Renewal of Library Levy Up for Vote in November
Gallia County District Library Board votes to renew the half mill levy for five years, seeking approval in November after last year earning 8807. The levy funds bookmobile service in 21 rural grade schools and six high schools, with the 1949 vehicle still in use. Librarian A Chapman Parsons notes the service reaches readers countywide and plans to add an adding machine and four filing cabinets.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Parsons
Messengrade
Gallia
Andiger
Library Board
Ella G. Lupton
Ohio
Harry H. King
John FE. Halliday
Harold W. Wetherholt
W. Lewis Brown
William P. Cherrington
Anna Simmerman
Estates Seek 30000 Damages After Auto Crash
In Gallia County, the estates of Emogene Adams and Lowell Davis dispute the fatal Dec 18 crash on the new concrete Route. Harold C. Adams seeks 30000 in damages from Nellie Davis for wrongful death and injuries, with the suit filed in Common Pleas Court.
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Gallipolis
Harold C. Adams
Emogene Adams
Nellie Davis
Lowell Davis
Gallia County
Adams
Dan and Ora Davis celebrate golden wedding anniversary
Mr and Mrs Dan Davis marked their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at their Dan Davis Road home. Both are 75 years old and Mrs Davis, born Ora Boggs, wed in the Gallia County Courthouse officiated by Judge Thomas.
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Dan Davis
Dan Davis Road
Mrs. Davis
Davis
Ora Boggs
Gallia County
Thomas
Riggs Family Home hosts relatives from multiple towns
Mr and Mrs F J Riggs of Lower River Road entertained relatives including Mrs Stanley Bliss and family of Boston, Finnest J Riggs Jr of Phoenix, and other Riggs relatives from Defiance Columbus Gallipolis Chillicothe Charleston Parkersburg and Huntington.
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F. J. Riggs
Lower River Road
Sunny
Riggs
Stanley Bliss
Boston
Finnest J Riggs, Jr
Phoenix
Ariz
James Lowthian
Defiance
Lowell Riggs
Columbus
Gallipolis
Chillicothe
Charleston
Parkersburg
Huntington
Local Social News Highlights from Ohio Visits
Mrs. Robert Richards took her parents to Columbus last weekend for a church meeting. Dotty Lou Thivener of Huntington visits her cousin Sharon Thivener. Dietician Mrs. Andrew Pavlish begins a two week vacation at Holzer Hospital. Mrs. Harold Austin and two sons from Chicago visit her parents in town for a month. Mrs. Austin, with her mother, Martha Lupton and Helen McNealey of Point Pleasant, spend Tuesday in Wilmington with the Wests.
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Robert Richards
Columbus
Dotty Lou Thivener
Huntington
Sharon Thivener
Andrew Pavlish
Holzer Hospital Dietician
Harold Austin
Chicago
Harry Lupton
Vine St
Austin
Lupton
Martha Lupton
Frank Henson
Helen McNealey
Point Peasant
Wilmington
Ohio
Wendell West
Brother-in-Law Taken to Hospital in Huntington
Mrs. Stella Mohr rushed to Huntington after her brother-in-law Earl Mohr of Point Pleasant suffered a severe heart attack Friday. He is a patient in the veterans hospital with his wife staying in the guest house on hospital grounds.
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Gallipolis
Stella Mohr
Huntington
Earl Mohr
Point Pleasant
Mohr
Veterans Hospital
Red Cross Canvass Discussed by Gallia County Chapter
Meyers the 1954 annual fund drive chairman outlined canvass plans for March with the chapter executive committee. Mrs. Joe Moch praised Meyers and expressed confidence in a successful drive with media cooperation. Zimmerman explained disaster policy and lauded the Gallipolis bloodmobile visit as the most successful first stop.
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Meyers
Gallia County
American Red Cross
Joe Moch
Edgar Zimmerman
Chillicothe
Ohio
ABC
National Red Cross
Red Cross
Zimmerman
Gallipolis
Wayne Foster
George Lear
Moch
Lear
Truman Morris
Gerry Miller
Charles F. Butler
Jim Porter
Jack Knight
Vernon Shafer
Celia Anna Butler
Keith Suiter
Community church activities and regional visits noted
Sunday services led by C F E Woode and Hazel Warner. WSCS met at Helen Woode’s home with eight members and guests. Plans included pulpit window screening and a church fan purchase. The meeting will reconvene August 18 at Eleanor Boyler’s home. MYF led by Thelma Henderson sponsored a Community Sing featuring Eleanor Boyles Youth Choir and other acts. Grange prepared for Aug 1 fair at Woode Grove with degree team practice on Aug 6 and inspection Aug 13. Refreshments by Ollie Atherton. Arthur Hawk of Phoenix visiting relatives here. Various visits and weekend guests noted at Woode and Windland homes.
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Alfred
C. F E. Woode
Hazel Warner
WSCS
Helen Woode
Eleanor Boyler
MYF
Thelma Henderson
Eleanor Boyles
Kyne Dillinger
Charles Tayor
Woode Grove
Grange
Ollie Atherton
Arthur Hawk
Phoenix
Arizona
Iva Findling
Ella Weaver
Ernest Taylor
Harry Guthrie
Clarence Hendersson
Linda Sue
Lake Hope
Tlartse
Windland
Robert
Columbus
Delbert Gau
James Crockarell
Alexandria
Helen O. Woode
Last Rites Set for John L. Miller at Rio Grande Church
John Lewis Miller 86 of Rio Grande will receive funeral services at 2 p.m. Thursday at Calvary Baptist Church where he served as deacon. He died Tuesday morning at home from heart trouble. A graduate of Ohio University he taught earlier in Kegerville Conn Addison and later moved to Rio Grande in 1908. He served on Rio Grande College board of trustees for 45 years and was a longtime Grange member. Born January 26 1867 in Langsville he was survived by son Dale Miller and daughter Marie Cox with several siblings and his wife Minnie who died in 1933. Burial is at Calvary Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
John Lewis Miller
Rio Grande
Calvary Baptist Church
Rio Grande College
Miller
Ohio University
Minnie A. Coughenour
Old Rgger
Dale Miller
Marie
Stanley Cox
William Howard Green
Calvary Cemetery
L. D. Warman
Dave L. Evans
Charlies Broughman
Earl Davis
Evan Howard Evans
S. F. Jenkins
David Wickline
10th Polio Victim Taken to Hospital
Gallia County records its tenth polio case of the season with Ruth Kingery aged 5 taken to Children’s Hospital in Columbus. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene Kingery of Northup.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Ruth Kingery
Eugene Kingery
Northup
Tuppers Plains Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mr. and Mrs Don Landon return from Columbus as Mrs Albert Cole visits Lancaster relatives. Area families attend church picnics, hospital births announced, and multiple residents visit kin across Ohio towns including Buckeye Lake Point Pleasant Parkersburg and Middleport.
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Tuppers Plains
Don Landon
Columbus
Albert Cole
Lancaster
H. A. Cole
Methodist Church
Lake Hope
Bill Ransbottom
Juanita
Bill
Huntington
Frank Parker
Robert Stewart
Mariette
Mikel Grosso
William Chapman
Mabel Kim
Point Pleasant
Bertha Reed
John Parker
Paul Brooks
Gerald Violet
Ohio Fuel Gas Co. Plenic
Buckeye Lake
Don Eynon
Theodore Pullins
Elmer Newland
Archie Dorst
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Danny
David Hoffman
Wheeling
W.va
Vivian Hoffman
Gordon Caldwell
Pearl Cole
Roy Christy
Carl Barnhill
Myra June Argabrite
Donald Creathouse
Akron
Wayne Brickles
Linnie Bragg
Lola Griffin
Ika Dorst
Willington Warner
Clifford Enlow
Chester
Phyllis Newland
Local visitors frequent Wellston and surrounding towns
Mr and Mrs Earl Trent and son Phillip visited relatives in Virginia. Bennie Knox home hosted Mr and Mrs Robert Brooks and sons and Mrs Mary Curry of West Virginia. Ross Baker attended the Jackson County fair. Mr and Mrs B H Knox were recent visitors, accompanied by Mrs Don Swetman. Kenneth Knox and Ross Baker were Wellston visitors. Kenneth Ray and Anna Margaret Knox visited Martha Rhea and Melvin Brown.
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Earl Trent
Phillip
Virginia
Bennie Knox
Robert Brooks
Mary Curry
West Virginia
Ross Baker
Jackson County
B.H. Knox
Don Swetman
Kenneth Knox
Wellston
Kenneth Ray
Anna Margaret Knox
Martha Rhea
Melvin Brown
Equine Massacre of Guyan Township Ends in Slaughter
County Commissioner Thomas F. Daniels sold a three year old Guernsey bull that killed two horses and injured another in Clay Township. The animal died at Evans Packing Co. abattoir after the killings. Owners Lafayette Berry Jr. and Leslie Gothard live on Crown City Route 1.
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Gallipolis
Clay Township
Guyan Township
Thomas F. Daniels
Guernsey
Evans Packing Co
Daniels
Guyan
Columbus
Lafayette Berry Jr
Ohnemuller Rites Planned
Gallipolis mourns Mrs. Mary Soden Ohnemuller 50 wife of C B Ohnemuller. She died in Heidelberg Germany on July 16. Burial after Columbus funeral services at 2 p m Thursday. Survived by husband, son Set Robert C Parker, mother Mrs Mabel Ecker Soden and other relatives. Ex first lieutenant in the WAC.
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Gallipolis
Mary Soden Ohnemuller
C. B. Ohnemuller
Columbus
Heidelberg
Germany
Ohnemuller
Set
Robert C. Parker
Indiantown Gap
Mabel Ecker Soden
Sam Soden
Jake Soden
WAC
Visitors and guests listed at Eliza Kline home
Recent visitors include John and James West of West Virginia and Mr and Mrs Dave Woltz. Joseph F Wolta spent a weekend with daughter Edna Rider. Kenneth Meyer and family vacationed in Mercer County. Mr and Mrs Charles Meyer visited Don Meyer in Bremen. The Woltz, Meyer and Nihiser families shared gatherings in Logan and with Clyde Nihiser celebrating his tenth wedding anniversary. Effie Woltz among other guests.
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Buck Run
Eliza Kline
John
James West
West Virginia
Dave Woltz
Joseph F. Wolta
Edna Rider
Kenneth Meyer
Mercer County
Charles Meyer
Don Meyer
Bremen
C. F. Meyer
Shirley
Logan
Clyde Nihiser
Simeon Nihiser
Clyde
Sterl Bowers
Barbara
Dwight
Joyce
Sharon
Columbus
Rose Ann Bowers
Gahanna
Effie Woltz
Greenfield Township road fund gains transfer approval
Common Pleas Judge Robert M. Betz orders moving 1500 dollars from the general fund to the Greenfield Township road fund, effecting a targeted budget shift.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
General Fund
Greenfield Township
Judge lectures local youth for intoxication charge
Gallipolis Municipal Judge William H. Jones lectured James Lee Duncan 19 Addison after he pleaded guilty to intoxication and disorderly conduct. Sheriff Ehman said Duncan appeared in court too often. Also, Millard Clagg 43 Gallipolis Route 2 was arrested for intoxication when the car he rode in backed into a ditch on Centenary to Sand Hollow Road.
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Gallipolis
William H. Jones
James Lee Duncan
Addison
Ehman
Duncan
Jones
Millard Clagg
Holzer Hospital Notes Admissions List
A long Holzer Hospital notes admission list shows multiple patients from Jackson Wellston Middleport and surrounding towns admitted for surgical and medical care. Names include Richard Perkins Bert Handley Lon Custer Helen Wittmen William Marquis Charlies Lambert John Carbaugh Richard Seyler W B Sturgeon Clifford Randabaugh Charlies Paul Smith Levi Reynolds Lida Sayre Lacey Clifford Martha Isaac Leach West Blazer Will Johnson Copas Potter Bugg Canterbury Werry Butcher Durst Ridge McCarley Dalton Mills Gilbert Johnson O Connor Tucker.
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Richard R. Perkins
Jackson
Bert Handley
Lon Custer
Pomeroy
Helen Wittmen
Middleport
William N. Marquis
Wellston
Surgical
Charlies Lambert
John F. Carbaugh
Richard D. Seyler
W. B. Sturgeon
Point Pleasant
Clifford Randabaugh
Athens
Charlies Paul Smith
Gallipolis
Levi W. Reynolds
Bidwell
Earl FE
Wills
Lida Sayre
Addison
Lacey M. Clifford
Ronceverte
Martha Isaac
Vinton
Frank Leach
C. R. Montgomery
Edward C. West
Howard Blazer
William Johnson
Ed Copas
J. W Potter
Clara Bugg
Harry Canterbury
Albert Werry
Raymond Butcher
William Durst
Dave Ridge
Ethel McCarley
Donald Dalton
Robert Mills
Mills
William Gilbert
Gilbert
Leo Johnson
Johnson
Robert O'Connor
William Tucker
Tucker
Glassburn Rites Planned
Mrs. Nannie Glassburn 83 widow of Elza L Glassburn died at Holzer Hospital after 20 days as a Bidwell resident. Born Porter April 16 1870 she helped run a Bidwell general store with her husband until 1931. Survived by son Lowel foster brother Elmer Randolph Marion and foster sister Nettie Elliott Chicago. Funeral at Bidwell Methodist Church Friday at 2 pm Rev Colllier officiating burial in Fairview Cemetery. Friends may call at the Lowell Glassburn home Thursday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Nannie Glassburn
Elza L Glassburn
Holzer Hospital
Bidwell
Glassburn
Lowel
Elmer Randolph
Marion
Nettie Elliott
Chicago
Porter
Bidwell Methodist Church
Leroy Collier
Fairview Cemetery
Lowell Glassburn
WSCS
Royal Neighbors
Rotary Hears Of Club Trip To West Coast
Gallipolis Rotary hears of the Gallipolis Key Club Boys West Coast trip with Bud Preston as spokesman. Present are Jack Richards Bill Edgington and Bill Jenkins. Pete Nibert was absent. Robert L. Rannells introduced the group, Dr. Oscar W. Clarke Jr. presided.
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Gallipolis
John Louis
Buddy) Preston
Robert L. Rannells
Proram
Oscar W. Clarke, Jr
Gallia Resident Bound Over for Assault with Intent to Kill
Berkley McComas of Greasy Ridge was bound over to the grand jury on a charge of assault with intent to kill by Justice of the Peace James A. Johnson. He faces a $1000 bond after being charged with assault on Floyd Hall of Raccoon Township, according to Prosecuting Attorney Warren F. Sheets.
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Gallipolis
Berkley McComas
Greasy Ridge
Justice of the Peace
James A. Johnson
Warren F. Sheete
McComas
Floyd Hall
Raccoon Township
Sheets
Bond Forfeited In Gallia Patrol Case
James FE Talley 41 of Washington DC forfeited 15 on a State Highway Patrol charge for passing at a railroad crossing. Frank Howell 46 of Huntington was fined 5 and costs by Municipal Judge William H Jones for passing a yellow line.
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Gallipolis
James FE. Talley
Washington, D.C
Frank Howell
Huntington
William H. Jones
Rutland Social Notes Highlight East Travel and Local Visits
Rutland social notes record numerous weekend visits and travels across states. Readers include Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Patterson and others visiting Lawrence Harbor New Jersey and Toledo. Local gatherings feature WSCS circle, Rutland Garden Club, and Methodist Church events with plans for social activities and camp trips.
Local Social Roundup From Radcliff Area
Mrs Emily Roof returns home after work in Columbus. Kenneth Queen and family visit relatives in Columbus and Graf ton W Va. Mrs Dan Shelton returns to Columbus after three weeks here. Margaret McLaughlin and Pauline Cottrill plan a Miami trip. Dwight Elwood McLaughlin turns 23 with family dinner. Attendees include the Queens, Shelton, Pierce Palmer McLaughlin Head and others. Mrs Jackson and Mrs Palmer attend a Chauncey flower show. Mrs Ralph Cooper visits Wells ton. Nannie Cottrill vacationing in Florida.
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K. E. Queen
Karen
Ricky
Grafton
W. Va
Dan Shelton
Columbus
Clyde Pierce
John Palmer
Tara
Daphne McLaughlin
Alene Head
Margaret McLaughlin
James Jackson
Chauncey
Ralph Cooper
H. B. Sanford
Wellston
Nannie Cottrill
Florida
Reindeer Raised in Scotland for First Time in 800 Years
Reports indicate reindeer are being raised in Scotland marking a historic return after about eight centuries. The project involves local farmers and conservation groups aiming to establish a sustainable herd in the Highlands.
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Scotland
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