Gallipolis Board Approves Plans for New Band Building
The Gallipolis District Board of Education authorized plans for a 32 by 50 foot cinder block band building to serve city schools instrumental department. City officials discussed funding via a small levy of 5000 to 8000 dollars, with Aug 17 as the next meeting to report legal power and levy parameters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Washington
Perry J. Bailes
Kananga
FE. J. Arnold
Farl Tope
Gallia Academy High School
Hit and Skip Driver Caught
Fred Roberts, 46, of Columbus remained jailed after missing a $500 bond on a city charge for leaving the scene of an accident at Third and Olive. He was captured in Point Pleasant and brought to Gallipolis. Dean Corns, 35, of Columbus paid a fine for intoxication and was released after agreeing to cover minor damages to Mrs. Folden’s car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fred Roberts
Columbus
William H. Jones
Roberts
Third and Olive
Point Pleasant
Silver Bridge
Kananga
Dean Corns
Joan Folden
Corns
Man Held on Two Counts in Gallia County
Justice of the Peace James A. Johnson put James A. Hammond of Northup Route 1 under $500 bond on each of two counts. The charges are assault in a menacing manner and carrying concealed weapons, brought by the sheriff's department Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Justice of the Peace
James A. Johnson
James A. Hammond
Northup
Sheriff's Department
Case Continued in Gallipolis Court for Ramsey
Robert Ramsey, 47, of Gallipolis, had his case continued Monday in Gallipolis Municipal Court. He faces a charge of failing to stop within assured clear distance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Ramsey
Auto theft charges filed in Gallipolis youth case
Juvenile Court Judge John W. Howell released two 15 year old boys to Meigs Juvenile Court on State Highway Patrol auto larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Meigs
OVEC Doubles Land Options Near Kgger Creek Plant
A land optioning brief shows four parcels near the Kgger Creek Power Plant were extended rather than new deals. Old OVEC options expired and new ones taken within the same week, affecting 95 acres, 65 acres, 38 percent acres, and two acres around a house. Authorities neither confirm steel interests nor direct involvement by plant officials beyond noting site construction remains on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Henry W. Cherrington
OVEC
Kgger ‘Creek
Pike County
Douglas Durst
Stingy Creek Road
Ervin Rice
Margaret Coughenour
Seldon N. Moore
Fred R. Carman
New York
Pool Fund Balance Near 1300 in July
Gallipolis district notes a pool fund balance of 1281.23 as of July 20 with receipts to July 11 totaling 2755.10 from 229 student tickets 4.50 each nine adult tickets 6.75 each and 52 family tickets 10 dollars plus 1 per child. Holidays and weekdays revenues listed. Baxter testing showed satisfactory bacteria results and the pool is praised as cleanest and best administered in the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Swanson
State Health Department
Births at Holzer Hospital and listed admissions
The Holzer Hospital notes record births for Paul Skidmore and Donovan Cragg families and numerous admissions by name including surgical and medical cases from Racine Gallipolis Wellston Jackson and surrounding communities. The long list names patients and their destinations for medical or surgical care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Skidmore
Evergreen
Donovan Cragg
Gallipolis
Robert O'Connor
Wellston
Sam Clark
Jackson
Admissions
William H. Johnson
Racine
Elmer Brown
Lizzie Copley
Goldie Russell
Northup
Nelson Phillips
Rutland
Sharon Perry
Robert Jenkins
John Conger
Chris Williams
Edward H. McDaniel
Henderson
Surgical
Carl Meeks
Bidwell
Myra Schul
Leon
Manford Blessing
Point Pleasant
Byron C. Dudding
Paul D. Brookins
Oak Hill
Arnold Biffle
Michael Duane Kirby
Edgar White
Homer Donohue
Cottageville
Nora Knapp
Middleport
Laura Paling
Homer Dodderer
Elbert S. Layne
Donald Dalton
Donovan F. Cragg
Russell Ferguson
Pliny
Connie S. Mitchell
L. C. Hetzer
Huntington
Denny Rudd
Leslie W. Pierce
Ironton
C. T. Bole
Marietta
Ery Jeffers
Louis Louise
Wilmington
Charles Seel
Anthony Robinson
Coalton
Gallipolis Social Notes Wedding in Pomeroy Lutheran Church
Relatives of Mrs. Theo dosia Ohlinger daughter of Wade Arnold of Warsaw Ind attended the Sunday wedding of William Fricker of the Pine Grove area and the bride a Wahama High School teacher. Mrs. Miles Epling sang with Wanda Folden at the piano as guests included Mrs. Robert Richards of Hanersville, her daughter Mrs. Ralph Bennett, Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Arnold and their niece Wanda Sheets, Miles and Richard Epling, Mrs. M T Epling and her sisters Mrs. Mary Lippincott of Pomeroy and Dr Edna Gettles of Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Theodosia Ohlinger
Wade C. Arnold
Warsaw
Ind
Pomeroy Lutheran Church
William Fricker
Pine Grove
Miles Epling
Wanda Folden
Robert M. Richards
Hanersville
Ralph Bennett
Alfred Arnold
Wanda Sheets
Richard Epling
M. T. Epling
Mary Lippincott
Pomeroy
Edna Gettles
Point Pleasant
L. C. Somerville
Wahama High School
Mrs Hope Small Mc Intyre to Return Home in Gallia Rolls
Mrs Maybelle Hope Small Mc Intyre of Gallipolis will come home soon. Her state street residence is prepared for arrival. Thomas H Bus Lee 41 a Gallipolis glass cutter left for New York City by train to meet the widow of Oscar Odd McIntyre and drive her back in her Rolls Royce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maybelle Hope Small McIntyre
State St
Thomas H
Weekend visitors and family updates in Gallia County
The report lists numerous local residents hosting relatives and guests over the weekend. Names include Rev. Charles Lusher with his family in Painesville and visits by Miss Janet Bailey, Dr. and Mrs. William F. Ashe, Edwin and Bowman Cofer, Mrs. W. H. Tope, Ruth Tope, Victor McCall, Mary Lusher, Eva Gills, I. S. Vaught, and several others from Ironton Steubenville Columbus and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Lusher
Gallia County
John Lusher
Claracus S. Sheets
Baptist Seminary
Louisville
Painesville
Janet Bailey
Hannah Owens
Ironton
William F. Ashe
Ashland
Edwin Cofer
Merle Cross
Pittsburgh
Kennard
Bowman Cofer
Edwin Cofér
Clay Haffelt
First Ave
Cofer
W. H. Tope
Ruth
Elgin
Iil
Steubenville
Paul Zimmerman
Galena
Merrill Saunders
Marilyn
Jenkins
Saunders
Ola Zimmerman
Herb Saunders
Ll. D. Clark
Columbus
Noah DeWitt
Huntington
Nora Montgomery
Chambersburg
Grant Johnson
Dave Gothard
Garfield Ave
Fred Gothard
B. H. Gothard
Merrill
Eastern Ave
Delbert Russell Charged After Parking On Highway
Delbert Chester Russell, 22, of Mason, was charged by the State Highway Patrol with parking on the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Delbert Chester Russell
Mason
State
Key Clubbers Describe $500-Mile Western Trip
Gallipolis Kiwanis hosts five Key Club members who detailed an 8500mile cross country trek in a station wagon with trailer. John Louis Preston led the crew with Alan Nibert Bill Jenkins Bill Edgington and Jack Richards joining from Colorado before the Los Angeles convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
States
Mexico
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Key Club
Los Angeles
John Louis
Buddy) Preston
Ohio
Alan
Pete) Nibert
Bill Jenkins
Bill Edgington
Edgington
Jack Richards
Robert M. Richards
Colorado
Preston
Wabash River
Vincennes
William Henry Harrison Manleice
St. Louis
Carlsbad
N. M
Juarez
Mex
Grand Canyon
Pete Nibert
Nibert
Death Valley
Mt. Whitney
Bakersfield
Calif
Gus
Hannah Jewell
Yosemite National Park
Burbank
Dick Powell
Chinatown
Ralph Edwards
Grauman's
Ciro's
Pacific Ocean
Santa Monica
Ginny Sims
Neibert
Hollywood
San Francisco
Sacramento
Reno
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone National Park
Old Faithful Geyser
Black Hills
Mount Rushmore
Wind Cave National Park
Nebraska
Iowa
Illinois
Indiana
Beanie Spars With Sheriff In Dog Exhibition
Sheriff George Ehman and his eight year old white and brown rat terrier Beanie performed a display at several offices. The dog boxed with the sheriff, then Beanie charged at a bystander as Ehman warned of a kick.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Ehman
Ehman
Beanie
Pioneer Families Talk at Gallia County Reunion
Gallia County resident Jack Nida will speak on Pioneer Families of Gallia County at the Roush Family Association of America reunion set for August 15 at Rocksprings Fairground in Meigs County. Nida, an investment counselor with Merrill Lynch in Columbus, will identify founding families instrumental in Southern Ohio's early development. A basket dinner is planned at noon, with a New Haven West Virginia dinner the night before, following an invitation by A. V. Howell of the Meigs County Pioneer Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jack Nida
Gallia County
Roush
Pomeroy
New Haven
W. Va
Meigs County
A. V. Howell
Two Car Crashes Investigated by Gallipolis Police
Police reported two rear end crashes in Gallipolis. Mary Ann Miller and Blaine Wallace were involved in a Sunday eve incident. Norma B. Sturgeon sustained a neck injury when her car was struck at a traffic light by Ann Rathburn. Sturgeon treated at Gallipolis Clinic. no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Ann Miller
Blaine M. Wallace
Bladen
Norma B. Sturgeon
Point Pleasant
Eastern Ave
Ann Rathburn
Gallipolis Route 2
GSI
Sturgeon
Street Repair Work Begins in Chauncey
Chauncey launches summer street repair with a crew filling chuckholes and leveling uneven surfaces. After filling, the crew will refinish all remaining rough patches to restore smooth streets.
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Chauncey
Guilty Plea Entered In Assault Case
Steve Garzone was arraigned on assault and battery charges filed by his ex wife Betty Pickett Garzone. He pleaded guilty and received a $10 fine plus costs from Magistrate E. E. Bright.
New Chauncey Superintendent Visits Former Leader
Chauncey Dover Schools newly elected superintendent lL. Darst visited the superintendent's office Monday and Tuesday. He met with former Superintendent W. G. Davis to become familiar with the present school organization details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Chauncey Fire Department Sees Meeting Tonight
Chauncey Volunteer Fire Department Chief Jack Hamer announces a meeting at the fire house tonight at 7 30 PM to discuss department plans and upcoming events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Jack Hamer
Logan Teal Rushed to University Hospital
John Teal of W Main Street was taken by ambulance Monday to University Hospital Columbus for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
John Teal
W. Main St
University Hospital
Columbus
Visitors Entertained Chauncey
Mr and Mrs M O Bryan and children Mary Ellen Jimmy Sherry and Jennie Lou of Mentone Ind visited Wednesday to Saturday with the Albert Jackson family Mrs Mary Bryan Lower Plains and other relatives in the New Marshfield community
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
M. O. Bryan
Mary Ellen
Jimmy
Sherry
Jennie Lou
Mentone
Ind
Albert Jackson
Mary Bryan
Lower Plains
New Marshfield
Texas Road resident fined for intoxication in Gallipolis
Esta Flint 43 of Texas Road was fined $15 and costs Monday in Gallipolis Municipal Court on a charge of intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Flint
Texas Road
Youth Fined For Illegal License Use
Landen Knipp a 19 year old from New Plymouth was arraigned before Magistrate Bright on a charge of using fictitious auto license plates. After pleading guilty he was fined 50 dollars and costs with 30 dollars of the fine suspended. Deputy Sheriff Charles Miller reported a stalled car on Route 75 at Islesboro and found a different license plate inside the auto. Knipp claimed the second plate fit his vehicle and said the fictitious plate had been used briefly on a Packard that had burned recently. His companions were not charged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
New Plymouth
FE. Bright
Landen Knipp
Knipp
Charles Miller
A. J. Waldron
Llesboro
Mansfield
Miller
Guests Entertained At Linscott Home
Chauncey. Betty Jane Miller James Redman Mr and Mrs Chester Van Reese and son Max Edwin of Thorntown Indiana were weekend guests of D H Linscott Reese and Redman returned home Sunday Miss Miller Mrs Mary Frances Reese and son Max stayed for a week with their grandfather Linscott Reese and Miss Miller are daughters of Hazel Miller formerly of Chauncey Miss Shirley Ann Miller and Mr Reese accompanied Mrs Reese and son and Jane Miller back to Thorntown this weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Betty Jane Miller
James Redman
Chester van Reese
Max Edwin
Thorntown
Ind
D. H. Linsecott
Reese
Mr. Redman
Miss Miller
Mary Frances Reese
Max
Mr. Linscott
Hazel Miller
Shirley Ann Miller
Mr. Reese
Mrs. Reese and Son
Jane Miller
Ambrose Estate Appraised At Twenty Two Thousand Three Hundred Ninety Six
Inventory and appraisement of the late William H. Ambrose filed in Probate Court shows assets totaling 22396.22 with 7699.88 in chattels 5426.40 in stocks and securities 1769.94 in accounts and debts receivable and 10000 in real estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
William H. Ambrose
Dismissals Noted for Local Hospital Staff and Relatives
Dismissals listed include Mrs. Pearl Mohler of Logan and Mrs. Dewey Vanscoy of Logan with daughter, and entries for Mrs. Frank Bailey of Rockbridge Route 1, Gerald Flowers and Roger Hinerman of Rockbridge and Logan, and Mrs. Robin White of Wilkesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Bailey
Rockbridge
Gerald Flowers
Roger Hinerman
Logan
Robin White
Wilkesville
Pearl Mohler
Dewey Vanscoy
Dog Owners Warned in Chauncey by City Marshal
Ralph McKibben, Chauncey city marshal, warns that starting August 3 dog owners allowing dogs to run loose day or night will be fined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Ralph McKibben
Weekend Visitors From Brillant And Wooster
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blankenship and children Vera Karen Linda and Freddie of Brillant and Miss Joan Blankenship of Wooster visited Logan over the weekend with Fred Blankenship Mr. and Mrs. Robert Blankenship and Mrs. Ernest Aurand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Howard Blankenship
Vera
Karen
Linda
Freddie
Brilliant
Joan Blankenship
Wooster
Fred Blankenship
Robert Blankenship
Ernest Aurand
William Shaver Fined for Reckless Operation in Gallipolis
William Shaver, 29, a Gallipolis State Institute employee, was fined 19 dollars and costs by city police for reckless operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Shaver
Gallipolis State Institute Emloye
William H. Jones
Ironic Twists Revealed In Oil Worker's Death
The Giffen brothers, two youths from Hocking County, killed oil worker Mr. Dawley near his Bell and Son Oil Co. station after luring him up a hill. They fled with his money, were captured after an Route 33 crash, and face possible murder charges or delinquency depending on future jurisdiction and psychiatric appraisal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mr. Dawley
Bell and Son Oil Co
Giffin
Giffen
Logan
Hocking County
Boy Bitten by Unrestrained Dog in East Gallipolis Yard
Nine year old Homer Queen was knocked over and bitten on the head and shoulders by a large dog in East Gallipolis. He received treatment at Holzer Hospital and a tetanus shot before release. Police ordered a 10 day observation of the dog. The owner Francis Lee keeps the dog chained 10 feet to a post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
East Gallipolis
Homer Queen
Harold Queen
Eastern Ave
Homer
Holzer Hospital
Sallipolis
Francis
Tody) Lee
Perry County Court News In Estate Distributions And Divorces
In Perry County New Lexington and surrounding areas court actions include executrix Emma Walser filing estate distributions totaling 1 280 125, trustee appointment for Raymond Ralph Thomas, administrator Bill Gene Gordon reporting 3 707 50, executors Edith Christ and Lester Essington with 10 882, guardianship application for Jerry Reid, inventories and appraisements for Blanche Hoymany estate, and multiple property transfers and divorces involving residents of New Lexington Crooksville Somerset and Glouster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clerk of Courts
Jos. L. Meenan
Raymond Ralph Thomas
Havel Marie Hilliard
Bill Gene Gordon
Virgil F. Gordon
Edith Christ
Lester Essington
Minnie Guerin
Jerry Thomas Reid
Glenna Almeda Reid
Blanche Augustus Hoymany
F. L. Anspach
FE. J. Bennett
B. A. Thomas
Jeanette Parsons
Pauline Prosser
Blanche Augustus Boymany
Somerset
Jeanette A. Parsons
Pauline A. Prosser
Catherine Boley
New Lexington
Ralph Boley
Anna Belle Bateson
Delmar Bateson
Lorain
Betty Jean Thomas
Crooksville
William Everett Thomas
Library Receives Memorial Gifted Books and Additions
Logan Hocking County librarian Mrs. Evalan Hansell announced two memorial volumes from the Idano Club in memory of Mrs. M J Cole, Mary Lincoln and Decorating with House Plants. New shelves include The Gun Trader's Guide by Paul Waugh and The Gun Digest 1954 edition. Lovejoys College Guide 2049 references adds. Ellery Queen titles offer a chilling murder mystery selection including The Scarlet Letters and Death Meets 400 Rabbits and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Evalan Hansel
Logan-Hocking County
M. J
May) Cole
Idano Club
Cole
Mary Lincoln
Ruth Painter Randall
Ruth Gannon
Paul Waugh
Hansel
Lovejoy
Runaway Hocking County youth hunted after theft
A 14-year-old Hocking County youth who allegedly stole 15 dollars and fled a foster home is the subject of a joint search by law enforcement and juvenile court officials. The ward of the county welfare department was living on Route 33 south of Logan and may be headed to Columbus. Authorities notified in Columbus to detain him if found. investigators also consider he may still be within the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iff
Ralph J. Paul
BJA
Phil A. Henderson
Hocking County
Franklin County
Maurice Newburger
BJR
Common Pleas Court
Juvenile Court
Bangert
Grand
Boys Industrial School
Lancaster
Logan
Spurgeon Metzler
Divorce suit filed over duty neglect in Logan
Lawrence Newsome sues Betty Newsome in Common Pleas Court for divorce on grounds of gross neglect of duty and seeks custody of minor children. A related motion by Oscar Blum is heard on August 8 as he asks to be relieved from child support for emancipated children.
Perry County notes of interest from the new Lexington area
Perry County auditors report cigarette fees totaling 5045.60 and no dealers in Saltlick Township. A Witbren road collision injured four people, and a Farm Bureau picnic is planned for Aug 13 at Water Works Park with Lawrence Grove as chairmen. Lamb pool shipments from Perry County include 49 double blues and 1 yellow, and Crooksville plans a Rosser Memorial veterans plaque. Joy Babbs wins Perry County teaching scholarship at Ohio State University. Eleven local issues will appear on November ballots. Crooksville declines a gas-rate hike. Little League plans a Cleveland trip for nearly 100 players on Aug 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Perry County
J. H. Adams
Saltlick Township
Witbren
Here
Robert Fortney
Harry
Jerry
Richard Goodin
Farm Bureau
Waterworks Park
Lawrence Grove
Junction City
Ninty
Tri-county
Crooksville Municipal Park
Harold Anderson
Rosser
Ronald Rosser
Joy Babbs
Virgil Babbs
New Straitsville
Ohio State University
Perry County Board of Elections
Crooksville
Sheriff Probes Skating Rink Looting Case
Sheriff A J Waldron continues the investigation of a theft at Gratt Skating Rink five miles south of Logan. James Hood reported burglars entered via a window, taking gum, pens, candy, skate wheels, an air compressor, spray gun, hose and about five gallons of paint valued at sixty dollars after 11 p m Sunday when the rink was closed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
A. J. Waldron
Gratt
James Hood
S. Culver St
Waldron
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Maurice Bane
J. Gordon Gibert
Bert M. Richards
H. B. Thomas
Canada
Edwin E. Higgins
Perfect Circle
Doctor of Motors
Athens
Motors
O. A. Fallon
Ann Rupe
Thomas Jewell
Kenneth Nelson
S. D. Moore
Virginia Bryant
Dallas Albright
Betty Martin
W. H. Lane
Samuel Mallett
R. Cartwright
Richard Neal
KennethLuikart
Larry Craig
Male Craig
Harry Stanley
Anna Burris
Glen Turner
William Churtz
Robert Rocchi
William Harmon, Jr
William Peppers
William Gilkey
James Barry
Gallipolis Social Notes
Mrs. McIntyre
Allipolis Personals
Pet
Gallia
Linscott
W. HH. Ambrose
Hocking Valley Hospital
Frank H. Kearns
Ohio Welfare
John H. Lamneck
Giffin Brothers
Kearns
Lamneck
Sher
Perry County Court News
Emma Walser
James F. Walser
James R. Campbell
Dorothy Jean Craig
New Straiteville
Thomas Somerville Kerr
Mary Katherine Watts
Owen T. Dupler
Virginia Sterner
Beautician
Walter David Callahan
Joanne Flautt
Chester
Hazel Anderson
William Anderson
Clarence Hill
Maude FE
Hill
Smonroe
Ravenna Corp
Julius Epstein
Thorn
Chris Davie
Redd
Mariyn Davis
Robert
Sarah Richard
Gertrude M. Gibbs
Reading
Phillip A. Daughtery
Ohio Power Co
Pike
Nick Denie
Elvet
American Laboratories
Ledi
California
Greyhound
Express
ELTAS
Philadelphia
Washington, DP. C. A
Denver
St. Louisee
Greyhound Terminal
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