Seventh Alert Slated For Sunday October 20
Gallipolis to host Operation Vigilance VII with all Area II ground observer posts from 11 a m to 5 p m Sunday Oct 20. Event includes Gallipolis Fortification Hill observers plus American Legion Auxiliary VFW Auxiliary district nurses high school unit and area supervisor Knotts making first local visit. Call 93 1409 or 1467 to join or observe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Area
Gallia County
Mary Stilwell
Ground Observer Corps
Stillwell
Jim Baldwin
Charleston
Fortification Hill
American Legion Auxiliary
Silas J.hamilton
VFW
Mollie Johnson
Dorothy Dickerson
Jim Wilks
Area ST
Knotts
Sgt. Knotts
Raymond Faszczewski
Holzer Hospital Opens First Local Physical Therapy Center
Holzer Hospital in Gallia County opens a new physical therapy treatment center on October 1 in its education building. Dr. Arthur Smith leads the program with Miss Margaret Jane Cook as registered physical therapist. The facility, the first within 100 miles, aims to aid orthopedically crippled patients in Southern Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis — Holzer Hospital
Ohio
Ohio Society For Crippled Children, Inc
Holzer Hospital
Arthur Smith
Margaret Jane Cook
Mayo Clinic
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington- Cabell Hospital
Huntington
W. Va
Nell Davy
The
Ohio Society For Crippled Children
Norman Goldstein
Gallia County Society For Crippled Children
Wayne Foster
Holzer
Minor Wreck Brings Arrest Of 1 Driver
A minor collision on Route 7 near Swan Creek Bridge north of Gallipolis led to the arrest of Billy E. Javins, 22, for failing to stop within the clear distance. Javins was cited to appear in Municipal Court. Other local court records note fines for speeding, overloaded load, and insecure load in separate cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Swan Creek
John Bresenham
Point Pleasant
Billy E. Javins
Javins
William H. Jones
Billy Ward
New Haven
Richard Fitch
R. E. Grindley
Minersville
Clarence Krausé
Osceola Mills
Gallipolis Board Grants Payment on Building Certificates
The Gallipolis Local Board of Education held a ten minute session to authorize building certificate payments totaling 76173.27. Payments include Don King Construction Co for Certificate No 9, Hickman Electric Co for Certificate No 6, and A J Pepchallater Co for Certificate No 8. President Robert Jenkins presided with Merrill O'Dell Austin Cotton and Marshall D Boggs present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Jenkins
Merrill O'Dell
Austin Cotton
Marshall D. Boggs
Three Are Hospitalized In Separate Incidents
Harry C Grimm of Hartford was admitted to Holzer Hospital after a fall at home caused a severe middle finger laceration. Joy Melvin Carpenter of Jackson Route 1 was treated for a left hand injury from an unloading conveyor at work for Southern Orchards. Henry Brothers Jackson was in care after a 4 20 p.m accident. Denver Bates, nine, of Henderson, was admitted with an eye injury from Monday while playing at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harry C. Grimm
Hartford
Holzer Hospital
Joy Melvin Carpenter
Jackson
Southern
Henry Brothers
Denver Lee Bates
Denver Bates of
Henderson
Two Deaths Reported At Holzer Hospital
Two deaths were reported at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Grover Sheline, 70, of Gallipolis Route 1 died at 9 20 p m after being a patient since last Friday. Frank F Price, 64, of 93 Pine Street died at 10 50 p m after admission on Sunday October 6 following a fainting episode at Preek Baptist Church services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Grover Sheline
Frank F. Price
Pine St
Preek Baptist Church
Nominating Committee Chosen for Friends of the Library
At a Gallia County library meeting Mrs. Robert Ball named a nominating committee to pick officers for the coming year. The panel includes Mrs. Sidney Fadely Mrs. John J Schwab and Miss Catherine Hayward. They will select a president vice president and secretary treasurer. Lawrence Huber district librarian outlined efforts to back a 2 10 mill library levy including 6000 letters and a poster contest with book prizes. Funds for this program come from the Citizens Committee chaired by Ethel Maude Young. Posters will be displayed in Gallipolis merchant windows next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Friends of the Library
Gallia County
Robert Ball
Sidney Fadely
Rio Grande
John J. Schwab
Catherine Hayward
Lawrence Huber
Huber
Citizen’s Committee
Ethel Maude Young
Ball
Nellie McCown
Harold Wetherholt
Dwight Wetherholt
Omar C. Zimmerman
John E. Halliday
Isabel Scott
Kathryn Carter
Betty Cantrell
Bess Perry
H. H. King
Shaver Birthday Dinner At Home In Gallipolis
Mrs Wayne Niday hosted a surprise birthday dinner for her mother Mrs Leo Shaver at her home on Sunday. Guests included the McKays and Evans of Cheshire, the Nidays, Kimballs, the Shavers and families, Miss Betty Null, Mrs Shaver’s mother, and others. They visited race horse farms Keener land Park and Leslie Combs Farm and saw the Man O War statue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wayne Niday
Leo Shaver
Betty Null
Mrs. Shaver
Lou Drummond
Keeneland Park
Leslie Combs
Paul Cline
Columbus
Luther Howard
State St
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Arthur Fleming
American College of Surgeons
Convention Hall
Atlantic City
N. J
Ladies Return From Lexington Weekend Visit
Mrs. A. S. Lloyd and four other women returned from a weekend in Lexington Kentucky with reports of a pleasant trip and shopping and sightseeing lighthearted time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. S. Lloyd
Craig Slagle
D. W. Reese
Stanley Evans
Clyde Mitchell
Lexington, Ky
Hunters Leave for Far West from Gallipolis
Gallipolis figures Ernest E. Null and his son Merrill, with Dave O Neal of Point Pleasant, headed Tuesday for a two week Montana hunting trip. They plan to hunt bear deer and elk north of Yellowstone near Bozeman and Livingston area and east of the park, where Null and his son have prior hunting success and mounted specimens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ernest E. Null
Merrill
Dave O'Neal
Point Pleasant
Montana
Yellowstone National Park
Bozeman
Livingston
Park
Null
New Proprietors Take Over Sterling Service Station
Billy C Campbell and Billy Joe Evans become the new proprietors of the Sterling service station on Vine Street. They assumed active management on October 8, succeeding former owner Otho Belvill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Billy C. Campbell
Billy Joe Evans
Sterling
Vine St
yStation
Otho Belvill
Commissioners Open Bids for Winter Coal Supply
Gallia County officials opened sealed bids for the winter coal supply. Skidmore Foster Coal Co of Gallipolis offered the low bid at 11 dollars per ton. The county needs 6000 bushes or 240 tons, with 4000 bushes to the courthouse and 2000 to the county home, delivery to start immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Wade Saunders Dies at Home in Gallipolis
Wade W Saunders a retired rural mail carrier collapsed from a heart attack at his Northup home Tuesday shortly before 6 p m Funeral arrangements will be announced by Wetherholt funeral home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wade W. Saunders
Northup
Wetherholt
Bush Named Commander of Division in Korea
Major General George Bush, brother of Gilbert P. Bush Sr., was named commander of the United States Army’s former 24th Infantry Division now the First Cavalry Division in Korea. He moves from a Pentagon desk post to lead a division starting January 1, 1958, until April 1, 1959.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Bush
Gilbert P. Bush
United States Army
24Th
Korea
New Traffic Signal Coming Into Operation in Gallipolis
Gallipolis adds a new traffic signal at the First Ave and Court St intersection. Erected Monday, it will operate once connected to the city system, bringing the total signals to 23, with 20 stop-go units and three blinking warnings. A barrier will be placed on the five block stretch of First Ave from Cedar to Vine as traffic increases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Ave
Court St
Austin Cotton
Cedar
Vine St
Cotton
Columbus Man Returned on Non-Support Charge
Gallia County sheriff's deputies returned John Meyers, 33, of 1826 East Main Street Columbus, on a non-support order from Common Pleas Court Judge Robert M. Betz. He was arrested by Columbus police and held for local authorities. Also, Daniel Kelly, 30, Portsmouth, jailed for intoxication and disorderly conduct and fined 20 dollars, and Raymond Pennington, 26, Cheshire Route 2, fined 15 dollars for breach of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Meyers
East Main St
Columbus
Gallia County
Stanley Fellore
Grant Long
Order of Common Pleas Court
Robert M. Betz
Daniel Kelly
Portsmouth
Sheriff's Department
James A. Johnson
Raymond Pennington
Cheshire
Johnson
Local Weekend Visits and News of Gallipolis Typographical Leader
Kenneth Haning visited his parents in Downington while Delores Stotts stayed with her grandmother in Columbus. Bessie Welch hosted relatives including Tom Steinmetz of Athens. Dale Coder of Portsmouth, brother of Lee Coder, was named vice president of the Ohio Typographical Conference, and works for the Portsmouth Times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Haning
Columbus
Glen Haning
Delores Stotts
Lucy Stotts
Bessie Welch
Clarence Brickles
Goose Creek
Tom Steinmetz
Athens
Pearl Robinson
Gallipolis
Dale Coder
Portsmouth
Lee Coder
Ohio Typographical Conference
Coder
The
Portsmouth Times
Births and admissions in Holzer Hospital notes
Numerous births at Holzer Hospital with parents listed from Gallipolis to Ravenswood. Admissions include Gomer Jenkins and others for medical and surgical care, with several patients from Bidwell Jackson Point Pleasant and Henderson. Dismissals and recoveries noted along with a legal notice and a parole hearing update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gomer Jenkins
Gallipolis
Robert Swann
Oak Hill
Jimmie McGuire
Bidwell
Jesse J. Baker
Ray
Joan P. Sauer
Point Pleasant
R. J. Burley
Ravenswood
Medical
Connie Sue Likens
Henderson
William Lynch
Rio Grande
Surgical
Clarence Harless
Jackson
Adam Virgil Linton
Coalton
Paul Akers
Howard C. Parnill
Lakin
Arthur Darnbrough Jr
Jean Moore
Thomas A. Jewell
Point Pleasant Surgical
Jesse Braley
Alan Jay Bradshaw
Ernest E. Watts
Northup
Harry C. Grimm
Hartford
Denver Lee Bates
Mrs Letha Ladd Cecil Rites Friday
Funeral services for Mrs. Letha Ladd Cecil 76 will be Friday at 2 p.m. at the White funeral home in Coolville where she died Wednesday. She leaves husband T F Cecil two sons Watson Ladd of Cutler and Cecil Ladd of Glen Burnie Md a daughter Miss Erma Ladd of Coolville and six grandchildren. Burial will be at Rockland Cemetery with calling at the funeral home after 10 a.m. Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Letha Ladd Cecil
Cecil
Congregational Church
T. F. Cecil
Watson Ladd
Cutler
Ladd
Glen Burnie
Erma Ladd
White Funeral Home
Rockland Cemetery
Charity Barker 88 Dies in Stockport
Mrs Charity B Barker 88 of Stockport died Wednesday at Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville She was born March 26 1869 in Morgan County daughter of Eather and Caroline Newton widow of William Barker whom she married August 26 1896 He was died in 1928 She belonged to Stockport Methodist Church and is survived by one niece Mrs Edna Mitchell of Westlake Ohio Funeral arrangements are with Fawcett Stone funeral home Chesterhill
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Chesterhill
Charity B. Barker
Stockport
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Morgan County
Eather
Caroline Clancy Newton
William Barker
Cross Petition Filed in Divorce Suit in Common Pleas Court
Beatrice Sheline sues Herbert Sheline for divorce in Common Pleas Court. He files a cross petition denying allegations and cites gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple wed in 1924. Separately Lois Anderson is granted a divorce from Richard E. Anderson for gross neglect of duty, with a prior separation agreement approved.
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Patty Ruth Moore
James R. Moore
Viola Street
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Logan
Common Pleas Court
Beatrice Sheline
Herbert Sheline
Sheline
Lois Anderson
Richard E. Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gallipolis Social Notes
Far West
New Proprietors
Commission
Wade Saunders
New York
Rockefeller Center
Rubber Company
Bush
Columbus Man
Downington
Harold Phillips
Joyce Carpenter
Bobby Gordon
Malcolm Miller
Jack Timmons
Dweht Singletary
W. R. Hayes
Edward Kell
Robert Foreman
Verlin Swain
John T. Walters
R. H. Steele
Frank Gennicks
R. A. Conely
Leah Martin
Thomas A. Cassity
W. H. Howell
Debra Taylor
Thomas Turner
William Imboden
Nelsonville
Gary Forbes
Gerald Forbes
Lancaster Fairfield Hospital
Harold J. Rose
Haaring
John Clark
Roth
Pardon and Parole Commission
I G¢ Fogle
Mrs. Cecil
Rome Canaan School
Stewart
Ethel Misner
Harold Goddard
Ray Riggs
Lincoln-Mercury
N. Court St
Eastern Star
Utah Place
Hazel Andrews
Mercury
Real Sharp
Kinneer Motors
Chrysler-Plymouth-Dodge
Fordomatic
S. McKinley
Sears
W&h Chevrolet
Chrysler
Call
Ray Douglas
OLDS
Chevrolet
Herefords
Twin City Ranch
McConnelsville
Plato Mischief
Apperson & Gandier
Emerson Marting
BUICK
Packard Conn
Caribbean
BSA
Clifford Auto Sales
Columbus Road
Studebaker
Studebaker- Packard
Wakefield Motors
Richland
FORD
Dr. R-H
Platt
Hudson
W. Union St
Algeo Motor Sales
E. State St
Dannie’s Trailer Sales
Waverly Mobile Home Sales
U.S
Waverly, Ohio
Norwood Ave
Lancaster
Pleasantville
R.E.A
Guernsey
Jersey
Ford Tractor
A.C -W.C
Oliver
J. D
M.M
Empire Grain
New Idea
A.C
H.C
White House
William Dennison
Banty Smith
Merrill Federer
del W.C
DODGE
Gail Watkins Equipment Co
Landis Gulf Service
Auto Service
Brown's Pure Oil Service
N. Court
Cushman
Whizzer
Schwinn
C. R. White
Carl Michael and Son
the Plains
Miller’s Sanitation
Guysville
Coolville R. D. No
Electric Motor Service
Union Dial
W. O. Rose
Mahaffey Motor Service
Central Ave
Eddie Jones
Dick Blosse
Dick Blosser
IE. State ST. Airport
Roger Dean
Ypowerer
Plymouth
R-H
R&h
Hdtp
Ivory & Green
Kager
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