Coast Guard Auxiliary High Rating Given in Gallipolis
Commander Donald T. Adams of St. Louis awarded a top rating to the Gallipolis Coast Guard Auxiliary unit. He and district staff inspected flotillas from Gallipolis and nearby areas, toured the Lock 11 station, and met members in a series of meetings and river navigation training emphasizing boating safety and growing recreation.
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Gallipolis
Donald T. Adams
St. Louis
Coast Guard
Adams
Second Coast Guard
Pittsburgh
Denver
Colo
Vicksburg
Miss
Charleston
Edward R. Doty
West Virginia
Ohio
Second Naval District
Gilbert P. Push
Farmers
Kanawha River
Point Pleasant
Fern
Louisville
Ravenswood
Ohio River
Commander Bush
Gilbert Bush, Jr
Charles Gilfillen
Joe D. Miller
R. D. Thomas
R. C. Pollock
Doug Mullineaux
Arnold D. Wallace
Frank Robinson
Harry King
Russ Sarrett
Denver Wallace
Griggs Dam
Columbus
Everett James
E. H. Benz
W. E. Battenger
William J. Linn
John Clay
Howard H. Snyder
Newton Davis
Ernest Wilson
Robert Mann
Milt York France
Jud Ortmann
Buckeye Lake
S. E. van Voorhis
Cliff Dumn
Jud Leist
Colum
Lake Erie
Man Seized After Threats In Oak Hill Barricade
Charles Brown of Oak Hill surrendered peacefully after threatening self harm and others. He barricaded a second story apartment above Miller's Grocery in Jackson County, brandished a pistol, and was detained following tear gas efforts. The event notes a distant reference to the 1906 San Francisco quake.
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Gallipolis
Charles Brown
Oak Hill
Jackson County
Stanley Evans
Miller’s
Elza Smith
Oak Hill Marshall
Lewis
John Brown
State Highway Patrol
Gallia County
Theodore Ehman
Gordon Fisher
Brown
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital noted
Holzer Hospital records show births in Jackson and Apple Grove with several mothers named. Admissions include Harry Wagner Bidwell and Ralph Metzger Jackson among others. discharge list names multiple patients across Ohio and West Virginia towns.
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Harry Wagner
Bidwell
Ralph Metzger
Jackson
Carl Francis
Point Pleasant
William Lee Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
James Spencer
Pomeroy
Everett Reed
Beaver
Ohio
Willard O. Snyder
Oak Hill
John Cowan
Athens
Calvin Clark
Gallipolis
James Gomer Hayes
Clifton
Automobiles Sideswipe Shifts Traffic in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis on Sunday a stalled car being pushed onto the berm by Emery C. White was sideswiped by Okley E. Monroe, while Clarence Cox reported his gasoline line blocked. A Heems Freight Lines truck driven by Boyd Lee Jefferson struck the Colony Theater sign opening a door.
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Gallipolis
Clarence Cox
Berm
Emery C. White
Okley E. Monroe
Heems Freight Lines
Boyd Lee Jefferson
King, N. C
Colony Theater
Gallipolis River Vessel Movements Reported With Gauge Readings
The Gal lipolis Locks lists numerous boats passing and reporting statuses on the Kanawha and surrounding rivers. Gauge measurements show upper 17.6 and lower 13.1 feet with 104 feet at the rollers, Ka nawha Falls at 1.82 falling and Point Pleasant at 23.56.
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Gallipolis
Aztec
Neville
Solvay
Ernestine
Kenna
Sullivan
White Gold
Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla
Kanawha River
Jason
Chris Up
Winfield
Semet
Bruce Down
Talbot
Jones
Willie Mayo
Advance
Atlas
American
Weir
Pittsburgher
W. J. Hoagland
Louisiana
Hatfield
Kanawha Falls
Point Pleasant
Fined and jailed driver linked to Labor Day fatality
Orville Sharp, 21, Oak Hill, fined 100 dollars and costs and sentenced to 10 days in jail with a one year license suspension for driving while intoxicated after a Labor Day crash that claimed Nelson Rice. Sharp to begin serving after recovery. arraigned in Jackson County Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Orville Sharp
Oak Hill
Nelson Rice
State Highway Patrol
Sharp
Common Pleas Court
Jackson County
Roderick Gordon
Gordon
Wilbur Walker
Jackson
Charles W Elliott
Roy Elliott
Bulaville
Ferrell Caldwell
Neil Ave
Francis Stewart
Robert Stewart
Donald Hammond
Gallia
William R
Jaynes
Services Conducted For Harold P. Criner
Pallbearers for the funeral of Harold P. Criner in Gallipolis were Charles Bane Rudy Criner Homer Barcus Harry Cameron Fred Harrington and Merrill Steger. Included among out-of-town guests were Homer Unroe Marion L H Turner Tucson Ishmael Ferguson Lawrence Keiser Jerry Artis Ironton Myrtle Keiser Nellie Robertson James Wattas Jana Marion Faye Thompson Columbus and E S Hughes Milport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold P. Criner
Charles Bane
Rudy Criner
Homer Barcus
Harry Cameron
Fred Harrington
Merrill Steger
Homer Unroe
Marion
L. H. Turner
Tucson
Ariz
Ishmael Ferguson
Lawrence Keiser
Jerry Artis
Ironton
Myrtle Keiser
Nellie Robertson
James Wattas
Jana
Faye Thompson
Columbus
E. S. Hughes
Middleport
Certificate of Compliance for London and Lancashire Indemnity Co
Ohio Superintendent certifies London and Lancashire Indemnity Co of America authorized to transact insurance in Ohio for 1950. 1949 annual statement shows assets 13,592,447.70 liabilities 10,450,200.42 net assets 3,142,157.28 paid in capital 1,000,000.00 surplus 2,147,157.28 income 7,942,709.06 expenditures 6,806,461.14.
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State of Ohio
London and Lancashire Indemnity Company OF America
New York
State of New York
Columbus
Ohio
Walter A. Robinson
Ins. of
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Coast Guard Auxiliary
Sere Eco
San Francisco
Philip Morris
Mans
Pip Morris
America
Hudson Motor Car Company
Hudson
Holzer Hospital
Robert Steele
Edwin Grow
Russell Dabney
Apple Grove
W. Va
Alva Myers
Carroll Singer
Wilbert Rhodes
Grimms Landing
Judson Shauver
Summersville
Walter Lee Jones
Lookout
Marvin Cornwell
Charles Broughton
North Kenova
G. W. Hobbs
Charles Collins
Howard Figley
Edwin Powell
Paul Coffman
Mary Ellen Reynolds
Harold Thompson
Sideswipe
PEPSI
Companion Towel Sale
Bermuda
Flamingo
Citron
Famous ‘Cannon’ Brand
Altmans
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