New Gallipolis Furniture Co to Open Early 1938
The Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce says the new Gallipolis Furniture Co at Second and Sycamore streets will begin operations early in 1938. The twin brick buildings are undergoing extensive repairs to ready for opening, as the Gallipolis Store and Foundry Co expands with 27 moulders and finishers employed.
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New Gallipolis Furniture Company
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Gallipolis Furniture Co
Second and
Sycamore Sts
Dr Shane Chosen To Head Gallia County Medical Society
Newly chosen officers for the Gallia County Medical Society include Dr F. W. Shane as president and Dr N A Martin as vice president. Other roles cover secretary Dr Milo Wilson, legislative committeeman Dr C E Holzer, public relations committeeman Dr H B Thomas, and medical economics committeeman Dr Leo C Bean. The society meets monthly at Holzer Hospital and reports a flourishing condition.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Hospital Busy At Holzer With Extra Beds Opened
Holzer Hospital at Gallipolis operates above its 51 patient capacity with an average 58 patients daily. Additional beds added in several rooms and all staff physicians and surgeons on full time duty with extra nurses called to handle the higher patient load.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Irion Sues for 6500 Damages Over Fatal Car Crash
Robert Irion sues Erman Swisher for 6500 in damages from a September 16 two car collision on Eastern Ave. that allegedly caused Mrs. Robert Irion to die eight days later in Holzer Hospital from a skull fracture. The suit states Mrs. Medley, driving the other car, and her mother were thrown from the vehicle. Medley was injured and Swisher lightly hurt. Mrs. Irion had previously been married to George Waddell.
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Gallipolis
Eastern Ave
Robert Irion
Holzer Hospital
Erman Swisher
Cheshire
Irion
Sam Medley
Swisher
Grace M E Church announces Sunday services Gallipolis
Rev W Scott Westerman posts a full schedule for Grace Methodist Episcopal Church in Gallipolis. Church School at 9 15 with Gallipolis Lodge of Elks attendance. sermon More Stately Mansions. choir sings Lead Kindly Light. Epworth League 6 pm. Stop Watch Contest Nazi Month of Germany. evening service 7 pm and fifth congregational singing school. Christmas carol origins traced. Official Board meets Monday 7 pm. Women Foreign Missionary Society 2 pm Tuesday. St John Bible Class 7 30 pm Tuesday. prayer meeting and choir practice Wednesday 8 pm. several church groups attend Ashland Kentucky convention Thursday.
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Gallipolis
W. Scott Westerman
Grace M, FE
Gallipolis Lodge of Elks
Sullivan
Epworth League
Germany
Congregational
Westerman
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
St. John’s Bible Class
Ashland
Grange Holds Election in Gallipolis
New Patriot Grange officers elected include David Jones master and Walter Wedemeyer overseer with a full slate of officers such as Eulah Long lecturer John Bostic steward William Jenkins assistant steward and Mrs Freda Jenkins lady assistant steward S S Long treasurer Mrs S S Long chaplain Gladys Donnally secretary C B Purdy gatekeeper with several committee roles listed.
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Gallipolis
Patriot Grange
David Jones
Walter Wedemeyer
Eulah Long
John Bostic
William Jenkins
Freda Jenkins
S. S. Long
Gladys Donnally
C. B. Purdy
T. V. Betz
Ceres
Pomona
Flora
Mary E. Carter
Emma Jones
Home Economics Committee
Ruth Etting Wins Uncontested Divorce From Martin Snyder
Ruth Etting testified about alleged cruelties and won an uncontested divorce from her 15 year husband Martin Snyder of New York. She plans to live on a Nebraska farm with Snyder’s daughter Edith 19.
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Ruth Etting
Martin Snyder
New York
Ruth
Nebraska
Snyder
Edith
Trap-Gun Farmer Seeks Supreme Court Hearing
Lawyers for Ann Childers of Greenfield Township seek a hearing before the Ohio Supreme Court. Childers, convicted in common pleas and appeals courts for setting a trap gun in his melon field and wounding Daniel Earl Wagner, then 15, two years ago, see the recent appellate ruling as adverse. The case has sparked wide discussion among Ohio lawyers over the legality of trap guns and property protection.
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Gallipolis
Ann Childers
Greenfield Township
Common Pleas
Daniel Earl Wagner
Ohio Supreme Court
Court of Appeals
Childers
Ohio Bar Association
Ohio
Combination Band To Give Gallipolis Concert
A 65 piece band from Gallipolis and Wellston High Schools will perform in Washington School Auditorium Tuesday evening December 14 and again in Wellston on Thursday evening December 16 under the direction of A. Jord Bayless. The program will feature concert numbers including works by great masters with a guest soloist planned for both concerts.
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Gallipolis
Wellston
Washington
A. Jord Bayless
Wheeler and Woolsey in High Flyers at the Athena Saturday
Bert Wheeler and Rob ert Woolsey star in the new RKO comedy High Flyers at the Athena. The stage adaptation follows their wild flight to recover jewels, leading to misadventures with a harbor police borrowed plane, a millionaire’s estate, a feared private detectives misread, a thieving dog, and a final surprise twist.
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Bert Wheeler
Robert Woolsey
RKO
the Athena
Victor Mapes
Lupe Velez
Marjorie Lord
Jack Carson
Margaret Dumont
Charles Judels
Herbert Evans
Lucien Prival
Paul Harvey
Carson
Fish Propagation Pleases Local Sportsmen
Local fishermen applaud the placement of 2,000 large mouth bass and bluegill in Kyger Campaign, Chickamauga and Swan Creeks for propagation. The fish came from a state hatchery and were distributed by Game Protector Truman Burnett at points away from the stream mouths.
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Gallipolis
Kyger
Campaign
Chickamauga
Swan Creeks
Truman Burnett
Rio Grande College Cage Schedule Released
Gallia region schedule for Rio Grande College lists 14 basketball games with six home dates. The opener vs Marietta is at home Friday night, followed by road games at Tiffin on December 6 and 10, with many later matchups against Morris Harvey Alfred Holbrook Cedarville Mountain State New River State Kanawha.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Marietta
Tiffin
Kanawha
Morris-Harvey
New River State
Mountain State
Alfred Holbrook
Cedarville
Gallia Native Jennie Hively Rosella Dies in Huntington
Mrs. Jennie Hively Rosella 56 widow of Joe Rosella native of Gallia County died at her Huntington home. She was a daughter of William and Mrs Hively. Funeral services were held in Huntington Friday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Jennie
Hively Rosella
Joe Rosella
Huntington
Gallia County
William Hively
Miss Comer Dies in Cincinnati at 90
Miss Cora A. Comer, 90, formerly of Gallipolis and sister of the late Charles R. Comer, a former prominent local businessman, died at her Cincinnati home. She is survived by a sister, Mrs. E. Y. King, and a brother, Edgar P. Comer, both of Cincinnati.
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Gallipolis
Cora A. Comer
Charles R. Comer
Cincinnati
E. Y. King
Edgar P. Comer
Freshmen Girls Win Intramural Volleyball Title
Gallipolis Rio Grande College freshmen education women’s team outscored Alpha Sigma Tau 49 to 31 to claim the intramural championship. Captains and players listed include Lillian Newberry Cecelia Leifheit Helen Grierson Gladys Bunn Betty Byers Martha Williams and Ruth Evans.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Alpha Sigma Tau Sorority
Lillian Newberry
New Boston
Cecelia Leifheit
Pomeroy
Helen Grierson
Gladys Bunn
Betty Byers
Ironton
Pauline Spohn
Ruth Evans
Martha Williams
Jackson
Chauncey Personal And Social News
Mozelle and Hazel Lahugh visited their uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Dow Sanders in Albany. Mary Guerra, instructor at Ohio University, spent weekend with sisters and brother in Chauncey Millfield. Bill Smith and Margaret Tippett visited Dan Civille in Grant Hospital Columbus Wednesday. Rev Robert Lawrence will preach December 8 at 7 pm in Chauncey M E Church. Ladies Aid Society of Millfield Church of Christ meets Friday at Mrs Henry Heffkin home for meeting and gift exchange. Gladys Phillips improving at Frank Phillips Beaumont home. Rev and Mrs Drell Goff from The Plains visited Chauncey relatives Edward West home. Services December 5 at The Plains Church of the Nazarene with specific times given. Nazarene district zone rally to be held tonight in Logan with bus transportation from The Plains church. Fifteen churches in zone.
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Chauncey— Mozelle
Hazel Lahugh
Dow Sanders
Albany
Mary Guerra
Ohio University
Louise Muzio
Carolyn Guerra
Joe Guerra
Millfield
Bill Smith
Margaret Tippett
Chauncey
Columbus
Dan Civille
Grant Hospital
Robert Lawrence
Chauncey M. E
Ladies Aid Society of
Logan
Chauncey — Zone
Nazarene
Drell Goff
the Plains
Mrs Bess Cunningham Burned Rendering Lard at Home
Mrs Bess Cunningham, wife of Ira Cunningham of Chauncey, suffered serious burns to her hands arms and face when a hog lard rendering kettle tipped into a large can of hot grease at her W Main Street home. A collision with a cooler cause spilled liquid.
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Chauncey
Bess Cunningham
Ira Cunningham
W. Main St
Collander
Chauncey Ladies Aid Society Holds All Day Quilt Meet
The Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church met Wednesday for an all day quilting at the church. They will quilt again next Wednesday. Members present were Mrs. Lizzie Harvey Effie Fennell Lydia Speary Evelyn Patterson Mae Tennehill and Mrs. Mary Dew.
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Chauncey—Ladies Aid Society
M. E. Church
Lizzie Harvey
Effie Fennell
Lydia Speary
Evelyn Patterson
Mae Tennehill
Mary Dew
Gallipolis Social Notes Hostesses Parade in 1880s Attire
Nellie Searberry of Columbus and sister Miss Eulah Williams entertained their bridge club guests at the Williams home Friday with costumes dating to 1880 and a group photo. Out of town guests included Mrs. Charles Bowers Mrs. Elmer Jones of Toledo Mrs. Clarence Young of Massillon and Miss Ruby Hedges of Columbus.
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Nellie Searberry
Columbus
Eulah Williams
Williams Home
Charles Bowers
Elmer Jones
Toledo
Clarence Young
Massillon
Ruby Hedges
Pt. Pleasant
Warden Lewis
Bert Robinson
Garfield Ave
A. P. Martin
Huntington
J. P. Haskin
Frank
Judy
Jewish Hospital
Cincinnati
Fife Ordered to Pay Support in Gallia County Divorce
Gallia County court grants divorce for Christine O'Dell Fife and Kenneth Fife and orders Kenneth to pay 4 weekly child support for their two children.
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Gallipolis
Christine O'Dell Fife
Kenneth Fife
Gallia
Fife
Cincinnati Engineer Speaks to Chauncey-Dover Students
Charles E. Wood of Cincinnati addressed Chauncey-Dover High School pupils from sixth to eighth grades and students in an assembly at 2:45 p m on Thursday. The talk covered engineering and Boy Scout involvement, introduced by A B Prior and Gerald Ashwill. The event featured the Chauncey-Dover chorus and notable visitors including Rev. Gilbert Courtney and Max Wilson.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
Charles E. Wood
Cincinnati
Wood
Boy Scout Movement
A. B. Prior
Chauncey-Dover
Gerald Ashwill
Boy Scouts
Mr. Wood
Christine Brown
St. Mary’s
Gilbert Courtney
Church of Christ
Max Wilson
Chauncey Boy Scout Troop
Chauncey Blue Devils to Meet Greyhounds in Chauncey
Chauncey Gu a nd Blue Devils face Nelsonville Greyhounds in a Chauncey gym game at 7 30 tonight with two games on the slate Leffler c Tippett Stalder Tedrow Bridgewater in the starting lineup and Coach Joe Guerra announcing girls as well as boys action Saturday.
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Chauncey
Joel Guerra
Chauncey-Dover Blue Devils
Nelsonville High School Greyhounds
Blue Devils
Leffler
Tippett
Stalder
Tedrow
Bridgewater
Chauncey Gymnasium
Buchtel
Joe Guerra
Chauncey Church of Christ hosts Sunday services and contest
Chauncey Church of Christ holds services at 9 30 a m with Sunday School and Lord s Supper and preaching at 10 30 by Rev Gilbert Courtney. It marks the second week of the Sunday School contest with Trimble. Taylor Ridge also meets at 9 30 a m and leads Greens Run by 22 points. Courtney preaches at Greens Run at 7 p m.
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Chauncey
Chauncey Church of Christ
Gilbert Courtney
Trimble
Taylor Ridge
Greens Run Church School
Greens Run
Missionary to India To Speak at Church
Rev. A B Fritzlaw returned missionary from India will be guest speaker at the Church of the Nazarene led by Rev. Drell Goff at The Plains. Fritzlaw spoke at the Nazarene camp meeting in Columbus then traveled the country promoting his mission work. District superintendent Rev. Charles A Gibson planned to join a Palestine tour funded by district church gifts. Friends are invited and a large audience is expected.
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Chauncey
A. B. Fritzelaw
Inedia
Church of the Nazarene
Drell Goff
the Plains
Fritzlaw
Nazarene
Columbus
India
United States
Charles A. Gibson
Colume
Nazarene Church
Plains Church
Palestine
Goff
Women's Bible Class Meets on Wednesday
CHAUNCEY Loyal Woman's Bible Class of the Church of Christ met Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Guy Brookins. Mrs. Floyd Nye served as teacher and president. Mrs. Peter Rankin led devotions and hosted the social hour with Mrs. Burg Johnston and Mrs. Rice Thomas. Mrs. John Shafer won the contest and gave the afternoon lesson. Mrs. Rankin received birthday greetings with handkerchiefs. A Christmas party and gift exchange will be held in two weeks at Mrs. Carl Shafer's home. Mrs. Rice Thomas chairs the serving committee.
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Chauncey — Loyal Woman's Bible
Church of Christ
Guy Brookins
Converse St
Floyd Nye
Peter Rankin
Burg Johnston
Rice Thomas
John Shafer
Carl Shafer
Mound St
Romance in a Boarding House staged by Chauncey Dover seniors
The audience praised the comedy drama Romance in a Boarding House presented by the Chauncey Dover High School senior class Tuesday night. Miss Ruth Fiske coached the play, with cast members Carl Stalder Eileen McKee Virginia Nagle Francis Hiles Elizabeth Burchfield Delebert Tedrow Preston Tucker Arzetta McHarg Victor Leffler Helen Ferrel Ruth Mullins.
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Chauncey
Chauncey-Dover High School
Ruth Fiske
Carl Stalder
Eileen McKee
Virginia Nagle
Francis Hiles
Elizabeth Burchfield
Delebert Tedrow
Preston Tucker
Arzetta McHarg
Victor Leffler
Helen Ferrel
Ruth Mullins
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Shane
Medical
Athens Home Telephone Co
Grange
Mother
Dorchester
Harponiss
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Wheeler, Woolsey
Athena
Miss Comer
Cassidy
Clarence E. Mulfords
Hopalong Sed
George Hayes
Russell Hayden
Harry Worth
Nora Lone
William Duncan
Plains
the Plains Church of the Nazarene
Carrie Channell
Young People
Zina Wharton
Drell H. Goff
AID Society
Gallipolis Social Notes
Chauncey Cage
Hounds
Athens,ohio
Robert Young
James Stewart
Florence Rice
Coe
Barbara Stanwyck
Cy See
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