One Driver Arrested After Four Accidents in Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol investigated four Thursday crashes near Gallipolis. Fred C. Harris, 29, of Ted, W Va, was fined $10 and costs by Jackson Mayor for a left of center charge after a Route 35 collision near the city limits. Other incidents included collisions on Routes 124 and 325 and a Meigs County crash near a Vinton school, with minor damages to vehicles and property.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Fred C. Harris
Ted
W. Va
Jackson
Millard Queen
Harris
Arthur
Homer Arthur
Oak Hill
James Bailey
Beaver
Meigs County
Barbara Swadley
Middleport
Beulah Grate
Rutland
Vinton
Ellis L. Hamrick
Wade H. Gwin
Wooster
Gallipolis Church News Highlights Area Services
First Baptist led by W H Green holds Bible school at 9 45 worship 10 30 with The Suffering Saviour as sermon. Grace Methodist under P M Niswander offers services and activities across the week including Youth Fellowships and choir rehearsals. Episcopal service includes morning prayer and a 6 30 evening program with box lunch at 5 30.
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First Baptist
W. H. Green
Bible
Young Peoples Fellowship
Grace Methodist
P. M. Niswander
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Grace
Episcopal
Concealed Weapons Charge Lodged Against Dexter Deckard
Dexter Deckard of Vinton Route 2 was arrested by Deputy Sheriff James Baldwin and special deputy Hughes on two charges carrying concealed weapons and being drunk and disorderly. He appeared before Justice James Johnson, was fined 50 dollars and costs on the weapons charge and 20 dollars and costs on the second, totaling 89.92 dollars, and was released.
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Gallipolis
Dexter Deckard
Vinton
James Baldwin
Hughes
Justice of the Peace
James Johnson
Deckard
River Traffic Chronology on Ohio and Kanawha Rivers
A sequence of river traffic updates lists vessels and movements on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers with timestamps for multiple boats such as George S, Jefferson, Potts, Criss, Bob S, and Advance. Locks at Gallipolis show LaSalle down and Mec Elroy up with several other vessels scheduled through the afternoon.
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Ohio
Francis
Criss
Cook
Bob S
Tampico
Alcott
Advance
Gallipolis
LaSalle
Mec
Elroy
Lehigh
Ernestine
Indiana
Nemacolin
Joseph Chotin
Kanawha
Marmet
New Clinic To Be Built By Warehime
Gallipolis Dr. Donald R. Warehime will construct a $75,000 single story clinic on Second Ave adjoining the city building north. The current site building will be razed and a future second story added later. Warehime, Gallia County coroner, practices osteopathy and surgery from Second and Locust. Construction to start once the site is cleared.
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Gallipolis
Donald R. Warehime
Second Ave
Warehime
Gallia County
Second and Locust
Casualty Toll Reaches New Weekly High in Korea War
The Defense Department reports 963 U S casualties for the week ended last Friday, raising total U S casualties to 122 117. The week saw 133 Americans killed in action, lifting the total killed in Korea to 19 184.
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Washington
Defense Department
U. S
Nll
Sanity Hearing Ordered for Mulligan Chappell After Grandmother Attack
Mulligan Chappell was taken into custody after an alleged attack on his grandmother Mrs. Lake Anderson Tuesday night. Judge John W. Howell ordered a sanity hearing and sent Chappell to Athens State Hospital for evaluation. He was booked on a charge of assault with intent to kill and accompanied by a sheriff's deputy to Athens.
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Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Probate
Mulligan Chappell
Lake Anderson
Athens
Chappell
Howell
Athens State Hospital
Sciotoville Resident Assigned to Patrol
Gallia County reports Robert V. Sampson 22 of Sciotoville assigned from the State Highway Patrol training school to the Gallipolis Post. He completed training at Columbus and begins duties this week as his first patrol post assignment. An acre of sugar cane yields about 2 1/2 tons of refined sugar.
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Gallipolis
Robert V. Sampson
Sciotoville
State Highway Patrol
Sampson
Columbus
Lost Papers Located After Patrol Search
A packet of personal pay records and service data left in a car by Airman William Ryan of Lockbourne AFB was found by John Kerr of Rio Grande and delivered to Ryan by the State Highway Patrol after a several hour search. Ryan was en route to Camp Kilmer and then overseas.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
William Ryan
Lockbourne Air Force Base
John Kerr
Rio Grande
Jackson
Kerr
Ryan
Maysville
Camp Kilmer
Military Mail Call listing service members
The Messenger invites readers to submit full service member addresses for a Military Mail Call column. Readable entries include names hometowns and service details such as Don H. Powell Letart Falls USN USSS Conway New York A. Frost Virgil L. Conway Athens Route 1 US 52253101 5th Tag Co ERTC Fort Belvoir Va Carl D Turner Carpenter 1267599 Commander Subordinate Command Navy Forces East Atlantic Mediterranean FPO New York NY Wilbur R Windland Guysville Route 1 US 52235091 co 7th Bn MRTC Camp Pickett Va.
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the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Powell
Don H
Letart Falls
USN
USSS
Conway
Aan Post Office
New York
Frost, Pvt
Virgil L
5Th Tag. Co
ERTC
Fort Belvoir
Turner
Pfc
Carl D
Carpenter
Navy Forces
East Atlantic
Mediterranean
FPO
N. Y
Windland
Pvt
Wilbur R
Guysville
7Th Bn
MRTC
Camp Pickett
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital notes
Births list includes a daughter for Mrs. Robert Radcliff of Wellston Route 3 and a daughter for Mrs. Herman Bangert of Patriot Route 2. Admissions list several patients from Ohio and West Virginia for surgical, medical, and other care.
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Robert Radcliff
Wellston
Herman Bangert
Patriot
Vinton Null
Robertsburg
W. Va
Herman Carman
Ironton
Medical
Ira D. Galloway
Gallipolis
Surgical
Oscar Poetker
Jackson
Janet McCoy
Hogsett
Kermit Ray Adams
Vinton
Mary Rupe
Middleport
Dewey Mullins
Pearl Elliott
Osby Laslie
Louisville
Samuel Halstead
Point Pleasant
Thomas Fox
William Monroe
Ralph Shop
Roy Harmon
J. L. Bess
Conrad Ohlinger
Furman Hughes
James Dummitt
Albert Craddolph
Fred Carsey
Arthur Hess
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Packet
Rose
Beacon & Cannon
Rayon
Cannon
American Woolen Mills
Holzer Hospital
Perry County
William J. Churry
John Churry
Churry
Corning
Probate Court
New Lexington
Ohio State Department of Liquor Control
Board of Liquor Control
State of Ohio
Mulford Columbus
University
Underwood and Underwood
South Main Street
Exington
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