Carry-Over Cases Face Grand Jurors
Gallia County monthly grand jury faces a light docket for January 1959 with two carry-over cases from prior terms. Defendants include Charles T. Boster and Ray Beaver and four assault with intent to kill counts against Finley Evans Sylvia Ward Alonzo Stover and Walter Clay Jr. Other cases involve burglary and non support with several jurors drawn for duty. The January term begins Monday January 4 with Warren F. Sheets as prosecuting attorney.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ray Beaver
Crown City
Thurman R. New
Vinton
O. M. Stewart
Verta Casto
Finley Evans
Billa Evans
Sylvia Ward
Columbus
Carl Maynard
Clay
Charles Grooms
Walter Scalf
Monroe
Mich
Dan Notter
Evan Plymale
Harry Pitchford
Davis Myers
Scottown
Dorothy Broyles
Eureka Star
Wall Rites Planned for Tuesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Rachel Anna Wall 67 of 162 Fourth Ave Proctorville are set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Miller's Funeral Home with Huntington evangelist Max Cleveland officiating. Burial will be in Rome Cemetery Lawrence County. She died Saturday morning born March 10 1892 in Guyan Township. Survived by husband Joseph M Wall two children Earl Wall and Helen Large a foster daughter Charlene Maynard and five brothers John Clifford Montgomery Ora Everett Earl Montgomery. Friends may call at the funeral home.
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Gallipolis
Miller’s
Rachel Anna Wall
Fourth Ave
Max Cleveland
Huntington
Lawrence County
Rome
Wall
Guyan Twp
William M
Susan Watson Montgomery
Joseph M. Wall
Cattletsburg
Earl Wall
Helen Large
Proctorville
James
Charlene) Maynard
Middletown
John
Clifford Montgomery
Crown City
Ora
Everett
Earl Montgomery
Scottown
Church of Christ Friends
Two Wrecks Reported In Gallia County Weekend
William T. Mitchell, 30, of Bidwell Route 1, admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured hip after a one car crash on Route 554 near Porter. Mitchell charged with drunk driving and to appear in court. A second accident on Route 7 near Bladen-Mercerville involved Ray Sibley and Raymond Relph with minor and moderate damage. Sibley cited for left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William T. Mitchell
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
Morgan Two
State Highway Patrol
Mitchell
Porter
Bladen-Mercerville
Ray Sibley
Crown City
Raymond S. Relph
Bucyrus
Ralph
Sibley
Police Report Fourth Hit-Skip Auto Mishap
Gallipolis city police report the fourth hit skip in the city since Christmas Eve. John J. Hunt, 28, was arrested for leaving the scene and set for Municipal Court. Alva Amos’s car suffered minor damage while parked, with three witnesses identifying Hunt’s car as the culprit in a Friday night incident.
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Gallipolis
Alva Amos
Fourth Ave
Amos
John J. Hunt
Mercerville
Hunt
Child injured by toy dart in Gallipolis
Charles David Clark 13 son of Mr and Mrs Joe Clark Gallipolis Route 2 was struck in the right eye Sunday at 4 p m by a dart from a toy gun. He is listed in good condition at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles David Clark
Joe Clark
Holzer Hospital
River traffic and dam conditions across regional rivers
Details on river gauges and dam statuses for the Ganges Gallipolis Kanawha and Ohio rivers. Movable and roller dams vary by location with tide-like readings and times for many named vessels and crews.
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Ganges
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Robert FE
Reed
Northern
Beckford
Vulcan
Fred W. Olcott
C. V. Harner
Aztec
Lock
National
Irene Chotin
W. S. Rhea
Duncan Bruce
Defender
Kanawha
Marmet
George T. Price
Helen
Winfield
Robert P. Bonnie
Esso Tennessee
R. W. Lea
Dixieland
Semet
R. W, Lwa
Creditor
Janie D
Patsy Chotin
Jerry Losworth
James
1. F. Frieberger
Christmas Day at SAC Base Reflects Quiet Peace and Readiness
In Our Town recounts a Christmas on a Strategic Air Command base where an ornament falls during alert duty. The piece honors alert crews who stay ready to fly within minutes, keeping the Free World safe while civilians celebrate. Gifts from Paris and a Karachi Evening Star add personal notes to a stark, hopeful holiday portrait.
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Strategic Air Command
SAC
Free World
You
Santa Claus
America
Paris
Sgt
George Miller
States
Ike
Middle East
India
Miller
Pakistan
Greece
Tunisia
The
Evening Star
Karachi
Eisenhower
Births and admissions listed at Holzer Hospital
A long list of births and admissions includes new daughters to multiple families such as Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marlins and Mr. and Mrs. Bryce D. Durst among others. Several patients are noted as admitted or dismissed with numerous names and hometowns across Gallipolis Jackson Wellston and adjacent areas.
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Charles ¥. Marlins. Jackson
Bryce D. Durst
Leon
Christmas Day Guests Fill Glouster Homes
Glouster area families hosted Christmas Day visitors from Columbus Canal Winchester Dover and Zanesville among others. Invitations extended to relatives including Immer Sisk Angle and LeFever households with gatherings across multiple towns in Ohio and New Jersey.
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Glouster
Edward Aberts
Anna Immer
Columbus
Harry Aberts
Lester
Chris
Carroll
Thomas Aberts
Kay
Cheryl
Patty Jo
Susan
Canal Winchester
J. E. Anderson
Paul Collins
Paul and
Mark
Brookville
Ohio
F. E. Seaman
Penny
Becky
Dover
N. J
O. E. Sisk
Lewis
Laura Sisk
Robert Angle
Eric
Jan Angle
Robert B. Angle
Zanesville
Martha Sorrell
Raymond Case
Joe Earnhart
Cedar
AAU Right to Bar Games Defended by Basketball Chairman
G Russell Lyons chair of the AAU basketball committee says the association was perfectly justified in refusing to sanction games in the United States with a Swedish national team. He notes the AAU is the governing body of international sports and that matters must be handled through established channels. Jim McGregor, a veteran coach of European national teams, criticizes Dan Ferris for hurting the sport’s prestige by enforcing isolationist policy.
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Boulder
Colo
AAU
G. Russell Lyons
Jim McGregor
Europe
Dan Ferris
McGregor
Ferris
Mr. Mitchell Dies At 93 In West Virginia
John F. Mitchell 93 of Middleport died early Monday at Mason Clinic Mason West Virginia. He is survived by wife Nettie Ruschel Mitchell eight children including Noel Herrmann John H Mitchell Frank James Lulu Thornton Evelyn Borggess Kathlene Ranson Mae Coleman 41 grandchildren and several great and great great grandchildren. Services Wednesday 1 p m at Rawlings Coats funeral home with visitation Tuesday afternoon. Rev O H Cart officiating burial Beech Grove Cemetery Pomeroy.
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Middleport
John F. Mitchell
Mason Clinic
Mason
W. Va
Nettie Ruschel Mitchell
Noel Herrmann
John H. Mitchell
Frank
Columbus
James
Evansville
Ind
Lulu Thornton
Poca
Evelyn Borggess
Nitro
Kathlene Ranson
Mae Coleman
Mammoth
Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home
O. H. Cart
Beech Grove Cemetery
Pomeroy
Chauncey Area Christmas Guests Shared By Families
Mr and Mrs Albert Preston visited Mr and Mrs William Syx in Salem. Christmas dinner guests included Mr and Mrs Willis Keirns and Ossie Stump with Harry Stump, Roger Sapp, Gary and Darlene of The Plains. Additional visitors came from Glouster Athens and Corning. Mrs Grace Crabtree traveled to Columbus. Emanuel Crabtree reported relatives arrived in California. Merle Chapman, seriously ill, is recovering at Nola Locke's home with Garfield Nicholson nearby.
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Bert Juniper
Leonard McQuaid
Casey and
Terry
Dayton
Arthur Harris
Corning
Edwin Carpenter Jr
Columbus
Mary Lee Mabrey
Eddie
Paul
Billy
Patricia
Bertha
Bertha Carpenter
Lacey Kirkbride
James Erich
Athens
Merle Pedicord
Glouster
Franklin McClelland
Mineral City
Jack Mingus
Wendell Rey
Canton
Debbie Turner
Murray City
George McClelland
Alvin McClelland
Ray Allen
Rita Jean
Fred Snoak
Jim Ervin
LeRoy and
Linda
Lancaster
Albert Preston
William Syx
Salem
Willis Keirns
Ossie Stump
Lexington Avenue
Harry Stump
Barberton
Roger Sapp
Gary
Darlene
the Plains
Vernon Woods
George Rankin
Sue
David
Carlos Parks
Raymond Gaston
Clark Preston
Robert
William Lindsay
Grace Crabtree
Emanuel Crabtree
California
Clare B. Leffler
William Partlow
Partlow
Leffler
Merle Chapman
Nola Locke
Garfield Nicholson
Harmony Class Christmas Party at Barber Home
The Harmony Class of the Christian Church held its Christmas party at Mrs. Jeanette Barber's home in Nelsonville. They conducted a business meeting to elect committees, admired holiday decorations, and exchanged corsages. Twenty members attended a buffet pot luck dinner with a gift exchange and a secret pal drawing for next year.
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Nelsonville
Harmony Class
The
Christian Church
Jeanette Barber
Four Hurt In Accident In Logan
Cars driven by John Anderson and Dorothy Sue Thompson collided at Main and Spring streets. Anderson and Mrs Anderson suffered back and head injuries while Thompson and David Thompson received lid cuts. All were treated and released from Hocking Valley Hospital Dorothy Sue Thompson was cited for failure to stop within the assured clear distance. A second collision at Front and Friesner streets involved Donald Rayburn and Patricia Lax with moderate damage. Lax charged with failure to yield the right of way.
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Logan
John Anderson
Dorothy Sue Thompson
Main and
Spring Sts
Anderson
Thompson
Front
Friesner Sts
Donald Rayburn
Logan Route 2
Patricia K. Lax
Miss Frasch Dies At 90 In Logan
Christina Frasch aged 90 of Logan died Saturday in a Circleville nursing home. She was a longtime librarian and a member of the First Presbyterian Church. Survived by brother John of Columbus. Services Tuesday at 2 p.m. Leonard Funeral Home with Rev. Earl Schottke officiating. Burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. friends may call.
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Logan
Christina Frasch
Circleville
Jacob
Barbara Frasch
First Presbyterian Church
John of Columbus
Leonard Funeral Home
Earl Schottke
Oak Grove Cemetery
Athens Rollerbowl Sunday Standings and Top Bowlers
The standings list Dupler Sportswear leading with 42 wins, followed by Pendergrass Hardware 26 6 and Sunnybank 26 . Top men include Leffler 556 series and Duncan 573, with Widdoes 489 and Kerray 192 high in mixed results. Women leaders Eschenbacher 441 and Strawn 445, while team highs go to Dupler Sportswear 2997 and 853 single. This week’s results feature Williams & Sons, Sunnybank, Pendergrass Hardware, Mathews, Neal Floral, and DaVids 3.
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Athens
Duncan A-Aee
Widdoes
B. Pierce
KR. Duckler
Be Metride
Kerray
M. Eschenbacher
M. Strawn
F. Bolten
VV. Widdets
M. Bartlett
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Hart
Jake Moore
Third Ave
James F. Belville
Second Ave
Public Square
David L. Hively
Belville
Hively
John Bruniardi
Miles Johnson
Sara Jane Warner
Black Angus
Bob Evans
Eastern Ave
Wayne Thomas
Jo Thomas
Los Angeles
Wayne
Santa
Ken Trembly
Leo Brady
Our
Town
Dick Thomas
Jimmy
Johnny
Mollie Fowler
Michael E. Bailey
Jackson
Elza T. Smith
Ravenswood
Pete Blazer
Charles Clark
Calvin K. Spires
James Saunders
Blackstork
W. T. Porter
Carl E Matone Pedro
Rhoda Payne
Wellston
Hugh G. Boggs
Ashland
Edgar Lester
Ironton
Murray G. Roy
Calvin C. Davis
Chillicothe
Ethel Betz
Gregory S. Eblin
Earl R. Wallace
Blake Nicewander
Dave McClanahan
Rutland
Harry S. Haley
Gladys Sayre
Roberta Adkins
Howard Glenn
Herbert Stewart
James Morrow
Edward Hines
Marvel Foley
Robert Leach
Myrtle Taylor
Howard Brammer
Julie Adkins
Trina Ferrell
Larry Delong
Mr. Mitchell
Chauncey
Barber Home
Messender
IRDER
Cincinnati
UBDA
Plymouth
Fury
Kinneer Motors
Ph. LY
Jones Buick
Ford
Cadillacs
Messenger
E. Carpenter
Miss Frasch
Pat Ae
W. L. Pet
Boston
Philadelphia
Syracuse
New York
St. Louis
Detroit
Minneapolis
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