Point Pleasant Urges Bond Issue Passage and City Project
The Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce urged residents to support the Oct. 26 bond vote for the city building and fire station project. Federal funds totaling $300,000 cover part of the cost, with $120,000 to be raised locally. The board noted nine new members and accepted the resignation of Cecil Derrick, seeking a new director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Kathryn A. Moore
Charles Lanham
Ted Sesselman
Cecil Derrick
Chamber
State Road Commission
Jackson Ave
O. C. Hall
Eugene Ball
Seldom Flemming
Six Begin Student Teaching at Washington Elementary
Six Rio Grande College seniors have begun student teaching at Washington Elementary School for the first semester. The roster includes Patti Collins Galloway grade 1 with Mrs. Geneva Howell Ruth Ann Lusetti Newark grade 2 with Miss Ruth Martin Dorothy Quelch Wharton N J grade 3 with Miss Margaret Justus Marjorie Hillbrand Salem grade 3 with Mrs. Effie Trotter Clarence Tucker Byesville grade 6 with Mrs. Mary Giebeaut Roy Sprague Bidwell grade 6 with Mrs. Eva M Harrington.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Washington Elementary School
Neil H. Sanders
Patti Collins
Galloway
Geneva Howell
Ruth Ann Lusetti
Newark
Ruth Martin
Dorothy Quelch
Wharton
N. J
Margaret Justus
Marjorie Hillbrand
Salem
Effie Trotter
Clarence Tucker
Byesville
Mary Gibeaut
Roy Sprague
Bidwell
Eva M. Harrington
Pleasant Valley Hospital Admits Notables
Pleasant Valley Hospital notes list admissions: Mrs. Sarah Redman of Point Pleasant, Mrs. Robert Fink of Bidwell, Joseph Antal of Point Pleasant, Mrs. Edward Hart of Point Pleasant, Mrs. Lloyd Tucker of Cheshire, Mrs. Wesley Pearson of Point Pleasant with daughter, and Richard Grinstead of New Haven.
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Sarah Redman
Point Pleasant
Robert Fink
Bidwell
Joseph Antal
Edward Hughart
Lloyd Tucker
Cheshire
Wesley Pearson
Richard Grinstead
New Haven
Fall From Tree Injures Worker
Charles McDaniel of Point Pleasant escaped serious injury after falling about 25 feet while trimming a large tree at Paul Somerville Sr residence on Hogg Street yesterday evening. He was examined at Pleas ant Valley Hospital and released.
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Point Pleasant
Charles McDaniel
Paul Somerville
Hogg St
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Gallipolis Queen Candidate Picked for Tri-Hi-Y
Gallia Academy High School selects M Lou Warehime daughter of Dr and Mrs Donald R Warehime as Tri-Hi-Y homecoming queen candidate. Ann Morgan and Jane Mooney to prepare her campaign poster amid club meeting led by President Carolyn King with devotions by Chaplain Nancy Lusk.
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Gallipolis
M’lou Warehime
Donald R. Warehime
Tri-Hi-Y Club
Gallia Academy High School
Ann Morgan
Jane Mooney
Tri-Hi-Y
Carolyn King
Jr. Student Group Names New Officers
Gallia Academy High School hosts the first junior high student council meeting electing Tommy Sechrist as president and Tom Meadows as vice president. Other officers include Fee Eisel secretary Brenda Stewart chaplain Jeff Simmons reporter. Committees named with students of the month and most courteous honors. Fire department fights grass fire on river bank near N Main St with no damage. An 18 year old boy is sentenced to four months in jail and fined $100 after a high school football game fight.
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Gallipolis
Tommy Sechrist
Robert W. Sechrist
Hedgewood Dr
Tom Meadows
Casby Meadows
Portsmouth
Gallia Academy High School
Fee Eisel
Brenda Stewart
Jeff Simmons
Hank Doss
Dora Brady
Edith Neilson
James Mullins
Becky Wilson
Roger Smith
Wayne Elliott
Greg Fletcher
Mary Morse
Connie Whittington
Point Pleasant
N. Main St
Cleveland
Attending Academy Gloeckner Joins Patrol Training
Charles Robert Gloeckner a 22 year old Gallipolis resident and former Galli polis patrol post radio dispatcher entered the State Highway Patrol Academy in Columbus for a 14 week training program to become a state trooper He last served at the Gallipolis post Sunday and is a Pomeroy High School graduate and son of Mr and Mrs Joseph C Gloeckner
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Gallipolis
Charles Robert Gloeckner
Maple St
Pomeroy
State Highway Patrol
Columbus
Gloeckner
Pomeroy High School
Joseph C. Gloeckner
Fall Festival Planned at Ordnance School PTA
POINT PLEASANT Plans are nearing completion for the annual fall festival staged by the Ordnance School PTA. The event grows each year drawing hundreds and will include a country store tea room and pony go round. Mrs Richard Kinniard will do a profile drawing. The festival opens in the afternoon and runs until about 8 p m. ARRESTED BY SHERIFF GALLIPOLIS Bush Arnold Elwood 21 of Vinton was arrested on a traffic charge in Meigs County and turned over to Meigs County officers at 1 15 p m Tuesday.
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Point Pleasant
Ordnance School Pta
Richard Kinniard
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Home Demonstration Council Meeting Planned at Krodel Park
Mason County Home Demonstrations Clubs schedule a Tuesday meeting at Krodel Park Clubhouse. The business portion includes lesson training and selections for upcoming monthly programs followed by a noon pot luck dinner.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Krodel Park
Gallipolis Rotary hears on modern drugs and prices
Joe Caphin of St. Albans W Va spoke to the Gallipolis Rotary Club at the Farmers Hotel on modern drugs and prices. He noted that seven of ten people now have prescriptions they could not have filled ten years ago. Hugh Lynch was a guest, with visiting Rotarians from Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Joe Caphin
St. Albans
W. Va
Eli Lilly Pharmaceutical Co
Gallipolis Rotary Club
Farmers Hotel
Leo Mossman
Holzer Hospital
Caphin
Hugh Lynch
Harold Wiseman
Point Pleasant
Fay Wilson
Frank Capehart
John Leighty
Merchants Back Levies For Schools in Gallipolis
Gallipolis merchants endorsed the city school district two operating levies for the November 5 election. Voters face a four mill renewal and an additional one and a half mill levy for operating expenses. The group will carry a tag line in advertisements and discussed Shop-A-Rama for 1963, with a new parade co-chair replacing Varney. Art Fletcher remains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Claude R. Varney
Art Fletcher
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