Giant Bean Dinner Prep For Gallipolis Event
Gallipolis prepares for a sesquicentennial free bean dinner on August 28 from 11 am to 2 pm in City Park. Chef Ear Spires of Vinton will oversee 1200 pounds of beans 400 pounds of meat 500 crackers and 50 pounds of coffee cooked in wood fired kettles. About 40 waitresses with 10 quart buckets will serve at long tables under the trees. Organizers expect 5000 guests. The program includes music from Rio Grande Thivenia Jubilee Quartets and a 2 to 3 pm address by Rev. E Howard Cadle.
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Gallipolis
Ear Spires of
Vinton
City Park
Spires
Rio Grande
Thivenia
Jubilee
Prospect
E. Howard Cadle
Indianapolis Tabernacle Fame
Cadle
H. B. Ecker
Red Cross First Aid Classes Start in September
Red Cross First Aid courses will begin in the Gallipolis courthouse during the first week in September. Classes mainly target school bus drivers but are open to the public. Local residents will serve as instructors.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Bradbury Family Moving to Mercerville
H Bion Bradbury former county superintendent of schools and his family will relocate from Gallipolis to Mercerville soon. He will serve as school principal and the Bradbury family will occupy a new residence under construction in the village.
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Gallipolis
H. Bion Bradbury
Mercerville
Bradburys
Eldest Gal County woman dies in Ashville home
Local relatives are advised of the death of Mrs. Ella Childers Bickle 79 at the home of a son in Ashville. Born in Gallia County she leaves two sons and a daughter.
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Gallipolis
Ella Childers Bickle
Ashville
Bickle
Gallia County
Littick Praises Gallipolis Rotary Club Visit
O. B. Littick of Zanesville Rotary District Governor visited the Gallipolis club last night. After a pre dinner conference with officials and committee heads he commended the club for its accomplishments. He spoke of southeast Ohio scenery and compared it favorably with other regions. He was accompanied by Mrs Littick.
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Gallipolis
O. B. Littick
Zanesville
Rotary
Ohio
United States
Littick
Abandoned Gallia 4-H Meeting Replaced by 4-H Day
Gallipolis officials cancel the county wide 4-H Club gathering due to infantile paralysis concerns. Miss Clara Belle Motter selects girls for Columbus style review, E G Royer names boy livestock judging teams, Dr F W Shane and Naomi Evans choose health contest entrants, with winners advancing to the State Fair. A fall festival 4-H Day will feature recognition and a Riverside Amphitheater program.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Columbus
Clara Belle Motter
E. G. Royer
F. W. Shane
Naomi Evans
Riverside
Urges Enrollment in Junior Red Cross
Mrs. C. W. Booth, executive secretary, urges all Gallipolis city and county schools to enroll in the Junior Red Cross early in the school year. Last year, school child membership exceeded 3,000. Donations fund glasses for indigent children and other charity. County Nurse Naomi Evans recommends recipients. Typical contribution is a penny per month.
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Gallipolis
C. W. Booth
The
Red Cross
Naomi Evans
Accident Victim Sustains Skull Fracture at Meigs County Incident
Wilfred H. Mahon, 28, was injured when a truck fell on him at Darwin in Meigs County Monday evening. Doctors at Holzer Hospital report a skull fracture.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Wilfred H. Mahon
Darwin
Meigs County
Edina Byas Granted Divorce and Custody in Gallipolis
Mrs. Edina Byas is divorced from Fred Byas in Gallia County court. She receives custody of their two minor children amid a neglect claim supporting her petition.
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Gallipolis
Edina Byas
Fred Byas
Grace Sisson Appointed English Teacher at Bidwell-Porter
The Bidwell-Porter School announces the appointment of Grace Sisson as English teacher, completing the teaching staff.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell-Porter School
Grace Sisson
Lafayette Visit Sets Gallipolis Dance with 800 Cast
Gen Lafayette acts as master of ceremonies for a Gallipolis event echoing Parisian formality. Couples listed include Harley Wells and wife, Beman Fish and wife, Dwight Wetherholt and wife, among 800 cast members debuting Friday with rehearsals under way in the high school gymnasium.
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Harley Wells
Beman Fish
Dwight Wetherholt
Ben Evans
Raymon Allison
Everett Royer
Raymond Gooch
Heber MacClaskey
Robert Evans
Gilbert Bush
Charles Yeanger
Leo Mossman
John Halliday
Booton Wedding Ties Gallipolis to New York Life
Gallipolis social pages report the wedding of Helen Booton to Angela Bisenz of New York City held at Dr. and Mrs. Alan Cole’s Logan home. Attendees included family from Williamson and Baltimore with future plans for the couple in New York where Bisenz works as an architect and Helen as a secretary after her Goucher College graduation.
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Gallipolis
Orland H. Booton
Orland, Jr
Williamson
W. Va
Logan
Helen Booton
Angela Bisenz
New York City
Alan Cole
S. W. Wiant
Logan Methodist Church
Grizella Bisenz
Baltimore
Robert Osborne
Indianapolis
Cole
New York
Charles Johnson
Crown City
Lawrence Rood
Huntington
Alliance
Youngstown
Betty Henke
Chicago
F. & R. Lazarus & Co
Columbus
Eunice Erwin
Cincinnati
C. C. Reveal
South Charleston
Alfred Clark
Betty Mae Clark
Harry R. Smith
Legion, Tex
C. A. Smith
Islandside
Floyd Major
Floyd
Carolyn
Charleston
A. R. Henke
Reuben Wood
Julia Agnes
Noah Wood
Indian Lake
Dorothy Langdon
Robert Smeltzer
O. H. Booton
A. W. Kerns
L. B. Shaw
Clarksburg
Paul Jarvis
Lucille McKean
Ohio State University
Amanda Brown
Harold Erwin
Albert Mees
Pomeroy
Luther Erwin
Dinner guests at country home near Lincoln Sunday
At their country home near Lincoln Sunday, Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Sheets entertained at dinner Mr. and Mrs. Otho Belville, Mr. and Mrs. Noah Walter and daughter Joan, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph.
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Lincoln
Melvin Sheets
Otho Belville
Noah Walter
Joan
Ralph
Mrs A M Ellinger injures in Furnace Street fall
Mrs A M Ellinger sustained injuries Monday when she fell at her Furnace Street home. Ligaments in her right ankle and foot were torn.
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Logan
A. M. Ellinger
Furnace St
Divorce Granted to Walter Angle from Marie Angle
Judge Phil A. Henderson granted the divorce on neglect grounds. The case was uncontested and finalized Tuesday.
Logan-Harley Schoonover Improves After Two Week Illness
Logan-Harley Schoonover shows slow improvement from a two week illness. He is resting at his mother’s home on Nelsonville Route 3.
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Logan
Harley Schoonover
Nelsonville Rt. 3
Guyan Township Boy Stricken by Infantile Paralysis
Dr. F. W. Shane, Gallia County health commissioner, reports eight year old Carl Barry of Guyan Township near the Gallia and Lawrence County line ill with infantile paralysis. The home is quarantined. One more case is suspected in Cheshire Township where a two year old boy is quarantined.
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Gallipolis
F. W. Shane
Carl
Clyde Barry
Guyan Township
Gallia
Lawrence County
Cheshire Township
Pageant Plans Symbolic McIntyre Tribute at Riverside
Gallipolis outlines a sesquicentennial pageant scene featuring the spirit of O. O. McIntyre. A tower figure of an angel and a blue light cloud will portray McIntyre with Betty Bean as the female figure. Rehearsals continue at the high school gym through next week.
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Gallipolis
Riverside
O. O. McIntyre
McIintyre
Betty Bean
Leo C. Bean
Meetings Postponed at Nazarene and Cheshire Church
A series of special meetings at the Church of the Nazarene and a children's meeting at Cheshire Methodist Church were postponed last night as a precaution against the spread of infantile paralysis.
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Gallipolis
Church of the Nazarene
Cheshire Methodist Church
River at pool stage in Gallipolis amid muddy Ohio River
The Ohio River stays at pool level with muddy waters due to ongoing rains in the Virginias and eastern areas. North of Point Pleasant the river is reported clear.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Virginias
Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis Schools Set September Opening Date
Gallipolis district plans a September 9 start with repairs complete. A 2 p.m. Saturday faculty meeting will set schedules and discuss objectives. Vacancies include art instructor, vocational teacher, and a band leader amid several applications. A second teachers’ meeting follows the opening session. PT. PLEASANT prep for camp meeting runs Aug 22 to Sept 8 with seven services daily.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Board of Education
A. Jord Bayless
Fostoria
PT. Pleasant
Booth to discuss hot noonday lunches on Huntington radio
Mrs. C. W. Booth county child welfare director will broadcast a 15 minute address about hot noonday lunches for school children on a Huntington radio station Thursday beginning at 12 30 p m the program aims to explain meal provisions and benefits.
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Gallipolis
C. W. Booth
Huntington
A A Coughenour Dies At Home In Gallipolis
Albert A. Coughenour, 85, died Tuesday at his residence between Porter and Vinton villages. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at the Coughenour home with Rev. Herman A. Lewis of Cheshire officiating and burial in Vinton Memorial Park. Survived by wife Susan and daughters Mrs. Bert Jones and Nellie Coughenour. one sister Mrs. J. L. Butcher.
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Gallipolis
Albert A. Coughsenour
Porter
Vinton
Coughenour
Herman A. Lewis
Cheshire
Vinton Memorial Park
David Coughenour
Old
Rgger
J. L. Butcher
Susan Kent Coughsenour
Bert Jones
Bidwell
Nellie Coughenour
Road Bridge Proposal for Columbus West State Street
Gallia County engineers FE Leonard travels to Columbus and Huntington to present plans for a new West State Street high level road and bridge to the state highway department and the U S Engineers. Approval by the engineers is needed to sponsor the project as a national defense effort with WPA labor at no cost to the city or county.
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Gallipolis
FE. N. Leonard
Columbus
Huntington
State Highway Department
U. S. Engineers
United States Engineers
WPA
Wife Granted Divorce in Gallipolis Custody Battle
Mrs Thelma N Paul receives divorce from James H Paul in Gallipolis court. She is awarded custody of their two minor children after alleging gross neglect and cruelty by the husband.
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Gallipolis
James H. Paul
Thelma N. Paul
Hotel operator Earl Smith confined by fall injuries
Earl Smith of Fayette Hotel remains at home with head and back injuries but doctors report he is showing improvement. He was injured in a fall and is under medical care.
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Gallipolis
Earl Smith
Lafayette
License to Marry Listed for Four Couples in Ohio
Marriage license applicants include Walter Verian 22 Pataskala and Leona Hoff man 17 Rodney. Also Millard Mel Cormick 22 Jackson and Mary Elizabeth Miller 21 Gallipolis are listed.
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Gallipolis
Walter Ashton Verian
Pataskala
Leona Hoffman
Rodney
Millard L. Mel Cormick
Jackson
Mary Elizabeth Miller
John Adams Era: Living Exe President for Quarter Century
The note describes John Adams as a living exe president of the United States for about twenty five years. It presents an unusual historical claim about Adams’s tenure and status as president.
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John Adams
United States
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