Wilkesville Girl Honored With Shower
In Gallipolis a bridal shower honoredMiss Merlyn Strausbaugh of Wilkesville ahead of her June 22 wedding to Glenn Arnold Jr. She is a Rio Grande College student and pianist with the college chorus. Co-hostesses included college staff and students. Also mentioned are Gary Lee Porter and Gloria Jean Fuestel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Merlyn Strausbaugh
Wilkesville
Rio Grande Methodist
Glenn Arnold, Jr
Strausbaugh
Zelma Northcutt
Clara E. Poston
Patti Forgey
Karen Tope
Sandra Brewington
India Borden
North Gallia School Board Audited for Financial Improvements
The State Auditor commends the North Gallia School Board for reducing its general fund deficit from 54 620.75 in March 1961 to 14 319.65 on April 1 1963 following an audit covering March 21 1963 to April 1 1963. The report notes lunchroom losses and improper Title III handling, with recommendations on certification prior to purchases and other procedural fixes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
North Gallia
James L. Clark
Rio Grande
Board
Vinton
Bidwell
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Across Ohio and Kanawha Regions
Detailed river gauge readings and dam statuses for the Ganges Gallipolis Kanawha and Ohio systems. Listings cover roller dam positions, boat movements on Gallipolis and Kanawha Rivers, and specific vessel arrivals and departures with times across Lock 14 to Lock 34, noting up or down statuses for many named boats and locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ganges
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Huntington
Albert FP
Holden
H. E. Bowles
Sally Ann
Jenks
ORCO
Vulcan
Lelia C. Shearer
Elgercliff
Tampico
Dixie Spirit
Solvay
Lock
Blue Seal
Invader
Lea Mae
A .J. Patton
Alton Zephyr
I. F. Frieberger
Colonel Davenport
Queen City
A. F E. Dyke
Craig M
Bingo
Beckford
Crucible
Eastern
Stevenson
Dispatcher
Polly Crane
Co. V. Harner
John J. Rowe
Southern
Oliver C. Shearer
Esso West Virginia
William H. Zimmer
Gene
Hutchinson
Elisha Woods
Inca
Pamela D
Ikylinois
J. S. Lewis
Ravenswoods
Lack
J. W. Sweet
Bicycle Injury Injures Girl in Gallia County
Donna M. Goldsberry seven daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert A Goldsberry of 503 Maple Dr New Haven sustained a cerebral concussion and lip laceration after a bicycle crash at Holzer Hospital where her condition was reported as good at 8 05 p m Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Donna M. Goldsberry
Robert A. Goldsberry
Maple Dr
New Haven
Holzer Hospital
Miss Fulton Engaged to Mr Mulford in Cheshire
Mr and Mrs Huber Fulton announce the engagement of their daughter Margaret Sue to Dennis Mulford son of Mr and Mrs Clarence Mulford Jr Both are Kyger Creek High School and Rio Grande College graduates The couple plan an Aug 18 wedding at the Little Kyger Congregational Christian Church in Cheshire
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Huber Fulton
Cheshire
Margaret Sue
Dennis Mulford
Clarence Mulford
Fulton
Kgger Creek High School
Rio Grande College
Sugar Creek
Dayton
Mulford
Kyger Creek High School
Little Kyger Congregational Christian Church
Unidentified Object Seen By Citizens Over Gallipolis
Local residents report seeing a bright fast moving object at 9 45 p m Sunday skywatchers compared it to Echo I satellite and possibly a Russian or U S space craft. observers Howard Waugh and Willard Haddix noted its size brightness and trajectory while a second object was not seen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
United States
Howard R. Waugh
Second Ave
Valery Fedorivich Bykovosky
Air Force
Cape Canaveral
Waugh
Willard Haddix
Fourth Ave
Russia
Short Circuit Fires At Eureka Residence
A short in wiring caused a fire at Glen Soles’s home in Eureka, 13 miles south of Gallipolis. Two trucks and 12 volunteers responded after aluminum siding on the porch overheated and melted insulation. Damage was estimated at $40. In Juvenile Court Judge John W. Howell fined Charles Smith 17 from Bidwell five dollars and costs for permitting an unlicensed minor to drive, and Donna J. Lambert 15 from Vinton Route 2 was fined five dollars and costs for no operator’s license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Glen Soles
Eureka
James A. Northup
John W. Howell
Charles Smith
Bidwell
Donna J. Lambert
Vinton
State Highway Patrol
Gallia Schools Report 19 Open Positions Across Districts
Gallia County Superintendent T K Owens reported 19 vacancies in the Gallia County School System including 10 elementary and nine high school posts. Applications total 21 elementary and 27 high school. two music vacancies lack applicants. Also noted are district resignations and staffing changes across Rio Grande Hannan Trace Southwestern North Gallia and Ryger Creek. Progress on Hannan Trace water lines and a vocational school meeting at Grace Methodist Church were reported. enrollment declined from 3233 to 3189. State Patrol arrested Asa Moore for driving while intoxicated in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
T. K. Owens
Gallia County
Kgger Creek
Doris Lanham
Callie Forgey
Hannan Trace
Ben Spangler
Beverly Biggs
Southwestern
David McKenzie
William Caudill
Gerald Moore
Leroy Collier
Margaret Lloyd
Thomas P. Goheen
Norman Coffman
North Gallia
Leo P. King
Cliff Wilson
Merle Macomber
Anise Wood
Maxine Evans
Ryger Creek
Willeen Edwards
Janet Maggied
Velma Fraley
Owens
Ten Arrested In Gallia On Weekend
Gallia County deputies detained ten individuals over the weekend on charges from intoxication to non support. Names include Charles Lee Lambert 22 facing non support, Janice N Myers 20 jailed for intoxication, and five held for fighting. Bond details and court dates provided where listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Detroit
Mich
Bobby L. Lockhart
Murray
Roger L. Sargent
Sheriff's Department
Sargent
Charles I. Martin
Hogsett
W. Va
Franklin J. Bugg
Henderson
John L. Sandlin
Edward G. Sandlin
Larry N. Eads
Eads
Gallia health clinic reports Sabin doses and vaccines given
At the Gallia County Health Department weekly immunization clinic 107 Sabin oral vaccine doses were given, raising total Sabin doses to 775. Nurses Pearl Hatfield and Naomi Rose aided by registrar Madeline Rees also gave 41 DPTs, four tuberculin tests, one typhoid inoculation, four diphtheria tetanus and three smallpox shots. Elsewhere Everett Walters, OSU dean since 1957, resigned to join Boston University as Vice President for Academic Affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pearl Hatfield
Naomi Rose
Sabin
Gallia County
Madeline Rees
Health Department
Columbus
Everett Walters
Ohio State University
Boston University
30s Matron Visits Rio Community
Mrs. Rose Keister Eagle Mills, a 1930s Davis Cottage matron from Rio Grande College, visited Gal-lipolis with Mr. and Mrs. Gar land Elliott. They lunched at Bob Evans Sausage Shop and toured the former Harry Wood residence, where Mills recalled time as a Rio Grande student in 1891 92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Davis Cottage
Rio Grande College
Rose Keister Eagle Mills
Garland Elliott
W. A. Lewis
Mills
Point Pleasant
Fred Kerr Mills
George Eagle
Bob Evans
Harry Wood
Wood
Lewis
Fathers Take Cubs On Nature Hike
GALLIPOLIS Cub Pack 203 sponsored by Grace Methodist Church held its annual nature hike and wiener roast Sunday at Pete McCormick's farm in Fairfield. Twenty five cubs and fifteen fathers hiked nature trails then roasted wieners by Lake Pete at Camp Hout. Transportation to Fairfield was provided by a list of fathers. J Sherman Porter of Rio Grande College will attend the American College Public Relations Association conference in Chicago from next Sunday through June 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Pete McCormick
Fairfield
Lake Pete
Camp Hout
Orin Kyger
Jack Rodgers
Wayne Brown
Lowell Weaver
Dick Thomas
Clyde Day
Richard Carter
Bob Cobb
Kenneth Morgan
Gary R. Short
Earl Tope
Marlin Cremeens
Arden Dobson
Max Crow
Claude Daniels
J. Sherman Porter
Rio Grande College
American College Public Relations Association
Chicago
Ill
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Gary Lee Porter
Gloria Jean Fuestel
Vinton Banking Co
Commercial and Savings Bank
Board of Education
North Gallia High School
Belk-Simpson CO
N. Court St
Margaret Fulton
Gallia
Asa Moore
Moore
OSU
the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Rio
Sohio
Gran Prize
THE
Standard Oil Company
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