Gallia County Students Enter Athens Music Festival
Gallia County school music supervisors finalize plans for Rio Grande Mercerville Cheshire and Bidwell Porter High Schools to enter the Southeastern Ohio Music Festival in Athens on April 16. Four schools will be represented in the mixed chorus and girls chorus with listed student participants and instruments.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande
Mercerville
Cheshire
Bidwell-Porter
Athens
Eulah Childers
Leta Sayre
Mary Tope
Mae Calhoun
Betty Wiseman
Vada Hamrick
Virginia Fry
Billy Woods
Harlan Richards
Billy Miller
John Robert Richards
Luke Pe
Darst Funeral Services Set for Thursday in Gravel Hill
GALLIPOLIS Miss Elizabeth Darst 78 native of Cheshire Township died Tuesday at her Pomeroy home. Funeral services will be held Thursday at 2 p m in Gravel Hill cemetery after services at Cheshire Baptist Church led by Rev L C Shaver. She leaves a brother Newton Darst near Cheshire and a sister Mrs Laura Gregory of Wilkesville. She belonged to Old Ragher Baptist Church and had been living with her nephew Earl Thomas in Pomeroy.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Darst
Cheshire Township
Pomeroy
Gravel Hill
Cheshire Baptist Church
L. C. Shaver
Miss Darst
Elijah Darst
Newton Darst
Cheshire
Laura Gregory
Wilkesville
Old Rgger Baptist Church
Earl Thomas
County Treasurer E. E. Myers Moves Office to New Courthouse Room
Treasurer E. E. Myers and staff shift to a larger office across the corridor in the courthouse. New marble fixtures were installed in the updated space.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Myers
Mrs Richards and Husband Return to Gallipolis After East Honeymoon
Mrs Richards wife of Dr C E Richards Holzer Hospital staff and her husband have returned to Gallipolis after a honeymoon trip to the East Their Cincinnati marriage was a social event in the Queen City The service was read at the home of the bride's parents Mr and Mrs John Langdon Gates by Rev Lewis Weber Gishler of Gallipolis a close friend of the Dr Richards
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Gallipolis
Richards
C. E. Richards
Holzer Hospital
East
Cincinnati
Queen City
John Langdon Gates
Lewis Weber Gishler
Hikers on Return Journey From Gallipolis Texas Pair Trek 1800 Miles
George Dailey age 26 and Sallie Dailey age 69 with their dog Bolivar began a return trek from Gallipolis Ohio toward Texas on a pushcart loaded with minimal gear. After eight months reaching Parkersburg West Virginia they resumed travel at 12 to 15 miles daily and hope to reach Texas or settle in Arkansas if needed. The piece notes their frugal start with a quarter found from scrap iron and describes their improvised nomadic life sleeping in barns and under bridges.
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Gallipolis
Dallas Texas
Parkersburg
W. Va
George Dailey
Sallie
Dailey
Stella Nickelson
Bolivar
Texas
Arkansas
Ozarks
Longevity to 95 and Never Worn Head Covering
Gallia County’s oldest resident Uncle Emory Rader age 95 lives in Northup on Raccoon Creek. The bachelor recalls never wearing a hat or glasses and credits sunbathing for longevity. His mother Aunt Polly died at 97.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Emory
Rader
Northup
Raccoon Creek
Polly
Mrs. Mahala Jackson Dies at 81 in Bidwell
Bidwell resident Mrs. Mahala Jackson age 81 died Monday night at her home. Born in Porter to John and Unknown Wilson, she lived in the community all her life. Survived by several children, Ross Jackson at home. Funeral Thursday at Mt. Carmel Church Bidwell, Rev. James Faris to officiate. Interment Viney Cemetery near Kerr Station.
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Gallipolis
Mahala Jackson
Bidwell
Porter
John Wilson
Ross Jackson
Mt. Carmel Church
James Faris
Viney Cemetery
Kerr Station
Kerosene Explosion Injures Gallipolis Youth
In Gallipolis 13 year old Blain Mohr, son of Mrs Stella Mohr, was seriously burned on the face after attempting to hurry the furnace fire with kerosene. His eyes are injured but not seriously, according to early reports.
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Gallipolis
Blain Mohr
Stella Mohr
Sheriff Hatfield Birthday Celebration Attended by Family
Sheriff El mer Hatfield marked another birthday on Tuesday with a large cake provided by Mrs. Hatfield. The gathering included their son Karl, mother-in-law Mrs. C. L. Ecker, and sister-in-law Mrs. Hazel Hine of Akron.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Hatfield
West Virginia school official resigns after arrest
Mason County superintendent of schools E S Matthewson resigns after arrest for intoxication. He is in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis with a reported nervous attack. A hearing on the intoxication charge is set for Friday.
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Gallipolis
E. S. Matthewson
Mason County
W. Va
County Board of Education
Matthewson
Holzer Hospital
Stevers Becomes Sole Owner of Gallipolis Hardware Co
Charles B. Stevers has bought the interest of R. P. Thompson in the Gallipolis Hardware Co. and is now the sole owner of the business.
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Gallipolis
Charles B. Stevers
R. P. Thompson
Gallipolis Hardware Co
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