Gallipolis Driver Convicted in DUI Case
Gallia County Prosecuting Attorney Warren F. Sheets scored another DUI victory as a jury verdict found Lillie P. Brewer guilty of operating a vehicle under the influence. Brewer, 47, Gallipolis Route 1, was sentenced by Common Pleas Judge Robert M. Betz to five days in jail, a $100 fine, and six months license suspension, with an added six months on top of prior suspensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Warren F. Sheets
Lillie P. Walker Brewer
Gallipolis Route 1
Sheets
Purchasing Uniforms Is Approved by Gallipolis Band Boosters
Gallipolis Band Boosters elected new officers led by Mrs. Bob Cornwell as president and voted to buy 76 new uniforms for the senior band. New coats will be dark blue with light blue trousers in a military style convertible for wear. Officer slate includes Mrs. Paul Northup vice president, Mrs. Willard Leedy secretary, and Mrs. Charles Brown treasurer. Leedy also noted a year profit of 233.30 from candy sales and the Cadet Band party was scheduled for April 11 at Washington School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bob Cornwell
Boosters Club
Paul Northup
Willard Leedy
Charles Brown
Leedy
Washington School
Clyde White Dies Monday
Clyde White 51, a Crown City farmer, died at 10 30 a m Monday at Holzer Hospital after a short illness. He was born December 29, 1906 in Lawrence County, the son of John and Lilly Burnett White. Surviving are two sisters Ada Mayse Huntington and Wally Cyrus Charleston, wife Ruby and children Frances Wiser Huntington Ellen Dillon Columbus Ray Lee Edna Pearl Marion Junior Mary Eloise Granville Dale and Truman at home. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at Forest Glenn United Brethren Church near Miller in Lawrence County. Burial Crown City Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clyde White
Crown City
Holzer Hospital
Mr. White
Lawrence County
John and
Lilly Burnett White
Ada Mayse
Huntington
Wally Cyrus
Charleston
Ruby White
Frances Wiser
Ellen Dillon
Columbus
Ray Lee
Edna Pearl
Marion Junior
Mary Eloise
Granville Dale
Truman
Forest Glenn United Brethren Church
Miller
Orville Carico
Strikes Parked Auto In Gallipolis
Very minor damage occurred in an accident Monday reported by city police. Betty Ray, 29, New Haven attempted to back into a parking space in front of the Willis Tire and Appliance store on Second Ave and struck a parked car owned by Remo Rocchi of Gallpolis. No charges were filed.
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Gallipolis
Betty Ray
New Haven
Willis Tire and Appliance
Second Ave
Remo Rocchi
Two Scout Troops Plot Roles in Spring Exposition
In Gallipolis Meigs Gallia Mason district notes, Scout Troop 200 reports two boys earning First Class and nine earning Second Class, with a board of review set and a court of honor later. Troop 203 plans their Point Pleasant Exposition participation and nine Scouts sign up for Camp Arrowhead after March weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Meigs-Gallia-Mason
West Virginia National Guard
Point Pleasant
Walter F. Walker
Donald Winters
Bill Henry
George Somerville
Frank Gibert
Gene Robinson
Jimmy States
James Nibert
Ronnie Knotts
Larry Long
Richard Miller
Mike Mehl
Camp Hout
Fairfield
Jim Hackworth
Hackworth
Camp Arrowhead
Huntington
Area Youth Fellowship Services Highlight Seven Day Christians
Gall ipolis reports feature two youth groups in Sunday evening programs. First Church of God youth explored the Creation of Man with Rev Kent Betz as Ruth Fulks led singing and Mary Faye Casto at piano. Mary Ellen Neal presided. Baptist youths presented Seven Day Christians with eight members depicting a day of the week. Barbara Ross’s team won a spaghetti supper contest with 237 points. Grace Methodist Youth had 35 attendees as Mrs Robert Jenkins reviewed the Book of John. Episcopal Young Churchmen, 25 strong, closed with worship led by Suzy Cherrington and a money-raising committee appointed by Dicky Mackenzie. Rev Stanley Platenburg praised the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kenneth Betz
First Church of God
Ruth Fulks
Mary Faye Casto
Joanne Smeltzer
Mary Ellen Neal
Youth Fellowship
The
First Baptist Church
Brenda Kiser
Clair Green
Ann Wenz
Ruth Ann Fowler
Sue Dailey
Charles Bostic
Sharon Bisnaugle
Barbara Ross
Robert Jenkins
Grace Methodist Church
Ronnie Edgington
Mary Ann Lusk
M. T. Carter
Lower Fourth Ave
Carters
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Suzy Cherrington
Dicky Mackenzie
Becky Mackenzie
Lynn Mills
Jim Betz
Vitton Woman Seeks Divorce and Alimony
Avanelle Wells of Vinton has filed for divorce from Lawrence E. Wells in Common Pleas Court. She accuses gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Married November 28, 1951 in Pomeroy, they have three minor children. she asks for permanent alimony and custody of the children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Avanelle Wells
Vinton
Common Pleas Court
Lawrence E. Wells
Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital Notes Admits Numerous Local Patients
A list of patients admitted to Holzer Hospital includes Henry L. Taylor from Patriot for medical care, Thomas J. M. Miller from Arbuckle for surgical needs, Mrs. Maude Moeller from Ironton, and many others from Wellston Gallipolis Vinton Pomeroy Oak Hill Bidwell Middleport and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry L. Taylor
Patriot
Maude Moeller
Ironton
Thomas J. M. Miller
Arbuckle
W. Va
Samuel Kelly
Wellston
E. Cromley
Jake Skeens
Maloneton
Emma Denny
Vinton
Raymond F. St. Clair
Gallipolis
J. J. Pannabaker
Gall
Oak Hill
Phillip E. Long
Gallipolis Ferry
Walter D. Rose
Northup
Surgical
Roy J. Grimm
New Haven
M. T. Epling
John J. Evans
Board OKs Equipment for Rio Grande schools
The Racoon Local Board of Education approved classroom furnishings for Rio Grande elementary and high schools. The plan includes 36 desks for the elementary and six home economics tables for the high school at about 1500 dollars. The board also joined the Ohio State School Board Association and authorized reading circle book purchases for all district schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Raccoon Local Board of Education
Glendon C
Cap
Gallipolis Proclaims March Red Cross Month
City Manager Austin C. Cotton proclaims March 1958 as Red Cross Month in Gallia County urging citizens to support the 1958 Red Cross campaign to fund Red Cross services for armed forces disaster relief and community needs.
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Gallipolis
United States
Red Cross
Austin O. Cotton
American Red Cross
Car
Austin C. Cotton
Gallia County
Clay Green Boards Discuss Annexation to City School District
Clay and Green Local Boards of Education met Monday night to pursue annexation into the Gal lipolis City School district. Clay passed a resolution urging the Gallia County Board of Education to act, while the county board tabled it until March 15. Green plans a meeting with State Department of Education officials in Columbus and a trip to the state capital for a conference on district consolidation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clay
Green
Gallia County
River Traffic and Dam Conditions on the Kanawha and Ohio
The bulletin lists river gauges on Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Hinton and Pom eroy Mason Point Pleasant with readings and dam statuses. It notes Ohio River movable dams down and gives lock by lock boat movements on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers with vessel names and up or down statuses including several entries for Gallipolis Marmet Winfield London Marmet and Pittsburgher among others.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Alton Zephyr
Stevenson
Sohio State
Laguna
Queen City
Pennsylvania
Paul Blazer
Gona
C. F. Hood
Tradewinds
Aliquippa
Lehigh
Creditor
David Moran
Lock
Sinclair Memphis
Northern
Robert P. Bonnie
O. F. Shearer
Keeley
Andrew P. Calhoun
Kanawha River Boats
Lelia Shearer
Price
Duncan Bruce
Winfield, Beaver
Atlas
Merrill
Jerry Bosworth
Sally Ann
Fred W. Olcott
Salvati
Coleman D
Indiana
Ruby F
Pittsburgher
Mrs. Laura E. Wood Dies at 84 in Gallipolis
Laura E. Wood 84 of Gage died Sunday night at her son John Alton Wood’s Chillicothe Road home. Funeral at 2 p.m. Wednesday Salem Baptist Church Gallipolis with Rev. Charles Lusher and Rev. Gerald Brown officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by nine children, sixteen grandchildren, twenty great grandchildren rip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Salem Baptist Church
Laura E. Wood
Gage
Charles Lusher
Chillicothe
Gerald Brown
Wood
John Alton Wood
Chillicothe Rd
Centerpoint
James
Rebecca McCoy Hunt
Lester Hunt
Oak Hill
C. J. Price
Waterloo
Howard
Clarksburg
Herman
Indiana Man Bound To Grand Jury
Richard E. Harpst 30 of Marion Indiana pleaded guilty to a fraudulent check in Municipal Court. Judge William H. Jones bound him over to the May term grand jury under a $1000 bond after police returned him to face the charge. Several others were fined for intoxication and traffic offenses in the same session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Richard E. Harpst
Maple St
Marion
Ind
William H. Jones
Jones
Marshall Drummond
Joe Duff
Point Pleasant
Raymond E. Cochran
Patriot
Addition To Be Started When Weather Permits
Kyger Creek High School additions will begin as weather allows. The Kyger Creek Local Board of Education met with President Hortie Roush and members present. Work on the acoustic ceiling and air conditioning for the completed gym will start after monthly activities conclude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kyger Creek High School
Kyger Creek
Civil Defense water promised in Rio Grande village
Rio Grande council hears three civil defense leaders assure continued water delivery while the drought emergency lasts. Dr Paul R Lyne remains civil defense director. the Rio Grande reservoir is full from civil defense and village hauler water. The council plans to clean or dig a new well when feasible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande Village
Paul R. Lyne
Ernest Wiseman
Harry Cameron
Board of Public Works
Final Hearing Dates Set for Two Gallia Roads
Gallia County commissioners set viewing dates and final hearings for two road petitions. March 24 and April 14 target George Treadway Rd in Guyan Two, and March 31 with an April hearing for a former Greenfield Two road off Shafer Rd. Rep. Dan Taber attended regarding the Rio Grande water crisis as civil defense director.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Guyan
Greenfield Two
Lester Provens
Shafer Rd
J. Roy Bartlett
Chauncey Johnson
Oty M. Stewart
Roscoe Houck
Morton L. Dickey
Taber
Holzer School To Cap 26 Students on Friday
Twenty six members of Holzer Hospital School of Nursing class of 1960 will be capped Friday at Grace Methodist Church. Wayne B. Foster will give the keynote address. Miss Ethel Armstrong will confer the caps with assistance from senior nurses. A reception follows the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holzer School
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Grace Methodist Church
Wayne B. Foster
Holzer Hospital
Ohio Hospital Association
Janette Sheets
Ethel B. Armstrong
Holzer School of Nursing
Sara Kline
Hope Brunhardi
Stanley Lanier
Larry Laraway
Warren H. Wilson
Grace Methodist
Thornton Rites Planned Wednesday
L Stanley Thornton 66 died Sunday night at Holzer Hospital after a short illness. Rites at Mercerville Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery. Survived by widow Mary Burnette, two daughters Melba and Joan Dayton, two sons Dale and Thomas, brother Cecil Thornton, sister Effie Rucker, seven grandchildren. Friends may call at C J Waugh funeral home until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
L. Stanley Thornton
Mercerville Baptist Church
Earl V. Cremeens
Mercerville
Ridgelawn
Thornton
Holzer Hospital
Guyan Twp
Thomas
Tennessee Thornton
Mary Burnette
Melba
Robert
Joan) Dayton
Dale
Cecil Thornton
Crown City
Effie Rucker
Columbus
C. J
Judge Grants Divorce in Gallia County Desertion Case
Common Pleas Judge Robert M. Betz grants Betty Pinard a divorce from Paul A. Pinard on desertion and gross neglect. He also restores her to her maiden name Betty Murphy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
Betty Pinard
Paul A. Pinard
Betty Murphy
Fire Damages Gallipolis TV and Radio Service
A fire at Gallipolis TV and Radio Service on 255 Third Ave caused smoke damage to several televisions. Fire Chief Hector Steele said the blaze likely started from an exploding TV tube. Ted Perry reported an explosion as he worked in a backroom. Firefighters responded at 9:45 a.m. and quashed flames. Damage amount and cause are under investigation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ted Perry
Third Ave
Hector Steele
Steele
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Atty, John A. Epling
Emerson Corbin
Velma B. Rose
Wyman Rutt
W. O. Fulks
Ernest Greenlee
Alfred Burke
J. A. Grove
Bonnie Williams
Gladys Miller
Ora Moore Juhl Brumfield
Minnie Clark
Area Youth Conduct
Stanley W. Platenburg
Episcopal Diocese of
Southeastern Ohio
Noel Moore
James Bragg Sr
James Kirker
W. W. Robinson
J. W. Grey
James Sheets
Donald Tobias Hiram Lamphier
Carl Hall and Son
Don Thomas
Frank Hollback
Board OK
John B. Ackerman
U.S
Philippines
Washington
Manila
Thomas D. White
Air Force
Ackerman
13Th Air Force
Pentagon
Family Weekly
Paul R. Lindemore
State Civil ‘Defense
George W. Hiland
Civil Defense
Commission
Glamour Shoppe
Main ST
Guise Own
Bendix Hydrovac
Athens
Auea
Logan
OF Motors
Clyde Campbell
Howard Linscott
Logan Shop
Mgr
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan
Association
A. C. Gibson, Sec’v.Treas
Ohio Valley Bank
Ohio
Glamour
Main Street
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