Gallipolis pageant postponed to late October
Gallipolis seeks postponement of a six day sesquicentennial pageant due to high costs and mass costume demands. A 1,000 member cast is planned with production by Clarence and Emile Sullivan of Columbus after script finalization by Marie Harvey Hammond. Admission charges are uncertain but likely waived as the event aims to be free to the public.
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Sallipolis
Iate
Marie Harvey Hammond
Gallipolis
Clarence
Emile Sullivan
Columbus
Sullivans
Sesquicentennial Committee
Aged Aid Grants Reach New High in Gallipolis
Aged Aid recipients in Gallipolis will receive more than 20 000 in July, the largest monthly sum yet. The roll increased by 87 names to 934, with an average payment of 21.60, up 19 cents from June. A new round of applications is being processed for August, aiming to reach about 1 000 recipients. The office reports a staff of county director, three investigators, a file clerk and typist, with possible added help as payroll grows.
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Gallipolis
Death of Mrs Alice Gaskins Tyler in Charleston
Mrs Alice Gaskins Tyler age 42 wife of Lylburn native died at 2 p m at home of Tyler's mother on W State St funeral services by the Daughters of America and burial in Mound Hill Cemetery Survived by husband and daughters Mrs Mildred Ahead Mary and Aljean
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Gallipolis
Alice Gaskins Tyler
Lylburn
Charleston
Tyler
Henry Tyler
W. State St
Daughters of America
Mound Hill Cemetery
Mildred Ahead
Mary
Aljean
Women Attend Ross Hocking Camp In Gallia County
Fourteen Gallia County women spent the weekend at Ross Hocking Camp bringing attendance to 141 From Gallia are named including Mrs Ernest Blazer and Mrs Bessie Broughman along with several others. Rea Cross yarn has been issued to 11 sweater knitters with nine more volunteers sought from Gallia residents. Knitters expect support from rural districts. Eugene Spears and Harry Wheeler of the Rotary Club attended a district assembly in Chillicothe. A July Fourth auto accident victim Maurice Grover has recovered enough to return home from Holger Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ross-Hocking Camp
Gallia
Ernest Blazer
Mary Jane 1
Bessie Broughman
Net. Kirby
Lillian Womel
Gorts
Ethel Robinson
Anderson Robinson
Anna White
Walter
Wise
W. H. Schwartzwalder
Hayden Wood
Stanley
Wood
Mary Kennedy
Clara’ Belle Motter
C. W. Booth
Chillicothe Gallipolis
Eugene Spears
Harry Wheeler
Rotary Club
Chillicothe
Maurice Grover
Ieum
Holger Hospital
Macadam Work Delayed Pending Concrete Curb Nells Ave
In Gallipolis macadaming of six cross lawn sections has not begun while a concrete curb is laid on Nells Ave by about thirty WPA workers. About 150 men are employed on various improvements and await reassignment. Spreading and rolling may finish next week.
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Gallipolis
Nells Ave
Point Rock Social Notes Elwood Child Dies
Elwood Francis Canode, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Canode, underwent a tonsil operation Friday at McArthur. Mrs Lena Knapp and son Carl visited over the weekend with her hunt Amanda Morris and Fred Jatieson and family at Hamden. Miss Helen Holcomb suffered a. Died in Holzer Hospital yesterday. Funeral services arranged. Miss Wanda Jeffers, Gallipolis, and Olan Cooper spent time with relatives. American Legion bean dinner planned at Wales Mill on Saturday July 27. Ice cream social in Gallipolis district. Bethel Church lawn two miles west of Athens hosting event.
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Francis Canode
C. C. Canode
McArthur
Lena Knapp
Carl
Hunt
Amanda Morris
Fred Jatieson
Hamden
Cyntha Cummings
Sam Penn
Blanche
James
Francis
Ewington
Gallipolis
Paul Elwood
Owen Kennedy
Athens
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Bladen
J. A. Turner
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Wanda Jeffers
Lewis McLaughlin
Junior Jeffers
Olan ‘Cooper
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Hebbardsville
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Union Ridge
McLaughlin
Albert Cone
Betty
Lena Webb
Belle Caster
Dyesville
Sundi
Wales Mil
Roy Ogdin
Social
Lumbus
Bethel
Church Lawn
Four-H Club Camp Opens After Registrations Reach Area
Registrations from Gallia, Lawrence, Jackson and Meigs Counties for attendance at the Keystone Park 4-H Club camp opening Monday, July 29, have been received. Miss Faith Warnette of Point Pleasant is hospitalized after four copperhead bites.
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Gallia
Lawrence
Jackson
Meigs
Keystone Park
Gallipolis
Faith
Divorce suit filed by Mrs Krick in Kentucky case
Mrs Florence Baker Krick sues Charles R Krick for gross neglect of duty alleging no contact since St Patrick’s Day. They married in Catlettsburg Kentucky March 16 and he vanished after leaving for Columbus. She pursued him, recovered two automobiles in Columbus, and returned home. Her income blocked by marital status. she seeks release to work.
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Charles R.rick
St. Patrick's Day
Krick
Columbie
Florence Baker
Catlettsburg
Columbus
Gallipolis Eyes New CCC Camp Opportunity
Investigation shows Gallipolis has a slim chance to land one of the new CCC camps planned in Ohio this fall, bringing the total to 28. The federal lease on the privately owned fairgrounds where a prior camp housed about 80 men has been extended, says Judge W R White, a principal stakeholder in the former fair company.
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Allipolis
Gallipolis
Ohio
W.R. White
Wheeler named manager at Hughes Drug Co in Gallipolis
Nelson Wheeler son of Mr and Mrs Fred Wheeler and son in law of Mr and Mrs Fred Foster of the city has been made manager of Hughes Drug Co here succeeding Warden Lewis. Wheeler is a graduate in pharmacy from Ohio State University.
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Gallipolis
Nelson Wheelison
Fred. Wheeler
Fred Foster
Hughes Drug. Co
Lewis
Ashland
Wheeler
Ohio
Hate University
Red Cross First Aid Station Opens in Crown City Post Office
A new Red Cross First Aid station is established at the Crown City post office, run by postmaster Stanley Sims and his wife who both hold first aid certificates. Similar stations operate in Rio Grande and Vinton. Rural men from Southeastern Ohio will camp at Ross-Hocking on August 3 and 4, with about 24 from Gallia County, under County Agent E.G. Royer.
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Red Cross
Crown City
Stanley Sims
Rio Grande
Vinton
Gallipolis
Ohio
atross-Hocking
Tates County
E.G. Royer
Gallia
Plans for widening road to Mound Hill Cemetery in Gallipolis
City engineer Charles Warner outlines WPA backed plans to widen a 1400 foot road to 40 feet, surrounding the reservoir with a concrete slab and lime stone surface. Projects include a scenic drive, tennis court area, grills and shelter space, with estimated reservoir cap cost about 20000 dollars and total improvements near 35600 dollars, employing roughly 250 men.
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Gallipolis
Mound Hil Cemetery
Charles Warner
WPA
Ivith
Eureka Dam Tightens Rules For Boat Crews At Lock
Maritime regulations at the Eureka Roller Dam halt crew disembarkation except the captain to land or phone. Previously ships could take on supplies at the lock but that is now prohibited. Small-boat crews are under watch to prevent sabotage as boats pass through.
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Gallipolis
Eureka
Girls Pageant Planned At Gallipolis Pool
Plans for a girls pageant at the Gallipolis pool Friday evening feature contestants Freda and Nancy Flimore among a list of participants including Wilma Cardwel Mary Ann Piymale Jenet Booth Dorot hy Lanier Jean Henker Nancy in Betty Bean Catherine Javian Jones Alice Jean Bush Sole Hall Jo Wells Peggy Leaper Elaine Lear Stancen Mock Charlotte Lloyd betty Carolyn Major Eve Snell Joy dudy and Bette Paulie in a community event at the local facility.
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Gallipolis
Carolyn Major
Eve Snell
Joy
Dudy
Bette Paulie
Carnival Tonight Lights Up Chickamauga For Youth Group
Chickamauga ark will glow with lights as the Gallia County Youth Group hosts a carnival. Booths form a midway and the affair is open to group members only. About forty youths plan an entrance at Camp Ross-Hocking Saturday and Sunday with participants representing fourteen Southeastern Ohio counties.
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Chickamauga Ark
Gallia County
Couty
Ross-Hocking
Ohio
Washington School canning project needs more help
Mrs. Elinor Fasey in charge says the nine East Gallipolis WPA gardeners are harvesting many vegetables for boot lunches. The ripened produce is trucked to school kitchens where it is being faned and stored for later use.
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Gallipolis
Washington School
Elinor Fasey
East Gallipolis
Wpa
Child Struck Robbed of Home Care After Injury
Cecil Teaford age 10, seriously injured by automobile three weeks ago, is reportedly unhealed from a skull fracture and moved from a local hospital to his parents' home in Syracuse, under care of Mr and Mrs Earl Teaford.
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Gallipolis
Cecil Teaford
Earl Teaford
Syracuse
Leading Gallia residents dispute bullfrog propagation tale
Bidwell and surrounding residents deny a local report claiming that about six people formed a company to propagate bullfrogs. Leading citizens call the account untrue and urge caution over unverified details in the story.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell
Peraps
Packer to Leave Rio Grande for Painesville Church
Rev Wilfred T Packer Dean of Men at Rio Grande resigns to become pastor of First Baptist Church Painesville Ohio He and Mrs Packer will move before September to assume leadership of a church with about 500 members He has served as spiritual adviser to the college and pastor of Calvary Baptist and held multiple Ohio Baptist posts including Young People division chair and dean of men duties
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W. T. Packer
Gallipolis
Wilfred T. Packer
Rio Grande Loge
First Baptist Church
Painesville
Packer
New York State
Rio Grande
Caleary
Young. Peopl
Christian Educion Committee
Ohio. Baptist Convention
Ohio Federation of Baptist Young People
Ohio Baptist Assem
Rio Brande Baptist. Association
Marjorie
Ruth
Colored Woman Pleads Guilty To Shooting
Miss Madge Fields, colored, pleaded guilty to intent to kill in a shooting at Mrs. Lincoln Casey, white, during an altercation two weeks ago. Judge W. R. White placed her on probation for two years.
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Vallipolis
Madge Fields
W. R. White
Lincoln Casey
Demonstration attracts eight attendees at city canning event
About eight women from Gallipolis and surrounding county attended a canning demonstration today in the Southern Ohio Electric Building. Miss Gladys Ayrs of Ohio University led the session, sharing expert guidance on home canning techniques.
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Gallipolis
Southern Ohio Electric
Gladys Ayrs
Ohio
Are ‘University
500 To Take 4-H Annual Tour
The 4-H annual club tour will depart the city Thursday at 1 PM with about 500 youths aboard ten school buses. Several districts will join others for the journey through county routes. A state patrol escort will lead the parade to ensure safe travel and orderly greeting events at each stop along the tour.
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waLzaroLis
Tam
Eveiss
Reuter
Gallia Church Plans 125th Anniversary and Annex Dedication
Gallipolis church to mark 125th anniversary of First Presbyterian Church with dedication of a new Sunday School annex and recreation rooms. Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler announces the event on Sunday with an elaborate program including officials and church musical units. Dedicatory sermon by Rev. Singh Evans of Dayton, a former pastor. The anniversary is expected to attract wide interest due to the church’s long history in the Northwest Territory and active membership within Athens Presbytery.
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Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis Weber Gishler
Singh Evans
Dayton
Northwest Territory
Athens
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