Fire, Two Accidents Reported Across Counties
A Gallipolis Post report details a state highway tractor mower fire on Route 35 near a roadside park, likely caused by wiring or a gas leak. Two minor crashes followed on Route 35, involving Erma Gray and William Brown and then Harold Johnson and Roger Kazzee. School bus inspections in Gallia and Meigs counties showed several unsatisfactory buses. Additionally two DUI arrests, Joseph McGrath and Hurley Jones, were scheduled for Friday hearings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Department
State Highway Patrol
Dowie Williams
Eureka
Highway Department
Erma Gray
Oak Hill
William H. Brown
Petersburg
Harold E. Johnson
Gallia
Cadmus
Southwestern
Meigs County
Eastern
Gallia County
Joseph C. McGrath
Wheeling
Hurley H. Jones
Chesapeake
Gallia Academy Coach Shows Film to Rotary Club
Gallia Academy High School coach Bob Sang and staff presented a film review of the Gallipolis Oak Hill game at the Rotary Club meeting in Gallipolis. The session highlighted coaching staff Ed Lang Swanson Ward Stover and noted Rotarian Leo Mossman received a service award.
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Rotary Club
Gallipolis
Oak Hill
Bob Sang
Gallia Academy High School
Farmers Hotel
Oak Hil
Bill Sowers
Lang
Rotary
Charles Swanson
Carl Ward
Ady Stover
Leo Mossman
Morris Haskins
Mossman
Augustus Paul
A. P.) Kerr
Gallipolis Board Opens Bus Bid and Gasoline Tender
The Gallipolis District Board of Education opened bids for a 66 passenger school bus likely to be awarded to Ohio Valley Implement Co for a 1958 GMC at 6361.09 after trade in. They also invited sealed bids for about 15000 gallons of gasoline and set a bid deadline of Oct 4 1958 with bid openings at Washington School.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Implement Co
GMC
Wayne Niday
Washington School
Green Elementary
Centenary
Constitution Week Begins in Gallipolis
City Manager Austin O Cotton issued a proclamation marking Constitution Week. A combined dinner of the Sons of the American Revolution and the Gallia County Bar Association featured Frank R Strong of Ohio State University on constitutional law.
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Gallipolis
Austin O. Cotton
Sons of the American Revolution
Gallia County Bar Association
Frank R. Strong
Ohio State University
Atty
John A. Epling
SAR
Henry W. Cherrington
Bar Association
Birth announcements from Holzer Hospital notes patients and families
Births list includes a daughter for Tay lor Burns Lester Landrum Steele Wells Stanley Grimms Landing and others. Several named mothers and spouses are listed along with locations such as Gallipolis Point Pleasant New Haven Waverly Apple Grove and Kananga. A long dismissal section lists prior patients and a note of blood usage Tuesday totaling 5 pints.
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Leo Taylor
Gallipolis
Daniel R. Burns
Point Pleasant
Charles E. Lester
New Haven
E. Dwight Landrum
Waverly
John L. Steele, Jr
Apple Grove
Donald Ray Wells
Northup
Worthy E. Stanley
Glen Stanley
Grimms Landing
Glendyn Cherrington
Jackson
Leroy Smith
Vickie Hollback
Oakville
Roy T. Higgins
Pomeroy
Robert Smith
Herbert C. Stanley
Orin D. Wright
Cheshire
Linda Spradlin
Floyd M. Wright
Democratic Banquet Sets Gallia County Fundraiser
Gallia County Democratic party plans a 10 a plate banquet at the Farmers Hotel at 6 50 p m Wednesday with U S Senator nominee Stephen M Young and Congressional nominee Walter H Moeller as principal speakers County Judge Robert S Betz to toast and serve as master of ceremonies The event aims to raise 600 to 1000 for the 1958 party war chest Betz also will speak for his own candidacy and introduce Vernon Kuhn for county commissioner and J Sherman Porter for state senator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Farmers Hotel
U.S
Stephen M. Young
Walter H. Moeller
Robert S. Betz
Betz
Ohio General Assembly
Democratic Party
Judge Betz
Vernon Kuhn
J. Sherman Porter
First child born to Mr and Mrs Neil McMahon in Gallipolis
A son, the couple's first child, was born Monday evening at Holzer Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Neil McMahon of 518 Fourth Ave. Ruth Ann Love, 1957 Gallia County Junior Fair Queen, is the mother. Grandparents are Everette McMahon of Gallipolis and Donald Love of Vinton, with Hazel Grover Miller and Naomi McMahon as great-grandmothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Neil McMahon
Fourth Ave
Ruth Ann Love
Gallia County
Georges Creek Grange Votes to Meet Thursdays
Georges Creek Grange will meet the first and third Thursdays each month instead of Fridays during football season. The group will convene at 8 p.m. this Thursday at the usual meeting place.
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Gallipolis
Georges Creek
Scout Court Is Postponed For Illness Of Scoutmaster
Gallipolis Troop 203 postponed its court of honor due to Scoutmaster Jim Hackworth illness. The group instead planned Camp O Ral for Sept 26-28 at the McClintock Wildlife Station seven miles north of Point Pleasant off Route 62. Star Scout David Ott led the meeting in absent Senior Patrol Leader Jim Morrison. committee members Emmett Morrison Harry Hamilton James Thomson and Dr. Ott attended along with David's father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jim Hackworth
Boy Scout Troop 203
Court of Honor
Oral
McClintock Wildlife Station
Point Pleasant
David Ott
Star Scout
Jim Morrison
Emmett Morrison
Harry Hamilton
James Thomson
Dr. Ott
David
Class To Meet At Mrs Holcomb Home
The Friendship Class of Kananga's Fair Haven Methodist Church will meet at 7 30 p m Thursday at the home of Mrs Dessie Holcomb 605 Twenty First Street Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kananga
Fair Haven Methodist Church
Dessie Holcomb
Twenty-First Street
Point Pleasant
North Gallia Town Hall sets date for state education conference
North Gallia Local School District launches town hall for the Statehouse Conference on Education. On Oct 14 at 7 30 p m in North Gallia High School auditorium four delegates will be elected to attend the Oct 28 Columbus meeting. The group aims to bring lay views to education changes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
North Gallia
Gallia County
Vernon McCoy
North Gallia High School
Statehouse
Columbus Veterans Memorial Bldg
Ohio
Columbus
State Board of Education
Vernon
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Stella Mae Clark
Wellston
John E .Beiser
Charles M. Null
John F. Null
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Dana D. Howett
Linda Ann Davis
Anna Simmerman
Paul Evans
Thomas Hushion
Kim Henry
Peggy Ann Matthews
Roger Woodruff
Ellen Ousley
Calvin Kessinger
William King
Albert Miller
Janet McCoy
Brenda Gray
Kenneth Jordan
Darrell Gandee
Richard Simms
Charles Poe
Paul Pope
Nelson Click
Howell
Eledric Shaver
Winchester
Toaster
Whinkpool
W. Main Street
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Zanesville
Chillicothe
Portsmouth
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Kroger
Dayton, Ono
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