Washington School Wins Spelling Bee With New Scoring
Washington School captured top honors in the third round of the WJBH spelling league as Susan Phillips missed no words. A new scoring system now doubles the words missed by a lone school competitor and awards 10 points to the winner per standings. Loretta Fridley and Frances Lou Baker tied for second with two missed words. other top scorers included Ralph Lusher Nyoka Van Cooney and Sandra Nibert. The Tuesday bee and upcoming schedule were announced for WJEH radio.
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Gallipolis
Washington
Susan Phillips
News di
Porter
Clay
Little Bullskin
Loretta Fridley
Bradbury
Meigs County
Frances Lou Baker
Ralph Lusher
Washington School
Linda Hoffman
Nyoka van Cooney
Sandra Nibert
WJEH
Cheshire- Kyger
Mercerville
Wayside Garden Club Elects New President
Gallia County club members elect Mrs. Stanley Shaver as president at the Wayside Garden Club meeting held at the Little Rgger Grange Hall. A private flower show is planned for Aug. 5 at the Kirby residence.
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Wayside Garden Club
Gallipolis
Stanley Shaver
Kirby
Little Rgger Grange Hall
Harley K. George
Shaver
Rucker Neal
Bidwell Variety Garden Club
Paul White
Bruce Yeanger
Two Bound Over To Fall Grand Jury
Roy Kenneth Sowards and Wilson Emery Mullens both of Gallipolis pled innocent to armed robbery in municipal court. Judge William H. Jones bound them over to the September grand jury term. Arrested after robbing Eddie Watts of 97.50 at Watts Variety Store in Kanauga, they are held in Gallia County jail on 5000 bond, raised from 500 earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Roy Kenneth Sowards
Wilson Emery Mullens
William H. Jones
Gallia County
Highway Patrol
Eddie Watts
Watts
Kanauga
Pumper Practice After Safety Talk at Gallipolis Post
Cpl. Pierce D McCreedy of the Gallipolis state highway patrol gave a talk on Safe Operation of Emergency Vehicles to a volunteer fire department meeting. Fire Chief J H Steele and about a dozen firemen then tested the department's new pumper at the river landing.
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Gallipolis
Cpl
Pierce D McCreedy
State Highway Patrol
J. H
Heck) Steele
Park Front River Landing
Junior Fair Program Committee To Meet
The Junior Fair Board's program committee led by Chairman Richard A. Lakin will meet at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Farm Bureau Co-Op Building to discuss the entire program with sponsors and participants. Lakin urges all committee members to attend.
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Gallipolis
Junior Fair Board
Richard A. Lakin
Lakin
Farm Bureau Co-Op
Boy 14 Hurt After Fall At Pomeroy Home
William C. Cartey aged 14 son of Mrs. Albert P. Ruschel of 128 Cole Street Pomeroy was admitted to Holzer Hospital Tuesday evening with internal injuries after a chair he stood on to wash the house side broke and he fell.
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Gallipolis
William C. Cartey
Albert P. Ruschel
Cole St
Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital
Shockley Granted Divorce in Common Pleas Court
Judge Robert M. Betz grants Harry W. Shockley and Dolores Shockley a divorce in Gallia County Common Pleas Court on wilful absence. No children involved in the action.
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Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Common Pleas
Harry W. Shockley
Dolores Shockley
Gallia County Men Lose Driving Rights for One Year
Three Gallia County men Oscar V. Jackson of Cheshire Route 2 Charles R. McDonald of Bladen and Finley William Evans of Bidwell had their driving licenses suspended for one year by Common Pleas Judge Robert M. Betz at a hearing requested by the Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles. The court found them habitual traffic violators under state law.
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Gallipolis
Bureau of Motor Vehicles of
Ohio
Gallia County
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
Oscar V. Jackson
Cheshire
Charles R. McDonald
Bladen
Finley William Evans
Bidwell
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Gallia County Library Holds Fourth Reading Session
Thirty two children attended Tuesday's reading session at Gallia County District Library as part of the summer program with a Fourth of July program identical to Monday's. Librarian E Ray Bailey notes 102 apple trees in the children's room, each tree representing a program enrollee.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. Ray Bailey
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital notes
A newborn son to Mr and Mrs Robert W Cobb Gallipolis is listed. The note records many admissions discharges and dismissals including Mrs Charles Davis Oak Hill JJ Craddorph Gallipolis and Miss Leah Spicer Henderson among others. Blood used Tuesdays pints.
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Robert W. Cobb
Gallipolis
Charles Davis
Oak Hill
Charles E. Yeanger
JJ Craddorph
William C. Dartey
Pomeroy
Eva Bailey
Chester
Alva Hokanson
Point Pleasant
William E. Swisher
Middleport
Pamela Beatty
Jackson
Ellis L. Hamrick
M. L. Newmayer
Radcliff
Clifford D. Rowlee
Ewington
Emmett Gilkey
Athens
Jane M. Ralph
Cheshire
Ernest Lambert
Crown City
Delbert H. Milan
Virgil L. Swartzwelder
Pleas
Arthur H. Hart
New Haven
Ralphs. Davis
Leah Spicer
Henderson
Leroy Gibson
Vinton
Candace Hill
Hershel George
W. W
Brown Swiss Summer Show At Jackson County Fair
Eight of the Ohio Brown Swiss Association plans a summer show July 16 to 19 at the Jackson County fair. The event runs alongside the Jersey Parish Show, attracting cattle exhibitors and fans to the fairgrounds.
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Gallipolis
Canton
Jackson County
Jersey Parish
Gallipolis Driver Fined and Jailed for DUI
Municipal Judge William H. Jones fined William A. Dawson 50 dollars and costs and sentenced him to five days in jail with a one year license suspension after a 12 15 a m rear end crash at Eastern and Berger. Dawson was arrested at his home after leaving the scene. John J. Taylor was fined 25 dollars and costs for drunk and disorderly conduct and William B. Dunbar forfeited a 10 dollar bond for no operator's license.
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Gallipolis
William H. Jones
William A. Dawson
Dawson
Eastern
Berger
John J. Taylor
William B. Dunbar
Clear Creek
W. Va
Va. Man Dies Of Injuries After Motorcycle Crash
Harold Cole, 30, of Jewell Valley Virginia, died at Holzer Hospital after being thrown from his motorcycle Saturday near Ashton West Virginia. He suffered a fractured skull and multiple injuries. his body was moved to Hearst Scott Funeral Home Richlands Virginia for burial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold Cole
Jewell Valley
Holzer Hospital
Ashton
W. Va
Hearst-Scott Funeral Home
Richlands
Suiter Rehearses Gallia Academy High School Musicians
Gallia A high school band under Suiter rehearsed Tuesday night with 78 students present and five alumni joining the session. Alumni Ralph Harrison, Paul Burks, John Bruniardi, Charles Williams, and Karen Davis attended. Rehearsals run 8 p m Tuesdays and 2 p m Thursdays ahead of an outdoors concert later this month.
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Gallipolis
Kimball Suiter
Gallia Academy High School
Alumi
Ralph Harrison
Paul Burks
John Bruniardi
Charles Williams
Karen Davis
Sutter
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Across Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
Gauges report water levels and rollers at Gallipolis and Montgomery while Kanawha Falls shows crest readings. Dams on the Kanawha River sit on the sill. movable Ohio River dams are up from Pittsburgh to Dam 35. Fleet activity lists uprisings and downings at locks 16 through 35 and various boats on Kanawha and Gallipolis rivers with times noted.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Pittsburgh
Criss Jr
Forsythia
Beaver
Bull Calf
George G
Castle
Lunga Point
Indiana
Avalon
Price
Jane T
Ohio
Duncan Bruce
Tradewinds
Ernestine
Aztec
Creditor
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Fox Barks
Boston Post
Boston
John Fox
Sherman Adams
Bernard Goldfine
Adams
Fox
House
Goldfine
Kiremen
Shockley
Gallia
Suiter
Our Gigantic
Dacron
Glen Haven
Forstman
Einiger
Glen
Capioni
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