Four Cars Involved In Crash In Gallipolis
Four cars were involved in a Saturday crash at 12 50 p.m. on Second Ave and Spruce St in Gallipolis. Charles E. Moore of Dayton collided with taxi driver James V Sheets of Gallipolis, causing a sequence that struck two other vehicles. No injuries reported. Moore faces fail to yield charges in municipal court.
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Callipolis
Charles E. Moore
Dayton
James V. Sheets
Gallipolis
Sheets
Second Ave
Moore
Spruce St
Robert Bruce
Jones
Eastern
Mill
James L. Banks
Columbia
Gilbert Milliran
Herman Lynch
Thurman
Edith Swisher
City
Egner Dies Sunday At Age Of 26
Sgt. James Foster Egner 26, of Gallipolis, died Sunday at 4 30 p m at the Russell Conley home Eureka Star Route. He leaves wife Cleora Conley Egner and daughter Linda Kay 10 months old. Born 1923 in Middleport to Foster W and Virginia Lewis Egner he was a Middleport High School drummer and a World War II veteran with a Purple Heart five battle stars and three oak leaf clusters. Military funeral services will be at Nazarene Church with Rev Vernon Shaffer. arrangements incomplete.
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Gallipolis
James Foster Egner
Russel Conley
Eureka
Russel Conleys
Sgt. Egner
Cleora Conley Egner
Veteran's Hospital
Dayton
Middleport
Foster W. Egner
Virginia Lewis Egner
The
Nazarene Church
Vernon Shaffer
Visitors of Ehman kin depart for Charleston
Mrs Laura Ehman of Charleston and Mrs Adda Ferguson of Fort Collins visited Gallipolis for about a week at the Ehman home. Ferguson plans to travel next to Woodstock and Washington, with a flight to Denver on the return. Sheriff Firman recalls spending close to a year related to Ferguson’s Fort Collins residence.
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Gallipolis
George Ehman
Dorothy
Laura Ehman
Charleston
Sheriff Ehman
Adda Ferguson
Fort Collins
Cole
W. Va
Million-Foot Well Reported Drilled In Point Pleasant
The Hope Natural Gas Co. drilled a gas well on the Dr. J. H. Ferguson farm near Cottageville in Jackson County. The well is reported to produce a million cubic feet of gas daily. The 130 acre farm lies about a mile west of the village.
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Point Pleasant
Hope Natural Gas Co
J. H. Ferguson
Cottageville
Jackson County
Robert H. Ferguson
Holzer Hospital Notes Admissions and Births at Gallipolis
Hospital brief lists admissions including Mrs Calvin Holbut Jackson James Eugene Rowe Bidwell Arthur Morarity Pomeroy Bobby Cantor Oak Hill Okey Road city Daniel Swisher Cheshire Capt Raymond Young Henderson W Va James E Halley Crown City Mrs Charles Farrell Vinton and others. Births include Mrs Myron Frim Wellston a son. Discharges list named patients such as Charles Salts Ethel Lambert Jane Beulah Mindosa James McDaniel and others.
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Gallipolis
Calvin Holbut
Jackson
James Eugene Rowe
Bidwell
Arthur Morarity
Pomeroy
Bobby Cantor
Oak Hill
Okey Road
City
Daniel Swisher
Cheshire
Capt
Raymond Young
Henderson
W. Va
James E. Halley
Crown City
Charles Farrell
Vinton
R. C. Cluer
Earl Walton
Wellston
Joseph Underwood
Lottie Shreek
Divorce Suit Filed in Gallipolis
Eunice Woodall 17 city through father Raymond Rupe filed for divorce and alimony from Clarence Woodall Kananga. Married in Pomeroy in 1948 with no children. Suit also filed by Ed Judy of Judy Motor Sales in Gallipolis against T. O. Pickens Nitro to collect a $100 promissory note.
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Gallipolis
Eunice Woodall
City
Raymond Rupe
Common Pleas Court
Clarence Woodall
Kananga
Pomeroy
Ed Judy
Judy Motor Sales
Common Pleas
T. O. Pickens, Nitro
W. Va
Night Time Traffic Check By State Patrol At Gallipolis
The State Highway Patrol conducted its first major night time traffic check from midnight Saturday to 5 am Sunday. 296 passenger cars and 37 trucks were checked and 60 warnings issued. Four Gallipolis patrolmen took part. An accident occurred on a county road near Burlingham Meigs County injuring Frank L Jones. Other crash near Rio Grande involved Leslie Sams and James Banks. Fines were issued to Tully Coffey for no license and Everett Bostic for improper parking.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Burlingham
Meigs County
Frank L. Jones
Shade
Jones
Leslie Sams
Eleanor
W.va
James Banks
Columbus
Rio Grande
Banks
Sams
Tully Coffey
Lewisburg
Ohio
Maurice Grover
Everett Bostic
Huntington
Grover
Gallia County Land Transfers Highlight Local Deeds
William Suthers transfers 25 acres in Gallia to Bertha Irene Dillon in Guyan. Roma Maze sells portions of lots 331-332 in Gallipolis to James Harry Swisher and others. Several additional deeds list transfers including 50 acres in Green to Stanford and Grace McCray. half-interest in Lot 2 in Dickens Addition to Mary McClure. and small parcels in Clay and Addison townships among other parties.
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William Suthers
Bertha Irene Dillon
Guyan
Roma Maze
James Harry Swisher
Gallipolis
John H. Rupe
Stanford
Grace McCray
Green
John E. Evans Jr
Chester
Goldie Patterson
Robert H. McClure
Mary Mildred McClure
Dickens Addition
Clay
Ira Franklin
James C
Dora Franklin
Clay Township
Bertha Carper Casto
Lonnie
Elizabeth Ball
Huntington
Ada Moore
Miller Mason
Addison
Marriage License Issued in Gallipolis Court
A marriage license was issued in probate court to John T. Clark age 25 of City and Luella B. Beaver age 17 of City.
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Gallipolis
John T. Clark
Luella B. Beaver
Miller Family Ends Thorn Town Visit
Chauncey Mary Frances Janie and Billy Miller have returned to their home in Thorn Town Indiana after a visit in Chauncey with their grandfather D. H. Linscott Converse Street.
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Chauncey
Mary Frances
Janie
Billy Miller
Thorntown
Ind
D. H. Linscott
Converse St
River Traffic at Gallipolis Locks Details Readings and Movements
Boats passing the Gallipolis locks include Jim Martin Ernestine Samuel Clemens Semet Dolle Jefferson and others with various up and down movements from 9:40 a m to 4:25 p m. Upper gauge 17.9 feet lower 10.1 feet and a roller flow of 4 feet. Kanawha Falls reading not shown.
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Gallipolis
Jim Martin
Ernestine
Samuel Clemens
Semet
Dolle
Jefferson
Patriot
Indiana
Rand
Sullivan
Kenna
Lehigh
Wood
Price
Kanawha Falls
Move Begun To Replace Statue Melted by Nazis
A global drive to replace the Paris statue honoring Pelletier and Caventou, discoverers of quinine, melted by Nazis in 1941, begins in the United States. Dr. George Urdang leads the effort, seeking $20,000 for a new tribute funded by American pharmaceutical and medical groups.
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Madison
Wis
NEA
Joseph Pelletier
Joseph Caventon
Mississippi River
Pike County
Pelletier and Caventou
Paris
Medical
George Urdang
School of Pharmacy
University of Wisconsin
American Institute of the History of Pharmacy
France
America
Dr. Urdang
Pelletier
Caventou
Mankind
United States
Hawk Family Reunion Near Guysville Draws 31 Relatives
A Hawk family reunion was held June 19 at the roadside park near Guysville with 31 relatives and four visitors. The eldest attendee was Mrs. W. J. Hawk, 88, and the youngest was six months old Billy McAllister. Four generations were present among W. J. Hawk Roy Hawk Bill Hawk and Michael Hawk.
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Chauncey
Hawk
Guysville
W. J. Hawk
Billy McAllister
Roy Hawk
Bill Hawk
Michael Hawk
Pretcher Hawk
Thelma ‘McAllister
Charles McAllister
Boy Steps on Glass Cuts Tendon in Foot
POINT PLEASANT Wapyne Robinson son of Mr and Mrs K W Robinson of 117 Pleasant St returned from a visit in Portsmouth. He stepped on a broken bottle, cut a tendon in his foot and will wear crutches for about two weeks. He was too weak to visit his grandparents during the trip.
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Point Pleasant
Wapyne
K. W. Robinson
117
Pleasant St
Portsmouth
Weak
W. W. Robinson
Mra
Fred Bender
Needle Club Entertained at Mrs Brewer’s Lancaster Street Home
Chauncey notes Chauncey Needle Club gathering at Mrs Maude Brewer’s Lancaster Street home in Athens with a 6 o'clock dinner. Daughters Florence and Alice Brewer assisted. Farewell for Mrs Ida Hill and a dessert course followed. Guests and members listed. WCTU representatives attended. Springfield visitors Mrs Paul Courtney and Minnette Courtney noted.
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Chauncey
Maude Brewer
Athens
Millfield
Needle Club
Lancaster St
Ida Hill
Jessie Fulton
Donna Thomas
Howard Brookins
John Brewer
Florence and
Alice Brewer
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Set. Egner
Ehmans
Holzer Hospital
Gallia County
Schenley
WCTU
Lloyd Pendergrass
Carl Shafer
Chauncey W
Vistors
Springfield
Paul Courtney
Minnette Courtney
Willamson
Furmaet
Williamson
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
Joe
Aline
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