Commissioners Split Vote on Indigent Fees and Bridges
Gallipolis county commissioners Roscoe Houck and Chauncey L. Johnson split on paying professional fees for indigent patients at Holzer Hospital. O. M. Stewart supported payment. Johnson abstained. The panel also approved a plan for half the cost of two state bridges and discussed emergency funding needs and staff reductions at Bartlett’s office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Roscoe Houck
Chauncey L. Johnson
Holzer Hospital
O. M. Stewart
Jackson
Meigs
Houck
Stewart
Johnson
Morton Dickey
William P. Cherrington
Wayne B. Foster
J. A. Thompson
Dickey
State Highway Department
Vinton
L. D. Orth
Highway Department
J. Roy Bartlett
Bartlett
Four Fined Kor Miscues Four Fined Kor Miscues
Gallipolis city police report four weekend convictions. Jimmy G. Tucker of Columbus paid a $10 bond for an illegal left turn at Pine and Vinton. David Gerald McQuaid, 18, Mill Creek Road, fined $10 and costs for reckless operation. Andrew Percy Bryant was fined $10 and costs for intoxication and held for failure to pay. Walter Bartram, 49, Gallipolis, paid a $5 fine for an illegal left turn at Pine and Vinton.
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Gallipolis
Jimmy G. Tucker
Columbus
Pine and Vinton
David Gerald McQuaid
Mill Creek Road
Andrew Percy Bryant
City
Walter Bartram
State Costs Show Climb
State costs and revenues for July to January rose with higher seven month receipts totaling 758 37 103 85 and expenditures at 725 470 251 86 per Ohio State Auditor James A. Rhodes. Compared with last year seven month receipts increased by 58 118 304 36 while seven month expenditures rose by 97 820 851 35. January 1957 receipts were 89 038 530 04 and expenditures 90 22 467 25.
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Ohio
James A. Rhodes
Washington Elementary Cited for City Dumping Violations
Gallipolis city manager Austin O. Cotton orders Washington Elementary School to stop dumping garbage and remove waste found in a February 6 inspection. Infractions include ground dumping behind the school, uncapped trash cans, and a vermin harbor.
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Gallipolis
Austin O. Cotton
Washington Elementry School
Cotton
Wife Who Left Home Placed on Probation
Gallia County sheriffs report Carolyn Montgomery 18 of Bladen placed on one year probation for contributing to the delinquency of a child. Woodrow Ward 44 of Cleveland placed on probation for non support but remains jailed after bond default.
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Gallipolis
Carolyn Montgomery
Bladen
Woodrow Ward
Cleveland
Ravenswood Rainbow Assembly installs officers at church
Peggy Moore installs officers for the Order of Rainbow for Girls at the First Baptist Church assembly hall in Ravenswood. The list includes Patricia Shriver as Worthy Adviser, Wanda Linchcome as Associate Adviser, Patsy McCarty as Charity, and many others with Peggy Moore serving as Installing Officer.
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Ravenswood
Order of Rainbow For Girls
First Baptist Church
Peggy Moore
Patricia Shriver
Wanda Linchcome
Charity
Patsy McCarty
Hope
Alice Faye Safreed
June
Luck
Carol Sue Workman
Pamela Williams
Rae Cox
Jane Miller
Connie Laughlin
Diane Chambers
Nature
Sue Sommerville
Sandra Smith
Fidelity
Brenda Wooster
Becky Fox
Kay Buffington
Debbie Gandee
Betty Saunders
Mildred Stewart
Thelma Monroe
Rachael Harris
Marie Hall
Freda Harris
Opal Curry
Letha Gandee
Eunice Hodkins
Dana Wooster
Rolf Twiggs
John Hall
Charlotte Monroe
John H. Hall
Dana Paul Wooster
Fragmentary Time and Price Notation Recorded
A brief sequence shows times and price figures 42 59 p.m 7 49 p.m and price points 3.75 10.50 10.75 29.10, indicating a scattered ledger or market entry with multiple values. No clear event or names identified.
FHA Party for Newlywed in Gallia Academy High
Seventy Future Homemakers of America members attended a Gallia Academy High School meeting in Gallipolis. After the business session a party honored newlywed Ruth Ann Duncan who wed Lloyd Roush in December. Adviser Aldeth Robinson discussed Columbus advisers and officials convention. Chairman Freda Saunders Eleanor Harrison and Celestine Skinner led refreshments.
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Gallipolis
Future Homemakers of America
Gallia Academy High School
Ruth Ann Duncan
Lloyd Roush
Aldeth Robinson
FHA
Columbus
Freda Saunders
Eleanor Harrison
Celestine Skinner
Green Local School Board reviews construction at new elementary
Gallipolis The Green Local School board met Monday afternoon at the district's new elementary school to go over construction details. President Ishmael Gillespie reported that contractor George Suter and various suppliers were present.
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Gallipolis
Green Local
Ishmael Gillespie
George Suter
Rolls Car But Gets Gary Bump on Head
An 18 year old driver, Jackie Easton of Porter, rolled his car on Route 554 Tuesday at 6 30 p m. The vehicle was demolished but Easton escaped with a bump on the head. He was cited to appear in Municipal Judge W H Jones court on a charge of reckless operation.
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Jackie Easton
Porter
Easton
Court of Municipal
W. H. Jones
Gallipolis to Get Trim Job Thursday
Austin O. Cotton said cutting and trimming of trees by the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co will begin Thursday. Older trees will be felled to achieve proper lighting along Second Avenue as part of a plan to illuminate the street.
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Gallipolis
Austin O. Cotton
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Cotton
Second Avenue
Gallipolis School Board approves contractor payments
The Gallipolis city school board authorized payments totaling 59 741.57 to four contractors for the new shop and music building at Washington Elementary. Hauldren Construction Co. received 6940.42 toward final costs with 10 percent withheld after 30 days inspection. Dan A. Carmichael, architect, 40839.30. Don King, general contractor, 6129.85. A J Stockmeister, plumbing and heating, 5832. Bills of 29656.03 were paid and a 33 000 bond retirement fund loan was used to cover the rest.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis City
Washington
Hauldren Construction Co
Hauldren
Dan A. Carmichael
New Gallia Academy
Don King
A. J. Stockmeister
Washington School
Addi
Marshall D. Boggs
Founders Day Held By Washington School PTA
Gallipolis community members gather for the Founders Day meeting at Washington School with 87 attendees. Dr Thomas Morgan spoke on automobile safety belts and a nominating committee was formed for next year’s officers.
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Gallipolis
Washington School
Parent-Teachers’ Association
J. Gordon Gibert
Frank Janes
Jones
Hollis Wood
Keith Sutter
John L. Evans
B. B. Matthews
Raymond Gooch
George Fuller
Marcus Magnussen
Jack Knight
Gilbert P. Bush
R. D. Thomas
Wayne Booth
Wood
Keith Suiter
Aldeth Robinson
Horace Ecker
Leo Bean
C. C. Ingles
Ruth Martin
Leo Mossman
Edwin Edleblute
PTA
Thomas D. Bunyan
Donna Johnson
Harriet Clendenin
Gallia Academy High School
Newman Burdett
Gerald Hull
Getting the Most from your Kitchen Storage Space
A leader training lesson on kitchen storage efficiency will be held February 19 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Milk Marketing Building in Gallipolis. Miss Dorothy Lawrence, extension specialist in home management, will teach the session for county Home Demonstration Council executive committee members. Leaders need only pencils and notepads. two storage device sets are being built by the extension office and loaned for future meetings.
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Gallipolis
county Home _ Demonstration Council
Dorothy Lawrence
Ohio University Sorority Pledges Three Women
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority pledges Janet Lee Cornwell Vine Sr Carolyn M Rathburn at Ohio University. Cornwell is daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Cornwell Rathburn is daughter of Mrs Lucille Rathburn.
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Janet Lee Cornwell
Vine Sr
Carolyn M. Rathburn
Second Ave
Alpha Gamma Delta Sorority
Ohio University
Miss Cornwell
Robert Cornwell
Miss Rathburn
Lucille Rathburn
Cheshire PTA Founders Day Opens at Old High School
Cheshire Kgger Creek Parents Teachers Association held Founders Day events and an open house at the old Cheshire high school Monday night. Mrs. Mary Fulton chaired the program and traced the PTA’s history, noting three prior reorganizations, the last in 145, with past presidents honored during the evening.
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Cheshire
Kgger Creek Parents Teachers’ Association
Mary Fulton
PTA
Salt deposits beneath Detroit rival ages of 300 million years
The National Geographic Society notes salt beds extend about 1130 feet beneath Detroit and date roughly 300 million years old, indicating ancient geological processes at work below the city.
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Detroit
The
National Geographic Society
Portsmouth salesman dies in Gallia wreck
A 29 year old Continental Tea and Coffee Co. salesman Harold E Blair of Portsmouth died after his 1955 panel truck left Route 35 near Rio Grande. He died at 10 40 a m from internal hemorrhages due to rupture of the right pulmonary artery after the vehicle rolled over and broke apart.
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Gallipolis
Continental Tea and Coffee Co
Gallia County
Harold E. Blair
Kenney’s Lane
Portsmouth
Holzer Hospital
Donald R. Warehime
Blair
State Highway Patrol
Berm
Carlton S. Davis
Coalville
Coal Grove
Collisions Reported by Gallipolis Police
Gallipolis police investigated two weekend rear end crashes with moderate damage. Walter Richesson, 64, and Loretta Bias, 23, were involved near Mill Creek Road and Chatham. Grace McCarty, 54, stopped at Second and Sycamore, struck by Judson Norvell, 17, from Point Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Walter O. Richesson
Mill Creek Rd
Loretta Bias
Chatham
Richesson
Grace N. McCarty
Second Ave
Second
Sycamore
Judson F. Norvell
Point Pleasant
VEW District Meet Set by Gallipolis Post
Gallipolis Post will host the 12th District Encampment on March 10 with 26 posts represented. The post is the first in the district to reach 100 percent of its 169 member quota, now at 210. Richard Woodward of Point Pleasant was mustered in. 20 members attended.
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Gallipolis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard Woodward
Point Pleasant
Rotary Auction Nets $165 for Polio Drive
Gallipolis report says the Rotary meeting at Farmer's Hotel raised $165.25 for the 1957 polio fund drive as about 46 members and four guests attended. John McNeill of Point Pleasant led the auction with Attorney Bill Sowers as cashier and clerk.
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Gallipolis
Rotary
Farmer’s Hotel
John McNeill
Point Pleasant
Bill Sowers
Postal Exam Scheduled for Gallipolis Clerk Carrier
The United States Civil Service Commission announces a clerk carrier exam in Gallipolis. Salary starts at $1.82 per hour. No experience required, but applicants must pass a written test. Full application details available at the local post office or the Cincinnati regional office.
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Gallipolis
United States Civil Service Commission
U. S. Civil Service Region
Cincinnati 2
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