WPA Relief in Gallia County Faces Private Work Shift
Gallia County WPA front quiet as 152 workers are removed from rolls and 280 idle awaiting WPA county engineer schedule adjustments. Many find private employment on farms while others file for relief supplies. commissioners meet Monday to address local relief and WPA status and consider permanent relief director appointment for Miss Lillian Saunders.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
WPA
Lillian Saunders
$50 Fine Continues Drive on Drunk Driving
Judge W. R. White fined Paul S. Collins 30 Coal Grove for drunken driving and suspended his license for six months. He faces the work house if the fine is unpaid. Harry Wood of Rio Grande is recovering from a heart attack in Holzer Hospital after collapsing here yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. R. White
John Howell
Paul S. Collins
Coal Grove
Lawrence County
Harry Wood
Rio Grande
Holzer Hospital
Russ Morgan and His Orchestra at Buckeye Lake Pier Ballroom
Russ Morgan and His Orchestra perform at Lake Pier The Pier Ballroom Buckeye Lake on Friday July 14. Morgan gained national popularity on NBC and CBS plus 39 weeks on the Phil Harris Program with Morgan Manner noted for fine musical arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye Lake
Russ Morgan
NBC
CBS
Phillip Morris
Morgan
Ann Sheridan Tops Cast in Naughty but Nice at Athena
Ann Sheridan leads in Naughty but Nice opening Friday at the Athena as part of a double feature with Five Came Back. The Warner Bros. comedy features Gale Page and Dick Powell with five new songs by Harry Warren and Johnny Mercer, including Hooray for Spinach and Corn Pickin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Warren
Johnny Mercer
Warner Bros
Ann Sheridan
Gale Page
Dick Powell
the Athena
Chester Morris
Miss Sheridan
Powell
Miss Page
Guards at Camp Conley Draw Crowds Near Pt. Pleasant
Nearly 1,000 West Virginia National Guardsmen occupy Camp Conley north of Pt. Pleasant. Their presence and maneuvers attract many visitors from the surrounding territory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
West Virginia
Gallipolis Man Joins South America Engineering Party
Kenneth Richards, son of Mrs Blake Strait, left Gallipolis for California and then traveled to South America with an engineering team for an overseas assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kenneth Richards
Blake Strait
California
South America
Injured in Fall Near Union Furnace
Mrs. Eliza Jane Wandling, 79, suffered a hip fracture in a fall at the Wandling home near Union Furnace Tuesday. She was taken to St. Anthony Hospital in Columbus for treatment. Logan certificate office for June reported total receipts of 387.80. county received 265.90 and the state 121.90, per D. W. Feather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Eliza Jane Wandling
P. R. Wandling
Union Furnace
St. Anthony Hospital
Columbus
D. W. Feather
Road Repairs At Harrington Under Way
Gallipolis reports State Highway No 7 at Harrington south of the city is under repair with no completion date. A spring slip sent roadbed toward the river, but a temporary route is active. Steel piling drives into rock with sandstone layers added, hillside drainage and terraces prevent further slips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harrington
Straitsville Church Dorcas Class Meets in Straitsville
The Dorcas Class of the Baptist Church met Monday night. Several residents and visitors from nearby towns are listed visiting relatives and attending gatherings. Notable items include birthdays and family visits across Columbus Wellston Logan and Somerset.
Bradford Social Notes Record Local Visits
Bradford notes list visits by Mrs. Frank Buck Mrs. Elizabeth Humphrey Mrs. Lydia Hysell and others to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Buck in Bailey Run Bradbury guests include Ben Bailey Lester and Richard Hysell Elizabeth Humphrey of Akron visiting William Baker Pom eroy Clarence Might and children with Ron Might West Rutland Bessie Moore and Lydia Hysell visits Bible School attendance 95 and Eileen Eskew is still very recent newlyweds at West Rutland
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Bradford
Frank Buck
Elizabeth Humphrey
Lydia Hysell
Charles Burt
Charles Lambert
Charles Buck
Bailey Run
Ben Bailey
Lester
Richard
Bradbury
Val Hysell
Akron
William Baker
Pomeroy
Clarence Might
Ron Might
West Rutland
Bessie Moore
Clarence Anderson
Middleport
John Eskew
Eileen Eskew
Local Weddings Highlight Dunbar and Pomeroy Nuptials
Miss Anna Lee Edwards daughter of E VY Edwards Dunbar W Va and Mr James Siders wed at the bridegroom's parents home Rev H M Smith officiating The couple were attended by Mr and Mrs Patsy Broyles Other guests listed including Mr and Mrs Ernest Davis and Mr and Mrs Mason Grover Another wedding saw Mr Alfred Arnold and Miss Opal Irion marry in Pomeroy and establish a home on Court Street in Gallipolis Mrs Roy Irion of Eureka is Opal Irion's mother The Deshler-Wallick party announced Miss Ruth Davis sister of the bride announced her sister Miss Davis married Mr Henry J Greenwald of Cleveland in November 1938 The bride is a 1938 Ohio State University music graduate who taught in Norwood last year The Greenwalds both attended Ohio State with Greenwald also at Fenn College
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Gallipolis
Anna Lee Edwards
E. VY. Edwards
Dunbar
W. Va
James Siders
Harley Siders
Upper Second Ave
H. M. Smith
Church of God
Patsy Broyles
Bessie
Gary Bumgardiner
Clyde Reed
Orland Elliott
Virgil Sisson
Mary Frances Evans
Sidders
Wanda
Charles
Alfred Arnold
Opal Irion
Pomeroy
Court St
Arnold
J. T. Arnold
Park Central Hotel
Roy Irion
Eureka
Luckoff
Miss Davis
Henry J. Greenwald
Cleveland
Ruth Davis
Deshler-Wallick
Ohio State University
Norwood
Greenwald
Ohio State
Fenn College
George Wheeler
Columbus
F. W. Wheeler
V. O. Benson
Lake Erie
Patsy VanGilder
Red House
Betty VanGilder
John S. Richards
Athol Richards
West Liberty
Paul Haskins
Betty
Morris Elliott
Irma Massie
Eugene Helling
Audrey Massie
Harold Saffron
Peebles
John Blackburn
Winchester
Walton E. Brownell
Kananga
Hazel Richard
Ola Crowe
Huntington
Smoky Mountains
Florilla Rife
Bulaville
Calvin Stover
James Taylor
Eloise
Dayton Fife
Wreatha Walter
Bladen
John Shaver
Prospect
Irvin Spurlock
Alton
Heber Rife
Bulnville
George Broyles
Sterling
George Sagen
George Hern
F. E. Kerr
Lottie Shuler
Granville
Gladys
Florence Shuler
Chicago
O. J. White
Jack Knight
Sutton
Frances Bowen
Charleston General Hospital
Daisy Ankrom
Nelson Gardner
A. J. Freeman
Boston
Blazer
Winnie Wetherholt
Gallia County
New York
Mabel Robertson
Washington, D. C
Will Cox
Floyd Irion
Jackson
Wellston
Richard Smeltzer
Logan
P. C. Smeltzer
Meade Smeltzer
J. G. Johnson
Jackson Road
Emory Waugh
Joe Bundick
Mary Lou
Eugene Keefer
Anna Wiseman
Lancaster Camp Grounds
J. C. Shepard
Jean Kerr
Toledo
Fred Parker
J. E. Watts
Beckley
Hively and Stumbo Wed in July Nuptials
Mr Richard Hively son of Mr and Mrs James Hively of North up and Miss Georgiana Stumbo daughter of Mr and Mrs Alpha Stumbo of Scottown were united in marriage by Rev Albert Bennett of that community Saturday July 8.
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Richard Hively
James Hively
Northup
Georgiana Stumbo
Alpha Stumbo
Scottown
Lawrence County
Albert Bennett
Local Social Roundup Includes Weddings Parties and Club News
A series of social events is chronicled including Mrs. O. McIntyre hosting a Gateswood gathering for cousin Miss Virginia Finfrock of Corpus Christi Texas with a buffet supper and movie outing. Other items note a Lake Alma picnic hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Elza Rupe, a Methodist Missionary Society gathering, a Married Folks' Club dinner with guests, and announcements of marriages such as Raymond Edward Cox and Alice Kathleen Justice and Mary Davis's wedding.
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O. McIntyre
Gatewood
Virginia Finfrock
Corpus Christi
Tex
Virginia
Mark Finfrock
Dorothy Housekeeper
Gary, Ind
Katherine Dale
Julia Agnes Wood
Marianna McHenry
Matilda Hall
Norene Long
Esther Mary Priestley
Jimmie Boyles
Dan Miller
Elza Rupe
Eno
Lake Alma
Rupe
Howard Neal
Married Folks’ Club
Laurence Mullineaux
Clark’s Lake
Mich
H. E. Schrammel
Emporia
Kans
Schrammel
Joe Moch
Robert H. Ruddell
Local Residents Visit Relatives in Town
Spent Monday with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buck and others visiting Monday evening included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burt Mrs. Charles Buck and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Harrison of Rutland. Clinton Mulford of Columbus vacationing with her mother Mrs. Hannah Roush.
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Frank Buck
Charles Burt
Charles Buck
Ernest Harrison
Rutland
Clinton Mulford
Columbus
Hannah Roush
Local Guests at Charity Dinner in Middleport
Local guests at a Charity Council Daughters of America dinner in Middleport included Mrs. Hobart Wilson visiting as district deputy, Mrs. J. C. Myers, Mrs. John Dan ner, Mrs. W. D. Kelton and Mrs. Pp. C. Smeltzer. Multiple families from Garfield Garfield Avenue to Huntington joined in visiting relatives and attending events in nearby towns.
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Charity Council, Daughters of America
Middleport
Hobart Wilson
J. C. Myers
John Danner
W. D. Kelton
Pp. C. Smeltzer
Wilson
Charity
Nelson Brucker
Garfield Avenue
Hollis Harbour
Patriot
Oscar Wood
Jesse Sheets
W.M. Harbour
Pike County High School Post Accepts New Teacher
Mr and Mrs Dale Scott relocate to Latham where Scott will teach vocational agriculture at Pike County High School He is a 1935 Albany High valedictorian and a College of Agriculture Ohio State University graduate involved in Phi Eta Sigma University Grange Townsend Agriculture Education Society and Gamma Sigma Delta He started work July 1 after graduating June 12 Also mentions local visits guests and fishing activity around the area with multiple families and individuals attending gatherings and events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Dale Scott
Marguerite Crabtree
Latham
Pike County
Scott
Albany High
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Phi Eta Sigma
University Grange
Townsend Agriculture
Columbus
Margaret Curtis
Argel
Imogene
Kathaleen
Mt. Pleasant
Mich
G. W. Collins
Harley Collins
Lancaster
Gale Price
Athens
D. E. Allen
George Evans
Lee Elliott
Berton Elliott
George Brown
Janet Ann Jones
McArthur
William West
Clovis Chesser
June Kruskamp
Virginia Zimmerman
Bettina Collins
Lawrence
Joe Stutz
Hocking
Seven Injured in Car Truck Crash at Fourth and Pine
Seven people were injured in a Tuesday evening crash at Fourth and Pine Streets in Gallipolis. John Smeltzer Sr and Jr, Curtis Smeltzer, Mr and Mrs Charles Campbell, and Charles and Minnie Simmons were hospitalized with head injuries or cuts but no broken bones. State investigators said stop signs were ignored by Campbell, who was driving the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fourth
Pine Streets
John Smeltzer
Curtis Smeltzer
Charles Campbell
Charles
Minnie Simmons
John Smeltzers
Campbell
Water Service Extended to Fortification Hill Park Area
Gallipolis city workers install three fire hydrants as water service extends to the new road leading to Fortification Hill Park. At Northup, the Ashbury Epworth League plans an ice cream festival at G R Phillips farm home Saturday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fortification Hill Park
Asbury Epworth League
G. R. Phillips
Northup
Swimming Pool Remains Gallipolis Popular Spot
Gallipolis municipal pool on the high school campus remains the town’s most popular site. Swimming classes run morning and afternoon for all ages. Evening elimination contests choose a team of swimmers and divers to face Pomeroy Friday in an inter city meet.
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Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Deputy Sealer of Weights Probes Gallia County
Otis Drummond deputy county auditor and sealer of weights and measures spends July pursuing duties across the county. He reports only a few minor discrepancies found so far.
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Gallipolis
Otis Drummond
4-H Club tour route not decided at advisers meeting
Selection of the tour route for the 4-H club was not made at yesterday’s county advisers meeting in the agent’s office and will be decided at a later meeting this week.
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Gallipolis
Resignation of Trustee in Marion Township
Logan Erwin Sheets resigns as trustee in Marion Township. Roland Carmen appointed to fill the vacancy. Sheets had moved to Philadelphia to live with relatives. This is the second trustee resignation in the township this year, the other being William Ruff who left due to ill health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Erwin Sheets
Marion Township
Roland Carmen
Sheets
Philadelphia
William Ruff
Ruff
License to Wed for Logan McDougal and Edna Johnson
Logan McDougal a 22 year old Columbus cab driver and Edna Johnson a 22 year old Lancaster resident were granted a license to wed here Wednesday. The bride and groom are both listed as children of their respective parents Mr and Mrs William Johnson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Paul Glenn McDougal
Columbus
Edna J. Johnson
Lancaster
William Johnson
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Lake Pier
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Robert Young
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Om Oervet
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Jean Harlow
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Roy Rogers
Mary Hart
Bbontier Dony Express
Dick Tracy
Straitsville
New Straitsville
Dorcas
The
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J. S. Wilson
Wanda North
Nelsonville
Herbert Fleming
Jane
Alice Callahan
H. Brockmyer
Nelle Shuttleworth
Joe
Marilyn Todd
D. B. Blankenship
Raymond Montgomery
Chester Wade
Charles Lawson
Ed Lawson
Charles Lawson Jr
Nancy Essex Johnson
Elizabeth Essex
Clarence Callahan
Somerset
Elmer Matthews
Junction City
Floyd Matthews
Mary Callahan
P. A. Dreese
Joseph Callahan
Catherine Callahan
Margaret Holt
Harold Holt
Frank Miller
Pat Quinn
Chauncey
Otto Eschbaucher J
Wayne
Anna Telljohn
Jessie Orndorf
Sam Hartman
Canton
Arthur Sprankel
Sherman Sprankel
Ft. Benjamin ‘Harrison
Ind
Wesley Ross
Marietta Hospital
Paul Romans
Chillicothe
Richard Evans
Howard Blankenship
William Brown
Roy Palmer
New Lexington
Levi Palmer
Gallipolis Social Notes
John Gwinn
Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Methodist Church
W. A. King
Earl Wheeler
Raymond Edward Cox
Sophia Cox
Alice Kathleen Justice
Chesapeake
Catlettsburg
Cox
Emmons- Hawkins Hardware Co
Mary Davis
Ada Davis
John Newton Davis
Colum
Fred
Sanders
Crre
Evanany
N. Court ST
Athens, Ohio
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Simmons
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Midway
Detroit
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