Dynamite River Dams To Open Eureka Project
Six million dollars in government property is being dynamized ahead of the Eureka Ohio River dam project near Gallipolis. Locks 9 10 11 on the Great Kanawha and 23 24 25 26 on the Ohio are being demolished including dams and locks while former lockmaster residences and machinery buildings are cleared. Demolition by the U S Engineers in Huntington uses dynamite to remove sections. debris settles on the riverbed and is not a navigation menace. After the Eureka Dam opens in September a 40 mile pool will enhance river transport and offer new aquatic recreation opportunities.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Eureka
Great Kanawha River
Ohio
Great Kanawha
United States Engineers’ Department
Huntington
Engineer Corps
Aged Man Injured in Gallipolis Accident
A car driven by Virgil Sigler with 70 year old passenger James Alex Betz collided with a second car driven by James Reese near a Gallipolis Kanauga gas station. Betz suffered head and body injuries but was not in serious condition. Sigler’s car was badly damaged.
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Gallipolis
Virgil Sigler
James Alex Betz
James Reese
D. W. Reese
Betz
Sigler
Ease
Midway Beween
Kanauga
Grasshoppers Invade City Gardents and Hedgerows
Gallipolis reports millions of grasshoppers invading the city and feasting on hedges and garden vegetables. Plants are largely consumed and efforts to combat the invasion with poison sprays have been largely ineffective, with new swarms taking the place of those that die.
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Gallipolis
Thomas A Lew injured in Gallia truck collision
Thomas A Lew, 85, of near Gallia, suffered serious head injuries after stepping into a highway from behind a truck and being struck by a car driven by 21 year old Robert Radcliff. Radcliff was absolved of blame after police investigated. Rev H H Wilbur and wife planned a two week stay at Lancaster Camp Meeting with weekends at home.
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Gallipolis
Thomas A. Lewis
Gallia
Holzer Hospital
Robert Radcliff
Alice
Radcliff
John Fraley
H. H. Wilbur
Lancaster
Southerner to Join Faculty at Rio Grande
W A Lewis Rio Grande College president announces Miss Mary Elizabeth Young will become dean of women arriving before the fall term. She holds A B from Salem College and UNC 1928, an MA from Columbia, and a dean's diploma, with past service at High Point College as history and education professor and dean of women. She is active in church and civic groups.
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Gallipolis
W. A. Lewis
Rio Grande College
Mary Elizabeth Young
Miss Young
Columbia University
Rio Grande
Salem College
University of North Carolina
High Point College
Women's Club of
North Carolina
University Women
National Association Deans of Women
The
Protestant Church
Young Child Dies After Yearlong Illness in Gallipolis
Marvin Leroy Evans aged nearly three son of Mr and Mrs Herbert Evans of Gallipolis died in Holzer Hospital Saturday from effects of drinking rye a year ago. He had been hospitalized several times during the year. Funeral services were Sunday.
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Gallipolis
Marvin Leroy Evans
Herbert Evans
Holzer Hospital
Gallia County Board Hears Applications for Truant Officer
Gallia County Board of Education met Saturday at the superintendent H B Bradbury's office. Members C S Tanner C A Evans Cecil Halley Bert Jones and A L Dillon considered several applications for county tru ant officer but will make a final decision at the August meeting.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Injured Girl's Father Flies Home From West
Carl Myers a Gallipolis produce merchant traveling west with four others learned his daughter Theron Myers 16 was fatally injured in an auto crash. He flew home via Chicago and Cleveland arriving Sunday. Theron remains in critical condition with skull fracture and head injuries. four blood transfusions given. Mrs Myers also critically ill from shock. The party had been en route to the National Elks Convention in Denver.
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Gallipolis
Carl Myers
Produce Commission
West
Theron Myers
Billings
Montana
Chicago
Cleveland
Myers
Eckford Hodgson
C. E. Holzer
Miss Myers
Willie Martin
Holzer Hospital
Mr. Myers
E. E. Hatfield
Col
H. B. Ecker
S. B. Huntington
C. C. Ingels
Peculiar Interstate Car Collision Near Gallipolis
Deputy Sheriff Harold Wood reports a Saturday night crash on Route 7 near Gallipolis involving three vehicles from West Virginia Kentucky and Pennsylvania. No severe injuries. WV car moved on KY driver offered rides to Kentucky travelers and PA passengers were given a lift home. The incident hints at superstition with a four leaf clover or rabbit foot.
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Gallipolis
Harold Wood
West Virginia
Kentucky
Pennsylvania
Scouts Set Up Camp at Fairfield Lake
Gallipolis Boy Scouts began a week long camp at Fairfield Lake with a fixed schedule. Vesper services are planned at 7 30 p m daily followed by speakers each evening.
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Gallipolis
Fairfield Lake
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