Sands Named For Father Son Naval Voyagers
The Sands, an oceanographic research ship under construction at Marietta Manufacturing Co., is named for two rear admirals, Benjamin Franklin Sands and James Hoban Sands. The elder admiral, born 1811 in Baltimore, served in the Brazil Indian and Mediterranean squadrons and helped develop hydrographic tools. The younger admiral, born 1845 in Washington, served in the Civil War and later held key commands including in the Korean Expedition and the Spanish American War, and was superintendent of the Naval Academy.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Benjamin Franklin Sands
Baltimore
Washington, D.C
Pensacola
Norfolk
Pacific
Sands
Dacotah
North Atlantic
Ft. Caswell
Ft. Jackson
Ft. Fisher
Magruder
Smith
Galveston
United States
Naval Observatory
Navy
James Hoban Sands
Washington
Seoul River
Hydrographic Office
Columbia
Tavern Fighters Fined S60 Each
Mrs Norma Jean McCarley of Gallipolis filed assault and battery charges against two Chesapeake men after a Sunday brawl at Kananga. Judge Sowers fined the two men $50 plus costs and fined Danny D. Rife and Michael Rife $10 plus costs for intoxication and disturbing the peace. Richard Daniels of Huntington was fined $10 for disturbing the peace.
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Gallipolis
Norma Jean McCarley
Kananga
Chesapeake
William H. Sowers
Danny D. Rife
Michael Rife
Richard Daniels
Huntington
W. Va
Gearld
Jiggs) McCarley
Births at Holzer Hospital Fill Gallia Names
A series of births announced at Holzer Hospital includes a daughter to Paul Dean Niday and wife in Gallipolis, a daughter to Robert T Southern in Middleport, a son to Earl L Burnette in Gallipolis, and several other newborns listed with parents and locales such as Crown City Amanda Route 1 and Che shire Route 1. The item also notes ongoing local legal actions and police activity in Gallia County with multiple arrests, fines, and bond forfeitures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Dean Niday
Gallipolis
Robert T. Southern
Middleport
Earl L. Burnette
Walter L. Tolbert
Hamden
Clinton E. Stanley
Crown City
Charles E. Cox
Amanda
Theodore Misner
Cheshire
Franklin L. Oldaker
Hartford
Buses Will Still Run Between Parkersburg and Huntington
The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio told Gallipolis Chamber president D Kenneth Morgan that Greyhound has filed a revised schedule and will keep its current service between Parkersburg Gallipolis and Huntington. Greyhound runs two round trips with stops in Gallipolis and had planned to drop one trip canceling the 9 33 am to Huntington and the 12 25 pm to Parkersburg after protests from the Chamber and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
D. Kenneth Morgan
Parkersburg
Chamber of Commerce
Bidwell Airman Promoted in United States Air Force
Roger B. Jarvis of Bidwell has been promoted to airman second class. He is training in radio equipment repair at Keesler Air Force Base in Mississippi and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Maxie Jarvis of Bidwell Route 2. He is a Bethlehem Center High School graduate from Fredericktown, Pennsylvania.
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Bidwell
Roger B. Jarvis
United States Air Force
Keesler AF
Maxie Jarvis
Bethlehem Center High School
Fredericktown
Divorce Granted to Mona Sue Shep in Gallia County
Gallia Common Pleas Judge Betz grants Mona Sue Shep a divorce from Paul S. Shep hard on grounds of extreme cruelty. Custody split favors mother for two daughters and father for a son. husband ordered to pay $50 monthly for daughters’ support.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
Mona Sue Shephard
Vinton Route 2
Paul S. Shephard
Homer Beckett
Joe D Miller
Rodney
Charles T Walters Promoted in United States Air Force
Gallipolis resident Charles T Walters has been promoted to airman third class. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Oakley M Walters of Gallipolis Route 2 and studies the communications operations specialist course at Keesler AFB. Walters is a Gallia Academy High School graduate and former Rio Grande College student.
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Gallipolis
Charles T. Walters
United States Air Force
Walters
Oakley M. Walters
Resigning Baptist Minister Takes Indiana Pastorate
Rev Kenneth W Chandler, longtime pastor of Main Street Baptist Church, resigns to lead First Baptist Church in Connersville Indiana. His last sermon is Sept 22, then begins duties Sept 29. He is a Huntington native and Marshall University graduate. His wife Rosemary and three children Donna Wayne and Brent. No replacement named.
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Point Pleasant
Kenneth W. Chandler
Main St
First Baptist Church
Connersville
Ind
Mr. Chandler
Indiana
Huntington
Marshall University
Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Chandler
Hannan Trace Board Accepts Crown City Students
In a special session in Gallipolis the Hannan Trace school board voted to admit elementary and high school students from Crown City to attend within the district. They accepted the resignation of Monroe Hall, custodian at Hannan Trace elementary. Bus drivers attended to receive start procedures for the new term.
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Gallipolis
Hannan Trace
Crown City
Fairland
Lawrence County
Monroe Hall
River traffic and dam status across Kanawha and Ohio rivers
Load and gauge readings for Gallipolis to Greenup with rollers on crest gauges. Dams on Kanawha and Ohio rivers listed as up or down. Numerous boats reported with up or down statuses and times. A civil suit filed by Point Pleasant Livestock Co. against Truman Russell and Fidelity and Deposit Co. of Maryland in Circuit Court.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Sill
Ohio River
Hartington
Semet
Thelma Ann
Peggy Downsy
Sally Polk
John Ladd Dean
Eastern
Anne
Louisiana
Solvay
J. B. Chauvins
Lacey Jane Lucas
Lelia
C. Shearer
E. Dyke
Walter Hoagland
Davey Crockett
Stevenson
New Martinsville
Richard Moyle
John J Rowe
Harvey Jordan
Vulcan
William H. Zimmer
Robert G. West
Susan Lane
Patten
W. Harner
R. H. Benworth
Etna Louisville
Reliable
J. S. Lewis
Point Pleasant Livestock Co
Truman Russell and Fidelity and Deposit Co
Maryland
Three Minor Accidents Investigated In Gallipolis
Gallipolis police investigated three minor traffic accidents Monday. Sherman Dudley reported one hit while his car was parked at Kroger's lot. A second collision occurred on Second Avenue when Bert Rucker backed from a spot and hit Gary Roark. The third involved Carol Clark and Joseph Schirmer at First and Mill Creek with minor damage to both vehicles.
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Gallipolis
Third Ave
Sherman S. Dudley
Fourth Ave
Kroger
Bert G. Rucker
Scottown
Gary D. Roark
Second Ave
Rucker
Roark
First
Mill Creek
Carol F. Clark
Joseph R Schirmer
Miss Clark
1 H Club Achievement Day Planned
Gallia County 4 H Advisers Association sets 1 H Club Achievement Day for November 15 at an undecided location. The group reviews the 1963 Gallia County Junior Fair and the 4 H food booth. Delegates to the Ohio 4 H Club Congress in Columbus will be sponsored.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Columbus
Appalachian Supervisor Is Promoted
L. D. Balding of Ripley becomes heating and builder sales representative in the Charleston division of Appalachian Power Co. effective Sept. 1. Balding previously served as local office supervisor in Ripley, with a long tenure in Montgomery accounting, credit, and utility roles. He is a Montgomery High School graduate and U. S. Air Force veteran. He plans to relocate his family to Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
J. G Hansbarger
Charleston
Appalachian Power Co
L. D. Balding
Ripley
Balding
Montgomery
Montgomery High School
U. S. Air Force
Little League Assn
Heart Fund
Park Commission
Red Cross
Boy Scouts
Industrial Relations Committee
Little League Assa
Shotgun Victim in Critical Condition in Gallipolis
Kermit Pauley age 44 of Miller and formerly of Northup is listed in critical condition at Cabell Funtington Hospital after a head wound from a double barreled shotgun. His wife Mary Blackburn Pauley 39 is jailed in Ironton on intoxication charges amid an investigation of the shooting. The sheriff says the shooting occurred at Route 217 north of Miller and Pauley was found beside the house with a 12 gauge shotgun on the porch. A Huntington radio dispatcher says Pauley told officers his wife did not shoot him. The sheriff’s office says it had not been informed of that statement.
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Pauley
Miller
Northup
Cabell
Funtington
Mary Blackburn Pauley
Lawrence County
Ironton
Carl E. Rose
Route 217
Huntington
Patricia Machir Weds C. Knopp in Point Pleasant
Patricia Kaye Machir of Point Pleasant married Carl Thomas Knopp of Mason in a 7:30 p m ceremony at St Paul Methodist Church. The couple will live at 1551 Beech Street Huntington after a wedding trip.
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Point Pleasant
Patricia Kaye Machir
Carl Thomas Knopp
Mason
St. Paul Methodist Church
Dale Childers
William F. Machir
Andrew Knopp
Columbus
Robert Bonham
Newark
Reta Jiiden
Patricia McNeely
Huntington
Ivy
Dale Justice
Dan Harbour
George Somerville
Gallipolis
Lula Jiiden
Clyde McDermitt
Don Taylor
Helen Cunningham
Charles F. Knopp
Beech St
Two Youths Injured In Separate Creek and Farm Accidents
In Gallipolis Ernest H. Salisbury a 10 year old Columbus boy was admitted to Holzer Hospital for possible head injury after diving from a leg at Baker's Landing and hitting his head on something in Raccoon Creek. Phil S. Unroe a 7 year old Crown City resident was admitted for a fractured left arm after falling from a tractor wagon at home both listed in good condition.
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Lawrence V. Unroe
Crown City
Breaking and Entering Reported at Sowards Residence
Gallia County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a breaking and entering at Sam Sowards’s home on Ewington Route 1. The burglary occurred Sunday between 2 and 8 p.m. with a window pried open and items stolen including a box of .22 rifle shells, a can of lighter fluid, and six or seven pocket western books.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Pleasant Valley Hospital Admission and Discharges
Admitted: Mrs. Joe Vereh Gallipolis Gregory Gibson Point Pleasant Mrs Therman Bowers Grimms Landing Mrs Lydia King Leon and Tim Daugherty Point Pleasant. Discharged: Mrs. Leroy Mayes Henderson and Mrs. Bess McBee.
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Joe Vereh
Gallipolis
Gregory Gibson
Point Pleasant
Therman Bowers
Grimms Landing
Lydia King
Leon
Tim Daugherty
Leroy Mayes, Hendereson
Bess McBee
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James Sands
Benjamin Sands
Tavern Fighters
Holzer Hospital
Angela C. Russell
Lawrence R. Hall
Martin Polcyn
Cheryl L. Hurwitz
Russell Stephenson
Ravenswood
Charles B. Carnette
Ohley
Hollis E. North
James C. Fugate
Pomeroy
Ernest H. Salisbury
Harriette S. Bobo
William R. Arnott
Racine
Curtis W. Christian
Jack O. Bobock
Jackson
John F. Clendenin
Ray E. Greenlee
Joseph G. Wilson
Thelma F. Michael
Rutland
Harvey C. Steele
Rebecca G. Patton
Ashland
Genevieve Stobart
James F. Dailey
Portland
Garnet E. Gothard
Bonnie B. Bailes
Carl J. Heilman
Phil Unroe
Sweeney
Basil L. Haynes
Paula M. Hersman
Clyde Gerlach
J. W. Barber
Fred Danish
Bernice Evans
Julia Lanier
Jeffrey Gilliland
Rusty L. Corbin
William B. Pearson
Bradford W. Moore
Joe Bowen
Earl Sheets
A. V. Howell
Earl Vance
Lillie Holley
Raleigh Cox
Granville Gibson and Son
Hunter
Woodrow Cox
Kenneth L. Tomlinson
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Sowers
James D. Swanson
James H. Hart
Alfred E. Bethel
Detroit
Mich
Layton C. Williams
Lancaster
Dorsey J. Phillips
Tunnelton
Bidwell Airman
Logan Monument Co., Inc
W. Main St
Logan Ohio
Health Department
Resiens
Board Ofw
Kermit
Patricia Machir
Carrie Neutzling
Alice Nease
Chester
Chantilly
Garnette Dabney
Deborah Machir
Joanne Knopp
Alvin Bernard Somerville
Rambler
Douglas Rambler, Inc
W. Union St
Athens, Ohio
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