Farm Bureau Urges Strong Mining Laws and County Programs
Fifty Gallia County Farm Bureau members at the annual dinner meeting urged stronger strip mine laws and more funds to make strip mines safe. They backed county road improvements, toll free local calls, and vocational training, while supporting state and national measures on tax, education, and economy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GallipOlis
Gallia County Farm Bureau Federation
Farmers Hotel
Maurice Thomas
Thomas E. Mills
RFE
Gallia County Farm Bureau
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio
Delinquent Tax Pay Being Accepted Now
McARTHUR Vinton county Treasurer John Crow announces delinquent real estate tax payments may be paid up at any time. The 1960 real estate and public utility tax total reached 487239.48, the county’s highest ever, with last half at 217580.26 and first half at 269659.22, a 43898.51 increase over 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
John Crow
Draft Board Inducts Three from McArthur Area
On Wednesday October 11 the Vinton County Selective Service Board reported three men for induction: Harold Warrix from McArthur, Willard Reynolds from McArthur, and Ronald Thompson of Hamden. Walter Kessler of New Plymouth reported after a thirty day postponement. Five men went for pre induction physicals: Ivan Comer Denzil Rafferty Thomas Rickey Carl Perry and Gary Harper. The board has not yet received the November quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vinton County
Ivan L. Comer
Ewington
Denzil Rafferty
Ray
Thomas F. Rickey
Creole
Carl W. Perry
Gary C. Harper
Allensville
Local Visitors Attend Lake Hope Health Conference
Darwin residents Darwin Mr and Mrs Joe Stanley Jr visited his parents Joe Stanley Sr. Amesville couple Mr and Mrs Floyd Nutter visited Burlingham Mr and Mrs Kenneth Chaney. Chester couple Mr and Mrs Ralph Parker spent the day at William Hart home with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Stanley, Jr
Darwin
Joe Stanley Sr
Floyd Nutter
Amesville
Kenneth Chaney
Burlingham
Ralph Parker
Chester
William Hart
Pat Jones
Mable Lee
Anna Hart
Everett Bates
Florence Well
Dorothy Chaney
Lake Hope Health Conference
Methodist Church Announces New $30000 Education Annex
McARTHUR The McArthur Methodist church is under construction on a new Christian Education annex costing 30000 dollars. Contractor Robert King of McArthur leads the build with McArthur brick. The basement and first floor include rest room facilities and six educational rooms. The annex will connect to the church’s rear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mcarthur
McArthur Methodist Church
Robert King
Sailor to join Union Barge Lines new tug Mariner
Carl James of Eureka joins the Union Barge Lines crew aboard the motor vessel Mariner, a 6400 horsepower tug, after departing Gallipolis on Thursday and scheduled to leave Pittsburgh Friday for New Orleans. He has spent eight or nine years with the barge line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Union Barge Lines
Mariner
Pittsburgh
New Orleans
Carl James
Eureka
James
Pocahontas Farm Women Meet Oct 18 at 8 p.m
Mrs Maude Roush and Mrs A P Roush will be postesses to the Pocahontas Farm Women's Club Oct 18 beginning at 8 p m The Avalanche Club will meet at 1 30 p m Oct 19 with Mrs Stanley Hart and Mrs Martha Hart as hostesses
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Maude Roush
A. P. Roush
Pocahontas Farm Women’s Club
Avalanche Club
Stanley Hart
Martha Hart
L Vinton Clark Rites Sunday in Gallipolis
Funeral services for L Vinton Clark 82 Patriot former village postmaster will be held at 1 p m Sunday at Millers funeral home. Burial will be in Pine Street Cemetery. He died Wednesday night at the Masonic Home Springfield after 14 months residency. He was a Mason for 36 years. Survivors include wife Alice Howe daughter Helen Russell Dayton and sister Bertha Watts Sebring Florida.
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Gallipolis
L. Vinton Clark
Patriot
Miller’s
John D. Davis
Frank Fenton
Pine Street Cemetery
Clark
Springfield
Alice Howe
Helen Russell
Dayton
Bertha Watts
Sebring, Fla
Contests Will in Vinton Court in Wilkesville Case
Harley McCumber sues in Vinton County Common Pleas Court to contest the will of Vella McCumber. Defendants include Harley F. Grate and others, with the June 27 1961 Galpolis will probated July 28 1961 leaving real estate to a nephew, stock to her husband, stock and estate portions to Hollis R Grate Harold K Gradt and Mary L Carsey, Gerald Grate named executor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McArthur
Vella McCumber
Wilkesville
Vinton County
Harley McCumber
Harley F. Grate
Gallipolis
Hollis R. Grate
Harold K. Gradt
Mary L. Carsey
Gerald Grate
Point Clinic Births and Admittances
Mr and Mrs Charles Rece welcome a son from Vin ton. Mrs Elizabeth Lanier from South Side is admitted. Mrs Hazel Montgomery from Crown City is admitted. Mrs Paul Wachrndt of Point Pleasant and their son are discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Rece
Elizabeth Lanier
South Side
Hazel Montgomery
Crown City
Paul Wachrndt
Point Pleasant
School buses inspected satisfactory in Gallia County
Gallia County highway patrolman Cecil E Carpenter inspected seven North Gallia High School buses on Thursday and found them satisfactory. The final inspection day is Friday for the remaining district buses. Astronomers at the Naval Observatory in Washington reported sighting the Milky Way in 1921.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Way
Cecil E. Carpenter
North Gal
Servatory
Washington
Newborns and Local Names Listed in Holzer Hospital News
A digest of births and residents linked to Holzer Hospital includes a long list of newborns and parents across Henderson Wellston Gallipolis Ironton Ravenswood and Point Pleasant plus several individuals named for acknowledgments. The report notes Thursday blood use at the hospital totaling eight pints.
New Child Born Into Ellis Family
Mr and Mrs James Richard Ellis of Park Drive announce the birth of their first child a son James Richard Ellis Jr born Wednesday at Holzer Hospital Grandparents are Mr and Mrs James G Ellis 2203 Jackson Ave Point Pleasant and Mr and Mrs James Heermans 730 Randolph Drive Charleston
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James Richard Ellis
Park Drive
James Richard Ellis, Jr
Holzer Hospital
James G. Ellis
Jackson Ave
James Heermans
Randolph Drive
Charleston
Ministerial Association Elects New Officers
Vinton County ministers elected Rev. Harold W. Cowdrick as chairman and Rev. Frank Roddy as vice chairman at the October meeting. The group plans a Sunday 8 a.m. WKOV broadcast with Cowdrick Tripp Roddy as preachers and will sponsor a county union Thanksgiving service on Nov 6. They also plan a Halloween Trick or Treat night for CROP on Oct 30 to raise funds for hungry people in refugee camps or disasters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tion Wkov
Wellston
Cowdrick
Tripp
Roddy
Vinton County
Presbyterian Church To Observe Centennial in Point Pleasant
The Presbyterian Church of Point Pleasant marks its centennial with two services on Sunday October 15 a communion at 11 a m and a 730 p m film Presbyterian Origins. Old communion sets and historic items from Pleasant Flat and Westminster Gallipolis Ferry churches will be shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church of
Pleasant Flat Presbyterian Church
Westminster
Gallipolis Ferry
Gallia Seniors Earn National Merit Letters
Gallia Academy High School seniors Sue Jarrell and Dick Haycraft received formal commendations for high performance on the National Merit Scholarship qualifying test. Principal Glendon Evans said the letters, signed by the principal and National Merit president John M. Stalnaker, place them among nearly 25 000 students nationwide honored this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glendon O. Evans
John M. Stalnaker
National Merit Scholarship Foundation
United States
Austrian Naturalist Notes Cichlid Breeding Aggression
Naturalist Dr. Konrad Lorenz reports cichlids exhibit mating season aggression. Without a rival male present, a cichlid may attack its own mate, suggesting a compulsion to strike during breeding.
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Konrad Lorenz
Austria
Bike Rider Hits Auto on Gallia Street
A seven year old boy on a bicycle collided with a car on Gallia Street at 6:20 p.m. The rider Gary Lee Thivener, son of city patrolman Cecil G. Thivener, suffered only a head bump and minor bike damage. Alva E. Johnson of Kananga, 23, was driving and stopped. no charges were filed.
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Gary Lee Thivener
Cecil G. Thivener
Eastern Ave
Eastern
Chatham Aves
Gallia St
Alva E. Johnson
Kananga
Johnson
River Traffic and Dam Updates Across Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
River gauges show varied levels with rollers on Gallipolis and Greenup crests while dams in Huntington District rise. A fleet of riverboats along Ohio and Kanawha report numerous up and down readings at locks including Lock 14 through 35 and vessels such as Marmet Coast Guard 52005 PD and Eben names like London Marmet Winfield appear in daily movement summaries.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy - Mason
Point Pleasant
Dama
Kanawha
London
Marmet
Winfield Re
Ohio River
Huntington
Stevenson
Beckford
Ouachita
Dan Quinn
Ovec
Little Edward
Commuter
Floyd Blaske
Robert E. Reed
Beaver
Timmy
Ravenswood
Irene Chotin
Cra M
William H. Craig
Southland
Lelia C. Shearer
Lock
Betty Moran
Dixie Star
Bob Benter
Reliable
City of Maysville
National
Winfield
Lucy Jane Lucas
Peace
Helen
Western
Kathy R
City of Huntington
Louisiana
Illinois
John J. Rowe
Solvay
Ben McCool
Lakin Elected Fourth Term President Of Gallia Fair Board
Richard A. Lakin was reelected president of the Gallia County Agricultural Society junior fair board for a fourth consecutive term after a tie vote was settled by a coin toss at the county extension office. Mrs. Wendell Roush won reelection as secretary. Maurice Forgey and Gilbert C. Beard were kept on as executive committee members. The group set the 1962 fair dates August 1 4 and approved Dine Amusement Co rides with a 2000 guarantee. A caretaker for the fair grounds is to be studied by a committee appointed by President Lakin.
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Paul Niday
Dan Notter
Woodrow Pope
Clarence Davis
Arthur Elliott
AL Finchum
Princi
Gallipolis
Richard A. Lakin O. Fairfield
Gallia County Agricultural Society
Wendell Roush
Mary E. Walker
Lakin
Coin
Roush
Maurice Forgey
Gilbert C. Beard
Gallia County
Donald M. Dine
Dine Amusement Co
Canton
Dines
Fair Board
Beard, Forgey
Frank Mills
Waldo Brown
Farmer pinned under tractor survives near miss
Gallipolis. Charles E. Saunders escaped death or serious injury Thursday afternoon on his Pitchford Road farm when a tractor overturned and pinned him for an hour and a half. Ambu lance driver Ernie Thompson and Leon Saunders with a neighbor freed him. Saunders suffered abrasions and a sore back but was not treated and stayed home to rest.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Saunders
Pitchford Rd
Green Two
Ernie Thompson
Leon Saunders
Saunders
Funeral services for Okey E. Bailey in Gallipolis
Funeral services for 65 year old Okey E. Bailey of Crown City Route 2 will be held Sunday at Mt. Zion Church with burial Swan Creek Cemetery. He died Wednesday night in Holzer Hospital. A World War II veteran and retired International Nickel employee, he is survived by his wife Anna Saul and numerous children, grandchildren, and siblings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Okey E. Bailey
Crown City
Mt. Zion Church
Swan Creek
Waugh - Halley - Wood
Bailey
Holzer Hospital
International Nickel
Huntington
Mason County
James
Margaret Pittman Bailey
Anna Saul
Farr
Mildred) Shelton
Tucson
Ariz
Merrill
Mary Emma) Waugh
Bennie
Frances) Cardwell
Vinton
Bob Bailey
Margaret
Charles Bailey
Scott Bailey
Margaret Swindler
Alva Bailey
Chesapeake
Frank Bailey
North Carolina
Carl
Bertha) Berry
Lesage
W. Va
Kiwanis Inducts Two New Members at Point Pleasant
Kiwanis Club members heard Mrs. Sherwood Costen present California slide show from her summer trip. O C Hall led the meeting and introduced Carolyn Burris a Keyette and guests Dr. Lewis Sommer and Rex Garrison of Point Pleasant. Neal Baker and Woody Woodrum were welcomed as new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Kiwanis Club
Sherwood Costen
California
O. C. Hall
Carolyn Burris
Keyette
Lewis Sommer
Rex Garrison
Neal Baker
Marietta
Woody Woodrum
Lakin
Mother says youth with her in Florida
Sheriff Griff Durbin reported that Mrs. Mary Booth of Tampa Florida said she has her son William Lewis Murphy with her in Florida. Murphy has been missing since October 2 when he left school from his grandparents’ Kanawha Street home.
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Florida
Griff Durbin
Mary Booth
Tampa, Fla
William Lewis
Butch) Murphy
William Gaskins
Kanawha Street
Hunting Season Opens in West Virginia Saturday Morning
Point Pleasant reports the hunting season for squirrel and other game opens Saturday morning in West Virginia. The conservation department urges hunters to exercise caution due to fire hazards.
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West Virginia
Conservation Department
Miss Gallia County Carol Martin Heads Gallia Academy Class
Gallia Academy High School elected Carol Martin as president of the senior class make history as the first in years to elect a female to the post. Harriet Craft was named vice president Judy McCormick secretary and Sara Yoho treasurer. Doug Harrington led the junior class with Jack Williams as VP Cheryl Niday as secretary and Bob Scott as treasurer.
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Gallipolis
Carol Martin
Gallia County
Gallia Academy High School
Carol
Ralph Martin
Harriet Craft
Judy McCormick
Sara Yoho
Doug Harrington
Fred Harrington
Jack Williams
Cheryl Niday
Bob Scott
Pauline Sines Protest By Former City Officer
Pauline Sines, a 24 month city police officer, was informed by Mayor Virgil Siders that her position was terminated due to police force reductions on October 10. Civil service rules apply and Sines plans a grievance with the civil service board citing greater seniority among remaining officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Pauline Sines
Virgil Siders
Three Receive Fines in Local Court Roundup
Ann Hill of Camp Conley faced a grand jury charge of child neglect after arraignment before Justice A. M. Goodwin. Homer Miller and Ivan Young appeared on drunkenness charges, each fined ten dollars and costs and sentenced to ten days in jail.
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Grand Jury
Justice of Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Goodwin
Homer Miller
Ivan Young
Vandals Damage Glass In Road Equipment
Gallia County deputies report vandalism to road construction gear near Crown City on Route 553. Joe B. Miller equipment sustained broken windshields windows and dashboard panels with total damage estimated at 250 dollars.
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Dals
Baby Boy Born to Robert Browns in Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs Robert Brown of Columbus announce the birth of a son born October 10. The Browns are formerly of Point Pleasant with the mother from Gallipolis and relations listed as Mrs Cecil Sines and Mr and Mrs John Porter of Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John J. Sommer
Gallipolis
Robert Browns
Point Pleasant
Robert Brown
Columbus
Hassle Ends In Shooting Ends In Hassle
David R. Jeffers, 28, of Clifton, is under arrest on a felonious assault charge after allegedly wounding Allen King, 21, of Letart, with a .22 rifle following a tavern dispute. The incident began in Mason and ended on the Mason bridge near Ohio. King receives treatment at Pleasant Valley Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
David R. Jeffers
Clifton
F. E. Eddy
Morris Bragg
Jeffers
Allen King
Letart
Ohio
Mason
King
Frank Young, Jr
Mason Bridge
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Linda Gloss Wins Lions' Poster Prize
Linda Gloss, sixth grade daughter of Mr and Mrs Eugene H Gloss of Halliday Heights, won the $5 first prize for the Lions Club Light for Light campaign poster at Washington School. Meda Sue Edelblute won $4 for second, Barry Haddix $3 for third, Allan Boster $2 for fourth, and Brenda Adkins $1 for fifth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Linda Gloss
Eugene H. Gloss
Halliday Heights
Washington School
Lions Club
Meda Sue Edelblute
Edwin Edelblute
Edgemont Drive
Barry Haddix
Willard Haddix
Fourth Ave
Allan Boster
Clarence Boster
Bulaville Road
Brenda Adkins
Hillard Adkins
Eastern Ave
Pastor and wife leave Christ Church for Huntington
The Rev Jerome D Rodgers and his wife will be guests of honor at a Sunday reception at Christ Episcopal Church in Point Pleasant from 2 to 4 p m. Rodgers, the church pastor, has accepted a call to St Johns Episcopal Church in Huntington and will conduct his last service there Sunday morning before beginning duties in Huntington on October 28. Mrs Rodgers resigns as librarian at the Junior High School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerome D. Rodgers
Christ Episcopal Church
Rodgers
St. John’s Episcopal Church
Huntington
Huntington Church
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Adoptions List
Mrs. Larry Hill and Mrs. William Butts welcomed a daughter in Point Pleasant and Letart, Henderson, and Cheshire noted other births. Names listed include Allen King, Mrs. Oden Austin, W. Bryan, Mrs. John Q. Sawyers, and Mrs. William Butts with Point Pleasant connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Butts
Point Pleasant
Allen King
Letart
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Dick Thomas
Pally
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
United Nations
Ohio Agricultural Marketing Association
Bill Archbold
Landmark
Finchum
Rio Cords
Margi Winters
Sandra Hood
Deanna Cook
Shirley Jo Crothers
Carrie Dale
Fred Hamrick
Brown
Brown-Swan
Clinton-Dundas
Clinton-Hamden
Hamden Corp
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Elk
McArthur Corp
Harrison
Jackson
Knox
Knox-Albany
Madison
Madison- Zaleski
Zaleski Corp
Richland
Richland - Hamden
Swan
Swan-Washington
Vinton Two
Wilkesville Corp
Knox - Wilton
Draft Board
Methodist Church
He Was the
Jacob and
Rebecca Jane Callahan Clark
Vinton Court
Ton
Gallia
The
Naval Ob
Holzer Hospital News
Brooks C. Glover
Henderson
James T. Ray
Marie S. Purdom
Daniel B. Ramsey
South
Webster
Morton H. Persinger
Ironton
Leroy C. Wyant
Harrisonville
Cecil W. Carter
Northup
James F. Laber
John C. Roush
Debra K. Miller
South Point
Charles C. Gilfilen
Kanan
Kathie L. Grose
Alice T. Henry
Henry Duqua
Robert H. Smith
Weldon T. Strait
Chevyl Ann Mitchell
Davis Hall
William C. Fields
Sam Hicks
John Cranston
Donald A. Weidner
Inez Hughes
Omer Ford
Anna Headly
Alonzo Morris
Thomas Littler
Harry Brown
Andrew Armbrister, Jr
Carl Reed
Everett Clench
Charles McCoy
Mildred Exline
Ed Rainer
Wilma Coleman
Susan E. Willis
Randall W. Peterson
John Argent
Ellis
Arlene Sayre
Presbyterian Church
Pleasant Flats
Fancis Dutton
Pioneer
Viand Street
First Presbyterian
Third
Main
Flats
U. S
Southern
Sue Jarrell
Dick Haycraft
Ored
Armer
Okey Bailey
Calif
Sheriff
Miss Martin
Vrs. Sines
Point Pleasant—Ann Hill
Conley
Prin Sein
Isge
County Sheriff's Department
Grant Long
Er Glass
Joe B. Miller
Van
Mr. Brown
Merly
Mr. and
Mrs. Cecil Sines
Point Pleas
Ant
Mrs
John Por
Ter
Hassle
Lions
Larry Hill, Vin
John Q. Sawyers
Suzanne
11Th Street
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