Floods Do Damage Gallia Bridges and Culverts
Gallia County faces about 10000 in damages from July flash floods. County Engineer E N Leonard says some 30 bridges and culverts were washed out or damaged and he will seek funds from the board of county commissioners to cover emergency repairs and possibly double the nine man repair crew. Heaviest damage is in the six northern townships, with the southern half largely spared.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. N. Leonard
Leonard
Board of County Commissioners
Fall Festival Opens Sept 21 in City Park
Gallia County Agriculture Society sponsors a fall festival in Gallipolis starting the week of Sept 21. The city park front will host the exhibition with granges 4 H clubs schools and merchants planning exhibits. Special features will be introduced though identities are not announced yet.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Kemp and McCall Families Hold Sunday Reunions
The Kemp family will gather for a reunion at Providence Church in Harrison Township on Sunday. On the same day the McCall family will meet at Centenary Church for their reunion.
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Gallipolis
Kemp
Providence Church
Harrison Township
McCall
Centenary Church
Rotarian Talk By State Unemployment Official
GALLIPOLIS G 8 S Kallen baugh of Columbus assistant state director of the bureau of unemployment compensation will speak to Rotarians tonight upon invitation of Earl W Smith.
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Gallipolis
S. Kallenbaugh
Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Earl W. Smith
Funeral services held for Edna Hughes in Huntington
Mrs Laura Neal and other relatives attended the funeral of Edna Hughes aged 71 yesterday in Huntington.
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Gallipolis
Laura Neal
Huntington
Edna Hughes
Mrs. Wedemeyer Admitted After Hip Break at Holzer
Mrs. William Wedemeyer of Oak Hill becomes the fifth woman to be admitted to Holzer Hospital within a week for a broken hip. All report satisfactory recovery as medical staff manage the cases at Gallipolis facility.
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Gallipolis
William Wedemeyer
Oak Hill
Holzer Hospital
Point Rock Social Notes Highlight Local Travels
Mr and Mrs Emery Johnson of Wilkesville visited Mr and Mrs Clarence Canode Sunday. Adriene Holcomb of Dayton spent with her parents W R Holcomb. Carrie Webb visited sister Lizzie Harvey Sunday. D W Morris American Legion commander with Gomer Bowen attended eighth District conference at Crooksville. Lewis McLaughlin family visiting Cooper relatives a week. Dana Nelson and Chester Steward of Dayton visited parents. Ora Nelson and Steward families plus Pickett family spent weekend with H B Pickett Sr in Darwin. Howard Knapp family attended street Carnival in Wellston Saturday. D V Morris and son Clayton visited Pomeroy recently.
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Point Rock
Emery Johnson
Wilkesville
Clarence Canode
Adriene Holcomb
Dayton
W. R. Holcomb
Carrie Webb
Lizzie Harvey
D. W. Morris
American Legion
Vinton County
Gomer Bowen
Crooksville
Lewis McLaughlin
Sandra
Francis
Carl
Wellston
D. V. Morris
Clayton
W. M. Morris
Pomeroy
Blickle Services Held for Gallia Native in Mound Hill
Graveside services were held at Mound Hill Cemetery Monday afternoon for Joseph Blickle a Gallia native who died over the weekend in Ironton.
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Gallipolis
Mound Hill Cemetery
Joseph Blickle
Gallia
Ironton
Divorce plea filed in Gallia County by Mrs Denver Yates
Mrs Denver Yates of Gallipolis seeks a divorce on grounds of non support and personal abuse. She requests custody of her son Lawrence, aged 14 months, from the marriage.
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Gallipolis
Denver Yates
Lawrence
Gallia County Aluminum Campaign To Open Thursday
Gallia County prepares to collect used aluminum with volunteer help from 92 Boy Scout members led by Meyer Maggied. A wire enclosure may be placed in city park for household donations and a house to house canvass is planned if the campaign starts. Collections run Thursday and Friday with storage in the county jail yard by Monday July 28.
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Gallipolis
John Gwinn
Meyer Maggied
Maggied
Boy Scouts
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Town Visits and Family News
Gallipolis residents share weekend visits. Families gather for reunions and travel to see relatives in Springfield, Marysville, Columbus, and other towns. Names include Wilson, Hut sinpiller, McCormick, Walker, Saunders, Vornholt, Swanson, Wood, Buskirk, Johnston, Caldwell, and Wetherholt along with related trips to Cedar Point and Niagara Falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. H. Wilson
Halcie
Madge
Olive
Letha
Wilson
Urbana
Letha Wilson
Springfield
George Bailey
Eldon Cotler
Magnetic Springs
Lee Coder
Imogene Burns
Marysville
William Grant
Cleveland
Charles Hutsinpiller
Prestonburg
Catherine Hutsinpiller
Clyde McCormick
Somerset
J. C. Fox
Wilkinsburg
E. G. Waddell
Margaret McCormick
Tom W. Walker
Buckroe Beach
Charles Swanson
Massillon
Gloria
George Wampler
Carl Wood
Kenneth Wood
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Points
Canada
A. K. Merriman
Albert
Cedar Point
Orland Booton
Williamson
W. Va
O. O. McIntyre
Charles Field
John
H. E. Buskirk
Richwood
Robert Bentz
Fred Johnston
Huntington
H. C. Johnston
Johnston
Sherman Caldwell
Thivener
Sherwood Smith, Jr
S. F. Smith
Charles Switzer
Bessie White
Athens
Dwight Wetherholt
Doctor Bean Heads to Canadian Lakes on Fishing Trip
Dr. Leo C. Bean leaves Gallipolis for a two week fishing excursion with several physicians from nearby communities.
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Gallipolis
Leo C. Bean
Canadian Lakes
Broyles Daughter Hurt In Bicycle Accident
Maridel Broyles daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Broyles was thrown from a bicycle and sustained a broken collar bone.
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Gallipolis
Maridel
Harold Broyles
Wolfe Divorce Action Dismissed Without Prejudice
The divorce case of Ralph E. Wolfe against Mary L. Wolfe was dismissed Monday without prejudice. Costs were assessed against the plaintiff who had requested the dismissal.
Kiwanis Club to hear John R. Pierce program
John R. Pierce of the Classification Committee will lead the Kiwanis Club program this evening during the meeting at the White House.
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Logan
John R. Pierce
White House
Five Couples Secure Marriage Licenses in Logan Area
Five couples obtained marriage licenses over the weekend. Walter G. McVey and Mollie E. Vaughn were wed by Magistrate Frank St. Clair in Logan, along with partners Guy Ellsworth Good and Mabel Fern Barringer, Charles E. Thompson and Ruth Anne Conn, Donald Francis Saad and Grace O. Payne, and William Francis Carr and Pauline Cleo Tinkham.
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Logan
Walter G. McVey
Samuel McVey
Mollie E. Vaughn
Andrew Vaughn
Frank St. Clair
Guy Ellsworth Good
Columbus
Thomas Good
Mabel Fern Barringer
Alva Barringer
Charles E. Thompson
Newark
Edward Thompson
Ruth Anne Conn
David B. Conn
Donald Francis Saad
Zanesville
William Saad
Grace O. Payne
George Payne
William Francis Carr
Sandusky
Alfred Carr
Pauline Cleo Tinkham
the Plains
Oscar J. Tinkham
West Hilltop Outfit Beats East Team
Logan East faced a combined West and Hilltop squad Monday evening with a 6 to 2 result. Lefty Beeman Mowery pitched a standout game, giving up no hits in the second inning and two runs on walks, while Dutch Miller yielded three hits with erratic support. East and Central schedule a game at Chieftainfield Wednesday evening.
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Logan
East
West
Hilltop
Lefty Beeman Mowery
Dutch Miller
Central
Chieftainfield
Five Camp Shelby Men Furlough in Hocking
Five Camp Shelby soldiers from the Lancaster company of the 166th Infantry are home on furlough for about two weeks. Herbert Jones Glenn Freeman John Backus Logan Rutherford Tom Rutherford Edison Burns Haydenville Carbon Hill report good health and pride in their company. Company G earned a high grade in a recent review and serves as the regiment color company.
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Logan
Camp Shelby
Lancaster Company
166Th Infantry
Herbert Jones
Glenn Freeman
John Backus
Tom Rutherford
Carbon Hill
Edison Burns
Haydenville
Glenn School Alumni To Hold Fourth Reunion
Glenn School Alumni in Logan Fern district will hold its fourth annual reunion at the Rockhouse on Sunday July 27. A picnic dinner and good music are planned. Officials hope many former pupils attend.
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Logan
Fern Glenn
Rockhouse
Local Hospital Reports Several Surgeries and Returns
In Logan Mrs Bernice Weede of Nelsonville underwent a major surgical operation at Cherrington Hospital on Monday. William Wells of Haydenville returned home Saturday. Mrs Harold Casto of Logan returned to her home Monday. Miss Mabel Kinnison of Logan underwent an emergency appendectomy at the hospital Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Bernice Weede
Nelsonville
Cherrington Hospital
William Wells
Haydenville
Harold Casto
Mabel Kinnison
Plan To Make Mattresses In September
Gallipolis plans mattress making starting in September with 1560 applications approved and 156 bales of cotton requisitioned. Cotton will be stored in Gallipolis and trucked to community centers where work headquarters will be established. Schools of instruction will train township leaders to run local efforts. 15000 yards of ticking are expected. Each maker will contribute 75 cents for needles and overhead. Both men and women will work together and retain the results of their efforts.
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Gallipolis
Marriage Licenses Issued in Gallipolis Last Week
Gallipolis list shows licenses issued to Glenn Linville age 30 and Goldie Estep 36 of Burnie West Virginia George Foster 21 and Dorothy Linville 21 Ridgeview West Virginia Roy Burger 28 and se Rife 18 Gallipolis Arling Irwin 25 and Melva Sisler 23 Earl W Toulouse 26 and Emily Taggert 21 Edward C White 45 and Rosemary Sneede 27 James E Rhyne 25 and Janet E Smalley 21 Grover C Darun 45 and Daisy M Myers 21 Charleston James Miller 21 and Vivian Howell 25 Bancroft West Virginia Paul E Ball 21 and Mary Ruth Nunley 19 Louisa Kentucky.
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Gallipolis
Glenn Linville
Goldie Estep
Burnie
W. Va
George Foster
Dorothy Linville
Ridgeview
Roy Burger
Se Rife
Arling H. Irwin
Melva Sisler
Earl W. Toulouse
Emily Taggert
Edward C. White
Rosemary Sneede
James E. Rhyne
Janet E. Smalley
Grover C. Darun
Daisy M. Myers
Charleston
James Miller
Vivian Howell
Bancroft
Paul E. Ball
Mary Ruth Nunley
Louisa
Fourth Patrolman To Be Added in Logan
Logan police department remains three men with Chief Lew Reynolds back on duty Ray Zanner substitutes for Harrison Litherland during his ten day vacation Pearl Derr serves the night shift A fourth officer is expected to be named after the vacation period shifts will move to nine hour daily shifts instead of twelve
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Logan
Lew Reynolds
Ray Zanner
Harrison Litherland
Pearl Derr
R. R. Loomis
Couden Family Heads to West Virginia on Promotion
Mr and Mrs Robert Couden of Logan will move to Sistersville West Virginia this week due to Mr Couden’s transfer with the Pittsburgh Oil and Gas Co He has been with the company since 1909 and spent much time in Vinton County prior to relocating to Logan four years ago from South Bloomingville
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Logan
Robert Couden
Sistersville
W. Va
Couden
Pittsburgh Oil and Gas Co
Vinton County
Bloomingville
Three Civil Trials Set in Logan Common Pleas Court
Judge Phil A. Henderson prepared an assignment sheet showing three cases ready for trial. The July 28 case is Dorothy Schaal versus Charles Hildebrandt and others. The July 29 case is Andrew M. Ellinger versus Paul Johnson. The August 1 case is Ralph Moorehead versus Benton Pritchard.
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Logan
Common Pleas Court
Phil A. Henderson
Dorothy Schaal
Charles Hildebrandt
Andrew M. Ellinger
Paul Johnson
Ralph Moorehead
Benton Pritchard
Sam Buchanan Returns From DAV Convention
Sam C. Buchanan commander of the local DAV chapter returned home Sunday night from Sandusky where he attended the DAV convention since Friday. He was elected a member of the state executive committee and has been serving as district chairman.
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Logan
Sam C. Buchanan
The
DAV
Sandusky
Buchanan
Richard Lucas Killed In Auto Accident
Richard Lucas aged 21, a taxicab driver from Logan, was fatally injured on Route 33 near Lancaster while transporting a party from Buckeye Lake. He is survived by a wife, one son, four brothers and seven sisters.
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Logan
Richard Lucas
Wally Bowley
Lancaster
Lucas
Buckeye Lake
Birth of Son Named for Logan Gray Family
Mr and Mrs Don Gray of Buchtel announce the birth of a son at Cherrington Hospital on Saturday.
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Logan
Mrs
Don Gray
Buchtel
Cherrington Hospital
Commission Candidates Must File by Thursday
Gallipolis reports no declaration of candidacy has yet been filed with the election board for a member of the city commission. The closing date is Thursday at 6 30 p m. Names of the six receiving the largest number of votes at the August 12 primary will be placed on the ballot for the November election.
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Gallipolis
Rural Mail Carriers meet in Can
Mr and Mrs Homer Mossman of Bidwell Mr and Mrs Odell Pittenger of Crown City and O E Painter and daughter Anna Mae of Vinton attend sessions of the state Rural Mail Carriers Association in Can
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Gallipolis
Homer Mossman
Bidwell
Odell Pittenger
Crown City
O. E. Painter
Anna Mae
Vinton
State
Canton
USO Drive Progress Cited in Gallia County
Approximately 250 dollars has been received toward a 1200 dollar county quota for the United Service Organizations. Treasurer Joe Moch notes only about twelve of sixty solicitors have reported, with favorable indications for reaching the goal. State headquarters urge completion of the drive this week as letters urge nonreporting solicitors to act promptly. Insects prey on other insects for food only, not due to enmity between species.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
United Service Organizations
Joe Moch
Indi
Bess Wetherholt
TON JON No 2 Improves Marietta Woman Health
Mrs. Ara Myers of 216 S 6th St Marietta Ohio says TON JON No 2 relieved years of rheumatism in arms and knees and stomach distress. She reports improved appetite reduced indigestion dizzy spells and less swollen legs after using the product sold at Ton Jon Health Re Quick’s Drug Store on the way to the post office 9 W Union St Athens Ohio.
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Jon
Ara Myers
S. 6Th St
Marietta
Ohio
Sons of Veterans Auxiliary
Ura Myers
TON Jon Health
Quick’s
Athens
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