Gallia Red Cross Chapter to expand first aid program
Gallia County Chapter, aided by the National Red Cross, plans a broader program with a budget and committees. First Aid units are active in Vinton and Rio Grande, with coordinators named. A class of 35 weekly students is taught in the courthouse by A N Hoover.
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Gallipolis
National Red Cross
Gallia County
Wayne Booth
Red Cross
Vinton
Billy Matthews
Vance Friend
Rio Grande
Margaret Jenkins
Cline Crary
Pao
A. N. Hoover
Pomeroy
Booth
Halliday Lot Sold In Gallipolis Court Street Property
Col. H B Ecker and sister Mrs Elmer Hatfield sold the John T Halliday property on Court St to Harold E Notter The purchaser will continue to rent the residence and plans a barber shop and bowling alley on part of the large lot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Col
H. B. Ecker
Elmer Hatfield
John T. Halliday
Court St
Harold E. Notter
Betty Lee Taylor Breaks Arm After Bike Fall
Betty Lee Taylor daughter of Mr and Mrs J H Taylor sustained a broken arm when she fell from a bicycle in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Betty Lee Taylor
J. H. Taylor
Plan To Complete New Swim Pool by August
GALLIPOLIS This city's new swimming pool on the high school grounds will be completed by mid August barring unexpected delays, states J W Brothers of Ironton, WPA construction superintendent. Preparations are being made to pour the first concrete.
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Gallipolis
J. W. Brothers of
Ironton
WPA
Honor All War Dead in Gallia County Memorial Day Observance
Gallia County plans Memorial Day observances with firing squad and flags for graves in Pine Street Cemetery and regional cemeteries Waterloo Rio Grande Vinton Memorial Tyn Rhos Cheshire Mound Hill Centenary Sandfork Crown City and others Judge Edward S Mathias of the Ohio Supreme Court will speak at Pine Street Cemetery. Wayne Booth American Legion commander noted a Fort Wayne Indiana letter requesting honors for Lieut Thomas Clark Sr Revolutionary War and Thomas Clark Jr War of 1812 buried in Bostic Cemetery Walnut Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Wayne Booth
American Legion
Pine Street
Edward S. Mathias
Ohio Supreme Court
Waterloo
Rio Grande
Vinton Memorial
Tyn Rhos
Cheshire
Mound Hill
Centenary
Sandfork
Crown City
Booth
G. A. Smith
Fort Wayne
Ind
Thomas Clark
Organize Association To Improve Civic Conditions
Gallipolis reports the newly formed Raccoon Township Civic Association with Harland Woliborn as president and P R Lyne as vice president. Mae Fulton serves as secretary treasurer while E N Wiseman and Marion Lowks join the executive committee. Meetings are the second Monday each month to discuss roads telephone service fire protection and other civic improvements.
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Gallipolis
Raccoon Township
Debate Plan To Erect Gallipolis Road Sign
Proposal to erect a large sign at Route 35 and Highway 7 at Pine and Second Ave directs traffic to the southern business section. Business interests opposed note tourists and potential hardship from diversion. The local automobile club has the question under consideration.
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Gallipolis
Pine
Second Ave
Automobile Club
River Gardeners Hopeful After June Rise Fears
River bottom gardeners along the Ohio River front in Gallipolis work to plow and plant while hoping high river stages have passed. Observers warn a June rise often sweeps early gardens in this area.
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Gallipolis
Oranges Distributed To Families In Gallipolis
Two and a half tons of Florida oranges are unloaded and distributed to families on direct relief, stated Othneil Jones the county relief director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Florida
Othneil Jones
Rio Grande Plans New College Building at Gallipolis
The proposed central Rio Grande College building in Gallipolis will replace Atwood Hall destroyed by fire last November. The six level design includes dining and domestic arts spaces, classrooms, laboratories, dormitories, a living room, heating plant, laundry, and storage. Total cost estimates: $72,000 for the building, $10,000 for equipment, $21,000 more if dormitory and laundry are completed.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Atwood Hall
Rio Grande
Ohio
Zaleski Brief Personal Mention
Sunday visitors and extended family notes from Zaleski and nearby towns. Mentions include Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Reh, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Smith and their son Douglas, Miss Margaret Potter's Columbus work visit, and several trips among Athens Wheelersburg Columbus New Marshfield Wellston McArthur. Ferns, health updates on Elizabeth Segbers and Agnes Driscoll, and a 71st birthday gathering for Mrs. Chapman with many local relatives.
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Velinus James
Ray McKibben
Philip Colley
Athens
Will Scott
Margaret
Lucy Randall
Columbus
James Dennis
Earl Schneider
John Schneider
Perry Pinney
Mabel Gaskill
R. N
Samuel Callihan
Wheelersburg
Cline Jenkins
J. E. King
Abe Trout
Albany
Charles Gaskill
Lily McKibben
George McKibben
Zaleski
R. D
Louisa Hamilton
C. E. Lowry
McArthur
Nickels
New Marshfield
Lowry Home
Hamilton
Agnes Driscoll
Nelle
Joseph Driscoll
John Perkins
Mary K. Wilson
Agnes Marie Wilson
J. L. Cavanaugh
John Chapman
Barbara
Chas. Brooks
Chapman
Bruce and
Buree
Everett Bolen
Erma
Lucy Albaugh
Elmer Kinney
Jesse Peyton
Mary Louise
Danny
Bert Tripp
Gallia County Employs 1083 WPA Workers
Gallia County now has 1 083 persons employed on five WPA projects including principal roads per the Athens district office. County certification officer Othneil Jones says this will likely be the peak as applications for certification and assignments have greatly lessened.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Athens
Othneil Jones
Mrs Bessie Kerr In Holzer Hospital For Observation
Mrs. Bessie Kerr wife of Merrill Kerr Athens hardware merchant and Gallipolis native is in Holzer Hospital for observation and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bessie Kerr
Merrill Kerr
Athens
Holzer Hospital
Iris Display Planned by Gallipolis Garden Club
Miss Alma McCormick, iris committee chair, outlined a citywide iris display in Gallipolis. Three blocks including City Park riverfront and two blocks on First Ave from Court to Vine Sts will host sections with rich street level earth for horticultural shows. The program aims to make Gallipolis an iris center with prizes for best specimens and possibly French bulbs for special markings.
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Gallipolis
Garden Club
Alma McCormick
City Park River Front
First Ave
Court
Vine Sts
France
Leaves Hospital After Shooting Incident in Gallipolis
Gallipolis McKinley Peck, 45 colored man who two weeks ago shot his landlady Mrs Ada Green, 48, in the abdomen and then wounded himself twice, has been removed from the hospital to his mother’s home. Mrs Green also returned home. Dr G G Kineon, superintendent of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, returned from New Lexington after addressing 400 high school students and 150 ministerial association members of Perry and neighboring counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
McKinley Peck
Ada Green
Kineon
G. G. Kineon
Ohio Hospital
New Lexington
Perry
Philomathean Club Meets Tonight in Gallipolis
Philomathean Club members gather at the home of Miss Letitia Mills in Gallipolis for an evening meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Philomathean Club
Letitia Mills
Condition Improves After Bidwell Carfall
Gallia County brief reports Mrs. Earl Moore, severely injured Sunday in a fall from a car driven by her husband in Bidwell, has recovered enough to return to the family home at Second and Locust Streets. A separate item announces a Mother's Day program at Morgan Center Christian Church on Sunday May 8 with a noon basket dinner and services.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell
Earl Moore
Second and Locust Sts
Morgan Center Christian Church
Trustees Named for Gallipolis Legion Bequest
Gallipolis Lafayette Post American Legion appoints H. P. Bradbury Clay C Liddy and Aaron Davis as trustees to administer a $2000 bequest bequeathed by the late Mrs Kerr to the organization.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
H. P. Bradbury
Clay C. Liddy
Aaron Davis
Mra. Co
D. Kerr
Medley Will Left to Husband With Small Bequests
The will of the late Mrs. Samuel Medley devises her property to her husband with minor bequests to personal friends.
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Medley
Gallipolis
Samuel Medley
Class to Meet at Gallipolis Progressive Bible Class
The Methodist Church announces a meeting Friday evening at 7 o clock in the church recreational rooms.
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Gallipolis
The
Methodist Church
Williams College Riot Over Hitler Effigy Theft
An effigy of Adolf Hitler stolen by Williams College upper classmen sparked a two hour campus riot on Tuesday night. Local authorities noted no injuries as students demanded explanations and campus security increased patrols.
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Hitler
Williamstown
Mass
U.R
Adolf Hitler
Williams College
Employes Honor Head of Gallipolis Branch
William D. Reese division manager of Quaker State Oil Co. hosted a dinner at Libby Hotel in Gallipolis for about 70 company representatives. Harley Harrington performed magic and company activity films were shown. Mr and Mrs Leland S Dougan of Columbus visited S H Eagle at Libby Hotel.
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Gallipolis
William D. Reese
Quaker State Oil Co
Libby Hotel
Harley Harrington
Sherman Eagle
Leland S. Dougan
Columbus
State Board of Parole
S. H. Eagle
Hepburn and Grant Spark in Athena Comedy Bringing Up Baby
Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant headline the Athena feature Bringing Up Baby with Charles Ruggles May Robson Barry Fitzgerald in supporting roles. Hepburn plays a daring heiress who kidnaps Grant to aid her leopard plotting leading to a whirl of ridiculous adventures.
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Katharine Hepburn
Cary Grant
Athena
Charles Ruggles
May Robson
Miss Hepburn
Grant
South America
Charlie Ruggles
Barry Fitzgerald
Walter Catlett
Fritz Feld
Alva Shoemaker In Critical Condition After Car Crash
Gallipolis report states 17 year old Alva Shoemaker remains critically ill at Holzer Hospital after a Saturday night wreck near Jackson. Passenger F R Welch has head and face injuries and is recovering. driver William Cherrington and others Misses Marjorie Moore and Anna Louise Wiley were only slightly hurt.
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Gallipolis
Alva Shoemaker
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Roy G. Shoemaker
F. R. Welch
William Cherrington
Marjorie Moore
Anna Louise Willey
Gallia County Track Meet Set for May at Rio Grande
The annual Gallia County track and field meet will be held at Rio Grande on Friday, May 6. Seven county high schools will compete with Mercerville boys and Cadmus girls as last year's champions.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande
Mercerville
Cadmus
Dr Holzer to Inspect Vast Flood Project
In Gallipolis Dr Charles E Holzer and Dr H B Thomas travel by plane to Youngstown for the Mahoning County Medical Association meeting. Holzer as president of the Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress will continue the two day inspection through the Muskingum Watershed Advancement District. Federal officials plan motion pictures for records of the completion by Army engineers of the 14 dams and flood water storage areas. E V Rawn of Huntington accompanies as secretary of the Ohio Valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer
H. B. Thomas
Piane
Youngstown
Mahoning County Medical Association
Holzer
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress
Muskingum Watershed Avancy District
Agers
Army
E. V. Rawn
Huntington
The
Ohio Valley Agape
Dr. Ho
Mustard and Camphor Liniment Promises Rheumatic Relief
Gallaher's Drug Store guarantees Skoot, a mustard and camphor liniment, will relieve rheumatic pains after one or two applications with a money back offer if unsatisfied. Priced as a small bottle, it's sold by druggists including at 168 Court St.
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Gallaher’s Drug Store
Court St
Trial motion filed in death claim case in Columbus
Mrs Lora Oskey Cochran of Gallipolis asks for a new trial in federal court in Columbus seeking 4500 from Equitable Life Assurance under a policy on her late husband Harry Oskey who died in Gallia County from a heart attack while driving an oil truck. The Columbus jury verdict was against her.
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Gallipolis
Lora .(Oskey) Cochran
Columbus
Equitable Life Assurance Co
Harry Oskey
Cochran
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Gallia
Halliday
America's Finest
Harris Bros
RKO Radio
Faaturine
Smith Ballew
RIO Grande’s
Voice of the
Employes
Dr. Holzer
Skoot
Ke'a
Gallaher
Athens, Ohio
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