Negotiations for Ohio River Bridge Sale Move Forward
Dr. Charles Holzer of Gallipolis opened talks with the State Bridge Commission in Columbus on a possible state purchase of the Gallipolis to Point Pleasant Ohio River bridge. A second meeting is planned in 10 days to two weeks. price not disclosed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
U.P
Charles Holzer
West Virginia-Ohio River Bridge Corporation
State Bridge Commission
Columbus
Ohio River
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Holzer
Commission
Gallia County candidates file nominating petitions
County election clerk Helen Russell reports more than fifty petitions issued and filed. Ohio Township leads in filings with candidates E. C. Boster W. H. Ours Russell Porter W. N. Sisson Pearl Day. Springfield Township lists Anthony Murray Joy Thax ton S. M. Rutan. A. M. Fillinger and Earl Quickle have filed for township trustee and clerk. No Gallipolis board of education candidates have filed yet.
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Gallipolis
Helen Russell
County Election Board
Ohio Township
E. C. Boster
W. H. Ours
Board of Education
Russell Porter
W. N. Sisson
Pearl Day
Springfield Township
Anthony Murray
Joy Thaxton
S. M. Rutan
A. M. Fillinger
Guvan
Earl Quickle
Huntington
Salesmen Accused of Farm Publication Fraud
William F. Kent of Morgan Center said on Wednesday that a group of men soliciting for a farm publication defrauded him and nearby residents within a week. Kent alerted publishers who confirmed they employ no solicitors, and authorities will try to locate the men.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William F. Kent
Morgan Center
Kent
Chamber Interest Drives Eureka Village State Park Project
Gallipolis leaders push a state park on Eureka Village site at the Ohio end of the super dam. Municipal Judge John Halliday and Judge W. R. White toured the site with the sesqui-centennial committee and will seek backing from the state highway department to realize the park before the next year’s sesqui-centennial.
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Gallipolis
Eureka Village
Ohio
County relief investigator Owen Boster severed from post
Gallia County commissioners by resolution cut Owen Boster from the county relief office as investigator effective August 1. He had served for several years. No reason given and no successor named. Ewing and Jones voted yes, Grover voted no.
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Gallipolis
Owen Boster
Boster
Ewing
Jones
Grover
Gallipolis jail population shrinks to two
Byron Bodimer and Delbert Motley remain in Gallipolis jail as the only prisoners awaiting grand jury review in September. Charles Nuckles and his wife attended funeral services in Logan for State Trooper Allen Jeffreys of Prince ton, killed on a highway job. Arthur Steenbergen, 53, former Gallipolis resident, dies in Urbana Ohio with funeral set Friday at 2 p.m. survived by his wife Anna Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Byron Bodimer
Delbert Motley
Charles Nuckles
Logan
W. Va
Allen Jeffreys
Princeton
Arthur Steenbergen
Urbana
Ohio
Anna Hill
Board of Education Awards Bus Contracts for Five Routes
Gallipolis District Board of Education awarded three year bus route contracts pending state compliance. Maple Shade Emerson Corbin at 107.60 per month. Ka mauga George Corbin 113.96. Clipper Mills C E Mayes 100. Mill Creek C E Mayes 115. Jackson Pike George Corbin 98.68. Higher bids came from Walter Allison Ray Allison and Frank Willey.
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Gallipolis
Judge White Buys Old Light Posts In Cheshire
Judge W. R. White purchased two more of the old iron gas light posts from the 1880s to place in front of a Cheshire church, plan to modernize them with electricity, and install them at State and First Avenue beside a previously acquired post from Eureka church property.
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Gallipolis
W. R. White
Cheshire
State and
First Avenue
Eureka
Catch of nearly 100 pounds turtle nets at Raccoon Creek
Charles T. Robinson C W Booth and F C Christ secured about 100 pounds of turtle in one night on Raccoon Creek. The catch is being conditioned for a stag fried turtle supper at the Elks Club.
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Gallipolis
Raccoon Creek
Charles T. Robinson
C W. Booth
F. C. Christ
Elks’ Club
Wives to Furnish Cakes at Eagles Festival
Wives of members of the local Eagles Lodge will furnish cakes to accompany 100 gallons of ice cream at a festival in the city park Saturday evening. Seats and tables will be set up in the park for the event.
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Gallipolis
Eagles’ Lodge
City Park
Mills of Pomeroy Recovers From Eye Removal
Russell Mills is recovering at Holzer Hospital after an eye was removed due to injuries from a hunting accident in the fall. He lives in Pomeroy and underwent surgery to save his life.
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Gallipolis
Russell Mills
Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital
Funeral held in Wellston for Ona Rhodes Thorne
Relatives and friends attended services Tuesday in Wellston for Ona Rhodes Thorne age 63 wife of Frank Thorne and former resident of the Ewington neighborhood where she taught school for many years.
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Gallipolis
Wellston
Ona Rhodes Thorne
Frank Thorne
Ewington
Grangers to Meet Gallipolis at Flower Service Program
Huntington grange will host Patriot Grange on July 22 for a flower service program presented by the visiting group.
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Gallipolis
Huntington Grange
Patriot Grange
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights and Birthdays
Social notes from Gallipolis recount the thirtieth second wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Merch Clark of Campaign with a large Happy Home Club gathering and a noon casserole dinner. Other items note birthday celebrations in Cheshire and at the Cooper country home with extensive guest lists, plus a D A R meeting at Limes and a marriage at Squire Grover’s. Lieut Alex Wolfe visits Camp Knox for two weeks of ROTC training.
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Gallipolis
Herman Lewis
Cheshire
Claire Wellington
Ohio River
Lewis
Arthur Cooper
L. C. Smith
Columbus
Cooper
Cecil Oliver
City
Latruce Johnson
Dustin Johnson
Addison
Squire H. E. Grover
Alice Day
Lincoln
Nebr
M. Hayward
Eleanor Bentz
A. W. D. Smith
Rosalind
New York City
Leo Bean
Michigan
Nancy Bean
Alex Wolfe
Camp Knox
Reserve Officers’ Training Camp
Bridge Breakfast Hosted by Cherrington at Lafayette Hotel
Mrs Henry W Cherrington and her daughter Miss Henrietta welcomed nearly one hundred guests Monday at a bridge breakfast in the Lafayette Hotel palm room. Tables featured rosebud centerpieces and summer flowers with out of town attendees including Mrs Harold Sayre Mrs Stephen Vaught and Mrs Milton Miller.
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Henry W. Cherrington
Miss Henrietta
Lafayette Hotel
Palm Room
Harold Sayre
Stephen Vaught
Milton Miller
Gallipolis Woman's Club Hosts Picnic at Fortification Hill Park
A large group of Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club members and guests enjoyed a Monday picnic at Fortification Hill Park. After dinner, games awarded first prize to Mrs. Anna White and second to Miss Clara Belle Motter. The August meeting will be picnic style with hostesses listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia Council
Daughters of America
J. C. Myers
Helen Walker
Gallipolis
Mt Zion Ladies Aid Held All Day Gathering
Mrs L A Womeldorff hosted Mt Zion Ladies Aid Society for an all day meeting with a casserole dinner at noon A miscellaneous shower was arranged for Mrs James Mills nee Beulah Gibson
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L. A. Womeldorff
Mt. Zion Ladies Aid Society
James Mills
Beulah Gibson
Scouts Plan Camp Sessions At Fairfield Lake And Area
Gallipolis area director Kenneth Davis says Boy Scout troops will camp at Fairfield Lake and nearby sites. Twenty Pt Pleas ant scouts led by Alex Cruikshank and Rev F C McCutcheon will stay a week starting Monday. Milton W Va scouts and Rio Grande group will camp in August with local leaders John Cox Rev John Hollister and Francis Burdell directing.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Davis
Pt. Pleasant
Alex Cruikshank
F. C. McCutcheon
Fairfield Lake
Milton
W. Va
Lake
John Cox
John W. Hollister
Rio Grande
Francis Burdell
Symmes Creek
Cadmus
John C. Wickline
Paul Ludlow
Harry Anderson
Free Friday Swim at Gallipolis Pool
Indigent residents may swim for free at the Gallipolis pool each Friday from 10 to 12 noon. Business manager C. C. Byers says the policy is funded by pool drive and will continue through the summer.
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Gallipolis
C. C. Byers
School official succession in Gallia County
H B Bradbury county superintendent of schools is preparing to turn over his duties to successor W E Wiseman by August 1. The county board has not chosen a replacement for Mrs Thomas Carman county reading supervisor whose term ended in June.
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Gallipolis
H. B. Bradbury County
W. E. Wiseman
County Board of Education
Thomas Carman
Reading
Insect quarantine extended to Gallipolis area
After a hearing state agriculture director John T. Brown extended the Japanese Beetle quarantine to cover Gallipolis and Gallipolis Township, Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
AUP
John T. Brown
Gallipolis Township
Couple Observe Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. T. Sherman Berridge celebrated their golden wedding anniversary Monday in Gallipolis. The pair wed in Wigner, Gallia County. Berridge taught school 15 years, then 20 years as a traveling salesman for a local wholesale grocer, and for 19 years has worked in insurance sales.
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Gallipolis
T. Sherman Berridge
Berridge
Laura Wallace
Wigner
Gallia County
Injured in Accident Near Thurman Patterson
Robert Wood of Rio Grande sustained a fractured arm and shoulder when a car he rode in with neighbor Charles Smeltzer overturned north of Thurman Smeltzer was uninjured but his machine damaged.
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Gallipolis
Robert Wood
Rio Grande
Charles Smeltzer
Thurman
Smeltzer
Meigs County Farm Sold Near Gallia County Border
Commissioner Jerry Grover bought the James Swick farm in southern Meigs County close to his Gallia County home. In Chicago Gallipolis, Dr. and Mrs. A Payne of Waterloo are there for postgraduate surgery work.
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Gallipolis
Jerry Grover
James Swick
Meigs County
Gallia County
Chicago
Flush kidneys of poisons and stop getting up nights
An old advertisement claims urine flow issues and nocturnal urination signal kidney and bladder trouble. It promotes Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules as a diuretic to flush waste, reduce uric acid, and ease joint pain, urging readers to buy the genuine Gold Medal product from Haarlem, Holland.
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Haarlem
Holland
Family to Meet Gallipolis Picnic Reunion
Members of the McCall family and friends plan a Sunday July 30 reunion and picnic at Centenary. The gathering brings relatives from the Gallipolis area and surrounding communities.
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Gallipolis
McCall
Centenary
Vendor Vendol Endorsed By Ohio Man For Digestive Relief
Mr. William Hooper of Canton Ohio reports relief from sour stomach gas acidity and palpitations after using Vendol. He says constipation disappeared and sleep and energy improved. Athens Pharmacy and Hickmans Drug Store endorse the medicine.
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William Hooper
Fifteenth St
S. W
Canton
Ohio
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
Nelsonville
Hickman’s Drug Store
Oil Company Seeks Gas Station Site on Gallia Ave
Pure Oil Co through Homer Beckett negotiates with Gallia Times Publishing Co and Mrs. Alice Wall Taylor to buy Second Avenue properties for a service station. If acquired the buildings would be demolished and a newspaper plant built behind the current site off Vinton Place. Agreement not yet reached.
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Gallipolis — Pure Oil Co
Homer Beckett
Gallia Times Publishing Co
Alice Wall Taylor
Second Avenue
Beckett
Vinton Place
Mrs Lucy Strait Granted Divorce in Gallipolis Court
Mrs Lucy Strait was awarded a divorce from Ancil A. Strait by Judge W R White. The ruling grants her restoration to her former married name Bowen after alleging neglect as the grounds.
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Gallipolis
Lucy Strait
W.R. White
Ancil A. Strait
Bowen
Vestry Plans Temporary Pause at St. Peter's Church
The vestry of St. Peter's Episcopal Church announces services will be discontinued until September as the church currently operates without a rector.
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Gallipolis
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Removal of bridge over Raccoon Creek in Gallia County
The old steel bridge over Raccoon Creek will be removed at a county cost of $600. The contract was awarded by the county commissioners to a Wilmington bridge construction company. A new concrete and steel structure now spans the creek.
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Gallipolis
Raccoon Creek
Wilmington Bridge Construction Company
Clergy Quartet to Lead Thursday Services in Crown City
Rev Earl Dula Ney and a male quartet from Ashland Kentucky will conduct services at Crown City Pilgrim Holiness Church Thursday night, according to pastor Rev Oma Williams.
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Gallipolis
Earl Dulaney
Ashland
Crown City Pilgrim Holiness Church
Oma Williams
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Athens Messenger
Athens
State Board
Maryanne Bell
Robert Bell
St. Paul, Minn
Judge White
Gallipolis Social Notes
Walter Windsor
Tal Stribling
C. O. Weissenberger
J. B. Downing
Garen Stansbury
Cedric Clark
Middleport
Cherrington Vicars
Des Moines
Iowa
O. O. McIntyre
Josephine Mullineaux
New York
H. E. Schrammer
Emporia
Kan
A. D. Thomas
Youngstown
Langley Plymale
Margaret Ecker
Pleasantville, N. Y
Dorothy Gist
Boy Scout
Ford
H.p. Ford
Fred R. Beasley
Vendor
Oil Company
Rayon
Imer
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