Education Board Votes To Link Three Districts
Gallia County board approves consolidation of Gallia Academy Guyan Har-Mercville districts to a single high school plan. Residents must vote bond to fund construction and remonstrance petition may block. Ralph Boster and Glenn Powell hold leadership roles as C A Evans salary increases approved.
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Gallipolis
Gal- Gallia
Ohio
Gallia Academy
Ralph Boster
Earl Cromley
C. A. Evans
Glenn Powell
Polio Campaign Falls Short of 16 000 Goal in Gallia County
Gallia County 1957 March of Dimes drive lags with only 1600 raised at half completion. Campaign treasurer James Thompson says envelopes mailed New Year’s Day yielded 500 while special gifts total under 600. Blue Crutch drive near 580. Dr. Arthur Fleming warns ongoing rehabilitation costs and new cases will keep funds needed for vaccination and care.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Arthur Fleming
Fleming
National Foundation
Blue Jackets Aid 4-H Pool Quota Payment in Gallia County
Gallia County reports a $325 contribution from the Ohio Valley Blue Jackets Club to the County 4-H Advisory Council Fund, aiding the Canter's Cave swimming pool project. Gallia is the second of five counties to meet its $4000 share, part of a 1949 started regional recreation initiative.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Blue Jackets
Canter’s Cave
William P. Smith
Gallia County
Smith
Blue Jackets
Morris Bane
Jim Evans
Jackson County
Lawrence
Gallia
Advisory Council
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Across Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
Daily river readings show gauge levels on the Ohio River with multiple dams up through 22 and several drops below. Kanawha River readings include Marmet and London at about 1.75 feet, with Winfield at 4 feet and Marmet 1.75 feet. Listed boat movements include Montgom ery Louisiana Sohio State City of Huntington and others with varying up and down statuses and times from morning until after midnight.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Pomeroy - Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Ohio River
Kanawha River
Winfield
London
Louisiana
Sohio State
Cincinnati
W. W. Keeley
City of Huntington
Mr. Chris
Lock
Jefferson
Orleanian
Jones
Point Clinic Notes Admitted And Discharged Patients
Admitted Larry Burris of West Columbia and Ruth Scarberry of Glenwood for surgery. Louisa Edwards of Leon, and Franklin Long with spouse of Gallipolis Ferry for a son. Discharged Mrs. Leonard Shobe and infant daughter and Mrs. Cora Burns of Hogsett and Oma Russell of Leon.
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Larry Burris
West Columbia
Ruth Scarberry
Glenwood
Louisa Edwards
Leon
Franklin Long
Gallipolis Ferry
Leonard Shobe
City
Cora Burns
Hogsett
Oma Russell
Engagement announced for Jo anna Varian and James C Council
Gallipolis reports the engagement of Jo anna Varian of Gallipolis and James C Council of Columbus. They plan a January 20 wedding at 3 p.m. in Northup with Rev. Earl Crem ens officiating. Varian is a Wahama graduate and Holzer Hospital secretary. Council is with Buckeye Steel Co. in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Joanna L. Varian
First Ave
James C. Council
Bryden Rd
Columbus
Earl V. Cremeens
Northup
Cremeens
Miss Varian
Wahama High School
Charles G. Varian
Clifton
Council
Melvin Laslie
Calvert City
Mason
Varian
Baptist Bible Seminary
Johns City
U. S. Steel Corporation
Packard Electric Co
Warren
Holzer Hospital
Mr. Council
Kentucky
Buckeye Steel Co
The
Point Towing Co
United States Air Force
Charlotte Cremeens
Ida Varian
School association meeting postponed to allow Roy Horn talk
The Washington School Parent-Teachers Association meeting scheduled for Monday night was postponed for one week so Roy Horn of the Ohio Department of Education can attend. He will speak on the retarded child.
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Washington School Parent-Teachers’ Association
Roy Horn
Ohio Department of Education
PTA Meeting Highlights Students’ Singing and Founders Day Plans
The Kanauga PTA session featured third to fifth graders singing. Founders Day arrangements were set for February. Local families and visitors, including Mrs. George Coleman, Miss Dorthy Wright, and other relatives, spent time with kin in Nitro, Huntington, and Columbus areas amid social visits and birthday celebrations.
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Kanauga
PTA
George Coleman
George Jr
Dorthy Wright
Nitro
Car! Morrow
Cora Dewitt
Barberton
James Rollins
John Raike
Huntington
Virgil Roberts
James
Gallipolis Chamber Dinner Set For March 11
Gallia County officials announce the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce annual all member dinner will be March 11 at Grace Methodist Church. Reservations are $2.25. speaker will be Bryson C. Browning. Gallia County reps to the Southeastern Ohio Regional Council named.
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Gallipolis
SORC
Bryson C. Browning
Miles Epling
Wayne Foster
D. O. Taber
Paul Watson
Alva T. Grover
Cheshire
Gallia County
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
George Helsinger
Bryce Browning
Dover
Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District
Farmers’ Hotel
Births and Medical Notices From Holzer Hospital
A list of births and medical notices from Holzer Hospital includes a son born to Floyd Campbell of Radcliff on January 14 and a daughter to Carl Joy of Bladen on January 14. The report also lists multiple patients and surgical cases from various towns, with names and cities referenced.
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Floyd Campbell
Radcliff
Carl Joy
Bladen
Herbert Harmon
Pittsburgh
Robin Hood Beware on Rhode Island Deer Hunt
Ronald Kenyon, a novice with a bow and arrow, bagged a 140 pound deer legally in Rhode Island. The event marks a notable local sportsman achievement this century in Charlestown.
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Charleston, R. I
Ronald Kenyon
Rhodesau
Boy Scouts Plan Camp Chester Trip to Meigs County
Troop 203 of the Boy Scouts of America will make an overnight excursion to Camp Chester in Meigs County on Feb 2 Monday night. Scoutmaster Mit R White will lead the trip with the group focusing on cooking as the chief project.
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Gallipolis
Boy Scouts of America
Camp Chester
Meigs County
Mit R. White
Local Boy Injured Sleigh Riding Near Home
Paul Cox a 10 year old of Point Pleasant was injured in a head injury while sleigh riding near his home on Monday. He was admitted to Holzer Hospital for treatment.
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Gallipolis
Paul Cox
Paul E. Cox
Point Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Snow and Ice Blamed For Four Accidents
Four of five Monday auto wrecks were blamed on snow and ice by the State Highway Patrol in Gallia County. William W. Walters, 35, Gallipolis, lost control on Route 588 and his car, which caught fire, was destroyed. Other crashes involved Roscoe Allen, 45, Gallipolis, and Willard Blankenship, 28, Gallipolis, as Allen tried to pass and collided with Blankenship. A head on on Route 218 near Bladen damaged vehicles with minor injuries to Samuel Hamphill and Enos McGuire. A slide on Route 33 at Darwin left Russell Smith’s car off the road, hitting a state marker. The fifth crash occurred on Route 160 in Vinton as Ivan Mounts, 17, Kentucky, failed to yield to Howard Glenn, 18, Kentucky on an icy road.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
William Liston Walters
Rodney
Walters
Roscoe R. Allen
Cedar St
Willard Blankenship
Smithers
Samuel C. Hamphill
Bladen
Enos McGuire
Crown City
Russell Smith
Patrol Post
Darwin
Smith
Vinton
Ivan D. Mounts
Majestic
Howard E. Glenn
Glenn
Surprise Birthday Party For Mrs Verona Waugh
Mrs Eddie Edwards hosted a surprise birthday party at the Waugh home with a pot luck supper. Attendees included Mr and Mrs Sam Denney Mrs Marie McCulty Mrs Pearl Jarrell Fred Tackett Mr and Mrs Ava Moore Mr and Mrs Ural Humphreys and children Tressie Somers Mr and Mrs Emory.
Farming Invention Traces Roots To Ancient China
A brief look at early farming ideas notes a wheelbarrow style drill credited to 2800 B.C. in China. Names listed include Sharon Allen, Gary Waugh, Charles White, Anna Higgins, Margaret Edwards, Dale Lambert and John Morgan.
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Sharon Allen
Gary Waugh
Charles White
Anna _ Higgins
Mrs
Margaret Edwards
Dale Lambert
John Morgan
Colonaid touted as new laxative cure for constipation
An advertisement touts Colonaid as a breakthrough laxative that remoistens dry colon contents and adds bulk to stimulate natural bowel reflexes. It claims overnight relief, safety in pregnancy, no gagging or bloating, and lists a 60 tablet package at 98 cents.
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Colonaid
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Pomeroy
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Marmet
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Henry C. Ogram
O. F Shearer
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R. H. Bosworth
J. J. Rowe
George T. Price
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Gallipolis Social Notes
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George Cremeans
William Stobart
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Homer Spurlock
Culloden
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Jackson
Teddy Harmon
Hiram Archer
Cecil Price
Langsville
Horace C. Evans
Oak Hill
Surgical
J. D. Nunnery
Catlettsburg
Kenneth Roush
Kitts Hill
Homer Baxter
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Donald Nowlin
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Randall Lambert
G. W. Huffman
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