Rhodes taps Taber for Ohio industrial push
Gallia County State Representative D O Taber is summoned to Columbus by Governor elect James A Rhodes to join a state wide industrialists meeting at the state house. Taber will handle needed legislation in the General Assembly convening Jan 7 to advance Rhodes' jets and industrial development program. Drake of Crawford County will assist.
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Gallipolis
James A. Rhodes
D. O. Taber
Gallia County
Columbus
State House
Rhodes
Taber
General Assembly
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio
Tabor
Terry E. Drake
Crawford County
Mrs. Maude Somerville Rites Held
Funeral services for Mrs. Maude Kisar Somerville 83 of 2322 Jackson Ave were held at Crow funeral home with Rev. Gaston Boyle Jr and Rev L Curtis Saville officiating She was wife of Edward Jacob Somerville a Point Pleasant lawyer for over 50 years Died Saturday after a long illness Survivors include her husband daughter Violet S Machir sister E E Heiner brother A Kisar and three granddaughters Burial was in Lone Oak Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Maude Kisar Somerville
Jackson Ave
Crow
Gaston Boyle, Jr
L. Curtis Saville
Somerville
Edward Jacob
Jake) Somerville
Woodsfield
Ohio
Adam Frederick
Anna Baker Kisar
Presbyterian Church of
Circle 6
Four O’clock Club
St. Aloysious Academy
New Lexington
Violette S. Machir
E. E. Heiner
A. «. Kisar
Lone Oak Cemetery
Writers To Form New Group At Rio Grande College
A new creative writing group will hold its first organized session at Rio Grande College campus. The initial meeting is set for 7:30 p m Thursday at Mrs Mary Lewis home in the Fulton House with Miss Ruth Thomas as leader. Mrs Lewis invites students and others interested in writing to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Mary Lewis
Ruth Thomas
Cheshire
Lewis
Gallia County
Chioana Library Association
Fulton House
Rio Grande
Lewis Sa
Health Board Hears Report on School Nursing Workshop
Gallia County Health Board heard a report by public health nurse Naomi Rose on the session Care and Concepts of School Nursing at Ohio State University. President Walter Rise led the meeting as monthly bills were approved and routine business conducted. Sanitarian William F Neal discussed rabies in the county. Also present were Lee Rose and Dr. W Lewis Brown. Etta M Phillips, 88, of Jackson Route 4, fell Saturday at home fracturing her right hip and was admitted to Holzer Hospital in satisfactory condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Naomi Rose
Ohio State University
Gallia County
Etta M. Phillips
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Two Men Sentenced to Probation for Non-Support
Gallipolis Judge Betz placed two men on two years probation after pleading guilty to non-support. Paul Bonnette, 35, Northup, and John E Cahoon, 37, Wells ton Route 2, had been indicted in the September grand jury term and were in jail during investigation by probation officer Paul Parkins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Gallia County
Common Pleas Court
Paul Bonnette
Northup
Bonnette
John E. Cahoon
Wellston
Cahoon
Paul Parkins
Gallia County Clinic Administers Polio and Other Vaccines
At a weekly free clinic in the Gallia County Courthouse basement, the health department gave 34 polio shots 16 DPTs five diphtheria tetanus two typhoid and four smallpox vaccines. Total polio immunizations reach 3798 this year with 1192 DPTs. Mrs Pearl Hatfield led the clinic assisted by Mrs Madeline Rees clerk and Bill Neal sanitarian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Dr. Garcia Joins Staff at Lakin State Hospital
Dr. Hector O. Garcia, 42, joined the medical staff at Lakin State Hospital as a pediatrician. A Havana graduate, he arrived from Havana last week with his wife and daughter and will work with the hospital’s children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Hector O. Garcia
Lakin State Hospital
Garcia
United States
Havana
Lakin
University Medical School
Two Inmates Escape From Lakin Hospital
Lak in State Hospital officials report two inmates fled Sunday between 4 and 5:30 p.m. Earl Emmett McElfresh 32 Parkersburg and James Clayborn Flowers 39 Winfield are the escapees. The second item notes Washington Mariner, a U S space traveler, losing power en route to Venus but still expected to complete its mission by mid December.
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Point Pleasant
Lakin State Hospital
Earl Emmett McElfresh
Parkersburg
James Clayborn Flowers
Winfield
Washington
Mariner
U. S
Venus
Methodist Circles Plan Meetings at Trinity Church
At Trinity Methodist Church Dorinda Lee Smith honored with a rose on the altar for her birth on Nov 19. Circles Dorecas Rebecca Miriam Martha and Mary set meeting times this week with hosts and co hosts listed. Carol choir rehearses Wednesday and chancel choir at 8 30 p m Priscilla Circle meets Thursday at Mrs Oliver C Eshenaur’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
Dorinda Lee Smith
Paul Smith
Methodist Church Fellowship
Dorecas
E. E. Buffington
John Carpenter
Rebecca Circle
Earl Mohr
Oakley Faudree
Miriam Circle
Gene Crow
Kitty Bentley
Martha Circle
George Kimbrel
Mary Circle
William Voight
Richard Johnson
Carol Choir
Priscilla Circle
Oliver C. Eshenaur
Holzer Hospital News Admits and Discharges
Holzer Hospital reports new births for Lee Leach Ohlinger Penn and others in Wellston Pomeroy Ewington and Gallia counties. Admitted include Charles Bauguese Kerns Phil lips Rice Feliure Higgins Davis Watson Rogers Petrie Bard Barnhart Chan Miller Treadway Fitch Gibbs Blackwell Ravencraft Adkins Wilson Ratliff Berger Clutter Pope plus many discharged. Michael Pratt, 13, Wellston, admitted with a fractured left leg after falling from a rope swing. condition good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles W. Bauguese
Ravenswood
Fred J. Kerns
Gallipolis
Etta M. Phillips
Jackson
Glen W. Rice
Hazel T. Feliure
Walter I. Higgins
Willow Wood
Max O. Davis
Middleport
Charles G. Watson
Charles E. Rogers
West Columbia
Robert E. Petrie
Tom Adkins
Bidwell
Cecil G. Wilson
Wortland
Raymond F. Ratliff
Ironton
Grover Berger
Hillsboro
Richard E. Clutter
Millwood
W. Va
Robert I. Pope
Homer Vititoe
Golden Newsome
Francis Montgomery
Clayton Hay
Patricia Ann Greene
Pearl Knapp
Orville H. Ellis
Harold Ohlinger
Homer Null
James R. Casto
Donald E. Shupe
Michael J. Pratt
Jack Pratt
S. Vermont
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Where The Waters Mingle
Miss Ruth Keister, West Virginia's International Farm Youth Exchangee to Switzerland, returns home and urges open mindedness. She cites differences among people and warns against blind prejudice learned at the national 4-H center in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruth Keister
West Virginia
International Farm Youth Exchangee
Switzerland
Europe
Mount Rigi
Lake Lucerne
Washington, D.C
Rhode Island
Couple Hurt In One Car Accident Near Point Pleasant
A northbound car struck a rock on Route 17 eight miles south of Point Pleasant at 2 30 PM Saturday. Driver Raymond H Hicks 44 Hammond Ind suffered fractured ribs and his wife Kathleen 37 treated for shock at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Vehicle damage reported at 1000 dollars.
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Point Pleasant
Route 17
Raymond H., Hicks
Hammond
Ind
Kathleen
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Sheriff's Department
Man Faces Two Charges
Gallia County man Okey Kiser, 32, of racine Route 2, will appear Monday in Municipal Court on two intoxication charges. He was arrested at 11 p.m. Sunday by the Gallia County Sheriff's Department after an earlier 4:25 a.m. arrest by city police. Released on $25 bond, he spent Sunday night in the county jail awaiting the Monday court appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Racine
Gallia County
Candie Jo Call Feted On Her 6th Birthday
Candie Jo Call celebrated her sixth birthday with a party at her Park Drive home. Guests included family members and neighbors such as James T. Call, Roberta Hite, Stephen Hite, and Rebecca Call. Favors featured balloons and Christmas stockings, with refreshments for attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Candie Jo Call
Point Pleasant
James T. Call
Park Drive
Stephanie Walters
J. T. Holl
Mike Burgess
Roberta
Stephen Hite
Kennah
Todd Dean Pridemore
Lance
Candie
Rebecca Call
Robert Hite
Maurice Mayes
H. T
Kenneth Pridemore
Maxine Walters
West Virginia bar committee to meet in Huntington
The state bar committee on unlawful practice of law will meet Saturday at the Hotel Frederick in Huntington. Edward Greene reports several complaints have been filed for consideration. The seven member panel is headed by George R. Farmer Jr of Morgantown with Atty S D Littlepage of Point Pleasant among its members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia State Bar Committee
Frederick
Huntington
Edward Greene
George R. Farmer, Jr
Morgantown
Atty. S. D Littlepage
Ballot bids awarded for special election in Gallia County
The Gallia County Board of Elections accepted French City Press as the low bid to print 6000 levy ballots for the Dec 11 special election at 7.95 per thousand, with bond bid of 95.90 also awarded. Four precinct workers will cover merged districts Addison and Kananga, Harrison Gallpolis Green and Perry Gallipolis, Springfield Gallipolis at Green. Chairman Joe Straught led the session with all members present and bills totaling 1076.09 approved including pollbooks from the Nov 6 election.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Board of Elections
Addison Twp
Pct
Kananga
Harrison-Gallipolis
Green Twp
Perry-Gallipolis
Springfield-Gallipolis
Joe Straught
Lakin Receives 50 Patients From Barboursville Fire
R. E. Walden, superintendent of Lakin State Hospital, said Sunday night that 50 inmates were brought from Barboursville State Hospital after a three story women's dormitory burned early Saturday. The influx filled Lakin Hospital to capacity, with some elderly patients carried from the blaze for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
R. E. Walden
Lakin State Hospital
Barboursville State Hospital
Walden
Lakin Hospital
Earl Browns Observe Anniversary in Gallipolis
Fifty years ago Earl and wife traveled from Gallia County to Kanauga and Point Pleasant to marry at Trinity Methodist Church. Last Friday they celebrated their 50th with a belated dinner at Gene Ball's Restaurant in Point Pleasant, hosted by children Janet Wetherholt and Doug Wetherholt in Terre Haute, with fourteen attendees from the Brown families.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Kanauga
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
Gene Ball
Pt. Pleasant
Earl Brown
Janet
Doug Wetherholt
Terre Haute
Ind
Merrill Brown
Ernest Brown
Wayne Brown
Firemen Respond to Two Grass Fires in Gallia County
Volunteer hose crews fought a grass fire at the Victor Nesburg home in Gallipolis Ferry Saturday afternoon and then answered a call to the Wallie Toney residence off Route 35. The Toney fire started from defective wiring and was confined to the front porch, with damage estimated at 1500 dollars. Fifteen firemen answered both alarms.
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Point Pleasant
Victor Nesburg
Gallipolis Ferry
Wallie Toney
Route 35
Toney
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Discharges
Birth notices list Cecil Price and spouse of Cheshire with a son, James Roush and spouse of Letart with a daughter, Thomas Brown and spouse of New Haven with a daughter, Jackie Lambert of Point Pleasant with a daughter, Marlin Baker of Pedro Ohio with a son, James Thompson of Point Pleasant, Paul Runion of Leon, Cecil Gibeaut of Leon, Opal Sheppard of Gallipolis, Donald Newsome of The Plains Ohio, Leslie Price of Pomeroy. Discharges include Clifford Jones of West Columbia with son Pearl Walker of Gallipolis Ferry, Harry McComas of Ashton, Charles McDermitt of Point Pleasant with daughter Bobby Joe Clark of Oak Hill Ohio and daughter, Dwain Blain of Apple Grove with son Joseph Rhodes of Ravenswood, Eugene Davis of Henderson with daughter Julius Johnston of Langsville Ohio, Dorsey Fox of Bidwell with son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cecil Price
Cheshire
James Roush
Letart
Thomas Brown
New Haven
Jackie Lambert
Point Pleaaant
Marlin Baker
Pedro
Ohio
James Thompson
Point Pleasant
Paul Runion
Leon
Cecil Gibeaut
Opal Sheppard
Gallipolis
Donald Newsome
the Plains
Leslie Price
Pomeroy
Clifford Jones
West Columbia
Pearl Walker
Gallipolis Ferry
Harry McComas
Ashton
Charles McDermitt
Bobby Joe Clark
Oak Hill
Dwain Blain
Apple Grove
Joseph Rhodes
Ravenswood
Eugene Davis
Henderson
Julius
Williams Rites Pending in Willow Wood and area obituaries
James P. Williams 81 of Willow Wood died Sunday after illness. Survived by four daughters and numerous grandchildren. services at Waugh Halley Wood Funeral Home pending. Also listed are marriages and other local notices, including births, deaths, and an executor appointment for Jennie Sigley estate with four months to file claims.
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Gallipolis
James P. Williams
Willow Wood
Gallia County
Pulley
Burlington
Guyan
Autrey Ward
Chillicothe
Dyer Caldwell
Asa Bevan
Crown City
Hobart Rice
William Williams
Lafayette
West Williams
George Williams
Washington D. H
Waugh- Halley-Wood Funeral Home
Hearing Notice for Parole in London Ohio
Notice from the Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission lists Jerry Sorrell, inmate at London Correctional Institution, admitted from Athens County and convicted January 1962 for a 1-20 offense. Hearing set for on or after January 1, 1963. Herbert Kell, Parole and Record Clerk. November 15, 1962.
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London
Ohio
Jerry Sorrell
Athens County
Ohio Pardon and Parole
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
Herbert Kell
Fondon
Ohlo
Athens
Jan
Nana Ergins
Parole Hearing and Sheriff Sale Notices in Athens County
A fragmented notice references a November parole hearing for a prisoner at London Correctional Institution and a separate sheriff sale in Athens County. The sale, by Nelsonville Home & Savings Association, lists Virginia Ruble Morris et al as defendants with Amesville real estate valued at 6200 dollars and to be bid cash on December 13.
Three Drivers Cited For Intoxication
Three people were arrested for driving while intoxicated over the weekend. Ralph Edward Taylor aged 38 of Charleston and Ray Beegle 42 of Ripley Route and Walter S Brown 59 of Letart were released on bond. Thomas Starr 21 of Vinton, AWOL from the Army, turned himself in and will be held by military police. Harold B Davis 59 of Buffalo and Martha Leport 50 of Point Pleasant were cited for intoxication by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ralph Edward Taylor
Charleston
Sheriff's Department
Ray Beegle
Ripley
Walter S. Brown
Harold B. Davis
Buffalo
Martha Leport
Larceny Trial Date Set For Mullins Brothers
Gallipolis reports the grand larceny trial of Arthur Mullins 41 Logan West Virginia was reset to January 15 1963 by Clerk of Courts Marjorie Rinehart. Mullins and his brother Buddy 28 Gallipolis Route 1 pleaded innocent to charges involving two electric sewing machines taken from Ellis Hunt’s car. Buddy Mullins faces a separate trial on December 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Arthur Mullins
Logan
W. Va
Marjorie Rinehart
Mullins
Gallia County
Mullins Brothers
Ellis Hunt
Buddy Mullins
Motorist Is Cited After Night Accident
Joe R. Rhodes, 23, of Ravenswood, was cited by Trooper R J Blair for failure to have vehicle under control after wrecking his car on Routes 35 and 2 north of Point Pleasant. Rhodes sustained minor injuries and was treated at Pleasant Valley Hospital. Damage to the fence and tree totaled about 700 dollars. Deputy Sheriff Jack Pyles assisted at the scene.
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Point Pleasant
Joe R. Rhodes
Ravenswood
R. J. Blair
Rhodes
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Jack Pyles
Notice of Executor and Tax Levy Election in Ohio District
Notice of probate action appointing Arnold J. Rose as executor and an election on tax levy in excess of ten mill limit. Glouster Exempted Village Schools district in Athens County to submit measure November 1962 with renewal tax rate not exceeding four mills per dollar. polls open standard time. Election ordered by Board of Elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Ohio
Bernink
Xemp
Earpece
Operatoy Ag
Public Auction of County Real Estate in Nelsonville Ohio
In Athens County the Nelsonville Home and Savings Association offers for sale by public auction the real estate of record in Athens Township Ohio. The sale is at the east door of the Court House on Thursday at 1 80 o'clock P M with cash terms and two thirds of appraised value as reserve. Sheriff Shields will conduct the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sherife
Ohio
Athens County
Nelsonville Home & Savings Association
Nelsonville
Virginia Ruble Morris
Athens
Oye
Ames Owit
Amesville
Aia Ee
Harold B Ghields
Sheritt
Geen
James Shumaker
State of Monte
Nelsonville Home and Savings Association
Preiattse
William W. Rose
Nonatoo
Rose
Nami
Hooper Hilo
Shields
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Health Board
25Th and
Jefferson Streets
Gallipolis Clinic
4Th and Sycamore St. Gallipolis, Ohio
Medical Clinic
Dr. Garcia
Methodist Circles
Holzer Hospital News
Jackie E. Lee
Robert G. Leach
Troy Ohlinger, Jr
Herbert E. Penn
Ewington
Boy
Japan
Tokyo
State Bar Committee
J. C. Parsons
Main St
Sandusky
Inlaw
Carl Parson
Connecticut
Preston Snowden
City Board of Education
Barboursville Hospital
Earl
Alan Lewis Scott
Becky Sue Tawney
Larry Eugene Stewart
Cheryl Rosemary Belville
Foster B. Cornwell
Cline
Jennie Siigley
Sala
Harold J, Rose
Virnia Rivers
Ral Anklin Guy Rivers Rivers
Tiaaents
Novem
Arold J. Rose
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