New WPA Projects Considered by County Units
Gallia County WPA district reports 1076 employed locally the largest on rolls here. Projects include road repair and library services with 50 workers at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics painting woodwork and earth fill for a playground. Also a partition suit over Clara B. Swisher's estate is filed by Rinaldo Swisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
WPA
Athens
Gallia County
Othneil Jones
Ohio Hospital
Fair Grounds
CCC
Rinaldo Swisher
Wesley E. Swisher
Clara B. Swisher
Gallia-Meigs
Carlton
Death and travel mark Racine social notes
Mrs. Howard Miles learns of her brother Gambel's death on Wheel ing Island as her sister-in-law Mrs. Duskey dies. Stanley Holter and wife return from Akron while L D Perfect and Croton couple visit John Weaver. Edith Hayman moves to Sardis to live with Homer Hayman. Joe Hoback improves after appendicitis surgery in Florida. Racine Garden Club sets April 20 meeting at 7 30 p m at Miles Cross home. Mrs. Mike Powell remains in critical condition after Holzer Hospital operation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Howard Miles
Mr. Gambel
Wheeling Island
Miles
Gibbey Duskey
Wheeling
Stanley Holter
Racine R. D
Akron
L. D. Perfect
Croton
John Weaver
Edith Hayman
Sardis
Homer Hayman
Joe Hoback
Florida
Racine Garden Club
Miles Cross
Mike Powell
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Fish Food Ban In Gallia County Creeks Reported
State Conservation Commissioner Lawrence Woodell issues order banning removal of live fish food from all creeks in Gallia County. The ban covers Raccoon Symmes Chickamauga Leading and Dirty Face Creeks and affects minnows crayfish hellgrammites and other fish foods. Anglers face premium worm shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lawrence Woodell
Gallia County
Symmes
Chickamauga
Tiny Swan Creek colt survives at Swan Creek farm
A twenty by twenty inch midget Percheron foal born Monday at C. L. Ritter's Swan Creek farm near Huntington is alive and growing. Taken for nursing by S. A. Wallace, the colt is fed from a thermos bottle and a hay and lime water infusion. Visitors flock to watch the fragile creature.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. L. Ritter
Swan Creek
S. A. Wallace
Huntington
Wallace
Cutler Man Seriously Ill Following Attack
T. T. Dunbar of Cutler, long in failing health, was taken critically ill on Thursday. Mrs. Eva Landers was hospitalized in Memorial Hospital Marietta with a fractured hip after slipping on a wet road.
Gallipolis McIntyre Memorial Plan Stalled by Committee
After several meetings the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce memorial committee for the late O. O. McIntyre has not chosen a design or site. Members reportedly oppose a statue or park monument and have considered renaming Rio Grande College or Mound Hill Cemetery, naming a street, or naming a hotel, but no decision is made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
O. O. McIntyre
Rio Grande College
McIntyre School
McIntyre
New York
Hawaii
Mound Hill Cemetery
Twenty Impersonators Set For Hollywood Premiere at Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports twenty local residents chosen to impersonate Hollywood stars for the upcoming Hollywood Premiere at the Gallipolis Theater on April 20. Fifty more are expected as the Home Talent show, sponsored by the American Legion Women's Auxiliary, trains performers in stage mannerisms and secret identities will be revealed at opening night by loud speaker. Mrs. Chester Leaper and Mrs. George Lear lead Auxiliary committees coordinating the staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hollywood
Women’s Auxiliary
American Legion
Gallipolis Theater
Chester Leaper
George Lear
Grass Run-Side Hill Personal News Items
Mrs. W. A. Hutton and son Wilbur spent the weekend with her sister in Burgistown Pennsylvania. Will Will is on a forced vacation from college due to flu. Many attended a song service at the Dexter Church of Christ led by Rev. J. P. Miller. Drexel Lambert was Tuesday guest of Mr. and Mrs. Minter Molden. Dorothy Molden and Evelyn Nicholson stayed overnight with Mr. and Mrs. Race Davis Tuesday. Mrs. Don L. Wood and son Patrick from Pomeroy were weekend guests of Mr. and Mrs. Norman Will. Mr. and Mrs. Harry Gross and son from Akron visited relatives including Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Winn and others, returning home Sunday. G. O. Will and family were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Saxton. William Nicholson and Norman Will families visited Thursday evening with Mr. and Mrs. William Bachner. Mrs. Elmer Molden called on Mrs. Hollis Searls. Mrs. Paul Winn is in Middleport helping care for her ill mother Mrs. Hart Lyons. Grant Ramey recently bought another horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. A. Hutton
Wilbur
Burgistown
Pear
Will
J. P. Miller
Dexter Church of Christ
Drexel Lambert
Minter Molden
Dorothy Molden
Evelyn Nicholson
Race Davis
Don L. Wood
Patrick, Pomeroy
G. O. Will
Harry Saxton
William Nicholson
Norman Will
William Bachner
Elmer Molden
Hollis Searls
Paul Winn
Middleport
Hart Lyons
Grant Ramey
Decree Granted in Cheshire Divorce Case
A divorce decree was granted Thursday to Frances Sayre from Foster Sayre of Cheshire. Her maiden name Rife was restored. Mrs. Sayre charged neglect of duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Frances Sayre
Foster Sayre
Cheshire
Rife
FD Promises Aid and Wage Bill to Workers
In a continued address, Roosevelt urges national unity and federal aid to business with labor shared benefits. He backs a wage and hours bill to create a floor on industrial pay and limit working hours to distribute prosperity and jobs more evenly. Congress critics may seek tax-exemption removals to curb private capital and fund projects. The plan anticipates about 140 million dollars yearly revenue from bonds, offset by higher interest costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roosevelt
Congress
PWA
Stabbing Victim Is Taken to Hospital
Jesse Connor was seriously stabbed in a cabin fight near the Eureka Dam and moved from Holzer Hospital to the county jail at Pt. Pleasant. William Wilson is held there as well after the incident. Wilson later donated blood for Connor’s transfusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jesse Connor
William Wilson
Eureka Dam
Holzer Hospital
Pt. Pleasant
Wilson
Connor
Lewis in Hospital After Gallia County Operation
Ernest Lewis member of the Jackson County Board of Commissioners and native Gallia Countian is recovering from an operation at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lewis
Gallipolis
Ernest Lewis
Jackson County Board of Commissioners
Gallia
Snow White Opens Run At Athena On Saturday
The Walt Disney feature Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs opens Saturday at Schine's Athena in Technicolor with dialogue songs dances and a complete score. Made over three years at an estimated cost of 1.5 million dollars the film adapts a Grimm Brothers tale and follows Snow White from a scullery maid to a princess crowned by a prince. The story features the Queen the witch the dwarfs and memorable songs including Hi Ho Some Day My Prince Will Come Whistle While You Work and One Song.
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Schine
Athena
Snow White
the Seven Dwarfs
Modern Tarzan Yawns at Mental Tests in Gallipolis
In Gallia County George Randolph age 36 is questioned after a month in the woods to avoid arrest on non support. He yawns before replies and shows little interest in proceedings. Dr F W Shane assesses his mental and physical state. If found fit he may be released as no charges stand. Randolph is described as Virginian mountain type with a large family background.
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Tarzan
Gallipolis
Gallia County
George Randolph
F. W. Shane
Randolph
Pappy
Rocky Fork
Take Applications for Hospital Nurses Corps
Sixteen young women who are high school graduates will form a new class after September 1 in Holzer Hospital Nurses Training School. Applications are now being received at the hospital, announced director Miss Hazel Richards, R. N.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Hazel Richards
R. N
Henry Monroe Dies at Home in Walnut Township
Henry Monroe age 63 longtime Walnut Township resident died at his home Wednesday after an illness of several months. Funeral services were held Friday at the family home. He was a native of West Virginia and is survived by his wife Anna Cremeens and two sons Brady and Roy Monroe and a brother Waldo Monroe of the same community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Henry Monroe
Walnut Township
Monroe
Worker Injured in Lime Rock Incident at Holzer
Foster Little of Cheshire, a WPA worker, is treated at Holzer Hospital for an eye injury from a flying lime rock particle. Doctors expect his sight to remain unaffected.
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Gallipolis
Foster Little
Cheshire
WPA
Holzer Hospital
Eureka Dam Dedication Plans Advance
Plans for the Eureka roller dam dedication on June 12 near Gallipolis solidify after a joint Gallipolis and Pt. Pleasant committee meeting with U S Army Engineers at Huntington. Capt S D Sturgis Jr pledges decoration safety facilities and army compliant planning to ensure a smooth ceremony. Representatives include C C Weissenburger F W Ingraham Walter Krodel C E Holzer E E Higgins C W Booth H W Walter Henry W Cherrington S B Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Eureka
Pt. Pleasant
United States Engineer Corps
Huntington
S. D. Sturgis
Army
C. C. Weissenburger
F. W. Ingraham
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Walter B. Krodel
C. E. Holzer
E. E. Higgins
C. W. Booth
American Legion
H. W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
Henry W. Cherrington
S. B. Huntington
Ohio-West Virginia Bridge Co
Women's Club Sends Many to Athens Meet
Local Business and Professional Women's Club will send a large delegation to Athens on Sunday April 24 for a dinner meeting at the Berry Hotel. Mothers of club members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Athens
Berry Hotel
Elizabeth Morgan celebrates 75th birthday with postcard shower
Gallipolis residents mark the 75th birthday of Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan with a postcard shower. She formerly owned Our House, now a museum, and lives at 322 Third Ave. in the home of Mr and Mrs Ben Evans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elizabeth Morgan
Morgan
Our House
Third Ave
Ben Evans
Local Railroad Agent Sent Home After Injury
W. N. Boyles, local agent for the C. and O. Railroad, is discharged from hospital to his home after a fall on duty. He suffered severe leg injuries several weeks ago.
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Gallipolis
W. N. Boyles
C. & O. Railroad
Boyles
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Cutler
T. T. Dunbar
Eva Landers
Memorial Hospital
Marietta
Arlo Masters
Zanesville
Dwight Masters
Chicago
D. F. Masters
William Knell
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Myrtie Dunbar
Columbus
Lloyd Oliver
Roy Goddard
Paul Welch
Washington
Genger Root
Utah
William McAtee
Prichard
Donald McAtee
Pioneer Caravan
Pearl McAtee
C. E. Brandeberry
Orvil Brandeberry
Coolville
J. V. Leyda
McIntyre Group
Grass Run
Jimmy Durante
Athens Ohio
THE
Seven Dwarfs
Beran
Clover Farm
Clover
Ohio
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