Gallipolis approves budget. other requests heard
City commissioners approved the current year budget set by City Auditor Otis Drummond. Citizens pressed for road, lighting, parking, and zoning improvements including a garden club project, a private ravine spot, curb removal for a parking area, and relocation of a parking meter. No action on speed limit signs due to state legal minimum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Otis Drummond
Daphney Broyles
French City Garden Club
T. S. Bachus
Mound Hill Cemetery
Commission
George Ely
Raymond Hoy
Hoy Furniture Factory
Sycamore St
Brown
Garfield Ave
Route 7
City St
Bartlett
Joe McCorry
McCorry
Chester Leaper
Gillen
Ford Sales
Leaper
Columbus
Gallipolis Old Friends reunion narrows site for next year
Gallipolis Society Old Friends held a reunion at Wolfs Valley Baptist Church in Capehart West Virginia. Members chose Harmon Field Point Pleasant as the next meeting site. George W. Rairden Leon was elected president with Irene Sayre Stanley Point Pleasant as vice president Golde Mourning Middleport secretary and Wat Upton Leon treasurer. Outgoing officers are Reverend Fred Harmon Elmwood president A W Biffle Gallipolis vice president Mrs Roy E Greenlee Charleston treasurer. Mrs Bertha Rawson will visit St. Louis Missouri with Reginald Testament family while J Paul Mossman and Earl McCormick visit Jamestown New York. Mrs A P Kerr recovers at home from a fall last Friday night with injuries but no bones broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Friends
Wolfs Valley Baptist Church
Capehart
W.va
Harmon Field
Point Pleasant
George W. Rairden
Leon
Irene (Sayre) Stanley
Golde Mourning
Middleport
Wat Upton
Fred Harmon
Elmwood
A. W. Biffle
Gallipolis
Roy E. Greenlee
Charleston
Bertha Rawson
St. Louis
Reginald Testament
Rawson
Testaments
Columbus
Ohio Capital
J. Paul Mossman
Jamestown
N.Y
Earl McCormick
A. P. Kerr
First Ave
Holzer Hospital Notes Admits Local Residents
A list of patients admitted to Holzer Hospital includes Audrey Belle Cross Langsville and Roger Dean Wolford Wellston for medical or surgical care. Names span Gallipolis Oak Hill Jackson Wellston South Point and nearby areas with one entry from Western Springs Ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Pratt
Gallipolis
Audrey Belle Cross
Langsville
Surgical
Jesse C. Sandifer
Jackson
Roger Dean Wolford
Wellston
Thoburn M. Detty
Oak Hill
William H. Brammer
South Point
Chauncy E. Brothers
Vernon Wasmer
Baldwin W. Claar
Horace Evans
T. B. Crider
Kenneth W. Ingalls
Roger Dale Sidenstricker
South Side
F. G. Musgrave
Point Pleasant
R. C. Spohr
Western Springs
Ill
C. R. Daniels
Marcella Napper
Ruby Bradshaw
Kananga
Nellie Ball
B. W. Vansickle
Frank White
John R. Gordon
Buell Swain
Mercerville
Hamden Notes on Visits and a Death in Phoenix
Hamden area residents hosted and visited relatives during weekends with many trips to Columbus Belleview Logan and Springfield. A death report notes Ross Corfee 54 of Phoenix Arizona died August 19 with survivors including wife Ethel Mankin of Middleport and kin in Leon West Virginia and remarks on funeral attendance in Phoenix by W R Whittington and Edith Doody of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irene Green
Mae
Faye Zervis
Roy
Wayne Zervis
Columbus
Edward Zervis
Charles Sprague
Trotword
Raymond Sprague
Springfield
Herbert Sprague
Ralph Sprague
Blacklick
Junior Sprague
Jack Sprague
Mayme Sprague
Sprague
Lake Alma
Ruth Bennett
Ross Corfee
Phoenix
Ariz
Ethel Mankin
Middleport
Corfee
Leon
W. Va
W. R. Whittington
Hamden
Edith
Daft and Atkinson Obituaries Highlight Ohio Kin
Mrs. Cora Knowlton Daft 84 widow of Charles Daft died at home in Zaleski after living there many years. Survived by son Oren Daft and Leland Daft of Savannah, daughter Alvena Lewis, grandson David Lee Lewis, and sister Miss Nora Knowlton. George E. Atkinson 85 of Sandwich Illinois, born near Zaleski, buried in Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zaleski
Cora Knowlton Daft
Charles Daft
Oren
Leland
Savannah
Frank Lewis
Alvena
David Lee Lewis
Dayton
Nora Knowlton
Zanesville
Daniel Knowlton
McArthur
Elk Cemetery
George E
Boot) Atkinson
Sandwich
Ill
Atkinson
Matilda Keller Atkinson
Rebecca Gaskill
Illinois
Calvin E. Atkinson
Spokane
Wash
H. V. Atkinson
James McKibben
Parsons Family Weekend Guests Throughout Area
Broadwell households hosted weekend visitors from Warren Columbus Athens and Marietta. Extended family and friends from Columbus joined in social visits including the Parsons reunion on Bethany Ridge. Other local gatherings featured Parkersburg Logan Mt Hermon and Columbus guests with several short calls and social drives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Parsons
Evalina Brill
Keith
A. C. Hyre
Columbus
Bob Smith
Logan
Eva Hashman
Athens
Vint White
Frank Parsons
Bethany Ridge
H. E. Martin
Parkersburg
Extension Final Plans To Be Made
A Cheshire area meeting will be held Monday at 7 30 p m in the old building as Dr Gilford Crowell of Ohio University outlines final plans for opening extension course work. The Kyger Creek adult education program seeks 22 members per class with in state residents paying eight dollars per semester hour and out of state residents twenty dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyger Creek Association
Alva T. Grover
Gallia County
Soldier Arrives in Alaska On Gyroscope Rotation
Pvt. Robert E. McGrath 22 of Shawnee arrives in Alaska from Fort Lewis Wash as part of Operation Gyroscope the Army unit rotation plan. The 1955 national farm labor force exceeded eight million with 23.2 percent hired workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert E. McGrath
Richard E. McGrath
Alaska
Fort Lewis
Wash
Safe Use of Electricity Is County Council’s Topic
County council sessions on safe electricity open 10 a.m. at Grace Methodist Church and run to 3 p.m. A noon potluck dinner follows with a cake and bacon demo. Lois Deneke will speak in the afternoon. Betty Ott will meet with the home council to plan ongoing community activities. The year’s theme is Safety Pays All the Way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
County Council
Grace Methodist Church
Pde
Reney Cave
Lois Deneke
Betty Ott
Home Council
Seven intoxications and traffic cases adjudicated in Gallipolis
Police arrests led to convictions for seven intoxication charges and three traffic violations in Gallipolis. Defendants included Albert Adkins and Wesley Wickline who paid bonds or fines, plus six others in Municipal Court for intoxication. Arnett Coy did not appear on a separate no brakes citation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Albert Adkins
Duo
W. Va
W. H. Jones
Wesley Donovan Wickline
Rio Grande
Ing
Gerald Collins
Blacklick
Charles P. Frye, Jr
Williamson
Clyde Ba
Marriage Licenses For Waterloo Couples Listed
Wade E Miller 21 construction worker and Sue A Weinfurtner 21 at home both of Waterloo listed for license. Also Thomas A Marcus 6 technician of Gallipolis to Sophia Halley 6 Crown City, and Andrew Allen Iman 34 Delaware cab driver with Blanche Marie Thomas 29 Thurman house worker. Robert L Sos 21 Cheshire maintenance worker and Janice A Scott 18 Cheshire telephone operator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wade E. Miller
Waterloo
Sue A. Weinfurtner
Belva Phillips Miller
John and
Elinor Ewing Weinfurtner
Thomas A. Marcus
Gallipolis
Sophia Halley
Crown City
Mark and
Kate Berdick Marcus
James
Nancy Fellure Caldwell
Andrew Allen Iman
Delaware
Blanche Marie Thomas
Thurman
Andrew
Martha A. Burdette Imayv
Elba
Osa Ann Pierson Fetty
Robert L. Sos
Cheshire
Janice A. Scott
Normal
Ruby McGhee Lucas
Charles
Isis
Peters Scott
Maxwell 72 Dies in Gallipolis Jail From Natural Causes
William Maxwell, 72, was found dead in Gallipolis jail at 9:55 Tuesday, hours after arrest. Coroner Donald Warehime ruled death natural with a heart attack as immediate factor. Maxwell, born May 3, 1684, lived at 709 Third Ave. Warchime noted a prior head injury he treated before death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Maxiwell
Donald Warehime
Maxwell
Third Ave
Warchime
Minister Shifts Pulpit from Gallipolis to Huntington
The Rev. Glenn M. Graham, minister of the Garfield Avenue Church of Christ in Gallipolis, leaves for another pastorate in Huntington. The Rev. Bill Heinselman of Steubenville will assume duties here Sunday, and the Grahams will relocate to 2902 Sixth Ave. in Huntington after 28 months in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Glenn M. Graham
Garfield Avenuue Church of Christ
Huntington
Bill Heinselman
Steubenville
Mr. Graham
Evelyn
Sixth Ave
Bike safety and repair courses added to curriculum
Realizing the rising popularity of the bicycle for school travel and recreation, the program introduces bicycle safety, repair, and maintenance courses into the regular curriculum.
Laurel Cliff Social Notes From Athens Area
Mr and Mrs R T Burdette entertained at home then spent a weekend with their son in law and daughter and with the Caruthers and Poulton families in Canton. Various local families visited Columbus Dayton Logan Syracuse and Star Route and the Laurel Cliff Health Club plans a September 10 meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Cliff
R. T. Burdette
Hoadly Caruthers
Ross Poulton
Canton
James Gilmore
Columbus
Olin Rife
Cora Renshaw
Herman Kasper
Jackie
Ronnie
Dayton
Charles Hoffner
Scotty
Timmie
Logan
Hugh Ferguson
Jimmy
Gene Alkire
Kimberlee Kay
Cleo Parker
Pearl Parker
Ira Willman
Phil Wise
Clifford Jacobs
Pearl Jacobs
Hame
Paul
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Warehime Clinic
Parkers
Second Ave
Warehime
Pine St
Gallipolis Society
Holzer Hospital
John Winkle
Jo Ellen Straight
Joseph Burger
James Lewis
Paul Bergstresser
John Midkiff
Helen Cook
William Grimm
Frank Burroughs
Wyatt Radford
Thomas Butcher
Stella Cherrington
Claud McCown
Alfred Warren
Garnet McManus
Frederick Maynard
David Elkins
Cheryl Halterman
Clarence Salts
Charles Salts
Grace Murdock
Henry Gerty
Bernard McCathren
Henry Ger
Daft
Bert Daft
Myrtle McKibben
Willard Daft
Elvin Beau
Sharon Anne
Nelsonville
Vernon Lee Daft
Herbert Sharp
Fred Adelmann
Ethel Peters
Chicago
Ohio
Blanche Potter
Clyde Martin Sr
Anne
C. E. Vansky
Donald Hoskinson
Meigs County
Lou Nickels
Rutland
Nickel
Lucy Randall
Harve Tripp
Labor Day
Ernest Robertson
Robertson
Broadwell
Vinton
Man
Athens Messenger
Buick
Century
America
Jackie Gleason
N. Court & W. Carpenter Sts
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