Community looks to new camping facility at fairgrounds
Gallia County fair board approves a 17.45 acre camping development with 33 sites and a new road, financed by a 10 000 loan and 5000 state aid. Plans include a caretaker trailer, sanitation work, and utility hookups as the project proceeds with local contractor Wendell W. Roush handling roadwork.
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Evans Grocery Co
The
Pittschain
Evans Company
Fair Board
Commercial and Savings Bank
Ohio Valley Bank
Sanitarian
William F. Neal
Francis W. Shane
Paul Watson
Fairgrounds
Wendell W. Roush
Gallia County
Miss Ford Named For March Honor
Gallipolis recognizes Marie Ford daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lou R. Ford Jr as Girl of the Month for March. She belongs to the Gallia Business and Professional Women group and the Thespian Club. She is active in Future Homemakers of America Madrigals Blue Bevil Band Gallia Script staff and serves as chaplain of the National Honor Society. She attends St Louis Catholic Church and works part time at Heler Hospital and Clinic.
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Gallipolis
Marie Ford
Louis R. Ford, Jr
Womajorette
Thespian Club
Future Ec — America
Gallia
Miss Ford
St. Louis Catholic Church
Merrill Briggs elected chairman of MGM Scout District
Merrill Briggs of Cheshire Route 1 was chosen chairman of the Mason Gallia Meigs Boy Scout District at the annual meeting held at Kgger Creek High School. The nomination report read by J Emmett Morrison highlighted Briggs long service from Cub Pack 206 to Troop 206 and his awards including Scouter's Key wood badge and silver beaver. The installation was performed by Pleasant and Tri State Area Council officials with vice chairmen Franz Reichert and Eldon Wuerch and new commissioners named for the district.
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Gallipolis
Merrill Briggs
Mason - Gallia - Meigs
Kgger Creek High School
Briggs
Alphus R. Christensen
Rio Grande College
J. Emmett Morrison
Cheshire
M-G-M
Pleasant
Trit
Tri- State Area Council
Boy Scouts of America
Franz Reichert
New Haven
W. Va
Eldon Wuerch
MGM Scout Chief Briggs Reviews 1964 O Rama Plans 1965
M G M Scout Chief Briggs announced the 1965 Scout-O-Rama will be held next month at the National Guard Armory north of Point Pleasant. Ticket sales start Monday. 54 Scouts earned the polar bear award for 24 hours camping in December January and February.
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Briggs
National Guard
Point Pleasant
Bill Knight
Hidden Valley Women Plan Social Season at Club Meeting
The Woman's Golf Association of Hidden Valley Country Club outlined the coming season at a Monday meeting hosted by Bette Dawson. Dues are due at the April 14 spring luncheon to qualify for prizes, with tentative event dates including a May 8 steak fry, June 5 nine holes and hamburger fry, July 25 pool party, and August 21 dance. Handicaps will follow USGA rules, and invitations have arrived from Gallipolis and Worthington courses for July events.
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French City Campers Association
Fairgrounds
Valley Byam Caravan Club
West Virginia
French City Campers
Bette Dawson
Dawson
Martha Haught
Louella Morgan
Ladies Day
U. S. Golf Association
Gallipolis
Worthington
Parkersburg
Lillian Greene
EUB Class Holds Birthday Party in New Haven
The Live-Wire Class of the EUB Church held a birthday party in New Haven. Hostesses presented Mrs. Cunningham with small personal gifts. Mrs. Howard Burris and Mrs. Wade Cunningham will host the April meeting.
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New Haven
EUB Church
Cunningham
Howard Burris
Wade Cunningham
Special Education Project Plans Spurred by Garden Club
Garden Club members oppose proposed cuts to Soil Conservation Service funds and urge congressmen to act. They voted to form an education program for special education classes at Central and Henderson Schools visiting weekly to discuss with teachers and hand out materials. Officers appointed for April and plans set for an April 21 meeting at Mrs. H O Francis with a wild flower study nature tour and picnic.
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Central
Henderson
Casto
Howard Price
William H. Barden
Milton L. Miller
Rush Krodel
John Collins
Gun Park
Garden Club
H. O. Francis
Francis
John Kincaid
Pupils Enter Regional Fair at Gallia Academy High
Sixteen Gallia Academy High students entered the regional fair with entries from Mary Annual and Thee.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High Mary
Holzer Hospital Notes Rutland Scott Pope Tracy
Rutland and Scott Pope are listed among Holzer Hospital notes with Tracy mentioned in the same item. The brief entry records patient or staff identifiers and related notes.
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Rutland
Scott Pope
Tracy Pe
Car Mishap Injures Mason Man Hospitalized
Everett Huff man Jr of Mason was hospitalized for a cut lip and nose and two broken hand bones after a Pleasant Valley crash. He faces a reckless operation citation and a court appearance before Mayor Dayton Raynes. Fred Taylor, police chief, saw his car knocked 44 feet into a gas meter near the Lester Stewart home. both vehicles demolished and Mason Fire Department stood by for an hour to repair the meter.
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Mason
Everett Huffman, Jr
Pleasant Valley
Dayton Raynes
Fred Taylor
Lester Stewart
Mason Fire Department
Mrs Reynolds Named Mason County Belle
Mrs. Powell Reynolds a charter member of the Anne Demonstration Bailey Home Club was chosen county belle to represent Mason County at a Glenville folk festival this summer. The announcement came at the Anne Bailey Club meeting at Mrs. Gay Casto’s Sand Hill Road home.
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Point Pleasant
Glenville
Reynolds
Mason County
Anne Bailey Club
Gay Casto
Sand Hill Rd
Virgil Burris
Wilson Tyler
William Wallace
Karg Burdette
Republicans Hold Lincoln Day Dinner in Point Pleasant
Mason County Chairman Elvin Weiss announces Lincoln Day Dinner tickets for Monday at 6 30 PM in Point Pleasant Arch Moore of the county party attended the event with organizers promising a meal and remarks by party leaders.
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Point Pleasant
Elvin
Pete) Weiss
Mason County
Choir to Compete in Saturday District Music Festival
GalIaia Academy High School a cappella choir directed by Mrs. Anne Fischer will compete at the District 15 Music Festival in Ironton. The Madrigals earned a superior rating at Ohio University and are eligible for state competition. members include Kathy Boggs Paula Cotton Susan Phillips and others across sopranos altos tenors and basses.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Anne Fischer
Ironton
Ohio University
Fischer
Kathy Boggs
Paula Cotton
Susan Phillips
Gay Bastiani
Mary Ely
Marie Ford
Sandy Sutter
Tom Folden
Dennis Avner
George Ely
Carolyn Boggs
Charla Bodimer
Susan Casto
Jan Davis
Pe Davis
Sally Davis
Marsha Edelblute
Ann Elliott
Rhonda Garlic
Reda Gibson
Holzer Nurses Open Season With Win Over Gallia Academy
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing girls basketball opened the season with a 33 to 18 victory over Gallia Academy High School. Coach Fred Golji led players Susie Jenkins Martha Brown Connie Miller Marilyn Lester Nancy Casteel Nancy Burns Chris Stevenson Patty Cannon Vickie Hammonds Ann Spry Sharon Frecker Nancy Wells Carlene Fraley. Next games at Washington Elementary against Rio Grande and a rematch with GAHS then a trip to Huntington for St. Mary’s Nursing School on March 31. The season culminates in a big April 7 game at Washington School against the School of Nursing faculty and Holzer Hospital employees.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Gallia Academy High School
GAHS
Holzer
Fred Golji
Hossein Golji
Holzer Hospital
Susie Jenkins
Martha Brown
Connie Miller
Marilyn Lester
Nancy Casteel
Nancy Burns
Chris Stevenson
Patty Cannon
Vickie Hammonds
Ann Spry
Sharon Frecker
Nancy Wells
Carlene Fraley
Washington
Huntington
W. Va
St. Mary’s Hospital
Washington School
School of Nursing
Slow Pupil Help Needed at Gallia Meeting
Mrs. Eugenia Gardner a special education instructor at Gallia Junior High stresses Ohio need for special education teachers especially for slow learners at a Future Teachers of America meeting held at Gallia Academy High School. Members present include Mary Ely Hattie Casey Sandi Williams Kay Fenderbosch Sandy Sutter April Branceberry Kay Vollbon Jane Brown Chris Davis Debbie Leedy Susan Sechrist svanes ea George Ely Mrs Helen Morton and David Lawrence.
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Gallipolis
Eugenia Gardner
Ohio
Future Teachers of America
Gallia Academy High School
Mary Ely
Hattie Casey
Sandi Williams
Kay Fenderbosch
Sandy Sutter
April Branceberry
Kay Vollbon
Jane Brown
Chris Davis
Debbie Leedy
Susan Sechrist
Svanes Ea
George Ely
Helen Morton
David Lawrence
Two Injured In Crash On Route 160
Gallia County reports two Gallia County girls with minor injuries after a two car collision on Route 160 in Vinton at 7 30 p m Thursday Treated at Holzer Hospital and released were Marva Leah Snyder 16 Vinton driver with a bruised nose and Carol McBride 17 Bidwell a passenger with bruises The Snyder car struck a parked car owned by Ernest Tucker 35 Ewington Route 1 and went off the left side of the highway Officers said Miss Snyder was cited to Gallia Juvenile Court Saturday on a charge of un The fence from an accident of which a deer was killed at 5 15 p m Thursday on Route 7 one mile south of Cheshire There was damage to the car and the deer was killed
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Holzer Hospital
Marva Leah Snyder
Vinton
Carol McBride
Bidwell
Miss Snyder
Ernest Tucker
Ewington
Snyder
Seon Shipp
Gallia Cone Juvenile Court
Route 7
Cheshire
O. W
Hunt Ge
Kaneugh
UN Te
Pga
Martins Announce Birth Of Daughter
Virginia Martins and Mrs. Ethel Martin of Rawley West Virginia announce the birth of a daughter.
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Martins
Battle of the Bands Dance at Point Pleasant High
Key Club of Point Pleasant High School promotes a semi formal dance titled Battle of the Bands. Tickets cost 1 per couple or 75 cents for a single, with sales through club members or at the door. The event features five bands including The Visions and The Checkmates, at the National Guard Armory March 26 from 8 to 11 p m.
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Walt Fisher
Key Club
Point Pleasant High School
Andy Wilson
Gallia Academy High School
Wahama High School
Gov Smith Proclaims Fast Time Start in West Virginia
Governor Hulett Smith issues a proclamation setting a 12:01 a.m. start for the annual fast time to align West Virginia with nearby areas. The shift aims to sync local clocks with Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., easing cross-region scheduling as state law governs the change.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Hulett Smith
Petia
Pittsbug
Washington, D. C
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Robert Wolfe
Walter F. Walker
Werner
George Fisher
Point Pleasand
Fay Wilson
Lawrence Foreman
Knight
Dick Young
Pomeroy
Salisbury Cubpack
Bert E. Wolfe
Int Pleasant
Presbyterian Cubpack
Agnes Dixon
Joseph Girdler
Bart Louvins
Harold Knoll
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Philmont
New Mexico
Hughey L. Jones
Grace Methodist Church
Merlyn Ross
Kyger Creek
Oklahoma
Explorer Post 200
Glen R. Hueholt
Gallipolis First United
Hidden Valley Golf Club
Woman’s Golf Association of
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SCS
Soil Con
Emman
Middleport
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Galia County
Highway Patrol
Raymond Ll. Pinson
South Carolina
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Mason You Center
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