Nominated For Junior Fair Queen In Gallia County
Mercerville High School held its election Friday naming junior candidates Margaret Montgomery Sandra Thorne Opal Camden Hope Brunhardi Fanny Harmon Karen Casto and Eudora Spencer plus senior candidates Doris Coulter Carole Estep Hazel Dauber Carolyn Rathburn Virginia Spencer and Patty Gilmore for the Gallia County Junior Fair Queen title to reign during the mid August three day event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia County
Mercerville High School
Margaret Montgomery
John Montgomery
Mercerville
Sandra Thorne
Rio Grande
Opal Camden
Bidwell-Porter
Hope Brunhardi
GAHS
Fanny Harmon
Karen Casto
Vinton
Eudora Spencer
Cadmus
Carolyn Roush
Cheshire
Doris Coulter
E. C Lusk
Carole Sue Estep
Hazel Dauber
Bidwell Porter
Carolyn Rathburn
Virginia Spencer
Patty Gilmore
Local Social Notes Highlight Athens Visitors and Neighbors
Residents from Belpre Albany Bethel and surrounding areas visit with friends and family in Athens. Travel includes Mr and Mrs Orville Sleeth Mr and Mrs Worley West Hi B Cross and son Paul hauling hay to Frank Clark barn and family gatherings at F M Clark home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. M. Wood
Belpre
M. V. Ross
Orville Sleeth
Athens
Garnet Sleeth
Tom Brown
Maryland
Florida
David
Frankie Perry
Oscar Knowl Ton
Lawrence Bellows
Columbus
Stella Enlow
William H. Battrell
Gladys Simonton
Chaunt~ey
Harry Love
Liewellen
Albany
Ross
Carl
Maurita
Pomeroy
Flora Cross
Mason
Millard
Dana Buckley
Mr. Kons
Gilliam Cooley nuptials set in Gallipolis church
Mr. and Mrs. John Gilliam announce the April 21 wedding of their daughter to a Romulus printer. The ceremony at First Baptist Church featured a double ring rite, followed by a family luncheon. The bride, Susan Cooley, is daughter of Mrs. Dana Cooley. The couple will reside in Romulus Mich. after a wedding trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Gilliam
Romulus
Mich
Jesse Gilliam
Rio Grande
Europe
Susan Cooley
Dana Cooley
Adamsville
Mr. Cooley
First Baptist
Local families relocate and visit over spring weekend
Society and children establish residence at 619 Second Ave replacing 542 Third Ave. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Creighton Ghrist and infant from Delaware. Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Shamblin of Kananga host in town. Several residents travel to Columbus and Detroit for events and family matters, with social visits to Miami and New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Ave
J. W. Moots
Third Ave
Jerry Miller
Grape St
Creighton Ghrist
Baby Son
Delaware
Frank Ghrist
Gallipolis
Clyde Shamblin
Kananga
Harry Williams
Holzer Hospital
Solumbus
Ira Galloway
Charles McGinniss
Columbus
Ohi State Life Insurance Co
Charles Nuckles
Jo! Jeffers
Melba ‘Thornton
New York City
Paul Niswander
Grace Methodist Church
Clifford Rice
Mark Pearce
Miami
Fla
Bert Harrison
Robert Bowman
Detroit
Ernest George
St. Paris
M. T. Epling, Sr
Anna Simmerman
Ohio Historical Society
Edward Robinson
Wayne Booth
Long Island
New York
Athens
Local families visited in Lancaster and nearby towns
The column lists numerous visits among Lancaster, New Straitsville, Athens, Columbus, Zanesville, and Logan residents. It notes guests from Akron, Michigan, Rutland, and Mount St. Mary Hospital, with social calls, a funeral attendance, sewing circle event, temple inspection, and a probate notice inserted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Noel Guest
Lancater
Frank Lace
Columbus
Owen Wallace
William Mitchell
Akron
Amy Lanning
Margaret Edwards
Iva Dishon
Ben Dishon
Athens
Lancaster
Walter Grandy
Roy Grandy
Elizabeth Kegg
Commercial Point
Paul Webb
Logan
Vern Webb
Bob Dishon
Zanesville
William Dishon
William Brown
William Abram
Michigan
Price
Sam Spencer
Walter France
Rutland
Anna Frazier
Jane Stephenson
Airs
Birdie White
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Star Sewing Circle
Ethel Wade
Margaret Sherrard
Anna Frazure
Lena Grandy
Ethie
County
Critons
Iole
Ape
Ager J. Jones
Dee
Sala County
Ray Beran Seale
Rylvia de Anderen
Three Gallia youths placed on probation for school break in
Three East Gallipolis juveniles aged 13, 16, and another 16 were placed on probation by Common Pleas Judge Robert M. Betz on charges of breaking and entering Washington School last weekend. Police said they broke a cafeteria cabinet, took more than 100 dollars, and entered through a window. They were arrested Thursday and held in the juvenile detention section of Gallia County jail until the hearing. About 57.25 dollars was recovered. two boys already repaid, the third to repay soon. Judge Betz presided in place of vacationing Juvenile Court Judge John W. Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
East Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
Washington School
Bottom WSCS Hosts Reedsville Gathering
The Bottom WSCS visited the Reedsville society for an all day meeting. Fourteen members attended with a pot luck dinner at noon. The Rev Jack Smith of Portsmouth recently visited Mr and Mrs S R Swan and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
WSCS
Reedsville Society
Jack Smith
Ports‘mouth
S. R. Swan
John Deffenbaugh
HA. Hensley
Bellaire
Chester Society
Clyde Lawrence
Dale Adams
Grace Swaylaw
Alf. Swan
Riverview Council
Christian Church
Walter Braban
Walter, Jr
Wanda
Helpre
Shirley
Swan Norman Weber
St. Joseph Hospital
Kyger Social Notes Highlight Weekend Visits and Illness
Kyger social notes cover weekend visits among Spring Fork West Virginia families including Dana Ramsey and Elmer Males with Jerry, Fred and Walter Cranston guests in Marion, and Rita Spires ill with tonsillitis. Also mentions Elizabeth Athey in hospital and the Jonker diamond being cut into twelve stones.
1955 Realty Taxes Paid in Gallia County
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation paid six months of Gallia County Realty taxes totaling 180039.13 dollars. Secretary-treasurer Paul J. Conery delivered the payment Friday to Gallia County Treasurer V. Paul Niday after a brief delay following a phone alert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
Gallia County
Paul Niday
Paul J. Conery
OVEC
Niday
Bids Decided For School On Tuesday
Gallia Academy High School shop and music building bids opened Friday noon range from 60 606 to 70 546 dollars the Gallia District Board of Education will meet Tuesday night to decide which bid to accept The bids surpass the architect’s estimate and cover adding a second story to the shop vocational agriculture building Bidders were Lambert Construction Company K M Hauldren Ohio Valley Construction Company The board members present included Dr Marcus J Magnussen Merrill O O’Dell Robert E Jenkins Austin Cotton Dr J Gordon Gilbert Acting Supt Marshall D Boges and Clerk Wayne Nid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Galipolis
K. M. Hauldren
Ohio Valley Construction Company
Magnussen
Merrill O. O'Dell
Robert E. Jenkins
Austin Cotton
J. Gordon Gibert
Marshall D. Boges
Wayne Nid
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sunday Messenger
Junior Fair Queen
Gallipoli
Shonday
Cleveland
Supreme Shrine
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Esta Reese
Rosebud Baker
Hazel Kuhner
Oak Hill
Georgia Waugh
Vennie Casto
Lafayette Shrine
Edith Hutsinpiller
Elizabeth Lear
Martin Mood
Mary Shrine of
Hutsinpiller
William Grant
Sowell
George Sidwell
Charles Butcher
Harrison
Rio Grandeville
F. M
Korea
Clark
Sam Starkey
Grace Methodist
Kathleen Love
Emmett Clark
Lima
Ohio
Wesley
Frank Clark
Yeamg
Sidwell
Ella Miller
F. Miller
Shade High
Columbus i
Veterans of Foreign Wars and Auxiliary
Veterans Administration Hospital
Chillicothe
VFW
Lower Third Avenue
Bob Gillen Ford
Court ST. Gallipolis
Coraly
Federal Reserve System
Deposit Insurance Corporation
Fort Sumter
State Highway Patrol
Brass
John W O'Neil
Max Lambert
J. W. Brooks
Jackson
W. B. Vance
State
State Highway Department
US Route 35
Kyger Social Notes
Rita Spires
Rex Lemley
Cora Lemley
Lede Lemley
Buletville Rd
Elizabeth Athey
Rex Lemay
Forrest McNeal
Little Rgger
J.P. Bradbury
Garfield
Jonker
Decca
Snyder
Marion
Mary B. Sisson
Davis-Shuler
Baby
Filomer Snray
Davis - Shuler Gallipolis
Oxfords
The
Yukon
Siberia
American South
DeSoto
Moxon
Gallia
TWO River Motor CO
Viand St
Point Pleasant
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