Gallipolis Chamber predicts Nixon Dirksen GOP ticket in 1960
Esther Tufty, a columnist, spoke at the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce dinner predicting Nixon for president and Everett Dirksen for vice president in 1960. She noted possible Democratic contenders including Joe Kennedy with questions on his Catholic faith and regional fit. The event drew about 207 attendees, said to be the largest Chamber dinner yet.
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Nixon
Dirksen
Esther van Wagoner Tufty
Dear Publications and Radio, Inc
Joe Kennedy
Massachusetts
Juvenile Delinquency Topic At Washington PTA meeting
The Rev. Harold Davidson addressed 68 Washington School Parent-Teachers Association members on juvenile delinquency linking it to adolescent development. He defined delinquency as a symptom of illness and urged love security and consistency from parents to guide youths toward responsibility.
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Gallipolis
Harold Davidson
Washington School Parent-Teachers Association
Davidson
Como Ave
Evangelical United Brethren Church
Columbus
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Keith R. Brandeberry
William H. Jones
James Northup
Sheldon Parks
Sandy Sutter
Sue Pullins
Roberta Brickles
Marsha Edelblute
Cheryl Ann Thomas
Edwin Edelblute
Paul Pulling
Edelblute
Bill Wellman
George Davis
North Gallia Board Plans Bus Purchase and Staffing Change
The North Gallia Local Board of Education announced plans to buy four 60 passenger school buses and hire a new sixth grade teacher. Sealed bids for the bus purchase will open March 24. The board also approved selling the Bidwell colored school property for about two acres at a bid of 1100 by Owen Cordell.
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Gallipolis
North Gallia
Bidwell
Estella Denny
Bidwell Colored School
Owen Cordell
Porter
Cordell
Dewey Walker
Vinton
Clark Baker
Baker
Mary Kennedy
Carter Massie
Luther Qualls Dies at 82 in Gallia County Home
Luther Qualls 82 retired farmer died late Sunday at the home of his daughter Mrs. Freda Waugh 1224 Second Ave. He was born June 19, 1878 in Putnam County West Virginia son of Charles and Louisa Hudson Qualls last of 15 children Survived by his wife former Lou Chandler four children preceded him in death Funeral set for 2 p m Wednesday Mt Zion Baptist Church Ohio Township with Rev Earl Cremeens officiating burial in church cemetery under C R Halley funeral home supervision Friends may visit Mrs Waughs home Tuesday evening and until service time
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Gallipolis
Luther Qualls
Freda Waugh
Second Ave
Putnam County
West Virginia
Charles
Louisa Hudson Qualls
Lou Chandler
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Ohio Township
Earl V. Cremeens
Church
C. R. Halley
Five Gallia Residents Arrested For Speeding And Resisting Arrest
Gallia police charged Morris Angell 34 and Norman Jhannesen 23 with speeding in Municipal Court. Both were fined 10 dollars and costs and held on resisting arrest with continued hearings to Wednesday. Angell drove the car and Jhannesen rode a motorcycle after a Sunday chase by a city patrolman. Jeffers Glen FE 24 of Wilkesville was fined 50 dollars, jailed five days, and had license suspended for one year for DUI. Carl Berridge 67 Addison and Arthur Persinger 41 Gallipolis were fined 10 and 15 dollars respectively for intoxication. Helen Lois Brown 41 Point Pleasant was fined 5 dollars for an illegal left turn.
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Gallipolis
Morris C. Angell
Norman Jhannesen
Angell
Jhannesen
State Patrol
Glen FE
Jeffers
Wilkesville
Jones
Carl Berridge
Addison
Arthur Persinger
Helen Lois Brown
Point Pleasant
Ohio River boat movements by lock and time report
A sequence of canal boat reports lists vessel names, side lengths, and up or down status with times at Locks 13 through 34 on the Ohio River and Gallipolis. Notable entries include Jefferson, City of Huntington, Atlas, Ora D II, Bull Calf, Sally Ann, and Paul Blazer with varying positions and times.
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Ohio River Boats
Jefferson
Cornell
Bob Benter
City of Huntington
Reliance
Vulcan
O Kan
C. F. Hood
Atlas
City of
Lock
Pennsylvania
Gallipolis
Susan Houghland
Indiana
Fred W. Olcott
Herbert E. Jones
Beaver
Paul Blazer
Sinclair Memphis
Holzer Hospital Notes Nonfiction Births And Surgeries Listed
A hospital column lists numerous births and medical procedures at Holzer Hospital. Names include Mr. and Mrs. Harry Wallace of Jackson with a daughter, and many patients from Gallipolis, Point Pleasant, and nearby towns for medical and surgical cases. Blood usage noted as four pints on Monday.
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Harry Wallace
Jackson
James Reynolds
Vinton
Anderson Lemley
Gallipolis
William Walters Held For Next Grand Jury
William Walters, 36, of 813 Third Ave, bound over to the next Gallia County grand jury on a charge of assault in a menacing manner by Judge William H. Jones after an arrest Thursday by the Gallia County sheriff.
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Gallipolis
William Walters
Third Ave
Gallia County
Grand Jury
William H. Jones
Walters
Sher
Two Accidents Reported in Gallia County Traffic
The Gallipolis post reports two crashes on Monday with moderate and heavy damage. A Crested Hill Route 588 collision involved Howard Weter and Beverly Russell in a 7 25 a m event. A separate Meigs County one car wreck on a township road sent Clyde Norris to Meigs General Hospital with heavy vehicle damage. County court fines included Finley Evans for DWI and other minors for traffic violations.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Howard P. Weter
Rio Grande
Beverly J. Russell
Monay
Meigs County
Clyde E. Norris
Racine
Meigs General Hospital
Norris
Robert S. Betz
Finley Evans
Bidwell
State Personnel Join In Cable Investigation
Criminal investigation personnel from the London Prison Farm joined the Gallia County sheriff's department to solve a telephone cable cutting near the Kyger Creek power plant. The cable was cut for the second time in 10 days around midnight Sunday, while pickets marked the sixteenth day of their strike against the Ohio Valley Electric Corp.
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Gallipolis
London
Gallia County
Scouts advance at Court Street meeting
Board of Review for Troop 200 reports nine scouts moving up a rank after passing second and first class tests. Donald Winters and Billy Henry earned first class, while Richard Miller Mike Mehl James States Gene Robinson Dick O'Dell Raymond Kohl and George Somerville were promoted to second class. Court of Honor planned for a later date. Troop 203 also met at Grace Methodist Church with 18 in attendance before a chamber dinner cut the meeting short.
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Callipolis
Troop 200
Jim O’dell
Court St
George
Pie) Hout
Merrill O’dell
Ted Chandler
Richard Miller
Mike Mehl
James States
Gene Robinson
Dick O’dell
Raymond Kohl
George Somerville
Camp Hout
Jim Hackworth
Grace Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Maude Boggs 78 of Vinton dies at Holzer Hospital
Mrs Maude Russell Boggs 78 of Vinton died at 9 30 a m Monday at Holzer Hospital after a brief illness. Born January 28 1880 in Gallia County near Harrisburg she was the daughter of Charles and_____ Russell. She was married to Jacob Boggs who died several years ago. Surviving are daughters Mrs Ruby Cox Clark and Danny Boggs of Columbus Mrs Mary Durst of Delaware Mrs Alice Speakman of Springfield Mrs Sally Osler of Vinton Route 1 and Mrs Gussie Ball who lived with her at Vinton. Funeral arrangements are to be announced by Vernon McCoy funeral home at Vinton on Tuesday.
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Gallipolis
Maude Russell Boggs
Vinton
Holzer Hospital
Boggs
Gallia County
Harrisburg
Charles Russell
Jacob Boggs
Ruby Cox
Clark
Danny Boggs
Columbus
Mary Durst
Delaware
Alice Speakman
Springfield
Sally Osler
Assault warrant filed in case against Walters after alleged attack
Bernard West filed an assault warrant against Walters from an Eastern Avenue used car deal after an alleged attack Wednesday night. Walters posted $1000 bond and was released.
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Iff
Bernard Westfall
Eastern Ave
Walters
Longest Service Record Claimed for First New Hampshire Regiment
The First New Hampshire Regiment served eight years and eight months in the American Revolution, a period described as the war’s longest continuous service.
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New Hampshire
Soldier Wins Second Good Conduct Medal in Germany
Army Sergeant Thomas Kemper of Gallipolis Ohio received a bronze clasp with two loops to the Good Conduct Medal in Germany, marking his second award. He serves as section leader with the 96th Transportation Company after entering the Army in May 1948 and being stationed at Fort Knox before Europe.
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Gallipolis
Thomas Kemper
George W. Kemper
Pine St
Germany
Kemper
96Th Transportation Company
Army
Fort Knox
Europe
Fire Proof Construction Company
Gallia County adopts road adds Cora Adamsville segment
Gallia County Commissioners appropriated 10000 dollars to the M A Fund and held a final hearing to incorporate the Cora Adamsville Road segment into the county highway system. The relocation to Route 35, measured 510 feet, was unanimously approved pending easement clearances. Attendees included Commissioners Stewart Houck Johnson and County Auditor Dickey.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
M&a
Oty M. Stewart
Adamsville
Roscoe Houck
Stewart Houck
Chauncey Johnson
Morton L. Dickey
Red Cross Fund Campaign Kicks Off With Tonight Meeting
The County Red Cross fund drive opens with a 7 30 p m meeting at Washington school cafeteria. Alfred M Cruenther presents a short film while Mrs Leland Baxter outlines materials use for volunteers. Coffee break follows led by Mrs Irene Coker and Mrs Dorothy Sommer.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Red Cross
Washington
Alfred M. Cruenther
Leland Baxter
Athens
Drive
Irene Coker
Dorothy Sommer
Dean H. Davis
William H. Jones
Worker Hurt After Fall From Barge To Scaffold
Gallipolis Addo Barr of Cottageville an employee of Marietta Mfg Co at Point Pleasant fell Monday while walking from a barge to a scaffold. He is admitted to Holzer Hospital for a back injury.
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Gallipolis
Addo Barr
Cottageville
Marietta Mfg. Co
Point Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
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