County awards Oak Piling Contract for Chickamauga Bridge
Gallipolis reports the county commissioners awarded a $2 526 contract to D N Vance of Vinton to supply 410 oak pilings 35 and 40 feet long for the Chickamauga Bridge foundation with delivery starting May 10. Other bids were E L Hughes 2690 and L L Eyre 3963. A steam shovel with pile driving capabilities purchased for about 10 000 from Marion is expected this week.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga
D. N. Vance
Vinton
E. L. Hughes
L. Eyre
Marion
Zanesville
WPA
Rites Held For William L Cooper In Gallipolis
Funeral services were held at Thurman Methodist Church for William Leslie Cooper age 53 who died Monday at his home after a paralytic stroke Rev C D Copley officiated Immediate survivors include wife and 16 year old son William parents Mr and Mrs G W Cooper brothers Stanley and Lester sisters Mrs Paul Keyes Columbus and Mrs Dewey Simms Oak Hill Cooper formerly ran a grocery in Wellston
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Gallipolis
Thurmand Methodist Church
C. D. Copley
William Leslie Cooper
William
G. W. Cooper
Stanley
Lester
Paul Keyes
Columbus
Dewey Simms
Oak Hill
Cooper
Well‘ston
Easter Sunrise Service Planned by Rio Grande Students
Rev. Donald S. Hobbs announces an Easter sunrise service organized by local youth at Cemetery Hill west of Calvary Baptist Church in Gallipolis. James Rutherford of Springfield directs the ritual with a trumpet duet by Mary Carter and Pauline McCoy. Assemble at 6:15 a.m. from the church. pro cessional to the hill. Regular services follow at 9:30 and 10:30 with the sermon titled The Last Word Is Life's.
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Gallipolis
Donald S. Hobbs
Rio Grande College
Calvary Baptist Church
Cemetery Hill
James Rutherford
Springfield
Mary Carter
Pauline McCoy
Hobbs
Hereford Association to Offer Gallia Cattle at Auction
At the Ohio Hereford Association annual meeting and sale at the state fairgrounds on Wednesday a quarter of Gallia County registered cattle will be offered. The lot includes two heifers from Eric Denney and a bull and cow from Elias Sisson. Gallia County is represented on the association board by F. C. Christ of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hereford Association
State Fairgrounds
Gallia County
Eric Denney
Elias Sisson
F. C. Christ of
Rio Grande College students attend district council convention
Arthur Oldham, president, and Jesse Born, vice president, of the Rio Grande College student council will represent the college at the Nation Student Council Representatives Association district convention in East Lansing Michigan from April 11 through 13.
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Gallipolis
Arthur Oldham
Jesse Born
Rio Grande College
the Nation Student Council Representatives Association
East Lansing
Mich
Racine Social And Personal Highlights
Racine-Chalmers Parker of Columbus stayed with Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Krider Monday. Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Lewis of Adena visited with Mr. and Mrs. Gomer Lewis. Ben Philson was in Parkersburg Saturday. Mrs. Owen Watson represented the Racine Garden Club at a Pomeroy Chamber event Saturday. Gomer Lewis attended a birthday dinner for Mrs. Mary Hite at Gore. Roy Profitt and daughters visited Parkersburg. Shirley Beegle and Luella Durst with Mrs. Marguerite Durst at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis.
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Racine
Chalmers Parker
Columbus
W. J. Krider
W. S. Lewis
Adena
Lewis
Gomer Lewis
Ben Philson
Parkersburg
Owen Watson
Racine Garden Club
Pomeroy Chamber of Commerce
Mary Hite
Gore
Roy Profitt
Joe Beegle
Shirley
Henry Durst
Luella
Marguerite Durst
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College Hosts First Resident President’s Son
E Phillips Moulton of Cleveland, son of Rio Grande College’s first resident proxy Albanus Avery Moulton, visited the campus. He learned from R Lloyd Pobst about the college’s self help operating principle as the institution traces its 1876 founding and 1879 leadership.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
E. Phillips Moulton
Cleveland
Albanus Avery Moulton
Pobst
Mr. Moulton
Achievement Day Program Is Planned
Gallia County Homemakers announce the second annual Achievement Day in Gallia. The event at Grace Methodist Church recreation room runs 10 30 a m to 3 p m with lunch served at noon. Exhibits include school lunch prep. skits by Rio Grande and Fairfield groups. a 30 voice chorus. guest speaker Miss Alice McKinney OSU specialist on home furnishing.
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Gallipolis
Secnd
Clara Belle Motter
Gallia County
Grace Methodist Church
Rio Grande
Fairfield
Alice McKinney
Ohio State University
Plan Church Bazaar at Apple Grove
Apple Grove M E Church announces a church bazaar and jitney supper at the church annex on Wednesday evening April 9. The Womens Society of Christian Service will meet there Thursday afternoon. An Easter program by Epworth League is planned for Sunday evening at the church.
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M. E. Church Annex
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Church Annex
Charles Sayre
Roberta
Ruth Weldon
Elizabeth Taylor
Racine
W. E. Shank
Scott
R. A. Shank
Pt. Pleasant
George W. Hayman
Pittsburgh
M. E
Harry Beegle
Virginia Fern
Paul Beegle
Dorcas
Robert McKelvey
Social notes from Point Rock and area events
West Virginia visitors Mr and Mrs Pete Brown spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Garnet Verigan. Mrs Maggie Holcomb Hutton, longtime resident, died Wednesday. Funeral held Saturday at Mt Olive with burial at nearby cemetery. many relatives attended from several towns. Local gatherings included a literary program by Lester Cooley and music by Franklin Martin at Star Grange.
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Pete Brown
West Virginia
Garnet Verigan
Maude Weyand
Pauline Foster
Marie Jordan
Athenis
D. V. Morris
Clyde and
Clayton
W. M. Morris
Star Grange
Lester Cooley
Albany Grange
Franklin Martin
Cooley
Barbara Ann
Adriene Holcomb
Columbus
W. R. Holcomb
Maggie Holcomb Hutton
Clarence Hunter
Albany
Mt. Olive
G. H. Holcomb
East Canton
Mae Kelly
Florence Quickle
Vinton
Myrtle Cline
Sheldon Cline
McArthur
Owen Kennedy
Joshua Morton
Athens
Grover Stout
New Marshfield
Mollie Patterson
Earl Beckley
Alice
Alice Biggs
Middleport
Ferry Farley
Pomeroy
Harley Pickett, Jr
Columbia High School
Eddie Lou Howery
Lois McCoy
Velma Kelley Shumaker
Helen
Carolyn Holcomb
Vinton Township High School
Knights Templars To Be Inspected In Gallipolis
Rose Commandery Knights Templar schedule annual inspection on May 9 with inspecting officer Robert Taylor of Columbus. Easter services at First Presbyterian Church will feature Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler addressing the group.
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Gallipolis
Rose Commandery
Knights Templars
F. W. Shane
Robert Taylor
Columbus
Grand Lodge
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis Weber Gishler
Grangers to Meet Gallipolis Masters in County Call
Masters of all subordinate granges are summoned to the county agent's office Friday night by R P McCarley Pomona Grange master for discussion of land use problems.
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Gallipolis
R. P. McCarley
Pomona
Gallipolis Local Social Notes Highlight Weddings and Birthdays
Gallipolis social items record the Saturday wedding of Howard Thivener and Ruth West at the bride’s grandmother’s home, with Thivener employed by Evans Packing. Other notes salute 25th, 10th, and 50th anniversaries, parties for Betty King’s tenth birthday, travel plans of Mrs. James McCormick, and various Gallipolis residents’ visits, arrivals, and farewells.
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Howard Thivener
Harry Thivener
Garfield Ave
Ruth West
R. P. West
Pomeroy
Warren H. Bright
Harold Russell
Thivener
Evans Packing Company
Gordon Thivener
Cecil Thivener
Keith King
Betty
King
City Parking Move Secures Pledges in Gallipolis
Thelma White of the chamber of commerce reports nearly 100 of 125 business district occupants pledged to park away from their storefronts to ease traffic. Some oppose the plan but will face a new one hour parking limit, ahead of meter installation.
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Gallipolis
Thelma White
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce Plans Year’s Program
Gallipolis chamber of commerce planning committee members Rex Lineberry H Wetherholt and Homer Beckett met last night to discuss objectives for the year. They considered strategies to promote private industry and national defense projects and adopt a budget for the fiscal year. J Paul Mossman, president, attended.
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Gallipolis
Pre Lent Services Noted Across Churches in Gallipolis
Noonday pre Easter services in the Episcopal Church draw good attendance since their start. Thursday night union communion services will be at First Presbyterian Church. A three hour Good Friday service begins at noon at Grace Methodist Church. City businesses will close 12 to 1 Friday.
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Gallipolis
Episcopal Church
First Presbyterian Church
Grace Methodist Church
Hold Goetting Rites Thursday in Gallia
Christopher A. Goetting 81 died of a heart attack Monday at his home in Rodney village. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 p.m. in Rodney Church conducted by Rev. C. W. Frye. Burial is in Calvary Cemetery Rio Grande. He was born in Rodney and lived there his entire life. His wife Belle White Goetting died in 1933. They had no children.
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Gallipolis
Rodney Village
Christopher A. Goetting
Rodney Church
C. W. Frye
Calvary Cemetery
Rio Grande
Goetting
Rodney
Belle White
Scholarship Team Chosen For Gallia County Schools
Gallia County high schools select a scholarship team to compete in district and state contests. Members include Mary Catharine Morgan Cadmus Dorothy Louise Thomas Bidwell biology Eloise Sims Centerville Leonard Worman Rio Grande chemistry Lorenzo Dow Sheets Mercerville Anna Mae Painter Vinton general science Wilbur Ward Cheshire Charles E Hager Bidwell Mary F E Fellore Mercerville Charles M Carter Cadmus Norma Jean McCarley Rio Grande Willard Shupe Bidwell Sylvia Baird Bidwell American history Robert Hash Bidwell Dorothy Ehman Rio Grande Marvel Webb Rio Grande Dorothea Miller Rio Grande 9th grade English Dortha Baker Cadmus Candace Lewis Centerville 10th grade English Cora Lundy Rio Grande Iona Fritz Centerville 11th grade English Beulah Fritz Centerville Dorothy Lawson Cheshire 12th grade English Hope Wiseman Rio Grande Dorothy Jones Rio Grande Jean Lloyd Centerville Latin
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Mary Catherine Morgan
Cadmus
Dorothy Louise Thomas
Bidwell
Eloise Sims
Centerville
Leonard Worman
Rio Grande
Lorenzo Dow Sheets
Mercerville
Anna Mae Painter
Vinton
Wilbur Ward
Cheshire
Charles E. Hager
Mary FE. Fellore
Charles M. Carter
Norma Jean McCarley
Rio
Hope Wiseman
Dorothy Jones
Jean Lloyd
Rotary Hears Talk By State Solon
William O'Neil Washington County representative to the General Assembly spoke to the Rotary Club on legislative procedure. The talk was requested by Morris Haskins, with Eugene Spear announcing a Ladies Night program set for next Tuesday.
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Gallipolis
William O'Neil
Washington County
General Assembly
Rotary Club
O'Neil
Morris Haskins
Eugene Spear
Mrs Carl Russell Injured in Fall at Cheshire Home
Mrs Carl Russell former Kathryn Watson of Cheshire is confined at home with a fractured knee from a fall.
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Gallipolis
Carl Russell
Kathryn Watson
Cheshire
Cadmus High Juniors Present Friday Play
Cadmus High School junior class will present a school play Friday night at the Cadmus campus. Cast includes Jerry Bostic Vernon Wagner Jewell Stephens Sarah Armstrong Doris Bartels Verne Davis Mary Emily Carter Edna Luman Edna Drummond Kenneth Steger William Myers Margaret Shepard Cedric Lewis.
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Gallipolis
Cadmus High School
Jerry Bostic
Vernon Wagner
Jewell Stephens
Sarah Armstrong
Doris Bartels
Verne Davis
Mary Emily Carter
Edna Luman
Edna Drummond
Kenneth Steger
William Myers
Margaret Shepard
Cedric Lewis
William A Folden Rites Set for Thursday
William A Folden aged 63 and a Walnut Township native died Tuesday at his Thurman area home. Funeral services are planned for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Thurman Methodist Church. He is survived by his wife Rachel Evans, a daughter Mollie Rader, and a son John Folden of the home township.
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Gallipolis
William A. Folden
Walnut Township
Thurman
Thurman Methodist Church
Rachel Evans
Mollie Rader
John Folden
Two Kananga Girls Die in Snake Pit Discovery
Jean Raike aged 13 and Pau line Beard aged 12 were killed after uncovering a family of snakes while playing in Kananga. The incident occurred yesterday as authorities investigated the fatal encounter that left seven snakes dead.
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Gallipolis
Kananga
Jean Raike
Pauline Beard
Grand Jurors End Work in Single Day
GALLIPOLIS the grand jury completed its labors in one day yesterday. Indictments were made against Grover Moorman and James Winston both colored for grand larceny, W B Neal with none support, Charles Younger for breaking and entering, and Alice Clark for grand larceny. Other indictments await principal arrests.
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Gallipolis
Grover Moorman
James Winston
W. B. Neal
Charles Younger
Alice Clark
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