Conservation trip featured in Gallia district plans
Gallia Soil and Water Conservation District discussed the Ohio District Supervisors' School set for Aug 8 10 at Ohio University Athens. A boat trip from Pomeroy to Gallipolis will bring about 500 people to Gallipolis from noon to 3:30 pm on Aug 10 with lunch at Rio Grande's Bob Evans farm and tours of the old French city. The tour and transportation are managed by the Gallia district and the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce. Seven new cooperators were accepted Elmer Jeffers Perry Township J G Gilbert Harrison Township Noah Williams Clay Township Donovan and Phillip Pope Green Township Stanley Wood Perry Township Homer Casto Springfield Township and C J Davis Raccoon Two. The district also prepared its 1965 first-half financial report for the Ohio Soil Conservation Committee and discussed drainage bills HB 407 and HB 211.
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Mately
Ohio
Gallipolis
Bob Evans
Rio Grande
Gallia
Perry
J. G. Gilbert
Harrison
Noah Williams
Clay
Donovan
Phillip Pope
Green
Stanley Wood
Homer Casto
Springfield
C. J. Davis
Raccoon Two
Ohio Soil Conservation Committee
Drivers Fined In Municipal Court In Gallia County
Seven cited in municipal court proceedings hear fines from Judge William H. Sowers. Names include Lester Arnold 21 Pomeroy fined 20 dollars for speeding. Elmer Cofer 74 Rio Grande fined five for no license. Norvil Foster 19 Gallipolis fined five for no muffler. Bonds posted for Norvil Souders and Clouis Hart both 17.50. Ronald Pennington 18 Huntington and Ronald Fisher 25 Hanover Michigan each 27.50 for speeding. Carl Myers 25 Gallipolis fined 10 for intoxication and disorderly conduct. Earl Watson 57 Gallipolis, innocent plea. bond 27.50 to appear next week.
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Gallipolis
Lester Arnold
Pomeroy
State Highway Patrol
William H. Sowers
Elmer Cofer
Rio Grande
Norvil H. Foster
Cofer
Sowers
Norvil Souders
Dunbar
W. Va
Clouis Hart
Leon
Ronald J. Pennington
Huntington
Ronald D. Fisher
Hanover
Mich
Carl E. Myers
Earl Watson
Cars Collide In Gallipolis Narrows In Minor Crash
Gallipolis police investigated a minor accident at 3 50 p m on Wednesday in the 300 block of Second Ave involving Bertha Baylor 60 Addison and Harley A Smith 52 Gallipolis Route 1. Both cars were northeast bound Baylor had paused to let another vehicle back from a parking zone Smith failed to stop and hit Baylor from behind. No injuries occurred and no charges were filed.
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Gallipolis
Second Ave
Bertha Baylor
Addison
Harley A. Smith
Judge Grants Divorce Suit in Gallia County
Karen Spaulding of Porter files for divorce from Gene Spaulding in Gallia County Common Pleas Court citing extreme cruelty. She also seeks custody of two minor children amid the 1959 marriage date. Judge Robert M. Betz grants a separate agreement granting custody and sets support at 100 dollars monthly until the child turns 18.
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Gallipolis
Karen Spaulding
Porter
Gallia County
License Exams Passed At Gallipolis and Point Pleasant Car Wash Opens
Gene Mather, a driver license examiner for the State Highway Patrol, reported 13 of 17 applicants passed preliminary exams for temporary permits and eight of 10 for operator licenses. In total, 60 exams were given this week with 46 passes. Exams occur Mondays and Tuesdays at 42 Olive St. D W Rothgeb opened Quick Car Wash behind Citizens National Bank in Point Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Gene Mather
State Highway Patrol
Mather
Olive St
Point Pleasant
D. W. Rothgeb
Citizens National Bank
Attempted Assault Trial Continues in Gallia County
Herbert S. Lanham 25 of Thurman Route 1 faces attempted criminal assault charges as his trial proceeds in Gallia County Common Pleas. Prosecutor John A. Epling rested the state's case after nine witnesses testified on the second day. The defense featuring Warren F. Sheets and R William Jenkins challenged what happened April 3 at the Lester trailer near Rio Grande.
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Gallipolis
Herbert S. Lanham
Thurman
Gallia County
A. Epling
Lanham
Virginia Lester
Lester House
Rio Grande
Route 325
Denver A. Walker
James E. Baldwin
Burl Cook
Gary Hedges
Charles Lester
Warren F. Sheets
R. William Jenkins
Sheets
Three Teens Arrested Over Gallipolis Record Hop Fight
Three teenagers were arrested after a Friday record hop brawl at Kger Creek High School left John Brown 17 of Gallipolis with a fractured jaw. Nickie B. King 18 Henderson West Virginia was fined 25 dollars for giving false information to Gallia County deputies. Tucker Mayes 18 Henderson was captured in Point Pleasant on a fugitive warrant charging him with fighting and felonious assault. Russell Leach 19 Point Pleasant was jailed on Thompson’s warrant for felonious assault and will appear in municipal court. Additional named individuals include Dayton Durst 22 Cottageville Lois Durst 18 Leon Larry Hargraves 21 West Columbia Ann Johnson 19 Clifton Raymond Wamsley 18 Gallipolis Ferry and Kathryn Long 17 Henderson.
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Gallipolis
William H. Sowers
Nickie B. King
Henderson
W. Va
Gallia County
King
Mason County
Kgger Creek High School
Gallia
Tucker Mayes
Point Pleasant
Clarence E. Thompson
Mayes
Dayton Eugene Durst
Cottageville
Lois Jane Durst
Leon
Larry Eugene Hargraves
West Columbia
Ann Yvonne Johnson
Clifton
Raymond Homer Wamsley
Gallipolis Ferry
Kathryn Lucille Long
Two Men Admitted After Injuries in Gallia County
George P. Johnson, 71, of West Columbia West Virginia, admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured right arm after falling from a scaffold at home. Charles W. Chapman, 27, Harrisonville Route 1, admitted with a fractured ankle while moving piling on the Reedsville Dam project. Mark Ernest Needs, 3, Cheshire Route 1, admitted with a cerebral concussion from a fall at Cheshire Kyger Elementary School. all listed in good condition.
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Gallipolis
George P. Johnson
West Columbia
W. Va
Holzer Hospital
Reedsville
Charles W. Chapman
Harrisonville
Chapman
Mark Ernest Needs
Ralph E. Needs
Cheshire
Cheshire-Kyger
Lawson Marriage License for Gallipolis Pair
Clarence Lawson Jr 35 ambulance driver and Helen Rose Lawson 25 of Gallipolis applied for a marriage license in Gallia County.
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Gallia
Clarence Lawson, Jr
Gallipolis
Helen Rose Lawson
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