State Inspector Urges Jailhouse Fire Escape
Gallia County explores jail safety upgrades as Charles G. Lyons urges a fire escape on the northeast wall near Holzer Hospital School of Nursing. The board seeks an estimate from Paul E. Watson for the project and reviews adding bunks to raise capacity, plus a partition for prisoner interviews.
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Gallipolis
Charles G. Lyons
Ironton
Ohio Department of Industrial Relations
Gallia
Ity
Two Children Treated After Incidents At Holzer Hospital
In Gallipolis two children and a man were treated as emergency cases at Holzer Hospital. Five year old Terry Wandling suffered facial lacerations from a dog bite and was in good condition. Elzie Williams, 40, was admitted with chest contusions from unloading machinery and is listed in good condition. Eleven year old Leslie Stapleton received a lacerated knee after being struck by an axe while chopping wood and is in good condition.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Terry M. Wandling
Glenneth W. Wandling
Point Pleasant
Elzie Williams
Beech Ave
Charleston
Silver Bridge
Kananga
Leslie J. Stapleton
Carl J. Stapleton
Crown City
Police Probe Two Hit Skips
Gallia city police investigate two hit and run crashes lasting over Monday and Tuesday. A unknown vehicle backed into Jay Madison Simms’ parked car on Pine Street near Second Avenue damaging left headlight grill bumper and hood. Earlier an unidentified driver struck Frank Danner Jr.’s parked car on Third Avenue below Cedar Street damaging left door and fender.
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Gallipolis
Jay Madison Simms
Waterloo Star
Pine St
Second Ave
William H. Caldwell
Crown City
Frank Danner, Jr
Third Ave
Cedar St
Nine Pass Road Test For Driver's License
Gallipolis nine of eleven road test takers passed the state highway patrol driver license examinations Tuesday and were approved for operator licenses. Examiner Ronald G. Lambert said he also gave preliminary exams to thirteen applicants and twelve passed.
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Gallipolis
Highway Patrol
Ronald G. Lambert
Lambert
Gallia College Students Begin Thanksgiving Vacation
Gallipolis Rio Grande College students were the first in the area to start Thanksgiving break after Tuesday classes. Classes will resume on Monday.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Hay Trucker Loses Wheel on Route 218 Spill
A tractor trailer carrying 250 bales of hay overturned after losing its right rear wheel on Route 218 near Mercerville. Driver Morris Sheets, 21, Crown City, suffered a bruised hip and sprained back but was not treated. A 16-year-old, Benny Dent, was cited for unsafe operation after a separate gravel-road collision near Koger Creek High School. The patrol also investigated a Meigs County crash where two cars collided while a pushing vehicle went left of center. Lawrence Rose, 20, Racine Route 2, was charged with left of center and a Meigs County Court date was set.
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Gallipolis
Morris Sheets
Crown City
State
Mercerville
Benny S. Dent
Cheshire
Gallia County
Dent
Ralph Needs
Briggs Kirby
of Needs
Meigs County
Rose
Lawrence E. Rose
Racine
Warren H. Rose
Lawrence Rose
Rev Jones Delivers Thanksgiving Message at Gallia Academy
The Rev Hughey Jones of Grace Methodist Church spoke at the Thanksgiving assembly held Wednesday morning at Gallia Academy High School in Gallipolis. The event featured first appearances by the school choir directed by Mrs Shirley Crothers and the Madrigals group performing religious selections.
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Gallipolis
Hughey Jones
Grace Methodist Church
Gallia Academy High School
Shirley Jo Crothers
Mrs. Sarah Blake Dies at 84 in Crown City
Mrs. Sarah Blake 84 of Crown City died at home after a short illness. Survived by five daughters Jess Ricketts Florence Pickett Hobart Milard Roy Ricketts Velma Blake. one son William Blake. two step daughters Oscar Martin Nannie Baldwin. 23 grandchildren and 17 great grandchildren. Body at Hall funeral home Proctorville. funeral arrangements incomplete.
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Gallipolis
Sarah Blake
Crown City
Andrew
Susan Kerns Johnson
Jess Ricketts
Florence Pickett
Huntington
W. Va
Hobart Milard
Roy Ricketts
Dayton
Velma Blake
William Blake
Miller
Oscar Martin
Chesapeake
Cheshire Man Gets Probation On Larceny
Roy Newell Jr., 33, of Cheshire, was placed on one year of probation by Gallia County Common Pleas Judge Robert M. Betz after changing his plea to guilty on grand larceny. He admitted stealing $73.60 and $5 in cosmetics from Rose Bowery and was ordered to restitution.
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Cording
Dickey
Betz
Ohio
Common Pleas
Columbus
Wilma Anderson
T. K. Owens
Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Gallia County
Police arrest Ray Rubenstahl on forgery charge
Tuesday police arrested Ray Rubenstahl, 41, of 53 Lincoln Street, on a forgery charge. A warrant was signed by George Lear. Stahl’s hearing was scheduled for Wednesday in Municipal Court in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Ray Rubenstahl
Lincoln St
Rubenstahl
George Lear
Bidwell Man Dies At 76
Bidwell resident L. C. Hargrove died at his home at 76 after six weeks grieving his wife Grace Evans Hargrove. He was born October 22, 1884 in Florida and leaves daughter Ruth Brown son Charles Hargrove and grandson Harvey Brown all of Bidwell. Burial details are with Vernon McCoy funeral home, Vinton. He was a Mt. Carmel Church member.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell
L. C. Hargrove
Grace Evans Hargrove
Vernon McCoy
Vinton
Ruth Brown
Charles Hargrove
Harvey Brown
Mr. Hargrove
Florida
Henry
Sarah Hargrove
Mt. Carmel Church
Service Station Leased On Eastern Ave Gallipolis
Roger W. Friend of Pony Keg Carryout leased river-side land along Eastern Ave to Lo-Boy Oil Co of Kansas City Kansas. A large tank and bulldozer already sit on 125 by 150 foot lot as work begins, with operation planned within two to three weeks.
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Gallipolis
Roger W. Friend
Eastern Ave
Lo-Boy Oil Co
Kansas City
Kans
Friend
Seminole Sofkee Tradition From Old Florida Pot
Florida's Seminole maintain a sofkee pot kept hot with grits cooking. the drink is shared from a carved wooden sofkee spoon in the communal pot, reflecting a long standing cultural habit.
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Florida
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