Gallipolis Chamber to Sponsor Three Major Local Activities
The Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce voted to sponsor a Girl Scout Fund Drive in October, Rural-Urban Week in October or November, and a get out the vote program for the November election. Girl Scout rep Mrs. Thomas W. Morgan announced 16 troops totaling 230 girls and a budget share of 3500 for 1959-60. The drive runs October 17–24 with an office in the Chamber.
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Gallipolis
Morgan
Huntington Tri-State
Meinhart to speak at health conference in Kyger Creek cafeteria
Representative George Meinhart of Meigs County will headline the State Health Conference on Education at 7:30 p.m. September 29 in the Kyger Creek High School cafeteria. Kyger Creek Local Schools official C Comner Bradbury announced at Cheshire Kyger Elementary PTA’s first meeting of the year. The event follows a busy PTA meeting introducing staff, kindergarten numbers, and several committee assignments for the coming year.
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Gallipolis
George Meinhart
Meigs County
General Assembly
Kyger Creek
C. Comner Bradbury
Cheshire- Kyger
Ralph Needs
Wayne Sisson
Bradbury
Walter Rife
Cheshire - Ryger Elementary
PTA
Rife
Cheshire-Rgger Elementary
Violet Russell
Vivian Kirby
Carrie Lemley
Marilyn Rees
Daisy Cook
Pauline Rife
Lucie Martin
Balloon Found at Institute Near Gallipolis from Bensenville Release
Carl Cameron of 29 Edgemont Dr found a balloon on Gallipolis State Institute grounds over 400 miles from its Bensenville Illinois release. Card number 5135 tied to a balloon race dated Sept 7, 1958. Sponsor John C Meiszner of Irvin Park Rd seeks finder names for prizes and sponsorships.
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Gallipolis
Carl Cameron
Edgemont Dr
Gallipolis State Institute
Bensenville
Clara Bendigs
Bensenville Home Society
Iil
John C. Meiszner
Irvin Park Rd
Cameron
Dr. Morgan resigns as chair of Gallia traffic committee
In Gallipolis Ohio Dr. Thomas W Morgan announces his resignation as chairman of the Governor s Traffic Safety Committee for Gallia County at a Monday night meeting Howard R Griffin traffic supervisor for District Nine led the session noting the cabinet s National Safety Council 1957 inventory Gallipolis reported injury figures 1954 1955 1956 and 1957 with 29 injuries in 1957 the group discussed juvenile court handling and ceremony rituals while noting Gallipolis has no fatal accidents since 1951 and that a successor will be chosen at a future meeting also present were Gallia Academy driver education instructor Charles Swanson police chief Chester A Leaper and others
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Thomas W. Morgan
Howard R. Griffin
Mound St
Athens
Department of Highway Safety
Davis Hall
Morgan
Charles Swanson
Gallia Academy High School
Griffin
National Safety Council
William H. Jones
Janes
Police Department
Ohio
Jones
Baliff
Common Pleas
Convention of Ohio Municipal Courts Association
Chester A. Leaper
Council
Bsides Griffin
Dr. Morgan
Leaper and
Swanson
Marshall D. Boggs
Carl Leland Boggs
J. Sherman Porter
Jones Rites Are Set
Funeral services for Othneil Jones 58 of 128 State St die in Holzer Hospital after a stroke. Services 2 p m Wednesday at Grace Methodist Church with burial in Tyn Rhos Cemetery near Rio Grande. He was a former farmer, highway employee, relief director in 1936 and operator of a Route 35 service station for 14 years. He is survived by his wife Geraldine Collins and five sons, plus siblings and other relatives.
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Gallipolis
Othneil Jones
State St
Holzer Hospital
Grace Methodist Church
Warren H. Wilson
Tyn Rhos
Rio Grande
Jones
Highway Department
Northup
Newton I
Ella Switzer Jones
Eleanor Shoemaker
Cleveland
Ruth Thomas
Dayton
Gwyn Buck
Colorado
Donald
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Admits
A list records births at Holzer Hospital with seven newborns including daughters to Riegel, Carey, Gooderham, Canter and sons to Lang, Hively, Jones. admissions include Riegel, Gooderham, Hively, Canter, Van Matre, Knapper, McCray, Francis, Miller, Lang, Betz, Cottrill, Larson, Sisson, Lang, Weaver, Mills, Hassell, Wolf, Wagenhal, Crooks, Baker and Kelly. Dismissals name multiple patients and families. Blood usage noted as Sunday seven pints and Monday three pints.
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Paul E. Riegel
Jackson
William T. Gooderham
Crown City
James K. Hively
Coalton
James E. Canter
Oak Hunl
Starry E. van Matre
West Columbia
Kenneth Leo Knapper
Ewington
Carol Ann McCray
Oak Hill
Stephen E. Francis
Leslie F. Miller
Earl E. Lang, Jr
Gallipolis
Marie Betz
Floyd D. Cottrill
Radcliff
Wilkie Larson
Portland
George B. Sisson
Middleport
Randall A. Lang
Hobart R. Weaver
New Haven
Donald K. Mills
Edward J. Hassell
Point Pleasant
Amy Wolf
Minersville
Howard F. Wagenhal
Ada Crooks
Ira T. Baker
Cove
Scott Kelly
Eleanor
W. Va
Dudley R. Wolf
Racine
Charles A. Clendenin
Morris Davis
Ashford Phipps
George Plantz
Clyde Johnson
Dallas Hartley
Wilbur Stewart
George Rader
James Fry
Edith Hutsinpillar
Jane Patton
Fred Phillips
James Patterson
Nelson Klaiber
John Clark
Ervin Legg
Three Hurt In Collision On Monday
Three persons sustained minor injuries in a double rear end collision on Route 35 two miles west of Gallipolis. Vehicles driven by Guy A. Branscom Marie M. Rife and Harry G. Kincaid were involved as a third car struck from behind. Branscom and Rife suffered neck injuries and Mrs Ora E. Kincaid abrasions. none were treated. In County Court Judge Betz fined Mary A. McCarley and William L. Jamison for traffic violations.
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Gallipolis
Highway Patrol
Guy A. Branscom
Jackson
Marie M. Rife
Rio Grande
Harry G. Kincaid
West Alexandria
Rife
Branscom
Ora E. Kincaid
Robert S. Betz
Mary A. McCarley
Vinton
William L. Jamison
Five Scouts Promoted To Second Class Rank In Troop 200
Five boy scouts from Troop 200 earned Second Class status: Leo Tawney Ronnie Knotts Leslie Menshouse Terry Johnson and John Nibert. A First Class board of review is planned next week.
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Gallipolis
Boy Scouts
Troop 200
Leo Tawney
Ronnie Knotts
Leslie Menshouse
Terry Johnson
John Nibert
Walter F. Walker
Roger Saunders
Pat Raike
Order of the ‘Arrow
Camp Arrowhead
Ona
W. Va
Walker
McClintock Wildlife Station
Route 62
Point Pleasant
Camp Chester
Mason-Gallia- Meigs
Grace Methodist’ Church
Eiht
Jim Mor
School Bus Scrapes Car in Minor City Accident
Gallipolis police report a minor crash in the 600 block of Third Ave as Warren J. Salisbury 37 of Patriot Route 2 pulled around a motionless vehicle owned by William R. Roland 51 of Winston Salem NC and scraped the left front fender and bumper. Roland had paused to let another car back out when Salisbury began to move.
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Gallipolis
Third Ave
Warren J. Salisbury
Patriot
William R. Roland
Winston Salem
N. C
Roland
Salisbury
Guild Meeting Set at Christ Church Service Guild
The first fall meeting of Christ Episcopal Church Service Guild is set for Wednesday at 1 p m in the church parish house with guild officers as hosts Mrs William Meade to preside. Three persons forfeited bonds Monday in Municipal Court Walter J King 64 Farmington W Va 20 bond for speeding Bobby Cline 25 New Haven 25 bond for passing over the yellow line and Charles G Grate 24 Centerpoint 25 bond for speeding
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Christ Episcopal Church Service Guild
Guild
William Meade
Walter J. King
Farmington
W. Va
Bobby Cline
New Haven
Charles G. Grate
Centerpoint
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Paul Northup
Farm Bureau Co-op
Bill Smith
Carl Bias
Tim Evans
Smith
John K. Allen
Rotary
Paul E. Watson
Kiwanis
Thelma Elliott
Lions Club
Bias
Ohio Chamber of Commerce
C. Mac McGinness
Emerson Evans
Central Ohio Valley Industrial Council
Ashland
Ravenswood
Kaiser Aluminum
Bass
Richard C. Roderick
Wayne B. Foster
John Sayre
Dean Davis
Comdr
William R. Anderson
National Press Club
Washington
Arctic
Meinhart
Fred Sisson
Jack Duncan
Sherley Sheets
Clarence Mulford, Jr
Rucker Neal
John Houck
William Scott
Needs
Elizabeth Mulford
Mildred Scott
Mary Jo Shaver
Rita Stump
Roberta Kail
Bernice Matthews
Helen Spears
Jaxine Matthews
Jean
John Juck
Clara Howard
Grace Shamblin
Thelmas Eblin
Charlene Darst
Janice Swisher
Jack Carsey
Pomeroy
Edward E. Jones
Rison
Tri-State Area Council
Gaylora Woomer
Federal Land Bank
The
United National Farm Loan Association
A C. Gibson
Sec’y-Treas
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the Electric Co
Colvidus and Southern of0 Electric Company
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