Three vehicle accidents investigated in Point Pleasant area
State and city police investigated three crashes Thursday around Point Pleasant. A westbound tractor-trailer overturned on Route 35 injuring no one. a parked car at 428 Main St. sustained bumper damage. a collision at Sixth and Viand damaged an Ashland Oil Truck and a station wagon, with minor injuries to a passenger and a cut lip. In total 13 accidents have been logged in the county this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Canterbury
Laura Keefer
Leon
G. C. Murphy & Co
Main St
Hoyt Jiiden
Burt Hall
Biggs
Spurlock
Main
Gallipolis Church News Highlights Local Services
A listing of church schedules in Gallipolis and nearby communities notes Masses, services, and activities at St. Louis Catholic Church and many partner congregations. Details cover mass times, catechism, Sunday school, evangelistic services, prayer meetings, youth groups, and church events led by named pastors and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Catholic
Aleph Golukieski
GSI
First Church of God
Licenses Granted to 36 Amid Test Results
State police issued operator licenses to 36 of 70 who took driver tests on Thursday and granted 16 permits after passing oral exams. Eleven were denied for unsatisfactory operation and seven for failing oral tests. Recipients from Point Pleasant include Henry Vedder Wainright and Mary Amelia Johnson among others. listed applicants span New Haven Gallipolis Ferry Hogsett Letart Mason Henderson Barboursville Pliney West Columbia, with several towns represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Henry Vedder Wainright
Marford Harold Bauer
Mary Amelia Johnson
Robert Stephenson
Joyce Eline Sheritt
Mary Harrell Bright
Donna Jean Stewart
Margaret Alice Uhl
Nancy Lee Lard
Shirley Pullins
Patricia Ann Powell
James Franklin Brown
Albert Leonard Sauer, Sr
Rebecca Donnaly
Virginia Maxine Crump
New Haven
Ivan Roy Grimm
Ted Lawrence Swartz
Mary Tennant
Wanda Lee Foush
Freda Lee Honaker
Charles Wayne Garland
Gallipolis Ferry
Sally Ann Gill
Curtis William Wallace
Hogsett
Vera Yvonne Stephens
Betty Jean Roush
Alice Jean Harper
Donald Lee Harper
Letart
Raymond Leonard Jackson
Lakin
Sylvia Spears
Henderson
Milton Lockhart
Barsoursville
Albert McCoy
Pliney
Charles Abraham Herdman
Leon
Gertrude Virginia Holley
Milton
Juanita Mae Knapp
George Cooper cFarland
Mason
Paula Camp
West Columbia
Gallipolis Thursday Club Opens 1956 57 Year
Eighteen members and one guest Miss Annah Pierce of Madison Wis attended the opening meeting of Gallipolis Thursday Club for 1956 57. Lunch at Hotel Lafayette followed by a program at Mrs Charles E Holzer Jr home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annah Pierce
Madison
Wis
Hotel Lafayette
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Harold Wetherholt
James C. Furmas
Uncle Tom
Harriet Beacher Stowe
United States
Holzer
Gordon Gibert
James Walker
W. Lewis Brown
Nina Ayres
Henry W. Cherrington
Joe Moch
Georges Creek Grange hosts library levy discussion guest
The Georges Creek Grange meets in the Grange hall with a guest speaker from the Gallia County District Library trustees. He will explain the local library levy to further clarify it. Refreshments will be served after the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georges Creek
Gallia County
Bennet Attends COBA Technician Conference in Columbus
Harold Bennet visited Columbus on October 16 and 17 for the seventh Central Ohio Breeding Association technicians conference. The event drew 147 technicians and their wives along with other association employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bennet
Columbus
Gallipolis
Harold Bennet
Central Ohio Breeding Association
COBA
Daughter Is Born in Point Pleasant
A daughter was born Tuesday at Point Clinic to Mr and Mrs Marvin Wamsley of Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Marvin Wamsley
Shoulder Fracture in GAHS Touch Football Game
Gallipolis report says James Beaver 16 of 315 Third Ave fractured his left shoulder during a GAHS touch football game and received treatment at Warehime Clinic. The GAHS Band member plays tuba. Two babies were born at the clinic this week including a daughter to Word Waugh of Crown City Route 1 on Wednesday and a son to Ray Hall of Crown City on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Beaver
Third Ave
Gallia Academy High School
Warehime
Beaver
GAHS
Word Waugh
Crown City
Ray Hall
Veteran James R. Cochran Named in Local Guard Service
World War II veteran Sfc. James R. Cochran of Middleport joined the 3664th Ordnance Company OS in 1950 as a sergeant and administrative assistant. He served in Europe with the 468th Bomb Squadron, 8th Air Force, and earned the ETO Good Conduct Victory and American Defense medals while also serving in the Air Force Reserve. He is married to Charleen Williams with two children and attends Middleport Christian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James R. Cochran
Maple St
Middleport
U. S. Armed Forces Institute
Cochran
Point Pleasant High School
Charleen Williams
Linda Ann
F & AM
Middleport Christian Church
Births at Holzer Hospital and Admissions
Births listed include a son for Bruce and Barbara Stout in Bidwell and a daughter for Howell Jarvis in Bidwell on October 18, plus a son for Richard Sauer in Point Pleasant on October 19. Numerous admissions and discharges follow for patients across Gallia, Meigs, and surrounding towns with names including Osie England, Phil Stevers, Charles Burke, Mabel Bumgarner, Janice Teaford, and several listed in the long discharge roster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Stout
Bidwell
Hillard Wallace
Gallipolis Ferry
Howell Jarvis
Richard Sauer
Point Pleasant
Vote message urged Kiwanis to protect freedom
William Gilmore of Appalachian Power spoke to about 30 Kiwanis members and three guests on the importance of every vote. He warned indifference risks loss of liberty, citing historical elections and postwar repression, and urged use of media to inform choices before elections. Guests included Paul Finnigan of Gaithersburg and John Williams and Tom O’Rorke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Gilmore
Appalachian Power Co
Kiwanis
Moose Home
Gilmore
U. S
Honest John
Jake
Hayes
Czechlovakia
Tennessee
Republican Party
Kentucky
America
Paul Finnigan
Gaithersburg
John Williams
Tom O’rorke
Pittsburgh
Farm Rally Set by GOP at Gallia County Barn
Gallia County Republicans plan a farm rally at the county barn next Thursday night with a 7 p m start. Co chairs Mrs Paul Parkins and Frank Mills say attendees should bring covered dishes and arrange table service. The event will host county candidates including Rep Thomas A Jenkins and State Senator Oakley Collins who are invited to present their cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Paul Parkins
Frank Mills
Parkins
Blood Typing Explained For Kiwanis Club Meeting
Dr. Robert P. Carson explained blood typing to Kiwanis members at a Gallipolis dinner meeting at the Lafayette Hotel. He noted the bloodmobile visits Grace Methodist Church five times yearly to supply Gallia County patients, about 475 pints annually, with Holzer Hospital performing roughly 1200 transfusions yearly. Donor age limits are 18 to 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert P. Carson
Huntington Regional Blood Center
Gallia County
American Red Cross
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Lafayette Hotel
Vic Sherow
J. Dean Eisel
Grace Methodist Church
Carson
Carroll K. Singer
Holzer Hospital
Concertmen and Edmund Karlsrud enthrall 750 in Gallipolis
More than 750 residents filled the Washington School auditorium to hear the Concertmen and Edmond Karlsrud in the Tri County Community Concert Association season opener. Karlsrud, in his 20s, delivered classical solos with a rich tone while the ensemble supported sea songs, folk pieces, and religious selections, ending with four encores including You’ll Never Walk Alone and On the Street Where You Live.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Washington School
Edmond Karlsrud
Community Concert Association
Tri- County
Robert Schumann
Johannes Brahms
Richard Strauss
Karlsrud
United States Square l
Johnny Sands
United States
Karbrud
Schumann
Olaf
Edward Grieg
Richard Vogt
Rogers and Hammerstein
Carrousel
Manning
Touchette
Pearly Gates
Robert Schmertz
Pittsburgh
Sigmund Romberg
Willard Pierce
Pierce
Schick
David Hoover
Roy Hines
Nino Luciano
Donald Wittig
Charles Oliver
Frederick Bohrer
Vogt
Gallipolis High School Contract Default Studied
The Gallipolis city school board, meeting for the fourth night in a row, discussed the new high school project after learning the general contractor George H. Suter Co. of Portsmouth defaulted on a 470000 plus contract. The board plans to consider lowering the bid with the second bidder and hopes Knowlton or Bellefontaine will accept at a reduced cost. The default may delay construction about 30 days. a follow up meeting will set next steps and possible cost-cutting measures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis City
George H. Suter
L. Boggs
Knowlton
Bellefontaine
Boggs
Perry J. Bailes
Portsmouth
Suter
Gallia Academy
Marshall Boggs
Chief of Boys Village Invited to Gallipolis
Gallipolis will host an 8 30 p m report by the new Boys Village director and several boys at Gallipolis Aerie 2290 Fraternal Order of Eagles. The lodge agreed to cover expenses and hold a pot luck supper after the meeting. 56 Eagles attended a district gathering in McArthur supporting the project and Gallipolis Aerie won the membership plaque to be delivered in Ironton on Nov 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Boys Village
Gallipolis Aerie
Order of Eagles
Johnnie F. Johnson
Father
Wesley Westfall
Westfall
Carl Drummond
Eagles
McArthur
Ohio
New Boston
Ironton
Gallipolis School Bidder Default Charged
Gallia Academy High School project stalls as contractor George H. Suter of Portsmouth fails to appear and the board prepares to notify the bonding company. Second bidder Knowlton of Bellefontaine may assume the job with a bid about $100,000 higher. Board discusses cost-cutting changes for remaining work.
Induction Set for Two Inductees in Gallia County
Gallia County draft board announced Hobart Wilson Jr. and Thomas E. Sprague will be inducted into the army Monday at 7 30 a.m. They report to the Gallia County Court house before proceeding to the Ashland Kentucky induction center. The board also said objections to deferments can be made by contacting the selective service office for classifications and reasons. About 25 others received classifications at the meeting, most 3 A, including a registrant who appealed with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Hobart Wilson, Jr
Tribune
Thomas E. Sprague
Second Ave
Ashland
Selective Service Office
Court House
Plymale Rites To Be Sunday In Gallipolis
Plymale 87 died in Holzer Hospital after seven days as a patient. He was born March 10 1869 and survived by seven children including Mrs Raymond Cray and others in Ohio and beyond. Services planned 2 PM Sunday at Ohio Chapel with burial Mina Chapel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Divers Plymale
Holzer Hospital
Plymale
Virgil S
Sarah Ann Craft Plymale
Raymond Cray
Clarence Barcus
Lower River Road
Nan Hill
Westerville
Evelyn Grunkemyer
Columbus
Harold Angel
Virgil
Toledo
David
Pete
Linsey
James
Roy
Nettie Lenderman
Gallia County
Ohio Chapel
Daughters of America Lodge
Mina Chapel
Wetherholt Funeral Home
River Traffic Report Shows Various Dam and Boat Movements
Gauges list river levels at several towns with Kanawha and Ohio river dams described as on the sill and moveable. Ohio River boats report multiple lock movements including Blazer Tell City Sohio State Stevenson Advance Bayou Orleanian and others with up and down tallies recorded during the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Hinton
Kanawha Falls
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Tell City
Sohio State
Northern
Stevenson
Advance
Bayou Orleanian
C. P. Wright
Island Creek
Lucas
Cornell
Pittburgher
Kanawha
Marmet
Shearer
R. H. Bosworth
Susan Hoagland
Price
Ernestine
Ora D
Reliance
A. M. Thompson
Semet
Solvay
School Bus Hits Auto in Reedsville
State Highway Patrol investigated an accident Thursday morning when a school bus backed into a private car driven by Fred A. Frizzle in Reedsville. William N. Swain 61 of Long Bot tom Route 1 was fined for improper backing after posting a $15 bond to appear in Mayor's Court on Oct 23 in Pomeroy. Two men, Lonie G. Lohr 23 of Galion and Roma Landis Jarvis 22 of Harrison W Va, were convicted in Gallipolis Justice of the Peace court for improper lights on a trailer and speeding, paying $5 and costs each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
States Highway Patrol
William N. Swain
Long Bottom
Fred A. Frizzle
Swain
Pomeroy
395 Calves Consigned To Demonstration Sale
A total of 395 calves are consigned to the demonstrational feeder calf sale at Point Pleasant Live Stock Market on October 25 at 7 30 p m. The sale is sponsored by the WVU Agricultural Extension Service and the Point Pleasant Livestock Auction. Calves from Mason Putnam Wayne and Cabell counties have been signed in. Calves will be brought in October 24 for grading by Joe Emch WVU associate animal husbandman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
WVU Agricultural Extension Service
William Gregory
Gregory
Mason
Putnam
Wayne
Cabell
Joe Emch
WVU
Three Accidents Reported In Gallia County
Gallipolis. Three accident victims were admitted to Holzer Hospital on Tuesday and Wednesday. Frances Falk 82 Cedar Street Gallipolis injured left hip after slipping on a floor at the Johnson home. Harlan Fillinger Crown City admitted with a left knee laceration from a saw and carriage accident four miles from Mercerville. Clarence Rapp Jackson Route 2 injured his right ankle unloading pipe for the Jackson County Department when a pipe fell on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frances Falk
Cedar St
Gallipolis
Johnson
Harlan Thomas Fillinger
Crown City
Mercerville
H. D. Bowlus Lumber Co
Idaho
Ohio
Clarence Rapp
Jackson
Jackson County
Gg Department
Point Family Finds Ocean Fishing Good
A Point Pleasant family enjoyed Pauley’s Island fishing with 272 fish caught Sunday and Monday. The Parsons group included Mr. J. C. Parsons Mrs. W D Parsons their daughter-in-law and two grandsons and their largest catch was a 3 pound 9 ounce flounder. They traveled to Lexington N C last Friday to meet relatives and return Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Pauley’s Island
S. C
J. C. Parsons
W. D. Parsons
Mrs. Parsons
Lexington
N. C
Mr. Parsons
Point Minister To Aid In Kenova Installation
Sunday at 7 30 p m the Rev Robert Ray will be chairman of a commission to install the Rev James N Cook pastor of the Kenova Presbyterian Church The Rev Mr Cook comes from Antlers Okla the town where the Rev Mr Ray was reared to his new pastorate The evening worship will include a devotional by L W Getty and Carter Franklin followed by the motion picture In the Face of Jeopardy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hershel McDonough
Pearl Elliott
Church of the Nazarene
Vernon C. Shafer
Calvary Baptist
Rio Grande
Luther Tracy
Simpson Chapel
Methodist
George Holcombe
First Presbyterian
Robert.Good
Assembly of God
Robert Howard
D. L. Latham
BYPU
Bidwell Church of God
Mr. Statterfield
Porter
Rodney Church
Garfield Ave
Church of Christ
Bill Heinselman
Point Pleasant
Robert Ray
James N. Cook
Kenova Presbyterian Church
Mr. Cook
Antlers
Okla
Mr. Ray
Presbyterian Church
L. W. Getty
Carter Franklin
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Everette Canterbury
Racine
Grace Methodist — Church
George Ely
Harold Brown
R. D. Thomas
Earl Durham
Clarence George
John Schwab
Robert Brickles
Commission On Missions
Chancel
Grace
Wesley - Weds
Gallipolis Social Notes
Meigs Man
S&c Cochran
Wesley Mason
Bellefountain
Osie
England
Phil Stevers
Star ‘Route
Charles ‘Burke
Coolville
Mabel Bumgarner, Letart
Janice Teaford
Syracuse
Medical
John Sexton
William Durst
Curtis Schafer
Don Tordiff
Arnold Jiiden
Harry Crump
Donald Mink
Lonnie Ellis
Ray Bailey
Richard Oliver
Leona Sue Wellington
Bruce Burling
Winston Plancuff
Daisy Scurlock
Lawrence Gerlach
B. E. Javins
Merlan Shoemaker
George Divings
Melvin Roush
William Hutchins
William Miller
Oscar Rodgers
Florence Johnson
William Jameson
Walter Holter
Ira Galloway
Clarence Kidd
Melody Lambert
Mary Ruth Kearns
Wast
GOP
Edmund Karlsrud
By Jim Thorn
Gram
Edward Schick
Concertmen
Williamsburg, Va
Point
Kenova
Knotts Furniture Mart
Court St
Taber
Kris Kringle
E. &. Byrne
E. State St
Athens, Ohio
Athens
Keller and Weltner Monument CO
Logan, Ohio
W Morter
Wormenis
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