Red Cross Drive Outlines Gallia County Goal of 6500
Gallia County Red Cross aims to raise 6500 to sustain local services including the blood program. Co-chairs Dr Thomas W Morgan and Joe Ross outlined a campaign starting March 10 with a kick off March 11 at Washington School cafeteria. The drive will include house to house canvassing and special gifts phases with letters to professionals civic groups and businesses.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Gallia County
Thomas W. Morgan
Joe Ross
Lawrence Huber
Dr. Morgan
Washington School
Carson
Grace Methodist Church
Coker
Sam Gilmore
Athens
Leland Baxter
Gray Lady
Baxter
Huber
Morgan
Ross
Lola Mae Suiter
Dorothy Sommer
Nancy Plymale
New Blood
Dick Thomas
the Messenger
Singer Visits Gallipolis Kiwanis Club Wednesday
Gallipolis Ohio lieutenant governor of the Ninth Kiwanis Division, Car Bias Singer, spoke to the local club at the Lafayette Hotel on Kiwanis education. Dr. Arthur Fleming gave grace. Dr. Jay Bradshaw presented a five year perfect attendance jab. Larry Laraway and J. Sherman Porter birthdays were postponed due to absence. Guests included Don Wickline and Teddy Avner.
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Gallipolis
Carroll K. Singer
Singer
Ohio
Gallipolis Kiwanis Club
Lafayette Hotel
Arthur Fleming
Grace
Jay Bradshaw
Larry Laraway
J. Sherman
Jim) Porter
Don Wickline
Rio Grande
Teddy Avner
Gallia Academy High School Key Club
Local Family News Notes Weekend Visits and Birth Announcement
Laurel couple Mr. and Mrs. William Jacobs and their children visited Mr. Jacobs parents Mr. and Mrs. Pearl Jacobs. Bud Hilt of Columbus spent a day with his mother Mrs. Bill Hilt. Leus Deihl welcomed the birth of a baby boy born to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hizer of Columbus. Roy Howell, employed in Indiana, spent several days with his family.
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Laurel Cliff
William Jacobs
Gilbert P. Bush Sr. dies at 58 in Gallipolis
Gilbert P. Bush Sr., 58, owner and operator of the Gallipolis Ice Co., died at Holzer Hospital at 3 a m after suffering a coronary attack at his home. Private ambulance transported him. Wetherholt funeral home will announce arrangements later.
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Gallipolis
Gilbert P. Bush, Sr
Halliday Heights
Gallipolis Ice Co
Holzer Hospital
Bush
Wetherholt Funeral Home
Weekend Guests and Hospital Visit Report in Point Pleasant
Mr. and Mrs. Okey Simpson and son of Point Pleasant hosted relatives over the weekend. Allen Bailey was taken to Meigs General Hospital after a fall at home. Numerous visits from families in Columbus Marietta Parkersburg Belpre Reedsville Eagle Ridge Gallipolis and Morning Star were noted with several local residents hosting or being hosted.
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Earl Morris
Marietta
Robert White
Sue
Clare Woody
Ernest Deer
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Reed Enyon
Morning Star
Allen Bailey
J. C. McKay
Arthur Morarity
Pomeroy
Clint Orr
Milford Cole
Columbus
Nellie Baram
Billy Orr
Reedsville
William Sorden
Eagle Ridge
Curtis Randolph
Two Wrecks Reported by City Police in Gallipolis
Gallipolis police investigated two minor accidents Wednesday with no injuries or arrests. The first occurred at 12 02 p m on State Street in front of Moore's Auto Sales when a Skidmore Foster coal truck driven by William R Bush backed into Harold W Wetherholt damaging the right front fender and grill.
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Gallipolis
State St
Moore’s
Holzer Hospital Notes: Recent Admissions and Births
A list of new births includes a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Vitus Hartley Jr. and a son for Mr. and Mrs. Carl N. Hall among others in Point Pleasant Bidwell Pomeroy and Crown City. Admissions listed include Richard Johnson Kananga and Jean Hendren Gallipolis among medical cases. Blood used Wednesday noted as one pint.
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Vitus Hartley Jr
Point Pleasant
Don Thomas
Pomeroy
Carl N. Hall
Bidwell
Howard R. Jennings
Richard Johnson
Kananga
Jean Hendren
Gallipolis
Arnold Fulks
Crown City
Harry Gilkison
E. C. Hahn
W. Va
Edward Humphrey
Maurice J. Dean
Beards Fork
Clyde Southard
L. Wellman Bowman
Ironton
Lester B. Howell
Oak Hill
C. H. Farrar
George Fuller
Dwight Reed
William L. Trace
Okla Riddle
Thomas J. Lewis
Sam Wititoe
A. P. Gordon
V. C. Tuttle
M. L. Dilley
Averell Hardy
John Mullins
O. F. Reiker
Chauncey Wallace
Edward Ragland
Lowell Swisher
Nathan Clay
William Brown
Arnold Taylor
Robert Reinhart
W. S. Hale
Louis Marchi to Chef Spaghetti Dinner at St Louis Church
Louis G. Marchi Sr. the Grand Knight of Knights of Columbus Council 3335 will cook the spaghetti supper at St Louis Catholic Church. The Kaycees host the Sunday event from 4 to 7 p.m. inviting the public to attend.
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Gallipolis
Louis G
Gino) Marchi
Council
Knights of Columbus
Kaycees
St. Louis Catholic Church
Lewis Rites On Friday
Funeral services for Bernard A. Lewis 40 of Ashtabula will be at 2 30 p m Friday at the Church of the Nazarene with Rev Vernon Shafer officiating. Burial will be in Reynolds Cemetery Addison. He is survived by wife Charlotte and two sons Brad and Francis, a brother in Erie Pa, sister in law Mrs W E McKinney of Gallipolis. Friends may call at Miller funeral home until services.
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Gallipolis
Bernard A. Lewis
Ashtabula
Church of the Nazarene
Vernon Shafer
Reynolds Cemetery
Addison
Lewis
Charlotte
Francis Stover
Brad
Francis
Erie, Pa
W. E. McKinney
River Traffic and Dam Conditions Report
River gauges show Gallipolis and Montgomery up to 24 feet on rollers with lowering or rising readings at Kanawha Falls Hinton and Pomeroy Mason. Ohio River movable dams down and a sequence of lock statuses across Kanawha and Ohio rivers with multiple boats up or down at various locks through the afternoon and night.
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Gallipolis
Montgomery
Kanawha Falls
Hinton
Pomeroy-Mason
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
London
Marmet
Winfield
Ohio River
Northern
Lunga Point
Stevenson
OVEC
Lehigh
City of Huntington
Betty H
City of Maysville
Lock
Pennsylvania
Kanawha
O. F. Shearer
Beaver
Keeley
Merrill
Duncan Bruce
Ruby F
Solvay
Indiana
Walter Williamson
Cornell
Betty Moran
Jane T
Paul Blazer
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Lizzie
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Robert P. Carson
Huntington Region
Iheiennis Club
Berry Hotel
Bidg
G. P. Bush
Holzer
Bashan
Mrs. Mary McKay
Byyond Pompsian
Hiroshima
Kamily Weekly
Sunday Messenger
City Police
Louis Marchi
Miller Funeral Home
Kay Rew
Fashion's
Carmel
Ship'n Shore
Altmans
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