Will Hays to Speak at Gallipolis Memorial Program
Hollywood’s Will Hays will fly to Gallipolis to speak at a Sunday August 11 memorial for Judge Roscoe J Mauck. Gov John W Bricker Gen Charles Dawes Capt Slack Barrett and O O McIntyre also plan talks at the riverfront stadium memorial service and two national network broadcasts are planned.
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Gallipolis
Will H. Hays
Hollywood
C. E. Holzer
Hays
John W. Bricker
Charles Dawes
Chicago
Capt
Slack Barrett
Cincinnati
Bricker
Roscoe J. Mauck
Dawes
William G. Sibley
Marietta College
Barrett
John L. Vance
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
O. O. McIntyre
Holzer
Riverfront Stadium
2500 Suit Brought Against Contractor
Gallipolis, Aug. 17. Mrs. Alice Erwin files a $2500 damage suit against John E. O'Dell, a local building contractor. She alleges a fall on wet cement at a State Street site being used for a Gallipolis Clinic building and adjacent residence. Injuries included a shoulder, hip, right ankle, and back. crutches were used for six weeks and pain persists.
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Gallipolis
Alice Erwin
John E. O'Dell
Dale Gilkey Elected President of State Local No 5
Dale Gilkey, serving since January by appointment as a state hospital attendant in Gallipolis, has been elected president of State Local No 5, a labor union affiliate of the American Federation of Labor. The branch covers Ohio state hospital employees.
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Gallipolis
Dale Gilkey
State Hospital
State Local No. 5
American Federation of Labor
Ohio
Reverend E Winston Jones Preaches at Grace Methodist
Rev. E Winston Jones director of the Wesleyan Foundation at Ohio University preached during the morning worship at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis yesterday.
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Gallipolis
E. Winston Jones
Wesleyan Foundation
Ohio University
Grace Methodist
Funeral services held for 13 year old Beulah Thevenin
Funeral services were conducted at Elizabeth Chapel near Thivener for Beulah Thevenin 13 daughter of Mr and Mrs Chauncey Thevenin who died Friday night in Holzer Hospital Interment followed at St Nicholas Cemetery Survivors include her parents a sister Thelma and brothers Eugene and Carroll
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Chapel
Thivener
Beulah Thevenin
Chauncey Thevenin
Holzer Hospital
St. Nicholas Cemetery
Thelma
Eugene and
Carroll
Eugene Smith Dies in Logan After Night Incident
Eugene Smith, a Camp Hocking CCC enrollee, died after being struck on the head. He had left camp Friday evening with plans to visit Oxford and was found at a Logan location with multiple injuries. Investigators seek a vehicle driver and possible foul play while awaiting further examination.
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Smith
Richard Smith
Dover
CCC
Utah
Camp Hocking
John Gilmore
Oxford
Gilmore
Brother
Cass
Anders
Mound Crossing
Buckeye Lake
Lancaster
Joe Coss
Roy Smith
J. W. Toland
Logan
Hocking
Slubert D. Lappen
Logan Councilman Enjoys First Potatoes From Local Garden
Logan councilman George Moore savors new potatoes from his South Logan garden. He had the first meal of them on July 4.
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Logan
George Moore
South Logan
OU French Class Tours Gallipolis Historical Sites
Ohio University French students and teachers led a Gallipolis outing visiting Our House relics, the French Cemetery, Mound Hill Cemetery, and Island View Inn for a candlelight dinner. Speakers Ruth Miller and Bruce Blake discussed local Gallipolis history and the sesquicentennial observance.
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Gallipolis
Ohio University
Robert Tyroler
Stephen H. Fuller
Ruth Tyroler
Louis Tyroler
Mary T. Noss
Constance G. Leete
Athens
Kathryn M. Myers
Oak Hill
Lillian Long
Middletown
Helen C. Leicht
Alliance
Our House
France
Leo C. Bean
Paul Huffman
Luxembourg Gardens
Carmen
Mendelssohn
Old French Cemetery
Mound Hill Cemetery
Island View Inn
Ruth Miller
Bruce Blake
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Guests and Visits
Gallipolis social scene features Kildare Klub contract games with awards for Mrs. Gillingham and favors for Mrs. Canterbury. Weekending guests include Burtch Beall and son from Columbus, and the Sibley party visiting relatives in Chesapeake and Terre Haute. Residents and visitors travel to Washington and Lake Hope as families conduct trips and gatherings.
Birthday Surprise Picnic for Henke and McCormick
A surprise picnic was held Friday evening at Fortification Hill Park for Mrs. Jean Carolyn Henke and Mrs. Margaret B. McCormick. Attendees included Miss Henke, Mrs. Adolf Henke, the Henke couple, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henke, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rayburn and daughter, Miss Loma King of Columbus, Miss Margaret Lloyd, Miss Ruth Daniels, and J. S. Porter Jr. of LaGrange Kentucky.
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Jean Carolyn Henke
Margaret B. McCormick
Fortification Hill Park
Miss Henke
McCormick
Adolf Henke
Robert Henke
Harry Rayburn
Loma King of Columbus
Margaret Lloyd
Ruth Daniels
J. S. Porter, Jr
LaGrange, Ky
Donna Brannon Celebrates Seventh Birthday Party
Donna Roush Brannon turned seven with a party at her parents Howard and Mrs. Brannon’s Evans Heights home. Mrs. William Frazier helped entertain as rooms and refreshments wore patriotic colors and a cake hid a music box that played Happy Birthday.
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Donna Roush Brannon
Howard Brannon
Evans Heights
Keefer Family Visits Fort Benning Soldier
Mrs J P Keefer and family travel from Columbus to Fort Benning Georgia to see Doyle Keefer who recently enlisted and is ill in hospital. They return via Columbus with Mr and Mrs Paul Roach and family joining them for a visit back home.
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J. P. Keefer
Josephine
Cretoria
Gallipolis
Eugene Keefer
Columbus
Helen White
Fort Benning
Doyle Keefer
Gallipolis Personal Notes Highlight Local Outing and Visits
Gallipolis residents enjoy a Lake Hope outing with Ben Evans and family, Floyd Irion and son, John L Evans and family, and Ted Tanner and son from Jackson. Edith Louise Wood visits from Chillicothe for a week with Everett Wood and plans a trip to the east coast with Alfred Axe family. C W Walter hosts July 4 guests including Alfred Earles from Harveytown and Clifford Boster of Huntington. Beatrice Berry has returned from an unspecified trip.
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Ben Evans
Floyd Irion
John L. Evans
Ted Tanner
Jackson
Lake Hope
Zaleski
Edith Louise Wood
Chillicothe
Everett Wood
Alfred Axe
Lamartine
Ohio
C. W. Walter
Lincoln Ridge
Alfred Earles
Harveytown
W. Va
Clifford Boster
Huntington
Beatrice Berry
Epworth League Camp Out and Logan Resident Moves
Twenty eight Epworth League members from Logan Methodist Church head to Lancaster Camp Grounds for a week long encampment and institute chaperoned by six couples. Mrs E W Sanner, mother of J M Sanner of Laurel Run, travels to Millersport to live with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Homer White after a six week visit.
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Logan
Epworth League
Logan Methodist Church
Lancaster
Frank Lyke
Artie Brimner
Charles Struble
Millersport
E. W. Sanner
J. M. Sanner
Laurel Run
Homer White
Squirrel Family Quits Courthouse Area
In Gallipolis John Norman says six gray squirrels have left the Courthouse lawn and campus elms after more than three years of presence. He notes around 30 have inhabited the premises over time but did not stay. Owls and snakes may deter young squirrels and local officials and residents continue to feed them. Sheriff Hatfield's dog Duke checks the trees and caches as the annual migrations are mourned.
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Gallipolis
John Norman
Norman
Hatfield
Duke
Jehovah's Witnesses Active in Gallipolis Signs and Meetings
Reports say Jehovah's Witnesses are meeting clandestinely at unknown locations after removal from their former First and Sycamore Street meeting place. They allegedly canvassed residents to sign petitions for a state wide convocation at the state fairgrounds, with many signers later wishing to retract their names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First
Sycamore Streets
American Legion Post
Jehovah’s Witnesses
Woman Injured in Local Automobile Crash in Fair Condition
Mrs Maurice Grover wounded in Thursday crash in Gallipolis is reported fair in a local hospital with hopes for recovery. Miss Betty Jo Lunsford who suffered a fractured ankle in the same accident is in good condition.
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Gallipolis
Maurice Grover
Betty Jo Lunsford
Extension Council Picnic Sunday in Hocking County
Logan The Agricultural Extension Council of Hocking County will hold a family picnic Sunday afternoon July 14 with program to start at 1 o'clock. Hosts are Mr. and Mrs. L T Worley Rockhouse. Committee in charge of supper includes Mrs Worley Mrs Paul Shaw Mrs Charles Brown Mrs George Bushnell and Miss Grace Harsh.
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Logan
Agricultural Extension Council
Hocking County
L. T. Worley
Rockhouse
Worley
Paul Shaw
Charles Brown
George Bushnell
Grace Harsh
Hospital Notes Report Local Recoveries
Grant Hospital informs Mrs. William Bensonhaver who has been hospitalized for three weeks after major surgery will go home in about a week. Miss Mildred Blum, deputy in the clerk of courts office, after ten days in hospital, is steadily improving and expects to return home soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Grant Hospital
William Bensonhaver
Mildred Blum
Clerk of Courts Office
Tent Meeting Revival Led by Wan kenswantz in Dicken Addition
Logan Martin Sisters lead special singing at nightly tent meetings with evangelist Rev. Charles Wan kenswantz of Oak Grove assisted by Rev. Newland of Logan in Dicken Addition.
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Logan — Martin
Dicken Addition
Charles Wankenswantz
Oak Grove
Newland, Logan
Confiscation of Three Slot Machines at Eagles Club
Police seized three slot machines from the Eagles Club rooms Saturday evening led by Police Chief Lew Reynolds and Patrolman A F Evans. Chief Reynolds said charges would be filed against Eagles aerie officials.
Legion Team Scheduled for LOGAN Tournament Clash
The Legion team will meet LOGAN American Legion tournament squad at Chieftain Field Tuesday evening. Efforts are underway to arrange a second game later in the week, likely Thursday or Friday night.
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Logan — American Legion
Chieftain Field
Open Air Services Draw Crowd at Gallipolis Sesquicentennial
The first of three summer Sunday night services sponsored by the Gallipolis Ministerial Association drew a large crowd to the open air auditorium. Rev. George Sagen spoke on "On Such a Day as This" referencing early settlement vicissitudes and the sesquicentennial year. The event featured high school band numbers, strong lighting, ushers, and a public address system. Next service is planned for the first Sunday evening in August.
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Gallipolis
West Virginia
George Sagen
Elm Trees Reported Safe From Disease
Gallipolis reports inspection shows no Dutch Elm disease in city elms. A famed elm at Holzer Hospital entrance was replaced by a sapling, while the courthouse elms include one planted by the French Colony Chapter DAR in 1932 for George Washington’s bicentennial. Investigations indicate preventive treatment given to these trees.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Daughters of the American Revolution
George Washington
Mrs Charles Pidcock Dies. Services Held in Columbus
Funeral services were held in Columbus for Mrs Charles Pidcock attended by Gallipolis relatives and friends. She was sister to Mrs Ruth Cottrell and mother of Mrs Foster Miller both of Gallipolis and is survived by her husband and several children.
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Gallipolis
Charles Pidcock
Columbus
Ruth Cottrell
Foster Miller
Commissioners named for Greenfield Township partition suit
The court appoints Tanner Wood B. L. Starcher and D. Herbert Lloyd as commissioners in the partition case involving Greenfield Township land. Herbert Jenkins sues Jennie Mae Jones and others.
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Gallipolis
Tanner Wood
B. L. Starcher
D. Herbert Lloyd
Greenfield Township
Herbert Jenkins
Jennie Mae Jones
Gallipolis Boy Injured in Fall Remains in Columbus Hospital
Local relatives report 12 year old Lewis Womeldorff son of Mr and Mrs James Womeldorff natives of Gallia County is recovering in a Columbus hospital from injuries suffered in a recent fall from a tree.
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Gallipolis
Lewis Womeldorff
James Womeldorff
Gallia County
Columbus
Walter Family Reunion Scheduled at Dickey Church
The Walter family announces its annual reunion to be held Sunday July 21 at the Dickey Church on Lincoln Ridge. Joseph Walter serves as president and Herman Brucker as secretary for the event.
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Gallipolis
Walter
Dickey Church
Lincoln Ridge
Joseph Walter
Herman Brucker
Enters Hospital Logan Sylvester Brown 81
Sylvester Brown, 81, was brought to Cherrington Hospital from his Maxville home on Sunday for a week of treatment.
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Logan
Sylvester Brown
Cherrington Hospital
Maxville
Record of Ohio Hospital for Epileptics History Begun in 1893
Bryan Cooper leads WPA writers in chronicling the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics from its 1893 inception. The project, substantial in scope, will be archived in Columbus at the Department of Public Welfare as a ready reference record.
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Gallipolis
Bryan Cooper
Corps of
Ohio Hospital
Department of Public Welfare
Columbus
Divorce suit filed in Gallipolis for Eva Flint
Mrs Eva Flint mother of six files a divorce suit against husband Wilbur Flint alleging gross neglect. She seeks alimony custody of the children and a court order to prevent molestation.
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Gallipolis
Wilbur Flint
Eva Flint
Marriage license applicants listed in Gallipolis
Recent marriage license applicants include Roy Brinker 21 and Martha Hoschar 18 both of West Virginia Clarence Epple 47 of Toledo and Martha Gray Freer 47 of Nashville Louis Elliott 38 and Dreama Duncan 24 both of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Roy Brinker
Martha Hoschar
West Virginia
Clarence Epple
Toledo
Martha Gray Freer
Nashville
Louis Elliott
Dreama Duncan
Water Show Set for Sunday at City Waterfront
In Gallipolis an estimated 12 000 to 15 000 people watched Fourth of July events. The next water show is planned for Sunday July 28 on the waterfront with a circular course in front of the stadium. No admission fee and cash and cup prizes will be awarded. Some of the fastest motor boats in the tri state area are expected to compete and attendance is anticipated to be high.
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Gallipolis
Tristate
Education Classes Open in Gallipolis WPA Centers
Adult education classes under WPA sponsorship opened today at four Gallipolis centers and three others in Bidwell and Vinton after a two weeks’ vacation.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Bidwell
Vinton
Gallipolis Divorce Granted in Gross Neglect Case
George W. Myers is granted a divorce from Ella Myers after proving gross neglect of duty. The ruling highlights persistent marital abandonment and failure to support as the grounds for the decree.
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Gallipolis
George W. Myers
Ella Myers
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