Gallia County approves 1957 budget total 256519.60
Gallia County commissioners approved a 256 519 60 dollar budget for 1957 covering county offices and roads. The document shows income of 265 929 78 with reductions in personnel funding and changes in audits, with allocations including 20 000 to the Gallia County Agricultural Society and a 2 tenths mill tax increase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Charles Bodimer
Ayl
Hare
Gallia County
John Howell
Merrill Evans
Mill
Laret Drive
Walnut Township
Mary Drummond
Edwin Baker
Pleasant Hill
Green Township
Surprise Going Away Party for Miss Jean McCoy at Town Hall
The Rio Grande Baptist Youth Fellowship Association hosted a surprise party for Miss Jean McCoy in Vinton with 55 attendees from four area churches. She departs for Ohio State University freshman nursing program next week. Messages, decorations, and a scrapbook were presented as the group sang and socialized before a second farewell planned by Winton Baptist Church.
Job Not Soft On Policeman
DAYTON Ohio A 28 year old Dayton man John Richards is in police custody after a pursuit by Sgt L E Simons of the Dayton police. Simons who recently moved from desk work chased Richards from a Dayton church through a church office window across a roof to an alley before Richards jumped away. Richards weighing about 130 pounds ran but was caught after a short chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dayton
Ohio
John Richards
Richards
L. E. Simmons
Simons
Tag Day Planned by Kgger Creek Band Boosters
At Monday night meeting of the Kgger Creek Band Boosters in Cheshire Pans plans were made for a bake sale and a tag day, tentatively scheduled for November. The group noted over $130 was cleared at the recent horse show concession stand. Flag additions to band pieces were discussed, pending a school flag design. Mrs Fred Carman presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kgger Creek
Fred Carman
Three-Time Convict Nabbed at Rio Grande
A seven-county alert led to the capture of Lawrence Cremeens of Fairborn after an assault on a 13 year-old girl in Enon eight miles from Springfield. Cremeens, a 39-year-old with prior convictions including rape, fled to a residence in Rio Grande where sheriff's deputies cornered him under a bed. He was taken to Gallipolis jail amid a siege involving three officers and two guns trained on him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Lawrence Cremeens
Fairborn
Cremeens
James Martin
Sheriff's Department
Rio
Grande
Gallipolis
Clart Fore
de Cremeens
Enon
Dayton
Ohio
the Law
Washington School PTA Names Officers for 1956 57
The Wassington Elementary School Parents Teacher Association in Gallipolis releases a full slate led by President Edwin Edelblute. Key posts include first vice president Mrs. Edelblute and second vice president Dr. Keith Brandeberry with secretary Mrs. Dean Eisel and treasurer Mrs. Kenneth Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wassing-ton
Edwin Edelblute
Keith Brandeberry
Dean Eisel
Kenneth Johnson
Keith Brande Jberry
Russell Sar ‘Rett
Austin Cotton
James Northup
Tim Evans
George Fuller
Girl Overdose Victim Rushed To Holzer Hospital
In Gallipolis a young woman who took an overdose was moved to Holzer Hospital for treatment. Police reported she was initially in critical condition at 4 am and remained detained in the hospital. A note she wrote was found in the room she rented and discovered by her landlady in the downstairs area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Three Local Boats to Be at Water Races
Flotilla No 3 Coast Guard Auxiliary plans water racing in New Martinsville this weekend with three boats from Gallipolis. Local members Gilbert Bush Sr and family travel from Gallipolis to Marietta then to Pittsburgh, with additional outings by Hugo Pierotti and Sechrist, and Aldo K Jeffers party from Pomeroy. A Flotilla meeting Monday night was canceled. a possible special meeting may occur before October’s third Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Coast Guard Auxiliary
New Martinsville
Gilbert Bush
Marietta
Pittsburgh
Hugo Pierotti
Robert W. Sechrist
River Traffic Gauges Report From River System
Canal and river traffic updates show gauges at 190 and 135 feet with 12 foot current stages at Point Pleas ant and Kanawha Falls and moving dams up to 28. Lock statuses across Ohio River and Kanawha River systems list various locks opened or closed with times from 9:45 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., highlighting multiple vessels and engineers with names such as R. H. Bosworth and Jerry Bosworth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Pomeroy-Mason
Hinton
Kanawha Falls
Montgomery
Ohio River
Pennsylvania
Cincinnati
Okan
Bayou Manchac
Stevenson
Northern
Marslea
Island Creek
Rowe
Beckford
Lucas
Lunga Point
R. H. Bosworth
Pittsburgher
Tennessee
Helen
Jerry Bosworth
Western
Jefferson
Kanawha
London
Scott Chotin
Merrill
Winfield
Seniet
Gallipolis
Sohio State
Tradewind
Reba Jane
Shearer
Gallipolis Personals Weekend Visitors and Arrivals
Gallipolis notes list relatives and friends visiting local families over the weekend. Guests include Sam Winn of Mansfield Bill Arnott of Pittsburgh Sara McFarland of Columbus and Anna Louise Spires visiting from Gallipolis. Also welcomed were visitors from Marietta Columbus and Cleveland with multiple family connections. The item mentions Mrs Stanley Spires, stopping by to pick up a daughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Stanley Sy
Jland
Leon
Sam Winn
Mansfield
Bill ‘Arnott
Pittsburgh
Sara McFarland
Columbus
Stanley Spires
Anna Louise
Richard Dean
Keneon Ave
Gallipolis
Douglas Wether- Jhost
Marietta
H. W. Wetherholt
Earl Brown
Jim Douglas
Morris Harvey College
Clarence Riffle
Cleveland
A. W. Riffle
C.E. Rife
Guy White
Court St
Hollis Fife
Arthur Hix
Pataskala
Harry Lawson
Winston Salem
N. C
Fife
Hix
Lawson
C. E. Fife
Kenneth Welker
F. W. Shane
Raymon Allison
Wichita Falls
Texas
Col. Welker
U. S. Army
Harry Hamilton J
Eddie
Jackson
George H. Lear
Batavia
Inlaw
Thomas Rob Inson
Laurie | Robinson
Laurie
David Thomas Robin
Susan
Fred Plymale
Marion
J Langley Plymale
Karl
Brownie) Hatfield
Fimer Hatfield
Hazel Hine
Dellas. Tex
Ecker
Margaret Ecker
H. B. Feck
Hatfield
Paul Foster
Wilmington
Holzer Hospital Notes Seeks Readable Birth Records and Admissions
Fragmentary hospital notices list multiple births and admissions at Holzer Hospital including daughters and sons born to families in Gallipolis, Jackson, Point Pleasant, Grime Landing, and nearby towns. Entries mention mothers Mr and Mrs, and several patients admitted for medical or surgical care with names and locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
RM. ‘Wiseman
Gallipolis
Hugh Montgomery Jach
Charley Eads
Gallipoli
Paul Buck
Grime Landing
Arthur D. Smith Jackin
Marcia Lynn Bush
Jackson
Medica
Judson Brake
Point Pleasant Surgical
Walden Bennett Roush
Point Pleasant
Charles Eads
Gattioii
Roy 7
Gromer
Pomeroy
Mat Ewart Mumphrey
James Emmons
Richmoddate
Real
Mire
R, Witt
Airey Ball Cross
Scout Troop 203 Receives Charter in Gallipolis Ceremony
Nelson R. Leach presented Boy Scout Troop 203’s charter to George Fuller at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis. Fuller passed it to troop committee chair Mac McGraw as 13 scouts received tenderfoot badges and merit cards. VFW Commander James Myers presented an American Flag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Nelson R. Leach
Institutional
George Fuller
Grace Methodist
Fuller
F. H
Mac) McGraw
James Myers
Max Tawney
Rex McCormick
Robert Ott
C H. E. Hamilton
Mit R. White
Ken Curry
Ralph Burner
James Morrison
Donald Warehime
David Tawney
Thomas Bailes
John, Gibert
Bobby Hill
Bobby Acces
Richard Haycraft
Richard Campbell
Thomas Lloyd
Jerry McCormick
John Limberick Leach
Germany
Boy Scout Council
Myers
C. E. Butler
Donald R. Wareaime
Gordon Gibert
Perry Bailes
Ralph 3. Burner
Mary Akers
Shrimer
Truckers Company Sue Blackburn Over 1955 Crash
The All-Star Insurance Co of Chicago and William D. Squires of Columbus sue Bobby A. Blackburn of Huntington in Gallia County Common Pleas Court for 259.48 claiming Blackburn's negligence caused a Oct. 6 1955 crash when his tractor-trailer outfit struck Squires’ car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallipolis
All-Star Insurance Co
Chicago
William D. Squires
Columbus
Bobby A. Blackburn
Huntton
Gallipolis
County Common Pleas Court
Blackburn
Squires
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Gallipolis Society
Vaiua County
Edith Hutsinpiller
Farmers Hotel
Tita Black
State Campaign Committee
Maxine Chariton
Lancaster
10Th
Guild
Mary and Martha Guild
Episcopal Church
Episcopal Schools
Kenneth Boster
C. D. Richards
E. Tarrier
Theort
Bruce Burling
W. H. Wilson
Gallia Council Daughters of America
Indianapolis
White Shrine Hall
Phnomainean Vray
Hotel Lafayette
Leo C. Bean
Frank Porter
Porter
Paris
France
Eugene Plymale
Jack C. Davis
Treasure
Nellie Williams Scarberry
Gallipolis Resi
Leo Bean
Jack Davis
Thomas W. Morgan
Emily L. Plytmale
Wayne Foster
Bean
Alma McCormick
Norvil Martin
Clifford E. Richards
Alice L. Bradbury
Anne * Bradbury
Ann Hill
Harris Deepping
Ruth Thoma Clyone Fee Robinson
Federal Land Bank
United National Farm Loan Association
Giana
Sey Trea
Ohio Bank
P.M
Wes
Kouch
George
Jean Moorhead
Hollywood
Calif
New York City
Rio Grande
Washington School
PTA
John North, Jr
William Jones
R. L. Ford
Claude Miller
P. D. McCreedy
Vaught’ Smith
B. B. Matthews
Paul Davies
Gilbert Bush, Jr
William Menshouse
Clarence Boster
Evan Evans
R. G. Green
John L. Evans
Marcus Magnussen
J. Gordon Gilbert
Gregory Bone
Coon
Petinicus Nower
John Huston
Alaska
William F. Jarvis
Willie Jarvis
Ipolis
Ilaska
Fort Lewis
Wash
Truckers
Mari) Monroe A
Lathe
Lisbon
Logan
Nelsonville
Cary Grant
Athens
M-O-M
Ag Cole
Slocksusti
Spencer Tracy
van Johnson
Robert Mitchum
M-G-M
Spencer Irene
Tracy “Dunne
Mex
Vike
S&s
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