Gallia Area Excluded From Civil Defense Tests In July
Gallia County and Gallipolis are designated a secondary evacuation area and will not participate in critical target tests. Civil Defense Director D Taber emphasizes public training as the key, with literature distribution planned. An aerial blackout from 19 10 to 3 25 p m will mute local broadcasts while Conelrad remains active. The four phase alert covers center operations, aid requests, federal procurement, and coordination with federal agencies beyond civil defense.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
D. ©. Taber
Civil Defense
Taber
I Taber
Conelrad
Gallipolis Society members tour gardens and bridge party noted
Gallipolis Society met in Vinton for a 10:30 a.m. workshop at the Vinton Town Hall on flower arrangements. Members visited homes of local women, concluded with a Rice home wiener roast and prize standings in bridge. Rangers of the First Baptist Church had a 3 p.m. swimming party rainout noted.
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Titus Ot Ftuti
Vinton
Friendship Garden Club
Vinton Town
Harley Cloud
0. M. Stewart
James Myers
Blaine Poling
Harry Wilcox
Frank Quickle
William Rice
Rice
The
First Baptist Church
Bailey's Lake
Rio Enrolls 36 Gallians For Summer
Rio Grande College reports 137 students enrolled for summer term. Gallia County supplies 36, Jackson 32, Scioto 22, Lawrence 18, Pike 8, Meigs 5, Clark 2, with single reps from Wyandotte Summit Portage Pickaway Morgan Hocking Highland Ashtabula Athens Fairfield Franklin Mason West Virginia. Oak Hill 12, South Webster 10, Pedro 7, Wellston 6, and Houston Texas represented. The regular class schedule started Tuesday after Monday enrollment.
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Jallipolis
Rio Grande
Gallia County
Jackson County
Scioton County
Lawrence County
Pike
Meigs
Si and Clark
Wyandotte
Summit
Portage
Pickaway
Morgan
Hocking
Highland
Sheets Rites Set Sunday
Funeral services for William Lawrence Sheets 33 will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. in the Vin ton Baptist Church Panama City Florida. Interment will follow at Vin ton Memorial Cemetery. Sheets born Rio Grande September 19 1923 was a former Bidwell resident and World War II veteran. He married Doris Casto in 1944 and is survived by two sons Randy 11 and Ronnie 5 a sister Gertrude Vance another sister Verne Sheets a brother Buel Sheets and another brother Glenn Sheets. Glen resides in Jackson Buell in Akron.
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Gallipoli
William Lawrence Sheets
Panama City
Fla
Vinton Baptist Church
Vinton Memorial
Sheets
Rio Grande
Bidwell
Doris Casto
Randy
Ronnie
Kenneth _ (Gertrude) Vance
Verne Sheets
Buel Sheets
Glenn Sheets
Glen
Jackson
Buell
Akron
Ohio River Engineer Sent to Washington
Cincinnati report says Col. J. L. Person, 01 River Division engineer here, becomes acting assistant chief of engineers for it works in Washington starting August 6. He has been in Cincinnati since July 1954, succeeding Maj. Gen. E. C. Itsebner as deputy chief of engineers for construction. Col. R. E. Smyser, Jr. will succeed Person.
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Ohio River
Washington
Cincinnati
J. L. Person
Person
E. C. Itsebner
R. E. Smyser, Jr
Kyger Bond Issue Spending Trim Seen by District
Gallia County voters backed a 1.75 million dollar bond issue but only 1.5 million will be spent. Architect George Walter presented a contract reflecting lower costs for a new elementary school and five high school additions. The plan includes a swimming pool auditorium stadium two classroom wings and an industrial arts shop. Two elementary teachers were hired Katherine Williams and M Jorie Helen Justice. Three teaching positions remain open vocational agriculture instrumental music and foreign languages. The Gallia County School Board and State Board of Education must approve the contract signed with Walter and Legradrost and Walter.
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George Walter
Legradrost
Walter
Gallia County School Board
State Board of Education
Katherine Williams
Gallipolis
M. Jorie Helen Justice
C. Comer Bradbury
Bradbury
William P. Cherrington
Fred R. Carman
Convention Attendance Seen By American Tropo Group
Gallipolis hosts the TV DX national convention this weekend with at least 14 members of the American Tropospheric Propagation Association planning to attend. Association President Seybold informed Frank Hill of the Gallipolis club that eight men from the Buffalo area are planning to come, with further replies awaited.
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Gallarquo
Seybold
Carl Lupton
Shelbyville
Gallipolis
Hill
Legion Fixes New Home in Gallipolis
The Lafayette Post American Legion did not hold a regular meeting Wednesday night. Fourteen members helped at the Legion carnival on Eastern Avenue, parking cars and selling tickets, sharing in the profits to remodel the Church of Christ in Christian Union as the new Legion home on Eastern Ave. A Gallipolis Fire Department special meeting is set for Sunday July 29 at 2 p.m. All local firemen must attend.
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Gallipolin
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Eastern Ave
Legionnaires
Church of Christ
Chris
Tian Union
Legion
Gallipolis
Knights Push For Courtesy On Highways
GALLIPOLIS The Knights of Pythias will sponsor a continent wide Highway Courtesy Month during August. The effort, led by Naomi Lodge 55 and supreme chancellor Peter S. Ford, seeks city proclamations urging courtesy and caution in traffic across the United States and Canada. Governors and premiers have agreed to proclamations as safety groups join to reduce traffic deaths and accidents.
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Gallipolis
Knights of Pythias
United States
Lloyd Bla
Naomi Lodge 55
Peter . S. Ford
Martinsville
Canada
Hawaii
Alaska
Knights
Baby Clinic Draws 27 Children for Polio Shot
At Paint Creek Baptist Church well baby clinic, 27 children were examined or vaccinated, with 19 of 26 receiving the second polio shot. Dr. Ralph Burner examined six babies and referred two to family doctors. One infant completed a diphtheria tetanus pertussis series. Next clinic set for August 1 at the Apostolic Church on Chatham Ave.
Former Resident Dies After Catching Polio
William Law a former Gallipolis resident died from polio illness after showing mild symptoms. He was a shoe store manager and is survived by his wife Doris and two sons Randy and others. Funeral arrangements will be announced by the McCoy Funeral Home.
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Gallipolis
William Law
Kanawha
Merron Caece Sa
Po Layi Et
Em Seater Faa Ym
Dini
Afternon
Dle Ik Directaears Rae
Lucas
Serathe Te BP
Fort Winfield
Atlas
Sheets
Galli- Poeeles Sort Iythia
Helen
Polis
Vernongre
Duane
Great Plains
McCoy Funeral Home
Driver Blames Crash On Back-Seat Dogfight
Gallia county report states Wyman J. Roberts 40 Waterloo was charged with driving left of center after a July 12 crash on Route 0 near Gallipolis. He claimed three dogs in back caused him to look back and lose control, sending his car into a ditch. James Heilman 22 Kenton forfeited a $20 bond for speeding in Rumcwal Court. Robert W. Sesson 41 Columbus, driver of the other vehicle, was identified after the crash on Route 7 near the Meigs Gallia line and survived with two cracked ribs.
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Frank Hull
Fifth Ave
Marion
Gladys Thompson
Clarence Thivener
Garfield Ave
Spencer
Town
R. W. Sibley
Dora Harrington
James Quinlan
Huntington
D. Turley Saunders
Athens
Mildred. Ryan
Robert E. Shank
Sidsey Fadely
Rio Grande
Letart Falls
W. E. Shank
Westover Air Force Base
Massachusetts
Spokane
Wash
Howard West
Selly’s Island
Lake Erie
Nome
Columbus
Springfield
W. H. ‘Tope
Ruth of
Ekin
Gallia County
Allie Lusher
First Ave
Robert Sibley
Gauaaruia
Wamipons
Iver
Jeffcoat
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Pomeroy-Mason
Solvay
Nations
Hin
Sam Craig
Robert L. Meyers
Kana Falls
Jeffboat
Mary Falling
Semet
Akers
Montgomery
Apostolic
Keeley
Church
Chatham Ave
R. H. Bosworth
Duncan Bruce
Margya Lee
Wyman J. Roberts
Waterloo
James D. Heilman
Kenton
Rumcwal Court
Route 7
Meigs-Gallia County
Robert W. Sesson
Bible Class Funds OK'd at First Baptist Church
Wallipolis trustees approved funding for autumn Bible classes led by Rev. Thomas D. Bunyan with seven trustees and Pastor Rev. William Howard Green present. They discussed installing a furnace air conditioning unit for the fellowship room and second floor but took no action.
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Wallipolis
First Baptist Church
Thomas D. Bunyan
John North
William Howard Green
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Gallipolis Society
Mrs. McCann
Quick's
Rio
Kyger
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Schoenling
Pico Distributing CO
High Street
Glouster
Ohio
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Cincinnati, Ohio
Court St
All Ladies
Dacron
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