Care of Pre-Vaccine Polio Patients Emphasized in Gallia
Gallia County launches the 1958 March of Dimes drive with 33 attendees at Tyes Dining Room. Chairman M Harold Brown highlights care costs for about 100000 polio patients prior to the Salk vaccine. Special guests include Joey Cicero and his mother Mrs Cicero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tye
M. Harold Brown
Gallia County
Brown
Joey Cicero
Frank Cicero
Little Joey
Cicero
Joey
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis
Drive
Charles McCormick
John Wiseman
The
National Foundation
James Sherman Porter
O. E. Sprague
Edwin Sprague
Pauline Russell
Springfield
Seth Huntley
Vinton Village
Dan Evans
County Granges
E. Ray Bailey
Womens
Walter Price
Daniel Larreau
Catherine Hayward
Manning Wetherholt
Progressive Mother's Club
Lafayette Hotel
Brownie Benson
Robert Dauber
City Police Probe Single Crash. Two DUI Arrests Made
Gallipolis police investigated one traffic crash and arrested two drivers for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol. Dr Robert Ott 40 Gallipolis and Lester S Stewart 32 Mason were involved in the crash at Eastern Ave and Berger St. Ott faced a Municipal Court citation for passing in an intersection as his car struck Stewart’s pickup. Ott’s vehicle passed a semi and struck the pickup after Stewart tried a left turn. The two DUI arrestees were Max L MecVickers 36 Clarksburg and Burt Ferguson 48 Gallipolis. Both will appear in Municipal Court Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Barr and
Skidmore
Max L. MecVickers
Clarksburg
Nibert
Burt Ferguson
Eastern Ave
Berger St
Robert Ott
Lester S. Stewart
Mason
Dr. Ott
Stewart
Five year old struck by pickup near Kanauga
Timothy Kerrwood, son of Mr and Mrs John Kerrwood of Kanauga, was hit as he ran across Route 35 near a service station while his mother watched from the opposite side. He suffered a head bump and body abrasions with no fractures, was treated at Holzer Hospital, and released. driver John Stanley, 53, Albany Route 2, was not held. Gallia County troopers reported the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Timothy Kerrwood
John Kerrwood
Kanauga
Route 35
Kananga
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Halfway Mark Between New York and San Francisco
Kingsley Kansas sits exactly midway between New York and San Francisco, 1728 miles to each coast marking the geographic center point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsley
Kans
New York
San Francisco
Four Escape As Fire Destroys Home on Chatham Ave
Four residents fled a six room house at 1837 Chatham Ave in Gallipolis after a fire. a 51 year old partly paralyzed mother, Mrs Marjorie Kingery, was carried to safety by neighbor Vernie Sans. The blaze began from a hot water tank in the bathroom and gutted the interior. Tenants Mrs Maxine Paugh and two children also escaped. Firemen fought for over an hour as spectators were forced back from a downed power line. The home owned by Thomas E Boster was partially insured. Mrs Kingery was taken to a relative's home and Mrs Paugh works as a nurse's aide at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chatham Ave
Marjorie Kingery
Vernie Sans
Garland Nibert
Thomas E. Boster
Kingery
Judson Harmon
Eastern Ave
Paugh
Holzer Hospital
Five men tied to coin vending machine theft broken by arrest
Gallia County authorities say the Wednesday arrest of Marvin Spencer 20 of Vinton Route 2 and two others in Wellston ends a five man petty larceny ring. The group allegedly stole a coin vending machine and its $15 contents from Owens service station at Rodney last Friday then fled in a car. McComas and Ward already pleaded guilty and faced a Dec 6 Municipal Court hearing as part of the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Marvin Spencer
Vinton
Stanley Fellore
Rodney
Fellore
Wellston
Leonard New
George Daley
Spen
Cer
Gallia County
Owens Service Station
McComas and
Ward
Municipal Court
Kiwanis Governor to Visit Gallipolis Club for Sixth Time
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club to host Ohio Kiwanis Governor Bill Campbell during the sixth attendance month this year at the December 18 Christmas party at the Lafayette Hotel. Amyl Haffelt won the attendance prize. guests included Leslie Barbour and Robert Hanger. Dr. Jay Bradshaw presides. A club letter praised sponsoring two Key Clubs and one Circle-K at Rio Grande College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Ohio
Kiwanis
Bill Campbell
Paul E. Watson
Jay Bradshaw
Campbell
Buckeye
Kiwani-Ames
Lafayette Hotel
Watson
Amyl Haffelt
Leslie Barbour
Rio Grande College
Circle-K
Robert Hanger
Richmond
Whtn-Tv
Huntington
Norman Recla
Standard Oil of
Bradshaw
Norman Talbott
Bucyrus
Gallia Academy
Kyger Creek
River and riverboat traffic report for Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
Gauges show Kanawha and Ohio rivers with multiple dam statuses and a detailed log of boats at locks 13 through 23 and other locales. Entries note boat names, weights, down or up statuses with times from morning to early evening, including Gal lipolis and Huntington routes and a Thursday lock note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Rocket
Invader
Cornell
A. L. Long
Salvati
Virginia
Ohio
Sohio
Lock
William Penn
Mr. Criss
Scott Chotin
Sycamore
Kanawha River Boats
London
P. Wright
Marmet
R. H. Bosworth
O-Kan
Winfield
Semet
Atlas
Price
Ogram
Gallipolis
Andrew P.calhoun
Alton Zephyr
Ernestine
City of Huntington
Reba Jane
Aliquippa
Gona
Lelia Shearer
Also Mentioned on This Page
John A. Epling
Gallia County Townships
William H. Sowers
Sandy Avner
Chester A. Leaper
Dwight Wetherholt
Clarence Thompson
Kgger Creek High School
Ross H. Fleming
Richard C. Roderick
Advance Gift
Robert Richards
J. H. Steele
Gabriele Wuelker
Dr. Wuelker
Harris
Southeastern
Athens
Meigs, Hocking
Gallia
Mason Counties
Nelsonville
Logan
Pomeroy
Pt. Pleasant
Union St
West Union St
Athens, Ohio
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Bey
SEARS
Logan, Ohio
Oath
Wiiby
B&o
New York-Washington
Coats
C Ned
Orson Cardigan
Reg
Cies
Rys
Orson
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