Gallipolis District Enjoys Preholiday School Events
About 1,500 students head into holiday break to Jan 2 as the district hosts devotional services and a review of The Other Wise Man. WPA workers served 140 lunch recipients, with gifts, sweets, and toys distributed by the PTA and various clubs.
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Gallipolis
Henry van Dyke
Leo C. Bean
Parent-Teachers Association
Girl Reserves
Hi-Y Club
Washington
WPA
Board of Education
Rotary Club
Washington Parent Teachers’ Association
Dwight Wetherholt
Grace Methodist Church Pageant Sunday in Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis schedules a Sunday pageant of the Nativity. Rev W Scott Westerman delivers good tidings sermon in morning with choir singing Christmas Day. Evening program includes dramatic nativity readings and White Gift procession to the Manger. Youth Federation plans carol singing afterward.
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Gallipolis
W. Scott Westerman
Grace Methodist Church
Holst
Church School
Youth Federation
Roberts Goes Back To Court at London
Gallia County officers arrest Lear Roberts 53 on criminal attack charge. He was returned to London for arraignment at the request of Charles E. Rose's daughter. Roberts had worked as a farm laborer near London and now holds local employment. He is father to two married daughters in the area.
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Gallipolis
London
Ohio
Lear Roberts
Charles E. Rose
Madison County
Roberts
Miller 78 dies at Adamsville after long illness
John Miller 78 died Wednesday night at the home of his son Walter Miller in Adamsville from a lung hemorrhage after a long period of failing health. A daughter Mrs Leslie Hartsook lives near Vinton and a brother Don Miller resides in Cleveland. Funeral at Mt. Tabor Church west of Vinton at 2 p m Saturday with burial in churchyard.
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Gallipolis
John Miller
Walter Miller
Adamsville
Leslie Hartsook
Vinton
Don Miller
Cleveland
Mt. Tabor Church
Stolen car recovered with doctor’s medicine case safe
Police report the return of Dr. W. Lewis Brown’s car from Lexington Kentucky. The thieves had switched to Illinois plates but abandoned the vehicle when fuel ran out, leaving the medicine case unharmed.
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Gallipolis
W. Lewis Brown
Lexington
Illinois
Hotel Lafayette launches redecorating ahead of sesquicentennial
Earl Smith owner of the Hotel Lafayette in Gallipolis announces a redecorating program to mark the sesquicentennial events next year. Work started now but will not be finished before spring.
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Gallipolis
Earl Smith
Lafayette
Planning Program for Gal lipolis-Centenary Christmas Event
Residents of Gal lipolis Centenary prepare a Christmas tree ceremony and church program slated for Sunday night at 7 30 o clock. The event aims to celebrate the season with community guests and parish activities.
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Gallipolis
Christmas Program Planned by Asbury Church
Members of Asbury Church plan a Christmas program at the church on Sunday night as part of holiday observances.
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Gallipolis
Asbury Church
Logan High School Graduate Ray Woodgeard Wins OSU Degree
Ray Woodgeard of Gallagher Avenue, son of Mr and Mrs W H Woodgeard, will graduate from Ohio State University on December 31 with a degree from the college of education. He is an Logan High School alumnus.
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Logan
Ohio State University
Ray Woodgeard
W. H. Woodgeard
Gallagher Ave
College of Education
Logan High School
Christmas program at M. E. Church in Guysville
A Christmas program will be presented at the M. E. Church in Guysville Sunday night at 7 30 p m.
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Guysville
M. E
Gallipolis plans $3500 fund drive for Sesquicentennial
The Gallipolis Sesquicentennial Committee will begin a fund drive Thursday through Saturday to raise 3500 from citizens and businesses while the city and county governments contribute small amounts. The federal government has authorized a 10000 appropriation to assist the community. The celebration starts Lafayette Day May 20 and runs through summer into October Settlement Day, with multiple special days and potential street decorations and a souvenir program.
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Gallipolis
Expect Large Crowd At School Program
GALLIPOLIS Indications point to a large audience tonight at 8 o clock for a Christmas program by Lincoln School students at John Gee Chapel.
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Gallipolis
Lincoln School
John Gee Chapel
Huntington Tobacco Prices Fall at Gallipolis Market
Prices at the Huntington tobacco market in Gallia County are dropping daily with a new low of 14.96 per hundred pounds reported yesterday. Most local tobacco crops are sold there, keeping farmers discouraged as prospects for price increases after the January market opening seem slim.
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Gallipolis
Huntington
Gallia County
Appoint Byers To Education Committee
Gallipolis Principal Carl C Byers has been appointed to a six member committee by L W Reese of the Washington D C Schools and state director of the National Education Association to further the organization's interests among state high school officials.
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Gallipolis
Carl C. Byers
L. W. Reese
Washington D. H
National Education Association
Miss Orn Dies at 81 After Short Illness
Elizabeth Loretta Orn 81 unmarried died at her Green Township home at 7 15 a m Thursday after several months illness. She was daughter of Oliver Orn last Mexican War survivor in Hocking County. Survived by brothers Jess Orn Lancaster and Charles Orn Millersport. Funeral arrangements pending.
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Logan
Elizabeth Loretta Orn
Green Township
Miss Orn
Hocking County
Oliver Orn
Jess Orn
Lancaster
Charles Orn
Millersport
Mrs. Florence Price Dies of Pneumonia in West Logan
Florence Mae Price aged 30 wife of Fred Price died at the Nixon home in West Logan at 9 30 am Thursday after several days illness with pneumonia. She is survived by her husband two daughters her mother and a brother Lester Miller of Lancaster. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Logan
Florence Mae Price
Fred Price
Levi Nixon
West Logan
Lester Miller
Lancaster
Sunshine Box Honors Mrs Rhein scheld at Union Furnace
Farm Women sent a sunshine box to Logan Mrs D B Rhein scheld of Union Furnace this week collecting over 30 gifts. She is steadily recovering from a goiter operation performed weeks ago.
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Logan
D. B. Rheinscheld
Union Furnace
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Holiday Gatherings
Community notes recount a Turkey dinner hosted by Elva Sheets and Eleanor for Lusher and Martha Sayre at Bell Telephone in Hotel Libby with eighteen guests. Guests included Zanesville officials Border Blackburn and D. Calhoun. Gifts, games, and prizes were shared. Also announced is the marriage of Norvin Lewis Carter and Kathryn Gothard in Grayson Kentucky with Carter a Mercerville graduate and driver in Guyan Township School District. A surprise party honored Mrs. Robert Johnson for her 55th birthday in Eureka. Rev George Sagen spoke on Religion in the Home to the Mother's Club on Vine Street, with 17 members present and a dessert following.
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Gallipolis
Elva Sheets
Eleanor
Lusher
Martha Sayre
Bell Telephone Company
Hotel Libby
Border Blackburn
Co. D. Calhoun
Zanesville
Edith Baker
Violet Brothers Walker
Helen Northup
Norvin Lewis Carter
Kathryn Gothard
Crown City
Grayson
Carter
Mercerville High School
Guyan Township
Charles Gothard
Marshall College
Huntington
Robert Johnson
Eureka
George Sagen
Mother's Club
Kenneth Frazier
Vine St
Gallipolis Personal News Notes Multiple Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Melvin S Graffan of Kirksville Mo visit for the holidays with Mrs Helen Arnold and family in Gallipolis. They are Osteopathy students at Kirksville and recently married. Miss Ruth Gilman a Cincinnati hospital nurse visits for ten days with her parents Mr and Mrs A T Gilman.
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Gallipolis
Melvin
Graffan
Edna Arnold Gettles
Kirksville
Helen Arnold
College of Osteopathy
Ruth Gilman
Cincinnati
A. T. Gilman
Youth Group Meeting In Gal lia County Alderman Hall
The Rural Youth Group of Gal lia County met Tuesday evening in the local K P hall with 50 youths present. The hall was decorated with trees and mistletoe and toys were donated for distribution to indigent children. A splendid program was presented.
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Gallia County
K. of P
Gallia Needy Receive Trust Fund Interest
Gallia ministers met at the Methodist Church to distribute 600 in interest from the C. D. Kerr will for indigent residents. Recipients were chosen from various city organizations and approved by Judge H. W. Cherrington and Harry Maddy, with checks to be mailed. The fund is perpetual and will have similar annual distributions.
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Gallipolis
Methodist Church
C. D. Kerr
H. W. Cherrington
Harry Maddy
Cowboys Drive 111 Hereford Steers Through Gallipolis
In Gallipolis a herd of 111 Hereford steers from Capt. John W. Lane’s Gallia Ferry stock farm moved through the city levee on trips across the Ohio River to stockyards for Chicago market. The 145,915 pounds sold to a Chicago packing firm at about 12 cents per pound, totaling around $17,000. Lane said the herd gained 5,000 pounds in two weeks from crushed corn and forage feeds. Also in Gallipolis a marriage license was issued Thursday to Clarence Sheets and Bertha Sowards.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
John W. Lane
Ohio River
Chicago
Lane
Temperature Drop Helps Merchants in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis merchants credit the cold spell and intermittent snow flurries for boosting business as shoppers seek warmer goods and seasonal items, while weather continues to influence daily commerce.
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Gallipolis
Barn Fire Destroys Barn Hay Feed and Tobacco
Fire at Levi Neal's Walnut Township farm destroyed a new barn along with substantial hay and feed and 750 sticks of tobacco. A lighted lantern is believed to have caused the blaze after being left burning in the barn.
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Gallipolis
Walnut Township
Levi Neal
Two on Probation On Liquor Charges
Gallipolis Marion and Homer Kemper Addison Township residents were arraigned in federal court in Columbus on liquor charges and placed on probation for four and two years respectively after pleading guilty.
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Gallipolis
Marion
Homer Kemper
Addison Township
Columbus
WPA Crews Resume Work Add 50 Men
Rehabilitation work on the Cheshire Rio Grande road by the State Highway Department with 150 WPA workers has resumed. At least 50 more men are expected to join. In Kansas, Eureka road activity is nearly halted for winter, Sugar Creek and Swan Creek fills proceed, Crown City Miller contract pausing for winter clearance.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Department
Rio Grande
Eureka
Sugar Creek
Swan Creek
Crown City-Miller
Officers Elected in Ryger Council D of A
Newly elected officers for the Ryger Council of the Daughters of America include Cora Ward and Evelyn Tate as past councilors with Hannah Harrison and Mary Hughes as vice councilors. Nellie Werner serves as conductor with Ruth Mack as warden Mae Tipton and Pearl Gould as sentinels.
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Gallipolis
Ryger Council
Daughters of America
Cora Ward
Evelyn Tate
Hannah Harrison
Mary Hughes
Nellie Werner
Ruth Mack
Mae Tipton
Pearl Gould
Sentinels
Gallipolis Sesquicentennial Incorporation Planned
Articles of Incorporation for Gallipolis Sesquicentennial Celebration, Inc. are prepared to seek state approval. Incorporators include C. E. Holzer John Gwinn J. E. Halliday Jr W S Westerman Gilbert Bush Homer Walter E E Higgins Bess Wetherholt and F C Christ. The aims cite promoting Gallipolis history and securing education research pageantry and permanent memorials for future generations.
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Gallipolis
Tory
C. E. Holzer
John Gwinn
J. E. Halliday, Jr
W. S. Westerman
Gilbert Bush
Homer Walter
E. E. Higgins
Bess Wetherholt
F. C. Christ
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Gotilen Ce
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Nelson County
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