Nine Hurt as Meigs Gallia Highways Record Labor Day Accidents
Labor Day weekend on Meigs and Gallia counties roads produced 11 automobile accidents with nine injured. At Route 35 east of the State Patrol Post a collision sent Huber Lanier to Holzer Hospital for back injuries and Loretha White cited for left of center. A pickup on Route 33 outside Crown City wrecked through guardrails. the driver fled. On Route 143 near Middleport six people including Archie Kimes and the Cottrell family were treated for multiple contusions after a head on crash. Other incidents included a Kanauga man losing control on Route 7, a driver knocked from a car at Route 35 near a church, and a tractor collision on Route 54 near Porter. Labor Day weekend arrests for speeding and driving while intoxicated followed. numerous fines listed.
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Vallipolis
Gallia
Lanier
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Route 33
Crown City
Cosree, Renteny Ot Somos
Middleport
Columbus
Archie Kimes
West Columbia
C. C. Fisher
Ivan Cottrell
Frances Cottrell
Connie Cottrell
Jerry Cottrell
Jenifer Cottrell
Pickens Clinic
Middle Port
Thurman F. Burnette
Kananga
Butnette
Iseratione
Gage
Harold Miller
Waterloo
Imme
Muc.h
Miller
Cheshire
Nathaniel McCumber
Katheen Nobel
McCumber
Harland Vollborn
Bidwell
Llburn
Porter
Paul Smith
Clayton Keesee
Patriot Star
Coulter
Morris Kroger
Dayton
Municipal
Erma Booker
Columbia
D. C
Ronald Miller, Jr
Minersville
Clayton Swindler
Robert Blashek
Charles Knighting
Racine
Justice of the Peace
James Johnson
Boyd McCutcheon
Sandusky
Johnson
Jarrell Richie
Madison
Clarence Saunders
Willie Baldwin
Wilson
N. C
Birdie Jenkins
Everett Plants
Justice T Johnson
Lathe Smith
Huntington
Jamie Burlington
Inton
Otis Johnson
Thomas Lambert
Gilbert Plantz
Rio Grande College Set to Open September 10
Gallipolis Rio Grande College announces opening day on Sept 10 with new and transfer students meeting in Community Mall at 9 am for English placement and psychology exams. Upperclass registration begins at 10 am, with completed cards by noon and freshmen registration on the 12th. Classes start Sept 2. Marilyn Simmons to wed Jack Wedemeyer on Sept 9 after a surprise shower hosted by Mrs Joe Long at 427 Fourth Ave.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Community Mall
Gallipoli
Marilyn Simmons
Jack Wedemeyer
Joe Long
Fourth Ave
William Schoonover
Donna Brannon
Gailrison
Alma Wallace
Ray Wedemeyer
Frances Jones
Ermaline Straight
Aldeth Wright
Donna Jack Rodgers
James
Donna Straight
Harrison
Wallace
Gallipolis area society notes and college events summary
Gallia and Meigs societies met in Racine and at homes for social and civic activities. The Presbyterian Choir enjoyed a lawn party hosted by Mrs. Miles Epling and Mr. Tom Agee Jr with cards and croquet and an electric organ moved for the open practice. The Women’s Society of Christian Service elected officers and heard Miss Tompkins and Mrs. Ebersback discuss mission schools. Descriptions include home moves by Mr. and Mrs. Fowler, a 65th Waddell reunion to be held at Lake Pete on Edwin McCormick’s Fairfield Farm, and college events planning for the new dormitory and student center with convocations and mixers in early September.
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Presbyterian Couren Choir
Miles Epling
Tom Agee, Jr
Epling
First Ave
M. T. Epling
Chdir
Alexander Waddell
Lake Pete
Fairfield
Edwin McCormick
Waddell
Scotland
Hulbert
Route 141
Community Hall
Simpson Chapel Methodist Church
Calvary
Kyger Creek Wage Boost Authorized
Electric Corp expands wages at Kyger Creek with a 156 percent raise effective Sept 1 1956 raising annual payroll by 216000 and boosting major benefits. The change shifts wage and working condition review to an annual date, adding 36000 in upfront costs but simplifying future budgeting. The Kyger Creek station employs men and the overall payroll impact runs into substantial annual figures.
Two Officers Re-Elected By Principals
Gallipolis Adtunnoneve reports the High School Principals Association meeting on Saturday elected C Comer Bradbury as president and Glendon C Evans as secretary. The group set monthly meeting times and discussed filing teacher transcripts by Sept 15 and NEA OEA dues in September. It also approved district annual records and topics like school bus inspection and adding Ohio history and geography to grades seven and eight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. Comer Bradbury
Glendon C. Evans
NEA
OEA
Natural gas wells span 20 000 square miles in 22 states
Natural gas wells cover an area about 20 000 square miles in 22 different states.
Bonnie Judson Queen Of Fete at Jacksonville
GLOUSTER The 19th annual Old Settlers Homecoming Reunion observed Jacksonville’s anniversary with a multi day program. Festivities included dancing, church services, a cancelled afternoon band concert, musical shows by regional acts, and tight weight-class tug of war contests. The queen’s court featured last year’s queen and local youths, with prizes awarded to float teams and a parade drew extensive participation.
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Glouster
Old Settlers
Jacksonville
Rhythm Makers
W. C. Crace
EUB
Honey and
Sonny
Davis Twins
Sleepy Jeffers
Charleston
Mary Duzenberry
Sharon Christman
Bill Landis
Wanda Keirns
Andy Hary
Bon
Nie Judson
Queen of the
Nelsonville
VFW
Glouster High School
Buchtel-York
the Plains
Murray City
Chauncey-Dover
Jacksonville-Trimble
Queen's Court
Mary Jo Roebuck
Carolyn Gardner
Judy J. Wicks
Richard Howard
Janet
Johnny ‘Stepski
Columbus
Shelly Gardner
Shelly
Flo Cominsky
Richard Gardner
Gerald Douglas
Coolville
Earl Poston
Stewart
Douglas Gallipolis
Andrew Percy
Bryant
Glouster Society Parma Weekend Guests Return Home
Glouster society Parma and families visited over the weekend with Mrs. Richard Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Jones, and Mr. and Mrs. Pat Gallagher of Middleport. They spent time with their parents Mr. and Mrs. James Phillips and Mr. and Mrs. Richard Jones before returning home.
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Parma
James Phillips
Trimble
Richard Jones
Robert Jones
Pat Gallagher
Middleport
Bidwell Man Awarded Pomona Scholarship
Gallia County Pomona Grange awards a scholarship to Herman Sprague of Bidwell after a committee recommendation. Fade y, committee chair, informs Rio Grande College officials that Sprague is to attend this year and notes the scholarship’s value.
Visit Recap and Local Meeting in Glouster
Returns from a visit with Mrs John C Penn and family members Ronnie John Jr Stanley Bobby Kniger of Cleveland Janice Billy Roy Pataskala visit Mr and Mrs Howard Daft and family Also visited Mrs Lester Penn and family JAYCERS MEET Trimble Township Junior Chamber of Commerce set to meet Wednesday at 8 pm in the mayor s office
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John C. Penn
Ronnie
John, Jr
Wal- Propp
Stanley
Paul Bobby Kniger
Cleveland
Clayton Worthington
Janice
Billy
Roy
Pataskala
Howard Daft
Lester Penn
Jaycers
Glouster
Trimble Township
Junior Chamber of Commerce
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Meigs
Connecticut Marine
Wellborn
H. L.mccarty
Thompson
Grover
Kerns Bay
Service Society
Atoneshire Women’s Society of Christian Service
Melvin Little
C. J. Lem
Rathburn
Third Ave
Henry Kerns
Marshall Fowler
Fowler
Orchard Hill
Fowlers
Mullineaux
Dick Turner
Kyger Creek
The
Electric Company
Electrie W. Columbus and
Southern Ohio Electric Compa
Bonnie Judson
Dave Howard
Guysville
Wayne Harris
Athens
Claude Gray
L. H. Geddes
Stockport
Geddes
Gray
George Guthrey
J. A. Pickering
Chesterhill
Leonard Keirns
Shade
Tom Noon
Main Street
D. A. McDonald
B. R. Angle
Ed Ley
Eagle Auxiliary
Eagles Hall
Louise Barrett
UMWA
Moose Hall
Warda Oon
Zanesvale
Ralph Phillips
Glouster Society
Bidwell Man
Pomona
Hadi
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Ohio
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