Gallipolis Board Reorganizes and Charts Budget Cuts
The Gallipolis board of education elected Atty. William H. Sowers president and Dr. George W. Davis vice president in a reorganizational session. Wayne Niday was reappointed clerk at 1800 yearly. The group outlined a 1961 budget with receipts of 682000.69 and expenditures of 668195.95, planning major savings and various staff and program cutbacks to meet foundation funding limits.
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Gallipolis
William H. Sowers
George W. Davis
City Board of Education
Wayne Niday
Sowers
B. B. Matthews
Dr. Davis
Athletic Board
State Foundation
Marshall D. Boggs
Seven Persons Injured In New Year's Mishaps
Gallipolis police report seven injuries in nine accidents over the New Year weekend. Notable crashes include Barbara Gehring and Augusta Jackson sideswiping two cars on Route 35 near Gallipolis with two passengers severely cut. Augusta Jackson cited for left of center.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Holzer Hospital
Barbara A. Gehring
Powell
Augusta B. Jackson
Bidwell
Francis L. Gehring
Mrs. Callie Marie Banks Rites Held in Gallia County
Funeral services were held at Old Pine Church for Callie Marie Banks 82 of Thurman Route 1 who died after a stroke. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Surviving children include Bess Harris, Joe Hix, B M Ryan, Joseph Music, Epp Banks, Oscar Banks, Frank Banks, and James and Virlie Banks. brother Jeff De Rossett also survives. Her husband James William Banks died in 1948.
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Old Pine Church
Rio Grande
Callie Marie Banks
Thurman
Ortille Exline
Banks
Holzer Hospital
Solomon and
Betty Hammons de Rossett
Prestonsburg
Jeff de Rossett
James William Banks
Hargus
Bess) Harris
Joe Hix
Wayland
B. M. Ryan
Joseph Music
Columbus
Epp Banks
Ashland
Oscar Banks
Frank Banks
Texas
James and
Virlie Banks
J B Christy Dies at 88 in Gallipolis
John M. Bert Christy 88 of Gallipolis Ohio died at home after a heart condition. He worked 40 years at Gallipolis State Institute, born March 14 1872 in Glenwood West Virginia. survived by widow Gertie Carter, daughter Bessie Walters, one grandson six great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. funeral Thursday 2 p.m. at Waugh Halley Wood with burial at Pine Street Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
John M
Bert) Christy
Gallipolis State Institute
Lower River Road
Christy
Mason County
W. Va
Henry
Mary Holley Christy
Glenwood
Gertie Carter
Bessie Walters
Health nurses administer 32 polio shots at Gallipolis clinic
Gallia County health nurses administered 32 Salk anti polio shots at Saturday s weekly free clinic raising the annual polio total to 5544 shots. Mrs Pearl Hatfield and Mrs Naomi Rose also gave 14 dots six smallpox and one tetravax immunizations with Mrs Madeline Rees assisting as clerk.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Pearl Hatfield
Naomi Rose
Madeline Rees
Repairman Roscoe Wilson Dies at 34 in Williamson
Roscoe Wilson 34 a watch repairman at Wellman Jewelers was found dead New Year’s Eve at 116 State St in Williamson He had missed work for flu and was under a doctor’s care He had tuberculosis cured with lung removal and a weak heart Born in Tom's Creek Va he is survived by wife Connie Myers and son Aubrey David plus two sisters and a brother Funeral at First Baptist Church Williamson Burial in Fairview Cemetery Williamson
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Gallipolis
Roscoe Wilson
Williamson
W. Va
Wellman Jewelers
Buell Hayes
State St
Wilson
Tom’s Creek
Charles W
Edna Hubbard Wilson
Connie Myers
Aubrey David Wilson
Mary Vernatter
Nina Poe
West Covina
Calif
Aubrey Wilson
Borderland
First Baptist Church
Garland Fink
Fairview Cemetery
Christy Couple Welcome Daughter Ellen Ann at Holzer Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Glen A. Christy of 125 Bastiani Dr announce the birth of their third child, a daughter named Ellen Ann, born Saturday at Holzer Hospital. The mother is Charlotte Preston, a Holzer Nursing School graduate. Father Glen A. Christy teaches at North Gallia High School. Grandmother is Mrs. Sylvia Seagraves of Gallipolis. The couple also has two sons, Kevin and Brett.
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Gallipolis
Glen A. Christy
Bastiani Dr
Ellen Ann
Holzer Hospital
Charlotte Preston
Holzer Nursing School
Kevin
Brett
North Gallia High School
Sylvia Seagraves
One Crash Reported On Holiday Weekend
Gallipolis city police reported one minor traffic accident over the holiday weekend. The crash occurred at 12 37 p m Saturday when Joe Delander 55 Kerr backed into Virgil Craft 55 of 130 Third Ave as Craft turned into his private driveway.
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Ralph H. Lusher
Gallipolis
Charles F. Hayner
Grove City
Yellowtown Bridge
Route 124
Rutland
Arthur E. Musser
Pomeroy
Charles H. Bibley
Dayton
Bibley
Joe Delander
Kerr
Virgil Craft
Craft
Third Ave
Cheshire Man Denies Non-Support Charge
Harold Little of Cheshire pleaded innocent to a non-support charge in Municipal Court. Judge William H. Jones bound him over to the grand jury, posting 300 dollars for release. Walter Ratliff of Gallipolis was released to Franklin County deputies to face charges filed by his wife, Pocahontas Ratliff.
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Middleport
Beverlee Burrell
Jackson
Meigs General Hospital
William Burrell
Silver Bridge
Kananga
David W. McKenzie
Gallipolis
George E. Hubbard
Syracuse
McKenzie
Hubbard
Emily K. Landrum
Farmville
Merle Landrum
Rodney W. Pullins
Point Pleasant
Pullins
Landrum
Meigs County
Eaton Road
Charles W. Holter
Racine
Wesley E. Allen
Portland
Roy A. Ellis
Pomeroy
Hubert L. Wolfe
Harold Little
Cheshire
Gallia
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PTA
Washington
Charles L. Dowler
Bulaville-Porter Road
Route 35
Dowler
J.B. Christy
Mr. Wilson
Glen Christys
Platt
Rambler
American Motors
U. S
New Ramblers
Metropolitans
America
Rambler Progress
Platt’s
Rambler Sales & Service
Union Street
Athens, Ohio
Kennedy
Paul Manship
New York
Cheshire Man
Athens Messenger
Berk Simpson
Archdale
Bates
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