Clagg Draws 1-20 Term In Shooting Of Milkman
Gallia County Common Pleas Court sentenced Henry A. Clagg after his guilty plea to shooting Keith Kessell a milk truck driver on Sept 21. The judge ordered Lima State Hospital evaluation then potential Lima confinement, with a suspended 120 year term to allow treatment. Kessell was shot at a farm on Smoky Row Road and later paralyzed, with the gun never found. Prosecutor Warren F. Sheets did not reveal motive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lima
Henry A. Clagg
Waterloo
Gallia County
Common Pleas Court
Robert M. Betz
Clagg
Keith K. Kessell
Bidwell
Betz
Lima State Hospital
Ohio Department of Mental Hygiene and Correction
Cragg
Ohio
Kessell
Sam Cardwell
Smoky Row Road
Harrison Two
Holzer Hospital
University Hospital
Columbus
Two accidents near Gallipolis report
State Highway Patrol investigated two crashes at 3:55 p.m. on Wednesday, three miles apart. In one, Vesta Call and Harold Petty collided head on on Rodney-Corn Rd. No injuries. In the other on Route 35, Daniel Jones stopped for a bus. Robert Rodgers rear ended Jones and was cited for no license and following too closely. William Hurt Jr. was cited for a separate Route 160 collision. No injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Highway Patrol
Rodney-Corn
Vesta M. Call
Gallipolis
Harold Petty
Waterloo
Daniel Jones
Robert Rodgers
Columbus
Rodgers
Jones
William Hurt, Jr
Bidwell
Porter
Hurt
Clarence E. Martin
Wilkesville
Martin
Hart
Peppers Found Guilty of Non-Support in Gallia Court
Eddie Peppers, 37, Gallipolis, acted as his own attorney in a jury trial. The jury convicted him after 10 minutes of deliberation. Judge Robert M. Betz remanded him to the Gallia County jail pending investigation by Probation Officer Paul Parkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Eddie Peppers
Gallia County
Store aisles and shopper patterns differ with cross aisles
The U S Department of Agriculture reports that about 25 percent of shoppers in stores without cross aisles cover nearly the entire store, while with a cross aisle only about 5 percent shop every aisle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Department of Agriculture
A W Thorne Ex Farmer Dies At 87 In Rio Grande
Alva W. Thorne 87 a retired farmer and Rio Grande resident died at 7 a m Wednesday at the Mark Rest Home McConnelsville after months there He was born in Wood County West Virginia son of John and Martha Thorne He came to Gallia County in 1920 from Akron Survived by 11 children 32 grandchildren 27 great grandchildren and other relatives He was a member of the Methodist Church for 66 years Funeral at Rio Grande Simpson Chapel Methodist Church at 2 p m Friday Rev Roy Wigal with burial in Calvary Cemetery Rio Grande Friends may call at the Wetherholt Elliott Sanders funeral home Gallipolis Thursday evening and lie in state one hour at the church
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alva W. Thorne
Rio Grande
Mark
McConnelsville
Wood County
W. Va
John
Martha Rowand Thorne
Gallia County
Akron
Ruth Emma Howard
Anna McCarley
Ern Thorne
Clarence
Goldie) Davis
Everett
Miner
Hubert Thorne
Thomas
Ruth) Perry
Athens
Ada Fox
Columbus
Merchant Thorne
Alliance
Reynold
Edna) Roepeter
Zanesville
King Thorne
Hunter
Fred Thorne
Jupiter
Fla
Thorne
Methodist Church
Rio Grande Simpson Chapel Methodist Church
Roy Wigal
Calvary Cemetery
Wetherholt-Elliott-Sanders
MDA Appeals for Christmas Decoration Funds
The McArthur Development Association asks members to pay 1961 dues promptly to bolster the Christmas decoration fund. Secretary-Treasurer George E. Booth urged timely mailings of checks to support new holiday displays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
McArthur Development Association
MDA
George E. Booth
Divorce Petition Filed in Gallia County Court
Faye Lamm of Gallipolis Route 1 files for divorce from Charles Lamm a prisoner in Gallia County jail. Married January 8 1947 at Pomeroy they have seven children alimony and child custody requested.
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Gallipolis
Faye Lamm
Gallia County
Common Pleas Court
Charles Lamm
Pomeroy
Kiwanis Hear Key Club Youth to Farmers in Farm City Week
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club shifts focus from youth to farming during Farm City Week. Jimmie Evans will lead the event with the Gallia Academy High School Key Club presenting program details. Father son and daughter banquet set for Nov. 22 and Christmas party for Kiwanian-Annes on Dec. 20. Rodney Lusk and GAHS Key Club members showcased football program printing and school activities.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Gallia Academy High School Key Club
Kiwanis
Tye
Farm City Week
Jimmie Evans
Agricultural Conservation and Stablization Committee
Kiwanis Agriculture Conservation Committee
Gallia Academy Key Club
Rodney Lusk
Lusk
Gahs Club
Brian Lanier
Bill Bachus
Dick Haycraft
Birth of a Daughter at Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital notes report the birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Randall Winters Gallipolis Route 2. The admission list includes numerous patients from Oak Hill Ashland Racine and surrounding areas with several residents admitted and many released.
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Mrs
Randall Winters
Gallipolis
Harry L. Fowler
Ashland
Clyde D. Hammock
South Side
W. Va
James M. Snodgrass
David E. Wallis
Debra M. Swann
Oak Hill
Claude N. Dray
Northup
City Police Check Three Collisions in Gallipolis
Three vehicle crashes reported by city police on Wednesday in Gallipolis involved Harry Thevenin and James Raike at Third and Locust, Harold W. Wetherholt and Sharon Clark in Betz Alley, and Donald Biffle and Hilda Canaday at Gallia Street alley. All injuries were minor and no charges filed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harry G. Thevenin
James Raike
Kananga
Third
Locust
Thevenin
Betz Alley
First
Second Aves
Harold W. Wetherholt
Sharon L. Clark
Clark
Saunders Monument Shop
Gallia St
Chestnut and
Chatham Sts
Donald K. Biffle
Hilda Canaday
Moeller SBA In Gallipolis Session
Gallipolis hosts a meeting with Congressman Walter H. Moeller and SBA officials Wilbur Grandel and John Inderdohnen. Grandel touts development routes including loans up to 350000 for small firms and local industry growth such as a cannery and a furniture factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Walter H. Moeller
Small Business Administration
Wilbur Grandel
SBA
Region 6
Cleveland
John Inderdohnen
Grandel
Rio Grande College
Inderdohnen
Gallia County
Robert M. Richards
Gallipolis Man Pleads Guilty to Forgery in Court
Delbert Powell 32 of Gallipolis pleaded guilty to forgery in Municipal Court and was bound over to the January grand jury with a $500 bond. Powell was arrested on a forged $10 check dated Oct. 30. Separate cases saw Bernard Kemper fined for driving left of center and Richard Fox Jr. for an overlength vehicle bond forfeiture.
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Gallipolis
N. Delbert Powell
William H. Jones
Gallia County
Bowles Begins Prison Term After Guilty Plea
David M Bowles 26 of Charleston West Virginia started serving consecutive two to three year terms at Ohio Penitentiary for issuing checks with insufficient funds after pleading guilty to recent grand jury indictments. Deputy Sheriff Grant Long transported Bowles to the Penitentiary on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grant Long
David M. Bowles
Charleston
Ohio Penitentiary
Bowles
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Warren F. Sheets
John Purdy
Gallipolis, Ohio
Priomt
the Fabulous Music and
Macc
Cam Peas
Bing Crosby
Kaye
Clooney
Ellen
Dean Jagger
Irving
Emmett Lae
Rae Rasa
Oram
George Montgomery
Steel Glaw
Walt Disney
Messenger
A. W. Thorne
Ethyl
Turkeys
Certified Oil CO
Carpenter Street
Harold Bailey
Sault Ste. Marie
Mich
KEY Club
Kiwani-Annes
Jerry L. Martindill
Wells
Lewis Baisden, Jr
Leslie Williams
Franklin Furnace
David W. Mercer
Jack
Carl E. Scoff
Edythe R. Hanfeldt
Charles W. Metzler
Bessie M. Sayre
Grimms Landing
Arthur G. Neigler
Racine
John Jordan
Garland Matthews
Connie Austin
Henry Hutchinson
Rudolph L. Gordon
Grace Lavender
Miles Biggs
Marlene Harrison
Denise Henderson
Randall Sallaz
Victoria Cole
Freddie Moore
John Conley
Clay Haggard
Roy Hunt
Ben’ F. Sandridge
Orlyn Henderson
William J. Sheridan
Richards
Ao Belks
Madame Alexander
Belk’s
Certified Better Values
Old Crow
Nile
America
Kentucky
Light
Bourbon
Frankfort
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