Festive Dinner to Feed 3000 at City Park
American Legion Auxiliary members prepare more than 3,000 meals for a free dinner in the city park Saturday. The menu includes 600 pounds of beans 40 pounds of salt pork similar amounts of coffee and 200 pounds of crackers served from a large tent with additional tables under park trees. Sponsored by the Chamber of Commerce retail merchants committee the event aims to feed 3000 or more residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
American Legion Auxiliary
City Park
Retail Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
Traffic Light Added at Third and Locust Streets
A new traffic light has been installed at Third and Locust Streets in Gallipolis. Traffic is expected to rise after the Baptist Church edifice on the southeast corner is completed. Ten similar lights are in operation, with plans to increase the number.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Third and Locust Sts
Baptist Church
Grange Holds Outing at Letart Falls
Letart Falls Ohio Valley Grange members after their Friday session visited leader Dan Hartinger's home for a wiener roast. The brief social event followed by a string of visitors and attendees from Pomeroy Gallipolis Parkersburg and Charleston for funerals visits and family gatherings in the Letart area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
Ohio Valley Grange
Dan Hartinger
Simon Spencer
M. E
Wesley Kesterson
Pomeroy
Mollie
Dorothy Roadmoor
Gallipolis
George Crawford
Clyde Marian
J. C. McGraw
Beulah
Eloise
Mary
W. FE. McDade
Myra Sheets
Columbus
W. A. Becklin
Carrie B. Roberts
W. S. Chapman
Sarasota
Fla
H. B. Powell
Don Herbert
Akron
Everett Lutz
J. E. Stewart
Graham Station
A. W. Knappenberger
L. N. Hyatt
Pt. Pleasant
John Justice
Minersville
Hazel Shane
Long Bottom
J. A. McClintock
John G. Britton
Felix Savage
Pat
Sarah
Liverpool
F. B. McClintock
A. G. Bartlett
Pittsburgh
Harry Love
Helen
Margaret
Pleasant
Elmer Grimm
W. B. Caldwell
Billy
Ann
Betty Bohannan
Mattie Custer
Eva Roberts
South
Fort Des Moines
Iowa
Edith Allen
Charleston
F. S. Norris
Flossie Butler
Maud Cobb
C. N. Wagner
Washington, D. C
Gun Victim, Wife Reconciled Return to Farm Home
Gallia polis report shows Lloyd Angell and his wife reconciling in Holzer Hospital room after a shooting a week earlier by Delbert Blazer, 17. The wife, 20, is held under $500 bond as an accessory. She is released on bond signed by her parents and returns to the Angell home with her husband.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lloyd Angell
Holzer Hospital
Angell
Delbert Bla
Zer
the Angells
Carodus Lambert
Registration set for county centralized schools
Gallipolis officials announce registration Friday September 2 for all pupils in county centralized schools. Superintendent H B Bradbury states registration day. Rural community centers open Monday September 5 for the new term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H. B. Bradbury
Couple Wins Prizes at Marietta Picnic
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Harrison of Harrison Township win multiple prizes at a state highway employees picnic in Marietta. Mrs Harrison is a fiddler and her husband a jig dancer, taking first prize among the contests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fred Harrison
Harrison Township
Harrison
Marietta
Will Become Teachers Gallipolis Twins Aim for Cincinnati
Marian and Mil dred Alexander, twin daughters of Mr and Mrs Harry Alexander, are the only local high school students to maintain straight A grades through four years. They plan to enter the University of Cincinnati for teacher training in September. Truman Cole, 74, native of Raccoon Island, died in Lisbon South Carolina. He is survived by two sons and was a nephew of Martha McDaniel of Gallipolis. Holzer Hospital roster includes three Brown babies all white. Twins of Dr W L Brown Gallipolis and son of Dr H D Brown Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Marian
Mildred Alexander
Harry Alexander
University of Cincinnati
Truman Cole
Raccoon Island
Lisbon
S. C
Mary McCormick Riggs
Cole
Martha McDaniel
Holzer Hospital
W. Lewis Brown
H. D. Brown
Pomeroy
Visit Study Center Gallipolis Camp Oye Program
First Baptist Church sends a large delegation to Camp Oye in the Roosevelt Game Preserve Scioto County for a Friday through Monday recreation and Bible study program. Rev. George Sagen, the church pastor, will teach. A separate notice reports the California death of Christian Henry Laiblin 70 a Gallia County native. sister Mrs Catherine Hutsinpiller resides in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Camp Oye
Roosevelt Game Preserve
Scioto County
George Sagen
DLES
California
Stockton
Calif
Christian Henry Laiblin
Gallia County
Catherine Hutsinpiller
Minersville Local News Highlights Weekend Visits and Births
Esther Thomas with Ann Weese George Rea and Will Stober visited Old Man's Cave near Logan and New Straitsville. Mr. and Mrs. George Childs and family welcomed relatives from Pt. Pleasant. A daughter was born to Edson and Mrs. Roush in Carmel. a son to Arnold and Mrs. Hughes in Middleport. Reverend O Conner to give final sermon of the year at M E Church. The horsepower unit of energy was established by James Watt in 1775.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minersville
Esther Thomas
Ann Weese
George Rea
Will Stober
Syracuse
Old Man’s Cave
Logan
New Straitsville
George Childs
George
Ray Anderson
Pt. Pleasant
Norman McCallum
Lena Schmitt
Lewis Harris
Leon Grueser
Columbus
Grueser
William H. Thomas
John Roush
Carmel
Helen Keller
Cleveland
Gene Forbes
Edson Roush
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
George Daniels
Arnold Hughes
Middleport
David Joseph
Mabel Joseph
Nora Roush
Will Kesterson
Rock Springs
O'Conner
M. E
Harold Brown
Pomeroy
Dana Brown
Call Meeting Of Teachers For Sept 10 Gallipolis
General meeting of all teachers in the local school system is called by Sept. E. E. Higgins at the Washington School auditorium for Saturday, Sept. 10 at 1 30 p m. Afterward the high school teaching staff will meet with Principal Carl C. Byers and grade instructors with Principal Ben Evans. Letters notifying teachers of the meeting assignments and extra curricular activities have been mailed. School resumes Monday Sept 12. all buildings are rehabilitated and in excellent condition, says Supt. Higgins.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Washington
Carl C. Byers
Ben Evans
Higgins
Kanauga Notes and News Briefs
Kanauga notes report numerous local visits and family events from Huntington to Letart Falls with 64 at Sunday School. Mentions illness of Jesse Vick’s son in Valdosta and Rev. H N Snider’s farewell sermon. Includes travels of Miss Virginia Rogers and community prompts about the Ayr Maybole Road macadamization by John McAdam.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanauga
Helen Vickers
Robert
Follansbee
Clarence
Lawrence
Mulford
Cheshire
Huntington
Sistersville
Bertha McDade
Letart Falls
Guy Wagner
Winning Gallipolis '11' Seen by Coach as Drills Get Started
Gallipolis reports promise for a high school football season as 40 players train daily on the east city field under Coach Gar Griffith. The opener is Sept 16 with New Boston, with several road and home games through November 11. The field includes new fencing bleachers and 72,000 watts of lighting, plus a brick entrance building with two ticket booths and two concession stands by Tony Laenier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. C. Byers
Washington Building
Gar Griffith
New Boston
Kersburg
Jackson
Middleport
Logan
Nelsonville
Pomseroy
Wellston
Athens
Pt. Pleasant
Tony Laenier
State designates 667 acres as game preserve near Columbus
Columbus reports that the Ohio Conservation Department has designated 667 acres of lands owned by the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics as a state game preserve. No hunting has been allowed for years, and wildlife has multiplied in the woods. Nearby Arthur Gilman farm, about half the size, already serves as a game preserve with similar benefits. posted signs will be erected.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Ohio Hospital
State Conservation Department
G. G. Kincon
Arthur Gilman
Plans for Kerr Home Use Still Uncertain
Gallia guardian Mrs J E Halliday bought the Kerr home at Third and Court Streets for 5525 after a public auction. The large brick house, built in 1836 by John Peter Romaine Meanger, long a show place, was left to the local Masonic Lodge to maintain as a home for indigent members and their wives, but the bequest was declined by lodge trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. E. Halliday
C. D. Kerr
Third and
Court Sts
John Peter Romaine Meanger
Kerr
Masonic Lodge
Order
Lodge
Condition Improves for Ohio Orchardist at Holzer Hospital
J. M. Sheets age 48 an Ohio orchardist admitted after a suicide attempt was found nearly hanged when his neck caught in a tree fork. His condition at Holzer Hospital improved with treatment and observation.
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Gallipolis
J. M. Sheets
Ohio Hospital
Holzer Hospital
Missing Car Recovered in Jackson Kentucky
A car reported missing for over a month from David Vance near Vinton was found in Jackson Kentucky. The vehicle was taken by a man Vance met on the highway and driven to his home before the theft was discovered.
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Gallipolis
David Vance
Vinton
Jackson
Vance
Gallipolis Fans Buy Football Trousers for Team
Gallipolis officials announce that a group of fans has contributed funds to purchase 22 pairs of regulation football trousers for the local high school team. The blue trousers feature a white stripe along the leg seam.
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Gallipolis
Local girl enters Moody Bible Institute in Chicago
Miss Hilda Halley, 19, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Clay Halley of Gallipolis, will leave Monday for Chicago to enter Moody Bible Institute the world’s largest for Christian training. Active in the Baptist Church, she becomes the first woman member in ten years of the pastorate to pursue this field, as Rev George Sagen notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hilda Halley
J. Clay Halley
Chicago
Moody Bible Institute
Halley
George Sagen
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James Watt
J. C. Johnson
Walter Schoonover
Reedy
W. Va
H. N. Snider
Childers
John Vickers
Lester Robson
James Patterson
Somerset
John Chick
C. G. Houen
B. D. Raike
Bladen
Ayr-Maybole Road
Scotland
John McAdam
Burke Ervin Electric Company
W. State St
Childran
Katharine Hepburn
Miniature Theatre
Wo McCary Grant
Doris. Nolans
George Cukor
New York
Edward Everett Horton
Selew Ayres
Te Service
Ohe
Kerr Home
Pai Znt
Scott Colton
Mary Russell
Columbia
Ian J
Martha Raye
Bob Hope
Doris Nolan
Lew Ayres Binnie Barnes
Bible School
American Express
Athens National Bank
Federal Reserve
Clover Farm
Athens County Fairgrounds
Southeastern Ohio
Clover Farm Stores
the Pure Oil Co
Lockheed
F. J. Beasley Co
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