Gallipolis Patrol Logs Four Weekend Accidents
Gallipolis Post reports four highway accidents over the weekend in the Route 7 construction zone south of Middleport and nearby Route 233. Injuries included a bruised chest and facial cuts for Ollie Jordan, with Sidney Jordan facing an assault charge for failure to stop. Other crashes involved Margaret Sayre and Charles Winston, and two Columbus passengers with minor injuries. A separate single-vehicle crash on Luther Sellers Road led to a fine for Ferrell Montgomery for left of center.
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Ollie Jordan
Hileah
Fla
Meigs General Hospital
Sidney Jordan
C. O. Fisher
Route
Gallia
Donald P. Miller
Columbus
Samuel W. Perkins
Oak Hill
Miller
Martha F. Robinson
Edith E. Goodall
Ferrell Montgomery
Crown City
O. A. Dillon
Luther Sellers
Crown City Hill
Montgomery
Grover M. Sheets
Charles D. Carter
Kanauga Incorporation Discussed At Meeting
About twenty residents attended a public Kanauga meeting at the Kanauga School to decide on incorporating Kanauga as a village. Clyde Burnett led briefly before Attorney John A. Epling spoke, and the group chose to study how nearby villages Crown City Cheshire Rio Grande and Vinton operate. Cheshire Mayor Elwood Howard and Alva T. Grover were present.
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Gallipolis
Kanauga
Clyde Burnett
John A. Epling
Crown City
Cheshire
Rio Grande
Vinton
Elwood Howard
Alva T. Grover
Pasteeth powder promises firmer false teeth
An advertisement touts PASTEETH as an improved powder to keep upper or lower plates from sliding or rocking. It claims a pastey taste with no sour breath and notes alkaline Rein content. Available at local druggists.
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Gruc Ciucaier
Five Accidents Mark Weekend Police Activity in Gallipolis
Gallipolis police handled five weekend crashes including two hit and run incidents one with the driver at large. A warrant was expected for the car that struck Clarence Wood Jr. on First Ave near the park. Minor damage occurred to other parked cars on State Street. Mollie Smeltzer was cited for left of center driving after a collision with Marion Harrison on Court Street. An Ideal Bakery truck struck Lloyd Petergal on Pine Street with charges for failing to stop. A rear end crash on First Ave near Smitty’s involved Bobby Veith and Phillip Heck with no injuries reported.
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Gallipolis
Clarence A. Wood, Jr
Vinton
First Ave
Wood
Centenary
State St
First and
Second Avenues
Golden R. Canaday
Northup
Carl Cheney
Municipal Court
Marion Harrison
Court St
Der
Harrison
William L. Eanes
Jackson
Ideal Bakery
Lloyd M. Petergal
Wellston
Pine St
Petergal
Banes
Sycamore
Bobby C. Veith
Smitty
Veith
Phillip J. Heck
Heck
Gallipolis Post Tours Charleston Air Defense Filter Center
Eight members of the Gallipolis post of the Ground Observer Corps visited the Charleston Air Defense Filter Center led by MSgt. Delbert Knotts. The group viewed the plotting board and the positions field volunteers use during test exercises. Present were Tom Houck Donald Warehime Charles Riggs Roger Saunders John Holzer John Gibert Dick Campbell and Billy Davis.
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Gallipolis
Ground Observer Corps
Charleston Air Defense
Msgt
Delbert Knotts
USAF
Young
Tom Houck
Donald Warehime
Charles Riggs
Roger Saunders
John Holzer
John Gibert
Dick Campbell
Billy Davis
Fight Men In M-G-M Area Enlist In New Army Recruiting Program
Eight men from Meigs Gallia Mason area enlist in the regular army under the Choice Not Chance program. Meigs County men include Larry Ersell Casto and Gerald Allan Lowery among others. Gallia County joins with Billy Ray Blackburn and Ray Richard Layne in transportation and school programs. Mason County's Raymond Farrell Yonker Jr. completes the group enlisting for the transportation corps.
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Army
Gallipolis
Meigs -Gallia- Mason
Paul G. Kabage
U. S. Army
Park Central Hotel
Meirs County
Gallia
Mason Mei¢s County
Larry Ersel
Ordnance Corps
Gerald Allan Lowery
Arlo E. Lowery
South Second St
Middleport
Army Medical Corps
Glen Edward Johnson
Raymond L. Johnson
Huntington
Leading Creek
Military Police Corps
Gallia County
Billy Ray Blackburn
Welburn Ave
Columbus
Robert Blackburn
Ewington
Transportation Corps
Ray Richard Layne
Stanford Layne
Crown City
Mason County
Raymond Farrell Yonker, Jr
Raymond F. Yonker
Saturday and Sunday Births and Admits at Holzer Hospital
Saturday lists births including a son for James C. Kegley and Wayne C. Mace with several admissions and dismissals. Sunday records multiple birth announcements across Jackson Gallipolis Crown City and surrounding routes with many names and residences noted.
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James C. Kegley
Northup
Wayne C. Mace
Jackson
Boy Struck By Vehicle in Gallipolis
Five and a half year old Dan Legg, son of Mr and Mrs Zane Legg of Point Pleasant Rt 1, suffered a mild head contusion after being struck by a car in front of Gallaher s Drug Store on Second Ave. The driver, James McDougal, 64, Cheshire Route 2, was in a line of traffic when he started to move as the boy ran from the curb. He was treated at Holzer Clinic and released. No charges were filed.
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Gallipolis
Dan Legg
Zane Legg
Point Pleasant
Powell leaves Gallia County school board after long tenure
Glenn Powell ends his lengthy service on the Gallia County Board of Education as the board accepts his resignation. The vote follows transferring Green Local assets to Gallipolis City Schools. A petition to move part of Ohio Township to the city district is tabled for 30 days. officials seek a Columbus meeting delegate and approve a list of bus drivers. Powell adjourns as his last act.
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Gallipolis
Glenn Powell
Gallia County
Powell
Green
Frank Mills
Ohio Township
Ohio River
Bladen
Crown City
Hannan Trace
Columbus
Ohio School Board Association
Lawrence V. Unroe
Russell Wells
Ray Gladman
North Gallia
Keith Tyler
Edward Stewart
Raccoon
John C. Wickline
Glendon O
Cap) Evans
J. Robert Evans
Southwestern
Jesse Chanman
Wendell Rees
Wendell Jones
Frank H. Ruff
Edward Lewis
Homer F. Chambers
W. R. Ramsey
George Brewer
Lawrence Evans
Cecil Miller
Ralph Needs
Kyger Creek
Garland Saunders
GOP Women Plan Biggest Election Drive in Gallia County
Gallia County Republican women launch an all-out campaign for the November 4 election. Key meetings in Columbus led by Ray Bliss and Dale Fulton inspire efforts. Mrs. Paul Parkins co-chairs with Edith Hutsinpillar for O'Neill's Gallia drive. Mrs. Mabel Betz leads operation coffee cup. Fireside planning session at Parkins home on Centerpoint.
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Gallipolis
Republican
Gallia County
Columbus
Deshler- Hilton
Ray Bliss
Republican Committee
Dale Fulton
William O'Neill
Paul Parkins
Mabel Betz
Edith Hutsinpillar
O'Neill
Gallia
Betz
Hutsinpillar
Centerpoint
J W Stevers Honored With Birthday Party
A family gathering at the Mercerville home of Mr and Mrs Bud Stevers celebrated J W Stevers turning 87 on Thursday. Thirty three relatives attended including children grandchildren and several great grandchildren. The senior Stevers has been a member of Crown City Masonic Lodge 536 for 65 years.
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Gallipolis
Mercerville
F. L
Bud) Stevers
Stever
J. W. Stevers
Stevers
Crown City
Masonic Lodge
Police Move Two Inmates For Security
Gallipolis police shifted Mason Holbrook and Frank Reynolds from the city jail to the county jail for maximum security after discovery they tried to dig out. They were arrested last week for stealing after escaping the Georgia Industrial Institute at Alto. They tore up a toilet seat to aid the escape and were detained awaiting Georgia prosecution. Chief Leaper said he would turn them over to the FBI if Georgia did not prosecute.
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Gallipolis
Maston Holbrook
Tocca
Frank Reynolds
Olyphant
Georgia Industrial Institute
Alto
Georgia
Leaper
FBI
Gallia County Man Posts $100 Bond After Reckless Operation Charge
Chester Lee Holland age 21 of Point Pleasant was arrested by the Gallia County Sheriff's Department weekend. He posted $100 bond for reappearance Monday in county court on a charge of reckless operation of a motor vehicle.
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Gallipolis
Chester Lee Holland
Point Pleasant
Gallia County
Oil furnace fire damages Gallipolis home
Five volunteers and a Gallipolis fire tanker responded at 10 45 a m Saturday to Asa Sheets residence on Bob McCormick Road between Route 35 and 588. Wiring to an oil pipe on a floor furnace burned through the pipe and ignited the oil. The fire was confined to the furnace. damage estimated at 150 dollars, with no house damage.
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Gallipolis
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