Driver Training Linked to Safer Highways In Gallia Academy
Gallia Academy High School offers a driver training course begun in 1950 with 16 students. Swanson cites statewide spread, aims to cut accidents, foster civic responsibility, and improve motoring standards. Driving uses a Ford car, focus on defensive driving, politeness, and vehicle upkeep.
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Gallipolis
Charles Swanson
Lion’s Club
Hotel Lafayette
Swanson
Gallia Academy
Ohio
Highway Patrol
Manager Outlines Gallipolis Wildlife Reservation
J E Appel manager of the McClintock Wildlife Station at Point Pleasant spoke to the Gallipolis Kiwanis Club detailing his 2500 acre reserve. Slides showed Canadian geese habitat 38 lakes fishing allowed and hunting in season for rabbits deer quail and grouse.
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Gallipolis
J. E. Appel
McClintock
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Lafayette Hotel
Appel
Bill Watterson
John Heiskell
Amyl Haf
Six Session Mission Opens at Calvary Baptist Rio Grande
A six session school of missions begins at Calvary Baptist Church Rio Grande with a showing of In The Face of Jeopardy, a study of southeast Asia. Sessions run Wednesdays 7 to 8 pm for all ages, with literature provided and a color film Naw Iris Burma Nurse to follow. Teachers listed include Mrs. Carl Winters kindergarten and Rev. Luther Tracy for adults.
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Rio Grande
Malaya
Calvary Baptist Church
Southeast Asia
Naw Iris
Ellen Mitchel Memorial Hospital
Moulmein
Carl Winters
Luther Tracy
John Myers
Fred Hamrick
Earl Carroll Pioneered Broadway Revue After WWI Service
Before presenting his famed Vanities revues on Broadway, Earl Carroll served as a U S Army pilot in World War I shaping his later theatrical fame and artistic direction.
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Earl Carroll
Polio Benefit Square Dance Set in Cheshire Gym
A polio fundraiser at Cheshire High School gym on January 26 at 8 pm features three sponsors the Kyger Creek Association the Kyger Creek Band Boosters Club and the Kyger Creek PTA. Keith Tyler's Orchestra of Vinton plays with intermission by a Kyger Creek Band instrumental ensemble. PTA refreshments and a Band Boosters cake auction fund the polio cause.
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Gallipolis
Cheshire
Kyger Creek Association
Kyger Creek Band Boosters Club
Kyger Creek Parent-Teacher Association
Keith Tyler
Orchestra
Vinton
Howell Edwards
March of Dimes
Addison Township
Rucker Neal
Cheshire Township
Alva T. Grover
Kyger Creek Band
PTA
Grand Jury Indicts Nine During Session in Ohio County
Gallia County grand jury wrapped a three day January term indicting nine of 25 persons. Prosecutor Warren F. Sheets said 65 witnesses were examined and final results would be released Thursday. Four of five men charged with driving while intoxicated were indicted.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Common Pleas
Warren F. Sheets
Sheets
District Chief to Speak at Chesterhill Nazarene Church
The Rev. Harvey S. Galloway of Columbus will deliver his annual sermon at the Chesterhill Church of the Nazarene Tuesday at 7 30 p m. He is superintendent of the central Ohio district and a noted denomination leader. Local pastor Rev. Frank Dunkle will host the event.
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Chesterhill
Harvey S. Galloway
Columbus
Chesterhill Church of the Nazarene
Galloway
Central
Ohio
Shareholders Elect Two Bank Officials
Gallipolis Commercial and Savings Bank shareholders elected Gilbert C. Beard to the board of directors and Col. H. B. Ecker as vice president to succeed the late Dr. Charles E. Holzer Sr. Henry W. Cherrington was re-elected president. Beard also became secretary of the board and was re-elected cashier. Assistant cashiers named were Alva G. Shoemaker and Helen M. West. The bank paid $16 a share last year.
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Gallipolis
Commercial and Savings Bank
Charles E. Holzer
Gilbert C. Beard
Col
H. B. Ecker
Holzer
Atty
Henry W. Cherrington
Beard
The
Cherrington
Col. Ecker
A. A. Cornett
J. E. Gills
Alva G. Shoemaker
Helen M. West
Salary Increase Granted to Municipal Court Clerk in Gallipolis
The Gallipolis City Commission raised the Municipal Court clerk salary from 165 to 200 dollars monthly to match the county prosecuting attorney’s clerk pay. Effective March 1, 1957, Judge W. H. Jones reported 1208 cases processed in 1956 with bonds and fines totaling 25,799.81. city, state, and county shares were distributed accordingly.
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Gallipolis
City Commission
W. H. Jones
Jones
Lawyers’ Licensing Association
Department of Natural Resources
Division of Food and Dairy Products
Common Pleas Court
Austin O. Cotton
Rio Grande Moth ers Club Discusses Love for Children
The Rio Grande Mothers Club met at Mrs. James Irwin’s home to discuss Do Your Children Know You Love Them based on an article by Charles A. Tompkins M D from Parents Magazine. Mrs. Zelman Northcutt will speak on Music for Children at the Feb 19 meeting.
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Rio Grande
Mother’s Club
James Irwin
Charles A. Tompkins
M. D
Parents’ Magazine
Steve N. Jenkins
David Rees
Irwin
George Holcomb
Zelman Northcutt
Rio Grande College
Scholarship Team Prepares for State Test Friday
Eighteen Gallia Academy High School students on the 20 member scholarship team met for a final study session to ready for Friday's competitive examination. Principal Ross Fleming and instructor Ruth Masters led the group at the high school.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Gallia Academy
Ross Fleming
Ruth Masters
Cheshire residents visit, appointments, and moves noted
Mrs Nettie Campbell of Belle W Va visited the Alfred Ramsey home. Mrs G A Fife and Mr and Mrs Gary Fife called on Gladys Long and Gene Johnson in Gallipolis. June Cornelius Jimmy Neal and Bill Wickiser attended the Ohio University Marshall game in Huntington. Elwood Howard appointed to fill Curt Swisher's term after his death. Mr and Mrs Robert Grant moved to Vinton and Mrs Fanny Popp moved into their vacated house. Don Shamblin returned from Augusta Georgia. Mr and Mrs Louis Ables and their children of Jeromeville visited Mrs Blanche Haskins in Middleport.
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Cheshire
Nettie Campbell
Belle
W. Va
Alfred Ramsey
G. A. Fife
Gary Fife
Gladys Long
Gene Johnson
Gallipolis
June Cornelius
Jimmy Neal
Bill Wickiser
Ohio University Marshall
Huntington
Elwood Howard
Curt Swisher
Robert Grant
Vinton
Fanny Popp
Don Shamblin
Augusta
Louis Ables
Jeromeville
Ables
Blanche Haskins
Middleport
Social visits and a January birth in Parkersburg area
Households in Parkersburg and surrounding towns hosted and visited relatives. Notable items include a January 13 birth at St. Joseph Hospital Parkersburg to Mr. and Mrs. John Rose, plus multiple weekend and Sunday visits among families from Parkersburg Belpre Pomeroy Addison Reedsville Middleport and Apple Grove.
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Connie Kay Morarity
Arthur Morarity
Pomeroy
Billy Orr
Reedsville
Clint Orr
J. C. McKay
Jake Turner
Middleport
Harley Carman
Addison
George Roberts
Randall
Parkersburg
Arthur Rose
Belpre
Roger Bissell
Apple Grove
Mary McKay
Knights of Pythias Eye Request for Surgery
Gallipolis Welfare committee reports a Bidwell child needing eye surgery to Naomi Lodge 55 Knights of Pythias. The lodge accepted the report and will forward it to the grand lodge committee for action. Esquires praised the lodge work during rank evening. social hour followed with cake doughnuts and coffee.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
R. W. Cremeans
Thomas E. Mills
Births and hospital notes from Holzer Hospital
Birth announcements list a son for Mr. and Mrs. Louis Hussell of Point Pleasant on January 16 and two daughters for Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dennison of Jackson on January 16, plus a son for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Zahrndt of New Haven on January 17. The notes also cover numerous admissions including Mrs. Robert Looney and Mrs. J R Merrifield among others, with various medical and surgical cases across Jackson Wellston Ironton Caldwell and nearby towns. A separate item recalls Fred Marriott as the first person to exceed two miles per minute in a Stanley steam car at Daytona Beach on January 27, 1906, reaching 127.64 mph.
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Louis Hussell
Point Pleasant
Donald K. Dennison
Jackson
Harry Zahrndt
New Haven
Robert Looney
J. R. Merrifield
Kenna
W. Va
Garner Browning
Vinton
John H. Sjams
Caldwell
E. L. Donnelly
Millwood
Surgical
Fred Marriott
Daytona Beach
Fla
Six Pay Fines On Overload Charge
Gallipolis patrol reports six convictions for overload charges. James H. Clark 29 Cheshire Harold W. Brown 54 Harrisonville Miles H. Cain 36 Athens Route 4 and Nathaniel McCumber 34 Cheshire paid 25 dollars plus costs. Jay Hall Jr Middleport Route 1 paid 53 dollars plus costs. Samuel R. Grim 29 Athens paid 59 dollars plus costs.
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Gallipolis
James H. Clark
Cheshire
Harold W. Brown
Harrisonville
Miles H. Cain
Athens
Nathaniel McCumber
Jay Hall, Jr
Middleport
Samuel R. Grim
Citizen Files Petition On Sewage Disposal
A Gallipolis resident Jack Harrison plus 20 neighbors petition the City Commission asking for a sewer line along an alley between Eastern and Chatham. They cite lack of sewage facilities, dirty roads, inadequate lighting, and wait for cost estimates and financing plans before resubmitting. The commission referred the issue to City Manager Austin O. Cotton and urged a detailed petition with cost and financing outlines, noting improvements would be paid by property owners.
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Gallipolis
Maple Shade
City Commission
Jack Harrison
Eastern Ave
Eastern
Chatham
Harrison
Burger
Austin O. Cotton
TB Funds Near Goal in Gallia County
Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports only 114 dollars short of its 3125 dollar fund goal after Christmas Seals sales netted 3011. The group sets March 19 for its annual dinner at which Dr. Harold H. Cashman may speak. President L. D. Butt names auditing nominating and dinner committees.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Arnold
Gallia County
Marriage License for Freddie Vance Phillips and Mary Ellen Warren
Freddie Vance Phillips a 21 year old lineman of Bladen married Mary Ellen Warren of Crown City at home. Phillips is son of Fred and Hattie Phillips and Warren is daughter of Russell and Mary Warren.
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Freddie Vance Phillips
Bladen
Mary Ellen Warren
Crown City
Fred and
Hattie Phillips
Russell and
Mary Warren
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