Bethlehem Play At Gallia Academy High School
Gallipolis reports a high school performance of The Babe of Bethlehem by Lenore Nolan with Handel Messiah by the Girls Glee Club directed by Robert Price. The event included roles for students and a Bethlehem hill scene with shepherds and angels. Underprivileged children will receive Christmas dinners and gifts, and a citywide PTA event provided fruit and candy treats to all city pupils.
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Gallipolis
Bethlehem
Lenore Nolan
Gallia Academy High School
Girls’ Glee Club
Robert Price
Frank Loucks
Arthur Norman
Vance Reese
Olivier Lane
Edwin Oliver
Joseph
Paul Neal
Stableman
Washington School
Julia Dawson
Washington
Lincoln
Maple Shade
Kananga
Roy Lloyd
Hollis Prevens
Dorothy Lanier
Tom Kelton
Herod
Clyde Price
Mitchell Pierson
Tharon Myers
Mary
Preston Funeral To Be Held Thursday
Clode A. Preston aged 37 was found dead at home in Gallia County with suspected intoxication. Survived by his parents four brothers and two sisters including John M and Cecil Preston, and wife Sylvia Marie Ward. Dr W L Brown coroner indicated possible respiratory suffocation. Funeral at 2 PM Thursday at 12 Grape Street with Rev H H Wilbur, burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Clode
A. Preston
John J. Preston
Green Township
John M
Cecil Preston
Carl B. Preston
Washington D. H
Helen Bixby
Mary Pearl Preston
Columbus
Lewis L. Preston
Mary Ann
Charlotte
George
Sylvia Marie Ward
W. Lewis Brown
WPA
Grape St
H. H. Wilbur
Mound Hill Cemetery
Judges Act Tonight On Christmas Decor Inspection
Three out of town judges will inspect exterior Christmas decorations on private homes in Gallipolis between 7 and 10 tonight. Chamber of Commerce officials announce the event as the sole entries.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Cox divorce granted for wilful absence custody awarded
Mabel Cox is granted a divorce from R Edward Cox on a three year wilful absence. She also receives custody of their one minor child.
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Gallipolis
Mabel Cox
R. Edward Cox
Kerrs Donate to Baptist Church Fund in Memory of Son
Mr. and Mrs. Francis E. Kerr donate 1000 dollars to the Baptist Church Building Fund in memory of their son John Newton Kerr who drowned in the Ohio River last summer. Young Kerr was active in church work among supporters raising the fund total to 1956 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Francis E. Kerr
Baptist Church
John Newton Kerr
Ohio
Young Kerr
Rotary Clears Large Sum by Benefit Play
The Gallipolis Rotary Club reports proceeds from the benefit production Headaches raising 505.75 total with 338.75 from tickets 162 from ads and 5 from a candy sale. Expenses totaled 49.22 leaving a net profit of 436.53.
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Rotary
Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Ben R. Evans
Washington
Stanley Evans
Carrie North
Ben Franklin
The
Tribune
Western Union
Son Held for Attack On His Aged Father
Haskill Syrus age 29 was held to the grand jury by Justice Leo Carter on assault and battery charges. His father Eric Syrus age 70 said he was struck with fists Monday night and the son is in the county jail in default of bond set at 500 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Haskill Syrus
Leo Carter
Eric Syrus
Haskill
Richards Rites Are Held at Rio Grande
Funeral services for David Robert Richards were held this morning with a brief home service before a Rio Grande Methodist Church rite conducted by Rev. W. L. Stafford and Rev. Whilding. Mrs Richards traveled from Washington DC and sister Mrs Hannah Bower was en route from St Cloud Florida. Burial followed in Calvary Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
David Robert Richards
Rio Grande Methodist Church
W. L. Stafford
Whilding
Presbyterian Church
Jackson
Revival to Begin at Highland Nazarene Church
Gallipolis awaits a revival led by national field evangelist Miles M Clevenger of Indianapolis and Rev. 1 Seel of Middleport. The meetings open Sunday December 27 with services at 10 30 AM and 7 30 PM, continuing nightly at 7 30 except Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Miles M Clevenger
National Field Evangelist
Indianapolis
Ind
Seel
Middleport
Highland Nazarene Church
Death of Miss Sarah DeWitt at 79 Near Mt. Carmel Church
Miss Sarah DeWitt aged 79 died at her home near Mt. Carmel Church. Funeral services were held at the church with burial in Mt. Carmel Cemetery. Surviving are three sisters and one brother, Nancy DeWitt at home, Rhoda Kerns of Jackson, J. M. Hively of Gallipolis, and A. L. DeWitt of Rodney. Also noted is a marriage license issued for John Myers and Mary Kemper.
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Gallipolis
Sarah DeWitt
Mt. Carmel Church
Mt. Carmel
Nancy DeWitt
Rhoda Kerns
Jackson
J. M. Hively
A. L. DeWitt
Rodney
John Myers
Miner
Henry Myers
Vinton
Mary Kemper
Samuel Kemper
Bidwell
Pageant The Light Eternal to Be Shown at Eureka Church
Gallia county pageant The Light Eternal will be presented Thursday night December 24 at the Eureka Methodist Episcopal Church. Thirty five persons comprise the cast.
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Gallipolis
Methodist Episcopal Church
Fureka
Gallia County Farms to Flood Under New Eureka Dam
Gallia County faces the loss of about 1200 acres of bottom land when the 30 foot river stage is reached after Eureka dam construction nine miles below Gallipolis. Roughly 500 acres are tillable. hill land averages $100 per acre. No homes in the county will be flooded, says county engineer-elect E N Leonard.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. N. Leonard
Eureka
Leonard
Gallia
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