Car Strikes Elderly Man In Gallia County
Walter Vickers a 70 year old man from Bidwell Route 1 remains in critical condition at Holzer Hospital after being struck by a car on Route 35 in front of Kessels Market. The driver Charles F. Hager 18 was cited for driving left of center. Vickers suffered multiple injuries including a possible brain concussion and fractures. Another accident on Route 680 involved Sam Williams 49 and James Campbell 34 with heavy damage. Campbell was cited for driving left of center.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Walter Vickers
Bidwell
Charles F. Hager
Kessel’s Market
Ter
Athens-Meigs County
Sam Williams
Rutland
James Campbell
Albany
Campbell
C. O. Fisher
Middleport
Gallipolis Plans Off-Street Parking Project
Gallipolis planning board met with City Manager Cotton and City Solicitor Bailes to discuss an off-street parking lot along the waterfront. The plan proposes a four-lane, mercury-lit, all-day facility for about 200 cars with a riverbank renovation including toilets, recreation areas, shelter, picnic grounds, and a boat dock. Project estimates total about 170000, with 100000 needed to complete, funded by a mill levy and meter revenue.
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Gallipolis
City Planning Board
Austin O. Cotton
Perry J. Bailes
City Park
State St
Cotton
Second Ave
Vinton Parents School Club Re-elects Officers
Gallipolis The Vinton Parents School Club Monday night re elected President Richard Sayre and vice president Daniel Evans named a new secretary Mrs Hayes Deel and a new treasurer Mrs Johnny Stephens Fifty four attended but the year s average attendance was 103 Clorindo Teolis presented his ivy leaguers of Vinton School for several songs and also led the group singing The Vinton Parents School Club will serve the Vinton High School alumni banquet May 31 in the cafeteria
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Gallipolis
Vinton Parents School Club
Richard Sayre
Daniel Evans
Hayes Deel
Johnny Stephens
Clorindo Teolis
Gallia Bar backs Col lier Radcliff in GOP primary
The Gallia County Bar Association endorsed Judges James G. Collier and William D. Radcliff for re election to the Fourth District Court of Appeals. Both run in the GOP May 6 primary.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Auxiliary Plans First Party for Husbands
Gallipolis Boat Club Auxiliary schedules its first party of the season for husbands at 1:30 p.m. Sunday May 19 at Mrs. Charles Neal's Garfield Avenue home. Co chairs are Mrs. Neal and Mrs. Roy Ross.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Boat Club
Charles Neal
Garfield Avenue
Neal
Roy
Judge Suspends Otis Williams License in Gallipolis
Otis Paul Williams 35 of Gallipolis Eureka Star Route had his operator license permanently suspended by Common Pleas Judge Robert Betz after arraignment on a bill of information. Williams faced charges from a drunk driving arrest after a Friday night crash and previous DUI and traffic convictions since 1945. He was fined 500 dollars and costs and received six months in jail with all but 30 days suspended.
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C. O. Fisher
Middleport
Earl W. Wines
Cheshire
Meigs County
Gallia County
Robert S. Betz
Dale L. van Sickle
Gallipolis
Donald G. Randall
Columbus
John H. Lively
Jackson
Iams
Eureka Star Route
Common Pleas
Robert Betz
Bill of Information
Betz
Williams
Girls of the Month Honored at B P W Dinner in Gallipolis
The Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club honored 13 Girls of the Month at a Wednesday dinner. Dr. Paul R. Lyne, president of Rio Grande College, spoke as the event featured the nominating slate for officers to be elected May 19.
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B&pw
Dr. Lyne
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Dorothy Sommer
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women’s Club
Winifrede Knight
Paul R. Lyne
Ella Mae Estep
Rio Grande High School
Gallia Academy High School
Carol Sue Haskins
Ohio State University
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital noted
A newborn daughter born to Mr and Mrs Tommy Chevalier of Gallipolis. Listed admissions include Mrs Daniel Stidham Gallipolis medical and others from Morgantown Ironton Ashland Ky and Coalton among medical and surgical cases. Dismissals include multiple patients and a total blood usage listed as Sunday three pints and Monday one pint.
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Daniel Stidham
Gallipolis
George P. Shepherd
Morgantown
Charles L. Brunton
Jackson
William H. Abbott
Patriot
Paul R. Boothe
Ironton
Ira T. Baker
Cove
Edson L. Hart
Pomeroy
Kenneth W. Nelson
Radcliff
Kelly T. Berger
Ashland
Marie McCoy
Point Pleasant
Surgical
Birch B. Nichols
Coalton
Patty Ann Gaul
Chester
Herbert L. Collins
Harley D. Bowling
Wellston
Floyd H. Drummond
Addison
Joyce Riley
Middleport
Clyde A. Hunt
Sandra Kay Smith
Kerr
Medical
George E. Bennett
Leon
Walden L. Gee
Walter Vickers
Bidwell
Thomas FE
Matteson
G. V. Quickel
Vinton
Charles E. Campbell
Oak Hill
George C. Deily
Letart Falls
William V. Roush
Mason
Garland McComas
W. L. Foreman
C. A. Ebersbach
Oma Johnson
L. N. Gentil
Frank Wolfe
Roger W. Reed
A. P. Kerr
M. J. Kennedy
Dorothy Messick
Samuel Long
Amanda Thevenin
Virgil C. Roberts
Danny Casto
Donna Henry
Reggy Biffle
Gallia County Commissioners Study Four Road Proposals
The Gallia County Board of Commissioners considered four road cases at the Monday meeting. Greenfield Township seeks to convert 3.35 miles of Evan Thomas or Frank Shaffer Road into a township road with a viewing date May 26 and a final hearing June 2 at noon. Funds totaling 1000 dollars were approved for a relocation of Kerr Harrisburg Road to Route 554 in Springfield Two, plus 300 dollars for right of way easements. The board released a 50000 dollar bond on Poplar Ridge Road near strip mined areas and renewed a 5000 dollar bond for collieries in the same area. No action on old business.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Springfield
Kerr-Harrisburg Rd
Poplar Ridge
Ohio River
River traffic and dam status on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers
Shipping updates list gauge readings and dam positions from Gallipolis to Marmet and London with multiple uprisings and downs. River boats such as Betty Moran Forsynthia OVEC Jerry Bosworth Atlas Ravenswood and others report up or down statuses and times across Lock 14 to Lock 35 with varied uprisings and drops.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Betty Moran
Forsynthia
Robert R. Gibson
Orleanian
O-Kan
Jerry Bosworth
Reliance
Atlas
Lunga Point
Ravenswood
Herbert E. Jones
O. F. Shearer
Sycamore
Jefferson
Cornell
Kanawha
Marmet Merrill
Solvay
David Moran
Jimmy Colley
C. F. Hood
Price
Janet T
Shuttler
Helrich
Club Elects Four Officers
GALLIPOLIS The Rio Grande College Circle-K Club re elected Norman Webber as president named Herman Lynch as vice president re elected Leslie Barbour as secretary and chose Jerry Ruark as treasurer. They join Circle-K board members Alex Adams Richard Brown Bill Northup and Tom Turley. The meeting with 18 present added five new members Harold Reed Jim Russell Dale Jones Mike Padavoni and Bill Northup. Prof. Frederic Vernon Boult Kiwanis chairman and Prof. Chester A Rininger faculty adviser attended.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Circle-K
Norman Weber
Herman Lynch
Leslie Barbour
Jerry Ruark
Alex Adams
Richard Brown
Bill Northup
Tom Turley
Harold Reed
Jim Russell
Dale Jones
Mike Padavoni
Frederic Vernon Boult
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Chester A. Rininger
Gallia County Marriage License Listed for Gillespie Williams
Robert Evan Gillespie 19 of Gallipolis a groundman and Noretta Gwenn Williams 19 of Gallipolis a receptionist are named in a Gallia County marriage license notice. The couple are listed as the children of Lewis and Sarah E Murphy Gillespie and Thomas and Margaretta Evans Williams.
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Robert Evan Gillespie
Gallipolis
Noretta Gwenn Williams
Lewis and
Sarah E. Murphy Gillespie
Thomas and
Margaretta Evans Williams
Kyger Band Boosters Elect Mrs Swisher President
Kyger Creek Band Boosters Club chose Mrs. Ara Swisher as president and named officers Mrs. Howell Edwards vice president Mrs. Edward Spears secretary and Mrs. Curtis Rice treasurer The spring concert is set for May 9 at Kyger Creek High School with Merlyn G Ross directing vocal students and William E Everson guiding instrumentalists The Band Banquet will be held May 10 at the high school cafeteria with two additional May banquets planned to raise funds
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Gallipolis
Kyger Creek
Ara Swisher
Kyger Creek High School
Howell Edwards
Edward Spears
Curtis Rice
Kgger Creek High School
Merlyn G. Ross
William E. Everson
Band Boosters Club
Caterpillar Co
Scouts Plan Spring Trip to Campbell Camporee
Three Gallipolis Boy Scout Troops outlined their participation in the Mason Gallia Meigs District Spring Camporee set for May 2 3 and 4 at Harmon Field Point Pleasant. Troops 200 203 and 204 led by Walter F Walker Jim Hackworth and Gaylord Woomer prepared menus and schedules.
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Gallipolis
Mason-Gallia- Meigs
Harmon Field
Point Pleasant
Walter F. Walker
Jim Hackworth
Gaylord Woomer
Kenny Morgan
Hackworth
Woomer
Pathologist Dr Carson Attends Cleveland Medical Meeting
Dr Robert P Carson of Holzer Hospital and Clinic attends a joint session of the American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists and the International Academy of Pathology in Cleveland. The event at the Hotel Statler runs through April 25.
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Gallipolis
Robert P. Carson
Holzer Hospital
American Association of Pathologists and Bacteriologists
International Academy of Pathology
Cleveland
Statler
Club Accepts 3 Members at Gallipolis Saddle and Sirloin
Gallipolis Saddle and Sirloin Riding Club admitted three new members at Monday night’s meeting. The club will host two horse shows this season, including a point show, and Hubert Costen was named representative to the grievance committee for all shows this year. A trail ride is scheduled for May 4 at Vinton Memorial Park. Refreshments were provided by Mrs Phyliss Campbell, Mrs Belva Smith, and Miss Katie Martin.
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Gallipolis
Sirloin
Hubert Costen
Vinton Memorial Park
Phyliss Campbell
Belva Smith
Katie Martin
Head Injury Suffering Child Admitted After Fall
Five year old Joyce Lou Ann Riley daughter of Mr and Mrs Ted Riley Jr was admitted to Holzer Hospital Monday afternoon with a head injury after falling on basement steps Her condition listed as good Tuesday morning at the time of reporting in Gallipolis
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Gallipolis
Joyce Lou Ann Riley
Ted Riley, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Wallace Granted Third Continuance in Water Disruption Case
In Gallipolis on a municipal court case, E Ross Wallace receives a third continuance. Judge William H Jones will rule on the second objection raised by Wallace's attorney John A Epling. A jury trial is requested and a venire will be set as other cases await trial.
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Gallipolis
E. Ross Wallace
William H. Jones
John A. Epling
Wallace
Neil Sanders
Janes
Epling
Jones
Church Guild Elects Officers at St. Peter's
The Mary and Martha Guild of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Gallipolis elected officers Monday night at Mrs. W. Lewis Brown's home. New president is Mrs. George Files, vice president Mrs. Kenneth Boster, and secretary-treasurer Mrs. James Thomson. The meeting was led by outgoing president Mrs. Thomas W. Morgan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary and Martha Guild
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
W. Lewis Brown
George Files
Kenneth Boster
James Thomson
Thomas W. Morgan
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
James Betz
Gallipolis Police Court Fines Three Defendants
Judge William H. Janes fined Cecil White 39 and Verne Sans 55 both of Gallipolis ten dollars and costs for intoxication. Joe Ward 39 of Ironton was fined fifteen dollars and costs for a left of center violation.
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Gallipolis
William H. Janes
Cecil White
Vernie Sans
Joe Ward
Ironton
Tax Form Help Sessions For Vinton County Employers
A Bureau of Unemployment Compensation representative will be in the Civic Building each Friday from 1:00 to 2:00 PM to assist Vinton County employers with tax form preparation and filing.
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Bureau of Unemployment
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Civic Bldg
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Southwestern High School
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