State rests case in burglary trial in Gallia County
The state rested its case after six witnesses testified in the burglary trial of Sidney M. Craig 43 in Gallia County Common Pleas Court. Fred Sherritt admitted the break in at Eddie Watts variety store, saying Craig wasn’t there, while Craig’s defense sought separate trials and counsel changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Sidney M. Craig
Gallia County
Betz
Owens
Craig
Sherritt
Watts’ Store
Kanauga
Kanauga Drive-In
Second Ave
Sycamore St
Gallia County to buy 1965 cruiser for Sheriff's Dept
Gallia County commissioners approve purchasing a 1965 model cruiser with police equipment to replace the 1962 unit now in service which has over 95 000 miles. Bids will be opened Feb 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Sheriff's Department
Denver A. Walker
Miss Weikle Engaged to PFC Wesley Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. Wesley Weikle of 2411 Lincoln Ave announce the engagement of their daughter Vicki Lynn to PFC Wesley Reynolds son of Mr. and Mrs. Garry Roach of Henderson. Both graduates of Point Pleasant High School Vicki Lynn attends Gallipolis Business College in Gallipolis and Wesley Reynolds is stationed at Fort Knox Ky after work at G and J Auto Parts. Wedding plans are incomplete.
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Point Pleasant
Wesley Weikle
Lincoln Ave
Vicki Lynn
PFC
Wesley
Sonny) Reynolds
Garry Roach
Henderson
Miss We Tle
Point Pleasant High School
Future Homemakers of America
Camera Club
Gallipolis Business College
Gallipolis
Pfc. Reynolds
Fort Knox, Ky
U. S. Army
G. and J. Auto Parts
Stage Back At Carnegie Stage Back At Carnegie
Stage Back At Carnegie. Jack Stage Jr a 1960 graduate of Gallia Academy High School has returned to Pittsburgh to study at Carnegie Institute of Technology. He majors in physics and mathematics and works for United States Steel Corp in engineering and scientific computer service. He received a scholarship to Carnegie Institute of Technology and continues his education there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jack Stage, Jr
Gallia Academy
Pittsburgh
Carnegie Institute of Technology
Wavalene Stage
Cheshire
Stage
United States Steel Corp
Department of Engineering and Scientific Computer Service
Gallia Academy High School
School Levy Vote Count Narrowly Upheld in Point Pleasant
The board of education canvassed votes Monday night confirming the special school levy passed by a narrow margin. Unofficial totals showed 2934 in favor and 1090 against after disqualifications and a legal challenge over a poll worker. Larry Bragg reported Mason County March of Dimes volunteers collected 97 dollars at toll approaches last Saturday with further collection dates set for January 24 and 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Union District
Larry Bragg
Mason County March of Dimes
Susan Phillips Named B and PW Girl Of Month
In Gallipolis the Gal lipolis Business and Professional Women's Club named Susan Phillips a Gal lia Academy High School senior as girl of the month for January at Oscar's Restaurant. Phillips, daughter of Mr and Mrs Gomer W Phillips, holds top county score on the Ohio General Scholarship Test, ranks first in her district and thirteenth in the state, and was a National Merit Scholarship semifinalist. She is active in the acappella choir Madrigals National Honor Society and The Thespian Club.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Oscar’s
Susan Phillips
Gallia Academy
Miss Phillips
Gomer W. Phillips
First Ave
Madrigals
National Honor Society
Thespian Club
Kay Betz
B&pw
Marianne B. Campbell
Holzer Hospital Notes Prominent Birth Announcements
A list of birth notices from Holzer Hospital includes a daughter born to Mr. and Mrs. Carl E Maerker of Coalton and several other newborns. Names span Jackson, Crown City, Gallipolis, Letart, Middleport and more, with numerous parents and route addresses. The notices cover families across Ohio and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl E. Maerker
Coalton
Frederick E. Malone
Jackson
Glen P. Weaver
New Haven
B. Carl Bishop
Rutland
Chesapeake
Carl Rutherford
Belre
Frank V. Hensley
Henswood
Charles S. Borden
Gallipolis
Etta E. Skidmore
Cheshire
Ode D. Parsons
Timothy D. Lines
Point Pleasant
Charles M. Denny
Leonard Lunsford
Pomeroy
George B. Sisson
Lawrence E. Sorrell
Wellston
Two Await Jury Action in Gallia County
Gallipolis Common Pleas Judge Betz orders bound over from Municipal Court to the January grand jury for two men Charged with pointing and discharging a firearm. Ronald Miller 18 Patriot Route 2 and Larry E Blanton 18 Oak Hill Route 4 pleaded innocent at Nov 2 arraignment and were released on $100 bonds awaiting grand jury action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notices
Mr and Mrs Stephen Moore Leon welcome a son. Todd Wayne Martin admitted from Buffalo. Basil Gibeaut admitted from Point Pleasant. Regina Higgginbotham dismissed from Grimms Landing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stephen Moore
Leon
Todd Wayne Martin
Buffalo
Basil Gibeaut
Point Pleasant
Regina Higgginbotham
Grimms Landing
Rabies Case Reported in Wild Animal in 1965
William F Neal Gallipolis county sanitarian reports the first 1965 rabies case in a wild animal. A fox killed by S H Milam in Perry Township Section 34 was found rabid after Ohio Department of Health Laboratory testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William F Neal
Sanitarian
Neal
S. H. Milam
Perry Twp
Ohio Department of Health Laboratory
Food Handlers Class Planned in Point Pleasant
Mason County sanitarian Robert Boyd announced two Wednesday sessions for food handlers who have not attended a school in the past year. The class will be held at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. in the courthouse classroom, and attendance at least once yearly is required by law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert Boyd
Mason County
Sanitarian
Miss Gensler and Fortner Engagement Announced
Miss Joyce Ellen Gensler, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gensler of Huntington, and Earl Fortner, son of Mr. and Mrs. Fortner, Huntington, announce their engagement. A church wedding is planned for January 30 at Fourth Street EUB Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Roy K. Gensler
E. Wood Drive
Huntington
Joyce Ellen
Earl Fortner
16Th St
Fourth Street
Miss Gensler
Huntington East High School
Mu Alpha Theta Sorority
Marshall University
Fourth Avenue Eub Church
Fortner
Barboursville High School
East Huntington Trade School
Gissel Packing Co
Trucking mishap on Route 218 near Gallipolis injures none
At 9 a.m. Monday a truck driven by Albert P. Barker 32 of Gallipolis skidded on a slippery highway two miles southwest of Gallipolis on State Route 218, leaving the truck with medium front damage after striking an embankment. No charges were filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Albert P. Barker
River Traffic Updates From Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
The report lists current gauge readings and dam statuses for the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, noting roller dams on the sill and movable dams up in Huntington District. It also records boat traffic on Gallipolis and Kanawha River boats with vessel names and up or down statuses, and lists two marriage licenses for Virgil Leroy Ogden with Judith Joann Roberts and Norvel Lawrence Price with Sandra Kay Atkinson.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Mehta
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Huntington
Western
Susan
Orleanian
P. Tibolt
Dows
Em Solva
Austin
Linda Chotin
Crucible
Brimstone
Lewis
Lady Marjorie
Mason
Virgil Leroy Ogden
Parkersburg
Judith Joann Roberts
Norvel Lawrence Price
Charleston
Sandra Kay Atkinson
Hoint Pleasant
Pioneer Day Observed in EUB Churches at Point Pleasant
Pioneer Day observances in EUB churches honored ministers and collected offerings for pension funds. Rev Roy McCoy highlighted the day in his church bulletin and noted Heights Church will transport youth fellows to Buchtel Church for a county YF meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m. Midweek services are set for all ages Wednesday at 7 30 p m with adults studying Thessalonians chapter five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
EUB
Roy McCoy
Mr. McCoy
Heights Eub
Buchtel
Heights
Buchtel Church
New Haven
Thessalonians
Mason Man Fined for Intoxication After Property Damage
Mason John Boyer of Mason was fined ten dollars and costs for intoxication by Mayor Dayton Haynes Saturday morning. The destruction of property charge was dismissed after he agreed to make restitution for damage to a car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
John Boyer
Dayton Haynes
Boyer
Judge Acquits Lakin Trusty in Mason County Court
Lakin State Hospital trusty Duke N. E. Miller, 23, from Huttonsville prison farm, was acquitted of a misdemeanor after the Mason County Circuit Court found venue insufficient. Miller acted as his own counsel, four witnesses testified for the prosecution, and the court ordered a verdict of innocent. Miller is remanded to the sheriff for return to the prison farm. Also, Leonard Lee pleaded guilty to a felony theft, with sentencing set for February 19. The second hearing in the Hatton vs. Mason Realty Co. civil case continued, with the matter possibly reaching a jury after a hung verdict in September. A separate traffic accident on Owl Hollow Road left Glen Holland treated at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Duke
N. E. Miller
Lakin
Lakin State Hospital
Huttonsville
Mason County
Raymond Musgrave
William Bardin
James Thompson
Miller
S. D. Littlepage
Arnett Roush
William Davis Jr
James H. Bennett
Mae Sayre
John M. Sayre
Esker Johnson
Charles Escoe
Clayton Athey
Charles Flaharty
W. W. Brown
Floyd Rayburn
Leonard Lee
Henderson
Thompson
J. G. F. Johnson
Don F. Hatton
Mason Realty Co
City of
Hatton
Don
Mason Realty
Cecil B. Dean
William H. Bardin
Charles Blessing
James R. Humphrey
Samuel J. Johnson
Kenneth Powell
Gerald Rood
Jewell Boardman
Furt Rogers
Stanley M. Duncan
Glen Holland
Owl Hollow Rd
Holzer Hospital
Carl E. Thomas
Route 2
Sheriff's Department
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B&e
Fred Sherritt
Eddie Watts
Addison
Robert M
Fourth Ave
Seriff
Aallia County
Jenkins
Kananga
Watts
Mildred Bush
Fanny M. Wheeler
Alta Stewart
Harold C. Watson
Lillian Starcher
William Kiser
Frances Curfman
P. Fred Edelmann
Donald Miller
Hollis Miller
Mary S. Kuhn
Betty Rothgeb
Tressa J. Cremeens
Centenary
Annex
Elvin Neal
Austin Roush
Clayton Casto
Bob Raines
Springfield
Fairview-Evergreen Rd
Bidwell-Rodney
Robert E. Lee
Virgil Cross
Miss Weikle
Carnegie
Ohio Federation of Business and Professional Women’s Clubs
Dayton
Albert H. Mackenzie
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Elizabeth Mills
Mackenzie
Mills
Laura Morris
Elise Kimball
B&pw Club
Helga Smith
Dorothy Maggied
Jean Runyon
Alice Stover
William F. Johnston
Vinton
Harley W. Canode
Hamden
Kimberly J. Gooderham
Crown City
Walter M. Faverty
Ironton
Michael R. Nibert
Ernest King
Ralph Miller
Thomas Willis
Fred Facemire
Jamey Qualls
Ray Kesterson
Wellington C. Peterson
Horace E. Keys
Carol A. Gunter
Dreama K. Richards
Rush A. Krodel
Hugh Gilliam
Glenn V. Lee
Josie Pickens
Richard Tipton
Barry M. Manley
Linne
Wilson
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Mr. Fortner
Mrs
John T. Roberts
22Nd St
Man
Robert Baxter
Jackson Pike
Ohio
Messenger
Messenger Accident
Insurance Department
Athens Messenger
Athens Ohio
Paris
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