Gallia 4-H Club Members Tour Columbus
Gallia County 4-H Club members travel from Gallipolis by bus and car to Columbus for the annual tour led by County Agent E G Royer. About 500 youths with lunch baskets visit the state capitol, two newspapers, a packing plant, shoe factory, department stores, Ohio State University, and Schiller Park for a noonday picnic. Relatives in Columbus plan to greet the group at midday. return expected by nightfall.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Columbus
E. G. Royer
Rio Grande
Thurman
State Capitol
Ohio State University
Schiller Park
Eureka man injured when dump truck overturns on road work
Jack Campbell 21 of Eureka was pinned under a loaded dump truck during a road improvement project yesterday noon. He suffered head and body injuries but is reported improved today. Campbell, son of John Campbell, has worked on the Eureka Bladen highway project about a year. An announcement says a naval recruiter will interview hopefuls at the federal building all day tomorrow.
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Gallipolis
Jack Campbell
Eureka
Campbell
John Campbell
Eureka-Bladen
Federal Building
Ohio River Trade and Tonnage Report Highlights Shipments
The Semet Solvay Corp orders 10 all welded coal barges from Hillman Barge Co for the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers. Federal Barge Lines plans a 15-barge fleet for the Mississippi system. The twin screw towboat National, built for American Barge Lines, will have 1,500 HP diesel engines. Tonnage on the Ohio and Allegheny fell slightly, Monongahela rose sharply, with nine feet current passage at Little Scioto Bar. River construction employment jumped as 210 were hired, totaling 1,636 workers.
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East Liverpool
Semet-Solvay Corp
New York
Hillman Barge Co
Ohio
Kanawha
Federal Barge Lines
Mississippi
Jeffersonville, Ind
Cincinnati
The
Little Scioto Bar
Portsmouth
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Parties
Gallia County social pages report supper bridges at the Carnes home with four tables in play and prizes for high scores. Birth announced for Hilda Jane Shoemaker with family celebrations noted. A dinner marked Harold Danner’s 26th birthday in Dayton. Multiple gatherings at the Kail and Greasy Ridge homes featured large family groups and four generations. Upcoming weddings include Helen Clark and Lowell Callahan in Portsmouth. Various locals, visits, and travels across Gallia County are listed with names and places.
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Gallipolis
Hubert Carnes
Howard Neal
Robert Ruddell
Carnes
H. W. Cherrington
Charles Switzer
Martha McCormick
Max Pickett Celebrates Eleventh Birthday Party
Max Pickett held his eleventh birthday with a Sunday party at his parents home Mr and Mrs Roy Pickett. Attending were Mr and Mrs Howard Pickett and children Mrs James Tumbleson Mrs Amanda Angell Mrs Frank Angell and son Dar lene Syrus Leo Lemons Bill Johnson Buster Galloway Leo Blake Mr and Mrs Pickett and children Norma Thurma and Max.
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Max Pickett
Roy Pickett
Howard Pickett
James Tumbleson
Amanda Angell
Frank Angell
Darlene Syrus
Leo Lemons
Bill Johnson
Buster Galloway
Leo Blake
Pickett
Norma, Thurma
Max
Houcks Host Event With Ice Cream and Cake
Mr and Mrs Lee Houck hosted relatives and friends Saturday evening serving ice cream and cake at a late hour. Guests included Mr and Mrs Mark Mullins and family Mr and Mrs Truman Sheets and daughter Mr and Mrs Peter King Mr and Mrs Eura Sheets Mr and Mrs Clinton Sheets and son Eura Wallace and children Marguerite Caldwell and Jack Fowler.
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Alva Kail
Cheshire
Kail
Leon Swisher
Oliver Shaver
Leora Kail
Oliver
Marie Fife
Elza Scott
Oliver Kail
Lee Houck
Mark Mullins
Truman Sheets
Peter King
Eura Sheets
Clinton Sheets
Eura Wallace
Marguerite Caldwell
Jack Fowler
Mrs Ida Fry Fil- Vnger dies in Dayton
Mrs Ida Fry Fil- Vnger dies in Dayton. She is the wife of Bert Fillinger and native of Mercerville. Surviving are her husband and daughter Stella and sons Gomer and Harold Myers of Huntington.
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Gallipolis
Ida Fry
SR Rees
Bert Fillinger
Mercerville
Dayton
Stella
Gomer
Harold Myers
Huntington
Bradbury student arraigned for nonpayment of child support
Gallipolis Thurman Carey of Bradbury a Middleport High School student was arraigned in court on a charge of failure to provide for an illegitimate child He pleaded not guilty and was released on bond Also Clay Chapel sponsors an ice cream festival on the church lawn Saturday evening
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Gallipolis
Thurman Carsey
Bradbury
Middleport High School
Clay Chapel
Church Lawn
Foundations of Bridge Are Being Tested
Gallipolis workers drill for bridge foundations across Chickamauga Creek as part of flood escape road work on W State St. County Engineer Leonard says drilling finds abundant sand and gravel with no solid rock, indicating Gallipolis rests on sand and gravel beds and that Eureka Dam may control similar earth slides during river drawdown.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga Creek
W. State St
Leonard
Eureka
Ohio River
Gallipolis Souvenir Booklet Praised for Authentic History
Gallipolis sesqui centennial committee receives a commendatory letter on the souvenir booklet produced by the Federal Writers' Project in Columbus. It is praised for its handsome appearance and authentic historical delineation.
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Gallipolis
Sesquicentennial Committee
Federal Writers’ Project
Columbus
War Department and WPA to Approve Bridge Construction
The text notes that bridge projects on main travel routes require approval from both the War Department and the WPA to ensure bridges can support heavy military units in wartime. It says a suitable foundation for the Chickamauga bridge is not expected to be difficult to find, but all federal agencies must be satisfied.
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War Department
WPA
Chickamauga
Local Applicants for Marriage Licenses Listed in Gallipolis
Cecil Leonard 29 of Pittsburgh and Eileen Zimmer 21 of Barberton. Floyd E Hayner 25 and Mildred Barnes 22 both of Crown City. John Pear son 23 and Mildred Davis 18 both of Pt. Pleasant. Earl Backus 23 Ryger and Alberta Pettit 18 of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Cecil Leonard
Pittsburgh
Eileen Zimmer
Barberton
Floyd E. Hayner
Mildred Barnes
Crown City
John Pearson
Mildred Davis
Pt. Pleasant
Earl Backus
Ryger
Alberta Pettit
White divorce granted custody and alimony in Gallia County
Mrs. Margaret Ruth White is granted a divorce from George White on neglect allegations. She receives alimony and custody of their two children. The mother is noted as a minor.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Ruth White
George White
Republican recommendations for county automobile registrars
The Republican Executive Committee recommends H. B. Ecker of Gallipolis and Mrs Mae Smeltzer of Rio Grande along with Mrs Apne Evans Vin ton R C Hineman of Crown City as county automobile registrars.
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Gallipolis
Republican Executive Committee
County
H. B. Ecker
Mae Smeltzer
Rio Grande
Apne
Evans
Vinton
R. C
Hineman
Crown City
Young hunter wins honor for county with first deer kill
Gallipolis reports say seven year old Mervin Dale Caldwell son of Mr and Mrs Dyer Caldwell of Crown City earned county honor for his first kill using a small caliber rifle presented on his birthday. Robert Cornwell named substitute clerk at the state liquor store for a month while regulars are away on vacation.
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Gallipolis
Robert Cornwell
Mervin Dale
Dyer Caldwell
Crown City
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Gallia Co
Ohio River News Notes
Allegheny
Monongahela
U. S
Gallipolis Social Notes
Harry E. Shoemaker
Johnson Ridge
Hilda Jane
John Danner
Harold
Danner
Ruth Fiske
Charles Fiske
Athens
Everett McMahon
Greasy Ridge
Woodrow Pope
Henry Myers
Cager McMahon
M. R. Massie
Leeta
Rio Grande College
Helen Clark
Lowell Callahan
Breabenville
Central Christian Church
Callahan
Hayes Callahan
Jackson
Ohio University
Eastern Kentucky
State Teachers’ College
City Loan Co
Steubenville
E. S. Clark
University of the California At Los Angels
Calvin Clark
Dorothy Johnson
Bladen
Oscar Ecker
Independence
Kan
J. W. Ecker
Pauline Beard
Earl Beard
Bellevue
A. S. Lawrence
Ted
Kathleen
St. Albans
W. Va
Charles Perroud
Anna Davies
Evangeline
Berea
Lucille Rees
Ella Davies
Howard Russell
Gail
Diamond
Dora Freeman
Umamrick
Baby
South Point
A. N. Newman
Hamrick
Ellis Hamrick
Rodney
Frank Robinson
Charleen
Joan Robinson
Chillicothe
Howard Brannon
Great Lakes
W. C. Haskins
Raymond Lyman
Addie Sloan
H. B. Pierson
Charles Hanniger
Marie Pritchard
Clifford Koehler
Muncie
Ind
John S. Pritchard
George Craft
Charles Greene
F. O. Plymale
Lynchburg
Grandpa
Hunter
America
Ned
PTC Eee
Clover Farm Stores
Clover Farm
Glendale
Mrs. Lane
Inean
Clover Penn
Pennsylvania
B. Sack
Foodland
Edgemont Sunshine
Buvan
Doz
California
Brenda
Loin
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