Commission Approves Gallipolis Sewage Disposal Plan
In a 23 minute session the Gallipolis City Commission approved a resolution declaring necessity for a sewage disposal plant and system near the old fair grounds by Eastern Ave. About 3000 feet of spur lines were laid on Ports mouth Rd from Edgemont. Estimated cost is 1.15 million dollars funded by bonds secured by the plant's revenue and property. Bonds: four and a half percent, 40 years, three years to first payment. Police and firemen will undergo city funded physicals. City Manager Austin Cotton read a thanks from the French City Garden Club for cemetery approach beautification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fairgrounds
Eastern Ave
Portsmouth Rd
Edgemont
Board of Education
City Police
Austin Cotton
French City Garden Club
Osa Baird
Mound Hill Cemetery
Stores Plan Two Promotions for Back to School
Retail Merchants Committee in Gallipolis discussed two promotions. The back to school event runs August 22 to 24 with clothing, accessories and supplies. Get acquainted week spans September 16 to 21 with a full sale lineup on fall merchandise. Final planning meeting set for August 20. Carl Bias announced eight booths sold for the junior fair merchant’s tent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Retail Merchants Committee
LaFayette Hotel
Carl Bias
Phil Campbell New Dispatcher at Gallipolis Post
Phil Campbell was named post dispatcher at the Gallipolis Post of the Ohio State Highway Patrol. A 1956 Gallia Academy High School graduate and 1955 Blue Devil basketball team member, he will train as patrolman at the Columbus Police Academy and will join a staff of three dispatchers and ten patrolmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Phil Campbell
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Cpl
Pierce D. McCreedy
Campbell
Gallia Academy High School
Harold Campbell
Cedar St
Blue Devil
Ohio University
Patrol Academy
Columbus
Garden Club Meeting Hosts Orchid Focus In Cheshire
Gallipolis Ches hire Wayside Garden Club met with 17 members at Mrs L L Sheets home Tuesday evening hosted by Mrs H H Bratt and Mrs L J Reynolds. President Mrs Briggs Kirby presided as the program explored orchids in Hawaii followed by a Disneyland nature story and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wayside Garden Club
Cheshire
L. L. Sheets
H. H. Bratt
L. J. Reynolds
Briggs Kirby
Hawaii
D. W. Briggs
Burkett Faces Unsafe Flight Charge in Municipal Court
Eugene D. Burkett 34 of Cadiz Ohio is accused in Municipal Court of unsafe operation of an airplane. State patrol says he flew along the crowded Lake Erie shoreline at less than 50 feet Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Painesville
Eugene D. Burkett
Cadiz
Ohio
Burkett
Lake Erie
Fire destroys house trailer in Gallipolis incident
A three room aluminum house trailer owned by Archie Hatfield at Young's Trailer Court in Kanauga burned around 1:45 am Wednesday. Fire Chief J H Heck Steele said the trailer was mostly ruined when Gallipolis firefighters arrived. The cause was not determined but thought to be from a cigarette. the blaze started on the couch. Damage valued at 1100 for the trailer and 1000 for contents. Hatfield was in the trailer but escaped unharmed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Archie Hatfield
Young
Kanauga
J. H
Heck” Steele
Hatfield
Page Rank Work Canceled by K of P
Due to the absence of the page rank team the Tuesday night meeting at Naomi Lodge 55 was canceled. Knights of Pythias conducted a short session with eight members present led by Junior Past Chancellor R W Cremeans in place of the absent Chancellor Commander Ronald Knotts. Five candidates will return next Tuesday to complete the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
R. W. Cremeans
Ronald Knotts
OSU Growth Continues Enrollment Rise to 28,455
The Ohio State University registrar reports a 28,455 student body for the 1956-57 fiscal year ending June 30, marking the fifth straight year of enrollment gains since 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio State University
Accidents Put Three In Hospital in Gallipolis
Gallipolis scene reports three injuries at Holzer Hospital. Glenn Boggs, skull fracture after a horse-back fall in a pasture near home. Peter Sullivan, 18 months, head injury from falling into a basement excavation. Ernest Thompson, eye injury from asphalt ball at the Gallipolis swimming pool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Glenn Boggs
Marshall D. Boggs
Holzer Hospital
Young Boggs
Peter A. Sullivan
Carl Sullivan
New Haven
Ernest Everett Thompson
Ernest Thompson
Young Thompson
Cheshire Man On Probation After Assault and Battery
Andy McKee, 47, of Cheshire Route 2, was arraigned in Gallia Common Pleas Court on assault and battery charges. He pleaded guilty and received three years probation. He vowed to quit drinking and ensure his wife does too after she was admitted to Holzer Hospital with a throat injury from a broken wine jug following a Saturday disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Andy McKee
Common Pleas Court
Robert M. Betz
Gallia
Warren F. Sheets
McKee
Betz
Oscar Baird
Holzer Hospital
Minor Crash Reported in Gallipolis on Vine Street
A car driven by 17 year old Terry Allen Hamilton and a pickup driven by 35 year old Lawrence V. Unroe collided in front of North Produce on Vine Street. Hamilton was cited to appear Thursday for a Juvenile Court hearing before Judge John W. Howell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Terry Allen Hamilton
Lower River Rd
Lawrence V. Unroe
Bladen
North Produce
Vine St
Hamilton
John W. Howell
Radio Club Plans Picnic on Fortification Hill
Gallia County Amateur Radio Club members met in the radio shack atop Fortification Hill to outline the annual picnic set for Sunday September 15 at the Fortification Hill grounds. Bonnie Cornelius of Cheshire earned his amateur novice license this Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fortification Hill
Gallia County
Face Injury in Grimms Landing Barn Repair Accident
Stanley R. Tucker of Grimms Landing was injured Monday afternoon when a timber fell on his face while repairing his home. He suffered a facial fracture and was admitted to Holzer Hospital at 3:30 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stanley R. Tucker
Grimms Landing
Holzer Hospital
Births at Holzer Hospital announce new daughter and names
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. E Dwight Ruth of Oak Hill on August 6. The hospital lists numerous admissions including Mrs. Robert Jeffers Jackson and Mrs. Lewis Ray Hughes Gallipolis for medical care and several surgical cases such as Mrs. Harold Kirby McArthur and Miss Mattie Cundiff Cheshire. Dismissals include Mrs. Lena Jackson Gallipolis and many patients with various family acknowledgments.
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E Dwight Ruth
Oak Hill
Robert Jeffers
Jackson
Lewis Ray Hughes
Gallipolis
Harold Kirby
McArthur
Mattie Cundiff
Cheshire
Glenn Boggs
Surgical
Joe Snyder
Divorce Petition Filed in Gallipolis Court
Dorothy Weiher of 636 Second Ave. seeks a divorce from James E. Weiher of 106 Locust St. in Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple wed in Gallipolis on February 21 and Dorothy asks restoration of her maiden name Dorothy Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Dorothy Weiher
Second Ave
James E. Weiher
Locust St
Dorothy Johnson
Junior Fair Opens At 7 This Evening
Gallia County kicks off the Eighth Annual 1957 Junior Fair with flag raising at 7 p.m. by VFW Post 4464. Fair Board President Joseph W. Clark receives the flag from VFW Commander Woodrow B. Saunders, then honors for board and county commissioners. North Gallia High School Band performs the national anthem. a 7:30 p.m. concert follows under Mrs. Rosalee Bailes. Miss Gallia County contest at 8 p.m. crowning then. At 9 p.m. the Jambo will air with Charlie McCormick as emcee, Grange Night in the activities tent, and Sky High Alcids closing at 10 p.m. with free act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
VFW
Gallia County
Woodrow B. Saunders
Fair Board
Joseph W. Clark
Clark
Gallia County Commissioners
North Gallia
Rosalee Bailes
Gallia
Chuckwagon) McCormick
Granges
Sky High Alcidos
Sid Vance Joins Race For Gallia County Judge
Gallipolis Ohio Sid Vance 37 of Bidwell Route 2 resigns as patrolman and becomes the fourth candidate to file petitions for the newly created Gallia County Judgeship Vance a Mingo County West Virginia native moved to Gallia in 1949 and is married to Marie Whitt of Chattaroy West Virginia with one son eight year old James Riley A World War II veteran he served 43 months overseas in Alaska and the Aleutians with the 75th Coast Artillery He entered the service from Williamson West Virginia in 1938 was inducted at Ft Thomas Kentucky and later stationed in Alaska before final discharge at Drew Field Tampa Florida
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Sid Vance
Bidwell
Gallia County
Vance
Mingo County
W. Va
Marie Whitt
Chatterroy
James Riley
George Ehman
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
75Th Coast Artillery
Williamson
Ft. Thomas
Ft. Sheridan
Ill
Armed Forces
Air Force
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Rotary Hears W. P. Smith Impromptu
Gallia County extension agent William F. Smith spoke at the Gal lipolis Rotary Club dinner when the scheduled speaker could not attend He traced the junior fair history from its 1950 farm implement lot start and outlined the four day program noting improvements and new attractions Visitation included Herman Martin of Xenia and Coach Bob Shertzer and Jack Buxton from Point Pleasant
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William FP. Smith
Gallia
Herman Martin
Xenia
Harland Martin
Lower River Rd
Bob Shertzer
Point Pleasant
Big Blacks
Jack Buxton
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Athens County
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Joan Cornell
Crown City
Frank Warfuel
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Delmar Russell Ham
Racine
Cleo Hudson
South Side
Everett D. Boster
Middleport
Donald Bissell
John Chattin
Point Pleas
Ant
George W. Romine
Syracuse
Warner M. Sheets
Eleanor
Lena Jackson
Roy H. Dressler
James Tipton
Howard D. Neigler
John F. Chaney
John L. Coleman
Joseph Morgan
Ray Neal
Jo Deena Spencer
Cecil Lambert
J. Floyd Leonard
Paul Binkley
Jack Higgins
Junior Stewart
Donovan Hatterman
Gary Bane
Hiram Somerville
Donald Fannin
Rotary
W. P. Smith
Plymouth
The
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Betty White
Lawrence Welk
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