Gallia Academy High School honors 98 seniors at graduation
Gallia Academy High School capped its 1959 graduation with scholastic and musical achievement keys awarded to Madge Pettus and Marilene Thivener. Helen Butterfield received a musical award as Kenneth Curry earned the athletic honor. Principal M Harold Brown led the program as diplomas were handed to 98 graduates. The event featured remarks by W G Spearberry and a procession, with a class song by Coleman Smeltzer and a benediction.
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Gallipolis
Madge Pettus
Marilene Thivener
Gallia Academy High School
Washington School
Helen Butterfield
Kenneth Curry
Letic
M. Harold Brown
Miss Pettus
F.C. Pettus
Gallia County
Ohio
Miss Thivener
Mae Thivener
Miss Butterfield
Pete Butterfield
Wanda Folden
Linson H. Stebbins
Harris Deepping
Picardy
Edwin E. Higgins
Robert M- Richards
Board of Education
Coleman Smeltzer
Doris Jean Adkins
Alvin Adkins
James Robert Allen
Margaret Eleanor Allison
Arthur Wayne Allison
Mona Lee Bailey
Gary Thomas Bane
Donna Faye Barcus
William Clarence Beard
Gertrude Eloise Blazer
Mabel Ariece Brabham
Lynn Brown
Gerald Riichard Brown
Marjorie Mae Bush
Elen Victoria Butterfield
Dorothy Rose Johnson
Betty Lou Linkous
Edson Lewis
John William Lane
Eleanor Ruth Martin
Maxine
Nellie Meri'tt
Betty Jane Mitchell
John Stephen McKean
Dorothy Mae Musely
Marcella Marie Null
Victor Joe Niday
Ruby Jean Persinger
Charles Robert Plymale
Madge Elizabeth Pettus
George Jarrett Preston
Rosa Lee Pierotti
Jery Ruth Ragan
Carl B. Roush, Jr
Joy Ethelyn Randolph
Eleanor Ruth Rice
Eleanor Kay Richards
Mary Corbetta Roberts
Sylvia Ann Robinson
Linnie
Carol Roush
Nina Muriel Sanders
Everett Keith Shelton
Coleman Keith Smeltzer
Merle Lionel Strait
Wendell Benson Thomas
Tommy Lee Thorpson
Grover Wilson Ward
Lis Wilcoxon
William Hobart Wilson, Jr
Frank Anderson Young III
Stephen McKean
Margaret Allison
Rosalee Fierotti
James Dailey
John Ecker
Yvonne Elliott
Anne Bradbury
Ruth Dillingham
Eulah Williams
Phyllis Sheets
Gallipolis Church News Highlights Local Services
Saint Peter's Episcopal holds morning prayer and sermon at 9 30 a m with nursery and church school. Grace Methodist lists minister L A Donnally and services at 9 30 a m 10 30 a m with youth rally at Rio Grande 3 7 p m. First Presbyterian led by Rev Linson H Stebbins with Sunday school 9 30 a m worship 10 30 a m and youth activities. First Baptist under W H Green runs Bible school 9 45 a m morning service 10 30 a m with youth 6 30 p m and Gospel hour on tyranny theme.
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Saint Peter’s Episcopal
Grace Methodist
L. A. Donnally
Rio Grande
First Presbyterian
Linson H. Stebbins
Young Peoples Meeting
Westminster Club
First Baptist
W. H. Green
Young People’s Meeting
Flag Requests Being Sought in Gallipolis
Memorial Day volunteers are asked to report the number of flags needed for veteran graves. Pickups available at W. L. Ingerick Womeldorf and Thomas Hardware or L. G. Marchi Pretzel Bell. Volunteers should bring a grave list with cemetery names to aid Alice Wolfe of the Daughters of Union Veterans. Veterans plan to attend their chosen church next Sunday for services.
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Gallipolis
W. L. Ingerick
Womeldorf and Thomas Hardware Store
L. G. Marchi
Pretzel Bell
Alice Wolfe
Daughters of Union Veterans
Wolfe
Man Held on Charleston Charge in Gallipolis Arrest
Sheriff reports Junior Boone of Charleston taken into custody on a warrant for driving without the owner's consent. Boone was overdue in delivering a used car to Westfall Motor Co. from Charleston to Gallipolis and was arrested after a state message. He is held in Jackson city jail.
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Gallipolis
George Ehman
State
Highway Patrol
Junior Boone
Charleston
Bernard L. Westfall
Boone
Westfall Motor Co
Gordon Fisher
Jackson City
Daughters Entered and Discharged at Area Hospitals
A list of admissions and discharges shows multiple patients from Gallipolis Ferry Jackson Wellston and nearby towns. Names include Mrs Douglas Rainey and Mrs Maurice Coll among others with a mix of newborn daughters admitted and several patients discharged.
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Douglas Rainey
Gallipolis Ferry
Maurice Coll
Jackson
W. D. Black
McArthur
N. M. McCoy
Fraziers Bottom
William M. Clark
Gallipolis
Walter Stroth
Blackfork
John A. Miller
Thurman
Carrie Biffle
Hamden
Lucius Kessler
Wellston
Thomas Allen Graham
Morgan Reese
John Sexton
Wesley Dutles
Mac Clark
Athalia
Andrew Cole
River Traffic Reports From Gallipolis and District
Gallipolis Lock and Kanawha River traffic listed with vessel names and up or down times. Upper gauge reads 18.2 and lower 27.0 feet while the Ohio River shows a falling level as Kanawha Falls rises.
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Gallipolis
Fleetwood
Solvay
Stevenson
Peace
Rand
Sohio State
Frances
Liberty
R. W. Lea
Jefferson
Neville
Criss, Jr
Cherokee
Pete
Advance
Kenna
Kanawha Falls
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Church Services and Schedules Across Glouster and Nearby Towns
Local church listings detail Sunday schools, worship times, sermons, and midweek meetings for numerous congregations including Glouster Church of Christ, Glouster First Baptist, Trimble and Millfield Methodist, Jehovah's Witnesses, and others in Glouster and surrounding areas. The notices cover pastors, service times, and special events such as baccalaureate services and women’s day programs.
Three Convictions Reported by Patrol
State Highway Patrol records show three convictions. Billy Don Freeland of Dayton paid ten dollars and costs for speeding. Harry J. Thacker of Wellston paid ten dollars and costs for driving left of center. J. W. Stansberry of Jackson Route 1 paid ten dollars and costs for defective headlights.
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Gallipolis
State
Highway Patrol
Billy Don Freeland
Dayton
Harry J. Thacker
Wellston
J. W. Stansberry
Jackson
Judge Sprains Ankle After Fall at Home
Gallipolis judge John W. Howell of Probate and Juvenile Court is home recovering from a sprained ankle after slipping on a step. An x ray at Holzer Hospital showed no fracture. He hopes to return to the office Monday with crutches.
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Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Probate
Holzer Hospital
Howell
Felines Prowl Law Reconsidered in Lakewood Suburb
Cleveland report notes a 33 year old Lakewood law requiring bells on prowling cats. Law director Charles Ross asked city council to repeal the unenforced ordinance, signaling potential changes to animal control policy.
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Cleveland
Lakewood
Charles Ross
Council
Miracle vitamins with iron Solu seals advertised
An Athens Ohio drug advert promotes Solu seals vitamin tablets for nerves stomach skin and blood with a 100 tablet pack priced at 2.50. Sold at Quick's Drug Store with mail orders and 25 cents extra for wrapping postage and tax.
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Quick's Drug Store
Athens
Ohio
Glouster 17 Seniors Graduate At Annual Exercises
Glouster Ohio seniors from Trimble Township high school held commencement at Jacksonville Trimble auditorium. The program featured speeches by Diana Ginnan and Nancy Johnson, with diplomas presented by board members and two scholarships awarded including to David Mingu s.
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Trimble Township
Board of Education
Gilbert Courtney
Wallie Lawson
Lucy Harvey
Larry Morrison
Diana Ginnan
Gate of Heaven
Freda Blackford
Hkubenstein
Barbara Sharp
Susan Mingus
Violet Chesser
Shirley Davis
Inez Kempton
Nancy Johnson
Veda Grandy
Virgil Grandy
Jack Mecum
John Mecum
David Mingus
Ohio University
Duane Bryan
Andrew Cominsky
William Dotson
Margaret Lasko
Richard Myers
William Newsad
Betty Nott
Pamela Nott
William Schonborn
Norma Shifflet
Jerry Strausbaugh
Ann Williams
James Wright
Nyle Gillett
Linda Exenhamper
Dianne Swart
Sally Carter
Methodist Minister Delivers Baccalaureate Sermon in Coolville
In Glouster Rev. John Devol gave the baccalaureate sermon at Coolville on Sunday evening with the text Real Living Takes Time. Rev. James Brown of Hollister led services in the Glouster Methodist Church during Devols absence and Devol concluded the Kingston Youth Crusade with Time Will Tell. Youth from the local church attended each crusade service and the pastor was set to speak at Chauncey-Dover High School tonight.
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Glouster
John Devol
Coolville
James Brown
Hollister
Glouster Methodist Church
Mr. Devol
Devol
Kingston Methodist Church Church
Chauncey-Dover High School
Concert at Straitsville Church on The Life of Christ
A sacred concert is scheduled Sunday at 2 30 pm at the New Straitsville Baptist Church. Rev and Mrs Max Harvey of Lancaster present the program using 10 musical instruments to retell The Life of Christ.
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New Straitsville
New Straitsville Baptist Church
Max Harvey
Lancaster
Christ
Local society notes and church events in Shawnee
Mrs Edna Canter returns from Ohio Rebekah Assembly in Cleveland where she helped on the examining committee and served as installing grand chaplain. Ladies Bible Class met. new officers elected. Memorial Day service planned at Methodist Church with special music. Several families visited or traveled to nearby towns. </analysis>
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Edna Canter
Cleveland
Ohio Rebekah Assembly
Assembly
Methodist Church
Florence Bath
Nellie Bird
Mabel Davis
Flower Fund
Emma Davis
Carrie Mellencamp
Nellie Murphy
Margaret Opperman
Mary Humphrey
Clyde Russell
Zanesville
C. H. Hamrick
Logan
H. H. Hughes
American Legion
John Jones
Newark
Mary Jane Jones
Ace Blamer
Nancy
Rose Sarvis
Margaret Hopkins
Local resident improves after hospital stay
Roy Strausbaugh was taken to Sheltering Arms Hospital last Thursday for observation and treatment. He is somewhat improved but expected to remain in the hospital for several days.
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Glouster
Roy Strausbaugh
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Missing name among Boys State delegates listed
Two local juniors Jerry Ginnan of Giouster High and Ronald Smith of J. T. High were named as Boys State delegates by the McCann-Frederick Post. the article in Thursday’s paper omitted Ginnan’s last name.
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Glousten
Tne
McCann-Frederick Post
Jerry Ginnan
Giouster High School
Ronald Smith
J. T. High School
Birth of Michael Errett McDonald in White Cross Hospital
Dr and Mrs Lee McDonald of Columbus announce the birth of a son, Michael Errett, born May 14 at White Cross Hospital. Dr McDonald is a former resident of Glouster.
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Glouster
Lee McDonald
Columbus
Michael Errett
White Cross Hospital
McDonald
Baccalaureate Service Scheduled Sunday Night
Glouster high school graduates will hold a baccalaureate service in the school auditorium Sunday at 8 p.m. The class will provide music and the Rev. Frank Cleveland will offer the invocation while the Rev. John Devol delivers the sermon.
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Glouster
Glouster High School
Frank Cleveland
John Devol
Jacksonville Charge Represented at District Conference
Mrs Charles Jarvis and Trimble represented the Jacksonville charge of the Methodist Church at a district conference in Chillicothe Tuesday. Plans were made to carry on the church work in the district during the coming year. Bishop Pickett spoke on Good News From India.
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Glouster
Charles Jarvis
Trimble
Jacksonville
Methodist Church
Chillicothe
Bishop Pickett
Methodist Churches
India
Ordination Service Sunday for Eberts
At 10 06 am the Church of Christ in Glouster will ordain Kenneth son of Mrs Bertine Eberta to the ministry. He hails from Christian College Grayson Ky and will receive the charge and sermon from Rev Daniel K Teaters as local elders assist.
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Glouster
Church of Christ
Kenneth
Bertine Eberta
Christian College
Grayson
Daniel K. Teaters
Minster
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