Murphy Store Begins 400000 Dollar Remodeling in Gallipolis
The G C Murphy store will start a major 400000 to 500000 reconstruction on Tuesday during its golden anniversary year. Contractors Egstrom and Wynn will keep the store open while expanding the middle room to create a single large space 85 by 135 feet. New front design with no show windows and a visible bar area will greet passersby. A 35 ton air conditioning unit will cool the building, and eight foot fluorescent lights will light the interior.
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Gallipolis
G. C. Murphy
Carroll K. Singer
Carroll Singer
Egstrom and Wynn
Wheeling
G. C. Murphy Company
Eddie's Place
Elks
Deardorff Department
Second Ave
Public Square
Oscar’s Place
Murphy
Empire Furniture Company
Oscar’s
Court St
Empire
Gallipolis Island
Horse Show Set For Saturday At Gallipolis
Gallipolis Saddle and Sirloin Riding Club sponsors the fifth annual horse show at the junior fair ground this Saturday at 7 p.m. Pres. Jack F. Knight notes admission 50 cents with under 12 admitted free. Entry fees are one dollar. lead-in pony class winners receive silver dollars and other prizes are cash for top five. Fourteen classes include lead-in pony, western pleasure, English three gaited, ponies 48 inches and under, pony roadster, walking horse, western stock horse, pleasure pony 48 to 56 inches, clover leaf barrel race, cigar race, pleasure pony two wheel vehicle, egg race, clipped mane western pleasure horse, and trail class horse and pony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Sirloin Riding Club
Jack F. Knight
Surveyors Invited to Ohio Valley Chapter Meeting
Gallipolis preceded by Ohio Surveyors group president Grover inviting all surveyors and surveyor engineers from Ohio Kentucky and West Virginia to a general meeting at 10 a m July 21 at Nationwide Inn Columbus The meeting considers forming an Ohio Valley chapter of the American Congress of Surveying and Mapping In Gallia County Dr Francis W Shane health commissioner examined 19 chest clinic patients none referred for X rays Nurses assisting were Mrs Pearl Hatfield Mrs Naomi Rose and clerk Mrs Madeline Reese
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Gallipolis
Alva T. Grover
Ohio Surveyors Functional Group
Ohio Society of Professional Engineers
Nationwide Inn
Columbus
Grover
Kentucky
West Virginia
Ohio
Ohio Valley
American Congress of Surveying and Mapping
Francis W. Shane
Gallia County
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Across Kanawha Basin
Report documents river traffic readings for the Kanawha and Ohio rivers, noting dam conditions with all roller dams in the Kanawha district up and movable Ohio River dams in Huntington district up. It lists lock readings, down and up statuses for boats such as Little Edward, Franklin Pierce, Bayonne Reine, Laguna, Salvati, and Kathleen K among others, with times from morning to early afternoon.
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Kanawha River
Sill
Ohio River
Huntington
Bob Benter
Franklin Pierce
Warren Hougland
C. V. Harner
Peggy Downey
Bayonne Reine
Laguna
Aia
Salvati
Greenup
Valvos
St. Genevieve
E’ Deana
Ravenswood
Billy
Thee Reate-tates
J. Lewis
Winfield, Crter Jr
W. H. Shava Dr
Inns Ace
Allipolis
Kathleen K
Aeemi Kathy Roe
Northern
Andrew P. Gs
Ieee
P.m
Creditor
John J. Rowe
Wayne Hy
City Tow
Holcomb elected new Buckeye Rural Electric trustee
Everett W. Holcomb of Carpenter Meigs County was elected to the Buckeye Rural Electric Co-op Board succeeding the late Everett Colwell. Holcomb 30, dairy farmer son Vera his wife has two children and runs a 1200 acre farm and other ventures. The co op serves 10 counties with principal office in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Buckeye Rural Electric Co-operative, Inc
Everett W. Holcomb
Carpenter
Meigs County
Everett Colwell
Holcomb
Vera
Ohio State University
Co-Op
Buckeye Rural Electric Co-op
Meigs
Gallia
Lawrence
Judge Janes Fines Five In Gallia Court Actions
Gallipolis reports show Municipal Judge William H. Janes fining Cecil K. Scott 25 dollars for intoxication and disorderly conduct after a Gallia County Sheriff's arrest. Other state patrol fines include Chester Messer five dollars for an unsafe vehicle and Vernon Taylor five for no operator's license. A 15 dollar fine and costs for Bertran Keyes on passing without the guaranteed distance, and James Dennis five dollars for no license. Robert Wright forfeits a 15 dollar bond for highway parking. City police bonds: Bobby R. Smith 15 for no operator’s license and Frank E. Cole 25 for failing to stop within the assured clear distance. A minor backing accident cited on Second Ave injures no one. Divorce petition filed by William F. Payne against De Payne on cruelty and fraud.
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Gallipolis
William H. Janes
Cecil K. Scott
Scott
Gallia County
Bidwell
Bertran Keyes
St. Albans
Robert Wright
Charleston
Bobby R. Smith
Dayton
Frank E. Cole
Charlotte
N. C
Ellen Martin Aims For 1962 Miss Gallia County Title
Gallipolis Ellen Martin daughter of Mr and Mrs Harland T Martin is one of ten candidates for the 1962 Miss Gallia County beauty pageant at the Gallia County Junior Fair. The event opens the fair on Wednesday Aug 1 with two contestants from each of five high schools. Martin a Gallia Academy High School senior is an active National Honor Society Tri-Hi-Y and Thespian member editor of the 1963 Gallian yearbook and involved in Methodist Youth Fellowship. She attended Buckeye Girls State 1962 and was part of the patrol to the 1962 Girl Scout Roundup at Button Bay Vermont.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ellen Martin
Harland T. Martin
Martin
Gallia Academy High School
Holzer Hospital News Admits and Dismissals List
A hospital notice lists new admissions including Ted Martin West Columbia and Clara J. Jeffers Gallipolis among others from Ohio and West Virginia. Discharges include Eugene Heckert and Mrs Forrest Jones, with blood usage noted as three pints on Wednesday.
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Ted Martin
West Columbia
Leslie Beck
Gallipolis
Richard R. Young
Racine
Epp Banks
Ashland
Clara J. Jeffers
Don O. Zimmerman
Elizabeth J. King
McArthur
Clarence W. McFarland
Ripley
W.va
Nora L. Gilman
Pomeroy
Elizabeth H. Larue
Middleport
Charles Helland
Leon
Maybe He Likes Jail Maybe He Likes Jail
Gallia County Sheriff’s Department reports Stanley P Saunders of Northup was arrested for a second time in five days on driving while intoxicated. He had just served a five day jail term and was jailed again by 8 p.m. Wednesday after a Friday arrest and a Saturday fine of 50 dollars plus costs.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Stanley P. Saunders
Northup
Sheriff’s Department
William H. Jane
Saunders
Oscar Baird
Bids Sought Aug 3 for Hannan Trace School Water System
Gallipolis bids due noon August 3 for a new water treatment plant to serve Hannan Trace Elementary and High Schools. Estimated $40,000 facility will draw surface water from a pond on a 19.22 acre site bought from Mr and Mrs Houck Beaver. Plans by Ralph L. Woolpert Dayton. Water lines planned to school buildings to relieve two year water shortage.
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Gallipolis
Hannan Trace
Ralph L. Woolpert
Dayton
Gallia County schools discuss widespread teacher vacancies
Executive heads from Gallia County rural districts met in the county superintendent's office to review shortages mainly in high schools. Elementary posts are scarce in Southwestern Kyger Creek North Gallia Hannan Trace and others while North Gallia has all elementary posts filled with a special education teacher. Sheriff reports temporary jail vacancy ends as a new prisoner is booked after 8 p.m. Wednesday.
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Lis
Gallia County
T. K. Owens
Kyger Creek
C. Comer Bradbury
Jaynee P. Burleson
James N. Webster, Jr
Southwestern
Faye Roberts
Webster
John F. Hunt
Bidwell
North Gallia
W. Carter Massie
Hannan Trace
Dennis M. Murdock
Raccoon
Cigaret Fire Damages Gilkey Restaurant in Gallipolis
A lighted cigaret lit burlap in the sidewalk grating at Gilkey's Queen Bee Restaurant causing a fire that damaged telephone wires and floor joists. Gallipolis volunteers fought the blaze from 5:35 to 6:15 p.m. No injuries. Mrs. Dale C. Gilkey was treated at Holzer Hospital. First July alarm and 51st of the year.
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Gallipolis
Gilkey
Queen Bee
Dale C. Gilkey
Holzer Hospital
New Building Under Way In Gallipolis
Vernon Alexander of Cincinnati has begun a two story concrete block store building on Third Ave near Pine Street replacing a hazardous leaning former structure. It includes an upstairs apartment and a ground floor unit where Mrs. Harry Alexander will live. Contractor Paul E. Watson expects completion by mid September. Sixteen persons took state highway patrol license tests. 14 approved for learner permits and 10 for operators' licenses. Examiner Gene Mather conducted tests at 42 Olive Street.
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Gallipolis
Paul E. Watson
Gallia County Junior Fairground
Vernon Alexander
Cincinnati
Third Ave
Pine St
Harry Alexander
Vernon
State Highway Patrol
Gene Mather
Mather
Olive St
Burnette's Petitions OK'd for Ohio Assembly Run
Gallia County Board of Elections certified Marshall M. Burnette's nominating petition for Gallia County representative to the Ohio General Assembly after state guidance on signatures and petition top filling. Burnette's 601-name petition clears 571 required, creating a three candidate race with Alva Grover and Danny Taber. Burnette is the sole independent.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio
Burnette
Alva T. Grover
Danny O. Taber
Car Skids In Gravel On Swan Creek Road
Gallipolis State Highway Patrol reports a minor one car accident on Swan Creek Rd one mile north of Route 7 at 4 45 p m. Francis Shafer 19 Crown City Route 2 was descending a hill when the gravel caused the car to slide off the road and nosedive over an embankment.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Swan Creek
Francis Shafer
Crown City
Naomi Lodge to Install New Officers in Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge 55 Knights of Pythias in Gallipolis will install Charles Kuhn as chancellor commander succeeding Fred Burdette with Chester Mayes as installing officer. New officers include Patsy Frogale and Carmen Frogale as vice chancellor and prelate. Mayes to install Claude Miller master of the work Gus Steele master at arms Clyde Clark inner guard Thomas Mills Jr outer guard. Mills is son of Ohio's grand chancellor. Also reported bad check charge: Donald S Holley Jr of St Albans Va arrested and to face Municipal Court Friday.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge 55
Knights of Pythias
Charles Kuhn
Fred Burdette
Chester Mayes
Patsy Frogale
Carmen Frogale
Frogales
Mayes
Claude Miller
Gus Steele
Clyde Clark
Thomas E. Mills, Jr
Young Mills
Ohio
Pythian
Buckeye
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