Athens Countians Hurry To Gallipolis Defense
Athens County residents rushed to defend Gallipolis in September 1862 after word of a Rebel threat. Two companies formed, one from the College led by Capt. Pruden and a town company under Capt. Hackman, arming quickly and marching to Gallipolis by 5 p.m. Monday.
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Cincinnati
Athens County
Gallipolis
Athens
College
Pruden
Hackman
Elmer Golden
Jaynes
Albany
Southeastern
Ohio
Marietta Cincinnati
Keyes
Meigs County
Marietta
Norton
Calvary
T. W. Barton
W. H. Bowers
J. W. Pierce
J. H. Atwood
G. L. Crain
E. J. McCune
Stedman
Nelsonville
Eighteenth Regiment
Battle Creek
Tenn
74Th
Nashville
E E Graham Ex Farmer Dies At 79
Elbert Ezra Graham 79 of Northup Gallia County retired farmer died Saturday after months of illness in the house where he was born He was born at Northup one of six children of Ezra J and Magdalene Graham A brother and two sisters preceded him in death He married Pearl Sheets on October 23 1915 and she survives with three children Glenn Graham Northup Mrs Herman Wood Patriot and Mrs Lawrence Carter Circleville Also surviving nine grandchildren a brother Ruben Graham Berkeley Calif and a sister Mrs Maggie Waddell Columbus Services Tuesday at 130 pm Wetherhold Elliott Sanders funeral home Rev Frank Fenton Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery Friends may call 7 9 pm Monday.
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Gallipolis
Elbert Ezra Graham
Northup
Gallia County
Ezra J
Magdalene Long Graham
Pearl Sheets
Glenn Graham
Herman
Bernice) Wood
Lawrence
Hazel) Carter
Circleville
Ruben Graham
Berkley
Calif
Maggie Waddell
Columbus
Wetherhold-Elliott-Sanders
Frank Fenton
Mound Hill Cemetery
Judge Grants Pair Divorce In Gallia County
Judge Robert M. Betz in Gallia County Common Pleas Court grants Freda Frances Johnson a divorce from Grant Johnson on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Four minor children awarded to the mother with the father ordered to pay 35 dollars weekly in support and 100 dollars in attorney fees. A separate petition seeks alimony and fees from Richard L. Meadows.
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Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Gallia County
Common Pleas
Bette Meadows
Richard L. Meadows
Two Elderly Gallipolis Women Injured in Falls
Two 90 year old Gallipolis residents were admitted to Holzer Hospital after home falls. Martha J. McCormick, 94, of 91 Court St., fractured her left hip and was admitted Saturday evening in fair condition. Helen G. Hayward, 91, of 421 Third Ave., fractured her right hip and was admitted Sunday evening in good condition.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Martha J. McCormick
Court St
Helen G. Hayward
Third Ave
Dog License Sales Report for Gallia County
Morton L. Dickey Gallia County auditor reports 2884 dog license sales for 1961. This year falls 523 short of the 3407 licenses sold by this date last year.
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Dickey
Gallia County
Holzer Hospital Operating Costs Near Two Million
Holzer Hospital reported operating costs of 1,894,000 dollars for the previous year. Administrator Wayne B. Foster noted most expenses were in Gallia County and over 1.5 million went to salaries. The 1.518 million for a new wing was not included. The center admitted 7,331 patients.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Wayne B. Foster
Foster
Gallia County
Holzer Clinic
Holden Whistles at Peggy Downey in Riverfront Sighting
In Gallipolis on a rainy Sunday, Albert F Holden, an Island Creek towboat, saluted the Peggy Downey as she pushed a line of eight fuel barges upriver toward West Virginia. The encounter occurred amid river traffic and foggy hills along the Ohio River.
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Gallipolis
Albert F. Holden
Peggy Downey
Walker
Ohio River
Island Creek
West Virginia
Holden
Charlie Huber
Ralph Saunders
Ohio
Bane’s Station
Downey
Gallipolis Dam
Park
Albert
Northup Man Sent To Jail For DWI And Fines
Eugene B. Prevens, 39, of Northup, was fined 50 plus costs, given a five day jail term and six months license suspension in Municipal Court for driving while intoxicated. Other violators and fines are listed, including speeding and fictitious registration offenses, plus a Rio Grande mayoral fine for speeding.
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Gallipolis
Eugene B. Prevens
Northup
William H. Jones
Mino Daurora
Follansbee
W. Va
Paul J. Cline
Cheshire
Eugene L. Plantz
Ronald B. Adkins
Vinton
Roger W. Hanne
Enova
John F. Crowder
James A. Foster
Columbus
Rio Grande
George Northup
Howard B. Gilkey
Gallia Clinic Administers Salk DPT Vaccinations
In Gallia, the county health department offered a Saturday free clinic giving 86 Salk shots as part of the year's totals 665 Salk 147 DPT. Nurses Pearl Hatfield Naomi Rose provided six tetravax and five smallpox vaccines with clerk Madeline Rees and sanitarian Bill Neal assisting.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Winston-Salem Driver Is Confined To Jail
Lewis B. Underwood, 41, of Winston-Salem was fined 50 dollars and costs in Municipal Court for driving while intoxicated. He received a five day jail sentence and a six month license suspension. In a second city case, Charles P. Gallagher, 75, of Middleport was fined 15 dollars and costs for intoxication and disorderly conduct.
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Gallipolis
Lewis B. Underwood
Winston-Salem
N. C
William H. Jones
Charles P. Gallagher
Middleport
Western Style Event Draws About 250 Teens
About 250 junior and senior high students attended Teenville western night with ten gallon hats and toy guns. Chaperones were Mr and Mrs Luke Settle and donations are needed to buy 11 more card tables at 7.75 dollars each to be directed to Hugh Graham at 1168 Second Ave.
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Gallipolis
Teenville
Luke Settle
Hugh Graham
Second Ave
Man pleads innocent on non support charge in Gallipolis
William Bush 22 of Gallipolis pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to a non support charge filed by his wife Neomia Bush. Judge William H. Jones bound him over to the grand jury, Bush posted a $300 bond and was released. Arresting agency was the Gallia County Sheriff’s Department.
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Gallipolis
William Bush
Neomia Bush
William H. Jones
Bush
Gallia ‘County
Rio Grande Pupils Earn Superior Ratings at State Event
Rio Grande High School under Mrs Clyde Dale earned five superior ratings among ten entries in the district. Saturday at Ohio University 15 solo and ensemble vocal music auditions yielded students with superior excellent and good ratings including Lonnie Jordan Joe Clark Carolyn Evans Catherine Clark Brittina Napier Nancy Myers Janie Wygal Wilma Ball and Frank Petrie.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande High School
Ohio University
Clyde Dale
Lonnie Jordan
Joe Clark
Carolyn Evans
Catherine Clark
Brittina Napier
Sopphomore
Nancy Myers
Janie Wygal
Wilma Ball
Frank Petrie
Holzer Hospital News Admits and Births List
The Holzer Hospital bulletin records numerous admissions including Mrs. Helen G. Hayward and Thomas F. Morris Jr in Gallipolis. births announced for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Larry J. Kelton and a son to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Schub in Ravenswood. blood used Saturday was 4 pints. Names span Gallipolis Ravenswood Gallia and surrounding areas.
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Larry J. Kelton
Gallipolis
William R. Gray
Blackfork
Edward L. Maloney
Ravenswood
Jack Schub
Helen G. Hayward
Thomas F. Morris, Jr
Jo Ellen Derrick
June C. Cremeens
Middleport
Carl E. Smith
Langsville
Merch I. Clark
Claren E. Parker
Lola M. Cain
Rutland
Alene M. Head
Radcliff
Kenneth L. Barr
Vinton
Harold L. Howard
Otto J. Bostic
John F. Shelton
Gerald C. Sayre
Pearl McDermitt
Norman F. McKinney
Pearl A. Lemming
Ernest W. Lewis
Earl R. Plummer
Patty Sue Jenkins
Mary Estep
Daniel V. Faggett
Herman M. Ohlinger
Roger F. Dillard
Cornelius Conger
Marriage Licenses Report from Gallipolis
Grover Grant Johnson 49 and Melvina Hes ter Putney 36 both of Gallipolis obtained marriage licenses in the area. The filing indicates standard formalities completed with the couple listed as residents of Gallia County.
Pennsylvania Girl Honored At Holzer Hospital
Evelyn Swope of McConnellsburg Pa was named Miss Student Nurse of Gallipolis during Student Nurse Week celebrations at Holzer Hospital. The banquet featured Dr Arthur Fleming speaking on Original Poems About Nursing.
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Pennsylvania
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Evelyn Swope
McConnellsburg
Anne M. Brogan
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Swope
Farmers Hotel
Arthur Fleming
Holzer
Charles F. Holzer Jr
Sherry Fitzpatrick
Jackson
Austin C. Cotton
Holzer Hospital Foundation
Holzer School of Nursing
Davis Hall
Judy Wood
Huntington
Geneva Seeling
Waverly
Sherry Smith
Linda Helm
Ironton
Penny Fish
Misses Smith
Fish
Helm
Betty
Gallipolis River Not Serious After Sunday Rain
Rainfall along the Ohio River north of Gallipolis reached 66 hundredths of an inch at New Matamoras with the Gallipolis Roller Dam gauges showing a slow rise. Officials expect the river to recede as the rollers at Eureka Dam remain out of the water until the river falls to about 17.5 feet.
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Gallipolis
Eureka
Ohio
New Matamoras
Eureka Dam
Two North Carolinians Hurt In Route 35 Crash
Two young North Carolinians suffered minor injuries when their small car rear ended a State Highway Department truck on Route 35 near Gallipolis. Richard Coghill 62 Henderson NC drove with a film obscuring the windshield and was charged with failing to stop within the assured clear distance. He posted a $25 bond for Monday Municipal Court.
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Gallipolis
North Carolina
State Highway Department
Joe Miller Hill
State Highway Patrol
Larry G. Short
Norlina
N. C
Joan Coghill
Henderson
N.C
Holzer Hospital
Ptl
Donald A. Weidner
Richard Coghill
Route 35
Brady Sheets
Coghill
Jodie Lee White
Columbus
White
Father of Municipal Judge Janes Dies in Gallipolis
Frank Lee Janes 72 of 623 Second Ave. died suddenly of a heart attack at 11 15 p m Saturday at home. He was a fruit buyer for Sanzone Palmisano Co. of Cincinnati and a 1910 Ohio State graduate. He leaves wife Charlie Stockhoff and three sons, including Judge William H. Janes, and seven grandchildren. Funeral at First United Presbyterian Church Tuesday at 2 30 p m. Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Second Ave
William H. Janes
Janes
Sanzone-Palmisano Co
Cincinnati
Gallipolis
Jeffersonville
Ohio State University
Beta Theta Pi Fraternity
Fayette County
Mr. Janes
William Wallace
Mary Fultz Janes
First United Presbyterian Church
Elks Lodge
Francis Gothard Dies at 68
Francis Gothard, 68, World War I veteran, died Sunday morning at his sister Hazel Scott and husband Russell Scott’s home on Bulnville Road. The body is at Wetherholt Elliott Sanders Funeral Home. Arrangements will be announced Monday.
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Ard
Russell
Hazel) Scott
Bulnville Rd
Wetherholt- Elliott-Sanders Funeral Home
Walk-Aways Captured at Gallipolis State Institute Incident
Two escapees from the Gallipolis State Institute, Phillip Phipps aged 13 and Clifford Jordan aged 20, were recaptured near Wilkesville by the State Highway Patrol and returned to the institution after officials issued alerts to nearby officers.
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Gallipolis State Institute
Wilkesville
State Highway Patrol
Phillip Phipps
Clifford Jordan
Two Drivers Held For Driving While Intoxicated
The State Highway Patrol arrested two men for driving while intoxicated over the weekend. Charles Frazier 39 of Columbus and Gale W Green 32 of Gallipolis face hearings Monday in Municipal Court.
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Way Patrol
Charles Frazier
Columbus
Gale W.green
Gallipolis
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Sandy) Payne
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Jerry) Janes
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