Familiar town resident Doc James retires after 26 years
In Gallipolis a longtime UBS crewman Doc James of Eureka retires following 26 years steam boating on the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. He left New Orleans for Pittsburgh and Gallipolis after Union Barge Lines cut a recent contract eliminating his deckhand position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Doc James
Eureka
Ohio
Mississippi
Doc
Union Barge Lines
Mariner
Atlanta
Union
Neville
Jason
C. W. Talbott
J. D. Ayrey
UBS
75th DAR Anniversary Marked By Gallia Group
GALLIPOLIS The French Colony Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution observed the 75th anniversary of the national society with a luncheon at the Lafayette Hotel. Hostesses included Mrs L Claude Miller and co-hostesses Miss Ella Rothgeb and Mrs Kenneth Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Daughters of the American Revolution
National Society
Lafayette Hotel
L. Claude Miller
Margaret Bradbury
Ella Rothgeb
Kenneth Johnson
Irving J. Karr
Pomeroy
DAR
French Colony
Mary Virginia O’brien
Anne Hill
Epling
Edith Northup
Cincinnati
Somerville v Commercial Credit Corp $100000 Damage Trial
Testimony opened in Cir cuit Court Monday in the $100000 civil action of J H Somerville Point Pleasant against Commercial Credit Corp of Huntington. The suit follows Somerville being indicted in September 1962 on obtaining money under false pretenses and later the indictment being nolle prossed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. H. Somerville
Commercial Credit Corp
Huntington
Somerville
Record Sale Set In Gallia
Gallia Academy High School marching band plans a seven inch record sale for the October 16 homecoming game at Memorial Field. 500 records will be sold for one dollar, with proceeds to support band activities and booster club projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
Sutter
Dennis Avner
Bill Wellman
Howard Thivener
Memorial Field
Wayne Amsbury
Ralph Lusher
Ways and Means
Jack F. Knight
Knight
Amsbury
Robert W. Sechrist
Lusher
Battle Day Observance Set in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant hosts Battle Day events this weekend marking the 190th anniversary of the Battle of Point Pleasant. The American Legion flag ceremony at Tue-Endie-Wei Park starts at 11 am with a salute to heroes, open house runs 11 am to 4 pm at the Mansion House, and DAR and Point Pleasant Mason County Chamber of Commerce organize the observance. On Sunday at 2 pm the DAR will dedicate historic markers placed by the West Virginia Historic Commission detailing the Virginia militia departure in 1812 and the Battle of Point Pleasant, with markers at the courthouse lawn and a roadside marker about Mercer's tract surveyed for General Hugh Mercer by General Washington. Local and visiting speakers include Raymond F. Musgrave, Benjamin Franklin IV, L. L. Caldwell, and state and chapter USD 1812 leaders from Huntington and Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
American Legion
Tue-Endie-Wei Park
Mansion House
DAR
Point Pleasant - Mason Couny Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia Historic Commission
West Virginia
The
United States Daughters of 1812
Tu-Endie-Wei Park
Virginia Brigade
Litia
Ohio
Courthouse Lawn
George Washington
Chapter Dar
Raymond F. Musgrave
Nicholas Yeager
Benjamin Franklin, IV
Point Pleasant High School
John Henderson
L. L. Caldwell
Busi
Virginia Kuhn
USD 1812
Charleston
R. P. Burks
Huntington
J. E. Ricketts
Marjorie Templeton
Homer Martin
Elmer Ebersbach
John Roseberry
Pioneer Cemetery
Viand St
Martin
Gallipolis Ferry
William Clendenin
Tu-Endei-Wei Park
Laula Lewis
State United Daughters of the War of 1812
Mason County Historical Association
Charles Lewis
Rayburn
D. Neil Conners
Livia Simpson Poffenbarger
Poffenbarger
Chester A. Roush
Eugene Sterrett
Edward Biddle
Betty Berry
Forrest Nibert
Holly Simmons
J. G. Wolden
Hospital Pact Okayed By Gallia Commission
Gallia County commissioners approved a contract with Gallipolis Medical Center Hospital to care for indigent residents eligible for relief. The 1964 65 agreement pays 3260 per day per person and 815 per day for newborns, with a similar deal already in place with Holzer Hospital. The panel also set a county road in Clay Township and discussed another road project pending attorney input. Murray Creath of Ohio Penal Industries discussed new office equipment for the courthouse annex, to be revisited after annex completion. The commissioners also appropriated 50000 to the county engineer’s M A fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallipolis Medical Center
Holzer Hos
Pital
Clay Two
Rocky Run
Charles Hamilton
Warren F. Sheets
Clay
Murray Creath
Ohio Penal Industries
Creath
DWI Charge Results In Suspension
Samuel H. Hutchinson 48 of Patriot Route 2 was fined 50 dollars and costs and given a five day jail term plus a six month license suspension after a DWI in Municipal Court. Other patrol and city cases include fines for speeding failing to yield and passing over the yellow line with several bonds forfeited.
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Gallipolis
Samuel H. Hutchinson
Patriot
State Highway Patrol
William H. Sowers
Mack B. Lyall
Thomas E. Cremeens
David A. Slater
Pomeroy
Okey J. Harlow
Point Pleasant
John R. Parker
Dayton
Daniel V. Dale
Goshen
Ohio
Joseph C. Wilcoxen
Columbus
David A. Hawkins
Vienna
W. Va
Frank D. Taylor
Ashland
Jerry G. Gibson
Charleston
Earl Lehew
Frank Jennings
Isaac A. Wickline
Crown City
River Traffic and Dam Conditions in Huntington District
River gauges list water levels in feet and rollers at Gallipolis, Greenup, Meldahl, and other sites. Dams on Kana wha and Ohio rivers show varying roller readings with all moveable dams in the Huntington District up. Boat movements on Gallipolis, Kanawha, and Ohio rivers include arrivals and departures with multiple vessels recorded by time and load.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Peuges
Greenup
Meldahl
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Huntington
Crucible
William H. Zimmer
Western
Susan Lane
Southern
Barbara Brent
Kathy R
Co. V. Harner
Harry Dyer
Invader
John J. Rowe
Reliable
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital
A list of newborns includes a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. France and three additional births in Gallipolis and Rutland areas. Admitted patients range across Letart, Gallipolis, Point Pleasant, Jackson, Reedsville, Russell, Huntington, and Racine with multiple named individuals and spouses.
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Paul E. France
Vinton
DeWayne P. Casey
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
Otis B. Taylor
Gallipolis
Billy R. George
Charles J. Roberts
Jackson
Dallas G. Moss, Jr
Larry B. Wyatt
Rutland
Meet The Candidate Day In Point Pleasant Friday
Open house from 1 to 4 p.m. at Republican headquarters in the Masonic building Sixth and Viand Streets. National state and local candidates will attend. No speeches planned. Cake and coffee will be served.
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Point Pleasant
Republican
Masonic
Sixth
Viand Sts
Miller to speak on budget, prayer in schools and policy
State Senator Jack Miller of Parkersburg the Republican candidate for congressman in the Fourth District will speak Thursday at 8 p.m. in the New Haven Theater. He supports a balanced budget pro‑industry growth a voluntary school prayer amendment strengthened tariff controls and a firm foreign policy toward Cuba South America and the Communist nations to aid veterans laws. A courthouse caravan will leave Thursday evening for the event. Marriage licenses listed Harold Adams Coleman and Thelma Geraldine Blankenship.
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Point Pleasant
Jack Miller
Parkersburg
New Haven
Miller
Cuba
South America
Glenn
Gaylene
Mason Absentee Voting Reported Heavy in Mason County
Mason County reports a heavy absentee vote as residents plan to be away for the November 3 election. The ballot features state and local races with Republican Clifford Carder and Democrat Kathryn Fowlkes as county commissioners. Key candidates include Joe F. Burdett for secretary of state and Gus R. Douglass for agriculture commissioner, with Johnson and Taylor atop the senatorial tickets.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Clifford Carder
Kathryn Fowlkes
Joe F. Burdett
Gus R. Douglass
Grimms Landing
J. G. F. Johnson
Randall A. Taylor
Raccoon Board Names Davis Delegate for Ohio School Board Meet
Clarence H. Davis was named clerk and delegate to the Ohio School Board Association meeting in Columbus November 10 to 12 after attending the Southeastern Ohio School Board Association session October 14 in Athens. President S Harland Woll born led the meeting. The board approved a substitute teacher list and discussed tax money. At Southwestern High School the local board approved purchasing a duplicator and releasing a Cadmus garage for bus repairs. Larry J Keefer, 27, of Leon West Virginia, was admitted to Holzer Hospital with a fractured left arm after a tire explosion while inflating a tire. condition listed as good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Raccoon
S. Harland Wollborn
Southwestern High School
Southwestern Local Board of Education
John R. Morgan
Larry J. Keefer
Leon
W. Va
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes
Local hospital notes list residents and relatives including Mrs Ray Sullivan Point Pleasant Mrs William Martin Hogsett Mrs Dan Bonecutter Gallipolis Ferry Michael Chapman Vinton Basil Deweese Point Pleasant Mrs Arthur Jackson Leon and Daughter Mrs Lloyd Thornton Letart and son Mrs Joseph Hammond Pliny and son Mrs Harvey Chapman Milton Miss Pauline McDaniel Point Pleasant Richard Nibert Hogsett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Sullivan
Point Pleasant
William Martin
Hogsett
Dan Bonecutter
Gallipolis Ferry
Michael Chapman
Vinton
Ohio
Basil Deweese
Arthur Jackson
Leon and Daughter
Lloyd Thornton
Letart and Son
Joseph Hammond
Pliny and Son
Harvey Chapman
Milton
Pauline McDaniel
Richard Nibert
DAR Hears Defense Chairman Plans For Market Dedication
Col Charles Lewis Chapter DAR in Point Pleasant hosts Mrs. Dwight P Cruickshank state defense chair and speakers. Talks urge active patriotism, anti corruption, and education values. Plans include marker for Revolutionary War soldier William Clendenin and a Battle Day event with local merchants.
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Dar
Point Pleasant
Paul Royce
Dwight P. Cruickshank
Charles Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Mansion House
Cruickshank
National Defense
Charles Proffit
Carl C. Galbraith
Marietta
Ohio
Constitution Week
Parkersburg
Galbraith
America
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Richard Lee McCown
H. H. McCown
First Ave
Navy
Gallia Academy High School
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Roy
Bryan
Elgin Air Force Base
Florida
Bill Griffin
Jack Griffin
Garfield Ave
Eve Moore
Jack
Bill
J. T
Griffins
Far East
Coral Sea
Tonkin Gulf
Karen Hardway
Howard S. Hardway
Cedar St
Karen
Kyger Creek High School
Gallia Group
Amanda Thomas
M. T. Epling
Kenneth Boster
Frank Shaw
John W. Howell
Howard S. Neal
Cecil B. Dean
Darlene Haer
Ben Somerville
W. J. Somerville
James H. Lewis
Griff Durbin
J. L. Rees
J. E. Sommers
James Ball
Clay Frazier
Willie Conrad
Dennis A. Roush
James Keefer
Doris Curry
Elwanda Icard
Dale Nibert
James N. Roush
Ralph Crump
Gallia
Lot-Oo-Lite
Electric Company
the Electric Co. Columbus and
Southern Ofio Electric Company
Hugh Mercer
Mercer
Gallia Commission
M & A Fund
J. Roy Bartlett
Kanawha
Semet
F. Shearer
Lacy Jane Lucas
Ohio River Boats
Onward
Harvey Jordan
Jeffboat
George T. Price
Elisha Woods
Mr. Criss
Louisiana
Jerry Bosworth
Ovee
St. Marys
Pennsylvania
Lock
Walter Williamson
Lockne
Dean
Pefferson
Bg. Reo
Elgerclifft
Beckford
Robert J. Stewart
Greenup Bie Mabie Locke
Holzer Hospital
George Hart
Letart
Daniel Sorrell
Ewington
W. Richard Brown
Vickie A. Lingerfelt
Floyd W. Cogan
Francis E. Unger
Ironton
Eli H. Siders
Henderson
Lloyd P. Summerfield
Reedsville
John F. Crabtree
William R. Harless
Russell
B. B. Matthews
James K. Hanlon
Paul Phillips
Keith D. Phalen
Norma J. Drennen
Tina L. Pierce
Garnet Williamson
Harry Morgan
George Gould
Thomas Belville
Daniel K. Spencer
Congress
Harold Adams Coleman
Thelma Geraldine Blankenship
Sen
House of Delegates
Brerry Jones
Claude E. Swann
John R. Engel
Clarence Adkins
R. F. Musgrave
S. D. Littlepage
Everett H. Sayre
James Morris Bragg, Sr
Drew Hatfield
George E. Johnson
Lewis
A. M. Goodwin
Charles M. Hill
Roy R. Kincaid, Jr
Pleasant Valley Hospital
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