Gallia County trustees cut costs in first meeting
Gallia County's new commissioners voted to tighten spending in their first session replacing janitor Simon Atkinson and reducing one budget by 400 dollars. They moved to "remedy" sheriff and recorder appropriation requests while planning weekly meetings and road work with Engineer J Roy Bartlett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Simon Atkinson
Budget Commission
Sheriff's Department
County Recorder
Chauncey L. Johnson
Johnson
Roscoe Houck
Atkinson
O. M. Stewart
Boards Pick Officers and Approve School Contracts
Gallia County boards report officers for 1957 with Kyger Creek issuing contracts totaling 23865.74 for Cheshire Kyger Elementary School equipment. Ground breaking held Saturday. open house set for March 17. move-in hoped by Feb 1 pending heating repairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Clark
Clarence Davis
Kyger
Huntington
Pittsburgh Stage Inc
Henry P Howe Co
George Walters
Kyger Creek Board
Kyger Creek High School
New Truss Claims Comfort Without Straps or Pads
Advertises a slip-in inconspicuous rupture truss sent on a 30 day trial from the Physician's Appliance Co. in Kansas City Missouri. Recipients who report back receive a $3.50 gift truss while numbers and dates are cited to prompt immediate action.
Gallia Academy Class Rings Arrive for 57 and 58
Gallia Academy High School received class rings and pins for the 1957 and 1958 classes. Juniors and seniors will pick up their rings at Paul Davies and Co. Jewelry Store next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Paul Davies and Co
Gallipolis TV DX'er Cited for Long Distance Reception
Frank Hill of Gallipolis, on the American Ionospheric Propagation Association board and fourth among its receivers, is highlighted in Radio Electronics for his long distance TV reception. The January issue notes a warm front from Texas boosted signals from Texas Kansas Oklahoma and Cuba with eight to ten stations picked up and a first Corpus Christi channel six hit. Hill totals about 180 verifications and around 202 stations received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Frank Hill
Radio Electronics
Hill
American Ionospheric Propagation Association
Robert Cooper
California
Association
National
Cooper
AIPA
Texas
Kansas
Oklahoma
Corpus Christi
Channel Six
Wood Elected By Buckeye Build ing and Loan Co
In Gallipolis a reorganization meeting Monday night elected D Hollis Wood as president of Buckeye Building and Loan Co C B Stevers named vice president John E Halliday appointed attorney and J H C Bovie named secretary Two three year directors were elected M Harold Brown and Halliday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
D. Hollis Wood
Buckeye Building and Loan Co
C. B. Stevers
John E. Halliday
Halliday
J. H. C. Bovie
M. Harold Brown
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and admits brief
A daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Elwood Lucas Wellston and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brisker Oak Hill are listed. Multiple admissions include Mrs. William Hughes Jackson and Donald Ray Nowlin Apple Grove. Several patients were admitted for medical or surgical care and several families were dismissed.
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Elwood Lucas
Wellston
Harold Harper
Robert Brisker
Oak Hill
William Hughes
Jackson
Bill Evans
Gallipolis
Lovell Livington
Point Pleasant
Adam Payne
Thurman
Cal
Ralph Robson
Minersville
William E. Cecil
Ironton
Dwight Carper
Ewington
Surgical
Donald Ray Nowlin
Apple Grove
William H. Reeves
Sarah A. Burris
Walter Buck
Grimm's Landing
Grimm’s Landing
Edward Hollback
Mary E. Blackburn
W. QO. Barnity
Pomeroy
Ottie T. Bumgarner
Letart
Ernest W. Ragland
Chillicothe
Simon P. Turner
Kathy Colleen Leach
Doral L. Bierly, Jr
Alice Dobbins
W. Richard Wolfe
Racine
Gerald Duane Johnson, Jr
West Columbia
Hooten and Hodge Families Listed in Obituary Note
Carl F. Hooten a 38 year old farmer of Gallipolis and Marie K. Hodge a 40 year old houseworker of Gallipolis are named as children of Scott and Nancy Clench Hooten and Ellsworth and Martha Messer Hodge in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl F. Hooten
Gallipolis
Marie K. Hodge
Scott and
Nancy Clench Hooten
Ellsworth
Martha Messer Hodge
Gallipolis Board Approves 1957 Budget and Appoints Officers
The Gallipolis City School Board approved a 1957 budget of 514122 and elected Robert Jenkins president Austin O Cotton was named vice president Wayne Niday reappointed clerk and Dr J Gordon Gibert to the athletic board A notable 41 vote approved 9417 35 to Hauldren Construction as the ninth payment for the shop and music building with Dr Gibert dissenting The board projects a 1956 general fund balance of 7856 15 and an expected year end balance of 74855 33 The budget allocates 303515 for personal services 21200 for supplies 11600 maintenance materials 2150 equipment replacements 19540 contract and open order service 20080 fixed charges and contributions 95537 debt service and 40500 capital outlay Major income comes from 240000 state foundation 154000 local taxes and bond interest 79000 The largest expense 230000 is for teacher compensation A 730 p m monthly meeting time was set for the second Tuesday Each month Superintendent Marshall Boggs read letters from the Gallipolis Teachers Association and the Kegger Creek board and Boggs announced a 60 appropriation to join the state school boards association A new school brochure costs about 100 and five families with eight children outside the system face tuition payments The board hired Walter Champer as janitor and commended the library contract plans while reviewing bills and project progress on the shop music building and Gallia Academy High School contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis City
Robert Jenkins
Austin O. Cotton
Wayne Niday
J. Gordon Gibert
Hauldren Construction Co
Gibert
Hauldren
State Foundation
Marshall Boggs
Walter Champer
Sycamore St
Bell Telephone Co
Columbus
Gallia County Library
Presbyterian Deacons Review Aid Cases in Gallipolis
Five of the six deacons of the First Presbyterian Church, Gallipolis, met Sunday night to review cases where aid had been furnished to destitute persons. The Rev Linson H Stebbins presided. Present were Mrs Jack Knight Mrs Ned Eachus Mrs Harry Lupton Miss Ruth Maddy and James Sherman Porter. J Donald Pollitt Jr was absent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Linson H. Stebbins
Jack Knight
Ned Eachus
Harry Lupton
Ruth Maddy
James Sherman Porter
J. Donald Pollitt, Jr
Lancaster
Drivers Jailed for DUI in Gallipolis
Gallipolis police convicted Eugene F. Plymale aged 40 of 446 First Ave and William H. Strodd er aged 42 of 751 Fourth Ave for driving while intoxicated. Each man paid a $50 fine plus costs, received five days in the county jail, and had his license suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Eugene F. Plymale
First Ave
William H. Strodder
Fourth Ave
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Marjorie Rhinehart
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T. G. Dillon
Billie Fisher
Common Pleas Court
J. Roy Bartlett
George Ehman
Erman Swisher
Republican Central
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Joan Druse
London
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North Gallia
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Clyde Saunders
Burdell Forth
Harold Steger
Green Local
Ishmael Gillespie
Harry Pitchford
Hubert Sheets
Pitchford
Smeltzer Rose
Charles Carmichael
Rose
Emmett Halley
Spring Hill Dairy
Valley Bell Dairy
Ivan Fife
Raccoon Board
Glendon Evans
Kansas City
Physician's
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Main
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American Motors
Platt's Shell
Union St
Athens
Hill Receiv
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Buckeye
Holzer Hospital
Lew Roush
William Stapleton
Audrey Hoschar
Neela Lewis
Homer Harrison
George Woodyard
James Buckley
Leroy Smith
Frank Beckley
Richard Spurlock
H. W. Wetherholt
Library Board
Gallia Academy
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Federal Land Bank
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A. C. Gibson
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