Governor Will Visit Gallia Junior Fair August Ninth
Gallia County prepares the nine year Gallia Junior Fair with Gov C William ONeill arriving at Holzer Airport to greet fairgoers on August 9. The four day program includes Kiwanis Kids Day West Virginia night and Farm Bureau Night with a star lineup of acts, contests and wrestling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Richard A. Lakin
Gallia
Lakin
Ohio
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Rio Grande College
Kiwanis
Gallia County
Saul Solomon
America
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
Elmer Hinkle
Cincinnati
Hinkle
Oxford
Cincinnati Livestock Sales
West Virginia
Ravenswood
WMOV
Blue Ridge Mountain Boys
Ripley
W. Va
Roulette Records
Wmov Radio
WJEH
Joe D. Miller
Miss Mason County Pageant Sets Fourth of July Schedule
Point Pleasant hosts a full day of events for the Miss Mason County pageant. A 9:20 a.m. motorcade, 10 a.m. parade, 12 p.m. luncheon at Moose Home, 1:30 p.m. musical selections, and a 2 p.m. pageant at the high school auditorium. Sheriff Earl C. Mohr to crown winner. pageant tickets available through local merchants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mason
Hartford
Main St
Moose Home
Selec
C. R. Yoho
Point Pleasant High School
12Th
Viand
Sixth St
Joan O'Reilly
Sacred Heart Church of
St. Joseph’s of Mason
Bellemead Eub
Jack Higgins
Youth Fellowship
Adult Christian Endeavor
Robert Kessinger
Eub — Leon Charge
St Pauls WSCS Hosts July Meeting And Yearbook Sale
Mrs Bernard Morgan led the WSCS July gathering in the church social room with devotion by Mrs L D Icard and scripture reading. Yearbooks were distributed by Mrs George Bellos and Mrs Robert Ackerman. The group planned to buy ten chairs, hold a rummage sale July 18 and an ice cream festival on Aug 15. Hostesses were Mrs Clyde McDermitt Mrs Homer Icard and Mrs Harold Poff. A Young Mothers Club picnic at Celpoint Park included many families and numerous members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bernard Morgan
WSCS
St. Paul’s Methodist Church
Harold Poff
Evelyn Spence
Roy Amburgey
L. D. Icard
George Bellos
Robert Ackerman
Chhurch
Clyde McDermitt
Homer Icard
Young Mothers Club
Celpoint Park
Gallipolis Ferry
John Withers
John Wiseman
Donald Waldie
Howard Selby
Regional 4 H Victors Earn State Chance
Winners of the Mason County 4 H Club regional contest at Roane County 4 H Camp earn state bids. Janet Eschenaur and Patty Miller with Bananas win red ribbons and best in class. Margaret Bowser also earns red ribbon for Cinnamon Rolls and best in class. Joyce and Janet McCoy receive red for Out of a Pot of Cheese. Walden Bennett Roush secures blue for What 4 H Has Done for Me, placing second. Jeannine Jordan wins red for Advantages of Rural Living.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Roane County
Janet Eschenaur
Patty Miller
Margaret Bowser
Joyce
Janet McCoy
Walden Bennett Roush
Jeannine Jordan
Divorce petitions filed in Common Pleas Court
Gallia County judge granted a divorce with custody and noting gross neglect. Leola Hayman, Manning Hayman, and Mabel Porter also filed for divorce from William Porter and John Slayton respectively, with minors involved and marriages dating from 1923 and 1952.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Robert M. Betz
Betz
Leola Hayman
Manning Hayman
Mabel A. Porter
Eureka Star Route
William T. Porter
Pittsburgh
Mary Grace Slayton
John William Slayton
Mansfield
Funeral Obsequies For Alfred Truette of Poca Lead Local Notices
Attending the funeral of Alfred Truette of Poca Thursday afternoon from Point Pleasant were Mr and Mrs Robert Fowler Mr and Mrs Austin Johnson Mrs Frank Riffle Mr and Mrs Buster Riffle and Mrs Lester Hudson. He was a half brother of Mrs Johnson and Mrs Frank Biffle. Mr and Mrs Carl Ray Parsons of Bristol Conn are visiting Mr Parsons parents Mr and Mrs J S Parsons Main St. Sgt Charles A Parsons stationed at Camp Lejeune is spending a 10 day leave with his wife on Jefferson Blvd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred ‘Truette
Poca
Point Pleasant
Robert Fowler
Austin Johnson
Frank Riffle
Buster Riffle
Lester Hudson
Johnson
Frank Biffle
Carl Ray Parsons
Bristol, Conn
Parsons
J. SC. Parsons
Main St
Charles A. Parsons
Camp Lejune
S. C
Jefferson Blvd
Marriage Licenses Filed in Mason County
A marriage license application lists Luher Harris Jr of Point Pleasant and Lois Ann Wood of Henderson. Elmus Devault and Elizabeth Frances Young both of Point Pleasant. and Benjamin Franklin Fields of Hartford and Georgean Morrison of Letart as applicants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Luther Harris, Jr
Luther and
Mae Baker Harris
Lois Ann Wood
Thornton
Freda Lee Wood
Henderson
Elmus Devault
Ash
Freda Rollins Devault
Elizabeth Frances Young
Claude and
Lillie Hughes Young
Benjamin Franklin Fields
Charles
Maggie Smith Fields
Hartford
Japanese bike racing buzz fuels Tokyo gambling craze
Tokyo and Osaka riders draw massive crowds with bike races at velodromes. Six thousand registered riders vie for major meets like the Japan Derby in Tokyo’s ward, with one million yen to the winner and vast wagering. Off track betting thrives despite illegality.
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Tokyo
Korakuen
Japan
Sunday Rites Planned For Mrs Baxter
Sunday services are planned for Mrs. Sarah A. Baxter 92 of Rock Castle Creek who died Wednesday night at her daughter’s home Point Pleasant Route 2. She was born April 29 1866 in Kanawha County and lived in Mason County since 1914. Survived by four daughters one son two brothers and other relatives. Funeral at Crow funeral home Sunday at 2 pm with Rev Homer D Baxter officiating. Burial Suncrest Cemetery. Friends may call after 1 pm Friday.
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Point Pleasant
Sarah A. Baxter
Rock Castle Creek
Ida B. Cunningham
Kanawha County
Willis and
Melinda Jones Burdette
Mason County
Cooper Creek
Point Pleasant Clinic Notices Births and Discharges
Mr and Mrs Charles Denny Apple Grove welcome a daughter. Mr and Mrs Jack Eads Point Pleasant announce a son. Mr and Mrs Calvin Sturgeon Ashton report a son. Admitted Scott Allen Kebler Point Pleasant. Discharged Mrs Gevette Boles Point Morris G Sebrell South Side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Denny
Apple Grove
Jack Eads
Point Pleasant
Calvin Sturgeon
Ashton
Scott Allen Kebler
Gevette Boles
Morris G. Sebrell
South Side
Vinton Soldier Joins NATO Training Drill in Germany
Vinton resident Army PFC Ted R Caton son of Mr and Mrs Ray mond Caton Route 2 Vinton recently participated in a NATO forces training maneuver in southern Germany Caton a driver in the 12th Transportation Company entered the Army in July 1957 and was last stationed at Fort Knox Ky The 21 year old soldier is a 1956 graduate of Vinton High School
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Vinton
Army
Ted R., Caton
Raymond Caton
NATO
Germany
Caton
12Th Transportation Company
Fort Knox
Vinton High School
Two Men Arrested For Felonous Assault In Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant police arrested Marvin Leport and Basil Deweese on a felonous assault charge for allegedly beating Shelly Hart in the face and head. Hart received treatment at the Point Clinic and was released. A hoaxing was scheduled for Thursday afternoon.
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Point Pleasant
Marvin Leport
Basil Deweese
Shelly Hart
Hart
Point Clinic
Highway Patrol June Accident Report Totals Released
Post 27 of the Ohio State Highway Patrol releases its June report covering Gallia and Meigs Counties. It tallies 44 accidents with 29 persons injured, 125 arrests, and 512 traffic-violator warnings. No fatal accidents were reported for June.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Gallia
Meigs
Gallia County Land Transfers List of Deeds and Talents
Gallia County transfers show multiple real estate deeds involving Houck, Shong, Beckett, Kerns, Anderson, Johnson, Cromley Langley, Erwin, Swick, Bak er, Belville, Consolidation Coal Co., Crown City Cemetery, and Cremeans among others. Transactions cover parcels in City, Huntington, Morgan Two, Guyan Two, Harrison and Green townships along with cemetery plots. Many transfers reference undivided interests and large acreages including 42 303 acres and 112.25 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank
Lorena Houck
Lawrence
Puma Shong
Beall
Bernice Beckett
G. L
Charles Leon
Gloria Juanita Saunders
Bessie Kerns
Lulu Maloney
John H. Anderson
Raccoon Two
E. W
Emma DeWees
Everett
Freda
Helen Erwin
Kenneth
Edna Swick
Morgan Two
Clark L
Mildred M. Baker
Billie L
Jessie E. Petrie
Vinton
Huntington
Otha P
Ruth E. Belville
Consolidation Coal Co
Guyan
Hobart Dillon Et al
Harrison
Otis
Young, Sr
Springfield
Mary Shoemaker
George W
Betty Jane Shoemaker
Cheshire Two
Floyd
Early Cremeans
James Cremeans
Floyd Cremeans
William Cremeans
Cremeans Et
William Cremeans T
J F Knapp 42 Dies After Heart Attack
James Franklin Knapp 42 of Mason died at home Wednesday from a heart attack. World War II veteran born Feb 28 1916 in West Columbia he is survived by his wife Juanita four sisters and five brothers. Funeral was held Saturday at 2 PM at West Columbia EUB Church with Rev Ralph Mahoney officiating burial in Graham Station Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
James Franklin Knapp
Mason
West Columbia
Della Knapp
James F. Knapp
Juanita Knapp
Billy Joe McDaniel
Treasa Russell
Pomeroy
Eva Knapp
Wanda Knapp
Della Lines
Crown City
Ohio
R. O. Knapp
Charles E. Knapp
Don Knapp
Harry Knapp
Martinsville
Ind
EUB
Ralph Mahoney
Graham Station
Fire Damages Front Seat of Car in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant firefighters assess $50 damage to the front seat of Ronald Coleman's car after a cigarette tossed from a passerby ignited and started a fire while the vehicle was parked at Main and Sixth Streets. The blaze is believed to have originated from the discarded cigarette.
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Point Pleasant
Ronald Coleman
Main
Sixth Sts
Lyne's Move Completes Change of Office Sites
Dr. Paul R. Lyne, president of Rio Grande College, moved from Anniversary Hall to the new Allen Hall on Wednesday. The move clears Anniversary Hall of college administrative offices, which will be repurposed for the library.
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Lyne
Gallipolis
Paul R. Lyne
Rio Grande College
Anniversary Hall
Allen Hall
Local couples listed in marriage notices
Brady Franklin Gilbert aged 20 of Bidwell and Ellen Eileen Darst aged 19 of Cheshire are the children of Gilbert and Gilmore Darst families. John Lyman Palmiter 21 of Woodsfield in the U S Navy and Sallie Ann Haynes 21 of Gallipolis are at home, children of Palmiter and Haynes families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady Franklin Gilbert
Bidwell
Ellen Eileen Darst
Cheshire
Garfield
Pearl Thomas Gilbert
Douglas
Mary Gilmore Darst
John Lyman Palmiter
Woodsfield
U.S. Navy
Sallie Ann Haynes
Gallipolis
John L. Palmiter
Walter T. and
Eddra Howell Haynes
Dexter Family Visits Mrs. Joe Roush
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Stafford and their daughter Linda of Dexter visited Mrs. Joe Roush.
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J. H. Stafford
Linda
Dexter
Joe Roush
Gallipolis Co workers honor Dorothy Sibley with shower
Gallipolis State Institute staff hosted a bridal shower Wednesday at the Farmers Hotel for Dorothy Sibley of Eureka on the eve of her marriage to Dr. George A. Barton. The primrose and white decor drew more than 30 guests. planners included Mrs. Cora Withers and others.
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Gallipolis
Dorothy Sibley
Eureka
George A. Barton
Gallipolis State Institute
Farmers Hotel
Cora Withers
Mildred Brown
John Plymale
Margaret Lawson
Springfield Grange Plans Bean Dinner in Bidwell
In Gallipolis the Springfield Grange voted to sponsor the Bidwell Bean Dinner on Saturday July 26 at 10 a.m. at Bidwell Elementary. Twenty five members plus guests attended as new patrons were welcomed and the hall fund drive to heat the new Grange Hall began. A musical interlude featured The Chordettes and local performers including Sid Vance and Garland Riddle with guitar and piano accompaniment.
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Gallipolis
Springfield Grange
Bidwell
Springfield
Kathryne G. Knotts
George W. Keith
T. J. Moore
Grange
William Glassburn
Beth King
Claudetta Mason
Ruth Ann Dauber
Miss Knotts
Mr. Riddle
Area churches list service times and leaders
A long roster of local churches with pastors and weekly schedules. Entries include St Louis Catholic with Father Adolph Golubieski and Mass times, First Church of God led by Reverend Hershel McDonough, Mennonite, Calvary Baptist Rio Grande, Assembly of God, Triedstone Baptist, and other worship and activity details across Gallipolis and nearby towns.
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St. Louis Catholic
Adolph Golubieski
GSI
First Church of God
Garfield Ave
Hershel McDonough
Young Peoples Meeting
Glen Hutsel
Pearl Elliott
Mennonite
Vinton
Paul Stoltzfus
Calvary Baptist
Rio Grande
Luther Tracy
Assembly of God
Robert Howard
Triedstone Baptist
D. L. Latham
BYPU
Simpson Chapel
Methodist
George Holcombe
Bidwell Church of God
Mr. Satterfield
YPE
Church of the Nazarene
Vernon C. Shafer
Poplar Ridge
Church of Christ
Bill Heinselman
First Baptist
Third and Locust
Peter’s Episcopal
Second Ave
Albert S. Chappelear, III
Episcopal Young
Mary and Martha Guild
Shaver Put On Probation In Gallia County
Gallia County case details Ray Shaver of Gallipolis Route 1 was placed on one year probation by Common Pleas Judge Robert M Betz after a May term grand jury indictment for non support. He must report monthly, avoid law violations, pay court costs within 30 days and pay twenty dollars semi monthly plus two cents poundage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ray Shaver
Freshman Startzman Named to Dean's List at Marietta College
Dean's List honoree Startzman, a geology major, is a freshman at Marietta College. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Richard Startzman of Ma.
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Point Pleasant
Dickie Startzman
Marietta College
Richard Startzman
Mason Blvd
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Fairgrounds
Gallia County Riding Club
George Nelson Mickel
Madera
Calif
J. D. Hynes
Susan Hynes
Hart N. Cook
Nancy Hynes
Robyn Hynes
Selby
Valerie Jo
Wiseman
Jay
Cyndra Lynn
Earl Icard
Jackie
Jeff
Robert Davis
Brent
Diane
Richard Sauer
Martha
Frankie
Charles Frye
Patty Lou
Jayna Marie
Matt
Mark
Bobby Joe Chapman
Kim
Marsha Jo
Clarence Holland
Stevie
John Sallaz
Tina
Johnny
Clair Lee Cottrill
Timmy
Raymond Cox
Jimmy
John Russell
Debbie
George McClintock
Sonny
Paul Monroe
Paula Jean
Osaka
National Geographic Society
The
Labor Department of Canada
Mrs. Baxter
Point Pleasant Clinic
Highway Patrol
Donald Pringle
Rockcastle
Yanger
Shiloh
Mr. Zion
Promise Land
Warren
Church of Christ In Christian Union
J. P. Keefer
Henderson Tabernacle
Orville Walker
Spencer
Clifford Shaver
J. S. Bramon
Point Pleasant Mission
Ervin Patrick
Roy McCoy
Christ Church Episcopal
Jerome D. Rodgers
Holy Communion
Young People’s Fellowship
Main Street Baptist
Kenneth Chandler
George Osler
Seventh-Day Adventist — Bible Chapel
Howard Avenue
Bell Meade
Presbyterian
Robert Ray
Harmony Baptist
Harry Miller
Concord Baptist
J. F. Knapp
Auto
Letart Falls
Denver Keenan
Charles Ward
Charlotte Simms
Finley Earles
Howard Cheesebrew
Judy
Lelia Weglage
L. Claude Miller
Gomer Phillips
Paul Haskins
Anna McCormick
Alma McCormick
Betty Ott
Ruby Bossard
Danise Mitchell
Clara Sheets
Rosina Saunders
Salvation Army
First United Presbyterian
State St
Linson H. Stebbins
Grace Methodist
Second and Cedar
Warren H. Wilson
Commission On Education
Progress Bible Meeting
Shaver
Swim Toys
Taber
Kris Kringle
Kanauga
Silver Bridge
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