County Auditor Seeks Cause Behind Relief Funds Delay
Gallia County faces withheld state relief funds as County Auditor Charlies W Bodimer investigates the Ohio Department of Welfare hold up. The February report shows about 350 dollars more spent locally than the state matching share, raising questions of bookkeeping overlap. State action may reflect retaliation for county commissioners' past refusal to cooperate with a national disability program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio Department of Welfare
Charlies W. Bodimer
Bodimer
Court House
State Welfare Department
John E. Halliday
Halliday
Gallia County
Congress
Sheriff Is Witness In Pennsylvania Trial
Gallipolis sheriff George Ehman left for Beaver Pennsylvania to testify Tuesday in the trial of Charles Claude Polk Longbottom Polk was arrested after authorities found stolen merchandise including cigarettes change chewing gum and a small table model radio in his car Polk claimed he found the items along the road wrapped in coveralls Ehman will return Wednesday night
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Ehman
Beaver
Charles Claude Polk
Longbottom
Polk
Pennsylvania
Ehman
Local 4 H Members Attend Training Camp
Gallia County 4 H members attended Camp Ohio the state junior leadership training camp near Utica in Licking County. Led by county agent Bill Smith and home demonstration agent Ruth Sonner, they were selected for leadership and traveled from Gallia County to the training event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Margeda Fadwards
Harrisburg
Lester Walter
Northup
Ohio
Bill Smith
Ruth Sonner
Gallia County
Utica
Licking County
Dorsal Moss
Conrad Hudson
Asbury Merrymakers Club
Helen Spriegel
Harry Davis
Wayne Canaday
Wione Grubb
Naval Reserve Meets To Organize In Point Pleasant
Naval Reservists from Gallia and Meigs Counties are invited to meet tonight at 7 30 in the Moose Home in Point Pleasant to organize a naval reserve unit. An officer from the Naval Reserve Training Center at Huntington will answer questions about joining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Meigs
Point Pleasant
Moose Home
Naval Reserve Training Center
Huntington
Point Clinic Notes Admit and Release Summary
David Lee Shinn of Leon and Mrs E K Staley of Gallipolis appear in clinic notes with admission and release statuses. The record notes medical contexts for both individuals with admission and discharge actions indicated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Lee Shinn
Leon
E. K. Staley
Gallipolis
Court Hears Nine Cases In Municipal Court
Nine defendants faced charges by city police in Gallipolis Municipal Court. Franklin M. Cox was fined 50 dollars and costs, jailed five days, and had driving privileges suspended six months for driving while intoxicated. Several bonds were forfeited and others fined for intoxication, including J Trowbridge, Paul Williams, William Mills, David Nolan, John Cheney, Floyd Minnis, Victor Blake, Worthy Waugh, and Ted Halley, with amounts ranging from five to eighty five dollars plus costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Franklin M. Cox
Bladen
J.T. Trowbridge
Ti. Bladen
Paul J. Williams
Et Mills
William Gilmore
Columbus
David A. Nolan
Harrisburg
John J. Cheney
City
Floyd Sylvester Minnis
Vinton
Victor T. Blake
Sidney
Worthy Waugh
Swan Creek
Ted Halley
Tax Collection Date Extended to July 20
Gallia County commissioners extended the tax collection deadline to July 20 at the request of county treasurer Otis Drummond. County auditor Charles W Bodimer was granted a 50 dollar traveling allowance to enforce taxes on trailers. penalties rise from five to fifty dollars and the nonpayment period from ten to thirty days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Otis Drummond
Charles W. Bodimer
Bodimmer
Divorce Suit Filed in Common Pleas Court
Gallipolis June Walters petitions for divorce from James Walters in Common Pleas Court alleging gross neglect. The couple, married in 1949 in Catlettsburg Kentucky, have one child. A petition and cross petition involving Morris Tipton and Ann Tipton were dismissed without prejudice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
June Walters
Second Ave
Common Pleas Court
James Walters
Park Central Hotel
Catlettsburg
Morris Tipton
Ann Tipton
Lawrence Harrison Added to Local Police Force
Lawrence Harrison has been appointed to the Gallipolis police force on a temporary day basis under civil service rules. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Harrison of 1502 Eastern Ave and a former Gallipolis State Institute employee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lawrence Harrison
Civil Service
Robert Harrison
Eastern Ave
Gallipolis State Institute
River traffic report from Gallipolis locks and Kanawha district
Boat movement logs show multiple vessels on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers with times for Jefferson Kenna Talbot Allee Seniot Chris Solvay Marmet Patriot Rand Avalon J Marie Jones Stevenson Cook Atlas June Manuay Attaboy Pete Ins diane Hoagland and others. Water levels rise slowly on the Ohio while the Kanawha shows a fall and the Gallipolis gauges indicate lower ebb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jefferson
Kenna
Talbot
Seniot
Kanawha
Winfield
Solvay
Patriot
Rand
Avalon
J. Marie
Jones
Stevenson
Cook
Atlas
Manuay
Attaboy
Pete
Insdiane
Hoagland
Ohio
Gal Tipolis
Gallia County 4-H Clubs Report Meetings and Officers
Multiple Gallia County 4-H clubs including Asbury Merrymakers Cadmus Sod Busters and Peniel report June meetings with demonstrations sewing projects officer elections and new members. Highlights include 4-H leaders meetings at Cadmus High School Perry School Centerville Flying Needles Rio Lucy Clover and Rio Silver Trimble Club activities with color demonstrations sewing boxes and planned follow ups and next meetings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadmus
Cadmus High School
Bill Smith
Clay Baker
George Ashworth
Joe Willis
Eugene McMahon
Darwin Haynes
Leo Taylor
Ray Davis
Cadmus Sod-Busters
Centerville
Betty Blanton
Dorothy Richards
Betty Weber
Rio Silver Trimble Club
Deanna Wickline
Sandra
Eresa Thorne
Louelien Cromartie
Births at Holzer Hospital Extend Local Family News
Holzer Hospital Notes reports numerous births and discharges. New mothers listed include Mrs. a Bender of Point Pleasant with a son, Mrs. Max Elliott of Gallipolis with a son, and Mrs. Richard Geiger of Bidwell among others. Discharges feature names such as William Barrett, Ted Johnson, Mrs. Susan Lewis, and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Bender
Point Pleasant
C. L. Head
Max Elliott
Gallipolis
Richard Geiger
Bidwell
William Barrett
Ted Johnson
Susan Lewis
Lowell Jewell
Michael Ones
James Foster
Walter Hyre
Harry Pittman
Lucille Smith
Eadie Mannering
Willian French
Everette Hollandsworth
Anderson Brown
Ernest Bartram
Carl Smith
Richard Silene
Harold Saunders
Robert Wood
Borden Shumate
Tom Turner
John Werry
Bueford Houck
Glenn Ceell
Irene Casto
Doris Jacks
Robert Perkins
Jeanette Thacker
Charles Stevers
Nancy Allen
Local Marriage Licenses List From Gallia County Area
Multiple licenses issued in the Gallia region include Evral R Houck age 44 of Crown City and Dorothy M Betz age 24 of Patriot. Jerry E King 21 of Gallipolis with Virginia Wilson. Brant McKown 28 of Gallipolis with Virginia Shape. Darwin E Petrie 21 of Rio Grande with Patricia A Neal 16. David Thomas Crawford with Mary Ann Hoyt. Ralph Sallie 25 of Dayton with Betty Price 21 of Vinton. Orville Kenneth Summs 25 of Charleston with Lena Mae Blackshire 21. Thurman Erle Phillips 49 of Bladen with Garnet Warren 46 of Bladen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evral R. Houck
Crown City
Dorothy M. Betz
Patriot
Jerry E. King
Gallipolis
Virginia Wilson
Brant MccKown
Virginia Shape
Darwin E. Petrie
Rio Grande
Patricia A. Neal
David Thomas Crawford
Gambler
Mary Ann Hoyt
Gallis
Ralph Sallie
Dayton
Betty Price
Vinton
Orville Kenneth Summs
Charleston
Lena Mae Blackshire
Thurman
Erle Phillips
Bladen
Garnet
Warren
Pilot heads wrong Las Vegas as three cities confuse trip
Santa Fe pilot Bill Cutter took a passenger to Las Vegas. A mistaken destination led to a detour as Cutter navigated toward Las Vegas, Nevada, before learning there are three Las Vegases. The piece notes Las Vegas, Nev., and two towns in New Mexico across the Gallinas river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Las Vegas
N. M
Bill Cutter
Santa Fe
Cutter
Las
Gallinas River
Divorce Granted In Point Pleasant Court
A divorce was granted here Friday to Ora Margaret Keener from Kenneth Keener in Circuit Court. Custody of their two year old daughter was awarded to Mrs. Keener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ora Margaret Keener
Kenneth Keener
Circuit Court
Local C of C Credited With Celanese Project
Albert D. Vreeland who represented Celanese Corp of America thanked Gallipolis Ferry landowners and the local Chamber of Commerce for part of the project’s success. He sent the appreciation to Chamber Director Warren T. King and stated his local work was finished.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Albert D. Vreeland
Celanese Corporation of America
Gallipolis Ferry
Chamber of Commerce
Warren T. King
Vreeland
Rev Haney Transfers to Hartford Circuit
The Rev and Mrs C E Haney move from Henderson to Hartford where he becomes minister of the Hartford Circuit. Rev Rufus Casto of the West Hamblin Circuit will replace him on the Point Pleasant Methodist Circuit. Both will preach in their new circuits this Sunday with services at the same hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. E. Haney
Henderson
Hartford
Rufus Casto
West Hamblin
Haney
County School Board to Meet Tonight in Mason County
Mason County Board of Education members schedule a 3 PM meeting this evening their third session of the month. The agenda includes teacher placements after principal selections. It is expected Kenneth Shaffer, the new county superintendent, will attend to approve the placements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Board of Education
Kenneth Shaffer
Horsemen to Plan July Fourth Show in Mason County
Mason County horsemen meet at the Mason County live stock yard Thursday at 6 p.m. to discuss the July Fourth show and finalize the program. The meeting is called by Carl Panson, president of the Mason County Horsemen's Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Hmorskey
GSI
Red Cross
Florence Main
Delores Toth
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mason County Livestock Yard
Carl Parson
Mason County Horsemen's Association
Three Men Fined by Justice of the Peace
Three men were fined by Justice of the Peace S A Simmons Monday. Arthur Cochran and Wesley Roman Rainey pleaded guilty to intoxication and were fined $10 and costs each. Corus Leport Jr was fined $25 and costs for operating a vehicle without a license after being arrested by State police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Justice of the Peace
S. A. Simmons
Arthur Cochran
Wesley Roman Rainey
Corus Leport, Jr
Pt Pleasant Social Notes From Hickory Chapel Church
The WSCS of Hickory Chapel Methodist Church will meet Wednesday evening in the church basement. Hostesses are Mrs. Herman Hoschar and Mrs. W. C. Bird. Mrs. S. C. Wilhelm entertained the Married Ladies Bridge Club Thursday afternoon with high score by Mrs. Milton L. Miller. Several residents, including Mrs. Hamilton Johnson in Pittsburgh and Mrs. Bessie Gardner in Gallipolis Ferry, plan visits to relatives in Wilmington NC and Rochester MN. Others, such as Mrs. Florence Rice of Bellmeade and Mrs. Louise Roush of Huntington, spent weekends with relatives here and nearby towns.
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WSCS
Hickory Chapel Methodist Church
Herman Hoschar
W. C. Bird
S. C. Wilhelm
Jefferson Ave
Married Ladies Bridge Club
Milton L. Miller
Hamilton Johnson
Main St
Charles Steenbergen
Pittsburgh
Bessie Gardner
Barbara Northup
Gallipolis Ferry
Helen Williams
Weston
Gertrude
Josephine Howard
Viand St
Local Residents Visit Family and Return Home
Mrs E D Denning of 2306 Mt Vernon Ave visits son Kenneth Denning in Charleston while Mr and Mrs Donald Plants of Columbus return home after visiting Virgil Plants on Ripley Road. Loretta Jean Horn and Judy Ann Horn of 2306 Mt Vernon Ave visit their father Orwell Horn in Ripley. Mrs John Chase returns from Holzer Hospital after treatment. Sunday dinner guests at Sherman Long’s Gallipolis Ferry included Leland Henry and children Susie Sharon Sonny, Douglas Long and son Freddie, Sybil Freeman Esther Long and Raymond Moss. Mrs John Hutchinson of 811 Main St and Caly Hite of Clarksburg visit Frank Hite in Covington VA before returning home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. D. Denning
Mt. Vernon Ave
Kenneth Denning
Charleston
Donald Plants
Columbus
Virgil Plants
Ripley Road
Loretta Jean Horn
Judy Ann Horn
Orwell Horn
Ripley
John Chase
Holzer Hospital
Sherman Long
Gallipolis Ferry
Leland Henry
Susie
Sharon
Sonny
Douglas Long
Freddie
Sybil Freeman
Esther Long
Raymond Moss
John Hutchinson
Main St
Caly Hite
Clarksburg
Frank Hite
Covington
Virginia
Nephew Is Graduate Of U. of Florida
Mr and Mrs James McComb and Mrs Bertha Filson left Saturday to attend the graduation of Mrs Filsons nephew William from the University of Florida in Gainesville He received a Bachelor of Science degree in business education and a commission as a second lieutenant A Riverside Military Academy graduate he is the son of Mrs Helen Zeiher Hollywood Florida Mrs Filson will visit with Mrs Zeiher and another sister Mrs R P Bell Deland Florida Mr and Mrs McComb will return via Mobile Alabama to visit relatives
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Point Pleasant
James McComb
Bertha Filson
Filson
William Er
University of Flori At
Gainesville
Riverside Military Academy
Helen Zeiher
Hollywood
Fla
Zeiher
R. P. Bell
Deland, Fla
McComb
Mobile
Ala
Miss Rice Graduates From Ohio University
Miss Cloris Lorraine Rice of Cincinnati, a former resident, among 7 percent of Ohio University graduates. Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. T. Rice, former local teachers. Residents Mr. and Mrs. M Rice, Mrs. Earl Foglesong and Carolyn, Miss Mary Foglesong, and Mrs. Howard Carder attended the Athens graduation exercises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Rice
Ohio University
Point Pleasant
Cloris Lorraine Rice
Cincinnati
E. T. Rice
Athens
M Rice
Earl Foglesong
Carolyn
Mary Foglesong
Howard Carder
Legion Members Attend Fourth District Convention
Three Mason County Post 2% members attended the Fourth District convention of the American Legion in Ravenswood on Sunday. The attendees included local post commander Vernon DeWeese H A Kuhl and Dolph Hill.
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C. L. Johnson
Tommy Daniels
Harry Wilcox
Fearn
N. Court
4-H
Naval Reserve
Point
Uhlman
Court Street
Dick Turner
Edwin Engel
Heghspire
Korea
U. S. Army
Nea-Acme
Perry Joly
Perry School
Mrs. Wood
Mary Walker
Ruth Fulks
Margaret Jones
4-H Club
Peniel
Janet Cantor
Betty Lewis
Beverly Smith
Anna Hazlett
Wellston
Blaine Jones
Jackson
Delbert Keene
Oliver Nichols
Gertrude Luellen
Jean Smith
Earl Punk
Barbara Ann Harris
William Steele
Lakin
W. Va
Edward Ellis Reese
Cheshire
Raymond Neville
Nellie Viola Mahaffey
Ewington
W. E. Myers
Ronnie D. Smith
Pomeroy
James Waggener
Lowell Collins
Harrisonville
Fred Frownfelter
James R. Hill
Letart Falls
H. H. Rhodes
Lawrence Parsons
Letart
Aryal LL Dray Lundigan
Technicolor
Rev. Haney
County School Board
Bing Crosby
Meadquarters
THUR
Barbara Stanwyck
Wendell Corey
Maria Montez Turhan Bey
Ponniegter
Randolph Scott
Colt 45
Hickory Wscs
Bridge Club
U. of Florida
Idaho
Athens, Ohio
Butler Brothers
Legion
Awaoy Rer Alker
Royal Rodeo
Specia
Pei i
Susan Hayward
Dan Dailey
Mary Pri Dvewetes
Joe McDoakes
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