Milk Market Hearings End in Gallipolis Ohio
Three days of Agriculture Department hearings on Milk Marketing Order No. 72 for a tri state area concluded with sharp disagreement on two points: creating another marketing area around Huntington and raising milk prices for producers. Economists Robert Hanson and Don McPherson led testimony before Judge Glenn Gifford, with witnesses including Keith Berg Paul Osher and Ted Chandler among others.
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Gallipolis
Department of Agriculture
Huntington
Robert J
Martin Elected President of Southeastern Ohio Breeders Association
Harland T. Martin, longtime ag teacher in Rome Canaan and Gallia Academy, was elected president of the Southeastern Ohio Aberdeen Angus Breeders Association at a Thursday night banquet in the Lafayette Hotel palm room attended by 94. John Kay was chosen vice president and Byron Hess secretary-treasurer. Dan Stewart retired as secretary treasurer but was reelected director along with Martin, Kay, Bill Snell, Theodore Reed, and Stewart. The meeting featured praise for Evans and guests including state beef cattle figures and 4 H champions, with discussions on grass and cattle, feeder calves, and regional milk marketing policy pending a March decision.
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Gallipolis
Harland
T. Martin
Rome-Canaan
Gallia Academy
Southeastern Ohio
Aberdeen - Angus Breeders Association
Lafayette Hotel
Mason County
Byron Hess
Cabell County
Martin
Gallia County
Kay
Bill Snell
Lawrence County
Theodore T. Reed, Sr
Meigs County
Dan Stewart
Jackson
Stewart
Secre
Tary
Emerson Evans
Larry Evans
Hheifer
Phil Ope
Roger Martin
Hank Forgey
Jackson County
Jim Warner
Ohio State University
Evans
Curtaylor
Aid
Ohio
Taylor
Warner
Ohio Valley
Jim Colliver
Columbus
Young
Ohio Aberdeen-Angus Association
SEC Association
Canter's Caves
Parkersburg
Detroit
Lions Club
Lioneers
Jerry Clayton
Marden Wilson
Foster Lytle
Carlyle Koon
Paul Huffman
Linson H. Stebbins
First Presbyterian Church
Grace
Morse colored life of telegraph inventor S F B Morse
Mrs Earl Mauck reviewed the life story of S F B Morse at the Thursday Club meeting hosted by Mrs Charles FE Holzer Jr The author Oliver W Larkins is cited and Morse is portrayed as an artist before his telegraph invention The discussion included a painting of Lafayette by Morse
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Gallipolis
Earl Mauck
S. F. B. Morse
Thursday Club
Charles FE. Holzer
Oliver W. Larkins
Mauck
Morse
More
Lafayette
Vinton Friendship Garden Club Organized at Nettie Painter Home
The Vinton Friendship Garden Club held its organization meeting at Nettie Painter’s home with regional director Mrs. James Jackson presiding. Officers elected include president Mrs. Lowell McCarley vice president Mrs. Orvil Landis and secretary treasurer Mrs. Blain Poling. Next meeting at Mrs. Poling’s home. Open to community members. Attendee Mrs. Willard Call of Adamsville named area contact.
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Vinton Friendship Garden Club
Nettie Painter
James Jackson
Ewington
Lowell McCarley
Orvil Landis
Blain Poling
Poling
McCarley
Willard Call
Adamsville
Halliday Family Plans Florida Visit and Farm Bureau Meeting
Mr and Mrs John FE Halliday and daughter Ann depart Thursday for Florida visiting relatives in St Petersburg and Fort Myers including Mrs W B Lakas Mrs Sher wood Moore Mrs Boyd Cherry and Guest of Mrs Clarence Booth George Richards of Cincinnati a former Gallipolis printer J Donald Pollitt Jr of Bladen and John Heiskell of Point Pleasant attended a Farm Bureau meeting Thursday in Chilli
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John FE. Halliday
Ann
Florida
St. Petersburg
Halliday
W. B. Lakas
Mr. Halliday
Sherwood Moore
Fort Myers
Boyd Cherry
Clarence Booth
George Richards
Cincinnati
J. Donald Pollitt, Jr
Bladen
John Heiskell
Point Pleasant
Farm Bureau
Chilli
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway files for partial line abandonment
The Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company files with the Interstate Commerce Commission on December 2 1954 for a certificate of public convenience and necessity to abandon a portion of its line from Station 0 plus 00 to 315 plus 68 near Ward Junction including spur 102 miles in Athens and Hocking Counties Ohio under Docket No 18508.
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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company
Interae Commerce Commission
Oe CO
Ward Junction
Athens
Hocking Counties
Ohio
Chesapeake. and Ohio Railway Company
Estates Notice of Inventories and Appraisements Filed
Inventories and appraisements have been filed in multiple estates including Bailes Barnhill Boggs Hawk Kennedy Morman Robinson Robinson Poston Warren Grimm Wilson. The hearing is set for February 7 1955 at 9 AM with exceptions due five days prior. Roger J Jones Sr Probate Judge Deputy Clerk.
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Thomas G. Bailes
Dana W Barnhill
Charles E. Boggs
Roy E. Hawk
Joe H. Kennedy
May Morman
Cora Robinson
Elizabeth Mae Poston Robinson
Clarence Warren
Albania Grimm Wilson
Melvin C Wilson
Roger J. Jones, SR
River Traffic at Gallipolis as River Rises on Ohio
The Ohio River near Gallipolis rose to 10 feet on the rollers with gauges at 19.7 and 13.1 feet. Towboats carried steel in seven barges to Peace at 8:10 a.m. and fourteen barges to Monongahela at 5:20 p.m. Other vessels included STI 2195, Island Creek, Pioneer, and various barges, with multiple upriver and downriver movements observed along Kanawha and nearby locks. Local gauges showed varied levels at Point Pleasant, Mason, and Montgomery.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Peace
Creosote
Monongahela
Gallipolis Dam
Island Creek
Trivers
Paul Blazer
Frank R. Rand
Sohio State
Belpre
Custer
Long Bottom
Kanawha River
London
Helen Z
Winfield
Robert Bosworth
George T. Price
Maysville
Herbert Jones
Point Pleasant
Mason
Montgomery
Merger Vote Date Set for Cheshire Addison
Special meeting of the Gallia County Board of Elections set March 1 as the election date for the Cheshire Addison merger vote. The session occurred Wednesday afternoon to determine the procedural schedule and ensure voter participation.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Mahogany Used for Dies in Machinery Making
The article notes that dies used in fabricating machinery are frequently crafted from mahogany. It highlights wood choice as a key factor in die performance and durability.
Births at Holzer Hospital Noted in Local Column
A sequence of birth announcements lists Mr and Mrs Charles Queen of Gallipolis with a daughter, Mr and Mrs John Moore of Hamden with a son, and numerous other families from Racine Gallipolis Oak Hill Bidwell and nearby towns. Medical and surgical notes accompany several entries including Mrs David Fetty Jackson and Thomas Hammond Patriot with surgical status.
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Charles Queen
Gallipolis
John Moore
Hamden
Earl Butcher
George Holman
Racine
David Nando Fetty
Jackson
William E. West
David McGowan
Oak Hill
John Jones
Bidwell
Fon Johnson
David Marsh
Bernard Westfall
Hugh B. Wilson
J. F. Yates
Charlies Franklin Roush
Minersville
Thomas A. Jewell
Point Pleasant
Thomas Hammond
Patriot
William Caldwell
Ravenswood
W. Va
William Bart Haley
Rutland
Elba Evans
Lronton
O. M. Thomas
Middleport
G. Harry Bailey
Carl Rawlings
Cheshire
Missouri Valley spans vast central U S region
The Missouri Valley stretches from Montana to Missouri and covers parts of ten states, accounting for nearly one sixth of the nation’s total area.
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Missouri Valley
Montana
Missouri
United States
Cincinnati Market Report for Livestock Prices
USDA salable hogs at Cincinnati total 4800 with barrows and gilts steady to weak and prices around 18.10 for 180 225 lb, 16.75 355 for 225 250 lb, and 15.35 275 300 lb. Cattle and calves show mixed trends with steers 25.00 per 100 pounds arrival and vealers 22.00 30.00, cows weakest near 8.00 11.00, and beef and utility grades varying. Sheep offerings 100 head with good and choice at 20.00 21.00 and odds for prime quotable around 22.00, ewes 3.00 5.00.
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Cincinnati
USDA
Poultry and Butter Prices Reported for Cincinnati Market
AP reports Cincinnati price ranges for eggs by grade and size including large white and medium white, brown and mixed, with current receipts and delivered costs. Poultry items list fryers and hens with weight categories, and turkeys with no quotes. Butter wholesale is shown at 65 and potatoes are quoted with two price lines.
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Cincinnati
U.S. A
U.S
Ex Cop Returns to Trial for Wife Murder in Cleveland
Judge Hanna says Buck R. Ames a 41 year old former policeman who shot his wife Mildred will stand trial for murder. Ames was charged in 1950 and sent to Lima State Hospital after the shooting.
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Cleveland
Harry A. Hanna
Buck R. Ames
Mildred
Ames
Lima State Hospital
Detector Test Fails Writer in Munich Mystery
A Munich reporter describes a U S Army lie detector test used to obtain material for a feature story. The doctor probes truthfulness with questions about truth and pay while the needle wavers, ending with a taunt. The piece notes Libya gained independence in 1952.
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Munich
Germany
Merkur
WSAZ TV to Expand Transmission From 1253 Foot Tower
WSAZ TV Huntington will start Friday night transmitting from a 1253 foot antenna on Barker's Ridge located 15 miles northeast of Huntington. The tower ranks among the world’s tallest man made structures and should greatly improve picture quality over a 100 mile radius including the Charleston Kanawha Valley and Parkersburg Marietta area. An Athens engineer tested reception at 3 am Thursday and noted fivefold improvement and a perfect picture, bringing TV to the Athens area for the first time.
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Wsaz-Tv
Huntington
Barker's Ridge
Lawrence H. Rogers
Charleston-Kanawha Valley
Parkersburg-Marietta
Federal Communications Commissior
Athens
1949 Ford V-8 4-Door Sedan For Sale
Classified ad item lists a 1949 Ford V-8 four door sedan with original black finish and a 1949 Hudson four door model. The wording is fragmentary but indicates two classic cars offered for sale or description.
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Dodge
Pontiac
Eg Co Hac Voces Vce Deel
Hudson
Strikers Withdraw Service Crew Promise at West Ohio Gas
Striking distribution employees of West Ohio Gas Co pull back promise to furnish service crews in emergencies. William Munger CIO Utility Orders Union of America national vice president says the men withdrew after Saturday night in a letter to company President Vail.
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West Ohio Gas Co
William Munger
CIO Utility Orders Union of America
Vail
Blue Lake Socials and Family News Items
Mrs Ruth Morris returns to Cincinnati after her mother Beatrice Craft’s death. Judy and Patty Craft will live with her. Miss Willavene Sheets of Jackson visited the Sheets home on Blue Lake. Fred Jacobs and Loreda Gibson reside in Columbus. Opal Fields and Roxie Nolan visited Judy Masters and Betty Rose in Cincinnati. Harold Unree Jr and wife welcomed their first son named Thomas. Clarence Waugh and Randal Wallace, Columbus, visited Earl Wallace and daughter Gloria at Blue Lake. Paul Poling and two daughters of Cheshire visited Beecher Poling and Ronda Sheens. Russell Sheets and Ruby Sheets spent two days with A Turner and Lee Lines in Columbus.
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Blue Lake
Ruth Morris
Cincinnati
Beatrice Craft
Judy
Patty Craft
Willavene Sheets
Jackson
C. E. Sheets
Fred Jacobs
Loreda Gibson
Columbus
Opal Fields
Roxie Nolan
Judy Masters
Betty Rose
Harold Unree, Jr
Thomas
Clarence Waugh
Randal Wallace
Earl Wallace
Gloria
Paul Poling
Cheshire
Beecher Poling
Ronda Sheens
Russell Sheets
Ruby Sheets
A .Turner
Lee Lines
C. FE. Sheets
Ohio Supreme Court orders fast ruling in custody case
The Ohio Supreme Court directed Scioto County Common Pleas Judge Vernon Smith to issue a decision by February 19 on custody of nine year old Rosemary Court records show mother Grace Laurent of Tunis petitions to take custody from grandmother Amanda Cropper of Portsmouth The girl arrived in 1947 while Laurent and Top Cropper were married Cropper died in a Portsmouth traffic accident January 3 1952.
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Portsmouth
Ohio Supreme Court
Scioto County Common Pleas
Vernon Smith
Carl V. Weygandt
Grace Providence Catania Laurent
Tunis
Tunisia
Rosemary
Amanda Cropper
Laurent
Smith
Top Cropper
St Portsmouth
Marri
U. S
Cropper
Pravda Denounces U.S. Travel Rules as Iron Curtain
The Moscow Pravda denounces new U.S. restrictions on Soviet travel as an iron curtain. It says Americans who can escape will find a welcoming reception and freedom of movement in the Soviet Union.
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Moscow
Pravda
U. S
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Robert W. Sechrist
John Durbin
Solicitors Office
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Dewey Cox
Huntington Interstate Milk Producers Association
Wallace
Charlies Fogle
Marietta
Rich Valley
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Sanitary Milk Company
Johnson's Dairy
Ashland
Highland Farms Dairy
Catlettsburg
Ideal Dairy Co
James Randolph
Imperial Ice Cream Co
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Hroughton
Bertie Brookover
The
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Gallipolis Social Notes
Morse Life
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Holzer Hospital
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F. E. Brooks
Oka Willis
Frank Utsinger
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John Griffin
Harold Preston
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owcoHs
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Mr. Peepers Playhouse
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Annie Oakley
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