Halloween celebration promises fun for all ages
Lafayette Post of the American Legion sponsors a Thursday Halloween event on Second Ave opposite the city park. The Gallia Academy High School Band and the Cadet Band will lead a parade beginning at 7 p m from the city building. Prizes will be awarded to children in three age groups up to 10, 10 to 16, and over 16. A square dance will follow after judging.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Second Ave
Gallia Academy High School
A. K. Sutter
L. G. Marchi
Joe D. Miller
Oldsters
American Legion Auxiliary
D. O. Taber
Marchi
George Lear
James Houck
Hobe Wilson
Tom Adams
Bryan Cooper
Dale Durkee
Athens
Boy Hit in Head Sent to Hospital
Gallipolis reports 10 year old Don Weese of Syracuse struck in the back of the head by a baseball during morning recess at the Syracuse school. He was brought to Holzer Hospital for observation after his parents, both teachers, returned home from the day.
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Gallipolis
Don Weese
Syracuse
Syracuse Schoo
Holzer Hospital
Admitted to Hospitals in Ohio Towns and Nearby Areas
A list of admissions and births announced locally includes Raney Jenkins and Edward C. Waugh in Beaver and Portsmouth hospitals for medical needs, Mrs. Frank Wolfe and Virginia Lee Ripley in Point Pleasant for surgical and medical care, plus numerous other patients and infants named with households and towns such as Wellston Gallipolis Bidwell and Bidwell.
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Raney Jenkins
Beaver
Edward C. Waugh
Portsmouth
Frank Wolfe
Point Pleasant
Virginia Lee Ripley
Lester Cobb
Archie Logue
Bidwell
Mack Williams
City Solicitor Switzer Dies in Gallipolis at 90
Robert Mauck Switzer 90 longtime Gallipolis city solicitor and former congressman died at Holzer Hospital after a fall and broken leg led to complications of age. Survived by four sons Roger John Robert and Paul. wife predeceased him. Funeral plans by Miller Funeral Home. Lifelong Gallia County resident born 1862.
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Gallipolis
Robert Mauck Switzer
Holzer Hospital
Roger
John
Jack
Robert
Chicago
Paul
California
Miller Funeral Home
Switzer
Gallia County
Film shows industry rise in du Pont story at Gallipolis Rotary
The Gallipolis Rotary Club screened color film The du Pont Story at Farmers Hotel. It traces the du Pont family business from 1802 on the Brandywine River to its modern industrial empire and portrays American industry growth under independent leadership.
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Gallipolis
Farmers Hotel
du Pont
Brandywine River
Pennsylvania
America
River Traffic Update From Ohio River Locks and Canals
Rivermen report multiple vessel movements on the Ohio River and Kanawha River with several boats surging upstream while others move downstream. Notable entries include Creditor Keystone Guadal canal Sycamore and Pat Chotin with varying times, and Gallipolis locks noting Louisiana Bruce Francis Blazer R. W. Lea Dixie movements.
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Ohio River
Sohio State
Rand
McElroy
Jefferson
Indiana
Creditor
Criss Jr
Keystone
Guadalcanal
Southland Chippewa
Rowe
Sycamore
Casteel
Pat Chotin
Ohio
Kelly
Ferdinand
Gallipolis
Louisiana
Bruce
Francis
Blazer
R. W. Lea
Dixie
Kanawha
Winfield
Tuppers Plains Community News Summary
Local residents share family updates including the Fairchilds arriving in San Bernardino to begin a new home, visits by Mattiemae Whaley and Donna Dorst, and social gatherings at church and with neighbors. New Olive Orange High cheerleaders Norma Powell and Betty Vencill were selected. other cheerleaders Ernestine Cheadle and Marlene Newland remain.
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Tuppers Plains
Elmer Bibbee
Robert Fairchild
San Bernardino
Calif
Mattiemae Whaley
Ida Dorst
Guy Springer
Dora Calaway
East Liverpool
Jack Weatherman
W. W. Bragg
Methodist Church
Niesel Weatherman
J. S. Davis
Athens
Idonia Parker
Meigs General Hospital
Chester Barnhart
Clair Dorst
Mary Nickels
Wilbur
Archie Dorst
William Fulton
Eugene Hysell
Columbus
E. A. Reed
Middleport
Mabel Kim
Donna
Olive Orange High School
Norma Powell
Betty Vencill
Ernestine Cheadle
Marlene Newland
Coolville
Phyliss Newland
Father Son Found in Car Incident
Alva Chapman of Gallipolis was arrested by the State Highway Patrol for being in physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated. He was found slumped over the wheel on Route 141 with his five year old son in the car, ill and pinned against the wheel. the boy was rushed to Holzer Hospital and later released to his mother.
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Gallipolis
Alva Chapman
Waterloo Star
State Highway Patrol
Chapman
Holzer Hospital
Kiwanis Club hears Cleveland convention report
Logan Kiwanis Club heard a report from President Ralph Poston and Dr. Richard Zay on the Kiwanis convention held last week in Cleveland. The convention report was the only program at the meeting.
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Logan
Logan Kiwanis Club
Ralph Poston
Richard Zay
Cleveland
Sugar in Leaves Reveals Plant Origin of Vegetables
The statement notes that all vegetable products originated as sugar stored in the leaves of green plants. It frames plant biology basics, linking photosynthesis to edible produce and pointing to the natural conversion of sugars into plant tissues.
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Woettdag
Sancura
Real Veliaf
Athens Pharmacy
Jack Argabright
Wellston
Clarence Folden
James Mills
Homer Litchfield
Carver Barton
William Winter
Glenn Pauley
Marie Richman
Donald Ebersbach
Swisher
Harry Leach
Eva Kratz
Earl Mohr
Pearl Elliott
Ota Taylor
Nora Kincaid
Janet McCoy
J. M. Starcher
Finley Chevalier
Lucille Lemon
MR. Switzer
Ashland Oil
Ashland
Ashland Service
W. Union
Athens, Ohio
ST. Percale
Butler
Dodge
R.O. Darbyshire
R& O. Derbyshire Steel Co
el Paso
Texas
Janettan
Dodge Truiks
Daugherty-Tanner, Inc
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