Storm Causes $600 Fire and Gallipolis Power Outage
Heavy thunderstorm sparks a fire at Kananga home of Clark Hager and a major power outage across Gallipolis. A car collision reportedly knocked a pole causing a downed main line as crews restore service. Local fire crews responded with nine men and two trucks to extinguish the house fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clark Hager
Kananga
James A. Northup
Chief Northup
Smithers St
Eastern Ave
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
CSOE
Gallia County farmer dies at home after long illness
Gallia County farmer William Edward Birchfield 67 of Northup Route 1 died at his home at 10 45 p m Sunday after a year of poor health and five months of serious condition He was a native of West Virginia and survived by seven daughters and four sons along with siblings and a widow Hazel Lowden They attended Dickey Chapel Church and the body was at Waugh Halley Wood funeral home pending arrangements Kennedy signs sugar bill lowering import premiums on sugar duties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Edward Birchfield
Northup
Gallia County
West Vi
Garrison
Florence Hughes Birchfield
Thomas
Charles
South Side
Waldo Johnson
Milton
W. Va
Florence Warner
Thornville
Hazel Lowden
Mason County
Darrell Canaday
Henry Smithkey
Clarence
Burl Birchfield
Otho
Hogsett
W. Vt
Junior
Crown City
Roy Dean
Versailles
Lee Ranes
Scottown
David Bostic
Robert Shoemaker
Huntington
Clinton Lewis
Birchfield
Dickey Chapel
Waugh- Halley-Wood
River navigation log details un much of Kanawha falls and locks
A fragmentary river log records measurements and vessel movements near Kanawha Falls with notes on locks 13 to 15 and several boats including the Zephyr and Helen. Times, distances, and crewmember references appear amid incomplete entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Jason
River Ion
Andrew P. Calhoun
Gene C. Hutchinson
E Woods
Reliance
Alton Zephyr
Isos Lavine Car
Helen
Elgerciti
Three Men Plead Guilty To Bad Check Charges
In Gallia County Munici pal Court three men pleaded guilty to bad check charges. Donald Holley 18 was bound over to the September grand jury for an $8.83 check. Glenn Morrissey 49 was fined $50 plus restitution for a $10 check. James Cheek 25 was fined $50 and costs, plus another $50 and two-year license suspension for a drove while intoxicated plea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County Grand Jury
Donald Holley
St. Albans
W. Va
Holley
Morris E. Haskins
William H. Jones
Glenn D. Morrissey
Oak Hill
Gino
Bar
Anthony Merola
Jones
James L. Cheek
Alfred Gabrielli
Cheek
Morrissey
Sheriff’s Department
River Bank Concert Shines On Ohio River
The American Wind Symphony Orchestra performed its fourth annual concert Sunday at Gallipolis Public Square on the Ohio River. Forty seven musicians on a river barge conducted by Robert Austin Boudreau played selections including The Stars and Stripes Forever and pieces from My Fair Lady. The Gallipolis chapter of the American Association of University Women sponsored the event with an audience of several hundred gathered along First Avenue and the riverbank.
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Gallipolis
Stars and Stripes
American Wind Symphony Orchestra
Ohio River
Public Square
Robert Austin Boudreau
First Ave
State
Court
Green River
Boudreau
All the Fair Ladies
American Association of University Women
Wind Symphony
Holzer Hospital News Admits and Discharges List
Holzer Hospital weekly notes record numerous births and patient movements. Newborns to Chambers Gallipolis Wyatt Pom eroy Fife Pomeroy Route 1 join families while admissions include Fife Ebersbach Meadows Tripp Lantz Roush Higgins Willis Myers Betz Ervin Wyatt Bane Stevers Ohlinger Hughes Pursley Mash Chambers Swift Faulk Oak Hill Fleming Wise Burton and others. Discharges include Griffith Wells Tewksberry White Call Zurcher Elcessor Amos Burn Kerns Harbour McCoy Mitchell Hale Jordan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis G. Fife
Gallipolis
Gloria A. Ebersbach
Mason
Roy Mathias
Vinton
Willard W. Meadows
Greenup
Fred R. Tripp
William Lantz
Jackson
Homer Roush
Syracuse
Farl G. Higgins
Ralph I. Willis
Merle V. Myers
Worthington
Mabel C. Betz
Ann Ellen Ervin
James W. Wyatt
Pomeroy
Gregory T. Bane
Larry D. Stevers
Crown City
Herman H. Ohlinger
Lowell S. Hughes
Point Pleasant
Marvin F. Pursley
Ravenswood
James L. Mash
Middleport
Harry D. Chambers
William D. Swift
Madison
Ind
Clinton I. Faulk
Paul J. Foster
Oak Hill
Dianne King
Tarcelia T. Fleming
Robert D. Wise
Phillip R. Burton
Eugene P. Griffith
Clarence Wells
Ed Tewksberry
Thomas White
Lincoln Call
Wayne Zurcher
Rufus B. Elcessor
Ralph L. Amos
Joe Blackburn
Raymond Kerns
Roger Harbour
At Hood
Pamela McCoy
Carla Morris
Leland Mitchell
Rebecca Hale
E. F. Jordan
Case Of Beer Taken From Riverside Inn
State police and sheriff depart investigate a breaking and entering at Riverside Inn on Route 62. A theft of beer is reported as part of the incident.
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Riverside Inn
Point Pleasant
State Police and Sheriff's Department
Route
Two Accidents Investigated in Gallipolis Weekend
Gallipolis city police investigated two minor accidents over the weekend with no charges filed. Mrs. Paul May, 41, pulled into First Ave in front of Randall Harrison, 21, causing damage to both vehicles and a forehead laceration for May. A second collision occurred in Holzer Hospital parking lot when Edna Mauck backed into a parked car owned by Jarrell Williams. Mauck’s car had no damage, Williams’s vehicle sustained damage.
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Gallipolis
Paul May
First Ave
Randall E. Harrison
Harrison
May
Holzer Hospital
Edna M. Mauck
Jarrell W. Williams
Cottageville
W. Va
Boat Fire Injures Teen After Gal lipolis Cruise Incident
Tarcelia T Fleming 16, daughter of Dr Arthur R Fleming, was admitted to Holzer Hospital Saturday after a fuel line fumes flash fire aboard Dr Fleming's cruiser near the Gallipolis Boat Club. She suffered first and second degree burns to both legs and right arm. Her family leaped into Chickamauga Creek to safety. she was treated and released Sunday.
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Gallipolis
Tarcelia
Dr. Fleming
Sylvia
Ray Fleming
Chickamauga Creek
Tarcy Fleming
Polio and Immunization Campaign Totals Rise
Salk anti polio shots and 14 DPT immunizations raise yearly totals to 2153 and 526 respectively. Nurses also administered 11 diphtheria tetanus seven typhoid and three smallpox vaccinations.
Two Accidents on Route 2 Saturday Reported
Two nonfatal crashes occurred on State Route 2 Saturday near Gallipolis Ferry and Henderson. At 1:45 p.m. Cabell Miller 43 of Gallipolis Ferry lost control while passing and rolled three times, damaging Phyllis Farley 44 of Fort Worth. Miller treated and released. In the second crash Grandville Smith 52 of New Haven failed to obey a flagman at a highway cave-in, overturning his car and injuring Greta Smith and five children. Smith arrested for driving while intoxicated.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis Ferry
Cabell Miller
Phyllis Farley
Fort Worth
Tex
Farley
Miller
Pleasant Valley Hospital
H. C. Beverly
Henderson
Grandville Smith
New Haven
Albert Sharpe
Middleport
Smith
Greta Smith
Granville
Pleasant Valley
Cashier Clerk Is Honored At Ravenwood Office
Vera Y. Stephens, cashier clerk in the Ravenswood office of Appalachian Power Co., completed five years service. She joined July 15, 1957 as a junior cashier clerk and was reclassified April 1, 1958. A 1953 Point Pleasant High School graduate, she lives at Mt. Alto, West Virginia with her husband and two children.
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Point Pleasant
Vera Y. Stephens
Ravenswood
Appalachian Power Co
L. D. Balding
Crab Creek Woman Reports Car Fire
Helen Starkey of Crab Creek told the sheriff she found her 1956 car burned Friday night. The vehicle was parked at the base of her hill residence and she could not explain the blaze. In Gallia County, Commercial and Savings Bank filed for $1777.28 judgment and mortgage foreclosure on 10 Bidwell lots against Eleanor Starcher of Midway for a Nov 18 1960 loan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Helen Starkey
Crab Creek
Sheriff’s Departant
Gallipolis
Commercial and Savings Bank
Gallia County
Common Pleas Court
Bidwell
Eleanor Starcher
Midway
Will Serve Jail Term In Bay County Arrest Roundup
Lewis Scerba of Hartford was fined 30 dollars and 90 days in Mason County Jail on intoxication and threats after arraignment by Justice Jake Philips. Weekend arrests include Leroy Rice and Oleg Herdman in Middleport, Ronnie Hill, Richard Theiss, Ivan James Young, and Richard Van Matre for intoxication. Ralph Frazier of Huntington faced a drunkenness charge. Albert Cooper of Point Pleasant was arrested by New Haven police for driving while intoxicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lewis Scerba
Hartford
Sheriff’s Department
Danny Rairden
Justice of Peace
Jake Philips
Mason County
Leroy Rice
Oleg Herdman
Middleport
Ronnie F. Hill
Richard Theiss
Hogsett
Ivan James Young
Clifton
Richard Taylor van- Matre
Belleville
Ralph Frazier
Huntington
Albert Cooper
New Haven
Judge Grants Child Custody In Gallipolis Actions
Common Pleas Judge Robert M. Betz awards custody to Dorothy J. Galiette Crown City for a five year old. Richard T. Galiette North Branford Conn ordered to pay 25 dollars weekly support and granted summer custody and alternate Christmas vacations starting 1963. Additional divorce actions see Eva Queen Northup granted custody. Arden Queen ordered to pay 10 dollars weekly support and 150 dollars attorney fees. Marcella Riley Gallipolis awarded custody of three children. John Riley ordered to pay 75 dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
Dorothy J. Galiette
Crown City
Richard T. Galiette
North Branford
Conn
Betz
Eva Queen
Northup
Arden Queen
Marcella Riley
John Riley
Youth Group Plans Swim Party at Shawnee Pool
POINT PLEASANT The Episcopal Young People will sponsor a swimming party and barbecue on Saturday July 28 at the Shawnee Swimming Pool. Cost will be 50 cents per person.
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Point Pleasant
Episcopal
Shawnee
West Virginia DAR Holds Annual State Luncheon at Jacksons Mill
Mrs Hersel A Henderson and Mrs Cary H Rayburn attended the West Virginia State Organization DAR luncheon at Jacksons Mill. Virginia B Johnson state regent spoke and presided at a flag raising for a 50 star flag donated for the occasion. M I Stutler introduced her husband and new state DAR/SAR president amid other officers and hostesses from the Daniel Davidson chapter of Clarksburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Hersel A. Henderson
Cary H. Rayburn
Charles Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
West Virginia State Organization
D.A.R
Jackson's Mill
Henderson
Rayburn
State Board of Management
Virginia B. Johnson
National Capitol
Washington
West Virginia
M. I. Stutler
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Bertram Harper
Children of the Revolution
Carolyn Cruickshanks
Daniel Davidson
Clarksburg
Roush Takes Lead at West Virginia Research Center
Walden F. Roush, formerly Mason County superintendent, is now full time director of Glenville State College Community Development and Research Center. He moved to Glenville with an office in Kanawha Hall and will aid rural redevelopment across 17 central counties. The center sustains an annual development conference, with April 17, 1963 tentatively set for the next session. Roush has a long career in education from one room schools to superintendent roles.
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Point Pleasant
Glenville State College
Harry B. Heflin
Walden F. Roush
Mason County
West Virginia
Heflin
Roush
Restoration Under Way for Christ Episcopal Church
Construction will begin soon to rebuild Christ Episcopal Church in Point Pleasant after a fire on April 29 destroyed the 1922 structure. The project costs are put at 265000 with total building insurance of 139000 and fixtures coverage, while some fixtures may be restored and clean-up has started.
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Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church
Service Restored After Severe Storm Hits Area
Robert Beckett of Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co reports about 200 phones were out of order after the Saturday night storm. Crews worked through Saturday and Sunday. by Monday noon around 40 still out, due to trees and water soaked cables.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Beckett
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Gallia to Receive Morgan's Raid Plaque in 1963
Gallia County will get a commemorative plaque next year to honor Morgan's Raid. State Rep Dann O. Taber announced after a Columbus trip where he attended Civil War commission meetings. He also plans to attend an October 7 Harrodsburg Kentucky meeting with four states to finalize the 1963 commemoration plans.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Morgan
Dann O. Taber
Taber
Columbus
Harrodsburg
Non-Support Charge Is Dismissed Again
Gallia County Prosecuting Attorney Warren F. Sheets dismissed a January 1962 grand jury non support indictment against Edwin McFann 41 of Pedro Route 2. This marks the second such dismissal in seven years following an October 17 1955 arraignment where McFann pleaded innocent.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Warren F. Sheets
Edwin McFann
Pedro
McFann
West Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Plan Princeton Meeting
A summer meeting of the West Virginia Christmas Tree Growers Association will be in Princeton July 27 28. State forester Phil Berthy says the event offers a chance to tour a premier local operation by Dr Daniel Hale who farms about 100 acres with roughly 125 000 trees and 35 species tested for quality.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Christmas Tree Growers Association
Princeton
Phil Berthy
State Extension Forester
Mountain State
Daniel Hale
Miss Fillinger Competes In Miss Gallia County Pageant
Ten Gallia County high school coeds including Mary Frances Fillinger of Hannan Trace compete in the 1962 Miss Gallia County pageant opening night at the Gallia County Junior Fair. The 9 p.m. Wednesday Aug 1 event is sponsored by the Gallia County Agricultural Society with out of county judges selecting the winner.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Mary Frances Fillinger
Hannan Trace
Miss Fillinger
Harry Fillinger
Mercerville
Gallia County Agricultural Society
Camp Draws 300 4 H'ers to Jackson's Mill
About 300 Mountain State 4H boys head to the annual state 4H boys camp at Jackson's Mill from July 30 to August 4. Camp director Bill Coffin says the theme is Count Down 99 1. Morning classes mix with afternoon activities such as woodworking plastics bow construction the Grist camp newspaper Indian crafts and lore a state 4H chorus and a chat with a Chicago police lieutenant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jackson’s Mill
Bill Coffindaffer
State
Chicago
Stover Infant Rites Held at Creston Cemetery
Grave side services were held Saturday at 2 p.m. in Creston Cemetery for Larry Stover. The infant, born Saturday at Pleasant Valley Hospital, died shortly after birth. Surviving are parents Bert and Dorothy Hunt Stover, a brother Gary, sister Debra Lynn, and paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Stover of Leon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Larry Stover
Creston
Donald Prince
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Bert
Dorothy Lucille Hunt Stover
Fifth St
Gary
Debra Lynn
Jerry Stover
Leon
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