Boy Riding Car Bumper Hit By Second Auto
Gallia County police report two Monday traffic accidents. One involved a State Highway Department pickup from Meigs County. A youth fell from a moving car after being pushed and was run over by another vehicle. Gary L. Montgomery, 17, suffered scalp and hip injuries and was taken to Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Department
Meigs County
Gary L. Montgomery
James W. Montgomery
Chatham Ave
Holzer Hospital
Upper Second Ave
Montgomery
Margaret McQuaid
Second Ave
Aijean Thivener
Gallia PTA Opposes School Income Tax Bill
Gallia County Gallia Washington Elementary PTA members opposed passage of House Bill 234 proposing a one per cent income tax for the school district. The PTA executive committee cited concerns as one of three recommendations discussed at Monday night meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Washington Elementary
Parent Teacher Association
PTA Exec
Births, Mergers and Local Police Report In Ohio Town
A long list of births names numerous families from Gallia, Meigs and surrounding counties including Wray, Reed, Beckett, Evans, Watson, Landers and many others. A police summary notes a minor traffic incident on Eastern Avenue with injuries to Lawrence Smith and Thomas Young, and a separate crash involving Vaughn Johnson cited for failure to stop within the assured clear distance.
Roma Spears Dies At 82
Roma F Spears 82 of Vinton Route 2 retired farmer and real estate operator died Monday morning after arriving at Holzer Hospital. Native of Lincoln County West Virginia he lived in Gallia County several years. Survived by second wife Mae Ferguson and a daughter Velva Cantner with one grandchild and one great grandchild. Miller funeral home to announce arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Roma F. Spears
Vinton
Holzer Hospital
Lincoln County
W. Va
Gallia County
Ella Estep
Mae Ferguson
Velva Cantner
Belle
Salem Center PTA Meeting Promotes Scholarship Fund
Salem Center PTA meeting led by Mrs Betty Hutchinson opened with devotion. County PTA council sponsors Miss Marilyn Turner concert in Middleport to fund a scholarship. A pancake supper is set for Friday evening March 15 at the school auditorium. Nomination committee includes Mrs Catherine Colwell Mrs Alma Smith and Mrs Freda Montgomery. Vale's room grades seven and eight performed a playlet Mother Goes on a Strike. Dale Kautz Charles Blakeslee and Larry Lewis spoke on the Red Cross Drive. A film Neighbor to Neighbor accompanied the talks. Next PTA meeting is April 1 with theme Building Through Goodwill Tours and guest speaker Howard Wells on A Goodwill Tour Through Europe. grandparents will be honored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salem Center
Betty Hutchinson
PTA
Marilyn Turner
Middleport
PTA Council
Salem Center Pta
Catherine Colwell
Alma Smith
Freda Montgomery
Vale
Dale Kautz
Charles Blakeslee
Larry Lewis
Howard Wells
Europe
Science Fair Is Thursday at Gallia Academy High
Gallia Academy High School reschedules its Science Fair after a flood. The event runs 7:30 to 10 p.m. Thursday in the junior high auditorium with projects judged Wednesday evening and winners announced Thursday. Regional fair at Marshall University on April 5-6 will feature Gallia Academy winners in physical and natural science. Two senior division grand prizes include an all expense paid trip to the National Science Fair in Albuquerque.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
Marshall University
Huntington
W. Va
Albuquerque
N.M
Girl Scout Displays Spark Active Week In Gallipolis
In Gallipolis three downtown stores showcased Girl Scout Week with window displays. The Davis-Shuler Store features new type uniforms and a cadet uniform addition, arranged by Mrs. George Grace and Dean Davis. Other displays by Gallia Neighborhood troops include crafts and scrapbooks. A Clark's Jewelry window highlights international roundup swaps and badges from the festival. Joyce I. Nibert, 23, Kananga, pleaded guilty to forgery in Gallia County Common Pleas Court and faces sentencing or probation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Davis-Shuler
George Grace
Gallia
Carol
Dean Davis
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Oscar W. Clarke
Ronald Hefner
Karen Worman
Marie Ford
Neal B. Clark
Clark
Button Bay
Worman
Ellen Martin
Caroline Knight
Joyce I. Nibert
Kananga
Gallia County
Gallia Academy High School Announces Election Schedule
Gallia Academy High School in Gallipolis sets election dates for 1963-64 student body president and vice president. Petitions available in the principal’s office. Nominating petitions due March 20 for screening. March 26 platforms due for approval, March 29 campaign at student council, and April 1 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Glendon O. Evans
Deffie Swisher Rites Slated For Tuesday
Funeral services for Deffie B. Swisher 80 Cheshire a retired Gallia County farmer who died Sunday will be conducted at 1 30 p m Thursday at the Little Kgger Church by Rev W Osborne Hoover Burial will be in Gravel Hill Cemetery Friends may call at the Miller funeral home after 7 p m Tuesday The body will be taken to the church at 12 30 p m Thursday to lie in state an hour prior to the services
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Deffie B. Swisher
Cheshire
Gallia County
Little Kgger
W. Osborne Hoover
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Miller Funeral
River Traffic and Dam Status in Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
Data shows dams in the Huntington district down while the river rose slightly at 2 a.m. Listings cover gauges at Gallipolis Greenup Marmet Hinton and Kanawha Falls with rollers out or running. Affected boats include Polly Crane Arrowhead Philip Sporn I E Frieberger and many others with up and down movements and lock statuses across Locks 15 16 17 19 21 and Greenup.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pome- Someoneson
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Huntington District
Polly Crane
Arrowhead
Philip Sporn
I. E. Frieberger
Robert P. Tibolt
Albert F. Holden
E' Deana Bosworth OS
Peggy Downey
Queen City
Elgercliff
Kanawha River Toats
Semet
le- Ha C. Shearer
Oliver C. Shearer
Robert W. Lea
Bino
Western
Craig M
Ben McCool
Southern
National
Greenup Locks
Oreo
Re- Hable
Ravenswood
Indiana
Whayne H
Lock
J. S. Lewis
Chamber of Commerce Holds Annual Meeting
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce hosts over 150 attendees for its annual dinner in Washington School Cafeteria. A four member panel urged a regional planning commission to tackle physical and social community issues while outlining a comprehensive plan and potential federal and state support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Dick Thomas
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
Washington School
Manning E. Wetherholt
Chamber
William T. Blair
Ohio Chamber of Com
Merce
Byron E. Munson
Ohio State University
Office of
Munson
Bob Wilson
Franklin County Planning Commission
Wilson
Planning Commission
Blair
Heir
Federal Housing and Health Finance Administration
Ohio Department of Highways
Ohio State University Engineering and Experiment Station
OSU City and Regional Planning Commission
OSU School of Architecture
OSU Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio Department of Industrial and Economic Development
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
Ohio Planning Conference
Ross Lowes
Rock Slide Closes Roads Near Gallipolis
In Gallia County Route 35 west of Gallipolis was reduced to one-way traffic after a rock slide at Walters' Hill at 7:50 p.m. Monday. State crews removed most rubble, but a large rock in the westbound berm required continued one-way flow until today. High water also closed Route 218 near Route 141 and Route 7 at Athalia toward Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
State Highway Patrol
Walters’ Hill
High Water
Athalia
Huntington
W. Va
Gallia GI in Korean Maneuver
Gallia GI Raymond G Hauldren, son of Mrs Madge Hauldren of Gallipolis, participated in Exercise Wintersnap II in Korea with the 1st Cavalry Division. A wireman in Battery B of the 20th Artillery’s 2nd Rocket Howitzer Battalion, he joined the Army in 1962 after basic at Fort Knox. He attended Hannan Trace High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Raymond G. Hauldren
Madge Hauldren
Sun Valley Dr
Korea
1St Cavalry Division
Hauldren
20Th Artillery
Ft. Knox
Ft. Leonard Wood
Hannan Trace High School
Rio Grande Trio To Be On Radio
The Rio Grande College trio will air at 5 30 p m Thursday on WLMJ by tape recording. The recording was made February 26 at the Jackson Rotary Club meeting. Singers are Merlyn Strausbaugh Wilkesville and Sandra Hood and India Borden Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
WLMJ
John Wilson
Jackson
Jackson Rotary Club
Merlyn Strausbaugh
Wilkesville
Sandra Hood
India Borden
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gallia PT
Holzer Hospital News
Robert A. Wray
Leonard L. Reed
Pomeroy
Larry R. Beckett
Rio Grande
Beatrice Evans
Jack E. Watson
Raymond H. Landers
Oak Hill
Mile Moore
Ralph W. Roush
New Haven
Daisy E. Brown
Timothy A. Morris
Bidwell
Holland C. Prose
Patriot
Kenneth D. Ridge
William M. Reed
Addison
Donald W. Syrus
Christopher V. Hill
Racine
Delbert L. Gates
Rutland
Melody L. Roush
Charles A. Kuhn
Lawrence A. Smith
Chester
Okey E. Nance
Ironton
Harley J. Hoffman
Langsville
John W. Wells
Kitts Hill
Mary Halsey
Gerald E. Roach
Charles C. Watson
Edward Kemper
John Huff
Clark Cummins
Aubra Wood
Ardath Brinker
George Arnett
Clifford Machir
William Comer
Clarence Chapman
Raymond Edleman
Herbert Miller
Henry Willis
Carl Steele
Carl B. Waugh
Loren F. Glassburn
John W., Brown
Francis L. James
Wilbert Stoney
Mildred Hamilton
D. O. Taber
Oakley C. Collins
Helen W. Worstell
Ohio University
Hamilton
Gary R. Short
Keith R. Brandeberry
B. B. Matthews
Marie Meal
Raymond Willis
Michael Noe
Michael Boster
Cubpack
Milt Clay Pearson
Gallipolis Ferry
Carrie Mae Patterson
Eastern Ave
Thivener
Highway Department
Smith
Smithers
Eastern
Smithers St
Vaughn W. Johnson
Johnson
Thomas Young
Roma Spears
ST. Louis
James R. Hoffa
The
Teamsters Union
Springfield
Clark’s
del Tike
Barre Guild
Barre
Barre Granite Association
Logan Monument Co., Inc
Logan, Ohio
Ee Hospital
Albany
N.Y
John Heir
Ohio
Wetherholt
D. Kenneth Morgan
John O'Dell
John Boerger
Earl Tope
C. Leon Saunders
Vaught Smith
Robert A. Boudinot
Claude R. Varney
Jack Hudson
Earl Durham
Keith Thomas
Marianne B. Campbell
Harland T. Martin
Richard C. Roderick
Boudinot and
Morgan
Thelma Elliott
Boudinot
Elliott
Gallia GI
Motor Trend
Rambler 63
Douglas Rambler, Inc
Rambler
U.S
W. Union St
Athens, Ohio
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