Spelling Bee Plans Set for Gallipolis Schools
Gallipolis schools announce Tri-State Spelling Bee plans for May at Huntington W V. Eligible are fifth through eighth graders from Washington Clay Green and Gallia Academy Junior Highs. Elimination begins March 8 with room contests, building champions named March 22 and school champion by April 5. The winner earns an expense paid trip to Washington D C for the national bee June 12.
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Gallipolis
Huntington
W. Va
Evan Howard Evans
Washington
Washington, Clay, Green and Gallia Academy
Pion
Washington School
Clay, Green and Gallia Academy Junior High
Evans
Washington, D. C
Project Book Winners Named by Gallia County FFA
The Gallia Academy High School Future Farmers of America chapter announced the 1963 project record book winners for four classes. Freshman Terry Williams, sophomore Freddie Vollborn, junior Eddie Vollborn, and senior Lawrence Burdell were judged on neatness completeness and accuracy.
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Gallipolis
Future Farmers At
Gallia Academy High School
Terry Williams
Freddie Vollborn
Eddie Vollborn
Lawrence Burdell
Five Cubs Graduate To Scouts At Banquet
Five Cub Pack 204 members move up to Boy Scouts at the Blue and Gold banquet held at First United Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis. New cubmaster Robert Schopis and cub pack committee chair Claude Varney were announced.
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Gallipolis
First United Presbyterian Church
Robert Schopis
Hedgewood Dr
Claude R. Varney
Mills Village
Ing
Bobby Hout
George Hout
Richard Hueholt
Glen R. Hueholt
Bobby Schopis
John Johnson
John J. Johnson
Richard Anderson
Wilma Anderson
Walter F. Walker
Explorer
Life
John Pullins
Mike Kerns
Hout
Hueholt
Schopis
Johnson
John L. Evans
Anderson
Grace Methodist Church
Webelos
Ricky Haskins
Miles T. Epling
Gallipolis Youth Faces Reckless Operation Charge
Gallipolis City Police cited Patrick H. Rake aged 19 of Gallipolis Route 1 for reckless operation after a single vehicle crash on Mill Creek Road on the Gallipolis State Institute grounds. Officers said the car fishtailed and struck a tree after the engine stalled and then surged forward. No injuries were reported.
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Gallipolis
Patrick H. Rake
Mill Creek
Rake
Birth Announcements From Holzer Hospital Set Timber List
A long list of births from Holzer Hospital includes a son for Walter R. Plants of Pliny West Virginia Route 2 and a son for Franklin West of Ravenswood Route 1 among many names from nearby towns. A separate DISMISSED section names individuals previously listed as newborns alongside others later removed from the notice.
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Walter R. Plants
Pliny
W. Va
Franklin West
Ravenswood
TB Tests Reported Across Gallia County Schools
Gallia County health department in the Southwestern School District conducted 175 tuberculin tests and 30 first grade physicals. Centerville School added 20 TB tests and 30 first grade physicals plus tests for nine food handlers and one mother. Southwestern High School administered TB tests to 7th graders, 52 sophomores, 41 seniors, 13 teachers, and two food handlers. Overall 861 TB tests and 277 first grade physicals have been completed across five local districts.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Health Department
Firemen Respond to Smoke Scare at Walker Residence
Eight volunteer firefighters and a Gallipolis pumper answered a smoke scare at 8:25 a.m. Tuesday at Mrs. Ada Walker’s home 162 Jackson Pike. Fire Chief James A. Northway said birds roosting in the chimney kicked up soot, creating the disturbance that resembled black smoke.
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Gallipolis
Ada Walker
Jackson Pike
James A. Northup
Mc Corry debt confessed in Gallia Court
Atty R S Betz filed a confessed judgment for 8380.03 in Gallia County Common Pleas Court in favor of First National Bank against J L and Dorothy Mc Corry of Lakewood Drive Gallpolis. Interest at 6 percent since Oct 5 1962 on a bank note dated Dec 6 1961 for 20000 dollars.
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Gallipolis
R. S. Betz
Gallia County
Hannan Trace Boosters Plan Lights Fundraisers
Gallipolis area boosters group Hannan Trace Boosters Club sponsors a pancake and sausage supper from 5 to 9 am on March 9 in the Hannan Trace High School cafeteria to raise funds for football field lights. A record hop in the high school gym runs 9 pm to midnight with Bev Barton of Channel 13 TV Huntington as disc jockey.
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Gallipolis
Hannan Trace Boosters Club
Hannan Trace High School
Boosters Club
Bev Barton
Channel 13 TV
Huntington
W. Va
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Report
The report lists river gauge readings for Gallipolis Mont gomery Greenup and Kanawha Falls with rollers and dam statuses in the Huntington district. It also details numerous boat movements on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers with departure and down or up times, plus lock and boat names across Lock 14 through 34 and Greenup Locks, noting movable dams up to Dam 22.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Ohio River
Huntington
Southern
Semet
Franklin Pierce
Solvay
Indiana
Alton Zephyr
John Ladd Dean
William H. Craig
City of
Luther Herdman
C._V. Harner
Moover
Little Edward
Pegey Downey
F. Frieberger
Lock
Polly Crane
Robert P. Tibelt
Stevenson
Vulcan
Bingo
Charleroi
Frances Hoagland
Western
Queen City
Ovec
J. SS. Lewis
Bob Benter
E' Deana Bosworth
Illinois
Andrew P. Calhoun
Cotton Queen
National
Warren Houglan
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MASON
Frederick Vernon Lanier
South Side
Joyce Ann Bechtle
Henderson
Otho Kerns
Leon
Janice Lea Coultz
A&p
Jane Parker
Sultana Brand
Campbell Soup Sale
George Washington
Mushroom
The
Margarine Riziscxmanns
Nia
PLAID
Psi
UIP
Biset
Sadnans Ae
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company. Inc
Police City
Holzer Hospital News
A. Elwood Frazier
Fraziers Bottom
Charles E. Spencer
Pomeroy
Charles D. Litchfield
Apple Grove
George Williamson
Point Pleasant
William L. Saunders
Mercerville
Mack £. Broyles
Homer L. Harvey
Lu Ann V. Culp
William H. Dalton
Jackson
Geraldine M. Bennett
Elmer R. Ohlinger
New Haven
Roy O. Harless
Ray M. Beaver
Crown City
Warren D. Keefer
Flora Chase
Paul E. Siders
Barry M. van Matre
Arvil A. McGraw
Gallipolis Ferry
Edward A. Phillips
Jesse J. Ward
Lowell R. Yates
Charles L. Ingels
Etta C. Morgan
Eureka
Karen Sue Howe
William H. Mayes
Carl Gilmore
Isaac Jordan
Keith Sutherland
Virgil Northup
Connie Williams
Harold Sizemore
David Huddleston
Ernest R. Hendren
Guy W. Shuler
Brenda §. Mays
Bernard Guinther
James Hill
Lester Kerns
Joseph Wolfe
Ray Groves
Jesse Dixon
Donna Parsons
Roy Gladman
Pearl Knapp
Dewey Wroten
Cypress Gardens
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