Safety briefing highlights bus driver duties in Gallia
Gallipolis Ohio 1963 report shows Kyger Creek district had no school bus accidents in 1962 63 while city and other five county districts logged 22 collisions involving 352 pupils and damage around 2159. Sgt McCreedy led the briefing stressing emergency equipment use and thorough inspections led by Cecil E Carpenter with drivers named from districts Gallipolis City Hannan Trace North Gallia Southwestern and Raccoon.
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Gallipolis
Kyger Creek
P. D. McCeedy
Common Pleas Court Room
Gallia County
Han
Nan Trace
North Gallia
Raccoon
Sgt. McCreedy
Sgt
McCreedy
Gallipolis City
Clifford Brumfield
Laing Strong
Ralph and
Carroll Williams
Donovan F. Cragg
Virgil Swain
Harold Steger
Charles Barcus
William Rhodes
Fred Crouse
Emerson Corbin
Garland
Hollis Saunders
Howard Kirby
Lowell Northup
Bill Angel
Hannan Trace
Dayton Williams
Howard Fulks
Melvin L. Church
James Birchfield
Clarence Sheets
Lester McGuire
Vilas Unree
Merrill Waugh
Hollis Mooney
Melvin
Robert Holley
Tracy Casto
Robert Green
James Campbell
Eugene Wess
Robert Eagle
A. J. Raines
Olen Wilfong
Hayes Deel
Bennie Cardwell
E. M. Denney
Southwestern
Bart Miller
Homer the basset chases flies during Lions meeting
In Our Town a basset hound named Homer belonging to Johnny Ecker disrupts a Gallipolis Lions Club gathering by chasing flies during a Memorial Field softball and football outings. The narrator recalls bicycling memories at Tu Endie Wei Park and a pencil selling contest near the Shadley bridge.
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Homer
Gallipolis Lions Club
Johnny Ecker
Johnny
Local candidates eye the municipal judge race in Gallia County
Petitions circulate for the November municipal judge race with at least three names expected. John Epling plans to file, joining Rob ert S Betz and William H Sowers, while a fourth local attorney is rumored to run. Prosecution official Warren F Sheets declined to confirm the rumor. A Board of Elections petition deadline looms. Last Sunday a scooter ride to Point Pleasant revealed three pictures that brought back memories.
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John Epling
Robert S. Betz
William H. Sowers
Rhodes
Willam H Jones
Gallia County
Point Pleasant
Paper boy in his 70s takes over wife’s route in Kissimmee
In Kissimmee Florida Jim Johnson a Black man in his 70s took over his wife Carrie’s Orlando Sentinel route after she was hospitalized. He delivered 17 miles mostly on dirt streets before it was learned he walked the distance. He does not drive and aimed to ensure customers received papers.
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Jim Johnson
Carrie
Orlando Sentinel
Meigs County Land Transfers Summary
Land transfer notices from Meigs County list multiple property changes. Names include Virgie Hysell and Alice Priddy in Rutland, Leota Hawley and Jack Hawley in Middleport, Floyd and Clara Ross to Barry and Lois Allen, and others transferring parcels across Scipio Salisbury Salisbury Two Letart Two Orange Two and Middleport. Authority listed includes Anna Baird as commissioner.
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Virgie Hysell
Alice Priddy
Rutland
Leota B. Hawley
Jack M. Hawley
Middleport
Floyd H. Ross
Clara R. Ross
Barry Allen
Lois Allen
Lebanon
Harry M. Bolin
Charlotte Bolin
Harry L. Coon
Annette Coon
Scipio
John C. Mitchell
Beulah Belle Mitchell
Kenneth R. Griffith
Merle C. Griffith
Orange
Margie Anne Grinstead
Richard Grinstead
Voneda M. Powell
Jerry G. Powell
Arthur Kerwood
Omey Kerwood
C. R. Karr, Jr
Mildred Karr
Hershel B. McClure
Rhosean McClure
Salisbury
Thomas Norris
Maxine Norris
Wilbur Gathers
Mildred Gathers
Clarence T. Norris
Letart
Anna Baird
Arthur Nelson
Firemen Battle Blazes In Their Own Homes
Campbellsville Kentucky dispatch reports lightning sparked several fires. Chief George R Buckner delayed briefly before dousing a blaze at his home caused by a struck telephone wire. Fireman George Crabtree found his toaster in flames from a separate bolt.
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Campbellsville
George R. Buckner
George Crabtree
Daughters and Birth Announcements From Hoizer Hospital
A list of newborns and expectant-family notices appears from Hoizer Hospital naming parents and towns across Gallia and surrounding areas. Names include Delbert Swisher, Sayre, Litchfield Henderson, Prince Chesapeake, McKee Huntington, Stricklen Point Pleasant, Davis Vinton, Koehler Reedsville, Lyons Huntington, Jackson Gallipolis, Bartlett Middleport, Butcher Wilkesville, Burns Gallipolis, Sims Samuel Carter, Gar thee, Miller, Saladean Heber James, Saunders Lewis Clark, Price W Robinson, Gay Eva Beck Millicons, Dennison Callicoat Hibbs Par sons Adkins Capehart MecNerlin Dillon Wilcox Fraley Jr.
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Sarah L. Litchfield
Henderson
Donald M. Prince
Chesapeake
Imogene McKee
Huntington
W. Va
Susan A. Stricklen
Point Pleasant
Beecher L. Davis
Vinton
Pearl Koehler
Reedsville
Donald C. Lyons
Malcolm D. Jackson
Gallipolis
James E. Bartlett
Middleport
Jacob B. Butcher
Wilkesville
Robert E. Burns
J. Dewey Sims
Samuel Carter
David B. Garthee
Robert Miller
Scottie Saladean
Heber James
A. E. Saunders
Lewis Clark
Charles Price
W. W. Robinson
Mark Gay
Eva M. Beck
Minnie Millicons
Edgar Dennison
Sigal Callicoat
Carol Hibbs
Paul Parsons
Michael Adkins
James A. Capehart II
John V. MecNerlin
Ray Dillon
Harry Wilcox
Clifton Fraley
Zaleski News Notes of Local Visits and Travel
Mr. and Mrs. Leland Daft of Savannah Ga visited his brother Oren Daft. Mrs. Frank Lew and family from Dayton and Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Woods near Lancaster hosted visitors. Vicki O Leary returns to Ada to attend Northwestern University. Athens residents Preston Hamon visit Noble Hamon parents. Okey Adams Edith Harper Vivian Albaugh James Albaugh Columbus visit Lucy Albaugh. Lester Cooley Albany calls on James McKibbben. Russell Mabe Oklahoma City visiting Bundy Brooks parents. Lafe Harkless Portsmouth hosts Brooks and Rhodes family visit. Dianne Tripp Barberton spends weekend at home. grandmother Mrs. Harry Tripp accompanies her home. Tripp plans to visit daughter Mrs. Robert Martin and family.
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J. McKibben Zaleski
Leland Daft
Savannah
Oren Daft
Frank Lewis
Dayton
Robert Woods
Lancaster
Walter Woods
Margaret
Clyde Woods
Vicki O’leary
Ada
Northwestern University
Preston Hamon
Athens
Noble Hamon
Okey Adams
Edith Harper
Vivian Albaugh
James Albaugh
Columbus
Lucy Albaugh
Lester Cooley
Albany
James McKibbben
S-Set
Russell Mabe
Oklahoma City
Okla
Bundy Brooks
Lafe Harkless
Portsmouth
Dianne Tripp
Barberton
Harry Tripp
Local Club Honors Dena Welsh and Addie Bradfind on Birthdays
Lend A Hand Club at Grange Hall celebrated birthdays for Mrs. Dena Welsh and Miss Addie Bradfind. Shar Jewell and Ruby Halliday performed. Fourteen members attended while several visitors and relocations were noted including H D Gilkey family in Gallipolis and Dennis Fraley visiting Louisiana.
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Harrisonville
Dena Welsh
Addie Bradfind
Grange Hall
Sharon Jewell
Ruby Halliday
Ava Gilkey
Clinton Gilkey
Tad
H. D. Gilkey
Gallipolis
Clarence Hatfield
Harry Hysell
Mt. Union
Joe McMurray
Bill Turner
Dennis Fraley
Louisiana
Carl Knicely
Dayton
Wilda Bailey
Marengo
Mary Diehl
Eugene Atkins
Charles Ackerman
Louise
Perryville
Gordon Atkins
Washington, D.C
Frances Young
Nellie Clay
Margaret Douglas
Portsmouth
Frank Graves
Akron
Guy Bolin
Man Brought Back From California
Gallia County Deputy Sheriff Jack Owens returned to Gallipolis at 2 50 am Friday from San Jose California bringing with him Lewis P Harrison 30 former resident of Gallipolis to face a charge of grand larceny Harrison had been arrested by the Santa Clara County Sheriff on Aug 30 and signed extradition papers to be returned from California to Ohio The Sheriff's Department said Harrison is charged in the 2400 armed robbery of Pearl Shaver Gallipolis Route 1 farmer on March 16 1962 His brother Harold L Harrison 24 Gallipolis has pleaded innocent to the charge and was bound over to the grand jury under 2500 bond
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Tu-Endie-Wei Park
Tom Reynolds
Captain Reynolds
Majestic Showboat Fame
Kanawha River
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Dry Dock
Siadle Bridge
Tu- Endie-Wei Park
Battle Monument
Tom
Cornstalk’s Monument
Silver Bridge
Ohio
Kanawha
Henderson Harbor
Central School
Shadley
First Ave
Goosetown
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Jack Owens
San Jose
Calif
Lewis P. Harrison
Owens
Earl Smith
California
Harrison
Santa Clara
Sheriff's Department
Pearl Shaver
Route 1
Harold L. Harrison
River traffic and dam status at Huntington District
Water gauges show Kanawha and Ohio rivers rising with rollers on certain dams. River boats at Gallipolis and Kanawha River report multiple up and down movements with times from morning to late night across several vessels and locks including Mont gomer y and Lock numbers 14 17 18 19 20 22 23 31.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Greenup
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Sill
Ohio River
Huntington
Thelma Ann
Jacob G
Elia C. Shearer
Robert
Kathy R
Elisha Woods
Elgercliff
Queen City
Stevenson
Oliver C. Shearer
Kanawha
Marmet
Beaver
Helen
C. V. Harner
Lucy Jane Lucas
Winfield
O. F. Shearer
Semet
Alan R. Merrill
Franklin Pierce
John J. Rowe
Bob Benter
Eugene Woods
Lock
Peggy Downey
Z Kk
Salvati
Northern
S. M. Jenks
Jerry Bosworth
St. Marys
Beckford
Vienna
W. H Shaver, Jr
I. F
Frieberger
Robert W. Lea
Sycamore
James Bowie
Louisiana
H. KE. Bowies
Crabe
Southern
J. Bhauvins
Bayou Lareine
Carl D
John Bell Hood
J. S. Lewis
Ovec
Ravenswood
Masons Set Picnic Sunday
Morning Dawn Lodge No. 7 sponsors a family picnic at the Gallipolis Shrine Club. John Davidson says the program starts at 2 30 p m with meal at 4 30 p m. The lodge provides meat drinks and bread. members bring covered dishes and table service. All lodge members families and guests are invited.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Shrine Club
John Davidson
Davidson
Two Cows Found Shot Near Vinton
Gallia County sheriff investigates the shooting of two cows owned by Elgar Hawks of Vinton Route 2 on Keystone Rd three miles west of Vinton. The Brown Swiss and Jersey cows, both four years old, were wounded in udders by a shotgun blast. Experts treated them. Hawks suspects the incident occurred Sunday evening and may have involved accidental shooting by squirrel hunters.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Falls Hurt Injuries Reported In Gallia County
Malcolm D. Jackson, 52, of 709 Fourth Ave., admitted to Holzer Hospital with a cerebral concussion after a scaffold broke while painting a water tank on Mound Hill. Robert E. Burns, 36, of 2202 Chestnut St., treated for a fractured right ankle after a fall from a roof on Route 588. Donald C. Lyons, 23, Quality Dry Wall Co. employee, treated after a fall at a home in Jack Hutchinson. Sara Sox, Florida native, 18, first baseman, signed by Cincinnati farm system. father Fred Reds manager.
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Gallipolis
Malcolm D. Jackson
Fourth Ave
Holzer Hospital
Jackson
Mound Hill
Robert E. Burns
Chestnut St
Burns
Donald C. Lyons
Quality Dry Wall Co
Huntington
W. Va
Lyons
Centennial Emancipation Celebration at Bush Park Bidwell
The Rev. Preston L. Smith will deliver the principal address at 2 p.m. Sunday for the centennial celebration at Bush Park Bidwell. Greetings come from Dr. Alphus R. Christensen Congressman Homer Abele Senator Oakley C. Collins and others. The morning worship is at 11 a.m. led by Rev. Lacey W. Hogan. After the address a queen is crowned with music by the North Gallia High School Band.
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Gallipolis
Preston L. Smith
Parkersburg
W. Va
Bush Park
Bidwell
Alphus R. Christensen
Rio Grande College
Homer E
Car Smacks School Bus in Fog. 60 Students Escape Injury
In thick fog on Route 7 near Gallipolis a Han nan Trace school bus was hit from behind by a northbound car. Bus driver Merrill S. Waugh and 60 students were uninjured. The driver, Donald M. Prince, 22, was treated for a cerebral concussion and cited for failure to stop within the assured clear distance.
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Gallipolis
Hannan Trace
Donald M. Prince
Chesapeake Route 1
Holzer Hospital
Prince
Tracy to Speak on the Holy Land at Cheshire Church
Gallipolis Ohio Rio Grande College student Mark Tracy will speak Thursday night for the Adams Missionary Society at Cheshire Baptist Church. Mrs Katie Martin will introduce the speaker, son of Rev and Mrs W Luther Tracy of Rio Grande. Tracy will share slides from his summer trip and notes from representing Ohio Baptist Youth at the Beirut Lebanon convention.
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Gallipolis
Mark Tracy
Rio Grande College
Holy Land
Adamh Missionary Society
Cheshire Baptist Church
Katie Martin Shoemaker
W. Luther Tracy
Rio Grande
Tracy
Ohio Baptist
Beirut
Lebanon
Heavy-Eyed Driver Causes Two Wrecks Near Rutland
Rutland state police investigated two crashes caused by David W. Haggy 25 of Pomeroy Route 3. The westbound coal truck drifted into a parked car owned by Sandra Sue Perry on Route 124 at 12 30 a m. Haggy was cited to appear in Meigs County Court September 27 for failure to remain on the right.
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Rutland
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol Post
Sandra Sue Perry
David W. Haggy
Pomeroy
Haggy
Hagey
Meigs County
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Harold Howard
James Howard
Haskell Bloomer
Nevin H. (Deacon) Wood
Lions
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Karl Justus
Big Blacks Blue Devils
Memorial Field
Cheryl
Pat Glass
Ecker
Kissimmee, Fla
Hoizer Hospital News
Delbert E. Swisher
William M. Sayre
Zaleski
Masons
Gallia
Hutch
Jack Hutchinson
Sarasota, Fla
Cincinnati
Fred
Reds
State Highway Patrol
Merrill S. Waugh
Crown City
Dorothy K. Mitchell
West Virginia
Messenger
Messenger Accident
Insurance Department
Athens Messenger
Athens Ohio
Columbus Mutual Life Insurance Company
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