Gallipolis Knights Templars Plan Easter Services
Gallipolis Rose Commandery Knights Templars and guests from Athens Pomeroy Pt Pleasant and Jackson Counties will attend Easter Sunday services at St Peters Episcopal Church at 2 p.m. Knights meet at Masonic Temple at 1 30 in full uniform for a procession led by Captain General Charles T Robinson. More than 200 members are expected. high school band may lead.
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Gallipolis
The
Rose Commandery
Knights Templars
Athens
Pomeroy
Pt. Pleasant
Jackson
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
Masonic Temple
Charles T. Robinson
Robert Mc Keene
Barn Fire Extinguished After Juvenile Fire Start
A large barn on N. R. Canaday Jr. property in East Gallipolis caught fire in a corner Tuesday night. Firefighters extinguished the incipient blaze after children playing in the barn were believed to have started it.
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Gallipolis
N. R. Canaday, Jr
State Option on Proposed Site of Prison Expires Sunday
West Virginia has an option on about 1900 acres of the Sandy Lewis farm across the Ohio River from Gallipolis. The option for roughly three quarters of the land is valued at about 140000 dollars and expires on Sunday, April 17. The fate of the option and the site decision remains unclear as the prison commission weighs various locations and early construction would employ WPA workers.
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Gallipolis
West Virginia
Sandy Lewis
Ohio River
Lewis
E. E. Hatfield
Col
H. B. Ecker
West Virginia Prison Commission
Tri-State
West Virginia Commission
Shadle
Great Kanawha
Pt. Pleasant
Lewis Farm
Missionary Post Recommissioned for Fourth Year
Rev. C. A. Brown of Wellston is recommissioned missionary for a fourth year with the American Sunday School Union. He covers Southeastern Ohio counties Jackson Gallia Meigs Lawrence and Vinton serving 22 rural Sunday Schools. In summer he directs vacation Bible schools and youth religious education.
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Gallipolis
C. A. Brown
Wellston
American Sunday School Union
Ohio
Jackson
Gallia
Meigs
Lawrence
Vinton
Brown
Gallipolis Woman Mayme Medley Dies After Illness
Mrs. Mayme Waddell Medley aged 48 wife of Samuel W. Medley and daughter of the late George Waddell died Wednesday at the home of her stepfather Robert W. Irion in Gallipolis after months of illness from a malignant chest growth. She was injured in an auto crash near the Medley home in East Gallipolis on Sept. 16. Funeral services will be held Friday at 3 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church with Rev. Lewis W. Gishler officiating and burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Mayme Waddell Medley
Samuel W. Medley
George Waddell
Robert W. Irion
Medley
East Gallipolis
Lewis W. Gishler
Presbyterian Church
Mound Hill Cemetery
George Randolph Held in County Jail on Lunacy Charge
George Randolph a 35 year old Mercerville resident is held in the Gallipolis county jail after an alleged 30 day disappearance into the wilds to avoid arrest on a non support charge. A lunacy hearing is probable.
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Gallipolis
George Randolph
Mercerville
Wilds
World War Hero To Visit Pt. Pleasant
Sgt Alvin C York, famed World War I hero, will appear in Pt Pleasant for Easter Sunday services at the Pt Pleasant Mission. He will speak on biblical subjects and return to Tennessee. American Legion Post No 23 helps organize with parking and loudspeakers for ex servicemen attendees.
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Gallipolis
Alvin C. York
Pt. Pleasant
Pt. Pleasant Mission
Tennessee
York
Miss England
South
West Virginia
American Legion Post No. 23
Point Pleasant
Henking Bovie Home To Be Given Repairs
Extensive repairs and alterations are under way at the three story brick building on Court Street in Gallipolis. An entire new front will replace the present façade. The Henking Bovie wholesale grocery house occupied the building for 80 years and the structure is currently leased to the Atlantic and Pacific Tea Co.
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Gallipolis
Court St
Henking-Bovie Wholesale
Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co
Mrs Lusher Returns Home From Care Duties
Mrs. O W Lusher, called to care for her ill mother in Gallipolis, had to return to Point Pleasant due to her own illness. Mrs. Fannie Carter was injured in a fall requiring care.
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Gallipolis
Fannie Carter
O. W. Lusher
Point Pleasant
Tuppers Plains Social And Personal Notes
Local social notes from Tuppers Plains list visits and gatherings. Roy Springer and Floyd Millhone traveled to Marion. Mrs. Lavina Brannon and children visited Mrs. Robert Dodderer’s family. C. E. Young family attended a funeral in Pomeroy. unrelated local happenings include illness, porch work, and a note on Charles Goodyear’s rubber vulcanization discovery in 1839.
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Charles Goodyear
Bottle Baby Midget Percheron Twin Near Swan Creek
A diminutive Percheron colt nicknamed Bottle Baby, born as a twin at the C. L. Ritter farm near Swan Creek, is being fed cow milk via a nursery bottle. The runt stands 26 inches tall, 20 inches long, and 20 inch girth, while the mother weighs 1800 pounds and the twin is normal. The colt was moved to S. A. Wallace’s home in Huntington for care, with plans to use the mother’s milk in a thermos if needed and tea made from hay and lime water to supplement its diet.
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Gallipolis
C. L. Ritter
Swan Creek
S. A. Wallace
Huntington
Ritter Farm
Social notes from Gallipolis and surrounding towns
Mrs Alice Neal of Oxford headlined a dinner hosted by Mr and Mrs C J McCormick and Mr and Mrs Gardner McCormick. Guests included Proctorville families the Waddells and McCormicks, Huntington and Cleveland visitors, and several local residents. Announced birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Arthur Phillips of Ironton. Various local visits and travels by residents and students noted.
Gallia Spring Gun case tests rural defense rights
The Ohio Supreme Court weighs whether rural residents without police protection may use gunfire to defend property. R M Switzer argues Childers could not be convicted of assault and battery, while Special Prosecutor Henry W Cherring ton says malice and revenge motivated the act. Conviction carries one to twenty years.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Ohio
Supreme Court
Gallia County
Ann Childers
R. M. Switzer
Switzer
Childers
Henry W. Cherrington
Cherrington
Columbus
Seventeen Gallia Men Enter CCC Candidate List
Gallia preparation for CCC camps sees seventeen men plus two alternates travel to Portsmouth for physicals. Othneil Jones, relief director and enrolling officer, notes this is the last camp assignment before July and that 23 remain on a waiting list with expectations of 75 by mid summer. Names include Ernest Backus Ryger Baker Rupe Blazer Smith Brumfield Foster Miniskis Rippy Scott Watts Rees Sullivan Unree Vance Glassburn among those listed.
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Gallipolis
Portsmouth
CCC
Othneil Jones
Jones
Ernest Backus
Ryger
Charles S. Baker
Roland
Wayne Rupe
Cheshire
Harlan M
Gallipolis Rotary Heads Hold Youngest in Ohio
Gallipolis Rotary Club members elect the youngest officers in the state. Morris Haskins age 27 becomes president on July 1 succeeding Dr W Lewis Brown. Carl C Byers 27 becomes secretary treasurer succeeding Haskins. Other appointees include Eugene S Spear assistant secretary and EB Caldwell sergeant at arms.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Morris Haskins
Haskins-Tanner Co
Carl C. Byers
Haskins
W. Lewis Brown
Byers
Rotary Board of
Eugene S. Spear
Eb, E. Caldwell
Rutland Social and Personal News Notes
Miss Mary Lou Barton of Columbus spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs Elza Barton. Mrs Faye Harrison has been ill. Mr and Mrs Ray Phillips of Baltimore announce the birth of a son on Friday April 8. Flossie Hull and son Marion visited Baltimore with the Philips family. Eugene Fink of Logan spent the weekend with his mother Chloe Fink. Dave Haley and family of Wilkesville were dinner guests of the Elza Haleys. Myrtle Donahue spent a day in Gallipolis. Roy Grimes and family and Harley Garvin and family were guests of John and Mrs Smith of Athens. Cecelia Marsh Margaret Wells Dorothy Ledlie and Reva Mills attended the Northwest Territory Pageant in Athens Monday evening. Eli Denison and family spent Sunday in Logan with Warren Sowers and family. Eileen Kennedy of Columbus visits grandmother Ellen Kennedy. Dorothy Whittington and John Bryan of Lincoln Park Michigan were married Saturday by Reverend Copley. A special Easter program is being arranged for Sunday morning at the Methodist Church. Reverend Copley is holding revival services at Bethel this week. Mrs Clara Wise has been seriously ill the last few days. Cc O Chapman and daughter Anne attended the Northwest Territory celebration at Athens Monday afternoon.
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Dave Haley
Wilkesville
Elza Haley
Myrtle Donahue
Gallipolis
Roy Grimes
Harley Garvin
John Smith
Athens
Cecelia Marsh
Margaret Wells
Dorothy Ledlie
Reva Mills
Northwest Territory
Eli Denison
Logan
Warren Sowers
Eileen Kennedy
Columbus
Ellen Kennedy
Dorothy Whittington
John Bryan
Lincoln Park
Mich
Copley
Methodist Church
Bethel
Clara Wise
Cc. O. Chapman
Anne
Easter Sunrise Services by Eureka Charge Churches
Rev. Tracy Martindale announces an Easter sunrise service for all Methodist churches on the Eureka Charge. Communicants will meet at Chambersburg Church at 6 a.m. Circuit churches include Swan Creek Bethel Ohio Chapel and Clay Chapel with committee members Leta Gothard George Gothard Frank Irion Ray Gothard and Norma Halle.
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Gallipolis
Eureka
Tracy Martindale
Chambersburg
Swan Creek
Bethel
Ohio Chapel
Clay Chapel
Leta Gothard
George Gothard
Frank Irion
Ray Gothard
Norma Halle
Boy’s risky night jump ends in hospital bed mix up
Six year old Arthur Peterman recounts a perilous habit of leaping into bed at night. A police surgeon stitched a cut on his head after a fall caused by the bed and bureau being switched, a detail he says he was not told beforehand.
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