Ohio River Flood Crest Reached at Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports the Ohio River crested at 51.5 feet at 2 p m Thursday, with a slower fall forecast. Locking operations paused, tow boats queued for access, and routes near Gallipolis remained closed as floodwaters receded. Gallia County schools closed through Monday, except Rio Grande and Bidwell Elementary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Eureka
Ohio
Kana
Gallia County
Rio Grande and
Bidwell
Rio Grande College
Gallia Academy Thespians stage Xingu for Thursday Club
Gallipolis hosting Gallia Academy Thespian Club presented Xingu a one act play about a Thursday afternoon club at the home of Mrs. William P. Cherrington. Joyce Evans directed Osric Dane a novelist. hostess role by Henry Cherrington. Six women guests included Mrs. Carolyn Morgan Mrs. Emmett C. Smith Mrs. David Bouldin Mrs. James Stanton and Mrs. J. J. Lovell plus Ruth Gillingham adviser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy Thespian Club
Xingu
William P. Cherrington
Joyce Evans
Osric Dane
Miss Dane
Henry Cherrington
Betty Clend
Patrol records 20 February accidents in Gallia Meigs counties
Gallipolis post of the State Highway Patrol reports 20 accidents in February with no fatal crashes in Gallia or Meigs Counties. Six drunk drivers were arrested and 605 man hours logged as 113 arrests and 262 warnings. Dispatch answered 2041 calls and 222 visitors. 12 safety talks reached 371 people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Gallia
Meigs
Meigs County
Lawrence County
Fred Pope Rites Sunday
Funeral services for Fred Pope 72 of Patriot Route 1 will be held at 1 p.m. Sunday at Wetherholt Elliott Sanders funeral home with Rev. Frank Fenton officiating. Burial at German Ridge Cemetery. He died Thursday at a son Paul Pope’s home after a yearlong illness. Pope born on nearby farm son of August and Lena Pope. Survived by sons Paul Raymond Carl and Walter plus 11 grandchildren, three sisters Eda Carter Elma Rose and Georgia May Myers and brother Woodrow Pope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Pope
Wetherholt-Elliott- Sanders
Frank Fenton
German Ridge Cemetery
Pope
Paul Pope
German Hollow
August
Lena Klages Pope
Chester
Georgia May) Myers
Woodrow Pope
Scottown
Hemlock Grove Side Notes From Pomeroy Visit
Local items show visits among residents of Hemlock Grove and nearby areas. Families including Stockton, Paulsen, Cullums, and Miller traveled between Pomeroy Florida and Atlantic Beach. Health news notes mumps cases at Meigs General Hospital and school staffing gaps during Mrs. Skinner’s illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hemlock Grove
John Watson
Pomeroy
Stanford Stockton
Mildred
Marilyn
Ernestine
Donna
Earnest Cullums
Ginger
Bob Leifheit
Florida
J. P. Miller
Kathy
Stockton
Theodore Holter
Thomas Hart
Meigs General Hospital
Cecil Midkiff
Mary
Skinner
Bedford
Val Well
Floyd Well
H. E. Perry
Carmen Rest
Bernard Paulsen
Clara Paulsen
Hemlock
Huber Again Heads Red Cross Drive
Gallia County Red Cross drive announced for 1962 with a target of 5608 dollars. Lawrence R. Huber returns as general chairman. Catherine Hayward named city canvass chair. Wendell Thomas chairs the special gifts committee. The county split into 15 areas with 68 volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lawrence R. Huber
Gallia County
American Red Cross
Holzer Hospital
Huber
Catherine Hayward
Wendell Thomas
Bashan Notes Absent Friends and Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs Arthur Orr and others from Bashan and Carmel left for a Florida vacation. Local residents from Pomeroy, Carmel, St Albans and Columbus spent time with family in Bashan and nearby towns. DHIA meeting drew attendees at Point Pleasant. Families from South Bloomington and Portland visited relatives in Carmel and Bashan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur Orr
Bashan
Harold Carnahan
Florida
Virgil Lee
Pomeroy
Dale Lee
Edson Roush
Ralph Lee
Dan Smith
Hattie Roush
Wayne Roush
Carmel
DHIA
Point Pleasant
Donald Trussell
Vernon
Stanley Trussell
Melvin Circle
Columbus
George Circle
St. Albans
Mary Circle
James Werry
South Bloomington
Ind
Thomas Holter
Paul Smith
Portland
Dana Moore
Red Cross Bloodmobile seeks Nelsonville volunteers
Nelsonville residents are asked to volunteer for the Red Cross Bloodmobile visit on Tuesday March 6. Sister Mary John OSF, laboratory chief at Mount St. Mary Hospital Nelsonville, issued the appeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Perry County
Red Cross Bloodmobile
Nelsonville
Sister Mary John Osf
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Hollister Births and Visits Highlight Local Notices
Hollister and nearby communities report births and family notices. Billy Jo joins the Campbell family at Mount St. Mary Hospital with James and Mae Campbell among grandparents. Lori Ann born to Harry Russell Jr. and wife with Russell Hooper and Russell Sr. listed as grandparents. Local visits include Cavey, Peyton, Koons, and Williams families sharing in life events and a funeral for Della Troyer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Stanley
Fred Cavey
Christi
Russell Hooper
Maxine McCombs
Harlan Williams
Dora Wilson
Glouster
Lavon Irwin
Harry Russell Jr
Jacksonville
Lori Ann
Harry Russell Sr
Weekend Visits Reach Across Ohio Towns
Mrs Clyde Lawrence spent the weekend in Columbus visiting Riverside Methodist Hospital patient Mrs Howard Hughes. Nearby, Mr Thurman Babcock hosted visitors Ken ny McDaniels Bob Coleman Hobart Newell and Charlie Myers from Keno. Edith Osborn visited Mrs Garth Smith. Weekender Wayne Prince family received guests Clarence Dean Billie Jean Prince and Larry Tinkam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Clyde Lawrence
Columbus
Howard Hughes
Riverside Methodist Hospital
Thurman Babcock
Kenny McDaniels
Point Pleasant
Bob Coleman
Hobart Newell
Keno
Charlie Myers
Edith Osborn
Garth Smith
Wayne Prince
Clarence Dean
Billie Jean Prince
Parkersburg
Larry Tinkam
Philo
Ohio
Zern Pierce
Hobart
Holzer Hospital News Bulletin Highlights Local Births and Accidents
A compilation of births across Syracuse West Liberty Ironton Oak Hill Athens Point Pleasant and Gallipolis with numerous families named. Local traffic crash on Vinton Ave Gallipolis causes minor damage. January traffic deaths nationwide total 2630 per NSC. Community notices include church meetings visits illnesses and social events in Ohio towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard G. Ash
Syracuse
John W. Teel
West Liberty
W. Va
Remy Burton
Ironton
Wayne K. McCoy
Oak Hill
Cecil C. Sargent
Athens
John D. Rogers
Point Pleasant
Library Film Loan Activity Dips in February at Gallia District Library
Gallia County District Library reports February film loans fell to 64 from 70 in January. Despite fewer loans, February films were shown 154 times with an audience of 6753, while January's films had 142 showings and 7042 viewers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
River Traffic and Dam Readings Report
Gauge readings across the Kanawha and Ohio rivers show multiple dams with rollers out and several locks reporting boats down or up at various times. No boats locked at Gallipolis since 2 a.m. Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Huntington
Crucible
Eugene Woods
Little Edward
Salvati
Peggy Downey
Southland
Esso Tennessee
Jayne Hougland
Lock
Jerry Bosworth
Bob Benter
John J. Rowe
E’deana Bosworth
Betty Moran
Kanawha
Helen
Codrington
Fire destroys Kanauga home on Burnett Road
A fire sparked by an overheated kitchen flue gutted the Jess Perry residence on Burnett Road Kanauga causing about 3300 dollars in damage. Mrs. Perry and her four year old daughter Norma Jean were present. fire units from Gallipolis and Point Pleasant fought the blaze. The two story six room house suffered major damage with contents largely ruined and no insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jess Perry
Burnett Rd
Kanauga
Kananga
White
Point Pleasant
Perry House
James A. Northup
Jesse Perry
W. T. Perry
Three Mason Gallia Meigs enlistees enter Army eight weeks training
Gallia County youths join 11 area men entering February service. Ronald Perkins James Marcum and Archie Hayman head to missile unit assignments in Philadelphia San Pedro and Los Angeles after Fort Knox basic. Others from Mason County and Gallia coordinate training in supply handling radio repair and communications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Fort Knox
United States
Mason - Gallia-Meigs
Kenneth C. Judd
M-G-M
Ronald Eugene Perkins
W. C. Perkins
Philadelphia
James Edward Marcum
Opie Marcum
Jackson Pike
San Pedro
Calif
Archie Andrew Hayman
Mary Lee Hayman
Los Angeles
Mason County
W. Va
Donald Dale Smith
Calhoon Is Feeder Calf Sales Head
W Harvey Calhoon of Rio Grande chaired the Gallia County consignors meeting at Rio Grande Elementary School naming Charles Richards as vice chairman and Billy Lakin as secretary treasurer. The group discussed 1962 sales plans and reviewed 1961 results while Dr Dan Notter spoke on herd health and anaplasmosis with a county committee appointed to study its presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. Harvey Calhoon
Rio Grande
Gallia County
Chillicothe Area
Charles Richards
Billy Lakin
Waterloo Star Route
Calhoun
Dan Notter
Zaleski social notes and Athens zoning ordinance update
Community notices from Zaleski and surrounding areas include illness and hospital return of Mrs. James Hayes and visitors to Nelsonville, Crooksville, Columbus, and Athens. The town records also report Elbert Hale’s funeral in Crooked Creek near Logan and a zoning ordinance amendment for Athens changing several tracts from R-1 to B-1 B-3 and from B-2 to B-3 with council approval on February 19, 1962.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zaleski
James Hayes
Freddie
William
Chillicothe
William Goodwin
Nelsonville
Cleire James
Jay Hayes
Hayes
John Chapman
Columbus
Bundy Brooks
Crooksville
Hugh Egleberry
Lawrence Fuller
Fuller
Kimberly
John
John K. Six
New Plymouth
Mary Alice
Claude Bird
Woodrow Thomas
David
Athens
Thomas
R. H. Thomas
City of
Ohio
Planning Commission
City of Athens
Lancaster Street
Athens County Commissioners
West Union Street
Carpenter Street
Momnd Street
Eden Place
Jones Buick Company
Inlet
Inlet 3875; Thence Easterly Along the South Line of Said Inlet
Said Inlet
State OF Child
Fred W. Weber
C. G. Houck
Raymond Shepard
Gallia County Schools Receive State Foundation Funds
Gallia County schools superintendent’s office reports nearly 122000 dollars as first quarter payment from the State Foundation Program for four districts. Kyger Creek Local District receives no funds due to a levy under 10 mills. Other districts receive 46037.93 for North Gallia, 39459.09 for Southwestern, 32449.34 for Hannan Trace, and 4003.10 for Raccoon.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Kyger Creek
North Gallia
Southwestern
Hannan Trace
Raccoon
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the Messenger
Dick Thomas
River View
First Ave
Western
Nita Dean
Pittsburgher
Larry Turney
Titan
Albert F. Holden
Chickamauga Creek
Vine St
Garfield Ave
Kgger Creek
Billy C. Campbell
Bane
Yellowtown
Cadmus
Vinton
Cheshire
Winton
Raccoon Creek
Ptl
Cecil E. Carpenter
State Highway Patrol Post
Donald A. Weidner
Carpenter
Muskingum District
Bluestone Dam
Rites
Gallipolis — Services
Red Cross Drive
Mrs
Bashan Carmel
Mr. and
HollIster
Mrs. Dee Lee Cavey
Vernon L. Brown
Money Museum
Chase Manhattan Bank
New York
Lone Bottom News
David Smith
Holzer Hospital News
J. Warren Thomas
Crown City
Floyd Johnson
John S. Buechner
Ravenswood
Elsa E. Buechner
Aubra S. Wood
James B. Couch
Harold R. Osborne
Lena M. Day
Stacey M. Wilson
Willowood
Robert L. Davis
Jackson
Samuel F. Roush
Point Pleas
Ant
John L. Coleman
Lula Southern
Lola Smith
Thomas Daniels
Milo Moore
Fred P. Schroeder
Clarence Adams
Elizabeth Rathburn
Lewis McKinney
Tommy Brown
Steven Phillips
Michael Blaine
George Lowery
Charles Borden
Earl Sayre
William Jordan
Lewis Baisden
Robert L. Hall
Wesley M. Truman
Harold L. Davis
Vinton Ave
Donald R. Hammond
Leo Johnson
Chicago
National Safety Council
Jacob van Meter
Robert Yates
Cambridge
Dave Yates
Frank Coates
Reedsville
Cora Swan
Mt. Olive Cottage
Oscar Babcock
Rev
Douglas Circle
Harold Brewer
Pearl Powell
Jack Deems
Vienna
A. C. Brewer
Edgar Brewer
Silversville
Emma Powell
Harold Osborn
Reno
Rolland Stethem
Freeland Norris
Racine
Charles Hensley
Effie Torrence
Robert Codnor
Harold Newtan
Joe Connolly
Betty Fredrick
Leone Babcock
Leonta Johnson
Robert Gray
Barlow
Charles Massner
Gene Riggs
Ray Riggs
W. K. Riggs
David Yates
H. A. Hensley
Ralph Carl
Carlton
Joe Bissell
Dorsel Larkins
Virgil Wamsley
Patricia
A. C. Stewart
A. B. Kibble
Three Mason
Sumner Smith
Leon
Dorsel Eugene Thomas
Alonzo Thomas
James Douglas Spencer
Velvin Spencer
John David Pasquale
Clara M. Whaley
Coolville
Argie V. Whaley
Athens County
Harold J. Rose
Said County
Probate Court
State of
Naomi E. Sullivan
Sutton Township
John CC. Bacon
Ann Baker
Julius Pasquale
Third Ave
Robert W. Bateman
Lydia Bateman
Gary Lee Lance
H. L. Lance
Army
Columbus Wheeler, Jr
Glenn K. White Jr
Emma Lee Thompson
Walter K. Whitt
West Seventieth
Edmonds
Washington
Court of Common Pleas
Betty Whitt
Wm. Parker Walker
Susan Dudash
Suzanna Dudas
Candus Martzolff
Hocking
Hester V. Neely
Ethel Rutter
Luella Smith
R. J. Studer
Cleo M. Gold
Wit. Co
J. Allstock
Olive Allstock
Mary Ethel Beasley
Charles A. Beasley
Faye Binderbasin
Frank Binderbasin
Paul Bingman
Lult O. Bingman
Faut M. Burtnett
Frank Earl Burtnett
Mary E. Gilham
Frank Gilham
Frank A. Gilham
Charles Raymond Dean
W.w.a
Charles W. Green
C. W. Green
Oscar E. McClure
Isabelle McClure
Na Ball
Charles S. Moore
Alan K. Fox
D.B.N
D.B.N.W.W.A. of the Estate of Harper C. Pendry
Thurlow S. Robe
Mary Alice Robe
Grace H. Ross
Warren L. Ross
Laura Parker Schafer
Paul James Schafer
Bessie Shumway
Harold Shumway
Velda L. Smeal
Paul V. Smeal
Brandon T. Grover
Albert FE. Watkins
Myra G. Watkins
D.B.N.W.W.A
Isie Fairchild
Robert G. Barker
Alice Via
Ralph Hanning
Florence Judson
John William Judson
Calhoon
James McKibben
Elbert Hale
Cleveland
Crooked Creek Church of Christ
Logan
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