New City Commission Set To Meet At Gallipolis Hall
Gallipolis reports the new city commission will convene tonight at City Hall to begin operations. Dr Raymond Allison, Republican, presides as president of the old commission and led the Non partisan ticket to a second term. Jack Knight of the Chamber of Commerce and Gus Fry, a Democrat, are among the new commissioners who took the oath earlier today to govern for the next two years.
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Gallipolis
New City Commission
Raymond- Allison
Old Commission
Allison
Jack Knight
Alabama Rolls Past USC 34 to 14 in Rose Bowl
Alabama defeated USC 34 to 14 in the Rose Bowl as Harry Gilmer sparked the winners. The game capped a New Year’s Day bowl slate featuring Oklahoma A&M Texas Miami Georgia New Mexico Wake Forest and others with record crowds nationwide.
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NEW York
Alabama
Oklahoma A and M
Texas
Miami
Georgia
New Mexico
Wake Forest
al Hudson
Holy Cross
Spike Harding
Miami Hurricanes
Hudson
Crimson Tide
Oklahoma Aggies
Southern California
St. Mary's
Fenimore
Alan Dekdebrun
Cornell
Purdue
Tom Hughes
San Francisco
Hughes
Missouri
Dallas
Bobby Layne
Longhorns
Charley Trippi
Tulsa
Houston
Trippi
Denver
el Paso
Don Rumley
Drake
Fresno State
Fresno
Calif
Ralph Gruben
Jack Coupe
Charles McDowell
Jim Baer
Hall
South Carolina
Jacksonville
Fla
Tennessee State
Texas College
Birmingham
Bethune - Cookman
Albany
Teachers
Knoxville
Florida
Philadelphia
Tusker Bears
St. Paul's
OSU Athletic Director Refuses Comment On Coaching Matter
OSU officials offered no remark on the coaching issue amid a bowl results snapshot from New York. Rose Bowl saw Alabama beat USC 34 14 while Oklahoma A&M defeated St Marys 38 18 in the Sugar Bowl.
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OSU
Ohio State Faces Coaching Uncertainty as Board Meets
Ohio State's athletic board convenes to discuss the football coaching situation after widespread reports that Carroll Widdoes may be demoted or replaced. Athletic director Lynn W. St. John says Widdoes remains head coach for now, with plans for a formal statement after the meeting.
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Columbus
Ohio State University
Lynn W. St. John
St. John
Carroll Widdoes
Widdoes
Widd
Ohio State
Paul Bixler
Lam
Cleveland
Ohio State Athletic Heart
Bill Snypp
Straight Ball Spare Tactics and Notable Scores
NEC DAY profiles consistent spare shooting with a one two eight spare and advice on line angle speed and pin deflection. He notes heavier pins cause more deflection and warns against overconfidence while listing recent college and university bowling scores including Bowling Green Western Ontario Drake NYU BYU Indiana and Wisconsin victories.
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NEC
NEA
New Year Is Welcomed Quietly in Gallipolis
The Gallipolis community welcomed the new year quietly with no midnight church bells. Elks and Eagles clubs hosted dances for members while families celebrated relatives returning from overseas service. Sheriff Hatfield reported no arrests, calling it the quietest holiday season in his fifteen years in office.
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Gallipolis
Elks’ and Eagles
Gallia County
B. E. Hatfield
Building Boom Looms In Gallipolis As Firms Expand
Gallipolis gears up for a construction surge as new businesses fill retail space and plans for commercial buildings advance. The French City Development Company has laid out and graded a large tract along Chicamauga from Flood Road on State Street to beyond Locust Street, with several residents planning homes in the new addition once materials are available.
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Gallipolis
French City Development Company
Chicamauga
State Street
Lo»cust Street
New Building Approved for Hospital
Gallipolis State Institute receives state approval for two new cottages at 225000 dollars each, boosting capacity to over 2500 epileptics with a three story warded complex. Dairy barn contract not sold due to bids exceeding estimates by over 10000 dollars.
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Gallipolis
George Roberts
Gallipolis Personal News Highlights Christmas Visits
Gallipolis residents share New Year greetings and short leaves from service as Sgt. Johnnie Wilson returns from the South Pacific to Fletcher General Hospital Cambridge Ohio. W S Wilsons visit with family in Gallipolis and Florida trips include Intercession City. Anne Thornton returns to Cleveland to teach in the city schools after holidays with her Thornton family. Robert Mackenzie of the U S Navy leaves Jacksonville after a 48 hour leave. Frances Condee resumes duties as Sandusky music supervisor after Christmas with Kerrs Station parents.
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George and
Junior
Johnnie Wilson
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Ohio
Elise Sullivan
Wile
Johnny
States
South Pacific
Fred Rice
Intercession City
Fla
Truman Burnett
Cadmus
Rices
Anne Thornton
C. Thornton
Cleveland
Robert Mackenzie
U. S. Wavy
Jacksonville
Frances Condee
Sandusky
Herman Condee
Kerr's Station
Plan E. B. Austin Rites at Point Pleasant Thursday
Funeral services for Earl Brady Austin 64 will be held at 2:30 PM Thursday from the Church of Christ in Henderson. He died of a heart attack while en route to board a towboat in Point Pleasant. Burial will follow in Austin Cemetery south of Kanawha. He leaves a wife Nell, a daughter, a son, siblings, and was a riverman with the towboat Arthur Heider in port.
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Church of Christ
Henderson
Earl Brady Austin
Ochis Burris
Austin Cemetery
Kanawha
Austin
John Austin
Mason County
Anna Brown Austin
Nell Austin
Kenneth Anthony
Reck
Marvin Austin
Point Plesant
Ferman Austin
Huntington
Lelia Reinvale
Lottie Fore
Ernestine Reiker
Arthur Heider
New Year's Day Quiet Marks Calm Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant observed a unusually quiet New Year with few pedestrians and scarce traffic. A Trinity Methodist Church watch service, a Moose Club dance, and a Katydid at Kaylong event on New Year's Eve stood out as notable social happenings in an otherwise uneventful day.
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Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
Kaylong
Local Persons Are Seriously Ill
Mrs J H Stone and Mr D A Roush, local patients in a Huntington hospital, were reported seriously ill Tuesday. Mr Roush’s temperature stood at 105. Roush family members went to Huntington Tuesday afternoon. Mrs Stone is ill with pneumonia and her condition was believed slightly improved.
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Point Pleasant
J. H Stone
D. A. Roush
Huntington
Kentucky Driver Is Fined After Crash
A New Year’s Eve highway crash on Route 62 involved Kenneth Whitt of Ashland Kentucky and Paul Scott of Pomeroy. Eight people escaped injury. Scott’s car sustained about 125 dollars in damage. Whitt pleaded guilty to hit and run, paid 25 dollars fine plus costs after arraignment by State Patrolman Harry D Coyner.
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Point Pleasant
Kenneth Whitt
Ashland
Paul Scott
Pomeroy
Scott
Whitt
Pattrolman
Harry D. Coyner
Recreation Center at Pt Pleasant Disbanded
A recreation center opened about a year ago in the Legion Building on Viana St was backed by public funds and Legion Post support for child welfare. It has been disbanded after a Post meeting decided to close the center for lack of funds.
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Point Pleasant
Legion
Viana St
Legion Post
Post
Grimm Pleads Guilty In Wife Beating Charge
Grimm J D of Jericho Road pleaded guilty before a local magistrate to assault and battery on a complaint signed by his wife Mrs Loraine Grimm. The arraignment occurred Tuesday in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
J. Grimm
Jericho Road
Loraine Grimm
Veteran Hospital Employes Retire
Gallipolis State Institute says two veteran employees retire as of January 3. Charles H. Swanson, day attendant, previously sheriff of Gallia County and a former county teacher, and George Hern, night attendant, who has served nearly nineteen years. They join four others in retirement for long service with the state.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis State Institute
Charles H. Swanson
George Hern
Fourth Ave
Swanson
Gahia
Collumbus
Hern
Aged Wife Follows Husband in Death in Gallipolis
Mrs. T. J. Oliver aged 81 died at Kanauga Monday night, within twenty four hours after her ninety year old husband died at the family home on Sunday. A double funeral service will be held at the Kanauga Methodist Church on Thursday with burial in Pine Street Cemetery, Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
T. J. Oliver
Kanauga
Kanauga Methodist Church
Pine Street Cemetery
Marriage of Janet McCulloch and Robert Felton in Point Pleasant
Janet Byers McCulloch wed Robert Alanson Felton in a formal ceremony at the McCulloch home on Malin Street. The couple’s families and Lt Wayne Thompson attended as best man and maid of honor while the service featured Christmas greenery and a tiered cake. Felton, a Berea College graduate, recently discharged from the U S Navy, and McCulloch, an Ohio University and government employee, will reside in Parsons West Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
Janet Byers McCulloch
Robert Alanson Felton
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Malin ‘Street
Carrie
Alexander EB. MecCulloch
Charleston
W.va
Mary Eugenia McCulloch
Robert Howard James
J. Howard Felton
Wayne Thompson
Army Air Corps
Wayne
W. Va
Monroe Bush, Jr
First Presbyterian Church
Felton
Point Pleasant High School
Ohio University
U. S
Washington
U. S. Navy
Berea College
Kentucky
Federal Security Administration
Air
Commission May Make Flood Wall Report
City Clerk John E. Brown said the anonymous commission appointed to review property valuations for the floodwall right of way may present a report at the January city council meeting. A Pomeroy guests group including Mrs. L C Somerville, Mrs. Jessie Mossman, Mr. G G Somerville and Miss Nora Somerville were guests of Mr and Mrs Edward Ohlinger of Fomeroy at New Xegz dinner.
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Point Pleasant
John E. Brown
Pomeroy Point Pleasant
L. C. Somervillé
Jessie Mossman
G. G. Somerville
Nora Somerville
Edward Ohlinger
Fomeroy
At & New
Xegz
Hillsdale College Honors Beloved Ritz The Great Dane
Hillsdale Michigan Delta Tau Delta mourns Ritz the Great Dane buried on the campus lawn after nine years of attending classes parties and football games. Ritz earned honorary degrees including Doctor of Dogmatics and Master of Canonical Law after being summoned to the graduation platform in 1956. Knocking on wood follows boasts rooted in ancient tree worship and protective spirits.
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Hillsdale College
Hillsdale
Mich
Brothers of Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
Ritz
Gra
Fullerton's Sports Roundup Highlights Trade Talk and Coaching Moves
Eastern league teams eye Walker Cooper in a major trade while Boston is ruled out. Dutch Meyer seeks a five year, five figure contract with autonomy over assistants, eyeing the Oklahoma post unless Texas Christian lures him away. Henry Frnka could follow, Henry Frnka Tulsa. Joe Louis plans Harlem Soda Shop opening, six months of year in shop. Clubs anticipate heavy spring trading, with ivory separation from Uncle Sam in coming months. Frank Filchock greets a bigger payday after Redskins trade him to the Giants, moving from No. 2 to No. 1 on new team. Charlie Rollins endures plenty of spills, Bing Crosby targets Pirates price over a million, Buddy Baer growing, Penn State freshmen return in 1947, Tulane med student Bobby Brown left baseball.
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Sy Sid Feder
Hugh Fullerton
New York
Walker Cooper
Boston
Dutch Meyer
Texas Christian
Oklahoma
Tulsa
Henry Frnka
Joe Louis
Harlem
Buddy Baer
Penn State
Bobby Brown
Yanks
Tulane
Green Wave
Boxing results from Milwaukee and Salem announced by AP
The Associated Press reports fights with Doll Rafferty of Milwaukee and Dave Astiloux of Montreal in Milwaukee, with Rafferty outpointing Astiloux over ten rounds. In Salem, Tommy Greb of Boston defeated Steve Bellus of Toronto by outpoint in ten rounds.
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Associated Press
Milwaukee
Doll Rafferty
Dave “Astiloux
Montreal
Salem
Mass
Tommy Greb
Boston
Steve Bellus
Toronto
Upset Stomachs Yield Inches of Gas and Bloat
Local Athens testimonial for ERB-HELP claims the herbal formula cleanses bowels, relieves gas and stomach bloat, and improves meals. Advertised as containing juices from 12 herbs, it targets the liver and kidneys with claims of relief for misery and weight loss in the era. Athens Pharmacy and Bethel Cut Rate promote the product.
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Athens
Athens Pharmacy
Nelsonville
Betis
Adv
Bowling Green Too Strong for Ontario Five 63 20
Bowling Green overwhelmed Western Ontario 63 to 20 in Buffalo, led by Don Otten who scored 16 points and kept the team safely ahead at 26 1 at halftime. Toledo beat South Dakota Wesleyan 46 to 22 in Toledo, Charley Feistkorn scoring 16 as the Rockets grabbed a late lead and never looked back.
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Bowling Green
Western Ontario
Toledo
South Dakota Wesleyan
Wyoming
St. Joseph's
Bowlng Green
Toledo University
Buffalo
N.Y
Don Otten
Otten
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