Bill to Restore River Bank OK'd in House
GALLIPOLIS The House passed a bill authorizing flood control navigation and beach erosion projects costing 1 343 871 000 dollars including 66 000 for riverbank restoration. No funds will be allocated until the next session and the Senate must approve the appropriation bill.
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Gallipolis
Congressmaw
Galli
Polis
Tyre
Congress
Senate
Public Works Committee
House
Homer Betz Dies In Field
Funeral services for Homer Betz 46 will be held at 2 P M at Wetherholt Funeral Home. The deceased died of a heart attack after being found Monday in a pasture field near Mill Creek Road. He was born December 4 1909 to James E and Lottie M Persinger Betz and was survived by siblings Robert Dexter Max Miller Road Columbus Albert and others. Burial details not listed.
Native Dies In Illinois Native Dies In Illinois
Wilbur Baker a native of Gallipolis died last Thursday in Springfield Illinois after reporting for work. He was born and raised in Gallipolis and is survived by his wife Sylvia Berridge and two daughters. He leaves two sisters Mrs Will Sigler of Gallipolis and Mrs Pearl Heil of Malta along with other relatives. Funeral attendance included Mrs Sigler Mrs Heil and Verne Berridge. In Gallipolis the Vinton Jets Babe Ruth League youth team will hold a bake sale Saturday at the Cline Gerlach Cline Insurance Agency in Vinton.
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Wautarulis
Wallipolis
Wilbur Baker
Springfield
Lipolis
Sylvia Berridge
Will Sigler
Gallipolis
Pearl Heil
Malta
Sigler
Heil
Baker
Verne Berridge
Oscar Russell
Gail
Vinton Jets
Babe Ruth League
Cline-Gerlach Cline Insurance Agency
Vinton
W. Weimer
Racine
J. F. Jiiden
Lawrence Gates
Cleveland
Arnold
Verne Niday
Columbus
Ross Niday
Cpl
P. D. McCreedy
State Highway Patrol
Paul Baiseh
Reuben Wood
Baisch Eom
William Miller
Norwalk
Maurice Fowler
Effie Haskins
Indla Okla
Farnum
Morris Haskins
Dwight Wetherholt
Lewis C. Warden
Rebecca
Debby
Rochester
N. Y
E. R. Wallace
Alma Wallace
C. C. Zimmerman
Chicago
Liva Brooks
Washington, D. C
Sarah Simpkins
Sherman White
Eugene Henke
Bellefontaine Ae
Lightning Hits Gallia Home Damages Gallia residence
An estimated 500 to 1000 dollar damage occurred at Donald M Payne’s home at 35 Garfield when a lightning bolt struck the television antenna at about 6 30 am. The strike jarred the house splintered a 17 foot chimney and gouged a wall causing smoke and soot in the carport and living room. Electricity and phone service were briefly shut off.
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Gaalliruliin
Lighning
Oor Payne
Methodist Men Set First Meeting in Grace Church
GALLIPOLIS eight members attended the organizational meeting at Grace Methodist Church Monday night. Dr. George Ely was chosen chairman. The second meeting is set for August 13 to plan a September project with a sports theme. The Rev. Warren Wilson said no definite plans were finalized yet.
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Methodist Men's Group
Gallipolis
Methodist Men's
Grace Methodist Church
George Ely
Warren Wilson
Holzer Hospital Notes
Hospital brief records births admissions and discharges from Holzer Hospital. It lists newborns in Jackson Wellston Gallipolis Point Pleasant and nearby areas, with several new births to multiple families on July 21 22 23 and a list of patients admitted or discharged with home towns and medical or surgical notes.
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Robert Broyles
Jackson
Harold
G. Tribby
Wellston
Lee Foster
Vinton
Paul H. Taylor
Gallipolis
Walter
Taylor
Point Pleasant
Berch D. Nichol
Coalton
Janice Barbee
Hurley M. Nelson
Langsville
Franklin Grady
Walter E. France
Land
Ronald Easton
Porter
William Napper
Ewington
Eva Daniels
Crown City
Adam Benson
Gallipolis Rae Surgical
George Franklin Gaines
Bidwell
Medical
Lindberg Arnold
Omar Va
Albert H. Steele
Gallipo
Theodore Cash
Buffalo
W. Va
Lee Noster
Medi
Pleasant Home Furnishings
Jackson Ave
Cheshire Band to Meet Thareasett Bis Noted Thuruay Event
Cheshire High senior band will meet Thareasett Bis Noted Thuruay at 2 30 am. The Gallipolis Gala Counts to the band's next polio clinic is set for Gallia County Junior Fair, Aug Saturday from 9 am to 4 pm. Carolyn Roush named Gallia County Health Director in lieu of band director office in courthouse basement. Mrs. Farris Clark says shots will be given to children ages 1 45 years. Christian Service Women attend missions in Lancaster with wood pulp used for paper.
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Cheshire
Gallipolis
Cheshire High School
Thareasett Bis Nots
Thuruay
Gallia County
Carolyn Roush
Gallia
Farris Clark
Garland Caudill
Er Lee
Paul JaQuay
Hoke Robinson
Grace
Methodist Women's Society of
Spruce
Trees School of Missions
Lancaster
Kyger Creek Pushes Adult Education Plan
Kyger Creek Association discussed expanding adult education with a focus on non residents' access and new OU branches. A proposed by law change to admit non residents will be voted on next meeting. An August association picnic was planned with an extension group to study nationwide adult education goals.
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Gallipolis
Kutajelass
Thomas
Kyger Creek Association
Alva T
Ruth
Grover
Howell Edwards
Alva Grover
Briggs
Carry Waugh
Walter
Albert C
Gubitz
Ohio Union
Ohio University
Kgger Creek
Thomasing
Hus
Roy
Rothgeb
Sam Theiss
Harvard
Fred Thompson
Eisenhower
Walter Rife
Little Kgger Grange
Swisher
Ohio University Extension Committee
Twenty five approved for Tobacco Soil Bank program
About 25 applications were approved Monday by the Jia County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee. Applications remain open through Friday. Earlier, 35 farmers had applied before the original deadline was extended one week. The first two-man team will begin destroying excess tobacco in the county, with more teams joining in the coming weeks. A spot checker started inspecting 2 percent of measured acreage.
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Gallipolis
Tobacco Soil Bank
Jia County Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee
Soil Bank
Local Social Notes and Visits Around Gallipolis
Gallipolis society pages note numerous visits and travels. Families and friends gather in Cleveland Columbus and Chicago with relatives, while local residents return from trips to Arkansas Oklahoma Indiana and Honolulu. A Grace Methodist- Grace reception honors Rev Warren Wilson and family, and a White Shrine picnic pays tribute to life member Mrs Harry Hurn.
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Mary Shrine
White Shrine of
River Traffic Report From Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha
River traffic details Monday show several boats up and down at Gallipolis locks with gauges, depths, and timings noted. Canals and Kanawha River entries list boats moving through Lock 22 to Marmet with vessel names, loads, and up or down statuses across multiple locations.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Rocks
Montgomery
Point Pleasant
Lucas
Mr. Chris
H. Long
Duncan Bruce
Dixie Challenger
Ernestine
Jeffboat
Ogram
Scott Chotin
Shearer
Batam
O-Kan
Francis
Creditor
Essa Consiana
Kanawha
Helen
London
Solvay
Marmet
Winfield
Jerry Bosih
Merrill
Sam Craig
Morton Rites Set For Thornton W Morton at Casaway
Funeral services for Thornton W Morton 44 of Jack on Road are set Wednesday at 1 90 p m in Casaway West Virginia Methodist Church with interment at Mt Aliver Masonic Cemetery He died Sunday morning at the Cleveland Clinic after a five day stay He was born December 3 1911 in Strange Creek West Virginia He is survived by his widow Helen Morton and his father Q D Morton three brothers Shirley Williamstown Chelsie Parkersburg and Joe Summersville and a sister Mrs Howard Lucille Shafer Seattle Also conducting the services will be the Rev G S Trybon and Dr Hugh Cummings
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Gallipolis
Thornton W. Morton
Jackon Road
Casaway
W. Va
Mt. Aliver Masonic
Morton
Cleveland Clinic
Q. D
Vina Matheny Morton
Strange Creek
Shirley
Centerlining Nears End on Routes 7 35 and 124
County crews will complete centerlining today marking the continuation of work started in Marietta two weeks ago. The project extends south on Route 7 to Route 35 in Gallipolis and will cover the section to the Jackson County line. Route 124 in Meigs County will also be center lined this week.
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Mariettabout
Gallipolis
Jackson County
Meigs County
Patrol Arrests 21 and Reports 3 Crashes in Gallia Patrol
State Highway Patrol logged three accidents and 21 arrests over the weekend in Gallia County. Youths from Findlay, including 17 year old Jack Dewight Chiow and 15 year olds Robert Dean Chiow and Robert Lee Hadding, were jailed after a statewide alert. Multiple drivers faced charges from unsafe operation to failure to maintain distance.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Jack Dewight Chiow
Robert Dean Chiow
Robert Lee Hadding
Findlay
Sunda
Crown City
Lewis E. Woodyard
Woodyard
Marvin Luther Ralph
A. Dunemon
Morris L. Hogan
Raymond L. Jackson
Dayton
Hogan
Justice of the Peace
Johnson
Koontz-Sailor Road
Donna Jean Arnold
Omar
W. Va
William Ray Blanton
Vinton
Blanton
W. H. Jones
Middleport
Lloyd Edward Mayo
Soldier Baker Promoted to Specialist Third Class
Gallipolis day M. Baker, 2, son of Mr and Mrs Ernest L Baker Patriot Route 1 has been promoted to specialist third class. He is an engineer parts expediting clerk in Germany, graduated from Cadmus High School in 1952 and entered the Army in December 1956.
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Gallipolis
day_M. Baker
Ernest L. Baker
Patriot Route 1
Baker
Germany
Cadmus High School
Army
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Homer Betz
R. D. Thomas
Jay Bradshaw
Optometrists
Holzer Hospital
Howard D. Nolan
Syrause
Surgical
Theron E. Morris
Eva Hendricks
Pomeroy
Harold Adams
Pointt Pleasant
Ernest Phillip Duerr
Mary Alice Saunders
Patriot
Stes Wiliam
Monard
Paul Ziegler
H.C. Hartless
Rio
Rande
Leston E. Drummond
Samuel Scruggs
George McCarty
Ben Henry
Mallgrave
Arthur Bard
Floyd Cogan
Madge’ Lyons
Ray Bryant
Norma Owens
Clifford Kennedy
Orville Har
Man
Deborah Kay Gilliam
Debbie Ketron
H. S. Allyn
Carol Sue Estep
Burnel Puckerman
Herman Bangert
Daniel Peyton
Lloyd Rouse
Farrell Shafer
Marlin Kerns
Everett Davis
Chrysler
Kinneer Motors
E. State St
Athens
Kyger Creek
Gallipolis Society
Hisamily
Avlaw
Robert P. Henke
Elizabeth Goodrich
Indianapolis
Chloe Meyer
St. Petersburg
Fla
Ronald Compton Sand
Williamson
Robert Cornwell
T. A. Thomas Y
Greta
Keith Thomas
Honolulu
Hawaii
Mir
A. Kimball
Richard Shrider
Inborne
J. J. Sheppard
Miami
Cincinnati
Sheppards
Necehi Elna
Mr. Morton
Roger Lee Damon
Damon
John Flocum
Damron
MCC Court
C. 0. Fisher
John Louis Feichtmayer
South Charleston
Archie Willis
Ashland
Robert W. Stroh
Greensborough
Howard F. Mann
Washington
Frank Spangler
Barboursville
Court of Justice of the Peace
Eddie Miller
Ursula Patsy Hartenstien
Detroit
Charles Beth Moore
Miller
Arthur Moore
Charles L. Leonard
Waterloo
Carter
Babyland
Caner House
Rd Ewes Een Pat
Ie Paw Pas
Federal Land Bank
Parent's
Hen Han
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