River Traffic at Gallipolis Locks Reaches High Water
Rain swells river levels at Gallipolis with gauges at upper 18.3 feet and lower 15.0 feet. Locks see multiple boats moving in both directions including Reliance Hubbard Hatfield Sullivan Bruce and Kanawha River traffic with Sebald and London, while several others ascend or descend as readings rise.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Locks
Reliance
Hubbard
Hatfield
Sullivan
Bruce
Kanawha
London
Kanawha Falls
Progress
Atlas
Titan
Price
Brandt
Armstrong
Lehigh
Craig
Labelleur
Holzer Hospital Notes Admissions and Births in Gallipolis Area
The Holzer Hospital notes list admissions including Mrs Robert Moran Racine Mrs George Carson Middleport and several others from Wellston Oak Hill Pomeroy and Gallipolis. Birth announcements record multiple births and newborns to families such as Mrs James Hall Point Pleasant and Mrs Jack Stroth Wellston. Discharges include Arnold Adkins Mrs Lawrence Boyd and others.
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Gallipolis
Admissions
Robert Moran
Racine
George Carson
Middleport
Raymond McManaway
Wellston
Arnold Adkins
Oak Hill
Edward Rapp
Pomeroy
Lewis Reed
Pauline McKinney
Howard Rayburn
Point Pleasant
Hugh Gilliam
Bidwell
James T. Weatherford
Athalia
Genevieve Bredbanner
James Vititoe Jr
Arthur Wiseman
Hamden
Eugene Jackson
Jackson
O. C. Reed
McArthur
Joan Bachus
Carl Nibert
James Hall
Edgar Cook
Jack Stroth
Kyle Donnally
Eureka
Raymond Gooch
Eugene Steele
Lawrence Boyd
James McCoy
James Oney
Elmer Finlan
J. F. Wheaton
Mary Neal
Ed Sibley
Vernon Kuhn
Rom Roechi
Lillie Garnes
Tim Lewis Dies in Gallipolis at 71 A Renowned Tradesman
Timothy Lewis aged 71, a noted sheetmetal worker and boat builder, died Sunday at Holzer Hospital. Known Midwest wide as an outboard racing official, he ran Tim and Bob Lewis on State Street for about 30 years before 1945. He built furnaces, roofs and metal specialties for 43 years, learned from A. R. Chase. He sold a farm by Route 7 last year, once parachute jumped, planned a new home on Route 7. Born November 7, 1877 in Beech Hill Mason County. Wife Susie J. Dugan died ~1903. Survived by brother Otis Lewis, sister Ella Stace, and cousin Robert Lewis. Funeral arrangements at Claude Miller, burial in Mound Hill.
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Gallipolis
Timothy Lewis
Holzer Hospital
A. R. Chase
Riverview
Lewis
Route 7
Beech Hill
Mason County
Francis Marion Lewis
Margaret Cantor
Susie J. Dugan
Otis Lewis
Kanauga
Addison Township
Pete
Ella) Stace
Middleport
Robert Lewis
Claude Miller
Mound Hill Cemetery
Unfair to dramatize revival at De Soto Tl Baptist
Rev Bernard Holt staged a nightly picket at the De Soto Tl Baptist church dramatizing revival services by dressing his teen son Don in a Satan costume. The act drew attention as community members debated propriety and religious outreach methods.
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de Soto, Tl. Baptist Church
Bernard Holt
Don
Satan
Arrests Arise From Driving To the Left
Gallipolis weekend crashes and arrests followed driving to the left of centerline. Carrel W Timmons 18 of Bay Route 1 was fined ten dollars for centerline offense by Mayor John Crow McArthur after a Route 327 Vinton County collision injuring Ruth Bellomy 18 of Chillicothe and Walter Bellomy 24 of Chillicothe. James Whitlock 20 of Middleport also involved. passenger Janet Hall 19 of Mason City WV treated for forehead cuts. Whitlock scheduled before Judge William H Janes in municipal court. John E Evans Jr 57 of Gallipolis also faces centerline charge. Richard Clyde Norris Racine Route 2 forfeited a $15 bond. Everett Francis Walker 38 of Dayton fined ten dollars for permitting an unlicensed minor to operate a vehicle. Slippery pavement blamed for a Route 35 crash four miles west of here involving Frank Zytveldt 56 of Grand Rapids Michigan and his wife.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Carrel W. Timmons
Bay Route 1
John Crow
Janet Hall
Mason City
W. Va
Meigs General Hospital
Whitlock
William H. Janes
John E. Evans Jr
Janes
Richard Clyde Norris
Racine
Everett Francis Walker
Dayton
W. A. Ridenour
Jackson
Here
Frank Zytveldt
Grand Rapids
Mich
Man Sustains Chest Wound In Shooting In Gallia
Gallipolis 42 year old Jack Nibert of Madison Ave was reported in serious condition at Holzer Hospital after a noon Sunday shooting. A bullet from a short-barrel 32 caliber rifle entered his chest and passed through his back. Officials said the incident was not reported for about 90 minutes and he sought aid at Mrs. Tom Rutherford’s home. Nibert, partially blind and unemployed, lived alone in a one room house. Investigation ongoing.
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Gallipolis
Jack Nibert
Madison Ave
E. Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Tom Rutherford
Nibert
Vehicle Out of Control Injures Florence at Holzer Hospital
Florence sustained bruises to legs and arms after a vehicle lost control and was transported to Holzer Hospital. Passengers Mr. and Mrs. Roger F. Van Zytveldt reportedly unharmed.
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Florence
Holzer Hospital
Roger F. van Zytveldt
Skunks Provoke Gal lpolis Police Chain of Odd Calls
In Gallipolis police log residents reported skunk trouble. Patrolman Bryan Cooper advised a man to use a plank with bread to lure a skunk from a basement, which reportedly worked. Patrolman Carl Allen shot a skunk on Edgemont Drive after noting odd behavior. A dog was treated for possible rabies after a suspected bite from a prowler. Police also handled fires goats and an escapee in a series of odd calls.
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Gallipolis
Bryan Cooper
Cooper
Edgemont Drive
Carl Allen
Allen
Meyer Maggied
Man Arrested After Collision in Gallipolis
Gallia city police arrested Wirt S. Meadows, 25, on a driving while intoxicated charge after a Saturday afternoon crash at Sycamore Street and First Avenue. The other driver, Thomas H. Broyles of 1701 Chestnut St., said he had a green light and was crossing when the Meadows car struck him. Meadows was to be arraigned today. Charles Biffle had forfeited a $15 bond on an intoxication charge.
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Gallipolis
Wirt S. Meadows
Gallia
Thomas H. Broyles
Chestnut St
Meadows
Sycamore St
First Ave. Meadows
Charles Biffle
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