Diphtheria Cases Drop in Gallia County 1939 Immunization Boosts
Gallia County reports five diphtheria cases in 1939 down from 35 in 1938 due to rural school immunization. 1,113 children were immunized in 1939 and 18 carriers were treated. Immunization for 1940 is under way, with over 600 children expected to receive diphtheria toxoid. participation is optional with written parental consent.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Evans
Gallia
Miss Evans
F. W. Shane
Evans
State Board of Health
Rio Grande
Rodney
Thurman
Cadmus
Perry
Mudsoc
Vinton
Ewington
Bidwell
Buck Ridge
Mount Zion
Eno
Crossroads
Evergreen
Kgger
Cheshire
Addison
Bulnville
Mercerville
Sewards’ Ridge
Crown City
Hickory Grove
Pine Grove
Phillips
Fairview
Centenary
Clay Lick
Eureka
Clipper Brush
White Throne
Providence
Swan Grevke
Bethel
Presidential Bail Committee To Meet For Local Ball
The Presidential Ball committee will meet tonight in Gallipolis to plan a local event at the Eagles Club with spelling bees and other diversions at rural centers. The exact ball date, whether Saturday or Tuesday, will be decided at the meeting chaired by Joe V. Lee.
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Gallipolis
Joe V. Lee
Eagles’ Club
Bulaville School Forms New Boy Scout Troop
Gallipolis reports a new Boy Scout troop of 15 members organized at Bulaville School and sponsored by Georges Creek Grange. A troop sponsored by Little Kyger Grange is planned and a Cadmus troop funded by the school board is operating. more troops are likely across the county.
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Gallipolis
Bulaville
Georges Creek Grange
Kenneth Davis
Little Kyger Grange
Prospect
Cadmus
Davis
Grange to Meet Gallipolis for Officers Installation
Ohio Valley Grange members gather in Gallipolis for the installation of officers-elect and will close with an indoor picnic supper after the meeting.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Grange
Four Year Old Girl Attacked by Neighbor's Dog
Mildred Hutton four years old of Greenfield Township is treated for dog bite wounds by Dr. F W Shane. The dog’s head will be sent to Columbus for rabies tests. The dog belonged to neighbor Wagner.
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Gallipolis
Mildred
Milton Hutton
Greenfield Township
F. W. Shane
Columbus
Wagner
Automobile Club To Elect Directors
About 125 Gallia County Automobile Club members will vote by mail on 15 director candidates. Polls close Saturday evening. Newly elected officers will meet soon to organize and elect new club officers.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Heirs Seek Partition of 235 Acres and 10 Mercerville Lots
Heirs of the late Hugh C. Niday and Eleanor R. Niday and F B Niday filed a partition suit in Gallia County to apportion 235 acres in Guyan Township and ten Mercerville Village lots. Named are Hubert C. Niday Vesta Denney John L Niday Viola Rodgers Paul Hefflin Hugh D Niday Stanley Williams John R Lusher Homer V Lusher and Mannie Bridwell.
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Gallipolis
Hugh C
Eleanor R
F. B. Niday
Guyan Township
Mercerville Village
Hubert C. Niday
Vesta Denney
John L. Niday
Viola Rodgers
Paul Hefflin
Hugh D. Niday
Stanley Williams
John R
Homer V. Lusher
Mannie Bridwell
County hires assistant to engineer for WPA duties
Gallia County commissioners authorize employment of an assistant to County Engineer Leonard for assignment to Works Progress Administration duties.
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Gallipolis
Leonard
Gallipolis Social Notes Dinner Meeting Highlights
Sixty members of the Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club attended the Island View Inn dinner. Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler of First Presbyterian spoke on Public Relations addressing international and local issues. The Williams siblings from Thurman sang with piano accompaniment by Mrs. Steve Thomas. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Phillips Mrs. Elizabeth Housh and D. W. Thomas at a Sunday Ironton dinner honoring Billy Phillips's seventh birthday.
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Gallipolis
Minnie Arthur
Hazel Elliott
Denise Mitchell
Julia Conklin
Mabel Wise
Edith Swisher
J. W. Phillips
Elizabeth Housh
D. W. Thomas
Art Phillips
Ironton
Billy Phillips
Entertaining Friends at Carter Home Northup
Mr and Mrs Charles Carter entertained a number of young friends at their Northup home Saturday evening. Chinese checkers and cards provided diversion, with refreshments served to Rev Otis Rice Lena Belle Sheets Martha Saunders Woodrow Saunders and Ellis Carter among the guests.
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Charles Carter
Northup
Otis Rice
Lena Belle Sheets
Martha Saunders
Woodrow Saunders
Ellis Carter
Misses Attend Speaks Concert at King Avenue Church
A party including Elizabeth Shough Edith Hutsin piller Eileen Wells Eloise Clark and Frances Condee joined Margaret Speaks for a Sunday night concert at King Avenue Methodist Church in Columbus.
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Elizabeth Shough
Edith Hutsinpiller
Eileen Wells
Eloise Clark
Frances Condee
Miss Margaret Speaks
King Avenue Methodist Church
Columbus
Notable attendance marks Wellston Tobacco Road show
Several residents attended the Tobacco Road performance in Wellston on Monday night. Attendees included Dr. and Mrs. F. W. Shane, Dr. and Mrs. Raymon Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Henry McClung, and other local families. J. E. Nay arrived from Clarksburg to replace L. S. Wiggins in a chain store, with Nay’s wife and child to follow. J. W. Warden and Randall Warden families visited from Van and Charleston respectively.
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Wellston
F. W. Shane
Raymon Allison
Henry McClung
Lewis Preston
Carl Nibert
H. W. Wetherholt
C.T. Robinson
Edith Hutsin Miller
Mabel Gills
Mildred Wise
Harriet Haller
Mary Syler
Garnet Miller
Kathryn Lutz
Robert Sheets
Robert Thomas
J. E. Nay
Clarksburg
W. Va
L. S. Wiggins
Wiggins
Ashland
Nay
J. W. Warden
Van
Randall Warden
Anne
Charleston
J. W. Mootz Jr
Darktown Scandals Headed for Athena Stage on Thursday
Harlem based Darktown Scandals comes to Shhine's Athena Theater for a one day showing featuring Ida Cox, the cotton pickers swing band, a 12 member chorus, Walters and Johnson as a comedy duo, Tip and Tap, and a Lupe Valez screen feature The Mexican Spitfire.
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Harlem
Darktown
Shhine
Athena Theater
New York City
Ida Cox
Mae West
Cab Calloway
Calloway
Ida
Vocalion
Cotton Pickers
New York
Walters
Johnson
Tip
Tap
Lupe Valez
Americans Spend 20 Million Weekly on Motion Pictures
Americans allocate around twenty million dollars weekly for movie theater attendance. The figure highlights heavy consumer spending on cinemas and reflects cinema's role in entertainment culture during the period.
Last Rites Planned for Aged Gold Star Mother
Gallipolis Ohio Mrs Rhoda Sigler Denney aged 77 died at her home in South Gallipolis Monday night Only living child Mrs Fred Thivener whose home adjoined her mother s A sister Mrs Lulu Ellis lives in San Jose California Funeral services were held this afternoon in Bethel Church by Rev George Anderson with interment in Pine Street Cemetery
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Gallipolis
Rhoda Sigler Denney
South Gallipolis
Fred Thivener
Lulu Ellis
San Jose
Calif
Bethel Church
George Anderson
Pine Street
Dexter Social And Personal
Dexters social notes list local visits and Sunday guests. Names include Hill French Har risonville and J F Bowles. Ward Saxton family. Hope Nelson. F C Folden Mildred Braley. Kenneth Weaver Trimble. Pearly and Hubert Nelson. Guy Glaze Rutland. Buryl White and son. J P Miller and G O Will. Vona Russell and Ella Nelson. Harley Hoffman. F Anderson critically ill. Elmer Dent Charleston visit.
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Trimble
Pearly
Hubert Nelson
Pomeroy
Guy Glaze
Rutland
Buryl White
Race Hill
J. P. Miller
G. O. Will
Vona Russell
Columbus
Ella Nelson
Cash Smith
Harley Hoffman
I. D. McCann
Do. F. Anderson
Elmer Dent
Charleston
Lewis Saxton
Plan Home Meetings in Gallia County
A dozen home demonstration meetings were arranged across Gallia County by Miss Clara Belle Motter to run through mid February. Demonstrations on planning and preparing meals from home-grown products will be led by the county leader with local participants, and attendees will be served the foods.
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Gallipolis
Springfield
Guvan
Clay
Green-Gallipolis
Ohio
Morgan
Perry
Walnut
Officers Installed By Gallia Granges
Huntington Grange installs E. E. Hartsock as master and J. F. Jacobs overseer with Mrs. Beatrice Clark lecturing and William Woodruff steward. Other officers include Roy Holcomb assistant steward W. W. Metcalf treasurer Vera Metcalf secretary Mrs. Laurana Woodruff chaplain Edgar White gatekeeper and family appointees. Huntington Juvenile Grange names Elma Jacobs master John Hartsock overseer Hazel Hartsook lecturer Dorothy Woodruff steward and assistants Erma Hartso ok Anna Mae Painter secretary treasurer Freda Woodruff gatekeeper Lila Jacobs Pomona Flora and Irene Mitchell assistant steward.
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Gallipolis
Huntington Grange
E. E. Hartsock
J. F. Jacobs
Beatrice Clark
William Woodruff
Roy Holcomb
W. W. Metcalf
Vera Metcalf
Laurana Woodruff
Edgar White
Ceres
Elma Jacobs
Pomona
Flora
Lena Fern Painter
Huntington Juvenile Grange
John Hartsock
Hazel Hartsook
Dorothy Woodruff
James Jacobs
Erma L. Hartsook
Anna Mae Painter
Freda Woodruff
Lila Jacobs
Betty Woodruff
Ann Clark
Irene Mitchell
Funeral Services Held For C W Fisher Today
Charles W Fisher an 88 year old retired Cheshire Township farmer died at his Gallipolis home after a fall on icy pavement. Pneumonia was listed as the direct cause. Funeral services were held this afternoon with interment in McCarty Cemetery near Cheshire.
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Gallipolis
Charles W. Fisher
Cheshire
McCarty
Rural Youth Group Plans Leap Year Party
Gallia county youth group with 70 members will hold a leap year party Tuesday night at Knights of Pythias Hall in Gallipolis. Claude Miller president says refreshments and games will follow the theme. The group has expanded from 20 members with rapid additions.
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Gallipolis
Knights of Pythias
Claude Miller
Hunters donate deer hides to Indians in northeast Washington
White hunters in northeastern Washington who bagged deer this season donated the hides to Indians who in recent years have lacked enough skins to clothe themselves.
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Spokane
Wash
Washington
Gallipolis Sees 1352 Transients Enter Daily
The State Highway Department reports 1352 non residents enter Gallipolis daily via four main entrances with about 389 cars daily from outside the county. Hawes notes 493 480 yearly visitors could boost trade during the centennial months May through October and cites traffic checks to gauge improvement value.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Department
Ed M. Hawes
Hawes
Highway Department
Delinquent Taxpayers To Be Listed Feb 10
Gallipolis reports publication of a county list of delinquent taxpayers will be made February 10, per County Auditor E. D. Keeler.
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Gallipolis
States
E. D. Keeler
T. J. Phillips Funeral Arranged for Thursday
GALLIPOLIS Thomas J. Phillips, 83, died Tuesday at his home after a week with pneumonia. He is survived by a sister Mrs Jennie Vogelgesang and a brother. Tentative funeral plans set for Thursday.
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Gallipolis
Thomas J. Phillips
Jennie Vogelgesang
Addison school to view Frances Willard portrait Friday
Addison township W C T U presents Frances Willard picture to Gallipolis Addison school as part of the required temperance program.
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Gallipolis
Addison School
Frances Willard
Addison Township
W.C.T.U
SUPT Kineon Returns to Gallipolis Post
Dr. G G Kineon has returned from Huntington hospital where he was treated for eye trouble and resumes duties as superintendent at the State hospital in Gallipolis Ohio.
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Gallipolis
G. G. Kineon
Huntington Hospital
State Hospital
Record Set In Red Cross Enrollment In Gallia County
Gallia County Red Cross enrollment sets a county record with 1012 members. Miss Margaret Shuler receives a $506.48 payment for one half of membership dues from national headquarters. Stanley Evans is praised for solicitors as the annual meeting at Grace Methodist Church will elect a new board.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Margaret Shuler
Washington
Gallia County
Stanley Evans
Grace Methodist Church
Picture Sketch Leads To Kinship Quest In Gallipolis
Col W A McDaniel retired U S Army seeks kinship to Mrs Martha McDaniel of Gallipolis after receiving a clipping from The Messenger. He was born in Lawrence County and served from 1897 retiring in 1927 due to disability. He plans to visit Rio Grande College and Gallipolis to explore a possible link to his father Daniel McDaniel.
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Gallipolis
Martha McDaniel
Athens
W. A. McDaniel
U. S. Army
J. S. Clark
Huntington
Rio Grande
Johu McDaniel
Daniel McDaniel
McDaniel
Gallia
Lawrence
Engineers Meet Gallipolis Dinner Address by OS Engineers VP
Members of the Gallia Jackson and Lawrence County Civil Engineers Association will hold a dinner at the Libby Hotel Friday at 6 p m. Edward Larsen vice president of the Ohio Society of Engineers will address the gathering.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Jackson
Lawrence County
Civil Engineers’ Association
Libby Hotel
Edward Larsen
Ohio Society of Engineers
Christ to Return to Bank Duties After Appendicitis
Frank C. Christ, cashier at the Commercial & Savings Bank, is recovered from an emergency appendicitis operation and will resume his duties tomorrow.
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Gallipolis
Frank C. Christ
The
Commercial & Savings Bank
Coolville Bride Weds Oscar Spencer in Belpre Area
Ruth Eloise McPherson became Mrs. Oscar E. Spencer in a Friday ceremony at their Coolville home. The service was led by Reverend Gill I. Wilson of Belpre, with attendees including family and neighbors from Belpre, Coolville, and nearby towns. The couple hosted a dinner for relatives afterward.
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Coolville
Ruth Eloise McPherson
Oscar E. Spencer
Mr. Spencer
Charles Spencer
Gill I. Wilson
Belpre Congregational Church
Jaelaire McPherson
Helen Frances
Edward Taylor
Spencer
Carol LeFavor
G. R. McPherson
Belpre
Charles R. Spencer
Charlene Spencer
Clifton Spencer
Garnett
Leonora McPherson
Ray Carder
Grace Holdren
Clifford Gorby
Melba McCallum
George Reynolds
Thelma Voss
Laura Browning
Ann Davis
Leroy Darnold
Vivian Thompson
Robert Ferrer
Charles Betzing
Bernice Betzing
Tuppers Plains
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