Teens Against Polio drive planned across county schools
Pointe Pleasant and three county high schools including Point Pleasant Wahama and Hannan prepare a week of events for the March of Dimes drive to fight polio. Activities include sock hops, film showcases, a walk of dimes, and a team auction with senior high dances. The effort features local leaders and high school clubs coordinating with TAP and DAV events.
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Point Pleasant
County Tap
Dixie ‘McNeill
Lynn Freeman
Jon Calland
Dimes
J. B. Free
Pointeasant
Whahama
Hannan
Dixie
Sandra Lou Roush
Wahama
Phylis Lewis
John McNeill
Llarly
Bob Shertzer
Dick Major Bridges
Horton
Leroy
Bend
New National Guard Armory
Miss West Virginia
University Pollo Films
Hot Rod
Otal
Gov
Martand
Uberna
Tt Ie
Youth Charged In Store Robbery And Car Theft
A 13 year old Point Pleasant youth was charged after allegedly robbing a store on Lower Main Street, stealing a power drill with bits and a .22 caliber pistol, and taking a motor vehicle to Logans, West Virginia. Police say he was arrested by Logan police after the theft, with state police corroborating the timeline.
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Point Pleasan
Point Pleasant
Rancel
Logan
W. Va
Two River Motor Co
Cou MD
Lower Main St
Joseph Guarino
Carl Nutt
Census List OK’d by Court in Dem roundup effort
In Point Pleasant the court approved a Democrat census list of about 40 party registrants in the county to be used for official records. The process, required every four years, aims to confirm party alignment and list accuracy for county clerks.
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Dem
Point Pleasant
Acteck
Pony Pleasant
Republican Party
Trinity
Methodist Church
L. Head
Marjorie Walft
Mary Helleming
Alvin C. Young
Hellems
Paul ‘Thomas, Jr
Esther ‘Thomas
Clyde McLane
Christmas Pageant and Driver Injury Reported in Local Incident
A Mason Lot man, Ben Henry, was in a collision on Route 1 when his cement truck left the road during a Christmas party run with no passengers harmed. The incident coincides with upcoming Christmas pageant at Leon Baptist Church featuring children's recitations, music by Burdette, and pastor Rev. W. S. Billups.
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Seeaensao Agimenteeres
Bensay
Br Liane Faery
Mason | Lot
Ben Henry
County Motors
Leon Baptis
Herman Shian
Edna
Burdette
Billups
Yale Program Set for Tuesday at Parent-Teacher Meeting
At a Leon Parent-Teacher Association gathering Yale program is planned with a Christmas presentation by school children.
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Yale
Leon Parent-Teachers Association
Aaa Gins Ee Ag
Jurors Named In Drawing At Gallia County Court
Gallia County jury commissioner Mary Kennedy and Deputy Grant Longan announced the January term juries. Names include Kenneth Crom Tah Clay Township, Fred Stauffer Perry, Thurman Boggs Green Township, Stanley Swisher Cheshire Precinct, Hollis Brown Township, and many others across Addison, Clay, Cheshire, Huntington, Greenfield, Morgan, and Centerville precincts.
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Gallipolis
Grand Ana
Mary Kennedy
Gallia County
Common Pleas
Rie Kenedy
Grant Longan Clank
Marjorie Rinefart
Joan Ivor Richards
Ther
Florida
Richards
Sury
Kenneth Crom Tah
Clay Township
Beanor Tabit
Ward '2-A
Fred Staufter
Perry
Thurman Boggs
Green Township
Stanley Swisher
Cheshire
MH. Daniels
Adderom
Towinship
Hollis Brown
Kenneth L. Sheets
Banaip
Booby Tuttle
Jewell Robinson
Ohio Township
Marvin Saunden
Mien ‘Shriver
Margaret ‘Thomas
Centerville
Oriyn Goodall
Walnut Township
J._A. McCoy
Addison Preinct
Claude B. Schilling
Clyde Saunders
Clay
Mary Darnell
Harry K. Mills
Louise Roush
Jonah M. Borden
Daniel M. Evans
Huntington
Clarence Meyers
Greenfield
Jim A
Arnold Merritt
Charles W. Cragg
Bidwell
Ernest Greenlee
Morgan Township
Luther Shoemaker
Arthur Rupe
Garland Caudill
Exta Reese
John Jackson
Martin Lester
Edna Bennett
T.E. Wood
Perry Township
Myrtle Welker
Car Crash Spreads Injuries Across Gallia County Roads
Multiple traffic incidents reported near Gallipolis involve drivers injured or cited. A Lowell man in Heiner Hospital after a Sunday collision on Route 1 and Sugar Branch Road. a Gallipolis truck in collision on Route 7 near Chambersburg. and a Route 35 rear end crash involving Franklin and Harrison. Gunnell cited for left of center after a Route 1 turn over. Police note alcohol impairment in Franklin case.
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Gallipolis
Thomas C. Raitherson
Lowell
Heiner Homital
Gallia
Autherson
Chambersburg
Robert Burchett
East Liverpool
Guy” Edward Franklin
Point Pleasant
Donald Lee Harrison
Franklin
Harrison
William Reed Gunnell
Vinton
State Highway Patrol
J Gunnell
Wiliam
Janes’ Court
Ice and Condee mash up as new service firm forms
The Epling Company and G ipo Kee Company announce creation of an eight foal service corporation named The Ice Company. Guert B. Bush manages it on the Condee Coal lot adjacent to Pitt Avenue. They aim to acquire assets of the Condee Company after Horace Condee’s death last week.
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At Epling Company
Gipo Kee Company
Foal Service Corporation
Ice Company
Guert B. Bush
Condee Coal Company
Epling Company
Condes
Pitt “Avenue
Ice
T Epling
Condee ‘Company
Horace
Condew
Ambulance Taxi Crash Injures Four In Gallipolis
Four people were injured in a late Saturday crash on State Street Gallipolis. An ambulance from Stevers and a taxi from Walker Cab collided near Second Avenue near Park Central Hotel. J Watts 74 and Mrs Watts were hospitalized with leg abrasion and head laceration. Taylor 28 contusion and scalp laceration. Stevers ambulance stopped at the hotel corner, taxi demolished and parked car struck. Fire crews cleaned up gasoline spill. Another unnamed driver, Allen Berkey Wetant 20 Kanauga, escaped unhurt as his car overturned earlier that day.
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Gallipolis
Satur
Walker Cab Co
State Street
Arate
Pee Sai Tevere
Des
Grown City
Holter Hospital
Stevers Sud
Ight and Tren
Garrela Avehur
J. Watts
Crown Ci
Watts
Taylor
Miller's
Stevers
Silas Hamilton
John ‘Taylor
Anya
Park Central Hotel
Public Square
Second Ave
Margaret Lee Jones
Chatham Ave
Allen Berkay Wetant
Kanauga
Burkhart Lane
Yule Basket Project Nets $408 For Gallipolis Families
Gallipolis Rotary Club and radio WIEH raised 408 dollars in cash plus food contributions for the sixth annual Rotary Christmas basket program. A two hour drive featured local talent from Washington School auditorium and home deliveries for gifts. Christmas Eve distribution planned with 250 underprivileged families to receive baskets.
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Gallipolis
Rotary
Colony
Steve Allen
Bill Hurley
Lakin Boys Choir
Meadows Sisters
Lemley
Vinton Grade School
Holter Nurses
Rio Grande College
Three Speed Charges Filed by Patrol in Gallipolis
A Gallipolis patrol filed three speeding charges over the weekend posting $20 bond for appearance. Defendants Ezra Cobb 49 of Clendenin West Virginia Joseph A Chapman 28 of Gallipolis and Ben W Dickerson 21 of Powhatan were named with the judge imposing fines and costs on Dickerson.
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Gallipolis
Atrol
Ezra 8. Cobb
Clenlenin
W. Va
Joseph A. Chapman
Ben W. Dickerson
Powhatan
Muniipal
William H. Janes
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Dies” Auxiliary
Flason County
DAV
Robert Lee
Macon County
Oom Methodist Church
James Cook
Mason County
Carroll Burdette
Henry E. ‘Smith Jr
Walter Dearing
Huntington VA
Taber's
Kris Kringle Village Gift Shop
Iver
Route
Kanauga, Ohio
Counci
Daughters of America
American Legion
Women of the Moose
Fawcett
Stone Chesterhill, Ohio
Sat
Souegae
Lipolis
Tee Investi Sight
Holliday's
DHIA
L.t. Holliday
Galkipokii, Ohio
Yule Basket Project
SEARS
Cnmed
Sears, Roebuck and Co
Uni
Homart
Pease
Avuress
Belk
E Simpson
Don River
Satin
Davy Crockett
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