High School Entrants in Gallipolis Elks Essay Contest
More than 100 students from Gallipolis city and county entered the Gallipolis Lodge of Elks essay contest on What Uncle Sam Means to Me prizes $15 $10 and $5. Judges will announce winners this week. Entries from Gallipolis High School Raccoon Township Rio Grande Bidwell Gallia Center Ville Vinton and Vinton indicate broad participation.
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Gallipolis
Dean Carter
Audra Gayle Saunders
Earl Prose
Leatha Wilson
Charles Irion
Dale Harris
Jean Saunders
Clark Swain
Bertha Smith
Charlotte Sims
Dorothy Lauffer
Edith Lewis
Mary Ann Reed
Elmer Brewer
Jerry Gilkey
Martha Sheets
Arnold Spurlock
J. T. Russell
Jean Anderson
Cleora Conley
Mary Trotter
Emily Jones
Tom Fife
Jack Wagner
Betty Jean Jordan
Emerine Elliott
Dorothy Oldaker
Xylpha Smith
Wyoma Henderson
Urban Baldwin
Jim Gillingham
Pearl Northup
Martha Hadley
Linnie M. Winston
Waneta Edler
Carl Garnes
Maurice McKean
Wanda Myers
Barbara Ann Danner
Marie Thomason
Marie Burnette
Dorothy Wise
Pearl Rousch
Lonise Jeffers
Pauline Houck
Virginia Persinger
Elizabeth Casey
Eugene Steele
Bob Mackenzie
Robert
Kerr E. Myers
Virginia Winston
Helen Wood
Mary Carter
Bidwell School
Charles Howard
Imogene Call
Marianna Howard
Gallia
John A. Walker
Centerville
Jean Loyd
Solene Thaxton
Glenna Lindawood
Iona Fritz
Mary I. Lawson
Vinton
Thelma E. Cardwell
Ralph Osler
Garfield Griffith to Manage Pool at Opening
E. E. Higgins superintendent of schools announces Garfield Griffith athletic instructor will manage the swimming pool after the May 30 opening. Assistants named are Stanley McKean Jean Henke Charles Swanson and Helen Rinehart.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Garfield Griffith
Stanley McKean
Jean Henke
Charles Swanson
Helen Rinehart
Baptists To Elect Officers and Burn Notes at Church
The First Baptist congregation will hold its annual officer election and burn recently redeemed notes from the building committee during a Wednesday night service at the Gallipolis church. Jesse Weekly of the Silver Dollar Cafe on Court Street was jailed Saturday night for interfering with Patrolmen Leaper and Ball during an arrest at the cafe.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist
Jesse
Silver Dollar
Court St
Leaper
Ball
Fire damages home on Fourth Street in Gallipolis
Gallipolis fire crews respond to a Sunday evening alarm at Fourth and Spruce. The residence of John Morgan, a Black man, sustained only slight damage from the flames.
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Gallipolis
Fourth and Spruce Sts
John Morgan
Hold Sheriff’s Sale in Gallipolis Bidwell Village Property
A residence and four lots in Bidwell village sold at sheriff's sale Saturday to B. J. Davis in a suit by J. L. Coleman against Alva White and others. Elmer Davis reported to be improving after a week of critical illness at Holzer Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell Village
B. J. Davis
J. L. Coleman
Alva White
Elmer Davis
Holzer Hospital
George Haynes Dead in Pemberville at 72
George Haynes a former tomato canning operator in Gallipolis died at his Pemberville Ohio home at age 72 His wife survives him.
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George Haynes
Gallipolis
Pemberville
Ohio
Poultry committee to visit Nelsonville for egg auction meeting
The Logan Hocking County Poultry Improvement Committee plans a Tuesday evening trip to Nelsonville for a pivotal meeting on establishing an egg auction. James R. Smoot, extension agent, will accompany the delegation.
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LOGAN
Pataskala Woman Reveals Mother's Major Surgery
Ruth Bennington reports her mother Mrs. S J Stone of Pataskala underwent a major appendicitis operation at Grant Hospital. Mrs. Bennington visited her mother during the latter part of the week.
Logan couple to build new residence in South Logan
Mr and Mrs Richard Lavey plan a new residence in South Logan and anticipate landscaping the lawn after completion. A note mentions a sloth has roughly half the muscle of other animals.
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Logan
Richard Lavey
South Logan
North Tower
Crystal Park
London
Airport supervisor quits after one day at Gallipolis
Dick Lakin resigned after one day as Gallipolis Airport supervisor and returned to Parkersburg. No successor named and the student aviation class is suspended temporarily. Ground instruction continues at Rio Grande College with students learning auto mechanics basics on a plane donated by the college.
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Gallipolis
Dick Lakin
Parkersburg
Rio Grande College
Hocking County Cattle Tested for Bangs Disease
Testing of cattle in Hocking County for Bangs disease began Saturday under Dr. Paul Washburn of Jackson in charge. About 265 cattle will be tested. 109 tests were performed Saturday with samples sent to Reynoldsburg for analysis. James R. Smoot assists with the work.
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Logan
Hocking County
Paul Washburn
Jackson
State Laboratory
Reynoldsburg
James R. Smoot
Dairy Farm Earns First Accredited Herd in Hocking County
Logan Fox and Campbell dairy farm west of the city becomes the first accredited herd in Hocking County after a Saturday test. It marks the seventh consecutive year of testing and includes the county’s first purebred registered Guernsey cows. Of 18 cattle, all but one were raised by the farm.
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Logan—Fox and Campbell
Hocking County
Logan Police Office Displays Safety Plaque
Walls of the Logan police headquarters show a safety plaque and certificates earned by Logan in the last two years. After a few days on Main Street the plaque moved to headquarters. Several certificates were transferred from Mayor Dallas Kinser’s office.
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Logan
Main Street
Dallas Kinser
Middleport Drivers Are Fined in Logan
Logan State Highway Patrolmen arrested two Middleport men on Saturday and brought them before Mayor Dallas Kinser for arraignment. George Caruthers faced a charge of operating a vehicle without an operator license and Harold Kauff was charged with permitting an unlicensed person to operate his car. Fines of five dollars plus costs were assessed in each case.
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Logan
Dallas Kinser
George Caruthers
Middleport
Harold Kauff
Miller Chapel Grange to stage Let Toby Do It at Maxville
Miller Chapel Grange announces a May 6 performance of the farce Let Toby Do It at Maxville at o clock, sponsored by the Maxville Parent-Teacher Association. The troupe recently presented the play at the East Grade building in Logan.
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LOGAN
Miller Chapel Grange
Toby
Maxville
At & O
Parent-Teacher Association
Logan Williams Recovers from Stroke At Union Furnace
Logan Francis Williams, of Union Furnace, who had a stroke early last winter, is able to stay around his home and plans to visit Logan soon according to local reports.
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Logan
Francis Williams
Union Furnace
Logan Social Notes From Saturday Club Luncheon
Mrs. Richard Lavey hosted a Saturday Club luncheon at the White House with a handkerchief shower for Mrs. Carlos Gaffin who plans a Columbus move. Miss Eleanor Durr reported on the Ohio Federated Clubs convention in Dayton and Miss Minnie Moore outlined next year’s study topic This Changing World.
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Russell Berlin
Latin America
Roll Call
Berlin
Gaffin
Anna Cole
Walter Brehm
Arthur Miller
Emerson Poston
D. A. Rannells
Alice White
S. W. Wiant
John
Ohio music contest winners among pupils in Columbus
Mrs Allen Adams and four piano pupils joined the Ohio Federated of Music Clubs contest in Columbus. In Class C two piano numbers, Marilyn Smith aged 10 and Ruth Ann Norris aged 12 shared third place. Other pupils included Janet Lou Norris Logan and James Calvin from Union Furnace. Attendees included Mrs Delbert Norris Mrs John White Mrs William Tanne hill Mrs C QO Allen and Mrs Dwight Smith.
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Allen Adams
Columbus
Marilyn Smith
Ruth Ann Norris
Janet Lou Norris
Logan
James Calvin
Union Furnace
Delbert Norris
John White
William Tannehill
C. QO. Allen
Dwight Smith
Ohio State Glee Club Concert Sends Poston Family Home
Mrs Emerson Poston Miss Alice Genevieve Poston Mrs Winifred Engle and Dale Engle attended a Friday Ohio State University Men's Glee Club concert at University Hall in Columbus Ralph Poston son of Mrs Robinson a club member accompanied them home Ralph Poston and two fellow students Robert Deniston Lima pianist for the Glee Club and Nelson Harper Lakewood joined them on the ride.
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Emerson Poston
Alice Genevieve Poston
Winifred Engle
Dale Engle
Columbus
Salts Complete Remodel Move Into Mulberry Street Home
Mr and Mrs Clarence Salts who bought the George Schaffer property on N Mulberry St have finished remodeling and redecorating and moved in Saturday. Mr and Mrs Harry Wright will move into the same street home they vacated.
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Clarence Salts
George Schaffer
N. Mulberry St
Harry Wright
Local Visits Highlight Weekend Travel Across Logan Area
Mr and Mrs James Wolfe and family spent Sunday with Mrs Wolfe's parents in Zanesville while relatives visited Logan. Ray Soliday of Washington DC came to Logan for a late week visit with the Soliday family. George Hunsacker of Starr township called on Logan businessmen and Ada Hoskins of Cleveland visited her parents in Starr township and son Clayton Hoskins in Logan. Robert Ralston of Ohio University was noted in the Logan items.
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Logan
J. R. Ralston
Joe Gano
Troy
Bob Gano
Meredith Gano
Glouster
John Wallace
Wallace
Gano Brothers
Kathryn
Lillian Kemper
Columbus
Edward Kemper
Lloyd Heinlein
Cleveland
Harry Heinlein
Victor Nixon
Ohio University
Burr Nixon
Jean Duffy
Sheriff
Floyd Duffy
James Wolfe
Jean
Jimmy
Ada Hoskins
Joshua Clark
Starr Township
Clayton Hoskins
Robert Ralston
Hobart Wilson
The
Daughters of America
Marietta
William Miller
Ohio State University
Rodney
Ira Neal
Swan Creek
Barney ’ Brandewine
Michael Roth
Josephine Meadows
Oxford
Ed Thompson
Miami University
Frank H. Beach
Gallipolis
Clara Belle Motter
Tom Rue
John Rue
Charles Edward Huber
Charles Huber
Logan Council to discuss Goose Creek river project
Logan City Council will hold a special session Tuesday night to consider a river work along the north branch of Goose Creek. The plan covers 360 feet of stream with WPA funding and a supplemental appropriation may be needed. City costs not to exceed 2000 dollars, with possible savings.
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Logan
Treasury
WPA
Proves Fishing Skill of Local Angler at Old Town Yards
Asa Cochran a Chesapeake and Ohio operator at Old Town yards proves his fishing skill in the Hocking River. His best catches this season include an eleven pound carp and a six pound catfish. He previously lived at The Plains before moving to the city.
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Logan
Asa Cochran
Chesapeake and Ohio
Old Town
Hocking River
the Plains
Dorothy Rinehart Weds Lieutenant in Honolulu
Mrs. Odessa Rinehart announces the marriage of her daughter Dorothy to Lieutenant Robinson Bartlett Crockett in Honolulu on April 17. The bride, a 1933 graduate of Holzer Hospital School of Nursing, moved to Hawaii last June for a nursing post at Queen's Hospital and later joined the army nurse corps. Lieut. Crockett serves with the U S fleet at Pearl Harbor and they plan a home in Pearl City Oahu Hawaii.
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Gallipolis
Odessa Rinehart
Dorothy
Robinson Bartlett Crockett
Honolulu
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Hawaii
Queen's Hospital
Crocker
United States Fleet
Pearl Harbor
Pearl City
Oahu
Visual Education Highlight At Gallia Academy
Edward Wise science teacher spoke at the Women's Association meeting on Visual Education and classroom films. The event opened with a six o'clock dinner, Miss Clara Worman led devotionals, and Wise noted Gallia Academy uses about one hundred films annually.
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Edward Wise
Gallia Academy High School
Women’s Association of the Presbyterian Church
Mrs. G. A. Drummond Hospitalized in Centerville Iowa
Word reached Gallipolis that Mrs. G A Drummond is confined in a Centerville Iowa hospital receiving treatment for a broken hip from a fall. Years ago she fell from a moving car while visiting relatives here and sustained serious injuries.
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Gallipolis
G. A. Drummond
Centerville
Iowa
Logan High Golfers Defeat Jackson in Tight Meet
Logan High boys golf edged Jackson 61-2 to 51-2 on the Hocking Hills course. Ray Lohr shot 79 for low score and three points, Jimmy McGonagle 84 for 212 points, Tony Brown 91, Jack Hughes 85 with no points. Gallipolis set to visit next Saturday. coach Kaye Blosser leading the Logan lineup.
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LOGAN
Logan High School
Jackson
Hocking Hills
Ray Lohr
Jimmy McGonagle
Tony Brown
Jack Hughes
Gallipolis
Kaye Blosser
Mingo Lodge Masons to Inspect Tonight
Logan reports a large attendance expected for the annual inspection of Mingo Lodge of Masons led by A. D. Hufford from Bremen. The degree team held a final rehearsal and visitors from neighboring lodges are expected to attend. dinner is set for 6 o clock followed by the lodge session.
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Logan
Mingo Lodge of Masons
A. D. Hufford
Bremen
Grass Fire Threatens Young Apple Orchard
A grass fire swept a few acres on the Martin farm north of Warner Ave on Friday afternoon threatening a young apple orchard. Prevailing winds steered the blaze away from the orchard and it was controlled with little damage sustained.
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Logan
Martin
Warner Ave
Logan residents roam countryside seeking mushrooms
Several Logan people visited rural areas Sunday in search of mushrooms and returned with reports that the season for these delicacies is opening.
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Logan
Gallia Cave Vandalism Marks Historic Site
Vandalism reports describe Pencil Cave near Gallipolis where a snake and lizard reliefs are chiseled away and names dating to 1805 are defaced. The isolated cave on the Farmers property has no police protection and has yielded many Indian relics and arrow heads to visitors.
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Gallipolis
Pencil Cave
Ohio Hospital
R. M. Farmer
Oak Hill Church to Install Minister Rev Forrest Grimm
Members of Nebo Tyn Rhos Mt Pleasant Oak Hill and Siloam Welsh Congregational Churches gather at Oak Hill on Sunday for the ordination and installation of Rev. Forrest Grimm as parish minister. Rev John T Williams of Cincinnati and Rev Fred L Hall of Columbus will conduct the service.
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Gallipolis
Nebo
Tyn Rhos
Mt. Pleasant
Oak Hill
Siloam
Forrest Grimm
John T. Williams
Cincinnati
Fred L. Hall
Columbus
Bridge Project Uses Oak Piling for Chickamauga Abutments
David Vance of near Vinton begins delivery of oak piling for base supports at the Chickamauga high level bridge. WPA Engineer Culwright expects operations to start by mid June.
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Gallipolis
David Vance
Vinton
Chickamauga High Level
WPA
Culwright
Large slate of nominations for township school board and trustees
More than a dozen people have filed nominating petitions for the township school board and trustees, according to Bess B. Wetherholt, clerk of the county board of elections. Indications point to an unusually large field of candidates for these posts.
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Gallipolis
Township School Board
Bess B. Wetherholt
County Board of Elections
Relatives Learn of Death in Columbus Funeral Held
Local relatives learned of Evan D. Evans 80 a native of Gallia County died in Columbus Friday night Funeral services were held today for Evans who was survived by his wife.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Evan D. Evans
Gallia County
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