Gallia County to host presidential birthday balls
Gallia Countians may attend three Presidential Birthday Balls Saturday night two in Gallipolis and one in Vinton County director Elmer E Caldwell reports. One dance at Knights of Pythias Hall Second and Locust Sts features square and round dancing with a six piece orchestra. The Riviera ballroom Luckett Block hosts another with Doug Mullineauxs Cavaliers. A third dance occurs in Vinton directed by Clim Gerlach.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Vinton
Elmer E. Caldwell
Knights of Pythias
Second
Locust Sts
Louis Burdette
Myer Maggied
Riviera Ballroom
Luckett Block
Doug Mullin
Phillips Rites To Be in Gallia
Mrs. Neva Johnson Phillips wife of Everett Phillips was killed in a New Jersey auto crash and her body arrived in Gallipolis. Everett Phillips remains hospitalized with pelvic injuries and their daughter Gladys age 14 is also hospitalized with a broken jaw. John Phillips and Norris D. Carter returned from the scene Wednesday.
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Gallipolis
Neva Johnson Philips
Everett Phillips
New Jersey
Fennimore Johnson
Tivener
Everett Philps
Phillipsburg
N. J
Gladys
John Phillps
Norris D. Carter
Negro Youth Solist Cossey Performs At Ashington School
Negro youth Bobby Parks Cossey a two year old tenor from Los Angeles will sing in four languages Latin Spanish English and French at an Ashington School Auditorium matinee and evening program. He is praised for originality in spirituals and folk songs and likened to future Roland Hayes.
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GALLI
OLIS
Bobby Parks Cossey
Los Angeles
Ashington
Yough Cossey
Roland Hayes
Aeste Fideles
Cossey
Athens Countians Are Married in Gallipolis
Two Athens County couples secured marriage licenses in Gallipolis per Probate Judge J. S. Clark. The pairs are Harold Boling 21 and Leta Long 21 of Athens and Pearley Lester Chalfan 26 with Harriett Ann Powell 22 of Chauncey. Other applicants include Ray Little 21 and Goldie Durst 17 of Cheshire, Paul Swain 21 and Wreatha Henderson 16 of Crown City, Ernest Stover 21 and Ruby Blake 21 of Point Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Athens County
J. S. Clark
Harold Boling
Leta Long
Athens
Pearley Lester Chalfan
Harriett Ann Powell
Chauncey
Ray Little
Goldie Durst
Cheshire
Paul Swain
Wreatha Henderson
Crown City
Ernest Stover
Ruby Blake
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis Students Engage Noon Visual Education Films
Gallipolis schools report high turnout for noon Visual Education classes. Principal C. C. Byers notes today and yesterday featured films titled Rolling Down to Mexico and Native Arts in Mexico.
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Gallipolis
C. C. Byers
Mexico
Anti-Sales Tax League canvasses Gallia County for amendment
Representatives of the Anti-Sales Tax League of Ohio canvass Gallia County during the week seeking signatures to place a constitutional amendment on the November ballot to abolish the sales tax.
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Gallipolis
The
Anti-Sales Tax League of
Ohio
Gallia County
Bulaville Grange Meeting Program Features Talks
Bulaville Grange schedules its February 1 gathering at Bulaville with events and speakers including Women Who Keep Home Accounts by Billa Smiley and Should We Boycott Japan by Isaiah Coughenour. Lillie Thomasson presents Educate for Today and Minnie D. offers Homespun Fun with Raymond e in attendance.
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Gallipolis
Bulaville Grange
Billa Smiley
Japan
Isaiah Coughenour
Lillie Thomasson
Minnie D
Raymond E
Gallipolis High Prom Funds Sought
Gallipolis High School junior class discusses methods to raise funds for the late May Junior-Senior Prom. The class treasury holds $92.71 and about $225 is needed for the event.
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Gallipolis
Harri son to Leave Holzer Hospital After Amputation
John H Harri son who lost his left hand and wrist in a shotgun accident Sunday night has recovered from shock and will depart Holzer Hospital this week.
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Gallipolis
John H. Harrison
Holzer Hospital
Gallia County Red Cross Plans China Relief Effort
Gallia County Red Cross Chapter with J Paul Mossman named county director will spearhead relief for China. Treasurer Miss Margaret Shouer will receipt for all funds received.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Red Cross
China
J. Paul Mossman
Margaret Shouer
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Marriages
Gallipolis and surrounding area items including the Columbus marriage of Oscar Wood and Miss Mary Ethel Harbour on January 19. Also notes on Grace M. E. Church meeting with program highlights and various residents visiting relatives, returning travelers, and holiday trips to California, Florida, Cincinnati, Magnetic Springs, and Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Oscar Wood
Mary Ethel Harbour
Hollis Harbour
Patriot
Columbus
John Tipton
Wood
Lower River Road
Sufferers Housed in One Room Hovels South of Gallipolis
Scattered in lowlands near the fairgrounds and Mill Creek families live in one room shacks made from tin and packing boxes. They endure extreme cold with many family heads ill or disabled. Relief agencies seek humanitarian aid as their only income is food from relief.
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Gallipolis
Fairgrounds
Mill Creek
Ohio Hospital
Relief Administration
Will Record Gallia History in forthcoming Valor in Ohio
Samuel Harden Stille, author and lecturer, visited Gallipolis to gather material for Valor in Ohio. The book chronicles hardy pioneers of the Northwest Territory and will include pages on early Gallia County residents.
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Gallipolis
Samuel Harden Stille
Ohio
Northwest Territory
Stille
Marietta
Gallia
West Virginia Youth in Hospital Six Months
Roscoe Barnett aged 17 is entering his sixth month in Holzer Hospital Gallipolis after a broken back from pre school football practice at Pt Pleasant High School He is fully paralyzed from the shoulders down and surgeons give no hope for recovery He remains cheerful and uncomplaining
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Gallipolis
Roscoe Barnett
Holzer Hospital
Barnett
Pt. Pleasant
Cold Weather Delays Gallia County Road Work
Severe cold slows road building and repair in Gallia County. Crews relocating American Telephone and Telegraph lines suspend work temporarily amid freezing temperatures.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Swan Creek Grange Plans Friday Meeting at Chapel
Swan Creek Grange members will meet Friday night at Swan Creek Chapel. New officers will fill their stations for the first time. An interesting program has been announced.
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Gallipolis
Swan Creek Grange
Swan Creek Chapel
Gallia PTA to Attend District Conference at Pomeroy
Gallia County Parent Teacher Association members will attend a district conference at Pomeroy with attendees from Meigs Athens and Vinton counties. Two sessions, morning and afternoon, will be held at the Federated Church on Friday February 4.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Parent-Teacher Associations
Pomeroy
Meigs
Athens
Vinton Counties
Federated Church
Social Stitchers Gather for Church Supper and Meeting
The Social Stitchers of the Baptist Church held a covered dish supper and social meeting Tuesday evening at the Educational Building. Mrs. Ruth Richards visited her son Robert Richards and family of Point Pleasant over the weekend. Miss Rachel Davis of the Girls Industrial School Delaware is visiting relatives here. Mrs. Rufus Hopkins and daughter Carolyn of Athens were guests of her parents over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Will Gibbons of New Plymouth visited his sisters Minnie and Stella Arthur and other relatives here Sunday. Albert Craft of Dayton spent a few days with his parents Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Craft.
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Baptist Church
Ruth Richards
Robert Richards
Point Pleasant
Rachel Davis
Girls’ Industrial School
Delaware
Rufus Hopkins
Carolyn
Athens
E. J. Rosener
Will Gibbons
New Plymouth
Minnie
Stella Arthur
Albert Craft
Dayton
G. E. Craft
New Straitsville
Sam Orndorf
Clayton Orndorf
Shawnee
Harold Orndorf
Evelyn Reinhard
Columbus
Wayne Lowry
Lowry
Grover Whitmer
Novella
Ladies Aid
M. E. Church
Clarence Whitmer
Logan
John Whitmer
Whitmer
Isaac Brandt
Lancaster
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Foster Nixon
Washington, D. C
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Nelle Shuttleworth
Florence Houston
Anne Blankenship
Don Blankenship
South Perry
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Rebekah Lodge
Harry Douglas
Myrtle Boyle
Charles Lawson
Edward Lawson
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Robert Nelson
Jose Stobbs
Margaret Call
Anne Gutches
William Smith
John C. Jones
Lois Jones
Dale Chappelear
New Lexington
Russell Thompson
John Whitmer, Jr
Wanda
Malta
Faith Thompson
Agnes Wilson
Alice Deavers
Delbert Orndorf
James Davis
Akron
Raymond Orndorf
Samuel Slatzer
Old Straitsville
Charles White
Ralph
East Fultenham
Roy Palmer
Martha
Clarence Palmer
Levi Palmer
Howard Blankenship
Vera Louise
Cornell to Field 150-Pound Football Team Next Fall
The Ithaca Cornell athletics office announces a new midget league with 150 pound players for next fall. Henry Godshall says Ollie Wolf will coach the 150pounders, joining Princeton Pennsylvania LaFayette Rutgers and Villanova in the league.
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Ithaca
U.R
Cornell
Henry Godshall
Ollie Wolf
Princeton
Pennsylvania
LaFayette
Rutgers
Villanova
Ladies Aid Meets at New Straitsville
New Straitsville report covers church group meeting and local social visits. Families including Orndorf, Whitmer, Brandt, Nixon and Blankenship are noted with weekend gatherings. Rebekah Lodge birthdays observed and Vera Louise born to Blankenship. Britain towns install automatic ice cream vending machines.
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Ladies Aid
New Straitsville
Great Britain
Creomulsion Ad Promises Quick Cough Relief
A Creomulsion advertisement urges readers with chest colds to try the product and promises relief from lingering coughs. It claims the remedy acts on inflamed membranes and loosens phlegm while offering a money back guarantee if unsatisfied after the first bottle.
Union Meeting At The Ridge Church
An all day union meeting for Sandfork Hales Creek and Gallia Baptist Churches will be held Sunday January 30 at the Ridge Gallia Church. Sessions are at 11 a m 2 p m and 7 p m. Residents of the communities are urged to attend.
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Gallipolis
Sandfork
Hales Creek
Gallia
the Ridge
B. A. Sherwin
Mrs. James W. Mossman Recovers After Gall Bladder Operation
Mrs. James W. Mossman remains in Holzer Hospital after gall bladder surgery. Blood transfusions were administered by her husband and their son Paul Mossman.
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Gallipolis
James W. Mossman
Holzer Hospital
Paul Mossman
Cambridge Lecture Explores Fish Mind and Emotion
Professor J. Jay delivered a Cambridge lecture on "The Mentality of Fishes" arguing that memory and emotion influence thought in fish brains. The remarks suggest cognitive traits in non mammals.
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London
Prof
J. Jay
Cambridge
WPA Worker Moved by Board in Gallia
Gallipolis reports that Ferry Dillon, appointed investigator for WPA Certification Officer Othneil Jones, has been moved to timekeeper by the WPA organization. His replacement is pending. Susan Rake and Owen Boster remain in the office.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Othneil Jones
Ferry Dillon
Board of County Commissioners
Susan Rake
Owen Boster
Doctor in crash patient suffers skull fracture
Examination at Holzer Hospital confirms Dr. B. F. Sommer of Leon West Virginia was badly hurt in a bus crash. He has a skull fracture several broken ribs and additional injuries.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
B. F. Sommer
Leon
W. Va
Attendant Stricken at Ohio Hospital for Epileptics
Cunning ham, a night attendant at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, is suffering from a light stroke of paralysis.
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Gallipolis
H. C. Cunningham
Ohio Hospital
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