Gallipolis May Escape Flood Danger in Five Years
Gallia County engineer E N Leonard expects Gallipolis to be out of flood danger within five years aside from water over roads. He cites Monongahela and Allegheny flood control work and the Bluestone dam near Hinton as keys, with three or four Kanawha River dams needed to keep high water within banks and end flood threats.
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Gallipolis
E. N. Leonard
Gallia
Leonard
Monongahela
Allegheny
Blue Stone
Kanawha
Ohio River
Bluestone
Hinton
Gallia County Joins Statewide Forest Fire System
The Gallia county link to a statewide forest fire system overseen by the Ohio Division of Forestry is completed for the year with wardens appointed. The program includes state airplane and tower support, permits to burn, and a list of wardens across townships led by David Williams with praise for cooperation from Fred Etterling.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio Division of Forestry
Fred Etterling
David Williams
Rio Grande
State Forestry Department
Mr. Williams
Addison
M. A. Bunce
Raymond H. Rife
Cheshire
W. C. Moore
Briggs Kirby
G. H. Kerns
Roscoe J. Hix
Clay
Herman Brucker
Harry H. Clark
S. C. Hemphi
Melvin Sheets
L. D. Sheets
Huntington
E. FE. Hartsook
Alfred Radcliffe
W. H. Norman
Clinton Payne
Claude Angles
Morgan Township
Walter B. McGhee
James Simms
Earnest Carpenter
Ohio
C. H. Boyd
Sheridan E. Johnson
Perry Township
E. R. Simms
Hoyt Webster
S. H. Milam
D. Spurgeon Rees
Herman H. Wood
D. S. Davis
Clarence H. Petrie
Raccoon Township
David Elias
Ray Thomas
Frank Ruff
Charles E. Childers
John W. Evans
Egg Market Specialist Named New Gallia County Bureau Official
Carl Cooper an egg marketing specialist will head the Gallia County Farm Bureau Cooperative replacing Kay Quickel who resigned to join the Columbus office. At a farewell luncheon Quickel received a watch. Stanley Woods and Clarence Irwin were elected directors.
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Gallipolis
Carl Cooper
Gallia
River traffic at Gallipolis as dams down on Ohio River
All dams down on the Ohio River with water levels at Gallipolis Locks. Upstream gauge 18.0 feet at midnight and 15.8 on the lower gauge, rollers at 18.0 feet. Ships Solvay Fern Jones Ernestine Weir and Labelle moved through locks between morning and early Saturday hours.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Gallipolis Locks
Solvay
Fern
Jones
Ernestine
Weir
The
Labelle
Musicians To Represent Gallia School At Logan Festival
Gallia Academy High School will send forty four vocalists and thirty four instrumentalists to perform at the Logan festival on March 20. The Gallipolis group includes mixed choirs boy and girl voices, a band with woodwinds brass and percussion, and a full vocal section led by director Herbert O. Pepper. The roster lists named students by voice part and ensemble, highlighting selections from classical and folk traditions.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Logan
Ruth Sawyer Doepping
Sebelius
Deems Taylor
Finniss
Alexander Koshitz
Chopin
George McKay
Will James
Old Ark
Jane Haskins
Yvonne Slagle
Naida Spear
Dorothy Drummond
Charlene Robinson
Eloise Church
Paul Sheets
Paul Wells
Jim Jarvis
John Epple
Jimmy Caldwell
Tom Halliday
Francis Shane
Frank Lyons
Mack Lakin
Allen Romaine
Alice McKenzie
Jane Notter
Marion Jeffers
Janice Folden
Joan Bachus
Dorothy Skinner
Bonita Bane
June Conner
Patty Saunders
Rachel Masters
Eileen Wallis
Carol Ball
Georgia Alderigi
Becky Johnson
Nancy Beard
Mary Pickens
Gertrude Lupton
LaDonna Ecker
Helen Folden
Marilyn Allison
Norah Condee
Ronnie Canaday
Keith Thomas
Jack Mink
Billy Evans
Margaret Allison
Marcella Null
Jim Dailey
Lewis Arnold
Roger Baker
Don Henshaw
Wayne Shaver
Gene Boster
J. F. Bowles Dies at 82 in Harrisonville
J F Bowles 82 died at his daughter Mrs Hile French home Harrisonville Friday afternoon He was a prominent Meigs County citizen active in Democratic politics and long operated a Dexter general store Survived by two daughters Mrs Adrian French Harrisonville and Mrs Helen Jones Cincinnati Funeral set for Sunday 2 p.m. at Dexter Church burial White Oak Cemetery
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Pomeroy
J. F. Bowles
Hile French
Harrisonville
Meigs County
Dexter
Adrian French
Helen Jones
Cincinnati
Dexter Church
White Oak
Mrs Ellen Souders Services Conducted
Funeral for Mrs. Ellen Souders held Thursday in New Lexington. Pallbearers and attendees included families from Columbus Corning Huntington and Beech Bottom with Rev J L Riley officiating. The ceremony drew relatives from Pomeroy and nearby towns.
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Mrs. Ellen Souders
Frank Flowers
Leo Clifford
Joseph Selmer
Corning
John Click
Carl Sharp
Priscilla
Huntington
W. Va
Elmer Sadler
Beech Bottom
Holzer Hospital Notes admissions and discharges noted
Gallipolis and nearby towns list admissions including Mrs Forest Long Mrs Frank Wilcox Mrs Alice Bradbury Arthur Stobert Mrs John Baker Roy H Gilliland Mrs William Phillips Mrs A Dillon and a birth to Mrs Roy Burger a daughter Discharges include James Stephenson Charles Bictle William Shell and Mrs C D Frecker
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Gallipolis
Forest Long
Frank Wilcox
Wellston
Alice Bradbury
Arthur Stobert
Racine
John Baker
Oak Hill
Roy H. Gilliland
William Phillips
Jackson
A. Dillon
Eureka
Roy Burger
James Stephenson
Charles Bictle
William Shell
C. D. Frecker
Gallipolis Judge Fines Men for Intoxication
Holland C Prose of Waterloo Star Route Gallipolis pleaded guilty and was fined 50 dollars and costs by Judge William H. Jones in municipal court for being in physical control of a motor vehicle while intoxicated. Otho Wolf of Gallipolis was fined 5 dollars and costs at the same session for intoxication.
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Gallipolis
Holland C
Waterloo
William H. Jones
Otho Wolf
Church Circle Meeting Follows Lenten Services
Federated Circle of the Federated Church met after Lenten services. Plans include Easter Sunrise breakfast at 8 a.m. and a Fellowship Supper April 7 with new members as guests. Palm Sunday entry 25 new members announced. Committees appointed for social events. Donations to Boy Scouts approved. Various legislative letters urged to congressmen. CARE packages for overseas shipment and child welfare drive supported. No hostesses were listed due to Lent.
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Pomeroy
Federated Circle
Federated Church
Robert Hegnauer
Ethel Williamson
Boy Scouts
Women's Guild
Glenroy Ewing
Martha Heganuer
Guild
Carrie Neutzling
Williams Rites Are Sunday
Funeral services for John D. Williams aged 79 will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Calvary Baptist Church Rio Grande with Rev. Harold E. Hammer officiating. Williams, a Jackson County native born October 31, 1868, lived in the Rio Grande area over 25 years. Surviving are his wife Cora Rainier Williams. children David Williams Thurman Griffith Williams Mrs. Howard P. Lloyd Mrs. Dana Wickline and Paul Williams. brothers and sisters Robert Williams Chris Williams Mrs. Sarah Osborne Mrs. Ida Robinson and Mrs. Mary Smith. Interment will follow at the church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Calvary Baptist Church
Rio Grande
John D. Williams
Harold E. Hammer
Williams
Jackson County
Cora Rainier
David Williams
Howard P. Lloyd
Thurman
Griffith Williams
Logan
Dana Wickline
Paul Williams
Robert Williams
Chris Williams
Sarah Osborne
Jackson
Ida Robinson
Portsmouth
Mary Smith
Oak Hill
Church
Steve Thomas
Patrol Check Is Continued with Six Arrests
Six arrests reported by the state highway patrol on Friday as part of ongoing traffic checks. Five fines cited for truck overloading. one driver fined for no license. Officers stopped 14 passenger cars and 32 trucks on Route 7 with 11 warnings, and 19 trucks and 25 cars on Route 124 with 12 warnings.
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Gallipolis
Justice of the Peace
L. B. Higgins
Middleport
Lawrence L. Anderson
Rutland
Kenneth C. Patrick
Athens
Ira Douglas Brawley
Coalville
Charles E. Jenkins
Jackson
W. A. Ridenour
Ridenour
William Greene Talbert
Wellston
W. S. Hoffman To Be Honored At Banquet
Na omi Lodge No. 55 Knights of Pythias invites members of Oriental Lodge No. 49 to a banquet in Gallipolis honoring Past Chancellor W. S. Hoffman. Naomi Rank team travels to Racine March 19 to confer Knight rank for Nikee Lodge No. 667. Shiraz Temple No. 29 plans a South Pee West Va ceremony Saturday March 0. An auto league is being organized for Tuesday March 16 with John R. Hollenbaugh in charge.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Oriental Lodge No
Point Pleasant
W. S. Hoffman
Racine
Nikee
Knights of the Wilks Lodge
Shiraz Temple
Southpee
W.va
Daughter Sharon Irene Theiss Born at Holzer Hospital
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth R. Theiss announce the birth of their daughter Sharon Irene on March 3 at Holzer Hospital. Grandparents are Carl Theiss of Dorcas and Mrs. Frank Stowe of Syracuse. Great grandmother Mrs. Rena Karr of Dorcas.
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Pomeroy
Kenneth R. Theiss
Bernice Stowe
Sharon Irene
Holzer Hospital
Carl Theiss
Dorcas
Frank Stowe
Syracuse
Rena Karr
Non-Support Charge Arrest in Gallia County
Virgil Bradshaw was arrested by Sheriff Elmer E. Hatfield on a non support charge. The arrest stems from a secret indictment issued at the last grand jury session.
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Gallipolis
Virgil Bradshaw
Elmer E. Hatfield
Angel Services For John Franklin Angel
Funeral services for John Franklin Angel 93 will be Sunday at 2 p.m. at Oak Hill Mission church. He died Wednesday after living with his granddaughter Mrs Cora Racer in Gallipolis Route 1 for about a year and a half. Surviving children include David Angel and Mrs Margaret Wilson of Oak Hill Route 4 and others. Reverends H O Thompson and Floyd Wise will officiate with burial in C M Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
John Franklin Angel
Oak Hill Mission
Angel
Cora Racer
Oak Hill
E. L. Noel
Rio Grande
David Angel
Margaret Wilson
Winnie Brown
Jackson
Mary Claar
Springfield
Susie Wendell
Etta Biffle
New Plymouth
Fine Suspended for Vic tor Minor in Columbus Intoxication Case
Justice of the peace Mrs. J. H. Shato suspended a $15 fine and costs levied on Victor Minor of Columbus who was arrested and charged with intoxication.
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Gallipolis
J. H. Shato
Justice of the Peace
Victor Minor
Columbus
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Gallia School
Barbara Woods
Claribel Thomas
Jane Stebbins
Mary Ann Preston
Elina Frederic
Wanda Spurlock
Vera Roush
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Ellen Jewell
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Auto League
John R. Hollenbaugh
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Universal Electric
RCA
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Angel Services
H. O. Thompson
Floyd Wise
C. M. Cemetery
Pomeroy Pastry Shop
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Chanin
Jewelers
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Associated Radio
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