Warrants Issued for Fraudulent Check Writers in Gallia
Gallia authorities seek two men tied to a Shelline Motor Co automobile purchase using fraudulent checks. Bill Davis, alias, and Robert Christopher Lilly of Beckley West Virginia are named. Lilly is under Mason County indictment for a $1000 bad check. The Shelline deal hinged on a $3960 bank deposit hook from the Commercial and Savings Bank Gallipolis, later found nonclearing. Police tracked deposits via Circleville tied funds and failed to locate the suspects after they planned a return. West Virginia officials pursuing Davis’s true identity as details unfold.
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Gallipolis
Shelline Motor Co
Bill Davis
Robert Christopher Lilly
Beckley
W. Va
Mason County
Motor Company
Shelline Company
Commercial and Savings Bank
Circleville
Lawrence Lundy
Grant Long
Circleville Bank
Mito
Davis
Lilly
Bill
Descriptive Physical Details Of A Person
A description lists age 27, height five feet six inches, weight 150 pounds, red complexion, blue eyes, red hair styled back, wearing a gray and red plaid jacket and light blue pants. Speech described as slow.
AT&T Sends Army Duck for Emergency Work in Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports the American Telephone and Telegraph Co will station a 30 foot by 8 foot army duck in the city for emergency use. It will be stored near W. M. Elliott at 50 Olive Street and temporarily kept in the Chrysler garage on Second Avenue.
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Gallipolis
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
W. M. Elliott
Olive St
Chrysler
Second Ave
Birth announced for Raymond Joseph Proffitt at Martz Clinic
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Proffitt announce the birth of a son, Raymond Joseph, at Martz Clinic in Pomeroy on February 15. Grandparents are Mrs. Freda Evans, and Mr. and Mrs. James Proffitt. Great grandparent is S. J. Norris of East Letart.
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Letart Falls
Raymond Proffitt
Raymond Joseph
Martz Clinic
Pomeroy
Freda Evans
James Proffitt
Great Bend
S. J. Norris
East Letart
Proffitt
Bob Adams
J. O. Hunt
Charleston
W. Va
Alpha Wickline
Wilmer Circle
Gallipolis
E. M. Roush
Herbert Shields
J. D. Roush
Parkersburg
C. H. Parsons
Walter FE. Parsons
Columbus
Parson
P. C. Wolfe
D. E. Grimm
R. FE. Grimm
Lawrence
Larry
J. E. Grimm
J. D. Grimm
Chillicothe
Local Social Notes From Vinton and Gallipolis
Opal Stewart works in Judge Howell's Gallipolis office. Mrs. D W Denney visits with Aunt Rhoda Harrison. aunt's health improves. Earl Osler Emerson Drummond of Wellston visit Oiler family in Vinton. Anna Evans visits sister Margaret Steel in Columbus then goes to Hudson to Mike Mayers home. Don K Wilcox family spend weekend with Clem Wilcox. James L Clark and daughter Anne dine with Clark's mother. Kay Quickle weekend guests of Quickle parents. William Crawford visits Gallipolis. Stella Ewing Wilcox.
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Vinton
Opal Stewart
O. M. Stewart
John Howell
Gallipolis
D. W. Denney
Rhoda Harrison
Earl Osler
Emerson Drummond
Wellston
Harley Oiler
Anna Evans
Kay Quickle
Frank Quickle
William Crawford
Stella Ewing Wilcox
Doctors Meet To Hear Talks By Specialists
Do ctors gathered at the Lafayette Hotel in Gallia County for talks by two University of Cincinnati specialists Dr William F Ashe and Dr Edward J McGrath. Attendees from multiple towns included Gallipolis doctors C E Richards and Paul C Foster among many others in Ohio and West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Hotel
Gallia County Medical Society
C. E. Richards
Cincinnati
University of Cincinnati
William F. Ashe
Edward J. McGrath
Ashton
W. Va
M. J. Lilly
Athens
Allan A. Baldwin
T. H. Morgan
Phillip J. Woodworth
Robert FE. Main
Paul C. Foster
Ella Lupton
C. E. Holzer, Jr
Edwin R. Irgens
George R. Roberts
B. Thomas
N. A. Martin
W. Lewis Brown
N. Howard Foster
C. E. Holzer, Sr
J. Gordon Gibert
Otto A. Vornholt
F. C. Link. Huntington
R. M. Wylie
Frank Hodges
Francis Scott
Cole D. Ginge
B. B. Richman
Ray M. Babbett
Charles A. Hoffman
Ivan R. Harwood
Arthur S. Jones
Ironton
H. Wilson Lloyd
William A. French
Ray Swango
Charles H. Ross
Thomas FE. Miller
H. S. Allen
Jackson
C. C. Fitzpatrick
Nelsonville
J. N. Webb
Pomeroy
Selim J. Blazewicz
W. S. Ellis
Charles J. Mullen
Portsmouth
Harry F. Rapp
Racine
John Philson
So. Webster
L. B. Hatch
Waterloo
J. D. Swango
Wellston
H W Gillen
G. B. Ackerman
J. L. Frazier
Local Social Notes From Dexter and Surrounding Areas
Ida Ogdin cares for ill Joe Nelson while Mrs John Bowen also ill. The Nelson, Amos, and Nichols families appear in multiple visits and moves, with several households changing homes and hosting guests in Columbus Wilkesville Rutland and Lancaster areas. Josie Walker recently entered Sheltering Arms Hospital.
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Nina Steele
Frank Nelson
Walter Canode
Ralph Macomber
Josie Walker
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Birthday Anniversary for Ruth Ann McKelvey in Racine
Apple Grove residents Mr. and Mrs. R. A. McKelvey and family joined Mr. and Mrs. Jake Gaul in Racine for Ruth Ann McKelvey’s birthday anniversary. Guests included Mrs. Gary Spires and Evelyn Sharpnack of Columbus. WSCS quilt meeting held at Mrs. Jim Carpenter’s home with refreshments.
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Apple Grove
R. A. McKelvey
Jake Gaul
Racine
Ruth Ann
Gary Spires
Evelyn Sharpnack
Columbus
Jack Sharpnack
WSCS
Jim Carpenter
Charles Sayre
Olden Thaxton
Letart Falls
Marietta
Earl Shank
Scott
M. V. Shank
Pt. Pleasant
Early Roush
Herbert Shields
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Jim Lewis
Alexandria
Johnnie Wolfe
New Home Purchased and Contract Awarded in Gallipolie
Mr and Mrs Walter Blazer bought the Evans home at Centenary for 10000. Evans will vacate around April 1. Paul Watson secured the contract to build a seven room brick house on First Avenue in the 400 block for Mr and Mrs H E Coulter.
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Gallipolie
Walter Blazer
R. A. Evans
Centenary
Evans
Paul Watson
First Avenue
H. E. Coulter
Two Fined in Court for Traffic Violations
Gallipolis report states Mervin Leroy Leadman of Quincy West Virginia was fined $10 and costs by Judge William H. Jones for passing without proper sight distance. Irvin Lee Morris of Bidwell was fined $10 and costs for passing on the left and causing an accident.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Mervin Leroy Leadman
Quincy
W.va
William H. Jones
Irvin Lee Morris
Bidwell
Jones
River traffic at Gallipolis locks reports boats and water
Gallipolis locks logged several arrivals and departures on Thursday. Albert E. Heekin came up at 1 05 p.m. Reliance at 4 p.m. and Ogerman Dawson at 10 05 p.m. Water levels shown upper 18.0 and lower 22.3 feet with 43 feet at rollers. Kanawha Falls reading 4.17 rising. Kanawaga boats George Verity down London 12 35 p.m. Solvay up London 1 45 p.m. Bruce up Winfield 12 noon.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Locks
Albert E. Heekin
Reliance
Ogerman-Dawson
Kanawha Falls
Kanawha
George Verity
London
Solvay
the Bruce
Winfield
Funeral services for Milton Hysell held in Free Methodist Church
Milton Hysell died at home. funeral at Free Methodist Church with Rev. Leroy Heitt officiating. Pallbearers named and burial in Rock Spring Cemetery. Relatives including William Hysell and Mrs. Gladys Wills feature in community notices amid illness and family updates.
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Laurel Cliff
Milton Hysell
Free Methodist Church
Leroy Hietz
Orville Allen
Sammy Lewis
Howard Allen
Charles Hysell
Robert Rupp
Ernest Powell
Rockspring
William Hysell
Mississippi
Milton Hoysell
Robert Bowen
Leroy Heitt
Caldwell
Heitt
Robert Ruth
Marion
Harve Eastman
Hadley Caruthers
Vernon Howell
Caruthers
Middleport
T. H. Leifheit
Carl McKeeven
Doris Leifheit
Dayton
Carl Kaultenbach
Chillicothe
PTA
Herman Warner
Gladys Wills
Escaped Boys Nabbed Near Porter After Outbreak
Three 17 year old boys from the Boys Industrial School at Prunytown near Graf ton West Virginia were arrested four miles east of Porter on Route 554 after eight days of petty thefts across both sides of the Ohio River. Clyde Lester Saunders Henry Lee Marcum and Charles Augustus Davis were detained at Gallipolis patrol post and jailed pending West Virginia authorities arrival. The stolen Buick car belongs to J F Fordyce of Grafton and robberies included a Meigs County home and a Heaton West Virginia filling station store.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Prunytown
Grafton
W. Va
Ohio River
Clyde Lester Saunders
Logan
Henry Lee Marcum
Verdenville
Charles Augustus Davis
Nitro
Porter
Rumfield
Meigs County
Heaton
J. F. Fordyce
West Virginia
Holzer Hospital Notes Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital reports admissions for W L Goodwin McArthur A H Kinzel Wellston John Epling and Leland Friend in Gallipolis Births to Mrs Carl Young Pomeroy and Mrs Lawrence Coller a daughter Discharges include Miss Mary Margaret Baker and several named patients with infants listed in the community care notes.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
W. L. Goodwin
McArthur
A. H. Kinzel
Wellston
John Epling
Leland Friend
Carl Young
Pomeroy
Lawrence Coller
Mary Margaret Baker
Ben Slater
B. P. Darling
Robert Evans
Herman Zerkle
John
Grace Methodist Church Services In Gallipolis
Grace Methodist led by Rev W Scott Westerman holds 10 am worship on Jesus Friend and Brother with choir, children and adult classes, nursery staffed 10 to 11, juniors at 11:15. Youth Fellowship at 7 pm. First Commission chaired by Barbara Caldwell sponsors final meeting with social hour.
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Grace Methodist
W. Scott Westerman
Jesus Friend and Brother
Grace
Jesus
Church School
L. L. Lovett
Barbara Caldwell
First Presbyterian
Linson H. Stebbins
Christ
Elias Jones
Thurman
Young Peoples Meeting
Clyde Mitchell
Church OF Christ
Garfield Ave
Lewis Mikell
Shrine Club Meeting and Fish Fry Friday
Gallipolis Shrine Club will hold a meeting Friday night at the Beulahville road club house. A fish fry will feature the program with H. B. Thomas serving as president.
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Gallipolis
Shrine Club
Beulahville Road
H. B. Thomas
California Trappers Report Over 1000 Wildcats Caught
State figures show more than 1,000 wildcats were captured by licensed California trappers during the previous year, highlighting ongoing control efforts and wildlife management measures.
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California
Gallia Academy to Host Weekend School Dances
Gallia Academy High School clubs sponsor two weekend dances for the student body. Friday night an informal dance is run by the Language Club under Miss Miriam McManus. Saturday features a WPA dance by the Commercial Club directed by Miss Fulah Williams with a vegetable king and queen to be elected.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Language Club
Miriam McManus
Commercial Club
Fulah Williams
Officers Stop Burglary Plan In Gallipolis
Gallipolis officers halted a burglary plan involving Earl D. Farmer of Dayton and Fred T. Sherritt of Gallipolis after a confession. Police found a flashlight, screwdriver and pliers in their possession and credited night officers with preventing a more serious crime. Jesse Wyson of Vinton was fined $15 and costs for intoxication and recommitted for nonpayment.
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Gallipolis
Earl D. Farmer
Dayton
Fred T. Sherritt
Farmer
Jesse Wyson
Vinton
Infant Son of Mr and Mrs Terry Dies in Gallipoli
Barry Dean Terry Jr son of Mr and Mrs Siege Terry died Wednesday night in Gallipoli. He was born the first part of February in Jackson Route 3.
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Gallipoli
Barry Dean Terry
Siege
Terry Jr
Jackson
Caspian Sea Surface Drops 40 Feet Since 14th Century
Researchers report the Caspian Sea now sits about 40 feet lower than its level in the 14th century. Causes include climate shifts and water use, altering coasts and coastal ecosystems.
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Caspian Sea
Soooie Churches Plan Canvass for Joint Evangelistic Event
A supper conference at Rio Grande High School unites Soooie and Rio Grande churches to organize home visitation as part of a joint evangelistic effort led by Rev. Clayton Pepper Ohio director of town and country churches for the Ohio Baptist Convention. Meetings begin March 7 with daily prayer services and Rev. William L. Steffins of Portsmouth Trinity Methodist leading sessions at Rio Grande College chapel.
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Rio Grande
Baptist Church
Clayton Pepper
Pepper
Ohio
Ohio Baptist Convention
William L. Steffins
Portsmouth
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