Crown City Voters Face Move From Gallia to Lawrence
GALLIPOLIS Crown City residents voted on seceding from the Gallia County School System to join Lawrence County. If approved, Crown City would abolish its local board, with the final Crown City Board meeting held Monday night. The vote and routine delinquencies dominated the dispatch, while other districts announced staffing changes and building plans.
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Crown City
Gallia
Lawrence
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Lawrence County
Fairland
Board of Education
Crown City Board of Education
Ira Sheets
Leonard Holston
Stan
Ley Swain
Ferrel
Montgomery
Sanford
O. A. Dillion
Crown City School
Guyan
Guyan Township
Cadmus High School
Mercerville High School
Growth of Gallipolis First Presbyterian Church Incorporates
The congregation votes to incorporate as First Presbyterian Church of Gallipolis under Ohio law, completing a 140 year history. The move follows earlier 1815 roots from the First Religious Society and includes plans for a $20,400 Sunday school addition.
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Jim Porter
Gallipolis
Galipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Ohio
First Presbyterian Church of
William x. Jones
Linson H. Stebbins
Edward W. Tupper
Jonas Safford
Lewis Newsom
Nathaniel Gates
Thomas Rogers
Nathaniel S. Cushing
Passenger in a Truck Woman Gets Back Broken
Mrs. Perry P. Lambert of Northup suffered a fractured spine when the truck carrying her as a passenger crashed two miles south of Crown City. Driver Mrs. Lowell S. Davis, Lambert’s daughter, was thrown and unconscious. Both women were admitted to Holzer Hospital for injuries. A second vehicle struck the Davis truck from behind after the crash.
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Gallipolis
Perry P. Lambert
Northup
Crown City
Lowell S. Davis
Davis
Lambert
Holzer Hospital
Ernest Thompson
Miller’s Funeral Home
Slate eyed at Cheshire village council meeting
A pro admin slate led by Mayor Leith J. Reynolds was reviewed at the Cheshire Village Council session in the Bradbury building Monday night. The group examined the slate but did not finalize it. Only routine business filled the meeting as officials noted an August 10 deadline for village offices, school boards, and other posts.
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Lewis M Sheets
Guyan
Orin Roush Sheets
Mercerville
Cheshire
Leith J. Reynolds
Bradbury
Bond Forfeited In State Patrol Headlight Charge
Gallipolis Clifford Longenette, 19, forfeited a $20 bond on a State Highway Patrol charge that he drove his car with a smashed headlight.
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Gallipolis
Clifford Longenette
Rev Niswander Dean For Church Meet
Gallipolis reports the Rev. Paul Niswander pastor of Grace Methodist Church will lead the Methodist Youth Fellowship as dean at this week’s annual institute held at the campground near Easter. Mrs. Niswander accompanies him with counselors Mrs. Robert Cornwell Mrs. Harold Campbell and Mr. and Mrs. Frank.
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Gallipolis
Paul Niswander
Grace Methodist Church
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Niswander
Robert Cornwell
Harold Campbell
Frank
Prison Farm Escapees Deny Auto Larceny Charge
Gallipolis, July 25. Gerald Dunaway, 24, and Albert Charles, 21, escapees from London Prison Farm deny stealing a car. They appeared in Gallipolis Municipal Court with bonds set at $1000 each by Judge William H Janes. If bonds not posted, remanded to Gallia County Jail.
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Gallipolis
Gerald Dunaway
Albert Charles
London
River Traffic Reports From Gallipolis and Marmet Inflows
The river traffic report lists numerous vessels at Gallipolis Marmet and surrounding hubs with times and cargoes including coal oil and gravel. Readings note 186 feet upper gauge 9.6 feet lower gauge and Ohio River two feet on rollers and 1% feet at Montgomery Pa. Eighteen soldiers killed and 19 wounded in Jolo Island clash with Moro bandits.
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Rand
Long
Monongahela
Francis
Sohio State
Northern
Virginia
Os Winfield
Merrill
Gallipolis
James Zubiec
Semet
Marjelea
Beaver
Louisiana
Reckey
Manila
Jolo Island
Beegle Shoots At Gun Club In Spectacular Display
The Beegle show at the gun club featured rifle shots at a gasoline jug atop an oil drum and a pile of dramatic feats. Beegle fired 250 rounds while bystanders watched as a crowd helped with safety and a wall display was prepared. Winners received hams, with Beegle’s event also marking a presentation of a rifle to Warner Halley.
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Beegle
Tom Comer
Gun Club
Clyde Ingels
Pierce D. Macreedy
George Ehman
Bobby France
Jim Mills
Howard J. Neal
Hernand Richards
Comer
Warner Halley
Norman Cook
C. E Johnson
Carroll Swanson
Pomeroy
E. O. Smith
Lee Smith
Hottest Day Was Monday In Gallia County
The hottest day of the summer was recorded Monday in Gallia County. U S Weather Bureau Observer Edwin R McCormick reported Fairfield thermometer readings showing a nine degree below zero temperature. The period over five and a half months spanned 107 degrees in range.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Mercury
U. S. Weather Bureau
Edwin R
Pete) McCormick
Fairfield
Nine Weekend Wrecks Investigated on Local Roads
A string of road incidents Saturday near Vinton, Bidwell, Reedsville, and nearby towns involved multiple injuries and property damage. Victims include Faith Willson of Rio Grande, a 26 year old woman with a bruised arm and thumb and a girl with a bruised chest. Arthur Preston and Stanley Spencer sustained minor injuries. Evans arrested for drunken driving in Gallipolis. A three-truck collision occurred on the Adamaville Bridge over Raccoon Creek with Bumgardner, Allred, and Barker connected to the incidents. Barker posted bond for failing to maintain a safe following distance. One child, Frederick Gillenwater, was struck by a car near Cheshire but treated and released. The report notes several additional Saturday accidents with limited details.
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James L. Wilson
New Lexington
Faith Willson
Rio Grande
Wilson
Coal Valley Road
Vinton
Arthur C. Preston
Stanley G. Spencer
Preston
Bidwell
Bidwell Bac
Evans
Gallipolis
Evans Peer
William H. Jones
Reedsville
Reedsville Sideswiped At the Forest of A
Adamaville
Raccoon Creek
Wade J. Bumgardner
Dayton
Lawrence M. Allred
Loraine
Allred
Maynard D. Barker
Atlan
Ta, Ga
Bumgardner
Barker
Cheshire
Frederick Gillenwater
Peck’s Hill
W. Va
Robert L. Schlesinger
Naugatuck
Point Clinic
Route 7
West Virginia
GSI
Edith Walter
Lena Belle White
County Heads Favor Flood-Escape Route
Gallia County commissioners after a semi monthly session approved measures for a flood road serving six families above the new Clay School Building along State Route 6 near the Ohio River. The three fourth mile Clay Township road will run from Plymale Hill on Run Road through farms to Route 218. A hearing on a town and a road in Raccoon Township slated for closure near Harvey and Glenna Brubaker property were also discussed. Taxpayer worries about the courthouse remodel and a proposed dog pound were aired along with tuneups on a Cheshire Township road slipping from strip mining.
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Gallipolis
Clay School
Ohio River
Gal County Board of Commissioners
Clay Township
Plymale Hill
Charles Hamilton and
Roberts
Brothers Hill
James A. Boggs
Harry M. Wilcox
Roscoe Houck
Chillicothe
C. D. Camden and Associates
CM. Donaldson
Portsmouth
Tects
Gallia
Lavinder and others face speeding charges in Gallia County
George Dewey Lavinder Jr 30 of Mineral pled innocent to speeding, failed to post bond, with Daniel Morris 2 Bidwell Route 2 Marvin Harris 24 Columbus Ernest L Laster 57 Kenova W Va and Laura B unknown named in Gallia County court.
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Gallipolis
George Dewey Lavinder, Jr
Mineral
Gallia County
Daniel A. Morris
Bidwell
Marvin L. Harris
Columbus
Ernest L. Laster
Kenovea
W. Va
Laura B
Man Fined in Gallipolis Breach of Peace Case
Edward D. Thom age 46 of Vinton Route 1 was fined 15 dollars plus costs in Gallipolis municipal court after a state highway patrol charge of breach of the peace.
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Gallipolis
Edward D. Thom
Vinton
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