Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority Initiates Eight Members
On Sunday at Hotel Athens the Sigma Phi Gamma Sorority initiated eight new members: Catherine Barstow Josephine Barstow Betty Gilham Mary Grazes Delores Henderson Lois McCoy Geneva Stauffer and Ruth Shaeffer. Breakfast at the Country Club followed with yellow and blue decor and gifts for new members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hotel Athens
Sigma Gamma
Catherine Barstow
Josephine Barstow
Betty Gilham
Mary Grazes
Delores Henderson
Lois McCoy
Geneva Stauffer
Ruth Shaeffer
Group Attends Christian Endeavor Conference in Wooster
Miss Betty Fulton Miss Marjorie Tompkins Miss Helen Radford Miss Ruth Hammerle Miss Anna Margaret Morrison and Paul Rothermen participate in the regular summer Christian Endeavor Young People conference in Wooster this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Fulton
Marjorie Tompkins
Helen Radford
Ruth Hammerle
Anna Margaret Morrison
Paul Rothermen
Wooster
Christian Endeavor
Ladies picnic at Nice's grounds by Business and Professional Women
The Business and Professional Women's Club hosts a guest night picnic at Nice's picnic grounds Thursday at 5 30 p m. Members bring guests and are asked to bring their own table service with Miss Emma Stotts in charge of arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Nice
Emma Stotts
Athens Republican Club
K. T. Crossen Post of
The
American Legion
Lavelle’s
Loren Connett
Ray Duffee
Francis Lavelle
Coming and going figures in Richland County list
A long list of social visits and travel plans from Richland area residents. Mr and Mrs H F Stevens and family travel including Milwaukee Yellowstone National Park and Mexico, with many other local guests visiting kin in Athens and surrounding towns. Community notices cover church events fairs and club meetings with dates and locations.
Northwest Territory Plans For October Celebration
Gallipolis in tentative plan for Northwest Territory observance with a pageant costume ball and other features. Event now set for Oct 8 and 9 with a souvenir coin likely a metal cinque centime priced at ten cents. French influence highlighted due to city history. Mr. and Mrs. George A. Tabit return from Shreveport Louisiana after three weeks visiting their daughter and son-in-law Mr. and Mrs. Eckford Hodgson. Lieutenant Hodgson is an army aviator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Northwest Territory
J. Paul Mossman
Mossman
South Gallipolis
George A. Tabit
Shreveport
Eckford Hodgson
Hodgson
Girl Scouts Plan Two Camping Trips at Camp Rotan
Local girl scouts schedule two overnight camping trips at Camp Rotan. The first group of 20 youngest day campers will depart Monday July 17 and return Wednesday at 4 pm for a three day two night stay. A second group of older girls will camp July 25 to July 27.
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Camp Rotan
Ohio University Summer Session Band to Give Concert
The Ohio University summer session band with 40 members directed by Myron A. Pearce will perform on campus Thursday night July 14 at 7 30 p m. Pearce formerly led the Coldwater School Band which won the state Class C championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Myron A. Pearce
T. L. Yoho
Franklin Ave
Ohio U
P. m
Pearce
Coldwater
Mrs Wolfe Speaks on Medical Work in Athens County
Mrs Thomas M Wolfe addressed the Women's Association of the Presbyterian Church describing medical efforts in Athens County and detailing community work at Poston. Miss Mabel LeMaster played accordion selections. Plans for a church family day picnic in August were made with Mrs C M Gill’s group hosting refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Wolfe
Athens County
Poston
Women's Association of the Presbyterian Church
Mabel LeMaster
C. M. Gill
Miss Abel to Speak to Girl Scouts Thursday
Miss Margaret Abel will address the Girl Scouts on Thursday July 14 at 1 30 p m in the Rufus Putnam Training School fourth grade room. She will show craft examples and explain designs and methods of working. All Girl Scouts are urged to attend as they pursue a varied summer program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret Abel
Girl Scouts
Rufus Putnam Training School
Miss Abel
Beck gets permit for new gasoline tanks at Second and Sycamore
Gallipolis reports Homer E. Beck, service station operator, has approval to erect two 10 000 gallon and one 15 000 gallon gasoline tanks on the former Dale property on Second Street above Sycamore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Homer FE
Beckett
Dale
Sycamore St
Old Car Bought By Gallipolis Resident Clifford Harrison
In Gallipolis the 1923 Studebaker owned by the Kerrs has been purchased by Clifford Harrison, who uses it daily. Kerr died in 1926 and administrators Cher rington and Maddy sold the vehicle to Harrison, who notes the car has 4 000 miles on it. A remodel of Herbert Henking’s State Street home into a duplex is also underway by Dr. L C Bean. Mrs. Roy George, 20, was treated and released after a head and facial injury from a Sunday crash near Langsville and Rutland.
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Gallipolis
Studebaker
C. D. Kerr
Clifford Harrison
Kerr
H. W. Cherrington
Harry Maddy
Harrison
Herbert H. Henking
Alfred Henking
State St
City Park
L. C. Bean
Roy George
Langsville
Rutland
Holzer Hospital
Marriage A Sequel to Married Comrades
Adele Garrison presents a domestic scene as Hank and Bill travel for a heart check with Dicky pushing to learn if Hank may play football. The mother, grandmother, and boys are eased toward sleep while tension hides in Dicky’s weary, troubled expression.
Attendance Drives in Churches Boost Meigs County Reach
An three week attendance campaign across seven Churches of Christ in Meigs County raises total weekly attendance from 780 to 807, with Dexter up from 27 to 47 and Bradford and Cra dle Roll figures improving. Meigs totals include Pomeroy 95, Rutland 74, Long Bottom 51, Cradle Roll counts and Port Middle attendance noted.
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Pomeroy
Churches of Christ
Meigs County
Bradford
Dexter
Long Bottom
Brad
City to honor 1892 fire with historic steamer engine
Bay City fire fighters refinished one of the era’s old steamers and plan to place it on permanent exhibit after the great fire of 1892 that destroyed much of the city.
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Bay City
Mich
Sharpe Minor Files Incorporation Papers in Music Clinic
Sharpe-Minor of Los Angeles has filed incorporation papers for the music and radio clinic in Los Angeles, Sacramento. The action marks formal setup of a business entity focused on music teaching and broadcasting services in Southern California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sharpe
Sacramento
Calif
Sharpe-Minor
Los Angeles
Music and Radio Clinic of
Gallia Republicans to hear Mrs Taft Saturday
Gallia voters are invited to a county meeting at the Court House on Saturday at 2 p m to hear Mrs Robert Taft of Cincinnati. Local and district candidates may participate in the program, with Mrs Taft as noon luncheon guest of the Republican Women's Club at the Libby Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Court House
Robert Taft
Cincinnati
Taft
Republican Women's Club
Libby Hotel
C. O. Betz
Chamber of Commerce weighs suspension over memberships
At a Cham ber of Commerce meeting Monday night President Homer W Walter warned the group that without new memberships at once the chamber would suspend. He said printing of a city advertising booklet was postponed due to a lean treasury and other fixed expenses would have to be curtailed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Homer W. Walter
Young People Attend Lancaster Camp Epworth Institute
Grace Methodist Church youths from Gallipolis spend the week at Lancaster Camp grounds for the Epworth League Institute drawing about 600 southeastern state participants. Mrs W Scott Westerman lectures daily and Miss Vivian Dexter serves as chaplain with a strong local cottage presence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Lancaster
W. Scott Westerman
Vivian Dexter
Bess and
Louise Evans
Dorothy Lanier
Margaret Tanner
Nancy Leaper
Janet Booth
Ellen Westerman
Jerry Evans
Pauline Johnson
Helen Henshaw
Steamer Gordon Co. Greene Visitors to Gallipolis
About 150 round trippers from Cincinnati to Pittsburgh will stop in Gallipolis next week. The Chamber of Commerce committee will supply automobiles to show visitors points of interest.
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Gallipolis
Gordon Co. Greene
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Starbuck to Teach at Rio Grande College
Gallia County Extension Agent R. R. Starbuck will leave service September 1 to become agriculture teacher and farm supervisor at Rio Grande College. Starbuck, a Wilmington College and Ohio State graduate, has served as county agent since 1934. Ohio Township teachers have not yet been employed, says Bradbury.
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W. A. Lewis
Rio Grande College
Gallia County
R. R. Starbuck
Wilmington College
Ohio State University
Starbuck
Homer Kemper
Kenneth Ward
Maurice Thomas
Saxton Jones
Perry
E. B. Webb
John Wickline
Mae Smeltzer
Marie Harris
Harry Anderson
Ray Troth
Margaret P. Jones
Priscilla White
Rio Grande
L. Doyle Freshcorn
A. Davis
Dewey Walker
Harley Cloud
Donald Love
Walter Neal
Vera Metcalf
Muriel Jones
Estavaun Hutchinson
Margaret Hull
Gerald Hull
Vinton
John Allison
Nolan Carter
Elmer Neal
Mudsoc
Ohio Township
States
Bradbury
Rotary Club Picnic Frolic at Camp In Gelside
Rotary Club members and guests enjoyed the annual frolic at Camp In gelside on Raccoon Creek Tuesday evening. Past President Stanley Evans prepared a picnic repast set on long tables with waiters serving. President Morris Haskins led an impromptu program that lasted after moonrise.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Camp Ingelside
Raccoon Creek
Stanley Evans
Morris Haskins
Estate appointment for Jesse G. Waugh in Gallipolis
Homer Waugh named administrator of the Jesse G. Waugh estate in Gallipolis. Bond secured by Wallace Lewis and Alva Waugh.
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Gallipolis
Homer Waugh
Jesse G. Waugh
Wallace Lewis
Alva Waugh
City agency designates manager as custodian of Kerr trust
By resolution the City Commission designates the city manager as custodian of a $3 000 trust fund left by the late Mrs Minnie S Kerr for the upkeep of graves of relatives in Pine St Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Minnie S. Kerr
Pine St
Caldwell Rites To Be Held At Baptist Church
Funeral services for Edgar R. Caldwell aged 53 will be held Thursday afternoon at two o'clock in the First Baptist Church with Rev. George Sagen officiating. Caldwell, who died by hanging at his Mill Creek home, was a member of the church and Modern Woodmen camp. Interment will be in Mound Hill Cemetery. He had been ill with heart dropsy and had worked at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics for 32 years. He leaves a widow Artie M. Caldwell and three sons Ray 17, Bobbie 13, Merrill 11, plus his father and several siblings. Coroner Lewis Brown conducted an inquest.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
George Sagen
Edgar R. Caldwell
Mill Creek
Modern Woodmen
Mound Hill
Caldwell
Ohio Hospital
State Institution
Crown City
Verba Thompson
George Thompson
Ohio Township
Artie M. Dulaney
Waterloo
Ray
Bobbie
Merrill
Jasper Caldwell
C. F. Caldwell
Caledonia
J. O. Garlic
Geneva
N. Y
William C. Caldwell
Spencer
W. Va
Homer Caldwell
Parkersburg
Leslie and Clark Caldwell
James N. Caldwell
Huntington
Lewis Brown
Obituary: Albert Moch 82 Prominent Cincinnati Businessman
Albert Moch of Cincinnati died Tuesday morning in Jewish Hospital at age 82. He was a native of Gallipolis and a prominent local business man. Cousins Joe Moch Mrs C C Ingels and Miss Julia Moch attended the Cincinnati funeral service Wednesday afternoon. The elder Moch never married.
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Gallipolis
Albert Moch
Cincinnati
Jewish Hospital
Joe Moch
C. C. Ingels
Julia Moch
Moch
Patriot Church sponsors ice cream social for repainting
Mrs. Mary KE Carter announces an ice cream social on the Masonic lawn Saturday night in Gallipolis to raise funds for painting the Patriot Church. Local residents invited to join the event.
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Gallipolis
Band Mothers’ Organization
City Park
Masonic Drum Corps
Patriot Church
Mary Ke, Carter
Ice Cream Social Planned by Mrs. Lewis Hughes
Mrs. Lewis Hughes announces an ice cream social at Georges Creek Grange Hall on Saturday night inviting local residents to attend.
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Gallipolis
Lewis Hughes
Georges Creek Grange Hall
Philathea Class Holds Picnic at Nice’s Park
Members of the Philathea Class of the Christian Church held a Tuesday picnic at Nice’s Park. Arrangements were made by Miss Rowena Sprout and Mrs. Etta Foster, with Rev. and Mrs. Neil Crawford and Mrs. S. E. G. Pedigo among those present.
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Nice’s Park
Philathea
The
Christian Church
Rowena Sprout
Etta Foster
Neil Crawford
S. E. G. Pedigo
Two Brownie Troops Head to Camp Friday
Brownies from Rufus Putnam and Central Schools will attend a camp day at Camp Rotan this Friday. They meet at the bus station at 9 o'clock with bus money lunch and a drink. The return bus is at 4 o'clock and mothers must arrange transport to and from the bus station.
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Rufus Putnam
Central Schools
Camp Rotan
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Youngstown
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Columbia Ave
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