River traffic update at Gallipolis locks on Ohio River
Ohio River fell to 40.6 feet at midnight with a Saturday crest of 52.1 feet. Kanawha and Ohio rivers declined as boats were reported at Gallipolis locks including Keystone, J T Hatfield, Ayres, Java Sea and others, with additional movements on the Kanawha and district waterways.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Kanawha
Ohio
Keystone
J. T. Hatfield
Ayres
Java Sea
Deferments Rise in Gallia County Draft Class Shakeup
Gallia County Selective Service chairman Joseph W. Clark predicts a broad shakeup in deferments to ready draftees for upcoming services. He says some previously deferred men may join the eligible list while agricultural 20 year olds face tightened rules to prove actual farming work. Registration delays for newly turned 18 year olds are also causing difficulties.
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Gallipolis
Joseph W. Clark
Gallia
Clark
Groups Asked To Ready For Civil Defense Meet
Gallia County prepares for civil defense with requests to local and state organizations to report their emergency programs. The plan aims to map actions, avoid duplication, and organize a countywide defense, including evacuee planning and expanding a truck fleet for initial mobilization. Local HQs are in the city building as officials anticipate broader mobilization next week.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
American Red Cross
Santa Visits Kiwanis in Gallipolis Christmas Party
Santa Claus distributed jewel boxes to Kiwaniana at the Lafayette Hotel Christmas party. Mrs Carl French led group singing with William McKnight Russell Sarrett and Claude Miller wielding rolling pins to tap non singers. Gallia Academy High School girls ensemble performed five numbers. Norris Carter wore the Santa suit. Chief of Police Chester Leaper was the first to be tapped.
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Gallipolis
Santa Claus
Lafayette Hotel
Carl French
William McKnight
Russell Sarrett
Claude Miller
Chester Leaper
Gallia Academy High School
Norris Carter
Auxiliary Seeks Civil Defense Move At Gallipolis
Gallipolis The American Legion Auxiliary met Tuesday night to prepare gifts for soldiers at the Gallipolis State Institute and to back a civilian defense program. The group supports a federal defense structure and follows Ohio chairwoman Mrs. Paul H. White in urging Congress to take control of civil defense.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Gallipolis State Institute
Ohio Department
Paul H. White
Wadsworth
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Legion
Congress
Saunders Rites Friday in Paint Creek Church
James Dillard Saunders 83 died Tuesday. Funeral at Paint Creek Baptist Church Friday at 2:00 p.m. Born March 7 1867 in Danville Virginia he moved to Ohio 65 years ago and married Lily Banks in Gallipolis July 1 1901. Survived by wife and numerous children and grandchildren. Burial Pine Street Cemetery.
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James Dillard Saunders
Paint Creek Baptist Church
Saunders
Danville
Betty Dillard Saunders
Ohio
Lily Banks
Heas
Alex Jones
Charles
James Saunders
Emmett Waddell
Otis Glaneley
James Jones
Logan
W. Va
Floyd West
Vinton
Thomas Worthy
Aliquippa
Fourth Ave
Robert Lewis
Mason Peck
Aaron Young
Charles Smith
Wilbur Smith
Walter Scott
D. L. Latham
Pine Street Cemetery
West Virginia Man Fined by Magistrate
Gallipolis Marshall Nibert 22 of Gallipolis Ferry was fined 10 dollars and costs by Justice of the Peace Maurice Grover for assault and battery on John Mayes. Colley Holloway faced grand larceny charges in dog theft, was arraigned, bound over to the grand jury under 300 dollar bond, and expected to post cash bond Wednesday for release.
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Gallipolis
Marshall Nibert
Gallipolis Ferry
John Mayes
Maurice Grover
Colley Holloway
Rotary Club Backs Blood Bank Cooperation With Red Cross
The Gallipolis Rotary Club approved supporting the American Red Cross blood bank program while not harming Holzer Hospital's needs. Dr. Paul C. Foster urged cooperation, noting national emergency and a Red Cross quota of 700 pints yearly, with Holzer requiring 550 to 600 pints locally. Doctors Brown and Bean joined, and Foster will represent the club at an upcoming meeting. Also approved sponsoring two high school students for the World Affairs Institute in Cincinnati March 30–31.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
American Red Cross Blood Bank
Farmers Hotel
Holzer Hospital
Clyde Mitchell
Rotary
Paul C. Foster
Red Cross
Foster
W. Lewis Brown
Leo C. Bean
Rotarians
Fifth World Affairs Institute
Cincinnati
E. E. Higgins
M. Harold Brown
Marshall Boggs
Murray City Social Notes
Murray City social column lists locals visiting relatives and returning home. The item names Mr. and Mrs. Gene Shunkwiler and Detroit travel, Anna Leslie and Mary Evelyn Shelton visits, plus many local families from Columbus Columbus Lancaster Gallia and Hollister among those noted as recent visitors.
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Murray City
Gene Shunkwiler
Detroit
Charles Shunkwiler
John Shelton
Anna Leslie
Walter Lauriskey
Mary Evelyn Shelton
Columbus
Lester Sorrell
Patty
Dan Wolfe
Pomeroy
Clark James
J. W. Martin
Emmett Short
Viola Reynolds
Betty Sabo
John Butley
Leonard Phil
Columbus Raises Mayor Salary to 11500 in 1952
Columbus City Council increased the mayoral salary from 6000 to 11500 per year, effective January 1, 1952.
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Columbus
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Discharges
Births list includes Mrs. William Cogan Jackson a son and several other new arrivals from Gallipolis Jackson Bidwell and Vinton. Discharges include Zilpha Blair Cove and Ivor Williams Oak Hill plus several others. Navy reports Lima Hamilton to build amphibious vehicles as one of four contractors.
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Jackson
James Harreld
New Haven
Orville Sexton
Gallipolis
Marvin Cornwell
Minnie van Fossan
Virginia Glassburn
Bidwell
Vaughn McKnight
Pomeroy
Lewis C. Rice
Isaac Rupe
Cheshire
Jennie Bolar
Cora
Linda Sue Oney
George Smith
William Miller
Oak Hill
John Baker
Robertsburg
W. Va
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Vinton
Zilpha Blair
Cove
Ohio
Gerald Leroy Gibbs
Mason
Bertha Mazelin
Billy Fanning
Ivor Williams
Everette Sims
Ralph Frazier
Rex Toms
Point Pleasant
Harry Naugle
Washington
Navy
Lima-Hamilton Corporation
Lima, C
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