Planes Spotted In Gallipolis Operation Vigilance
Ground Observer Corps saw 12 aircraft from Fortification Hill during Operation Vigilance Sunday between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. Seven aircraft identified. some harder to spot due to high altitude and sun. Local Auxiliary groups, nurses, and students helped. Sgt Richard Faszczewski to be reassigned to Oklahoma in October. awards planned for area media for alert cooperation.
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Gallipolis
Fortification Hill
Kers
Vigilance V
American Legion
VFW
Mary Stillwell
Richard Faszczewski
Area II
Charleston Air Defense
Oklahoma
Stillwell
Charleston
Sissonsville
Ground Observer Corps
Jim Baldwin
Mary Stilwell
Jim Wilks
Dorothy Dickerson
Betty Baldwin
Molly Johnson
Tom Houck
Donald Warehime
Dick Thomas
John Byers
Addie Mae Hull
Virginia Sheets
Freda Barcus
Elizabeth Lear
Prisoner dies after jail shooting in Gallia
Gallia jail shooting leaves Blankenship and Cooper in custody on bonds of 1000 and 5000. Prosecutor Sheets and Sheriff Baird questioned inmates but no one offered an explanation. Obituary notes birth in Bidwell September 5 1930 for Borden and funeral at Mt. Carmel Baptist Church with burial at Evergreen.
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Gallia County
Warren F. Sheets
Baird
Bidwell
Borden
Hal
Marie Long Borden
Marie Payne
Bidwell-Porter
Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
Betty
Elsie Borden
Columbus
Earl
Edward
Hal, Jr
Blackfork
C. M. Payne
Evergreen
Vernon McCoy
Vinton
Veterinarian Walter Davis Dies at 61 in Gallia County
Walter S. Davis 61 a Gallia County veterinarian died unexpectedly at his Bladen Route 1 home. He survived by his widow Rena Lewis Davis and 7 children plus 12 grandchildren and several siblings. A World War I veteran he belonged to Victory Baptist Church and Gallia Masonic Lodge 469 with services planned at Victory Baptist Church and burial in Ridgelawn Cemetery Mercer.
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Gallipolis
Walter S. Davis
Gallia County
Bladen
Davis
Maggie Fluyter Davis
Emmett Sheets
Crown City
Emmett Church
Willie Davis
Lowell Davis
Northup
Rena
Gallia Masonic Lodge
Victory Baptist Church
Charles Lusher
Chillicothe
Merritt Sanders
Ridgelawn
Mercerville
FastEeth Improves Denture Hold and Comfort
A powder named FastEeth grips upper or lower denture plates firmly to prevent sliding. It is alkaline and non acid with no gummy taste, reduces plate odor, and prevents slipping for steadier teeth. Available at rug counters with promotional copy from an outlay advert.
Candlelight Service and Youth Activities Reported in Gallipolis
The Rev. Al bert S. Chappelear III led a candlelight service for 28 Episcopal youth on a hillside near Northup. Earlier, they held a picnic and swim on James Thompson’s property. A dozen Church of God Youth Fellowship members ran a Bible quiz led by Joan Smeltzer to raise funds for a church organ. Twenty Baptist youths joined Rev. Thomas D. Bunyan for a Bible crossword. China’s population is estimated at 582.6 million, surpassing the U S and Russia combined.
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Gallipolis
Albert S. Chappelear, III
James Thompson
Northup
Thompson
Church of God
Joan Smeltzer
Gallia County 4 H Activities Highlight Local Club Meetings
Gallia County 4 H events report Bidwell Busy Bees meeting at Sue Cregor home with 11 members two advisers and nine visitors. The club chose a community project donating story books for Holzer Hospital pediatrics and awarded ribbons for junior fair exhibits.
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Bidwell
Sue Cregor
Carol Black
Holzer Hospital
Boy overcomes alarming binge at county fair
A 14 year old boy was taken to Meigs General Hospital by the Racine emergency squad after passing out on the fairgrounds Saturday afternoon. He said he had been drinking gin and beer and swallowing tobacco juice.
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Pomeroy
Meigs General Hospital
Racine
Fairgrounds
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Across Ohio River System
River gauges show Gallipolis and Montgomery around 19.0 and 16.2 feet with shallow dams on the Kanawha and Ohio rivers. Boating moves at Lock 13 through Lock 33 report multiple vessels up or down, with canoes and tugs listed and times from dawn to post meridiem.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy- Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Ohio River
Lady Grace
Mr. Criss
Dispatcher
David Moran
R. H. Bosworth
Creditor
Beckford
Belpre
Jefferson
Phillip Sporn
Beaver
Indiana
Price
Kanawha
Winfield
Helen
Atlas
Merriwether Lewis
Solvay
Herbert E. Jones
Zephyr
OVEC
Semet
Births And Admissions At Holzer Hospital
Births announced with a daughter to Mr. and Mrs. John A Blackhurst Oak Hill. Multiple admissions Sunday and Saturday include Mrs Charles Hughes Oak Hill medical Curtis Idle Galena medical James Arbaugh Radcliff medical George Jeffery Crates Gallipolis medical Charles Hutt McArthur surgical and many others. Dismissals list numerous patients and a few new births noted through weekend.
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John A. Blackhurst
Oak Hill
Charles Hughes
Curtis Lawrence Idle
Galena
James Durbin
Point Pleasant
James Arbaugh
Radcliff
George David Jeffery
Crites
Fred van Sickle
Gallipolis
Charles D. Hutt
McArthur
Surgical
Charles Kinder
R. J. Burley
Ravenswood
N. P. Swackhammer
Mason
W. R. McGlothin
Vinton
Loren Dickey
Wellston
Harrison Shumate
Jackson
Allie Miller
Loren C. Borden
Bidwell
Arnold F. Cooper
Porter
James L. Wilson
William Perdue Jr
Point Pleasan
Warren Blackwood
D. C. McCorkle
Frank Smith
James Wilson
Doris Waugh
Wade H. Grimm
James W. Hall
Ruth Fowler
Donna Shelby
George W. Romine
J. Howard Neal
Clare Haver
Adam Criner
Charles I. Putney
John Eggleton
Donald Sheets
Christian Sheets
Charles E. Perkins
Kenneth Halfhill
Calvin E. Imboden
Minersville
C. W. Wagner
Chillicothe
E. V. Cremeens
Northup
Fred Thomas
Cheshire
Rebecca Simpkins
L. E. Mc
Model Flyers Pick Officers
Richard North up was elected president at Memorial Field meeting. Jimmy Reod named vice president and Robert Wallace secretary and treasurer. Two Class A and two half A planes flew with Wallace, Rood and Northup. Larry Rood advised on planes. Next, a club name and Tuesday night meeting at Taber's store.
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Gallipolis
Richard Northup
Model Airplane Flying Club
Memorial Field
Jimmy Reod
Robert Wallace
Wallace
Rood
Northup
Larry Rood
Taber’s
Double Rites Conducted for W C Russell and F O Spain
Miss Easter Russell of Coral Gables Florida joined relatives at Beech Grove Cemetery in Middleport for double funeral services for W C Russell and F O Spain. Attendees included Lt Lee K Jameson and Kenneth Jameson of Ft Dix New Jersey, Mrs Henrietta Ewing of Arlington Virginia, and extended kin from Chicago Silver Spring Columbus and Miami. Easter Russell planned to stay until Wednesday then proceed to Philadelphia. Mrs Avery of Arlington to return this afternoon.
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Middleport
Easter Russell
Coral Gables
Fla
H. O. Ewing II
Third Ave
Beech Grove Cemetery
W. C. Russell
F. O. Spain
Miami
Julia Russell
Chicago
C. T. Butler
Butler
Silver Spring
Spain
Lee K. Jameson
Jameson
Kenneth
Ft. Dix
N. J
Ewing
R. G. Avery
Henrietta Ewing
Arlington
Russell
Columbus
Patricia
Grant
Eva Anderson
Elizabeth Martin
Walter Brown
Ruth Wells
Miss Easter Russell
Philadelphia
Avery
DWI Fines and Suspensions Highlight Saturday Court
Gallipolis resident Morris W. Burnett was convicted of driving while intoxicated in Municipal Court on Saturday, fined 50 dollars, sentenced to five days in jail, and faced a six month license suspension. Donniver H. Goody of Springfield paid 25 dollars and costs for driving while under suspension, while Thomas E. Leake of Wheelersburg forfeited a 20 dollar bond for speeding and Gordon J. Crail of Gallipolis forfeited 25 dollars for not having an operator's license.
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Gallipolis
Morris W. Burnett
Donniver H. Goody
Springfield
Thomas E. Leake
Wheelersburg
Gordon J. Crail
Gallia County
Eastern Ave
Lawrence E. Shepherd
Patriot Route 1
Arnold Jiiden
Chillicothe
Billy E. Jarvis
Frank Queen
Northup
Ronald Juniper
Point Pleasant
Leroy Martin
Gallipolis Ferry
Gerald D. Roush
Bidwell
Marvin McIntyre
Long Bottom
Andrew Berkley
C. O. Fisher
Middleport
Sam Brown
Middletown
Wellston Woman Ed Denny Dies at 67 in Holzer Hospital
Mrs. Ed Denny 67 of Wellston Route 2 died at 10 15 p m Saturday at Holzer Hospital after a 20 day illness. The body was moved to Mayhew funeral home in Wellston for services.
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Gallipolis
Ed Denny
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Mayhew
Youths Injured Slightly When Auto Demolished
Gallipolis two youths escaped death when the car they rode in was demolished near Paul Northup farm on Route 141 around 11 15 p m. Bruce Eric Atkinson 18 of 5 Allen Dr held for observation with a slight concussion Eddie Dean Blakeman 20 of 161 Garfield Ave treated for a slight laceration and released Atkinson faces driving left of center charges after release Harold Evans Jr 17 of Columbus uninjured after losing control of a vehicle on Cheatwood Wagner Rd and hitting a tree Porter 22 of Bladen held on bond after a high speed chase ending in a park ed car crash and a busy Municipal Court session.
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Bruce Eric Atkinson
Allen
Holzer Hospital
Eddie Dean Blakeman
Garfield Ave Ave
Route 141
Paul Northup
Atkinson
Cheatwood-Wagner Rd
Route 233
Harold Evans, Jr
Columbus
Evans
Paul D. Porter
Bladen
Porter
WJEH Radio To Return On Air Tuesday
WJEH radio in Gallipolis plans to resume broadcasting Tuesday between noon and 3 pm announced station manager Marianne B Campbell. A truckload of new equipment arrived including a 1000 watt transmitter consoles turntables tape recorders microphones to restore service after a fire destroyed the main control room studio and news rooms last Thursday.
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Gallipolis
WJEH
Marianne B. Campbell
Edgar L. Atkins
Hardestys Twin Son Dies at Two Months
Funeral services will be held Tuesday for Terry Gene Hardesty two months and seven days old the twin son of Mr and Mrs Arnold Hardesty of Lawrence County near the Gallia Lawrence County line. The infant died Sunday morning and is survived by a sister and three brothers. Services are at 2 p m Tuesday at the Good Hope Baptist Church in Guyan Township with burial in the church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Terry Gene
Arnold Hardesty
Gallia
Lawrence County
Good Hope Baptist Church
Guyan Township
Get Acquainted Week Planned in Gallipolis
Final plans for Get Acquainted Week will be discussed at 9 30 a m Tuesday at a special meeting of the Retail Merchants Committee in the Lafayette Hotel. The event is slated for September 16 to 21 and Chairman Arthur Darnbrough asks each merchant to bring another merchant to include all business concerns in the planning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Retail Merchants Committee
Lafayette Hotel
Arthur Darnbrough
Science Shrinks Piles New Way Without Surgery
A new healing substance Bio-Dyne called Preparation H shrinks hemorrhoids and relieves pain without surgery. Case after case shows actual shrinkage and great relief, with many patients claiming piles are no longer a problem. Available as suppository or ointment at druggists with money back guarantee.
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New York, N. Y
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R. H. McMasters
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Charles J. Lyons
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