Life begins at forty as Gallipolis merchants resume activities
Gallipolis life returns to normal after a two day holiday with merchants and clerks reopening today. Invoicing is completed and final details wrap up today while plumbers and garagemen handle cold weather calls. School opens with teachers noting normal activity but students will settle in. merchants anticipate a stronger 1940 year.
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Eee
Athens Messenger
Athens
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Merchants In General
Blind Man Attacked by Armed Robber in Gallipolis
Horace Condee a blind coal merchant on Eastern Ave was attacked at 3 o clock Monday morning when a man knocked and pressed a pistol to his mouth the intruder fled after a passing automobile. Police found no clues and suspect the robber feared recognition by voice.
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Gallipolis
Horace Condee
Eastern Ave
Condee
Masons Plan Activities in Logan Area
Logan Masons set district officer meeting at the local temple Friday at 7 PM with visiting Masons expected. Craftsmen's Club meet Wednesday at the temple with refreshments. A Blue Lodge special on Monday January 8 will confer the Master's Degree.
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Logan
Masons
Craftsmen's Club
Blue Lodge
Logan Celebrates No 1939 Traffic Deaths in Logan City
Logan City officials announced there were no traffic fatalities in 1939, marking a sharp contrast to the prior year’s one death in December. Mayor Dallas Kinser called it a great satisfaction and hoped the record would continue as the city entered a national contest.
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Logan
Dallas Kinser
Logan Schools Reopen After Vacation Days
Logan City schools resumed this morning after a December 22 vacation period. County schools also reopened. Bus drivers faced snow and ice on their return, though the early snow period occurred during holidays when buses were not in operation.
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Logan
Revival in Progress At Nazarene Church
Revival services under way at the Church of the Nazarene with the Rev H V Kyer and Mrs. Kyer and daughter Ruth Evangeline of Akron assisting. A Watch Nights service Sunday welcomed the new year. Services open seven each evening with music directed by Mrs Kyer. The Kyers provide special musical numbers. Meetings run through January 14.
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Logan
Church of the Nazarene
H. V. Kyer
Ruth Evangeline
Akron
Kyer
Gallia County to Host Air Show and Regatta
Gallipolis plans a summer air show and regatta along the Ohio River with a large flying field nearby. Past events attracted about 40 000 spectators, and organizers aim for a well arranged program featuring air and river displays for easy viewing by all.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
Ohio
Ohio River
Marriage of John M Will and Dorothy Burnette in 1938
Announcement from Gallipolis lists the marriage of John M. Will of Middleport to Dorothy Burnette elder daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Burnette of Gallipolis. The ceremony occurred in Winchester Kentucky on July 28 1938. The bride has served as attendance officer in local schools and the groom manages the Meigs County liquor store in Pomeroy.
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Gallipolis
John M. Will
Middleport
Dorothy Burnette
Elmer Burnette
Winchester
Will
W. A. Will
Chester
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Rutland St
Fourth annual 1929 Gallia Academy reunion held in K P hall
The fourth annual reunion of Gallia Academy High School's 1929 class took place in the local K P hall Saturday evening. Dinner for thirty was served at 6 30 by the Pythian Sisters with green and white decorations. Charles Swanson, class president, spoke along with E E Higgins Anne Bradbury and other members. Mrs Alice Neal Thornberry was named next year’s chair and formed a committee including James Danner Nellie Rees Roberts Rhea Baker Bailes Floyd Irion Russell Smith Lucille Rees secretary treasurer.
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Gallia Academy High School
K. of P. Hall
Pythian Sisters
Claude Miller
Charles Swanson
E. E. Higgins
Anne Bradbury
Alice Neal Thornberry
James Danner
Nellie Rees Roberts
Rhea Baker Bailes
Floyd Irion
Russell Smith
Lucille Rees
Teachers return to duties after Christmas holidays
Teachers who spent the Christmas holidays at their homes elsewhere have returned to resume their duties Tuesday. They include Mr. and Mrs. Harold Brown from Fairmont West Virginia Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wise from Athens Miss Catherine Morrison from Cincinnati Miss Doris Covey from Zanesville Miss Elizabeth Breinig from Chillicothe Miss Ruth Miller from Athens and Miss Jean Ebersole and Miss Norma Johnston from Columbus Miss Mary Myler from
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Harold Brown
Fairmont
W. Va
Edward Wise
Athens
Catherine Morrison
Cincinnati
Doris Covey
Zanesville
Elizabeth Breinig
Chillicothe
Ruth Miller
Jean Ebersole
Norma Johnston
Columbus
Mary Myler
Mrs Wilson Tull 65 Dies at Platform
Mrs Emma Tull of Platform near Gallipolis dies at home aged 65 after a weeklong illness. Survived by husband Wilson Tull and sons Clarence and Dovel. Funeral services were held Sunday.
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Gallipolis
Emma Tull
Wilson Tull
Platform
Tull
Clarence
Dovel
Police Report 23 Arrests in December
Logan police logged 23 December arrests led by drunkenness and disorderly conduct totaling 10. The report lists two cases each of petty larceny failure to stop at a stop street driving while intoxicated and overtime parking with single cases of reckless driving assault and battery breaking and entering leaving the scene of an accident and blocking an alley.
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Logan
Carrs Move To New Home in Warner Ave
G. E. Carr moved to his Warner Avenue residence Monday from E Front Street where he had lived for years. He recently bought the Orr residence which was occupied until last week by Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wolfe and family. The Wolfe family has moved to Des Moines.
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Logan
G. E. Carr
Warner Ave
E. Front St
Mr. Carr
Earle Orr
Roy E. Wolfe
Des Moines
Pair arraigned on reckless driving charges in city court
Harry Abrets of Gloucester Route 4 and Alva E. Trimmer of Murray City were arraigned Saturday before Mayor Dallas Kinser on reckless driving charges filed by the state highway patrol. Each pled guilty and was fined $10 plus costs.
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Logan
Harry Abrets
Glouster Route 4
Alva E. Trimmer
Murray City
Dallas Kinser
State Highway Patrol
First baby of the year born in Gallia County
In Gallia County Holzer Hospital welcomed the year’s first newborn a son to Mr and Mrs Delmas Baughman The mother is Ernestine Sheets The infant arrived two minutes after midnight marking the new year in Gallia County this hospital story notes the family and timing
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Delmas Baughman
Ernestine Sheets
Holzer Hospital
Education Board Gets New Member
Gallipolis district board of education elected Harry Miller as president, E. E. Caldwell as vice president, and A. S. Lloyd as clerk. Miller re elected, Caldwell new, Lloyd continuing. Supt. E. E. Higgins reported the program progressing with routine matters. meeting adjourned to the last Friday of the month.
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Gallipolis
Hot Lunch Program Resumed at Schools
Coinciding with the new school opening the hot lunch program resumed with larger attendance due to cold weather. Free milk has been added to the menu for indigent children through the efforts of members of the local American Legion Post.
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Gallipolis
American Legion Post
Old Timber Preserved by Gallia Man
Gallia County item notes Edwin R. McCormick of Fairfield preserving historic timbers from family and Civil War era structures. An end log bears names John W. McCormick and William H. McCormick with 1847, plus oak puncheons from cabin flooring, and sheathing from a government storehouse in City Park used by Capt. Laing Halliday.
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Gallipolis
Edwin R. McCormick
Fairfield
John W. McCormick
William H
Edwin McCormick
McCormick
City
Laing Halliday
Meigs Grange set to install new officers in Bidwell
Pomona Grange officers will be installed at Bidwell School Tuesday night by Mrs. Harley Musser and a Meigs County degree team. Supper will follow the ceremonies.
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Gallipolis
Pomona Grange
Bidwell School
Harley Musser
Meigs County
Spiritual Crusade Opens at First Baptist Church
A Baptist Spiritual Crusade began last night at First Baptist Church in Gallipolis with Dr. Charles A. Weed of Rio Grande as guest speaker. The event continues nearly throughout the month.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Charles A. Weed
Rio Grande
Bidwell Branch Library Opens in Carl Denney's Store
Gallia County opens its fifteenth branch library at Bidwell in Carl Denney's store. Gallipolis Library supplies books to all stations as the new facility begins service.
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Bidwell
Gallipolis
Carl Denney
State Street House Damaged by Fire in Gallipolis
Fire last evening at seven oclock damaged the roof and upper structure of a one story double residence on W State St. owned by George A Tabit in Gallipolis Ohio.
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Gallipolis
W. State St
George A. Tabit
Bible printed in 1475 found at Conception Abbey library
Conception Abbey in Conception Missouri reveals a Latin Bible printed in 1475 by Bernhard Richel in Basel Switzerland.
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ABBEY
Bible Conception
U.P
Conception Abbey
Bernhard Richel
Basle
Switzerland
Police Chief Commends Cautious Drivers
Police Chief Lew Reynolds commends motorists for careful driving over the past days, noting that their caution likely prevented any serious accidents.
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Logan
Lew Reynolds
Hold Rites Monday for C. S. Chevalier at Ohio Chapel
Pallbearers named for funeral services in Clipper Mills include Charles Brucker John Brucker Neilson Brucker Carl Baker Finley Chevalier and Frank Plymale.
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Gallipolis
C. S. Chevalier
Ohio Chapel
Clipper Mills
Charles, John and
Neilson Brucker
Carl Baker
Finley Chevalier
Frank Plymale
Benefit Ball Planned for Gallia County
Gallia County plans a Presidential Ball and related events in January to raise funds for the infantile paralysis foundation. County chairman Joe V. Lee says a Columbus meeting with about 500 chairmen and staff from across the state will confer on proposed programs. He outlines a ball at the Eagles Club, county spelling contests with admission fees, and the mile of dimes initiative used before.
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Gallipolis
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Joe V. Lee
Lee
Columbus
Eagles’ Club
Two New Members Join City Board of Education
Logan reports two new members, Harry L. Smith and Harold W. Larimer, joining the city board of education and taking seats at the Monday reorganization. L. E. Strawn elected president, succeeding Harry H. Wright, and Rolland Bright reappointed as clerk.
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Gallipolis Social Notes
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Norma Gamble
Wauseon
Lois Fasig
Findlay
Mildred Wise
Kent
Virginia Starkey
Ravenswood
Martha Sayre
Richard Southwick
Nellie Scarberry
Magdalene Bostic
Jewell Burnette
Margaret Drummond
Anna Louise Weaver
Utica
Edith Williams
John H. Williams
Frank E. Mapel
The
Columbus Dispatch
Harry B. Mapel
Columbus Grove
Ohio State University
Miss Williams
Edith Nida
Flora Williams
Stanley Layne
J. D. Montgomery
Eureka
St. Louis
U. S. Army
Frank Robinson
Donald Robinson
Sherwood Smith
Washington
Ind
S. F. Smith
William Ball
Robert Richards
Pleasant
Ruth Richards
Mollie Louis of
Lancaster
Otto Carter
Carrs
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Gallia
Meigs Team
Spiritual Crusade
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Berry Hotel Bldg
Lennart Oesch
Chambray
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