Strodder Found Guilty in Gallia County Case
Gallia County Common Pleas Court returned a guilty verdict against 34 year old Harry M. Pat Strodder after about an hour of deliberation. The trial began at 9 am but was paused for a defense request to file for a new trial within three days. The charge involved pointing and firing a firearm at Brady Shaw on Spruce Street Extension last November. The case went before the grand jury, bond was reduced to 1500 dollars, and six state witnesses testified. The jury included Stanley Fleming as foreman and Margaret Topping among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Strodder
Brady Shaw
Spruce St
Shaw
William H. Jones
Gallia
Peared
Robert M. Betz
Betz
Grand Jury
Common Pleas Court
Warren F. Sheets
Oscar Maynard
Warren Skidmore
Chester A. Leaper
John Taylor
William Barr
Stanley Fleming
Foreman
Margaret Topping
O. D. Fink
Carl Platter
Katherine Knotts
Hazel Royce
Lando Cragg
Alice Salisbury
Nancy J. Lemley
Garrett Fellore
H. L. Shoemaker
Helen M. Galloway
17 Year Sentence For Copper Wire Theft In Ohio
Gallipolis reports Common Pleas Court Judge Betz sentences Charles Massey to one to seven years in the Ohio Penitentiary for grand larceny in a copper wire theft worth about 130 dollars from the James Fitch coal mine at Little Ragger. Massey’s co defendant Shirley Massey is cleared of involvement and serving a bad check sentence in Indiana. John F. Nance receives three years probation with weekly 22.50 support payments for eight children and 60 days to cover costs. Charles Oiler has a continued auto theft case with new evidence yet to be reviewed. The judge plans to question another suspect involved in Johnnie Johnson’s car theft.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
Charles Massey
Ohio
Massey
James Fitch
Little Rgger
Shirley Massey
Indiana
John F. Nance
Betz
Charles Oiler
Oiler
Johnnie Johnson
Horace B. Ecker Rites Planned at First Presbyterian
Funeral services for Horace B. Ecker 66 of 208 First Ave will be held Wednesday at 11 a m at the First Presbyterian Church with Rev Linson H Stebbins and Rev Clyde Webster assisting Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery Ecker known as Colonel from auctioneering days was a real estate broker and director of the Commercial and Savings Bank and the Gallipolis Savings and Loan He is survived by his wife Florence Bott a son Johnny a daughter Jeannie and three sisters Mrs Pearl Hatfield Miss Margaret Ecker and Mrs Hazel Hines
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Horace B. Ecker
First Ave
First Presbyterian Church
Linson H. Stebbins
Clyde Webster
Centenary Methodist Church
Mound Hill Cemetery
Ecker
Commercial and Savings Bank
Gallipolis Savings and Loan
Gallipolis Motor Co
Florence Bott
Johnny
Jeannie
Pearl Hatfield
Northup
Margaret Ecker
Pleasantville, N. Y
Hatfield
Hazel Hines
Nevada
Judge Janes Fines Five On Monday
Gallia Municipal Court sentenced W Walter Webb 48 and Robert J Matthews 27 for operating under the influence. Each got five days jail, $50 fines, costs, and six month license suspension. Emmett Akers 30 was fined 15 dollars, plus costs for left of center. Garland Ward 59 and Emmett Brabham 42 were fined 10 dollars for intoxication. Lawrence Dickey assault case dismissed after warrant issued by Eugene Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. Walter Webb
Robert J. Matthews
Sweetwater
Tenn
William H. Janes
Janes
Emmett Akers
Whitehouse
Garland Ward
Emmett Brabham
Gallia County Schools Stay Closed Tuesday
Gallia County schools will not hold classes Tuesday due to continuing snow and cold weather. Marshall D. Boggs said Gallipolis city schools will remain open.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
B. Lewis Jones
Marshall D. Boggs
Tax Deadline Extended to April 15 in Gallia County
Gallia County Commissioners extended real estate tax payment deadline to April 15 and approved Addison Two trustees to buy a truck for 4487.69 after trade-in. Tax books will not be opened until next Monday due to delays in duplicates. extension earlier set from Dec 20 1957 to Jan 20 1958. Attendees included Commissioners Stewart Houck Johnson and Auditor Dickey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County Board of Commissioners
Addison Two
Y. Paul Niday
State Department of Taxation
Oty M. Stewart
Roscoe Houck
Chauncey Johnson
Morton L. Dickey
DAR Awards Go to Girls
Gallia County winners Joan Kisor of Gallia Academy High School and Polly Walker of North Gallia High School receive good citizenship pins for local victory from Gallipolis French Colony Chapter DAR. Additional state awards possible if selected at higher level.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Joan Kisor
Gallia Academy
Polly Walker
North Gallia High School
French Colony
National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution
Gallia County
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Report Amid Ice
Ice fills the upper river pools with two to three inch thickness. Dams on the Kanawha are mostly closed or running low, while Ohio River locks show multiple boats down or waiting. Boats including the Jane T and Tradewinds ride at Lock 16 and Point Pleasant as vessels seek safe harbor.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy- Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Sill
Ohio River
Walter Williamson
Jefferson
Keeley
Ora D Ul
Orleanian
Betty H
Lelia C. Shearer
Kanawha
London
Seniet
Winfield
de Soto
Herbert E. Jones
Solvay
Beckford
Ohio
Huntington
Creditor
Cornell
Jane T
Betty Moran
Salvati
The
Crucible
Louisiana
Miss Springtime Contest Plans For Style Show
Mrs Earl Henry chairs the Point Pleasant Junior Women's Club annual Spring Style Show. All contestants named for the Miss Springtime contest to be held March 6 at 8 p m in the high school auditorium. Over 50 models from eight merchants will showcase spring fashions with the yacht club theme narrated by Mrs Belva Farley. Contenders include Jarvis Bryan Charlotte Cole Kay Lewis Linda Rainey Sonie Spillman Lora Lee Stanley Dariene Scharz. Mrs Jack Fowler organizes candidate jars with pictures for voting pennies to count. Organ music by Chet Haddox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Henry
Point Pleasant
Yacht Club
Holzer Hospital Notes In Wellston And Surrounding Areas
A son to Mr and Mrs Harold McKee Wellston and a daughter to Mr and Mrs Grady Twyman Ewington. Admissions include Mrs Okla Riddle Point Pleasant and others from Rio Grande Gallipolis Jackson Wellston and more. Several were dismissed and blood used Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold McKee
Wellston
Grady Twyman
Ewington
Okla Riddle
Point Pleasant
W. E. Clark
Rio Grande
Doris Waugh
Gallipolis
Garnet R. Jones
Dexter
Medical
Clarence Chapman
Racine
Surgical
A. Page Gordon
Jackson
William R. Kelly, Sr
Oak Hill
Rickey Hoover
Middleport
Harry W. Doddrill
Vinton
D. C. Lanthorn
William C. Gibbs
New Haven
Elbert S. Layne
Golda Sealey
Leotis Thornton
Herman Gothard
James Preston
William F. Crump
Robert Bostwick
Robert Conger
Carl Reed
Clara Gearhart
E. E. Fellrod
Bessie Watson
H. W. Higginbotham
D. C. Kitchen
Billy Knapp
Danny Hart
Gallipolis Gets New Dial Telephone Service in 1959
Gallipolis will switch to direct dial after Jan 18 1959 with new Gibson exchange name and five figure numbers. Ohio Bell plans automatic long distance recording tapes and decoding machines to bill calls. Outlying exchanges Cheshire Mercerville Alpine Patriot Essex Rio Grande Chapel and Vinton will also receive new names.
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Gallipolis
Richard C. Roderick
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Roderick
Ohio
Bell
Gibson
Gallia County
Cheshire
Mercerville
Alpine
Patriot
Essex
Rio Grande
Chapel
Vinton
Dudley
Five Scouts Earn Tenderfoot Badges in Troop Meeting
Gallipolis Troop 203 at Grace Methodist Church awarded Tenderfoot badges to Johnny Sheets Eugene Mc Daniel Larry Dickey Billy Jones and Roger Jarvis. The group planned year activities with Scoutmaster Jim Hackworth and Assistant Ady Stover. committee member Jim Thomson and three Cub Pack 203 members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Troop 203
Grace Methodist Church
Jim Hackworth
Johnny Sheets
Eugene McDaniel
Larry Dickey
Billy Jones
Roger Jarvis
Hackworth
Ady Stover
Jim Thomson
Becky MacKenzie Named Gallia B P W Girl of Month
Becky MacKenzie of Gallia Academy High School was named girl of the month by the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women’s Club at a meeting in Farmers Hotel attended by 44. State board president Elliot E Meyers could not attend because of icy roads. substitutes Mrs Nellie Scarbery and Miss Eulah Williams presented slides of the Rose Bowl. New members Sue Luellen and Lucile Rymer joined. guests included Prof Frederic Vernon Boult and Mrs Geneva Howell. The next dinner meeting will be guest night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Becky MacKenzie
Gallia Academy High School
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women
Farmers Hotel
Marianne B. Campbell
Here
Ironton
Elliot E. Meyers
State Board of Education
B&pw
Nellie Scarberry
Eulah Williams
Sue Luellen
Lucile Rymer
Naomi Rose
Heart Fund
Frederic Vernon Boult
Rio Grande College
Geneva Howell
Campbell
B&pw Club
Family Rites For Thomas Jordan Family Held in Ohio
Funeral services for the Jordan family who died from carbon monoxide in their Columbus apartment are set for 1 30 p m Wednesday at Margarum funeral home in Gahanna. Burial will be in Mifflin Cemetery. The couple and their one year old son Tommy Jr were found Saturday afternoon by Thomas Jordan's brothers. the baby died at the scene and the parents died at Grant Hospital. Thomas Jordan 19 is survived by two brothers and five sisters. Mrs Betty Zakovic Mrs Howard Logan Mrs Ronald Lippert Mrs James Robertson and Miss Nancy Jordan. Mrs Jordan's mother Mrs Alma Robbins of Buckeye Lake also survives along with two brothers and two sisters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Thomas Jordan
Columbus
Margarum Funeral
Gahanna
Mifflin Cemetery
Tommy
Mr. Jordan
Grant Hospital
Robert
John
Betty Zakovic
Howard Logan
Ronald Lippert
James Robertson
Nancy Jordan
Caroline Baker
Clayton
Ohio
Ruth Ann Lawson
Buckeye Lake
Local Births and Visits Highlight Community Note
Mrs Bert Hern and Mrs Alma Swisher recently celebrated their birthdays. Mr and Mrs Jim Preston announce the birth of a baby boy on February 12 at Holzer Hospital. Don Shamblin visited family here recently. Ed Preston works aboard a boat running Racine to Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Bert Hern
Alma Swisher
Jim Preston
Holzer Hospital
Don Shamblin
Ed Preston
Racine
Cincinnati
Scouts Plan Winter Camp at Fairfield and Arrowhead
Twenty six members of Troop 200 and Assistant Scoutmaster Walter Walker set plans for the winter Toughen Up camp at Fairfield the weekend of March 12. A board of review for first and second class scouts is scheduled next Monday night.
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Gallipolis
Walter F. Walker
Fairfield
Walker
Camp Arrowhead
Huntington
Lake Hope
Lake Jackson
Wellston Man Dies in Gallia Hospital
Oscar S. Redman 76 of Wellston Route 3 died at 9 55 p m Monday in Holzer Hospital after a nine day stay. Gaskill funeral home at Wellston will announce last rites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Oscar S. Redman
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Gaskill
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Eugene Miller
Steele's
DAR
Angelo Gereno
Chicago
Ill
Sam Bannarino
Bannarino
California
Catherine McGinness
Shoppe
Main St
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan
A. C. Gibson
Sec
v.Treas
Ohio Valley Bank
Stedil
To &F
Quality Dealer's
Athens, E. State
Olds
Oldsmobile
Athens County
Roger Dean
Nelsonville, Fayette St
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