Amherst Woman Killed in Gallia County Wreck
A 49 year old Amherst woman Marie Fairchild died when her car crashed with a dump truck on Route 35 seven miles west of Gallipolis. Her sister and brother in law Arthur L Ulmer suffered multiple injuries and were hospitalized. The crash occurred as Jerome Smith 45 Bidwell Route 2 tried to turn into a driveway. The State Highway Patrol investigated. Fairchild's death marked the county's third fatality of the year.
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Gallipolis
Amherst
Florida
Gallia County
Route 35
Marie Fairchild
Arthur L. Ulmer
Clinton
Fairchild
Ulmers
Ulmer
Jerome Smith
Bidwell
Smith
Holzer Hospital
Miller Funeral Home
State Highway Patrol
Gallia County Improvement Bids Opened
Ohio opened bids on highway beautification projects totaling over 25.8 million dollars. Gallia Washington County work includes 0.2 mile on U S 35 in Gallia County and 0.8 mile on Ohio 7 in Warren Township, plus 0.3 mile on U S 224 in Summit County. Low bidder for Gallia Washington projects was R C Follrod of Pomeroy at 21896, state estimate 31500. Summit County bid went to Paul E Bleile of Norwalk at 16641, state estimate 39000.
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P. E.masheter
U. S. 35
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio
Warren Township
Washington County
U.S. 224
Summit County
Gallia
R. C. Follrod
Pomeroy
Paul E. Bleile
Norwalk
Meigs Fair volunteers wanted for concession stand
Eastern Athletic Boosters seek volunteers to staff the Meigs County Fair concession stand August 16 to 20. Funds raised will help pay high school football bleachers. Contact Mrs. Paul Karr, Mrs. Joseph Turner, or Nita Jean Ritchie. Health cards required. skin tests July 29 and August 2 at the Meigs County Health Dept.
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Pomeroy
Eastern Athletic Boosters
Meigs County
Paul Karr
Joseph Turner
Nita Jean Ritchie
Meigs County Health
Fire damages northeast section of Malleable Iron Co
Fire heavily damaged the heat treatment department furnace locker room and shower rooms at the Malleable Iron Co in Point Pleasant on Wednesday morning. Supt. Amil Roamons said no work curtailment would be necessary.
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Point Pleasant
Malleable Iron Co
Amil Roamons
Rotarians Aid 4-H Group For Parade of the Hills
Nelsonville Rotarians agreed to help Nimble Thimbles 4-H Club buy gown material for Queen contestants in the Parade of the Hills festival. The club will run a golf range during the event. Co-Chairman David Devores noted New Lexington participants include queen entrants exhibit and band. Visiting Rotarians were Walter Leonard Logan Alva Oakley Whitesville W Va and Leonard Grigst Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Parade of the Hills
David Devores
New Lexington
Walter Leonard
Logan
Alva Oakley
Whitesville
W. Va
Leonard Grigst
Nelson
Earnings Rise Announced by Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co reports common share earnings of 12 886 000 for the year ending June 30, up 2.2 percent from last year. Operating revenues rise to 77 051 000, a 44 percent gain, while operating expenses increase from 56 457 000 to 59 257 000.
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Columbus
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Church Plans Classes For City Children
The Vacation Church School will open Monday at the Episcopal Church on Jefferson Street. It runs daily 9 to 11 a.m. through August 12 with a closing program at 7:30 p.m. Aug. 12. Ages four to 14 are invited. preschool and kindergarten children wear name and age tags on day one. Sponsors include First Presbyterian, First Methodist, Baptist, First Christian, and Church of the Epiphany Episcopal. POMEROY The Meigs County Veterans Service Office on Court Street will close for the rest of the week due to illness of C J Rhodes, service officer.
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Nelsonville
Episcopal Church
Jefferson St
Sponsors
The
First Presbyterian Church
First Methodist
the Baptist, the
First Christian
Church of the Epiphany, Episcopal
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Area Death Notices Brighten Local Obituaries and Services
Franklin G. Collins 75 New Straitsville found dead at home from natural causes. Surviving: six sons, a daughter, two sisters, a brother, 19 grandchildren, 21 great grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday Humphrey Funeral Home Shawnee. Burial New Straitsville Cemetery. Albert Anson Noble 75 Point Pleasant Route 2 dies after hospital admission. Surviving: wife Iva B. Noble and stepson James Bell. Funeral 2 p.m. Friday Mohr Stevens Funeral Home. Burial Point Pleasant. Kevin Lee Bohlen 18 months Nelsonville pronounced dead at Mount St. Mary Hospital after breathing difficulty. Parents, two sisters, a brother, grandparents. Services 1 p.m. Friday Nelsonville Pilgrim Holiness Church. Burial Asbury Cemetery. Clarence H. Petrie 60 Bidwell Route 2 dies at home. Surviving wife Mana Callicoat Petrie, daughter Darlene Russell, son Darwin, two sisters, five grandchildren. Funeral 2 p.m. Thursday Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home. Burial Perkins Ridge Cemetery.
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Franklin G. Collins
Denzil
Mildred) Blake
Ross
Ralph
Columbus
Walter
Inverness
Fla
Virgil
Farmington
Mich
James
Terry
Fred Collins
Murray City
Guy Steadman
Carbon Hill
Ella Steadman
Bucyrus
Humphrey Funeral Home
Shawnee
Jacob Lehman
New Straitsville Cemetery
Point Pleasant
Albert Anson Noble
Charleston Memorial Hospital
Malleable Iron Co
Morning Star Advent Church
Anson
Matilda Dickens Nobie
Iva B. Noble
James Bell
Mohr- Stevens Funeral Home
Wilbur Baxter
Nelsonville
Kevin Lee Bohlen
Mount St. Mary Hospital
W. H. Hyde
Bohlen
Max Valkinburg
David
Sharon Doolittle Bohlen
Marietta Rd
Teena
Tresea
Kenneth Doolittle
Robert Bohlen
Nelsonville Pil
Gallipolis
Clarence H. Petrie
Bidwell
Waugh-Halley-Wood
George Kelly
Perkins Ridge
Mr. Petrie
Lawrence County
Mana Callicoat Petrie
Jack
Darlene) Russell
Darwin
Birdie Lewis
Clarence Burcham
Proctorville
School Bus Inspections Slated In Meigs County
Meigs County will host a Wednesday August 24 inspection day at the fairgrounds. Sgt P D McCreedy and county superintendent Q O Patterson announce. Cpl J D Jenkins and Ptl J D Wogan will conduct the checks focusing on brakes steering wiring exhaust frames and safety equipment. Buses passing will display a certificate. those failing must be repaired or removed. Inspections aim to finish by September 1 with new registration numbers instead of plates. Rechecks occur August 25 at 1 p m for minor repairs.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Highway Patrol
P. D. McCreedy
Q. O. Patterson
J. D. Jenkins
J. D. Wogan
Gallipolis
Highway Patrol Academy
Columbus
Patrol
State Department of Education
McCreedy
Sgt. McCreedy
Patterson
Meigs County Fairgrounds
Meigs
Fairgrounds
Carsey Repeats as OFC President in Pom eroy
Jack Carsey of Landmark was reelected president of the Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce at Bailey's Restaurant. New officers include William Grueser as vice president John Blaetmar as secretary and Kermit Walton as treasurer. The chamber nears the 1500 goal to sponsor the American Windwind Symphony at the Pom eroy levee with free concerts for youth and adults. Middleport businesses have donated or pledged 350 plus 1000+ in the area. The Lions Club will handle chair rental for the evening concert. Also noted is Willie Horton of the Tigers collecting four hits and 3 RBIs in Detroit's 3-1 win over the White Sox.
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Bailey’s Restaurant
William Grueser
John William Blaetmar
Kermit Walton
Middleport
Pomeroy
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