Southwestern Officials Eliminate Six Busses
Southwestern Local School District will cut six busses next fall saving about 12000 dollars annually after a survey by Bill Wolfe led to re routing. Nine drivers were re employed, one new hire Eddie Jeffers, and two busses kept as spares while two others sold. Massie resigns as Southwestern High principal to take Fairfield Union post.
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Gallipolis
Southwestern
Bill Wolfe
Kgger Creek
State Department of Education
James N. Webster
Oscar L. Cain
Cain
Eddie Jeffers
Barton Miller
Harold Prevens
David Bostic
W. R. Ramsey
Morgan Hammond
Jesse Chapman
Frank Ruff
Wendell Jones
George Brewer
John R. Morgan
Southwestern High School
Herman Lee Massie
Massie
Fairfield Union High School
Fairfield County
Wilkesville Vinton Women Win In Rose Show
Mrs Maxwell Barnes of Vinton won runner up sweepstakes at the ninth annual Wellston Rose Society show in Wellston. Mrs James Jackson of Wilkesville led with four trophies. Several Galah County exhibitors earned ribbons and regional officials attended including Mrs Ara Swisher and Miss Nina Russell. Pearl Nease of Point Pleasant also exhibited.
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Gallipolis
Maxwell Barnes
Vinton
Wellston Rose Society
Central School
Wellston
James Jackson
Wilkesville
Fred Rice
Jackson County
J. Sherman
Porter
Franklin Holzapfel
Barnes
Jackson
District 11
Ara Swisher
Cheshire
Harrie Marie Smith
Nina Russell
Middleport
Robert Thompson
Pomeroy
Payne
Carolyn Myers
Oak Hill
Pearl Nease
Point Pleasant
Carolyn
W. H. Pavey
Xenia
H. V. Warren
C. E. Snyder
Wilmington
Oakley C. Collins
Gallia County Farm Bureau Plans Summer meeting and barbecue
Plans are nearly complete for Gallia County Farm Bureau s second annual summer meeting and chicken barbecue at the Gallia County Junior Fairground. Paul Bower says details are set. Bill Smith is expected to preside with Farm Bureau volunteers assisting. A women s committee led by Mrs. Davis will prepare sides and serve. Cost is 50 cents with reservations due by June 25. Serving begins at 6 p.m. followed by a brief program.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Rio student named Scout sports director at Camp Arrowhead
Gallipolis Marshall Kimmel a Rio Grande College student and Ohio treasurer of Circle-K Clubs will direct field sports at the annual Boy Scout camp starting Sunday at Camp Arrowhead. Bob Siler will be assistant program director. START business course Lind a Lou Harrison and Carmie Plymale, Roger Creek High School graduates, left for Cincinnati to enter the Southern School of Business for a nine month course.
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Gallipolis
Marshall Kimmel
Rio Grande College
Ohio
Circle-K Clubs
Camp Arrowhead
Circle-Q
Kiwanis
Bob Siler
Mason-Gallia-Meigs
Linda Lou Harrison
Carmie Plymale
Roger Creek High School
Cincinnati
Southern School of Business
Crown City Man Dies After Five Year Illness at 59
Ervin Albert Lane 59 of Crown City Route 2 died at 9 30 am Sunday in Huntington West Virginia C O Hospital after five years of ill health He was a Gallia County resident and a storekeeper in Huntington C O Railroad shops He was born in Ohio Two son of the late Gillie and Genevieve Nolan Lane Survived by wife Ardith Walker one son Ivan Lane five grandchildren and a sister Mrs Ferry Bessie Shaffer Funeral 2 pm Wednesday at King's Chapel Church Huntington with burial in the church cemetery Friends may call after 4 pm Tuesday at the family home on Hamilton Rd Gallia County Red Cross reports a bloodmobile will be at Grace Methodist Church Thursday noon to 6 pm donors needed to reach at least 125 pints
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Gallipolis
Ervin
Albert Lane
Crown City
C&o
Huntington
W. Va
Lane
Gallia County
Ohio
Gillie
Genevieve Nolan Lane
Employment Increases in Gallia and Meigs Counties
Gallia and Meigs Counties show a drop in unemployment claims for the week ending Friday, down 459 from a year ago. Gallia reports 219 claims with 28 initial and 191 continued. Meigs reports 278 with 19 initial and 259 continued, totals 497 versus 956 a year earlier.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Meigs
Frank W. Childers
Ohio State Employment Service
Childers
Gallia County
Meigs County
Dairymen To Consider Falling Milk Prices
Gallia Meigs Scioto Washington Jackson and Pike Counties dairymen form an informal committee led by Darwin Edwards of Jackson County to address falling milk prices. Golden R. Canaday of Gallia County serves as temporary chairman as the group plans a Tuesday night June 26 meeting at the Milk Marketing Administrator's building to decide on a permanent structure.
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Gallipolis
Darwin Edwards
Jackson County
Ohio
Gallia
Meigs
Scioto
Washington
Jackson
Pike Counties
Golden R. Canaday Harrison
Gallia County
ASC
FOP to Sponsor Grand Ole Opry Show
Gallia Meigs Lodge 95 of the Fraternal Order of Police will sponsor two Grand Ole Opry performances at Washington School auditorium in Gallipolis next Sunday. Duke of Paducah Bobby Helms Stewart Brothers and Ozark Jubileers appear. Shows at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. Admission 1.50 adults 0.90 children.
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Gallipolis
Gallia- Meigs Lodge
Fnternal Order of Police
Grand Ole Opry
Washington School Auditorium
Duke of Paducah
Bobby Helms
Stewart Brothers
The
Ozark Jubileers
Rio Grande Alumnus Named Dean of Theology School
Dr. Eugene W. Newberry, Rio Grande College alumnus from New Boston, will be installed as dean of the School of Theology at Anderson College and Theological Seminary in Anderson, Indiana. His PhD is from Duke University and he has been with the theology school since its founding in 1950.
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Gallipolis
Eugene W. Newberry
Rio Grande College
Anderson College and Theological Seminary
Anderson
Ind
Newberry
New Boston
Duke University
School of Theology
Anderson College
Try and Stop Me by Forward Smith and Others
A collection of humorous anecdotes. A Miami savant recalls a hospital misadventure ending with a torn bill and a green fee charge. Harpo Marx jokes about a Palm Springs golf club resignation offer. A Schenectady father jokes about a five-cent fallout shelter.
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Harpo Marx
Palm Springs
Five County Public Debt Totals Report Southeast Ohio
The five county area of Gallia Lawrence Jackson Meigs and Vinton shows total local government debt of 21 673 913 as of December 31 1961 about one percent of Ohio's consolidated local debt. County by county figures are listed with township and city debts and school district totals across exempted local and city districts.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Lawrence County
Gallia
Jackson
Meigs County
Vinton County
Lawrence
Vinton
Buckeye
Gallia County
State Auditor's Office
Jackson County
Meigs
Holzer Hospital Births Dismissals and Injury Admission
Multiple births announced at Holzer Hospital including a son to Mr and Mrs Andrew J Greer a daughter to Mr and Mrs Nathan Slayton Jr a daughter to Mr and Mrs Glenn Potter and twin daughters to Mr and Mrs Garner Harrison on Oak Hill Route 4. Dismissals listed for numerous individuals. Diana Lynn Grant seven admitted after power lawn mower accident losing all toes on her left foot and listed in satisfactory condition.
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Andrew J. Greer
Oak Hill
Nathan Slayton, Jr
Northup
Glenn F. Potter
Garner Harrison
Lee W. Hobbs
Hogsett
W.va
Roger Wilson
Scottown
Edward Patterson
Cottageville
Richard Brown
Ravenswood
Elma Cornell
Gallipolis
Sidney A. Sanders
Glenn W. Flolin
Waterloo
Ernest L. Campbell
Coal Grove
Albert C. Gloeckner
Pomeroy
Reed Haddox
Vinton
Wayne H. Bridgeman
George A. Peck
Wellston
C. Raymond Byers
Leon
Elsie McNeal
James Taylor
Pedro
Lora M. Kitchen
Charles W Eppenstein
Ashland
Norman E. Rizer
Racine
Lurinda Jo Samsel
Mason
Diana Lynn Grant
Ewington
Robert R. Grant
Holzer Hospital
Population Estimates for Gallia County and Gallipolis
Gallipolis shows 8985 residents while Gallia County totals 26439 as of January 1. Figures come from the Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development using 1960 census data adjusted for natural change and net migration.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio Department of Industral and Economic Development
Three Guilty Pleas Hit State Patrol Charges in Gallipolis
Three defendants appeared before Judge William H. Janes in Gallipolis Municipal Court. Charles V. Kuhn, 48, Gallipolis, was fined $5 with costs suspended for a stop sign violation. Noah Fitch, 51, Cheshire, fined $5 plus costs for no operator's license. Jimmie D. McGuire, 25, Gallipolis, fined $5 with no costs for following too closely.
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Gallipolis
William H. Janes
Janes
Charles V. Kuhn
Noah Fitch
Cheshire
Jimmie D. McGuire
Water Sampling Station Planned At Kyger Creek Plant
Gallipolis Ohio July announces a new joint water sampling station in the U S Public Health Service National Quality Network at Kyger Creek of the Ohio Valley Electric Corp Aimed at long term water quality trends the station will be operated by T Hylton Long and staff with plant personnel collecting untreated water data and shipments sent to Taft Center Cincinnati for radioactivity coliform bacteria and pesticide analysis The network began in 1957 to track changes in water quality and support pollution control planning
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Gallipolis
U.S. Public Health Service
James B. Harreld
Ohio Valley Electric Corp
Kyger Creek
Ohio Valley
Public Health Service
Robert A. Taft Sanitary Engineering Center
Cincinnati
National
Cars Crash On Africa Road In Cheshire No Injuries Reported
Gallia County Ohio July 2 1960 two cars collided on a curve on Africa Rd one mile south of Route 554 in Cheshire Two Elmer Lee Spaulding 24 of Cheshire Route 1 and Mark Stiltner 32 of Cheshire Route 2 were involved Patrol said Spaulding drove left of center and he will appear in Gallipolis Municipal Court on July 2. no injuries reported.
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Gallipolis
Africa Rd
Cheshire Two
State Highway Patrol
Elmer Lee Spaulding
Cheshire
Mark Stiltner
Spaulding
Stiltner
30 Vehicles Inspected at Gallia County Safety Check
Thirty autos passed inspection at a Gallia County Traffic Safety Committee lane at Sohio Service Station Kanauga. John W. Burkle chaired assisted by Johnny Jones Bob Rothgeb and Bill West. Fifth in series. 191 of 195 cleared with four rejects. Next check set for June 25 from 2 to 5 p.m. at Rio Grande. John W. Myers to chair.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County Traffic Safety Committee
Sohio
Kanauga
John W. Burkle
Johnny Jones
Bob Rothgeb
Bill West
Paul North
Rio Grande
John W. Myers
Gallia Native Belville 70 Dies in Huntington
Samuel R Belville 70 of Huntington West Virginia, native of Gallia County, retired C&O railroad worker and World War I veteran, died after brief illness. Survived by wife Ida and two daughters in Chicago, three sisters, three brothers. Funeral 2 p.m. Tuesday Chapman funeral home Huntington. burial Spring Hill Cemetery. County board meets in Gallipolis, pays $1801 in bills and reviews vacancies.
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Gallipolis
Samuel R Belville
Huntington
W Va
Gallia County
Albert
Nancy Belville
C&o
Order of Redmen
Ida Belville
Muriel Miller
Erma Cosmas
Chicago
Ill
Letha Massie
Stella Tagg
Greasy Ridge
Bessie Zimmerman
Greenfield
Ferman
Toledo
Stanley
Crown City
Walden
Chapman Funeral Home
Everett Alexander
Spring Hill Cemetery
Man Pleads Guilty To Attempted Theft Of Pickup
Gallipolis Ohio Wade Alva Little 26 of Cheshire Route 2 admitted guilt in Municipal Court to attempted theft of Merrill Bruckers pickup truck. Judge William H Jones bound him over to the September term grand jury under 500 dollars bond. Little remained jailed after not posting bond. he was captured by Jim Roush at Bruckers Gravel Hill Road residence near Roger Creek High School. Also, Mervin D Caldwell 29 Crown City pleaded innocent to intoxication and disturbing the peace with a June 30 court continuation after a tavern fight. a juvenile involved will have a hearing before Juvenile Judge John W Howell.
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Gallipolis
Wade Alva Little
Cheshire
Merrill Brucker
William H. Jones
Little
Brucker
Gravel Hill Rd
Roger Creek High School
Jim Roush
Sheriff's Department
Mervin D. Caldwell
Crown City
Jones
Caldwell
John W. Howell
Centenary 4-H Club Buys Film For All Clubs
Gallipolis report says the Centenary Merry Maids 4-H Club purchased the film strip Meal Time Can Be Magic for use by the county extension office and all 4-H clubs. Funds came from president Kathy Burnette who previously donated prize money she won as best 4-H secretary. Advisor is Mrs Corbett Roberts.
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Gallipolis
Merry Maids
County Extension Office
Gallia County
Kathy Burnette
Corbett Roberts
Stork Wins Race as Premature Baby Arrives in Car
Ernie Thompson of Miller's ambulance service chases the stork after delivering a four pound seven ounce daughter to Mr and Mrs Glen Potter at Holzer Hospital. The mother and baby, born in the Potter car at 12 55 p m, are reported fine. The baby is the Potters eighth child with grandmothers Elizabeth Potter and Lyda Waugh listed.
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Gallipolis
Ernie Thompson
Miller’s Ambulance Service
Glen Potter
Northup
Holzer Hospial
Bernie Queen
Little Bullskin Rd
Potter
Perry Queen House
Ruby Queen
M. Thompson
Potters
Yellowtown
Elizabeth Potter
Waterloo
Lyda Waugh
Logan
W. Va
Dr. Charles E. Davis dies at 60 in Lima hospital
Dr. Charles E. Davis 60 former president of Rio Grande College died Saturday in a Lima hospital after a one day illness. He served 37 years in education as a superintendent in Cadiz Caldwell and Richmond Va and as a school principal in Hillsboro and Bucyrus. He was an Air Force major in World War II and directed fighter pilot training. Survived by widow Lois two daughters and other relatives. Funeral services were held Monday in Lima.
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Charles E. Davis
Rio Grande College
Lima
Davis
Cadiz
Caldwell
Richmond
Hillsboro
Bucyrus
Jackson
Wittenberg University
Ohio University
U.S
Lois
Lowell Butler
James Runyon
Fort Wayne
Ind
R. K. Schellenger
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