Cheshire Board Opposes Gallia County School Merger Plan
Four Cheshire Local Board members voiced unanimous opposition to the Gallia County Citizens' Committee plan to merge 16 districts into a county wide system. They criticized lack of Cheshire representation and said the plan would harm their district. Local actions included water issues at Gallia School and staffing moves across several districts as openings and bus routes were adjusted.
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Cheshire Local Board of
AGL H
Revret
Gallia County Ools
Citizens’ Committee
Harland T. Martin
Kenneth Swisher
Ada Ward
Viccent Merrill Briggs
Hortie
Harold Thomas
County
Gallia County
Citizens’ Committee On
Cheshire
Citizens Committee
Gallia
Symmes Creek
Drinkwater
Board of Education
Centernt Road
Greenfield High School
Cadmus High School
Foster Lewis
Elizabeth Lewis
Ruth B. Edwards
Hayden Shelton
Crown City Local Board of Education
L. V
Chunk) Caldwell
Leonard Holston
Caldwell
Stanley Swain
Sanford Bills
Ferrer Montgomery
Ira Sheets
A. Dillon
Glen Wiseman
Rosa Wiseman
Cadmus Local Board of Education
Harrison
Ohio Local Board of Education
Mooney School
Bethe School
State Department of Education
Bertha Bostic
Swan Creek School
Joe Donald Pollitt
H. P. Johnson
Thomas Gooldin
Lawrence Craig
Trimble Jones
Perry Local Board of Education
David E. Jenkins
Raccoon Local Board
Rehi Board
Clarence Davis
Francis Burdell
Joseph W. Clark
Gomer Richards
Willard Call
Glendon
Cor= Smith, Jr
Gallipolis
Centenary
Cheshire Board
Dale Mulford
Sterling
Eugene Watson
Colonel Stowe the Tr umpeter and Circus Leader of Vinton
A valley memory recalls Colonel Frank Stowe who led the Stowe Brothers Circus brass band from Vinton along Raccoon Creek. He taught music to blacksmiths and merchants, coached Wilkesville’s cornet band, repaired wagons, and saved a girl from a fire. He later became mayor of Vinton.
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Vinton
Gallia County
Stowe Brothers Circus
Ohio
Frank Stowe
Raccoon Creek
Old
Wilkesville
Raccoon Valley
Stowes
Colonel Stowe
Stowe
Kerr Butler
Hazel Hartsook
Miss Bertha Randall 76 Ex-Teacher Dies in Gallipolis
Miss Bertha A. Randall 76 of 83 Locust Street died Sunday in Holzer Hospital after a 15 day illness. A former high school teacher in Washington Oregon Iowa Minnesota she last taught Cheshire High School 1925 27. Burial Wednesday at Pine Street Cemetery after 6 p m funeral at Miller's funeral home with Rev Linson H Stebbins officiating. Survivors are cousins Gertude Carman Rothgeb Butterfield and Wolfe families.
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Gallipolis
Far West
Pine Street
Miller
Bertha A. Randall
Locust Street
Holzer Hospital
Randalla
First Presbyterian Church
Linson H. Stebbins
Riverside Study Club
Gallia County
Gertrude Carman
Roy
Chauncey Rothgeb
Addison and
Murray
Foundation of Religion Advised for Grice AD
Gallipolis graduates of Holzer Hospital School of Nursing hear a baccalaureate sermon urging a foundation of true religion to guide life. Rev. Richard H. Ash cites three practices: test life on Christian basis, seek solace in the foundation amid temptations, and ensure only pure will. He urges nurses to view nursing as part of a larger humane life.
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Ash
Mr. Ash
John C. Markley
Carol Jane Ball
Gallipolis
Julia Loretta Collins
Radcliff
Pearl Emogene Elliott
Lois Louise Halil
New Matamoros
Margaret Marie Layne
Pedro
Marilyn Lou Long
Vinton
Betty Kathryn Meyers
Williamstown
W. Va
Eleanor Jane Miller
Wellston
Nadine Lora Newland
Long Bottom
Mary Louise Newman
Clarice Evelyn Owens
Barbara Lou Rader
New Haven
Norma Jean Scholl
Pomeroy
Mary Leona Trotter
William Guthrie
College of Arts and Sciences
Ohio State University
Aa Ay
Jackson
Stanley Lanier
Tiny winner lifts catfish at Gallipolis fishing rodeo
At Gallipolis Boat Club last Saturday the sixth annual fishing rodeo crowned a prize from 108 entrants led by 13-year-old Linda Mills with 23 bluegill. Three-year-old Susy Baker carried a catfish weighing about six ounces to the scales as a leading young participant. Other top finishers included Ronald Champer and Charlies Bostic with heavy catfish. The event highlighted strong youth turnout and a large bluegill catch across ages and both genders.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga Creek
GCCA
Terry Saunders
Ralph Saunders
Judy Willis
Poland
Ohio
James C. Myers
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Linda Mills
Susy Baker
Carol Martin
Better Fishing Inc
Second Ave
Ronald Champer
Sycamore St
Messenger
Charlies Bostic
Texas Road
Champer
Bostic
Stanley Harris
Pine Street
John Howell
Olive Street
Larry Shamblin
Cheshire
Fred Neal
Fourth Ave
Beverly Cullip
Joyce Hill
Fifth Avenue
Gilkey couple marks 60th wedding anniversary
About 100 relatives and friends gathered at the Gilkey home on Route 143 for the 60th wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Gilkey. The event featured a bean dinner cooked over an iron kettle by Dale C. Gilkey and lemonade served beside Thomas Fork, with a large congratulatory cake on display. Attending were siblings and relatives including David Gilkey, Cullen Gilkey, Cynthia Goodwin, Mary De Witt, and the Lambert family. The couple were married on September 5, 1894.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Gilkey
Route 143
Pomeroy
Dale C. Gilkey
Thomas Fork
Dale Gilkey
Charles Gilkey
David Gilkey
Shade
Cullen Gilkey
Athens
Cynthia Goodwin
Columbus
Mary de Witt
Gene Lambert
Gilkey
54 Arrests Listed By Gallipolis Post
Gallipolis Post of the State Highway Patrol logged fifty four arrests along with seventy five warnings during the Labor Day weekend. The tally covers Friday through Monday and includes five accidents with two injuries.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Temperatures Hit a Century in Gallia County
Gallia county recorded two days of tropical heat with readings of 100 and 98 degrees on Sunday and Monday. Observer Edwin R McCormick of Fairfield reports the United States Weather Bureau data.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
United States Weather Bureau
Edwin R
Pete) McCormick
Fairfield
Sun and Moon Weights for a 200-Pound Man
The article calculates that a 200-pound man would weigh about 5580 pounds on the sun’s surface and about 34 pounds on the moon given the extreme gravity. It explains weight changes with gravity and contrasts the two celestial bodies.
From Stenographer to TV Director Lila Swift Leads The Web
Lila Swift of CBS-TV rose from stenographer assistant to co director and producer of The Web. She directed full episodes this summer while Herbert Hirschman was in Europe and later helped with script writing. She is married to Dr Gilbert Schwartz, an optometrist in New York.
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New York
Lila Swift
Cbs-Tv
Herbert Hirschman
Europe
Miss Swift
Peter Goldwark
CBS
Swift
Gilbert Schwartz
Optometrist
Man Kills Son-in-Law Held Without Charge
Canton Ohio article reports Thomas Morris, 45, held without charge after fatally shooting his son-in-law Tommy Lee Jackson, 21, at Morris home in Waynesburg. Police defer to grand jury. Morris says self defense during a domestic dispute over the wife. Jackson, a Korean War veteran, died from a 12 gauge shotgun blast.
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Canton
Thomas Morris
Tommy Lee Jackson
Massillon
Morris
Waynesburg
Jackson
Magsillon
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Schmitz
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Dayton
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Foundation of Religion Advised
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Perry Come
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