Leaper Sentenced After Silver Bridge Escape
Gallipolis court fines David Lee Lanham 133.25 after he leaped from the Silver Bridge to escape Ohio patrol. Lanham, 23, Point Pleasant, pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated failing to have a license and resisting arrest and received five days in jail and a six month license suspension. The incident followed a Kanauga pursuit and river rescue by towboat crew.
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Gallipolis
Mason ‘County
Silver Bridge
Ohio River
State ‘Highway Patrol
William H. Sowers
David Lee Lanham
Point Pleasant
Lanham
Cpl
Carl L. Boggs
Kananga
Twenty two Domestic Cases Dismissed In Gallia County
Gallia County Common Pleas Court dismissed twenty two domestic cases mainly divorce actions. Many were dropped for want of prosecution or after reconciliation. A few had no grounds for divorce, and one case was dismissed as the couple already divorced in Summitt County.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Lee Spencer
Vinton Route 2
Nannie Spencer
Ruth Ann Corbin
Cheshire
James Oscar Corbin
Lena B. Williams
Eureka
Paul O. Williams
William Swick
Vinton
Rita M. Swick
Summitt County
Estlina Boswell
Charles Boswell
Virginia E. Myers
Carl E. Myers
Mary Folden
Northup
Floyd Folden
Carolyn Darst
Richard D. Darst
Opal M. Perkins
Two Youths Run Into Side Of Car
Two youths escaped serious injury after colliding with a moving car at Third Ave and State St in Gallipolis at 11 45 am. William Hanson 15 was taken to Gallipolis Clinic then released with no injury. Jack Hoffman 15 had bruised knees but left the scene. Driver William P Skidmore 18 was not charged. Damaged left front fender and side mirror.
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Gallipolis
Third Ave
State St
William Hanson
Edgemont Dr
Jack Hoffman
William P. Skidmore
Bidwell
Pleasant Valley Hospital Admits and Discharges
Norma Moran of Milwaukee visits grandparents in Mason and wrecks her bicycle, suffering a knee injury and is admitted for treatment at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Admitted from Apple Grove and Point Pleasant are Mrs. Morgan Flora, Danny Watson, Mrs. Lula Jividen, Beatrice Ross, and Norma Moran is the injured party. Discharged Cheryl Henry and Mrs Harold Wallace.
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Morgan Flora
Apple Grove
Norma Moran
Milwaukee
Wis
Danny Watson
Point Pleasant
Lula Jividen
Beatrice Ross
Huntington
Junk Queen
Mason
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Television Listings Note on Schedule Corrections
The Messenger states it is not responsible for errors in program listings when stations fail to provide corrected schedules. Boldface denotes color programs.
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Messenger
Car and bakery truck collision on Route 7 injures two
On Route 7, three miles south of Gallipolis, a bakery truck and a car collided at 3 10 p m resulting in two slight injuries. Elizabeth M Betz 38 of Columbus treated for a knee laceration and neck and back bruises while truck driver James E Hardyman 21 of Gallipolis was not treated.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Holzer Hospital
Elizabeth M. Betz
Columbus
James E. Hardyman
Hardyman
Betz
Hardy
4-H Group Plans For Field Day
Mason County 4H Leaders Association met at the 4H camp. Reginald Hart and Koneda Derrick spoke on their week at an older youth camp. Mary Freendt announced plans for 4-H field day with Bill Lewis as chairman. Wanda Stemple said the style review is July 28 at Appalachian auditorium. Point Pleasant Personal mentions include visits from Ofer Love and John Flowers families.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Reginald Hart
Vernon Star Dusters
Koneda Derrick
Trailblazers
Jackson’s Mill
Mary Freendt
Mason County Fair Board
Bill Lewis
Wanda Stemple
Appalachian Auditorium
Point Pleasant Meetings and Local Carnival Events
The Hoffman family reunion is set for Sunday at Union Camp Grounds near New Haven. The Naomi Bible class meets Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at Bellemeade EUB Church. Tu Endie Wei Council Daughters of America hold a meeting at Main and Poplar Sts lodge hall. Mason County Home Demonstration Club meets Tuesday at 1 30 p.m. at Mrs. Stephenson’s Greer Community home with Mrs Oma Smith as co hostess. Little League carnival at Harmon Park runs today through Saturday with 6 p.m. start and a Saturday matinee at 2 p.m.
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Hoffman
Union Camp Grounds
New Haven
Naomi Bible
Bellemeade Eub Church
Tu - Endie - Wei Council
Daughters of America
Lodge Hall
Main and
Poplar St
Mason County Home Demonstration Club
Charles Stephenson
Greer
Oma Smith
Wilson Family Reunion Scheduled for Sunday
All members and relatives of the Wilson families are invited to attend the annual reunion at Harmon Park in Point Pleasant. A picnic basket dinner will be served at noon, new officers for the coming year will be elected, and games for children are planned in the afternoon.
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Wilson
Harmon Park
Point Pleasant
Convention Delegate Is Speaker at Gallipolis Kiwanis Dinner
L Claude Miller, Gallipolis Kiwanis Club delegate to the Kiwanis International convention in Los Angeles, was the principal speaker at the weekly dinner. He improvised when the planned program failed, presented a tape of Edwin P. Neilan’s convention closing address, and delivered Kiwanis International greetings.
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Gallipolis
L. Claude Miller
Los Angeles
Calif
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Tye
Miller
Edwin P. Neilan
U. S. Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis International
Rio Sil ver Thimbles 4 H Club Plans Swim Party
In Gallipolis the Rio Sil ver Thimbles 4 H Club will judge projects at 9 a.m. July 24 at the Methodist parish house. Members discussed a swimming party and beach bags for sale. Demonstrations included How To Hem a Tea Towel and How To Face an Arm Hole with safety and health reports. Harriet James filed for divorce from Marlin James in Gallia County Common Pleas Court citing gross neglect of duty and extreme cruelty with alimony and custody of three children. married November 11, 1951.
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Gallipolis
Susan Copley
Miss Copley
Christine Jenkins
Brenda Smith
Becky Ramey
Harriet James
Eastern Ave
Gallia County
Mason Homemakers Hear South American Student Speaker
Eleanor Cebotarev of Paraguay, an international student at West Virginia University, spoke to the Mason County Home Demonstration Council at Krodel Park Club House about rural life and customs. The meeting included a lesson by David Bennett, devotional by Mrs. Harold Lewis, and announcements of trips, leadership conferences, and a July 17 Region 5 meeting in Huntington with council registration in charge. A pot luck lunch was served with numerous attendees.
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Point Pleasant
Eleanor Cebotarev
Paraguay
South America
West Virginia University
Mason County Home Demonstration Council
Krodel Park Club House
Mason County
Parkersburg
Wanda Stemple
Jackson’s Mill
Huntington
Perry Sayre
E. H. Bissell
Virgil Burris
C. B. Thompson
John Turner
Forest Gribble
Jay Keister
Malcolm Saunders
John McDaniel
Dennis A. Roush
New Rotary President Opens First Gallipolis Meeting
Dr. Harry H. King began his tenure as Gallipolis Rotary Club president with the first weekly dinner. The program featured a Pettengill speech and tribute to Rotary founder Paul Harris. The club plans a program centered on the Rotary theme Live Rotary and a service focus. Lawrence G. Worstell will visit July 28 as district governor. A club picnic is set for next week at the Wetherholt home at 6 p.m.
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Gallipolis
Rotary
Farmers Hotel
Harry H. King
Rotary Club
King
Rotary International
Lawrence G. Worstell
Ath
Ens
Gallipolis Club
Manning E. Wetherholt
River Tugboat and Dam Conditions Reported Across Ohio River System
River gauges at Gallipolis Greenup and Kanawha Falls show varied flows with rollers up to 18 feet. Dams in the KanaWha and Huntington districts indicate roller dams on the sill while movable dams are up, several boats listed with up or down status through the day.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Meldahl
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Kanawha River
Sill
Ohio River
Huntington
Luther Herdman
Kathryn
Major
Derrie
Solvay
Warren Hoagland
Semet
Sandy
New Orleans
Wav Es Hm
Kathy R
Rose G
Indiana
Louisiana
C. V. Harner
Elgercliff
A.m
W. H. Shaver, Jr
L. Fiore
Western
Defender
Greenup Locks
Pamela D. c
Lucien 8Ohnson
Lock
Miss Susan
Ravenswood
Chevleroi
Buckeye State
R. H. Bosworth
John Bel Hood
Meldah
Locks
Jim Hougland
Jeffboat
Births Reported at Holzer Hospital
A daughter was born to multiple families listed from Crown City to Point Pleasant in Holzer Hospital Notes. The lengthy notice names numerous new mothers and newborns including Mr. and Mrs. William T. Gooderham and Mrs. Kathryn L. Callahan among others.
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William T. Gooderham
Crown City
Carmel Sutton Bible School Commencement Set
Commencement for the Carmel Sutton Bible School will be held at 8 p.m. Friday at the Sutton Church.
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Pomeroy
Carmel- Sutton Bible School
Sutton Church
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George E. Merrill, III
Lockport
N. Y
Jimmy L. McGuire
Gradon E. Houck
John K. Witherspoon
Bloomington
Ill
John P. Brown
Roanoke
North Gallia High School
Janice Stevens
Eugene Stevens
Janet Dooley
Theo Dooley
Gallia
Star
Merrill J. Perkins
Mary Louise Clagg
Terrey L. Clagg
Jacqueline Sowards
Dale Sowards
Barbara Swisher
Donald Swisher
Peggy Fannin
Waldo J. Fannin
Freda McGuire
Patriot
Jess McGuire
Mary I. Payne
Harley Payne
Billy E. Javins
Anita F. Javins
Robert G. Caldwell
Louise C. Caldwell
Joan Henson
Gene Henson
Wanda Lyall
Irvin Lyall
Betty Lou Hartsook
Cheryl Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
Harold Wallace
Pliny
Marianne
Bill
Wlw
Nbe
Doctors
Ann Sothern
Cartoon Weather New
Death Valley Days
Showtime
Bob Hope
Bob H
Loretta Young
Danny Thome
Worl Password
Edge of
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Secret Storm
Lone Ranger
Wchs-Tv
Fights Figh
Wsaz-Tv
NBC
Jack Poor
Nation of Gamblers
Trailmaster
Mickey Mouse
Rocky's Friends
Wild Cargo
Wtvn-Tv
ABC
Sea Hunt News
WLWC
Wsazl-Tv
CBS
Wbns-Tv
WHTN
Charleston
Bozo the Clown
Buddy Starcher
Jock LaLanne
Dean Miller
Lucy's Toyshop
Mike Douglas
Real McCoys
Pete and Gladys
Tomer
Father Krows
Ernie
CBS Watch
Paradise
Burke
Secret Storm Flippo Flippe
Man
Ofer Love
Ohio
James Marsh
N. Main St
John Flowers
Maxwell Rd
Cleveland
Little League
Mason Homemakers
Harold Lewis
Charles Yonker
Virgil Scantlin
John R. Roach
Matilda Noble
Charles R. Withers
Roy Ball
John Hanly
A. E. Sommer
Gall
New Rotary
Athens
Charles J. Douglas
Wellston
Charles E. Jones
Ironton
William A. Ray
Portsmouth
Kathryn L. Callahan
Jackson
Eber A. Wolfe
Racine
Gary E. Grueser
William R. Metzner
Walter W. Donahue
Swellyn S. Williams
Clifton
W. Va
Robert M. Blakenship
Camp Hill
Clyde J. Bartlett
Middleport
Charles R. Stone
Ira E. Myers
Theodore Whittington
Loretta F. Faber
Robert W. Bunch
Barbara L. Shelton
Oak Hill
Earl E. Gordon
Roy W. Profitt
Betty L. Byus
Noah Hopper
Hanging Rock
Mae Sherbarth
Harrisonville
Mattie Clay
Richard Nettles
Garnet Stover
Eva Chase
Archie T. Whitt
Charles O. Wooten
Susan C. Gregory
Ralph G. Bennett
Kathy M. Sheets
Don L. MacKnight
Darlene H. Halley
Harry A. Miller
George W. Saunders
Thomas N. Shoemaker
Juanita Justice
Charles W. Meade, Jr
Richard L. Erickson
John F. Hudson
Larry A. Ritchie
Larry E. Stewart
Gene C. Oiler
Coe
Suzanne 'E Pleshette
Diane
James Gregory
Radu Walsh
Warner Bros
Ohio Valley
Tad Moses
Joey
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James Conover
Robert Winters
ALZEY
Becent
Elizabeth
Richard Taylor
The
V.lps
Panavision
Metrogolor
Elvis Presley
Ann-Margret
Nelsonville
Non Reet
Ils
Steve James
Richard McQueen
Garner Attenborough
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