Removal of Four Dams in Gallia Area Will Finish in January
Major Frech of the U S Engineers Office says four dams on the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers near Racine will be removed in January. Much salvageable metal and machinery will be recovered, and piers will be buoyed for navigation while demolition continues underwater for a long stretch of river.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Kanawha River
Eureka
Winfield
W. Va
Frech
United States Engineers
Huntington
Ohio River
Racine
French
Fred
Pratt sues Kings for $825 plus costs and receiver appointed
Mrs. Maggie Pratt sues to enforce a June judgment of $750 and $75.86 costs against Cade and Olive King. She seeks a receiver for the Kings and sale of their Vinton property with proceeds to Pratt. Also notes that a parachute jumper slows from 118 mph to 10 11 mph once opened.
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Gallipolis
Maggie Pratt
Cade
Olive King
Vinton
Numerous Gallia County couples obtain marriage licenses
Probate Judge J S Clark reports many Gallia County couples granted licenses. Names include Dewey Mayes and Nona Henry from Henderson West Virginia. Curtis Harrington and On Davis both from Gallpolis. Gordon L Meadows and Eunice Erwin. Robert Siders and Nellie Spears. and many others from Gallipolis and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
J. S. Clark
Dewey Mayes
Nona Henry
Henderson
W. Va
Curtis Harrington
Davis
Gordon L. Meadows
Eunice Erwin
Robert Siders
Nellie Spears
Robert Holland
Elizabeth McAlpin
Wellington
Ohio
Harley L. Johnson
Thelma Siders
Camford
Joseph Brown
Neva Melton
S. P. Hogan
Lillian Borden
Lawrence Evans
Daisy Taylor
Cora
Everett Saunders
Crown City
Lillian Holcomb
Bladen
Lewis Fife
Doris Abbott
Cheshire
Glenn Biffle
Mary Cooper
Vinton
Charles Rodgers
Oma Erwin
Apple Grove
Joseph Gibbs
Dorothy Garner
Darrell Roberts
Gage
Mary DeWitt
Marion Darnell
Detroit
Mary E. Thomas
W. M. Gibson
Paulding
Mary Odell
Tenney Saunders
Ruby McClure
Mercerville
Forest Work in Gallia to Employ 21 891 Men
National Forestry Division releases figures showing 21 891 men will work on the Wayne National Forest project in Ohio. Counties list Athens Gallia Hocking Jackson Lawrence Monroe Perry Pike Scioto Vinton Washington with hundreds per county. Tasks include tree planting road work erosion control fire protection and timber stand improvement in Gallia along Symmes and Raccoon Creeks.
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Gallipolis
National Forestry Division
Wayne National Forest
Athens
Gallia
Hocking
Jackson
Lawrence
Monroe
Perry
Pike
Scioto
Vinton
Washington
Gallia County
Greenfield
Walnut
Huntington
Raccoon
CCC
London seeks country cottages as war fears rise
London residents rush to prepare for air raids with many advertising for country cottages. Rich locals seek shelter and escape, as the city braces for possible bombardment and evacuation.
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London
Kill-Frost Paints Wing Surfaces for Imperial Airways Planes
Secret anti icing compound called kill frost claimed to be painted on wings control surfaces and propellers of Imperial Airways planes in a London reported development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Imperial Airways
Telephone Removal Project Shifts Lines on Gallia Waterfront
The American Telephone and Telegraph aims to move flood zone lines along Gallia County's 44 mile waterfront at a cost near 300000. Two Gallipolis crews and supervisors E Weber and R Bittner reroute lines from lowlands to hills, replacing 40 foot poles with 64 foot ones. Work may last six months with workers housed in Gallipolis and Libby Hotel, transport to sites 10 to 12 miles away, but service remains unaffected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
E. Weber
R. Bittner
A. W. Spotts
Libby Hotel
Mission Cares For Many at Christmas
Gallipolis Mission on Mill Street reports 102 food baskets prepared for Christmas. Superintendent Billa Stephenson thanks ministers, doctors, lawyers, churches, merchants, banks, produce houses, restaurants, and volunteers for their generous aid and a car loan from the Nazarene pastor.
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Gallipolis
Mill Street
Billa Stephenson
Elks
Pt. Pleasant
The
Nazarene Church
Pete Dale
Joe Keefer
Grass Run-Side Hill Social Ties Families and Visitors
Grass Run-Side Hill news lists Christmas guests and visits across families. Residents welcomed guests from Middleport Dyesville Athens Akron Columbus and Wheeling while noting farm sale to Clifford Wood of Wheeling and funeral attendance for R E Grimes.
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Side Hill
W. L. Glaze
Clifford Wood
Wheeling
Elmer Molden
Henry Molden
Middleport
Clarence Ogdin
Dyesville
Ernest Molden
Dorothy
Evelyn Nicholson
Clarence Cash
Athens
John Carr
Emmett McCumber
Orville
Owen Bratton
William Nicholson
Norman Will
Betty Bratton
George Wood
Union
Jasper Robinson
Delaware
Paul Barnes
Columbus
Paul Winn
Clair Taylor
Langsville
H. Amos
Race Davis
R. E. Grimes
Rutland
Grimes
C. F. Anderson
Frank Halliday
Harrisonville
John Radekin
George Albert Radekin
Sedwick Vale
John Nicholson
Ray Nicholson
James Nicholson
F. W. Winn
Akron
O. E. Bratton
Gerald Minor
Dexter
Don L. Wood
Pomeroy
V. L. Glaze
Fred Kincaid
Laurel Creek
W. Va
J. H. Kincaid
Frank Braley
John Braley
Harry Saxton
W. H. Taylor
Harry Plummer
Keith
Claude Dulaney
A. E. Plummer
Thurman Stone
New London
Ed Minx
Jesse Nelson
Max Nelson
Old Dexter
C. H. Amos
Harley Amos
Archer Bags Deer in Winnipeg Hunt
Two American bow hunters in northern Ontario tracked a deer at close range and killed it with an arrow at 25 yards. Indians noted the surprising hunting method as the pair returned with the big game. A separate zoological note observes that pigeons have unusually strong pectoral muscles compared with many birds.
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Winnipeg
Ontario
Minersville Church Class Elects Heads
Minersville officers elected Sunday for the Methodist Sunday School year. Leaders named include Walter Houdashelt as superintendent and Helen Fisher as secretary. Christmas program and party followed, with gifts and refreshments. The Dutchtown school held a Christmas program. a Parkersburg hospital treated a two month old Roush infant who died. The Roush family also mourned another child killed near Welsh town. Several visits and Christmas gatherings noted with local families. The cantata Santa's Vacation was presented by the Sunday School pupils.
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Minersville
Methodist Sunday School
Walter Houdashelt
Elmer Grueser
Helen Fisher
Gladys Houdashelt
Theodore Maag
Houdashelt
M. E. Sunday School
Ella Roush
Ethel Stewart
Millicent Hayman
Dutchtown
Parker
Miss Haskins
Denner Roush
Parkersburg
Bright
Pomeroy
Avis Whaley
Columbus
Webb Whaley
Henry Exenhamper
Gloria Ann
Lulu Mills
Jacksonville
Santa
Elizabeth Bartels
Fred Bartels
Charleston
Annie
Albert Bartels
Adolph Grueser, Jr
Webb Hall
Rutland
Ethel
Clara Garland
Norman McCallum
Bulah McCallum
Ruth
Athens
Mr. Brown
Wyoming
John McCallum
Dana Brown
Russel Brown
Harold Brown
Will Woods
Gallipolis
Earl Hartenbach
Jane
Lew Roush
Hayes Roush
Margaret Thomas
Austin Beauty School
Will Thomas
O'Conner
Chester
M. FE
Will Ohlinger
August Zahl
Pearl Phillips
Billy
Otto Martenbach
George Childs
Church presents two plays on Christmas Eve in Taylor Ridge
The Church of Christ in Taylor Ridge staged My Heart Shall Not Fear and Christmas in Scripture Song and Service under director Doris Davis with assistance from Doris Mulpas Ger aldine Hildebrandt Clara Hildebrandt and Gladie Hildebrandt. An offering benefited the Cleveland Christian Home while the Sunday School pupils received a treat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
Church of Christ
Doris Davis
Doris
Geraldine Mulpas
Clara
Gladie Hildebrandt
Cleveland Christian Home
John Davis
Jacksonville
Elmer Davis
H. D. McGee
Albert Hubert
Dayton
Edward Shutz
Chillicothe
Charles Boley
Larry
Helen Hildebrand
Josephine Franklin
Carl Hildebrand, Jr
Columbus
Carl Hildebrand
P. M. Smith
Bishopville
Carl Welling
Glouster
Dwight Smith
Felix Lindholem
Henry Matson
the Plains
Walter Turri
Redtown
Jack Kutta
Gladis Davis
Eileen
Sherley
James Golding
George Golding
Barnett
Jessie Marie
Gladie Davis
Lewisville
John Hooper
William Bulstrom
Julia Kilcoski
Detroit
John Kilcoski
James Rienhart
Hollister
Jess Wilson
Greens Run
Keck
Mary Keck
James Friend
Lenard Leach
Mr. Leach
Fred Leach
Clifford Olbers
Emmett Olbers
Fritz Olbers
Bashan Social Notes Recap Christmas Visits
Bashan residents share Christmas with relatives and friends across nearby towns. Notable arrivals include William Sorden from Millbourne and Alta Frederick visiting family. The Citizen Telephone Co. to hold its yearly Bashan meeting Saturday.
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Raymond Ervin
Eliza Ervin
S. A. Rairden
Harlow Ervin
Edyth White
Dorsel Reibel
W. C. White
Thelma Orr
W. Va
Luther Deem
Gordon
Alta Frederick
Parkersburg
Henry Frederick
Heareld Ramson
Pomeroy
Dayton Hayman
Arthur Orr
Minnie Orr
Mike Thiess
Clarence Sorden
Ralph
Jack
Raymond City
Nelson Torrence
Reedsville
Rolland Torrence
Clint Orr
Lester McNamee
William Sorden
Hallie Tucker
Charles Torrence
Delaware
Citizen Telephone Co
Bashan
Donors Corps Formed by Legion Post in Philadelphia
A blood donors corps is formed by 155 members of the Henry H. Houston 2nd Post American Legion in Philadelphia. The group pledges to supply blood for transfusions for any Post member or their families.
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Donors Corps
Philadelphia
Henry H. Houston
2Nd Post
American Legion
Record of 120 M. P. H. Wind Observed on Whiteface Mountain
A group of student meteorological engineers reported a 120 mile per hour wind gust atop Whiteface Mountain in the Adirondacks, Lake Placid area.
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Lake Placid
N. Y
Whiteface Mountain
Adirondacks
Oscar Homolka Stars in First American Picture at Athena
Oscar Homolka appears in an American film for the first time as Captain Thorbecke in a Robert Louis Stevenson and Lloyd Osbourne story adaptation at the Athena Theater. Frances Farmer Ray Milland Lloyd Nolan and Barry Fitzgerald co star in a Technicolor sea adventure of love danger and transformation with a romantic pair finding happiness after peril.
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Robert Louis Stevenson
Lloyd Osbourne
Athena Theater
Oscar Homolka
Homolka
Captain Thorbecke
Thorbecke
Frances Farmer
Ray Milland
Lloyd Nolan
Barry Fitzgerald
Abbey Players of
Dublin
Milland
Miss Farmer
Nolan
Thom Sheline divorce suit seeks maiden name restoration
Mrs. Mary Thom as Sheline files for divorce from Raymond Sheline citing neglect and cruelty and asks restoration of her maiden name. The suit is sponsored by her father Warren Thomas as she is a minor. Also noted is a Loveland Colorado cafe sign offering free coffee any time during any day the sun is not shining.
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Gallipolis
Mary Thomas Sheline
Raymond Sheline
Sheline
Warren Thomas
Loveland
Colo
Road Records To Be Made in Gallia
Gallia County will receive 5922 dollars from the Federal Government to transcribe deed surveys recopy road records and prepare a road index. L C Gibson WPA Director for the district announced the work will start likely the first week of the new year. Ten workers under Mrs Ruth Neighborgall will be employed, housed in the County Engineer E N Leonard’s courthouse office, selection details not announced.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
L. C. Gibson
Athens
WPA
Ruth Neighborgall
E. N. Leonard
Gibson
Wolves Traps Supplied to Alaska Natives
In a shift against marauding wolves from St. Michael to Point Barrow, the U S Game Commission begins supplying wolf traps to native communities to curb predation and restore balance on the frontier.
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Seward
Alaska
St. Michael
Point Barrow
U. S. Game Commission
Lima Beans Named After City They Came From
Lima beans were brought to the United States in 1824 from Lima Peru, giving the edible legume its name and origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lima
United States
Peru
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Mle Eve Midnite Ry
Hugh Herbert
Jan Rubini
South Seas
Mission
Minersville Church
Church of Taylor Ridge
Bashan News
National Brands
Westinghouse Refrigerators
Athena
N. Court St
Eos
Callies
Cas Company
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