Christmas Youth Programs Shine in Gallipolis Church Groups
Gallipolis reports a crowded Christmas program scene as Jane Grace MFY led a candlelight story reading from Luke with carols and special music. Youth groups from seven churches plan Christmas events, dances, parties, and charity activities including a New Year Eve party and chili dinners to fund welfare projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jane Grace Mfy
MYF
Mary Ann Lusk
Miss Lusk
Martha Mossman
Donna Kay Johnson
Harriet Clendenin
Manning Wetherholt
Larry J.away
Richard ‘North
We Three Kings of
Origning
Wetherholt
Fred Miller
Martha Brown
Holzer Hos
Warren Wilson
The
Methodist Church
Episcopal Fellowship
Ellen Richards
Susie Cherrington
Penny Fish
Beckie McKenzie
Karen Phillips
Presbyterian
Gretchen Smith
Accident at Pomeroy injures driver on Route 7
Two vehicles damaged in a 3:30 p.m. collision 2.3 miles north of Pomeroy on State Route 7. Homer C. Carleton, 77, of Pomeroy, suffered a bruised left leg and chest after turning left into the path of Charles F. Morrison, 38, of Springboro Route 1. Carleton was arrested for improper left turn. Crown City Justice Eddie Miller fined Willie Jeffers, 49, Miller, $25 for speeding, while Justice James A. Johnson fined Lonnie D. Kriebel, 20, North Kenova, and Wellston, $5 for the same charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allipolis
State Highway Patrol
Pomeroy
Homer C. Carleton
Charles F. Morrison
Springboro
Carleton
E. F. Robinson
Court of Crown City
Eddie Miller
Willie Jeffers
Miller
Lonnie D. Kriebel
North Kenova
Wellston
Iame
James A. Johnson
Gallipolis
Air Alert Hours Change For Gallipolis Post
Gallipolis and nearby posts shift Ground Observer Corps alert from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. to a 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. watch. Capt. Edwin S. Hoffman of the USAF notes a new fan-out system. about 30 observers will work at Mound Hill Gallipolis, including many high school students excused for two hour shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ground Observer Corps
Kyger
Thurman
Jim Baldwin
Edwin S. Hoffman
USAF
Charleston
Baldwin
Mound Hill
Seventy Children Attend Trede Yule Party at Church
About seventy children ages 4 to 12, members of the First Baptist Church seven Bible clubs, attended a Christmas party at the church Saturday. They saw a film The Greatest Gift and sang carols. Teachers gave gifts and sack lunches, with all teachers participating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walusfulis
First Baptis Church
Ambulance Teams Aid Mother Deliver Baby En Route
Sperry ambulance tire trouble delayed a mother’s trip to Holzer Hospital from Jackson. Gallipolis driver Ernest Thompson aided at the scene five miles west of Gallipolis on Route 35. Mrs Arnold Lee reached Holzer at 6:10 a.m. the baby boy born at 11:25 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Sperry
Arnold Lee
Jackson
Gpolis
Ernest Thompson
Thompson
Leel
River Traffic and Dam Conditions on Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
Details of river gauges, dam statuses, and boat movements along the Ohio and Kanawha rivers as of Sunday evening. Notable notes include cresting trends near Pittsburgh, movable dam statuses, and various boat counts at multiple locks and counties. Also mentions Harrison transferring from Memorial Hospital in Marietta to Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valeiposas
Contord Harrison
Gallipolis
Marietta
Memorial Hospital
Holzer ‘Hospital
Gym Work Is Planned at Gallipolis Church
In a Sunday meeting after morning services the Methodist Church board agreed to work with Holzer Hospital to rehabilitate the church gym. The hospital will cover half the costs for basketball and volleyball facilities. Holzer Hospital school of nursing will use the gym two days weekly. The church plans activities for local youths above high school age.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
The
Methodist Church
Holzer Hospital
Wayne B. Foster
Foster
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
County Board Holds Limited Session on Mergers
In Gallipolis only three board members attended limiting actions to paying bills. discussion covered merging Guyan Harrison and Ohio Townships with tentative plans for a special meeting. Voters had rejected the merger in November. a county election request was denied by the State Department of Public Instruction. A Evans reported on progress as attendance officer for the county schools. Present: Glenn Powell Ruth Edwards and Henry Skidmore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Board of Education
Guyan
Harrison
Ohio Townships
State Department “of Public Instruction
A. Evans
Glenn Powell
Ruth Edwards
Henry Skidmore
Songfest Planned at Aleopolis Tha Navan Church
The church schedules a songtest for Sunday December 90 featuring the Gospel Harmony quartet to appear on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Songfest
Aleipolis
Tha
Navan
Gospel Harmony
t/quartet
Fire Crews Answer Call On Eastern Avenue
Gallipolis firemen rushed to the home of Mabel Duncan at 1282 Eastern Ave at 4 50 p m Sunday to fight a gas heat fire. By the time the 11 firefighters arrived the blaze was nearly out and they extinguished the remaining flames with no damage reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eastern Avenue
Gallipolis
Mabel Duncan
Eastern Ave
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital noted
Birth announcements list a daughter to Mr and Mrs Von Stewart Clifton on December 15 and two sons to Mr and Mrs Arnold Seel Jackson and Mr and Mrs Clyde McCoy Jr Jackson on December 16. Numerous admissions cover Debra Miller Gallipolis James Finley Vinton Mrs Tilden Thacker Rio Grande Mrs Howard Carder Point Pleasant Mrs Merril Smith Coalton Mire Lt Calanes Fount Nellie Boring Reedsville Lynn Wedge Point Pleasant surgical Virgil Martin Galipolis Jacob Sickies Jackson Jenny Low Waugh Jackson and others. Discharges include Charles Keller Jimmy Roush Steven Wilfong Paul Swisher and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holzer Hospital
von Stewart
Clifton
Arnold Seel
Jackson
Clyde McCoy, Jr
Debra Miller
Gallipolis
Medi Sa
James Finley
Vinton
Tilden Thacker
Rio Grande
Howard
Carder
Point Pleasant
Merril
Theft Reported At Ready-Mix Plant In Gallipolis
Police investigate a burglary at the Ready-Mix Concrete plant on Eastern Avenue where five items valued at 1225 were stolen between 2 p.m. Saturday and 9 p.m. Sunday. Items include a calculator, adding machine, typewriter, radio, and interoffice communicator. cash drawer forced but no money taken. Owner Bob Jenkins reported the loss after finding the office unlocked Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Eastern Avenue
Bob Jenkins
Jenkins
Jack Johnson
Five Gallia Men Bag Bucks on Week-Long WV Hunt
Five Gallia countians returned from a deer hunting trip to Baird West Virginia in Mineral County with a buck each. Bobby Watson did not harvest a deer. Bucks were claimed by Lawrence Mooney Francis Johnson Hershel Butler Paul Butler and Morris Bane. Bane lives on Lower River Road Johnson in Gallipolis while the others reside at Swan Creek. The group was away a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Baird
W. Va
Mineral County
Bobby Watson
Kipotis
Lawrence Mooney
Francis Johnson
Hershel Butler
Paul Butler
Morris Bane
Bane
Lower River Road
Johnson
Swan Creek
Route 160 coli report prompts patrol update
Route 160 coli report from patrol cites a Saturday morning accident nine miles south of Gallipolis on Route 169. Andrew Taylor, 31, Bidwell, could not stop his car and struck Gus Porter Jett's vehicle, injuring Taylor and bruising John H. Gullett, 69, Vinton, in the aftermath.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fredway
Andrew Taylor
Bidwell
Preached
Gus Porter Jett
Tay
John H. Gullett
Vinton
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Albert Chappelear
Dee
Bill Sowers
Dick McKenzie
Dorcas
Ars
Esther Price
Portland
Stella Beegle
Guy Beegle
Tom
Harold Beegle
Bob Beegle
Billy
Charley Sharp
Russell Nibert
Apple’ Grove
W. V
Arthur Beegle
Harrisonville
Wesley Circle
Lizzi Bostic
Pauline Johnson
Parkersburg
C. A Rhodes
Harry Rhodes
Arthur Warner
Stringburg
Richard Sellers
Betty
C. K. Casto
Joe Anderson
Tupley
Howard Carpenter
Syracuse
Cits
Sharon Lupton
Church of God
Phyllis Baker
Christ
Miss Baker
Mary Ellen Neal
Nazarene
Earlene Saunders
Audrey Davis
Miss Saunders
Arlene Day
Janet Brower
Donna Adams
Miss Davis
the Baptist Church
Fred Green
Hobart Niday
Norma Corbin
Judith Leedy
Ruth Ann Fowler
Britannica
England
Reval
Air Force
Montgomery
Hinton
Katawha Falls
Pomeroy-Mason
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
London
Winfield
Beckford
Peace
Capt
Joe
Jeffboat
Forsythia
OVEC
Blazer
Tri-State
Keeley
Reliance
Gona
Sohio State
Inca
City of
Maysville
Andrew Calhoun
H. E. Jones
Kanawha
Solvay
George T
Price
C. F. Shearer
Sam Houston
Suffolk
Duncan Bruce
Jimmy Colley
Charles R Stevenson
George T. Price
Jrussels
Brussels
Charles Keller
Jimmy Roush
Steven Wilfong
Paul Swisher
John Mash
Mary Ann Hall
Creed Beck
Clyde White
Frank Dillinger
Lewis Smith
Jack Delaney
Sam P. Turck
Bernard Knigge
Kenneth Ross
James Bourgeois
Bill Cahoon
Eugene Harmon
Dillie McCormick
C. G. Jones
Aubrye Bryant
Chat
Jes Gilfilen
Samuel Burris
Gallia
Route
Elliott
Elliott Appliances
Richard Lucas
Athens
Maxtag
Brandy Tub
Sonon
Acai
Goon Comassion
Spartan
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