Ambulance In Mishap Three Accidents Listed
Gallipolis Ohio State Highway Patrol reports three Sunday accidents. An ambulance from Racine struck a car after attempting to pass as the emergency vehicle proceeded south on Route 7 near the Silver Bridge. No injuries. Unknown driver left scene. Second crash on Route 160 near Vinton involved a Columbus couple. passenger Lucille Lyle injured. Third crash at Route 7 and Route 680 in Tuppers Plains damaged both cars. Sylvia Blessing head injury and right arm injury. Mapel Swartz cited for failure to yield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Racine
Silver Bridge
Kananga
Walter Cleland
Holzer Hospital
Route 160
Vinton
Lillian M. Seels
Columbus
Lucille Lyle
Wellston
Tuppers Plains
Mapel Swartz
Athens
Robert T. Blessing
Mason
Sylvia Blessing
Meigs General Hospital
Swartz
Charles Legar
Pomeroy
Modern Pioneers Head For Alaska Trek
A Michigan homesteader caravan of 37 men women and children travels toward Alaska on the 4300 mile route from Detroit. Bitter weather high winds and slick roads slow the Illinois toll road departure near Hinsdale as the group aims to reach the Kenai Peninsula in three to four weeks despite delays and misdirections at express highway interchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Alaska
Illinois
Wisconsin
Hinsdale
Michigan
Detroit
United States
Marina Sik
Oil Empany
Kenai Peninsula
Mr. Mossman Dies Sunday in Holzer Hospital
Luther W Mossman 78 of Ewington Route 2 died at 10 45 a m Sunday in Holzer Hospital after a two week illness He was a retired farmer born September 5 1880 in Vinton County His wife died in 1935 He is survived by three daughters Mrs Ray O Connor Mrs Lillian Sells and Mrs Lucille Lyle all of Columbus Six grandchildren and 13 great grandchildren Funeral services set for 2 p m Tuesday at Rogers Funeral Home Wells ton with the Rev B Settles and burial in Elk Cemetery at Mc Arthur
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Luther W Mossman
Ewington
Holzer Hospital
Mossman
Vinton County
Ray O'Conner
Lillian Sells
Lucille Lyle
Columbus
Rogers Funeral Home
Wellston
B. Settles
Elk Cemetery
McArthur
Births and admissions list in Holzer hospital column
A long birth and admission roster lists newborns to families in Point Pleasant Wellston Gallipolis and regional towns. It includes many newborns a daughter or son for multiple couples and a long list of admitted patients with names towns and route numbers. The piece also notes several discharges and dismissals of patients with numerous names and locations.
Senior Youths Plan Supper As Benefit
The Grace Methodist Church Senior Youth Fellowship in Gallipolis will host its annual chili supper next Monday from 5 to 7 p m to raise funds for the youth group. Tickets cost 75 cents for adults and 50 cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Martha Mossman
Miss Mossman
Portsmouth
Jackson
Trinity Methodist Church
Point Pleasant
Mary Ann Lusk
Donna Cornwell
Faith
Just Call an Election in France for 480 000 Councillors
Paris editorial notes a vast surge of political activity as elections begin Sunday across about 38 000 cities to choose 480 000 municipal councilors and mayors. It jokes that at least a million Frenchmen seek office, highlighting the election fever.
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Paris
Point Pleasant Man Arrested For Drinking
GALLIPOLIS The Gallia County sheriff's department over the weekend listed the arrest of John H. McDermitt, 56, Point Pleasant, for operating a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. Also arrested were Edwin Carroll, 36, Gallipolis, neglect to provide, Osher A. Patterson, 31, Gallipolis Route 2, and Emma Thomas, 41, Henderson, on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Russell Wood Returns From Training Course
Russell Wood of 535 Second Ave returned Friday from eight weeks schooling in Philadelphia where he was among 25 graduates of the Insurance Company of North America class on fire casualty and marine insurance. He is associated here with his father in the D Hollis Wood insurance and real estate agency and serves in multiple local fraternal and professional groups including Morning Dawn Lodge 7 Knights of Pythias Naomi Lodge 55 and the Southeastern Ohio Realtors Association board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Russell Wood
Second Ave
Philadelphia
Insurance Company of North America
Wood
D. Hollis Wood
Morning Dawn
Knights of Pythias
Naomi Lodge
Southeastern Ohio Realtors Association
Meeting Set Tuesday For Country Club
A pre organizational meeting for Mason County and surrounding area country club will be held Tuesday at 8 p m in the Moose Home. All interested persons who are actually joining the country club are invited to attend this meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Area
Moose Home
Mrs Spires Dies At 58 In Gallipolis
Mrs Iva Rnne Spires 58 of Gallipolis Route 2 dies after a long illness at home on Campaign Road near Bulnville. Funeral at 2 p m Tuesday at Vernon McCoy funeral home in Vinton with Rev Jack Finnicum. burial Pine Grove cemetery. Born March 4 1901 near Ryger she was daughter of William and Mary Rupe. Surviving Chauncey Spires husband two sisters Ida Kennedy Rodney and Lona Rupe Lanesville and brother Clarence Rupe Florida. She was a member of the Koger Methodist Church. Friends may call at McCoy in Vinton until services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vernon McCoy
Iva Rnne Spires
Jack Finnicum
Pine Grove
Chauncey Spires
Ida Kennedy
Rodney
Lona Rupe
Lanesville
Clarence Rupe
Florida
Spires
Kgger Methodist Church
McCoy
Vinton
Gallipolis Couple Welcome First Child Lu Ann Evans
A daughter named Lu Ann was born Saturday at Holzer Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Bill Joe Evans of 25 Portsmouth Road Gallipolis. The mother is Margaret Jo Luikhart, and the maternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Joe A. Luikhart of Mills Village. Paternal grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. C L Hank Evans of Chillicothe Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lu Ann
Holzer Hospital
Bill Joe Evans
Portsmouth Rd
Margaret Jo Luikhart
Joe A. Luikhart
Mills Village
C. L
Hank) Evans
Chillicothe Rd
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Update
The report lists river gauges at Gallipolis Montgomery Kanawha Falls Min ton Pomeroy Mason Point Pleasant with various readings and dam rollers. It notes Ohio River movable dams down and provides hourly boat movements at locks 14 through 41 and Kanawha Marmet Winfield Gallipolis Marmet and Marmet boat names with up and down readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Minton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Creditor
Stevenson
Lok
William Penn
Peace
W. Harner
Mr. Criss
Robert P. Bonnie
Aliquippa
Betty Moran
Island Creek
Belpre
Tonty McCool
Lock
Beckford
J. F. Frieberger
Lawk
Sycamore
Coral Sea
L. Wade Childress
Reba Jane
A. L. Christy
Kanawha
Duncan Bruce
Atlas
Solvay
Jerry Bosworth
Lunga Point
Herbert E. Jones
Paul Blazer
Jefferson
George T. Price
Spec Criss
Liberty
City of Huntington
David Moran
C. P. Wright
Alton Zephyr
90 Attend Beta Alpha Chapter Meeting at Rio Grande College
Ninety members of the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma gathered at Rio Grande College to hear Dr. Edwin E. Higgins of Gallia Academy High School speak on Teaching and Its Responsibilities. The program included FTA members, college faculty, and music by the Rio Grande College chorus. Next meeting is April 10 in Ironton with a panel on teacher welfare security.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande College
Gallipolis
Beta Alpha Chapter
Delta Kappa Gamma
Teachers National Professional Fraternity
Edwin E. Higgins
Gallia Academy High School
Florence Trainer
Jackson
Alpha Omicron
Daisy Glassburn
Zelma Northcutt
Ironton
Loyal
Coal Grove
Judy Gail Edwards
Beta
Alpha Chapter
Rose Edwards
106 Students On Honor Roll At Hannan Trace Schools
GALLIPOLIS The fourth six weeks honor roll lists 106 students across Hannan Trace Local School District with 23 at Hannan Trace High School 35 at Elementary 19 at Bethel Elementary 13 at Little Bullskin and 16 at Swan Creek Elementary. Dennis Murdock issued the district release detailing names by school and grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hannan Trace
Gallipolis
Hannan Trace High School
Bethel
Little Bullskin
Swan Creek
Dennis M. Murdock
Carolyn Sound
David Walters
Janet Beaver
Dotty Clark
Geri Daniels
Virginia Johnson
Patty Lewis
Nancy Phillips
Hazel Sheets
Sharon Sheets
Sharon Puckett
Eleanor Oliver
Sharon Hall
Carla Waugh
Becky Saunders
Faye Halley
Don Saunders
Randall Mullins
Lena Clary
Martha Ellis
Sandra Friend
Thomas Murdock
Karen Wallace
Barbara Cline
Sandra Fulks
Peggy McDaniel
Ann Campbell
Carol Small
Nancy Saunders
Margaret Thompson
James Treadway
Faye Clary
Doris Cox
Roger Puckett
Wayne Saunders
Ann Clarke
Kitty Mea
73 Polio Shots Given At Saturday Clinic
Gallia County health nurses administered 73 Salk anti polio shots at a Saturday free clinic bringing the year’s total to 918. Nurses Mrs. Pearl Hatfield and Mrs. Naomi Rose led the effort and also gave 29 DPTs and one smallpox vaccination assisted by clerk Mrs. Madeline Campbell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Pearl Hatfield
Naomi Rose
Madeline Campbell
Health Department
Portland People Visit Family and Friends in Ohio Towns
Mrs Velma Cassidy of Tuppers Plains spent several days with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Clem Cooper Mrs Howard Ebersbach is visiting with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Philo Wilcox and children Leland Siders of Procterville visited his parents Mr and Mrs J A Siders Mr and Mrs Bert Roush and children of Huntington visited his mother Mrs Esta Roush Mr and Mrs Homer Ienhower of Pomeroy visited Mr and Mrs C E Johnson Mr and Mrs Marvin Swan and children of Middleport visited his parents Mr and Mrs Harry Swan over the weekend
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Velma Cassidy
Tuppers Plains
Clem Cooper
Howard Ebersbach
Philo Wilcox
Kansas
Leland Siders
Procterville
J. A. Siders
Bert Roush
Huntington
Esta Roush
Homer Ieenhower
Pomeroy
C. E. Johnson
Marvin Swan
Middleport
Harry Swan
Elizabeth Arnold named outstanding Gallia Girl Scout camper
Elizabeth Arnold daughter of Mr and Mrs August L Arnold was honored Sunday at Washington School cafeteria open house as outstanding Girl Scout camper in the Gallia County Neighborhood council She received a small gold statuette from Ethel Le Blanc field director of Rocky Ledges Girl Scout council for her summer at Rocky Ledges Huntington The event showcased arts and crafts by about 270 local scouts with two entries selected to represent Gallia County at the statewide roundup in Colorado Springs These include Brownie Troop 202 and Stephanie Gibert Troop 215 Located works will be displayed in the Gallia County district library through the month Approximately 200 attendees joined the open house which kicked off Girl Scout week in Gallia Judges named were Mrs Harry Maggied Mrs Oscar W Clarke and Mrs Sarah Moshier
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elizabeth Arnold
August L. Arnold
Washington School
Gallia County
Girl Scouts
Rocky Ledges
Huntington
Arnold
Ethel le Blanc
Colo
Brownie Troop
Ruth Thivener
Mary Frazier
Stephanie Gibert
Girl Scout
J. Gordon Gibert
Harry Maggied
Oscar W. Clarke
Sarah Moshier
Kyger Creek
Kentuckian Held For Grand Jury
Gallia County jail holds Kenneth T Mobley 49 Olive Hill Kentucky alias Sable Clifford Tabor and Orville D Tabor after bad check arrest. Mobley pled guilty and was bound over to May term grand jury on 5000 dollar bond. He gave name S Clifford Tabor and Lexington address.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kenneth T. Mobley
Olive Hill
Sable Clifford Tabor
Orville D. Tabor
Gallia County
Mobley
William H. Jones
S. Clifford Tabor
Lexington
Stanley Fellore
Robert McCarty
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Mr. Mossman
Holzer
L. Buren
Bush Point Pleasant
Morris J. Hartley
Robert G. Hall
Washington D. H
R. H. Shaffer
Lavern Jordan
Carpenter Rowe
Rebecca Faye Roush
William Peek
Bidwell
Billy L. Rawlins
Firebrick
Andrew J. Robinson
Harmer S. Smith
Grayson
Melvin B. Grimm
Syracuse
Richard L. Newvahner
Karen Jean-Nelson
Lowell W. Parks
Oak Hill
Christopher Johnson
Middlewort
Lonnie Morris
Cheryl Foster
John W. Terrell
George H. Diddle
Donald Henshaw
Melvin Thomas
Harvey May
Fomer Henderson
E. W. Wolfe
Kenneth Lurkhart
Merrill Brucker
H. Leroy Davis
Charles Kuhn
Eddie Fulks
Joe King
David Rawson
Julie Blain
Harley McGhee
James Joanson
J. W. Patterson
Sarah Simpkins
Homer Waugh
Otis Burris
Virgil Craft
Ernest Roth
Jennifer Clark
Politics Appeal
Dauvohter
Eisenhower
White House
Washington City
Arthur Summerfield
Walter Saunders
Tommy Lewis
Lynn Holley
Jeanie Stewart
Vickie Ward
Sue Tackett
Clara Saunders
Donna Harrison
Gary Harrison
Paul Harrison
Karen Campbell
Jerry Church
Charles Howard Waugh
Lewis Pickett
Joyce Church
Linda Martin
Eddie Butler
Debbie Gatewood
Carl Shafer
Peggy Thiel
Lee Johnson
Billie Beaver
Connie Shafer
Barbara Swindler
Frank Mills
Diana Ours
Agnes Johnson
Barbara Montgomery
Bob Evans
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