Dancers selected for Gavotte at Gallipolis Pageant
Gallipolis pageant plans list numerous couples to perform the gavotte with a first rehearsal scheduled for Wednesday at 7 30 p m in the high school gym. Casting attire includes depictions of historical figures such as Col. Safford and General Wayne with a Spirit of Gallipolis role among the proposed impersonations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Monsieurs
Mesdames
Beman Fish
Robert Martin
Bruce Lloyd
Paul Myers
Kenneth Frazier
Harry Wheeler
Claude Clark
Howard Thornberry
Francis Shane
Robert Evans
Frank Haskins
Nelson Wheeler
Claude Miller
Gomer Phillips
Robert Reynolds
Fred Broyles
Selwyn White
Russell Smith
Charles Lupton
Perry
Bailes
Kenneth Worman
Lavarre Lovett
James Mills
Julia Bean
Col
Robert Safford
Major Burnham
General Putnam
Langrain
Claudius Menager
Mary Menager
John Heckwelder
Francois Valadin
Francois D'Hebercourt
Jean Pierre Romaine Bureau
Mme. le Clercq
Jean Gervais
Jean Bertrand
General Wayne
Charles Lewis
Major Harrison
Louis Phillipps
General Lafayette
Mary Louise Cadot
Claudius Cadot
Bean
Test Holes Begin in Chickamauga Creek Basin for Proposed Highway
Work started today on drilling several test holes in the Chickamauga Creek basin near State Street to determine bases for a proposed highway and bridge across the section. Drilling is conducted by Forrest Watkins of near Cheshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chickamauga Creek
State St
Forrest Watkins
Cheshire
County lunch program meeting at courthouse
Gallia county child welfare director Mrs. C W Booth calls a noon lunch program meeting for rural schools. The session at the courthouse Wednesday at 2 p m includes school board grange and PTA representatives and likely WPA and surplus commodities officials to discuss the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. W. Booth
Grange
Eee
WPA
Marriage License Applicants in Gallipolis and Point Pleasant
Multiple couples from Crown City Point Pleasant and Buffalo are listed as marriage license applicants. The notice records Marlin Neal Virginia Caldwell both 25, George W Rdette 21 Freda Ann Fauver 25, Harry Ferguson 42 and Mertie M Ferguson 45. Also mentions Frank Maddy of Kananga rendered speechless by heat and a call for rehabilitation of Clark Chapel Cemetery August 16. County Engineer E N Leonard named to Ohio Engineers Association committees.
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Gallipolis
Marlin Neal
Virginia Caldwell
Crown City
George Wrdette
Freda Ann Fauver
Point Pleasant
Harry Ferguson
Mertie M. Ferguson
Buffalo
W. Va
Frank Maddy
Kananga
Clark Chapel Cemetery
E. N. Leonard
Ohio Engineers’ Association
Clyde Neal
Clark Caldwell
Route 1
J. D. Craft
Neal
Caldwell
Hobart Craft
Kiwanis Picnic Meeting Tonight in Logan
Logan Kiwanians meet at 6 pm at Kerwood Martin home near Enterprise for a picnic program headlined by William G. Martin and L. P. Mooney. Floyd Wright and his Ridge Runner Band provide music while Mrs. Martin and several women supervise the supper. Arrangements are under way for a larger gathering next week at Enterprise School under Paul Shaw and James R. Smoot.
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Logan—Logan Kiwanians
Kerwood Martin
Enterprise
Floyd Wright
Ridge Runner
W F Smith Returns From Army Camp
Captain W F Smith, county sanitary engineer, returned to county health department duties Monday after three weeks at Ft Harrison Indiana. He spent his Army leave in administrative duties and holds an infantry commission.
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LOGAN
W. F. Smith
County Health Department
Ft. Ben Harrison
Ind
Smith
Gallipolis Social Notes and Engagements
Gallipolis social column covers a double ring wedding of Dr. Robert David Thomas and Miss Harriett Haller at Grace Methodist Church with details on attire decor and reception. It also lists birthdays engagements anniversaries births and a string of local notices including Mrs. Mary Barrows 90th birthday and several marriages and community updates featuring local families and institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert David Thomas
Harriett Haller
Grace Methodist Church
W. Scott Westerman
Earl Stanley Haller
Athens
Katherine Haller
Thomas
Leo Mossman
Thomas Haller
John McQueen
Allegan
Mich
Holzer Hospital
EF. S. Haller
John
Katherine
Harry Benz
Frank Bellows
Miriam
Evelyn Hartman
Ray Thomas
Thurman
James E. Davis
Rio Grande
Mary Barrows
Elks
Thomas Popp
Kanawha River
Bus Drivers Must Take Physical Examinations
About 130 applicants seeking school bus driving in Gallia County for 1940 41 must complete physical exams before the county board meeting on Saturday August 17. Examiners named are Drs F W Shane Howard Foster and W Lewis Brown. Parents transporting their own children are exempt. Inspections are by the State Highway Patrol with likely first checks before September opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Board of Education
States
Eldon Wiseman
F. W. Shane
Howard Foster
W. Lewis Brown
Wiseman
State Highway Patrol
Hold Last Rites for 83 Year-Old Addison Man
Funeral rites for George W. Brinker 83 Addison resident who died Saturday were held this morning at the village Methodist Church. Interment followed this afternoon at Letart. He is survived by sons Gaius George and Stanford Brinker all of Addison. Neighbor pallbearers included M A Bunce Leverett Dulaney Roy Roush Roy Rupe Bennett Little and James Hughes.
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Gallipolis
George W. Brinker
Addison
Letart
Brinker
Gaius
George
Stanford Brinker
M. A. Bunce
Leverett Dulaney
Roy Roush
Roy Rupe
Bennett Little
James Hughes
Rites for Mrs. George Cadd To Be Tomorrow
Funeral services for Mrs. George Cadd, 52, will be held at Vinton Baptist Church at 2 p.m. tomorrow, led by Rev. C. A. Brown. She died Sunday in Holzer Hospital. She was mother of ten children, five at home and five living outside the county. Interment will be at Vinton Memorial Park.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vinton Baptist Church
C. A. Brown
George Cadd
Holzer Hospital
Vinton Memorial Park
Magistrate Millisor Improves After Stair Fall
Gallipolis report from Holzer Hospital states Magistrate F E Millisor is improving from injuries after a fall at his home. Millisor reached his 80th birthday yesterday.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
F. E. Millisor
Millisor
Man Fined and Licenses Suspended for Drunk Driving
Arthur Rupe, 28, of Cheshire, was fined $25 plus costs and banned from driving for six months after a municipal court hearing on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated. He recently enrolled at Holzer Hospital School of Nursing in September and now resides in Albany. Death of Newton Batdorf at his Urbana home delayed the wedding of his son Hobart to Helen Davies, with the Davies family attending the funeral. Officials expect a quiet marriage later.
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the Willows
Point Pleasant
Roberta Wilhelm
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Miss Wilhelm
Gallipolis
Arthur Rupe
Cheshire
Newton Batdorf
Urbana
Hobart
Helen Davies
J. Lehr Davies
Davies
100 Acre Virgin Timber Tract Is Cleared
Gallia County bids farewell to one of its last virgin lumber tracts. The 100 acre Morton Woods in Addison and Springfield Townships, owned by Homer Kerr, has been largely cleared. Kerr sold the timber to J. W. Sliger, who is sawing it on site and at his West Virginia yard, producing 8700 feet of white oak log measure.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Morton Woods
Addison
Springfield Townships
Homer Kerr
Kerr
J. W. Sliger
Huntington
West Virginia
Seeks Patrol Sub Station for Gallipolis
Sheriff E. E. Hatfield asked Col. Lynn Black to establish a Gallipolis patrol sub station to ease traffic control between Athens and Portsmouth. He notes State Highway No. 7 into the city from Marietta to Huntington is speeding and lacks supervision. Hatfield sent letters to Gov. Bricker and Col. Black requesting the sub station.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
Lynn Black
State Highway Patrol
Hatfield
Athens
Portsmouth
Marietta
Huntington
Bricker
Col. Black
Purchases Former Church Property in Gallipolis
Fred J. Entsminger purchased the former Episcopal rectory adjoining the Entsinger funeral home from the church organization. The property, sold about two years ago, has since been used for residential purposes.
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Gallipolis
Fred J. Entsminger
T. S. Berridge
Dead Elm Trees Removed In Gallia County District
GALLIPOLIS The Dutch Elm disease is devastating elms in Gallia County. John McNealey of the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. reports removing thirty dead elms this spring and summer with six more slated. He has cut about 25 trees of other species for various reasons and warns southeastern Ohio may lose its elms if a cure is not found. City Park elms are infected and at risk of spreading. park conditions and a proposed park commission with forestry expertise are discussed.
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Gallipolis
John McNealey
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
McNealey
Ohio
City Park
Gallipolis Sesquicentennial Feature in Le Travailleur
The current issue of Le Travailleur from Worcester Massachusetts presents an extended article on Gallipolis sesquicentennial and its historical beginnings. It notes the celebration program and its accompanying comments, with the piece written entirely in French and aimed at French-American readers.
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Gallipolis
le Travailleur
Worcester
Mass
Woman Learns of Son's Death in Highway Accident
Mrs. Pearl Amos of Little River hears of the death of her son Bruce Rodgers in a highway accident near Toledo. He had recently married and graduated Cheshire High School in 1938. He was the grandson of Mr. and Mrs. Niday Scott of Cheshire.
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Gallipolis
Pearl Amos
Little Rgger
Bruce Rodgers
Toledo
Cheshire High School
Niday Scott
Cheshire
First Baptist Church Plans Annual Outing
Members and friends of the First Baptist Church plan their annual outing and picnic at Chickamauga Park on Wednesday. A program of games and races begins at 4 p.m. Supper is at 6 o’clock and a worship program starts at 8 p.m. Transportation from the church is provided.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Chickamauga Park
George Sagen
City Reservoir Work Approved by State
Gallipolis plans for a 30,000 square foot slab over the city reservoir have been approved by the state board of health. The project moves to submission with the state and district WPA offices in Zanesville and Columbus, and the road to the reservoir will be widened to the 40 foot standard. When finished the reservoir site will join Fortification Hill Park acreage. Orchard men meet next at Oaks farm near Little Hocking in Washington County for the annual Ohio Horticultural Society gathering, per County Agent E. G. Royer.
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Gallipolis
State Board of Health
Charles Warner
WPA
Zanesville
Columbus
Fortification Hill Park
The
Ohio Horticultural Society
Oaks Farm
Little Hocking
Washington County
States County
E. G. Royer
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Athens Messenger
Gavotte
Leonard
Kiwanis
Army Camp
Arlene Judge
New York
G. Huntington Hartford
Fortune
Miss Judge
Gallipolis Social Notes
Pauline Johnson
James Johnson
Bladen
James Vent
Lowell Tope
Bidwell
H. B. Slaven
Lynn
Harrisonville
F. L. Slaven
Garfield Ave
Maude Slaven
Collins W. Bruff
Stela Ray
Ambridge
Lafayette
Gordon C. Greene
J. S. O'Dell
S. C. Wilhelm
Denison University
Granville
Holzer
C. E. Holzer
Mercersburg Academy
Pennsylvania
Haverford College
Medical College
Cornell University
Medical Center
New York City
Peggy Ann Horr
Elizabeth Holzer
Betty and
Nancy Bean
Marianna Keeler
Charles V. Ward
Vinton Road
Richard White
Sherman White
June Kruskamp
L. M. Bremser
Albany
R. A. Black
Methodist Church
Mr. White
Ohio University
Thornville
Albany High School
Addison Man
Mrs. George Cadd
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Fifth Column
Joan Bennett
Francis Lederer
Lloyd Nolan
Anna Sten
Otto Kruger
Maria Ouspenskaya
Johnny Russell
Man
Bette Davis
Cour
Zenners
Seller's
Hassocks
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
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