Gallia County Engineer Commended for Highway Data Knowledge
WPA release praises Gallia County Engineer FE N Leonard for compiling an exhaustive highway record covering 724 roads and 1 040 miles. The project, completed by eight workers led by Ferry L Dillon, draws on 19 volumes of records to map road layouts, changes, ownership, and status since 1803.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Zanesville
FE. N. Leonard
Gallia County
Ohio
Gallia
Meigs
Lawrence
Jackson
County Recorder's Office
Leonard
Ferry L. Dillon
Parish survives gas explosion injuries in Jackson
Emil Parish a 27 year old Jackson resident receives treatment for facial burns a wrist fracture and possible hip fracture after a gas explosion at an iron furnace. Parish was injured when a heavy iron door was hurled against him during the blast.
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Gallipolis
Emil Parish
Jackson
Parish
WPA Director Will Address Rotarians Tonight
WPA district director G I Gibson will speak to the Rotary Club at Lafayette Hotel about WPA activities in Gallia County and answer questions. May 2 speaker W G Scarberry, Columbus State School for the Blind superintendent, will bring students for program numbers. Future programs include U S Forestry pictures and speakers through May 30.
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Gallipolis
L CG. Gibson
WPA
Zanesville
Gallia County
Rotary Club
Lafayette Hotel
W. G. Scarberry
State School For the Blind
Columbus
U. S. Forestry Pictures
John Mootz
Ernest Wiseman
C. E. Holzer
Sale of Gallia Health Seals Reported in Gallipolis
Gallia County Public Health League reports total Christmas season Health Seal sales of 807.33 with 80 percent kept locally to combat tuberculosis. Funds support school tuberculin testing and X-rays for indigent students. Gallia records 16 new TB cases and 32 deaths in the year. A diagnostic chest clinic in the courthouse is planned for Wednesday May 10 led by Dr. David L. Beers, the first county clinic approved by the Gallia County Medical Society with more clinics planned for May and June.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Court House
David L. Beers
Gallia County Medical Society
Birthday Dinner Planned for Mrs Rhoda Saunders
Relatives and friends plan an outdoor basket dinner on May 7 at Little Swan Creek for Mrs Rhoda Saunders who lives with her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs James Stewart to celebrate her 82nd birthday.
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Gallipolis
Rhoda Saunders
James Stewart
Little Swan Creek
Point Rock
Laurel
Howard Knapp
Gallia Baptist Association Ministers Gather Near Aid
A ministerial meeting of the Gallia Baptist Association will be held Saturday and Sunday near Aid in Lawrence County. Local pastors are expected to attend.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Baptist Association
Aid
Lawrence County
Centerville Masons To Hold Eisteddfod
Gallia Jackson area locals anticipate a large Centerville Masonic Lodge Eisteddfod on May 12 with five mixed choruses and potential sixth entering the cash prize contest. Welsh recitations draw interest from Welsh speaking descendants and Prof. Hollis Ewing of Muskingum College will judge. Also reports list a Gallipolis marriage permit for Charles Bush and Mary Mefford and Miss Minnie Kuhn receiving hip fracture treatment at Holzer Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Centerville
Hollis Ewing
Muskingum College
New Concord
W. A. Lewis
Rio Grande College
Charles Bush
Mary Mefford
Minnie Kuhn
Strad Kuhn
Holzer Hospital
Teachers To Make Report On Year End Activities
Principal Carl C. Byers forms faculty committees to draft a year end summary for the board. Reports cover achievements and next year plans across departments and clubs for the Gallipolis school. Closing events include Senior Night May 26 and May 29, with exams on May 24 25 26 29 and no school May 30 Memorial Day observed.
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Gallipolis
Carl C. Byers
E. E. Higgins
Board of Education
Morrison
Bradbury
Covey
Miss Johnston
Brown
Wetherholt
Kircher
Wise
Luttrell
Miss Covey
Miss Breinig
Smeltzer
Miss Morrison
Stone
Mr. Wise
Bachus
Rio Grande Methodist Church supper planned tomorrow
Waffles pancakes and sausages or creamed chicken will be offered at Rio Grande Methodist Church tomorrow evening with serving beginning at five o clock. Other delicacies will be on the menu.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande Methodist Church
Minstrel Benefit Tonight at Rio Grande High School
Centerville Masons and Eastern Star members stage a minstrel show at Rio Grande High School to raise funds for the PTA. Local organizations join in the performance as community support for the school program.
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Centerville Masons
The
Eastern Star
Rio Grande High School
Emma J Vollborn Dies After Stroke At 74 In Gallia County
Emma J Vollborn 74 wife of Martin Vollborn a Rodney area farmer and Gallia County Election Board president died Sunday night from a stroke. Funeral at 10 am Wednesday at Rodney Church with Rev Thomas Taylor and Rev C O Clark. Interment Calvary Cemetery. Survived by husband and siblings William Betz Mrs J E Harrison Mrs Daisy Scurlock Timothy Betz Num Betz Thurman Edward Betz.
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Gallipolis
Emma _ J. Vollborn
Martin Vollborn
Rodney
Gallia County Election Board
Rodney Church
Thomas Taylor
C. O. Clark
Rio Grande
Calvary Cemetery
William Betz
J. E. Harrison
Daisy Scurlock
Timothy Betz
Patriot
Num Betz
Thurman
Edward Betz
Harris
Gallipolis Children Will Give Program
A.J. Bayless school band director plans a late May program in the school gymnasium for first and second graders. The event features familiar song numbers, with the band playing and children singing.
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Gallipolis
A. J. Bayless
Gallia Academy to Enter State Tests at Athens
Gallia Academy High School selects a team of students to compete in the State Scholarship Tests at Athens on May 6. The group travels by school bus departing Gallipolis at 7 30 a m to report by 9 a m and includes a list of named participants in main and special study categories.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
Athens
Gus Hill
Harold E. Fife
Clyde R. Price
Belva L. Hill
Dale J. Harris
Edna Peart Roush
Thomas E. Bachus
Clyde E. Valentine
Rosa K. Merritt
Alice F. Wheeler
Elva N. Nibert
Dorothy Lanier
Helma Burns
Gail Harrison
Ruth Martin
Mary Fierbaugh
Louise Evans
Lillian Lanier
Jeanne Jones
Helen Rinehart
Seriously Injured Gallipolis Man Falls From Moving Truck
Gallipolis Ferry resident Edgar Hope aged 34 was seriously injured Sunday night after falling from a moving truck near his home. Doctors report a fractured skull and internal injuries and expect a critical outcome.
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Gallipolis
Edgar Hope
Aged Man Frank Higginbotham Dies in Gallia County
Frank F. Higginbotham aged 86 died in a local hospital Sunday from complications after a hip fracture. Several local relatives and friends accompanied his body to Nitro West Virginia this afternoon for funeral services and burial.
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Gallipolis
Frank F. Higginbotham
Nitro
W. Va
Gallipolis High School Band to Perform May 11
Gallipolis High School will present a formal spring concert in Washington Auditorium on May 11. The 65 piece band is holding nearly daily practices for the event.
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Gallipolis
Washington Auditorium
Teacher Recovers From Double Mastoid Operation
Miss Mary Jenkins, home economics teacher in Bidwell schools, is recovering from a double mastoid operation at Holzer Hospital. She is a daughter of Carl Jenkins of near Cheshire.
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Gallipolis
Mary Jenkins
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital
Carl Jenkins
Cheshire
Ward girl wins two acrobatic dancing prizes
Clara June Ward daughter of Mr and Mrs Stanley Ward won $15 prizes in acrobatic dancing at Wilmington and Circleville She has appeared in numerous local performances.
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Gallipolis
Clara June Ward
Stanley Ward
Wilmington
Circleville
Point Rock Social And Personal Notes
Laurel Grangers hosted a hamburg and pie supper on Saturday night with attendees from Columbia and Star Granges. Local residents and visitors, including Ocgdin and the Turners, were noted for visits, illnesses, and caring for a rheumatic relative.
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Point Rock
Church Groups Meet for Elections at Gallipolis-Gallia
Gallia Baptist members plan a Wednesday night meeting to elect new church officers followed by refreshments. A Friday 6 30 dinner for the Men's Fellowship Forum at the same church will feature Rev. E H Midkiff of Rio Grande as speaker.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Men's Fellowship Forum
E. H. Midkiff
Rio Grande
Lenora Sigler Granted Uncontested Divorce
Mrs Lenora Leach Sigler receives an uncontested divorce from Virgil Sigler for extreme cruelty and is restored to her maiden name.
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Gallipolis
Lenora Leach Sigler
Virgil Sigler
Painter Don Ohlinger Improves After Fall Injuries
Don Ohlinger a 19 year old painter from Middleport sustained back injuries in a fall here and is reported improved at Holzer Hospital with condition improving after treatment and observation by doctors.
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Gallipolis
Don Ohlinger
Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Women's Guild Casserole Luncheon at St Peter's
The Gallipolis Women’s Guild of St Peter’s Episcopal Church invites members to a casserole luncheon at noon tomorrow in the church hall. A business meeting will follow the meal.
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Gallipolis
Road Beautification Project Near Eureka Village
A two mile roadside beautification effort north of Eureka village on Highway 7 draws resident and motorist attention. Trees, bushes and shrubs are being planted by contract for the state highway department with a $10,000 expenditure. The area, once flooded by last week's high water, is now showing traces of receded waters as work continues.
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Gallipolis
Eureka Village
Eureka Dam
State Highway Department
Grange to Celebrate 22nd Anniversary Event
Gallipolis program honors the 22nd anniversary of Little Kyger Grange set for April 27 and features numbers by Laura Thomas J E Swisher George Thompson Mabel Kail and Vesta Swisher, all charter members.
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Gallipolis
Little Kyger Grange
Laura Thomas
J. E. Swisher
George Thompson
Mabel Kail
Vesta Swisher
Causeway Proposed For Holcomb Hill
Gallipolis residents hear of a proposed concrete step causeway up Holcomb Hill to Fortification Hill Park. A roadway for motorists is also discussed but likely postponed due to cost. The park drew many visitors Sunday for the pleasant weather and scenery.
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Gallipolis
Holcomb Hill
Fortification Hill Park
Prospect
Lewis C. Bean
Bean
Brown Rites Held for Capt. Jerry A. Brown
Funeral rites were held this afternoon for Capt. Jerry A. Brown 78 of the Raccoon Island area who died Sunday night near Baden Pennsylvania. He is survived by his wife Anna Thorniley and two sons Harry and Frank Brown of Bromsdale Pennsylvania.
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Gallipolis
Jerry A. Brown
Raccoon Island
Baden
Anna Thorniley
Harry
Frank Brown
Bromsdale
Dinner Rumor? Girl Reserves Chili Supper at School
Gallipolis a chili supper was served to members of the Girl Reserves and guests in the high school dining room. About 40 persons attended and were chaperoned by teachers. Dancing followed the evening event.
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Gallipolis
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