Red Cross Blood Helps Save 12 Gallipolis Newborns
Dr. Robert P. Carson of Holzer Hospital reports 12 newborns with erythroblastosis fetalis were saved in Gallipolis over two years through exchange transfusions using fresh group O RH negative blood. Four girls and eight boys needed varying numbers of transfusions, with no lasting ill effects. Bloodmobiles visit Grace Methodist Church for blood drives.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Robert P. Carson
Holzer Hospital
Carson
Huntington
Dr. Carson
Gallia County
Grace Methodist Church
Deadline set for expense reports from Gallia candidates
Gallia County board of elections clerk Mrs. Crila Stiverson announces a December 18 deadline for all Nov 3 general election candidates to file expense accounts. Winners must file to receive a certificate and begin service. 35 have not filed, with about 65 losers also pending. Noncompliance risks disqualification for five years. Office hours are Fridays 9 to 4 and Saturdays 9 to 3.
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Gallipolis
Crilla Stiverson
Gallia County
Doc James and the Eastern on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers
Doc James of Eureka, a veteran Union Barge Line employee, spent Thanksgiving with family while the motor vessel Eastern received a new rudder at Dravo’s Neville Island yards. After river work resumed, he joined the Eastern at Vicksburg and sailed to New Orleans, returning with a damaged rudder after 19 days afloat. The voyage included sightings of the steamer Sprague and the Western and Big Mama, with midstream refueling routines becoming common on the Ohio and Mississippi rivers.
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Eureka
Union Barge Line
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Neville Island
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Vicksburg
Miss
New Orleans
Doe
Sprague
Western
Big Mama
Louisville
Cincinnati
Route
Doc
Cross Country Trip Resumed Near Gallia and Navy News
A Canadian woman and her 14 year old daughter left Gallia County on a horse drawn wagon around noon Sunday heading south on Route 7. The piece includes notes on river towage, John Caufman joining the U S Navy and Marshall College basketball chatter about John Milhian and Herm Conners, plus TV hints about Grandman Emma Gatewood and local community notes.
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Gallipolis
Walt Disney
Hollywood
Gallia County
Vivian Larsen
Sandra
Gallia-Lawrence County
Crown City
Accidents Send Two To Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis reports two injuries the same weekend. Aliss Blackshire 27 of Ripley Route 1 an employee of Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corp Ravenswood was admitted with a severe laceration to the right thigh after using a skill saw. Two year old Mark Allen Lynch son of Mr and Mrs John Lynch of Point Pleasant fell on basement steps and suffered a head injury. admitted to Holzer Hospital with good condition.
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Navy
John Caufman
Ada Caufman
Gallipolis
Charleston
S. C
U.S.S. Gyatt
Mediterranean
John
Willadene Moss
Point Pleasant
Uncle Sam
Aliss G. Blackshire
Ripley
Blackshire
Mark Allen Lynch
Johnny A. Lynch
Meadow Brook Dr
10 New Books Added To Library Shelves
Gallia County District Library announces 10 new titles added to shelves on Friday. Four are fiction including The War Lover by John Hersey Doctor on Trial by Siefert The Scarlet Lily by Shipley and The Merry Wives of Massachusetts by Parker. Non fiction includes Executive Secretary by Burke Groucho and Me by Marx The American Quarterhorse by Widmer The Ape In Me by Skinner The World Outside My Door by Goin and The Lines Are Drawn by Johnson. Alaska has eight mountains higher than any in the old 48 states.
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Gallipolis
John Hersey
Gallia County
Siefert
Shipley
Massachusetts
Parker
Burke
Groucho and
Marxe
Widmer
Skinner
Goin
Johnson
Snow Damage Is Repaired
Crews repaired most damage from Friday night’s first major snowfall in Gallipolis area. Ice built up on long distance trunks cut outside communication with the old French City. By Sunday afternoon most lines were back. About 400 rural telephones remained out of service in Gallia County. Snow thawing on neutral wires also tripped hot lines knocking out power.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Infant Roush Rites Held in Mason Burial
Burial Sunday for 12 day old David Lee Roush at Morgan Center cemetery in Gallia County followed his Holzer Hospital death on Saturday. He was daughter of Dorothy Roach and Thomas Richard Roush of Middleport with paternal grandparents Dobbin and Lucy Roush of Mason and maternal grandmother Della Russell Roach also of Middleport. Surviving siblings include Connie 12 Judy nine Sharon six Dottie three Johnny two and Tommy one.
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David Lee Roush
Holzer Hospital
Morgan Center Cemetery
Gallia County
Dobbin
Lucy Roush
Mason
Thomas Richard
Dorothy Roach Roush
Middleport
Della Russell Roach
Connie
Judy
Sharon
Dottie
Johnny
Tommy
Seal Returns Ahead Of 1959 Christmas Drive
Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association reports Christmas seal contributions running ahead of last year. As of now 632 letters have brought in $1173.95 compared with 651 letters and $1109 previously. First reminder mailings go out Tuesday, prepared by Salon 612 of the Eight Ft Forty volunteers.
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Gallipolis
Elisabeth Arnold
Gallia County
Teenville crowds attend Dick Reid Show at Crystal night
Sixty five hundred teens paid admission Saturday night in Teenville to see the Dick Reid Show featuring the Crystals, a vocal and instrumental group, according to Kyle A. Hill, director.
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Gallipolis
Teenville
Dick Reid
Crystals
Kyle A. Hill
November marriage license filings rise in Gallipolis
The Gallia county probate court records show 11th marriage license application for November filed Friday, with October totaling 20 filings. Latest applicants are James Earl Tedrow 20 of Columbus and Phyliss Anne White 20 of Gallipolis, children of Ray Eunice Tedrow and Selwyn Helena Weaver White.
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Gallipolis
Office of Probate Court
James Earl Tedrow
Columbus
Phyliss Anne White
Ray and
Eunice Johnson Tedrow
Selwyn and
Helena Weaver White
State Vehicle Accident Leads to New York Driver Citations
Dr. George R Roberts, 55, Gallipolis State Institute superintendent, was involved in a minor crash on Ohio Ave. as a state car turned. A New York driver, William G Nedell, 20, faced charges Driving left of center and no operator license after skidding into the state car. Medium damage to both vehicles.
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New Yorker
Mrs. Bertha Elizabeth Martin 82 dies in Gallipolis
Mrs. Bertha Elizabeth Martin 82 of Lower River Road Gallipolis died late Friday night. Funeral services 10:30 a.m. Monday at Mound Hill Cemetery with Rev. Warren H. Wilson officiating. Survived by daughter Miss Margaret Martin. one sister and one brother preceded her in death. Born February 20 1877 near Centenary to Henry Francis and Sarah Questell McCorkle. Grandfather John Baptiste Questell a founder of Gallpolis.
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Gallipolis
Bertha Elizabeth Martin
Lower River Road
Mound Hill
Warren H. Wilson
John Baptiste Questell
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