Gallia County WPA libraries show high use and growth
Gallia County reports indicate strong patronage for WPA libraries at Crown City Cheshire Kyger. Presentation notes 25 average readers in Crown City daily use and 10 per person time, with 98 percent taking books home. Donations and expansion plans urged with Mercerville serving four townships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
WPA
Margaret Bradbury
Gallia County
Crown City
Zera Stanier
Aso
Cheshire
Kyger
Bradbury
Mercerville
Ice Logs Tie Up Rivers and Ferry Boats at Ohio Kanawha
Rivers run two thirds iced with gorges in Wheeling area. The Charles Henry sank at Symmes Creek mouth and will not be raised. Creighton libeled and tied at Pt. Pleasant for debt. Vesta saved the Ann Bailey as ice drifts blocked ferries near Racine. Multiple towboats report ice delays and cautious departures along the Kanawha and Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Great Kanawha
Wheeling
Charles Henry
Symmes Creek
Chesapeake
John Hamilton
Benjamin T. Flesher
Ohio River
Flesher
Middleport
Huntington
Creighton
Great Kanawha River Barge Line Company
Pt. Pleasant
Poat
James Hoof
Pittsburgh
Vesta
Ann Bailey
Racine
New Orleans
Tuendine
Dam 19
Kanawha
WPA Classes To Open Soon In Gallipolis
WPA announces new emergency classes for men and home training in Gallia County with Elizabeth A. Roberts in charge and open to white and Negro women. Registrations are now at the WPA office under the emergency school system. The Fast Gallipolis nursery, run by Miss Mary Thompson with Miss Margaret Drummond, already enrolls 320 children aged 2 to just over 4, at Maple Shade School. Eight adult emergency schools offer general education and post high school work. Harold Mackenzie leads an emergency school training about 12 men in handicraft at his Second Ave shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charlies Huntley
Vinton
WPA
Galiia County
Elizabeth A. Roberts
WRA Ofice
Fast Gallipolis
Mary Thompson
Margaret Drummond
Second Ave
Club Officers Named
Gallipolis residents learn the new Automobile club lists Major H E Houck as president C C Getties as vice president S S B Huntington as second vice president Earl Smith as temporary secretary and Lillian Safford as treasurer Directors are H M Miller chairman E H Clark J C McNealey I E Myers and A C Bafford Houck Miller and H B Bradbury form the insurance committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
New Automobile Club
H E Houck
C. C. Getties
S&s. B. Huntington
Earl Smith
Lillian Safford
H. M. Miller
E H. Clark
J. C McNealey
I. E. Myers
A. C Bafford
Houck
Miller
H. B Bradbury
Quarantine Ends as Diphtheria Case Recovered
Gallipolis area note says Margaret Jones lifted the quarantine at the Joe Stewart home on the Waterloo Star Route after 12 year old Mary Lou Stewart recovered from diphtheria. The home had been quarantined January 22.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Margaret Jones
Joe Stewart
Waterloo
Mary Lou Stewart
Taken to Penitentiary as Gonzos
Alva Boggs pleaded guilty to non support and was taken to Ohio Penitentiary in Columbus by Deputies Wood and Russell for an indeterminate term. Clinton Sheets of Portsmouth was brought here and held on a similar charge awaiting arraignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alva Boggs
Ohio
Columbus
Maroid Wood
Dale Russell
Clinton Sheets
Portsmouth
Gallia County WPA Projects Are Continued
Gallia County WPA projects resume after weather halted work for three weeks. About 870 workers are back on sites including road and sewer jobs. some projects paused for funding while other crews were shifted. Additional funds hoped to resume interrupted tasks.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
H. W. Nixon
Nixon
Third Ave
Eastern Ave
Little Bull Skin
Harrison Township
Sandfork Denier
Gallia Church
Hoadley Roads
Greenfield Township
Officers Return Men Charged With Crimes
Bowing Green and London officers traveled to Gallipolis to return suspects to their cities. Orin Hardgrow faced charges for discharging firearms and was sent to London with Sheriff Norman F. Clark. Dick Rauch and Floyd Brooks were jailed in Gallipolis for trying to trade a Ford sedan without a bill of sale and later returned to Bowling Green after the car was found stolen. Japan brews rice beer at a low alcohol percentage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bowing Green
London
Ohio
Orin Hardgrow
Norman F. Clark
Dick Rauch
Floyd Brooks
Bowling Green
Sneaky Cold Remedy Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Creomulsion as fast relief for coughs and bronchial irritation. It claims to soothe inflammation and expel germs when other remedies fail, urging readers to purchase now for guaranteed results.
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Townships
Guvan, Harrison, Clay
W. Va
Pt Pleasant
Henderson
Huntington-Chesapeake
Eureka Dam
Fort Harmar
West Marietta
Pittsburgh Plate Class Company
Allegheny River
Taric
Cincinnati
A. C. Ingersoll
Henry
Yesser
J. C. Rawn
Kanawha River
Charleston
Rawn
Ohio River Dredging Company
Hunt
Ington
Marietta
Capt
Grant Haines
W. F. McDade
Charles
Japan
Simon
Ater
Athens
Ruary
Women’s Arch
Oxfords
E- Black-brown
Bose
HOPE
Clark's
Bry
Oxford
Navy
Ay Press
Srlage
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