Rio Grande Begins Building New Men’s Dormitory
Rio Grande College starts construction on a modern 78 student dormitory to replace condemned housing. C A Yeager & Co of Portsmouth won the $275,782 bid with a 40 year loan from the Federal Home and Housing Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Howard
Thomas McClorey
Cincinnati
Rio Grande College
Allen Hall
Moulton
College Ave
Davis Hall
Federal Home and Housing Agency
McClorey
Local Names Attend Weekend Visits and Picnic
Zaleski was struck by a boy's bicycle. Mr and Mrs John Hickman Gladys Scott Nelsonville visited Sunday with Miss Cleire James and friends. Mrs J R O Leary visits her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Danny Sheets Delaware. Lucy Albaugh and Johnsons plus grandchild Allen Johnson enjoyed a Lake Hope picnic Sunday. Emery Newman Phyllis Adkins and Deborah Yvonne Brooksville spent weekend with Uncle and Aunt Charles Trusley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Hickman
Gladys Scott
Nelsonville
Cleire James
J. R. O'Leary
Danny Sheets
Delaware
Lucy Albaugh
Emmett Johnson
Allen Johnson
Onel Johnson
Donald Haskinson
Rita Bus
Sally Johnson
Charles Vansky
Lake Hope
Emery Newman
Phyllis Adkins
Deborah Yvonne
Brooksville
Tives
Newman
Charles Trusley
Minor accident reported by city police in Gallipolis
Gallipolis police logged a minor accident at 4 08 p m on Thursday at Second Avenue and Olive Street. Eva Northup 37 of 282 Jackson Pike pulled from a service station and struck the left rear bumper of a parked car owned by H S Queen 1602 Eastern Ave. Both doors on Northup s car were scraped with no damage to Queens vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Second Avenue
Olive Street
Eva Northup
Jackson Pike
H. S. Queen
Eastern Ave
Miss Northup
Queen
Asphalt Burn Hurts Man at Kananga Plant
Frank Seese of Lowell suffered a third degree burn to his right arm when hot asphalt spilled at the Standard Asphalt Co. in Kananga. He received treatment at Holzer Hospital and was released. Seese was hauling asphalt for an Iron Ton trucking firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Frank Seese
Lowell
Standard Asphalt Co
Kananga
Holzer Hospital
Seese
Ironton
Local families gather for Nazarene Church Ladies' supper
Mr and Mrs Harold Alton learn their son in law Pfc Carl Cullison has graduated maintenance school at Camp Pendleton and earned a Lance Corporal promotion. The Plains hosts a Husband and Wife supper at Alva Platt home with numerous attendees and visits by members including Rev Tobe Mackey and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Plains
Harold Alton
Carl L. Cullison
Camp Pendleton
Alva Platt
Church of Nazarene
Tobe Mackey
James Bains
D. J. Jones
Wiley Frame
Joe Beard
Russell Jellison and
Paul
Cora Hammond
Josie Huseman
Clarence Keirns
Allie Bricker
Loraine
Inez
Alah Cline
Cecil Grace
Walter Wharton
Olie Brown
Sylvia Safronko
Marie Hanning
Angie Vore
Pearly Wicks
Lott Bricker
Mont Wells
Vaughan Sauters
Linda Slater
Lancaster
Sharon Culver
Tecumseh
Mich
New Castle
Harry Swartz
Mackey
Weddle
al Horsky
Plains Band Boosters
John McAllister
Russel Jellison
Portage
Water Superintendent Miller Earns Class B Certificate
Rio Grande village water superintendent J Dale Miller received a Class B certificate from the Ohio Department of Health after passing an April 28 exam. He attended a five day water school in Columbus and is now authorized to operate systems using surface water for small populations and groundwater serving up to 30 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. Dale Miller
Rio Grande
Ohio Department of Health
Columbus
Miller
Swan Creek Grange Hears About Trip
Gallipolis report on William M. Davis's mid June trip to Spokane Washington and return to Detroit by jet airliner was the feature of Swan Creek Grange 2554 Thursday night with 42 in attendance. Davis presented a forestry sound film assisted by his son Bill. Trustees and visiting members from Mercerville Eno Huntington and Springfield observed the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William M. Davis
Spokane
Wash
Detroit
Swan Creek Grange
Hiram North
Carl Heberling
Leslie Gothard
Truman Sheets
Emmett Sheets
James N. M. Davis
Gallia Academy
Grange
Davis
Bill
Daniel M. Evans
Gallia County
Mercerville
Eno
Huntington
Springfield
Laurel Cliff Community Notes Highlights
The Laurel Cliff column reports a quarterly Free Methodist Church meeting led by Rev. Hall in Zanesville. It notes visits by Pearl Jacobs to Holzer Hospital patient Burtha Neimeyer and various social calls among residents from Columbus to Athens and New Marshfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Cliff
Hall
Zanesville
Free Methodist Church
Pearl Jacobs
Burtha Neimeyer
Holzer Hospital
Polly Karr
Columbus
Charles Karr
Georgia Diehl
Nellie Tracy Ball
Nannie Hysell
Fritz Stahl
New Marshfield
Paul Stahl
Steven
Clarence Ackley
Athens
Norman Schafer
Benton Pond
Pomeroy
Nellie Tracy
Ball Run
Ira Wellman
William Soulsby
William Cormon
Gallipolis
Harmon Fox
Vernon Howell
Roy Howell
New York
William Glass Jr
Barberton
Hazel Pratt
Akron
Lester Brookover
Special Education Classes Increased in Gallia County
Gallia County adds three more special education classes this fall across North Gallia Hannan Trace districts bringing total to five. New classes open in Bidwell Porter and Vinton Elementary schools with teachers Mrs. Maxine Evans Mrs. Duncan and Mr. Murray assigned to lead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
North Gallia
Hannan Trace
Howard Duncan
Maxine Evans
Bidwell- Porter
Charles Murray
Vinton
WJEH Expands Gallipolis Office Space
WJEH radio expands its Gallipolis facility as O'Dell Lumber Co begins construction of additional office space Thursday. The new section is part of the ongoing remodeling program at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
O'Dell Lumber Co
Wjeh Radio
Birth Report at Holzer Hospital Highlights New Daughter
A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Daniel A. Morris of Bidwell Route. The hospital notes list multiple admissions and discharges including Cyrus A. Rhodes Racine Route Max W. Hogsett Gallipolis Ricky E. Brooks Wellston Route 2 and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daniel A. Morris
Bidwell
Max W. Hogsett
Gallipolis
Ricky E. Brooks
Wellston
Joseph L. Wilson
Coolville
Boy Fractures Arm Playing In Basement
Gallipolis 12 year old Max Hogsett admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured left arm after playing ball in the basement. In Jackson County two children Deborah Lynn Collins, 5, and Jerry Dougiles Collins, 4, were admitted after an overdose of medicine. both in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Max Hogsett
Leslie Dunfee
Holzer Hospital
Max
Jackson County
Deborah Lynn
Jerry Dougiles
Jerry Collins
Wellston
Vinton Social Gathering Recap from Harrisville Area
Mrs. Eleanor White reports a family gathering in Vinton with many relatives visiting from Columbus Wilkesville Knightdale N C Toms River New Jersey and Toledo. Attendees include Mr. and Mrs. Homer Hartsook and their children Dianne and Lianne with other relatives from Carpenter Glenwood and Wilkesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester White
Toms River
N. J
Locker Assignment Days Announced at Gallia Academy High
Gallia Academy High School principal Glendon C. Evans announced four locker assignment days starting Monday. Students may choose lockers from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on each day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Glendon C. Evans
Gallia Academy High School
Gallipolis Schools Rush To Ready For Opening
Gallipolis prepares for classes starting Sept 5 as Clay Elementary’s sewage plant nears operation. Central States Sewage Systems wires the tank, Green Elementary gets a new roof, and 19 city buses receive pre inspections. State patrol to inspect buses after Sept 13 with a public meeting planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
I. James Miller
Central States Sewage Systems Company
Miller
Central States
Warren Skidmore
Green Elementary
Buckeye Sandblasting
Lancaster
Paul Martin
Emerson Corbin
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Gallia County
P. D. McCreedy
Cecil E. Carpenter
Supt. Miller
Three Sailors Serve Aboard Essex And Helena In Pacific Cruise
Three sailors are serving on U S S Essex and U S S Helena during a summer cruise. R I Jarrell aviation structural machinic second class is the son of Mr and Mrs Herman Jarrell. Erwin airman is the son of Mr and Mrs Chester W Erwin Middleport New York. Harry T Elliott gunner's mate third class serves aboard U S S Helena out of San Diego. The Helena is the first fleet flagship and will join 20 sister ships for fleet sail to Hawaii to relieve Far East forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S.S. Essex
Quonset Point
R. I. Jarrell
Herman Jarrell
Erwin
Chester W. Erwin
Middleport
Harry T. Elliott
U.S.S. Helena
San Diego
Calif
Elliott
Thelma V. Elliott
Point Pleasant
Helena
First Fleet
Hawaii
Far East
Seventh Fleet
River Traffic and Dam Conditions On Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
Dams on the Kanawha River are all roller type and on the aft lines. Ohio River movable dams in Huntington District are raised. Tow boats and barges report varied ups and downs at Lock stations 14 through 35 with numerous craft listing, rising and falling drafts by morning and afternoon readings. Key vessels include Winfield Lucy Jane Lucas, Albert F. Holden, Gallipatian boats and many others logged with specific times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganges
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy- Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Aiil
Ohio River
Huntington
Esso Tennessee
Floyd Blaske
Pese City of
Maysville
I. F. Frieberger
Eese
Timmy
John J. Rowe
Little Edward
William T. Warner
Lock
Ovec
Jerry Bosworth
Coleman D
Crise Jr
Salvat
Creditor
Alton Zephyr
J. S. Lewis
Onward
Orleanian
Thelma Ann
Jayne Hougland
National
Cotton Queen
Northern
Producer
Ouachita
Ravenswood
Kanawha
Winfield
Lucy Jane Lucas
Oliver C. Shearer
F. Shearer
Gallipatian
Albert F. Holden
Lelia C. Shearer
Visitors list for Mrs. Aleta Parsons household
Recent guests included Mr. and Mrs. Donald Parsons of Athens with their niece Mrs. Nancy Miller and children from Albany, Mrs. Darrell Perry and children from Parkersburg, Elsie Windsor, and Elsie Shahan of Great Bend, Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Casto of Latart, Henry Deem of Belpre visiting A M Deem, Mrs. Roy Gillian and children from Chester, Ernie Comson and son from West Virginia, and Mr. and Mrs. W M Johnson and family from New Brighton visiting Mr. and Mrs. Clem Cooper and Mr. and Mrs. Wilkes Sarson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Aleta Parsons
Donald Parsons
Athens
Nancy Miller
Albany
Darrell Perry
Parkersburg
Elsie Windsor
Elsie Shahan
Great Bend
Pearl Casto
Latart
Henry Deem
Belpre
A. M. Deem
Roy Gillian
Chester
C. E. Johnson
Ernie Comson
West Virginia
Clem Cooper
Also Mentioned on This Page
C. A. Yeager & Co
Portsmouth
Zaleski
Sam Neal
WJEH
Mrs. Pearl Parker
Sue LV
Navy
Francis L. Beardsley
Helen North
Beardsley
Carmel
North
San Leandro
Cyrus A. Rhodes
Racine
Paul M. Dean
Rodney
Mary Lou Berry
Jody A. Hoagland
Norman H. Shotsky
D. Russell Rice
Robert E
Bill) Lee
Gallipo
Jerry F. Goode
Deborah L. Collins
Jerry D. Collins
C. Gladys Werner
W. C. Moore
Mrs. Elizabeth Osher
Edward Parsons
Thomas Jones
Kenneth L. Tomlinson
Powell Meredith
Edward Perdrew
Adriena McGee
Brenda McGee
Wendy Hammack
Raymond Workman
Armit Fitzgerald
Charles Foley
Mrs
Eleanor White
Worthy Cremeans
Edward Scarberry
Glenwood
W. Va
Burl Ives
Shelly Winters
James Daren
Ella Fitzgerald
Rama
Late Show
Popular Demand
Gallipolis City
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Royal McBee Corps
Miller Kee
Clark Gable
Marilyn Monroe
Robert Mitchum
Kolor Romms
Wilma Wells
W. M. Johnson
New Brighton, Pa
Wilkes Sarson
Norry Technicolor
Heer
Rts
Filméem
Messenger Family Weekly
Mach Waning
Strange Story
Weird
Demons ME Sanders
Barbara Shelley
Ves OF
Matto -Goldwin- Mayer
Queen Badien
Hutton Pentiss
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