Union Service Draws Large Crowd in Gallipolis
A Holy Week union service at First Presbyterian Church drew a large attendance. Today three hour Good Friday services were held at Grace Methodist Church with a lineup of speakers including Rev. Charles Baird, Rev. Donald S. Hobbs, Rev. Chalmers McCutcheon, and others led by Rev. Lewis Webert Gishler, president of the Gallipolis Ministerial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Grace Methodist Church
Charles Baird
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Donald S. Hobbs
Rio Grande
Chalmers McCutcheon
Point Pleasant
Gishler
Westerman
R. Lloyd Pobst
Lewis Webert Gishler
Road Work Finished By NYA in Gallia
Gallia project reports five miles on Bla den-Mercerville Road three miles on Kemper Hollow and half miles on Sugar Creek and Mud Creek Roads completed by about 200 NYA workers under supervisor Owen Boster. More enrollees join weekly and additional roads may be designated for county improvement.
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Gallipolis
Bladen-Mercerville
Kemper Hollow
Sugar Creek
Mud Creek
NYA
Owen Boster
Boster
Association Praises Public Response to Holy Week Services
The association sponsoring the Holy Week program says it is well pleased with the public response and the interest shown in these services.
Plan To Open School Late in April
Four NYA courses will run April 22 through July 1 in Gallipolis starting at 7 p.m. on Monday Tuesday and Wednesday. Eulah Williams teaches office training Ed Wise handles electricity Ben Eachus wood working and Paul Haskins auto mechanics with aviation mechanics a possibility at the airport. Acts funded by NYA. students not paid. A registration meeting April 21 at Washington Auditorium with area supervisor Miss Louis Walcutt and four teachers attending. Minimum eight students per class. if undersubscribed others may enroll.
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Gallipolis
NYA
E. E. Higgins
Eulah Williams
Ed Wise
Ben Eachus
Paul Haskins
Higgins
Washington Auditorium
Louis Walcutt
Paul Mossman
H. W. Walter
C. E. Holzer
C. C. Byers
E. G. Royer
Harlan Martin
L. W. Thompson
C. W. Booth
Harry R. Hurn
Studies Army Convoy Sites in Gallipolis
A State Highway Department representative visited Gallipolis to identify camp sites for Army convoys if needed. He discussed using the fairgrounds with Judge W R White and the airport with Dr C E Holzer, both deemed suitable. Army convoys are moving nationwide and set up tent camps at night.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Department
W. R. White
C. E. Holzer
Fairgrounds
Sunrise Service Set On Hill West Of Calvary Church
GALLIPOLIS The county's only open air sunrise Easter service will be on a hill west of Calvary Baptist Church. Rev. Donald Hobbs, pastor and Rio Grande College faculty member, will preside. The program centers on songs of praise with a trumpet duet by Mary Carter and Pauline McCoy. A 6 15 a.m. processional will leave the church and move uphill with a chant from the church choir.
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Gallipolis
Calvary Baptist Church
Donald Hobbs
Rio Grande College
Mary Carter
Pauline McCoy
Five Thousand Buns Served at Hospital
Five thousand hot cross buns were served at the state hospital at breakfast this morning and none was left over. Cooking of a like number of hard boiled eggs for serving Sunday morning will be done Saturday.
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Gallipolis
State Hospital
Deep Dish Betty Dessert From Bread Rules
A recipe titled Deep Dish Betty serves 4 to 6 using bread butter brown sugar cinnamon apricots and strawberries. Steps include buttering bread removing crusts cutting into strips layering in a baking dish and baking at 350 degrees for 45 to 50 minutes with fruit juice and cream topping.
Chamber Secures 148 Signers for Limited Parking Pledge
Gallipolis chamber committee finished collecting pledges from business district motorists to avoid daytime parking to aid customers and transients. About 20 declined but will be subject to one hour restricted parking fines. list includes Rex Lineberry, Goldie Allen, Frances Becky among many others.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of A Commerce
John Gwinn
Rex Lineberry
Goldie Allen
Frances Becky
C. L. Houser
Bernie Graham
James D. Walker
F. C. Christ
Harry Holmes
Ruth Miller
L. W. Thompson
John Haner
Jeanne Jones
Frank Pierotti
Laura Green
Charles F. Brown
L. E. Smith
Stanley Lanier
Michael Roth
Morris Haskins
Charlotte Hambrick
R. D. Thomas
Orin Thomas
Earl B. Houck
Robert Queen
Forrest Clark
Carl Willis
H. B. Ecker
Fred Foster
Thelma Boswell
W. R. Phillips
Don Sheets
W. A. Boggs
E. A. Thomas
A. C. Myers
E. W. Stevens
Oliver G. Eblin
Roy D. Rothgeb
E. E. Kerr
Carl B. Wood
L. M. Evans
Raymond Gooch
Jesse Weekley
Kerr Gooch
John E. Odell
H. W. Walter
John R. Lusher
J. L. Melton
Gerald Gills
William Matthews
VA. S. Lloyd
C. C.catzen
J. H. McCormick
Matt
Easter Services Planned Across Gallipolis Churches
Easter services at First Presbyterian Church begin with church school hour under superintendent William Jones and a 10 30 morning sermon by Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler on Out of the Gloom the Bloom. Grace Methodist opens with a 6 30 sunrise service and features a large Easter music program. Communion and baptism are noted for the 10 30 service. Grace also hosts a 7 00 a m Easter breakfast with a 120 singer Easter festival in the evening led by Rev. W Scott Westerman with Mary Syler James Vornholt Ronald Williams and Mrs Stanley Lanier among the soloists and organist. Lilly decorations and spring flowers adorn both churches.
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Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
William Jones
Lewis Weber Gishler
Rose Commandery
Knight Templar
Catherine Hayward
Baptist Church
Paul Judson Morris
Granville
Wesleyan Guild
Grace Methodist
Harry Miller
Mary Syler
W. Scott Westerman
Stanley Lanier
Christ
Dresden
Joseph
Williams
Youth Federation
Grace
Hallelujah
James Vornholt
Ronald Williams
Ohio River News Notes Highlights River Industry Moves
East Liverpool notes mark the 50th anniversary of the first steel barge built in the Ohio River region and launched in 1891 in Homestead. Merger plans for Campbell Transportation and Mississippi Valley Barge Lines await ICC approval as Dravo predicts the Albert E. Heekin towboat arrival by May 1. Zubick Towing readies a river ward by April 15 with 200 foot docking capability. Pittsburgh Coal Exchange opposes the St. Lawrence Seaway project. District employment rising as US Engineers add 43 jobs to 1,308 and contractors add 66 to 296.
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East Liverpool
Ohio River
Homestead
Baton Rouge
Campbell Transportation Co
Pittsburgh
Mississippi Valley Barge Lines
St. Louis
ICC
Dravo Corp
Albert E. Heekin
Ernest T. Weir
Dravo
American Barge
Zubick Towing Co
River Ward
Pittsburgh Coal Exchange
St. Lawrence Seaway
U. S
Gallipolis Social Notes
Gallipolis social news lists a dinner party hosted by Dr. W. W. Strange of Huntington in honor of Mrs. Ellinwood’s birthday. Guests at the event include Mr. and Mrs. R. S. Ellinwood and Mr. Eugene Plymale, with celebrations noted for Easter themed refreshments after cards.
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Gallipolis
R. S. Ellinwood
Eugene Plymale
W. W. Strange
Huntington
Mrs. Ellinwood
Harry A. Wood
Rio Grande
C. T. Sharpton
Forrest Wyatt
L. F. Allen
Martha Lou Lassiter
Zenia Shaw
John Ellis Evans
J. S. Porter, Jr
Wyatt
Mr. Sharpton
Local families greet arrivals and travels over Easter
Births across the community include a son born to Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Gates with grandparents E R Wallace present. Attending St Vincent's College Jack Vornholt spends Easter with parents Dr. and Mrs. O A Vornholt as Denison students Harold Fife and John Gwinn visit Hamilton friend Bill Miller.
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Jack Vornholt
St. Vincent’s College
Latrobe
O. A. Vornholt
Alex Lane
Quentin
Esther
Columbus
Delphos
Elias Wetherholt
Dwight Wetherholt
Harold Fife
John Gwinn
Denison University
Granville
Bill Miller
Hamilton
John R. Morgan
Cora
Flora Blazer
Proctorville
Howard Neal
Line
Cincinnati
C. E. Campbell
Robert van Dyke
Dayton
C. A. Vornholt
M. M. Grover
Virgil Lockhart
Clarence Hoffman
Guyandotte
W. Va
Charles W. Burns
Susannah Lupton
Midvale
Harry Lupton
Labor Trouble At Pt Pleasant Reported
GALLIPOLIS Fifty employees including Gallia County workers were discharged at the Marietta Manufacturing Co in Point Pleasant due to labor agitation.
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Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Marietta
Nonpayment of Fine Leads to Incarceration in Dayton Workhouse
Robert Harrison was jailed in the Dayton workhouse yesterday for non payment of a $50 fine assessed for driving while intoxicated. Sheriff E. E. Hatfield oversaw the process.
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Gallipolis
Dayton
Robert Harrison
E. E. Hatfield
Legal land sale record with Ohio Power Co and New York bank
In Gallipolis employees at the county recorder's office completed typing a 41 page land and chattel description in a legal transaction between Ohio Power Co and a New York bank. The fee for the record is $65.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Power Co
New York Bank
County Recorder’s Office
One Room Schools to Close for Summer Vacation
The Gallipolis area reports that the Children's Home school will close Friday for summer vacation while eight other one room schools plan to close next week for the break.
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Gallipolis
Divorce Granted in Gallipolis for J E Kemper
Mrs J E Kemper wins a divorce on grounds of gross neglect and is awarded custody of a young child in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
J. E. Kemper
Davis boy injures leg vaulting at Bladen school
Richard Davis son of Mr and Mrs William M Davis broke a leg yesterday while pole vaulting with other students at Bladen school.
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Gallipolis
Bladen School
Richard
William M. Davis
Scholarship Honors For Gallipolis Students
A quartet of Gallipolis area students will receive certificates of recognition for high scores in the state scholarship contest held March 29 with 16 entrants. Recipients are Elizabeth Jean Maddox Maurice Eugene Kerr Sara Margaret Rife and Beulah M Fritz. Maddox ranked highest and is president of the National Honor Society at Gallipolis High School.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Jean Maddox
Maurice Eugene Kerr
Sara Margaret Rife
Bidwell
Beulah M. Fritz
Centerville
Condition Improves of W. S. Craft After Birthday Dinner
The 83 year old Porter resident W. S. Craft is reported fair at the hospital after swallowing a chicken bone at a birthday dinner in his honor. Doctors performed an abdominal operation to remove the bone.
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Gallipolis
W. S. Craft
Porter
Axe Injury Saves Toes at Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis report of Leland Berridge suffering an axe injury while clearing brush. His foot strike nearly severed three toes but first aid at Holzer Hospital is expected to save them. In Gallipolis the Eagles Lodge social committee plans a members only floor show at the club rooms Wednesday night featuring Columbus talent.
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Gallipolis
Kananga
Leland Berridge
Holzer Hospital
Eagles Lodge
Columbus
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