Changes in Shop Music Building Approved by City School Board
Gallia Academy High School construction sees two changes approved by the Gal liaopolis city board ahead of bid lettings. Conduit origin and exit lighting are altered for practicality, and the heating system shifts from Columbus Heating and Ventilating to Lennox. The board also set a bid ad for December 11, while band trip to Washington and Cherry Blossom Festival was approved as nonbinding.
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City School
Gallipolis
Allia Academy High School
Columbus
Lennox
Gallia Academy
Washington
Boggs
Washington School
Gallia Academy High School
Rutland News Roundup and Local Notices
Rutland area roundup covers numerous visits and homecomings across towns including New Marshfield and Point Pleasant. Residents hosting and traveling relatives include the Sidders Clarks Rupe Sams and several Snowden and Shuler families. The Athens County tax notice explains revised real estate valuations and inspection access at the County Auditor’s office with specific adjustments noted.
Security Talk At B P W Meeting In Gallipolis
Thirty eight members and eight guests of the Business and Professional Women heard Rev. Warren H. Wilson of Grace Methodist Church discuss national security. He urged defense through love prayer and faith in God noting rapid movement of people and many utilities and resources, mentioning the United Nations. Mrs. Lola Mae Sutter presided as two new members joined, Ruth Martin announced Miss Molly Vance as Girl of the Month, donations were made to several drives, and plans for a Dec 17 Christmas party at the Farmers Hotel were discussed along with youth canteen work and March of Dimes polio efforts. The National Security Committee convened the program with Mrs. Myrtle Neal as chairman and other members.
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Gallipolis
Farmers Hotel
Warren H. Wilson
Grace Methodist Church
United Nations
Lola Mae Sutter
Ina Carpenter
J. H. Carpenter
Irene Gilliam
Holzer Hospital
Ruth Martin
Molly Vance
Thena Rathburn
Eleanor Fuller
Leona Trout
Mabel Tawney
Ethel Maude Young
Virgie Howard
Betty Lyons
Winifred Knight
Margaret Pollock
Thelma White
Elmer Dexter
Dorothy McCorry
Nina Sanders
National Security Committee
Myrtle Neal
Pollock
Golda Ward
Elizabeth Evans
Perry County News Briefs Hit By Fire Aid And Local Appointments
The Red Cross seeks bedding and clothing for the Wilkes home on Scotch Hill Rendville after a fire left the family with few essentials. October births outnumbered deaths with 25 births and 14 deaths reported by the Perry County Health Board. Attorney M G Underwood Jr of New Lexington is Perry County chairman for the Ohio State Bar Association membership drive. Sidwell Brothers of South Zanesville win a state highway project in Perry County with bid 234808 14 for Route 75 work in Saltlick and Pike Townships including grading draining paving and resurfacing with asphaltic concrete. Completion target is October 31 1957. Charles West sustains serious injuries at the new Corning mine and is taken to Bethesda Hospital Zanesville. Perry County Farm Bureau Federation holds its annual meeting naming Luke Ridenour Thornville district 1 Frank Folk New Lexington district 2 and Ray McCann Junction City district 3 as directors for three years. Charles Ensminger Mt Perry and Arthur Danison Junction City chosen as delegates to the 1957 Ohio Bureau meeting. Bob Fowle returns to St Aloysius Academy as basketball coach after leaving Hebron. Henry Pletcher Roseville postal clerk is approved as savings and loan examiner with headquarters in Rennie.
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Perry County
Charles West
Corning
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
Perry County Farm Bureau Federation
Somerset
Luke Ridenour
Thornville
Frank Folk
New Lexington
Ray McCann
Junction City
Charles Ensminger
Mt. Perry
Arthur Danison
Ohio Bureau
Bob Fowle
St.Aloysius Academy
Hebron
Henry Pletcher
Roseville
Savings and Loan Examiner
Rennie
Pomona Grange awards shine at county meeting
Gallia county Pomona Grange officers gathered at the Ohio Valley Grange Hall for awards to two subordinate lecturers Mrs Maurice Thomas of Eno Grange and Daisy Glassburn of Harris Grange for outstanding programs. Seven secretaries earned distinguished service awards and Swan Creek received the community service award. The group planned for home economics projects youth work and a summer banquet while reviewing the inspection score sheet and county visitation program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pomona Grange
Ohio Valley Grange Hall
Maurice Thomas
Eno Grange
Daisy Glassburn
Harris Grange
T. F. Burleson
Little Kgger Grange
Lewis Hughes
Georges Creek
Vera Miles
Eno
Garnet Meeks
Harris
William P. Smith
Centenary
Cheatwood
Gallia Grange
Gladys Church
Swan Creek Grange
Ruth Evans
Huntington Grange
Swan Creek Group
Kenneth Ward
Grace Guild meets for Thanksgiving program at church
The Grace Guild of the Methodist Church held a Monday night session with 28 attendees. Mrs George Fuller led a Thanksgiving program urging gratitude for many blessings and dinner was organized by Mrs John Dobbins with several helpers.
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Grace Guild
The
Methodist Church
George Fuller
John Dobbins
Edgington
Tom Mills
Sylvan, White
John Lloyd
Faye Alban
Harold Brown
Thanksgiving Youth Dance at High School Canteen
A semi formal dance for high school students to mark the Thanksgiving season will be held at the youth canteen on Saturday night. The event will begin about 9 p.m. and run into the evening hours.
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Youth Canteen
Blue Devils football season praised by Thompson in Lions Club
Gallipolis coach Clarence Thompson called the Blue Devils season very successful at a Lafayette Hotel Lions Club dinner. He noted seven players depart, a tie for league runnerup, and a champion defeat. He cited Roger Thomas for line blocks Ronnie Carr for backfield blocks and Bert Smith for tackles. Thompson said next year’s line will be large with only one first-string back leaving. Dr Norman Pinschmidt said Crippled Children's Society aims at sight conservation with Lions and Knights of Pythias considering gifts. Past visual aid spending totaled 150, 572.95, and 80 since Aug 1 in Gallia County. No action was taken yet. The society welcomed support and plans to extend services for children.
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Gallipolis
Clarence Thompson
Blue Devils
Lions Club
Lafayette Hotel
Roger Thomas
Ronnie Carr
Bert Smith
Thompson
Norman Pinschmidt
Gallia County
Knights of Pythias
Lions
Knights
Wat
Huntington East
West Virginia
Huntington
Washington
Leo Mossman
George Fuller
William P. Smith
Farmer's Hotel
Paul Pearson
Dean Circle
Vance Johnson
New Marshfield Society Notes and Local Moves
Mrs. Gertrude Andrews hosted a Women’s Society of Christian Service meeting with program by Mrs. Don Kennard. A Christmas gathering is planned at Mrs. I G Hoodlet’s home. Mrs. Mary Keffer assisted. Garden Club met at Mrs. Charles Sherman’s with Miss Ada Kennedy presiding. Mrs. Carroll Chesser has returned from Cleveland after a week with her niece in a clinic. Roger H. Stright family moving to Zanesville to join Kroger at Mayfair Center on Frazesburg Pike. Drue Hoodlet
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New Marshfield
Gertrude Andrews
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Don Kennard
I. G. Hoodlet
Mary Keffer
New Marshfield Garden Club
Charles Sherman
Ada Kennedy
R. H. Stright
Carroll Chesser
Cleveland
Dalton
Cleveland Clinic
Roger H. Stright
Zanesville
Kroger
Mayfair
Frazesburg Pike
Rotary celebrates Iowa football win with bouquet to captain
Gallipolis report notes Dr Marcus Magnussen former Iowa captain receiving a bouquet from OSU graduate Tom Morgan at the Rotary meeting following Iowa 6 0 win over Ohio State last Saturday. Coach Bob Shertzer spoke on Point Pleasant prospects for 1957 and class AA title context.
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Gallipolis
Marcus Magnussen
Iowa
OSU
Tom Morgan
Rotary
Ohio State
Bob Shertzer
Point Pleasant
Big Blacks
MGM District Operation Described
In Gallipolis the M G M District Boy Scouts of America held its first regular district committee meeting for the new district chairman Fred Hibbs of Middleport. Erwin W. Scullen outlined officer duties and six operating committees and reviewed the district finance drive with several communities still outstanding. Other topics included the next summer camping program at Camp Arrowhead and a call for troops to reserve early before January 1, with one scout allowed for each 10 members.
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Fred Hibbs
Middleport
Erwin W. Scullen
Tri-State Area Council
Camp Arrowhead
Point Rock Families Gather for Weekend News
The Charles Essex family of Columbus spent a weekend at the W. R. Holcomb home. Jesse Proffitt learned of his son David’s death in Cleveland. funeral services were held in Dakota, W Va. Leona Gheer of Columbus visited the Yale home at Dyesville and attended the institute. J E Radekin attended Stella Campbell’s funeral in Wilkesville. Eugene Brickley and son from Milan, Michigan, visit Minnie Nichols in Point Rock as she plans to return home for winter. Welcome Seabert, caring for her mother Myrta Nicholson, was taken to Meigs General Hospital for care.
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Jesse Proffitt
David
Cleveland
Dakota
W. Va
Leona Gheer
Columbus
Yale
Dyesville
Institute
J. E. Radekin
Stella Campbell
Wilkesville
Eugene Brickley
Milan
Mich
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Marshal Boggs
Common Pleas Court
Suter Construction Co
Portsmouth
Marshall Boggs
K. M. Hauldren
Rutland
Rutland Firemen
American Legion Hall
G. N. Sidders
Francis Clark
Elza Michaelis
Alma Rupe
Richard Rupe
Linda
Pomeroy
Dwight Brown
Nitro
Joe Phillips
Ethel Snowden
Nathan Taylor
Alice Rawling
Sarah Sidenstricker
Florida
Herman Price
Washington, DC
Sherman Butler
Earl Slack
Church of Christ
Minerva
Gracyson
Slack
Herman Welch
Circleville
Drexel Lambert
David Tillis
Chillicothe
Victor Bradley
Jim Shuler
Carl Hysell
Hustleburg
Robert Snowden
Carrie Stansbury
Emma Burford
Everett Day
Rulah Shuler
Debbie
Alex Shuler
Cheshire
Roy Snowden
Carl Dennison
Lewis Kennedy
Herman Grate
Robert Roberts
Eva Flemming
Neretha
Alpha Plummer
Melvin Kendle
Paden City
Kincade
Hinton
Ethel Nelson
Helen May
Harry Snowden
Athens County
Court House
Athens
Ohio
Board of Revision
Tax Commission of Ohio
County Board of Revision
Court of
B&pw
American Red Cross
Alberta Wilkes
Scotch Hill
Rendville
Gallipolis Social Notes
Taylor Ridge
Standley McManus
William Bartels
Mr. McManus
Mickie
Carl Welling
Clarence Maxwell
Akron
Hill
Maude Maxwell
Neasely Maxwell
Glouster
Emma Heskin
Della Olbers
Millfield
Glen Chalfant
Della Lynn and
Rolland
Trimble
Ernest Chalfant
Ernie
P. B. Chalfant
Dwight Smith
James Vaughn
Charmaine
Mark
Betty Russell
Danny Simons
Greens Run
Vaughn
Frank Daugherty
Bishopville
Elmer Davis
David Swartz
John Antle
Williamsport
Donald Kempton
Lawrence Turner
Frank Wicker
H. D. McKee
Charles Kempton
Albert Kempton
Basil Vore
James Bickley
Jack and Terry
Robert Snyder
Jtan Coey
Orley Vore
Jacksonville
Carol Ann Drake
Marilyn Drake
Marie Bulstrom
Mary Belle Bulstrom
Carol Ann Smith
Chauncey Church of Christ
Shelby Leakey
Independence
James Roush
Corbett Roberts
Centenary Merry Maids
Little Kgger Valley Girls
Roush
F. C. Pettus
Erman Cremeens
Northup Lassies
James W. Evans
Wide Awake
Vickie Thomas
Ollie Elliott
Rio Lucky Clover
Victor Nidays
Lucky Bucks
Dewey Walker
Vinton Chat
Chew
Frank Clark
Homer McCulty
Boosterettes
White Oak Jolly Workers
Goldin Ward
Crippled Children's Society
Messenger
the Messenger
Bill ME
Post Office
R.F.D
MGM District
Boy Scouts of America
Gallipolis Clinic
Point Rock
Charles Essex
W. R. Holcomb
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