Five Gallia Races Set For November Election
Gallia County voters will choose five county level offices in November. Republicans fielded incumbents for sheriff and county commissioner with two to be elected, while Democrats faced no opposition for coroner, engineer, recorder, clerk of courts, or probate judge. Incumbent Sheriff Oscar Baird leads with 3168 votes, facing Vernon Kuhn. County Commissioner nominees include Ody Stewart and Thomas Daniels for Republicans, with Democrats Joe Stewart and William Reed winning nominations. Prosecuting attorney and treasurer races also set, as unopposed primaries produced Sheets and Gordon respectively, facing Sowers and Swain in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Oscar Baird
Ivan Fife
Vernon Kuhn
Sid Vance
Oty M. Stewart
Thomas E. Daniels
S. H. Milam
Daniels
Pri
Warren F. Sheets
William H. Sowers
Sheets
Sowers
Robert F. Gordon
Cheshire
Verlin Swain
Crown City
V. Paul Niday
Clarence H. Davis
Donald R. Warehime
Mary Wetherholt
Marjorie Rinehart
John W. Howell
J. Roy Bartlett
Scout Troop 204 to Hold Meeting for New Scout Master
Gallipolis Troop 204 and its troop committee plus fathers will meet at 7:30 p.m. Monday at the First United Presbyterian Church to elect a new scout master. The troop has been without a leader since March 1 when Gaylord Woomer resigned and 22 boys remain on the roster.
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Gallipolis
First United Presbyterian Church
Gaylord Woomer
Robert J
Red) Sheets
Robert Siler
Point Pleasant
Mason - Gallia - Meigs
Sheets
Explorer Scouting
Problems In Egg Industry To Be Atred
Gallipolis area egg producers will learn current problems facing the poultry industry at a meeting next Tuesday at Jackson High School sponsored by the State Agricultural Extension Service and the Ohio Poultry Association. Speakers include OSU specialists Paul Clayton on the Ohio egg producers situation and Glyde A. Marsh on production practices for profits in 1960. Bruce Davisson of the Ohio Poultry Association will discuss self help for the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jackson High School
Bill Smith
State Agricultural Extension Service
Ohio Poultry Association
Department of Poultry Science
Ohio State University
Paul Clayton
Ohio
Glyde A. Marsh
Bruce Davisson
Two Divorce Suits and a Money Case Filed in Gallia County
Gallia County Common Pleas Court saw two divorce petitions and one money suit filed on Wednesday. Virginia Elliott seeks divorce from Thomas Elliott with custody of their one child. William J. Straight petitions for divorce from Elizabeth Straight with custody for two children. Hazel Sprouse seeks divorce from James Sprouse with custody of seven children and alimony. The Ohio Valley Bank asks $1,942 plus $8.75 costs from Gilbert Mayo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
William J. Straight
Waterloo
Elizabeth L. Straight
Las Cruces
N.M
Hazel Sprouse
Ewington
James Sprouse
Columbus
Russell
Gallia County Speech Clinic Update Planned
Dr. T. Jay Bradshaw and the Gallia County Society for Crippled Children and Adults will announce summer speech clinic details at 7:30 p.m. next Tuesday in the county health office.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
T. Jay Bradshaw
Magnussen tops 1960 eighth grade test at Gallia Academy
James Magnussen son of Dr and Mrs Marcus J Magnussen scored 174 out of 200 to rank first among 200 eighth graders at Gallia Academy Junior High School and within Ohio s top one percent. Also high scorers included Mary Spriegel 173 and Eugene Mc Daniels 171 among Ohio s top group.
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Gallipolis
James Magnussen
Marcus J. Magnussen
Gallia Academy Junior
Magnussen
Ohio
Mary A. Spriegel
Eugene McDaniel
Gallia Academy
Ohio State Department of Education
Three Drunk Drivers Jailed After Court Fine Upset
Three drunk drivers were convicted in Municipal Court. Jackie Lee Myers of Point Pleasant and Hayden R. Lewis of Columbus each drew five days in jail and fines with nine and six month license suspensions respectively. William N. Hill of Bidwell also got six month license suspension plus a $5 fine and costs. Additional drivers faced fines for following too close, intoxication, and speeding, with several bonds forfeited.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Jackie Lee Myers
Point Pleasant
William N. Hill
Bidwell
Hayden R. Lewis
Columbus
Myers
Lewis
Hill
William H. Jones
Eagles Post Aerie 2290 Elects New Officers
Gallipolis Aerie 2290 Fraternal Order of Eagles elected William Nye to serve as president beginning June 1 after filling the unexpired term of Clifford Woods. Unopposed, Nye heads a slate including Wesley Westfall as vice president Carl D Askew as secretary and Gerald Parsons as treasurer. Trustees elected include Carl Drummond for three years and Fred Stephenson for one year James Nelson was chosen chaplain. Installation set for June 1.
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Gallipolis
James Nelson
The
Aerie
River Traffic and Dam Status Across Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
Detailed gauges report water levels and dam statuses on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. Movable dams on the Ohio are up while roller dams on the Kanawha sit on the sill. multiple vessels on Locks 13 through 33 report recent up and down movements with times.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Ne Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy- Mason
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Ashland
Criss Jr
Walter Williamson
National
Ovec
J. B. Chauvins
Aztec
Winfield
Helen
Mary Bosworth
Lewis
Merriwether Lewis
Stevenson
Cornell
Dispatcher
W. C. White
Derrick
Lelia C. Shearer
Ernestine
St. Louis Zephyr
Sally Ann
Survey
Seniors Plan Program For Next Friday
Gallipolis seniors prepare an all senior assembly at Gallia Academy High School Auditorium on Friday May 13 at 8 30 a m. Ned Dejournett and A Kimball Sutter direct senior choir and band segments. Eddie Houck leads the pledge while Jack Walker gives devotions. Faculty aides include James Davis Ruth Gillingham and Margaret Swann.
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Gallipolis
Ned Dejournett
A. Kimball Sutter
Gallia Academy High School
GAHS
Eddie Houck
Jack Walker
Sutter
Dejournett
James Davis
Ruth Gillingham
Margaret Swann
Birth at Holzer Hospital Notes
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Boggess of Racine Rt. 2. The notes list numerous admissions including Mrs. Robert G. Campbell of Jackson and several other named patients from Gallipolis Huntington Wellston Ironton and Pomeroy. Blood used Wednesday 2 pints.
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Charles A. Boggess
Racine Rt. 2
Robert G. Campbell
Jackson
William H. Menshouse
Gallipolis
Dana P. Ables
Racine
Steven L. McGuffin
Middleport
Howard D. Verian
John W. Unree
Loren M. Gaveriee
Huntington
W. Va
George W. Canter
Wellston
Roy E. Greenlee
Ethel B. Burdette
Herbert W. Spriggs
Stanley W
Jackson Rt
Oliver Johnson
Mary Gibeaut
Lucille Casto
Aijlen McConnell
William Robinson
de Rairden
Timothy T. Sayre
David Jackson
Richard E. Flowers
Jennifer A. Thomas
James R. Anderson
Bessie J. Schultz
Karen L. Schultz
Roger L. Schultz
Guns from Kure Cut for Scrap Metal in California
Huge Japanese naval base guns captured at Kure were cut into short lengths and shipped to California to be remelted and repurposed as scrap metal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kure
California
Memorial Day Plans From VFW and Legion Meet
American Legion Lafayette Post 27 and VFW committees meet at 7 30 p m Friday at the VFW hall to discuss the 1960 Memorial Day activities. Post 27 names its nominating slate for May 18 election June 1. Carnival at Holzer Airport funds Legion activities. Initiation of legion baseball is dropped for this year. possible post team for 1961 is discussed.
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Gion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
VFW
Lafayette Post 27
American Legion
J. J. Pannabaker
Harry Maggied
Louis G. Marchi
Woodrow B. Saunders
Tom Blazer
Loren Fraley
Post 27
Marchi
Maggied
Tom Adams
Legion
Legion's Activities Fund
Holzer Airport
Gallipolis Probate Court Sues For May Marriage License
The Gallia County Probate Court Office seeks the May marriage license for Everett P. Saxton 29 Gallipolis and Virginia L. Elliott 21 Gallipolis. James R. Andrews 111 Ebenezer St Pom eroy was admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured left arm from a high jump at Pomeroy Junior High School.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Everett P. Saxton
Virginia L. Elliott
Raymond and
Thelma Denney Saxton
Willard and
Laujanne Lucas Nibert
Drews
Ebenezer St
Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy Junior High School
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Dick Thomas
Bob A. Adkins
George Ehman
Kuhn and
Vance
Russell Johnson
Mary
Joe Stewart
William Reed
Otho E. Sprague
Dann O. Taber
Dan G. Fulks
Fulks
Hannan Trace
Alva T. Grover
Fall
Farnom A. Haskins
Oakley C. Collins
Ironton
Homer E
Pete) Abele
McArthur
Walter H. Moeller
Lancaster
Moeller
Shoe Dept
WOR
Pleasant
Valley’ Hospital
Point Pleasant Hospital
S. J. Gully, Jr
Woodrow Burdette
Donald Humphries
William Roush
W. S. Waldie
E. J. Carey
Gallia Academy Junior High
Carolyn Bailes
Norman Lanier
John R. Sheets
Ralph Lusher
Joe K. Roberts
Karen Worman
Donald Lee Winters
Frank E. Niday
Frank J. Brady
Tom E. Tope
George B. Somerville
Linda Hoffman
Carolyn J. King
Dianna K. Halley
Mary Frye
Sally Lease
Patricia Burke
Brenda J. Kiser
Jerry Rusk
Gene Robinson
Mary J. Yoho
Tina Gabrielli
Gary Jobe
Suellen Hager
Sandra Miller
Richard Miller
Donald R. Filkins
John A. Hurt
Rio Grande
Joseph C. Overby
James R. McGuire
Winston Salem
N. C
Marquis E. Hartley
Akron
John R. Walker
Indianapolis
Ind
Marshall M. Laffon
Newton
Nic
C. Chester L. Holland
Samuel H. Rutherford
Eagles Post
Gladys Legue
Cottageville
Evanss. Davis
Richard L. Henry
Ralph T. Cartwright
Mason
James R. Andrews
Frances M. Wears
Ae Leonard Lunsford
John Zerkle
John Snyder
Stanley G. Spencer
Charles D. Adams
John S. Gilliam
Orville Parks
James Brown
Clara Davis
Barbara Boothe
Paul Boothe
Harry Lethe
Jack Riggs
Paul Fitzger
James R. An
Henry Clay
Bourbon
America
Kentucky
OLD Crow Distillery CO
Frankfort, KY
National Dist. Prod. CO
Bayon Tricot
Jamaica
Athens
Nelsonville
Maica
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