River traffic and gauge readings report at Gallipolis area
The dispatch lists boats on the district and Kanawha river with arrival times and draft, noting heavy rains in the upper Ohio valley as river levels rise. Gauges show Upper 18.4 and Lower 13.8 feet at Gallipolis locks, with 14 feet at the rollers. Kanawha Falls reading is unchanged.
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Gallipolis
Penn
Atlas
Titan
Armstrong
Patriot
Sohio State
LCS 65
Pennsylvania
Craig
Venty
Shearer
Rankin
Semet
Kanawha
Kanawha _ river were: Sullivan down, Marmet, 10:55 a.m.; Solvay
Marmet
Jefferson
Chris
Winfield
Price
Talbot
Ohio Valley
Kanawha Falls
Flag History Highlighted At Gallipolis Elks Meeting
Judge William H. Janes traced flag origins from the Great Union flag to the present design and explained the Star Spangled Banner’s creation. He debunked myths about flag colors and state star patterns while recounting Key and Beanes during the Baltimore siege.
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Gallipolis
William H. Janes
The
Elks Lodge
Janes
Lexington
Bunker Hill
Judge Jones
Upper Marlborough
William Beanes
Francis Scott Key
Washington
Key
Baltimore
Sgt Luther Reese Dies In Saipan Action
The body of Sgt Luther V Reese arrives in Bidwell for a military funeral likely at Cheshire Baptist church Thursday at 2 PM. He led a machine gun squad in the 27th Infantry and was killed in action on Saipan July 10 1944 at age 28. Survived by parents Willard and Faye Reese and three siblings.
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Gallipolis
Luther V. Reese
Saipan
Bidwell
Cheshire Baptist Church
American Legion and
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Reese
27Th Infantry
Willard
Faye Roush Reese
Cheshire
Loren
Watertown
N. Y
Emerson
Herman
Marilyn
Gilbert Islands
Police Appointment Temporary Says Chief
Gallipolis chief Chester Leaper says Walter Pinkerman is appointed to the city police on a temporary basis. Pinkerman works two nights a week and is likely to continue that schedule during Carl Allen’s absence while Allen trains as a sanitarian at Oberlin College.
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Gallipolis
Chester Leaper
Walter Pinkerman
Carl Allen
Oberlin College
Scioto Yields Bodies Of Drowning Victims
The bodies of two people who drowned when a motorboat capsized in the Scioto River were recovered yesterday. Victims are Paul Carson, 24, and his sister in law Mrs Barbara Carson, 19, who drowned Saturday a mile south of the Girls Industrial School.
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Columbus
Scioto River
Paul Carson
Barbara Carson
Girls’ Industrial School
Admissions and Births and Discharges List from West Virginia
Admissions include David Cannon New Lexington Mrs George Kershaw Point Pleasant Mrs Edgar Demp sey Coalton Mrs Roger Whitting ton Robertsburg W Va Mrs David Clark Oak Hill Watt L Cook Charleston Wallace Jones Jackson Mrs Norman Chenault Jackson James Clary Crown City W L Wood Point Pleasant Frank Rainey Gallipolis Ferry Wendell Powell Bidwell J H Taylor Rio Grande Miss Ethel Knotts Gallipolis Albert Gabrielli Gallipolis Mrs William Farrar Jackson Miss Molly Roush Point Pleasant Mrs Carrie Kimmey Zaleski Charles Call Bladen Amon Forbis Not W Va Mrs Andrew Sorrell Wellston Mrs Vernie Blake Crown City Mrs George Mongakas Rio Grande Births to Mrs Willard Morgan Jackson a son Saturday to Mrs Burt Boster Thurman a son Saturday to Mrs Donald Shamblin Cheshire a son Saturday Mrs James Hughes Oak Hill a son Sunday to Mrs Arthur Stockmeister as daughter Monday Discharges include Mrs Hubert Fair David Cannon Miss Anna Hayburn Howard Duncan Arthur Lotny Mrs Mary Cameron Miss Molly Roush Mrs Clara Jaynes Richard Norris Mrs Ed Fuller Mrs Clif ford Stalnacker and daughter Mrs James Irwin and daughter Mrs Donald Shamblin and son Mrs George Heater and daughter Mrs Burt Boster and son Mrs Henry Holzapfel and son Mrs O B Elberfeld James Clary Rufus Steele J W Stevers Arthur Davis Mrs W S Priest and William Wilbur
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David Cannon
New Lexington
George Kershaw
Point Pleasant
Edgar Dempsey
Coalton
Roger Whittington
Robertsburg
W. Va
David Clark
Oak Hill
Watt L. Cook
Charleston
Wallace Jones
Jackson
Norman Chenault
James Clary
Crown City
W. L. Wood
Frank Rainey
Gallipolis Ferry
Wendell Powell
Bidwell
J. H. Taylor
Rio Grande
Ethel Knotts
Gallipolis
Albert Gabrielli
William Farrar
Molly Roush
Pearl Gilkey
Pomeroy
Carrie Kimmey
Zaleski
Charles Call
Bladen
Amon Forbis
Not
Andrew Sorrell
Wellston
Vernie Blake
George Mongakas
Willard Morgan
Burt Boster
Thurman
Donald Shamblin
Cheshire
James Hughes
Arthur Stockmeister
Hubert Fair
Anna Hayburn
Howard Duncan
Arthur Lotny
Mary Cameron
Clara Jaynes
Richard Norris
Ed. Fuller
Clifford Stalnacker
James Irwin
George Heater
Henry Holzapfel
O. B. Elberfeld
Rufus Steele
J. W. Stevers
Arthur Davis
W. S. Priest
William Wilbur
Kyger residents active in town and region events
Mr and Mrs L H Watson bought a store at Popular Pine Ky with Watson taking over the business and Mrs Watson joining later. Kyger school closed for the summer May 21. Community notices include anniversaries visits by relatives and graduates, WSCS meeting plans, and residents visiting relatives in Ohio and Pennsylvania.
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Clarence Grover
John Fields
South Charleston
Ohio
Harry Powell
James Ward
Marion
James Ward, Jr
Prospect
Sherman Rose
Poplar Ridge
Helen van Zant
Columbus State Hospital
George van Zant
Carl Davis
Maryland
E. F. Turner General
Leverett Amos
Fostoria
Amos
Claude Rupe
William Athey
Kyger
Cora Ward
Sadie Darst
Mary Sisson
J. V. Speer
Cheshire
Ralph Isaacs
Chicago
David Swisher
Columbus
Luella Bradbury
Florida
Mrs. Isaacs
Mary B. Sisson
Fingerprint Pioneer Dr Henry De Forest Dead at 83
New York obituary notes the death of Dr Henry Pelouze De Forest aged 83 on Sunday. He is credited with creating the first fingerprint file in the United States.
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New York
Henry Pelouze de Forest
Gallia County Viewpoint Urges Municipal Orchestra
DANN TABER urges Gallia Academy High School director Herbert O. Pepper to organize a permanent Gallipolis municipal orchestra. with city backing, park venue use, weekly rehearsals, and a grand opening in City Park to boost culture and local morale.
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Dann
Taber
Herbert O. Pepper
Gallia Academy High School
Cleveland
Columbus
Gallipolis
Mr. Pepper
Gallia
City Park
Indefinite Stay Granted For Convicted Slayer
Columbus state supreme court granted an automatic indefinite stay of execution to Roger Williams, convicted of the slaying of Minta Webb Rockwell at Indian Lake. The stay followed Williams' attorneys filing an appeal from his death sentence, postponing his scheduled execution set for July 8.
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Columbus
State Supreme Court
Roger Williams
Minta Webb Rockwell
Indian Lake
Williams
Vets elect president of Ohio War Veterans club
Attorney Paul Taylor of Akron has been elected president of Ohio's War Veterans Republican Club. He succeeds State Senator Kyle F. Brooks of Cincinnati as leader of the veterans group.
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Cincinnati
Paul Taylor
Akron
Ohio
War Veterans Republican Club
Kyle F. Brooks
Red Cross Seeks Knitters to Fill War Veterans Sweater Quota
Gallipolis announces a veteran care drive with an American Red Cross quota of 33 sleeveless sweaters and eight V neck with sleeves to be knitted locally. Executive secretary Katherine Hayward urges volunteers to complete the work quickly.
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Gallipolis
Katherine Hayward
Gallia County
American Red Cross
Mist and Metal Traps Planned for Beetle Fight
Ohio State Department of Agriculture will apply misting methods and set metal traps this week in Gallipolis to combat a major insect pest. County agricultural agent Bill Smith will coordinate collection matters for the beetle campaign. The DDT misting method replaces lead arsenate and can reach 5 to 200 feet, depending on wind, with minimal plant or animal damage except some insects and possibly goldfish. pools should be covered if possible.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Department of Agriculture
Bill Smith
State Department
School Board Plans Monday Health Meeting
Gallipolis superintendent Edwin Higgins calls a Monday meeting at 7 30 p m in the Board of Education office Washington School to discuss improved health practices with Dr Carl Roberts Ohio University health coordinator for the Kellogg Foundation. Attendees include principals Marshall Boggs Harold Brown Dr Howard Foster Dr H B Thomas and Mrs Mary Akers as nurse.
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Gallipolis
Edwin E. Higgins
Board of Education
Washington School
Carl Roberts
Ohio University
Athens
Kellogg Foundation
Higgins
Harold Brown
9. Academy High School
Marshall Boggs
Howard N. Foster
H. B. Thomas
Mary B. Akers
City street crews repaint pedestrian crosswalks in Gallipolis
Crews blocked the business district Monday as street crews painted bright yellow pedestrian and intersection stripes across the area.
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Gallipolis
Social notes from Eureka guests and visitors
Eureka society hosted and visited by many families across Cannonsburg Gallipolis Huntington and Ashland. Local residents, relatives, and friends including J E Lanier E Lanthorn and Spencer Lanthorn shared calls and visits amid holiday gatherings.
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Holzer Hospital
Gibson
Athens Pharmacy
S. Court St
Athens, O
FORD
Brad Lid
ACE Vacuum Stores
13Th St
AME
Red Cross
Eureka Social Notes
Eureka
Claude Chambers
Carl
Cannonsburg
John Chambers
A. N. Hally
Joann
William Carroll
Perry Gatewood
Hally
al Wetherholt
Etta Smith
Lizzie Shelton
Hunting
J. E. Lanier
Jay Holland
John Laughlin
Huntington
Marvin Robison
T. G. Dillon
F. W. Irwin
Nancy
Clarence Hill
Mary McCalister
Ashland
E. R. Lanthorn
Lesta Gothard
Middleport
F. M. Lanthorn
E. W. Lanthorn
David
Logan, W. Va
Mr. Lanthorn
Mrs
Curt Swain
Jimmy
Lenna Saunders
Russell
Oakland
Frances Swain
M. E. Miller
Walter Fellows
John Rhinesmith
Tony
Edna Rhinesmith
Marion Rhinesmith
Joe Needham
Elza Brown
Raccoon Island
Betty Swain
Ralph Smith
Doc Moore
Sharon
Clark Lanier
Clark Coulson
Joyce Chambers
J. W. Neal
Indianapolis
Wallace Lewis
Harris
Ivan Fife
Bobby Montgomery
Buckeye Rural Electric Co
Floyd Workman
Workman
Louisville
John Clark
Springfield
Della Bodiner
L. D. Clark
Howard Feastal
Richard
Claude Miller
Homer Small
John Jackson
Della Bodimer
Culligan Service
Beachemart
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Fort Pitt
Pitt
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