Cheshire Man Dies After Freight Train Collision
William Shoemaker a 56 year old Cheshire resident was killed by a Chesapeake and Ohio freight train while walking along tracks near his home. The accident occurred at 3 30 pm about 300 yards east of the Gallia County line in Meigs County north of Cheshire. Engineer Milford Struble said the man faced away from the southbound engine and ignored warnings. Coroner Henry Ewing ruled death accidental from a fractured skull and multiple injuries. Survivors include his mother Mrs Mattie Cundiff Shoemaker two brothers Arthur and Albert and sister Mrs Mabel Smith. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Miller funeral home.
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Gallipolis
William Shoemaker
Chesapeake and Ohio
Gallia County
Meigs County
Cheshire
Cecil Smith
Milford Struble
Logan
Ohio
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Henry Ewing
Pomeroy
Shoemaker
Mattie Cundiff Shoemaker
Arthur
Columbus
Albert
Huntington
Mabel Smith
Elmer Shoemaker
Miller Funeral Home
Christian Emphasis program led by Dr Bruce Lambert at Rio Grande College
Dr Bruce Lambert of Genesee Baptist Church Rochester N Y will lead a Christian Emphasis program at Rio Grande College February 17 20 Public services run Monday to Thursday mornings at 935 and evenings at 730 in Community Hall and Simpson Chapel The Rio Grande College Chorus directed by Zelma Northcut will sing at the opening service Monday morning Student prayer services begin at 615 pm at Rio Chapel Varney House with discussion groups after each evening service Lectures are scheduled for several college classes with Dr Lambert available to speak during regular class times
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Gallipolis
Bruce Lambert
Genesee Baptist Church
Rochester
N. Y
Rio Grande College
Simpson Chapel Methodist Church
Rio Grande College Chorus
Zelma Northcutt
Rio Chapel
Varney House
Lambert
J E Halliday Named Chairman of Together We Grow Scouts
Gallipolis lawyer and sports official J E Halliday accepts the chairmanship of the Together We Grow program in the M G M District of the Boy Scouts of America. C Fred Hibbs says the drive aims to add Cub packs Scout troops and Explorer posts. A Together Dinner kicks off the program March 7 at the Farmers Hotel in Gallipolis with district leaders and institutional heads attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John E. Halliday
Boy Scouts of America
C. Fred Hibbs
Middleport
Boy Scout
Hibbs
Gallia County Teachers Hold Annual Dinner Meeting
Seventy attend the Gallia County Elementary School Teacher's Association dinner in the Bidwell Porter cafeteria. Speakers included County Superintendent B. Lewis Jones and Elementary Supervisor Edward Ray Blakeslee Jr. President Walter Neal presided. Clorinda Teolis led singing and Mr. and Mrs. John Heiskell supervised the entertainment. A square dance followed in the Bidwell Porter gymnasium with Heiskell as caller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Bidwell-Porter
B. Lewis Jones
Edward Ray Blakeslee
Walter Neal
Clorinda Teolis
John Heiskell
Bidwell- Porter
Heiskell
Holzer Hospital Notes Medical Births and Admissions
A list from Holzer Hospital records shows numerous births and patient notes. Entries include a daughter born to Mr and Mrs Robert Bostwick in Gallipolis and a son to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Wyant in Letart. Medical and surgical cases feature names such as Mrs Ray Burke Jackson Keith Hubbard Syracuse and Frank R Beach Middleport. Blood usage noted: four pints on Thursday.
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Robert Bostwick
Gallipolis
Kenneth Wyant
Letart
William F. Betz
Jackson
Ray J. Burke
Keith Hubbard
Syracuse
Caroline Virginia
Windsor
Point Pleasant
Frank R. Beach
Middleport
George H. Hartenbach
Pomeroy
Lee QO. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
John J. Evans
Oak Hill
Medi
Gallia Patrol Arrests Three on DWI
Gallipolis Ohio Gallia Patrol Post arrested three motorists on operating a vehicle while under the influence after two crashes. Grover A Farrington 35 Gallipolis was jailed after rear ending a semi on Route 7. Dale D Rothgeb 34 Gallipolis Route 1 and Viola S Hyder 21 Gallipolis were jailed to await hearings. A separate accident near Crown City saw Dale D Halley 22 collide with logs on Peter's branch road.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Grover A. Farrington
Edward A. Snyder
Canton
Farrington
Robert S. Betz
Dale D. Rothgeb
Viola S. Hyder
Ohio Township
Dale D. Halley
Crown City
Peter's Branch Road
Churches Schedule Across Gallipolis Faiths
Local congregations list service times and activities for First Baptist Third and Lo cust Grace Methodist St Peter's Episcopal St Louis Catholic Church First Church of God Mennonite Assembly of God Church of the Nazarene Vinton Poplar Ridge Calvary Baptist Rio Grande Garfield Ave Church of Christ Simpson Chapel Triedstone Baptist and others with Bible schools morning worship and youth groups noted. Lent Holy Week observances and midweek prayer schedules included.
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First Baptist
Third and Locust
William H. Green
Grace Methodist
Second and
Cedar
Warren H. Wilson
Presbyterian
Grace Guild
Commission On Finance
Grace
WSCS
Commission On
St. Peter's Episcopal
Second Ave
Albert S. Chappelear, III
Holy Communion
Episcopal Young
Ning
Mary and Martha Guild
St. Louis Catholicc
Adolph Golubieski
Louw
GSI
First Church of God
Garfield Ave
Hershel McDonough
Young Peoples Meeting
Glen Hutsel
Pearl Elliott
Mennonite Church
Vinton
Paul Stoltzfus
Assembly of God
Robert Howard
Church of the Nazarene
Vernon C. Shafer
Simpson Chapel Methodist
Rio Grande
George Holcombe
Bidwell Church of God
Mr. Satterfield
YPE
Triedstone Baptist
D. L. Latham
BYPU
Fire Damages Miller Home at 61 Pine Street
Gallipolis firemen responded to a blaze at 61 Pine Street damaging a floor beneath a coal stove in the Miller residence of Lennie and the late wife. J. W. Robinson owned the property. Estimated damage about 100 dollars. Also notice: G. E. White of Athens named Executor of Mont Perry estate. Creditors must file claims within months.
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Gallipolis
Pine St
Lennie Miller
Gallipolis State Institute
J. W. Robinson
G. E. White
Grosvenor Street
Athens
Mont Perry
Iate
Lower Plains
R. D
Athens County
Ohio
Francis
Clothes Catch Fire Ends Life of Retired Teacher
Miss Mabel Scott age 69 a retired Wellston school teacher died in Holzer Hospital after her clothes caught fire from a small gas heater. She suffered burns covering about 40 percent of her body. She lived at 712 South Pennsylvania Avenue Wellston and funeral arrangements are with Gaskill Funeral Home Wellston.
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Gallipolis
Mabel Scott
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Scott
Pennsylvania Ave
Gaskill
Milligan Dies at 78. Columbus Resident, Former Gallipolis Native
John E. Milligan, 78, of Columbus and a former Gallipolis native, died after a December stroke. A Spanish American War veteran born June 1879, he leaves a daughter in Gallipolis, a Dayton step-son, two sisters, and two brothers predeceased him. Funeral at C. J. Waugh Friday evening. Burial in Pine Street Cemetery. services Saturday at 10 a.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John E. Milligan
Columbus
Milligan
Guy
Isabelle Milligan
Gallipolis State Institute
Homer Lewis
Raymond Denny
Dayton
Mary E. Brown
Cleveland
Lula Heinz
Hollywood
California
C. J. Waugh
Elbert McGhee
Pine Street Cemetery
Waugh
Youth suffers arm fracture after skating mishap
Carl Clifford Stapleton, 13, of Crown City Route 2, fell on ice and cracked a bone in his left arm between shoulder and elbow. Treated at Holzer Hospital Thursday evening, the Bethel Elementary student was put in a sling and sent home.
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Gallipolis
Carl Clifford Stapleton
Carl J. Stapleton
Crown City
Holzer Hospital
Bethel Elementary School
Combined Bands Spotlight Winter Concert in Gallipolis
Gallia Academy and Junior High School bands filled the Washington School auditorium for the annual winter concert. A surprise moment featured Lawrence Smeltzer guiding a playful piano interruption with a toolbox and later performing in a piano tuning skit before the ensemble resumed with accountability and the encore of Fair Lady. The event highlighted a broad cast of student musicians in multiple sections.
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Gallipolis
Kimball Sutter
Gallia Academy
Washington
Porque
Fresedo Walters
Lawrence Smeltzer
GAHS
Suited
Smeltzer
Suiter
Sutter
Bennett
Richard Neal
City Water Main Breaks Early Friday
Gallipolis city crews responded to a water main rupture in the 400 block of Second Ave early Friday. A man reported the fire plug burst to police around 5 a.m. Water service to the 400 block was cut off as the break spilled thousands of gallons, with a spectator noting steam in the frigid air near Mrs Clarence Betz's residence.
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Gallipolis
Second Ave
Libby Hotel
Clarence Betz
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Jackson Student Among Top 25 in State Scholarship Test
Mary Ann McCoy of Jackson ranked 13th among the first 25 girls with a 239 in the 28th General Scholarship Test for Ohio high school seniors. Elaine Zablotny of Cleveland won with 260. eight Southeastern Ohio seniors earned honorable mention with scores ranging from 219 to 247.
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Southeastern Ohio
Mary Ann McCoy
Jackson
Elaine M. Zablotny
Cleveland St. Joseph High School
James E. Murphy
McLaney
Loyd Ervin Lee
Gallipolis
Robert Edward Peters
Sarah Margaret Gahm
Thomas G. Fisher
Racine
Jack A. Weese
Tommy L. Williamson
Rutland
Thomas Vance Rannels
McArthur
Ohio
E. E. Holt
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
River Traffic and Dam Conditions on Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
The report lists river gauges for Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hinton Pomeroy Mason Point Pleasant with various readings, and dam statuses on the Kanawha London Marmet Winfield. Ohio River movable dams are reported as up on average half a trap of water. It also details downstream up and down statuses of numerous locks and boats including Lock 14 Begkjord Lehigh Forsythia Cincinnati Re liance City of Maysville and others with times from early morning to late afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Begkjord
C. F. Hood
Lehigh
L. F. Frieberger
R. H. Bosworth
Chauvins
O-Kan
Sohio State
Jefferson
New Firm Formed to Sell Beta-Cel Concrete
GALLIPOLIS Alva T. Grover and Emmett E. Thompson of Cheshire formed a company at Turkey Run to market Beta-Cel a new lightweight concrete trade name.
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Gallipolis
Alva T. Grover
Emmett E. Thompson
Cheshire
Turkey Run
Relative visits tie Charleston and Chelyan families
Mrs. Albert Mehlmann and her young son visited relatives in Charleston and Chelyan toward the end of last week. John Dyer, who works in Charleston, spent the weekend with his mother Mrs. Ona Dyer and other kin.
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Albert Mehlmann
Charleston
Chelyan
John Dyer
Ona Dyer
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Goodyear
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Apple Grove
W.va
B. W. Krodel
John Hushion
Appalachian Electric Power Co
C. K. Carlson
John Sayre
J. E. Halliday
Scouts
Garrett Green
Patsy Jean Keefer
Howard Homer Johnson
Don S. Blair
William Diddle
Medical
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Long Bottom
Creed McDale
W. L. Ingerick
Carl Junior Gibbs
New Haven
Millie Kuhn
Bladen
Anderson Brown
Melvin Roberts
K. M Hauldren
Ira D. Galloway
A. W. Dillon
David Tope
Donald May
Charles Leach
William Cox
Herbert Buck
Merlyn Ross
James Halley
Robert Hoover
Gallia Patrol
Miller
Hyatteville
J. Milligan
Sharon Lupton
Dottie McMahon
Carolyn Payne
Sandra Pope
Jimmy Reod
Carol Stephenson
Earleen Saunders
Ruth Ann Fowler
Martha Lupton
Sue Dailey
Tom Ehrman
Lynda Rees
Judith Leedy
Sharon Preston
Ann Cottrell
Juanita Evans
Linda Phillips
Bill Webb
Gretchen Smith
Bill Thomas
Karen Parks
Mike Allen
Sandy Avner
Clare Green
Owen Haworth
Phyliss Hazlett
Titus Scott
Keith Sheets
Bob Wallace
Jim Wilks
Andra Brown
Judy Harrington
Ruth = Ann Saunders
Bill Shaw
Barbara Walker
Cissy Arnold
Larry Boyer
Rusty Bruniardi
David Roche
Bob Shaver
Mike Burks
Larry Corbin
Ronnie Edgington
John Bill Matthews
Richard Northup
Jim Beaver
Tommy Cremeens
Tom Dickerson
Jim Pickett
Jimmy Scott
Ronnie Waugh
Harriett Craft
Sally Dailey
Jackie Evans
Joyce Evans
Karen Hoffman
Ellen Martin
Gretchen Mossman
Mary Altieri
Tom Bailes
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Shirley Fisnaugle
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John Gibert
Karen Howard
Judy McCormick
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Larry Plantz
Jimmy Porter
Mike Venz
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Don Call
Charles Corbin
Chuck Lupton
Rodney Lusk
Jim Morrison
Roger Saunders
City
Bob Beaver
Winfield, Beaver
Frances Ann
Susan Houghland
Dispatcher
Stevenson
James Bowie
Criss Jr
Solvay
Bayou Vallero
Semet
Reba Jane
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