Practical Politics at 3 30 p m Thursday in the Lafayette Hotel. He will speak to Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce members and community leaders with a discussion period to follow.
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Gallipolis
Richard L. Bailey
National Chamber of Commerce
Lafayette Hotel
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
Herb Bush
Chamber of Commerce
Bailey
River Traffic Gauges and Dam Conditions Report
Reads like a wartime river traffic bulletin listing gauge readings at Gallipolis and Kanawha Falls, dam statuses on Kanawha and Ohio rivers, and a roster of boats on the Montgomery Huntington route, Lock numbers, and loading states through the day with many vessels up or down. Names of boats include City of Huntington, Peggy Downey, Robert E. Reed, Belpre, and Se met, along with lines for Kanawha River and Gallipolis transfers and various lock signals.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy- Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
City of Huntington
Robert P. Bonnie
Ashland
Peggy Downey
Salvati
Criss Jr
Lock
Robert E. Reed
C. V. Harner
Beaver
Belpre
Bob Beater
A.V. Criss
Stevenson
Ovec
Mr. Criss
Irene Chotin
Nee
Pennsylvania
Kanawha
Semet
W. C. White
Derrick
Merrill
Jerry Bosworth
Paul Blazer
Janie D
Lelia C. Shearer
Lunga Point
Solvay
Eastern
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Northern
Lehi
Lelia C
Rer
US report ranks fast growing consumer product sectors
A U S government study identifies air conditioning television appliances clothes drying devices and boating as the four fastest growing consumer product industries over the last twelve years.
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U. S
Three Vehicular Accidents Reported by State Patrol
Gallipolis The State Highway Patrol reported three accidents Monday. A Holstein cow caused damage to a tractor driven by Robert L. Haislop near Route 141. A German shepherd dog struck by Elmo Shuff sustained minor injuries. Johnnie Dotson, cited for driving too fast on Rodney Bidwell Road, was not injured and a pickup had minor damage.
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Gallipolis
Robert L. Haislop
Patriot
Crouse
Waterloo
Elmo Shuff
Willowood
Donald R. Warehime
Rodney-Bidwell
Johnnie Dotson
Bidwell
Dotson
Troop 203 Seeks Adult Leaders Amid Growth
Troop 203 at Grace Methodist Church reports growth from about a dozen scouts to twenty with six new enrollments this year. Scoutmaster Jim Hackworth notes only he and the troop committee actively guide the unit and calls for one or two assistant scoutmasters to support leadership. Eddie Hamilton becomes senior patrol leader, Mike Dobbins leads the Wolf Patrol with Kenny Thompson as assistant, and Ronnie Walker leads the Buffalo Patrol with Roger Lovett as assistant.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Jim Hackworth
Hackworth
Eddie Hamilton
Mike Dobbins
Wolf Patrol
Kenny Thompson
Ronnie Walker
Buffalo Patrol
Roger Lovett
Cross Petition Filed In Divorce Action
John L. Short of 106 Locust Street filed a cross petition in Gallia County Common Pleas Court seeking a divorce and custody of their one minor child. Grounds include gross neglect and extreme cruelty, identical to charges in Edna H. Short’s alimony petition filed January 18. The couple, married October 10, 1955 at Point Pleasant, have one child, custody sought by the mother.
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Gallipolis
John L. Short
Locust St
Gallia County Common Pleas Court
Edna H. Short
Point Pleasant
Hospital Admissions and Discharges List From Holzer Notes
The Holzer Hospital notes list multiple admissions and discharges across Gallipolis Wellston Addison Cheshire Ripley and nearby routes. Names include Cleo M Whitt Harold L Preston Marion Williams Tommy Kerwood Mark Sanders Walters Bove Orville Phillips Paul Coulson William Martin Mark Cavey Joseph Bowman Mary Fowler Charlies White Stephen Harder Fellore Mary Gibeout Kenneth Casto Ong Williams Jim Harrison Alice Hall Emmet Smith Carl Fletcher Janice Remita Steven Herkala Sidney Randolph Leslie Evans Marilyn Harrison Samuel Halstead Billy Fanning Dale Gilkey Theodore Riley John Smith Carolyn White Doore Michael Roy Price and others. Blood used Sunday six pints Monday four pints.
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Walters Bove
Crown City
Bud L. Darst
Cheshire
Mark A. Sanders
Gallipolis
Eureka
Orville Phillips
Harrisonville
Paul E. Coulson
Ae Powte
William Martin
Pedro
Mark S. Cavey
Romeo el
Charles F. de Ironton
Joseph A. Bowman
Samuel H. McCallisver
Chillicothe
Mary L. Fowler
Ashland
Charlies A. White
Northup
Stephen E. Harder
Ewington
Ercel A. Fellore
Mary E. Gibeout
Kenneth L. Casto
Ong Williams
Long Bottom
Jim H. Harrison
Alice Hall
Bay
Emmet C. Smith
Galli
Carl E. Fletcher
Wellstone
Janice L. Remita
Bidwell
Billy W. Fanning
Jackson
Dale C. Gilkey
Theodore Riley
Stanley Co. Church
John F. Smith
William J. Ghearing
O. R. Fulks
Frank Y . Jr
Carolyn Sue White
Mark Doore
Stephen D. Michael
Roy Price
Raymond E. Cunningham
Gary J. Carman
Harold L. Preston
West Quoddy Head Marks US Easternmost Point
The easternmost land of the United States is West Quoddy Head near Eastport Maine. The landmark sits at the tip of Lubec peninsula and marks the country's far east on the mainland.
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The
United States
West Quoddy Head
Eastport, Me
Garden Clubs Set Spring Meeting in Gallia County
Mrs Herman Humphrey of The Plains will key the Gallia County Garden Clubs spring meeting at the Farmers Hotel. Mrs Wy mond Bradbury says the event includes a flower arranging demo by Mrs James Myers of the Viton Friendship Garden Club. Registration begins at 10 am with a luncheon at noon priced at 1.25 dollars per person.
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Gallipolis
Herman Humphrey
the Plains
Gallia
Gallia County Board Vacates Alley Seeks Six Township Roads
Gallia County commissioners vacated an alley in Chambersburg and set May 16 viewing and June 6 final hearing dates for six township road requests. A new 0.3 mile township road in Raccoon Two named William Tate Rd was established, and Second Ave in Chambersburg was vacated. County funds were allocated $30,000 to highway maintenance.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Board of
Morday
Chambersburg
Green Two
Sand Hollow Rd
Garfield Blazer Rd
Guyan
Garland Creek
Good Hope Rd
J. A. Caldwell
Guyan Township
Stanley Dennison
Morgan Twp
Glen Summitt Rd
George L. Sprague
Clay Township
Maurice Wickline
Davis Rd
Ohio
Merrill
Mary Waugh
Johnson Rd
Ira Green
Raccoon Two
Biglow Rd
William Tate
Second Ave
Ed Kirby
Ed Kemper
Kemper Hollow
Springfield
Oly M. Stewart
Chauncey L. Johnson
Local Men Fined in Municipal Court
In Gallipolis Earl F Moody 25 was fined 25 dollars and costs for petit larceny and held for nonpayment of fine and district parole. Okey Canterbury 55 Charleston West Virginia and Bill Hatcher 18 Bidwell Route 2 were fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication and speeding respectively. Howard D Mac Odrom 62 Salem was fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication.
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Gallipolis
Earl F. Moody
Willian H. Jones
Okey Canterbury
Charleston
W. Va
Bill Hatcher
Bidwell
Senior Math Class Surveys Real Site Work at Gallia Academy
Gallia Academy High School senior math students, under Gordon R. Massie, practice surveying after a trig unit. Lewis Campbell from the city engineer's office demonstrates transit use. Students will survey real sites to match classroom problems.
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Gallipolis
Gordon R. Massie
Gallia Academy High School
Lewis Campbell
City Engineer's Office
Vinton PTA Elects Sayre As President
In Gallia County the Vinton Elementary PTA installed Dick Sayre as president at its final meeting of the year. Sayre, who previously served two terms, rejoined officers, with Pearl Marcum as vice president, David Ball as secretary, and Seth Huntley as treasurer. A North Gallia High School home economics spring style revue showcased student made dresses and outfits.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Elementary Parent Teachers Association
Dick Sayre
Sayre
Reba Long
Pearl Marcum
David Ball
Seth Huntley
North Gallia High School
Frances Wetherholt
North Gallia
Martha Williams
Home Economics
Barbara Hager
Sandra Knotts
Betsy George
Susie Bush
Hilda Runnion
Shirley Barnes
Joyce
Collision near Gallipolis leaves minor damage
Gordon R Massie 27 of Gallipolis tried to turn into his driveway at 107 Kineon and collided at 4 45 p m with a car driven by Myron Lee Jones 22 of Oak Hill. Police reported minor damage to the left front of both vehicles and no charges were filed.
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Don R. Massie
Gallipolis
Kineon
Myron Lee Jones
Oak Hill
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Agnes Merritt
Margaret Alice Avery
Beatrice Bibler
Hazel Zwayer
Chloe Maloney
Ethel B. Strommer
National Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Gallipolis B&pw
Edith Hutsinpillar
Strommer
Maloney
Avery
Neal
Miss Young
Cussins & Fearn Store
E. Carpenter St
Athens, Ohio
Athens Pharmacy
Prescri Ake
Emmet Spencer
Sandy Hook
Mary Cathrine Hamilton
James Jobe
Grace Bay
Nova Scotia
Clermont
Fla
Johnnie Thomas Keen
Leesburg
William H
Cross
Cleo M. Whitt
Marion Williams
Addison
Tommy E. Kerwood
John H. Hunter
Ripley
Steven D. Herkala
Oon
Sidney K. Randolph
Northapoute
Leslie E. Evans
Patriot Route
Marilyn A. Harrison
Samuel E. Halstead
New Hav
Philadelphia
Independence Hall
Vinton Pta
PTA
Walter Neal
Verna Gleason
Athens Messenger
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