Services Tuesday for Sybil Howell
Obituary notices Sybil Burdette Howell 58 wife of Probate Judge John W Howell will have services Tuesday at 2 p.m. at C J Waugh funeral home in Gallipolis. She died Saturday. She a 25 year nurse helped found Holzer Hospital and trained at Grant Hospital and Holzer School of Nursing. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Sybil Burdette Howell
John W. Howell
C. J. Waugh
Charles E. Holzer, Sr
Holzer
Beulah Ward
Holzer Hospital
Howell
Cabin Creek
W. Va
George Burdette
Laird Burdette
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
Point Pleasant
King Burdette
Addie Reynolds
Mound Hill Cemetery
Kanauga Man Fights Off Officers With Poker
Harold Thompson, 28, of Kanauga, fled Gallia County deputies near Kuhn and Saunders on Eastern Avenue Saturday. He wrestled back from Sheriff Oscar Baird and Deputy Stanley Fellore, then resisted as City Officers John Taylor and Bill Niday joined. Thompson was captured and taken to the sheriff's car after a forceful struggle leaving officers with bruises.
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Gallipolis
Kanauga
Gallia County
Oscar Baird
Stanley Fellore
Harold Thompson
Kuhn
John Taylor
Bill Niday
Taylor
Thompson
Ex-Resident Switzer Found Dead In California Stabbing
Gallipolis native Paul Benjamin Switzer 61 of Sacramento Calif. was stabbed to death Saturday. His body will arrive in Columbus Tuesday night for funeral home pickup. He was born in Gallipolis Sept 13 1897 and had worked as a salesman for Pure Oil Co Emory Carpenter Container Co and own gas business in Hamilton. Police say motive unknown and three Gallipolis brothers survive along with other relatives. Local services will be announced.
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Gallipolis
Paul Benjamin Switzer
Sacramento
Calif
Columbus
C. J. Waugh
Waugh
Switzer
Robert M
Alice M. Simmons Switzer
Staunton Military Academy
Ohio State University
Army Air Corps
Pure Oil Co
Cincinnati
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Emory Carpenter Container Co
Hamilton
Ohio
California
Stolen Cars Recovered in Gallia County and West Virginia
Two cars stolen from Gallia County were recovered within five minutes Saturday evening. A 1948 Oldsmobile stolen from Grace Wickline of Northup was found by West Virginia State Police in Charleston, with an unidentified male companion fleeing toward Ironton. A second car, a 1949 Ford owned by Fred Saunders, stolen on Third Avenue in Gallipolis, was recovered near Verlin after a county alert.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Charleston
Jackson Coun
Grace Wickline
Northup
West Virginia
Wickline
Ironton
Third Avenue
Verlin
Jackson County
Albany
Carpenter
Oak Hil
Fred Saunders
State Patrol Investigates Three Auto Accidents
Gallia County reports three weekend accidents investigated by the State Highway Patrol Post 27. One injury case on U S Route 35 near Route 588 left Ruby M Crawford with head, elbow and knee injuries treated and released. Crawford faced reckless operation charges after posting a 20 dollar bond.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
William A. Merry
Bidwell
Max Wade Crawford
Westerville
Merry
Crawford
Ruby M. Crawford
D. R. Warehime
Jackson County
Jamie Earl Rankin
Troy
Rankin
Oak Hill
W. P. Horton
Youths Held Till Proof Of Car Ownership
Three youths from the Westerville area were jailed for investigation in Gallipolis after failing to show proof of ownership for the car they drove. A registration check with state files led to their detention before they were released by City Police.
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Gallipolis
Westerville
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital notes
A daughter born to Mr and Mrs David L Thomas Oak Hill March 15. A son born to Mr and Mrs Elza Gilmore Pomeroy March 14. Multiple admissions listed by name and residence, including Roy Gene Green Mason and Fred D Fulks Bladen among others, with many medical and surgical cases.
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David L. Thomas
Oak Hill
James Keefer
Barberton
Elza Gilmore
Pomeroy
Ernest Harper
Gallipolis
Harold Thomas
Middleport
Roy Gene Green
Mason
Fred D. Fulks
Bladen
Leroy McManus
Wellston
Surgical
Elizabeth A. Dirken
Ironton
Pearley L. Graves
Ray
Carmen F. Elswick
Tronton
Harvey C. Zimmerman
Izetta Harrison
Wilkesville
Floyd B. West
Vinton
Robert V. Lewis
Ashland
Eugene Wooten
Elvin E. Peterson
Jackson
K. H. Ford
New Haven
Stanley M. Davis
Michael R. Gibson
Robert Fannin
Mary Estep
Debra Sue Starcher
Medical
Frank G. Bisnaugle
Beverly Kay Thompson
Billy Joe Oney
Wanda Sprouse
Robert L. Ross
Robert L. Gosney
Point Pleasant
George W. Wells
W. Donald Galloway
James F. Strauser
Richard L. Lewis
West Columbia
Alice Faye Walker
Horseshow Group to Meet in Gallia County Hall
Gallia County riders group plans a Tuesday night gathering at Rock Springs Grange Hall. John Houck, president of the Gallia County Riding Club, announced the event Sunday night.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Horseshow Association
Rock Springs
John Houck
Gallia County
Patrol Reports One Accident and Fines In Ohio
The State Highway Patrol investigated a single accident Friday near Pomeroy on Route 7. Doris Davis 45 of Tupper's Plains was fined 10 dollars for passing without the assured clear distance after passing southbound Guy Rose 21 of Portland. Phillip Powell 41 of Pomeroy Route 1 was fined 47 dollars for overload. Two arrestees, James Gray 36 of Columbus and John Bailey 29 of Lansing Mich., were fined 10 dollars and costs each for crossing a yellow line and passing on a curve.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Doris Davis
Tupper’s Plains
Guy Rose
Portland
Pomeroy
Court of
Minersville
Ronald Grindley
Phillip Powell
W. H. Jones
James A. Johnson
James Gray
Columbus
John Bailey
Lansing
Mich
Retired U.S. Sergeant Returns to Rank After Recall
U S M Sgt Charles E Kelly aged 60 retired on a colonel s pay. He was recalled to the U S Army in 1946 as a full colonel and later reverted to his permanent rank of master sergeant.
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U.S. M
Charles E. Kelly
U.S. Army
Truth Dollars Fuel Radio Free Europe Drive
The message promotes Truth Dollars to support Radio Free Europe broadcasting truth through the Iron Curtain up to 20 hours daily. It notes the collaboration with The Advertising Council and the Newspaper Advertising Executives Association as a public service effort to strengthen the station’s reach.
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Free West
Europe
Radio Free Europe
Iron Curtain
The
Advertising Council
Newspaper Advertising Executives Association
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W. W. Robinson
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