Sunday Rites Planned by Naomi Lodge at First Presbyterian
In Gallipolis Naomi Lodge Knights of Pythias members will attend the First Presbyterian Church service at 10:30 with Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler delivering a talk on Heights of Great Achievement. An Advent vesper at 4 p.m. features a Christmas Carol history with a fifty-voice high school a capella choir directed by Elizabeth Shough. Universal Bible Sunday follows with a nationwide 1:30 p.m. broadcast featuring Secretary of State Cordell Hull and remarks on Scripture's place in world life with Grace Church choir boys from New York City.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis Weber Gishler
Elizabeth Shough
Gishler
John T. Manson
American Bible Society
Cordell Hull
Choir Boys of
Grace Church
New York City
Services in City Churches in Gallipolis
Gallipolis Methodist Church School starts at 9 30 Sunday with morning service at 10 30 Reverend W Scott Westerman will preach on Expectation The choir will sing God Is a Spirit by Bennett Epworth League meets 6 pm topic The Fascist Youth of Italy Boys Gym Club meets Tuesday 7 pm Mid week prayer Wednesday on Peace Which Passeth Understanding Choir rehearsal 8 pm Junior Girls Gym Thursday Women's Home Missionary Society meets Friday tea at 5 pm
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Gallipolis
Women's Home Missionary Society
Install New Cabinets To Care for Licenses
Gallipolis new filing cabinets are installed in the office of Mrs. Margaret McCormick Clerk of Courts to handle new forms for ownership certificates to automobile purchasers effective January 1. Titles will be filed with the clerk. Mrs. McCormick will attend a district clerks meeting December 19 at Portsmouth to discuss the new law with nineteen Southern Ohio counties and many auto dealers.
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Gallipolis
Margaret McCormick
Margaret Mayes Victim of Accident at Dairy Store
Miss Margaret Mayes an 18 year old suffered severe facial burns when a cup of hot chocolate she was preparing exploded at a local dairy store. She was removed to Holzer Hospital where physicians reported her eyes were not seriously injured.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Mayes
Holzer Hospital
Little Ice Forms on Ohio River Despite Cold Weather
Rivermen report minimal shore ice along the Ohio River as strong winds keep the water agitated and prevent congealing despite continuing cold.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Santa letters collected in City Park mailbox
Merchants' Committee of the Chamber of Commerce has erected a mail receptacle in City Park for children to drop letters to Santa. The letters will be read and sorted and diverted to parental or public welfare attention.
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Gallipolis
The
Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Rural and City Pupils To Attend Joint Christmas Show
Gallia County rural and city pupils will meet as guests of the Gallipolis Theater on Christmas morning. Students will ride school buses to the city and return at noon. A Laurel and Hardy film titled Our Relations will be shown.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
H. Bion Bradbury
Laurel and Hardy
Gallia County Weather Sees Five Degree Reading
Gallia official weather observer Edwin McCormick reports the county's lowest reading at his home, five degrees above zero.
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Gallipolis
Edwin Mccormick
Bus Crash Injures Gallia School Official at Intersections
Gallia County School Attendance Officer Oliver Eblin was injured when a Greyhound bus skidded into his car at Second and Vine streets. He sustained neck and back injuries and cannot continue his duties as his vehicle was badly wrecked.
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Gallipolis
Oliver Eblin
Gallia County
Second and Vine Sts
Eblin
Chester Plans Yule Program on Dec. 23
Local notes report an elementary Christmas program set for Thursday afternoon December 23 in the High School Auditorium with all grades represented. The piece mentions Scout Toy collection efforts by Paul Kimes and John Lodwick to aid needy children.
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Chester
E. R. Hayes
Columbus
Joan Bennett
Grace Hayes
R. B. Hayes
Delaware
Elizabeth Johnson
Vinton County
Chester M. E
Canaday
Paul Kimes
John Lodwick
Scout Troop 41
Chester Knight
Ward Kimes
Kinshuta
Simpson M. E. Church
Pomeroy
Charles E. Wood
Cincinnati
David Will
Flatwoods
Chester Will
Ernest Windon
June Babcock
Betty Kimes
Harry Lodwick
M. E. Church
Lung Ailment Fatal to Harry Wey
Harry M. Wey, 57, died at his Island Side home after a lung and throat illness. Funeral services Sunday at Entsminger Mortuary with Masonic rites. He belonged to Aladdin Temple Shrine in Columbus and was a 32nd Degree Mason. Survived by his mother Mrs. Lydia Wey and wife Mrs. Eva Johnston Wey. Married in 1900 in London Ohio, he spent much of his married life in Chicago and Philadelphia active in business.
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Gallipolis
Harry M. Wey
Island Side
Entsminger Mortuary
Robert Leake
Episcopal Church
L. W. Gishler
Presbyterian Church
Wey
Aladdin Temple Shrine
Columbus
William Wey
Lydia Wey
Eva Johnston Wey
London
Ohio
New Dam Operation To Abolish Many Jobs
Eureka Dam full operation will begin in January near Gallipolis. About a score of workers at Addison Racine and two Kanawha River dams will lose jobs as these smaller dams are blown out with dynamite.
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Gallipolis
Eureka
Ohio River
Here
Addison
Racine
Kanawha River
SRO Sign Hangs at Gallipolis City Jail
Gallipolis reports a standing room only sign at the city jail as winter nights bring arrests. The building is under repair and won’t be ready before Christmas. Patrol arrests are housed in the county jail due to budget limits for transients seeking lodging.
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SRO
Gallipolis City
Gallipolis
Knights of the Road
Hatfield
Gallia Countians Feed Wildlife Amid Cold Weather
Continued cold brought residents in Gallipolis to feed birds and wildlife. In town and across Gallia County people place grain and food for wildlife as ice covers vegetation and blocks natural food sources.
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Gallipolis
Will of Mary E Johnston Divides Estate Among Eight Nieces and Nephews
The Gallipolis probate file shows the late Miss Mary E Johnston aged 96 left a $15 000 estate to be split equally among eight nephews and nieces with additional bequests to more distant relatives.
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Gallipolis
Mary E. Johnston
Bridge Sanding Aids Gallipolis Pt Pleasant Route
In winter conditions the Ohio River Bridge linking Gallipolis and Point Pleasant is heavily sanded to curb accidents. West Virginia approach is steep with vehicles skidding into Main Street traffic in Point Pleasant.
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Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Stanley Huntington
West Virginia
Main St
Emma Myers Ill With Pneumonia at Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis district reports Miss Emma Myers of Oak Hill hospitalized at Holzer Hospital in serious condition due to pneumonia.
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Gallipolis
Emma Myers
Oak Hill
Holzer Hospital
Leading Gallia Farmer Webb Dies at Ewington
Marcellus Webb a 71 year old Gallia County farmer and timber buyer died at his Ewington home after a long invalidism from pneumonia. Funeral services set for Saturday 10 a m at Ewington M E Church with Rev J L Stephenson. Interment in Pine Grove Cemetery. Survived by three wives, three children and a brother and sister.
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Gallipolis
Marcellus Webb
Ewington
Gallia
Meigs
Ewington M. E
J. L. Stephenson
Pine Grove
Beekeepers Find Bees Struggling for Food in Wet Season
Local apiarists report bees starving due to a wet early summer that robbed flowers of pollen and cut honey yields. Those aware of the crisis have been feeding granulated cane sugar, and the bees are responding.
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Gallipolis
Meal Saunders Rites Reported in Gallipolis Wedding
An announcement states Miss Rosina Meal of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics wed Merrill Saunders son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Saunders of Gallipolis in an early summer ceremony. Miss Meal is daughter of Mr and Mrs Adam Meal of Thivener.
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Gallipolis
Kentucky
Rosina Meal
Ohio Hospital
Merrill Saunders
Herbert Saunders
Adam Meal
Thivener
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