Poppy Drive Set Saturday in Gallia County
Mrs Myrtle Queen named chairman of the VFW Buddy Poppy Drive for Gallipolis and vicinity on Saturday. Mrs Geneva Lanthorn, Gallia County Post 4464 Auxiliary president, announces. Funds stay local for veterans welfare and relief of dependents. one percent to the National Home, half percent to state welfare for hospitalized veterans and materials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Myrtle Queen
VFW
Geneva Lanthorn
Women's Auxiliary
Gallia County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Queen
VFW National Home For
Deer killed after fall down coal chute near Holzer Airport
A deer fell into a coal chute at Swisher’s loading dock on the Ohio River, breaking both legs. Gallia County game protector Kenneth L. Tomlinson shot the animal at about 11:15 a.m. on the Gallipolis State Institute grounds, burying it due to health concerns. A witness said the deer moved from the river bank onto the institute grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Swisher
Ohio
Holzer
Kenneth L. Tomlinson
Gallia County
Gallipolis State Institute
Tomlinson
Ohio River
Eastern Ave
GSI
Gallia Girl Elected To Y Position
Becky Sechrist of Gallia Academy High School was elected chaplain of the Ohio Senate at the Hi Y and Tri Hi Y model legislature. She is the first Gallia Academy student named to a state office at the event held in Columbus. Also attending were Gretchen Mossman and Charlene Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Becky Sechrist
Gallia Academy
Ohio Senate
Deshler-Hilton
Columbus
Miss Sechrist
Robert W. Sechrist
Gallia Academy High School
Model Legis
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Across the Ohio River Basin
River gauges show Gallipolis 17.8 and 33.8 feet with rollers out, Kanawha Falls 3.55 rising, and London dam on Kanawha River running one foot. Ohio River movable dams in Huntington District down. river falling about 0.1 feet per hour south to Gallipolis. Numerous locks report vessel movements with mixed up and down readings through Lock 35 and Kanawha River boats all day, including several named vessels and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Winfield
Ohio River
Huntington
Queen Ily
Bert F. Holden
Robert E. Reed
Criss Jr
Creditor
Beckford
L. W. Sweet
Ba- Mainchac
Esso Tennessee
Bob Benter
Joey Chotin
Northern
Brian Lee
Kanawha
Goleman
Esso Louisiana
Helen
Lucy Jane Lucas
Jayne Hougland
Commuter
Ernestine
City of Maysville
Jerry Bosworth
National
James R. Hines
Aliquippa
Wooms Solvay
Flower trade grows from Scilly Isles to London
The flower trade began in Britain's Scilly Isles in 1881 with a consignment shipped to London in a woman's hat box. The Islands soon sent about 65 tons of flowers annually to the mainland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Scilly Isles
London
Islands
Muster Day parade entries due for Gallipolis event
Gallipolis Civil War Centennial committee set May 18 as the deadline to enter floats or unit participation for the May 28 Muster Day parade. May 28 at 1 pm parade in city park, with rain contingencies. Parade marshal is Sgt Kenneth Judd. parade chairman A Kimball Sutter. contact Mrs Thelma Elliott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Lafayette Hotel
Thelma Elliott
A. Kimball Sutter
Sgt
Kenneth O. Judd
Elliott
Dann O. Taber
Gallipolis Journalist Harry Hurn Dies at 83
Harry Royal Hurn 83 longtime Gallipolis journalist and former postmaster died Sunday. A descendant of francophone settlers and a fixture in Lafayette Day coverage he led Gallipolis Rotary and was a Shrine and Elks member. Funeral Tuesday 2 p.m. at Waugh Halley Wood with burial in Pine Street Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Royal Hurn
Hurn
Francois le Clerq
Gallipolis
Calvin Coolidge
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Mr. Hurn
M.S. Hurn
French City
Aladdin Shrine
Lipolis Rotary Club
Elks Club
Waugh - Halley - Wood Funeral Home
Warren H. Wilson
Grace Methodist Church
Pine Street
Registration Forms Topic For Board
Gallia County Board of Elections discussed voter registration forms with Fred Carlisle of Jackson representing F. J. Heer Printing Co. Registration will be in Gallia County before the November election with estimated costs between 8000 and 9000 dollars. The board will review Circleville Pickaway County setup before dates are set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Board of Elections
Circleville
Pickaway County
Gallipolis City
Mrs. Mollie Ann Mayes 68 Dies at Home in Gallipolis
Mrs Mollie Ann Mayes 68 of 7 Spruce Street Gallipolis died of a heart attack at 8 30 p m Sunday at her home. Born January 18 1893 in Coshocton she was one of 16 children and married to William Bill Mayes in 1911. Surviving are three children two sons John and Charles Mayes and daughter Catherine Mayes plus four grandchildren and several siblings. The body is at Miller's funeral home with arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mollie Ann Mayes
Spruce St
Coshocton
Mayes
John
Josephine Diggins Singleton
William
Bill) Mayes
Catherine Mayes
Charles Mayes
Portsmouth
Lawrence Singleton
Fulton, Ky
Wayne Singleton
Walter
Lottie) Emmes
Cincinnati
Homer
Lucille) Crowe
Covington
Geneva) Braden
Arthur
Estella) Chiles
Otway
Miller
No Fishing At Tycoon Until 1962
Tycoon Lake near Gallia County is filling slowly and unlikely to host fishing before summer or autumn 1962. Ohio wildlife officials stocked 6800 bass fingerlings on April 7, but the lake remains only about 100 acres and under 5 feet deep, with eventual depth reaching 12 to 14 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tycoon Lake
Vinton
Rio Grande
Kenneth L. Tomlinson
Gallia County
Tomlinson
Ohio Division of Wildlife
Tycoon Rd
Holzer Hospital News Admits Area Residents
A list of patients admitted to Holzer Hospital includes Mr. and Mrs. John E. Sheets of Gallipolis and numerous local residents from Gallipolis Rutland Wellston Point Pleasant and nearby areas. Names cover Isam Walker Jr. John Silvey Jr. Scott Morgan Warner Morgan Jr. Ethel Coon Alta Shaw Lottie Singer Alec Thompson Dav id Winkler Verne Niday Darrell Hawthorne Norris McDermitt Walker Ochsenbein Herdman Davis Rogers Lewis Ison Kiser Ing ram Gardner Sharp Gettles Sims Thornton Cromley Barton Childers Plymale Facemire and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warner O. Morgan Jr
Rutland
Ethel F. Coon
Gallipolis
William H. Harrison
Waterloo
Alta A. Shaw
Lottie. F. Singer
Alec M. Thompson
Vinton
David R. Winkler
Apple Grove
Verne C. Niday
Darrell D. Hawthorne
Longbottom
John P. Norris
Wellston
Pearl McDermitt
Point Pleasant
James D. Walker
Emma A. Ochsenbein
John E. Sheets
David A. Herdman
Cecil H. Davis
Ernest B. Rogers
Huntington
W. Va
William E. Lewis
Ray M. Ison
Robinson
Marian Kiser
Ernest Rogers
John Ingram Jr
Mary L. Gardner
Ronald D. Sharp
Ross Gettles
Richard Sims
Elmer Thornton
Lee Cromley
Bill Barton
Mayme Childers
Anna Plymale
Fred Facemire
Eighth Marriage License Filed in Gallia County
John C. Smith 20 of Bidwell and Shirley M. Barnes 18 of Vinton sought the eighth and last marriage license of April in Gallia County Probate Court. Smith is son of C. T. and Oma Frye Smith. Barnes is daughter of Maxwell G. and Thelma Woodruff Barnes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
John C. Smith
Bidwell
Shirley M. Barnes
Vinton
C. T
Oma Frye Smith
Maxwell G
Thelma Woodruff Barnes
Ex Meigs Woman Martha J Huston Dies At 81
MIDDLEPORT Mrs Martha J Huston 81 died Sunday at the home of a niece Mrs Frances McClure Hoffman Dunbar. She was the former Mattie McClure of Middleport survived by two nieces Mrs Hoffman and Mrs Robert Blosser Columbus five nephews Dale Musser Rutland Marion Dale and Glen McClure Akron and Paul McClure Baltimore Md Funeral services were held in Dunbar Tuesday morning and the body will go to Miles Cemetery Rutland for grave side rites at 2 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Martha J. Huston
Frances McClure Hoffman
Dunbar
W. Va
Huston
Mattie McClure
Hoffman
Robert Blosser
Columbus
Dale Musser
Rutland
Marion
Dale
Glen McClure
Akron
Paul McClure
Baltimore
Miles Cemetery
Family Week Is Planned at Middleport Church
Middleport First United Presbyterian Church outlines Family Week from May 7 to 14 with a visitation program and fellowship supper. Mrs Russell Lyons chairs the gifts committee for shut ins, visitation teams deliver at 6 30 p m on Sunday May 7, a potluck on May 11, with Dale Walburn and Richard Vaughan and Everett Foreman directing events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Classified Ads Drive Readership Across Messenger Page
Messenger Classified Act cites nearly 80 percent readership in the Classified Section. The notice urges readers to dial LY 3.1242 to engage with ads and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messenger Classified Act
Meigs County Land Transfers
Meigs County land transfers list multiple parcel deeds. Oscar and Ruby Wince transfer to Oliver and Phoebe Clark in Salisbury Two. Others include Price and Pauline Wolfe to Gordon and Margaret West in Sutton Two and Howard and Bertha Russell to Robert and Alice Russell in Salisbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar L. Wince
Ruby Wince
Oliver W. Clark
Phoebe A. Clark
Salisbury
David E. Grueser
Eileen F. Grueser
Price E
Pauline Wolfe
Gordon H. West
Margaret B. West
Sutton
Howard Russell
Bertha Russell
Robert E .Russell
Alice M. Russell
Walter Wilson
Betty Wilson
Manning D. Webster
Bernard V. Fultz
Marie Richman
Victor Hannahs
Marie C. Hannahs
Pomeroy
Dale Williams
Leah Williams
Robert N. Clark
Lola E. Clark
Scipio
Kathleen Bissell
Hayward Bissell
Garnet Hayman
Lebanon
Maurice Lott
Helen Lott
Clarence D
Clara Adams
Ruth Lott
William Taylor
Henry E. Bahr
Eileen Bahr
Chester
Harry Price
Dorothy B. Price
Donna Jean Price
Robert Price
Portland
Ohio University student guest soloist at Middleport church
Lynne Seikel of Cleveland stayed with Miss Lynn Buchanan and her parents in Middleport as the weekend guest and served as guest soloist at Sunday worship. William Reuter returned home after hospitalization. Lenora Giles visited Mansfield with her brother-in-law and sister. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Shuler returned from a Miami trip with relatives and extended family visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lynne Seikel
Ohio University
Lynn Buchanan
James Buchanan
Seikel
Cleveland
Middleport First United Presbyterian Church
William Reuter
Brownell Ave
Lenora Giles
Mansfield
Inlaw
Charles McDaniel
Guy Shuler
Miami
Fla
Middleport
Shuler
Meter Receipts Totaled 168 in Middleport Week
Chief of Police Herbert Gilkey reports the Middleport parking meter receipts for the past week totaled 168 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Herbert Gilkey
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Gallia
Gretchen Mossman
Leo Mossman
Charlene Evans
John L. Evans
Tycoon
Holzer Hospital News
Isam C. Walker Jr
John G. Silvey Jr
Oak Hill
William F. Ulisinger
Scott A. Morgan
Blake
Meigs
Bradford Auction Co
Critt
Bradford
Racine, Ohio
Harold Goddard
C. E. Sheridan
Amesville
Marietta_Chemical Products Co
Malone Farm
Coolville
Call
Wilkesville
Fiat
Choice
Hutchison’s Trading Post
Lake Logan Rd
Logan
White
B.S
Zundapp-Ducati
Jbe
Billy Perry Motor Sales
Nels
Rt. 1
Howard North
Peach Ridge Road
Billy Perry
Route
Nelsonville
Economy Savings and Loan Company
Athens
DC Motors
Union Dial LY
W. O. Rose
Miller Sanitation
Guysville
P. O. Box
L. E. White
West Roofing Co
Depot St
Cal
Archie Dailey & Sons
Jack
Juliana ST
Parkersburg
Vivian's. Aviaries and Aquarium
W. Fair Ave
Lancaster
Pettibone Kennels
Stockport
Donald McLeod
Shade
Hobart North
Campbell Farm
Shetland
Edward Vore
W. G. Nickels
Higgins Feed
Richland Ave
Ehrler Hatch
Chestnut
Dickson Rendering Co
Marietta
Mattox Block, Inc
Randy Baur
Union-Luhrig Road
Hereford
William Bishop
D. M. Goddard
W. State
Rt. 33 North
Ph. LY
C. B. Nye CO
Stimson and Palmer Streets
Grange Insurance
Baughman Agency
Albany
Bardin Brothers
Rosenberg
George W. Ford Agency
Nick Vacolas
Bob O'Neill
Sherwin-Williams CO
N. Court St
Dr. H
Platt’s Rambler
Union St
DE Soto
C. C. Hooper
Starlight
John van Meter
R.u.gifford Company
Bill Clark
Baker and Stauffer
E. State St
RAPP
Rapp Wallpaper and Paint Store
LY 3
Fairview Drive-In
Stalder’s
W. 2Nd St
the Plains
Athens Messenger
Kirkendall’s
State
T. Chev
Call LY
Gail Watkins
Glover
Glover Cabinet Shop
John Lee
M Magnus
P. B. Seel
Harmony Road
REAL
Kinneer
Chrysler
Kinneer Motors
Sebring Building Center
Columbus Rd
Miller Poultry Company
Factory Street LY
Sandran
Meredith Furniture
Chauncey
Mark W. Grueser
Gilkey Ridge
Shade, Ohio
Vance-Leach Trade
N. Court
Sherman Gilmore
Lawson Furniture
Lincoln
McArthur
Glouster
Athens Armature & Machine Works
Good
Hoover
Stout Farm
Stimson Street LY
Ford Ferguson
Ford
Dougan
Ford Tractor Sales
Union Street
Gail Watkins Equipment Co
Ferguson
Guy Kelley
John Deere
Wood's Bros
Arebaugh
Oliver Equip. Co
White’s Mill Spring
Oldsmobile
Athens LY
Meigs County
Dannie
Dannie’s Trailer Sales, Inc
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