Parents Demand Birthdate Change for First Grade Entry
A 35-person delegation of Gallipolis parents protested the Gallipolis district policy that a child must reach age six by Sept 1 to enter first grade. The board signaled a possible September change after confirming enrollment figures, while urging support for a bond issue and levy to fund school capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
T. Epling
Remo Rocchi
Phillips
Raymond Gooch
Rocchi
Gooch
George Ely
Denise Michhell
Robert Sechrist
Maurice Bane
Green
Bane
Ann Nuckles to Wed Harold Nelson in June
Gallia County item notes Ann Nuckles will marry Harold Dean Nelson in early June. Nelson is in the Air Force at Chanute Field. Nuckles graduates GAHS this week and was a Blue Devil cheerleader and member of several school groups. A surprise shower was held for her in Eagles Hall with many friends in attendance.
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Ann Nuckles
Harold Nelson
Gallipolis
Ann Nuckies
Harold Dean
Red) Nelson
Charles Nuckies
Gallia Academy High School
Miss Nuckles
Blue Devil
FHA
Tri-Hi-Y
Girls Athletic Association
Grace Methodist Choir
GAHS
Air Force
Chanute Field
Delbert Saddler
Charleston
Luther Kiser
State Street
Eagles Hall
Enid Daugherty
Buell Hayes
Charles Nuckles
Anne Murray
Jo Galloway
Eleanor Gatewood
Ann Hardway
Barbara Johnson
Norma Johnson
Joanne Johnson
Perry Steinbrunner
Jean Carroll
Aon Studer
Janet Dressler
Carolyn Rathburn
Carole Lewis
Janet Cornwell
Ravmah Fife
Dorothy Brown
Ginny Conley
Margaret de Vault
Pat Comer
Martha Robinson
Eloise Harrison
Rio Grande Trustee Will Speak at College Scholarship Assembly
Dr. J. Boyd Davis of Columbus, president of the Rio Grande College Board of Trustees, will address the College Assembly honoring scholarship award recipients. He joined the board in 1921 and is son of former Rio President Dr. John Merrill Davis. Scrolls will be given to the top four students and their names engraved on a bronze plaque in Anniversary Hall.
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Rio Grande
J. Boyd Davis
Columbus
Rio Grande College Board of Trustees
Rio Grande College
Boyd Davis
John Merrill Davis
Rio
Elizabeth Jones
Patriot
Penn Mutual Insurance Co
Charles E. Davis
Recreation Season Set for Opening in Gallipolis
The Gallipolis School Board approved the Gallipolis Municipal Recreation Advisory Commission recommendations and hired staff led by director Frank Porter. The 10 week program begins June 14 after vacation Bible school ends, with lifeguards, playground supervisors, and pool personnel listed and salaries set.
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Gallipolis
Kathryn Sheets
Lynn Brown
Paul Rees
Barbara Faye Clendenin
Freddy Miller
Karen Davis
Porter
McGinness
Bonny Ross to wed Lawrence Lee in Indiana ceremony
Mrs. Raymond Ross announced the May 7 marriage of her daughter Miss Bonnie Ross to Lawrence Lee at the First Presbyterian Church of Richmond Indiana. The Rev George H Gorris officiated the 6 pm double ring ceremony. The groom is son of Mr and Mrs John Lee of Kananga and works on the river. The couple will reside with the bride's mother at 233 Second Ave. Both graduates of Gallia Academy High School. Mrs Lee wore a gray suit with pink and navy accessories and a corsage of pink rosebuds.
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Raymond Ross
Miss Bonnie Ross
Lawrence Lee
First Presbyterian Church
John Lee
Kananga
Second Ave
Lawrence
Gallia Academy High School
Hospital students visit Fairfield. families tour region
Miss Barbara Rader and Miss Julia Collins of Holzer Hospital School of Nursing are on affiliate duty at Cincinnati General Hospital. Edwin R. McCormick of Fairfield hosts his daughter and grandchildren from McAllen Texas Frances aged 11 Robert aged 6 and Jimmy Joe aged 7. The Lovells traveled from Charleston to Fairfield and J T Russell returned to Canton after a visit with relatives. Dr Harold W Kennedy of Rio Grande College honored at Coal Grove dinner with Dr and Mrs William A Lewis.
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Barbara Rader
Julia Collins
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Cincinnati General Hospital
Edwin R
Pete) McCormick
Fairfield
Robert Lovell
McAllen
Texas
Frances
Robert
Jimmy Joe
Lovells
Charleston
J. T. Russell
Canton
Helen Russell
Heber
Harold W. Kennedy
Rio Grande College
Coal Grove
William A. Lewis
Cottrell Sues Dobbins Over Grocery and Feed Debt
Fe L. Cottrell files suit in Gatlin County common pleas court seeking 895.08 plus interest for groceries and feed claimed due since March 2 1953 from Joe and Mary Dobbins.
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Gallipolis
FE. L. Cottrell
Gatlin County Common Pleas Court
Joe
Mary Dobbins
Dead Sea Vapor Clouds Spur Quick Evaporation Observed
Evaporation from the Dead Sea surface is so rapid that half-formed blue white clouds of vapor are frequently seen rising above the water.
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Dead Sea
Graduation Is Sell Out at Gallia Academy High School
Gallia Academy High School sold all tickets for Thursday’s commencement in the Washington School auditorium. Principal M Harold Brown said 126 tickets were issued with about 500 free for graduates families and staff. remaining attendees will be admitted standing room only from 8 pm with stage seating available briefly.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Washington School
M. Harold Brown
GAHS
Audi
At & Pm
Brown
Eighth grade students honored with dictionaries at Washington School
Neal and Ann Weng led scholars in the top 15 percent of the class receiving dictionaries inscribed by teacher Garnet Stringfellow during eighth grade commencement. Principal Shafer spoke as certificates were handed by Principal Marshall D. and Miss Fuller.
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Garnet Stringfellow
Washington School
George Fuller
Parent-Teacher Association
Ann Wenz
Mary Ellen Neal
Ohio
Keith Sheets
Wyman Sheets
Lower River Road
Ann Venzg
Sandy Avner
Max Avner
Hedgewood Drive
Sheets
Boxwell
Avner
Ann Venz
Buckeye
Mrs. Fuller
Anne Barbara Bailey
Patty Sradbury
Lewis Campbell
Charne Cotton
George Gilmore
Mike Harrington
Carol Sue Haskins
Phyllis Hazlett
Ronald Mary Ellen Neal
Deanna Itips
Billy Shaw
Gretchen Smith
Carel Stephenson
Ann Weng
Barbara Walker
Ann William
Richard Dray
Ronnie Edgington
Juanita Evans
Gerald Fro
Gale
Roger Martin
Philip Miller
Jo Ann Pierotti
Vernon C Shafer
Church of the Nazarene
Marshall D
Evan Howard Evans
Clara M. Mossbarger
Sara Porter
Clarence George
John Trotter
Richard Shrider
Janet Wetherholt
Margaret Thomas
Ruth Deepping
Kathryn Sheete
Clarence Thompson
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Gomer Phillips
Green Township
Edwin E. Higgins
Marcus J. Magnussen
Hoke Robinson
Charles Brown
Arden Dobson
Roy Grose
Lievyd Blazer
Ralph Lusher
Derry
Eleessor
Mark Santee
Joe Stiles
John Donahue
George Bovie
Paul Davies
Betty Ott
Nyle Borden
Ralph Waugh
Wayne Foster
Keith KR. Brandeberry
Charles (Fox) Grant
Louise Brink
Jerry Miller
Clyde Mitchell
Charles FE. Butler
C. (Mac) Mc.Ginness
Jim Porter
Mrs. Epling
Dr. Gibert
Dr Magnussen
Robert F. Jenkins
Bone Higgins
Lloyd Blazer
Nyle D. Borden
Ott
Gallipolis Social Notes
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River Travel
Chambersburg
Orleanian
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James D Francis
Ernestine
Alcott
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