Gallia County Board Severs Blakeslee Contract Amid Vote Split
In a tense Gallia County Board of Education session, the anti Jones faction secured key wins by terminating Edward Ray Blakeslee Jr.'s contract as supervisor of elementary schools and setting new office hours for County Superintendent B. Lewis Jones. The meeting also tabbed Clay Local’s transfer to Galliapolis City School District and adjusted travel expenses to eight cents per mile.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Clay
Gallipolis City
Ruth Edwards
Gomer Richards
Edward R. Blakeslee, Jr
Earl Cromley
Ralph Boster
Glenn Powell
Blakeslee
Jones
Richards
OVEC Wins Two Rounds In Strike Court Battle
OVEC scores two court victories in a dispute with UWUA over a temporary restraining order. Judge Betz overruled a demurrer on constitutional grounds and denied a union motion to strike the petition. The strike at Kgger Creek power plant continues with peaceful picketing and coal deliveries ongoing.
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Gallan
Ovec
Betz
William H. Sowers
UWUA
Kgger Creek
Gallia County
Oscar Baird
Wreck on Route 124 Causes Heavy Vehicle Damage
Meigs County Ohio heavy damage reported after a late Wednesday collision on Route 124 a tenth of a mile east of Rutland. William Thompson 35 Langsville backed from a private drive into Thomas Bowlen 32 stationed at Tyndall AFB Florida. Charles Bowlen sustained a laceration over the left eye and was treated on scene. In Municipal Court Judge William H. Jones continued Gerald D. Roush 21 Bidwell Route 2 for violating motor vehicle laws. Virgil Roush 26 Bidwell Route 2 pleaded innocent to intoxication charges. Geraldine Foreman 35 Point Pleasant Route 2 forfeited a $15 bond for driving without an operator's license.
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Gallipolis
Meigs County
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Rutland
William Thompson
Langsville
Thomas Bowlen
Florida
Tyndall Air Force Base
Charles Bowlen
Middleport
William H. Jones
Gerald D. Roush
Bidwell Route 2
Virgil Roush
Bidwell
Jones
Geraldine Foreman
Point Pleasant
Vinton Garden Club Plans District Meetings and Planting
The Vinton Friendship Garden Club met at Thelma Barnes home with eight members and five visitors. They voted to buy a dogwood for Vinton School grounds and outlined events including March 26 county meeting and April 23 district meeting.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Friendship
Lillian Rece
Jane Poling
Alice Whitley
Vinton School
Marian McCarley
Farmers Hotel
Rutland
Bidwell Variety Garden Club
Vinton Club
Irene Jackson
Wilkesville
Eno
Earl George
Levenna George
Elizabeth Hash
Thelma Barnes
Bess Call
Verna George
Pearl Martin
VEW Women Celebrate Birthdays at Gallipolis Meeting
Eleven members attended the VFW Post 4464 auxiliary gathering in Gallipolis and celebrated the birthdays of Mollie Johnson Myrtle Queen and Virginia Day. Flowers will be sent to hospital patients W L Ingerick and Anna M Mayes. The March 12 meeting will nominate officers and April 8 install them. A birthday luncheon honored Flora Maniskas Anna Harrison Della Boggs Thelma Richards Elizabeth Daniels Rosina Saunders Leota Keenan Effie Mayes Catherine Mayes and Freda Barcus.
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Gallipolis
VFW Post
Mollie Johnson
Myrtle Queen
Virginia Day
W. L. Ingerick
Anna M. Mayes
Holzer Hospital
Flora Maniskas
Anna Harrison
Della Boggs
Thelma Richards
Elizabeth Daniels
Rosina Saunders
Leota Keenan
Effie Mayes
Catherine Mayes
Freda Barcus
Union World Day of Prayer Services Held at Methodist Church
Tuppers Plains attendance reached 530 as the Methodist Church hosted World Day of Prayer services. Leaders and participants included Mrs. Gerald Violet, Mrs. Creston Newland, Mrs. Hubert Vineyard, and others with special numbers by local clergy and couples. Several residents were noted as guests or recently moved, including families from Long Bottom and Reedsville, with family news and a birth announced for Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Davidson of Columbus.
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Tuppers Plains
Methodist Church
Gerald Violet
Creston Newland
Hubert Vineyard
Cecil Caldwell
Clyde Kuhn
Don Landon
Fan Halsey
Marilyn Pullins
Everett Brancombe
Harold Doster
Wayne Brickles
Ethel Stout
Don Headly
Frank Dorst
Long Bottom
Harold Brewer
Brewer
Brickles
George Pickens
Cathy Dee
Reedsville
Harold Parker
Jackson
Harry Gutherie
Alfred
Grace Kuhn
Canton
Dewey Causey
Don Green
Elmer Hall
Mary Hostettle
Mabel Hostettle
Carrie Bahr
Dana Hoffman
Kenneth Davidson
Columbus
Hoffman
Blue and Gold Banquet Planned for Friday
Cub Pack 204 of the Gallipolis First Presbyterian Church plans its annual Blue and Gold banquet at 6 30 Friday evening in the Washington School cafeteria. Cubmaster Jim Hanson will preside with three brief speeches by Mason Gallia Meigs Scout Executive Bob Siler Commissioner Wilbur Dickson and A B Somerville neighborhood commissioner.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis First
New Haven Notes on Local Hospital Stays and Birth
Mrs. Harry Staats is a patient in Holzer Hospital. Mrs. William Gibbs of Graham, employed at Vanadium Corp., was recently treated there. Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Oney announce the birth of Patricia Louise, mother Bernadine Mobberly of Graysville Ohio. Grandparents Rev. and Mrs. Edward Oney of Charleston. Mrs. Oney is a former Wahama high school teacher. Mrs. K. J. Scott spent a week in Holzer Hospital. condition improved.
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New Haven
Harry Staats
Holzer Hospital
William Gibbs
Vanadium Corp
Graham
Charles FE. Oney
Patricia Louise
Bernadine Mobberly
Graysville
Ohio
Edward Oney
Charleston
Oney
Wahama
K. J. Scott
Weekend visitors and local moves fill Porter area social page
Mr and Mrs G G Gullett hosted weekend guests from Huntington and Charleston including Ralph Coburn and Mrs Joe Willard with Debbie. Janet Denney visited her aunt Thelma Denney in Gallipolis. Kenneth Swick moves into Mervin Erwin’s house as Erwin recovers in Huntington from a fall injury. Russell Ferriman and children joined the Fosters in Langsville for a Sunday visit.
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Lee Foster
Langsville
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