Three Small Grade Schools Eliminated
Gallia County district closes three one and two room elementary schools Little Bullskin Bethel and Swan Creek merging 230 students into Mercerville Elementary After move 150 high school students join New Hannan Trace High School in nearby building Total project cost about 779000 funded largely by state Two new facilities new high school with gym cafeteria auditorium shop home economics and science labs plus remodeled elementary into a 450 student campus connected by glass panel three story connection wing
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Gallipolis
Hannan Trace
Mercerville
Gallia County
Little Bullskin
Bethel
Swan Creek
Sagedrost and Walters
Dayton
Waterloo Mother and Son Struck by Car Near Route 141
Mrs. Tree man B. Owens, 34, and her son Gary R. Owens, 10, of Waterloo were hospitalized with injuries after being struck by a car near their Route 141 home. Carl F. Spurlock, 20, of Willow Wood said bright lights blinded him and he swerved, striking pedestrians. No charges were filed.
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Holzer Hospital
State Highway Patrol
Treeman B. Owens
Waterloo
Gary R. Owens
Carl F. Spurlock
Willow Wood
Route 141
Gallia
Lawrence County
Spurlock
War veterans urge join Gallipolis Barracks drive
William Stroup of Bethel spoke on current legislation including a $100 a month pension plan for veterans and widows. Commander Chester A. Leaper announced the two week closure for charter membership and named a Decoration Day Committee to plan Memorial Day activities with other local veterans groups.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Barracks
William Stroup
Bethel
Chester A. Leaper
B. Lewis Jones
Edwin Thomas
W. Bryan Cooper
Rutland Residents Attend Methodist Turkey Supper
Rutland and nearby residents joined Mrs. Jesse Sweeney for an overnight visit and church supper. Athens guests included Mrs. Everett McKnight Mrs. Jack Sweeney and Mrs. Carl Sweeney with others attending a Turkey supper at the Methodist Church.
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Everett McKnight
Pomeroy
Jack Sweeney
Athens
Jesse Sweeney
Carl Sweeney
Rutland
Gallia Academy Tri-Hi-Y Plans Model Legislature
Gallia Academy High School's Tri-Hi-Y Club will hear Warren F Sheets, Gallia County prosecuting attorney, explain the club sponsored bill for the model legislature to be held April 28 to 30 in Columbus. Delegates include Rebecca Sechrist and Gretchen Mossman with Sechrist nominated for state chaplain, a first for the school.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
Warren F. Sheets
Gallia County
Columbus
Rebecca Sechrist
Robert W. Sechrist
Gretchen Mossman
Leo Mossman
Miss Sechrist
You Need Trees Folio From Forest Service Sparks Planting Programs
The U S Department of Agriculture Forest Service released a versatile folio titled You Need Trees. It offers program chairmen guidance for planning tree planting activities and related initiatives.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service
Shawnee Bar and Grill Reopens After 1959 Crash
Shawnee-The Shawnee Bar and Grill reopened last week under David Richards in a rebuilt brick and glass front after a logger truck crash in Oct 1959 demolished the front and injured seven. The driver died in the crash. The Heid family of New Straitsville owns the business. The article also notes local happenings and staff changes.
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Shawnee
Clarence Heid
New Straitsville
David Richards
Shawnee Hosts Perry County Firefighters Association
Shawnee Volunteer Fire Department hosted the Perry County Firefighters Association on Monday night. At the Shawnee station plans were made for the annual July 4 celebration at New Lexington. Educational films on fire prevention and firefighting were shown to about 40 members as refreshments were served.
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Shawnee
Perry County Firefighters Association
New Lexington
Priests Attend Forty Hours Devotions at St Marys
Nineteen visiting priests attended the closing of the Forty Hours Devotions Sunday at St Marys Catholic Church. Following the services they were dinner guests of Rev Fr Peter McEwan in the parish hall.
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St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Peter McEwan
Not enough readable data to form a headline
The snippet mentions Mrs Margaret Ashbaugh sons Ned and Mike and Mrs Walter Harrop Sr son Richard but lacks a complete event or context.
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Margaret Ashbaugh
Ned
Mike
Walter Harrop Sr
Richard
Man Cited For Forgery In Gallia County
Gallia County Sheriff deputies arrested William Jer ald Green 38 of 17 Vine St for forgery on a secret indictment by the January term grand jury. Albert Gabrielli a local businessman reported a forged check for 40 dollars signed as Mrs W H Porter and payable to Ray Rubenstahl. Green also uses the alias Jerald William Green and faces arraignment before Judge Robert M Betz in Gallia County Common Pleas Court.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Green
Sheriff’s Department
Jerald William Green
Robert M. Betz
Lent Meaning Explored By Racine Women Society
Women's Society of Christian Service members met at Miss Edith Hayman's home. Mrs. Arthur Johnson led devotion and program on The Meaning of Lent with readings by Mrs. Margaret Houda, Mrs. Albert Hill, Mrs. Critt Bradford, Mrs. Harry Pickens, Mrs. Gomer Lewis, Mrs. Hazel Cleland, and Miss Hayman. Mrs. Pickens, the president, announced the district meeting set for April 4 at Trinity Methodist Church in Portsmouth.
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Racine
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Edith Hayman
Arthur Johnson
Margaret Houdashelt
Albert Hill
Critt Bradford
Harry Pickens
Gomer Lewis
Hazel Cleland
Trinity Methodist Church
Portsmouth
Community Groups Hold Socials and Visits in Local Homes
The Booster Sunday School Class met at Gretta Simpson’s home for an all day quilting event with a covered dish dinner. Invitations went to Vera Beegle Marie Roy Maggie Shain Laura McKenzie Helen Simpson Bertha Sayre Clara Powell Marie Roush Ida Howell Isabel Simpson and Lovey Sayre. A Senior Sunday School St Patrick event was hosted by Miss Gloria Autherson. A Rio Grande Baptist Association meeting was attended at Cheshire Baptist Church. A surprise birthday for Calvin Buddy Simpson occurred on Lincoln Hill Pomeroy with refreshments for family friends. Capt Thorne W Longsworth and Scott visited Mrs Esther West along with J B Longsworth Charles A Dobbins and Ernest Longsworth. Captain Longsworth has just returned from six months in Anchorage Alaska.
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Gretta Simpson
Vera Beegle
Marie Roy
Maggie Shain
Laura McKenzie
Helen Simpson
Bertha Sayre
Clara Powell
Marie Roush
Ida Howell
Isabel Simpson
Lovey Sayre
Calvin
Buddy) Simpson
Lincoln Hill
Pomeroy
Esther West
Thorne W. Longsworth
Scott
Tucson, Ariz
Longsworth
J. B. Longsworth
New Cumberland
W. Va
Air Force
Anchorage
Alaska
Swan Creek Girl Wins Gallia County Spelling Bee
Carol Johnson a 13 year old Swan Creek Elementary eighth grader defeated Linda French an 11 year old Addaville sixth grader to win the Gallia County spelling bee held at the Gallia County courthouse. Johnson will represent the county in Huntington tri state spelling bee on May 13. Twenty six spellers competed and the top four earned prizes.
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Gallipolis
Carol Johnson
Swan Creek
Gallia County
Linda French
Addaville
Miss Johnson
Asa Johnson
Hannan Trace
Murray Church
Church
Carol
Miss French
G. B. French
Johnson
Huntington
Lynn Jones
Centerville School
Benson Jones
Jacqueline Hurt
Rio Grande
Ilo Hurt
Rosamary Bostic
Cadmus
Township cancer drive names multiple township chairs
Robert A. Boudinot announced Mrs. Andrew Toler of Bidwell Route 1 as Morgan Township chair and Mrs. James N. M. Davis of Lower River Road as Clay Township chair for the April cancer fund drive. Afterward Mrs. Maurice M. Thomas will become Morgan Township unit branch chair to support the Gallia County American Cancer Society.
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Gallipolis
Robert A. Boudinot
Cancer Crusade
Andrew Toler
Bidwell
Morgan Township
Boudinot
James N. M. Davis
Lower River Rd
Clay Township
Davis
Clay
PTA
Maurice M. Thomas
Gallia County
American Cancer Society
Surprise birthday dinner for Mrs Ruth Williams
A surprise birthday dinner for Mrs Ruth Williams was held at her Union Furnace home. Attendees included Mr and Mrs John Carr and Barbara, Mr and Mrs George Cooke, New Plymouth Route 2, Mr and Mrs Robert Levering Lancaster, Mrs Harold Phillips Logan Route 4, and Mr and Mrs Millard Thomas. The Leverings visited with the Thomases over the weekend. Several other relatives visited or visited by residents on various days through the week.
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Union Furnace
Ruth Williams
John Carr
Barbara
George Cooke
New Plymouth
Robert Levering
Lancaster
Harold Phillips
Logan
Millard Thomas
Robert Levering and Sons
Albert Thomas Jr
Roseville
Arthur Largent
Leroy Dennison
Maxville
William Miller
Logan Roue
River Traffic and Dam Readings on Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
Gauge readings show Kanawha River rollers at Gallipolis 18.9 and 30.2, London 8.5, Marmet 9, Winfield 13. Ohio District dams down. Towboat and barge movements listed for multiple locks on Kanawha and Ohio Rivers with boats and status times from morning to night.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio
Sally Polk
Eugene Jones
Beaver
Mr. Criss
Philip Sporn
Robert G. West
Ovec
Titan
Lock
Pete
National
Alice Ingram
Bonnie D
Kanawha
Solvay
Lucy Jane Lucas
O. F. Shearer
Otton Queen
J. S. Lewis
Bayou la Rose
Elgercliff
John Ladd Dean
Waverly
Peace
Marilyn M
Health Department Clinics Offer School Examinations TB Tests
The county health department held clinics Wednesday at Gallia and Cadmus elementary schools, performing 30 physical examinations and 56 tuberculin skin tests. Seventeen Gallia and 13 Cadmus first graders received both services, with 22 Gallia and four Cadmus students getting the TB tests. Additional clinics are planned Friday at Southwestern High School Perry and Mudsoc elementary schools, led by Dr. Francis W. Shane and county nurses.
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County Health Department
Gallia
Cadmus
Southwestern High School
Perry and
Mudsoc
Southwestern
Francis W. Shane
Local Visits Highlight Adison and Gallipolis Guests
Mr and Mrs William Frazier and family spent a day with the Ira Sowards in Ad dison. Mr and Mrs Walter Underwood and Darius Underwood of Gallipolis were recent visitors of the Squire Taylor family.
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William Frazier
William Jr
Patty
Ira Sowards
Addison
Walter Underwood
Darius Underwood
Gallipolis
Squire Taylor
Appeals Set in Two Cases in Gallia County
Fourth District Court of Appeals will hear two cases in Gallipolis during the semi annual session. Judge William B. Brown joins existing panel including James C. Collier and William D. Radcliff. Vandevert appeals Jones’s quiet title win over 1.19 acres of Cora property tied to a 1957 suit, while Gerhardt appeals a 15 year burglary tools conviction from Newport Kentucky.
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District Court of Appeals
William B. Brown
Chillicothe
Roy J. Gillen
Wellston
James C. Collier
Ironton
William D. Radcliff
Circleville
Chester A. Vandevert
Gallipolis
Richard C. Gerhardt
Newport
Ohio Penitentiary
Vandevort
Warren F. Sheets
Holzer Hospital News
A list of births and admissions at Holzer Hospital includes a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Hudson of Coal Grove and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Jack E. Seelig of Pomeroy Route 2. Several patients are named with residences across Ohio and nearby areas. Blood used Thursday cone pint.
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Larry E. Hudson
Coal Grove
Jack E. Seelig
Pomeroy
New Lexington High Names Senior Class Play
The senior class at New Lexington High School selected the comedy Deadly Ernest for this year. The play will be staged May 5 in the high school auditorium.
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Ernest
New Lexington High School
One Laxative Claims To Serve The Whole Family
An advertisement touts Dr Caldwell s Senna Laxative as a single solution for all ages with gentle natural relief from temporary constipation. It emphasizes a mild senna extract, liquid form for easy dosing, pleasant taste, and overnight feel good promises.
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Dr. Caldwell
Dr. Caldwell’s
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