Five Hurt As Auto Flips Over Bank Near Gallipolis
A Sunday morning crash on Kerr Harrisburg Road west of Route 160 left five people injured. Driver Gilbert Mayo, 44, and his wife Geneva Mayo, 38, suffered facial wounds and other injuries after the 1955 car left the road, toppled a road grader, and landed on its roof over a 10 foot embankment. Also injured were Virgil Harris, Gary Harris, and Charles Guthrie, with a severed finger and possible back injuries. Mayo faced reckless operation charges.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Kerr-Harrisburg
Route 160
Gilbert Leroy Mayo
Buckridge Road
Bidwell
Keener Sand and Gravel Co
Kerr
Geneva E. Mayo
Virgil Harris
Gary D. Harris
Charles M. Guthrie
Bidwell Route 2
Mayo
Middleport
Herman Manual Jarrell
Band
Town
W. Va
Jack R. Ables
Racine
Ables
C. C. Fisher
Notice of Real Estate Valuation Revisions in Athens County
Athens County real estate tax returns for the current year are revised and open for inspection at the County Auditor's Office in Athens. The Board of Revision made changes only for buildings removed or added or land values adjusted. taxes not included. Complaints about valuations go to the County Board of Revision on November 1054 in Athens Court.
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Athens County
County Auditor
Court House
Athens
Ohio
Board of Revision
Tax Commission of Ohio
County Board of Revision
Court of
J. W. Whaley
Minister's Wife Speaks Before MYF Meeting
About 40 attended the Grace Methodist Church MYF gathering in Gallipolis where Mrs Warren H Wilson spoke on friendships. Survey responses highlighted honesty and sincerity as key in friendships, with dishonesty cited as breaking them.
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Gallipolis
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Grace Methodist Church
Warren H. Wilson
Ronnie Edgington
Fred Miller
Methodist
Grace Church
Mary Ann Lusk
Federal Employees Get Long Christmas Weekend
President Eisenhower declared a Christmas Eve holiday for federal workers creating a four day holiday as Christmas falls on a Tuesday. The memorandum urged federal executives to apply a liberal policy for granting annual leave during the season. The White House noted many employees may also take a longer New Year weekend.
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Washington
Eisenhower
White House
Gallia County riding group shares wiener roast and ride
About 20 people gathered at Ralph Angel residence in southern Gallia County for a wiener roast on Sunday. Nine riders then went on country roads including John Houck and daughter Janet, Calvin Waugh, Ralph and Ronnie Angel, Bill Stewart, Pete Johnson and daughter, and Johnny Angel. A bonfire awaited their return. The Gallia Riding Club annual Christmas party is planned for December 8 at the Bidwell Porter School Cafeteria with horse show movies a gift exchange and ham and turkey supper plus an announced speaker.
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Gallipolis
Ralph Angel
Gallia County
John Houck
Janet
Calvin Waugh
Ralph
Ronnie Angel
Bill Stewart
Pete Johnson
Johnny Angel
Gallia County Riding Club, Inc
Bidwell-Porter
Rev Green Leads State Baptist Youth Meeting
In Gallipolis Rev W H Green of First Baptist led the afternoon session of the state Baptist youth meeting in Toledo with 500 youths and advisers at the event. Snow disruptions reduced attendance and one carload returned home. Carol Sue Haskins led the Sunday evening high school fellowship with a girls trio and pianist Ruth Ann Fowler.
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Rev. Green
State Baptist Meeting
Gallipolis
W. H. Green
First Baptist Church
State Baptist
Young Peoples’ Department
Toledo
Ohio
Carol Sue Haskins
Miss Haskins
Margaret Winters
Ann Wenz
Ruth Ann Fowler
Brammer Family Thanksgiving Visit Reports in Platform
Mr and Mrs John Brammer and their children Don Ruth Fulks and Johnny Fulks visited Thanksgiving in Platform with Mrs Brammer's parents Mr and Mrs J T Waugh and with Brammer daughter Mrs Patty Morgan and her children Patty Jo Mich and Roger Also joining were Mr and Mrs Harley Wade their grandchild Richard Lee Wade and Mr and Mrs Bob Wade with their son and daughter in law Mrs Harley Wade is Brammer's sister.
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Gallipolis
John Brammer
Don
Ruth Fulks
Johnny Fulks
Platform
Bob Wade
Harley Wade
Brammer
Portland
Mich
Cliff Jaques
Toledo
Lions Club
Blain Staats
Harry Staats
Blain
Greenbrier Military Academy
John Jeffers
Fostoria
Floyd Litton
Blain Sayre
Train wreck kills 118 in India near Madras
The Indian railway ministry says 118 people were killed and more than 100 injured in a Friday train wreck about 175 miles south of Madras.
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New Delhi
India
Indian Railway Ministry
Madras
Wahama Banquet Set And Local Social Notes
Wahama White Falcons football banquet set for Tuesday at Mason Methodist Church with toastmaster Harry Miller of New Haven. Earl Mel Clark of Point Pleasant to speak. letter winners named and team managers listed. Also notes on church group activities, weddings, hospital visits, and local engagements across New Haven and surrounding towns.
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New Haven
Methodist
Earl
Mel) Clark
Point Pleasant
Kenneth Taylor
John Taylor
Dick Young
Roscoe Sprouse
Joe Ford
Bob Oliver
George Hesson
Bruce Cunningham
Jerry Arnold
Jimmy Fry
Bill Bowyer
Robert Roush
James Johnson
Jerry Zirkle
Bill Weaver
Larry Hesson
Howard McDaniel
Jimmy Weaver
Traffic Violations Nets Fines for Three Men
Three men arrested by the State Highway Patrol were convicted in Mayor George Northup’s court in Rio Grande over the weekend. Lester George Baird of Kalamazoo Michigan paid 10 dollars and costs for speeding. John Hunter Witzleb of Dayton paid 5 dollars and costs for speeding and following too closely. James T. Turley of Cabin Creek West Virginia paid 5 dollars and costs for speeding.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
George Northup
Rio Grande
Lester George Baird
Kalamazoo
Mich
John Hunter Witzleb
Dayton
James T. Turley
Cabin Creek
W. Va
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Elsie Click
Funeral services for Mrs. Elsie Clyde Click 81 of Bidwell were held at 2 p m at Oak Grove West Virginia with burial in the church cemetery. She died Saturday at the Nitro home of a daughter.
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Gallipolis
Elsie Clyde Click
Bidwell
Oak Grove
W. Va
Question At Fellowship Meeting Discussed At Church
In Gallipolis the Church of God Youth Fellowship met Sunday night to discuss Does It Matter What I Think. Richard Neal led three discussion groups on magazines comic books planting of good thoughts and necking. Mary Ellen Neal read scripture and Helen Mayes led the prayer.
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Barbara Bailey
Gallipolis
Marianne Campbell
Richard North
Miller
James Clark
Rio Grande
Joe Miller
Rodney
C. J. Lemley
Cheshire
WSCS
MYF
Ronnie Dobbins
Charles Neal
Church of God Youth Fellowship
Richard Neal
Mary Ellen Neal
Helen Mayes
Municipal Court Fines Two Men in Gallipolis
Charles Lewis Queen, 18, of 1927 Chatham Ave was convicted of failing to yield the right of way in Municipal Court. He paid 25 dollars and costs and had his driver’s license suspended for a year. James H. Payne of Mason City paid 25 dollars and costs for intoxication.
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Gallipolis
Charles Lewis Queen
Chatham Ave
James H. Payne
Mason City
Share Our Surplus Appeal and Charity Drives Across Faiths
The message urges giving to faith based relief efforts, detailing Protestant Churches SHARE OUR SURPLUS APPEAL, Catholic BISHOPS' CLOTHING COLLECTION, and United Jewish Appeal SPECIAL SURVIVAL FUND. It notes hospital care depends on supporters and promotes advertising council collaboration.
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Board of Township Trustees
Roy Walsh
J. L. Ingram
Henry Swart
Lee Township
Claude E. Johnson
Oak Hill
Rio Grande Centerpoint
Claude Evans
William H. Woods
Patriot
Gallia Jackson County
Federal
Charles Neil Gibbs, Jr
United Cerebral Palsy Associations
New York
Stanley C. Hope
Association
Esso Standard Oil Co
Roger S. Firestone
Pottstown
Marines
Boston
Gallipolis Society
J. L. Stewart
New Haven Briefs
Russell Ohlinger
Charleston
Robert Ohlinger
Ripley
G. L. Wilson
Emma Holiday
Parkersburg
W. A. Dennis
Stella Fry
Dana
Carnegie
Miss Fry
Robert Maring
Pakistan
Jean Casey
Donald Cunningham
Scottsfield Air Force Base
Ann Cunningham
the Athens MeSsenger
Elsie
United Jewish Appeal
Special Survival Fund
Cooperation
Advertising’ Council
The
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