Two Acre Roadside Park To Be Finished Near Gallipolis
A two acre roadside park near Gallipolis will be completed within six weeks at the Chickamauga Creek junction with Route 35. Land donated by Dr. C E Holzer will be developed by state highway department engineer Robert E Jenkins and NYA labor under Robert Kleinsmith. The park features a fence, sanitary maintenance, water well, grading, picnic facilities, stone lighting and a rustic bridge over the creek, with potential wading pools and a focus on county wide use for church outings and scout activities.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga Creek
C. E. Holzer
Robert E. Jenkins
State Highway Department
NYA
Robert Kleinsmith
State Highway Patrol
Myers Sale At Farm In Gallia County
Public sale at the Adamsville home of County Treasurer and Mrs E E Meyers drew a large crowd. He sold the 140 acre Racoon Creek bottom farm to Mr and Mrs L D Warman of Omar West Virginia. Lunch was by the Rio Grande Ladies Aid Society. The Meyers plan to reside in Gallipolis where their son Paul heads the municipal water pumping plant. Virgil Weed, a Gallia County native, is reported seriously ill at the home of his son Rev Stanley Weed in Waterville Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Adamsville
E. E. Meyers
Raccoon Creek
L. D. Warman
Omar
W. Va
Ladies Aid Society of
Rio Grande
Myers
Paul
Virgil Weed
This County
Rev
Stanley Weed
Waterville
Ohio
Marco Polo Starts Run Here Tomorrow At Athena Theater
Marco Polo opens at Athena Theater tomorrow with Gary Cooper in the title role and a cast including Basil Rathbone Binnie Barnes Alan Hale and Ernest Truex. The adventure romance follows a globetrotting trail with Sigrid Game making her American screen debut. Also showing is Laurel and Hardy in Blockheads tonight and Saturday at Schine's Athena.
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Laurel and Hardy
Schine
Athena
Gary Cooper
Samuel Goldwyn
Marco Polo
Basil Rat
Mrs LeBarron Sends Articles to Museum
Gallipolis receives a coverlet and quilt from Mrs R O LeBarron of Ukiah California. She is a descendant of Cladius Cadot a prosperous early merchant and Gallipolis' first settler. The articles were used in his home in this city.
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Gallipolis
Our House
R. O. LeBarron
Avenelle Cadot
Ukiah
California
Cladius Cadot
Fall Air Show Planned at Gallipolis Port
Large turnout expected at tonight meeting at 7 30 to discuss a fall air show and river regatta in early October. The airport is ready for a show and the rising river stage offers a good site for boat races. If approved, the event may be set for Sunday October 9, the day before the Northwest Sesqui Centennial observance.
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Gallipolis
Academy Sets Opening for Fall Term in Gallia County
Eighth grade graduates from Gallia County planning to attend Gallia Academy High School this fall should report for registration at Gallia Academy High School Friday Sept. 2 or Saturday Sept. 3. The office will be open 1:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1 to 4 p.m. on those dates. City students not yet registered should also come. Bring diplomas.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallia Academy High School
Carl C. Byers
Mrs Helen Hudlin 77 Dies in West Virginia
Mrs Helen Stanley Hudlin 77 widow of Charles F Hudlin longtime Gallipolis resident died at her daughter Fannie Koester home in Montgomery West Virginia She is survived by sister Mrs John Ayers and grandson Gus Frye both of Gallipolis and a son Charles Hudlin believed employed on an Atlantic liner Funeral arrangements not announced pending effort to reach the son.
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Gallipolis
Helen Stanley Hudlin
Charles F. Hudlin
Fannie Koester
Montgomery
W. Va
John Ayers
Gus Frye
Charles Hudlin
Kin Attend Funeral for Navy Flier Henry P Boeckman
Relatives from Gallia County attended funeral services in Dayton on Tuesday for Henry Paul Boeckman a young navy flier who died in a crash at San Diego a week earlier. Attending were Alonzo Fillinger four Fillinger children W C Fillinger Cecil Sheets Garrett A Layne Frances Fillinger Mrs Frank Thompson and Edward Thompson.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Dayton
Henry Paul Boeckman
Navy
San Diego
Alonzo Fillinger
W. C. Fillinger
Cecil Sheets
Garrett A. Layne
Frances Fillinger
Frank Thompson
Edward
Switzer Family Reunion Names Frank Switzer Life President
At a Switzer family reunion in Gallipolis Frank Switzer of Addison was named life president and Miss Elia Rothgeb was chosen secretary treasurer. Future meetings will be held on the Sunday nearest August 16 Frank Switzer’s birthday.
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Gallipolis
Switzer
Frank Switzer
Addison
Elia Rothgeb
Work at State Hospital Ends Because of Lack of Funds
Gallia county WPA officials announced at Athens that the $27 091 program of improvement and renovation at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics is suspended due to exhaustion of federal funds. Superintendent Dr G G Kincon and the State Welfare Department seek another project to finish the work which included painting plastering and repairs on a main hospital building most of 30 cottages two barns and the library. The urgent cottages were stabilized against rock slides. The project provided 45 118 man hours of Gallia county employment with WPA funding of $22 331 of the total cost.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Athens
WPA
District 3
L. C. Gibson
G. G. Kincon
Ohio State Department of Welfare
Anoth
Gibson
Gallia Countiaes
South African corn adapts to Gallia County use
South African corn grown by F B Amsbury and Harry Amsbury of Northup, Gallia County, shows promise for local adaptation. Eleven grains planted yielded fertile ears, with a growing patch nearing maturity. The corn produces two ears per stalk, yields a denser shelled kernel weight, and the fodder is tall with upright leaves for better forage, prompting interest from local growers.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
F. B. Amsbury
Harry Amsbury
Northup
Amsbury
Amsbury Brothers
Ohio
Gallipolis Plans Sesqui-Centennial Souvenir Sale
Gallipolis North district director Dann O. Taber says first shipment of five cent souvenirs will arrive by September 1 and go on sale immediately amid strong advance orders signaling heavy demand. Pieces will be usable anywhere in the city.
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Gallipolis
Northwest Territory
Dann O. Taber
New Music Director Takes Rio Grande Job
Rio Grande College hires Miss Thelma E. Stewart of Ironton as instructor in public school music and education for the fall quarter. She will focus on field music and oversee extra curricular activities including glee clubs and orchestra, bringing years of experience as a music supervisor in Lawrence County and Ironton High School.
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Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Thelma E. Stewart
Ironton
Stewart
Lawrence County
Gallia Child Bitten by Snake In Foot
Gallia nine year old Maxine King daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry King Addison Township was hospitalized after a bare foot bite by a snake. She jumped and fell lacerating her foot further. The copperhead was killed nearby and the girl is improving. Veterans of Foreign Wars in Gallia County report the Columbus national convention exceeded expectations in interest and attendance.
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Gallipolis
Maxine
Henry King
Addison Township
Gallia County
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Columbus
Vinton Garden Club To Give Flower Show
Gallia county event notes Vinton Garden Club hosting a fall flower show at the Baptist Church basement from 2 to 8 pm on Saturday prizes for best single specimen and arrangement of zinnias marigolds dahlias roses asters petunias snapdragons plus best arrangement of garden and wild flowers foliage and a bowl by children
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Gallipolis
Mrs. Wilcox Dies in Columbus
Mrs Adda Findlay Wilcox widow of Dr W H Wilcox died at her home in Columbus She was formerly a Vinton resident and was widely related in Gallia and Jackson counties
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Gallipolis
Adda Findlay Wilcox
W. H Wilcox
Vinton
Columbus
Gallia
Jackson
Charles Filson Dies in Holzer Hospital at 81
Charles F. Filson aged 81 a Racine Meigs County native and retired Ft. Pleasant businessman died Tuesday night after a two week hospitalization in Holzer Hospital Gallia County officials reported.
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Gallipolis
Charles F. Filson
Racine
Meigs County
Ft. Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Funeral services for Fred F Donahor held at Gallipolis
Funeral services were held here this afternoon for Fred F Donahor brother in law of Harry and John Vanden who died at his home in Huntington early Wednesday Interment was in Mound Hill Cemetery Ladies Aid Society of Westerman Methodist Church plans an ice cream and chicken supper at Kerr Wednesday evening next
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Gallipolis
Fred F. Donahor
Harry
John Vanden
Huntington
Mound Hill Cemetery
Ladies Aid Society of
Westerman Methodist Church
Kerr
Clark Family Reunion Set for Rio Grande College
The annual Clark family reunion will be held on campus at Rio Grande College on Sunday, September 4, featuring members traveling from nearby towns to reconnect and share memories.
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Clarks
Gallipolis
Clark
Rio Grande College
Quincy tin Can Derby on 40 mile auto route
A tin Can Derby for autos built between 1900 and 1926 will take place in Quincy on September 4 along a 40 mile course. Organizers urge spectators to attend and watch the vintage vehicles compete for prizes in this historic race event.
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Quincy
List of Recent Wedding License Applicants in Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports several marriage license applicants including Earl Reynolds 22 and Freda Price 18 of Milton West Virginia and Joseph C Wolfe 22 with Mildred Blosser 21 of Rutland. Others include Fonty Burgess 19 Barboursville WV with Beatrice Cyrus 18 Crown City Ohio and Paul Young Disbennet 30 with Carrie Belville 27 of Gallipolis. Clarence E McCarley 30 and Maxie Irene Fowler 32 of Rio Grande plus C E Howard 23 and Anna Catherine Hill 21 of Charleston.
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Gallipolis
Earl Reynolds
Freda Price
Milton
W. Va
Joseph C. Wolfe
Middleport
Mildred Blosser
Rutland
Fonty Burgess
Barboursville
Beatrice Cyrus
Crown City
Paul Young
Bake Sale Planned by Grace Church Group
The Society of Grace M E Church plans a bake sale for Saturday with delivery for special orders. Mrs Viola Plymale serves as president and will handle telephone orders.
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Gallipolis
Oil Burning Boats Grow In Popularity
River observers in Gallipolis report a surge in oil burning towboats with screw propellers, predicting they will soon replace coal burning sternwheel steamers. The newer craft run nearly noiseless, are faster and cleaner, and benefit from deeper water behind locks and dams. Propellers are fully submerged producing few waves, unlike sternwheelers that churn waves above the water surface.
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Gallipolis
Wheat Acreage Must Be Settled at Once
Gallia County wheat growers were told by Acting County Agent Roger that the deadline for securing planting allotments will expire soon. The note warns that as much as eight acres may be grown by individuals without losing eligibility for the government conservation program.
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Gallipolis
Roger
Gallia County
Plan Home Coming at Poplar Ridge Church
Annual home coming at Poplar Ridge Church in Cheshire Township will be held all day Sunday. The committee has arranged an elaborate program. The affair is usually attended by hundreds of persons, and this year is expected to draw a large crowd.
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Gallipolis
Poplar Ridge Church
Cheshire Township
Gallia County 4-H toChoose Queens for Potato Festival
County Agent Starbuck reports two Gallia County 4-H Club girls will be selected this week to represent the county at the Mason County West Virginia Potato Festival August 25 27. Choices will base on 4 H achievements and the entrants will join the festival queen entourage in various events. Similar selections happen in Meigs Mason Jackson Putnam and Cabell counties in West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
Starbuck
Gallia County
Mason County
W. Va
Meigs County
Mason, Jackson, Putnam
Cabell
West Virginia
Rose death notice of A. W. Rose at 63 in Charleston
Gallia County brief states Ernest Rose of Bidwell is informed of the death of his father A. W. Rose aged 63 in Charleston. Mrs. Rose and four other sons survive him.
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Gallipolis
Ernest Rose
Bidwell
A. W. Rose
Charleston
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