Gallipolis reports 30 aircraft during 24-hour alert
Gallipolis Ground Observers tracked 30 aircraft for a 24 hour alert from 5 p.m. Saturday to 5 p.m. Sunday amid heavy overcast and rain. Fifteen observers worked from Fortification Hill and fifteen planes were positively identified while others were heard but not seen. Dorothy Dickerson led the effort with 13 others including new member Dorothy Johnson joining the Gallipolis BPW Civil Defense setup.
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Gallipolis
Charleston
Dick Thomas
National Guard
Fortifica
Tion Hill
Thomas
Dorothy Dickerson
Dorothy Johnson
Toerve
Gallipolis Busi
Rio Summer Session Enrolls 220 Students Across Counties
Rio Grande College reports 220 students enrolled for the second term of summer classes that began July 11. Jackson County leads with 68, Gallia 51, followed by Lawrence and Scioto, with 30 and 20 respectively, and smaller counts from Vinton Meigs Pike and others. Notable local names listed include residents of Gallipolis Bidwell Patriot Crown City and various towns in Rio Grande and surrounding counties.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Jackson County
Gallia
Lawrence
Scioto
Vinton
Meigs
Pike
The
Messenger
Gallia County
John S. Armstrong
Roberta A. Armstrong
Rosebud Baker
John A. Brunicardi
Louisa Brunicardi
Betty
Jane Finney
Blanchard Hardgrow
Eva Mae Harrington
Mary Henry
Margaret Jones
William Neal
Alice Nibert
Arthur Nibert
Maxine Northup
Sara Porter
Marjorie Rinehart
Larry Roush
Wanda Saunders Willis
Leah Thompson Wien
Velma Fraley
Robert Hamilton
Andrea Hamrick
Mary Kennedy
Walter R. Neal
Bidwell
Elizabeth Mulford
Richard Russell
Violet Russell
Cheshire
Clay Baker
Barbara Jean Carter
George Pickens
Barbara Ann Silver
Yvonne Doles
Ray
Thelma Campbell
Jimmy Lee Wood
Wilkesville
Charlene M. Webb
Sue Webb
Hamden
Carol Jean Martindill
Garry Osler
Mabel Shively
McArthur
Mary Alice Six
Zaleski
Gail Wells
Radcliff
Meigs County
Joan Montgomiery
Langsville
Maxine Reed
Reedsvill
John Leonard
Charles Young
Seven Fined Three Forfeit Judge Janes Continues Foster Case
Gallipolis municipal court proceedings list multiple fines and forfeitures. Patricia Jane Foster’s reckless operation case was continued to August 2 by Judge William H. Janes. Other defendants faced speeding, intoxication, and traffic-violation penalties, with several bonds forfeited or costs suspended.
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Janes
Gallipolis
William H. Janes
Patricia Jane Foster
Tion
Park Bench
Jones
Patricia Joan Saunders
Franklin M. Halley
Orville Ison
Franklin Furnace
Robert C. Swann
Andrew P. Bryant
Clyde Eblin
Crown City
William P. Perry
Lesage
E. Clark Browning
Huntington
William J. Wood
Detroit
Extra Vaccine Is Used Here
Gallia County Health Department received a 90 shot supply of Salk polio vaccine for a Saturday afternoon free clinic. They administered 61 Salk shots plus 13 DPTs and two smallpox vaccinations. The clinic ran to 2 1 4 2 total free Salk shots since January 1 1958. Health nurse Naomi Rose noted the shipment came from other cities to lend serum.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Two Denied Probation In Insurance Swindle Case
A physician and his former receptionist who pleaded guilty to embezzlement in a $250000 swindle of American Associated Insurance Co. were denied probation Friday by Common Pleas Judge John W. Ford.
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Youngstown
American Associated Insurance Co
Common Pleas
John W. Ford
Emma Layne Dies After Yearlong Illness at 70
Mrs. Emma Montgomery Layne 70 died suddenly at her Crown City Route 1 home. She was born Feb 11 1888 in Ohio Two. She is survived by husband Charles and eight children, plus three sisters and six brothers. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday at Mt Zion Church Ohio Two with Rev Harry Mayenhein. burial Mt Zion Cemetery. Friends may call at the residence in Eblin Hollow.
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Gallipolis
Emma Montgomery Layne
Crown City
Ohio
James Preston
Sarah Jane Caldwell Montgomery
Charles Layne
Eldora
Mildred) Bias
Huntington
Everett
Jewell) Clark
Howard
Massachusetts
Calvin
Clarence
Stanford
Anna Montgomery
James
William
Leslie
Paul
John
Brady
Eureka
Laura Clark
Clarence Ward
Raceland
Mt. Zion Church
Harry Mayenhein
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Eblin Hollow
Mercerville
Bladen
G G Gullett Dies At 65 In Porter Ohio
Gilbert G. Gullett 65 of Porter Ohio died Sunday at his home after a yearlong illness. He was born December 30 1892 in Boyd County Kentucky and was a retired mine superintendent with Island Creek Coal Co. Surviving are his widow Lulu Kitchen two daughters Mrs Ralph Coburn Huntington and Mrs Joe Willard Charleston two brothers John Gullett Vinton Route 1 and Edward Welch West Virginia, one sister Mrs M B Snead Welch. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Vern on McCoy funeral home with Rev Warren H Wilson officiating burial in Vinton Memorial Park.
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Gallipolis
Gilbert G. Gullett
Porter
Boyd County
Henry
Drusilla Stevens Gullett
Lulu Kitchen
Logan
W. Va
Island Creek Coal
Warren H. Wilson
Vinton Memorial Park
River Traffic Gauges and Canal Locks Traffic Report
Gauge readings on the Gallipolis and Kanawha rivers show high rollers and rising crests while dam status remains on the sill. Ohio River movable dams are up with numerous boats and tow orders listed for Lock 14 through 34 and for Kanawha river vessels Winfield and Gallipolis fleet movements.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Ohio River
F. Frieberger
Sally Ann
Cornell
City of Huntington
John J. Rowe
Beaver
C. F. Hood
Atlas
Jefferson
Jerry Bosworth
C. P. Wright
Sohio State
Jimmy Colley
Tradewinds
Kanawha
Winfield
O-Kan
Beckford
Price
Reliance
Alton Zephyr
Susan A
City of Maysville
Solvay
Gallia County Health Board Eyes State Listing for Restaurants
Gallia County Board of Health heard sanitarian Jack Frazier report on restaurant surveys and progress toward reapproval by the State Department of Health. In other news Nasser met Khrushchev in Moscow as tensions in the Middle East persisted.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Nasser
Moscow
U. S
United Arab Republic
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Middle East
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Damascus
Yugoslavia
Marshal Tito
Austria
Innsbruck
Austrian
Tyrol
Germany
Turkey
Central Press
Mr Cremeans 57 dies after long illness near Cheshire
Floyd Cremeans 57 died Sunday at his Ward Road home near Cheshire after a two year illness. A self employed saw mill man, he was born December 15 1900 in Cabell County West Virginia. Survived by widow Pearl Conley Cremeans a foster child Clara Queen two foster grandchildren two brothers and two sisters. Funeral at Mina Chapel Church Wednesday at 2 PM with burial in the church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Floyd Cremeans
Ward Rd
Cheshire
Cabell County
W. Va
Walter ‘Cremeans
Nora Boothe Cremeans
Ohio
Pearl Conley Cremeans
Frank
Clara) Queen
James Cremeans
Ezra Cremeans
Adrian
Mich
Mary Strait
Effie Martin
Alfred Hoiley
Mina Chapel
Gallipolis Board Debates Elementary Supervisor Vacancy
Regular Education Board session reveals a bitter dispute over the elementary schools supervisor post. A Green Local petition to join the Gallipolis district is tabled for 30 days. The board takes no action on reemployment of Edward Ray Blakeslee Jr. and blocks a teacher survey.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Juvenile Court Hearing Set on DWI Charge
Gallipolis Leon Van Kirk 17 of Point Pleasant arrested by Post 27 for driving while under the influence of alcohol. Hearing scheduled Monday in Juvenile Judge John W Howell court. Wayne W Oxyer 17 of Cheshire was given 15 days license suspension as a juvenile traffic offender for a defective muffler.
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Gallipolis
Leon van Kirk
Point Pleasant
Post 27
Highway Patrol
John W. Howell
Wayne W. Oxyer
Cheshire
Parked car struck Sunday in Gallipolis
Gallipolis city police report minor damage from a Sunday morning crash. William H. Gorrell 33 of Point Pleasant struck a parked car owned by Manning Wetherholt 548 First Ave on State Street near First Avenue at 12 08 a m. Gorrell said he swerved to avoid an oncoming vehicle. The impact damaged Wetherholt’s left front fender and only the bumper of Gorrell’s car.
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Gallipolis
William H. Gorrell
Point Pleasant
Manning Wetherholt
First Ave
Wetherholt
State St
Gorrell
Kisatchie National Forest Size and Location
Kisatchie National Forest covers 538000 acres in northern and western areas relative to Alexandria Louisiana. The forest spans multiple parishes and provides habitat for wildlife and timber resources in the region.
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Kisatchie National Forest
Alexandria, la
Science Shrinks Piles With New Non surgical Remedy
Science reports a new healing substance Bio-Dyne that shrinks hemorrhoids stops itching and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows shrinkage and pain relief with Preparation H suppository or ointment form available at druggists with a money back guarantee.
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New York, N. Y
Local Families Visit in Gallia County Over Weekend
Gallipolis area residents hosted relatives from Springfield Mercerville Confluence Alexandria and Marietta with several staying for the weekend. Visitors included Mr and Mrs Dale Beaver and three daughters Kay Halley and others with trips to Virginia Beach and Camp Breckenridge noted.
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Dale Beaver
Springfield
John Boerger
William Trautwein
Columbus
John E. Halliday
Joseph W. Clark
Holzer Hospital Notes Sunday Births and Admissions
Birth a son to Lionel and Mrs Keefer Leon. Admitted include Mrs Elmer A Howard Oak Hill and several others. Dismissals list numerous patients. Saturday blood used six pints.
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Lionel Keefer
Leon
Elmer A. Howard
Oak Hill
Gail M. Miller
Middleport
Koneda Derrick
Point Pleasant
Ronald Derrick
Harold Stewart
Mercerville
Stephen Hartenbach
Pomeroy
Russell H. Beckett
Gallipolis
W. H. Hartsook
Vinton
John Smith
Wellston
Latlrday
Erskine Blanton
Gus Thompson
Jesse L. Powell, Jr
Jackson
Thomas L. Crossen
Ronald B. Adkins
Ted Stoney
Charles KE. Stokes
Buffalo
Bertha Allis
Don W. Rees
John E. Jones
Alice Booten
Toward D. Call
Crown City
Glenn E. Raynes
Rhonda Bailey
Albert Deck
Ida M. Arrington
T. A. Keller
David Pet
Waldo Bartels
Paul Ingels
Jerry Sexton
Gregory Belcher
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Idlewild
New York
Autry Bennie
Iraq
Mideast
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Bennie
Basra
Jordan A. Comer
Ewington
Gail Watkins Equipment CO
E. State
Athens, Ohio
Emma Layne
G.G. Gullett
Taft
Washington
Jack Martin
Cincinnati
Sen
Robert A. Taft
Eisenhower
U. S. Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
U.S.S.R
Robert Win
Keith
Dallas
Tex
American Airlines
Love Field
Amon Carter Field
Fort Worth
FBI
Mr. Cremeans
Dent Ralph Boster
Blakeslee
Boster
Earl Cromley
Cromley
Gomer Richards
Lewis Jones
U. 8
Pat
Nena
Garees
Boys
Altmans
Oklahoma
Ivy Slack
Levi
Wranglers
Casey Jones
Rio Grande
Virginia Beach
Judy Smeltzer
Debbie
Rickie
Frank Wetherholt
Capt
Richard Smeltzer
Camp Breckenridge
Frank Devers
Ashland
Arnold Dickerson
Tom Dickerson
Holzer Hospital
Florence Shepard
Jesse Morris
D. L. McCarity
Rodney Sprouse
Lowell Bing
Hollis Woodyard and Son
Norman J. Cornett and Son
Robert L. Straight
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