Names Drawn for January Grand and Petit Juries in Gallia
Gallia County Clerk Marjorie Rinehart drew 15 names for the grand jury and 60 for the petit jury for the January term. The list includes Thelma Shaver and Joe D. Call among grand jurors, with numerous residents from Gallipolis, Bidwell, Cheshire, and surrounding townships across 75 names in total. The final 15 jurors include J. A. Grover and Bonnie Williams among others. counts reflect multiple townships such as Greenfield, Huntington, and Raccoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Marjorie Rinehart
Thelma Shaver
Addison Pvt
Margaret Johnson
Nellie Johnson
Green
Thomas Little
Vinton
Morgan
Julia
Lis
Joe D. Call
Bladen
Ohio
Ross Matthews
Cheshire
Margaret Collins
Crown City
Guyan
Joann E. Berger
John W. Evans
Centerville
Eddie Russell
Harry McGuire
Greenfield
Charles J
J. A. Grover
Bonnie Williams
Clay
Gladys Miller
Patriot
David Brown
Ewington
Huntington
Minnie Clark
Ora Moore
Pearl Myers
Johl Brumfield
Harrison
Faye
Gallia County approves 1958 budget and hears court site talks
Gallia County commissioners approved the 1958 budget totaling 331 276.15 and rehired dog warden Stanley Evans. They discussed locating the new county court with three sites and ordered Betz to report progress next week. A Columbus visit Friday will clarify if the office can be within city limits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Board of Commissioners
Robert S. Betz
Betz
Gallia
Warren F. Sheets
Columbus
Attorney General’s
Sheriff’s Department
Health Department
Children’s Home
Morton L. Dickey
Ohio
Stanley Evans
McCoy Funeral
Vinton
Moses McCarley
Dickey
Chauncey L. Johnson
Roscoe M. Houck
Oty M. Stewart
Soldier on Leave Punished for DWI in Municipal Court
Harold E. Dray 26 of Gallipolis received a $50 fine plus costs, five days in jail, and a six month license suspension from Judge William H. Jones for DWI while on Army furlough. Other defendants faced fines or bonds for speeding, intoxication, one way street violations, and related charges. Darst's DUI case continued after illness and Spurlock's right of way case was continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold E. Dray
William H. Jones
Dray
Army
William H. Gorrell
Point Pleasant
Percy Bryant
George White
Robert L. Casto
Columbus
E. J. Hackney
Waverly
Rex B. Pauley
Ronnie Green
Monte E. Hall
Steubenville
Lee Richardson
Corpus Christi
Texas
Goldie Spurlock
Miles A. Darst, Jr
Henderson
Darst
First
Sycamore
Parked Wrecker Struck By Auto Following Crash
In Gallipolis two Monday crashes were reported by police. A parked 1957 Ford wrecker from Bob Gillen Ford was hit at First and State at 12 17 pm after Verlie Workman failed to stop and lost control, injuring no one but damaging the wrecker. Verlie Workman was cited for failure to yield. A second crash at Third and Court involved Jean Lee Miller and Robert J Lyons with no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bob Gillen
Ford Sales
First Ave
Belva Mae Farley
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Verlie Opal Workman
Mason
Workman
Farley
Third and
Court
Jean Lee Miller
Robert J. Lyons
Jamestown
Births and notices from Holzer Hospital notes 1957
Birth announcements list a son for Bardin of Point Pleasant and a son for Perkins of Jackson. Admitted and dismissed patients include Henry Waugh Jackson and multiple others in Gallipolis Wellston and surrounding towns. Notice of appointment names Leo D Shields of Athens as administrator of William L Shields estate with four months to file claims. Dated November 29 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Bardin, Jr
Point Pleasant
Patrick R. Perkins
Jackson
Leo D. Shields
South Shafer Street
Athens
Ohio
William L. Shields
Athens County
Inio
Roger J. Jones
Said County
Otw
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Report with Boat Readings
River gauges show Gallipolis 17.8 and 12.1 rolling nine feet of rollers while Montgomery logs 16.0 and 9.8 at eight feet. Dam statuses on Kanawha and Ohio rivers vary with movable dams up from Dam 30. Boat entries across Lock 17 to 34 and Kanawha and Gallipolis berths note up and down readings with times around midpoints of the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Hortense Ingram
Winchester
Eastern
O-Kan
Lucy Jane Lucas
Memphis Zephyr
Shuttler
Herbert E. Jones
Tradewinds
Robert P. Bonnie
Cincinnati
Lelia Shearer
Jane T
Three Convicted Two Trucks Lose Wheels On Monday
Gallipolis report cites two wheel loss crashes on Route 35 near patrol HQ and Route 143 near Pomeroy causing damage. Convictions include Herman C Brown fined five dollars with costs suspended for improper headlights Jack K Spires and Howard W Barrett forfeited bonds of twenty five dollars for speeding. A final note says a bird eats more food in proportion to its weight than any other animal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Route
Cloyd L. Morris
Bidwell
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Harold Grady
Racine
William H. Jones
Herman C. Brown
Jack K. Spires
Columbus
Howard W. Barrett
Toledo
Messiah Presented Monday in Gallipolis Auditorium
More than 700 attended the community presentation of Handel’s The Messiah at the Washington School auditorium. Attorney John A. Epling directed. soloists included Larry Laraway David Roche Martha Snider Teolis Dr. John C. Markley Margaret Taylor Adelaide Burnette Saunders Ida Vanmeter Shirleen Wiseman and Roger Williams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Handel
Washington School
John A. Epling
Anna Margaret Campbell
Larry Laraway
David Roche
Martha Snider Teolis
John C. Markley
Margaret Taylor
Adelaide Burnette Saunders
Ida Vanrter
Shirleen Wiseman
Roger Williams
County Home Resident Dies
Moses McCarley 82 died at 4 a.m. Monday at Gallia County Home where he lived since 1933. Born July 29, 1875 in Morgan Township, he was the last of his family. Surviving are several nieces and nephews in Gallia County. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday at McCoy Funeral Home Vinton with Rev. Gerald Brown officiating. Burial Mt Olive Cemetery near Bidwell. Friends may call after 4 p.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Moses McCarley
Gallia County
Morgan Twp
Moses
Frances Soles McCarley
McCoy Funeral Home
Vinton
Gerald Brown
Mt. Olive Cemetery
Bidwell
McCoy’s
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Lipolis
Carl Platter
Hazel Royce
Rhoda Knox
Alice Salisbury
Waterloo
Perry
Eleanor White
Robert Caldwell
Pearl McCormick
Edna Howard
Geraldine Roush
Springfield
David Liggins
Ward 4
Eleanor Davis
Thurman
Betty McGinness
Clay Two
Lando Clagg
Northup
Nancy J. Lemley
Kananga
Stanley R. Fleming
Betty White
Ira Fitch
Garrett Fellore
Walnut
H. L. Shoemaker
Helen M. Galloway
Ruby Sheets
Erson Corbin
Maude Saunders
Velma B. Rose
Gal
Ernest Greenlee
Wyman Butt
W. O. Fulks
Alfred Burke
Leona Taylor
Elsie Miller
A. L. Wickline
Clay Pet
Holzer Hospital
Henry Waugh
Adam Glouckner
Robert C. Lane
Larry Johnson
Ray
Dores Arnold
Charles M. Cox
Roscoe C. West
Wellston
Surgical
Leonard Klaiber
Buchanan
Darrell Messick
Gallipolis Ferry
Jack James
Medica
She
Mary Henderson
Harry Martin
Billy Abshire
Burl
Smith
Darrell Rust
Carroll Caldwell
Cecil Rice
William Mitchell
David Edwards
Foster Dunn
T. L. Sayre
Carl J. Tabor
K. C. Vance
A. F. Dille
William E. Suiter
Federal Land Bank
The
United National Farm Loan Association
A. C. Gibson
Sec’y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Daddy
Blake
King Features Syndicate, Inc
World
Mrs. Epling
Minnesota
Edsel
Mabel
Rts Dairy
Atch
Mass
Edsel Citation
Ford Motor Company
Aris
Dick Blosser Edsel, Inc
East State Street and
Grand Park Blvd
Athens, Ohio
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