National Hospital Day Observed At Lakin State Hospital
Lakin State Hospital hosts the 15th annual National Hospital Day with Dr. Eugene Youngue Jr. of Pittsburgh as guest speaker. West Virginia officials and Huntington clinic representatives attend as band and choir performances accompany awards for psychiatric aides and long service pins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lakin
Point Pleasant
Eugene Youngue, Jr
Leach Farm Veterans Administration Hospital
Pittsburgh
C. A. Zeller
West Virginia
Alice Scott Leslie
West Virginia Association For the Mentally Ill
Charleston
Ada Marie Whea
Robert Johnson
Paul Gomer
Claude Lewis
Edith Houchins
Luella Patterson
Lynard Winston
Dr. Rainbow
Ada Rhea
John Roach
Mary Deshazo
Ruby Waddy
Annalee Redman
Rebecca V. Carter
Ira Patterson
Earl Freeman
Oretha Johnson
Jacqueline Rollins
Jessie Jenkins
Martha Turner Lenzy G. Austin
Carl L. Scott
Nyle Borden
Gallipolis State Institute
Recreation Hall
Three Divorce Suits Filed One Granted in Gallia County
In Gallia County Common Pleas Court three new divorce petitions were filed by Martha Woodyard Crown City Anna Gay Beller Bidwell Route 2 Barbara Harrison Gallpolis and Virginia Beaver Crown City. One divorce decree was granted to Martha Woodyard with custody of two children to the mother and defendant ordered to pay 15 dollars weekly. Other petitions seek alimony and name changes. The court also returned a confessed judgment for 648.06 dollars plus interest against Cora and Reno Spencer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Marjorie Rinehart
Gallia County
Common Pleas Court
Robert M. Betz
Martha Woodyard
Crown City
Dwight Woodyard
Anna Gay Beller
Bidwell
Lonnie Lee Beller
Proctorville
Anna Gay Deering
Barbara Harrison
Clifford Harrison
Barbara Rossignol
Virginia Beaver
Lillie Campbell
James H. Beaver
D & S Recovery Service
Cora
Reno R. Spencer
Vinton
Holzer Hospital
H. Hatfield
James M
Bonnie H. Hutton
Northup
Betz
Sears Roebuck & Co
Gerald Campbell
Grange Mutual Casualty Co
Carroll Williams
Nelson Cromley
William E
Mildred Mitchell
Thomas Blazer
Jenkins Concrete Products Co
Cecil L. Matthews
Joe D. Miller
Oscar Dyer
Polio Shot Clinic Totals 1172 Vaccinations This Year
Gallia County health nurses administered 57 polio immunizations at a weekly courthouse clinic until vaccine ran out. The year’s total reaches 1172 with a new supply expected next Saturday. Tetravax is out of stock and future orders are cancelled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Naomi Rose
Pearl Hatfield
Madeline Rees
Bill Neal
Gallia Marine in Meisawa Works Radio TV Duty
Gallia County native Corporal Charles H McCormick formerly with WJEH is stationed in Meisawa Japan. The 23 year old is the town's only Marine and works on radio and television per his parents Mr and Mrs Merrill McCormick. Address shows F E N Box 557 APO 919 San Francisco California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles H. McCormick
WJEH
Meisawa
Japan
Gallia Countian
Merrill McCormick
Apo
San Francisco
Calif
Three Arrests by Sheriff and State Police This Weekend
Three men were arrested over the weekend by the sheriff's department and state police. Joseph Curtis Paugh, 54, of Mason, Bernard Rairden, 29, of Hartford, and Albert Gibbs, 53, of Mason, were cited on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sheriff's Department
Joseph Curtis Paugh
Mason
Bernard Rairden
Hartford
Albert Gibbs
GOP Candidates Filing Expenses in Gallia County
Two candidates who won the Republican primary in Gallia County filed expense accounts with the Board of Elections. Morton L. Dickey, the incumbent, reported expenses of 148.55 dollars to face Democrat Hugo Pierotti in the fall. John E. Morgan, winner of the county commissioner nomination, filed expenses of 89.76 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Girl Scouts Hold Practice Camp Day at Kiwanis Camp
About 84 Brownie Scouts and leaders attended a day at Kiwanis Youth Camp in Gallipolis from 9 30 a m to 3 p m on Saturday under Intermediate Girl Scout Troop 218 led by Mrs H C Galway. They learned campfire building arts and crafts and knife use with each intermediate supervising five Brownies. The group put on a skit after lunch and conducted flag ceremonies led by Brownie Troop 206 with Melanie Fisher and Roberta Elliott guiding the day. Chris Davis and Sue Boster led singing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kiwanis
H. C. Galway
Brownie Troop 206
Melanie Fisher
Roberta Elliott
Chris Davis
Sue Boster
Mrs. Masters To Be Banquet Speaker
Mrs. Clarence Masters will be the principal speaker at the annual Mother-Daughter banquet at 6 30 p m Wednesday in the First United Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis The Presbyterian Women's Association sponsors the event Esther Circle serves the banquet with Mrs Dean Circle as chairman and Mrs Robert Sechrist as program chairman
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pleasant Valley Hospital Admit and Discharge List
George Dickens of Point Pleasant Franz Reichert of New Haven Mrs Gene Harris of Point Pleasant Stephen Smith of New Haven Mrs Olin Meadows of Huntington admitted. Arthur Whittman of Point Pleasant dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Dickens
Point Pleasant
Franz Reichert
New Haven
Gene Harris
Stephen Smith
Olin Meadows
Huntington
Arthur Whittman
West Virginia Dairy Day Set for June at Morgantown Farm
The eleventh West Virginia Dairy Day will occur June 22 at the WVU Dairy Farm Morgantown. Dr Ralph G Mitchell associate professor of dairy science and general dairy day chairman says the theme is New Concepts in Feeding the Dairy Cow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Ralph G. Mitchell
Point Pleasant High Class Night and Commencement
Class night at Point Pleasant High School occurs Thursday at 7 30 p m in the high school auditorium with awards presented. The following Sunday May 20 at 7 30 p m the class sermon is delivered by Rev Kenneth W Chandler with Rev Jack Higgins assisting. Commencement on May 21 at 7 30 p m features valedictorian Donald Head and salutatorian Bert Grimm as 187 students graduate in the 66th commencement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Kenneth W. Chandler
Main Street Baptist Church
Jack Higgins
Bellemeads Eub
Donald Head
C. L. Head
Bert Grimm
PTA Spring Festival Draws 200 Attendees in Cheshire Kyger
Two hundred people attended the Cheshire Kyger Elementary School event chaired by Mrs. Arnold Stump. The PTA cleared 130 for purchasing classroom fans. Talent show winner Janet Stump performed a piano solo, with runners up in guitar, vocal duets, and dance contests. Cakes sold at auction raised additional funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cheshire- Kyger
Arnold Stump
PTA
Janet Stump
Steven Needs
Steven Spaulding
Charles Bradbury
Jimmy Tye
Karen Shamblin
Patti Rankin
Davis Family Visits Between Fort Harrison Courses
Pvt. Michael C. Davis of Gallipolis completes a five week finance procedures course at Fort Harrison Indiana and returns home to visit his parents Mr. and Mrs. Dean H. Davis. Pvt. Daniel E. Keels 19, Southwestern High School alumnus, finishes personnel administrative specialist course at Fort Harrison. Larry R. Hill, electrician's mate third class, serves aboard USS Bold minesweeper, son of Mrs. Okey Longfellow, Gallipolis Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Michael C. Davis
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Ind
Fort Harrison
Dean H. Davis
Davis-Shuler Co
Daniel E. Keels
Southwestern High School
Gallia County
Larry R. Hill
Navy
Bold
Okey Longfellow
Ross To Speak At Hannan School
Tobacco specialist Ross from the Ohio Valley Experiment Station will lead the third meeting in a series on tobacco information at Hannan High School Tuesday at 7 30 p m. He will discuss field fertilization and insect and disease control in the field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ross
Hannan School
Point Pleasant
Harold Ross
Ohio Valley Experiment Station
Hannan High School
Gallipolis Firemen Contain Brush Fire Near Home
Gallipolis volunteers responded to their 44th alarm of the year at 3 55 p m Saturday to a brush fire behind Tom Thornton's house at 51 Chillicothe Road. The fire burned a 30 by 30 foot patch in honeysuckle. one five gallon water can finished the job after Thornton beat out much of the flames with a broom before five men and a tanker arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tom Thornton
Chillicothe Rd
Thornton
Auto Kills Cow and Injures Driver in Route 160 Crash
A car struck and killed a 1400 pound registered black angus cow on Route 160 south of Porter. Driver Bobby G. Jarrell, 24, of Columbus, suffered two broken ribs and contusions. condition reported as good at Holzer Hospital. The cow owned by Robert L. Evans and Harold Cregar. The crash occurred about 270 feet down the highway. Other crashes reported: the Athens family wreck on Route 143 injuring Grace B. Gibson and three children, Casto and Johnson collide in Gallia, and a Rio Grande man with a braking defect near Rio Grande. No charges filed in these incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Bobby G. Jarrell
Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Route 160
Porter
Jarrell
Robert L. Evans
Rio Grande
Harold Creger
Bidwell
Jean
Jesse W. Taylor
Anthony L. Werry
Vinton
Taylor
Werry
Rio Grande College 86th Commencement Set for June 3
Eighty two candidates will receive degrees at Rio Grande College 86th commencement on June 3 with John W. Bricker as keynote speaker. Five BA degrees, 33 BS in secondary education, 44 BS in elementary education, two ADB diplomas, plus 35 elementary education cadet certificates. Honorary degrees to Esther Allen Edwards John W Dickhaut and Bricker. Banquet June 2 at 6:30 p.m. and baccalaureate sermon by Dr. Dickhaut at 10:30 a.m. June 3 in Community Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
John W. Bricker
U. S
Board of Trustees
Esther Allen Edwards
John W. Dickhaut
Bricker
Methodist Theological School
Delaware
Community Hall
Plan to discuss Girl Scout council merger in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis at Grace Methodist Church at 1 p.m Wednesday, Mrs. Clayton Carter of the Rocky Ledges Council will address the impending merger of Rocky Ledges Scioto and Ken-O-Valley Girl Scout Councils. She will explain changes to Gallia County girls scouting and note new four level structure starting 1963 with Cadets added for fourth to sixth grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rocky Ledges
Scioto
Ken-O-Valley
Grace Methodist Church
Clayton Carter
Huntington
Rocky Ledges Council
Carter
Gallia
Police Hit Sheriff Car at Gallaher's Service Store
A Gallipolis police cruiser struck the left door of a sheriff’s car on Second Ave at Gallaher’s Service Store. Deputy Sheriff Ivan Fife and City Patrolman Paul North were involved. no injuries or charges were reported. Minor bumper damage to the police car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Second Ave
Gallaher
Public Square
Ivan Fife
Paul North
Parachutist Gene Hamilton Performs Practice Jump
A small crowd at Holzer Airport watched Gene Hamilton 23 ex member of the 2nd Airborne Division make a practice parachute jump from 3000 feet. He free fell about 1000 feet from a Piper J-3 plane piloted by Arthur Eads. Hamilton is related to Gene and Terry Hamilton, sons of Charles Hamilton. They are set to jump at the June 10 water show and nightly at the 1962 Gallia County Junior Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer
Gene Hamilton
Famed
2Nd Airborne Division
Hamilton
Arthur Eads
Point Pleasant
Gene
Terry
Charles Hamilton
Gallia County
Forty six unemployment claims filed in two Ohio counties
Gallia saw 19 initial claims and Meigs 27 last week for unemployment compensation. Frank W. Childers notes a 53 percent drop from the same week in 1961. Last year Gallia had 569 claims and Meigs 661. total last week were 286 for Gallia and 315 for Meigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Meigs County
Frank W. Childers
Ohio State Employment Service
Gallia County
Schedule Cement Talk Gallipolis
Russell Green of Emmett West Virginia, 31, posted 20 bond for a Saturday Municipal Court appearance on a charge of failing to show a valid nonresident fishing license. Wildlife Patrolman Merrill McCormick made the arrest. Green was fishing in Tycoon Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Russell Green
Emmett
W. Va
Merrill McCormick
Green
Tycoon Lake
Cement topic heads Gallipolis Kiwanis dinner
John K. Brown district sales manager of Columbia Cement Corporation will speak at the Gallipolis Kiwanis Club dinner in Tyes restaurant on Wednesday evening. He will be accompanied by Bob Wolfe of Chillicothe a sales representative who will show a movie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis—Cement
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Tye
John K. Brown
Columbus
Columbia Cement Corporation
Bob Wolfe
Chillicothe
Point Pleasant Birth and Circle Meeting Recap
Mr and Mrs Luther Young of Glenwood welcome a son. Mrs Lucy Bauer of Point Pleasant and Mrs Luther Young of Glenwood are noted. Priscilla Circle of Trinity Methodist Church will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. at 2620 Jefferson Blvd with Mrs Chester Wamsley hosting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luther Young
Glenwood
Lucy Bauer
Point Pleasant
Priscilla
Trinity Methodist Church
Chester Wamsley
Jefferson Blvd
Oak Hill Vlan Draws Fine And Probation
Gallia County cases show fines and suspended jail terms. Donald H Miller of Oak Hill Route 4 received $25 in fines and six months probation for assault and battery with a 30 day jail sentence suspended. case filed by Philip Du Frain. Other defendants include An drew Dodrill Eva Cragg Isaiah Choate Charles Kerwood and state patrol fines for speeding intoxication and related offenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Donald H Miller
Oak Hill
Miller
Philip du Frain
Gallia County
Jones
Andrew F. Dodrill
Vinton
Eva Cragg
Isaiah Choate
Charles Kerwood
Point Pleasant Personal Notes May Gatherings and Visits
Point Pleasant residents host relatives and friends from Gallipolis Ferry Chesapeake Huntington and Dexte r Ohio for Mother's Day and weekend visits. The Mohrs attend the Ohio State Funeral Directors Convention in Columbus with extended family guests and many local households welcome guests from Bellemeade St and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. G. Mohr
Viand St
Garland Mohr
John
Gallipolis Ferry
C. L. Graham
Arma Blake
Chesapeake
Kenneth Damron
Huntington
Mohr
Ohio State Funeral Directors Convention
Columbus
Calvin Sprouse
Dexter
Ohio
Lucy Rollins
Point Pleasant
Frank Carpenter
Bellemeade
Anna L. Plymale
Ervin Plymale
Pamela
St. Albans
John Carpenter
New Haven
Scotty Hyre
Clinton Sayre
Women to Meet Point Pleasant Branch and University Women
Women to meet at 7 45 p m Monday at the president Mrs Edward Jackson home Jefferson Ave New officers will be elected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Edward Jackson
Jefferson Ave
Post Office Seeks Substitutes in Point Pleasant
The U S Civil Service Examiners in Charleston announce an exam for future substitute clerk carrier roles at Point Pleasant post office. No experience needed. residents in the delivery area may apply. Inquiries to the local post office or to the Philadelphia region director. Applications due June 28. Starting pay is 2.16 dollars per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of
U. S. Civil Service Examiners
U. S. Post Office
Charleston
Customhouse
Philadelphia
Point Planning Group Nearing Conclusion
The Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce leads a Pilot Study by community planning and development committees. They are rapidly bringing their work to a conclusion as one of the nation’s first to undertake such a project. Public meeting dates will be announced soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
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Pete Peck
Sharon Cooper
Linda Shamblin
Freddy Macomber
Christi Blazer
C. Conner Bradbury
Mary Stump
Davis
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Harrisonville
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John Robert
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Gail
C. B. Gore
Gore
Shorty
Oak Hill Vlan
S. C. Adkins
John F. Mullen
Charles Hanson
Portsmouth
Glenn Lawson
Cheshire
Harold Robinson
Hubert M., Hinson
Thomas E. Deese
Flint
Mich
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Scotty Roberts
Second St
Nelsonville
E. Main St
Pomeroy
City Loan & Savings Co
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