Gallipolis Pollution Board Appeal Hearing Set March 22
Gallia County Common Pleas Court will hear the appeal of Gallipolis from the Feb. 23 Ohio Water Pollution Board ruling denying renewal of permit 78.4 to dump raw sewage into the Ohio River and Chickamauga Creek. If Judge Betz is ill, another common pleas judge will preside.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Water Pollution Board
Gallia County
Marjorie Rinehart
Ohio River
Chickamauga
Bailes
Cherrington
Lewis Claude Miller
Ronald D. Knotts
Ohio
Water Pollution Board
Ralph E. Dwork
M. D
W. Harper Annat
Barton Hall
W. R. Kellogg
Miss Rinehart
W. R. Ramsey
Patriot
Robert
Emma Miller
Peniel
Church of God
Allen Baker
Homer Lanier
Woodrow North
Third Avenue
Wayne Amsbury
Garfield Avenue
Vinton WSCS Plans Birthday Party for 95 Year Old Mrs Swick
The Vinton Women's Society for Christian Service plans a birthday party for Mrs Eliza Swick at her home near Raccoon Creek. Born March 3 1860 in Morgan Township she is the widow of Lewis R Swick who died in 1936. She has two sons Don and Clarence and a daughter Blanche Burns with several grandchildren. She attends church nightly during a protracted meeting and keeps active despite failing eyesight and sore feet.
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Vinton
Morgan Township
Morgan Center
Alvin and
Harriet Spires Russell
Morgan Center Methodist Church
Vinton Methodist Church
Vinton Church
Lewis R. Swick
Lula
Hattie
Eliza Swick
Marva Ray Knapper
Swick
William
Blanche) Burns
Prospect
Marion County
Walter
Velma) McFarland
Marion
Center
Ray
Linda Ward) Knapper
Rio Grande College Hosts Weeklong Youth Program
Rio Grande College students and faculty enjoyed a campus evening of games and stints directed by Edith Banks of Rochester New York. Clarence Irwin called a short square dance and refreshments followed. Banks is a National Baptist Youth Foundation intern hosted by Calvary Baptist Church and the college.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Edith Banks
Clarence Irwin
Miss Banks
Rochester
N.Y
National Baptist Youth Foundation
Calvary Baptist Church
Pem broke Club Hosts Salad After Book Review
Mrs George Fuller hosted Pem broke Club on Tuesday with a salad course following the program. The meeting featured a book review by Mrs R D Thomas of the French work Four Thousand Years Under the Sea by Philippe Diole.
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George Fuller
Pembroke Club
R. D. Thomas
Silver Tea Supports Parsonage Fund at Vinton Methodist
The Women s Society for Christian Service of the Vinton Methodist Church hosted a silver tea at Mrs Anna Evans home. A sizable collection was taken for the parsonage while Mrs Jessie Houchins led the business session planning Thursdays birthday party for Mrs Eliza Swick. Mrs Evans led devotions and served cookies and tea.
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Women's Society For Christian Service
Vinton Methodist Church
Anna Evans
Jessie Houchins
Eliza Swick
Evans
Local residents return from travels abroad
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Bias have returned from a Florida vacation. Mr. and Mrs. Max Tawney returned this week from Mexico where they spent a vacation.
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Carl Bias
Florida
Max Tawney
Mexico
Coach Bush Advocates College for Rio Grande Senior
Rio Grande College coach Herman S. Bush spoke to a Rio Grande High School senior on Wednesday afternoon about the benefits of pursuing higher education. He outlined academic opportunities, potential career paths, and the long term advantages of a college degree.
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Bush
Rio Grande
Herman S. Bush
Rio Grande College
Creeks Flood Roads Across Gallia County and Nearby Areas
The Ohio River cresting prompted the Gallipolis Post to report floods on Route 141 near Cadmus due to Symmes Creek and Route 325 north and south of Vin ton from Raccoon Creek. Bowmantown Road also flooded. Route 218 at Yellowtown was briefly flooded but passable. Route 7 near Athalia was covered by six to seven feet of water.
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Symmes Creek
Cadmus
Raccoon Creek
Vinton
Bowmantown
Lower Creek
Glen Summit
Yellowtown
Athalia
Lawrence County
Ohio River
Swordfish Pierces Timber With Single Thrust
The swordfish can pierce 27 inches of solid timber in one thrust demonstrating extraordinary power and a notable example of its predatory capability.
Hawaiian Student Attends Rio Grande College
Pauline Leialoha of Hilo Hawaii attends Rio Grande College as part of the junior class after transferring from an Iowa junior college. The 20 year old has been in the United States since September 2 1952 and calls for Hawaii to become a state.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Pauline Leialoha
Hilo
Hawaii
Iowa
Blood donations aid defense and civilian needs
Red Cross reported last year almost 3 million donations for national defense and civilian use. Of this total, more than 1.8 million went to civilian use across over 3,500 hospitals.
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Red Cross
Township Wardens Appointed Williams Heads County Again
Robert R. O'Donnell of Chillicothe announces the reappointment of County Warden David Williams of Rio Grande and releases a full list of township wardens across multiple townships including Addison, Cheshire, Clay, Gallipolis, Green, Greenfield, Guyan, Harrison, Huntington, Morgan, Ohio, Raccoon, Springfield, and Walnut with wardens named for each.
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Williams
Galn Polis
Robert R
O'Donnell
Chillicothe
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
David Williams
Rio Grande
Addison
Raymond H. Rife
Clarence Edward Casey
Earl Mink
Luther E. Hunt
Cheshire
W. C. Moore
Briggs Kirby
Roscoe J. Hix
Clay
Herman Brucker
S. C. Hemphill
Clyde Smith
Gallipolis
Charles H. Bane
Green
J. Hector Steele
Edwin R
Pete) McCormick
Virgil R. Hamrick
D. I. Adkins
Earl T. Winters
William Northup
Greenfield
B. L. Starcher
Lewis Miller
J. Herman Evans
Homer Lloyd
Billy Starcher
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Pollution Board
Vinton Wscs
Jonah Walters
Joe Freshcorn
Blanche
Claude Swick
Welletree School
Joseph
Columbus
Don Swick
Gallipolis Social Notes
Wake Out Theatre
William Holden
Kelly
Fredric March
Mickey Rooney
Technicolor
Toko-Ri
State Highway Patrol
Dodge
Hodge
Rae
Bernadette
Andy
Pat
Sue
Kathy
Elaine
Danny
Warner Bros
Inemascope
Warnercolor
van Hefl
Aldo
Athens
Nancy EN Alson
Raymond Maloey
Raoul Wal
Hunter “Halone
Frencis
SAT
SUN
J. White
Guy Clark
Walnut
Paul Pope
John R. Brown
Cy Drummond
Opp. Park, Gallipolis
General Electric
Electric
Electric Company
Tre Electrie
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
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