Christmas Party Marks Gallipolis Garden Club Meeting
The Gallipolis Garden Club held its annual Christmas party at Mrs. L. Paul Haskins home with 25 guests. Prizes awarded for best and honorable mention stockings. four new members welcomed. club plans a December 20 decorations sale at First National Bank to fund civic projects including cemetery plantings and bridge improvements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gomer Phillips
Bunce
Bill Houck
Clyde Saunders
Stella Mohr
Gomer Givins
Robert Caldwell
Harold Brown
Haskins
Gallipolis Garden Club
First National Bank
Hill Cemetery
Chickamauga Creek Bridge
Women Auxiliary volunteers prepare dolls for Legion Christmas party
Six members of Lafayette Post 27 Women’s Auxiliary dressed 24 dolls for a Dec 20 Christmas party at Legion Hall. Mrs. Silas Hamilton hosted the sewing on Kin eon Avenue and served fruit cake and coffee. Volunteers appealed for more doll donations with telephone contact invited.
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Women's Auxiliary of
Lafayette
American Legion
Legion Hall
Leo Stilwell
Lido Magnani
Margaret Bradbury
W. Joe Brown
Frank J. Lyons
Silas Hamilton
Youth fellowship meeting honors and officers named
A Grace Methodist Church post graduate youth fellowship meeting featured Gaynard Christ reading a story and Charlotte Preston leading devotions. Carolyn Wooten presided as officers were elected for the next three months and committees appointed, with refreshments served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grace Methodist Church
Gaynard Christ
Charlotte Preston
Carolyn Wooten
Local Club Officers Named for Community Group
Helen Wiseman chairs the group with Charlotte Preston as co chair Benny Broyles serves as secretary. Food committee includes Donna Straight and Ermalie Straight recreation members are Shirley White and Vickie Stobart worship duties fall to Carolyn Wooten and Charlotte Preston next meeting set for January 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Wiseman
Charlotte Preston
Benny Broyles
Donna Straight
Ermalie Straight
Shirley White
Vickie Stobart
Carolyn Wooten
Thursday Club Reviews St. Johns River in Hillside Meeting
The Thursday Club met at Mrs. Oscar W. Clarke Jr. home on Garfield Avenue Hillside to hear a review of St. Johns River, part of a rivers book series. Reviewer was Mrs Theo dore Reed Jr of Pomeroy, formerly Elizabeth Meadows.
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Garfield Avenue
Oscar W. Clarke, Jr
St. John's River
Theodore Reed, Jr
Pomeroy
Elizabeth Meadows
Addison boy Freddy Carman returns home after tonsillectomy
Freddy Carman 13 of Addison came home Wednesday after a tonsillectomy at Holer. Mrs T Mitchell attended the funeral of her aunt Mrs William McGinnis at Beckley Va. Mrs C E White of Gallipolis and Mrs Blanche Bartlett of Point Pleasant accompanied. Mrs J Harley Cloud of Gallipolis and her daughter Mrs Rodney Downing of Middleport will spend the weekend in Columbus. Mrs Richard Smeltzer went to Columbus Wednesday to meet her husband Lieut Smeltzer back from Korea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Freddy Carman
Addison
T. Mitchell
William McGinnis
Beckley
C. E. White
Gallipolis
Blanche Bartlett
Point Pleasant
J. Harley Cloud
Rodney Downing
Middleport
Columbus
Richard Smeltzer
Lieut. Smeltzer
Korea
Community Visitors Share Thanksgiving Week Calls
Residents from St. Albans Rutland Huntington Dex ter Gallipolis and Columbus visit local families including C Bolin Louise Nichols and Carol Pierce. Guests include Dwight Brown Carl Miller Chester Erwin Andy Hatfield Ray Dexter Thomas Hendrix and Larry Fetty alongside Bernard Bernice Lecie Max Edmundson and Sanfra Pierce with multiple Sunday gatherings.
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Langsville
Dwight Brown
St. Albans
W Va
Carl Miller
Rutland
Chester Erwin
Middleport
C. Bolin
John Dexter
Huntington
Wright
Andy Hatfield
Ray Nicholson
Dexter
Thomas Hendrix
Richard Fetty
Larry
Gallipolis
Bernice Leciie
Columbus
Max Edmundson
Salem Center
Sanfra Pierce
Louise Nichols
Betty
Carol Pierce
William Johnson
Bobby
Robert Pierce
Carol F. Pierce
Hysell Run
Thodore Kennedy
Hair growth demonstration by Keele trichologists in Athens Ohio
Famous trichologist will demonstrate a home hair growth method at the Berry Hotel in Athens Ohio on Tuesday December 14 1954 from 12 noon to 9 pm. The Keele and Scalp Specialists Inc promise a private exam free of charge and a money back guarantee if no progress is seen after days.
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Athens
Ohio
Berry Hotel
Oklahoma City
Keele and Scalp Specialists, Inc
Keele
Anne Bald
Cameron T
Racine Updates and Community Notes From Local Church and Families
W B Crem suffers pneumonia and is hospitalized. Neighbors and relatives Mr and Mrs Ben Philson and Rush of Middleport visit Mrs Philson’s parents Mr and Mrs Gomer Lewis. The Racine WSCS meets after church in the dining room with members present including Mrs Lavinia Simpson and Mrs Mina Lewis. refreshment served by Mrs Gomer Lewis. James Simpson and Frank Cheeshrew attend an American Legion meeting in Columbus. Mrs Harold Wetherholt visits family in Gallipolis and rally day services are held at the Methodist church.
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Racine
W. B. Crem
Ben Philson
Eon Rush
Middleport
Mra
Philson
Gomer Lewis
John Elwoood
Jackson
Harold Wetherholt
Gellipolis
Mary Jiiden
Methodist Church
James Simpson
Frank Cheeshrew
Pomeroy
Columbus
American Legion
Mr. Simpson
Robert Knightstep
Owen Watson
Indictment of Punishment in Ancient Criminals Hangs
In ancient practice criminals executed by other means were hanged to denote public dishonor. The act served as a postmortem affront, signaling social contempt and deterring future offenses by the community.
Hospital notes list births and admissions at Holzer Hospital
A long list records births to families in Gallipolis, Wellston, Jackson and nearby towns, plus numerous medical and surgical admissions and a section of discharges. Names include Dixon, Hen dren, Kemper, Emmett, Young, Jones, Caldwell, Aubbon, Fore man, Gass, Zuspan, Lambert, Snyder, Proffitt, Weatts, Kinger, and others.
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Jesse Dixon
Cocalton
Woodrow Hendren
Gallipella
Sherman Kemper
Gallipolis
C. A. Emmett
Wellston
Richard Young
Pormercy
Edward Jones
Jackson
Carroll Caldwell
Howard Aubbon
Gall
James Weatts
Crown City
Mra
James Kinger
Eleanor
Admissions
Open House At G C Murphy Draws 106 Attendees
The annual employee open house at the G. C. Murphy Company store attracted 106 people including employees and their families. Candy was given to children and doughnuts to adults. Prizes were awarded to Tommy Darnell Worthy Cremeens and Johnny Lynch.
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G. C. Murphy Company
Tommy Darnell
Worthy Cremeens
Johnny Lynch
Get the Best for Less on Headache and Cold Relief
A brief ad notes fast acting aspirin relief for headaches and colds. It advertises 13 tablets priced at 154, with a reduced offer of 100 units. The focus is a money saving deal on a common pain reliever.
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Gallipolis Social Notes
River Book
State of
Swan Rubber Company
Bucyrus
Swan
Carey, O
Onliue
M. G. Nosebaum
Milton W. Miller
F.C. Ward
Herbert A. Loewy
The
Midwest Stock Exchange
United States
Holzer Hospital
Kelly Green
South Webster
Jennie Bender
Welliton
Hubert A Stanley
Crown Ory
Isaac Long
Gallipolls Ferry
Jewell Curtie
Pomeroy Medica
Ernest Wilbur Bahr
Long Bottom
Glenn EF. Davis
Lae Devise
Beaver
Thomas J
Howard
Lronton
Earl I. Sullivan
Buffalo
W. Va
Jona Whitchurch
Well Medical
W. Ermerem Geott
Connie Lynn Casey
Gal
Eugene Harper
Gal- Upeia
H. Owens
Roberta Marie Mariey
Oak Mill
William A Gardner
Kanoea
Lawrence Townsend
Frank F. Holts
Well
Banty Onlinger
Thecore Sakis Reanee
C. Taylor
Charleston
Ida Exline
Homer M Metheney
Ewingtom
Oscar BR. Miller
Patriot
Fthet Bogen
Clinton Johanson
Wellaton
William D Gearhart
Macon Medical
Bert F. Richards
Delph Johnson
Oak Pil
Frank Cheeseprew Middiepert
Arnold D. Johnson
Gallipolia
John F. Matney
Fronton
Mary Evans
Dek Will
Mia
Tra H. Holmes
Gallipolla
Marical
Richard de Long
Oak Hill
Charles A. Morarty
William Martin
Thurman Martin
Jesse May
Gery Reynolds
David
Mherts
Stewart Marr
Harry FR. Warn
West
Claude Winters
White
Som
Senegar
Ora Rothgeb
Len Pell
Joaegh McCormick
Ure Arnott Johnson
Mra Waetvin McCormick
Resco Owens
Emil Joheeon
Mere Willen Jenmiteon
Mew Lee
Mee Lighthern Myatt
Paul Taylor
Ada Pierson
Lawrence Teween
Praddie Carmen
Larry Harper
Yesteryear
Lucius Eugene
Dabney
Georgia
Ceolembus li, Obie
Monument Institute
Erica
Logan Monument Company, Logan, O
Street of R. CO
George C. Shaw oLogan
Logan, Ohio
W. Main St
H.V. Hosp
Court House
Pomeroy, Ohio
Meigs County
Pomeroy-Mason Bridge
Leo L. Vaughan
Mgr
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