Gallia and Lawrence Counties to get electrification project office
Engineering firm Putnam and Wolfort of Dayton starts surveys for a 152 mile Ferr electrification grant in Gallia and Lawrence counties. An office will be set up in Gallipolis with field engineers marking lines and stakes for pole placement. Federal loan of 154000 and power from the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. are involved. Bovie named Gallipolis Elks steward to oversee club rooms and catering.
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Gallipolis
Putnam & Wolfort
Dayton
Gallia
Lawrence
FERA
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Vacation Days Are Enjoyed by Pupils in Spring Break
Gallipolis reports a spring vacation with no school today and no classes until Monday. Teachers and pupils enjoy time off as rooms will be refreshed this week under Superintendent E. E. Higgins.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
New Engineer Sent to Gallia County
Gallia and Meigs counties receive a new resident state highway engineer, Ray Bartlett of New Philadelphia. He arrived New Year weekend, rented near Third and State, spent Monday in Marietta with Forrest Fife and Charles Ferguson to discuss spring plans. Bartlett replaces Robert Jenkins, now with the U S Engineer Corps at Huntington, West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
Ray Bartlett
Philadelphia
Meigs
Gallia
Clara Worman
Marietta
Forrest Fife
Charles Ferguson
Bartlett
Robert Jenkins
U. S. Engineer Corps
Huntington
W. Va
Mrs Ernest Sheets Emergency at Holzer Hospital
Mrs Ernest Sheets of Gallipolis was an emergency patient at Holzer Hospital for a weekend incident. A chicken bone lodged in her throat and was removed. She is well on the way to full recovery.
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Gallipolis
Ernest Sheets
Holzer Hospital
Missouri To Honor Odd Man McIntyre Memorial
Jefferson City plans a $20,000 monument for O. O. McIntyre in Plattsburg born there. Gallipolis residents recall no similar memorial here after a nationwide fund raised by friends failed to reach fruition over a year ago.
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Gallipolis
Jefferson City
O. O. McIntyre
Plattsburg
Boy Joins Sister In Holzer Hospital
Max seven year old Dan ver Davis, son of Mr and Mrs, near Kananga, is now a patient in Holzer Hospital joining his sister Opal Lou who has fractures from a heavy board incident. The boy also broke his arm in a Saturday fall.
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Gallipolis
Max
Danver Davis
Kananga
Opal Lou
Holzer Hospital
Gallia Red Cross Honored for Distinguished 1938 Roll Call
Gallia County Red Cross Chapter receives an honor certificate for exceeding the 1938 roll call quota. The award bears signatures of Franklin D. Roosevelt and Norman H. Davis and will be framed in Mrs. Wayne Booth’s courthouse office.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Red Cross
Wayne Booth
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Norman H. Davis
National Red Cross
Relief Supplies for Easter Distribution in Gallia County
Gallia County Relief Director Othneil Jones reports 7500 pounds of dried beans and 5000 pounds of grapefruit received for eligible surplus commodities. About 6000 pounds of oranges expected this week for pre Easter distribution. Jones will select 22 young men tonight for CCC camps in April.
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Gallipolis
Othneil Jones
Jones
CCC
Red Cross First Aid Schools Conclude Courses
Two more Red Cross First Aid Schools finished the prescribed course and names of attendants were sent to Columbus headquarters for checking before certificates. One school was at Vinton with John Wickline as instructor. the Gallipolis class catered to WPA foremen, supervisors and timekeepers with Kenneth Worman, Ralph Lewis and Lawrence Holliday as instructors.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Columbus
Vinton
John Wickline
WPA
Kenneth Worman
Ralph Lewis
Lawrence Holliday
Taber Named Assistant Manager for Ohio Building at World’s Fair
D O Taber of Gallipolis has gone to New York to serve as assistant manager of the Ohio Building on the World’s Fair grounds. Mrs Taber will stay at their suburban home near Kanauga for the present.
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Gallipolis
D. O. Taber
New York
Ohio
Plan Egg Supper In Gallia County
Gallia Ohio Valley range members plan an egg supper Wednesday night after a session where degrees will be conferred upon a class of candidates.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Range
Miss Margaret Shuler Improves at Holzer Hospital
Condition of Miss Margaret Shuler in Holzer Hospital improves after a week of critical illness from influenza complications. Reports note steady progress as doctors watch for further recovery.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Shuler
Holzer Hospital
Sale of Bait In Rat Drive Disappoints Sponsors
Rat bait sales for the county anti rat campaign were disappointing to sponsor E G Royer and Homer W Walter. About 450 bait packages were contracted, mostly for rural districts. A few townspeople bought the 1 1/2 pound packages designed to yield about 100 baits each. The poison will arrive by truck Saturday from the U S Biological Bureau and be distributed from a dozen centers.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Homer W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
U. S. Biological Bureau
Eggs Will Not Be Short in Gallia County
Gallia County will not face egg shortages for Easter with a plentiful supply and stable low prices. The Gallia County Produce Co. reports hundreds of dozens of eggs shipped weekly to urban markets and shipments will be earlier this week for the Easter trade.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
Edith Hutsinpiller
Gallia
Guilty Plea Rumored Near in Fulton Case
In Gallipolis the bed slat murder case State v. Stanley Barl Fulton may end before trial if the defendant pleads guilty to manslaughter. County Prosecutor John W. Howell has not indicated whether he would accept the plea.
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Gallipolis
Stanley Barl Fulton
John W. Howell
Licensed To Marry
Week end marriage licenses issued to Homer Halley and Bonnie Deal both of Ashton West Virginia Clifford King and Marcella Arthur both of Red House West Virginia Ray Searles and Freda Ewing both of Cheshire
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Gallipolis
Homer Halley
Bonnie Deal
Ashton
W. Va
Clifford King
Marcella Arthur
Red House
Ray Searles
Freda Ewing
Cheshire
Sues for Divorce and Name Restoration in Gallipolis
Alma Martin Johnson sues for divorce alimony and restoration to maiden name alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Married February 7 1936 and she states she is an expectant mother. Board of County Commissioners met in regular session and discussed buying road machinery. James Northup, son of Herman and, after appendix surgery, is reported in fair condition at Holzer Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Alma Martin Johnson
Johnson
Board of County Commissioners
James Northup
Herman Northup
Holzer Hospital
Will Filed for Emma Smith Sherritt in Gallipolis
The will of the late Mrs. Emma Smith Sherritt has been filed in Probate Court and will be read on Saturday in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Emma Smith Sherritt
Gallipolis Social Notes and Weather Feature
Gallipolis Social Notes item previews social happenings on page 10. A weather feature highlights Hunter College girls compiling hurricane records and weather maps at their meteorological station. A Duke prize winner is Dr. Clement Eaton of Lafayette College for his centennial competition manuscript "Freedom of Thought in the Old South."
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Gallipolis Social Notes
New York
Hunter College
DUKE
Durham
N. C
Clement Eaton
Lafayette College
Easton
Duke University
Easter Egg Hunt Planned for Gallia County Wards
Gallipolis hosts Gallia County Easter event at Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. Some 12 240 eggs 1 020 dozen will be boiled Friday and Saturday in large hospital kitchen containers. Eggs colored red blue and green for Sunday breakfast service to children.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio
Slot Machine Cases Delayed by Motion
Gallipolis service station operators Ed Sibley Herbert Smith and Stanley Ward appeared before Magistrate Fred Milliser after arrest by Constable Shato Lawrence and Thivener. On motion, their cases were continued for investigation of whether the raid complied with the Carey Search and Seizure Act.
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Gallipolis
Ed Sibley
Herbert Smith
Stanley Ward
Shato
Lawrence
Thivener
Fred Milliser
Native of Pomeroy Dies in Gallipolis
Funeral services were held at St Louis Catholic Church for Frank Lieb Sr age 71 who died Saturday at his Brandstetter Heights home He was a native of Pomeroy and a barber by trade He leaves his wife Mary Burkhart Lieb and their son Frank Interment was in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
St. Louis Catholic Church
Frank Lieb
Brandstetter Heights
Lieb
Pomeroy
Mary Burkhart Lieb
Frank
Mound Hill Cemetery
Clerk Injured by Gasoline Explosion in Hardware Store
Edward Tope, a clerk at a Gallipolis hardware store, tried to solder an apparently empty can containing gasoline. An explosion caused a facial cut and slight burn. He was treated at Holzer Hospital and will miss several days to recover from shock.
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Gallipolis
Edward Tope
Holzer Hospital
Camp Plans Are Made For Two-Week Guard Camp
Camp Connelly near Pt Pleasant will host the 150th Infantry West Virginia National Guard for two weeks starting July 9. Adjutant General W L Horner of Charleston announced the arrangement, noting the guard camp will bring social activity to Gallipolis and Pt Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Camp Connelly
Pt. Pleasant
150Th Infantry
West Virginia National Guard
W. L. Horner
Charleston
Legion To Plan for Spring Conference
Program plans for district spring conference of the American Legion to be discussed tomorrow night. Charles C. Huber of Lafayette Post presides with district officers E. L. Eveland Crooksville and R. L. James Logan among attendees. Refreshments will be served.
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Gallipolis
The
American Legion
Charles C. Huber
Lafayette Post
E. L. Eveland
Crooksville
R. L. James
Logan
Kite Tourney Set in Gallipolis County Parks
Harold Mackenzie announces a Saturday April 15 kite tournament for Cheshire, Vinton, and Gallipolis recreation centers with box and flat kite classes and prizes. Contest will be on the City Park waterfront playground. marble shooters are urged to register for the county tournament this week at the recreation center.
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Gallipolis
Cheshire
Vinton
Harold Mackenzie
City Park
Mackenzie
Tags Still Selling in Gallia County Licenses Lag
Auto license plate sales in Gallia County remain active but much reduced after the 1938 plates deadline. Registrars estimate about 1,200 car and truck operators have not yet purchased licenses.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Health Board Prepares for Possible Smallpox
Gallia County health officials brace for possible smallpox cases after reports near the Gallia Meigs line. Cheshire school officials send students home for a week as a precaution while county leaders plan emergency actions and mass vaccinations if needed.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallia-Meigs
Pityme
Hersman A. Lewis
Cheshire
H. B. Bradbury
Naomi Evans
Gallipolis man arraigned on murder intent charge
James Bailey of Walnut Township was indicted by Friday's grand jury for cutting John Lloyd of Gallipolis with intent to kill. He appeared before Judge W. R. White yesterday, pleaded not guilty, and was released on a $500 bond signed by his father G. A. Bailey.
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Gallipolis
John Lloyd
James Bailey
Walnut Township
W. R. White
G. A. Bailey
Meeting Is Advanced GALLIPOLIS
Washington PTA meeting has been moved up to Wednesday April 12 due to spring school vacation plans.
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Gallipolis
Washington
PTA
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