Board Sets May Primary For Vote On Consolidation
The Gallia County Board of Education sets the May 1962 primary for a Raccoon Local School District consolidation referendum with Southwestern. Lawyers and board members weigh timing and potential mandamus action, with petitions and potential November ballot implications noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Raccoon
Southwestern
Gallia
Raccoon Local Board of Education
John Myers
Clarence H. Davis
Harland Wollborn
Guy Young
Holzer Hospital Notes Highlight Newborns and Admissions
The column lists numerous births at Holzer Hospital including daughters born to Burl Burgess, Gene Scott, Gary Barnitz, and Ed Die L. Dearth in New Haven Gallipolis Pomeroy Jackson and Rutland. It also records dozens of admissions and discharges, staff changes, school board actions, bus driver appointments, and upcoming teacher workshops across Gallia County.
Scouts Plan Camping Trip to Carter's Caves Ky
Scoutmaster Jim Thomson outlined a Sept. 1 to 3 camping trip at Carter's Caves Kentucky with Boy Scout Troop 203 leaders at Grace Methodist Church. Eligible scouts must attend the Aug. 28 meeting. organizing committee includes Robert A. Boudinot Ernest Brown and Harry Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jim Thomson
Carter’s Caves
Grace Methodist Church
Thomson
Robert A. Boudinot
Ernest Brown
Harry Hamilton
Partition Of Land Asked In Gallipolis Petition
A petition filed in Clerk of Courts Marjorie Rinehart's office seeks to vacate part of the 1884 Barlow's Second Addition to ease describing new lots in a subdivision near the Gallipolis State Institute on Upper Third Avenue. Claimants include Emil and Emerson Corbin, Glen Rice, on behalf of others, with the goal of creating new lot boundaries.
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Gallipolis
Marjorie Rinehart
Paat
Barlow
Third Ave
Four Girls Arrive At Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis saw four girl births on Monday afternoon. The Dearth girl, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie L. Dearth of Jackson, led at 3 30 p.m. followed by a Barnitz girl from Pomeroy at 3 35 p.m. A Scott daughter of 126 First Ave Gallipolis arrived at 3 47 p.m. and a Burgess daughter from New Haven was born at 5 05 p.m.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Eddie L. Dearth
Jackson
Gary A. Barnitz
Pomeroy
Ice Cream Social planned at North Gallia High
North Gallia Athletic Boosters set an ice cream social at 5 30 p m on Friday in the high school cafeteria to raise funds for a new athletic field. Bleachers for 400 fans are under construction by boosters. The group cleared 200 dollars from a bean dinner.
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Gallipolis
North Gallia Athletic Boosters Association
North Gallia High School
Atheltic
Police Arrest Two on Do Not Enter Violations
Gallipolis police arrested two men Monday on charges they drove into Vinton Street from Route 35 despite large warning signs do not enter and no left turn. Both posted $15 bonds.
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Gallipolis
Vinton St
Commission Cooperation Discussed By Directors
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce directors at a Monday luncheon in the Lafayette Hotel discussed cooperation with Ralph Moore area extension agent in resource development. They urged community planned projects for possible federal aid and endorsed updates to the chamber brochure. They noted highway work bidding on Eastern Avenue ends next Tuesday and reported 147 paid memberships.
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Gallipolis
City Planning Commission
Ralph Moore
Pomeroy
Eastern Avenue
Columbus
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Carl Bias
Kenneth Morgan
Leon Saunders
Noel Blain Clark
Marianne B. Campbell
John O'Dell
M. Harold Brown
Manning E. Wetherholt
Herb Bush
Thelma Elliott
Stone Hits Windshield In Accident Near Gallipolis
Patrolman Frank R. Magoto was involved in a traffic accident on Route 35 west of Gallipolis at 9 am Monday, not realizing it until a violator, Paul E. Heiner, returned to tell him. A stone kicked up by a patrol cruiser struck Magoto's windshield as he inched toward the east. In the same report, juvenile William Eggleton, 17, Bidwell Route 1, faced a juvenile court appearance for failure to stop within the assured clear distance, with a 30 day license suspension imposed. Other counts include Jesse White, 36, Gallipolis Route 2, for parking on the highway, Charles F. Saxon, 29, Mill Creek Rd., for stop sign violation, and Nellie Marie Cox, 42, Pomeroy Route 2, for permitting an unlicensed minor to operate a motor vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Elections
T. K. Owens
Owens
Hannan-Trace
Elmer Myers
James Alva Caldwell
Lester McGuire
Asa Bevans
Russell R. Wells
Merrill S. Waugh
Clarence Sheets
Stanley H. Mooney
Kyger Creek
James French
North Gallia
McKee Denney
Fred A. Taylor
Eugene West
Southwestern
John M. Hammond
Raccoon
Lewis Ball
Haskell Bloomer
Addavi
Supt
Rio Grande
Southwestern High School
Gallia Academy High School
Charles Murray
Bidwell
Vinton
Hannan Trace
Gallipolis
Frank R. Magoto
Magoto
Paul E. Heiner
Fleming
Ohio
Heiner
William Eggleton
John Howell
Bay Patrol
River Coal Co fined for overweight truck charge
Point Pleasant River Coal Co of West Columbia was fined 346.50 and costs 5.50 after a judge found the truck overweight in a Monday case before Justice A M Goodwin.
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Point Pleasant
Troop 211 Plans Merit Badges and Hikes
Gallipolis residents report Troop 311 discussing camping and hiking merit badges. Six scouts plan a three day three night camp, while Scoutmaster Marion T. Wilkens will lead a five mile hike with tenderfoot Gene Janey and Reed Johnson to satisfy second-class requirements. The note ends with a historical aside about Sierra Leone’s 19th century status as the Athens of West Africa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Addison
Marion T. Wilkens
Gene Janey
Reed Johnson
Sierra Leone
West Africa
Shell Gum Preventive Keeps Gasoline Clean and Stable
Shell touts a nine ingredient Super Shell formula with a potent gum preventive described as a chemical police man. A minuscule amount, a thousandth of an ounce per gallon, helps keep unstable gasoline elements from sticking together.
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Shell
Super Shell
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Atty
Burl E. Burgess
New Haven
Gene E. Scott
Robert G. Beegle
Portland
Harold E. Dewhurst
Rutland
Ivan H. Newell
South Side
Danny J. Brown
Greenup
Leona B. Folden
Carpenter
Edward D. Parsons
Glen R. Lawson
Minersville
Harry D. Scott
Frank Combs
Ironton
Sandra J. Harmon
Charles A. Mulholland
Wilkesville
Thomas Richard Thornton, Jr
Chester L. Ward
Ewington
Armit Fitzgerald
Thomas S. Weaver
Kenneth K. Braun
William S. Ackley
Idaho
Norma Marie Spry
West Portsmouth
Charles E. Eads
John A. Pickens
Jesse J. May
Marietta
Glenn E. Blair
Ashland
Leo E. Edwards
Bill D. Lewis
Karl Krautter
Marvin Burt
Roy Biffle
Erskine Blanton
Charles Roberts
Ronald Davis
Kimberly Notter
Archie Brooks
Harold Long
Norman Hoover
Arthur Chancey
Roscoe Weimer
Arlie Browning
Russell Fields
Virginia Wallace
Virginia McCoy
Elmer Wehring
Edward Jones
Frank Contesta
Stanley Hull
Ronnie Moore
Patricia Douglas
Wake
Kyle Hill
Ohio Valley
Holzer
North Gallia High
Juanita Nada
Cleveland
Jesse White
Charles F
North Gallia Board
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