Gallia County Funds Set For New Courthouse Projects
Gallia County commissioners created a building fund by transferring 150000 from the general fund and approved moving 5000 from the poor relief fund to aid for dependent children. They authorized auditor Dickey to balance books and to seek bids for bank depository services for up to 800000 active and 200000 inactive funds through January 1962. Stanley Evans was rehired as county dog warden at 160 per month plus commissions for 1960.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia
Dickey
Oty M. Stewart
Chauncey Johnson
James A. Boggs
Cheshire Hosts Second Christmas Decorating Contest Winners
Bill Scott residence won the top prize in Ches hire for the second year with a Santa themed display on Route 554 near Route 7. Rucker Neal took best religious scene while Ralph Rife earned best door decoration for Noel in aluminum foil. Judges from Gallipolis Garden Club and officials selected the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph, Mary
Christ Child
Neal
Santa Claus
Ralph Rife
Noel
Cheshire
Charles Shaver
Gallipolis
Bidwell Man Fined in Gallia Court
Gallia County officers investigated a 12:30 p.m. minor accident at the Routes 160 and 554 junction in Porter. Lowell R. Syrus, 19, of Gallipolis backed into David E. Laywell, 69, of Bidwell Route 1, causing minor damage. Syrus was fined $5 and costs by Judge Sid Vance in County Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Porter
Lowell R. Syrus
David E. Laywell
Bidwell
Laywell
Syrus
Sid Vance
Gallipolis Police Probe Two Car Crashes
Gallipolis police investigated a collision at Vine Street and Third Avenue as Denver Slagle 65 of Gallipolis turned left into an eastbound vehicle driven by Thomas Thornton 35. Thornton’s car sustained heavy front end damage. Slagle’s car had moderate damage. A second crash on Second Avenue near Lafayette Hotel involved Nellie Halderman 53 backing from a parking zone and striking Donald Benson 46’s parked car with only minor damage.
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Gallipolis
Vine St
Third Ave
Denver Slagle
Thomas R. Thornton
Thornton
Slagle
Second Ave
Lafayette Hotel
Nellie B. Halderman
Donald A. Benson
Little Hocking Route 1
Births and admissions in Gallipolis and Syracuse area
A list records births in Syracuse Gallipolis including a daughter to Charles R Wolfe and to Neil M McMahon and a son to Herbert G Stewart. admissions include Mrs Oscar A Rupe, Howard D Curnett, Miss Beverly Smith, and others in Gallipolis Route sections and Ripley McArthur areas. Dismissals note several patients including Mrs Joan H Martin and multiple others in South E Swann, Lawrence W McManus and related wards. Blood used Sunday pints and Monday 4 pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles R. Wolfe
Syracuse
Neil M McMahon
Gallipolis
Herbert G Stewart
Letart
Oscar A. Rupe
Biiwell
Howard D. Curnett
Beverly Smith
Harrisonville
Deibert A. Radcliff
McArthur
Ronnie FE. Trimble
Roger C. Winebrenner
Paniel R. Ellis
Cheshire
Thomas L. Corum
Ripley
Beulah M. Lear
Jesse F. Crawford Jackson
Oscar J. McConnell
Trormton
Ira E. Leckard
Wellston
Joan H. Martin
Artie Browning
Allie Hall
Lawrence W. McManus
Robert S .Hillilps
Clara Shaeffer
Earl W. Smith
George W. Smith
John W. Smith
John Stevens
South E. Swann
Lorie Wright
Roger Thompson
Athens County Seeks Bids on 8.99 Acre Lot in 1959 Sale
The Athens County Board of Commissioners invites sealed bids by December 25, 1959 for an 8.99 acre tract in Farm Lot 27 Section 4 Township 14 Ohio River Survey. Bids must include full bidder details and a certified check for 10 percent. 90 percent due at deed. The county may reject all bids.
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Notich
Board of Commissioners
Athens County
State of Ohio
Athens
Flast State Street
Athens-Guysville Road
Jess Davis
Athens County Record
Board of County Commissioners
Athens County Commissioners
John G. Cline
J. W. Whaley
One Called For Draft In Gallia County January 1960
Gallia County January 1960 draft call will affect one man reporting January 25, George Elmer Wiseman 22 of Jackson Route 4. The following day five Gallia County men aged 22 and a half will report for pre induction physicals in Ashland Kentucky: Gerald Rupe Northup Route 1 James T. Johnson 41 Garfield Ave Gallipolis Sherman A. Boothe Vinton Route 2 Robert Lee Matewan W Va Lawrence H. Jeffries 29401 Oregon Ave Perrysburg.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Elsie M. Richards
Selective Service Local Board
George Elmer Wiseman
Jackson
Ashland
Gerald Rupe
Northup
James T. Johnson
Garfield Ave
Sherman A. Boothe
Vinton
Robert Lee
Matewan
W. Va
Lawrence H. Jeffries
Oregon Ave
Perrysburg
Youth Meeting at Newnington Methodist Church
The Newnington Youth meeting was well attended on Wednesday evening with Mr and Mrs Euher leading the session and guiding activities for the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
Euher
River Gauge Readings and Dam Conditions Report
River gauges show diverse readings on multiple rivers with Kanawha and Ohio systems mostly falling. Dam status notes all movable dams on the Ohio River are down. several locks and boats report varying up or down water levels through the day.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Punt Pleasant
Kanawha Rover
London
Reilers
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Cherrystone
Huntington
Queen
Reliance
Carnell
Janie D
Salvati
R. W. Lea
Lewis
National
Grandma Gatewood to appear on Groucho show in January
Grandm a Emma Gatewood of Gallipolis famous hiker will appear on Groucho Marx television show at 10 p.m. Thursday January 7. NBC notified her of the time after a weeks long delay following her return from Columbus and North Lewisburg. She taped a Groucho program in Los Angeles earlier and it was postponed from November 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grandma Emma Gatewood
Grandma Gatewood
Columbus
North Lewisburg
NBC
Grandma Emma
Los Angeles
Groucho
Lawless Rites Planned for Porter Resident
William J. Lawless 85 of Porter dies Monday morning. Last rites by Revs Lusher and Myers at 2 p.m. Wednesday in Vernon McCoy funeral home Vinton with Grange services Tuesday night. Burial in Vinton Memorial Park. Survived by a daughter Myrtle Neal three grandchildren and six great grandchildren. He married Nannie Welker in 1896. He was a member of Eno Grange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Lusher
Chillicothe
Donald Myers
Porter
William J. Lawless
Vernon McCoy
Vinton
Vinton Memorial Park
Mr. Lawless
Gallia County
Merriman
Margaret Wallace Lawless
Walter
Myrtle) Neal
Nannie Welker
Eno Grange
Two Drunken Drivers Fined in Gallipolis Court
Gallipolis drivers Wyman Call and Carl Myers were fined 50 dollars and costs each, with five days in jail for drunken driving. Call received a six month license suspension, Myers nine months. Additional intoxication fines of 15 dollars and costs were imposed on Andrew Bryant, Tom Salmons, and Gerald Ween. Ivan B. Davis reported low pass rates at a driver license test in Gallipolis Municipal Building as 7 of 13 failed. more applicants scheduled for Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Janes
Wyman E Call
Crown City
Carl E. Myers
Andrew P. Bryant
Tom Salmons
Point Pleasant
Gerald W. Ween
Ivan B. Davis
Ironton
State Highway Patrol
Tom Sawyer banned in 1876 noted by libraries
The article recalls Tom Sawyer being kept from Brooklyn's children's room in 1876 and banned by Denver Public Library. It also cites UNESCO figures estimating about 700 million adults worldwide are illiterate, about 44 percent of the population.
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Mark Twain
Tom Sawyer
Brooklyn Public Library
Denver Public Library
The
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
Siders Committed To Lima After Pleas In Gallia County
Gallia County sheriff’s deputies transported George Monroe Siders to Lima State Hospital for observation up to 60 days. Judge Betz ordered the committal after Siders’ attorney withdrew an innocent plea and entered a guilty plea for assault with intent to kill. Siders was arrested July 30 after a two day search for an eight year old East Gallipolis girl.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Siders
East Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Betz
Lima State Hospital
Lima
Court Handles Driving Cases In Gallia County
Judge Sid Vance presided in Gallia County Court sentencing several drivers. Oscar G. Simpkins of Charleston West Virginia paid 100 dollars plus costs for drunken driving after late Tuesday arrest. Walter Loveday of Cheshire faced two counts of improper registration and highway tax evasion with fines of 10 dollars and costs each. Joseph L. Jamison of Gallipolis was fined 10 dollars and costs for driving over a yellow line. Leroy Wallace of Bidwell had fines and costs suspended for license revocation while two day county jail time was imposed. Leslie O. Withrow of Carderale and N H Spurlock of Patriot had fines and costs suspended for no license and defective brakes respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Sid Vance
Gallia
Oscar G. Simpkins
Charleston
W. Va
State Highway Patrol
Vance
Walter Loveday
Cheshire
Joseph L. Jamison
Leroy Wallace
Bidwell
Wallace
Jai
Leslie O. Withrow
Carbondale
N. H. Spurlock
Patriot
Cheshire Navy Man Completes Schooling
Joseph L. Thompson engineman fireman apprentice USN son of Mr and Mrs Joe Thompson Cheshire Route 1 has graduated from the basic enlisted submarine school at the naval submarine base New London Conn The eight week program trains students in all phases of submarining and upon graduation assigns them to operating submarines or to advanced technical schools for further training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Joseph L. Thompson
USN
Joe Thompson
Cheshire Route 1
Naval Submarine Base
New London
Conn
Prize Winners Named In Gallipolis Christmas Home Contest
The Showers residence at 9 Olive Street won first prize in the most elaborate division, with 36 dollars, among 29 entries judged by five out of county judges. Prizes ranged from 36 to 5 dollars across four categories highlighting religious scenes and elaborate displays.
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Gallipolis
Leslie Showers
Olive St
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
William P Cherrington
First Ave
Ohio Legislators Named to Midwestern Agriculture Panel
James M. Maloon, Ohio finance director, also chairs the Ohio Commission on Interstate Cooperation and appointed Rep. John E. Kissner of Defiance and a state senator to the Midwestern Agriculture Committee of the Council of State Governments. The panel will meet February 22 23 in Des Moines and includes 24 legislators from 12 states with an advisory nonvoting group of agriculture directors and designated members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James M. Maloon
Michael V. DiSalle
Ohio Commission On Interstate Cooperation
Ohio
Council of State Governments
Maroon
John E. Kissner
Defiance
Kissner
Des Moines
Chicago
Kansas City
Agriculture Committee
Agriculture
Farm Bureau
Farmers Union
Boy Scout Troop 204 Advances Toward Board Review
Thirteen Scouts from Gallipolis Troop 204 met Monday at the First United Presbyterian Church to work on requirements for a Board of Review. Scoutmaster Gaylord Woomer and assistant scoutmaster John McKean attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First United Presbyterian Church
Gaylord Woomer
John McKean
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Yale
Holzer Hospital
Askrths
Newnington
Prabeic
Helen Z
Duncan Bruce
Bob Benter
Solvay
Reba Jane
James D. Francis
Semet
Pennsylvania
O. F. Shearer
Stevenson
Ernestine
Robert P. Bonnie
Etta Marie
Grandmas
Ezra Taft Benson
Walter Reed Hospital
Washington
Cheshire Navy
D. Clay Priestley
Eureka
Thomas A. Cook
Mr. Cook
K. G. Kirkendall
Howard Waugh
W. Howe McCormick
Fourth Ave
Jim Magnussen
Ray Morse, Jr
Greg Mills
Locust St
General Electric
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Gallipolis Daily Tribune
WJEH
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women’s Club
Maxine Kramer
Chloe Maloney
Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Avery Chenowith
Wsaz-Tv
James T. Fisher
Gerald Preston
Middleport Chamber of Commerce
By James Sherman Porter
Scouts
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan
A. C. Gibson, Sec’v.Treas
Post Office
Gallipolis, Ohio
Senate
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
A. Chrysler Corporation
Steve Allen
Nbc-Tv
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