Mary Skinner Thrills and Scares as Gallipolis Queen
Gallia County’s sesquicentennial queen Mary Skinner rode a Jaycees float before 7000 spectators at the Ohio State fairground. She described herself as scared yet thrilled by the cameras, heat, and attention, while her court Christine Fraley and Jasine Thomas endured the sun.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Queen Mary
Deshler-Hilton
Gene Lockhart
Fairground
Big Columbus
Jaycee
Mary Skinner
Gallia County
Marguerite Skinner
Fourth Ave
Holzer Nursing School awards diplomas to 12 graduates
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing in Gallipolis conferred diplomas and cash awards to 12 graduates in Grace Methodist Church before about 165 relatives and friends. Ruth Herdman of Leon earned two awards, including the Agnes Davis Memorial Award for top scholastic achievement.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Grace Methodist Church
Ruth Janette Herdman
Leon
W. Va
Agnes Davis
Oscar S. Kelley
Point Pleasant
E. B. Smith
McArthur
Southeastern Ohio Regional Council
Smith
Wayne Foster
West Coast
Mary H. Cutler
School of Nursing
Dr. Holzer
Rhea Ann Gears
Pomeroy
Nora Riggs Easton
Donna Russell Hayth
Middleport
Doris Henson Hockman
Addison
Joyce Arledge Lakin
Chillicothe
Kathryn Eloise Long
Wellston
Janice Lee Lyman
Naomi Jean Overturf
Susan Blanche Phillips
Hamden
Charlotte Marie Preston
Emogene Wells
Miss Wells
Holzer Clinic
Holzer
Lois Call
Carol Ball
Nadine Newman
Eleanor Miller
Barbara Rader
Eleanor Treleaven
June Seines
Shirley Mealey
Adrienne Mills
Charlotte L. Cremeens
Paul Nease
Gallipolis Church News Full Parish Services Listed
Local church notices provide schedules for Gallipolis churches including Church of Christ Church of God St Louis Catholic Nazarene First Presbyterian Paint Creek Baptist Grace Methodist Salem Baptist First Baptist St Peter's Episcopal with service times and special events such as weddings and a parish picnic.
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Church OF Christ
Lewis Mikell
Church OF God
Woodrow North
ST. Louis
Adolph Golubiewski
Gallipolis State Institute
Church OF the Nazarene
Vernon C. Shaffer
Women's Association
Paint Creek Baptist
Preston C. Smith
Grace Methodist
Paul M. Niswander
D. Laisk
Helen Folden
James Merrifield
Methodist Youth Fellowship
WSCS
Salem Baptist
Don P. Hawkins
First Baptist
William H. Green
Don R. Loomis
ST. Peter’s Episcopal
Richard H. Ash
David R. Thornberry
Sub-District WSCS Meets At Rio Grande Church
Gallia Meigs and Jackson counties send a good representation to the sub district WSCS meeting held Thursday at Simpson Chapel Methodist Church in Rio Grande. District president Mrs. Frank Bush opened the session. devotionals were led by Mrs. Sidney Fadely. readings included a song by Mrs. Clyde Dale with organ by Mrs. George Sidwell.
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Rio Grande
Gallia
Meigs
Jackson
Simpson Chapel
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Frank Bush
Portsmouth
John C. Wickline
WSCS
Sidney Fadely
Clyde Dale
Holy City
George Sidwell
Kirk Wheeler
Wheelersburg
Dey Hysell
Pomeroy
A. G. Adams
New Boston
J. B. Richards
Grande
Gallipolis Man Fined $50 and Costs for DUI Charge
Jarrell Jackson Spencer, 25, of Gallipolis Route 2, was fined $50 and costs by Municipal Judge William H. Jones on a charge that he was in physical control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol. The case was brought by the Gallipolis Post and the State Highway Patrol.
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Gallipolis
Jarrell Jackson Spencer
William H. Jones
Patrolman Resigns for Kyger Creek Job
R. V. Sampson aged 22 of Minford resigns as patrolman with Gallipolis Post State Highway Patrol. He will start next Tuesday in the personnel office at Kyger Creek Power Plant, Ohio Valley Electric Corp. Sampson joined the force last November and Gallipolis post was his first and only assignment.
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Gallipolis
R. V. Sampson
Minford
Gallipolis Post
State Highway Patrol
Kyger Creek
Rsonnel
Ohio Valleylectric Corp
Sampson
Highway Patrol
Boy Sent to Lancaster School After Auto Theft Wreck
Juvenile Court Judge John W. Howell Thursday sent a 15 year old Patriot Route 1 boy to the Lancaster Boys Industrial School as an outgrowth of his theft of an automobile he wrecked last Friday night in Jackson County.
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Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Lancaster Boys Industrial School
Jackson County
Henry County Hog Capital Leads Nation in Production
Henry County Illinois ranks highest among U S counties for hog production earning the title hog capital of the world as part of its agricultural prominence based on farm output and livestock statistics.
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Henry County
Ill
Bloodmobile to Visit Gallia County for Oct 28 29
Gallia County Home Demonstration council will help sponsor the next Red Cross bloodmobile visit tentatively set for Oct 28 29. The executive committee met in the county agent's office and voted to take over the project. Dorothy Mohr explained costs and the distribution of blood through the Red Cross and noted gamma globulin production from whole blood.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Huntington Center
Red Cross
Miss Mohr
Charles FE. Holzer, Jr
The
American Red Swan
Wilford Evans
James Craft
Fred Carman
Reuben Wood
Paul Ja Quay
Ohio Valley Council
Sidney Fade
Speed Charges Filed in Gallipolis Court
Two speeding convictions were recorded in Gallipolis Municipal Court on Thursday. David Roche, 36, of Gallipolis and Walter J. Voreh, 22, of Bidwell Route 1 were charged by the State Highway Patrol and each fined 10 dollars plus costs.
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Gallipolis
State
David Roche
Walter J. Voreh
Bidwell
Police report shows spike in accidents this summer
City police investigated 72 accidents across June July and August with August alone accounting for more incidents than the other two months combined.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Pastor Resigns After 24 Years Service
The Rev. H. M. Smith ends a 24 year pastorate at Gallipolis Church of God. His resignation, dated Aug 23, was initially refused by the church board. Acting pastor is Rev. Woodrow North while a successor is sought. The church, founded on Third Ave in 1912, saw Rev. Smith install and dedicate the current edifice in 1919 and lead from 1929, noting I drove the first nail and I drove the last.
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Gallipolis
H. M. Smith
Church of God
Smith
the Messenger
Noard
Woodrow North
Mr. Smith
Rain Spares Heat With Six Minute Showers
Gallipolis and southern Gallia County saw a six minute rain shower starting at 7 44 p m Thursday cooling the air after five days above 100 degrees. Fairfield recorded 103 degrees in the afternoon before the brief shower.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Fairfield
U.S. Weather Bureau
Edwin R
Pete) McCormick
McCormick
Cancer Movie To Be Bought By Gallia Society
Gallia County Chapter of the American Cancer Society ordered the purchase of a film titled Living Insurance to show at schools grange meetings and other groups. The group also authorized a display and travel expenses of five cents per mile to transport patients for treatment within Gallia County and approved Mrs. O Keith Suiter to attend the state executive secretaries meeting in Columbus September 28 29 30. Attendees included Mrs Suiter President C Mac McGinness Mrs Robert S Ball Dr Jacob Weinberger and Mrs Mary Akers.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
The
American Cancer Society
Society
O. Keith Suiter
Columbus
Suiter
Mac) McGinness
Robert S. Ball
Jacob Weinberger
Mary Akers
Deer attack kills rattlesnakes in sudden assault
In a startling incident, a herd of deer charged and killed rattlesnakes. The deer leaped into the air and landed with sharp hooves, then sprang away, leaving the scene.
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Holzer Nursing School
Ann Page
Jane Parker
White House
CELLO
Wieners WU
Taker's
Kris Kringle
Kanauga
Ohio
Bis
Home Council
Norge
Furniture and Appliance
St. Joseph
Ornamental Iron Works
Marietta
Floyd C. Thompson
Bert C. Smith
He Ee
Bendix Home Appliances
W. State
Athens, Ohio
Hamilton
S$. Davis
Poplar St
Nelsonville
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