School Board Buys Three New Busses
The North Gallia Local School Board bought three 60 passenger busses from the Ohio Valley Implement Co. for 17490 dollars after tradeins. Two busses will have carpenter bodies by Rex Shenefield Langsville and the other a superior body by E. H Davis and Sons. One bus to be delivered soon others by Aug 15 1957.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidwell
North Gallia
Ohio Valley Implement Co
Gillan Motors Co
Moore Motor Sales
Gallipolis Motors Co
Rex Shenefield
Langsville
E. H Davis and Sons
Henry Skidmore
Bidwell and Vinton
Nell Franklin
Gasoline Leak After Tank Truck Valve Breaks at Dabney's Stop
A valve neck on a 3000 gallon storage tank at Dabney's Truck Stop on Route 35 broke spilling gasoline. Gallipolis police fire and sheriff units contained fumes, warned motorists to quit smoking, and worked to slow the leak as wind carried vapor away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dabney’s
Route 35
Here
City Volunteer Fire Department
State Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Bidwell Man Hurt Cleaning Mill Sparks Hospital Admission
Charles W. Denney of Bidwell was admitted to Holzer Hospital with an injured right arm while cleaning a feed mill for the Bidwell Milling Co. The accident occurred at the mill site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles W. Denney
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
Bidwell Milling Co
Court Rules for Board In City's Sewage Suit
The Court of Appeals reverses a Gallia County ruling, upholding the State Water Pollution Control Board in denying a permit renewal. It finds the board acted within its powers, and the city must decide on further appeal or face penalties for discharging untreated sewage into the Ohio River since Feb 1955. Four additional points confirm the board’s authority and the non applicability of health board exceptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Court of Appeals of
Fourth Judicial District
Gallia
Control Board
Austin O. Cotton
Cotton
Pollution Control Board
State Board of Health
Health Board
Common Pleas
Parkersburg
Ravenswood
Ohio River
Court of Appeals
Control and Health Boards
Common Pleas Court
Supreme
Director of Health
Board of Health
Dr Guy Biggs Joins Rio Grande College Faculty
Dr Guy H Biggs principal of Winfield High School West Virginia is appointed to Rio Grande College on the opening of the second semester He will teach in elementary education supervise extension work and bring long public school and college teaching experience to the staff He holds a BA from Concord State Teachers College an MA from West Virginia University and a PhD from the University of Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skidmore
Robert Snedager
Fred Taylor
W. Carter Massie
Columbus
B. Lewis Jones
Estalla Denney
Mary Lanier
Bidwell High School
Lawrence Hineman
Bidwell
Marguerite Hineman
Frank Contesta
Richard Sayre
Vinton
Parent-Teachers’ Club
Dolph Blackburn
Bidwell Pta
Rio Grande
Guy H. Biggs
Winfield
W.va
Rio Grande College
Dr. Biggs
Concord State Teachers’ College
West Virginia University
University of Texas
Bethel College
Tenn
Gallia Youths Attend Beef Cattle Judging at OSU Plumb Hall
Gallia County youths led by Agriculture Extension Agent William P. Smith attended a beef cattle judging contest at Ohio State University Plumb Hall on Saturday. Participants included Charles Carter Wesley McGuire Ralph Abelville Jim Glassburn Ronald Walker and Gwen Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William P. Smith
Gallia County
Ohio State University
Plumb Hall
Charles Carter
Wesley McGuire
Ralph Abelville
Jim Glassburn
Ronald Walker
Gwen Evans
Youth groups exchange recordings at First Baptist Gallipolis
Twenty three youths at the First Baptist Church Gallipolis recorded a program to mail to a Springfield Mass youth group as part of an exchange of meetings and messages. The tape features singing testimonies special numbers and scripture readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Springfield
Mass
Thomas D. Bunyan
Intermediate Baptist
Billie Houck
Ohio Avenue
Ronnie Edgington
Presbyterian
Frank Porter
Europe
Richard North
Fred Miller
Jackson
Church of God
Joann Smeltzer
Ruth
Drunken Driving Figures In County Court Fines
In Gallipolis and surrounding areas several motorists faced fines and suspensions. Leonard R. Rainey was arrested for drunk driving and jailed in Gallia County Pending an appearance in Gallipolis Municipal Court. Others paid fines for unsafe vehicle illegal left turns and fake vehicle registrations with varying costs and suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Leonard R. Rainey
Nichols Bakery
State Highway Patrol
Gallia County
James W. Johnson
Richard L. Fryer
R. E. Grindley
Minersville
Benny Stafford
Dexter
Hubert Cunningham
James Snodgrass
W. H. Jones
Denver Jones
Bidwell
William V. Fry
Owensboro
School Unity Looks Like A Sure Thing
GALLIPOLIS-Clay Ohio and Guyan School District face a merger on Monday unless a petition by a district majority is filed. The Board of Education adopted the merger Jan 12 with a 30 day waiting period ending Monday. Final reorganization will be set at a Saturday meeting. a new three-district board and a regional high school are planned. Lincoln’s birthday closings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clay
Ohio
Guyan
County Education Office
Board of Education
County Board of Education
Lincoln
Wife 18 Arrested For Leaving Home
Gallipolis reports Carolyn Montgomery 18 Bladen arrested by sheriff on contributing toward the delinquency of a child for leaving home with a man other than her husband. Woodrow Ward 44 Cleveland also arrested on a non support charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carolyn Montgomery
Bladen
Sheriff's Department
Woodrow Ward
Cleveland
Peter Smeltzer Rites Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for Peter Smeltzer aged 233 Fourth Ave will be Wednesday at 1 30 p m at Wetherholt Funeral Home Gallipolis Reverend L H Stebbins will officiate burial in Mound Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home until service time
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Peter Smeltzer
Fourth Ave
Wetherholt
L. H. Stebbins
Mound Hill Cemetery
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Beasley & Mathews
FORD
Board
State Health Board
Higher Court
Perry J. Bailes
H. W. and
W. P. Cherrington
Guy Biggs
Washington
Jim Baldwin
Pomeroy
Middleport
Point Pleasant Evans
Renton
Seattle
Wash
C. O. Fisher
Lewis Emory LaRue
Kuger
LaRue
Billy Lee Frye
Rutland
Fisher
The
Electrie Wv
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan
A. C. Gibson
Sec’y-Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Logan
Doctor of Motors
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