Speed Boat Regatta Plans In Gallipolis This Sunday
Captain I J T Green of Division 18 US Coast Guard Auxiliary announced B B Matthews as patrol commander for Gallipolis Boat Club's third annual water show. The event features Hugo Perrotti's cabin cruiser We Three as flagship with Oleander possibly patrolling and a request to St. Louis for a cutter. About 100 entries are expected, with 10 races on the Ohio River from Locust to Vine Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
I. J. T. Green
Coast Guard Auxiliary
B. B. Matthews
We Three
Matthews
Safety Pa
Ohio River
Locust
Vine St
Final Plans For Gallia Fair Discussed At Board Meet
Gallia County Junior Fairboard met in special session to review two week out plans for the 1963 fair. Walter F. Walker's Explorer Post 200 will park cars for four nights under a $300 allocation, with fair members collecting entrance fees. Bleachers in the new show ring near completion with concrete work by Paul Watson and final seating to be installed. New show racks for clothing projects to be added and restrooms to be painted. Night policing arrangements include a deputy or special deputy sheriff on the grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Junior Fair Board
Gallia County
Maurice Forgey
B. B. Matthews
Walter F. Walker
Explorer
Fair Board
Matthews
Explorer Scouts
Forgey
Paul Watson
Fairgrounds
Gallia Key Club outlines nine objectives at dinner
Lieutenant governor Dennis Avner outlined seven Gallia Academy High School Key Club objectives at the Gallia Kiwanis dinner in Gallipolis. The plan includes a vocational guidance program an appreciation banquet for parents and a go to church campaign. Avner and Donald Gibson reported on attending the Key Club International convention in Pittsburgh. Miller appointed a committee to coordinate junior fair Kiwanis activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dennis Avner
Tye
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Ohio
Avner
Gallia Academy High School
Kiwanis
L. Claude Miller
Donald Gibson
Key Club International
Pittsburgh
P. J. Ryal
Miller
River Traffic Dams and River Boats Report
River traffic conditions list dam statuses on Kanawha and Ohio rivers with roller dams on the sill and moveable dams up in Huntington district. Counts show numerous boats on the Kanawha and Ohio with up and down readings at various locks from Gallipolis to Lock 32.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenmay
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Sill
Ohio River
Huntington
James
Harmilton
Anne
Coal King
Elgercliff
Solvay
Walter Williamson
Orleanian
Jacob
National
Harriet M
Craig M
Aliquippa
William H. Zimmer
Charleroi
Lock
I. F. Frieberger
Alton Zephyr
Annette Jones
Peggy Downey
A. V._Criss
A. E. Ke
Lady Grace
Ovec
Oleander
Greenup Locks
Valley Voyager
Defender
Susan Lane
Western
Ravenswood
L. W. Sweet
Shoo
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital list numerous names
Births include a daughter for Mr and Mrs Melvin B Chapman Letart Route 2 and a daughter for Mr and Mrs Guy D Hysell Pom eroy Route 3. Admitted patients include Harold K German Long Bottom and Brenda S Jefferson Point Pleasant Route 2 among many others. blood used Wednesday three pints.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Melvin B. Chapman
Letart
Guy D. Hysell
Pomeroy
Harold K. German
Long Bottom
John F. Miller
Fraziers Bottom
Brenda S. Jefferson
Point Pleasant
Harold E Rose
New Haven
Everett Allman
McArthur
Ralph E. Williams
Gallipolis
Harry R. Smith
Ray F. Scharfenberger
Wellston
Thelma L. Napper
Hamden
Harley R. Me. Williams
Jack A. Buxton
Clyde F. Harrison
Ironton
Irvin Wages
Ashland
Lillie M Halley
Roger D. Callihan
Jackson
John A. Lawson
Racine
Gale Salser
Ravenswood
Charles E. Davis
William G. Rice
Lee Parsons
J. Phillip Jarrell
Mason
Wilbur H. Rowley, Jr
Middleport
G. E. Mitchell
Frank W. Porter
B. S. Haner
Robert Phillips
C. S. Frank
T.A. Stephens
C. E. Russell
P. H. Goodnite
Edward Spaulding
Annis Phelps
Norma Russell
Jack Little
John Dougherty
Harry Flowers
Conrad Bartels
R. P. Gibbs
Leo Steel
Emma Elias
Centenary WSCS Holds Third Annual Family Picnic
Gallipolis Centenary WSCS held its third annual family picnic at Centenary Methodist Church with Rev. Donald Rankin leading the evening prayer. The next WSCS meeting is set for August 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
WSCS
Centenary Methodist Church
Donald Rankin
Drivers In Head On Auto Crash In Gallia County
Two cars wrecked on upper Route 7 near Kanauga Drive In Theater injuring four people. Raymond E. Clark and Ruth Clark were treated for injuries, Loren D. Zirkle and James Gibbs were also examined. Zirkle cited for no operator's license. Clark cited for failure to yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kanauga Drive- In
State Highway Patrol
Raymond E. Clark
Loren D. Zirkle
Mason
Zirkle
James T. Gibbs
Hartford
Clark
Four Indicted On Charges Of Espionage
Federal grand jury in Brooklyn indicts Ivan D. Egorov a UN personnel officer his wife Aleksandra and a Washington couple Robert K and Joy Ann Baltch on six year conspiracy to transmit secret US rocket pad and naval installation data to Russia. They allegedly sought American defense personnel as agents and were held without bail.
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New York
Russia
Brooklyn
United Nations
Washington, D.C
Ivan D. Egorov
U.N
Aleksandra
Washington
Robert K
Joy Ann Baltch
Death Notice Harvey B. Sanford 88 Wellston
Word was received here of the death of Harvey B. Sanford 88 at his Wellston home July 10. He was the youngest son of John and Mary Lowe Sanford. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Earl Trent Wise Va and Mrs Dwight McLaughlin. Local relatives report a family hospital birth and visits among friends and kin rail.
Rio Summer School enrollment details Gallia County counts
Rio Grande College reports 243 summer term students with 60 from Gallia County. Listed Gallia County enrollees include Mike Allen and Mary Altieri among others. Vinton, Lawrence, Meigs, Scioto, Pike, and Jackson County students also noted, with several named residents and town assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Jackson
Gallia County
J. Sherman Porter
Lawrence County
Meigs
Pike
Scioto
Vinton County
Mike Allen
Mary Altieri
Andra Brown
Darlene Corbin
Donna Cornwell
Charles Dotson
Ruth
Court Orders Man's Arrest
Gallia County sheriff's department arrests Earnest Elmo Walker 37 of Winton Route 1 for probation violation. Indicted May term 1961 he pleaded guilty to a non support charge and was placed on two years probation. judge says he failed to report monthly and meet terms including payments. A separate note reports counterfeit $5 bills turning up in Cincinnati with serial number 6744763 460. Also Gallipolis news: Presbyterian Men plan an ice cream social at 6 p.m. Friday at the church lawn.
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Gallipolis
Earnest Elmo Walker
Winton
Gallia County
Wayne Ogdin
Presbyterian Church
Minor two car crash under Gallipolis police review
In Gallipolis at 1 55 p m a car backed from a parking zone on Second Ave collided with another car causing minor damage to both vehicles. Beulah Mae Thomas 20 of Patriot Route 2 drove the striking vehicle and Cecil E Cotton 45 of Gallipolis drove the other. no charges were filed and no injuries were reported. Dr Francis W Shane county health commissioner examined six children at the monthly well baby clinic of the Gallia County Health Department.
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Gallipolis
Second Ave
Beulah Mae Thomas
Cecil FE. Cotton
Francis W. Shane
Gallia County
Fayette County Man Charged With Robbery
Virgil Ray Patterson alias Virgil Ray Meadows age 19 of Stockey Road Washington District D held in Fayette County Municipal Court on a charge of assault with intent to rob. The alleged robbery occurred in a cornfield at about 6 30 a m with a gun and struggle. a revolver and money were previously stolen from the Sheets household. Patterson was identified by Mr and Mrs Sheets in a lineup and held for September term grand jury with bond set at 2500 dollars. The gun remain missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Oscar Baird
Virgil Ray Patterson
Virgil Ray Meadows
Stokey Rd
Washington D. H
William H. Sowers
Patterson
Meadows
Baird
Homer Sheets
Crown City
Federal Creek Rd
Sheets
Fayette County
Man and Wife Arrested After Family Quarrel
Gallipolis police arrested Darlene Montgomery 35 and James Montgomery 34 after a family quarrel at Vince's Place on Court St. Darlene Montgomery faced disorderly conduct charges and posted a 35 bond to appear in municipal court Friday. James Montgomery was treated at Holzer Hospital for a cut above the eye and booked on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jackson
Vince's Place
Court St
Darlene Montgomery
Adamson St
Gallia GI in Thailand joins SEATO exercise
Gallia native Army Pfc. John A. Lawrence, 21, a rifleman with Company B 1st Battle Group of the 25th Division, participated in a SEATO ground defense exercise in mid-June in Thailand. Lawrence, son of Mr and Mrs Roy E Lawrence of Route 1, trained at Ft. Knox and arrived overseas last December after attending Raccoon Local High School in Rio Grande.
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Gallipolis
John A. Lawrence
Thurman
Southeast Asia Treaty Organization
SEATO
25Th Division
5Th Infantry
Thailand
Lawrence
Roy E. Lawrence
1St Battle Group
Schofield Barracks
Hawaii
Army
Ft. Knox
Raccoon Local High School
Rio Grande
Gallia County bookmobile program ends with child party
Gallia County District Library concludes its summer bookmobile schedule with a closing party for children at each stop. Supervisors Peggy Cook and Diana Parsons led six weeks of story hours and art activities for county youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Peggy Cook
Diana Parsons
Miss Cook
Miss Parsons
Municipal Judge Hears Five Cases In Kananga and Gallipolis
In Gallipolis on Wednesday Municipal Judge Sowers fined Thelma Lester 57 and Fannie Perry 38, both of Kananga, small sums and costs for traffic faults after a Thursday four car collision on Second Ave. Lester failed to stop within the assured clear distance and Perry parked on the highway. Lester’s car struck Perry’s, pushing it into two more parked cars. Also fined was Charles W. Smith 47 of Gallipolis, who pleaded no contest to driving while intoxicated, with $50 and costs, five days in jail and a six month license suspension. In other city cases Judge Sowers fined James W. Friend 31 of Ironton $10 and costs for disobeying an automatic traffic signal, and James M. King 34 of Greensboro North Carolina forfeited a $25 bond for speeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Sowers
Thelma L. Lester
Fannie E. Perry
Kananga
Second Ave
Sowers
Charles W. Smith
Smith
James W. Friend
Ironton
James M. King
Greensboro
N. C
Griffin Files Nominating Petition for Gallipolis Trustee
John T. Griffin of 113 Garfield Ave files to run for Gallipolis trustee in the November 5 election. He is head bookkeeper at Evans Grocery Co and becomes the 26th candidate. filing deadline is 4 p.m. August 7. In New Haven, Luther Smith leads a freedom program at the EUB Brotherhood meeting with 10 members attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John T. Griffin
Garfield Ave
Griffin
Evans Grocery Co
New Haven
Luther Smith
EUB Brotherhood
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Gallia
John S
Jack) Rodgers
Dale Russell
Dale C. Gilkey
J. Thomas Houck
T. Jay Bradshaw
John L. Evans
Neil McMahon
Art Fletcher
R. William Jenkins
Holzer Hospital News
Billy
Holzer Hospital
Radcliff
By Gladys Pierce
Detroit
Rio
Vaughn Ullman
Fred Hamrick
Vinton
Judy Brown
Sue Fadely
Dayton Garber
Anna MaeGeorge
Bob Hamilton
Betty Hartsook
John
Wanda Holle
Patriot
John R. Davis
Carolyn Lyman
Willie Pickens
Jeff Pope
Mary Wiseman
Bidwell Barbara
Lois Fraley
Martha Meek
Karen Williams
Roy Sprague
Cheshire
Sue Fulton
Irene Swisher
Sharon Lanier
Gary Williams
Georgia
Sears
Logan
ARS
Qu le Drug Store
Athens
Avic
Gaewenshed
Brotherhood
Elberfeld
Logan, Ohio
Bassett
Pittsburg
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