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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 06, 1958

Page

2

82 Gallia Countians File Petitions To Enter May Primaries

Eighty two Gallia County politicians filed petitions by the 4 p.m. deadline for the May 6 primary. Republicans lead with 50 filings, Democrats 31, and one independent. Incumbents total 40, with Republicans fielding 24 and Democrats 16. Races include county commissioner with five candidates, and county central committee seats across eight wards and numerous precincts. The listing names incumbents and candidates by ward, party, and address.

Gallia Gallipolis Gallia County Board of Elections B. Lewis Jones Jones Morton L. Dickey Charles Bodimer Lewis Sheets Mercerville Ohio General Assembly Robert S. Betz Dan O. Taber Betz Tabor Guyan Harold P. Armstrong Eva Halley Harrison F. J. Cremeens S. C. Nibert Cheshire Cilay Pet Green Greenfield Ohio Centerville Pet Bidwell Pet Walnut Two County Central Dale Russell Third Ave Perry J. Bailes Claude Evans Robert J. Campbell Chillicothe Evan Thomas Edgemont Dr Vaught Smith Halliday Heights Charles Stevers Second Ave Rupert A. Trout Maude Boerger Ward T. Harlan Richards Kenneth Johnson Julius Pasquale Stanley B. Huntington Harold R. Safford Arden Dobson Hedgewood Dr William A. Casey Chester Scott Fourth Ave J. Sherman Jim) Porter Otis Drummond Robert Condee James Hood Eastern Ave Cassius Canaday Chestnut St Addison Two Irvin Rice Ray Mooney Addison Pet Erman Swisher George Martin Claude M. Rupe Ryger Arnold Merritt James Irion Stanley Haskins Elwood Howard Clay J. C. Call Crown City John E. Evans T. G. Dillon Eureka Marvin Ours O. V. Waugh J. Roy Bartlett Lower River Rd C. M. Bane

Reed Rites To Be Held On Friday

Funeral services for Estella Mae Reed 62 will be at 2 p m Friday at Millers funeral home with Rev. Warren H Wilson officiating Burial follows in Mound Hill Cemetery She had been an invalid ten years born May 14 1895 in Gallipolis daughter of George and Ida Pickens She is survived by two sisters Mrs Laura Montgomery of Charleston S C and Mrs Lena Poling of West Branch Mich and six children Mrs Florence Welling of Dunbar W Va Mrs Ellen Cheatwood and Mrs Mary Ann Golden both of Columbus and John and Clyde Reed of Coquille Oregon Also she was married to William Reed in Ironton in 1915 and was a Grace Methodist Church member

Gallipolis Millers Funeral Estella Mae Reed Addison Warren H. Wilson Mound Hill Reed George and Ida Siders Pickens Hollis Laura) Montgomery Charleston S. C Stacey Lena) Poling West Branch Michigan William Reed Ironton Fred Florence) Welling Dunbar W. Va Thebert Ellen) Cheatwood Bennie Mary Ann) Golden Columbus John and Clyde Coquille Oregon

Gallia Post Logs No Wrecks and Two Convictions

Gallipolis Ohio State Highway Patrol report shows no accidents Wednesday at the Gallia post while two traffic violators were convicted. Mayor C Q Fisher of Middleport fined Dean C Sager 24 Athens fifteen dollars for failing to register a motor vehicle. Bobby A McVey 17 Sandusky forfeited a fifteen dollar bond for appearance in Judge John W Howell juvenile court on a charge of passing without the assured clear distance.

Gallipolis Ohio State Highway Patrol C. QO. Fisher Middleport Dean C. Sager Athens Bobby A. McVey Sandusky John W. Howell

Tractor Turns Over Early Wednesday in Gallipolis

At 5 45 a m on Burkhart Lane a tractor driven by 17 year old Robert B Smith of Gallipolis Route 1 rolled over after apparently the driver dozed. The crash damaged a gas meter and damaged the tractor lights steering wheel and hood. No injuries were reported.

Gallipolis Robert B. Smith Burkhart Lane Ohio Fuel Gas Co Locust St First Ave Melvin E. Cheatwood Patrot

Rites for Reed Held in Vinton Funeral Home

Funeral services for Earl C. Reed 76 of Dexter Route 1 who died Tuesday will be held at 2 p.m. Friday at the Vernon McCoy funeral home in Vinton conducted by Rev. Gerald Brown. Burial will be in Vinton Memorial Park.

Gallipolis Earl C. Reed Dexter Vernon McCoy Vinton Gerald Brown Vinton Memorial Park

River Traffic and Dam Status Update for Ohio and Kanawha Rivers

River gauges report Gallipolis and Montgomery with high rollers while Kanawha Falls shows a 4.68 fall. Dams on Kanawha and Marmet warn two to three feet of flow, Ohio moveable dams range down to Dam 23. Locks list arrivals and departures at Aliquippa, James Bowie, Tradewinds, and more with mixed up and down readings.

Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hinton Pomeroy- Mason Point Pleasant Kanawha River London Marmet Winfield Ohio River Aliquippa James Bowie Alton Zephyr Tradewinds Lock O-Kan C. P. Wright Pittsburgher Stevenson Cincinnati Gona E. B. Ingram C. F. Shearer Kanawha Beaver Helen Z Invader Walter Williamson David Moran Shuttler Herbert E. Jones I. F. Frieberger Ben McCool Semet Laguna Indiana Cornell

Cpl Haskins Completes Army Radio School

Cpl Thomas L. Haskins and his wife Glenna of Gallipolis report he finished the intermediate radio course at the U S Army Hospital Camp Hanford Washington. He formerly worked as a farmer and serves as a records clerk.

Cpl. Haskins Army Radio School Gallipolis Thomas L. Haskins Glenna U. S. Armed Forces Institute U. S. Army Hospital Camp Hanford Wash Cpl Haskins

Porter Files to Seek Democratic State Senate Nomination

J Sherman Porter news director of WJEH filed in Portsmouth to seek the Democratic nomination for State Senator in the seventh-eighth district covering eight counties from Pike to Meigs. Frank Otworth of Portsmouth also filed for the nomination.

Gallipolis J. Sherman Jim) Porter WJEH Portsmouth Pike and Scioto Meigs County Frank Otworth

Well Clinic At Holzer Well Clinic At Holzer

Twenty three children attended the Well Child Clinic in the Holzer Educational Building conducted by Dr. Norman Goldstein assisted by Miss Janice Luman Mrs Helen Spriegel Mrs Dorothy Sommer Red Cross gray lady and Mrs Robert L Meyers. Dr Goldstein gave sixteen physical examinations referred one to a family doctor and one to a dentist. Ten Salk anti polio shots seven triple vaccine shots four smallpox vaccinations and five patch tests were administered. The next clinic will be held at the Holzer building on Wednesday February 19.

Gallipolis Holzer Norman Goldstein Janice Luman R.N Helen Spriegel City Dorothy Sommer Red Cross Gray Lady Robert L. Meyers Holzer Building

Eagles plan District 3 meeting after 17 attend

At the Gallipolis Eagles lodge 2290 a meeting drew 17 members then they scheduled the District 3 gathering for Sunday February 9 at the Eagles Home in Ironton.

Gallipolis Aerie Order of Eagles District 3 Eagles Ironton

Coroner Warehime Recuperating After Coronary at Holzer Hospital

Dr. Donald R. Warehime Gallia County coroner and Warehime Clinic operator is recovering in Holzer Hospital after a coronary. Farnom A. Haskins has returned from Van Nuys California with daughter and her husband Otto and Mrs. Gilmore, formerly of Gallipolis, visiting sister in Oklahoma en route home. Mrs. Arnold Dickerson departed Thursday for Riverton Kentucky to visit parents Mr. and Mrs. Edward Webb until Sunday.

Donald R. Warehime Gallia County Warehime Clinic Holzer Hospital Farnom A. Haskins van Nuys California Otto Gilmore Gallipolis Oklahoma Arnold Dickerson Riverton Edward Webb

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Roscoe Houck Maurice Bane Vernon Kuhn Northup Green Two Stanley Fellore Waterloo Robert E. Odell Mills Village Freeman Pettus Davis H. Lewis Oak Hill Evan Clarkson Dan Farney Patriot Guyan Two Billy Halley Donald Hardesty Ernest Levisay J. E. Brumfield Verner Adkins F. J. Cremeens, Jr Mercerville Star Huntington Roy Huntley Anthony Childers Victor Casto William Rece Morgan Keith Tyler Jackson T. Walker Raccoon Ernest Blazer Rio Grande Donovan Wickline Fred S. Beman Thurman Everett L. Call Frank Ruff Springfield Lawrence Green Bidwell O. C. Sprague Bidwell Pvt Eugene Stevens Bruce S. Stout Donald Cramer Walnut Richard Davis Julius H. Bostick Kanauga Tom Adams Clyde D. Burnette Cleaners Blake Gallia Post Sheriff's Office Billie Fisher Eureka Star Route Sheriff's Department Geen Nelsonville Val GROUP Orion Goodyear Welt Sale — Men's Lipper Porter Dem Altro Callipolis Personals Glouster Logan Luckert Ade Bilt R. Straps Oxfords
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