Woman Hurt in Crash Of Automobiles, Truck
One person was injured when a two vehicle collision at the Berger and Eastern light involving a Kananga postmaster’s car and a Concord truck caused heavy damage. Ruth G Springer faced a separate Racine crash with a fine. A dump truck at Raccoon Bridge lost its dump bed and was towed for repair.
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Gallipolis
Berger-and-Eastern
Derry E. Adams
Holzer Hospital
Kananga
Adams
Ruth G Springer
Vinton
Kenneth R. Theiss
Racine
State Highway Patrol
Raccoon Bridge
Donald Saunders
Northup
Saunders
Former Gallipolis Chief of Police Glade Jones Dies at 58
Glade Jones 58 former chief of Gallipolis police dies suddenly at 3 50 p m while working as a carpenter on a new house on U S Route 35 across from the State Highway Department building Coroner Dr Donald R Warehime said death from a coronary attack followed indigestion all day Jones born Feb 15 1898 spent life in Gallia County married Mabel McMillan 1918 survived by two daughters a grandson and two sisters. services set for 2 p m Saturday at J Waugh Funeral Home.
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Gallipolis
U.S. Route 35
State Highway Department
Glade Jones
Old French City
Gallia County
Lewis
Glenn Glade Jones
Rio Grande
Albert
Elizabeth Welker Jones
Mabel McMillan
Marvin
Emily) Saunders
Chillicothe Road
Gallipollis
Henry
Elizabeth) Shato
Centenary
Jimmy Shato
Fred
Isabel) Augustine
Columbus
Cecil
Genevieve) Price
Bulaville
William Jones
Vinton St
Jones
Walter Asherman
John Fraley
Asheman
Chester Leaper
Fraley
Warren H. Wilson
Grace Methodist Church
Pine Street Cemetery
First Construction Starts at School Site
A. J. Stockmeister, winner of the plumbing and heating contract for the $875,000 Gallia Academy High School, set up his shack on the site Monday. This marks the first move in the new building project after contracts were let two weeks earlier.
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Gallipolis
A. J. Stockmeister
Gallia Academy High School
FDR Bodyguard Roedecker Dies in Montana Hospital
Laou C. Roedecker aged 67 who served as Montana highway patrol chief and once guarded Franklin D. Roosevelt collapsed and died in a Helena hospital Tuesday night officials said.
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Helena
Mont
Laou C. Roedecker
Montana Highway Patrol
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Eight Scouts Pass Second Class Tests At Christmas Party
Gallipolis Boy Scout Troop 203 held a second class board of review at Grace Methodist Church on Monday night. F H McGraw Harry Hamilton and Carmen Frogale served on the board as eight boys named Jimmy Morrison Jimmy Butler Dick Haycraft David Tawney Ralph Burner John Gibert Tommy Lloyd and Tommy Bailes passed their tests and prepare for a court of honor early January. Scoutmaster Mit R White and assistant Jim Hackworth gave pocket pieces as gifts. White read a Christmas story as refreshments of chocolate milk soft drinks cookies and candy were served.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
F. H. McGraw
Harry Hamilton
Carmen Frogale
Jimmy Morrison
Jimmy Butler
Dick Haycraft
David Tawney
Ralph Burner
John Gibert
Tommy Lloyd
Tommy Bailes
Mit R. White
Jim Hackworth
White
Seven Pay For Arrests In Municipal Court
Gallipolis reports seven convictions or bond forfeitures from Mondays Municipal Court session. Clint Johnson 56 Gallipolis forfeited a $5 bond for blocking the street. Skaggs Arnett 46 41 Garfield Ave fined $10 and costs for intoxication and for carrying an open flask on the street. The remaining five cases were for intoxication with forfeitures or payments: John De Witt 47 Portsmouth $15. John C. Sauner 35 Northup $15. Frank Eugene Mayse 25 Columbus $10 and costs. Dale Barry 38 Eureka $15. John E. Collins 40 Gallipolis $5 and costs.
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Gallipolis
Monnday
Clint Johnson
Skaggs Arnett
Garfield Ave
John de Witt
Portsmouth
John C. Saunder
Northup
Frank Eugene Mayse
Columbus
Dale Barry
Eureka
John E. Collins
Lafayette Post 27 Americans Legion hears party report
Twenty five members of Lafayette Post 27 attended the weekly meeting on the second floor of the city building. Commander Harry Boggs reported on the Christmas party held last Sunday night for 350 children.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Post 27
American Legion
Harry Boggs
Patrol Lists 11 Convictions In Traffic Violation Cases
The State Highway Patrol listed eleven convictions for Monday and Tuesday in Gallipolis. Among those punished for driving offenses were William Clay Proffitt a Cincinnati man fined for drunk driving with jail time and license suspension. Other offenders from multiple towns paid fines or bond and costs for defective taillights unsafe operation speeding and related violations. Rio Grande Mayor George S Northup faced speeding charges at another court.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
William Clay Proffitt
Cincinnati
Proffitt
W. H. Jones
Gary Lee McComas
Vinton
Gary Wayne Stanley
Point Pleasant
William J. Dobbins
Columbus
Ira Russell Johnson
Kenneth E. Anderson
Winfield
Chester Lee Holland
Donald E. Meadows
Beckley
W. Va
Rio Grande
George S. Northup
Billy Lee Wood
Wyandotte
Mich
Needy Area Families Receive Food Baskets
Between 9 am and 3 30 pm Monday 305 Christmas baskets of food were distributed to needy families in the Gallipolis area. The distribution climaxed weeks of work in a community wide effort to spread Christmas cheer to the entire city. A financial campaign raised funds toward a goal of 1200 dollars with Rotary and other organizations cooperating in the venture.
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Gallipolis
Rotary
Budget totals for Gallia County nearing completion
Gallia County Auditor Morton Dickey announced a budget totaling about 684000 dollars with roughly 230000 in the general fund and 454000 in the M and A Fund. He added work should be finished within a few days and tax books hoped to be opened by February.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Morton Dickey
M&a
Dickey
Christmas Eve Party at Vinton Fire Department
About 175 residents attended the Vinton volunteer fire department Christmas Eve party in the Town Hall. Vernon McCoy hosted, Ruth Quickle led carols with Jean McCoy on piano. The Littlest Angel was shown, Santa distributed gifts to sick and shut-in children, and an extinguisher sale followed.
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Vinton
Vernon McCoy
Ruth Quickle
Jean McCoy
Santa Claus
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