Ten Thousand Blaze Leaves Five Homeless Near Route 7
A $10,000 fire destroyed the eight room two story frame home of Mr and Mrs Burdell Forth on Teens Run Rd west of Route 7. Firefighters pumped water from a stream and hauled 12 000 gallons from the Ohio River to save the utility room. Loss estimated at 7500 for the house and 2500 for contents. Probable cause overheated coal heater flue. The Forth family and three children became homeless.
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Gallipolis
Burdell Forth
Ohio
James A. Northup
Christmas Plans Made At FHA Meet
Miss Nancy Hassell of the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co described Christmas sparkle and arrangements at a Future Homemakers of America meeting at Kgger Creek High School. Linda Garner presided as vice president as plans were made for a school bazaar during noon hour and for a Christmas project gifting 28 boys at the Gallipolis State Institute. Hostesses were Avalee Johnson Linda Dillard Sherry McCumber Mary Lee Platter Donna Jarvis and Linda Rothgeb. Mrs. Clara Mohr of Point Pleasant is adviser.
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Linda Dillard
Sherry McCumber
Mary Lee Platter
Donna Jarvis
Linda Rothgeb
Clara Mohr
Point Pleasant
Two Drivers Fined By Juvenile Judge
Gallia County Juvenile Judge John W Howell fined Rodney C Cook16 Gallipolis five dollars and costs suspended for turning without caution. Paul E Will17 Pomeroy was fined five dollars and costs for parking on the highway. Both cited by the State Highway Patrol.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
John W Howell
Rodney C. Cook
Paul E. Will
Pomeroy
State Highway Patrol
Gallia County Keeps Marriage Licenses for Four Couples
William John Reynolds 22 of Columbus laborer weds Bonnie D Henry 19 of Gallipolis packer Richard E Wright 23 of Newark mounter and Andra K Brown 21 of Gallipolis teacher in Gallia County license records.
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Gallia
William John Reynolds
Columbus
Bonnie D. Henry
Gallipolis
Packer
Richard E. Wright
Newark
Mounter
Andra K. Brown
Fire damages Gallia home on Clay Chapel-Yellowtown Rd
Gallipolis volunteers fought a noon blaze at Opal Franklin's residence on Crown City Route 2 near Clay Chapel Yellowtown Rd. Eleven men and one truck fought a one and a half story frame house fire caused by a defective flue. Damage estimated at 100 dollars with 75 to the house and 25 to contents.
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Gallipolis
Opal Franklin
Crown City
Clay Chapel
Yellowtown
James A. Northup
Monday Evening TV Listings at WLW C NBC Columbus
Television guide note states the Messenger not responsible for errors in schedules when stations do not provide corrections. Boldface indicates color programs. Monday evening listings for WLW C NBC Columbus.
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Wlw-C
NBC Columbus
Five Crashes Checked By Gallipolis Police
Gallipolis police investigated five weekend crashes including two in a Third Ave parking lot. Shirley Ann Needles 20 Crown City Route 1 was cited for failure to yield at Central Ave. and a 5 p.m. Sunday collision. Bonnie B. Swindler and Virginia E. Edmonds were involved in a 9:30 a.m. Sunday crash on Second Ave. with minor damage and a frosted rear window. Andrea F. Hamrick backed into Donald Taylor’s vehicle in the 200 block of Third Ave at 4:30 p.m. Saturday. Everrett A. Price backed from a parking zone and hit Bernard R. King at 11 a.m. Saturday in a Third Ave lot, minor damage. Ernest Springer then struck the exit side of the lot at 3:25 p.m. Saturday, minor damage to both cars. no injuries or charges.
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Gallipolis
Third Ave
Shirley Ann Needles
Crown City
Central Ave
Robert L Baxter
Chatham
Eastern Ave
Second Ave
Bonnie B. Swindler
Virginia E. Edmonds
Winton
Andrea F. Hamrick
Bidwell
Donald Taylor
Everett A. Price
Patriot Route 2
Bernard R. King
Price
King
Ernest Springer
Judy Lynn Allison
River traffic and auction notice from Ohio and river districts
The report lists river gauges on the Gallipolis and Kanawha regions with water levels and movable dam status in the Huntington district. It also covers ship movements on the Gallipolis and Kanawha rivers and ends with a public auction notice for a property in Athens County Ohio including sale terms and parcel description.
Intoxication arrests by police in Point Pleasant and state line
Nelson Morris 55 of Naomi West Virginia was arrested Saturday by city police for driving while intoxicated. George McDaniel 58 of West Columbia was cited by state police and Mason County Sheriff's Department for intoxication. Hildon Benton 80 of Boonville North Carolina was arrested by city police on an intoxication charge. Mexico won her independence in 1821.
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Point Pleasant
Nelson
Morris
Naomi
W. Va
George McDaniel
West Columbia
West Virginia
State Police
Mason County
Hildon Benton
Boonville
N.C
Food costs and paper tied to farming output
A New York newspaper relies on 500000 acres of annual growth to cover paper needs and notes that U S farmers bear about 38 cents of each food dollar in this country. The statement connects agricultural output to publishing expenses and national food pricing.
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United States
New York
Gallia County News In Brief and Court Report
Pvt Rod ney D Roberts 18 completed a seven week recovery and evacuation course at Aberdeen Proving Ground Md after enlisting July and basic training at Fort Knox Ky He is a 1968 Gallia Academy HS graduate In Gallia County sheriff arrests Raymond Shelton 24 Oak Hill Route 4 on probation violation tied to a 1963 larceny indictment George W Poore 90 Jackson Route 4 admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured left hip after a fall at home.
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Gallipolis
Rodney D. Roberts
Densil C. Roberts
Army Ordnance Center
Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army
Ft. Knox
Ky Roberts
Gallia Academy High School
Gallia County
George W Poore
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital Notes List Newborns and Names
The Holzer Hospital notes list numerous births with families from Wellston Racine Leon and surrounding areas. Names include Mr and Mrs Richard Wagener Mr and Mrs Phillip Spangler Jr Mr and Mrs William Holland and others.
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Richard A. Wagener
Wellston
Phillip M. Spangler, Jr
Racine
Willam T. Holland
Leon
Two Cars Crash on Route 33 in Mason County
Philip S. Smith, 17, New Haven, was cited for failure to have his vehicle under control after his car rear ended an eastbound vehicle driven by William R. Parsons, 26, New Haven, on Route 33 at 7:30 pm Saturday. The Parsons car is owned by Parsons Ashland Service of Pomeroy.
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Point Pleasant
Philip S. Smith
New Haven
Mason County Sheriff's Department
William R. Parsons
Parsons Ashland
Pomeroy
Smith
Faye S. Smith
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