Gallipolis Board Hires Teachers and Drivers for Coming Year
Gallipolis city board of education hired three teachers Mrs Calvin Carruthers Mrs Thelma Rose and Mrs Ruth Shackleford. The district also added bus drivers substitutes and signed milk and bread contracts. Resignations of two staffers were accepted and coal supplier bids will be tested before awarding.
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Gallipolis
Calvin Carruthers
Thelma Rose
Patriot
Spring Hill Dairy
Betsy Ross Co
Gallipolis City
Skidmore
Foster Coal Co
The
Coal Service, Inc
Kgger Creek
Gallia Academy High School
Hickman Electric Co
Don King Construction Co
Young Mother Shoots Self After Argument in Trailer
Jewell Carroll, 24, wife of Billy Ray Carroll, 22, was wounded by a .32 caliber revolver after an argument over a spanking at Heck's Trailer Court. The bullet pierced her abdomen and left arm, lodged in a wall near their sleeping seven-month-old, but she was reported in good condition. No charges were filed.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Gallia County
Oscar Baird
Jewell Carroll
Billy Ray Carroll
Heck’s
Ninety Seven Attend Layman Meet at Evergreen
Ninety seven members and guests of the Rio Grande Layman Organization gathered for a basket dinner at Westerman Church in Evergreen. Rev. Donald Myers spoke on What Shall I Do With Christ while Henry Skidmore presided.
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E. K. McAllister
Daniel Evans
4 H Junior Leaders Meet Thursday at Parish House
Gallia County 4 H junior leaders are asked to attend a meeting at the Episcopal Parish House at 8 p m Thursday. The session will include a business meeting recreation and dancing with exhibits projects and committee assignments on the agenda.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Episcopal Parish
Jan Peters
No Injuries In Accident Near Kerr Station
Two people escaped serious harm when a tire blew out on Route 160 sending a car driven by Lewis Swisher and carrying Jackie Lee Smith off the road into a guard rail. The 9:50 p.m. crash near Kerr Station left the vehicle heavily damaged. Smith suffered a minor scalp laceration and required no treatment. Swisher with no injuries faced no charges.
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Gallipolis
Lewis Swisher
Vinton
Kerr Station
Jackie Lee Smith
Bidwell
Rabbits’ retinas burned by distant atomic blasts
Studies show rabbits exposed to small atomic bomb explosions developed retinal burns at a distance of 42 miles, highlighting effects of distant nuclear blasts on eye tissues.
Berridge 91 Dies. Long Service in Clay Lick Area
Tecumseh Sherman Berridge 91 of Gallipolis died Tuesday in his home at Third and State after a long illness. Born January 2, 1866 in Clay Lick he was the last of five children of Christopher and Sarah Scarberry Berridge. He taught at Rio Grande for 15 years and sold for Henking Bovie Grocery 28 years. For 30 years he was an agent for Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Co earning its top prize. He married Laura Wallace in 1889. they observed 68 years of marriage this July. An adopted daughter Norma cared for him during illness. He taught the St Johns Bible Class 31 years at Grace Methodist Church. Funeral Friday at 2 p.m. from Miller home with Rev. Warren H. Wilson officiating burial at Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Miller's Wednesday until the funeral hour.
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Tecumseh Sherman Berridge
Third and State
Clay Lick
Christopher
Sarah Scarberry Berridge
Rio Grande College
Rio Grande
Saelsman
St. Johns
Grace Methodist Church
Millers Home
Warren H. Wilson
Mound Hill Cemetery
Millers
Holzer Hospital Notes Birth and Admissions
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd H. Strid of Ravenswood on August 13. The notes list multiple admissions including Mrs. Ted Riley Jr of Middleport and others from Gallipolis, Point Pleasant, Le on, Rutland, Wellston, Patriot, Ironton, Columbus and more. Several discharges are noted, including Cynthia Cuthbertson and several others with accompanying spouses or family names.
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Lloyd H. Strid
Ravenswood
Ted Riley, Jr
Middleport
Billy Carroll
Gallipolis
Nancy Reed
Walter J. Price
Raymond H. Gibson
Point Pleasant
C. Raymond Byer
Leon
Charles W. Rogers
Ralph Parry
McArthur
Charles W. Foley
Rutland
James W. Hall
South Side
Frank G. Smith
Vinton
Darrell E. Ervin
Wellston
Anthony McMahon
Patriot
Clara Hayner
Surgical
Clyde Avery
Ironton
Lawrence Austin
Wade H. Grimm
Craig Pryor
Otis Jenkins
Columbus
Donald Shaffer
Bladen
Medical
Rotary Hears Robert Siler at Gal lipolis Club
Robert J. Siler of Point Pleasant Mason Gallia Meigs Scout executive spoke at the Gal lipolis Rotary Club dinner. His theme was Boys the root of his work with the Boy Scouts of America. He came from Maysville Kentucky where he served on the Maysville Rotary Board. Dr James Moore of Point Pleasant was the only visiting Rotarian.
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Gallipolis
Robert J. Siler
Point Pleasant
Mason-Gallia- Meigs
Rites To Be Thursday For Elias Wetherholt
Funeral services are set for Thursday for Elias Wetherholt 83 of Gallipolis who died Monday in Holzer Hospital after a sudden illness. He was a longtime funeral director in Gallipolis and civic leader, a Grace Methodist member and former city clerk. Burial will be in Mound Hill cemetery. Friends may call at 602 First Ave. Wednesday evening and until the service.
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Mary James Watts
Harold W
Dwight C
Ruth Carolyn
Gallipolis Savings and Loan Co
New York School of Embalming
Modern Woodmen
First Ave
Warren H. Wilson
Mound Hill Cemetery
Page Rank Given To K of P Candidate
At a meeting Tuesday night the page rank team of Naomi Lodge 55 Knights of Pythias administered rank work to one candidate. On Wednesday night an esquire rank team will attend the meeting of Chief Cornstalk Lodge 56 at Point Pleasant to administer rank work to several candidates. 8000 Americans in Paris.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Esquire
Cornstalk Lodge 56
Point Pleasant
Autos Sideswipe on Eastern Ave near Tye's restaurant
A minor accident occurred shortly after midnight Wednesday on Eastern Ave near Tye's restaurant in Gallipolis. Cars driven by David Mehl Jr 20 and Clyde Goodgame 44 sideswiped. no injuries or arrests reported.
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Gallipolis
Eastern Ave
Tye
David Mehl, Jr
Clyde Goodgame
Japan Earthquake Fatalities Mark 1703 Disaster
A historical note recalls the Feb 2 1703 Japan quake that killed about 200000 people. It also states that over two thirds of Rhode Island’s population lives in Greater Providence.
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Japan
Rhode Island
Greater
Providence
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