Weatherman Sees Crest At 44 3 Feet At Gal lipolis Locks
The United States Weather Bureau forecast a crest of 44.3 feet at the Gallipolis Locks by midnight as the Ohio River rises from 43.7 feet. Point Pleasant is expected to crest at 38.5 feet, with Kanawha River levels rising from heavy rain. Locks 21 through 23 show the river stationary while crests may shift slightly higher elsewhere.
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Gallipolis
United States Weather Bureau
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
Kanawha
Ohio
Auto Ruined In Accident At First And Sycamore
Dale R Fife 22 Bladen driving a car crashed into a semi tractor trailer at First and Sycamore in Gallipolis. Em ery Lee Edwards 28 Galax Va drove the truck from S and W Motor Lines Greenbrier NC. Fife was cited for running a red light by City Patrolman John Taylor.
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Gallipolis
Bladen
Dale Roger Fife
Emery Lee Edwards
Galax
First
Sycamore
S and W
Greenbrier
N. C
Fife
First Avenue
Holzer Hospital
John Taylor
Gallia Academy Officials Attend Regional Meetings
Two Gallia Academy High School representatives travel to Columbus for a professional meeting on Friday while Principal Ross Fleming attends the seventh district principals meeting in Jackson on Wednesday night. Attendees include principals from Gallia, Meigs, Athens, Jackson, Vinton, Lawrence, Scio to Pike Counties with a talk on High School Discipline after dinner. Mrs. Avon Lusk will join the Ohio Business Education Association conference in Columbus that day.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Columbus
Ross Fleming
Jackson
Gallia
Meigs
Athens
Vinton
Lawrence
Scioto
Pike
Ohio University
Fleming
Ohio
Avon Lusk
Gallia Academy
Ohio Business Education Association
Ashland Oil Hosts Dealers Banquet in Gallipolis
Ashland Oil Refining Co a Ky based firm hosted area dealers at a Lafayette Hotel banquet in Gallipolis. Ashland representatives outlined selling and advertising techniques for wholesale and retail partners from Jena Ripley Athens and nearby areas.
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Gallipolis
Ashland Oil Refining Co
Ashland
Lafayette Hotel
Jena
Ripley
Athens
Gallia Academy Board Sets Salary and Use Policies
Gallia County School Board discussed salary policy for substitutes and overtime pay, approved monthly pay for lunch staff, and set a voting schedule for upcoming hires. The board also settled a minor contract dispute on sewer rerouting, approved bus tire purchase, and planned for termite inspections and contract changes with architects and staff.
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K. M. Hauldren
Gahs
Frampton and Bowers
Hauldren
Boggs
A. J. Stockmeister and Co
Board of Education
Stockmeister
Dan Carmichael
Carmichael
Dorothy Rowe
University of Chicago
Gallia Academy
Rowe
Ohio Valley Implement Co
Carol Lynch
Freda Saunders
West Virginia Terminix Co
Galena Brick Co
Ohio
Births and admissions in Holzer Hospital notes
A list of births includes a son for Dale and wife in Jackson on April 8 and a son for Robert Ginther in Columbus on April 9, plus additional births in Jackson Bladen Crown City and Gallipolis. Admissions cover numerous patients across Oak Hill Wellston Pomeroy Gallipolis and surrounding areas with multiple medical and surgical cases listed by name.
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Spring ST
Betty Turnquist
Minneapolis
Minn
Rocky Mountain
Dale Espick
Jackson
Robert Ginther
Columbus
Dewey Carpenter
Bladen
Roger D. Radcliff
Dean Patton
Robert D. Craig
Middleport
Medical
C. R. Peace
Oak Hill
Lawrence E. Saunders
Crown City
Surgical
Viola Napper
Ewington
William H. Fultz
Ashland
Steril Walker
Mason
G. Boyd Winters
Wellston
Russell L. Capehart
John H. Washam
Stears Spurlock
McArthur
Carl O. Shook
Coalton
George R. Church
Herbert P. Christian
Ironton
Michael D. Jenkins
Ray
Eber Clark
Pomeroy
Wendell M. George
Vinton
Earl Oliver
Ira L. Roach
Gallipolis
Jada M. Smeltzer
Zelma Richards
Frank F. Allen
Walter R. Fout
Beaver
Surgi
Cal
Austin W. Phillips
Susan Bissell
Point Pleasant
Vernon Wasmer
Marvin L. Wamsley
John C. Lambert
Bertha E. Clark
Letart
William C. Safford
Eddie L. Evans
Reno M. Hughes
William R. McGlathlin
Mary Ann Smith
Gallipolis Ferry
Ennis Pennington, Sr
S. Elsworth Swain
Randy Seel
John H. Aice
Bennett M. Saunder
Northup
Lloyd F. Bowen
Gallia County Approves Radio Funds and Joint Sheriff Plan
Gallia County Commissioners approved 369696 for the maintenance and repair fund of the county engineer and authorized negotiations with the city for radio facilities in the sheriff's cruisers. Vice President Chauncey L. Johnson opposed the move. The measure adds to 65000 emergency expenditures and outlines a joint program with the city to share transmitter resources.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Commission
Chauncey L. Johnson
Oscar Baird
Federal Communications Commission
Baird
Incumbents File Again for Gallipolis City Offices
Gallia County elections records show three current city commissioners Russell Sarrett Tom Agee Sr and John Morgan filing petitions for re election. Clerk Crilla Stiverson notes no other petitions as of Tuesday. If more than six run a primary May 7 will be held otherwise no primary this year.
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Gallipolis
Russell Sarrett
Tom Agee
Commission
John Morgan
Gallia Counnty Board of Elections
Elections Board
Crilla Stiverson
Gallia Academy High School Dominates Rotary Meeting
Gallia Academy High School led the Gallipolis Rotary Club dinner with Principal Ross Fleming outlining five upcoming events. Rotary Boy of the Month Stephen George, GAHS senior and Hi-Y president, and seniors Fred Miller and Sam Neal discussed their Cincinnati World Affairs Institute trip funded by Rotary. Events include May 14 15 senior exams, May 17 senior breakfast, May 18 junior senior prom with Chet Haddox Orchestra, May 19 baccalaureate, and May 23 commencement.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Gallipolis Rotary Club
Ross Fleming
Stephen George
Rotary
Gallia Academy
GAHS
Fred Miller
Sam Neal
World Affairs Institute
Cincinnati
Rotary Club
Fleming
Chet Haddox
Point Pleasant
Linson H. Stebbins
Herb Bush
Gas Leak Named Cause of House Fire
A Gallipolis residence fire caused by a gas leak did no damage. The Gallipolis Volunteer Fire Department responded with ten men and two trucks to the Augusta Stewart residence at 5 05 p m on Monday.
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Gallipolis
Augusta Stewart
Gallia and Meigs Women Attend Ohio WSCS Meeting
Four women from Gallia and Meigs counties will attend the Ohio conference meeting of the WSCS in Hamilton from April 23 to 25. Mrs. James Richards of Rio Grande drives, with Mrs. William J. Brown of Gallipolis handling district supply work. Mrs. Harry P. Smith and Mrs. C. E. Tompkins travel from Pomeroy as officers, while Mrs. John C. Wickline of Rio Grande does not attend. The group leaves April 22 and returns April 25.
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Gallipolis
Women's Society of Christian Service
Gallia County
Meigs County
Ohio
WSCS
Hamilton
James Richards
Rio Grande
Portsmouth
Police Inspect Homes In Insure Sanitation
Two Gallipolis policemen survey East Gallipolis residences to ensure sanitation and safety standards. Inspectors check indoor and outdoor toilets, garbage disposal, and fire hazards. Offenders are given 15 days to fix issues or face prosecution.
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Gallipolis
Traffic Lights Halted At Three Intersections
Gallipolis city lights at Second and State Second and Cedar and Second and Spruce are turned off nightly by City Manager Austin QO. Cotton from 12 30 a.m. to 6 a.m. Right of way will favor vehicles on Second Avenue at each intersection.
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Gallipolis
Austin QO. Cotton
Second Avenue
Ironworker Pays Fine Then Bails Buddy Out
Henry D. White of Columbus was arrested early Tuesday with 158 dollars in possession. He posted a 15 dollar bond on release and forfeited it later the same day, then paid the remaining fine for a prisoner unable to meet custody costs.
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Henry D. White
Columbus
Hydrant Flows Four Hours After Upset Fire Incident
Water spouted from a fire hydrant at 3 a.m. after being knocked over in Callipolis. City workers stopped the flow at 7 a.m. after four hours of discharge. Water to Holzer Hospital and nearby homes was shut off during the night.
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Callipolis
Holzer Hospital
Pay Fines Costs For City Offenses
GALLIPOLIS The city police list four convictions for intoxication and traffic offenses. Willard C. Sheets 22 of 1006 First Ave fined 10 dollars and costs for reckless operation. Owen Eugene Stover 21 of Clear Creek West Virginia forfeited a 15 dollar bond for running a red light. Vernie Sands 54 of Fourth Avenue and Noah Guess 41 of Cheshire paid 5 dollars and costs each for intoxication.
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Willard C. Sheets
First Ave
Owen Eugene Stover
Clear Creek
W. Va
Vernie Sands
Fourth Avenue
Noah Guess
Cheshire
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Ashland Oil Co
Gallipolis City
A. J. Stockmeister
George Bovie
Tri-County Community Concert Association
Washington
M-G-M
Southeastern Ohio School Board Association
Oscar Bauer
J. C., Walitzer
Ernest Tucker
Chester Mayes
Charles Bush
Eddie Dyer
Albert Duersning
H. D. Cunningham
Mae Polhamus
Preston Lundy
Rickey Moseley
Norman Gilmore
Chester White
Wendell George
Homer Graham
William Ingles
George Durst
Debra Lynn Call
Claude Swann
Arthur Lattanzio
Joe Mascio
Orin Sheets
Buddy
Rose
Cerise
Crimson Glory
E. G. Hill
Christopher Stone
Etoile DE Hollande
Edith Helen
Countess Vandal
McGredy
E. P. Thom
P. S. Dupont
Roslyn
K. A
Viktoria
Contessa DE Sastago
Scarlet Red
Neige Parfum
White
J. H. Nicholas
Climber
Charlotte Armstrong
NEW Yorker
Queen Elizabeth
Elberfelds
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