Gallipolis Plans 90000 Bond for City Improvements
Gallipolis leaders submitted bond issues totaling 90000 for city improvements including 80000 to widen First Ave and build a king lot between State and riots and 10000 for traffic rights. The meeting also covered bids for 1500 meters to meter houses, street work materials, new city auto purchases, and a large supplemental appropriation to fund public employer retirement system through December 31 1954.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Ave
Perry J. Bailes
East Gallipolis
Otis Drummond
Ermpioye
General
Health Department
J. Roy Bartlett
Stanley
Bob Evans
Mound Hill Cemetery
Pine Street Cemetery
Thomas E. Agee
J. Russell Sarrett
Bartlett
Carl Bias
Paul Northup
W. W. Webb
Everett L. Clark
David E. Laufer
George Ehman
Gallia
Gallia County school districts approve consolidation into two new districts
In Gallia County seven districts voted to merge into Bidwell Springfield and Vinton districts with margins ranging from 322 to 159 and 330 to 31. The move eliminates one high school and creates two new district boards. Voting occurred across nine Gallia precincts and one in Jackson County on consolidation outcomes.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Bidwell- Springfield
Vinton
Jackson County
Cadmus
Madison Township
Greenfield
Greenfield Township
Walnut
Perry Township
Bidwell
Springfield
Morgan Township
Springfield Township
Winton
Huntington Township
Huntington Precinct
B. Lewis Jones
Nibert elected K of P head in Naomi Lodge
Jim Nibert was elected chancellor commander of Naomi Lodge 55 Knights of Pythias. The meeting included two initiations, one for a blind candidate, and the knight rank awarded to John A. Baker and Dana Raike. Guests George M. Williams and Robert L. Williams attended. A 50 year pin was presented to Joe L. Evans. Officers to be installed July 5 were named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jim Nibert
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
John A. Baker
Dana Raike
George M. Williams
Robert L. Williams
Jackson
Theseus Lodge
Joe L. Evans
Centerville
Thomas E. Mills
Lodge
August L. Arnold
Harold Broyles, Jr
Lloyd Blazer
Richard Cremeens
Ronald Knotts
Chester Mayes
Zaleski Lodge 472 honors McKibben on fifty years
At a Zaleski Lodge 472 meeting F A M James G. McKibben received a fifty year pin and medal. The column also notes surrounding visits and social calls in Zaleski and Nelsonville as townspeople traveled to Columbus and from nearby communities. A new daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jack Potter on June 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zaleski
Zaleski Lodge
James G. McKibben
John Hayes
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Luther McKibben
MceArthur
Harold Haines
Gene
Salineville
Robert Webo
Akron
Walter Woods
Columbus
WSCS
Orland Burke
Bobby Pinney
J. M. Couch
Harold Rainey
Marilyn
Arcada
Ernest
A. H. Hays
Sue
Jimmy
Walter Tripp
Chillicothe
William Tripp
Myrtle McKibben
Elvin Bean
Sharon and
Paul
James McKibben
J. R. O'Leary
Sarah Vanderford
Jack Potter
River traffic at Gallipolis shows wide tows on Ohio River
Dams up on the Ohio River as the Indiana lock through Gallipolis Roller dam at 6 20 p m. Tuesday with a large assortment of tows including a sugar barge. List of upbound and downbound vessels and cargoes, plus water levels at Cham and Kanawha Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Indiana
Ohio River
Charles Zubic
Bayou Barataria
Jim Martin
Jerry Bosworth
Winfield
Harry Dyer
Keyston
Island Creek
Bruce
Invader
Jefferson
Keeley
Lunga Point
Herbert E. Jones
Creditor
Francis
Patsy Chotin
City of
Southern
Ernestine
Central
Marjelea
Cham
Montgomery
Pa Kanawha Falls
Mason- Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
First Used Car Auction Draws 300 Attendees
About 300 people attended Gallipolis Auto Auction Inc’s inaugural used car sale two miles north of Gallipolis on Route 7. Roughly 85 percent of 100 cars sold to dealers from five states. Dealers from Athens to Columbus, Detroit and Lima participated. 265 lunches were served and a guard watched the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Auto Auction, Inc
Bernard West
Athens
Logan
Pomeroy
Middleport
Mason
Point Pleasant
Canton
Ironton Portsmouth
Columbus
Detroit
Col
Cy Lakin
Umbus
Eddie Lake
Lima
Aoe Mae
Walker and Accateeane C
Mac) McGinness
Alfred Davis Home Sold by Heirs in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis the late Alfred W. Davis residence at 422 Fourth Ave. has been sold by heirs Kenneth Davis Lois Mayes A W Davis Dean a to Miss Marie Meal. Meal bought as investment and will rent to Mrs. Geneva Howell and Mrs. Wayne Booth who will live there. The six room two bath house is now occupied by the two tenants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alfred W. Davis
Fourth Ave
Kenneth Davis
Wilmington
Lois Mayes
Long Beach
Calif
A. W. Davis
Newburg
N. Y
Deana
Marie Eal
Miss Meal
Geneva Howell
Wayne Booth
U.S. Files Claim on USSR for B 29 Loss
The United States filed a claim with the World Court for 1 620 295 dollars against the Soviet Union over the loss of a B 29 bomber and its eight crew members off northern Japan during a training flight. The court announced the action. The U S charge says the bomber was chased over Japanese territory and shot down into the sea by two Russian planes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Netherlands
United States
Soviet Union
Japan
Local Mayor Fines Driver Over Insecure Load
Gallipolis report says Mayor Sidney T. Tuesday fined Johnny Sothern of New Haven $5 and costs after a post office load safety issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Welcomes New WJEH Radio Announcer
Gallipolis station WJEH hires Steven Allen 18 of Chillicothe High School class of 1955 as new announcer. Allen, a recent graduate, joins the local broadcast team to expand afternoon programming.
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4OINS
Gallipolis
Steven Allen
Chillicothe
WJEH
Ohio to receive first coal via pipe line from Georgetown to Cleveland
The Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co will build a 108 mile pipe line costing 10 million dollars. Coal is granulated mixed with water and pumped to East Lake where Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co will dewater it and use it to generate electricity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Georgetown
Eastlake
Cleveland
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Couple Wed Quietly in Richmond Amid Ill Health
Katherine Bunce and A M McClelland married in Richmond Indiana due to Edward Neff’s illness and his mother’s critical condition in Dayton. McClelland, a Dayton electrical engineer, works with Dr R D Thomas as a receptionist. Riffie Riffle and Leota Riffle were in Cincinnati on vacation. Riffie later returned to Cleveland to visit his father Andrew W Riffie and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Neff
Dayton
Katherine Bunce
A. M. McClelland
Richmond
Ind
McClelland
R. D. Thomas
Riffie
Johnny Riffle
Leota Riffle
Cincinnati
Cleveland
Andrew W. Riffie
Veterans of Foreign Wars Aux District 12 elects officers
At a Portsmouth district meeting of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Aux District 12 Loeta Keenan was chosen president and Effie Mayes secretary. Other officers include Mary Scott vice president Beulah Cox junior vice president Daisy Nelson ville treasurer Rose Brandle chaplain Katherine Norris Conductress Elizabeth Shope guard Evelyn Woodbridge and Elizabeth Frowie Wheelersburg Emma Zeek Sciotoville and trustees. The officers will be installed at the department convention in Cleveland on June 3. The district comprises 16 groups. Attendees from Gallipolis included Nancy Lemsey Elizabeth Manning Mollie Johnson Freda Barcus Marcella Harrison and Lucille Myers.
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Portsmouth
Veterans of Foreign Warts Aux
Loeta Keenan
Effie Mayes
Mary Scott
New Marshfield
Beulah Cox
Albany
Daisy Nelsonville
Rose Brandle
Chillicothe
Katherine Norris Wheelersburg
Elizabeth
Shope
Evelyn Woodbridge
Elizabeth Frowiie
Wheelersburg
Emma Zeek
Sciotoville
Department
Cleveland
Gallipolis
Keenan
Mayes
Nancy Lemsey
Elizabeth Manning
Mollie Johnson
Freda Barcus
Marcella Harrison
Lucille Myers
Ohio visitors and locals travel notes knit across Gallia County
Mr and Mrs Philip Wilson and daughter Cleo Ann of Corona New Mexico are in Columbus after visiting Thurman Rio Grande and Centerville. Little Susan Zelle of Clarksburg West Virginia visits her grandparents, while Mrs Earl Zelle stays in Huntington. Mildred Swain returns to work in Charleston after a Augusta Georgia trip with Pvt James Swain. Creighton Christ of Delaware visits his mother in Holzer Hospital. June O Dell returns to Huntington to work as a nurse at the Veterans Hospital. Bonnie Jones graduation in Columbus prompts visits by Ray Grover and family in Gallia County. Rev Paul Niswander and Gallia clergy travel to Lakewood for Ohio conference.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philip Wilson
Cleo Ann
Corona
N. M
Ohio
Columbus
Wilson
O. A. O'Dell
Thurman
Rio Grande
Centerville
Susan Zelle
Clarksburg
W. Va
Stanley Hntington
Earl Zelle
Huntington
N. G. Somerville
Mildred Swain
Davis- Shuler Co
Augusta
Pvt
James Swain
Charleston
H. E. Hamilton
Eddie I
Kenneth
Thad Gardners Go Back to Birmingham
Mr and Mrs Thad Gardner and daughter Ava returned to Birmingham Alabama after a two week vacation in Ohio and the Mid west Gardner writes for the Birmingham Post Herald and was formerly sports editor of the Gallipolis Tribune
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Gallipolis
Thad Gardner
Ava
Birmingham
Ala
Ohio
Midwest
Gardner
Birmingham Post-Herald
Gallipolis Tribune
Births and gatherings reported in Athens area notices
Shannah Lou Hensler born May 31 to Mr and Mrs Clayton Hensler Athens. Sir names Swandely Langsville Dal Hensler Carpenter ant ae workers held a wedding anniversary celebration with a pot luck dinner and short meeting. Visitors include Wesley Caster and daughter Maxine Toledo visiting Myrta Nicholson ill at Glen Turner home and Charles Essex Columbus visiting W R Holcomb. William Phillips and Roger Bolen guests at G B Radekins while Nellie Vale and son Jeannie Arlinkin recent guests at J E Radekins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Rock
Clayton Hensler
Athens
Shannah Lou
Guy Swandely
Langsville
Dal Hensler
Carpenter
Ant Ae
Mrs. Efield
Wesley Caster
Maxine
Toledo
Twenty Dollar Bonds Forfeited In State High Court
Gallipolis reports two men forfeited twenty dollar bonds Tuesday in state high court. One case involved a minor traffic offense and the other a misdemeanor. both men appeared for arraignment and bond forfeiture was entered.
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Gallipolis
Kangaroo Debuts at Baltimore Zoo in Public Peek
The Baltimore Zoo presented its first baby kangaroo, a Joey about three months old, in a brief public appearance. Photographers Cook and Nolan waited two hours in the baboon cage to capture the moment as the joey peered from its mother's pouch before retreating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Baltimore Zoo
Phils
Cook
Eddie Nolan
Sunpapers
Joey
Australia
Two Men Fined on State Hwy Patrol Charges
Municipal Judge William H. Jones fined Gene Hopkins of Marietta 235 dollars and costs for overload and Homer Laudermill of Middleport 5 dollars and costs for driving without a license. Both cases heard Tuesday in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Gene Hopkins
Marietta
Homer Laudermill
Middleport
Costa
Ingles Rites Held For Bert Ingles In Gallia County
Last rites were held today at Wetherholt funeral home for Bert H Ingles aged years, who died at his daughter Mildred Cargo’s home. Officiating was Rev Richard Morgan, burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. He retired from farming in the Raccoon Island area. Surviving are a son Truman Ingles of Factorawa Iowa and a daughter Mrs Edward Cargo. Preceded in death by a son Clair and daughter Frances. Wife Elisabeth Riggs Ingles died 1941.
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Richard Morgan
Mound Hill Cemetery
Mra Edward
Mildred) Cargo
Raccoon Itland Neig
Truman Ingles
Fac]turawa
Iowa
Clair
Frances
Eligabethi Riggs
Jose
Mary Waddell Ingles
Bidwell Juvenile Fined For Unsafe Operation
Bidwell juvenile was fined ten dollars and costs for unsafe operation of a motor vehicle in Gallia County. In a separate case, Richard Grandell of Toledo was fined five dollars and costs for the same charge in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidwell
Callipolis
John W. Howell
Oold Bidwell
Middleport
Sidney TT. Rumell
Richard Grandell
Toledo
Gallipolie
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Nibert
K of P
Alfred Davis
U.S
Ussr
Cadiz
Miles
Gallipolis Society
Thad Gardners
Wetherholt
Bert H. Ingies
Batavia
Black
Peice
Gilbert Shannon
Firestone Dealer
W. Union St
Athens, Ohio
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