Miss Young Heads Gallia Library Levy Campaign
Miss Ethel Maude Young was named chair of the citizens committee to campaign for the library operating levy on the November 5 ballot. The Gallia County District Library board also approved supervising Gallia Academy High School library work by district librarian Lawrence Huber, and a school poster contest to promote the levy with prizes for top designs.
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Gallipolis
Ethel Maude Young
Citizens Committee
Gallia County
Outdoor ovens used by Pueblo women in New Mexico
Pueblo Indian women in New Mexico still bake bread in beehive horo ovens. Heated rocks preheat the interior, then rocks are removed and dough is placed inside to bake.
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New Mexico
Gallia Red Cross Seeks 1958 fund drive head
Gallia County chapter of the American Red Cross plans a $6500 fund drive for March 1958. Lawrence Huber reports no chairman yet but is contacting prospects. New secretary Mrs Helen Hutsell was appointed. Treasurer Mrs Irene Coker shows $358.51 balance after expenses. Junior Red Cross owes $117.37. Blood program notes 81 pints collected, enough to last until next visit November 21. Progressive Mothers Club takes over bundles for babies project for newborns.
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Gallipolise
Gallia County
The
American Red Cross
Lawrence Huber
Helen Hutsell
Johnson City
Tenn
Irené Coker
Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
Robert P. Carson
Gallia
Carson
Coker
Mrs. Jessie Robinson Dies in Gallipolis Hospital
Mrs. Jessie Robinson, 88, of Haners Rest Home, died at 10:10 p.m. Wednesday at Holzer Hospital after a fall fractured her left hip. Her body was taken to the Vernon McCoy funeral home in Vinton with funeral arrangements to be announced Thursday. The Rio Grande Mothers Club donated the first six layettes this summer for a child clothing project, and a Gallia County home nursing course was discussed with several potential instructors present at the Wednesday meeting.
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Gallipolis
Jessie Robinson
Haners Rest Home
Holzer Hospital
Vernon McCoy
Vinton
Rio Grande
Legion Post 27 Names Gifts for the Yanks Chair
Lafayette Post 27 of the American Legion chose Howard Lee as chairman for the 1957-58 Gifts for the Yanks program directed to hospitals in Chillicothe. L. G. Marchi, Sr. reported on the Atlantic City convention where 48 000 Legionnaires attended and notable figures spoke. Bishop Sheen Gen Clark and J Edgar Hoover addressed the event.
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Post
Howard Lee
Gallipolis
American Legion
Lafayette
Auxiliary
Legion
Rns
Chillicothe
L. G. Marchi, Sr
Atlantic City
Ohio Legionnaires
Army
Navy, and
Marine Veterans
Legion Post
Fulton J. Sheen
Mark Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Bishop Sheen
Gen. Clark
America
Salem
Ohio
Howard C. Kingdon
Chicago
Post 27
James Houck
Silas J. Hamilton
Two OVEC Kyger Creek employees receive promotions
Plant Manager James B. Harvield announced two promotions at OVEC Kyger Creek. Lee Tyo rises from control operator to assistant shift operating engineer on Sept 1, after joining OVEC in December 1954. Ray Mitchell becomes control operator on Sept 16, having joined OVEC in January 1955.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Electric Corporation
Kyger Creek
James B. Harvield
Lee Tyo
Tyo
OVEC
Ohio Power Company
Philo
Nancy
Lance
James
Jeffrey
Pomeroy
Ray Mitchell
Mitchell
Booth and Flynn
Kgger Creek
Pamela
Robert
Cheshire
Grange to Elect Officers at Friday Meeting
Columbia Grange will elect officers at its next meeting Friday evening Sept. 27. Potluck refreshments will be served. Mrs. Russell Mays of Strasburg has returned home after visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Ney Carpenter. Mr. and Mrs. John Rawlings returned from visiting their daughter and son in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Janco and children of Newark were guests at the Bert Ox home.
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Carpenter
Columbia Grange
Russell Mays
Strasburg
Ney Carpenter
John Rawlings
Charles McCall
Indianapolis
Ind
Robert Janco
Newark
Bert €Ox
Officials List No Accidents Two Convictions
Gallipolis reports no accidents by city police or the state patrol on Wednesday. State patrol records show three convictions. city court lists two. In Municipal Court Roger W Adkins 27 Hamersville fined 10 dollars and costs for speeding. Walter J Mercer 31 Gallipolis fined 50 dollars and costs for driving while license suspended. Robert Dale Harrison 25 Gallipolis forfeited 20 dollar bond for speeding. Minersville Justice court judge R E Grindley C D Hill Jr 51 Letart Falls fined 5 dollars and costs for failing to obey a stop sign.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Highway Patrol
Roger W. Adkins
Hamersville
Walter J. Mercer
Robert Dale Harrison
Minersville
R. E. Grindley
C. D. Hill, Jr
Letart Falls
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Athens Messenger
Miss Young
Levy Drive
Huber
West Berlin
Germany
Legion Hears Convention Report
Ose
Ford
Baer
Beasley & Mathews
Athens
Kyger
Elberfelds
Elberfel
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