More Workers to be Hired for Eureka Locks Project Expansion
Bids opened today for the Eureka locks and dam operations building in Huntington W Va. A new crew will follow contract award. Two more top lifts needed to finish land wall. 2744 cubic yards of concrete poured for the locks last week and 3317 for the dam. About 1200 men employed, 601 on the locks 252 on the dam and 250 relief laborers clearing banks. Illness and one death cited as requiring a physician supervisor.
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Gallipolis
Eureka Locks and Dam
United States Department of Engineering
Huntington
W. Va
John F. Conklin
Conklin
Claude Egg
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Travel
Gallipolis residents share social news with Max Tawney heading to Winona Lake Indiana for photography study aided by Richard V. Remmy and Ruby Tawney. Attended by Hollis Johnston family dinner at Hotel Lafayette and various relatives from Columbus Huntington and Kenova.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolia
Max Tawney
Winona Lake
Ind
Richard V. Remmy
Marietta
Winona
Ruby Tawney
Tawney
Hollis Johnston
Hotel Lafayette
Ira C. Frost
Emma Frances
Chicago
J. E. Thompson
Mary Alice
Columbus
Fred B. Johnston
Nancy Doyle
Huntington
W. Va
Fred B Ashworth
Fred
Hollis
Kenova
Vernal Birch
Gerald Branson
New England
Ecker
Laura Davie
Joe Lamb
Mabel Spain
Luther Beck
Bert Rose
Beck
Mary Louise
Margaret
Marriage Licenses Filed Saturday in Gallipolis
Two Griffith sisters from Gallipolis and relatives of former City Manager John R. Gwinn had licenses filed. Virginia Pauline Griffith, 18, wed Carlisle Robinson of Charleston West Virginia, and Genevieve Griffith, 17, married Ralph L. Long, 21, a Charleston stockman. Also listed were Cora Williams, 18, and Clinton George, 28, from Raccoon Island and Vinton respectively, and Mae Davis, 21, and Roy Wayson, 21, both of Bladen, with occupations noted as carpenter.
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Gallipolis
John R. Gwinn
Virginia Pauline Griffith
Carlisle Robinson
Charleston
W. Va
Presser
Genevieve Griffith
Ralph l. Long
Cora Williams
Raccoon Island
Clinton George
Vinton
Woman Is Released From Gallia Prison
Mrs Abbie Sheets Davies, age 36, released from Gallia County Jail after serving 10 days for contempt of court on July 3. She agreed to comply with court orders regarding her alleged removal of her incompetent brother Ulysses Sheets to her home without guardian Leonard Sheets consent.
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Gallipolis
Abbie Sheets Davies
Sheets
Ulysses Sheets
Leonard Sheets
Northrup
Divorce Granted in Gallipolis Custody Ordered
A Gallipolis divorce was granted Saturday to Mrs. Mary Long from Charles Long with custody awarded to the husband of their minor child.
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Gallipolis
Mary Long
Charles Long
Inheritance Inventory Appointed for Rathburn King Estate
Probate Judge J Clark appointed Garland Gillingham H E B Houck and Clyde C Ingies to inventory and appraise the estate of the late Fannie Rathburn King. The filing by her husband Charles King notes holdings in the Rathburn Drug Company in Gallipolis with King as surviving partner.
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Gallipolis
Garland Gillingham
H. E B. Houck
Clyde C Ingies
J . Clark
Fannie Rathburn King
Charles King
Rathburn Drug Company
King
Coal Towboat Market Faces Sale of Oto Marmet and Sally Marmet
The Raymond City and Marmet Coal and Towboat Company prepares to sell its last towboats Oto Marmet and Sally Marmet after federal inspection condemnations leave them unfit to operate without rebuilding. The move reduces Kanawha River coal towing capacity as steamboats F J Hatfield and D J Lane were already out of service. The Monongahela carried 12,000 tons of steel products from Pittsburgh to New Orleans under Capt John Hottell.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Kanawha
Eureka Locks
Cairo
Monongahela
New Orleans
Pittsburgh
John Hottell
Carnegie Steel Company
Raymond City
J. T. Hatfield
D. J. Lane
Hatfield Coal and Towboat Company
Hatfield
Lane
Cincinnati
Old
Campbell's Creek Coal Company
Henry Yeiser
Louisville
Rural Groups To Meet Aug. 7 In Gallia County
Gallia County will discuss rural electrification at a Wednesday night meeting. N. P. Brauser of the Ohio University Agriculture Engineering Department will speak and answer questions. No final action will be taken as the session aims to inform committee members and communities about current developments.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
R. R. Starbuck
N. P. Brauser
Ohio University Agriculture Engineering Department
Starbuck
Galita County
Hern Rites Held for James H Hern at Addison Cemetery
James Harvey Hern aged 3 died in Columbus Friday and was buried at Reynolds Cemetery Addison after funeral services by Rev J W McMahon of Cheshire. Survivors include two sisters Myre Edwin Rathgeb Addison and Flora Hern Los Angeles and three brothers Charlies Hern Hayward Cartl Pearl Hern Poulson Montana and W W Hern Gahanna Ohio.
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Gallipolis
James Harvey Hern
Addison Township
Columbus
Reynolds
Addison
J. W. McMahon
Cheshire
Enteminger
Hern
Myre
Edwin Rathgeb
Flora Hern
Los Angeles
Charlies Hern
Hayward
Cartl
Pearl Hern
Poulson
Montana
W. W. Hern
Gahanna
Ohio
Lake Erie Ohio River Canal Planned in Study
The United States Department of Engineering announced a proposed Lake Erie to Ohio River Canal with bids for aerial photographs opening on Tuesday August 20 in Pittsburgh. The survey will cover eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania about 250 square miles.
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Gallipolis
United States Department of Engineering
Pittsburgh
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Masiac
Weather records at Gallipolis show cooling after rainfall
Sunday was two degrees cooler than Saturday due to 0.2100 inches of rain that fell in an hour Saturday evening. Weather Observer Edwin McCormick reported Saturday’s high at 95 and Sunday’s peak at 89 with the thermometer falling to 70 later.
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Gallipolis
Edwin McCormick
Langley Begins 38th Year at First Presbyterian Sunday School
Mrs Madeline Langley started her 38th year of attendance at the First Presbyterian Church Sunday School. She has never been absent or tardy during the test ST years.
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Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Madeline Langley
Greene announces birth of son in Cincinnati home
Capt and Mrs Tom R Greene announce the birth of a son at their Cincinnati home on Saturday Aug. The baby will be named for his grandfather the late Gordon C Greene. Father is master of the Ohio River steamer the Gorden Creene. Eight men arrested over the weekend by city police and state patrols include four for drunkenness one for driving while intoxicated one for drunkenness and resisting an officer one for reckless driving and one for assault.
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Gallipolis
Tom R. Greene
Cincinna’s
Gordon C. Greene
Gorden Creene
Funeral rites for Wade Pinnell held at Vin ton M E Church
Wade Pinnell died from burns after a truck he was driving overturned. Funeral services were conducted at 2 pm Sunday at the Vin ton M E Church by Rev. Fr. Denny with burial in Holcomb Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Wade Pinnell
Vinton M. E
R. Denny
Holcomb Cemetery
Moriah Church Prepares Centennial Celebration
Gallipolis observes the centennial of Moriah Church between Thurman and Oak Hill from August 16 to 18. Founded in 1835 by Jones from Cincinnati, the church grew into a regional circuit and joined the English Presbyterian Church before 1927. The hundredth anniversary program includes Welsh and English services with participation from circuit members and church leaders.
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Gallipolis
Moriah
Thurman
Oak Hill
Jones
Cincinnati
Rowland Jones
Elizabeth Streich
Templed Hills
Ohio
D. J. Edwards
J. O. Lloyd
Joe I. Evans
Gomer Jones
T. E B. Parry
Reedsville Area Hit By Electrical Storm
A severe electrical storm with wind and rain struck the Reedsville area overnight but caused very little damage. Local 4-H Club girls plan to attend a Jackson County camp next week. A birthday gathering honored Mrs. Florence Buckley on her 68th birthday. Various locals visited relatives and traveled from Akron to Columbus and other towns. A baby was born to Mr. and Mrs. L. H. Boring on August 1.
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Reedsville
Jackson County
Louise Coleman
Ruby Randolph
Earlene Humphrey
Josephine
Fay
Gladys Pickens
Tressie Jane Kibble
Clarabel Barnett
Annabel
Ruth Coleman
Florence Buckley
Garrett Reed
Coolville
J. L. Rose
Morning Star
A. Kibble
Akron
Amanda Hoyt
Marietta
Jessie
Columbus
Hoyt
Caroline Cottle
C. E. Humphrey
Bery Hentilton
Ravenswood
Phyllis Moore
Ethel Packard
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Eureka
Gallipolis Social Notes
Gallia
Wiper
Ohio River News Notes
Joe Cook
Otto Marmet
Sally Marmet
James H. Hern
Lake Erie
Pinnell Kites
Famous Society of
Oak Hill District
John McKay
Bashan
W. E. Parker
Addie R. Parker
L. H. Boring
Katie Owens
Baby
Belpre
Toma Boring
News OF the World
Pictu
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Senate Finance Committee
Pat Harrison
the Treasury
Morgenthau
Washington, D. C
Harrison
Newton D. Beker
Mandeville Zenge
Louise Schaffer
Kirksville
Harry R. Hoffman
Cook County Criminal Court Behavior Clinic
Enzo
New York
Europe
Anthony Drexel-Biddle
U. S
Norway
Joseph Guffy
White House
Roosevelt
Sally Rand
Zeus
Tennessee River
Wheeler Dam
Creat Tva Navigatro
Florence
Decatur
Ala
Ron
Onne
Canada
England
Mrs. Swan
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