Gallia County Schools Report Strong 1956 Lunch Participation
The Office of the Commodity Distribution reports 13 Gallia County schools participated in the national school luncheon program in 1956 57 with about 2402 children served. Some 84132 pounds of frozen and condensed foods were consumed at a wholesale cost of 28857.55 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Office of the Commodity Distribution
Columbus
Gallia County
B. Lewis Jones
Jones
Our House Open Sunday in Gallipolis for Lafayette Day
Open house at the Our House Museum Sunday starts at 2 p.m. under the Daughters of the American Revolution. Music features soloist John Eppling and the Gallia Academy High School girls ensemble directed by Mrs Harris Doep ping, plus the high school brass ensemble led by A Kimball Sutter. Social hour follows. museum tours are free.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Our House Museum
Daughters of the American Revolution
John Epling
Gallia Academy High School
Harris Doepping
A. Kimball Sutter
Gallia Girl Scouts To Aid At Scioto Open House
Four Gallipolis junior camp council Girl Scouts from Camp Molly Lauman in Scioto County will serve as guides at an open house June 2 from 2 to 4 p.m. Guides are Claudia Miller Marty Davis Donna Cornwell and Sandra Pinschmidt, daughters of local families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Molly Lauman
Scioto County
Claudia Miller
L. Claude Miller
Marty Davis
Jack Davis
Donna Cornwell
Robert Cornwell
Sandra Pinschmidt
Norman Pinschmidt
Air Force Officer Lodges Weekend Visit with Parents
1st Lt. L. S. Riggs Jr. stationed at Stewart AFB New York visited his parents Mr. and Mrs. L. S. Riggs Sr. over the weekend. He will marry Miss Carol Ann Hertling in Indianapolis this Saturday with his parents traveling Thursday for the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
L. S. Riggs, Jr
Stewart Air Force Base
New York
L. S. Riggs
First Ave
Lt. Riggs
Indianapolis
Carol Ann Hertling
Saddle and Sirloin Riding Club Meeting
About 35 members of the Saddle and Sirloin Riding Club of Gallipolis met at the roadside park on Route 35 for a monthly meeting and a wiener roast. They heard a report on the last horse show and discussed plans for the next show in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Saddle and Sirloin Riding Club of
Route 35
Two Births Reported At Clinic in Gallipolis
Two births were reported at Warehime Clinic in Gallipolis over the weekend. A son was born May 18 to Mr and Mrs Ray Rubenstahl of 53 Lincoln Avenue. A daughter was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Burgess Mullins of Gallipolis Route 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Warehime
Ray Rubenstahl
Lincoln Ave
Burgess Mullins
Returns Home After Hospital Stay for Broken Leg
Gallipolis ambulance driver F L Stevers reported Mrs Haskell Syurs of Crown City has returned home from the Point Clinic where she had been a patient for a week following a fall at her home that caused a broken leg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
F. L. Stevers
Haskell Syurs
Crown City
Point Clinic
Logan Nelsonville Women’s Bowling Association Election Meeting
The Logan Nelsonville Women’s Bowling Association will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. in the Ohio Power Co offices in Logan for its election of officers.
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Nelsonville
Logan- Nelsonville Women’s Bowling Association
Ohio Power Co
Logan
JP WEDS COUPLE IN MILLFIELD HOMESTEAD
Robert Shields and Maxine Blackford of Millfield were united in marriage May 9 at the home of Justice of the Peace George Schoonover.
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Nelsonville
Robert Shields
Maxine Blackford
Millfield
Justice of the Peace
George Schoonover
Nelsonville Board of Trade to Meet Thursday Evening
The Nelsonville Board of Trade will hold a directors meeting in the city building Thursday at 7 30 p m according to Governor William Friedrich.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Board of Trade
William Friedrich
Practice Alert Tests GOC Defense Network
A 10 hour Ground Observer Corps practice alert will test defense readiness in Nelsonville and central Ohio. The Ohio Air National Guard and Civil Air Patrol will fly predetermined routes while GOC volunteers report to the Columbus and Southern Ohio post on Factory Rd. Contact Joe Calvin to join, report multi engine propeller aircraft and all jet aircraft except single engine fighters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio Air National Guard
Civil Air Patrol
GOC
Columbus and
Southern Ohio
Joe Calvin
Mrs. Effie Fennell Dies in Glouster Rest Home
Mrs Effie Fennell of Chauncey widow of Thomas Fennell died Tuesday morning at Glouster Rest Home after a period of illness She had been a patient there for one week Funeral arrangements are being handled by Johnson Funeral Home Nelsonville with details incomplete
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Nelsonville
Effie Fennell
Chauncey
Thomas Fennell
Glouster Rest
Johnson Funeral Home
Scouts Plan Outdoor Meeting and Camp Preparations
Nelsonville Boy Scout Troop 66 met to schedule an outdoor meeting for Friday. Patrol leaders and the scoutmaster Larry Crothers will set time and place. Explorers plan trail clearance for camping sites and require good attendance and advancement to attend Camp Kootaga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Boy Scout
Larry Crothers
Camp
Kootaga
American Legion Plans Memorial Day Service
Nelsonville memorial day plans proceed with Glenford Dugan Post 229 committee chair Warren Robinette. Flags will be placed on veterans graves Wednesday May 29 starting around 5 pm at Greenlawn cemetery entrance. veterans committees meet then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan Post
American Legion
Warren Robinette
Greenlawn
Births at Holzer Hospital in Gallia county area
A list of births at Holzer Hospital includes a daughter born May 20 to Ronnie and Mrs Dobbins in Gallipolis and additional newborns to families in Gallipolis Ferry Vinton Oak Hill Letart Falls Jackson and nearby communities. Medical and surgical entries accompany many names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ronnie Dobbins
Gallipolis
Doreen Waters
Vinton
Wilma Smith
Samuel Oney
Oak Hill
Earl R. Borland
Bryce C. Browning
New Philadelphia
Surgical
James L. Arbaugh
Radcliffe
Pamelia Patterson
Jackson
Earl F. Moody
Aldeth Wright
Ernest W. Woosley
Pearl R. Marcum, Jr
Wellston
Robert F. Kitchen
Retha Shuler
Point Pleasant
Jerry Hill
Letart Falls
Stanley J. Morris
Ironton
Oo Hafer
Charles D. Wilson
Pomeroy
Kenneth Lee Coburn
Ashland
Spaghetti Dinner Aids Deanville Church Chapel Fund
Dorcas Society of the Deanville Presbyterian Church serves spaghetti dinner from 4 to 7 p.m. tomorrow at the community center. Proceeds support a new church chapel.
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Nelsonville
Dorcas Society
Deanville Presbyterian Church
Queen Esther Class Met At Nelsonville Church
The Queen Esther Class of the Methodist Church met at the Nelsonville church with hostesses Mil dred Riggs Birdie Elliott Jean ette Huddy and Marjorie Stalder. Deov tions were led by Nell Elliott and a picnic at Dr and Mrs Steer summer home on June 4 at 6 pm was planned with Men’s Class invited. Traveling prizes went to Shirley Fink Nell Elliott and Mary Smith. Dessert was served to 19 members one guest Elizabeth Gavin and visiting with Mrs Green's parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Esther
Methodist Church
Mildred Riggs
Birdie Elliott
Jeanette Huddy
Marjorie Stalder
Nell Elliott
Mrs. Steer
Shirley Fink
Mary Smith
Elizabeth Gavin
Eudora Chapter 72 Plans Annual Eastern Star Inspection
Eudora Chapter 72 Order of Eastern Star will hold its annual inspection Wednesday June 5 at 7 30 p m in Nelsonville Mason ic Temple. Inspecting officer will be Neva B Calendine assisted by Lucy Pierce and Clarence Washburn. All officers to attend next regular meeting May 28 to practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eudora Chapter
Order of Eastern Star
Nelsonville
Masonic Temple
Neva B. Calendine
Lucy Pierce
Clarence Washburn
Welsonville Personalities Visit Cleveland This Week
Mr and Mrs Martine Green of Welsonville spent the week in Cleveland for engagements and social visits with local society figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martine Green
Cleveland
Five Points Farmer Dies at Home
Frank Well, 81, a farmer near Five Points, died Monday evening of a heart seizure. He belonged to Flat Woods Church. Survivors include three sons Ivan and Clyde Minersville Floyd Malta a half sister Mrs George Bolin Urbana and half brother Minor Will Cambridge City Indiana. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. in Flat Woods Church with burial Mt Herman Cemetery. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home until noon Thursday.
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Frank Well
Five Points
Flat Woods
Ivan
Clyde
Minersville
Floyd
Malta
George Bolin
Urbana
Minor Will
Cambridge City
Indiana
Mt. Herman
Ewing
Mount St. Marys Hospital Notes
Hospital notes list new births and admissions. Parents James Souders Logan Route 4 and Lester Haybrow New Plymouth Route 1 welcomed a son. Admissions include John Fouts Logan Charles Beatrice Moxahala Miss Kathy Bateson Crooks ville Route 2 Mrs Dorothy Thrush Logan Route 3 Dale Miller Shawnee Route 1 Mrs Dorothy Criswell New Straitsville Miss Rebecca Ann Adams Nelsonville Route 1 Mrs Annabell Newman New Mrs Sarah Moscato Glouster Wallace Moore New Lexington Mrs Bernadine Frasure Logan and Mrs Blanche Beck Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Souders
Logan
Lester Haybrow
New Plymouth
John Fouts
Charles Beatrice
Moxahala
Kathy Bateson
Crooksville
Dorothy Thrush
Dale Miller
Shawnee
Dorothy Criswell
New Straitsville
Rebecca Ann Adams
Nelsonville
Annabell Newman
Sarah Moscato
Glouster
Wallace Moore
New Lexington
Local Mother's Day Guests Spread Across Area
Somerset hosts Mr and Mrs Frank S'mmert with Reed Jeffers Janet Richard and other Jeffers families. Thurman visitors include Clyde Walker and kids. Crabtree hosts welcome Raph Frazier Fern Guogly Roy Wiseman families and Westina Crabtree as guests of Dale Dye and H E Starkey households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Jeffers
Frank S’mmert
Somerset
Reed Jeffers
Janet
Rtichard Jeffers
Gene Jeffers
Margie
Lavern Jordan
William Cheadle
Rex Cheadle
Clyde Walker
Thurman
Walther
Dale Dye
Arthur Crabtree
Raph Frazier
Gallipolie
Fern Guogly
Harold and
John
Charles Butcher
Roy Wiseman
Harrisonville
Wiseman
H. E. Starkey
Bowling couples dine at Blackburn cottage steak fry
Members of Howes women s bowling team and their husbands went to Buckeye Lake Saturday night to the cottage of Mr and Mrs Melvin Blackburn for a steak fry Attending were Mr and Mrs Roy Hall Mrs Dorothy Shearer Mr and Mrs Bill Matheny Mr and Mrs Bob Matheny Mr and Mrs James Hall the fifth member and husband were unable to attend
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Howes
Buckeye Lake
Melvin Blackburn
Roy Hall
Dorothy Shearer
Bill Matheny
Bob Matheny
James Hall
Nelsonville BPW Dinner and Installation Tonight
Members of Nelsonville Business and Professional Women's Club host a 6 15 p.m. dinner at the First Methodist Church. Officers for the year will be installed and female Nelsonville High School graduates will be honored.
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Nelsonville
Business and Professional Women’s Club
First Methodist Church
Nelsonville High School
Harry Walden Dies at 71 former Coolville postmaster
Harry M Walden 71 former Coolville postmaster died at his home in Coolville after a long illness He retired from the postal service two years ago He is survived by his wife Emma a daughter Connie Mars of Little Hocking a sister Clara White of Crooksville two grandchildren and two great grandchildren Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 pm at White Funeral Home with the Rev Aaron Cunningham officiating Burial will follow in Coolville Cemetery Friends may call at the funeral home any time
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Harry M. Walden
Coolville
Walden
White Funeral Home
Aaron Cunningham
Fred Bergman Former Nelsonville Resident Dies in Alabama
Funeral services and burial were held in Cleveland for Fred Bergman formerly of the Nelsonville Fair Store. He died in Birmingham, Alabama, of a heart attack. He is survived by his wife Anna Raden Bergman, a son and a daughter.
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Nelsonville
Cleveland
Fred Bergman
Birmingham
Ala
Visits and Guests From Vinton to Gallipolis
Local social notes list visitors and guests of several families across Vinton Gallipolis and nearby areas. Names include Mr. and Mrs Frank Quickle Mrs Lee Coder Harry Wilcox Minnie Gray and more. A Raymond Reynolds returned to duty as a guided missile instructor in Denver after leave with his parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Miller
Blackfork
Eva Dodrill
Harry Doddrill
Chester White
Pearl Markins
Vinton
Doris Harden
Ewington
Jackson
Guy Strausbaugh
Columbus
Isaac Strausbaugh
Nola Paint
Cora Strong
Clark Baker
Nelle Feltman
Emma Denney
G. E. Elliott
E. O. Russell
Garland Elliott
D. Hollis Wood
Gallipolis
David Payne
California
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Gallia
Scioto
Air Force
Holzer Hospital
Herbe Stevens
Gallipolis Ferry
Matt Bryant
G. D. Saxton
Kerr Blain
Austin Phillips
Douglas Mosier
Douglas Martin
Dallas Shackleford
Gale Keen
Paul Rainey
Robert Wheeler
Nelson Jeck, Jr
Jackie Champion
John R. Hensley
Kenneth A. Taylor
Julie Jones
Charles Baker
Vickie Hansen
Carol Stout
Victor Gaul
Vickie Schultz
John Broyles
Henry H. Miller
Raymond Kerns
Virginia Berry
Walter Werry
Dayton Briggs
Paul E. Taylor
R. L. Whittington
George Kinder
Earl Keefer
Dick Turner
NEA Service
Nelsonville Society
Mrs. Green
Welsonville
Mount St. Mary l
Bernadine Frasure
Blanche Beck
Westina Crabtree
Mary B. Adams
J. A. Long
Dover
Chauncey, Ohio
Hocking Valley Sportsmen Assn
Radford PD
Athens
Madam Gray
West Main Street
Ohio
Harold Goddard
Marietta Chemical Products Co
W. E. Dicken
W. Union St
Asbury Cemetery Association
Bert Lowry
Joe Dunman
Father’s
Uhlman
M. R. Kodama
Oaklawn Ave
Dayton
K.C.C
Kent Culp
Garnettsfelder Hall
Dial
Berkshire
Amesville
Gilbert Boudinot
FORD
Platt
Hudson Sales and Service
Metropolitan Auto Sales
Middleport
Sears
Ios
Golden Hawk Studebakep
Fordomatic
Algeo Motor Sales
E. State St
Chevrolet
Merrill Oxley
Shade
Jerseyville
Thunderbird Motor
Call
Jack Stanley
Pleasant Hill
DODGE
Willys
Gail Watkins
E. State Street
Athens, Ohio
Dannie's Trailer Sales, Inc
Harold Martin
Studebaker
Fred Cabeen
Wrecking For Parts
Plymouth
DeSoto Rosenberg
Auto Service
BROWN
North Court
Parker Tie Shop Phone
Bosuinis
Athens Building Material CO
Messenger
Acme Dry Cleaners
Johnson Furniture Shop
Mili
Guysville
Coolville R. D
Elmer W. Sutton
Wise Folks Dial
Union Dial
W. O. Rose
Mahaffey Motor Service
Central Ave
Archia Dailey
William J. Sycks
West Roofing Co
Depot St
Hospitalization Insurance CO
M. Goddard
Automobile Insurance Baughman’s Agency
Albany
Benjamin Moore & Co
Kerr-Hunter Howe
All Majestic
Strawn Plumbing
DEAN & _ BARRY
Baker & Stauffer
Sherwin-Williams
Avon
Marietta
Moore Ave
Sharp Manufacturing Co
Ohio Valley
Cheshire
Plains
Bel Air
R-H
Hydra-Matic
P.S
P.B
Cadillac
E. Carpenter
Harry Walden
Cincinnati Livestock
Cincinnati
USDA
U.S
Mills
Cussins & Fearn Company
Carpenter Street
Chase
Fine O.K. Used Cars
Roger Veanhevrolet - Olds
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