Boy Scout Leaders Set Plans for $11,000 Drive
In Cheshire and nine towns across three counties, Boy Scout leaders launched the 1956 drive at the Kig ger Creek Power Plant cafe. Dr Norman Pinschmidt officiated after dinner as various plant officials welcomed the group. TriState Area Council President Bernard Caldwell urged support for churches and scouting, noting the MGM district quota rising to 11 000 and about 600 boys currently benefiting from the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Mason
Galliny
Meigs County
Yger Creek
Norman Pinschmidt
Histeria
Jim Harreld
Harreld
Lew Ford
Gene Glass
Joe Davis
L. B. Jacobs
Sherley Wood
TriState Area Council
Bernard Caldwell
Oscar Clarke
Tri-State Area
L. B. Amsbury
Pinschmidt
Kgger Creek
C. G. Hyer
Point Pleasant
George E. Dusch
Fritz Frye
K. H. Ford
New Haven
John Wickline
Rio Grande
Rio Grande; ‘D. C. Taber
Kananga
John H. Elwood
Admitted Medical Staff List From Various Ohio Towns
A fragmented roster lists numerous individuals with medical or surgical designations across towns such as Gallipolis, Point Pleasant, Wellston, Jackson, and Wellton. Names include Stanley Jackson, Pearl Seation, Granville McCormick, Eric Rose, George Hudson, Norma Owens, Carel Garrett, Gregory DeLong, Ian Deeds, Mia Saran Hughes, Richard Thomas, Janet Carmack, Mrs Arnold Henry, and Buren Bush among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dayton
Gatipots
Atom
David Steat
Stanley Isnaugie Jackson
Pearl Seation
Minerville
Granville McCormick
Gallipolis
Eric Rose
Northup
Heber Brunton
Jackson
George Hudson
Middleport
Sonny, Lee
Ashland
Elmer Walter
Norma Owens
Carel Garrett
Gregory DeLong
Amen Bary
Ian Deeds
Binwell
George Tucker
Grimms Landing
Marry Simpkins
Point Pleasant
Sureal
Mia
Saran Hughes
Giennwont
Metiva
Richard Thomas
le C. Somervile
F & Scott
Wellston
Samuel T. Hollingshead
Wellton
Met
Farmers Respond Sparingly To Soil Bank Offer
Gallipolis officials report very light interest in the wheat soil bank program. The deadline was extended to October as only about eight to ten farmers have applied, with Evans noting the $24 per acre payment and a prohibition on harvest dampening enthusiasm despite potential hay value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jimmy Evans
Soil Bank
Evans
Pythian Lodge Picnic Moves Indoors
Gallipolis event notes 49 people present at Knights of Pythias picnic moved indoors on Sunday at Pete McCormick place. Mrs. George Lear, Mr. and Mrs. Tom Mills, and A. W. Biffle plan to travel Wednesday to the grand lodge of Ohio in Toledo. Gallia County Red Chapter executive board to meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. in Knights of building at Second and.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vallipolis
Knights of Pythias Lodge
Pete McCormick Place
George Lear
Tom Mills
A. W. Biffle
Grand Lodge of Ohio
Toledo
Gallipls
Sie
Gallia County Red Chapter
Knights of Building
Second
Dairy course taker at Ohio State University
Merrill Brucker of Gallipolis takes the milk testing short course at Ohio State University from September 17 to 29. Upon completion he will be questioned for Dairy Herd Improvement Association and office herd testing work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Merrill Brucker
Ohio State University
Gallipolis Society Garden Club installs officers and guests
Gallipolis Society Garden Club announced installation of Mrs Rover Munarde as new sopheon and welcomed visiting guests from Columbus Detroit Cincinnati and Florida. Officers for the coming year include Mrs Harley George as president and Mrs Patsy Broyles as vice president. The next meeting is set for Tuesday Oct 22 with corsages awarded to each new officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden Club
Rover
Rainee Sateen University
French City
Delta Sigma Pi
Farmer's Hotel
Kerr
Columbus
Francess Jois Kerr
Morgan Sutter
Detroit
Anna Blake
Harley George
Patsy Broyles
Carl Bias
Jake
Youth Fellowship Camp Plans and Drugstore Sale
Gallia county report notes Grace Methodist Youth Fellowship meeting led by President Fred Miller. Donna Johnson and Harriet Clendenin discuss Ohio Methodist girls camp at Sabina. Miller assigns Edgington, Dobbins, Mary Ruth Mills and Miss Johnson to plan a hayride. Earlier, Miller and Rev. Wilson with Clendenin and others arrange districting for officers. McCoy Drug Store sold due to Jean McCoy leaving for Ohio State University. new owners took over last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Seen
Grace Methodist
Fred Miller
Donna Johnson
Harriet Clendenin
Ohio Methodist
Sabina
Miller
Ronnie Edgington
Jim Dobbins
Mary Ruth
Mills
Miss Johnson
Warren H. Wilson
Miss Clendenin
Stephen George
McCoy
Vinton
Wilson
Vern
Front St
Ruth
Gaey
Delaware
Ohio
Court Actions Filed Against Two Parties
Gallia County Ohio court action details show two defendants named Willis and Arnold in a collision case on Route 143 near Gallipolis. The state highway patrol logged one accident and two convictions. Claims involve damages to a Dayton Stage car and a minor vehicle, with amounts around 105 dollars plus interest. Additional speeding and road-line violations are noted for Gardner and Hannell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ray
Carl
Willis
Willis Tire
Apple
Danny C. Arnold
Harrisonville
Chaney M
County Common Pleas
Courtnold
Hayes
Leonard K
Maynard
Reba Maynard
Washington Court House
Dayton
Briggs
Patriot
Arnold
Carl D. Gardner
Coie Terest
Reeee Renee
John Walter Dobbins
Hedgewood Drive
John E. Hannell
Middleport
Rites Planned for Earl A Switzer in Addison and Valparaiso
Funeral services for Earl Ardine Switzer 76 Addison native and longtime structural steel worker will be at 2 p m Thursday in Miller's funeral home Addison. The service follows a 10 a m Tuesday funeral in Valparaiso where he died Sunday. Born October 10 1879 he was one of seven children survived by his wife Eva Mercer later remarried, a daughter Catherine Cornell of Chicago and four sisters Anna Berry Alta Reeves Edna Backes and Ethel Beckey of Dayton. Burial will be Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire with Rev C J Lemley officiating. Friends may call Wednesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Earl Ardine Switzer
Addison
Miller
Valpariso
Ind
Switzer
Porter Memorial Hospital
Frank and
Abbie Watson Switzer
Addison School
Pittsburgh
Eva Mercer
New Orleans
Masonic Lodge
Catherine | Cornell
Chicago
Anna Berry
Alta Reeves
Edna Backes
Ethel Beckey
Dayton
Miller Funeral
C. J. Lemley
Methodist
Gravel ‘Hill
Cheshire
128 Women Attend Gallipolis Garden Club District Meeting
Gallipolis hosts the fall regional meeting of the Ohio Association of Garden Clubs at Grace Methodist Church with 128 attendees. Highlights include district awards for publicity scrapbook and Christmas flower show, outstanding gardeners honors, and Home Beautiful speaker J R Otto of Chillicothe arranging guest rooms. Circle Four of the WSCS provided dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio Association of Garden Club
Grace Methodist Church
Robert Reibel
Middleport
J. R
Otto
Chillicothe
Circle Four
WSCS
Fire Doused at 737 Third Ave Kitchen Blaze
Firefighters responded Monday afternoon to a fire at 737 Third Ave due to a fuel oil stove. The blaze caused moderate damage to the kitchen, with water used to extinguish the flames.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tne
Third Ave
Project 20 to Present Four NBC History Films This Season
Charles Mercer reports that Project 20 on NBC will air four historic productions this season led by Henry Salomon. The slate includes The Great War a WWI history on film premiering Oct 16 Call to Freedom a Beetho ven Fidelio themed piece in December The Jazz Age about the 1920s in February and a tentative April history of the 1990s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Mercer
New York
Project 20
NBCTV
Henry Salomon
Salomon
James
Fred Allen
Three Meigs County Youths Enroll at Rio Grande College
Three Meigs County youths have enrolled at Rio Grande College for the 1956-57 year. Sandra Pierre ville Maxine Reed Reedsville and Larry Roush Racine are freshmen in elementary education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Rio Grande College
Gallipolis
Meigs County
Rio Grande Colege
Sandra Piereville
Maxine Reed
Reedsville
Larry Roush
Racine
Marriage Licenses List For Three Couples
Robert Dean Nibert 22 of North up and Carol Lynne Jones 21 of Gallipolis, both with parents listed, obtain licenses. Alfred Lewis 40 of Centenary a laborer and Josie Supp 40 of Centenary a seamstress, listed with parents. Robert L Sayre 36 of Pomeroy a plant worker and Wanda Jean Evener 17 of Gallipolis at home, with parental details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Dean Nibert
Northup
Carol Lynne Jones
Gallipolis
Robert S
Helen Fuller Nibert
D. Ray
Pearl Burnett Jones
Alfred Lewis
Centenary
Josie Supp
Alfred and
Ada Evans Lewis
Pete and
Julia Harris Royal
Robert L. Sayre
Pomeroy
Wanda Jean Evener
Charles and
Bertha Wolfe Sayre
Blain Evener
Garnet Willis Allen
Accident Cases Involving Hale And Lucas Near Harlan Ky
Claude Hale of Wellston Route 2 was admitted to Holzer Hospital after an automobile accident near Harlan Kentucky. He suffered generalized abrasions bruises to the left side of his body fractured ribs and a cut above his eye. Cecil Lucas was admitted with injuries to his left eye after a knot on a cord struck him while cranking a motor at a neighbor's farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Claude Hale
Wellston
River Traffic and Dam Status Across Ohio Kanawha Rivers
River gauges show Gallipolis at 18.5 feet, Montgomy 11.5, Kanawha Falls 0.28, with others varying. Dams report all systems up. Ohio River boat movements include Montgom ery lock noting Pittsburgher 20-0 down at 12:50. Various boats move or rest at locks 12 through 34. Gallipolis and Kanawha river fleets list boat statuses with multiple up and down readings. A city picnic in Gallipolis draws 55 to 60 attendees on Fortification Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha ¢ Falls
Sythia
Jeffboat
Island Creek
Stevenson
Rowe
Sohio State
Cornell
Warren
Hoagland
Sam Houston
Trade Winds
Coleman
Southern
Baratera
Kanawha
Ora D. I
Merrill
Solvay
Semet
Nina Dean
Jones
City ‘of
Huntington
Ernestine
Fortification Hill
Births at Warehime Clinic and Gallipolis Home
A girl was born Sunday at the Warehime Clinic. Two boys were born Tuesday to different families in Gallia County. The girl is the eighth child of Mr and Mrs Arthur Elkins of Bladen. The first boy is the first child of Mr and Mrs William Hunt of Gallipolis Route 2, with grandparents Mr and Mrs Clarence Halley and Mrs William Hunt. The second boy is the Vernon Henry child, the third for Mr and Mrs Vernon Henry of Bladen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Warehime Clinic
Tueday
Elizabeth
Arthur Elkins
Bladen
William Hunt
Two Minor Crashes Investigated by Gallipolis Police
Gallipolis police investigated two minor accidents on city streets Monday. John A. Brunicardi 23 of 98 Pine pulled from a curb and hit a car owned by John T. Crossen 28 of 23 Bastiani Drive. Norma Lee Berridge backed from a driveway onto State Street and struck Betty Agee’s car on Second Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Reeny
John A. Brunicardi
Pine
John T. Crossen
Bastiani
Norma Lee Berridge
State Street
Betty Agee
Second Ave
Lions Sponsor Poster Contest in Gallipolis
Gallipolis Lions sponsor an art poster contest tied to the Light for Light bulb sale starting Monday October 8. Mrs Ross Fleming and sixth grade art students will create entries judged September 28 by a committee including Marianne Campbell Roy Small and J Dean Bisel. Winners display in local business places with cash prizes of 5 3 and 2 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Galpolis Lions
Ross Fleming
Washington
Marianne Campbell
Roy Small
The
Tribune
J. Dean Bisel
Garfield Avenue
Lew Committee
Jobp W. Ber
Weekend convictions logged by patrol in Rio Grande area
Patrol reported three weekend convictions. James L. Hylton, 27, Martinsville, Va., paid 5 dollars and costs to Mayor George Northup for defective brakes. William Stone of Columbus forfeited 25 dollar bond for speeding. Gerald G. Parsons, 33, Gallipolis, paid 10 dollars and costs for driving left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
W. H. Jones
George Northup
Rio Grande
James L. Hylton
Martinsville
Rio
William Stone
Columbus
Gerald G. Parsons
Civil Service Group To Elect Delegates
Gallia Chapter Ohio Civil Service Employees Association will meet Wednesday at 7 p m in Westall at the Gallipolis State Institute to elect delegates and alternates to the delegates convention in Cleveland October 12 to 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Civil Service Group
Gallipolis
Gallia
Ohio Civil Service Employes Association
Westall
Gallipolis State Institute
Cleveland
October meeting hosted by Mrs Kin and Mrs Dunfee
In Coolville the October gathering at Mrs Kin's home with Mrs Dunfee as assisting hostess served refreshments to 17 members and guest Mrs Nora James. Class Five of the Methodist Shared held at Mrs Jenna Cunningham's with helpers Wilm Marion Walden and Auldine White. Thirteen members attended. Mr and Mrs Jack Baker and sons Robert and Phillip Wash ington DC recently visited relatives in the community. Mr and Mrs E M Daugherty were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Glennis Daugherty and son Willie in Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Villa Kin‘ade
Lulu Dunfee
Nora James
Cora Daugherty
Jenna Cunningham
Wilm
Marion Walden
Auldine White
Jack Baker
Robert and
Phillip
Washington, D. C
E. M. Daugherty
Glennis Daugherty
Marietta
High School Clubs Plan District Meeting Sunday
Gallia Academy High School hosts Hi Y and Tri Hi Y clubs as they set plans for the fall district meeting at Dante's Cave Sunday. Officers, chairmen, 28 new Tri-Hi Y members join, with Hi Y naming Dad's Night, vending machine permits, and Tom Dickerson as publicity chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Dante's Cave
Hi-Y
Mike Davis
Tom Dickerson
Dick McKensie
Richard North
Joe Bassett
David Stebbins
Ronnie Edgington
Charles Williams
Stephen George
Tri-Hi-Y
Donna Kaye Johnson
Phyllis White
Margie Long
Bertie Johnson
Hope Bruniardi
Joanne Porter
Ruth Ann Love
Harriet Clenden
Phyllis Baker
Milk Ring Test Work Under Way in Gallia County
Gallia County undertakes milk ring screening with composite herd samples volunteered by owners. The effort, led by Alva Grover and a nominating committee, aims to identify brucellosis sources. Collectors will transport samples to the state lab. the process is voluntary and free of charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Cheshire
Kyger Creek
Tolnight
Alva T
Brucel Grover
Perry Bradles
Little Kgger Grange Hall
Arthur Evans
Ing
Ohio
Uni
William P. Smith
Tor
Isaac Weber
Collector's Creek
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Clayton H. Carter
Oak Hl
Medica Lonnie
E. Bilis
Galipois
Dea
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Benjamin T. Tracis
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Janet Carmack
Arnold Henry
Henderson
Aude Hole
Wellsion
Surgical
Buren Bush
Mio Grande
Surgi
Gence McCarty
Surat
James C. Huffman
Point Plessant
Tumiie Hackberg
Willam
Dace
Ronnie Tove
Frank Davis
John Saint
Ver~ Ward
A. Dun
Helen Hughes
Boothe Northup
Bart Henry
Charles Wichards
Leonard Roush
Shirley Roush
Charles Russell
Roy Grueser
Welde Snyder
Hugh Montgomery
Mirs
Lee Weiber
Mex Cart Morris
John Hutchinson
Mire
William Stanley
Roumett Long
James Mager
Wallen Roush
Amelia Wents
Richard A. Watts
Pau Fidber
Everett M. Wood
Randy” Wile
Sue Rhoades
Roy Scarberry
Howard Ferguon
Samuel Roush
Howard Simmons
Stra
Myron
Tenn
Melvin.oberts
Simon New
Pythian Lodge
Gallipolis Society
George Taylor
Cincinnati
J. E. Wilson
Middie
Port
Wilsons
Burcham
Fourth Ave
Wayne Lutz
Myron Crane
Ft. Lauderdale
Fla 5
Luther
Mildred McGonagle
Fontan jCalif
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Akron
Mund Adams
Indianapoli
Myf
E. A. Switzer
Blaze
WLW
Wivn
Wchs
WBNS
Frankie Carte
Range Rider
Doug Bawar
Wad Ba
Jonn "Daly
Warner Presents
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Opty
Cheyenne
Phil Silvers
Superman
Opty Are
Micxelodeon
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Navy Log
Crunch
Rhane Wyman
Jane Woman
Guy Lombardo
Broken Arrow
Potten
Eater
Socialist Party
Rove Cooney
Trust Your Wits
Hig Patrol
Noah's
Aric Lnean
Armchair Theater
Eek Mary
Mystery Theater
Ik Phillips Theater
Alien Tsiave Allen
Wlwc
Schoo
Ray Mulan
Ray Niland
Globe Troiter
Reithbors
Neighbors
Johan Carson Tiilehen
Ernie
Erie
Towen Tio Theater
Spook Beckman
T @ ayort
Fiteiva
Bob Crosby
Boo Crossy Ott
Pum,val
Gasper Capers
Casper Capers
Mickey Mouse
Mickey Moue
Columons
Space Ranger
Eadie Fisher
Eddie
Fisher
Disneyland
News Cara
Godfrey
Galtrey
Godtrey
Potiveal Playhouse
Millionaire
Millionair
Toeater
Steet
Chet
Robin Hood Theater
Father Knows
Robin, Hood
Armchair Teater
Tate Sin
Lions
Federal Land Bank
United
National Farm Loan
A. C. Gibson
Leo’v.Treas
Ohio Valley Bank Bldg
Gallipolis, Ohio
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