Gallia County to purge WPA relief lists
Gallia County officials plan to remove presumed chiselers from WPA relief rolls and limit unfair retention. County Commissioner and WPA director Othneil Jones say 90 have been dropped recently, with concerns many are financially able to support themselves and keep others from aid. Information on suspected cases will be kept confidential while investigations proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Board of
County Commissioners
Zanesville
Columbus
WPA
Washington
Gallia
Othneil Jones
Jones
War Veteran Treated in Hospital for Prolonged Hiccoughs
Gallipolis James Robin son of Mr and Mrs John S Robinson 41 year old World War soldier and house painter is a patient in Holzer Hospital for hiccoughs that have persisted for nearly a week.
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Gallipolis
James Robinson
John 5S. Robinson
Holzer Hospital
Hiccoughs
Robinson
County charity program aims to cut WPA rolls locally
If the inform ative plan proves successful, state officials anticipate a definite reduction in local WPA rolls.
Ohio Grads To Give Dinner In Gallia County
Gallia County Ohio and Mason County West Virginia alumni welcome dinner at Lafayette Hotel in Gallipolis on April 13. Dr. H T Houf will speak as guest, with Clark E Williams, secretary of the general alumni association, and a musical trio also attending.
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Gallipolis
Ohio University
Lafayette Hotel
Gallia County
Ohio
Mason County
W. Va
Katherine Kircher
H. T. Houf
University
Clark E. Williams
General
Go to Portsmouth For CCC Training
Gallia County youths are sent to Portsmouth for CCC training amid April enlistment calls in western territories. Enrollees include Herman A Burnett Carey James Ray Frazier David Gallimore Gerald Kelley Harold Lemley Perry Maniscus Alpha Mays James Pullins Herbert Santee Alfred Williams Ed Schwartz James Irion Dell Caldwell Eureka Narven Cremeens Fran cs R Maye Elbert Smith Ches hire William Dewitt George Easter Kananga Chilton Lambert Vinton Alva Mooney Bladen Robert Saunders Crown City. Colored enrollees are Clyde Hickman Bidwell James Steele Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Portsmouth
CCC
Herman A. Burnett
Carey James
Ray Frazier
David Gallimore
Gerald Kelley
Harold Lemley
Perry Maniscus
Alpha Mays
James Pullins
Herbert Santee
Alfred Williams
Ed Schwartz
James Irion
Dell Caldwell
Eureka
Narven Cremeens
Francs R. Maye
Elbert Smith
Cheshire
William Dewitt
Gallia
George Easter
Kananga
Chilton Lambert
Vinton
Alva Mooney
Bladen
Robert Saunders
Crown City
Clyde Hickman
Bidwell
James Steele
Pushcarts Increase Sparks City and Chamber Concern
Gallipolis reports more pushcarts as officials and the Chamber of Commerce raise concerns. Carts are used to move ashes and debris from winter accumulations, leaving unsightly trails on streets and posing a menace to motorists.
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Gallipolis
City
Chamber of Commerce
Special Trip Planned to New York World’s Fair
Gallia County considers a special Gallipolis car to New York for July 16 Ohio Day. D O Taber, assistant director for the Ohio Building, would organize a sightseeing program for a hometown delegation arriving the day before to join the festivities.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Gallia County
D. O. Taber
Boy Scout Financial Campaign Opens in Gallipolis
Gallia County launches a fundraising drive to raise 1350 dollars for the current year. Chairman E. E. Higgins reports the campaign began Monday and will run through the week. There are 135 boys in Scout training in the county.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Traffic Victim Remains in Serious Condition Today
Frank Thevenin, a skull fracture victim from Gallia County, lay in critical condition after being struck by a car on the highway near the fairgrounds Sunday night. The driver Frederick Sawyer and occupants James Mitchell Ernestine Luella Sawyer Lavina Jones and Gloria Gillilan were not charged as the accident was deemed unavoidable.
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Gallipolis
Frank Thevenin
Fairgrounds
Thevenin
Gallia County
Harry Thevenin
Ironton and
Corning
Frederick Sawyer
James Mitchell
Ernestine
Luella Sawyer
Lavina Jones
Gloria Gillilan
John Fraley
Sawyer
Game Is Freed In Gallia Area
Twenty Chinese cock pheasants and 35 hens have been distributed at advantageous points over the county. Others already distributed are hatching eggs, F. G. Mertz states, with prospects for a reasonable number of game birds in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
F. G. Mertz
DAR Meets Monday With Mrs Clark
Gallipolis French Colony Chapter DAR held an afternoon meeting with host Mrs James S Clark. Guest Mrs H E Richards of Royal Oak Michigan spoke on her chapter’s work and Mrs Frank Bell gave a history of the group. Mrs Harry R Hurn the present regent reported on the state conference. Mrs Mary E Ewing described her Texas trip and tour of Mexico.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary E. Ewing
Texas
Mexico
Aged Colored Man Dies in Gallipolis
William Henry Briggs 73 colored died at his home Sunday night. Survived by wife, a son and daughter, two sisters and many relatives. Funeral services and burial were held this afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Henry Briggs
Oranges Arrive for Relief Distribution
Two and a half tons of oranges from Florida orchards arrived today for distribution to relief clients according to county relief director Othneil Jones. A similar supply of grapefruit arrived in time for pre Easter distribution.
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Gallipolis
Florida
Othneil Jones
Venerable Widow Betty Spurlock Dies Near Bladen
Betty Barker Spurlock 83 widow of Jesse Spurlock died Sunday at her sister Mary Harrington’s home near Bladen. She leaves daughter May Griffith of Fort Worth. Funeral services were held Monday at Mt. Zion Church with burial in the churchyard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Betty Barker Spurlock
Mary Harrington
Bladen
Jesse Spurlock
May Griffith
Fort Worth
Texas
Mt. Zion Church
Slain Dog Not Rabid Says State Health Dept
Gallipolis report confirms a hound owned by Mary Welch near the golf links was not rabid after mauling Mrs. Will Reese. The dog was slain by dog warden Roy Johnson and its head sent for exam. Reese walks with difficulty and pain. Welch keeps seven dogs and steps to abate the nuisance are planned.
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Gallipolis
State Health Department
Mary Welch
Golf Links
Will Reese
Roy Johnson
Yorny
Walters Will Speak Tonight
Homer W. Walter, president of the Chamber of Commerce, will address the Rotary Club tonight on Community Activities. A delegation is being planned for the Rotary District meeting at Dayton on May 8 and 9. Officers for the Gallipolis Club will be elected this month to enable new officials to attend the Dayton meeting.
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Gallipolis
Homer W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Rotary District
Dayton
Southeast District Meeting Called for April 18 in Pomeroy
GALLIPOLIS O H P Snyder secretary treasurer of the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League has called a dinner meeting on Tuesday April 18 at Pomeroy's Episcopal Parish House. The territory includes Athens Gallipolis Jackson Logan Middleport Nelsonville Pomeroy Wellston and all school officials and coaches are invited to discuss advancing school athletic programs. A sizable Gallipolis delegation is expected.
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Gallipolis
O. H. P. Snyder
Southeastern Ohio Athletic League
Pomeroy
Episcopal
Athens
Jackson
Logan
Middleport
Nelsonville
Wellston
Local residents report for CMTC training at Fort Harrison
Local residents listed to report for Citizens' Military Camp training at Fort Harrison include Richard R. Boster William H. Cardwell Gerald A. Davis Glenn E. Judy Arthur Norman Lawrence Nuckles Kenneth Watts Pearley Webster Gilbert Weed John P. Wetherholt. Applications were received and reviewed by Major O G Lyle of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Fort Ben Harrison
Citizens
Richard R. Boster
William H. Cardwell
Gerald A. Davis
Glenn E. Judy
Arthur Norman
Lawrence Nuckles
Kenneth Watts
Pearley Webster
Gilbert Weed
John P. Wetherholt
O. G. Lyle
Burglary Attempted at Davis Shuler Store
Police report an attempted burglary at the Davis Shuler store on Second Avenue near State Sunday night. A rear window was forced but entry did not occur.
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Gallipolis
Davis-Shuler
Second Ave
State
Teachers To Meet At Lafayette Hotel Dinner
High school faculty dinner set for Wednesday April 19 in the Palm Room Lafayette Hotel. Guest speaker is Dr. E A Hansen director of summer sessions Ohio University.
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Gallipolis
Palm Room
Lafayette Hotel
E. A. Hansen
Ohio University
Wallace Beery Stars as Police Chief in Sergeant Madden
Wallace Beery plays a New York police sergeant in Sergeant Madden at the Athena Theater. His son Alan Curtis is a rookie cop who cuts corners, prompting the father to halt his criminal path. Supporting cast includes Fay Holden Marc Lawrence David Gorsey and Laraine Johnson.
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Kansas City
Wallace Beery
Sergeant Madden
New York
Athena Theater
Beery
Alan Curtis
Tom Brown
Laraine Johnson
Curtis
Fay Holden
Marc Lawrence
Ceders
Val O’toole
Josef von Sternberg
Underworld Pictures
J. Walter Ruben
Rank
Chester Club And Grange Notices From April Events
Various local society notes from POINT ROCK area items include Chester Club meeting on April 12 programs, Laurel Grange Easter program and potluck, and attendance by Star Grange members. Obituary for I. L. Wood. funeral at Nazarene Church. Dozens of names listed among attendees and visitors across Columbus and nearby towns.
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Point Rock
J. D. Canode
Marvel
Francis Knapp
Columbus
Laurel Grange
James Nicholson
Walter Holliday
Mildred Braley
Star Grange
W. R. Holcomb
Wesley Green
Geneva Humphreys
Columbia High School
Estella Radekin
Wanetta Radekin
Mattie Morris
Anna E. Turner
Carrie Morrison
Dorothy Morrison
Audra Swett
Dale Dye
Dye
Rose Turner
Owen Kennedy
J. A. Turner
Ironton
Ethel Ogdin
Henry Bobo
Marsh Nichols
E. H. Vale
Paul Vale
Akron
Wesley Bobo
Ronald Bisnaugle
Chillicothe
Belle Lindley
Stockport
Charles Riley
Radcliffe
Lewis McLaughlin
Modernization Planned for Rathburn Drug Store Site
Rehabilitation on Second Avenue Park Square begins under owners Mrs Dot Sams and Miss Virgie Smith. A modern front and new stairways will be added. Orin Thomas store will relocate before July 1 to allow Morris chain to occupy the current premises.
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Gallipolis
Rathburn Drug Store
Second Avenue Park Square
Dot Sams
Virgie Smith
Orin Thomas
Morris
Flower Service Adopted by Grange for Year
Pomona Grange selects a traveling flower service with a series of presentations between named venues from Swan Creek to Swan Creek across multiple dates from April 21 to October 11. A fifth degree conferral is planned in June by a team from Little Kyger Georges Creek and Bulaville Granges.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Pomona Grange
Swan Creek
Georges Creek
Bulaville
Little Kyger
Ohio Valley
Centenary
Cadmus
Patriot
Huntington
Rodney
Springfield
Harris
Eno
Thurman
Cora
Gallia
Bulaville Granges
Scout Drive Opens In Gallia District
In Gallipolis the Scout Drive opens with about fifty workers gathering at the Presbyterian Church Wednesday at 7:30 a m for breakfast and submission of reports. Scout Mothers organization will furnish and serve the repast.
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Gallipolis
Boy Scout Financial Campaign
Presbyterian Church
Scout Mothers’ Organization
Boy Severely Hurt In Fall From Truck
Four year old Carl Sibley of Chickamauga Park fell from a moving truck driven by his father Ed Sibley Sunday and sustained a severe head injury and possible skull fracture at Holzer Hospital is treating him.
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Gallipolis
Carl
Ed Sibley
Chickamauga Park
Holzer Hospital
Barn Destroyed by Fire in Green Township
A barn owned by Joe Sharp in the Safford Schoolhouse area of Green Township burned Saturday night. The loss includes the building, feeds, and farm implements with no insurance. The fire’s origin is under investigation.
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Gallipolis
Joe Sharp
Safford
Green Township
3000 Acre Farm Supports One Thousand Herefords
Gallia county visitors tour Sandy Lewis farm across the Ohio River to see a thousand Hereford steers fattening for market. The 3,000 acre farm lies between river and foothills with silos cribs and barns for winter feed. Neighbors W A Lee Capt John Lane John Blain also raise about 1,500 feeder Herefords totaling roughly 1.5 million pounds of beef on the hoof.
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Gallipolis
Tri-State
Sandy Lewis
Mason County
Ohio River
Lewis
Southwest
W. A. Lee
John Lane
John Blain
Mrs Earwood Dies At Home in Gallia
Mrs. Gertrude Rader Earwood, 76, died at her brother W M Rader's Northup home Sunday. She and her husband Harry Earwood formerly lived in Davenport Iowa, returning after his death seven years ago. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Centenary Church by Rev. Thomas Taylor with interment in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Gertrude Rader Earwood
W. M
Dick) Rader
Northup
Harry Earwood
Davenport
Iowa
Centenary Church
Thomas Taylor
Mound Hill Cemetery
Local Lecturer to Address High School Assembly
Gallipolis speaker Guy Morse Bingham will address the high school Friday morning. He'll spend the day in the Senior Guidance room advising students on college work or other pursuits without further schooling.
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Gallipolis
Guy Morse Bingham
Business Women To Elect New Leaders In Gallipolis
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club will elect officers at Monday’s meeting. A recent move to endorse a member for a local political post has caused a rift, with reports of a petition for endorsement that was halted by a blanket resolution not reflecting all members’ views.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club
Huge crowd expected at Gallipolis high prom May 18
In Gallipolis the high school Junior-Senior Prom is set for May 18. With 108 seniors and 100 juniors the largest student body in school history, dinner will be served in the Methodist dining room and dancing will follow in Washington Auditorium, a first for such an event.
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Gallipolis
Methodist
Washington Auditorium
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