Rev G Brown Named Moderator at Rio Grande Baptist Convention
At the Rio Grande Baptist Association meeting in Vinton Rev Gerald Brown of Vinton was elected moderator for the coming year. About 50 attended the Youth Fellowship rally with Dallas Garber taking over BYF leadership that night. The association includes Poplar Ridge Campaign Rio Grande Ebenezer and Vinton churches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande Baptist Association
Vinton
Youth Fellowship
Gerald Brown
Dallas Garber
Sherley Woolf
Campaign Church
T ¥Ice
Maurice ‘Thomas
George Northup
Rio Grande
Poplar Ridge
Campaign
Ebenezer
W. Luther Tracy
Pomeroy
Central
Anna
Area Youths Assemble at Camp Oyo in Gallia County
The Rev. Late pastor of the Rio Church and five area Baptists opened two weeks of camping at Camp Oyo ten miles east of Portsmouth. The senior high camp runs this week and the junior high camp starts next Monday for one week. District leaders include Jean McCoy Vinton Elizabeth Snodgrass Rio Grande Sherley Woods Cheshire Ralph Zundle Pomeroy and Wesley Jenkins Racine. Fifty two youths attend this week with sixty more signed for the junior high outing and more expected. Assisting second week are Essell Burkle Lacy Hogan and Ruth Leety. Tracy notes no youths from the Rio Grande Baptist Association are signed for either camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Baptist Convention
Sherley B. Woods
Elizabeth A
E. H. Giedt
China
American Baptist Foreign Mission Societies
Swatow
Rochester
N. Y
Tracy
Garber
Joe West
Rio Grande
Vinton
Ebenezer
BYF
Jean McCoy
Rio Grande Association Byf
Gallipolis
Gallia Church
Rio Chuech
Oyo
Ortsmouth
Gallia
Messenger
Elizabeth Snodgrass
Sherley Woods
Cheshire
Ralph C. Zundle
Pomeroy
Wesley Jenkins
Racine
Essell Burkle
Lacy Hogan
Bidwell
Ruth Leety
Rio Grande College
Rio Grande Baptist Association
School Board Accepts Bids on Bus Fleet and Staffing
The Southwestern Local School District Board of Education met Monday night approving bids for bus outfitting and milk supply. Virgil Green resigned after selling his bus. Walter Pope was hired to replace him. Betty Wethlerholt resigned as grade teacher. Griff Cook Sr. named elementary janitor. Buses will run routed be aimed at moving students to high school by 1957-58.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watsargias
Southwestern Local School District Board of Education
Virgil Green
Walter Pope
Green
Charles M. Neal
Tis
Valley Bell Dairy
Centerville
Spring Hill Dairy
Callipolis
Gallia
Cadmus
Mudsock
Perry
Bob Rees
Betty Wethlerholt
Griff Cook
Cimus
Mudtock
Gallipolis
Rio. Grande
Oak Hill
Cadmus High School
Crown City Resident Dies at 74 in Ohio
Walter Wilbut Johnson, 74, Crown City Route 1, died after a long illness at 3:55 am. Survivors include widow Eva and children Okie, Gilbert, Charles, Olton of Dayton, Mary Warren of Crown City, and Clemmie Layne of Cheshire. Funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at Big Four Church of God with Rev. Swain. burial in White Cemetery. Three sisters and two daughters preceded him. 26 grandchildren and seven great grandchildren survive.
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Waltapylis
Euwara Wilbuut Johnson
Crown City
Eva
Okie, Gilbert and
Charles
Ol Ton
Dayton
Russell
Mary) Warren
Raymond
Clemmie) Layne
Cheshire
Big Four
Church of God
W. T. Swain
White Cemetery
F McDaniel Dies Sunday in Bridgeport Conn
Fred S. McDaniel, 86, a Cadmus native, died at his Bridgeport home Sunday and will be buried in Mound Hill Cemetery. Private funeral services are planned at Wetherholt Funeral Home with Rev. Robert Good presiding. He was born March 4, 1870, educated at an Indiana college, taught in Gallia County, worked for a New York insurance firm, then joined Lock Steel and Chain Co in Bridgeport as part owner and manager. Survivors include a sister in Washington, D C, a sister-in-law, three nieces and a nephew. The body arrives in Gallia County Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fred S. McDaniel
Cadmus
Bridgeport
Conn
Wetherholt
Mound Hill Cemetery
Robert Good
First Presbyterian Church
Mr. McDaniel
Araminta Copeland McDaniel
Clarence
Three Car Crash on Route 7 Near Gallipolis
A three car rear end collision north of Gallipolis on Route 7 caused moderate damage. Drivers listed include Paul North 36 and Donald Curnute 25, both from Gallipolis, with charges and bonds for speeding and following too closely. Burdette 24 Gallipolis charged with failing to stop. Other arrestees from Winston-Salem, Arcanum, and Pine City cited or bonded for speeding or driving left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Silver Bridge
Damas
Paul William North
Donald R. Curnute
Charles L. Burdette
Burdette
State Highway Patrol
Owen McGuire
Winston- Salem
N. C
James | Johnson
Robert Ford
Columbus
Hubert L. Corratt
Arcanum
Everett Gene George
Vinton
Bobby J. Eiffler
Pine City
Minn
James N. Campbell
Mr Saunders Dies at 87 in Gallipolis Home
John Sawyer Saunders aged 87 died at 8 am Monday at his Lower River Road home. Born August 16, 1809 in Virginia to Robert and Susan Saunders he married Wealtha Lenora Halley in 1891. Survived by son Clyde, six grandchildren, nine great grandchildren, and several siblings. funeral Wednesday at 1 pm at Miller's Home for Funerals with Rev. Frank Harding, burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Sawyer Saunders
Lower River Road
Robert
Susan Saunders
Virginia
Wealtha Lenora Halley
Clyde
Edith
Clarence
Charles Saunders
Galpolis
Stanley
S. R
Grover
Bidwell
Noah
Ella
McDaniel
Avalon
Miller's
Harding
Mound Hill
Guernsey Cow Antonia Preps Tail for Ohio State Fair
Pauline McKitrick of Dublin tames Antonia the Guernsey cow for the Ohio State Fair with a tail curling routine. The playful scene shows the cow wearing curlers as she awaits judging.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Antonia
Pauline McKitrick
Dublin
Vinton Flower Show Honors Award Winners
Mrs. James Myers won first place in the Vinitor Friendship Garden Club flower show with top ribbon in several classes. Blue ribbons and tri color honors were awarded to multiple exhibitors including Mrs. Ralph George for Summer Love and Mrs. Lowell McCarley for Summer Sunrise. Jerry Barnes won junior tri color for a zinc display. 81 arrangements, 10 potted plants and 37 specimens were shown before 105 guests in the high school gymnasium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Myers
Vinitor Friendship Garden Club Frowler
Ralph George
Lowell McCarley
Wendell
Roush
Jerry Barnes
Max Barnes
Vinton
Jerry
Shirey
Wendell Roush
Harley Cloud
Charles Woodruff
Corning
James Titus
Sasium
Group To End Year's Work by Gal Lipolis Leaders
Gal lipolis Young People leaders held their last meeting of 1956 Monday night. A more serious program is planned for a Friday farewell get together. Plans to continue GYP activities depend on the Episcopal Church canteen reopening. Watermelon supper at 6 30 p m on Fortification Hill. Adviser Robert Good will speak. Organizational committee to meet again in mid June. A leaders dinner is planned. Good will attend. A thousand mile windbreak, 100 feet wide, is planned for Ontario’s north side after last spring’s planting of 131 million trees.
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Wallipolis
Coun
Gallipolis
Sandy Avner
Avner
Episcopal Church
Fortification Hill
Robert Good
Presbyterian Church
Good
Ontario
Canada
Kyger District Hires Latin Teacher Edward Edwards
Kyger District School Board hired Edward A. Edwards to teach Latin at the high school in a special Monday meeting. Edwards, a Bidwell native, studied at Denver University and Rio Grande College, earned a master’s at Ohio State in 1936, and completed PhD coursework in 1938. He is currently an industrial psychologist and employment interviewer at Goodyear Atomic in Waverly and belongs to the Masonic Lodge at Thurman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallifolis
Kyger
Cheshire
Edward A. Edwards
Bidwellrea
Addisville
Jack Davis
Edwards
Denver University
Rio Grande College
Ohio State University
Goodyear /Atomic Corporation
Waverly
Masonic Lodge
Thurman
Special Bus To Go to Fair From Gallia County
Quickie of the SEC Regional Council chartered a bus to take 37 Gallia Countians to the Ohio State Fair on August 29. Most riders will be from Vinton with five or six from Gallipolis. another Athens County bus will carry council personnel from Nelsonville. A banner will identify the bus and it will park near the SEORC display at the fair.
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Gallifulin
U.v
Nelsonville
Hockberg
Quickle
SEORC
Mrs. Jane Ann Sowards 80 dies in Gallipolis
Mrs. Jane Ann Sowards age 80 of Addison died at 6 50 AM Monday after a 12 day hospital stay in Holzer Hospital. Born September 12 1875 in Guvan Township she was the daughter of Burl and Eliza Simms. Survivers include her husband Charles D married July 15 1900 two sons Ira Gallipolis and Alv n Columbus and three daughters Violet Smith Sandusky Hazel Davis Sandusky and Mrs Millard Davis Columbus plus brothers and sisters. Funeral at Addison Baptist Church Wednesday at 3 PM with interment Reynolds Cemetery Addison. Handles call at Ira’s Eastern Ave home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jane Ann Sowards
Addison
Holzer Hospital
Guvan Township
Sowards
Burl
Eliza Ann Simms
Charles D
Ira
Aubra
Violet) Smith
Herman
Sandusky
Millard
Hazel) Davis
Eastern Ave
Gallia County Board Approves Bus Driver Applicants
The Gallia County Board of Education met on Saturday with bus driver applications as the sole business. Superintendent B. Lewis Jones requested authority to approve remaining applications after the initial batch, signaling a strong central decision process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Haskins Family Reunion Elects 1957 Officers in Gallipolis
Forty Gallipolis Society members attended the Haskins family reunion on Fort Callipolis Hill Sunday. Mr and Mrs Richard Smeltzer were elected president with Debbie and Rickie as children. Frank Haskins steps down after a year. Other officers include Victor Fowler vice president, Meade Wetherhost secretary, and Carol Sue Haskins treasurer.
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Haskins
Fort Callipolis
Burhl D. Hood
Richard Smeltzer
Debbie
Rickie
Worthington
Gallipolis
Frank Haskins
Meadeers
Victor Fowler
Press- Smeltzer
Frank Kent
Geneva Howell
Carol Sue Haskins
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Roy Quickle
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Ice Thomas
George’ Northrup
Brel
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Paul Judson Morris
Ohio’ Baptist Convention
Plymale Wagner CO
Gallipolis, Ohio
Bardin Bros. Co
Athens, Ohio
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Pomeroy Cement Block Co
Pomeroy, Ohio
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School Board
Quick's
Comet Ey
F. McDaniel
Mr. Saunders
Guernsey
Ohio State Fair
Vinton Flower Show
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Gallipolis Society
Haskins Neurse
Ty Engineer
Bob Evans
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan Association
A.C. Gibson
Sec’y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohi
Balks
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Dairy Isle
Athens
Commissary Corporation
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