Rural Phones Increase More Than Four Times in Gallia County
Gallia County saw a dramatic rise in rural phone service from 1234 telephones in 1938 to 5474 in 1954. Ohio Bell expanded through Guyan Vinton Rio Grande and Walnut exchanges, boosting customers from 317 in 1948 to 1692 today.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Guyan, Vinton, Rio Grande
Walnut
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
R. J. Nuessle
Hone
Gallipolis Otary Club
Farmers Hotel
Ohio Valley Electric
Kgger Creek
R. Hurt
American Gas and Electric Co
New York
Nuessie
Rotary
OVEC
Ohio Bell Telephone
Edith Treleaven
Paul Wright
Ohio Bell
Lancaster
James W. Venz
George Halfinger
C. J. Davis
G. Glass
B. Montiegel
R. D. Briggs
Cheshire Dial Exchange
Walnut Dial Exchange
Two Cases Continued in Gallipolis Court
Gallipolis Municipal Judge William H. Jones continued two cases from Gallipolis Post and State Highway Patrol. Albert Stauffer 24 Patriot Route 2 was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence and the case was postponed. Robert E McGuire 24 Groveport Route 1 faced driving while suspended and the case was continued. Dale McMillin 36 Vinton forfeited 20 bond for speeding along with Charles F Grove 30 Winston-Salem NC on the same charge. Milton E Henry 32 Circleville was fined 26 and costs for left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Muntclipal
William H. Jones
Gallipolis Post
State Highway Patrol
Albert Stauffer
Patriot Route 2
Robert E. McGuire
Groveport
McGuire
Dale McMillin
Vinton
Charles F. Grove
Winston-Salem
N. C
Milton E. Henry
Circleville
Jones Rites Are Thursday
Final rites for Mrs Alien Jones 73 will be at 2 p m Thursday at Vernon McCoy funeral home Vinton officiating burial in Vinton Memorial Cemetery She died Tuesday morning at home on Campaign Road after a year long illness Born January 22 1881 in Charleston to Alfred and Mrs Irwin She was married 49 years and her husband survives with brother David Irwin of Columbus She had lived 67 years in the same home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
Alien Jones
Vernon McCoy
Paul Pyles
Vinton Memorial Cemetery
Jones
Campaign Road
Bidwel
Route 1
Holzer Hospital
Charleston
Alfred Irwin
Julia Irwin Jones
David Irwin
Columbus
Arrest records indicate repeated intoxication charges
Gallipolis police report Andrew Percy Bryant 52 of Gallipolis was arrested Tuesday afternoon on a charge of intoxication. The jail slip lists his address as city jail with residence on Pine Street. Bryant has been arrested on this charge several times before.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Andrew Percy Bryant
Pine Street
Bryant
Bids Rejected for Gal lipolis State Institute Drives
Bids for surfacing about two and a half miles of drives at the Gallipolis State Institute were rejected by the State Department of Highways. The project carried an estimated cost of 9640 dollars and a proposed completion date of September 30.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis State Institute
State Department of Highways
Kiwanis Picnic Honors 15 Trainees at Kilger Creek Plant
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club plans a 6:30 p.m. picnic on Fortification Hill to honor 15 KGger Creek power plant trainees. President J Howard Neal announced the event.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Kgger Creek
Fortification Hill
J. Howard Neal
Patrolmen Picnic At Lake Hope Involving Three Posts
Gal lipolis patrolmen from the State Highway Patrol and their families hold a picnic at Lake Hope this afternoon. Officers from Athens and Jackson posts join the event for a informal gathering away from duty.
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Gallipolis
Garden Club moves to host Sept. 21 show in church basement
Mrs. Aaron Davis installed her successor Mrs. Wymond Bradbury as club president at a Flower ceremony at 95 Locust St. Officers Mrs. John Butz vice president and Miss Marie Meal with Mrs. Herbert Cardwell as secretary and treasurer were installed. Committees were named for a Sept. 21 open show honoring flowers hobbies and antiques with hosts Mrs. A. A. Cornell and Mrs. Philip Hecker. Co-hostesses were Mrs. Lara Meal and Miss Marie Meal. The 26th Bitz reunion gathered at Ernest Ward’s in Winton with many locals attending despite rain. Attendees included the Kiesters Scurloch Harrison Betz Baumgartner Lloyd Sanders Ward Stevens and others from Gallipolis Proctorville Columbus and Ewington. Weekend visitors include Mrs. Grace West and Ronn ie West from Russellville Brown County.
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St. Louis Catholic Church
A. A. Cornell
Philip Hecker
Baird
Lara Meal
Marie Meal
Ernest Ward
Winton
Jay Kiester
Ashton
W. Va
Daisy Scurloch
Nel Harrison
Ethel Betz
Gallipolis
Gary Baumgartner
Point Pleasant
John Liovnd
Harriet
Proctorville
Ohio
Ishmeal Gillespie
Dee
Rodney
George Smith
Frank Benjamin
Dick Benjamin
Nancy
Evan Lloyd
Columbus
Anna Sanders
Marjorie Bitz
Ernest Lloyd
Bidwell
David
Sheba
Hayes Ward
Local notes and travels from Gallia County and nearby towns
Reports from Gallia and surrounding areas include Dr. Feltman recovering after a heart attack, Calvin Johnson visiting from Portsmouth, and Wayne Amsbury improving but bedfast after illness. Residents share visits, vacations to Miami Havana Niagara Falls and longer stays, with multiple families gathering at local homes and hotels in Ohio and surrounding states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Feltman
Calvin Johnson
Portsmouth
Carr Consolidated Biscuit Company
Gallipolis
Wayne Amsbury
Car
Columbus
Fred Wheeler
Max Avner
Miami
Fila
Havana
Cuba
Miami Beach
James W. Venz
Mike
Ann
Lake Howe
Margena Foster
Marilene Thievener
Pennesylvania
New York
Niagara Falls
J. R. Heard
Big Sandy
Texas
O. McIntyre
Gallia County
H. Hamlin
Manhattan
Kans
Mima ‘Trowell
Kansas City
J. B Korey
Parkersburg
Northup
A. J. Green
Births and Admits at Holzer Hospital Notes
List of births and admissions at Holzer Hospital including Mr and Mrs John J Mayer Middleport a son and numerous patients admitted or treated for medical surgical or other conditions. Names include Katherine Bryant Lak in Mel ion etc with residents from Wellston Jackson Gallipolis Racine and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Mayer
Middleport
John Conger
Wellston
Medical
Sam D. Clark
Jackson
Katherine Bryant
Lakin
Avener J. Role
McArthur
Mary Brannon
Point Pleasant
Melanie Young
Surgical
Edward Carman
Gallipolis
Myrtle M. Estep
Virgie Bowman
Daniel C. Sayre
Wilkesville
Ira Swisher
Charlies Fd Hoffman
Irenton
Herman McCarty
F. Roy Rhodes
Racine
Grovce C. Reed
Wellaton
Macie Stanley
George Rapter
Thurman
Arthur W. Baker
William C. James
Hartford
Rio Grande Names New Dean and Women’s Head
Clyde Raymond Montgomery of Alvon West Virginia is named dean of men and biology teacher at Rio Grande College. Myrtle Murdock becomes dean of women in addition to librarian duties. John A. Epling resigns as administrative assistant and director of the student recruiting program to study law at Ohio State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Clyde Raymond Montgomery
Alvon
W. Va
Board of
Salem College
West Virginia University
Montgomery
Duke University
Myrtle Murdock
John A. Epling
Epling
Ohio State University College of Law
Bert McCarley Services Held In Vinton
Funeral services for Bert McCarley 86 of Bidwell were held in Vinton today. Longtime Harrisburg resident moved to Bidwell in 1950 and died Sunday after ten weeks in care of Mrs A E Rineass of Rio Grande. Born in Gallia County he lived his life as a farmer.
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Vinton
Bert McCarley
Bidwell
Harrisburg
McCarley
Biwell
A. E. Rineass
Rio Grande
Vernon McCoy
Gallia County
Rutland Home Demonstration Council Holds Annual Picnic
The Rutland Home Demonstration Council met at president Mrs. L. J. Heiner s home for an annual picnic with a pot-luck buffet. Attendees included Judy Titus Hattie Meow Evelyn Jordan Leona Muse Ger man Ethel Nelson Brenda Diehl Grace Thomas Maude Rawlings Muriel Foley Helen Mae Neilson Opal Armstrong and guests Mrs. Guy Mutchler Ethel Snowden and Pearl Huggins. The next all day meeting is Sept 14 at 10 am at Mrs Ethel Nelsons home.
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Rutland
Rutland Home Demonstration Council
Tl. J Heiner
Judy Titus
Hattie Meow
Evelyn Jordan
Leona Museser
Geman
Ethel Nelson
Brenda Diehl
Grace Thomas
Maude Rawlings
Muriel Foley
Helen Mae Neilson
Opal Armstrong
Guy Mutchler
Ethel Snowden
Pearl Huggins
Murray City Notes: McClure Reunion and Local Visits
Descendants of Frank McClure and Mrs Lida Russell McClure held their third annual reunion at Rachelmacher Park Logan on Aug 8 with a basket dinner. Nearby families and friends from Athens Columbus Greens Run Nelsonville Murray City Glasgow and Glouster visited or attended events and trips, including multiple family gatherings, funerals, and weekend visits.
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Murray City
Frank McClure
Lida Russell McClure
Rachelmacher Park
Logan
Fred Shaffer
B. H. Wooley
Frank Sweeney
Charles Russell
Athens
William Aumock
Columbus
Louis Lowes
Carbon Hill
Howard Keeton
Tom McCulloch
Don
Andy Kovack
Andrea
Jerry
Shirley Phison
Buster Canter
Reba
Bobby
Greens
Jamie
Frankie James
Gladys Windle
Nelsonville
Russell McClure
William James
Frank James
Sherry
Willard Dixon
Judy
Billy
Dee
Bob
Ted Dixon
Randy Lee
Linda Annie
Nancy Vasko
Marcelyn Meredith
Edd Kennedy
Hamden Social Notes Highlight Village Weddings and Visits
Hamden social roundup records a August wedding of Dorcas Ward daughter of Kenneth Ward with Donald Carpenter at Church of Christ and a reception at the Ward home. It lists numerous weekend visits and relatives from Dundas McArthur Columbus Wellston Cable area as well as travels to Flint Chillicothe and Columbus. The column notes related deaths and hospital stays and mentions residents visiting in Columbus and Dayton.
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Hamden
Philip Ward
Nina Reader
Mis
Goldie Thompson
Dundas
James Wortman
McArthur
Dorcas Ward
Kenneth Ward
Conesville
Donald Carpenter
Church of Christ
Ward
Dorcas
Philp Ward
Lessie Kibbey
Robert Kibbbey
Emma ©. Warner
John Roct
Chesapeake
Lessie Kibber
Donald Rhode
Fostoria
Kent
George Burne
Stevie
Mike
Dayton
Vale Cottrill
Howard Cottrill
Andy
Middleport
Onlo River
Misa
Carolyn Hagerty
Robert Hensler
Columbus
A. J. Hagerty
Lewis Cross
Sammy Chariton
Millersport
Henry Perry
Mae Nutt
Puritan
John Jolly
William Fee
Cippleville
RB. Potts
Edna Jolly
Portsmouth
Rodney Frye
Allensville
Luther Hartsough
Drew Crossin
Theodore Taborn
Martha
Orville
Don
Thomas Newman
Flint
Mich
John Taborn
Joan
John
Barbara Taborn
Hugh Barnhill
Chillicothe
FE. R. Richards
A. R. Tedrow
Harry Bush
Vesta Dixon
Emma Jenkins
Bernice Nunnery
Wells
Point Rock
Viola Bobo
Washington D. C
V. ©. Bobo
Wilkenville
Sally Frey
Amesville FHA Camp Attendees and Birthday Party Guests
The text lists attendees from Amesville for the FHA camp at Carrellton this week including Shirley Potter and Pian Hamilton. It also names guests of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Sedwick and others from Birmingham Groveport Jackson Trimble Dayon Laurelville and Dayton at a birthday party for Mrs. Israel Linscott and related gatherings.
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Amesville
Carrellton
Shirley Potter
Pian Hamilton
Carl Sedwick
Gilbert Sedwick
Sara
Lynne
Birmingham
Ala
Neil Sedwick
Jerry
Kaye
Groveport
Ernest Adair
Larry
Jimmy
Jackson
Glenn Potter
Shirley
Billy
Diane Hamilton
Israel Linscott
Willard Buchman
Glen Chalfant
Della Lynne
Rolland Kent
Carl Antie
Raymond Antie
Billy Antel
Gay Barner
Darrell Antie
Patsy
Daria
Judy
Marilyn
Trimble
David Antie
Dayton
Patty Strues
Laurelville
C. F. Westley
Nellie
Germans Ban Crime Books Campaign Bans Youth Reading
Bonn reports a government educators campaign against crime literature as Parliament bans sale to minors and news stand displays. An agency surveys titles and has blacklisted 40 books including Mickey Spillane’s Vengeance to Mine, branding hero Mike Hammer a sadist and warning of harm to youth.
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Bonn
Germany
Mickey Spillane
Mike Hammer
16 Killed in Cargo Plane Crash Near Pakse
A twin engine cargo plane evacuating refugees from Hanoi crashed into the Se Done River near Pakse in southern Laos, killing 16 people. Most victims were women and children. three French crew members and a Vietnamese woman and child survived. A separate report notes William Whittaker, 70, of Ragland died from injuries after a county road work accident in Ohio Valley Hospital.
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Saigon
Indochina
Hanoi
Se Done
Pakse
Laos
Steubenville
William Whittaker
Ragland
Ohio Valley Hospital
Whittaker
Small Daughter Fails Dad at Big Moment
In Washington, Sharon Rhodes, four, shyly avoided both President Eisenhower and Vice President Nixon during formal photo sessions with the Rhodes family. The scene ended with Nixon suggesting the four year old might outgrow her bashfulness and another Rhodes girl posing with a Rhodes for Governor ribbon on Nixon’s lapel.
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Washington
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Sharon
Rhodes
Eisenhower
Nixon
Nixme
UN seeks accounting of 2840 missing allied soldiers
Panmunjom AP report says the UN Command demands a full accounting of 2840 missing Allied troops including 526 Americans. Rear Adm. T B Brittain told the Communists the UN wants to know if the men are alive and when bodies will be returned if dead.
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Panmunjom
Adm
T. B Brittain
Communiata
Ohioan Wins 100 Mile Colombian Auto Race
William Griebling of Lexington wins the 100 mile Colombian Central Circuit auto race in five stages over mountain terrain near Medellin Colombia. His time is 1 hour 45 minutes 46 seconds and he works as an airplane mechanic in Medellin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bogota
Columbia
William Griebling
Lexington
Griebling
Medellin
Colombia
Lausche Continues On Advisory Council
Governor Lausche will remain on the advisory council to the Federal Civil Defense Administration as one of three governors named Monday by President Eisenhower. Arthur Blank of Washington and John D. Lodge of Connecticut are the other appointees.
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Washington LP
Frank J. Taueche
Ohie
Eisenhower
Laueche
Arthur Blanai
Washington
John D. Lodge
Conneeticul
Sunshine Sue Barn Dance Set for Broadway Debut
Entertainer Sunshine Sue and her Old Dominion Barn Dance crew from WRVA Richmond move to Broadway with a two week early fall run. The hillbilly show aims to translate radio popularity to theater while Sue believes New Yorkers share a farm liveliness.
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Sunshine Sue
Old Dominion Barn Dance
WRVA
Richmond
Sue
John Workman
CBS Radio
New York
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