Shaver Wins Gallia County Spelling Bee Title
Eighth grader Joan Shaver of Kyger Creek Junior High won the Gallia County spelling championship against 21 competitors from 11 schools. She correctly spelled dimensions then directory to clinch the title, with Norman Lanier as runner up and Barbara Montgomery and Sharon Rutan placing high. First and third go to the state bee in Columbus, while second and fourth advance to the Tri State Bee in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joan Shaver
Kyger Creek
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Joan
Stanley Shaver
Cheshire
Norman Lanier
Rio Grande
Garland Lanier
Bidwell
Barbara Montgomery
Swan Creek
John Montgomery
Crown City
Sharon Rutan
Bidwell-Porter
Sharon
S. M. Rutan
Columbus
Huntington
County Supt
B. Lewis Jones
Frank Plymale
Two Vehicle Crashes Reported in Gallipolis
Gallia County police logged two traffic accidents on Wednesday. At 7 12 p m at Eastern and Bell Avenues Daniel Lee 16 Gallipolis and Daniel E Quickle 44 Cheshire collided when Lee tried a left turn with no charges filed. A second noon incident between First and Second Avenues near Dixon Beckett’s Service Station involved Elias Hatfield Bidwell Route 2 and Patricia Ann Sprague Gallipolis in minor damage.
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Gallipolis
Eastern
Bell Ave
Daniel Lee
Daniel E. Quickle
Cheshire
Lee
Eastern Ave
Quickle
First
Second Aves
Dixon Beckett
Elias Hatfield
Bidwell Route 2
Patricia Ann Sprague
Birth Announcement and Admits at Holzer Hospital
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs John R Kerr of Gallipolis. New admissions include Mrs Arthur H Hess Middleport Route Mrs Mamie R Lewis Jackson Route John P Halderman Gallipolis Alice Blevins Beaver Route Miss Ellen Kay Allen Oak Hill Earnest Lahrmer Oak Hill Route Connie Lynn Fillinger Crown City Clyde E Bowling Rush Ky Route 1 Bert Flint Bidwell Route 1 Miss Jo Anne Swatzel Gallipolis Mrs Katie Casto Point Pleasant Barry Joe Hackett Middleport Mrs Floyd Cogan Jackson DISMISSED include Mrs Harry Black Janet Cornwell Mrs Otho Karr Mrs Raymond Hoce Michael Jackson Mrs Robert Varian Mrs George Burns Marilyn McDaniel Avenel Radekin A R Fife Mrs Woodrow W North and daughter Mrs William Peck and son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John P. Halderman
Gallipolis
Alice Blevins
Beaver
Ellen Kay Allen
Oak Hill
Earnest Lahrmer
Connie Lynn Fillinger
Crown City
Clyde E. Bowling
Rush
Bert Flint
Bidwell
Jo Anne Swatzel
Katie Casto
Point Pleasant
Barry Joe Hackett
Middleport
Floyd Cogan
Jackson
Harry Black
Janet Cornwell
Infant Rites Set Saturday for Ronnie White
Funeral services for Ronnie White three months old son of Mr and Mrs John White former Gallipolis residents will be at 2 p m Saturday at Miller's funeral home with Rev Eric Cox officiating Burial will be in Swan Creek Chapel Cemetery He died Tuesday in Columbus of pneumonia Survived by parents a brother John Jr paternal grandfather Jesse White and maternal grandparents Mr and Mrs Carleton Johnson all of Gallipolis Route 1
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Gallipolis
Ronnie White
John White
Miller’s
Eric Cox
Swan Creek Chapel
Ronnie
Columbus
John
Mildred Johnson White
John, Jr
Jesse White
Carleton Johnson
Grass fire burns acres near Route 7 in Georges Creek
Gallipolis volunteers responded to a grass fire at Georges Creek near the railroad tracks just off Route 7 around 1 p.m. Wednesday. The flames consumed about two acres before firefighters brought the blaze under control.
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Gallipolis
Georges Creek
Ex Gallia Man Dies in West Virginia
Frank E. Dwight, a former Gallia County resident, died Wednesday afternoon of a heart attack at his Gassaway West Virginia home. He and his wife had lived in Gallia and Meigs counties, sold their Woods Mill home last fall, and returned to Gassaway. Funeral services and burial will be held Saturday in Gassaway.
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Gallipolis
Frank E. Dwight
Gallia County
Gassaway
W. Va
Dwight
Gallia
Meigs
Woods Mill
Dwights
Blaine Poling
Vinton
Gass
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Marguerite Hineman
Walter Neal
Murray Church
Sandra Nibert
Paul Harrison
Little Bullskin
Dave Smith
Larry Vance
Addaville
Nancy Stump
Sandra Kail
Kyger
Jeffrey Davis
Jerry Barnes
Patty Schuldt
Patty Long
Cadmus
Jean Cardwell
Lips
Roger Smith
Roger Creek
Larry Hall
Athens Messenger
Holzer Hospital
John R. Kerr
Arthur H. Hess
Mamie R. Lewis
Famous
Rowe
Operint
Priew
Ps Rowe
W. State Street
Athens
S. Court St
Athens, Ohio
Cery
Cologne
Prince Matchabelli
Ben Gay
Abbas
Revlon
Tussy
Helena Rubensteins Cosmetics
Yardley Toiletries
Toni
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