Fire Warning Plea From Gallipolis Fire Chief
Gallipolis Fire Chief James A. Northup urges caution when burning brush or trash as six brush or grass fires were battled in four days. Do not leave fires unattended and obtain a free fire warden burning permit during Ohio’s fire season March 1 to May 31. Permits require a clear safety strip and compliance with regulations.
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Gallipolis
James A. Northup
Northup
Ohio
Addison
Green
Clay Townships
Ruddell Sugar Broker Dies At 84 In Gallipolis
Robert Henry Ruddell 84 of 343 Third Ave Gallipolis died at 430 PM Thursday in Holzer Hospital where he had been a patient since Saturday He was a former Arbuckle Brothers Sugar Company employee of Columbus a member of St Peters Episcopal Church born in Parkersburg Wood County He is survived by his widow Marie Rathburn sister Elizabeth Watson of Daytona Beach Fla and brothers Stephen Ruddell of New Carlisle and Fred Ruddell of Charlestown The body is at Wetherholt Elliott Sanders funeral home pending final arrangements
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Gallipolis
Robert Henry Ruddell
Third Ave
Holzer Hospital
Ruddell
Arbuckle Brothers Sugar Company
Columbus
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Wood County
Parkersburg
George Ruddell
Marie Rathburn
W. W
Elizabeth) Watson
Daytona Beach
Fla
Stephen Ruddell
New Carlisle
Fred Ruddell
Charleston
Wetherholt- Elliott-Sanders Funeral Home
Hospital Births and Admitted List at Holzer Hospital
A newborn son born to Mr. and Mrs. David A. Phillips among numerous admissions and registrations. The hospital records show multiple patients admitted or listed from Gallipolis, Ironton, Jackson, Crown City, Cheshire, Apple Grove, and surrounding areas with various surnames and routes. Blood usage noted as three pints on Thursday.
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David A. Phillips
Births and Scouting Workshop in Gallipolis Area
Mr and Mrs Joseph Patterson Gallipolis Ferry welcome a daughter and Mrs Lena Wright Gallipolis. Also listed are Geraldine Henry Gallipolis Ferry Alma Jones Point Pleasant Doshie Sydenstricker South Side and Mabel Cheesebrew Point Pleasant. Bob Siler Point Pleasant scout executive announced a training workshop for scouters of the Mason Gallia Meigs district at Middleport High School Sunday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Patterson
Gallipolis Ferry
Lena Wright
Gallipolis
Geraldine Henry
Alma Jones
Point Pleasant
Doshie Sydenstricker
South Side
William Cox
Garland Jordan
Leon
Mabel Cheesebrew
Bob Siler
Mason-Gallia-Meigs
Middleport High School
Two Fire Calls Reported Near Gallipolis
Gallia County volunteers fought a brush fire on Bob McCormick Road then responded to a second blaze on Hazel Ridge Road Clay Two. The week totals reached six fires in four days with nine men and two trucks at Parsons place and eleven men at Simpson residence.
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Gallipolis
Bob McCormick
Hazel Ridge
Clay Two
QO. D. Parsons Place
Bob Mce-Cormick Road
Harold Simpson
Hazel Ridge Road
Route 7
Eureka
Fight 100 Acre Blaze by Vinton Fire Crew
Vinton volunteers from a state fire crew battled a 100 acre woods and grass fire near Berlin Cross Roads in Jackson County. Six men and two pieces of equipment responded, part of a forestry division on standby alert since noon daily. It marked the fifth grass and woods fire this week for the Vinton unit.
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Gallipolis
Vinton
Jackson County
Berlin Cross Roads
Chillicothe
Jim Myers
Two Car Collision Near Gallipolis No Injuries Reported
Gallia County State Highway Patrol reports a two car crash at 10 25 am Thursday on State Route 218 seven miles south of Gallipolis. No injuries. Vehicles driven by Virgil E Fillinger 42 of Gallpolis Route 2 and Rosadean Call Skeen 18 of Crown City Route 2 collided on a sharp curve. Left front of Mrs Skeen's car struck Fillinger's, causing medium damage to his car and minor damage to hers. Mrs Skeen cited to Gallipolis Municipal Court for left of center.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Virgil E. Fillinger
Rosadean Call Skeen
Crown City
Legion To Serve Spaghetti Dinner
A spaghetti dinner is planned by the American Legion Auxiliary at the Legion Home on Viand Street in Point Pleasant. The event runs Saturday from 5 to 8 p.m. with slaw cake bread and coffee on the menu and hot chocolate for children. Tickets are 1 for adults and 59 cents for children, available from auxiliary members Frank Filson on 22nd Street or at the door.
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Point Pleasant
Legion
Viand St
American Legion Auxiliary
Frank Filson
22Nd St
Funeral services set for Jessie Bandy in Gallipolis
Funeral services for Jessie Bandy 79 of Gallipolis Route 2, a retired Gallia County farmer, will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday at the Wetherholt Elliott Sanders funeral home. The Rev. Earl V. Cremeens will officiate and burial will be in Salem Cemetery. Friends may call Friday evening at the funeral home.
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Gallipolis
Jessie Bandy
Gallia County
Wetherholt- Elliott-Sanders
Earl V. Cremeens
Salem Cemetery
Stanley King to be installed as Gallia VFW commander
Stanley King, former commander in 1958, will be installed as commander of Gallia County Post 4464 Veterans of Foreign Wars at 7 30 p.m. Tuesday in the VFW hall on lower Third Ave. A dinner between 6 and 6 30 p.m. will precede the installation.
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Gallipolis
Stanley King
Gallia County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Lower Third Ave
Four Pupils Win Rotary Contest Represent School
Four Point Pleasant High School students Jane Sterne Roger Farrow Harriet McGuffin and Steve Bragg were named winners of the Rotary World Affairs Institute Award Program. Jane and Roger will attend the Cincinnati Institute March 30-31 and Harriet and Steve the Morgantown Institute April 13-14.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
World Affairs Institute
Jane Sterne
Roger Farrow
Harriet McGuffin
Steve Bragg
Jane
Roger
Cincinnati Institute
Harriet
Steve
Morgantown Institute
Rotary Club
Harrett McGuffin
Rotary
Heights EUB Church names officers for Women’s Society
Officers of the Women’s Society of World Service at Heights EUB Church were elected. New officers include Mrs. Raymond Musgrave president, Mrs. Hale Blessing vice president, Mrs. Clayton Pullins secretary, Mrs. Roy Blessing treasurer, and several others named for spiritual life missionary education and Christian social relations. Frank Capehart Jr. presided. Ina Waugh led a program on United We Serve. Wanda Waugh spoke on five Latin American countries where church work continues. Hostess committee members served refreshments.
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Women’s Society of World Service of Heights
EUB Church
Raymond Musgrave
Hale Blessing
Clayton Pullins
Roy Blessing
Robert Crump
Ora Higgins
Missionary Education
A. OQ. Smith
Christian Social Relations
Bryan Dudding
Warren Morrison
Frank Capehart Jr
Ina Waugh
Clyde Asbury
William Chase
Thomas Bailey
Charles Cottrill
Clair Lee Cottrill
Dana Durst
Charles Musgrave
H. C. Pillsbury
Clara Shultz
J. Oral Eads
James Ferrell
Clarence Fisher
Charles Foglesong
Harry Goodfry
Elma Woods
Lantz testimonial dinner draws 600 in Columbus
Five Southeastern Ohio Democratic legislative candidates attended the James A. Lantz testimonial dinner at the Deshler Hilton in Columbus. Lantz seeks the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor on May 8, with State Senator J Sherman Porter and Alva T. Grover among the attendees. Principal speaker was State Representative Wray Bevens.
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James A. Lantz
Deshler-Hilton Hotel
Colum
J Sherman Porter
Alva T. Grover
Gallia County
George Banks
Athens County
Estel Dempsey
Jackson County
Don Mullen
Meigs County
Lantz
Wray Bevens
Pike County
Haner Infant Rites Scheduled Saturday
One day old Michael Todd Haner died Thursday at Pleasant Valley Hospital in Point Pleasant. He is the son of Jerry Lee and Clara Jean Taylor Haner of Gallipolis. Graveside rites tentatively set for Saturday at Clay Chapel Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Michael Todd Haner
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Point Pleasant
Jerry Lee
Clara Jean Taylor Haner
Second Ave
Russell Haner
Squire Taylor
Miller's Funeral Home
Clay Chapel Cemetery
Dams and river traffic update from Kanawha and Ohio rivers
Gauges report various water levels and roller measurements along the Kanawha and Ohio river dams with notable falls. Ohio River boats listed show numerous vessels up or down at Lock stations with times and draft changes.
Four Teens Held For B E At Wahama High School
Three Mason juveniles and a New Haven youth aged 14 to 17 confessed to breaking and entering Wahama High School and taking 300 candy bars. They are jailed awaiting court action. A Gallipolis rummage sale by the Junior Women's Club will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 7 in the old Ohio Valley Bank Building to fund a dental care program.
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Point Pleasant
New Haven
Sheriff's Department
Wahama High School
Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Bank
Miss Lena Shuler Dies At 90 In Gallipolis
Lena Leo ta Shuler 90 longtime Davis Shuler store employee and founding family member died at home in Gallipolis. She had been ill since last November and was the last of her immediate family. Services at 2:30 p.m. Sunday at Miller funeral home with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. Friends may call Saturday 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 p.m.
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Gallipolis
Lena Leota Shuler
Davis-Shuler
Third Ave
Miss Shuler
Kyger
Cheshire Two
Alex and
Susan Sisson Shuler
First Baptist Church
French Colony
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Alex Shuler
Cheshire
Ethel Shively
Akron
Kathleen Hixson
Esther Engh
Erie
Julia Dawson
Marietta
Miller Funeral Home
Howard G. Young
Mound Hill Cemetery
OU's Dr. Fairfield Will Address City Teachers
Dr Roy Fairfield associate professor of government at Ohio University will speak at the Gallipolis Teachers Association spring dinner at Grace Methodist Church. His topic Attics Antiques and Dog-Ears. The event includes city school leaders board members retired teachers and guests with a reception to follow.
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Gallipolis
Roy P. Fairfield
Ohio University
Gallipolis Teachers Association
Grace Methodist Church
Board of Education
Fairfield
Bates College
North Gallia High honors pupils host NHS tea
Thirty two first semester honor roll students at North Gallia High School attended a National Honor Society tea in Gallipolis. Frances Wetherholt led the event with guests from freshman to senior classes and two NHS alumni from Rio Grande College attended as special guests. The program featured vocal performances by Dottie McCarley, Bob Schaeffing, Brenda Mullins and Patty Stutler under Carrie Dale’s direction.
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Gallipolis
North Gallia High School
Frances Wetherholt
Nancy Green
Brenda Mullins
Earlene McCutcheon
Janice Stevens
Jackie Berry
John Bradshaw
Walter Brown Jr
Gary Callahan
Dan Chick
Tom Foster
Earlene Fraley
Ruth McCarley
Nancy Russell
Patty Stutler
Barbara Kennedy
Martha Garnes
Dave Kennedy
Charles G. Smith
Chestera Lee
Sharon Ball
Carolyn Cook
Sharon Rutan
Doris Sheets
Dottie McCarley
Mary Reynolds
Patricia Washington
Lucille Young
James King
Susie Bush
Barbara Denney
Martha Hersman
Margaret Hunnel
National Honor Society
Beth King
Roy D. Sprague
Rio Grande College
Carrie Dale
Bob Schaeffing
Poultry Shipment Cleared After Government Inspection
An USDA inspector released a shipment of frozen turkeys and chickens held after a fire damaged the trailer en route to northern Ohio. Gallia County condemned about 1000 dollars of poultry and ordered the rest kept for inspection. the condemned lot was buried. The loss estimate on the shipment ranged from twenty to twenty five thousand dollars. The birds are stored at the Gallipolis Ice Co. after salvage.
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Gallipolis
United States Department of Agriculture
Ohio
Gallia
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes
Harvey Adrian of Beaver Ohio and Roger Adrian of Beaver Ohio listed among hospital notes. Caroline Sisson of Gallipolis, Raymond Nibert of Gallipolis Ferry, Mrs Joseph Bishop of Middleport, Mrs Alma White of Rutland, Glenn Sayre of Cottageville, Howard Miller of Point Pleasant, Mrs Joseph Fannin of Point Pleasant.
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Caroline Sisson
Gallipolis
Raymond Nibert
Ferry
Joseph Bishop
Middleport
Alma White
Rutland
Glenn Sayre
Cottageville
Support Bill for Pensions at Gallipolis Barracks
Edwin Thomas, vice-commander of Gallipolis Barracks 2353, called on World War I veterans to join the local group and back H. B. 4735 raising pensions to 100 dollars a month. The barracks, with 54 members, meets last Thursday monthly in the Municipal Building courtroom.
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Gallipolis
Edwin Thomas
Gallipolis Barracks
Thomas
Chester
Route 33 Speed Set At Hartford
Hartford officials set Route 33 speed limit at 55 miles per hour outside the town limits. The March meetings included a levy estimate discussion and a State Road Commission communication. Mayor Donald E. Smith read a plan from Robert R. Anderson on water system materials. Several bills were approved. balance after payments was $328.20. Council members present were Mayor Smith Recorder James M. Crump Miss Mary Janet Zerkle Mack Howard W T Stone A K McClung and Okey Killingsworth.
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State Road Commission
Donald E. Smith
Robert R. Anderson
Smith
James M. Crump
Mary Janet Zerkle
Mack Howard
W. T. Stone
A. K. McClung
Okey Killingsworth
GAHS Vocalists to Enter State Solo Ensemble Contest
Six Gallia Academy High School soloists and two ensembles will compete in the state solo ensemble contest on April 14 in Columbus after earning superior ratings at the district contest in Athens. Participants include soloists Dick Campbell Joyce Evans Judy McCormick Jo King Cathy Clark and Shirley Eisnagle. girls ensemble members Sue Jarrell Shirley Eisnaugle Gretchen Mossman Joyce Evans Judy McCormick Betty Clendenin Becky Sechrist Darlene Corbin Julia Trotter. mixed ensemble members Gretchen Mossman Darlene Corbin Dick Campbell Chuck Lupton Louis Mueller and Frank Niday.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Columbus
Athens
Shirley Jo Crothers
Gallia Academy
Dick Campbell
Joyce Evans
Judy McCormick
Jo King
Cathy Clark
Annual Boy Scout Dinner Draws 125 Attendees
Over 125 persons will attend the Mason Gallia Meigs Boy Scout district appreciation dinner at 6 45 p m Friday in the Kilger Creek High School cafeteria. Carl Dilcher ticket chairman introduces John Churton Huntington as principal speaker president of the tri state area council Boy Scouts of America. Summer weather arrived with a high of 74 degrees reported by Pete McCormick Fairfield weather observer.
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Gallipolis
Mason- Gallia-Meigs
Kgger Creek High School
Carl Dilcher
Point Pleasant
John Churton
Huntington
Tri-State Area
Boy Scouts of America
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Holzer Hospital News
Ethel Price
Willis F. Baumgardner
Rio Grande
Herman A. Smith
Florence E. Gardner
Irvin E. Burnett
Jack E. Dray
Ronald L. Angel
Leo Edwards
Daniel P. Martin
John F. Thomas
Apple Grove
Mitchell L. Wears
Charles W. Rickard
Clifton
Nanna Walburn
Jackson
Glenn W. Stubbs
Ironton
Carl J. Lilly, Jr
Ravenswood
Earl Lavender
Harry L. Fowler
Ashland
Edward L. Baer
Pomeroy
Floyd K. Leach
Melvin B. Grimm
Syracuse
Harry L. Hartman
Merrill Simmons
Robert Easterling
Arnold Sanders
Earl Smith
Vickie Hoffman
Bruce Smith Sr
Linda Gillespie
Frank Gibert
Melody Kiser
Mitchell Wears
Stanley Swain
Charles D. Sowards
Harold Ergerly
Earl Dowling
Foster Grinstead and Son
Scout Workshop
WSWS
EUB
Ary Education
Democra
Tic
Southeastern
Haner
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Car! D
Lock
Valley Voyager
Jane T
Beckford
Captain Harrison
Robert E. Reed
Pioneer
Ovec
John J. Rowe
Charles Zublk
J. H. Shaver Jr
H. E. Bowles
Eugene Woods
A A. V. Criss Jr
Triple Power
Stephen Austin
Bob Benter
Inca
Franklin Pierce
Jerry Harper
Kanawha
Armet
Lelia C. Shearer
Helena
Winfield
Beaver
J. S. Lewis
Western
E’deana Bosworth
Peggy Downey
Solvay
Oliver C. Shearer
Titan
Pittsburgher
Queen City
Robert R. Gipson
National
Semet
Elisha Woods
Barbara Brent
Andrew P. Calhoun
B&e
Wahama
Davis- Shuler
Alfred Davis
Margaret Shuler
Dr. Fairfield
Hughey Jones
Faye Alban
Catherine Carter
Eugenia Gardner, Cochairmen
Ruth Fiske
Geraldine Gibson
Helen Niday
Rosebud Baker
North Gallia
Harvey Adrian
Roger Adrian
Howard Miller
Point Pleas
Joseph Fannin
Messenger
Cas
Sage
A. Leaper
Hartford
Virginia Carleton
GAHS
Pete McCormick
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