New Officers Elected At Gallia Red Cross Meeting
The Gallia County Chapter of the American Red Cross held its annual meeting at Grace Methodist Church with 32 attendees. Officers were elected, and Miss Dorothy Mohr discussed blood programs, disaster relief, and safety training as part of Red Cross services in the Huntington district, which covers parts of West Virginia and Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
American Red Cross
Grace Methodist Church
Howard Saunders
Vernon C. Shafer
Une
Anne White
Red Cross
Committee On
Saunders
Chapter
Joe Moch
Wayne Foster
Dorothy Mohr
Huntington
Miss Mohr
National Fund of the Red Cross
Korea
United States
Hospital Notes and Admitting List With Blood Drive Plan
The column lists dozens of births across Crown City Paintsville Paintsville Ky Leon West Virginia and Kanauga Ohio and a series of admissions in Columbus Rutland Syracuse and nearby towns. It notes a World War II blood collection history and details the Gallia County Red Cross bloodmobile visit with named officers and new county and township representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia County
Moch
Jerry FE. Miller
Anne White
Neil Sanders
Mr. Shafer
George Lear
Jack Knight
Red Cross
John Achison
Vernon Kuhn
Charles E. Butler
Jim Porter
Frank Porter
Warren Sheets
Home Service
Robert L. Meyers
Fund
Wayne Foster
City Blood
Oscar Clarke
County Blood
Charles Shaver
Lehr Davies
Truman Morris
W. J. Brown
Frank Lyons
New County
Morgan
Rucker Neal
Green Township
Glen Powell
Eureka
Charles Jeffers
Radcliff Man Serves With Engineer Unit
Pvt Alfred F Allman of Radcliff serves with a Seventh Army engineer combat battalion in Kassel Germany. He arrived in Europe in March 1953 as a truck driver and has been awarded the Army of Occupation Medal. He entered the Army in September 1952 and trained at Fort Belvoir Virginia. His parents Mr and Mrs Alfred Allman live in McArthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliff
Alfred F. Allman
Seventh Army Engineer
Kassel
Germany
Allman
Europe
Army
Fort Belvoir
Alfred Allman
McArthur
Murray City Social Roundup Touches Many in June
Mrs Morris Dupler hosted a party on June 19 for grandson Michael Huston’s fourth birthday. Guests included Mrs Carol Driggs and her sons Jimmie and Jerry, and many area residents visiting relatives. Dawn Nanette Storer born June 10 in Columbus to Don and Donna Storer with Albert Storer and Mrs Blanche Leahy listed as grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Morris Dupler
Michael Huston
Carol Driggs
Jimmie and
Jerry
Norma Wright
Roger
Opal Lonberger
Marilyn Huston
Lidwina
Phyllis
Linda
Pat Antle
Dupler
Imogene Bookman
Nelsonville
Fred Cook
Columbus
Wanda Sabo
Carbondale
Richard Duffy
Duffy
Betty Sabo
Teddy
Don Easterling
Logan
Emmett Short
Milton Campbell
Helen
Clayton Worthington
Lorna
Nancy Thompson
Paul Kruger
Frank Bryan
Clara James
Andy Powell
Lawrence Newsom
Blanche E. Leahy
Toni
Elroy Short
Blanche Brooker
Dawn Nanette
Don Storer
Albert Storer
Barberton
Frank Williams
Lewis Jones
the Plains
Janet Masholder
Mount Vernon
Lorna Thompson
Howard Craft
Mrs Gothard Services Held
Funeral services were held for Dorothy Lucille Gothard 37 of Columbus at 2 p m in Gallipolis. She died Saturday in Holzer Hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage after admission an hour and a half earlier. Former Gallia County resident visiting relatives at the time she was at the home of Carl Gothard. Survivors include three daughters six brothers and sisters her father and husband Fred Gothard. Last rites were in Miller funeral home with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dorothy Lucille Gothard
Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Gallia County
Gothard
Carl Gothard
Neighborhood Road
Daugh
Fred Gothard
Miller
Mound Hill Cemetery
Gallia County Land Transfers Involving Hawes Saunders and Atkinson
Ferne L and Robert Hawes convey 13 acres in Clay Township to Faye Saunders. Horton Shoemaker and associates transfer a Gallagheropolis lot to J D and Marie Froidiveaux. Annabell Atkinson sells a Springfield Township tract to Glenn Lee and Carrie Atkinson. Charles L Sheppard and others sell 4 acres in Walnut Township to Florence Sheppard. Martin L Fetta transfers Chesire lots to Billy B and L Cremeans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ferne L
Robert Hawes
Faye Saunders
Clay Township
Horton Shoemaker
J. D
Marie Froidiveaux
Gallipolis
Annabell Atkinson
Glenn Lee
Carrie Atkinson
Springfield Township
Charles L. Sheppard
Florence Sheppard
Walnut Township
Martin L. Fetta
Billy B
L. Cremeans
Cheshire
Local Visitors and Family Notes in Cheshire
Mrs Mary Lee hosted visitors including Rob ert Smith and Beatrice Kennedy from Cincinnati and Carle Kennedy of the U S Navy. J F Sayre and family spent a week with B L Hern. Monroe Ohio’s Oscar Swisher, age 86, visited relatives here. Virgil Wamsley’s family attended a dinner at Portland Park. Donald and Kenneth Sayre plan vacation time with their grandparents Bert and Mrs Hern. L E London works at Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Steese
Barberton
Bert Sweazy
Sanborn
Pearl Lantz
Roseville
Wilburt Sanborn
Patty
Michael Sanborn
Saul Johnson
Carbon Hill
Rodney Wilson
Warren Dupler
Nelsonville
Johnnie Wooten
Jobs
Dupler
Morris Dupler
Jay Huston
Matt Bord
Pomeroy
Raymond Huston
Charles Knott
Page
Helen Abahne
Delbert Thompson
Terrence Smith
Smith
Pittsburgh
Robert
Cheshire
Mary Lee
Robert Smith
Beatrice Kennedy
Cincinnati
Carle Kennedy
U. S. Navy
J. F. Sayre
B. L. Hern
Oscar Swisher
Monroe
Ohio
Swisher
Andrew Wamsley
Virgil Wamsley
L. E. London
Portsmouth
Early Family Records Pioneering History in Nelsonville
The Knights led early Nelsonville settlement arriving in 1821 and becoming the town’s first coal burners. They built a cabin on current Beasley Garage site, opened a store, and funded roads and bridges while moving away from whiskey sales to temperance efforts. Other English families followed, including the Redmans and Southertons, shaping the town’s early development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Blundens
Billingshursts
Taylors
Nelsonville
Beasley
Lancaster
Knights
Robbins Mill
Courtlauld
Redmans
Man 22 Arrested On Charge of Grand Larceny
Gallipolis reports Charles Edward Bonecutter, 22, wanted by Shelby County sheriff on grand larceny charges. He was held for Shelby County authorities. Also listed is a $10 fine and costs for Frank Jeffers, 27, Bladen, on speeding charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Charles Edward Bonecutter
Shelby County
Bonecutter
Frank Jeffers
Bladen
Knight Family and Early Nelsonville Trade and Trials
The diary recounts the Knight family and associated groups in Nelsonville from 1821 to 1867. It notes relocation of Knights, a no credit policy, river trade down the Hocking and Ohio, starvation relief from goods, and the 1836 death of Mr. Knight. It covers the 1863 Morgan raiders raid, property losses, and the later moves of Mrs. Knight and ties to York Township coal and local canal development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burberrys
Knights
Hocking
Ohio
Knight
Richard Root
A. G. Brown
Athens
Roots
Alexander Township
Pleasant Hill
Middleport
Iowa
Pomeroy
James Knight
Nelsonville
York Township
Illinois Driver Hurt in Crash on Route 17
A single vehicle crash on Route 17 near Snackery Hill in Gallia County at about 5:30 p m sent Leon L Meane 2 to Holzer Hospital Point Pleasant for surgical injuries. Mrs McMicken suffered face hand and chest wounds after her car was sideswiped forcing it off the road and into an embankment where it overturned but ended upright. State Police investigated the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hill
Leon L. Meane
Holzer Hospital
Point Pleasant
McMicken Oties
River
River Traffic Draws From River Gauge Readings And Boat Movements
Monday readings show lock gauges and river levels across Ohio and Kanawha rivers. Movements include vessels Creditor up at 15 and Thompson down, with multiple up and down notes from Gallipolis to Winfield and Kanawha Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Winfield
Kanawha Falls
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Creditor
Thompson
Louisiana
Robin E
Roberts
Man
Criss Jr
Pete Up
Neville
Peace
Lucas
Norsworthy
Jones
Blazer
Hoagland
Guadalcanal
Kanawha
London
Emory
Chee Bruce
Posts $25 Bond After Reckless Driving Charge
A 19 year old from White Pigeon identified as Fvilsizar was arrested Monday night on a reckless operation charge. He posted a $25 bond for appearance Wednesday and was released.
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West Virginia
Kentucky
Mohr
Carl Waugh
Crown City
Robert Rice
Paintsville
Henry Hunt
Leon
W. Va
Howard E. Phillips
Rutland
Lottie Siegrist
Syracuse
Imedical
Harry Goheen
Wellston
Rita Addis
Jackson
A Mahaffey
Wilkesville
Sally Hill
Kananga
Dana Houdashelt
Minersville
John Michael Somers
Mallory
Raymond Nickels
Thurman
W. Dayton Strickland
Surgical
Bert McAbee
Hartford
J. W. Alban
Oak Hill
Anna Pauline Sisson
Emerson James
Wayne Wolfe
Walter Thomas Clark
Laura Miller
Cornell Vance
Lucy Bowen
Wilbur W. Wood
Harold B. Payne
Bidwell
Harry Dahl
Roxie Collins
Coalton
Norman M. Presley
O. O. Hanes
Charles White
William Jackson
Forrest Borden
James Wagner
Ivan Stephenson
James Ellis
Keith Shinn
Paul Gwilliams
Smith McCausland
R. R. Greenler
Max O. Davis
James T Douglas
J. D. Pollitt
William Eanes
George Liggins
Carol Ball
Heart Brown
William Staple
Mrs. Gothard
Sarah Redman Knight
Northwood
Sussex
England
Englishtown
America
George Courtauld
Longstretch Addition
THE
Athens Messenger
Illinois
Shell Research
Shell
Shell Premium
Fritz Wheaton
Jobber
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