Gallia County Board of Education ousts attendance officer
Gallia County Board of Education votes 3-1 to replace attendance officer Art Evans with Ivan Morehouse. Ruth Edwards abstains while Glen Powell opposes and Earl Cromley supports. Supt. B. Lewis Jones notes Clay Local transfer into Gallipolis City School District and submits transfer resolutions. Gillis Hamilton named North Gallia bus driver and schedule filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Clay Board
Jones
Green Local
Gillis Hamilton
North Gallia
Porter Headlines Show In Portsmouth For Senate Candidate
Gallia local group introduced J Sherman Porter a 22 year Scioto County engineer as our candidate in the seventh eighth senatorial district. Albert Porter Cuyahoga County engineer and Democratic gubernatorial nominee hopeful spoke urging FEPC support opposing right to work and advocating stronger unemployment and old age benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
O. Carson Barlow
Scioto County
J. Sherman Porter
All-Saints
Portsmouth
Albert Porter
Cuyahoga County
FEPC
Ohio
Buckeye
M Sgt C Earl Ward Dies in Texas
M Sgt C Earl Ward 41 US Army died Friday in a San Antonio hospital after being stricken at Camp Hood Texas. Ward a member of the Gallipolis VFW Post 4464 served since 1942 and fought in Germany for a decade. He married Toni Meyers in Germany and leaves two daughters Anna Vera 11 and Rosemary two, plus his mother Mrs Anna Ward and the late Clarence Ward. Surviving siblings include Dwight Thelma Woolridge George and Mrs Helen McCoy. Funeral arrangements by Vernon McCoy of Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vernon McCoy
Vinton
C. Earl Ward
U. S. Army
San Antonio
Texas
Ward
VFW
Camp Hood
Germany
15Th Cavalry
Toni Meyers
Anna Vera
Rosemary
Anna Ward
Clarence Ward
Dwight
Thelma Woolridge
George
Hamden
Helen McCoy
Circleville
Fire Siren To Open Door to Door Crusade
GALLIPOLIS The Fire Department siren will wait at 7 p.m. Wednesday to launch the house to house phase of the Gallia County Chapter Cancer Crusade. 200 volunteers will ring doorbells. Co chairmen Mrs H B Thomas and Mrs Lawrence Bastiani ask residents to leave porch lights on. Workers will disturb no one after 9 p.m. A goal of 2000 dollars is set for the canvass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Cancer Crusade
H. B. Thomas
Lawrence Bastiani
Weekend Minor Crash In Gallipolis Backs Vehicle
A farm truck backed into a Sam Clench owned car on Court St around 2 p.m. Saturday causing minor damage. No injuries reported and city police logged it as the only weekend incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Sam Clench
Eastern Ave
Court St
Abele Rally Planned For Next Saturday
Gallia County campaign head Joseph W. Clark announces a big rally in the public square for Homer E. Pete Abele, Republican candidate for 10th District U S Congress. Abele aims to unseat long serving Congressman Thomas A Jenkins. Clark is campaign manager and local farmer and public official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Homer E
Pete) Abele
Joseph W. Clark
Gallia County
Abele-for-Congress
Abele
Clark
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Rio Grande Alumni Banquet Honors College Ties
Rio Grande College Ensemble directed by Mrs. Zelma Northcutt hosted a Saturday banquet for alumni and friends at the State School for the Blind in Columbus. Rio Grande leader Dr. Harold W Kennedy delivered the main address titled Greetings From the Campus, with other attendees including Dr. W R Scarberry, Dr. Paul R Lyne, Miss Clara Poston, and Prof Frederic Vernon Boult. ensemble members from Jackson Vinton Rutland Wellston Coalton New Boston and Cuyahoga Falls attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Zelma Northcutt
State School For the Blind
Columbus
W. R. Scarberry
School For the Blind
Harold W. Kennedy
Rio Grande
Paul R
Lyne
Clara Poston
Frederic Vernon Boult
Doris Rhea
Carol Wilson
Don Walton
Tom Swaim
Jackson
Jean McCoy
Wanda Kessee
Vinton
Betsy Field
Sandra Pierce
Rutland
Virgil Lambert
Wellston
Jim Sperry
Coalton
Mike Morris
New Boston
Tom Turley
Cuyahoga Falls
Man Injured In Wreck In Ohio Town
Ernest Richard Seymour 20 of Wellston Route 2 was admitted to Holzer Hospital at 4 20 am Sunday after his vehicle left Route 124 near Wells ton and crashed head on into a large tree. He suffered a fractured right leg fractured right wrist chin lacerations and a possible jaw fracture. Nursing report Monday morning listed him in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipois
Ernest Richard Seymour
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Seymour
Pythian Lodge Honors Tom Mills Saturday
Fifty Pythians Pythian sisters and their families bid farewell to Thomas E Mills at a Castle Hall potluck in Naomi Lodge 55 Gallipolis. Mills will fly to Los Angeles May 20 to become area representative for North American Van Lines. He resigned as lodge treasurer after 20 of 25 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Thomas E. Mills
Castle Hall
Naomi Lodge
Springfield
Los Angeles
Tom Mills
Lodge
Gilbert C. Beard
Domain of
Ohio
Knights of Pythias
Buckeye
Donald T. Houston
Mills
Tommy
Mary Ruth
Garnet Smith
Grace
David
Chicago
Long Beach
Pythian Sisters
Bill Wright
Freddy Burdette
Pythians
August Arnold
Gerald Roush Injured In Tractor Accident
GALLIPOLIS Gerald Roush 20 son of Mr and Mrs Austin Roush of Bidwell Route 2 is listed in fair condition at Holzer Hospital after a tractor overturn on his father s farm Saturday afternoon. He suffered a fractured pelvis and possible internal injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gerald Roush
Austin Roush
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
Roush
College GALLIPOLIS-Rio Grande Reaccredited by OCA
Dr. Paul R. Lyne announced Saturday that Galliapolis Rio Grande College has been reaccredited by the Ohio College Association. The move increases the association’s membership to 50 colleges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Ohio College Association
Paul R. Lyne
Association
County health clinic vaccinates 126 with polio shot
Gallia County Health Department administered 126 Salk polio vaccines at the free clinic Saturday, lifting the year’s total to 1237 injections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Youth Groups Meet in Baptist and Methodist Fellowships
In Gallipolis the Baptist Youth Fellowship hosted Rev. William Brock of Emanuel Baptist Church Columbus as guest speaker. Johnny Bill Matthews led welcome and song. Kenny Bostic gave opening prayer. Brenda Kiser gave devotions. The Methodist Senior Hi Youth Fellowship announced May 4 a parents pot luck dinner with a To Drink or Not To Drink panel discussion led by Ronnie Edgington. Margaret Swann directed the program and spoke. attendance and a report from the absentee committee were noted. The First Church of God Youth Fellowship met Sunday night under the theme The Repair Shop of God with about ten in attendance, Mary Ellen Neal reading the call to worship and Joan Smeltzer leading singing with Mary Faye Casto on piano.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Baptist Youth Fellowship
William Brock
Emanuel Baptist Church of Columbus
Johnny Bill Matthews
Kenny Bostic
Brenda Kiser
Methodist Senior Hi Youth Fellowship
Ronnie Edgington
Mary Ann Lusk
Patty Ott
Margaret Swann
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Admissions Listed
A long list of births and patient admissions appears for Holzer Hospital with names from Langsville Columbus Gallipolis Jackson Point Pleasant Chillicothe Wood County and nearby areas. The entry notes a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Leonard L Newberry and mentions multiple medical and surgical cases. Blood usage recorded as four pints on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard L. Newberry
Langsville
Birth and Hospital Admissions Listed for Local Families
A son born to Mr and Mrs Homer Wilson of Oak Hill is noted. Admissions include Mrs Marvin Gardner Cheshire medical care, Henry L Fellure Gallipolis, Mrs Clifford Leifheit Pom eroy surgical care, Mrs Paul Ruttencutter New Haven medical, Roger Lee Reed Jackson surgical, Thomas E Stover Point Pleasant surgical, Ernest Seymour Wellston surgical, William L Capehart William Cundiff Carl Fruth Ed Beck Terry Pratt, Mrs Jacob Chevalier, Mrs William Harris, Mrs Clyde Clench, Mrs William Wilson and son, Mrs James Skaggs, and Mrs Franklin Hall back and daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Homer Wilson
Oak Hill
Marvin Gardner
Cheshire
Henry L. Fellure
Gallipolis
Clifford Leifheit
Pomeroy
Surgical
Paul Ruttencutter
New Haven
Roger Lee Reed
Jackson
Thomas E. Stover
Point Pleasant
Ernest Seymour
Wellston
William L. Capehart
William Cundiff
Carl Fruth
Ed Beck
Terry Pratt
Jacob Chevalier
William Harris
Clyde Clench
William Wilson
James Skaggs
Franklin Hallback
State Alert Is a Success
Gallipolis reports twenty one planes tracked during a six hour test alert spanning four states. Captain Hoffman at Charleston Air Defense Center notes 142 aircraft trackings and 3000 GOC volunteers, with locals Dick Thomas and Dorothy Dicker son leading the post aboard Fortification Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ground Observer Corps
Dick Thomas
Dorothy Dickerson
Fortification Hill
Edwin S. Hoffman
Charleston
Youth Group Attends Rally at Athens Church
Eighteen St. Peter's Episcopal youths joined about 50 attendees at the Church of the Good Shepherd rally in Athens. Ellen Richards Eddie Houck Henry Cherrington and Dick Mackenzie led the worship service. Topics included Why Am I an Episcopalian and the Southeastern Diocese summer camp plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Athens
Church of the Good Shepherd
Ellen Richards
Eddie Houck
Henry Cherrington
Dick Mackenzie
Germantown
James Betz
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Albert S. Chappelear, III
St. Peter's
Ronnie Thivener
Charles Riggs
Robert Schaeffing
Mary Lee Davis
Barbara Boster
Bill Davis
Tracy Fleming
Dick Campbell
John Holzer
Geraldine Richards
Linda Thomson
River traffic and dam status across Ohio and Kanawha rivers
Gauges show water levels and dam runs from Gallipolis to Kanawha Falls with several dams on the Ohio River down to Dam 23 while others run. crane and boat movements logged at Locks 13 through 35 with individual vessel statuses and times, and Kanawha and Gallip Rivers listing local towboats and barges with up and down movements throughout the day. Continuous updates reflect moving conditions in multiple locks and docks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy - Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Reliance
Criss Jr
Susan Houghland
Creditor
Western
City of Huntington
Helrich
Robert R. Gibson
Lock
Price
David Moran
Jimmy Colley
Kanawha
Atlas
Helen
Solvay
Delta Cities
C. F. Hood
Sohio State
John J. Rowe
Lunga Point
Holiday Parade as 750 Band Students Audition
Point Pleasant hosts Region VII band festival auditions with more than 750 students from Ravenswood Poca Ripley Milton Buffalo Winfield Hurricane Wahama Hannan Wa hama Point Pleasant and other schools. Three adjudicators rate the groups before a 3:30 p.m. downtown parade featuring 13 bands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ravenswood
Poca
Ripley
Milton
Buffalo
Winfield
Hurricane
Hannan
Wahama
Point Peasant
Fun-O-Rama lights up DAV benefit for disabled veterans
Mason County Disabled American Veterans staged a two hour Fun-O-Rama at the local high school auditorium. Headlined by Professor Jarvis the show featured Bob Carter Everett Pauley The Teenagers and the Carter Sisters with proceeds funding wheelchair and hospital beds for loan to those in need. Howard C Sheets of Gallipolis produced the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Disabled American Veterans Organization
Professor Jarvis
Bob Carter
Ham
Everett Pauley
Carter Sisters
Howard C. Sheets
Gallipolis
DAV
Ten Arrested On Weekend in Point Pleasant
Weekend arrests reported by the sheriff's department state police and city police include Curtis Werthee and Bernard Douglas Wright on intoxication charges, freed on bond. Jerry Blaine Parsons of Columbus jailed 24 hours for drunken driving with a $50 fine. Seven others, named Neal, McDade, Crawford, Burdell Neal, Everett Nibert, Leo Nibert, and John Davis, jailed on intoxication charges and to be arraigned before Justice A M Goodwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sheriff's Department
Curtis Werthee
Bernard Douglas Wright
Jerry Blaine Parsons
Columbus
Walter Krodel
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Margaret Neal
Noah McDade
Arthur Crawford
Burdell Neal
Everett Nibert
Leo Nibert
John Davis
Gallipolis Residents Celebrate 84th Birthday Festivities
The 84th birthday of Mr. Robert B. Williams was noted at the Thomas home with many guests from Gallipolis and nearby towns. Attendees included families from Columbus Marietta Lima and Athens along with Ohio State University ROTC ball attendees and visiting relatives from Salisbury North Carolina and New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert B. Williams
Steve Thomas
Thomas
Roy
Gallipolis
Ohio State University
Mary Ann Lusk
Sammy Neal
Sharon Preston
Paul Burks
Ruth Fulks
Freddy Miller
Mike Dickerson
Nancy Whalen
Ohio University
Athens
Arnold Dickerson
Forrest Fife
Forrest
C. E. Fife
Guy White
Court St
Ruth Bailey
Janet Bailey
Miss Bailey
Margaret Till
New Zealand
WSCS Meeting Hosted by Mrs Bill Howard in New Haven
Mrs. Bill Howard hosted the WSCS at her home with assistance from Mrs. Jack Needs. Mrs. J. R. Bratton presided and Mrs. John Morgan led the devotional period. Miss Ann Howard provided music. District WSCS president Mrs. B. J. Cunningham attended and spoke. The May meeting will be at Mrs. Morgan’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Bill Howard
WSCS
Jack Needs
J. R. Bratton
John Morgan
Ann Howard
B. J. Cunningham
Morgan
Egg Hunt at New Haven Grade School Broadcasts Spring Fun
An Easter egg hunt entertained children of New Haven Grade School. Home room mothers handed out baskets and teachers received chocolate eggs. Army sergeant Tommy McIntire spent an on leave visit with his parents. Huntington and Mason residents enjoyed a weekend with relatives in New Haven Orchard and Danfourth guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven
Tommy McIntire
Army
W. R. McIntire
Raymond Greathouse
Huntington
Katherine Greathouse
Mason
A. D. Hume
New Haven Orchard
Phil Batey
Batey
J. G. Switters
Theodora Switters
Thomas Epps
Danfourth
Ill
Firefighter Sprains Ankle Battling Brush Fire Near Centenary
Gallia County fire crews fought a grass and brush fire between Clicker Road and Norman Northup Road near Centenary in Green Two. Homer Johnson, 41, of the Gallipolis Volunteer Fire Department, stepped into a hole while pulling hose, spraining his right ankle. He was treated at Holzer Hospital and released. The blaze, which burned over 250 acres, briefly threatened a nearby house owned by John O'Dell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Centenary
Homer Johnson
Holzer Hospital
Clicker Road
Norman Northup Road
Green Two
John O'Dell
Annual Junior High Concert Tuesday at Pleasants gym
The Junior High School Band under George Kooken will perform Tuesday at 8 p.m. in the Junior High School gymnasium. The concert features 22 boys and 30 girls with no admission charge.
Former Resident Killed In Saturday Accident
Cecil E. Nowlin 34 formerly of Mason County was killed in a Route 60 crash four miles east of Barboursville West Virginia Saturday evening. Donnie Ray Nance 23 of Huntington faces warrants for negligent homicide and reckless driving. Nowlin survived by his wife Maxine and a four month old daughter Vickie Annette, plus his mother and several siblings. Funeral Tuesday at 2 p.m. in Beale Chapel Apple Grove with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Cecil E. Nowlin
Barboursville
W. Va
Nowlin
Huntington
Jackson Ave
Creasup Construction Co
American Car and Foundry
Donnie Ray Nance
Oradoff
Huntington State Police
Nance
Apple Grove
Eva McCallister Nowlin
James A. Nowlin
Air Force
Mason County American Legion Post and Boiler Makers Union No
Maxine Bright Nowlin
Vickie Annette Nowlin
Lettie Fewell
St. Albans
Helen Trippett
Lesage
Bonnie Bowers
Ottie
James Nowlin
Hart Named Director of Fremont BGSU Branch
Gordon Max Hart, a teacher and assistant coach at Ross High School in Fremont, is appointed director of the new Fremont branch of Bowling Green State University, which will open in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowling Green
Gordon Max Hart
Ross High School
Fremont
Bowling Green State University
Troop 252 to Get Charter at Night Program
Troop 252 is set to receive its annual charter in a 7:30 PM program at the Appalachian Power Co auditorium. Marietta Manufacturing Co sponsors the troop and will be represented by Richard Mullins who will receive their 14th year sponsorship charter. MGM District Commissioner Wilbur Dickson will present the charter. A court of honor will follow with rank advancements and Tenderfoot badges for new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Appalachian Power Co
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Richard Mullins
Boy Scout
MGM
Wilbur Dickson
Point Pleasant Judge Fines Three on Saturday
Anne Hill of Point Pleasant was fined $19 and given a ten day jail sentence for intoxication when arraigned before Justice of Peace Arthur Goodwin Saturday. Robert Newton German of Point Pleasant was fined $10 and costs on intoxication charges. Carl Edward Willet of Southside was fined $10 and costs for no operator's license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Anne Hill
Justice of Peace
Arthur Goodwin
Goodwin
Robert Newton German
Carl Edward Willet
Southside
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Evans Packing Co
Gallia County Agricultural Society
Raccoon Local Board of Education
Junior Fair Board
Pythian Lodge
OCA Accredits
College
Baptist
Donovan Davis
Samuel Long
Clifford H. Hill
Millard H. Wilcox
David B. Garthee
Dale Riegel
Cove
Henry M. Doss
Jerry M. Goagland
McArthur
Arthur Roseberry
Oak ° Hill
Susan Durst
David W. Valentine
Chillicothe
Stanley Church
George Grindley
Phyliss Saunders
Paul Hackler
Robert Mackenstadt
Warren Comer
Mary Shaffer
Frank Harper
Carolyn Nibert
Rita Ann Miller
Flora Leonard
J. W. Call
Ellsworth
Alva Searberry
J. W. Kinnison
W. D. Edwards
Clarence Waugh
Dick Retton
Paul Andrews
Richard Hagan
Harrison A. Williams
Robert W. Kean
New Jersey
U. S. Senate
H. Alexander Smith
Williams
Robert Meyner
Kean
Smith
Bernard Shanley
Eisenhower
U. S
International
GOC
Mollie Johnson
VFW Auxiliary
Delores Magnani
Darlene Leaper
Inez Marchi
Elizabeth Lear
The
Legion Auxiliary
Billy Davis
Roger Saunders
Donald Warehime
Wahama High School
Arline Roush
Daniel Artis
Amy Roush
Eunice Cartwright
Charles Hargraves
Andrew Karschnik
Chloris Machir
Susan Cheney
Charles Yonker
Nancy Armstrong
Barbara Bostic
Ross Frey
Becky Goodnute
Dale Grimm
Lois
Patricia Harrah
Kathy Fowler
Lima Grinstead
Robert Kell
Sheldon Roush
Mary Burris
Virginia Espenshied
Elen Fields
Shelby Grinstead
Doyle Jones
Ann Maynard
Eugene Nicholson
Martha Ohlinger
Lawrence Roush
Donald van Meter
Phylis Batey
Jacquelin Capehart
Sanda Durbin
Bill Fry
Georgann Jeffers
John Johnson
David Zirkle
Sandra Burns
Ruth Grimm
Henry Burgess
Nancy Flesher
Bill Foglesong
Thurl Kimes
Howard McDaniel
Corena McMillion
Joan Oliver
Margie Roach
Phyllis Zickafoose
Bill Boyer
Carolyn Flowers
Mane Jewell
Juhling McClung
Ann Newland
Marilyn Foglesong
James Henderson
Linda Brinker
James Johnson
Joanna Kessinger
Shirley Lyons
George McFarland
Betty Sprouse
Carolyn Turnbull
Jane Wolf
Ann Chisler
James Kapp
Robert McGlothlin
Martha Murray
Eugene Rayburn
Rosailee Riggs
Mary Roush
Moses
Mark
John H. Sayers
Johnnie
John Ross
Linda
Lori
Alrry May
Roberta Fair
Lima
Roger Williams
Kenneth
Gary
Roger Dale
Ivor Williams
Thuman
Frank Wetherholt
Martha Sue
Carl
Marietta
Mr. Wetherholt
William McKnight
E. C. Bacon
Salisbury
N.C
Beale Chapel
Clyde Levine
Church
JP Goodwin
Deus
America
Kem
Glo
Kem Glo
Babs
Carolina Lumber and Supply CO
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