Severe Windstorm Wrecks Northup Area in Gallia County
Widespread damage reported after a Monday night wind and rainstorm in Gallia County. Lightning hit the Gallipolis Police radio transmitter, going off air around 7 pm. Northup area sustained tornadic damage to barns, grainery, and crops. several roofs blown off, a car damaged by falling timbers, and power lines down.
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Gallipolis
Northup
Green
Gallia County
Fortification Hill
Jim Mills
Paris Linkous
Hammond
Clarence Chapman
Bryan Saunders
Holzer College Join Cooperative Nursing Program
Holzer Hospital administrator Wayne B. Foster and Rio Grande College president Dr. Paul R. Lyne announce a cooperative plan to enroll about 40 Holzer School of Nursing freshmen in Rio Grande College courses. Classes in sociology psychology and sciences will be taught at Holzer by college staff with academic credits transferable toward a bachelor’s degree. This expands prior arrangements which saw two classes taught on site.
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Gallipolis
Wayne B. Foster
Holzer Hospital
Paul R. Lyne
Rio Grande College
Holzer School of Nursing
Hol
Zer Hospital School of Nursing
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Wellston shopkeeper shot during attempted holdup
Richard S. Lewis, 89, owner of a Wellston second hand and antique shop, was admitted to Holzer Hospital after a gunshot wound to the scalp from an attempted holdup. He fired at the robber but could not identify the assailant. police are investigating. His condition is listed as good.
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Gallipolis
Richard S. Lewis
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Lewis
Johnson Rites Held Today
Funeral services for Clayton James Johnson 41 were held at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Big Four Church. He died Sunday in Dayton after a long illness. Burial followed in White Cemetery Ohio Two. He was born January 26, 1917, son of Eva Johnson and the late Edward Johnson. Surviving are his wife Hildred Harrison and five daughters Rita Kay Vonnie Way Nanna Fae Carolyn Ann Delores Mae. Also three brothers and two sisters: Gilbert Charles Oakey Johnson and Mrs. Mary Warren and Mrs. Clemmie Layne. A large family funeral.
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Gallipolis
Big Four
Clayton James Johnson
Crown City
Dayton
W. T. Swain
White Cemetery
Ohio
Eva Johnson
Edward Johnson
Dayton Tool Works
Hildred Harrison
Rita Kay
Vonnie Way
Nanna Fae
Carolyn Ann
Delores Mae
Gilbert
Charles
Oakey Johnson
Mary Warren
Clemmie Layne
Cheshire
Gallipolis Personal News Roundup
Mr and Mrs Frank Loucks and children of Marietta vacation with her parents Mr and Mrs Guy White. Chauncey G Nida of Columbus visited here. J Sherman Porter WJEH director vacationing at Fourth Ave residence. Mrs John Suppance of Cleveland left to care for ill child. Bill Lanier and Debbie of Marietta visited his mother Mrs Stanley Lanier at Holzer Hospital. Stella Booten returned from Pomeroy after a week with niece Mrs James B O'Brien.
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Frank Loucks
Marietta
Guy White
Chauncey G. Nida
Columbus
J. Sherman Porter
WJEH
Fourth Ave
John Suppance
Cleveland
Stanley Lanier
Holzer Hospital
Bill Lanier
Debbie
Stella Booten
Pomeroy
James B. O'Brien
Local Family Visits In Carbondale And Jackson
Mr and Mrs P O Mace hosted their son and daughter in law and two Athens children. Edith Stump visited sister Lena Blackford in Jackson. SFC Delbert Barber of Columbus spent the weekend with his mother Mrs George Barber. Mrs George Barber visited sister in law Jennie Canter of Chauncey. Mrs Ralph Williams assists with Oak Grove Pilgrim Church Bible school.
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Carbondale
P. O. Mace
Athens
Edith Stump
Lena Blackford
Jackson
SFC
Delbert Barber
Columbus
George Barber
Jennie Canter
Chauncey
Ralph Williams
Oak Grove
Pilgrim Church Bible School
Rio Grande College to Add Two Faculty Members
Mrs. Elizabeth Arnold Cutler of Belpre and Dr. Roy E. Adams of Brynmawr Penna will join Rio Grande College faculty in September. Cutler will teach history and psychology while Adams takes physics and mathematics.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Arnold Cutler
Pomeroy
Belpre
Roy E. Adams
Brynmawr
Penna
Rio Grande College
Paul R. Lyne
Cutler
Adams
Pomeroy High School
Marietta College
Marietta
Phi Beta Kappa
Ohio University
Central High School
Philadelphia
Two Troop 203 Scouts Tapped for Arrow Order
Gallia county troop 203 scouts Jim Morrison and Dick Haycraft were elected as ordeal members for the Order of the Arrow to be presented at Camp Arrowhead in September. The election by troop 200deputies followed a first class and camping requirements check. They also planned Gallia County Junior Fair projects with pioneering themes and model bridges, observation towers and knot boards. A troop committee reorganization named Jim Morrison senior patrol leader and Dick Haycraft scribe with Don Call as bugler Ralph Burner as quartermaster.
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Gallipolis
Jim Morrison
Dick Haycraft
Boy Scout Troop
Order of the Arrow
Camp Arrowhead
Walter F. Walker
Jim O’dell
Rod Frazer
Jim Hackworth
Morrison
Gallia County
Don Call
Ralph Burner
John Nibert Passes Second Class Review
Gallipolis Troop 200 holds a board of review for John Nibert who passed Second Class requirements. Seventeen members attended the meeting focusing on pioneer themed projects for the Gallia County Junior Fair. A charter presentation and potluck are set for Aug. 10 at Camp Hout on Lake Pete. Bill McCreedy Donald Warehime and Roger Saunders were honored with the Order of the Arrow at Camp Arrowhead.
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Gallipolis
John Nibert
Walter F. Walker
Gallia County
Camp Hout
Lake Pete
Fairfield
Troop 200
Order of the Arrow
Camp Arrowhead
Bill McCreedy
Donald Warehime
Roger Saunders
Falls Send Two To Hospital In Gallia County
Mrs. James E. Stewart, 58, of Point Pleasant Route 2, was admitted to Holzer Hospital after falling from a ladder while washing windows and suffering several fractured ribs. John Michael Beaver, five, son of Mr. and Mrs. James E. Beaver Jr., of Leon, was also admitted after a bicycle mishap and abdominal contusion. Both are listed in good condition.
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Gallipolis
James E. Stewart
Point Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
John Michael Beaver
James E. Beaver, Jr
Leon
Hospital Notes List Dismissals and Blood Use
Holzer Hospital notes list multiple patients by name and location including Crown City Ashland Wellston Gallipolis and Point Pleasant. Dismissals noted for several individuals. Blood usage recorded as five pints used Monday.
Nautilus Prototype Echoes Nuclear Progress at Arco
In Idaho near Arco the Nautilus, prototype of America’s first nuclear submarine, was developed and tested at the National Reactor Testing Station. The site is now testing an atomic engine prototype large enough to power a navy vessel.
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Arco
Idaho
America
Gallia Academy Graduate Johnson Serves in Germany
James W. Johnson 22 son of Mr and Mrs James A Johnson of 116 State St participated in a field training exercise with the 20th Transportation Battalion in Germany. A clerk in Company A Bad Kreuznach he entered the Army in April 1957 completed basic at Fort Riley and arrived in Europe last May. He is a 1953 Gallia Academy High School graduate who attended Ohio University. In civilian life he worked for Babcock and Wilcox Co. His wife Nancy resides at 600 Grant St Middleport.
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Gallipolis
Pfe
James W. Johnson
James A. Johnson
State St
20Th Transportation Battalion
Germany
Johnson
Army
Fort Riley
Kan
Europe
Gallia Academy High School
Ohio University
Babcock and Wilcox Co
Judge Janes Promises Verdict For 3 Women
Municipal Judge William H. Janes presided in Gallipolis at a preliminary hearing for an assault and battery case involving three women Hazel Lear Beatrice Stover and Pauline May. He continued the case to Friday with a verdict promised, while related cases against Frank Junior Swanson Jennings Cox and others were also continued or disposed of with fines and bonds.
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Gallipolis
William H. Janes
Hazel Lear
Eastern Ave
Beatrice Stover
Neil Ave
Pauline May
Sheriff's Department
Frank Junior Swanson
Jennings Cox
New Relief Programs Expand Aid to Four Areas
Church World Service has instituted new relief programs in Ghana the Belgian Congo Uganda and Chile expanding aid to 47 countries. The Protestant overseas relief agency announced the additions as part of its global assistance efforts.
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New York
Church World Service
Protestant Overseas Relief Agency
Ghana
Belgian Congo
Uganda
Africa
Chile
Driverless Vehicles In Minor Wreck
Two driverless cars were involved in a minor collision at 12 15 p m Monday in Gallipolis Police report. Smith O Beaver 43 of Gallipolis Route 2 parked on Locust Street. Violet Lloyd 31 of 622 Fourth Avenue drove into the Ingels driveway and entered the Ingels home. Her car rolled out and struck the left side of the parked Beaver vehicle.
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Gallipolis
Smith O. Beaver
Locust St
Clyde Ingels
Violet Lloyd
Fourth Ave
Ingels
College Shifts Its Departments at Rio Grande
Rio Grande college completes Allen Hall and begins summer shifts. Administrative offices move to the new building. several classes relocate from Anniversary and Haning Halls. Library expands by taking over vacated offices. physics moves to Anniversary Hall basement. chemistry stays in Haning Hall basement until cafeteria becomes chemistry building. Bookstore relocates to Allen Hall basement. art and audio-visual education move to Allen Hall basement after installs.
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Gallipolis
Allen Hall
Rio Grande College
Anniversary Hall
Anniversary
Haning
Haning Hall
Community Hall
Garfield Ave resurfacing contract signed for nine-tenths mile
Gallipolis reports the Garfield Avenue resurfacing contract nine tenths of a mile has been signed and sent to the State Highway Department. Bids will be let on August nineteen. Work will begin soon after bids are accepted, following a similar State Street project completed this summer.
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Gallipolis
Garfield Ave
State
Austin O. Cotton
Cotton
State St
Troop 204 Views Jamboree Film and Plans Review
Boy Scout Troop 204 with 10 members met at the First United Presbyterian Church Gallipolis to view a film of last year’s Scout Jamboree at Valley Forge and another titled Patrol Minutes. A board of review is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday at the meeting place with requirements for Second Class Scouts.
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Gallipolis
Valley Forge
First United Presbyterian Church
River Traffic And Dam Conditions Reported Across Ohio River System
Gauge readings across Gallipolis Kanawha and Pomeroy show varying water levels with several dams up and down. Virginia River locks list multiple vessels with heights and times noted for up and down movements through Lock 14 to Lock 34 and Kanawha River boats Winfield Merrill and others.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
I. F. Frieberger
Ovec
Criss Jr
Irene Chotin
Reba Jane
C. F. Hood
Pennsylvania
Jefferson
Jerry Bosxworth
C. P. Wright
O-Kan
Ernestine
de Soto
Helen
Merrill
Bonnie
Sohio State
Lelia C. Shearer
F. Shearer
Invader
Harry Dyer
Solvay
Killback
Robert P. Bonnie
John J. Rowe
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City Hall
Bob Linkous
Northup Patriot Rd
Albert Hammond
Holzer
Rio Grande
Philadelphia School of Pedagogy
Temple University
That City
University of Pennsylvania
Public
Philadelphia Normal School
Gardiner
John C. Winston Co
Rockland
Mrs, Cutler
DR. Adams
Troop 203
Arrow Order
Falls
Sharon Fulks
G. W. Hubbard
Ashland
Patsy Ellis
Chapmansville
W. Va
Alvin Russell
Minersville
Virgil Swartzwelder
South Point
Thelma Colwell
Waterloo
David Kleinhans
Carl A. North
Roy A. Sherritt
James W. Carpenter
West Columbia
Cecil L. Kirby
New Haven
John W. Ingles
Mason
John Beaver
Harry Walburn
Robert G. Newell
Manning Roush
Joseph E. Saunders
Julius Shields
James F. Stewart
Point Pleas
Ant
Irvin Burnett
Homer L. Miller
William M. Canterbury
Letart
Francis E. Tyler
Vinton
Robert L. Straight
Patriot
E. Pittinger
Ethel Stewart
John Smith
George W. Dye
Frances McQuaid
Howard Cheesebrew
Terry Greene
Anna Houck
Burnace Stout
Bernard E. Ward
Sid Johnson
Paul Williams
Hazel Napper
Inland Navy
J .W. Johnson
Nancy
Grant St
Middleport
Janes
Phillip Erwin Davis
Langsville
Vernie Sams
Russell W. Jenkins
Kananga
William A. Cousins
William H. Caldwell
Leroy W. Roush
Charleston
Charles D. Carter
Nova Scotia
Cape Breton Island
Federal Land Bank
The
United National Farm Loan Association
Gibson, Sec
y-Treas
Troop 204
Plans Board of Review
the Electric Co
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