Rio Grande College 8th annual commencement features atomic industry speaker
At Rio Grande College the 80th annual commencement ceremony included a keynote by AEC era advocate A J Gracia urging scientific methods in interpersonal relations. Seventeen graduates were honored including 28 cadet teachers and 15 baccalaureate diplomas. One missing graduate, Donald Lee Swisher, was noted in the day’s events.
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Rio Grande
Rio
Lyne
Busiess
A. J. Gracia
Portsmouth
Goodyear Tires and Rubber Co
Akron, Gracia
AEC
Minister Blankenship Dies at 74
The Rev. Blankenship 74 of Vinton Route 1 died unexpectedly at 1 20 a m Sunday in St Marys Hospital Huntington after two weeks as a patient He was born April 14 1882 in Boyd County Ky to William and Arminda Doyle Blankenship He married Edith Gates Aug 17 1908 who survives with four sons and three daughters Raymond Toledo Edith McDowell Chesapeake Armier Gee Gallipolis Thomas Columbus Anna Ballard Gallipolis Joe Columbus Willard Gallipolis Five children predeceased him Brief services will be held at 5 10 a m Wednesday at his residence and final rites at 1 p m in Catlettsburg R D Derifield will officiate Surviving sister is Dr Lillian Anderson Aberdeen once Ohio's only woman mayor
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Maapolis
Jobe Hi. Blankenship
Vinton
St. Marys Hospital
Huntington
Boyd County
William and
Arminda
Doyle Blankenship
Blankenship
Edith Gates
Raymond
Toledo
Editd
Helen) McDowell
Chesapeake
Armier
Gladys
Gee
Gallipolis
Thomas
Columbus
Ernest
Anna) Ballard
Joe
Willard’ Blankenship
Williams Nesday
Catlettsburg
Derifield
Lillian Anderson
Aberdeen
Ohio
Speedsters Punished Speedsters Punished
GALLIPOLIS two men faced speeding charges from the State Highway Patrol. Arnold Patton 37 of Augusta Georgia forfeited a $20 bond. Arnett Franklin Blake 20 of Red House West Virginia was fined $10 and costs. Everett Bereaw 30 of Mason Ohio posted $20 bond for an appearance today. Other speeding citations list Paul H. Price 23 Patriot Route 2 and John Junior Carrol 18 Waterloo Star Route for upcoming court dates.
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Gallipolis
Arnnold Patton
Augusta
Arnett Franklin Blake
Red House
W. Va
William H. Jones
Everett Bereaw
Mason
Ohio
Enootha
Paul H. Price
Patriot
John Junior Carrol
Waterloo
John Blazer 46 Found Dead in Car
John Ellis Blazer a 46 year old builder with Gallia County Road Department and Kroger project was found dead in his car at 12:15 a.m. Sunday at the Mobile Service Station in Pomeroy Meigs County. Coroner Henry Ewing said death was a brain hemorrhage with autopsy to ascertain cause. He had lived on US Route 35 across from the Maxaawney Subdivision during a six to seven week suspension of his firm. Surviving are his widow Jeanette Switzer and four children Nancy Bobby Ricky and David with separate spouses, plus a brother Stanley Blazer of Washington Missouri and a sister Mrs Charles Swanson of Gallipolis. Funeral arrangements set for 3:30 a.m. Tuesday at Miller's with burial in Pine Street Cemetery. Body found by Pomeroy Night Policeman Ed Strauss.
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Gallipolis
John Ellis Blazer
Gallia
Kroger’s
Mobile
Servce
Pomeroy Meigs County
Henry . Ewing
Blazer
U. S
Washing
Charles
Betty) Swanson
Jeanette Switzer
Nancy Blazer
Evans Grocery Co
Bobby Blazer
Ohio University
Ricky and
David
Injured GAHS Student Carroll Null Hit by Car in Columbus
Gallia County reports Carroll Null, 17, former Gallia Academy High School student, injured Saturday when the car split in two and hit a tree. He is a nephew of Ernest E. Null of Gallipolis. Friends and GAHS classmates planned a Columbus hospital visit today.
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Columbus
Carroll Null
Gallia Academy High School
Ernest E. Null
Carroll
GAHS
Twenty three men dine at Camp Chester Scout district event
Twenty three men attended the dinner Saturday evening at Camp Chester where Nelson R. Leach Scout executive announced the 1956-57 meeting schedule. Many leaders and parents stayed for a stag camping weekend, bringing personal gear and sleeping as the Scouts do. It was called Operation Camp Bee.
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Gallipolis
Camp Chester
Nelson R. Leach
Mason-Gallia- Weigs
Chester
Cars Collide In Centerville
A two vehicle crash on US Route 35 in Centerville involved a car pulling from the south side of the road and an eastbound vehicle driven by Wade C. Gibson, 22, of Columbus. The Arnold car sustained medium front end damage while Gibson’s car had heavy damage to the rear fender.
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Wade C. Gibson
Columbus
Arnold
Gibson
June Starts Out As Coldest Ever
June began with record cold as Weather Bureau Observer Edwin R. McCormick reports Fairfield seen a low of 47 degrees on Saturday after a Friday high of 60 and a Sunday low of 48, marking an unusually chilly start to the month.
Mayor E. F. Robinson fined for unsafe operation
Gallipolis Mayor E F Robinson was fined five dollars and suspended costs over the weekend after being charged with unsafe operation. The case, filed by the Gallipolis post and Mate Highway Patrol, involved Douglas Garland, 18, of Tuppers Plains.
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Pomeroy
E. F. Robinson
Dougl Garland
Tuppers Plains
Gallipolis Post
Mate Highway Patrol
Lass from Germany delayed in Gallia adoption case
Gallia County Child Welfare Board heard the tale of Linda Chevalier, eight, who awaits arrival in Gallia after adoption papers and travel plans faced delays. Mrs. Sprague outlined efforts with Ohio welfare officials, the German authorities, and the airline, culminating in potential approval for Linda to travel unaccompanied. The board discussed investigations and the Chevaliers’ release to travel, with timing still uncertain.
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Gallipolis
Linda Chevalier
Gallia County
Charles Chevalier
Giese Chevelier
New York
Gallia County Child Welfare Board
Anna Louise Sprague
Gallia County Children's Home
Billy Chevalier
Cleo Chevalier
Miriam Schofield
Ohio Welfare Department
Sprague
Germany
Lindsa Chevalier
Wantil
Bonn
Chevaliers
Linda
Clarence George
Harry Morgan
Herman Brucker
Florence Trainer
Ohio School Board Meeting Funds Paid in Full
GALLIPOLIS The One Local Board of Education at its monthly meeting Saturday night in the Ohio Townhouse transacted routine business. Bills were paid and teachers paid in full. Attending were President Earl Angell, Vic Halley, Tom Goodin and Clerk Trimble Jones. OPEN FLASK CHARGED GALLIPOLIS Middleport Mayor C O Fisher yesterday fined Don Emerson Johnson 29 of West Columbia five dollars and costs on rey Gallipolis post St Patrol.
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Gallipolis
Board of Education
Ohio
Earl Angell
Vic Halley
Tom Goodin
Trimble Jones
Middleport
C. 0. Fisher
Don Emerson Johnson
West Columbia
Rey Gallipolis
St Patrol
No License Charged To Two Motorists
Gallia County report states two motorists faced license-related charges over the weekend. Biward Shepherd, 35, of Willow Wood, was fined $5 and costs by Justice James A. Johnson. Charlotte Marie Hammond, 22, of Northup, was cited before Municipal Judge William H. Jones.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Biward Shepherd
Willow ‘Wood
Justice of the Peace
James A. Johnson
Charlotte Marie Hammond
Northup
William H. Jones
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad Modernizes Coal Yard Flows
Chesapeake and Ohio undertakes major yard rearrangements to balance car movements as coal hauls shift toward ore imports for U S industry. The program, already costing around half a billion over ten years, continues as yard improvements progress.
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Ohio
Europe
O'sio
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