Local Government Backers Rally at Gallipolis Banquet
Walter Garrison warns against metropolitan federation as threat to township and municipal government. He notes 1932 chapter rules safeguard local control and outlines veto points in county wide reform. Edwin Strawser opposes narrow highway widths. health department financing highlighted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Thomas
Gallipolis
Walter Garrison
State Association
Gallia County Association of Township Trustees
Farmers Hotel
Garrison
Edwin L. Strawser
Ohio Township Trustees and Clerks Association
Strawser
Highway Department
Wilbur Waddell
Gallia County Association
Dana Taber
J. S. Porter
John R. Heiskell
Janice
Joyce Saunders
Gladys Johnson
Vance Brumfield
Hannan Trace High Names Senior Leaders For Commencement
Hannan Trace High School selects valedictorian Carolyn Jean Lusk and salutatorian Sandra Jean Belville for 8 p.m. commencement. Dean C H Withers of Rio Grande College will give the address to 31 seniors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dennis M. Murdock
Hannan-Trace High School
Carolyn Jean Lusk
Sandra Jean Belville
Dean C. H. Withers
Rio Grande College
Withers
Mason County
W.va
Miss Lask
Ellsworth Co. Lask
Mercerville
Miss Belville
Otha Belville
Crown City
Buckeye
Mildred McClure
Kenton Thomas Daniels
Max Wendell Haffelt
William Campbell Johnson
Thomas Jenkins Saunders
One Accident Investigated in Gallipolis
Gallipolis State Highway Patrol reported a single incident over the weekend on Stingy Creek Road four and three tenths miles northeast of Cheshire at 7 30 p m. Jerry Lee Stover 17 Gallipolis Route 1 lost control drove off a wooden bridge and fell into a creek bed. He was cited to Juvenile Court for driving at excessive speed for road conditions. The car sustained medium damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Louis McCormick Jr Celebrates Fifth Birthday
Louis McCormick Jr. turned five with family at his Waterloo Star Route home. Guests enjoyed cake and ice cream as friends joined the honoree for the birthday gathering. Also noted, Lafayette Shrine 44 officials attended a shrine session in Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis McCormick Jr
Louis McCormick
Waterloo
Willa Saunders
Margaret Topping
Lafayette Shrine
Jerusalem
Cleveland
Eugene Jones
Bidwell
Emerson Simms
Centerpoint
Edward Cooper
Paul Martin
Jackson
Paul Parkins
Wife's Rites Planned for Local Shooting Victim
Funeral services for Mrs. Virginia B. Randolph 18 of 117 Fourth Ave. will be held at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Miller's funeral home with Rev. Vernon Shafer officiating. Burial will follow in Centenary cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Virginia B. Randolph
Fourth Ave
Miller’s
Vernon Shafer
Centenary Cemetery
Sharp rise in trailer permits in Gallia County 1960
The Gallia County auditor reports a sharp rise in trailer permit sales for 1960. Last year 95 permits were sold, while as of Saturday this year 121 permits have been issued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Hospital Notes List of Births and Dismissals
Holzer Hospital notes reveal numerous births with multiple parental names and residences across Gallipolis to Oak Hill and Columbus area. The list also notes several dismissals and a blood donation of four pints on Saturday.
Seven Traffic Violators Fined in Gallipolis Court
In Gallipolis Municipal Court Judge William H. Janes fined seven violators from the Gallipolis post area. James D. Haner and Dwight D. Woodyard and Dencil R. Yost each paid five dollars plus costs for curve passing, following too close, and no license respectively. Vernon Maddox and William L. Justice were fined ten dollars plus costs for speeding and passing at a railroad crossing. Costs for two others were suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William L. Justice
Cheshire
Charles King
Point Pleasant
Ronald W. Wolfe
Racine
Inoculations Highlight Weekly Free Clinic
Gallia County reports 171 polio shots at the weekly free clinic. The year to date total reaches 1846, 407 behind last year's pace. County nurses Naomi Rose and Pearl Hatfield gave 15 DPT, five smallpox, four tetravax, and one typhoid shot with Bill Neal and Madeline Rees assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Naomi Rose
Pearl Hatfield
Bill Neal
Madeline Rees
Teenville Session Draws 300 At Gallipolis Youth Event
About 300 youths from Rio Grande College Oak Hill High School and local visitors attended Teenville a Gallipolis Youth Canteen gathering Saturday night In attendance were chaperones led by Mr and Mrs Charles M Neal and others Disc jockey Jim Morrison provided music as adults supervised the event at the Gallipolis location
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Oak Hill High School
Teenville
Jim Morrison
Charles M. Neal
A. B. Sommerville
Rex McCormick
Anthony Altieri
J. Wilford Evans
Lincoln Call
Langsville Man Injured in Route 124 Crash
Lucas Gallipolis Willard Lu cas, 39, of Langsville Route 1, was admitted to Holzer Hospital Saturday with fractured ribs, fractured knee and head injury after an automobile accident eight miles east of Jackson on Route 124. He is reported in good condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Willard Lucas
Langsville
Holzer Hospital
Lucas
Jackson
Reading map scales of Ethiopia in U S extent
A historical cartographic statement notes that if Ethiopia were placed on a map of the United States it would stretch from Maine to South Carolina and from New York City to Iowa, illustrating continent-wide scale comparisons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Ethiopia
Maine
South Carolina
New York City
Iowa
Four Men Fined In Municipal Court
Gallipolis Judge William H. Jones fined four men arrested by City Police Saturday in Municipal Court. A fifth man forfeited bond for appearance. Fined were Robert E. Bush 20 Gallipolis 10 dollars and costs for failing to stop within the assured clear distance Gilbert B. Norman 24 Point Pleasant 10 dollars and costs for speeding Kenneth Birchfield 68 Gallipolis and Robert Brown 24 Columbus 10 dollars and costs for intoxication William W. Dillon 58 Ironton Route 1 forfeited a 25 dollar bond for driving left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Robert E. Bush
Gilbert B. Norman
Point Pleasant
Kenneth Birchfield
Robert Brown
Columbus
William W. Dillon
Ironton
Tri-County Bandstand Attracts Large Crowd
One hundred fifty teenagers attended the tri county teen canteen bandstand Saturday night at Hannan High School in Hannan West Virginia. Music was by director Leo V Savage assisted by Rollie Hemsley. Bandstand returns to Friday nights at Syracuse Elementary School. On Saturday the canteen returns to the Athens County Fairground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tri - County Teen Canteen
Hannan High School
Hannan
W. Va
Leo V. Savage
Rollie Hemsley
Syracuse
Athens County Fairground
River Traffic And Dam Readings At Kanawha And Ohio Rivers
River gauges show Kanawha and Ohio levels with dams down and dams varied. Lists include numerous boats and observed up and down readings across locks and boats from Montgomery to Huntington and Gallipolis with multiple times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ami
Montgomery
Nee
Sere Falls
Nton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Ree
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
City of Huntington
Ashland
Indiana
Lunga Point
Franklin Pierce
Lock
Criss Jr
Rocket
Joe Lucas
Bayou Lareine
Bob Beater
Salvati
Cc. V. Harner
Peoria
Elgercliff
A. V. Criss
Invader
Beaver
Advance
Kathleen K
City of Maysville
Kanawha
Winfield
O. F. Shearer
Bonnie
Lelia C. Shearer
Island Creek
Ernestine
Semet
OVEC
National
Pittsburgher
R. W. Lea
Baby Leer
Rate Oy
Vulcan
Countians Elected To Top Posts
Gallia County posts and auxiliary members were elected to District 12 offices in Portsmouth. Leon Frowline of Wheelersburg was District 12 commander. Woodrow B. Saunders was district junior vice commander. Ray Morse was district quartermaster. Tom Blazer joined the district board of trustees. Wilma Haycraft named senior vice president. Thelma Richards and Martha Blazer joined trustees and color bearers Leota Keenan. Additional delegates included Stanley King Joe Cook Lee Parsons Warner Halley Geneva Lanthorn Frances Halley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Auxiliary
Portsmouth
Leon Frowline
Wheelersburg
Woodrow B. Saunders
Ray Morse
Tom Blazer
Wilma Haycraft
District 12
Thelma Richards
Martha Blazer
Leota Keenan
Stanley King
Joe Cook
Lee Parsons
Warner Halley
Geneva Lanthorn
Frances Halley
Routine meeting of Gallipolis Boy Scout Troop 211
Boy Scout Troop 211 of Adison held a routine meeting Saturday night under troop committee supervision. Attendees included Gordon Fisher Bernard Ward Lawrence McQuaid and Elmer Sigman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Boy Scout Troop 211
Adison
Gordon Fisher
Bernard Ward
Lawrence McQuaid
Elmer Sigman
Vinton Social Notes
Mr. and Mrs. James Stamsbaugh hosted guests including Mr. and Mrs. Emmet Crow and others. Several families visited or attended events with locals such as the Eastern Star Inspection at Proctorville and Oak Hill. The Oilers planned a Toledo trip to visit their daughter Mrs. Junior Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vinton
James Stamsbaugh
Emmet Crow
Eastern Star
Proctorville
Oak Hill
Pearly Oiler
Toledo
Junior Scott
Rural Life Sunday Services Held at Eno Methodist Church
J Sherman Porter spoke at Rural Life Sunday service for Pomona Granges at Eno Methodist Church in Gallipolis with 25 attendees. Pomona Master Bill Persinger opened the meeting, Mrs. Robert Ball led prayers, Donna Sue Palmer played piano, and the Vinton Quartet provided special music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. Sherman Porter
Rural Life
Eno Methodist Church
Pomona Granges
Pomona
Bill Persinger
Robert Ball
Donna Sue Palmer
Vinton Quartet
Dan Evans
F. K. McAllister
Oty M. Stewart
Extradition Hearing Date Set for Mounts in Mingo Warrant
Extradition hearing for Ivan D. Mounts 21 of Vinton Route 2 is scheduled for Tuesday May 24 in Municipal Court. Mounts on fugitive warrant from Mingo County WV was arrested by Gallia County Sheriff for charged non support. He entered a plea of not guilty, bond set at 300 dollars and posted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Ivan D. Mounts
Vinton
Mingo County
W. Va
Mounts
Gallia County
Apply For License In Gallipolis May Record
Thomas J. Bolling 23 of Farrell Pennsylvania and Margaret Howard 18 of Bidwell Ohio applied for a marriage license Saturday in the Probate Court office. He is son of Charles and Mary McGlothin and she daughter of Charles and Mary Hudson Howard. It was the sixth application for May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Thomas J. Bolling
Farrell
Margaret Howard
Bidwell
Charles
Mary McGlothin
Mary Hudson Howard
Reminder to vendors buy 1960 cigarette licenses
The county auditor's office reminds vendors to purchase 1960 cigarette licenses by May 23, 1960. Each certificate costs $25 and six have been sold so far. Licenses remain valid until May 22, 1961.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Speller Finishes 12th at Tri-State Bee
Gallipolis seventh grader Susan Phillips, twice city champion, placed 12th in the Tri-State spelling contest held in Huntington West Virginia. Jeffrey Davis, Gallia County entrant and seventh grader at Vinton Elementary, finished 19th among 41 spellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Susan Phillips
Huntington
W. Va
Susan
Gomer Phillips
Jeffrey Davis
Gallia County
Vinton
Jeffrey
John Daniel Davis
Runaway Girls Held By Highway Patrol
Two Belfry Kentucky juveniles picked up by State Highway Patrol are confined in Gallia County jail’s juvenile section awaiting their parents. A Gallipolis post patrolman arrested the girls on Route 35 west of Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kentucky
State
Highway Patrol
Gallia County
Belfry
Petition Filed in Gallia Court for $160.50 Debt
In Gallia County Common Pleas Court a petition was filed by Gallopolis Grundy Hospital of Grundy Virginia seeking judgment for 160.50 plus six percent interest from December 25, 1957 on an alleged account outstanding from Zenas and Myrtle Dotson of Gallipolis Route 2. The plaintiff also seeks court costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grundy Hospital
Grundy
Gallia County
Licenses Sold in Gallia County Reach 3635 This Year
Gallia County reports 26 dog licenses sold last week, pushing 1960 total to 3635. Kennel licenses for 1960 total 198.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Earl Jewett Ex Riverman Dies At 83
Earl Jewett 83 died Sunday at his Portland home after a long Riverman career. He was born in Meigs County to Brazilla and Harriett Nease Jewett and is survived by his wife and daughter Alice Adams of Coolville, plus four nieces. Visitation is at Rawlings-Coats Funeral Home. Graveside services set for 2 p.m. Tuesday at Browning Cemetery in Portland with Rev. John Elwood officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Earl Jewett
Portland
Meigs County
Brazilla
Harriett Nease Jewett
Vaughn
Alice) Adams
Coolville
Rawlings-Coats
Browning Cemetery
John Elwood
Racine
Rutland May Day program names King and Queen
Rutland Connee Williams and Benny Slanter will reign as king and queen of the May day program at 1:30 Tuesday in the Rutland gymnasium. Eight grades of Rutland Elementary School directed by Mrs. C. C. Chapman perform with fifth graders doing the May pole dance. Calvin Biddle acts as master of ceremonies and Roberta Smith accompanies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Connee Williams
Benny Slanter
Rutland Elementary School
C. C. Chapman
Calvin Biddle
Roberta Smith
Mount St. Mary Hospital Notes
A list of birth notices from Mount St. Mary Hospital includes new daughters and sons for families in Logan Nelsonville Chauncey Millfield and surrounding towns with names such as Albert Mount Paul Ringhiser Ivan Drescher Loma Collins Jake Brooks Catherine Civille Sophia Guy Dana Lee Gibson Mae McNamee Jennie Day Almeda Wright Ralph Walker John Gears Leo Lemoine Emil Friedrich Margaret Allen Mabel Kinnison Grace Chute Downey Altman Mary McGrath Mary Sparham Dale Evans James Whyte John Johnson Jonathan Giffin Myrna Bean Lillian Schmeltzer Clara Baker Lena Trout Sylvia Hall Leonard Powell James Paxton Chloe Shirley Thomas Reese Myrtle Justice Amanda Williams and Joan Hall among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Loma Collins
Logan
Jake Brooks
Zaleski
Catherine Civille
Nelsonville
Sophia Guy
Millfield
Harry Davis
Hamden
Dana Lee Gibson
Mae McNamee
Murray City
Jennie Day
Chauncey
Almeda Wright
McArth
Ralph Walker
John Gears
Leo Lemoine
Glouster
Emil Friedrich
Margaret Allen
Mabel Kinnison
Grace Chute
Corning
Effie Powell
Downey Altman
Mary McGrath
Shawnee
Dale Evans
James Whyte
John Johnson
Jonathan Giffin
Revecca Adams
Myrna Bean
Lillian Schmeltzer
Pataskala
Clara Baker
Mary Notestine
Lena Trout
Sylvia Hall
Leonard Powell
James Paxton
New Lexington
Chloe Shirley
John Chilcoat
Thomas Reese
Myrtle Justice
South Bloomingville
Amanda Williams
Nelsonville Bowler To Get The Works
Nelsonville bowler Watson Wolfe of the water works commission rolled a 267 in singles at the Eagles State Bowling Championships in Akron. He won a wristwatch valued at 90 dollars for the top game but has not received it. Fellow bowlers arranged a loaned watchcase as a stand in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Watson Wolfe
Eagles
Akron
Wolfe
Early settlements shift in Delaware from Dutch to Swedes
The Dutch first settled Delaware in 1631 but were driven out by Native Americans. Subsequently, Swedish and Finnish groups arrived, establishing lasting settlements in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Delaware
Also Mentioned on This Page
Alfred Oe
Walter . Garnes, Jr
Eer
Susan A. Ga
Pleasant
Lowell McNickle
Homer Elliott
Glenn W
Pendleton
Radcliff
Houston
Arnold A. Jacobs
Wellston
Delbert L. Delander
Coal Grove
Charles A. Simpson
Ann Bradbury
Joseph Voreh
James W. Nance
Kate Shumate
Clarence Mulford, Jr
Virgil Caudill
Linda Lou Halley
Glen W. Inboden
Creola
John S. Davis
Tuppers Plains
Chriser D. Lewis
James
Virginia Cofer
Lewis R. Hommes
Kenneth Clark
Wilbur Mercer
Judy Salts
Audrey Davis
Roger Keller
Roger Abrams
Ray Alkire
Goldie Masters
Carl Dotson
Harry Bolinger
Henry Fout
Homer McGhee
Raymond E. Wright
John Richards
Andy Hall
Janes
Vinton Social Notes
R. B. Poling
James Higgenbotham
Julie Higgenbotham
Eddie Litt
Clinton Lambert
Sharon Spires
Grove City
Claud
Mount ST. Mary Hospital
Albert Mount
Paul Ringhiser
Ivan Drescher
Mary Sparham
Athens
Perry's
Hawk's
White’s
Cushman Eagle
Kern St
H.D
Albany & New Marshfield
Thomas Hutchison
Miller Sanitation
Stewart, MO
Electric Motor Service
Union Dial LY
O. Rose
Mahaffey Maytag and Electric Motor Service
West State St
West Roofing Co
Depot St. Ph
GRANGE _INSURANCE
Baughman Agency
Albany
D. M. Goddard
W. State
Grange Insurance
George W. Ford
Ph. L
Sherwin- Williams
Sherwin-Williams
Dean & Barry
Baker and Stauffer
Dupont Paint
Strawn Plumbing
N. Court
RAPP
Mssenger
PH. LY
C. E. Sheridan
TOP
Amesville
Ohio
Harold Goddard
Bartlett
Bradford Auction Co
Bradford Racine, Ohio
Marietta Chemical Products Co
W. E. Dicken
Union St
Perry County
New Straitsville
Union Street LY
Dr. Catalina
Algeo Motor Sales
E. State St
Dannie's Trailer Sales, Inc
Gail Watkins Equipment
Gail Watkins
Equipmer Co
East Phone LY
Marion
Glenn Woods
Mineral
Harold Hanson
Stewart St
Leo King
F. A. Enoch
Cincinnati
USDA
Cadillac
Studebaker Comm
R-H
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