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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 05, 1940
Page
6
Gallipolis Fourth of July Parade Draws Thousands
A sunny Fourth of July in Gallipolis attracted about 5 000 visitors with a noon parade featuring the Gallipolis High School Band Pt Pleasant Majorettes and several drum corps. Highlights included floats from Moots Baking Co Silver Bridge Elks Eagles Rio Grande College and local businesses. The afternoon saw races a roast beef barbecue and a night fireworks display plus a motorized train replica parade entry. Local residents visited Fortification Hill Park Eureka Dam and Ohio River views while Thurman and Cadmus hosted homecomings and large gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant
Ironton Legion
Moots Baking Co
Silver Bridge
Elks, Eagles
Rio Grande College
Holzer School of Nursing
Red Cross
Business and Professional Women's Club
Commercial & Savings Bank
Gallia County Historical Society
Womeldorff & Thomas
Edward Cottle
Marietta
Gail Hadley
American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Fortification Hill Park
Eureka Dam
Sesquicentennial Committee
Portsmouth
Perry Brumfield
Waterloo
Brumfield
Ohio River
State Hospital
Thurman
Cadmus
Walnut Township
Fire erupts on Court Street awning in Gallipolis cleanup quick
Gallipolis firemen answered a 1 30 p m call to extinguish an awning fire at Frank Bachus Court Street apartment. Loss was slight and the blaze is said to have started from a discarded cigarette. In Millfield Mrs Minnie Willis hosted a Fourth of July family dinner with guests including the Lanning and Willis families from Millfield and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Court Street
Frank Bachus
Millfield
Minnie Willis
Harley Lanning
Virginia
Charles Tracy
Columbus
Charles
Gerald Willis
Kathleen Willis
Union religious service includes band and choirs in Gallipolis park
Gallipolis hosts a Sunday night Union Riverside Meeting at 7:30 in the city park stadium with Rev. George Sagen of First Baptist Church speaking on For Such a Day as This. The program features the high school band, two quartets, a Guild Girls Chorus, and a mixed quartet, plus offertory and postlude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Union Riverside
City Park
George Sagen
First Baptist Church
Union
Gallia
Cavillieria Rusticana
Largo
New World Symphony
Alfred W. Davis
Guild Girls
Dean Davis
Doris Irion
James Danner
Kenneth Davis
Russell Wallace
Gallia Fourth of July Parade Crowns Contests and Floats
Gallipolis celebrated with a packed Fourth of July program as Maurice North won greased pole and pig catching contests, Clara Kraus and others topped husband calling, Howard Smiley led pig calling, and prize floats honored Commercial & Savings Bank Mootz Baking Co the Boy Scouts and Elks Lodge. Night fireworks drew about 10 000 spectators with heavy parade crowds and traffic control by American Legion and Gallipolis Junior Patrol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Maurice North
Charles Boggs
Clara Kraus
Audrey Halley
Elinor Casey
Howard D. Smiley
John Gard
Fannie Caldwell
Elsa Evans
Margena Niday
Leona Kay
George Walters
Leslie Saunders
Mack Lakin
Homer Burton
Wesley King
Tom Broyles
Grant Johnson
Dale Harris
Aaron Sheets
The
Commercial & Savings Bank
Mootz Baking Co
Boy Scouts
Elks’ Lodge
Gallipolis Junior Patrol
Aaron Kelton
Blackberry Muffin Recipe From a Vintage Note
A simple blackberry muffin method using sifted flour baking powder salt shortening sugar egg milk and blackberries. Cream shortening with sugar then add egg and alternate dry ingredients with milk before baking muffins in a hot oven for about twenty to thirty minutes.
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A fragmented recipe style passage gives cooking tips for meringue with sugar crust and a note on meat labeling mutton versus lamb based on leg weight. It also offers a dental trick involving bread and breath to avoid tears.
Serious car crash on Garfield Ave injures multiple
A collision on Garfield Ave near Gallipolis involved William O'Brien of Columbus and Maurice Grover of the city. Grover, his wife, and their two children were hurt, with injuries including a broken knee cap a fractured collar bone and spine injury and a broken arm. Betty Jo Lunsford sustained a fractured ankle. Two ambulances transported the injured to hospitals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Garfield Ave
William O’brien
Columbus
Maurice Grover
Grover
O’brien
Betty Jo Lunsford
Biscuit Dough on A New Beef Pie
A beef pie combines leftovers and inexpensive cuts for flavor and eye appeal. The meat mixture with onions potatoes carrots and tapioca bakes in a casserole then is topped with a biscuit dough and continued until golden.
Mind Your Table Manners Guide Answers
Answers cover common etiquette tips. Do not lower head to meet the cup. Fork remains on the plate with prongs up. Do not stir coffee to cool. Do not blow on hot coffee. A club sandwich should be eaten with knife and fork. Dessert cheese and crackers best served with knife and fork.
Raspberry Whip and Summer Pie Recipe Pair
Raspberry whip uses 1 pint raspberries and lemon zest to create a cold dessert, while the flour pie crust combines shortening and evaporated milk for a two crust pie. The methods emphasize beating egg whites with sugar and folding in prepared berries, followed by chilling and optional whipped cream.
Global telephone wire totals exceed vast distance figures
The world contains over 168 million miles of telephone wire plus millions more miles used for telegraphy and electrical equipment.
Tower Corrects Error on Mount Mitchell Memorial
A correction notes the Elisha Mitchell Tower atop Mount Mitchell in North Carolina stands 40 feet tall due to a prior miscalculation of the mountain’s height. The revised measurement attributes the error to the original 40 foot figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elisha Mitchell
Mount Mitchell
Knightly Sleep Duty After Garter Creation
After being created a Knight of the Garter, a man must wear part of the insignia day and night. Most knights keep the silver badge of the order on during sleep as well.
Complexion Salad For the Dieters
A vintage recipe presents Complexion Salad as a movie star diet aid. It outlines gelatine dissolved with water and salt, then mixed with vinegar lemon juice and onion juice prior to folding in grated carrots cabbage and parsley or spinach. The mixture is set in molds and served on lettuce with carrot straw garnishes.
Quick Sponge Cake From Simple Pantry Ingredients
A concise recipe for a light sponge cake using four eggs sugar water salt lemon rind and flour. Separate and beat eggs then fold yolk and whites with sugar water salt and flour. Bake in ungreased 5 ounce custard cups at 320 degrees F for about 45 minutes until golden and springy.
Changed Habits The Kingfisher Becomes A Fisherman
The kingfisher, originally an insect eater, abandons that family habit after discovering fish are easier to catch and more filling, becoming a fisherman.
Stuffed Hamburg Is Dinner Novelty
A vintage recipe describes stuffed hamburgers baked in custard cups with stuffing centers. Ingredients include 2 pounds hamburger 4 teaspoon pepper 1 egg plus bread crumbs onion fat poultry seasoning hot water and serve with tomatoes potatoes or shoestring fries.
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Esther Danner
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Mildred Mills
Louise Boggs
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