Seven Weekend Accidents Reported by Patrol at Gallipolis
The State Highway Patrol reported seven incidents over the weekend in Gallipolis and nearby areas. A 1940 convertible burned from a dash fire near Buffalo Hollow Road injuring no passengers, and multiple drivers were cited for unsafe operation or driving left of center. Injuries included a fractured ankle and facial cuts. several drivers faced fines in municipal or mayor's courts.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
C. Harper
Harper
Buffalo Hollow Rd
Route 75
Robert Day
Grove City
Ohio
Jo Ann Robinson Attends Ironton May Queen Crowning
Relatives and friends of Jo Ann Robinson attended the Ironton May Queen exercises where Jo Ann, a member of the graduating class, served as an attendant. The group included her grandparents Mr and Mrs John Robinson and Mrs J G Schreck and other Ironton residents who plan to move back to Gallipolis in mid June.
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Jo Ann Robinson
Donald Robinson
Ironton
Gallipolis
Brook lyn guest Evelyn Saperstein feted by friends
Miss Evelyn Saperstein of Brook lyn N Y is being honored as a house guest of Mr and Mrs Meyer Maggied. Wednesday noon a three table bridge luncheon was given. That evening Mr and Mrs Max Altman hosted a dinner at their Hedgwood Drive home. Thursday evening the Maggies and guests dined with Mrs Rose Rosenberg in Athens.
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Evelyn Saperstein
Brooklyn
N. Y
Meyer Maggied
Maggied
Bridge
Max Altman
Hedgwood Drive
Harry Maggied
Rose Rosenberg
Athens
City manager and wife move to Hedgewood subdivision
City manager and Mrs. Roy Bartlett moved Thursday to their new home on Overlook Drive in Hedgewood. They recently sold their residence on Lower River Road to Hobart Dillion, a Crown City native who has lived in Pomeroy and will return to Gallia County to reside.
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Roy Bartlett
Overlook Drive
Hedgewood
Lower River Road
Hobart Dillion
Dillon
Crown City
Pomeroy
Gallia County
Marriage of Viola Lewis to Lester McGuire in Northup
Mr and Mrs Joshua Lewis of Northup announce the marriage of their daughter Viola to Lester McGuire son of Mrs Laura McGuire also of Northup The Rev Earl Cremeens officiated the May 16 ceremony.
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Joshua Lewis
Northup
Viola
Lester McGuire
Laura McGuire
Earl Cremeens
Local Social Happenings and Moves in Ohio
Mrs. O A Vornholt prepares an apartment for son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs William Dresbach as their marriage is recent. Mr and Mrs George Kershaw Jr visit Huntington for a birthday dinner honoring Mr Kershaw’s father. Don Souder Gallia Academy coach leaves for Alamo Tennessee with Mrs Souder and son Bob to make future home. Judge Robert Betz has cast removed nine weeks after car wreck and remains at home. Mrs James Hunt travels to Oak Ridge Tennessee with her niece and two children. Mrs Carrie Manley vacationing from Gallipolis State Hospital with relatives in Zanesville and Detroit.
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O. A. Vornholt
Findlay
William Dresbach
George Kershaw Jr
Huntington
Mr. Kershaw
Don Souder
Gallia Academy
Souder
Bob
Alamo, Tenn
Common Pleas
Robert Betz
James Hunt
Fletcher Wagoner
Oak Ridge
Tenn
James Northrup
Carrie Manley
Gallipolis State Hospital
Zanesville
Detroit
Police Report Two Accidents In Gallipolis
City police report two minor traffic accidents on Saturday in congested traffic with no injuries. Raymond Stewart, 45, and Wendell Houck, 18, were involved in one crash as a backing vehicle fendered with a car. In the second, Crobett J. Roberts, 42, Gallipolis, and William LaGrange, 16, Huntington, collided when LaGrange lost control at Pine and East Second Street. Damage included fenders, headlights and wheels. No arrests.
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Gallipolis
Raymond Stewart
Bulaville Rd
Wendell Houck
Crown City
Crobett J. Roberts
William LaGrange
Huntington
LaGrange
Pine and
E. Second St
Library to suspend evening open house hours
Gallia County District Library will discontinue Wednesday evening open hours during June July and August as announced by library officials.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
River traffic report from Gal lipolis locks and Kanawha River readings
Port records show multiple boats such as Reliance Trade Wind Sullivan Solway and others moving through Gal lipolis locks with times from 8:05 a.m. to 11:55 a.m. Kana w ha River readings note Kanawha Falls rising to 4.05 feet and Point Pleasant at 24.62 feet.
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Gallipolis
Reliance
Sullivan
Kanawha
Louisiana
Jefferson
Ayres
Titan
Rowe
Seniet
Sohio State
Lehigh
Price
Neville
Peace
Hatfield
Kanawha Falls
Point Pleasant
Births and discharges noted at Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital reports births including a son for Mrs Richard Leedy and a daughter for Mrs Finley Cotton among others. Discharges list multiple patients such as Mrs Robert Gastin and Miss Gert rude Saunders plus several with families or spouses named.
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Richard Leedy
Jackson
Gordon Houck
Crown City
Finley Cotton
Gallipolis
Roy Harmon
Addison
Robert Gastin
Gertrude Saunders
Phillip Long
Ben Franklin
Faye Wheaton
David C. Evans
Earl Jones
Charles Walburn
John Davis
Ronald Mayer
Frederick C. Rodgers
Pearl Gibbs
Carl Wilfong
George Staten
Everette Grimm
Elsie Forth
Paul Pullins
Ina Matis
Harold Gray
Morgan McCoy
Leonard Holzapfel
Charles Werry
Gallia County 4-H Club Notes Brim with Meetings and Elections
Multiple Gallia County 4-H clubs report recent meetings and activities. Olla Belle Dobbins attends Eno Sail On Club. Harris Lucky Ladies and Lads hold demonstrations and games. Asbury Merrymakers plan parliamentary procedure and a pie social. Blue Lake Boosters discuss projects and a hayride. Bulaville Bonnets organize with offi cers. Little Egger Gris reequips with officers. Cheshire Helping Hands meets. Rodney Girls 4-H roasts wiener and selects council member.
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Eno
Sail On Club
Olla Belle Dobbins
Louise Reynolds
Barbara Fraley
Verna Mae Miles
Sibyl Fraley
Barbara Roush
Harris Lucky Ladies
Grange Hall
Ruth Ann Denney
Mildred Denney
Wanda Durst
Harris Lucky Lads
Laura Wood
Blue Lake
Dewey Gay
Canter's Cave
Yellowtown
Betty Trotter
Bulaville Bonnets
Inez Mooney
Wanda Lou Shaver
Paul Elliott
Stella Jean Smith
Joan Lane
Carol Mooney
Point Pleasant to Host Chil Children of the American Revolution Meet
Point Pleasant will host the state Children of the American Revolution convention June 9 and 10 at the Junior High School Auditorium. Fort Randolph Society leaders announced the event and plan a tea and formal dance with numerous invited guests and volunteers handling arrangements.
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Point Pleasant
Eldrige Sauer
Sandra Jones
Fort Randolph Society
Car
E. Bartow Jones
Barbara Ann Bair Ninth Birthday Party at Home
Mrs. Pauline Bair hosted Barbara Ann Bair's ninth birthday party at their home on Thursday evening. Guests included Barbara Peters Johnnie Ross Sandra Russell Erma Patterson Bobby Reynolds Nelson Rayburn Dottie Greenlee Carol Ann Biffle Jean and Ann Elliott John Bush and Charles Abbott with cake and ice cream served.
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Pauline Bair
Viand Sr
Barbara Ann
Bair
Bulah Oliver
Flo Robbins
Barbara Peters
Johnnie Ross
Sandra Russell
Erma Patterson
Bobby Reynolds
Nelson Rayburn
Dottie Greenlee
Carol Ann Biffle
Jean and
Ann Elliott
John Bush
Charles Abbott
Stork Shower Honors Mrs. Workman in Gallipolis
Mrs. Robert Workman was honored with a stork shower Friday evening at her mother Mrs. Preston Snowden home 2319 Jefferson Ave assisted by Mrs. G F Kimbrel. Seventh Street games were played and a social hour followed with refreshments.
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Robert Workman
Gallipolis
Preston Snowden
Jefferson Ave
G. F. Kimbrel
Seventh St
Police Report Three Thefts In Bend Area
State Police investigate three Bend area break ins with entries through windows. Vernon Coleman Mason loses a brown suit alarm clock knife and food. William Harris Mason loses bread and cakes. Lawrence Smith Clifton loses a suit of man’s clothes with old clothes left in exchange.
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Point Pleasant
Bend Area
D. G. Wilfong
Vernon Coleman
Mason
Wilfong
William Harris
Lawrence Smith
Clifton
R. C. Dilley
Mrs Liddy 94 dies after fall in Gallipolis
Mrs. Sarah Margaret Liddy aged 94 died at her home Sunday from complications after a fall suffered while shopping last April. She lived most of her life on a Green Township farm and came to Gallipolis in 1911. Survived by daughter Mrs. Steinbeck, a brother Edward location unknown. Services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Waugh funeral home with Rev. Linson H. Stebbins officiating. burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Sarah Margaret Liddy
Mary Steibeck
Fourth Ave
Waugh Funeral Home
Linson H. Stebbins
Mound Hill Cemetery
Repairs on Fire Truck Finished Just in Time
Point Pleasant's fire truck returned to the Viand Street fire station after receiving a new motor and other repairs. A second truck on loan from repairman D. C. Thumm of Dunbar broke down during a Saturday morning run to Eight Mile.
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Point Pleasant
Viand St
D. C. Thumm
Dunbar
Paul C Weick Elected President of Ohio Bar Association
Akron lawyer Paul C Weick was elected president of the Ohio Bar Association on Friday reflecting leadership within the state's legal community in Columbus.
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Columbus
Paul C. Weick
Akron
The
Ohio Bar Association
Locals Visit Relatives Across Regions in Holiday Spread
Mr and Mrs Carl Cossin and son Martin and O C Cossin visit Mrs Helen Cossin in Leon. Vonda Lee Barnette employed in Huntington weekends with parents Floyd and Mrs Barnette in Leon. G E Mitchell employed in Dayton spends holidays with family at 2228 Mt Vernon Ave. H H Harman at 106 English Road visit relatives in Buckhannon Ky. Doris McMillen 209 Seventh St improved after illness. Josie Smith and daughter Margetta Columbus return from visit to Mrs Ray Somerville Jerrico Rd. Carolyn Hayman and Rene Roberts of Charleston visit aunt and uncle Herbert and Edna Burdette in Leon. Glenn Jividen Columbus visits sister Georgia Martin Fifth St and mother Mrs Theodore Cash Buffalo.
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Carl Cossin
Martin
O. C. Cossin
Columbus
Helen Cossin
Leon
Vonda Lee Barnette
Huntington
Floyd Barnette
G. E. Mitchell
Dayton
Mt. Vernon Ave
H. H. Harman
English Road
Buckhannon
Doris McMillen
Seventh St
Josie Smith
Margetta
Ray Somerville
Jerrico Road
Carolyn Hayman
Rene Roberts
Charleston
Herbert
Edna Burdette
Glenn Jividen
Jividen
Georgia Martin
Fifth St
Theodore Cash
Buffalo
Wrecked car driver sought after creek plunge
State Police sought Sunday the driver of a car that left Millstone Road off Route 2 south of Point Pleasant and ended half submerged in a creek late Saturday night. The car registered to Belva T. McCallister of Huntington, with residents saying they saw a man and a woman inside. A later check found the car gone, reportedly towed away by a Huntington wrecker.
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Point Pleasant
Millstone Rd
Here
D. G. Wilfong
Belva T. McCallister
Huntington
Wilfong
R. C. Dilley
Leon Resident Dies Sunday
Leon route 2 resident Loma Montgomery 82 died Sunday at 3 50 a m at his home. A retired farmer born in Elizabeth West Virginia he moved to Mason County at age eight. Survived by wife Mary Greenlee Montgomery a daughter Geraldine Montgomery a son Hugh of Beckley sisters Ida Edwards Mid dleport J Y Edwards Oklahoma brother William Middleport. Funeral by Rev Donald Lockhart at 10 a m Tuesday in Yauger chapel burial Yauger Cemetery friends may call Crow Funeral Home.
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Point Pleasant
J. Y. Edwards
Oklahoma
William
Middleport
Donald Lockhart
Yauger Chapel
Yauger Cemetery
Crow Funeral Home
Police Jail Eight Men for Weekend Drinking
Six of eight men jailed for intoxication over the weekend by city police posted bonds and were released. Arrested were Randolph Priddy, near Leon, Wesley Jones, Henderson, Osher and Orlie Patterson, near Henderson, John Davis local and Robert Carr Greer. Sheriff F A Morrison said William H Patterson Henderson was held on a peace warrant sworn by Bunt Bowen Mayor of Henderson.
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Point Pleasant
Randolph Priddy
Leon
Wesley Jones
Henderson
Osher and
Orlie Patterson
John Davis
Robert Carr
Greer
F. A. Morrison
William H. Patterson
Bunt Bowen
Point Pleasant Firemen Plan Fourth of July Parade
Fire Chief Vernon Miller announced Point Pleasant will pursue a formal Fourth of July celebration after the Chamber of Commerce abandoned plans. The fire department, which has sponsored the event the past three years, envisions a parade on downtown streets with Harmon Field as the hub of activities and a city council review at a special meeting.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Vernon Miller
Miller
Harmon Field
Bob Adkins
Police Report Details Three Weekend Accidents in Mason County
Mason County saw three weekend traffic crashes with one minor injury and a three hour power outage. Alva Tullah 24 Mason was cited after leaving Route 33 and hitting power pole guy wires, causing a northern county outage. In another collision on Route 33 Perry Hesson 27 Mason Ross King 18 New Haven and Everett Smith 40 Pomeroy collided near the drive in theater. passenger Benjamin Oldham treated for eye bruise. A bridge on Crab Creek Road was misidentified as one way. drivers Floyd Jackson 53 Gallipolis Ferry and John Barker 29 Huntington reported, two trucks damaged and a vehicle in a field.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
D. G. Wilfong
Alva Dennie Tullah
Mason
Mason Drive-In
M. C. Clark
Appalachian Electric Power Co
West Columbia
New Haven
Clark
Wilfong
Tullah
Route
R. C. Dilley
Perry O. Hesson
Ross O'Dell King
Everett T. Smith
Pomeroy
King
Hesson
Smith
Benjamin Oldham
Mason Clinic
Dilley
Crab Creek Road
Floyd S. Jackson
Gallipolis Ferry
John H. Barker
Huntington
Escapees From Gallipolis Recovered in Pt Pleasant
Two escapees from the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics in Gallipolis were seized Sunday in Point Pleasant by Police Chief E. F. Geiger and State Police Sgt. D. G. Wilfong. Officers said the pair escaped from the Ohio Institution Saturday night.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio Hospital
Gallipolis
E. F. Geiger
D. G. Wilfong
Ohio Institution
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