Grandmother Emma Gatewood Finishes Second Appalachian Trail Trek
Emma Gatewood, 69, completed her second 2026 mile hike on the Appalachian Trail, finishing Mt Katahdin in Maine after starting April 22 in Georgia. She previously completed the trail in 1955 becoming the first woman to do so, and spoke of aging and future limits while resting along the journey.
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Gallipolis
Emma Gatewood
Mt. Katahdin
Maine
Gatewood
Katahdin
Georgia
Mt. Oglethorpe
Atlanta
Bangor
Augusta
Grandma Gatewood
Mt. ‘Washington
New Hampshire
Grandma
Mr. Katahdin
Virginia
New York
Farmers Seek Disaster Status for Gallia County
Gallia County farmers urge declaration of direct disaster area due to a severe summer drought. Extension Agent William P. Smith notes corn 50 60 percent of normal, tobacco 50 percent, hay shortages, and single hay cuts. A relief meeting next Monday will outline aid possibilities. lawmakers Jenkins Collins Taber and local groups back the effort.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
William P. Smith
Tural Stabilization Committee
Extension Service
Milk Marketing Administration
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Oakley Collins
Dan O. Taber
Golden Canaday
Jimmy Evans
Wayne Russell
T. F. Burleson
Commissioners Approve Conversion of Three Private Roads
Gallia County commissioners held final hearings on converting three private roads to township roads. Lit tle Creek Rd in Guyan Twp John J. Davis Rd in Perry Twp and Luther Roush Rd in Morgan Twp will become township roads. A map and resolutions will be mailed to the Director of Highways in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Director of Highways At
Columbus
J. Roy Bartlett
Divorce Suit Filed for Gal lopolis Teen
Gallipolis reports a minor, 16 year old Carol Jean Barcus, through her mother Myrtle Taylor, filed for divorce from Donald Ray Barcus citing gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple wed in Gallipolis on October 1 1955 and have no children. Dartmouth first varsity football 1881 game versus Amherst used uniforms borrowed from Princeton.
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Gallipolis
Marjorie Rhinehart
Carol Jean Barcus
Myrtle Taylor
Donald Ray Barcus
Dartmouth College
Amherst
Princeton
Holzer Hospital Notes Admits and Discharges List
A hospital notes clipping lists numerous admissions including Donna Kay Quickle and Isaac Strausbaugh in Vinton and Oak Hill, with medical and surgical cases. Discharges include Clyde Van Cooney, Charles Plants, William Classings, Robert Halley, Walter Morris, John Baum, Hewett S. Wells, and Clarence Cline.
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Donna Kay Quickle
Vinton
Harry Lucas
Point Pleasant
Carol Ann Tabor
Jackson
Harney E. Neal
Oak Hill
Sally K. Krieg
Nelsonville
Henry Houser
Ray Fox
Clifton
Surgical
Isaac Strausbaugh
Estes Thornbury
Ironton
Paula Jo Werry
Mason
Ricky Gilmore
Pomeroy
Carl E. Searls
Middleport
Ernest A. Watts
Patriot
Mary Jane Carver
Wellston
Ray Bryant
Cecil K. Lemons
Charles E. Grover
Rutland
E. C. Venz
Gallipolis
Valley K. White
J. Russell Lewis
Henderson
Benjamin George 73 dies in Morgan Township home
Benjamin George 73 longtime Gallia County highway department employee died around noon Monday at his Morgan Township home after a long illness. He was born December 22, 1883 and survived by a wife Mary Swick, four daughters and five sons. Funeral services are set for 2 p.m. Thursday at Morgan Center Christian Church with burial in Pine Grove cemetery. Friends may call at Vernon McCoy funeral home until noon Wednesday when the body is moved to the family residence.
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Gallipolis
Benjamin George
Morgan Two
Gallia
Armenda Russell
Floyd Monroe George
Leon George
Minnie Mae Matheny
Columbus
Jake Vance George
Marion
Ora Berry
Cheshire
Martin
Benny George
Vinton
Burwena Russell
Rio Grande
Morgan Center Christian Church
G. V. Gilkerson
Pine Grove
Vernon McCoy
D G Shaffer Dies at 26 in Ohio Two
Donald Gayle Shaffer 26 died at 2 a m Sunday in Holzer Hospital after a long illness. Born August 22 1931 in Ohio Two he was a farmer. Survived by parents Clarence and Dorothy Shaffer brother Norman sister Shirley Lockhart Ruth Meadows three children and several grandparents. Funeral 2 p m Wednesday at Paw Paw Church with Rev Earl V Cremens officiating. Burial Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Donald Gayle Shaffer
Holzer Hospital
Mr. Shaffer
Ohio
Clarence
Dorothy Bowman Shaffer
Norman
Huntington
Shirley Lockhart
Scottown
Ohio Two
Ruth Meadows
Betty Louise
Celleta Gayl
Donald Clayton
Manson Shaffer
Roy Boster
Bladen
Paw Paw Church
Earl V. Cremens
Ridgelawn
Ohioan to Lead IOOF at Miami Six Day Convention
James M. Elliott of Alliance Ohio will be inaugurated Wednesday as sovereign grand master of the Sovereign Grand Lodge Independent Order of Odd Fellows during the six day annual convention in Miami Florida.
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Miami
Fla
James M., Elliott
Alliance
Ohio
Sovereign Grand Lodge
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
Two Troop 203 Scouts Earn First Class Status
Gallipolis officers announce two Boy Scout Troop 203 members have met requirements for first class rank. James Hackworth, scout master, reported at Grace Methodist Church. David Ott and James Morrison face a board of review next Monday before a court of honor at a later date.
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Gallipolis
James Hackworth
Grace Methodist Church
David Ott
James Morrison
Mary Jane Sheets 88 Gal lia County native dies in Gallipolis
Mrs Mary Jane Sheets 88 native of Sandrock Gallia County died at 2 p m Monday in Holzer Hospital after eight days as patient and long illness She was born March 12 1869 daughter of George and Susan Folden Tipton widow of William H Sheets Survivors include daughter Mrs Earl Gordon of Gallipolis and son Harold Clark of Columbus One half brother George Tipton of Cheshire three grandchildren and one great grandchild Funeral at 2 p m Thursday Church of the Nazarene with Rev Vernon C Shafer officiating Burial in Pine Street Cemetery
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Gallipolis
Mary Jane Sheets
Gallia County
Holzer Hospital
Sandrock
George
Susan Folden Tipton
William H. Sheets
Earl
Gertie) Gordon
Second Ave
Harold Clark
Columbus
George Tipton
Cheshire
Church of the Nazarene
Vernon C. Shafer
Pine St
Funeral service details at Miller's for cemetery tribute
Friends may call at Miller's funeral home Tuesday evening and until the hour of the funeral. The notice indicates a service to follow at the cemetery with family and community members invited.
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Miller’s Funeral
Marriage Licenses Issued for Oxsheau and Ragan Couples
Two marriage licenses approved for Harry M. Oxsheau 54 of Cheshire miner and Grace Miller 43 of Cheshire restaurant worker, and for Willard Lowell Call 21 of Bidwell truck driver and Betty Ruth Ragan 22 of Gallipolis secretary. Both lists name parents.
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Harry M. Oxsheau
Cheshire
Miner
Grace Miller
James and
Rosie Stevens Oxsbeau
Archie
Lena Strausbaugh
Willard Lowell Call
Bidwell
Betty Ruth Ragan
Gallipolis
Willard D
Bess Richards Call
Thomas E
Florence Rotish Ragan
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