Rise in Ohio River Rise Slows in Gallia County
Gallia County reports the Ohio River cresting then stalling as temperature drops. Observers note 3 to 5 degrees above zero, with 1.9 inches of rainfall and fresh snowfall since Friday. Eureka Dam stage sits near 405 feet as officials warn of rising water and flood conditions affecting Huntington-bound routes. Schools reopen after holidays with notable absenteeism due to cold and travel disruption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Edwin McCormick
U.S
Fairfield
Charles Lanier
Eureka Dam
Childers
Proctorville
West Virginia
Gallia Academy
Washington Chool
Lincoln School
Maple Shade
Kananga
Heaunty
Cheshire
Blood Donors Plan Trip to Jackson in Snow
Gallia County Red Cross executive secretary Catherine Hayward announced a blood donor caravan would proceed to Jackson on Wednesday despite snow. Appeals had gone out from the Colum bus state office urging donors statewide to keep appointments, as school classes after the holiday break were postponed after only 15 students reached school Tuesday morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Catherine Hayward
Gallia County
Chanter
American Red Cross
Jackson
Columbus
Northup Flier Ernest R Thivener Killed in Action
Pvt Ernest R Thivener 32 of Northup was killed December 17 over Germany. He enlisted March 16 1944 and served four months overseas. Survived by wife Mae Meadows, mother Viola Thivener, two daughters Justine 13 Marilyn 10, two sisters Ollie Holcomb and Garfield Castle, two brothers Roy and Albert Thivener. He worked at Marietta Manufacturing Plant, Point Pleasant before enlistment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ernest R. Thivener
Germany
War Department
Mae Meadows Thivener
Northup
Viola Thivener
Pvt
Thivener
Marietta
Point Pleasant
Health Expert Talks To Gallipolis Club
Miss Ellen Standing health education secretary of the Anti Tuberculosis League of Cincinnati spoke at Gallia County Rotary Club dinner at Island View Inn Tuesday. Over fifty Rotarians attended with guest Mrs. Alice Bradbury executive secretary of the Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association. Standing is sister in law of Dr Paul Foster who led the Tuesday program detailing the Cincinnati organization’s work against tuberculosis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ellen Standling
Anti-Tuberculosis League of Cincinnati
Rotary Clubs
Island View Inn
Alice Bradbury
Gallia County
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Standing
Paul Foster
Cincinnati
Seal sale near last year total in Gallia County
Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association officials said Christmas seal sales reached 1420 to date, about 169 below last year, but expect final totals to meet or exceed last year. A St John’s Bible Class dinner at the Methodist Church was postponed to January 9 due to bad weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alice L. Bradbury
Gallia County
St. John’s
Methodist Church
First Babies of New Year Reported in Gallia County
Four babies born New Year’s Day and two arriving on New Year’s Eve at Holzer Hospital mark Gallia County’s first babies of 1945. The first Gallia newborn is Clyde Elliott's daughter born at 12:03 AM, followed by a son to Mrs. Forrest Lakin at 1:05 AM. Mrs. Richard Gormley’s baby boy arrives at 6:40 AM and the Wiseman family welcomed a girl at 8:52 AM Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Gallia County
Clyde Elliott
Northup
Forrest Lakin
Dorothy Hanninger
Second Ave
Seaman Lakin
LST
Richard Gormley
Grant St
Middleport
Robert Wiseman
Patriot
T. E. McFarland
Cheshire
R. I
Orville Chambers
Helen Rinehart
Gallipolis Personal News and Local Visits
Gallipolis society notices list residents and visitors including Mrs. Max Rinehart of Wright Field Dayton with his mother Mrs Edessa Rinehart, Ensign McGinnis in Miami, and guests over New Year in the Swisher home. Elaine Lear travels to Cincinnati as a College of Music student. Nancy Bean returns to Bexley schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Rinehart
Wright Field
Dayton
Edessa Rinehart
Charles McGinnis
Betty Bean
Patricia
Florida
Ensign McGinnis
Navy
Miami
Ira Swisher
Claude Westerman
John Shannon
Bremen
Elaine Lear
Cincinnati
The
College of Music
George Lear
Gallia Academy
Nancy Bean
Bexley
Leo C. Bean
Bernadine
Donna
Danner
Columbus
Walter Danner
Northup
Luther M. Donnelly
Esther
Hamden
Margaret McCormick
Donnelly
Jessie Donnelly Howell
Dorothy Gilkey
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
William Fraley Wounded Five Times Set
Gallipolis news reports Mrs Ted Moore received a call from her brother Set William Fraley who arrived home after nearly three years service overseas wounded five times in major engagements. He is in a Tennessee government hospital and said his latest injuries from the Belgium invasion left him unable to use one leg fully. He expected transfer to Crile Hospital Cleveland or Glenford General Cambridge soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ted Moore
Fairy Fraley
Set
William Fraley
States
Government
Memphis
Tenn
Belgium
Gallipolis Officer Wounded in Action
Lieut Tom Rue of Gallipolis tank corps in Patton's army was wounded in action per a War Department message to his wife Velma Dillon The report notes uncertainty about the details Rue is the son of Mr and Mrs John C Rue of Gallipolis The piece also mentions the first Arbor Day being in Nebraska in 1872 and its spread to other states
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tom Rue
Tank Corps
Patton
Velma Dillon
War Department
Rue
Lordprier
John C. Rue
Zir
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ohio
Zenith
Gallipolis Club
Mackinaws
And
Pomeroy
D. W. Winebrenner
Donovan
Jack Davis
City
James Hayes
Eureka
C. O. Skidmore
Bidwell
John McGuire
Floyd Stover
T. B. Purcell
Pt. Pleasant
Neraska
Red Anchor
Coats
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!