Grandfather Gillingham Welcomes Baby Girl in Evanston
Gilingham druggist G B Gillingham welcomed his first grandchild a baby girl born to his son James M Gillingham and wife in Evanston New Jersey Saturday night at 1130 PM The couple is Ohio University graduates with the son pursuing chemistry at Northwestern University and accepted for research at the University of Arizona plans remain open The grandfather will travel to Evanston soon to meet the new arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
G. B. Gillingham
Jimmy
James M. Gillingham
Evanston
Gillingham
Ohio University
Northwestern University
University of Arizona
Mason County Women To Attend Ohio Fair
Mason County farm women will attend the Ohio State Fair for an out-of-county tour on Tuesday August 29. Departure from the Point Pleasant bus station is 5 15 a.m. County education chairman Mrs P A Sayre Jr asks reservations be sent to the county extension office box 402 Point Pleasant by Thursday. Anyone not in a farm women's club may call 207 to join and cancellations may still attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
P. A. Sayre, Jr
Farm Women’s Club
Car Turns Over Injuring 4 In Ohio Street Crash
Four people were injured when a car driven by Ivan E. Martin, 18, Cove Ohio, rolled on loose gravel near Mount Zion road six and a half miles southwest of Jackson at 1 30 Sunday. Passengers William Caldwell 20 Beaver Route 1 Helen Wall 18 Jackson and Laura Parrott 19 Midway Ohio also sustained injuries. Parrott was hospitalized at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Ivan E. Martin
Cove
Ohio
Mount Zion Road
Jackson
William Caldwell
Beaver Route 1
Helen Wall
Laura Parrott
Midway
Elizabeth Ennis
Miss Parrott
Holzer Hospital
Roger Ripgeth
Wellston
Leo-Coalton Road
Coalton
Route 35
John van Cickl
Willam W. Bolin
Middleport
Bolin
van Cickles
Pickett
Samuel J. Osborne, Jr
Oak Hill
Lebert Charles Cline
Rinard Mills
John Bantum
Uhrichsville
Cline
Bantum
Land Transfers in Gallia County Reported
Gallia County land transfers include George J. Row to Robert A. Queen for 3.5 acres in Green Township and Alonzo N. Grover conveying 0.10 and 60.1 acres to various grantees in Cheshire and other townships. Ruth M. Wooter transfers 3.83 acres to Paris and Dorothy Young. Lawrence Wilson deeds 78 acres to Glen and Ethel Wilson. Bes sie Boice, Nettie Brendebury et al feature in a multi-party transfer of Lot 26 in Cheshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Row
Robert A. Queen
Green Township
Alonzo N. Grover
Nellie Grover Athey
Cheshire
Clarence Grover
Ruth M. Wooter
Paris
Dorothy Young
Clay Township
Lawrence Wilson
Glen
Ethel Wilson
Morgan Township
Viella Fargo
Nina Healy
Bessie Boice
Nettie Brendebury
River Traffic on Kanawha District Report
Gallipolis harbor shows the Edward Boggs at 2 55 p m with two boats on the Kanawha. Talbot at London at 12 35 p m and Bruce at Winfield at 1 15 p m. Other vessels include Inca at Montgomery 1 p m Louisianan at 11 11 45 a m Lehigh at 11 1 p m Atlas at 14 9 10 a m Jennie Z at 14 1 10 p m Avalon at 18 11 45 a m Keystone at 22 1 p m Chris at 22 2 p m Titan at 22 3 p m Tradewinds at 29 1 10 a m Indiana at 31 9 40 a m Sohio State at 34 10 30 a m. Upper gauge 185 lower 190 feet Kanawha Falls station ary Point Pleasant 73 93.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Edward Boggs
Kanawha River
Talbot
London
Bruce
Winfield
Inca
Montgomery
Louisianawn
Lehigh
Atlas
Jennie Z
Avalon
Keystone
Chris
Titan
Tradewinds
Indiana
Sohic State
Kanawha
Point Pleasant
Reunion and family visits noted in Rock Springs and Parkersburg
Mrs Arthur Orr and daughters Marilyn Martha and Janet attended the Theiss reunion at Rock Springs. Guests included Mr and Mrs Fred Stout and son Fred Jr of Laing WV, Opal Cochain of Belleville, Walter Lemley, John Rose and Archie visiting Dora Rose at St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg, and Mary McKay reporting for Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dora Rose
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Marilyn Orrlet
Columbus
John Hayes
Willie
Reedsville
J. C. McKay
Delbert Smith
Larry Curtis
Rosa M.kay
Ball Knob
Cora McKay
Clint Orrant
Billy
Lorain
Mary McKay
Community Visitors and Weekend Gatherings Reported
Kiashuta and Babecoct family members spent a Sunday with the Herties in Sandyville Ohio. Several couples hosted guests from Delaware Ohio Chester and Akron. Others traveled to Cincinnati for a baseball game while Farm Bureau youth joined Esther Hayes for a Lake Hope picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jake Hakins
California
Eber Warner
Willis Frost
Cincinnati
Louise Gilmore
Poneroy
Nornman Frederick
Milo Eggs
Sand Ridge
Esther Hayes
Lake Hope
Farm Bureau Youth Council
Hubert Meadows
Michigan
Jake Meadows
Monda
Shirley Summerfield
Chster
Seven Year Old Injured As Taxi Hits Pedestrian
In Gallipolis at 6 55 p m Sunday seven year old Robert Eugene Peppers sustained abrasions and bruises after stepping from a bus in front of Paint Creek Baptist Church and dashing into a taxi driven by Leland Walters. He was treated and released from Holzer Hospital. The report notes the child lives with his grandmother at 828 Third Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Eugene Peppers
Leland Walters
Paint Creek Baptist Church
Elizabeth Peppers
Third Ave
Holzer Hospital
Cecil Bryant Johnston
Johnston
Court St
Clarence Carl Marin
Harry Dodrill
Court
Harold Wood
Henry Clary
Crown City
Wood
Dodrill
Eastern Ave
Harold Adkins
Cheshire
Betty June Hannah
Wheeling
W. Va
Miss Hannah
Viola B. Pygmale
Grape St
Bert Christy
Buck
Eli
Thomas Lambert
Thurman Route 1
Community Visits and Social Calls Around Harrisonville
Local residents and relatives visit in Harrisonville as families host guests from East Rochester Clayton Michigan and California. The 4-H club enjoys a Lake Hope picnic while other gatherings occur at Gallipolis Eureka Canton and various homes including the Dye Dye and Alkire households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Robert Blackwood
Junior Ash
Earl
Eugene Atkins
D. L. Reisinger
Gallipolis
Raymond Chaney
Hod Williams
Ralph Jones
Santa Monica
Calif
W. A. Dye
Lake Hope
Ruby Halliday
Pauline Atkins
Mary Diehl
E. C. Atkins
Felix Alkire
Eureka
Virginia Brickles
Virginia Nell Alkire
Rhonda
Earnest Carr
Cecil Morris
Canton
Alma Atkins
Marsh and Barber Families Visit in Carbondale
Mr and Mrs Walter Marsh and daughter Alma of Barberton and Mr and Mrs Dave Thomas of Dayton visited Mr and Mrs S M Dunlap in Carbondale. Sgt Delbert Barber received a seven day furlough from Germany and came with his daughter Nancy and son Jimmie for a brief visit before returning to Fort Dix New Jersey. Betty Barber and others from Columbus were weekend guests of George Barber family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Walter Marsh
Alma
Barberton
Dave Thomas
Dayton
S. M. Dunlap
L c Delbert Barber
Germany
Columbus
Nancy
Jimmie
George Barber
Fort Dix
N.J
Ovid Scott
Births Reported at Holzer Hospital Ohio
Holzer Hospital notes list numerous births including Mrs Jack Bondurant Jackson daughter and Mrs Jackie Small Crown City daughter. Other new babies named include Misses Hamrick Wellston and Sultz Hamden along with many families from Gallipolis Wellston Point Pleasant Pom eroy and Dexter. Discharges accompany the listing the names of patients released after treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bondurant
Jackson
Jackie Lee Small
Crown City
Charles Hamrick
Wellston
Lawrence Cook
Fred Facemire
Gallipolis
Artis Sultz
Hamden
Charles Duncan
Henderson
Earl South
Kananga
Bonnie Belle Clagg
Merrill Hively
Patriot
Roscoe Lane
Point Pleasant
Anderson Salmons
James E. Woodward
Gerald Stout
Rodney
Theodore Radcliff
Willow Wood
Ohio
Charles Robert Haner
Bladen
John H. Thomas
Zanda Catherine Thomas
Pomeroy
John A. Shoemaker
Gallipo
Lanier Services Held In Gallipolis
Funeral services were held this afternoon at the Chambersburg Methodist Church for Mrs. Mary Emily Lanier 78 who died Friday night. The Rev David Bates pastor of Eureka Methodist charge conducted the services and interment followed in Mound Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chambersburg Methodist Church
Mary Emily Lanier
David Bates
Eureka
Marriage License Granted for Russell and Fife
Grant E. Russell aged 22 of West Columbia and Vivian Ermagene Fife aged 16 of Cheshire secured a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Russell
West Columbia
Vivian Ermagene Fife
Cheshire
Night Courses at Rio Grande College Begin September 19
G Allipolis Rio Grande College will offer extension courses starting September 19 meeting once weekly on Tuesday or Thursday for 16 weeks. Credit counts toward graduation with 6 hours possible per term. Evening classes run 7:30 to 9:10 or 10:00 p.m. for 3 or 6 hours. Veterans may receive subsistence aid. extension fee is 10 per hour. Courses include art business law reading methods and more. G Raymond Smithson Jr. to teach sciences and chemistry with a master's from Miami University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
U. S
F. W. McDermott
G. Raymond Smithson Jr
Lynchburg
Smithson
Harmony Township High School
Plattsburg, C
Wilmington
Miami University
Rio Grande
Marine Transferred To West Coast Base
Pfc. Robert Hope, son of Mr and Mrs E M Hope of Henderson, transferred from Camp LeJeune to a West Coast base. A 1949 Point Pleasant High School graduate and class president just prior to enlistment, Hope joined the Marines in 1949.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert Hope
E. M. Hope
Henderson
Hope
Camp LeJuene
Point Pleasant High School
Equipment Ready For Harmon Park Cleanup Weekend
POINT PLEASANT workers reported full equipment support for Harmon Park cleanup. Ten volunteers used state and private graders, trucks from Appalachian Electric Power Co and others, and a bulldozer to haul logs burn trash. They also graded a baseball diamond and two tennis courts near the catalpa grove, with management to be handed to local players.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Harmon Park
Herring Construction Co
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Vitus Hartley
Martin Concrete Co
Maxon Construction Co
Catalpa Tree Grove
W. W
Delegates Named for State Legion Convention in Charleston
Delegates from the American Legion and Auxiliary attending the state convention in Charleston August 25 to 27 include Carroll Kennedy Miss Doris McMillin Mrs. Stanley Waldie and Mrs. D G Wilfong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Legion and Auxiliary
Charleston
Carroll Kennedy
Doris McMillin
Stanley Waldie
D. G. Wilfong
Leon Homemakers Farm Women's Club Picnic
The annual picnic of the Leon Homemakers Farm Women's Club will be held this evening at 6 30 at the home of Mrs Lyda Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leon Homemakers Farm Women's Club
Lyda Smith
Bell appoints Janet McKinney chief operator at Point Pleasant
A reservation confirms Janet McKinney as day chief operator for Bell Telephone Co at Point Pleasant. Miss Hilda Bradshaw, who previously held the post, will resume chief operator duties if she returns from a lengthy illness, per company spokesman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Janet McKinney
Bell Telephone Co
Hilda Bradshaw
Local Residents Return From Trips And Illness
The Rev. and Mrs. Odis Burris return home after a Cin cinnati trip. Mr. and Mrs. D G Wilfong Jr visit relatives in Charlotteville Virginia. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Jackson and Jason travel from Ohio River Road to Huntington for a visit with P M Jackson. Homer Smith and daughters Nancy and Lynn visit Myrtle Beach. Miss Anna Lou Dunn plans a Myrtle Beach stay. Mrs John Carpenter on Seventh Street is ill. Mr and Mrs James W Burdette return from Myrtle Beach vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. G. Wilfong, Jr
Charlotteville
Wilfong
Sgt
D. G. Wilfong
English Road
Edward Jackson
Jason
Ohio River Road
P. M. Jackson
Huntington
Homer Smith
Nancy and
Lynn
Jefferson Blvd
Anna Lou Dunn
Altering Check Charged near Gallipolis
A man arrested by the Gallia County sheriff's office faces charges of check alteration. The case was turned over to Marion County authorities for further action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Greeley
Marion County
Sheriff's Office
Train Auto Collision Injures Point Pleasant Woman
A car driven by Mrs. Ross Filson of 1825 Jefferson Ave in Point Pleasant collided with a Baltimore and Ohio locomotive backing from a factory across Route 2 at Camp Conley. She sustained chest injuries and cuts and bruises and was treated at Holzer Hospital. Damages to the car were about $500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Camp Conley
Holzer Hospital
Ross Filson
Jefferson Ave
R. C. Dilley
Dilley
Filson
Pomeroy
Lan
Mrs. Dowell Dies at Home in Apple Grove
Emma Dowell 64 of Apple Grove Route 2 died at 1 p.m. Sunday at home after a stroke. Widow of George Dowell she leaves five sons Frank Marion Ohio George Radnor Ohio John Spring Ohio Steve Plymouth and another unnamed daughter Mia. Herman LeMasters Richwood Ohio and Mrs Tobe Van Sickle South Side survive. Funeral arrangements were in Chapman funeral home late Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Emma Dowell
Apple Grove
George Dowell
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Paul R. Johnson
van Dickle
William E. Jarvis
Ewington
John M. Webb
Webb
Jarvis
Gordon Morrow
Floyd Holberg
Ralph L. Bennett
Jack
Gene Henson
Addison
Gallia County
Bashan
Kiashuta
Roberta Ann Elliott
Ross N. Filson
William Claar, Jr
Lis
Daniel Garthee
William Wildman, Jr
Jake Bush
Edward L. Ferrell
Dexter
Robert Putney
Leroy Betz
Judy Burcham
Chambersburg
John Fisher
Terry Morgan
C. W. Hodges
Carless King
Jim Fitch
John McGinnis
Harold Deck
Jean Morgan
Roy Ellis
E. H. Dickinson
Garry Roach
John Lambert
Charles Epling
Ancil Tucker
Joe Likens
Robert Adkins
Erastus Robinson
George Stout
Edwin Elliott
Charles Wallace
Lanier
Bell
Odis Burris
Epsiqola
Aliens Bouiling
Pepsi-Cola Co
New York
Ralph Belamy
Ford
Beasley & Mathews, Inc
Athens, Ohio
Fred R. Beasley, Inc
Nelsonville
Ogg Motor Co
Glouster
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