Fire Destroys Kanauga Home
A faulty flue caused a fire that gutted a four room Kanauga house occupied by Junior White and family. Neighbors alerted Gallipolis fire department which brought 13 men and two rigs. Losses: $1000 on the house and $1000 on contents. Rudolph Gordon of Middleport owned the property. the Whites had no insurance. Earl Henry’s nearby home also burned.
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Gallipolis
Kanauga
Junior White
Sadie Bright
White House
Rudolph Gordon
Middleport
White
Edgar White
Earl Henry
Doctor attends annual ACP meeting in Atlantic City
Dr. Odell C. Kimbrell of the Gallipolis Clinic will travel to Atlantic City on Monday to participate in the American College of Physicians annual meeting.
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Gallipolis
Odell C. Kimbrell
Gallipolis Clinic
Atlantic City
American College of Physicians
Kyger Creek Board Hires Twelve For Next Year
The Kyger Creek Local Board of Education hired twelve teachers for the coming school year. Two-year contracts were awarded to elementary teachers Katherine Williams Cynthia Drummond Marilyn Rees Willeen Edwards and Faye Sayers and to high school staff Bill Wolfe Merlyn G Ross Clarence E Thompson and Howard Hardway Kenneth Myers. Velma Farley and Glen Hunter received five-year contracts. At Addaville School Sam Theiss was named janitor and Mrs Maxine Layhe was hired as cook.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kyger Creek Local Board of Education
Doris Roush
Katherine Williams
Cynthia Drummond
Marilyn Rees
Willeen Edwards
Faye Sayers
Howard Hardway
Kenneth Myers
Bill Wolfe
Merlyn G. Ross
Clarence E. Thompson
Kgger Creek High School
Velma Farley
Glen Hunter
Addaville School
Sam Theiss
Maxine Layhe
Three New Divorce Suits Filed in Court
Gallia County Common Pleas records show three divorce petitions. Vreva Sheline seeks divorce from Delmas Sheline with custody and alimony. Reba Cramer petitions against Donald Cramer for divorce and alimony. Kenneth Birchfield sues Verna Birchfield for divorce with custody and child support for their 15 year old daughter.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Kenneth Birchfield
Verna Birchfield
Mason
Money Suit Filed In Court Over 595 54
Gallia County Common Pleas Court heard Nickels Mfg Co of Bristol Tennessee seek a money judgment of 595 54 plus 6 percent interest from January 13 1958 for merchandise sold to Maxine Morrison of Huntington at 1513 Third Ave. Mrs Morrison formerly ran a dress shop here.
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Gallipolis—Nickels Mfg. Co. A Corp
Bristol
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital Notes
A series of birth announcements lists a son for Marion and Patricia Potts of Oak Hill a son for William Wray of Pomeroy and a daughter for Jack Minor of Cheshire. The record also notes numerous medical and surgical admissions including Gene Johnson Gallipolis and Peter Appel Point Pleasant. Blood usage recorded with 17 pints Saturday and 5 pints Monday.
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Marion Potts
Oak Hill
William Wray
Pomeroy
Jack Minor
Cheshire
Gene Johnson
Wilkesville
Alex Lane
Gallipolis
Charles L. Lewis
Middleport
Calloway F. McCarty
Ashland
J. C. Long
Pecks Mill
W. Va
Peter Appel
Point Pleasant
Ralph Dillinger
Wellston
Surgical
Paul F. Andrews
Long Bottom
Thomas S. Hysell
Addison
William E. Nelson
Ravenswood
Debra Ann Nelson
Harold L. Bell
J. Russell Johnson
Jackson
Keith McGrew
David W. Shepherd
Tracy Brumfield
Louisa
Edward Martin
Linda Anthony
Patricia Ann French
James D. Swain
Charles Vance Baker
Donna Comer
Former Interim Pastor Welcomes Daughter in Honolulu
Gallipolis reports a daughter born April 5 to the Rev. and Mrs. Robert F. Good in Honolulu. The Rev. Mr. Good served as interim minister at First Presbyterian during Rev. Linson H. Stebbins illness and later founded the Gallipolis Young People. He works at Tauhau School in Honolulu and plans to return to the United States in June 1959.
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Gallipolis
Robert F. Good
Honolulu
Good
First Presbyterian Church
Linson H. Stebbins
GYP
Tauhau School
U. S
Bidwell-Porter eighth grade graduates 35 to high school
Gallia area Bidwell-Porter elementary in the North Gallia School District will hold its eighth grade commencement at 8 p.m. on May 19 with 35 students promoted to high school. The school serves 419 pupils.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell-Porter
North Gallia
Bidwell-Porter School
Community Visits Report From Downington Area
Mrs Maggie Chaney of Darwin and Mr and Mrs John Chaney with grandson Pearl visited Mr and Mrs Herb Barnhart. Mr and Mrs Bill Sells of Athens visited Mr and Mrs Pearl Robinson and Mary Howell. Mr and Mrs Robert Clark of Harrisonville visited Mrs John L Clark. Rev Ira Wellman of Bradbury and Frank Neigh mer visited at the C A Bolen home. Mr and Mrs Cecil Haning of Harrisonville visited Glen Haning. Mae Dixon visited her parents Mr and Mrs Pearl Reeves.
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Robert Clark
Harrisonville
John L. Clark
C. A. Bolen
Ira Wellman
Bradbury
Frank Neighmer
Cecil Haning
Glen Haning
Mae Dixon
Pearl Reeves
Early Industrial Inventions and Inventors
Answers: 1 John Deere built the first steel plow. 2 Robert F. Goddard invented the screw propeller. 3 The rotary printing press was byRickett? 4 Samuel Morse invented the telegraph. 5 The flying shuttle was built by John Kay. 6 The Spinning Jenny was invented by James Hargreaves. 7 The power loom was by Edmund Cartwright. 8 The sewing machine was invented by Elias Howe.
Judge Betz Grants Four Divorces
In Gallipolis Judge Robert M. Betz granted four divorces in Common Pleas Court. Robert E. Tope was divorced from Joyce B. Tope with custody of two minor children and visitation for her. Cecil E. Cook received a divorce from Bonnie D. Cook with the child in his custody and visitation rights. Homer C. McMillan was granted a divorce with custody of two minor children to Mrs. McMillan and plaintiff visitation. Edith Irene Murray was granted a divorce from Donald Murray with custody of one minor child and grounds of gross neglect.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Robert M. Betz
Robert E. Tope
Joyce B. Tope
Cecil E. Cook
Bonnie D. Cook
Homer C. McMillan
Pte Beaver Graduates from Aviation School
Pte Charles J. Beaver son of Mr and Mrs Clarence H Beaver Crown City graduated as honor man April 4 from the aviation fundamental school at the Naval Air Technical Training Center Jacksonville Florida. After enlisting in September 1957 he, a Fairland High School Proctorville graduate, has been transferred to the Marine aviation detachment Memphis Tennessee.
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Gallipolis
Charles J. Beaver
Clarence H. Beaver
Crown City
Naval Air Technical Training Center
Jacksonville
Fla
Fairland High School
Proctorville
Beaver
Marine Aviation
Memphis
Tenn
Dr J Gibson Gibert Elected To Local Board Of Directors
Gallipolis Buckeye Building and Loan Co. elected Dr J Gordon Gibert to its board Monday night filling the vacancy created by Otis Drummond’s resignation. Drummond remains secretary and office manager, a post he took four weeks earlier after J H C Bovie retired.
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Gallipolis
Buckeye Building and Loan Co
J. Gordon Gibert
Dr. Gibert
Otis Drummond
Drummond
J. H. C. Bovie
Demos to Meet Gallia County Democratic Committee
Gallia County Democratic Central Committee will meet at 8 p.m. Tuesday at the courthouse to discuss party business and upcoming elections.
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DEMOS
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Democratic Central Committee
Women’s Club Hears Dancing Talk On Delinquency
Eighteen members of the Gallipolis Junior Women’s Club met at the Buckeye Rural Co op with Leo Savage describing dancing as a tool to curb juvenile delinquency. He cited supervised dancing and the Youth Canteen as keeping children off the streets and praised Dr. Jay Bradshaw for aiding the canteen. President Mrs. Bob Lang led the meeting which welcomed new member Mrs. Joseph Sharder.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Junior Women’s Club
Buckeye
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Across Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
Detailed gauges show water levels and dam status at Gallipolis, Montgom ery, Kanawha Falls, Hinton, and Point Pleasant with several dams rising or falling. Ohio River boats report multiple locks updating through the afternoon with a general trend of falling levels as river traffic moves. Kaneawha and Gallipolis fleet movements include several vessels changing status from up to down across Marmet Winfield Huntington and Maysville.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Ovec
Criss Jr
Sioux City
Bob Benter
Dispatcher
C. P. Wright
O-Kan
Price
St. Genevieve
Kanawha
Jerry Bosworth
Merrill
Lelia C. Shearer
Ogram
Northern
Pittsburgher
City of Huntington
Gallia Marriage License Granted to H B Jacobs Jr and Wanda Bradbury
H B Jacobs Jr 33 welder Center Texas and Wanda L Bradbury 29 Cheshire motel manager obtained a marriage license. Jacobs son of H B Jacobs and Elizabeth Kirk Jacobs and Bradbury daughter of Charles and Mae Bentz Ables are the couple.
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Gallia
H. B. Jacobs, Jr
Center
Texas
Welder
Wanda L. Bradbury
Cheshire
H. B. Jacobs
Elizabeth Kirk Jacobs
Charles and
Mae Bentz Ables
Instructions For Tests Go County Wide In Gallia
Edward Ray Blakeslee Jr led the Gallia County Elementary School Principals Association through plans for county wide mental ability tests to be given next Monday. Results will be confidential in school and county files as the 280 page curriculum guide will be distributed to all county schools.
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Gallipolis
Edward Ray Blakeslee, Jr
Gallia County
Blakeslee
B. Lewis Jones
Association Cancels Regular Monthly Meetings
Gallia county notes that the Kegger Creek Association will no longer hold last Monday of month meetings but will stay as an on call organization likely meeting in summer. Meigs Gallia Development Association next meets Wednesday May 7. Pencils and certificates awarded to county champion spellers. President Walter Neal led the meeting.
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Gallipolis
Alva T. Grover
Kgger Creek Association
Grover
Meigs - Gallia Development Association
Walter Neal
Gallia County Commissioners Adjourn After Brief Session
Gallia County Board of Commissioners met briefly as the near approach of the May 6 primary distracted their attention. Auditor Morton L. Dickey reported bills were paid and no motions or resolutions were made before adjournment.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Proceeds of Supper to Aid Grange Hall Construction
Springfield Grange hosts a chicken supper at 6 30 p m Thursday in the Bidwell Porter School cafeteria. Proceeds support completing the Springfield Grange hall a concrete block building on state route 160 near the Charles W Ward residence. Land for the hall was donated by Keener Sand and Gravel Co.
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Gallipolis
Springfield Grange
Bidwell-Porter
Charles W. Ward
Keener Sand and Gravel Co
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