City police station to air KQA 366 test radio
Gallipolis station KQA 366 will begin a ten day test June 3 at 11 a.m. The system will allow two way contact between the police station and patrol cars and with city manager J. R. Bartlett’s car. Detroit FCC officials were notified by telegraph. Regular short wave sets will not pick up the broadcasts. interference may be greatest downtown.
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Gallipolis
KQA
J. R. Bartlett
J. Bartlett
Federal Communications Commission
Detroit
Adv
Rites Planned Sunday for Two Gallia War Dead
Gallipolis set to honor Pvt. Ray Casto and Sgt. Charles A. Borden in military funerals. Casto died in 1945 near Hamburg after serving since 1943 with the 117th Infantry, 30th Division, earning the Purple Heart, Bronze Star and Expert Infantry Badge. Borden, a tail gunner in the Air Corps, died in 1944 over Germany after enlisting in 1943 and arriving overseas in June 1944. Survived by families in Gallipolis and nearby towns. Services Sunday at Nazarene and Paint Creek Baptist churches with interments at Pine Street Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Ray Casto
Charles Andrew Borden
Lafayette Post
England
Holland
Belgium
Germany
Pvt
Casto
Leon
Perry
Laura Keefer
J. P. Keefer
Point Pleasant
Pet. Casto
Mary Russell
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Nazarene Church
Vernon Shaffer
Pine Street Cemetery
Ralph Waugh
Orville White
Charles Lupton
James Venz
Raymond Shelton
Paul Carter
Borden
Air Corps
Gallia Academy High School
Charlies S. Borden
Emma Mudders
Sergent Borden
Curtis Wright
Columbus
Douglas
Forest Borden
GSI
Nyle Borden
Lemuel
Arnold Randolph
Iva Jackson
Claude Miller
Eastern Ave
Paint Creek Baptist Church
B. F. Davis
Pine Street
Divorce Case Pending Involving Louise Milliron And Gilbert Milliron
Divorce case pending and awaiting dismissal details an action filed in common pleas court on Wednesday. Louise Milliron seeks custody and alimony from earnings and property against Gilbert Milliron. The Millirons were married in Ironton in 1947 and have one child.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Louise Milliron
City
Gilbert Milliron
Millirons
Ironton
Vinton Community Notes Reach Across Towns
Vinton residents share family updates and travels. Irene Casto in Hyogo Japan calls home, college social work training noted. Several local ladies attend funerals and host gatherings in Wilkesville, Rutland, and Vinton with neighbors and relatives visiting Columbus and West through Mexico.
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Vinton
B. G. Casto
Irene
Hyogo
Japan
Columbia University
Anna Higgins
Marvin Crawford
Point Pleasant
Marie Alexander
Columbus
William Alexander
Robert Eagle
St. Albans
W. Va
Clyde Eagle
James McCormick
Wilkesville
Titus
Hiner
Rutland
Brown
Vinton County
McArthur
West
Mexico
McCormick
Louise Woltz
Ruth Humphreys
Stella Wilcox
Vinton i
Stella E. Wilcox
Couple To Leave On California Trip
Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Weber of Gallipolis depart for a sight seeing trip to Inglewood California Thursday. They travel with Mr. and Mrs. Luther Moore of Logan West Virginia and will visit Mr. and Mrs. Gus Turner in Los Angeles. The Webers expect to return July 5.
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Gallipolis
Charles F. Weber
State St
Inglewood
Los Angeles
Calif
Luther Moore
Logan
W. Va
Moore
Weber
Gus Turner
Turner
Webers
River Traffic Report from Gallipolis and Kanawha Ports
Gallipolis locks showed several boats passing both up and down the canal including Rand down and Omar down at 9:40 and 10:45 a.m. On the Kanawha river boats such as Semet and Sullivan moved down while Price Juanita and Wild Goose also cleared Marmet and Marmet areas by late morning. Gauges at the river front read upper 18 feet lower 11.3 feet with six and a half feet at the rollers. Kanawha Falls measured 2.39 stationary.
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Gallipolis
Rand
Bruce
Omar
Kanawha
London
Sullivan
Price
Juanita
Wild Goose
Coombs
Winfield
Donald Zubic
Solway
Craig
Peace
Laughlin
Sohio State
New Orleans
Creighton
Patriot
Martin
Avalon
Pennsylvania
Jefferson
Cook
Cornell
Ohio
Kanawha Falls
Services for Mrs Eva Wey to be held at St Peters Church
Funeral services for Mrs Eva Wey, who died Tuesday, will be held Friday at 2 30 PM at St Peters Episcopal Church. The Rev Robert F Thomas of Point Pleasant will officiate. Interment will be in Pine Street Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Eva Wey
St. Peters Episcopal Church
Robert F. Thomas
Point Pleasant
Pine Street Cemetery
Mrs. Lee Rites Friday In Point Pleasant
J W Lee 70 died Wednesday and will be honored in services at St. Peters Point Pleasant with burial in Pine Street Cemetery. She was the last survivor of three children of Naamon Rufus and Edna C Abbott Canaday and left nephews Cassius Golden Delmar Cana day Marshall Gerald and Ronald and nieces Ferrell Niday Blanche Cana and Mary Bailey. She was married to J W Lee in 1902 Covington Ky and belonged to Episcopal Church Pythian Sisters and White Shrine of Jerusalem. A Cincinnati Conservatory of Music graduate.
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Gallipolis
J. W. Lee
St. Peters Episcopal Church
Naamon Rufus
Edna C. Abbott Canaday
Point Pleasant
Cassius Golden
Pomeroy
Delmar A. Canaday
Marshall
Robert
Gerald
Ronald
Ferrell Niday
Blanche Cana
Mary Bailey
Rs. Lee
Covington, Ky
Episcopal Church
Pythian Sisters
White Shrine of Jerusalem
Cincinnati Conservatory of Music
Robert F. Thomas
Pine Street Cemetery
Dundas Social Gatherings Highlight Dundas Residents
Mr and Mrs Clarence Christian hosted guests from Columbus and Clinton Circle at their Dundas home. Among attendees were Ida Salts Ruth Morrow Ethel Allen Cora Winters and others. Graduates from Dundas included Wilma Velma Molihon Sue Christian and Eugene Morrow. Children present included Dougie Roof Anna Buskirk Emma Morrow and Carol Salts.
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Dundas
Clarence Christian
Columbus
Arthur Christian
Wesley Christian
Bernard Ratcliff
Saaine
M Stewart
Dena Salts
Clinton Circle
Ida Salts
Ruth Morrow
Ethel Allen
Cora Winters
Rene Dye
Shirley Buskirk
Opal Page
Edna Colley
Mary Morrow
Emma Gregory
Hazel Wortman
Genoa Roof
Escauline Ward
Sarah Stephenson
Donald Warner
Chillicothe
Ed Warner
John Butsko
Harry Easterling
McArthur High School
Wilma
Velma Molihon
Sue Christian
Eugene Morrow
Dougie Roof
Anna Buskirk
Emma Morrow
Carol Salts
Dr. Howell Funeral Rites To Be Friday
Dr. R A Howell 86 died Wednesday in Columbus after entering University Hospital. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p m at Waugh funeral home in Gallipolis. He practiced medicine in Patriot before moving to Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
R. A. Howell
Columbus
Waugh Funeral Home
Howell
University Hospital
Patriot
Zars
Dentist and minister Howell’s early life and marriage
Howell, a licensed dentist and Methodist minister, settled in Gallipolis in 1926 and practiced law. Native of Harrison Township born in 1862, he was the son of David and Elizabeth Williams Howell. He married Anna B. Gates in June 1895.
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Gallipolis
Doctor Howell
Harrison Township
David and
Elizabeth Williams Howell
Anna B. Gates
Early English parish borders memorized by village boys
In early England maps were scarce and parish boundaries were remembered by boys. They were led along the borders to fix memory of the lines, relying on oral tradition rather than cartographic records.
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England
Four Gallipolis Offenders Plead Guilty and Are Fined
Judge William H. Jones of municipal court fined four offenders Wednesday afternoon. Arthur Persinger of Gallipolis paid 100 dollars and costs for intoxication, Kenneth Birchfield paid 10 dollars and costs, Ona Haner paid 5 dollars and costs, all arraigned on intoxication charges. Marvin Miller of McArthur was fined 1 dollar for failure to yield the right of way.
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Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Municipal Court
Arthur Persinger
Kenneth Birchfield
Ona Haner
Marvin Miller
McArthur
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Premium Wieners
Ee Birdsey
California
Mrs. Lee
Dr. Howell
EAA
Canada
Aunt Hattie
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