Gallia County Fair draws 10000 at fifth annual event
About 10 000 people attended the Gallia County Junior Fair at Holzer Airport over three days. Rain canceled balloon bursting and some contests but most events proceeded. The afternoon featured quartets prize sharing, a Lecta Quartet performance, and an FFA program with hillbilly music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
John Heiskel
Farm Bureau
Gallia County Agricultural Society
Holzer Airport
Lecta
Harley Myers
George Dillon
Harry
Holliday Entries Win Athens County Fair Honors
Holliday's Brown Swiss Farm at Bulaville captured two championships at the Athens County Fair with senior yearling and junior yearling wins. Lawrence L. Holliday, owner, also claimed first in junior calf first in get of produce and first in produce of dam along with reserve champion female.
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Gallipolis
Holliday
Bulaville
Lawrence L. Holliday
Pretty Babies Awarded Prizes at Gallia County Fair
Ten toddlers plus infants earned $1.50 each in a five age group beauty contest staged by Mrs. Aldeth Robinson’s Future Homemakers of America. Out of town judges led by Mrs. Catherine Cushman of California chose winners from 45 entries before a packed tent crowd.
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Gallipolis
Aldeth Robinson
Homemakers of America
Gallia County
Catherine Cushman
Turlock
Calif
Clifford Dunn
Point Pleasant
Nellie Scarberry
Columbus
Breakfast at Gallia County Gun Club Draws Twenty Attendees
Twenty men attended the Gallia County Gun Club Sunday breakfast led by President Thomas A. Comer who prepared steak, potatoes and hot rolls. Donations totaling 150 dollars funded porch roofing and gypsum walls as work continued. Two trapshoots crowned John Paul Stone and Bobby Gillespie as winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Gallia County Gun Club
Thomas A. Comer
J. C. Amos
Parkersburg
Homer E. Beckett
Pomeroy
Raymond Bays
Glassburn
Mobile X-Ray Unit Attracts 951 Visitors
Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports 951 people received chest X rays during the Gallia County Junior Fair. The mobile unit, stationed at Holzer Airport and State Street, counted 525 X rays in two days at the fair ground and additional tests on Saturday. Volunteers and Dr. N Howard Foster assisted with the effort.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Second Avenue
Ohio Valley Bank
State Street
Nyle D. Borden
Keith Suiter
D. Hollis Wood
Leo Lanier
John Krawsczyn
George Lear
Robert L. Meyers
Charles W. Shaver
Wanda Massie
Ermalie Straight
Carol Greene
Farris Call
Fulton Family Dominates Gallia County Dairy Shows
In Gallia County fairs from 1950 to 1953 the Fulton siblings and family from Little Ryger won three of four dairy showmanship awards. Mike Fulton won in 1951 and 1952, Margaret Fulton took the 1953 trophy praised by Judge Eldon Grove, while she is 11 and rides a Christmas gift horse.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Fulton
First Avenue
Public Square
Holzer Airport
Mike Fulton
Holzer
Mike
Margaret Fulton
Paul Dean Niday
Eldon Grove
Margaret
Heber Fulton
Mary Thompson
Little Ryger
David
Multiple births and admissions listed in Oak Hill area
A sequence of birth notices lists four families from Oak Hill and Pomeroy with daughters and sons. The admissions section includes numerous individuals from Jackson Bidwell Cheshire Gallipolis and other towns receiving medical or surgical care.
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Ora Snyder
Oak Hill
Dencil Adkins
George Hackett
Pomeroy
Russell Senter
New Haven
John Lloyd
Jackson
Arthur Drummond
Bidwell
James Shamblin
Cheshire
Clara Bugg
Gallipolis
George Tolbert
Wellston
Bonnie Blue Lawhorn
Eugene Wade Lee
Te Sanders
Hamden
Elmer Davis
Richard R. Perkins
Laurette Trimble
Russell, Ky
William M. Watterson
Mary Vickrey
Nancy Vickroy
Earl Kinkaid
Ethel Fletcher
Paragroup family notices from a 1950s hometown column
Col and Mrs Burke and children depart for Fort Huachuca Arizona where Burke will command a major combat development unit. Miss Mary Berg flies home from Chicago as bridesmaid for Alpha Delta sister. Shirley Zieman marries Lester Green in Deerfield and Bowling Green sorority ties noted. Others visit relatives and report illnesses and home care.
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Alvin L. Burke
Richard
Carol
Fort Huachuca
Ariz
Tombstone
Signal Corps
Electronics Proving Ground
Col Burke
Shape
Paris
Mary Berg
Chicago
Alpha Delta
Shirley Zieman
Deerfield, Ii
Zieman
Lester Green
Chagrin Falls
Berg
Miss Zieman
Bowling Green University
Nelson Brucker
St. Albans
W. Va
Jesse Sheets
Garfield Ave
Sheets
GSI
Margaret D Carter
Columbus
Belva Smith
Larry Reed
Saint Joseph Hospital
Ann Arbor
Mich
Wilbur Reed
Geneva Deckard
Smith
Robert Patterson
Katherine of Huntington
John S Smith
Evelyn
Upper Second Ave
Driver Jailed Five Days For DUI Charge
Ben Davidson 48 of Cheshire received five days in jail a six month license suspension and a $50 fine plus costs after a state highway patrol DUI charge. Municipal Judge William H. Jones presided Saturday over the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ben Davidson
Cheshire
William H. Jones
Driver Fined in Gallipolis for Unsafe Operation
Lloyd PD driver Walker, 53, of Gallipolix was fined $10 and costs in Gallpolis Municipal Court on a state highway patrol charge of unsafe operation.
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Gallipolis
Lloyd PD
Walker
Gallipolix
Gallpolis
Picnic Draws 200 at Elks Event Near Gallipolis
A crowd of about 200 attended the Elks annual picnic Sunday at Legion Grove near Vinton south of the village on Route.
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Gallipolis
Elks
Vinton's Legion Grove
Many Families Visit in Dayton Area This Weekend
Daytime residents hosted numerous relatives and friends from Dayton and Columbus over a busy weekend. Mr and Mrs Lewis Bernard and sons David and Terry Lee returned home after a two week vacation with relatives in the area. Other visitors included Mr and Mrs Ralph Puttersall and family and Mr Bert Baker and family from Dayton. Weekend guests of Mr Bert Juniper came from Dayton and Hollister Road Clara Beatty visited with relatives in Mansfield and Mr Vernon arrived for a few days with Mr and Mrs George Campbell and Homer Vian Jr. and family. The Rev John Devol, patient at St Francis Hospital, Columbus, was visited by Mrs George Campbell and Miss Dottie Spence.
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Lewis Bernard
David
Terry Lee
Charles Bernard
Dayton
Flossie Bernard
Fred Harper
Raymond Robinson
Ralph Puttersall
Bert Baker
Leonard McQuade
Madeline McClelland
Bert Juniper
Hollister Road
Clara Beatty
Vernon
George Camphbell
Homer Vian
Mansfield
John M. Bryson
Columbus
E. K. Bryson
John Byer
Jean
Jane
Johnny
George Campbell
Glouster
Dottie Spence
Carbon Hill
John Devol
St. Francis Hospital
Albert Hall
Patty
Robert Brunton
Greg
Jan
Stockport
Rummage Sale Set at Paint Creek Parsonage
A rummage sale is scheduled for 9 am Friday at the Paint Creek Parsonage located at 855 Third Ave in Gallipolis. Proceeds support church activities.
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Gallipolis
Paint Creek
Third Ave
Seventeen School Levy and Bond Issues On Ballot in Gallia County
Gallia County voters face fifteen operating levy requests and two bond issues on November ballots. Bidwell Springfield Morgan district seeks a $45,000 bond for a new elementary school and sewer work. Gallipolis city proposes a $1.2 million sewer system and disposal plant bond. Four issues target two local areas. Cheshire levy runs two years. Ballots set after county elections board meeting in Gallia County Courthouse.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell - Springfield - Morgan
Kananga
Lower Addison Township
Clay Township
Gallia
Schhool
Newal
Addison
Bidwell-Springfield
Cadmus
Centerville
Cheshire Ac
Clay
Crown City
Green
Greenfield
Guyan
Harrison
Perry
Total & Vinton
Walnut
Total & Bidwell - Springfield & Morgan
Board of Elections
Hida
Allison
Phenee
G. Reuben Phillips
FE. Riuesell
Charlies G. Stovera
Mra Critia Stiversen
Airman Don Fulton Returns to Webb Air Base
Don Fulton returns to Webb Air Base Big Springs Texas after a several week leave with his parents Police Chief and Mrs Ray Fulton Fulton has served eight years in the Air Force and was stationed in Germany He also visited North Dakota Hlinets and Missouri before returning to Texas.
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Glouster
Don Fulton
Webb Air Base
Big Springs
Texas
Ray Fulton
Fulton
Air Force
Germany
North Dakota
Hlinets
Missouri
Gallipolis Court Handles Driver Charges
In Gallipolis Municipal Court on Saturday Clark Hager faced a left of center charge and Clyde Ingels of Middleport was charged with following too closely as filed by the State Highway Patrol.
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Gallipolis
Clark Hager
Clyde Ingels
Middleport
State Highway Patrol
Dunlaps Welcome Daughter Kathryn At Sheltering Arma Hospital
Mr and Mrs Buddy Dunlap announce the birth of a daughter named Kathryn at Sheltering Arma Hospital Friday. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs William Dunlap.
SHIN FRZ Te Nat Vetym Disease Cure Promised
An ad touts SHIN FRZ as a preparation that destroys mange winds and treats skin disorders in dogs. It claims rapid relief from lice ticks mites and other infections after a few applications and promises full postpaid delivery for $1.50.
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Carl Gillespie
Ted Henderson
John
Jo) Hardy
Clarence Irwin
Athens Fair
MGM
Jimmy Stewart
Carbine Williams
Alan Ladd
Randolph Scott
Caribou Trail
Richard Denning
Antonio Moreno
Universal International
la al ‘Tory
Belville
Terri Lee Wells
Charles Wells
Rex Allen Hoover
Don Hoover
Debra Ellen Neal
Ray Neal
Harold Hight
Roger Hight
Deborah Ann Burdette
Otho Burdetter
Charlies
Arthur Wells
Charlies Wells
Maudie Beth Starcher
Billy Starcher
Stevie Spalding
Phyllis Spalding
Rebecca Sue Lakin
Dick Lakin
Biscayne Bay
Miami
Fla
Mercedes
Tex
Florida
Miami Sea Scouts
Fultons
Holzer Hospital
Athens
Egypt
Tariius Robert Eleanor Taylor
Parker Dantos Thompson
Wayne Morris
Resert Mitchum
Manivy Monroe
Robert Cummins
Marif Wilson
Laugh Riot
Marry ME Again
Martin & Lewis
Garden Club
B. R. Angle
W. A. Craft
Miles Dyer
Ott Fleming
Elizabeth Gordon
Alfred Howard
Gertrude Jewell
Wanda MedAllister
Alta Sweeney
Jennie Jones
Clyde Price
FE. H. Taylor
FE. S. Bingman
William Jewell
Veterinary Laboratory AM
Cline Ave
Westminster
Quebec
Hudson Bay
Altman
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