Heaviest Christmas Mail Pours Through Gallipolis Post Office
Gallipolis post office reports the holiday mail surge with over 100000 letters and cards processed in six days before Christmas. Carriers work overtime including two Sunday deliveries and use flashlights for after dark service to avoid backlogs. Window clerks note many greet cards use one and a half cent stamps despite government discouragement. Special delivery will handle tomorrow’s late mail as staff strive to clear the backlog.
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Gallipolis
State Post Office
Washington Post Office Department
Gray Fox Drive Is Planned in Gallia County
Gallia county game conservation league members plan a Thursday meeting at the courthouse to discuss decimating the gray fox population. They likely seek state organization assistance and are making plans for a county-wide hunt with prizes for gray fox pelts.
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Gallipolis
County Game Conservation League
Christmas Eve Mail Shipment Reaches Post Office
The Gallipolis post office aims to deliver mail to addresses by 9 o clock tonight as a Christmas Eve tradition. Airmail volume has risen in the past week and the twice daily service grows in popularity. Winter flying conditions have been nearly perfect, and hospital mail deliveries are notably heavy this year. The post office stays open until 9 p m today for last minute mailers.
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Gallipolis
State Hospital
Free Morning Film Series At Gallipolis Theater
Harry Wheeler presents free motion pictures for all city and county children at 9 and 11 a.m. tomorrow, with two packed houses expected at the Gallipolis Theater.
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Gallipolis
Harry Wheeler
Hundreds of Food Baskets Planned for Indigent Families
In Gallipolis plans call for distribution of several hundreds of food baskets to indigent families by representatives of about six charitable organizations and church societies. Baskets will be prepared today and tonight and contain substantial foods as well as candies fruits and nuts.
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Gallipolis
Institutions Plan Special Yule Menus
Special dinners are planned for tomorrow at the County Home, the Children's Home and the county jail. Local organizations arranged gifts of clothing sweets and toys for residents. Superintendent Wilson Blazer led 26 wards from the Children's Home on a city shopping and sightseeing tour, each receiving a dollar donated anonymously to spend.
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Gallipolis
Wilson Blazer
Jury trial set in firearms case for Saunders
Gallipolis Judge W. R. White set a jury trial for Cormy Saunders charged with pointing firearms. The trial is scheduled for Monday, December 30, with jurors drawn from recent trials, not those summoned Saturday for the January term.
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Gallipolis
Cormy Saunders
W. R. White
Woman Held to Gallia Grand Jury in Adultery Case
Mrs. Mary Swain of Eureka was released on bond of 100 dollars after a hearing on adultery charges filed by her husband Otho Swain. The Swains are estranged and he was indicted on a non support charge filed by her. Await grand jury action.
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Gallipolis
Otho Swain
Mary Swain
Eureka
Swain
Visiting Driver Is Fined in Gallipolis
Gallipolis municipal court fined Webster Bush $25 and costs for drunken driving and reckless operation. Bush a former resident had returned from South Charleston for the holidays and his driving rights were suspended.
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Gallipolis
Webster Bush
Bush
South Charleston
Ohio
Groups Will Sing Christmas Carols
Gallipolis will host multiple youth groups singing Christmas carols Christmas Eve with homes in the city seen bright with decorations and festive spirit.
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Gallipolis
Hunter Injured While Hunting in Gallipolis
Donald Rees sustained broken bones in his foot while raccoon hunting last weekend. He is confined to his mother Mrs. Jessie Rees’s home in Gage for recovery.
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Hunter
Gallipolis
Donald Rees
Jessie Rees
Gage
Pleasant City nuptials link Echelmeyer and Nicholson
Miss Kathleen Echelmeyer and Hobart L. Nicholson wed in Pleasant City Lutheran Church with family and close friends present. Nicholson, a Zanesville supervisor, and Mrs. Nicholson plan to live in Zanesville after a South wedding trip.
George H. Morrow Weds Winnie Cook in City
George H. Morrow and Winnie Cook, both residents, were married by Rev. M. D. Shifter of Pt. Pleasant on Sunday. Morrow is part owner of Central Taxi Company. Cook, a Pineville, West Virginia native, is employed locally.
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George H. Morrow
Winnie Cook
M. D. Shifler
Pt. Pleasant
Mr. Morrow
George Morrow
The
Central Taxi Company
Pineville
W. Va
Mar garet Janet Crider to Richard E Southwick in Newport
Mrs William L Crider Crestline announced the marriage of their daughter Margaret Janet Crider to Richard E Southwick son of Mrs Bessie Southwick of Columbus. The ceremony occurred in Newport Kentucky on November 22. Southwick is a violinist and music supervisor in Reynoldsburg schools and previously taught in Gallia County. Margaret Janet is an Ohio State University graduate and formerly music supervisor at Pleasant Township School Marion, noted as pianist and accompanist.
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William L. Crider
Crestline
Margaret Janet
Richard E. Southwick
Bessie Southwick
Columbus
Newport
Golden wedding anniversary and Masonic Hall installation
Mr and Mrs Grant George of Little Chickamauga near Gallipolis will celebrate their golden wedding on Wednesday with a noon family dinner and a 2 to 5 pm reception. They are parents of Dale and Florence of Chillicothe. married December 25 1890 in Salem Center. Morning Star Chapter OES Thurman installed new officers with Wellston Chase Chapter members as special guests at the Masonic Hall. officers include Miss Jane Williams and Howell Evans among others.
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Little Chickamauga
Gallipolis
Dale
Florence
Chillicothe
George
R. R. Lyman
Salem Center
Morning Star
O.E.S. of
Thurman
Masonic Hall
Wellston Chase
Jane Williams
Howell Evans
Angie Thomas
Elias Jones
Mayme Williams
Margaret Owens
Agnes Jones
Margaret Edwards
Ernie Wellborn
Cecilia Jenkins
Sadie Jones
Point Rock Social And Personal Notes
William Gregory Dayton spent several days with sister Bonnie and grandmother Mrs. Margaret Gregory. Chester Price and W R Holcomb were in Pt Pleasant on business. Howard Weyand Edmond Foster and Alice Houdasheldt visited Wellston and Jackson. J E Radekin party visited Pomeroy and hosted a family dinner with the Vales at Dyesville. The okapi is a relative of the giraffe.
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Point Rock
William Gregory
Dayton
Bonnie
Margaret Gregory
Chester Price
W. R. Holcomb
Pt. Pleasant
Howard Weyand
Edmond Foster
Alice Houdasheldt
Wellston and
Jackson
J. E. Radekin
Pomeroy
Lib Cottrill
Thelma Cottrill
Maude Holcomb
Dorothy Weyand
Raymond Holliday
G. A. Radekin
Frank Vale
R. S. Vale
Dyesville
State Wards To Have Real Christmas
Readiness at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics for theChristmas observance includes gifts for patients and a Christmas pork dinner at 11 30 am. Visiting hours follow and the annual Christmas ball runs Wednesday 8 pm to 10 pm. Grounds are lit and many visitors come to view them over Christmas and New Year. Some patients have relatives visiting. a few have home leaves. No guests are housed on the grounds.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Social notes from Syracuse recount holiday visits
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Mills take Ralph and Ted to New Brighton for two weeks. Emerson Ward of Columbus visits the Winebrenners. Lenora Campbell and Gladys Crooks head to Florida for two weeks. Shumway and Lisle host a Christmas pageant at Asbury Methodist Church. Helen Underhill visits family in Columbus. J L Buckley receives Christmas gifts from Asbury church members. Gayle Price of Parkersburg visits aunt Mrs. Carleton. Vernon Jones leaves for Great Lakes Naval Training Station after furlough. Margaret Swearingen returns from Cleveland. Eleanor Karr arrives from Wyoming for holidays. Marcia Karr in Middleport, Earl Fort in Parkersburg. School Christmas program draws large crowd. Ben Quisenberry and son Roger, Ohio University student, plan three weeks’ vacation. George W Rea, Kirkersville medical student, returns for two weeks with parents.
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New Orleans
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Florida
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Parkersburg
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Vinton
Stewart
Harry Hesse
Charles
Pleasantville
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Pittsburgh
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New York
Frank Wells
Columbus
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Toledo
Loren Fraley
Camp Knox
John Fraley
Camp
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Edith Wilson
St. Mary's of Notre Dame
South Bend
Ind
Ethel Young
Grace Wilson
Martha Sayre
Mercerville
Crown City
Detroit
Michigan
Robert Shaw
H. J. Brown
Reno
Nev
Frank Shaw
Dr. Brown
Shaw
Syracuse
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Ralph
Ted
New Brighton
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Lenora Campbell
Gladys Crooks
F. A. Shumway
Red Lisle
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Margaret Swearingen
Cleveland
Eleanor Karr
Wyoming
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Marcia Karr
Middleport
Earl Fort
Ben Quisenberry
Roger
Athens
George William Rea
Kirkersville
George Rea
Burial of Mrs. Wilson N. Boyles at Dalton after death in town
Interment of Mrs. Wilson N. Boyles, who died at her home here late last week, was held in Dalton, Georgia, her former home, this afternoon. Her husband and two sons will return from Georgia next week.
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South Gallipolis
Wilson N. Boyles
Dalton
Georgia
Rue son suffers broken arm from Wilmington fall
Mrs. John C. Rue was informed that her son, Dr. Raymond Rue, is suffering from a broken arm after a fall at his home in Wilmington, Delaware.
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Gallipolis
John C. Rue
Raymond Rue
Wilmington
Del
From Gas to All Things on Earth
Scientists explain that all earthly matter from chalk to diamonds originated as gas before undergoing transformation. The claim frames a broad view of planetary formation and material evolution.
Christmas Shoppers Throng City Streets
Gallipolis reports large crowds of Christmas shoppers yesterday and today as expectations rise for Christmas Eve events. Chamber of Commerce prize distribution begins around 10 p.m. in city park with announcements over the public address system. City officials promise no rowdy conduct and extra police on duty until midnight.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Holy Communion Service At St Peter's Tonight
Holy communion to be celebrated at 9 o clock this evening in St Peter's Episcopal Church. Rev Charles Baird will preach and the choir will render a program of appropriate music.
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Gallipolis
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Charles Baird
Draft call dates noted for January February and April
Draft board headquarters report a men call by January 20 and another about April 29. A colored registrants call is expected February 10. Classification of registrants continues and there are enough volunteers to cover the January and February training calls.
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Gallipolis
Draft Board
Miss Norah Conde Recuperating After Fall Injuries
Miss Norah Conde is recovering at home from injuries to both knees suffered in a fall two weeks ago. She has not been able to walk since the accident.
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Gallipolis
Norah Condee
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