Junior High Basketball Tournament Set for Gallipolis
Gallipolis hosts twelve junior high teams in a Washington Auditorium event running Saturday February 3 with a series of early matchups including Mason City Coalton Oak Hill Kitts Hill Coal Grove Gallipolis Middleport Pt Pleasant Lincoln and Athens. The final on February 10 features Waterloo Wonders versus Rio Grande College.
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Gallipolis
Washington Auditorium
Garfield Griffith
Mason City
Coalton
Oak Hill
Kitts Hill
Coal Grove
Middleport
Pt. Pleasant
Gallipolis Lincoln
Athens
Washington
Waterloo Wonders
Rio Grande College
Band Parents Club Benefit Card Party at Eagles Club
The Band Parents' Club held a benefit card party at the Eagles Club with twenty six tables in use. About thirty dollars was raised from rock and bridge games. Prizes were won by a list of attendees in rock and bridge events. Guests included family members visiting from Wellston and Columbus, with notes on local residents and a student resuming studies at Ohio University.
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Gallipolis
Parents’ Club
Eagles’ Club
William McKnight
Harold Safford
E. EF. Myers
Edgar Ball
Raymond Pope
Craig Slagle
Lehi Davies
Frank Brothers
Ruth Maddy
Doris Campbell
FE. E. Hatfield
Adams
Fred Hanson
Max Finberg
J. W. Mootz, Jr
Clyde Ingels
Harold Brown
Henry Cherrington
Leo Bean
Walter Matuska
Frances Caldwell
Jean Campbell
Hollis McCormick
Wayne Sams
Harry Maddy
Harold Haskins
Watson Asks Specific Discrimination Charges
Gallipolis in reply to a Legion post inquiry Dr Carl Watson WPA head asks for specific charges. A half dozen complaints may be on file at Legion headquarters as FE N Leonard Otis Drummond and Earl Jordan seek data. Dr Watson directs that complaints be sent to the Zanesville office for investigation and promises speedy action.
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Gallipolis
American Legion Post
Carl Watson
WPA
Legion
FE. N. Leonard
Otis Drummond
Earl Jordan
Watson
Zanesville
New Teacher Assigned After Evans Death at Khananga School
Gallipolis reports J. Henry Evans dead prompting the appointment of Clair O'Hara to teach at Khananga School. O'Hara currently teaches at Addison School and seeks a release by Tuesday to start duties. Also in Gallipolis, Ben R. Evans of Washington School spoke with Dr. Einar Hansen at Ohio University about a new elementary curriculum draft by local faculty.
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Gallipolis
Clair O'Hara
Board of Education
Khananga
J. Henry Evans
O'Hara
Addison
Ben R. Evans
Washington
Athens
Einar Hansen
Ohio University
Logan Social Notes Highlight Mixed Club Activities
D. D. Club entertained at Mrs. H. D. Saxton home with three bridge tables and substitute players. New member Mrs. Ed C. Paul replaces A. O. Kelch who moved to Los Angeles. Gamma Sorority and Delta Theta Tau held parties and meetings with awards and hostesses listed. Logan residents Melvin Spencer and Elmer Fields visited. two weddings announced in Kentucky involving local families.
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D. D
H. D. Saxton
Mound St
Ed C. Paul
Clinton Webb
Dayton Schultheiss
Paul
A. O. Kelch
Los Angeles
Curtis Cole
Delta Theta Tau
Tripoli
Thelma Johnson
Betty Holt
Marguerite Rohrer
Sarah Turner
Adeline Deaver
Eurera Snyder
Mary Gompf
Margene Holmes
Betty Hall
Marjorie Henderson
Margaret King
Delores Rheinscheid
Emily Strawn
Mary Sloan
William Nelson
Albin
Mich
Betty
Leon Eichel
Jean Weltner
Virginia Smith
Henry Adcock
Madge Wright
Helen Slattery
Leota Byers
Mildred Struble
Menus for Fifty Days Leaflet Offered by The Messenger
Readers can request a leaflet titled Menus for Fifty Days to ease meal planning. The offer encourages pasting the leaflet on the kitchen calendar to simplify daily menu decisions. The notice invites readers to mail the coupon for a copy.
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Messenger's Service Bureau
Logan man promoted to foreman on Hocking Division
John H. Brandt of Columbus is named foreman of building and bridges on the Hocking Division of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, succeeding C. E. Bain who retired. The division runs from Toledo to Athens and Pomeroy with headquarters in Columbus. Brandt, a Logan native, is brother of Carl Rudolph Rugg and Bruce Brandt and has long served the railroad.
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LOGAN
John H. Brandt
Columbus
Hocking
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
C. E. Bain
Toledo
Athens
Pomeroy
Mr. Brandt
Carl
Rudolph, Rugg
Bruce Brandt
Water Lines Freeze as Snow Melts in Logan
Frost penetrates the ground as snow melts causing many curb water lines to freeze. The water department, under Director R. R. Loomis, mobilizes a thawing crew to clear lines. Nelsonville requested help but local schedule was too full to spare equipment.
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Logan
Service Department
R. R. Loomis
Nelsonville
Farmers Week At Columbus Attracts Hocking County Farmers
Ohio State University hosts Farmers Week with many Hocking County farm people in attendance led by James R. Smoot and Ruth Stone Bennington from the extension service. James Barker, secretary of the Hocking County Agricultural Society, traveled there today and has been busy lining up exhibits for the fair next September.
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Logan
Ohio State University
Hocking County
James R. Smoot
Ruth Stone Bennington
Extension Service
James Barker
Hocking County Agricultural Society
Rabbits Shipped From Missouri To Hocking County
Ed ward Eberst deputy game protector reports rabbits shipped into the state for propagation. Hocking County will receive 32 dozen rabbits to be released in all parts of the county.
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Logan
Missouri
Edward Eberst
Hocking County
Keyes Ill, Logan C. R. Keyes Replaced At Roundhouse
C R Keyes is ill at home in this city. The boiler maker helper at the C and O Roundhouse is absent, with his duties filled by Dick Vorhees during the illness.
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Cc. R. Keyes
Logan
C. R. Keyes
C. and O. Roundhouse
Dick Vorhees
School leaders to attend Southeastern Ohio dinner in New Lexington
Superintendent E. E. Higgins and High School Principal Carl C. Byers plan to attend the Southeastern Ohio School Administrators dinner at the Lutheran Church in New Lexington on Thursday February 15. Marriage licenses issued in Gallipolis include Herman Harris 22 and Reba Harrison 21 of Sissonville West Virginia and Cecil Gibeaut 28 and Wilma R Thorn ton 21 of Leon West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Carl C. Byers
Southeastern Ohio
New Lexington
Herman Harris
Reba Harrison
Sissonville
W. Va
Cecil Gibeaut
Wilma R. Thornton
Leon
Veteran Physician Hugh A Barbee Dies in Pt. Pleasant
Funeral services were held this afternoon in Pt. Pleasant for Dr. Hugh A Barbee 66 a longtime medical practitioner He is survived by his wife.
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Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant
Hugh A. Barbee
Ida Goff Sues Frank Goff for Divorce in Gallipolis
Ida Goff, mother of two, files for divorce from Frank S. Goff a former U S Army member in Gallipolis citing inability to provide support.
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Gallipolis
Ida Goff
Frank S. Goff
U. S. Army
Gallia County Scouting Numbers Reach 254 Boys
Approximately 254 boys in Gallia County are enrolled in Boy Scout troops. Edwin McCormick leads the oldest Gallipolis troop after ten years, now aided by Capt. Paul Wetherholt. County leaders include Vinton L Freshcorn, Rio Grande Francis Burdell, and others across Gallia towns with rising interest and expected spring and summer enrollment.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ken Davis
Little Ryger
Galipolis
Presbyterian Church
Edwin McCormick
Paul Wetherholt
Harley Wells
Stanley McKean
Henry Williams
Vinton
L. D
Funeral services for James F. Dillon held in Crown City
Funeral services were held at Crown City for James F. Dillon 58 a former resident who died Monday in Huntington Surviving him are his widow Laura Murray Dillon and sons John and Frank of Huntington Helen Marie three year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Cook of Jackson died in Holzer Hospital yesterday
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Gallipolis
Crown City
James F. Dillon
Huntington
Laura Murray Dillon
John
Frank
Helen Marie
Elmer Cook
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Band To Be Heard Friday At Winter Pop Concert
The Academy High School Band directed by A Jord Bayless performs Friday at 8 p m in Washington Auditorium. The 65 member band presents an opening Overture Autumn Polka Fancy Free and more with soloist Billy Lanier and Wendell Lloyd.
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Gallipolis
Academy High School
A. Jord Bayless
Washington Auditorium
Billy Lanier
Kathleen
Wendell
Lloyd
James Gillingham
Washington and Lee
Limestone appropriation sought for township roads
Gallia County commissioners met to seek funding for 950 cubic yards of crushed limestone on the Burnett Road and 1 250 yards on the Webster Road in Walnut Township. Miller Bros. will crush the limestone and bids will determine hauling. A two week delay for ads could suspend work for about 70 WPA workers. In a separate ruling Judge W R White awarded Lydia Rupe compensation from the Industrial Commission over her husband's gravel bank death.
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Gallipolis
E. N. Leonard
Board of County Commissioners
Burnett Road
Webster Road
Walnut Township
Miller Bros
Lydia Rupe
The
Industrial Commission For Compensation
W. R White
Rotarians Hear Boy Scout Executive in Gallipolis
Local Rotarians heard Charles E. Wood of Huntington, Deputy Executive of the Tri-State District, discuss Boy Scout activities and ideals. He praised the movement as a character builder and noted national leaders supporting it, commending Gallia County for local interest.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Wood
Huntington
Tri-State
Gallia County
Taxicab Collision Hurts Rider En Route to Lima Trial
Mildred Roberts sustained a knee cut when a taxicab carrying her and others to Lima for the trial of her father Lear Roberts struck a parked truck near Jackson. She continued the journey after the mishap.
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Gallipolis
Lothers
Lima
Lear Roberts
Jackson
Mildred Roberts
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Raymond Luman
W. C. Haskins
Lucia Bing
Margaret B. McCormick
Helen Davies
Lehr Davies
Paul Davies
Cenfer
T. C. Holy
College of Education
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Indiana
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Stanley
Coal Gate
Elmer Fields
John Smith
Near Logan
James McNamee
New Deal Bridge Club
Betty Kessler
Furnace St
George Chesher
Denville
Score
Cheshier
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Clara Graham
Rosemary Redhenwald
Marie Frasch
Gertrude Miller
Evelyn Miller
John Green
Sigma Phi Gamma
Teresa Kaiser
Ruth Thomas
Evelyn Courter
Jane Walsh
Ruth Goodlve
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Virginia Canter
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Kentucky
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Haydenville
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Harold Deitch
Church of Christ
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Chaffin
Logan High School
H. C. Godman Co
National Fireproofing Co
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Dept
Messenger Service Bureau
Thirteenth Street
Washington, D. C
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Messenger
John Brandt
Farmers Week At
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Dillon
Child
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