Commission Discusses Street Lighting Fees
Gallipolis city commissioners and Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric officials failed to reach agreement on a rate differential to fund street lighting at a second city hall meeting. CSOE division manager John K. Allen and CSOE municipal representative Robert Sisinger were present.
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Gallipolis
The
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
City Hall
John K. Allen
CSOE
Robert Sisinger
CSCE
Public Utilities Commission
William Jenkins
Jenkins
Allen
Sisinger
Ohio
City Commission
Gallipolis Block Co
French City Lumber
Logan Clay Products Co
Logan
Evans Pipe Co
Urichsville
Robison Clay Products
Akron
American Vitrified Products Co
Cleveland
Ben Williamson Co
Ashland
Births Report From Holzer Hospital List Of New Arrivals
BIRTHS A son to Mr. and Mrs. David H. Smith Vinton Route 1 a son to Mr. and Mrs. George R. Sisson Pomeroy a son to Mr. and Mrs. Thomas G. Crothers Vinton Route 1. Monica J. Angelo Gallipolis Mrs. Joseph S. Van Sickle Point Pleasant Fred E K Rayburn Point Pleasant Vesta L. Bonecutter Point Pleasant Walter D. Hayth Jackson Mrs. Elvin Miller Cocoa Florida etc.
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David H. Smith
Vinton
George R. Sisson
Pomeroy
Thomas G. Crothers
Monica J. Angelo
Gallipolis
Joseph S. van Sickle
Point Pleasant
Fred EK. Rayburn
Vesta L. Bonecutter
Walter D. Hayth
Jackson
Elvin Miller
Cocoa
Fla
Alexander McCausland
Pliny
W. Va
Michael R. Stewart
Cheshire
Robert J. Riebel
Middleport
William FE. Swisher
Delmar D. Garner
West Columbia
Dorsel Smith
Hemlock Grove
Carl F. Haniihan
Ironton
Clifford P Asher
Murraysville
Charles E. MceDowell
Millwood
James A. Garrell
Wilbert Stoney
Robert L. Davis
Joseph I. Thompson
Commissioners Review Welfare Aide Need In Gallia County
Gallia County commissioners met with county welfare officials and state welfare representative Kathryn Mott to discuss adding more help. A request for a new secretary was noted as the need, with Mrs. Mott citing a heavier workload due to a new system. Decision postponed for advisement.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Kathryn Mott
John E. Morgan
Hardway Promoted In Huntington District of National Life
Michael I. Hardway Sr. of Gallipolis has been named staff manager for the Huntington district of National Life and Accident Insurance Co. He is a Gallia Academy High School graduate and has worked in the Gallipolis office three and a half years. He and his wife and two sons will relocate to Huntington. Separately, Melvin Cottrill of Columbus announces the birth of Natalie Diane Cottrill on July 12 at Riverside Methodist Hospital with grandparents and a great grandmother named.
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Gallipolis
Michael I. Hardway
Second Ave
Huntington
National Life and Accident Insurance Co
Carrol K. Snowden
Gallia Academy High School
Hardway
Marc
Mike
Radcliff
Melvin Cottrill
Columbus
Natalie Diane
Riverside Methodist Hospital
George Leitch
Willis McManus
Hamden
Melvin Gregory
Regatta Officials Hail Success Plans For Hydroplanes Return
Gallipolis leaders say Sunday speed boat regatta was a financial success and a meeting will be held to discuss bringing back hydroplanes next year. The event, sanctioned by the Mid East Outboard Racing Association, drew support from the Gallipolis Boat Club and Chamber of Commerce with Coast Guard volunteers handling safety and judging duties.
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Gallipolis
D. Kenneth Morgan
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
Gallipolis Boat Club
Chamber of Commerce
Morgan
Mid- East Outboard Racing Association
Cleveland
Dave Barnes
Zanesville
Ohio River
Park Front
Barnes
B. B. Matthews
Division 18
Coast Guard Auxiliary
Division
Cap
Gene Lister
Huntington
Matthews
Hugo Pierotti
We Three
Point Pleasant
Bud Morse
Flint
Mich
Clint Geith
Independence
Ohio
Barberton Man Denies Two Counts in Tavern Incident
Gallia County Chester L Holland 25 Barberton pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to assault and battery and obstructing an officer. Trial set for July 30 with bonds of 250 dollars on each count. Holland posted bond and was released after deputies said he struck the arresting officer and fled.
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Gallipolis
Chester L. Holland
Barberton
Kananga
William H. Sowers
Holland
Jack Owens
Homemakers Return From State Convention
Five Point Pleasant High School Future Homemakers members and two adults joined peers at Jackson's Mill for the West Virginia Future Homemakers state convention. Marilyn Smith led as president and served as a state president candidate, with Carolyn Woodrum as a featured soloist and Matheny Shinn as voting delegates. Rebecca Riddle from Hannan High earned the state degree and sought the state secretary post.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Jackson’s Mill
Marilyn Smith
Carolyn Woodrum
Cheri Matheny
Becky Shinn
Jackie McNeely
Lionel Smith
Evelyn Brake
Miss Smith
Matheny
Shinn
West Virginia
Hannan High School
Rebecca Riddle
Miss Riddle
Hannan
Beverly Tomilson
Sally Watterson
Lucy Sullivan
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Report
River gauges show Gallipolis Greenup and Kanawha Falls near crest levels with rollers and dams on the sill Kanawhs River. Ohio River movable dams in Huntington District raised. numerous Gallipolis and Kanawha River boats reported up or down with time stamps across the day.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawhs River
Ohio River
Huntington
John Ladd Dean
Stevenson
Invader
Samuel Clemens
Franklin B
William H. Zimmer
A. Y
Criss
Solvay
OVEC
Elgercliff
Kanawha
Winfield, Co
V. Harner
Peggy Downey
Diesel
Lock
Indiana
Miss Lou
James L. Hamilton
John J. Rowe
Bayo Lareine
Elisha Woods
Bob Benter
Beckford
Beaver
Jerry Bosworth
Glendora
Greenup Locks
Onward
Cotton Queen
Luther Herdman
Eugene Woods
Bingo
Frances Bougiand
Valvoline
La.m
National
Rio Grande offers five week reading development program
Rio Grande College in cooperation with Baldridge Reading Services will run a five week developmental reading program for fall semester. The 50 minute daily class runs Sept 16 to Oct 22 with eight to ten students per class. Tuition is 100 dollars per student.
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Gallipolis
Baldridge Reading Services, Inc
Greenwich
Baldridge
Carl L. Wilson
Stu
Wilson
Dean Wilson
Rio Grande College
Mason County 4 H Increases Camp Quota For Girls
Mason County 4 H quota rises to eight for Girls State 4 H Camp starting Monday. Barnette notes many applicants and lists delegates Katherine Thomas Mary Priddy Diane Crump Gayle Halstead Koneda Derrick Carol Gerlach Claudia Zerkle Hill and Linda Tatserson with scholarships covering most costs. Claudia Zerkle Hill earns Polly Maclin Scholarship. Hostess Linda Tatserson will assist at camp and lead a class.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Sage
Barnette
Maclin
Linda Tatterson
First Council Circle
Claudia Zerkle
Katherine Thomas
Mary Priddy
Diane Crump
Gayle Halstead
Koneda Derrick
Carol Gerlach
Drunk Driver Fined Jailed In Municipal Court
William G Crum 36 of Middleport Route 1 was fined 50 dollars and costs and given five days in jail with a six month license suspension for driving while intoxicated. Judge William H Sowers also fined Harold F Wiseman 32 of Gallipolis 10 dollars and costs for speed over road conditions and 5 dollars and costs for no operator's license. Robert L Burgess 28 of Thornville Route 1 was fined 15 dollars and costs for unsafe operation and Jerald R Haffelt 27 of Gallipolis 10 dollars and costs for speed over conditions. Johnny B Bradford 25 of Foster Kentucky forfeited a 25 dollar bond for driving left of center.
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Gallipolis
William G Crum
Middleport
William H. Sowers
Harold FE. Wiseman
Robert L. Burgess
Thornville
Jerald R. Haffelt
Fire Ends Quick Basement Blaze at McCarty Home
In Gallipolis, thirteen volunteers and two fire trucks responded to an eight p.m. alarm at Paul McCarty’s residence on Lincoln Street. Debris and used lumber in a vacated basement burned but were contained before spreading to the main house with no damage reported. Fire Chief James A. Northup cited initial controlled burning that escaped control.
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Gallipolis
Paul McCarty
Lincoln St
James A. Northup
McCarty
Driver Fined On 2 Counts In Gallipolis Crash
Robert K Owens 20 of Patriot Route 2 was fined 20 and costs for leaving the scene of an accident and 25 and costs for reckless operation, plus 30 days license suspension. A car abandoned after crashing into a guard rail near the Gallipolis radio station was owned by his sister Virginia Myers. Owens suffered a bruised nose. Curtis W Shafer 19 of Crown City Route 2 was fined 5 and costs for failing to obey an automatic traffic signal.
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Gallipolis
William H. Sowers
Robert K. Owens
Owens
Virginia Myers
Curtis W. Shafer
Crown City
Kiwanis Kids Day Plan At Gallia County Fair
Gallia County Kiwanis Club will sponsor Kids Day from 2 to 5 p.m. August 1 at the Gallia County Junior Fair, with forty five silver dollars awarded to both boys and girls in contests. Names listed include L Claude Miller president and participants from Langsville Mason Evans Route Point Pleasant Hogsett Apple Grove.
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Gallipolis
Charles Kenneth Wyatt
Langsville
Marjorie Mae Furst Burford
Mason
Wilbur Iven Donahew
Evans
Sharon Lee
Fielder
Point Pleasant
Shirley Francis Campbell
Hogsett
Maddie Joan Stover
Apple Grove
Vinton Village Council Post Seeks Re election
Gallipolis O painter Vinton has filed nominating petitions for re election to the Vinton Village Council. He is the first village official to file. Three other candidates for township trustee posts have filed Herman R Reese Cheshire Township Walter J Wood Raccoon Township and Ralph E Allbright Walnut Township Filing deadline for trustees clerks city county and local school boards is 4 p.m. August 7.
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Gallipolis
O. E. Painter
Vinton
Willa M. Saunders
Gallia County
Six Persons Fined by Justice A M Goodwin at Point Pleasant
Six individuals appeared before Justice of the Peace A M Goodwin and paid fines. Glen don Catt of Lake Odessa Michigan paid $9.50 and costs for passing on a solid line. Mae McCarty of Point Pleasant Route 2 and Lowell M Gothard of Gallipolis paid $10 and costs for expired inspection stickers. Nichols R Babb of Winfield was fined $10 and costs for expired Ohio operator's license. Vernon K Hatten of Huntington paid $10 and costs for speeding. Nelson Greenlee of Leon was fined $10 and costs on a drunkenness charge.
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Point Pleasant
Justice of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Glendon Catt
Lake Odesa
Mich
Mae McCarty
Lowell M. Gothard
Gallipolis
Nichols R. Babb
Winfield
Ohio
Vernon K. Hatten
Huntington
Nelson Greenlee
Leon
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Summary
David Frank Forshee of Gallipolis Ferry and Elridge Sauer of Point Pleasant are discharged. Mrs Waymon Griffith of Ashton and her son, and Buddy Lee Parsons of Belle are mentioned.
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David Frank Forshee
Gallipolis
Elridge Sauer
Point Pleasant
Waymon Griffith
Ashton, and Son
Buddy Lee Parsons
Belle
Brownie Day at Point Pleasant Shrine Club
Brownie day was held at the Shrine Club in Point Pleasant with a program, recreation and hiking. A picnic lunch followed noon. Neighborhood chairman Mrs. C. G. Bauerle directed the event. units 1 through 5 listed their leaders and attending girls.
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Point Pleasant
Shrine Club
C. G. Bauerle
Unit 1
Richard Sauer
Nancy Gilley
Ann Amick
Kathy Foglesong
Lois le
Wedding Set For Aug 3 In Cheshire
Cheshire Mr and Mrs Ara Swisher announce the engagement of their daughter Betty Joyce to Paul Gene Smith son of Mr and Mrs Alex C Smith of Scioto Furnace. Betty is a teacher in North Gallia School District and has college ties with Ohio University Rio Grande. Paul is a Rio Grande College graduate and Gallipolis City Schools coach and math teacher. Their open church wedding is planned for Saturday August 3 at 7 30 p.m. Cheshire Baptist Church.
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Cheshire
Ara Swisher
Betty Joyce
Paul Gene Smith
Alex C. Smith
Scioto Furnace
Kgger Creek High School
Ohio University
Rio Grande College
Zeta Chi
Cheshire Baptist Church
Fair Committee Sets Special Meeting in Point Pleasant
The Point Pleasant fair association membership committee directors and event coordinators will meet at 8 30 p m DST in the Point Pleasant High School Vocational Agricultural Building to coordinate fair activities and events.
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Point Pleasant
The
Fair Association
Point Pleasant High School
Two Civil Suits Filed In Circuit Court
In Point Pleasant Harold G. Sherwood and Lloyd R. Sherwood sue Quin D Coal Co of Henderson for 507.50 and 3630 for work performed. Pricilla Mills sues Robert Armstead for 600. An unrelated quote mentions steak-outs and cookouts.
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Point Pleasant
Quin-D Coal Co
Henderson
Harold G. Sherwood
Lloyd R
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