North Gallia Tops Rural Enrollment in Gallia County
North Gallia predicts 965 students as the highest in rural Gallia County districts starting next Tuesday. The merger with Clay and Green Local districts reduces local districts to five, with Basswood and others under the County Board of Education.
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North Gallia
Gallipolis
Gallia
Gallia County
Clay and Green
Gallipolis City
Trevor I. Davis
Southwestern
Dis
How Can We Keep Them in School
Two out of every five American youngsters quit school before 16. In an era demanding more technical skills, more than 40 percent of our future workforce will have less than a high school education. It is a critical problem for individuals and the nation. Read this story in the August 31 Family Weekly.
College Plans Fall Schedule at Gallipolis Rio Grande
Gallia Rio Grande College schedules fall events with freshmen testing and registration September 17 to 19. Classes start September 24. Faculty meeting September 20 followed by upperclassmen and transfer registration September 22 and 23. All college mixer in Community Hall September 22 and church receptions September 23 24.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Gallipolis driver fined for DUI and jail time
Gallipolis State Court fined Ray Beegle 200 dollars and costs and sentenced him to five days in jail after pleading guilty to driving while intoxicated. Patrol arresting officer was from the Gallipolis post. Other motorists faced smaller fines or bond forfeitures for traffic violations and an oversized trailer.
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Gallipolis
Robert S. Betz
Leon
Beegle
Highway Patrol
Ronald K. Harrison
Wise E. Hawks
Vinton
Slides on Alaska Shown At Kiwanis Club Meeting
E C Jones of Columbus presented a 75 minute color slide program on an Alaska trip via automobile routes through the Dakotas Montana Alkan Highway Canada Yukon Territory and Alaska with commentary. He will receive a 20 year perfect attendance tab from north Kiwanis Club in January.
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Alaska
Kiwanis Club
Gallipolis
Lafayette Hotel
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
E. C. Jones
Columbus
North Kiwanis Club
Dakotas
Montana
Alkan
Canada
Yukon Territory
Jones
Emmett D. Keeler
Gallia County
Frances Grover
Emmet Keeler
Irene Grover
T. Jay Bradshaw
George W. Davis
Davis
Coast Rites Held for Ray Coast Gallipolis
Funeral services for Ray William Coast 72 of Gallipolis Route 1 were held Thursday at Mills funeral home with the Rev. Linson H. Stebbins officiating. Burial was in Centenary Cemetery. Coast, a retired railroad worker, was born Sept. 25, 1885 in Ripley West Virginia. He was married twice and survived by his second wife Margaret Hogsett, a son Raymond Coast of Indianapolis, and four sisters Blanche Casto Leota King Helen Smith and Sarah Chapman.
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Gallipolis
Ray William Coast
Holzer Hospital
Millers Funeral Home
Linson H. Stebbins
Centenary Cemetery
Coast
Ripley
W. Va
George W
Katherine Ashley Coast
Alge Board of
Charleston
Raymond Coast
Indianapolis
Ind
Margaret Hogsett
Greenup
Ker-Bethel Rd
West Virginia
Blanche Casto
Akron
Leota King
Letart
Helen Smith
Ravenswood
Sarah Chapman
Garden Club Plans Meeting and Officer Installation
Vinton Friendship Garden Club postponed meeting will convene next Tuesday September 2 in Gallipolis. The regular meeting on September 22 will include the annual installation of officers.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Friendship Garden Club
U S Cotton to Britain Exports Reach High Total
The United States remains the main cotton supplier to the United Kingdom exporting 588 000 bales from last August through March.
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U.S
Britain
United States
United Kingdom
Brown Named Local Delegate to National Legion Convention
BES GALLIPOLIS W Joe Brown is the Legion's District Eight delegate to the National American Legion Convention announced by Commander Louis G Marchi Sr at the Wednesday meeting. The convention in Chicago will start Sunday Aug 31 and last about four days. Lafayette Post 27 also voted to donate 10 to the Gallipolis Youth Canteen as Dr Jay Bradshaw, director for the past year, appeals for help.
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Gallipolis
W. Joe Brown
Legion
National American Legion
Louis G. Marchi
Post 27
Chicago
Marchi
Lafayette Post 27
Jay Bradshaw
Dr. Bradshaw
Divorce petition filed in Gallia Common Pleas Court
Mary Marie Ramsey of 423 East St Circleville seeks a divorce from husband after marrying December 22 1952 in Gallipolis. She requests custody of their four minor children and alimony for herself and the children.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Mary Marie Ramsey
East St
Circleville
Robert M. Betz
Stella Jean Smith
Carl Millard Smith
Firemen Respond to August Central Supply Brief Fire
Gallipolis city firefighters were called to the Central Supply on Court Street at 2 40 p m where a carelessly tossed cigarette started a minor blaze in the wash room near stored merchandise. Damage nears 150 dollars across garden tools. fire crews finished the job. The call marked the first August response. The last major fire was July 28 at the W Oval Haskins residence. An alarm July 31 reported an electric pole fire on Lincoln Avenue but it was out on arrival.
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Gallipolis
Court St
W. Oval Haskins
McCarleyville
Lincoln Ave
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