Gallipolis Legion backs education levy and veterans rights
Gallipolis Lafayett e Post 27 of the American Legion endorsed a four mill school levy after Rep. Taber explained it. National speaker Shaffer urged voters to support veterans’ rights and praised Legion achievements while criticizing medical association opposition to veteran care.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette
American Legion
D. O. Taber
Taber
James M. Vercoe
Athens
Harry L. Shaffer
National Headquarters
Shaffer
Ees
Gallipoleece
O. O. McIntyre
Legion
Hoover Commission
American Medical Association
Guyan Man Is Acquitted in Gallia County
Walter Haskins, 56, of Guyan Township, was acquitted at about 6 p.m. Wednesday by the Gallia County Common Pleas Court jury after a trial on an indictment for a statu oy offense. The jury deliberated 14 minutes. Witnesses for the prosecution included Norma Jean Haskins and Dr. Oscar W. Clarke Jr. The defense called Haskins and several relatives. The jury also sustained the late Dr. R A Howell's will in a separate case before Judge Robert M Betz.
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Gallipolis
Walter Haskins
Guyan Township
Gallia County
Ben Hardesty
Curtis Swain
Gilbert Johnson
Willy Shaffer
Waugh
R. A. Howell
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
English Club meets in Gallipolis on Court Street
Gallia county social notes report the English Club gathering at a Court Street apartment with president Mrs. Margaret D. Carter and co host Miss Anna Morgan. Miss Millie Watts reviews The brand new pastor by Sara Jenkins noting its Methodist themes and ministerial insights.
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Gallipolis
Court St
Margaret D. Carter
Anna Morgan
Millie Watts
Sara Jenkins
Miss Watts
Methodist Church
Rev Linson H Stebbins Speaks at Rio Grande Chapel
Rio Grande College hosted Rev Linson H Stebbins pastor of First Presbyterian Church as speaker at a Wednesday chapel in Community Hall Introduced by Rev George Sidwell he outlined three points from Fego tions for Living including self belief focusing on growth and investing life in the best enterprise.
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Rio Grande
Linson H. Stebbins
First Presbyterian Church
Rio Grande College
Community Hall
George Sidwell
Stebbins
Man of Distinction Still Free Campfield Faces Four Warrants
Gallia County sheriff says Lloyd Campfield, famed ex convict, may be celebrating one year of liberty. Four warrants issued by Florida and Ohio authorities stem from fraud and securities charges. Campfield vanished for trial in Titusville in 1952 and later fled Georgia and Florida extradition cases.
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Campfield
Gallia
Gallipolis
George Ehman
Lloyd Russell Campfield
Gallia County
Titusville
Fla
Ehman
Florida
Lloyd Russel Campfield
Ashland
Ohio
Chester Leaper
Earl Moore
Second Ave
Cedar St
Ohio Penitentiary
Kanauga
Leaper
Georgia
Bert
Fulton County
Cyclo-Septon Corp
Melbourne
Lawrence County
Charleston
W. Va
Car Wrecks and Youth Sustains Leg Break in Ga llipolis
Gallipolis Post reports a 19 year old passenger Heig Pete Nuckels of Gallipolis broke his left femur when a car struck a rock and went over an embankment on Brumfield Road near Mercerville at 3 50 p m Wednesday. Driver Robert Lee McHenry 18 of Gallipolis faced a driving left of center charge in Gallipolis Municipal Court.
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Gallipolis
Brumfield Road
Mercerville
Racine
James H. Ferguson
Middleport
Rosemary Hendricks
Walter Hendricks
Paul di Perma
Hurricane
W. Va
Meigs County
Percy Peoples
Edward D. Clark
Max Eugene Gullick
St. Petersburg
Fla
Shirley Runon
Virginia Man Fined on Trespassing Charge
Howard Boyce Lawson age 38 of Wellston Virginia was fined 19 dollars and costs after sheriff's deputies arrested him in a private driveway on trespassing and intoxication charges. Also Charles Sherril Criner 25 of East Gallipolis employed by Ohio River Dredging Co. was fined 5 dollars and costs on a guilty plea to assault and battery.
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Gallipolis
Howard Boyce Lawson
Wellston
Justice of the Peace
James A. Johnson
Charles Sherril Criner
East Gallipolis
Ohio River Dredging Co
Squire Johnson
Spinning Spider Spins Silent Silk Jets From Spinnerets
The common house spider bears six spinnerets each coated with small spinning spools. Jets of liquid silk emerge and harden instantly when exposed to air, forming its silk structure.
Athens City Ordinance 1173 Recodifies City Laws
Ordinance 1173 authorizes the Director of Public Service Safety to enter into a contract to recodify the city's ordinances. All conflicting ordinances and resolutions are repealed. The ordinance takes effect at the earliest legal date in October 1958 and is attested by the city clerk and approved by the mayor.
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Athens
Ohio
Service-Safety
Oyr
Ww. H. Herbert
C. G. Houck
Peter B. Seel
Birth at Holzer Hospital Opens New Life
Mr and Mrs George Shamblin of Cheshire welcome a son. Admissions list includes Gerald M Truesdell Gallipolis surgical Miss Joanna Wood Jackson medical Frank F Swanson Gallipolis Ronald Tackett Beaver medical Floyd Dawson Jackson medical Ronald Callicoat Scottown medical Mrs Charles P Smith Gallipolis surgical Mrs Charles Fearing Fronton Mrs Effie Taylor Kananga surgical Mrs Raymond Clark Cheshire Mrs Edgar E Lakin Gallipolis medical Mrs Everett Plantz Cheshire and many others with multiple patients and visitors noted for care and treatment.
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George Shamblin
Cheshire
Gerald M. Truesdell
Gallipolis
Joanna Wood
Jackson
Frank F. Swanson
Ronald Tackett
Beaver
Floyd Dawson
Ronald Callicoat
Scottown
Charles P. Smith
Charles Fearing
Ronton
Effie Taylor
Kananga
Raymond Clark
Edgar E. Lakin
Everett Plantz
City Limits Expansion Proposed
Gallipolis publisher Robert L. Meyers urged Kiwanis members at the Lafayette Hotel to expand city limits to include Kananga and nearby areas. He argued Gallipolis could become a regional hub, capture power plant benefits, and attract new business, noting the paper’s owners recently boosted capital to 500000. Prof. F. V. Boult introduced Meyers.
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Gallipolis
Robert L. Meyers
Meyers
Charleston
Huntington
Kgger Creek
Middleport
Point Pleasant
Ecker in Hospital at Holzer for Rest and Treatment
Col. H. B. Ecker, noted real estate dealer and former automoble dealer and American Legion commander, is undergoing two weeks of rest at Holzer Hospital for a long standing heart ailment and is reported in good condition.
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Congress
Bureau of the Budget
Vercoe
Robert S. Wood
Guyan
Gallipolis Social Notes
Paul Baisch
Leslie
Mrs. Baisch
Mrs
Reuben
Robert M. Evans
St Albans
D. Hollis Wood
L. M. Evans
Creighton Ghrist
Delaware
Frank C. Ghrist
Ward
Clyde Shamblin
Rev. Stebbins
Lloyd Campfield
Virginia
Holzer Hospital
Ralph Durst
Willis Nibert
Don Becker
George Daugherty
James Eynon
Beulah Dixon
Joe Buffington
William Kimberling
Joann Royce
Justin Miller
Clyde Brown
Fanny Mitchell
Dick Turner
TM Reg
Joan A
Pet OF
Cops
WEA Bervice
Etimes Drug Store
Gallaher’s
DR. Scholls
Beau Kreml
Maud Muller
Fasteeth
Barbasol
Intermine
Tabecinee
Mave
Tussy
Beauty Plus
Geneoe
Nebwitzer
Wade
Schick
New
Remington
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