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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1960

Page

3

Advertising Executive Praises Evans Grocery Ad Morality

Gallipolis Kiwanis hear Parkersburg ad executive R. S. Cotterman praise Evans Grocery Co for a moral open letter ad in West Virginia papers. He contrasted it with sensational endorsements and urged honest advertising while noting planned investments in Smithers and Kanawha City. Next week’s program eyed federal education aid remarks by Marshall D. Boggs.

Gallipolis Stanley Evans Evans Grocery Co Lafayette Hotel West Virginia Parkersburg R. S. Cotterman Gallipolis Kiwanis Club Cotterman Evans Mountaineer Smithers Kanawha City Gallipolis City Marshall D. Boggs John R. Heiskell Heiskell L. Claude Miller Burril D. Hood

Firemen Answer Fourth February Alarm in Gallipolis

Six Gallipolis volunteer firemen and a pumper responded to a 12 25 p m alarm at the Petrie residence on Bulaville Road. Water leakage caused an electrical short in a 60 amp fuse box, with 150 dollars in damages and coverage by insurance. It was the department’s fourth February run and 13th for 1960, and followed a prior electrical fire at the Belville residence on McCormick Road.

Gallipolis Darwin Petrie Bulaville Road Lawrence Dickey Frank Belville McCormick Rd

Husband Arrested in Non-Support Case

William Robert Newell age 27 of Columbus and Point Pleasant West Virginia arrested Wednesday by Gallia County sheriff on a non-support warrant. He posted bond and will face a Municipal Court hearing Friday.

Gallipolis William Robert Newell Columbus Point Pleasant W. Va Gallia County

Gallia High Yearbook Expands to Record Size

Final copy for the 1960 Gallian yearbook was mailed to the publisher Mrs. Margaret Swann yearbook staff adviser said. Sixteen pages were added bringing the total to 136 the largest in the school's history. Layouts and copy for the last 45 pages were proofed last night with photography by Curtis Swann Jack Stage and Roger States. Editor is Lynda Rees with assistant editors Sue Dailey and Judith Leedy.

Gallipolis Gallian Gallia Academy High School Margaret Swann Swan Curtis Swann Jack Stage Roger States Lynda Rees Floyd H. Rees Sue Dailey Harold Dailey Judith Leedy Willard Leedy

Gallia County 4-H Junior Leaders February Meeting

Gallia County 4-H Junior Leaders set February meeting for 8 p.m. Thursday at Grace Methodist Church. A brief agenda and updates from members are on the docket.

Gallipolis Gallia County Grace Methodist Church

Teen Agers Plan Dance for Polio

Gallia County teens organize a March of Dimes fund raising dance at Gallipolis Teenville Junior High gym. Kyle Hill directs two cakewalks for Junior and Senior high, with disc jockeys Sam Neal and Steve Allen from radio WJEH spinning records. Donations collected via rotating circle cakewalks with a hidden cake winner.

Gallipolis Teenville Kyle A. Hill Sam Neal Steve Allen WJEH Gallia County New March of Dimes Fund Gallia Academy High School Penny Fish

13 Children Examined At Well Child Clinic

Dr. Leonard Harris of Holzer Hospital examined 13 children at the City Health Department Well Child Clinic in Gallipolis on Wednesday. Nurse Helen Spriegel assisted, with Mrs. Paul France and Mrs. Richard Epling, Holzer alumnae, helping. Five DPT and five Salk anti polio shots were given along with six smallpox vaccinations.

Gallipolis Leonard Harris Holzer Hospital City Health Department Well Harris Helen Spriegel R.N City Health Paul France Richard Epling Holzer

Kiwanis meeting notes with attendees named

Howard Joe Baker Saunders hosted a Kiwanis gathering with visitors Tom Lynch of Rio Grande College Circle-K Club and Jerry Evans Miller of Evans Grocery Co plus seventeen Kiwanians in attendance.

Howard Joe) Baker Saunders Tom Lynch Rio Grande College Circle-K Jerry Evans Miller The Evans Grocery Co

Births at Holzer Hospital District Note

List of newborns with parents names and residences followed by a dismissal section and a note of two pints of blood used on Wednesday. Names include Ralph Needs Cheshire Route 1 Thomas Carroll Rutland William Ingels Mason Arthur Hood Middleport DeLong Pomeroy and others from Ironton Raceland Haver Hill Gallipolis Wellston Oak Hill and Ewington Route 1.

Ralph Needs Cheshire Thomas F. Carroll Rutland William W. Ingels Mason Arthur E. Hood Middleport Clarence A. Maerker Jackson Stella J. Mercer James T. Compston Raceland Kentucky Ross H. Cantrell Stanley Kiser Haver Hill Arthur M. Gilmore David P. Leach Wellston Josetta M. Blackhurst Oak Hill Ernest Thacker, Jr Ewington James Shambtlin Arthur FE. Hood Samuel H. Drummond Gallipoli Noah A. Gibbs Athens Carolyn Sue Conway Davis Hall Gallipolis William Thabet James Dixon H. C. Hartless Carl Atkeson Albert H. Bolles Elmer McCarley Harold Stewart Homer Holter John FE. Allen Bernard L. Westfall Carl Tucker Merritt Weber Clifford Brumfield John Stephenson Thomas E. Daniels Bert Robinson Helen Dearth Oscar Scholl Elsie Sisson William Lavey Randy Henry Kevin Pistelit

River traffic and dam conditions across Ohio and Kanawha regions

River gauges show rising levels at Gallipolis and Kanawha Falls with several dams flowing lightly. Ohio River boat movements list multiple tugs and tows at Lock sites from Locks 14 through 35 with times around morning to night.

Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hinton Pomeroy-Mason Point Pleasant Kanawha River London Marmet Winfield Ohio River Robert W. Lea William Penn Pennsylvania Rocket Vulcan Indiana Lock Beckford Ashland Robert E. Reed Jeff Boat Cornell Fred W. Olcott Walter Williamson Crown Point Kanawha Semet Jerry Bosworth Harriet M Bob Benter Irene Chotin Solvay Brian Lee Island Creek

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Star Board of Directors Advertising Kiwanis John L Bud) Preston Grand Rapids, Mich Hal March Candy New York March Hah Washington Baltimore ST. Louis Cincinnati B&o Mefreshet Ne Baltimore , Ohio Railroad Gallia NISMO Shoe Dept Well Child Clinic Carl E. DeLong Pomeroy William A. Barrie Ravenswood Don R. Hurn Ironton Coleman E. Collins Stanley R. Tucker Arbuckle W Va Berkshire
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