New Health Law OK'd By Gallipolis Health Board
Gallipolis health board approved a model ordinance regulating eating establishments. The law covers employee, utensil, sanitation, grading, and inspections with penalties under section 4414. Also discussed was rabies certificate requirement for dog licenses to curb disease and save county money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Health Board
Gordon Fisher
Oberlin College
State Department of Health
Rmit
Board of Health
W. Lewis Brown
Pearl Hatfield
Mary B. Akers
Morris Haskins
T. A. Thomas
Commendation Letter Praises Kiwanis Teen Canteen Efforts
Dr Howard Foster lauds a June 25 column on the Hang Out teen canteen sponsored by Kiwanis in Gallia County praising civic action and leadership. He notes Kiwanis persistence in securing a new location and raising funds, while affirming Rotary’s own community effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Foster
Kiwanis Club
Foster
Betz Proposes Stricter Prosecution of Liquor Sales to Minors
Gallipolis prosecutors rally city and county police to enforce liquor sale laws to youths. Proprieties urged to cooperate in age verification amid enforcement challenges. A round table at the courthouse included Betz, police, probation officers, and others to discuss steps to curb juvenile delinquency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Court House
Betz
Gallia Youth Sentenced For Parole Violation
Tommy Loucks was sentenced in Gallia common pleas court to an indeterminate one to 15 year term at Mansfield Reformatory for probation violation. He was on probation for breaking and entering when three cabins on Raccoon Creek were burglarized by him and four other youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tommy Loucks
Mansfield Reformatory
Common Pleas
Loucks
Raccoon Creek
Rotary committees named by Gallipolis club president
Dr. N A Martin, newly elected Rotary Club president, announces the committees and chairmen for the year at his first meeting. Notable groups include Youth with Marshall Boggs and Leo Mossman as co chairs, Attendance led by Emmett Morrison and Ed Judy, and Vocational Service under Gilbert Bush with E F Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
N. A. Martin
Rotary Club
Doctor Martin
Marshall Boggs
Leo Mossman
Stanley Evans
Harland Martin
Harold Brown
Tom Agee
Ray St. Clair
Luther Dayton
Bill Potter
William H. Jones
Emmett Morrison
Ed Judy
Carl Willis
Clarence Waugh
Morris Haskins
Paul Foster
Joe Stiles
Ted Chandler
Lewis Brown
Gilbert Bush
E. EF. Higgins
Joe Miller
Bill Cherrington
Berney Adams
Meyer Maggied
Merrill O'Dell
Harold Wetherholt
Homer Becket
Jim Martin
Homer Walter
Ernest Wiseman
Jack Davis
Jim Richards
John Hannon
George Bovie
Chauncey Rife
Lehr Davis
Charles Holzer
Cashley Meadows
Homer Beckett
Harry Dexter
Earl Boyer
Gus Jewell
George Fuller
Ray Bailey
Herbert Pepper
Harold Wetherhoist
Dairymen's Field Day Set For July 16 At Rail Farm
Bill Smith announces a Dairy Field Day on July 16 at the J. E. Rail farm Little Kyger for 4 H club dairy projects. Earl Voeller of Ohio State University will judge dairy heifers and cows starting at 10 30 am. A basket picnic dinner is planned. Demonstrations by Glenn Graham and Patty Thompson cover show prep and judging points. Cash prize awards will be given.
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Gallipolis
Bill Smith
J. E
Little Kyger
Earl Voeller
Ohio State University
Glenn Graham
Patty Thompson
Rumor Grows of New Chemical Plant in Pt. Pleasant
Circulation in Gallipolis says a Pt. Pleasant chemical plant is now a certainty. Hiring for 300 skilled workers including carpenters millwrights and brick masons suggests three local jobs at Graham Station G.S.1 and the Pt. Pleasant flood wall with recruiter M. E. Dowling visiting Pt. Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant
Graham Station
G.S.1
M. E. Dowling
Commission Appoints Two To City Police
GALLIPOLIS The City Commission on Chester Leaper's recommendation hired two new patrolmen from the Civil Service list after a Monday night meeting. The appointments are probationary for six months. William Cooper of 61 Garfield Ave and Woodrow Boyd Saunders of 718 First Ave led the list. Six men sat the exam. Edward M. Davis of the FBI spoke on training work to the group.
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Gallipolis
City Commission
Chester Leaper
Civil Service Commission
William Cooper
Garfield Ave
Woodrow Boyd Saunders
First Ave
Edward M. Davis
FBI
Human Life Standards Set by Local Cleric at Rotary Talk
Gallipolis Rev. L A Donnally of Grace Methodist Church urged the Rotary Club to value human life again. He warned standards of yesterday are gone and urged a new direction built on knowing people, friendliness, faith, humor, and reserve from above.
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Gallipolis
L. A. Donnally
Grace Methodist Church
Rotary Club
Farmers Hotel
Donnally
River Traffic at Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha Readings
River traffic listings show boats passing Gallipolis Locks with up and down movements for Creighton Turley Rand Atlas Jefferson Heekin Hatfield Avalon Marlin M Boggs Wisherd Leila Arden and more. Gauges report 18 feet upper 12.9 feet lower with 11 feet at rollers and Kanawha Falls reading 1.71 and falling.
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Gallipolis
Creighton
Turley
Rand
Atlas
Jefferson
Heekin
Hatfield
Avalon
Marlin
Boggs
Wisherd
Leila
Arden
Kanawha
Gallipolis Locks
Kanawha Falls
Rites Planned for Rev William Meade in Point Pleasant
The Rev William Meade who died after a stroke will be laid to rest Thursday at 2 30 PM in Christ Episcopal Church with Rev Robert Findlay Thomas officiating. Burial follows at Lone Oak Cemetery. The body rests at Franklin funeral home home 1003 Main Street and calling hours are until the service. He is survived by a brother in Alexandria VA and had aided St John s Episcopal Charleston and filled in at other churches. Pallbearers include Beale Owens Frederick Roseberry Jack Cochran James Kay Thomas and I A Brain. Three sisters from Alexandria VA expected Wednesday evening for further information on his life. He was Virginia born and a great grandfather Rev William Meade married the Robert E Lees in the 1830s.
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Point Pleasant
William Meade
Christ Episcopal Church
Robert Findlay Thomas
Lone Oak Cemetery
Main St
Franklin Funeral Home
Jers
Meade
Alexandria
St. John's Episcopal Church
Charleston
Beale
Owens
Frederick Roseberry
Jack Cochran
James Kay Thomas
I. A. Brain
Apple Grove
Two Accidents Reported in Point Pleasant Weekend
State county and city officers reported good order over the weekend with no serious highway accidents. Clair L. Cot trill of Kaylong had a car on Main St damaged slightly. John Harmon of Ripley Road suffered minor facial and body cuts after colliding with a moving vehicle on Viand St while hurrying to work. Treated at Point Clinic and discharged.
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Point Pleasant
Clair L. Cottrill
Kaylong
Main St
John Harmon
Ripley Road
Viand St
Point Clinic
Gerlach 96 Dies in Cottageville Community
Frederick C. Gerlach 96 of Cottageville Route 1 died July 4 at 5 p.m. Funeral services in Mt Alto Church conducted by Rev. Hugh Gaskins with burial in Mt Alto Cemetery. Survived by parents 3 H. and unnamed mother seven children two brothers Wilbur Gerlach Nevada Iowa Carl Gerlach Cottageville Route 1 and five sisters Margaret Boyer Middleport Beulah Knapp Leon Edith Nash Middleport Audry Barr and Frances Gerlach Cottageville.
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Point Pleasant
Frederick C. Gerlach
Cottageville
Route 1
H. Gerlach
Hugh Gaskins
Mt. Alto
Frederick
Florence
Edna
Katherine
Luella
Jane
Floyd
Wilburi Gerlach
Nevada
Iowa
Carl Gerlach
Margaret Boyer
Middleport
Beulah Knapp
Leon
Edith Nash
Audry Barr
Frances Gerlach
Quillin Rites To Be Friday
Funeral services for John Allen Quillin 80 will be held Friday at 2 p.m. at his Letart home. Burial follows in Letart Cemetery. He died Tuesday at 4 p.m. Survived by wife Florence and two sons Harold of Leechburg Pennsylvania and Russell of Letart. Friends may call at Ewing funeral home Pomeroy until noon Thursday then at the home until services.
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Pomeroy
John Allen Quillin
Letart
Mr. Quilin
Florence
Harold
Leechburg
Russell
Ewing
Turley Gills Services Set in Gallipolis
Gallipolis obituary notes Turley Gills 85 died Monday night at the home of Mr and Mrs Robert Mackenzie 535 Third Ave He was son of James Turley Gills and Julia Blazer Gills and lived here most of his life He married Lydia Sibley she died on Neighborhood Rd Services at George J Wetherholt and Sons funeral home with Rev L A Donally officiating Burial in Mound Hill Cemetery
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Gallipolis
Turley Gills
Robert Mackenzie
Third Ave
James Turley Gills
Julia Blazer Gills
Lydia Sibley
Neighborhood Rd
George J. Wetherholt and Sons
L. A. Donally
Mound Hill Cemetery
Woman's Club Seeks Return of Unsold Victory Report Books
Mrs. William Krebs, chair of the Victory Reports Committee, asks Junior Woman's Club members who hold unsold copies of General Marshall's Victory Report to return them. The club plans to sell hundreds of copies to raise funds for Mason County Public Library and other activities.
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Point Pleasant
William Krebs
Junior Woman's Club
General Marshall
Mason County
Rothgebs Entertain Holiday Guests
Holiday guests of Mr and Mrs D W Roth geb of 2001 Jefferson Blvd include Mr and Mrs Lorraine Sterrett and son Billy of Pomeroy Mr and Mrs Dana Durst and children Linda and Dana Clayton of Sand Hill Road Mr and Mrs J Oral Eads and sons Jimmy and David of Hendersonville Pa Mr and Mrs Charles Stephenson and children Bobby and Mary Kay of Ripley Road Mr and Mrs Eads and children visit with their parents Mr and Mrs Walter Crooks of 2014 Mt Vernon Ave and Early Eads of Sand Hill Road
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Point Pleasant
D. W. Rothgeb
Jefferson Blvd
Lorraine Sterrett
Billy
Pomeroy
Dana Durst
Linda
Dana Clayton
Sand Hill Road
J. Oral Eads
Jimmy
David
Hendersonville
Charles Stephenson
Bobby
Mary Kay
Ripley Road
Eads
Walter Crooks
Mt. Vernon Ave
Early Eads
Orchestra Program For Thursday Listed
Gallipolis Municipal Orchestra Director Herbert O Pepper has announced Thursday night’s riverfront concert program opposite City Park. Selections include They March Side by Side, My Hero, Celtic Romance, Old Time Waltz Medley, Evening Breezes Serenade, Somewhere a Voice Is Calling, and A March-Repast Band.
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Gallipolis
Herbert O. Pepper
City Park
Klohr
Hero
Straus
Fulton
Lake
Hayes
Tate
Lincoln
Employment Service Lists Job Openings in Point Pleasant
The local state employment service office has openings for several classifications. Positions include auto mechanic at $2,850 yearly artillery mechanic $2,900 small arms mechanic $2,683 spray painters $1 to $1.25 hourly furniture cabinet work timber seller $1 hourly and up laborers 80 cents hourly and up power saw operators $1 hourly and up. Other openings include farm hands pressers steam waitresses and maids.
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Point Pleasant
Visit To Brother Shows 85YearOld Huntington Man Ill
John A. Blain of Gallipolis Ferry visited his brother T. A. Ab Blain in St. Marys Hospital Monday. The Huntington man, a retired farmer and businessman aged 85, is seriously ill, according to his brother.
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Point Pleasant
John A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
T. A. “Ab” Blain
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
Apple Grove Man In Critical Condition After Stroke
John Lothart, 90, of Apple Grove, remains in critical condition after a paralytic stroke suffered Monday. He is a retired farmer living with his daughter and son in law, Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Blain.
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Point Pleasant
John Lockhart
Apple Grove
C. FE. Blain
Point Clinic Notes Mention Local Residents
Eleanor Kay Gruser of 101 Park Drive is a patient at Point Clinic. Mrs. Robert French of Route 1 Gallipolis, Ohio was discharged Tuesday. James H. Eachern was admitted Tuesday for surgery.
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Point Pleasant
Eleanor Kay Gruser
Elmer Gruser
Park Drive
Point Clinic
Robert French
Route 1
Gallipolis
Ohio
James H. Eachern
Divorce Suit Filed in Point Pleasant
Charles G. Ellis sues Annalee Ellis for divorce on cruelty grounds after more than a year of separation. The couple has one child. Annalee works in Wierton and Charles in Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
Charles G. Ellis
Annalee Ellis
Wierton and
Huntington
Traffic check on Route 160 issues warnings
Gallia state patrol conducted a small traffic check on Route 160 examining 35 vehicles and issuing six warnings. The action reflects routine enforcement with no injuries reported.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Route 160
Four Men Enlist at Local Recruitment Office
Four local men enlisted at the recruiting office here Tuesday for military service. They are Floyd Rhodes, Tommy Newell, Melvin Pullin, and Robert Higginbotham.
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Point Pleasant
Floyd Rhodes
Tommy Newell
Melvin Pullin
Robert Higginbotham
Kiwanis Club Members Deliver Traveling Gavel to Athens
Thirty one Kiwanis members traveled to Athens Tuesday night with the traveling gavel, continuing a ceremonial exchange described in the local notes.
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Gallipolis
Kiwanis Club
Athens
Thabet Family Forms Society For Reunions
Thabet family from West Virginia and Ohio met at Camp Conley rifle range to form the Thabet Family Reunion society and plan annual gatherings. Founders include Mrs. Jennie N. Thabet and the late Nimer Thabet, with many members named across multiple cities. Officers and an honorary group were elected, with a large attendance list from Beckley to Detroit.
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Point Pleasant
Thabet
West Virginia
Ohio
Camp Conley
Jennie N. Thabet
Jones St
Nimer Thabet
Williamhabet
Gallipolis
Nelmer
William
Joseph Thabet
United States
Nimer
Joseph
Boston
Mitchell J. Thabet
Bluefield
Fred J. Thabet
Charleston
Ernest J. Thabet
Huntington
Betty Mae Rish
Wadear N. Thabet
Venu Thabet
William Thabet
Raymond Jay Thabet
Edpoe G. Thabet
Oak Mill
Pullin Family Open House Draws Wide Guests
Mrs. Charles E. Pullin of Charleston Road hosted an open house for a large group of relatives on Sunday. Attendees included Miss Hazel Pullins and guests from Wallbridge Ohio Ypsilanti Mich McKeesport Indianapolis Huntington and Charleston with further dinner companions on Monday.
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Point Pleasant
Charles E. Pullin
Charleston Road
Ambrosia
Hazel Pullins
Michael Kuffner
R. E. McHaffie
Wallbridge
Ohio
LaMar Hill
Ypsilanti
Mich
Russell Pullin
Charles III
McKeesport
Robert Carnahan
Indianapolis
Emily Kelly
Raymond McHaffie
John McHaffie
Eugene McHaffie
Larry
Huntington
Pullin
Earl Cavender
Leo Cavender
Charleston
Death Claims Mrs Landau
Murray City officer reports the death of Mrs. Paulina Landau of Bellaire Ohio former Murray City resident and wife of the late A A Landau a former local businessman She leaves a daughter Rhea three sons Louis K Phillip and William and four grandchildren She was sister of the late Mrs Samuel Seidenfeld of Murray City.
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Murray City
Paulina Landau
Bellaire
Ohio
Landau
A. A. Landau
Prices Edge Up At Pt Pleasant Livestock Market
Activity rose on Saturday with gains of 25 to 50 cents. Best steers and heifers fetched 25 to 27.50, cows 20 to 23, canners 13.50 to 17.50, bulls 17.50 to 25.25, hogs 28.50 to 28.95 for 180-225 pounds, lambs 26.90 to 28. Top and choice lambs led the market with 28.
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Point Pleasant
Elk River Outing From Point Pleasant group on Elk River
Mr. and Mrs. Carroll E. Kennedy and others from Point Pleasant along with Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Doughty of Columbus spent Sunday on Elk River for fishing and swimming.
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Point Pleasant
Carroll E. Kennedy
J. W. Diddle
D. G., Kennedy
Mary Scantlin
Jennie Lou Oliver
Eugene Doughty
Columbus
Elk River
Holiday Guests Visit Marmet and Charleston
Mrs. Tom Reynolds and her son Tommy of Marmet and Mrs. Austin Bupp of Charleston were holiday guests of Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Reynolds of Mount Vernon Avenue.
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Point Pleasant
Tom Reynolds
Tommy
Marmet
Austin Bupp
Charleston
C. W. Reynolds
Mt. Vernon Ave
Classified Ads Etiquette and Payment Rules
The notice explains ad entry, payment rules, and deadlines for a local paper. It covers cash requirements for certain notices, rates per line with a minimum, and procedures for error corrections, blind ads, and submitting by 10:00 a.m. for same day appearance. It also notes that ads for Sunday editions are accepted until 3:00 p.m. Saturday.
Cincinnati Markets Show Mixed Trade in Hog Beef and Sheep
At Cincinnati market, hogs 2,000 head steady to 25 higher for barrows and gilts. sows steady. Good to choice weights 160-230 lbs bring about 29.50 to 29.65, heavier 250-280 lbs 27.50-29.00. Cattle and calves fairly active with limited steer and heifer offerings and strong demand. vealers steady to slightly higher with top 28.50. Sheep 600 head, slaughter lambs and ewes steady to fully steady with top lambs around 32.00 and cull lambs 15-25.
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Cincinnati
Consumer grades and wholesale figures released
Cincinnati report lists consumer grades with U S A and U S B, showing large and medium category splits. Wholesale grades mark Extras and government graded at specific percentages, while current receipts range 36 to 42 percent.
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Cincinnati
U.S. A
U.S. B
Market Prices Report From Cincinnati July 7
Poultry categories list weights and prices including heavy 5 lbs and over 29 to 31 cents per pound heavy fryers up to 4 lbs 39 to 42 cents Leghorn and light 22 to 25 cents Roosters 16 cents Butter wholesale prices printed per pound with various fractions Potatoes quoted at 2 00500 likely 2005.00 total value
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Cincinnati
Pleasant weekend visits and new baby at Loughs
Local social notes list weekend visits across town with guests from War Charleston Road Columbus Morgantown and Belle. Ohio University student Emma Clark and Marshall College alumna Olin Roush spent the holiday at home. The Loughs announce their first baby.
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Claude Bailey
War
Charles Roseberry
Charleston Road
Carroll Kennedy
D. G. Kennedy
Roseville
Ohio
Eugene Doughty
Columbus
Marshall College
William Rowe
Timmy
Morgantown
Blanche Armstrong
Viand St
Capt
C. H. Stone
Main St
Rose Elizabeth Quick
James Martin
Belle
Raymond Spear
Wierton
Spear
James B. Couch
Helen Zeiher
Hollywood
Fla
Hilda Pinkston
Charleston
Frank Lough
Allentown
Point Pleasant Couple Receive Marriage License
A marriage license is issued to Harold Francis Erlewine and Charlotte Mae Miller, both of Point Pleasant, confirming their union in the local records.
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Point Pleasant
Harold Francis Erlewine
Charlotte Mae Miller
New York Candy Chief Bert Rubin Dies at 55
Bert Rubin 55 head of the candy company that makes Tootsie Rolls is dead in New York. The Tootsie Roll Industries leader founded the firm and expanded its popular confections.
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New York
Bert Rubin
Candy
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William M. Thabet
Mitchell Thabet
Asaff Rahall
Deloris
Alice Thabet
Beckley
George A. Thabet
Viaven
Edward Thabbet
Oak Hill
Ernest J. Tha
Joan G. Deal
Teamsters
Outdoorsman Leathercraft Co
State St
Harold Goddard
College Inn
Velma Darnell
Rainbow Restaurant
W. Union St
Cincinnati Livestock
Dean
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Aeros
Dial
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R and H
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Union Motor Sales
W. Union St. Dial
Universal
America
Athens Willys CO
Washington Street
Chevrolet
Studebaker
Dodge
Buick
Pontiac
Gabriel
Union St
Everett Ward
Southern Ohio Trailer Sales
Pike Street
Marietta
L.W.B
Dale Terrill
BROWN
N. Court St
Harry Riggle & Son
Safer & Prompter Service
Hotel Athens
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