Two Drown While Fishing at Rocky Fork State Park
A seven year old Gallipolis boy and his sixty one year old great uncle drowned while fishing at Rocky Fork State Park Lake near Hillsboro. The boy Larry Robert Myers of Gallipolis and Lewis Morgan Myers of Englewood Florida were camping with Larry’s parents when the tragedy occurred. Accidental drowning ruled. bodies recovered within minutes of each other. Funeral plans set for Grace Methodist Church with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Washington
Gallia County
Rocky Fork State Park Lake
Hillsboro
Highland County Sheriff's Department
Larry Robert Myers
Kineon Dr
Lewis Morgan Myers
Englewood
Fla
Mr. Myer
Ausman
Myers
Ronald Guston
Highland County
Larry
State Park
Grace Methodist Church
Hughey L. Jones
Mound Hill Cemetery
Waugh-Halley-Wood
Larry Myers
Grace Methodist
Robert H. Myers
Bidwell
Orville Sturgeon
Henderson
W. Va
Mary Blake
Ashton
Matthew Simpson
Ina Ellen Watts Myers
Greyhound Lines
Miami
First Presbyterian Church
The
Elks Lodge
Sanford, Fla
Thelma Burgess
Sarah Armstrong
Cincinnati
Gallia Academy honors 175 grads at big ceremony
Gallia Academy High School awarded scholarships and honors at a Friday commencement for 157 graduates. Susan Phillips received the academic key. Bill Wamsley the athletic key. Dennis Avner and Mary Ely won science and music awards with a $50 fund prize. Marie Ford earned a $2800 St Louis University scholarship.
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Gallia Academy High School Grads
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High
GAHS
James N. M. Davis
Susan E. Phillips
Gomer W. Phillips
First Ave
William E
Bill) Wamsley
Clarence Wamsley
Kananga
Dennis Avner
Max Avner
Hedgewood Dr
Amihus
Avner
Sandy Sutter
Mary Ely
Miss Ely
Gailia Medical Memorial Fundation
George L. Ely
Miss Sutter
A. Kimball
Pastor Changes Highlight West Virginia Evangelical Conference
The 107th Annual EUB Conference at Buckhannon announced pastoral reassignments across West Virginia. Roy McCoy moves from Point Pleasant Heights to Ripley Church as group leader. Robert Evans goes to Weston. Charles Frum to Heights Church. Ralph Maponey to Parkersburg. Lester Lane to Mason. Gerald Sayre not taking an assignment. other transfers include Densil Proudfoot to Ravenswood and Knapp retiring after 43 years. Several churches remain unsupplied and a regional center under Mission to Appalachia is planned with Bernard Lieving as supervisor. One death noted, Rev. Fred Slaughter.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Buckhannon
Church Center
Ev-Un-Breth Acres
Point Pleasant Ripley
Roy McCoy
Heights Church
Ripley Church
Robert Evans
Weston Church
Charles Frum
Mason
Parkersburg
Lester Lane
Gerald Sayre
Krebs Chapel
Willaim
Ald Lockhart
Good Shepherd
Densil Proudfoot
Ravenswood
Ripley
Charles G. Knapp
Fairplain
William Sullivan
B. A. Harris
Cottageville
Parsons
Rockcastle
J. K. Scott
Fairmont
New Haven
Ohio
Robert Dille
West Union
Christian Education
Roy Fisher
Otterbein Church
Dayton
Dille
Bernard Lieving
Philippi Church
Phillips
Appalachia
William Jenkins
Appalachian Project
Kanawha Valleys
Homer Hicks
Vienna Church
Charles Parrish
Red Hill
Bill Angel
Parkersburg South
Arnold P. Willis, Jr
Huntington
John Icenhower
Deep Creek Lake
Guy Harmon
Mason County
Volga Circuit
Rio Grande to Award 4 Honorary Degrees
Rio Grande College plans its 89th anniversary commencement with four honorary degrees. Recipients include William Hollis Ewing, Wilfred T. Packer, Paul M. Young, and Sen. Stephen M. Young. Sen. Young will deliver the commencement address. Packer will give the Baccalaureate sermon.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
William Hollis Ewing
Wilfred T. Packer
Paul M. Young
Stephen M. Young
Sen. Young
Senate
Armed Services
Public Works
Packer
Andrews Named State Music Director in West Virginia
James Andrews, Point Pleasant High School band director for five years, becomes supervisor of music for the State Department of Education. He succeeds Dr. Thomas Wekstrom who leads the department’s Research Division. Andrews previously taught at Hurricane High School and held leadership roles with Bandmasters and Music Educators of West Virginia. He earned BA and MA from Marshall University and belongs to Phi Beta Mu Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia and the American School Bandmasters Association.
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Point Pleasant
James Andrews
State Department of Education
Thomas Wekstrom
Andrews
Hurricane High School
Association
Music Educators of West Virginia
West Virginia
Marshall University
Phi Beta Mu
River traffic and dam status across Ohio River locks
Dams on Kana wa river are on the sill while movable dams along the Ohio River Huntington District are up. River reports list gauge readings at Gallipolis Meldahl Greenup and Kanawha Falls with dozens of boats and their loads or draughts at multiple locks including Lock 13 14 15 16 20 22 23 and Meldahl Locks with vessel movements and draft figures.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Meldahl
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
John J. Rowe
Bob Benter
Solvay
Susan Lane
Titan
John Bell Hood
Elgercliff
Ben McCool
Lelia C. Shearer
Winfield
Beaver
W. H. Shaver Jr
George T. Price
Upern
Ohio River
Sally H
New Martinsville
Queen City
Chickasaw
Warren Hougland
Little Edward
Lillian G
Lock
Tie Sporn
F. H. Johnson
Chaperon
Pegg Downey
Franklin B
Illinois
Steel Ranger
Stevenson
Criss Jr
Panzo
Derrick
Greeny Locks
Helen B
Valvoline
Meldahi Locks
Molly K
Pamela D
Price Family Welcomes Son at Holzer Hospital
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Pat Price of Patriot Route 1. The Holzer Hospital roster lists admitted patients including Mrs. Harold R. Clark Ches hire and several others from Jackson Wellston Thurman Mt. Alto and Pomeroy areas.
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Pat Price
Patriot Route 1
Harold R. Clark
Cheshire
David Coffey
Jackson
Robert A. Downard
Wellston
John H. Jenkins
Virgil F. Richards
Thurman
Ola Mason
Mt. Alto
W. Va
Patricia J. Kennedy
Pomeroy
Cyrus B. Drummond
Patriot
Stella Young
Jack O. Jenkins
Opal Queen
Emma _ Forth
Daniel Shane
William McCoy
Thomas Watkins
August Benbow
Greer Iiderton
Chester Cremeens
James H. Mathias
Ellen L. Johnson
Ricky W. Johnson
Evelyn Rapp
Leo W. Mossman
Bernard Diddle
Marie Kirchner
Margaret Brooks
Homer Boggs
Garnet Byrne
John Farley
Loren Thompson, Jr
Dana Hysell
Robert L. Vineyard
Lawrence R. Lee
Paul E. Icard
Robert E. Adkins
Pleasant Valley Hospital Birth Notices
Birth announcements for a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Wilkey Tucker of Buffalo. Listed mothers include Mrs. Arthur Matheny Evans Maria Mees Point Pleasant Arthur Sayre Evans Mrs. Lowell Cook Point Pleasant Mrs. Lewis Oliver Point Pleasant Charles Curfman Point Pleasant Mrs. Delmar Herdman Middleport and daughter to Mrs. Garland Bostic Hogsett Mrs. Eric Boegli West Columbia.
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Wilkey Tucker
Buffalo
Arthur Matheny
Evans
Maria Mees
Point Pleasant
Arthur Sayre
Lowell Cook
Lewis Oliver
Charles Curfman
Delmar Herdman
Middleport
Garland Bostic
Hogsett
Eric Boegli
West Columbia
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Gallipolis Commercial and Savings Bank
Second Ave
Court St
Gahs Athletic Board
Albert Durose
Carl V. Carlson
Columbus
Bell
Carlson
EUB Church
Jack C. Higgins
Bellemeade
Adah Miller
Bachtel
Martin Berisford
Don
State Highway Patrol
Joan E. Bradshaw
James H. Roberts
Middletown
Marlin Kerns
City Board of Education
Nancy Adams
Mary Margaret Armstrong
Tona Dianne Arrowood
Donnie Lee Avner
Ronnie Baird
Frances
Martha Ann Finnicum
City Superintendent of Schools
Albert R. Durose
Holzer Hospital
Wade O. Finnicum
Fourth Ave
David Thomas Epling
David Evans
Kenneth W. Fellore
Kay Frances Fenderbosch
Mike Steele Fisher
Marie Eileen Ford
Harold R. Fowler
Karlene Arela Fraley
William A. Fraley
Robert Clare Fridd Jr
Carolyn Ann Gardner
Dewetta June Gay
Frank Badger Gilbert
Norman Eddie Gilmore
Carol Lynn Glassburn
Carolyn Sue Grose
Richard Hamilton
Barbara Ann Hardesty
Maxine Lela Harris
Marilyn Lucinda Hanson
Joyce Hoffman
Patsy Ann Holston
Debra Holt
Keith Houck
Edward Howard
Carol Howe
Linda Humphreys
Jacqueline Burt
Joseph Gardner Igleheart
Carolyn Johnson
Charlene Kilgore
Brenda King
Robert C. Lane
Jane Mooney Lane
Linda Lane
Gary Layne
Florene Lee
Davis Long
Emma Long
Patricia Ann Malone
Richard Maxwell
Charles Mayes
Joyce Mehl
Leslie Menshouse
Judith Michael
Frank H. Mills III
Tim H. Mills
Joyce Ann Miller
Linda Miller
Donna Mitchell
James E. Mitchell
Linda Mitchell
William Mitchell
Wanda Mohler
Ann Morgan
John Michael Neal
Sandra Nibert
Rose Northup
Charles O'Dell
Wilmer Parsons
Donna Jane Phillips
Susan Ellen Phillips
William Poling Jr
James Pratt
Stella Susan Pullins
Mark Reese
Roberta Lynn Richards
Patricia Roach
Steven Roach
Gary Roark
Barry Roberts
Anita Carol Robinson
Karen Robinson
Peggy Sue Robinson
James Stanley Robinson
Mary Ann Ryal
Phillip Sanders
Richard A. Saunders
Ricky Joe Saunders
Robert L. Saunders
Carmah Saxton
Larry Shong
Kay L. Sigler
Barbara Simmons
Randall Simpson
Edward Neal Slagle
Carolyn Smith
June Eloise Smith
Patty Beck Smith
Steve Snedaker
Julia Steger
Larry Stephenson
Barbara Stover
Nina Stover
Timothy Stutler
Sandra Sutter
Kay Tabor
Cheryl Taylor
Gary Taylor
Roger Taylor
Nancy Lee Tawney
Cheryl Thomas
James E. Trout
Carolyn Vallance
Sharon Vance
Fred Woulborn
William E. Wamsley
Ronald Whetzel
Danny White
Charles Darrel Young
Gallia Academy High School
Bob Evans
William E. Berney
Nelsonvville
Messenger
Messenger Accident
Insurance Department
Athens Messenger
Athens
Muto! Insurance
Columbus Ohio
Alderson-Broaddus College
Ewing
Telecommunications Center
Ohio State University
Rio Grande Alumni Association
Paul Young
Thorofare Markets
Murrysville
Allstate Insurance Co
Kroger Co
Young
Baldwin
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Honorary Mens Music Fraternity
American School Bandmasters Association
Holzer Hospital News
Pleasant Valley Hospital
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