Gallipolis to Host Regional Fire School on Sept 29
Gallipolis Volunteer Fire Department will host the Hocking Valley Regional Fire School Sunday September 29 marking the first time the event is held here Chief James A Northup said. About 130 firefighters from Gallia Meigs Athens Vinton Hocking Jackson Lawrence Washington counties in Ohio and Mason County West Virginia are expected to attend to stimulate interest and help instill training standards.
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Gallipolis
Hocking Valley
James A. Northup
Northup
Gallia
Meigs
Athens
Vinton
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Washington Counties
Ohio
Mason County
W. Va
Hart Heads Mason 4-H Leaders
James Hart was elected president of the Mason County 4-H Leaders Association with Sue Swartz Alma Turner and G C Fowler as officers. Gil Barnette outlined secretary book needs as achievement day plans and member attendees named. A separate note lists a regional fire service training school with sessions on ladders river rescue pumps and masks led by several fire department officials.
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Point Pleasant
James Hart
Vernon Star Dusters
Mason County
Sue Swartz
Henderson Okeh
Alma Turner
Mason Happy Go Lucky Club
G. C. Fowler
Lucky Star
Ohio Trade and Industrial Service
Emmett D. Cox
Columbus
Northup
Silas J. Hamilton
Derry Hamphill
John Taylor
Doug Runyon
Bellemeade EUB Youth Present Special Program
Bellemeade EUB Church youth fellowship staged a program for adults and youths with organ music by Sharon Krebs, a reading of Question of Courage by David Bennett, and small group discussions led by Krebs, Dickens, Bennett, and Susan Dickens. The evening closed with songs, games, and refreshments.
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Sharon Krebs
David Bennett
Penny Dickens
Susan Dickens
Jack C. Higgins
Geneth Krebs
Dismissed List From Holzer Hospital News
A roster in Holzer Hospital News shows numerous individuals by full names and towns including Crown City Ashland Wilkesville Wheelersburg and Racine with dismissals noted for Pearl Biffle Jr and others. The record lists many patients or staff such as Eddie Belville Alva Russell John Russell Verna Fitzwater Mark Hudson and Sarah Hartman among others.
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Eddie A. Belville
Crown City
Alva R. Russell
Ashland
John K. Russell
Bidwell
Richard A. Lambert
Hartford
Edward F. Reese
Cheshire
Mark D. Hudson
Syracuse
Verna P. Fitzwater
Wayne R. Abbott
Point Pleasant
Charles B. Frazier
Kananga
Clyde Calvert
Long Bottom
Martha L. Woodyard
Peter Chaffine
Grand Jury Reconvenes September 30 in Point Pleasant
Judge James Thompson said the Mason Circuit Court grand jury will reconvene on September 30. Prosecutor Cecil Dean will present a murder charge and a breaking and entering case.
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Point Pleasant
James Thompson
Cecil Dean
Scouts Pick New Leaders
Rio Grande's Boy Scout Troop 230 elected new leaders at its fall meeting at Simpson Chapel Methodist Church. William Fadely named scoutmaster with Marshall Kimmel as assistant. Mark Christensen senior patrol leader. Mike Fadely and Jeff Merry elected as patrol leaders. Tommy Kurtz chosen as troop scribe. Patty Newland graduates, works in Washington for IRS. marriage license issued for Allen Durham and Dorothy Roach.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Simpson Chapel Methodist Church
William Fadely
Marshall Kimmel
Mark Christensen
Alphus_ R. Christensen
Mike Fadely
Jeff Merry
James Merry
Tommy Kurtz
J. Robert Evans
Resisting Arrest to Costly Move
Gallipolis resident James S Mounts aged 42 was fined 25 dollars and costs for resisting arrest and 15 dollars for intoxication and disorderly conduct in Municipal Court. Greenup Kentucky resident Charles Rife 31 forfeited a 30 dollar bond for hunting with an Ohio resident license. Also forfeiting bonds were Carl F Weir 53 Athens for intoxication and Leslie Montgomery 69 Bladen Route 2 for intoxication after arrest by city police.
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Gallipolis
James S. Mounts
Charles Rife
Greenup
Gallia County
Kenneth L. Tomlinson
Ohio
Carl F. Weir
Athens
Leslie Montgomery
Bladen Route 2
Gallia Academy High School enrollment hits 1111 total
Principal James N. M. Davis reports Gallia Academy High School enrollment for grades seven through 12 reaches 1111. The breakdown shows 396 in seventh and eighth grades and 715 in the high school grades.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
James N. M. Davis
EUB Youth Meet Slated Tonight
Point Pleasant youth fellowship members of the EUB Church will meet Tuesday night at New Haven EUB Church at 7 30 p m Heights EUB Church members are asked to meet at North Main Street Church at 6 45 p m for the event
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Point Pleasant
EUB
New Haven
The
Heights
North Main Street
Bond Vote Date Set and Police Chief Hired in Point Pleasant
City Council set October 26 for bond election on a $120000 city building bond aided by $300000 federal grant. Bonds span 34 years with $2000 yearly water/sewer rent and $1000 tax levy. D J Gilbert Eleanor, retired West Virginia police officer, named city chief of police at $400 monthly, duties to start immediately. Mayor Virgil Siders announces next steps.
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Point Pleasant
D. J. Gilbert
Eleanor
West Virginia
Putnam County
Bellemeade
Corporation of
Circuit Court
Seldom Flemming
City Planning Commission
Gallia County School Bus Inspections Start Sept 24
Gallia County buses will be inspected by the State Highway Patrol starting September 24. Sgt. K. D. McCreedy said Ptl. Cecil E. Carpenter will conduct the checks, evaluating 32 safety points per bus. Last year 21 of 79 buses needed corrections before safety certificates were issued.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
State Highway Patrol
Set
K. D. McCreedy
McCreedy
Ptl
Cecil E. Carpenter
Pleasant Valley Hospital Births and Admissions Ledger
Mrs. Owen Coffee, Leon, a daughter. Admitted: Mrs. Paul Rainey Gallipolis Ferry, Richard Grinstead New Haven, Mrs. Mary Sturgeon Ashton, Fred Harmon Point Pleasant, George Jones Gallipolis, Mrs. Don Alley Point Pleasant, Mrs. Arron Buffington Middleport and daughter, Mrs. Denver Rollins Leon and daughter, Mrs. Mary Kelly Point Pleasant.
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Paul Rainey
Gallipolis Ferry
Richard Grinstead
New Haven
Mary Sturgeon
Ashton
Fred Harmon
Point Pleasant
George Jones
Gallipolis
Don Alley
Arron Buffington
Middleport
Denver Rollins
Leon
Mary Kelly
Two Found Innocent On Driving Charges
Two Mason County men were found innocent of driving while intoxicated by a jury in Circuit Court Monday. Robert Lee Anthony of Point Pleasant and Roy Dale Grimm of New Haven were acquitted after juries deliberated about two hours, with notes on the Graham District arrest and accompanying officers. A civil case in the same session resulted in a verdict for the defendant in Bernand Prather vs Worthy Denny and Ernest Snyder. The Mason audience then heard a church christening for Kelly Ann McCarthy in Parkersburg with Mason relatives in attendance.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Robert Lee Anthony
Hersel Shank
Jesse Abel
Louis Thayer
Beatrice Black
Marie Martin
Paul Stewart
Robert Gilland
Guy Sayre
Lou Blanche Blenner
Troy Sayre
William Adkins
William Absten
Raymond Musgrave
Robert Smith
Roy Dale Grimm
New Haven
DWI
James Thompson
Grimm
Graham
Robert Kay
Louise Crow
Thelma Scally
William D. Brown
Jo Johnson
Lelia T. Blain
Eulah Park
Pete Duncan
Loris Pullen
Inez M. Fowler
Mary Jo Blain
Bernard Prather
Worthy Denny
Ernest Snyder
Prather
Glenna Baird
Lelia Blain
Phyllis Hesson
Inez Fowler
Imogene Herdman
Mabel Morgan
Thelma Seally
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Lion’s Club
Krodel Park Board
Frank Scholz
Lions Club
Lawrence Plants
Thomas Holland
Walter Rice
Woody Mace
Virgil Siders
Hart
Mason
Adrian Lathey
Clara Schultz
Happy Hustlers Club
Miles Durst
Okeh Club
Phyllis M. Hesson
Pam Buffington
Tip Top Toppers
Charles B. Sperow, Jr
Old Town Mountaineers
J. L. Hart
Bill Gregory
Barnette
Bellemeade Eub Church
San
Sandra
Patty
Bobby Gregory
Haniette
Addie Rhodes
Becca
Vee Ann
Belinda Allbright
Lola Schwartz
Jimmy Krebs
Kathy Smith
Holzer Hospital News
Pearl Biffle, Jr
Letta Spencer
Hughey L. Jones
Gene Crow
Russell Bailey
Ernest Johnson
Alta A. Deverick
Chauncey Sheets
George Mathias
Josephine Thomas
Kenneth Manning
Charles Myers
John W. Sowers
David W. Rose
Carol Ann McCray
George Malone
Charles P. Kearns
Frederick J. Calvert
Mason Grand
Patty Newland
Mountain State Business School
Parkersburg
Washington, D. C
Internal Revenue Department
Virgil Siders An
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Mrs. Owen Coffee
Kelly Ann McCarthy
Michael McCarthy
St. Francis Savior Church
Harvey Newland
Burton McCarthy
Empire
Ashland LP
Ashland Oil & Refining Company
Highway
Pomeroy
Wyandotte
Route 23
North
Chillicothe
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