Bloodmobile collects 127 pints in Gallipolis
The Huntington Regional Bloodmobile gathered 127 pints from 142 people at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis. Seventeen deferred donors and several first timers were noted, with Dr. Dan Notter among top donors recovering from recent heart surgery.
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Bloodmobile
Gallipolis
Huntington
Grace Methodist Church
Omar C. Zimmerman
Dan Notter
University Hospital
Red Cross
Notter
Girl Scouts Camp Opens Sunday at Camp Rocky Ledges
Gallia Intermediate Girl Scouts will attend two weeks at Camp Rocky Ledges near Milton West Virginia starting Sunday. Counselor Ann Magnussen leads five girls including Michelle Price Susan Clarke Martha Cornwell Virginia Files and Kathryn Houck with nine counselors plus director Patricia Gerlach. A second session follows the first then a two week third session Miss Magnussen will lead the primitive unit and registrations remain open for the later sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Camp Rocky Ledges
Milton
W. Va
Ann Magnussen
Michelle Price
Thomas P. Price
Susan Clarke
Martha Cornwell
Virginia Files
Kathryn Houck
Oscar W Clarke
Magnussen
Patricia Gerlach
Dayton University
Dayton
Marcus J. Magnussen
J. Gordon Gibert
Presbyterian Men Profit At Supper
GALLIPOLIS The men of Gallipolis First United Presbyterian Church served 261 people ice cream cake and coffee at an on the church lawn supper. They profited 72 from the event. Mrs C O McIntyre widow of the local newspaper columnist attended.
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Gallipolis
First United Presbyterian Church
C. O. McIntyre
Patrolman De Long Assigned to Massillon Post
Gallipolis State Patrolman Timothy B. De Long receives first assignment to the Massillon post starting July 2 after serving as a radio dispatcher at Gallipolis since graduating May 17 from the State Highway Patrol Academy. Mabel Hubbard later married Alexander Graham Bell, lost hearing before age five to scarlet fever, learned lip reading, and at 13 learned German by lip reading.
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Gallipolis
Timothy B. de Long
Massillon
de Long
State Highway Patrol Academy
Mabel Hubbard
Alexander Graham Bell
Tycoon Lake social notes and visiting relatives
Tycoon Lake area residents and relatives are listed in a sequence of short visits and family connections. Bill Wood Jr. stays with grandparents to help grandmother. Several couples and individuals from Columbus Martins Ferry Oak Hill Proctorville and Kentucky visit relatives or travel south for vacations or medical care.
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Will Thomas
Lake
Bill Wood Jr
Columbus
Walter Wood
Jackie Maynard
Martins Ferry
Maynard
Jack Parsons
Cena Parsons
Marlin Ball
Rome
R. A. Conden
Tycoon Lake
Florida Keys
Everett Russell
Proctorville
John Vance
Evelyn Vance
Francis Cardwell
Daniel Runyon
Lewis Ball
Ball
Davenport
Perry Ball
Bill Davis
Bradshaw
W. Va
Earl Wilfong
Kentucky
Gallipolis
Glenna Vance
Freeborn
Dismissals From Holzer Hospital List Names Read Off
A Holzer Hospital column lists patients discharged and names several local residents from Gallipolis Minersville Ironton Ashland and surrounding areas. The note mentions a blood donation of one pint given Thursday by patient Shelley Jones and Theresa Thompson.
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Peary O. Oldaker
Letart
H. Kern Roush
Minersville
Jesse L. Spence
Gallipolis
Robert H. Phillips
Coal Grove
Mae Beckett
Hal W. Isaacs
Bidwell
J. Corbett Sheets
Crown City
R. Earl Roberts
Rodney
Jacob W Richmond
Theresa M. Caynor
Point Pleasant
Dewey Brammer
Ironton
Albert Keefer
Leon
Curtis H. Stewart
Ashland
Herbert L. Ward
Scottown
Bryce C Browning
Dover
Danny Yonker
Mason
Mamie O. Smith
Raymond E. Donahue
Harrisonville
Raymond Byer
Chauncey Werner
Edward Paynor
Jesse J. May
J. Everett Stephens
Eileena K. Dill
Shelley Jones
Theresa Thompson
Kevin C. Weyer
Stephen M. Weyer
Garner Harrison
River Traffic Gauges and Dams Report for the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
River gauges show high water and multiple moving dams in the Huntington District. Listings include boats on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers with barge and tug statuses, lock readings, and recent tow positions from Gallipolis to Marmet, Greenup, and Huntington.
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Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Huntington
Montgomery
National
Harrison
Frances Hoagland
Jerry Bosworth
Creditor
A. V. Criss
Eastern
Beckford
Ben McCaol
C. V. Harner
Philip Sporn
Greenup
Delta Queen
Lock Gona
Lock Montgomery
Carl D
Southland
J. S. Lewis
Western
Oleander
Andrew P. Calhoun
Bob Benter
Etta Marie
Kanawha
Marmet, Merrill
Elgercliff
James R. Hines
Lunga Point
Solvay
Bayou la Reine
Oliver C. Shearer
River pilot Captain Hughes plans final voyage after 71 years
Gallipolis recalls Captain Jesse P Hughes 86, oldest licensed river pilot. He began in 1897 on the Kanawha and Cortland lines, later serving Greene Line vessels including the Tacoma and Leroy. He plans to retire after this trip with a 1951 retirement and upcoming stay in Germany.
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Jesse P. Hughes
Gulf of Mexico
Hughes
Ohio
Kanawha
Big Sandy
Tennessee
Mississippi River
Cairo
Ill
Chalmette
Gallipolis
Fd Morgan
Ed Maddy
Point Pleasant
Carolyn Ann Stowers
Delta Queen
Our House
Queen
Bill Dugan
Vanceburg
Charles M. Young
First Ave
Dugan
Washington County
Aragon
Greenwood
Greenland
Leroy
Charleston
W. Va
Henry M. Stanley
Lillian
Greene Line
Newport
Gordon C. Greene
Wilkins
Chris B
Tom R. Greene
Green
Captain Hughes
Honolulu
Hawaii
Helen Prater
Cincinnati
Prand
Virginia Grover
Prizes Awarded in Gallipolis Foul Shooting Meet
Gallipolis recreation director Jack Olcott awarded 20 prizes to winners in the basketball foul shooting contest held on the Washington School blacktop. About 50 to 55 youngsters competed with top finishers Susan Thompson, Patty Spencer, Jack Huffman, and Duck Bostic in junior girls, senior girls, junior boys, and senior boys categories. Volleyball is slated for 10 am Tuesday at Washington School. Major Russel, field director of the Ohio Selective Service, visited Gallia County Local Board 45 to confer with clerk Elsie Richards and other boards Thursday. City Superintendent I. J. Miller attended a two day state superintendent convention at Cedar Point and returned.
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Gallipolis
Jack Olcott
Washington School
Susan Thompson
Patty Spencer
Jack Huffman
Duck Bostic
Sinclair Russel
Ohio Selective Service System
Gallia County
Elsie M. Richards
Russel
I. J. Miller
Cedar Point
Record Hop Set by Gallia 4-H Junior Leaders
The Gallia County 4-H Junior Leadership Club plans a record hop at North Gallia High School auditorium on Saturday June 30 from 7 30 to 11 p m Chaperones oversee the event with Frances Lou Baker as president and committees chosen for entertainment publicity and refreshments Posters will be produced by a student group led by Marsha Fellore Anita Robinson Sue Cregor and Janet McCulty The admission is 35 cents for a single and 50 cents for a couple.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
4-H
North Gallia High School
Frances Lou Baker
Grace Methodist Church
Jim Rhodes
Jane Fadely
Rhodes
John V. Ralston
Marsha Fellore
Anita Robinson
Sue Cregor
Janet McCulty
Taber Talks rules Grangers at Springfield Grange
Rep Dann O Taber spoke to 27 members about the problems facing state legislators. He urged reading the Ohio State Grange magazine and sending postal cards to lawmakers with Grange views. Lecture by Goldin J Ward covered Ohio affairs and the flag.
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Gallipolis
Dann O. Taber
Springfield Grange
Tater
Ohio State Grange
Ohio General Assembly
Grange
Goldin J. Ward
Ohio
Sandra Knotts
Alice Sprague
Gallia County
Dan M. Evans
Springfield
Blake Appointed to McArthur Local Board of Education
Blake McArthur, a mechanic for Austin Powder Co., is named to fill the McArthur board vacancy after Jack Kwatkosky resigns to move to Arizona. He is a McArthur HS graduate, WWII veteran, former village councilman, and longtime community volunteer.
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Mcarthur
Ray _ Blake
Austin Powder Co
Board of Education
Jack Kwatkosky
Arizona
Blake
McArthur High School
Car Ends Up In Front Yard After Accident
Cecil Ray Rice, 31, of Patriot Route 1, lost control on Townhouse Road two miles west of Mudsoc, sent his car through Jackson’s fence into a deep gully, about 1200 feet from the road. He was uninjured but charged later with intoxication and posted a $25 bond for Municipal Court.
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Gallipolis
John Jackson
State Highway Patrol
Cecil Ray Rice
Rice
Patriot Route 1
Townhouse Rd
Mudsoc
Jackson
Gallia County
James B. Richards
Rio Grande
Thomas W. Mitchell
Richards
Mitchell
Saddle Club Prepares 20 Stalls at Gallia County Fair
The 4H Saddle Club began building 20 stalls in the west end of the cattle barn at Gallia County junior fairground. Plans include two eight by twelve foot box stalls for a mare and colt and 18 five by nine foot tie stalls.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ralph Workman
Dick Lakin
Gallia County Agricultural Society
Hannan Trace Pioneers
Jim Slone
Burnette Brothers
Dispatcher Is On Duty At Gallipolis Patrol Post
Terry Neal 21 of Crown City began duty as a cadet radio dispatcher at the Gallipolis State Highway Patrol post. A 1959 Hannan Trace High School graduate, Neal is married to Frances Sanders and they have a two year old son, Terry Randall. He plans to enter the Patrol Academy in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Terry Neal
Crown City
State Highway Patrol
Neal
State Highway Patrol Academy At
Columbus
Hannan Trace High School
Paul Neal
South Point
Frances Sanders
Forrest Sanders
Terry Randall
Hannan Trace
Bill Priddy
Elza Barneys to mark fiftieth wedding anniversary
McARTHUR Mr. and Mrs. Elza Barney will celebrate their fiftieth wedding anniversary on July 1. A noon dinner for the immediate family will precede an open house from 1 p m to 5 p m for friends and neighbors.
State mobile X-ray unit scans Gallia County in nine day stay
The State Health Department’s mobile X-ray cruiser conducted 130 X-rays at three Gallia sites, bringing total to 692 in the first three days. At Hannan Trace High School 55 were scanned, Miller’s Grocery 36, and Cadmus Elementary 39. Additional sessions are set for Friday and Saturday at the old Ohio Valley Bank building and Evans Supermarket with 2 to 8 pm and 11 am to 5 pm slots.
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Gallipolis
State Health Department
Gallia County
Hannan Trace High School
Mercerville
Miller’s
Gallia
Cadmus
Ohio Valley Bank
Evans Supermarket
Two Drivers Are Fined by Gallipolis Judge
Municipal Judge William H. Janes fined two motorists and a defendant forfeited bond in a mixed city and state patrol case. Bernard Kreisleman of Columbus was fined 10 dollars plus costs for speeding. Bert Yost of Vinton was fined 10 dollars plus costs for intoxication. Lytis Davis of St Albans West Virginia forfeited a 35 dollar bond for highway use tax. William Porter of Gallipolis, arrested by city police, was fined 10 dollars plus costs for intoxication.
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Gallipolis
William H. Janes
State
Janes
Bernard L. Kreisleman
Columbus
Bert Yost
Vinton
Lytis Davis
St. Albans
W.va
William W. Porter
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Jean Carroll
Bob Brickles
Raymond Weiher
Dick Thomas
Jack Knight
Robert Saunders
Norman Stewart
J. Dean Eisel
Eric E. Cox
Wilbur Dennis
Dorothy Stanton
Gallia County Red Cross Blood
John C. Markley
Gerard J. Obert
Quentin Korfhage
W. Lewis Brown
Miles T Epling
Vance Johnson
Wayne B. Foster
James N. Webster, Jr
Robert M. Richards
Leonard Harris
Stanford Cremeens
Kenneth Curry
Charles W. Shaver
Merrill O'Dell
John K. Allen
Ralph Lusher
Raymond Hoy
William H. Jones
John L
Ralph Martin
Lewis Gillespie
Mahlon Radeker
Sylvia Fowler
Thelma Fleming
Loren Thomas
Girl Scouts
Girl Scouts of America
Bensalem Township
Ralph di Franza
Holzer Hospital News
Ralph Edwards
Middleport
Rinning
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomerny - Mason
Greene Lines
Eas Yrasuig
Mitzi Gaynor
Houston
Tex
Jean Louis
Olcott
Taber
Rule Grangers
the Messenger
Athens
Saddle Club
Lakin
Russ Priddy
Elza Barneys
Kinneer Motors
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