Eureka Dam to Make Chickamauga Creek Partly Navigable
Eureka Dam work will create a large basin on Chickamauga Creek in Gallipolis Ohio making the waterway navigable year round from the mouth to Vine Street. Authorities plan extensive basin clearance and use for freight, bathtubs and pleasure crafts moored along Vine Street with new piers and potential wharf facilities.
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Eureka Dam
Chickamauga Creek
Gallipolis
Eureka
Ohio River
Chickamauga
Vine Street
United States
W. D. Rees
Rees
Great
Kanawha Valley
Ohio
Creek
Bell and Shaw Flour Mill
John North Produce Commission House
WPA
Fourth Avenues
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Kid Galahad Opens With Stars Robinson Davis Bogart
The Warner Bros drama opens at the Athena Theater led by Edward G. Robinson Bette Davis and Humphrey Bogart. Wayne Morris is the title fighter with Jane Bryan as a rising screen star. The plot follows rival promoters in a swift, action filled ring saga with a pair of double cross attempts and a dramatic bout between Morris and Bogart’s contender Chuck McGraw.
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Bette Davis
Edward G. Robinson
Humphrey Bogart
Kid Galahad
Warner Bros
Athena Theater
Francis Wallace
Robinson
Fluff
Miss Davis
Bogart
Wayne Morris
Jane Bryan
Galahad
Chuck McGraw
William Haade
Tennis Star and Related Clues Puzzle
A reader supplied word puzzle with clues spanning tennis star topics and assorted definitions. The page lists numbered across and vertical items from 1 to 59, including names like Helen Willeher and terms such as native metals, meadow, and ventilation machine.
Swisher Family Reunion at Chickamauga Park
Gallia County social page reports the annual Swisher family reunion at Chickamauga Park with a large turnout. Grace Swisher and son Robert of New York City were honored guests. Numerous relatives and friends visited, with travel from Columbus Cincinnati Huntington and beyond. An extended list of attendees and visits follows, noting recoveries and local activities.
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Gallipolis
Swisher
Chickamauga Park
Grace Swisher
Robert
New York City
Blanche Robinson
Cleveland
Leland Darling
St. Petersburg
Fla
J. T. Robinson
Weatherholt attend wedding at Graham Station lawn
Mr and Mrs Harold Weatherholt attended the wedding of Andrew Harris of Racine and Miss Alice Williamson Clark on the groom's lawn at the bride's home in Graham Station near Pt Pleasant West Virginia Monday evening.
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Harold Weatherholt
Andrew Harris
Racine
Alice Williamson Clark
Graham Station
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Lewis Vance Campbell Weds Thelma C Moore in Crown City
Lewis Vance Campbell son of Mr and Mrs Charles Campbell of Bladen married Thelma C Moore daughter of Mr and Mrs Seldon Moore at the bride’s parents home in Crown City. Rev G Johnson officiated in a ceremony attended by immediate family and a few relatives.
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Esther Ingels
Michigan
Joe Ray
Albany
N. Y
Janet
Marie Patterson
Dayton
Lake Erie
Elmer Boggs
Anne Nibert
Helen Pierson
Katherine
Louise Boggs
Baptist Assembly
Granville
Crown City
Lewis Vance Campbell
Charles Campbell
Bladen
Thelma C. Moore
G. Johnson
Seldon Moore
Stone farewell visit precedes Cape Cod summer
Rev. and Mrs. J. W. Stone of Waverly formerly of Gallipolis visited before leaving for Cape Cod Massachusetts to spend the summer with their son Rev. Merrill Stone and family.
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East Rev
J. W. Stone
Waverly
Gallipolis
Cape Cod
Mass
Merrill Stone
Great WPA Decline At Gallia County Work Camp
District WPA office in Athens removes 30 workers from Gallia County payroll over the weekend with 35 more dismissals planned by Saturday near month end. No new work granted yet and ongoing projects may signal a larger WPA employment drop in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Athens
Gallia County
Robert Camp
Grace Church Repair Work Shows Progress
Parks and Powell of Pt. Pleasant, a contracting firm, is redecorating Grace Methodist Church interior in Gallipolis. The auditorium is cleared, walls and woodwork work will start, with completion planned by September 1.
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Gallipolis
Parks and Powell
Pt. Pleasant
Grace Methodist Church
4-H Club Convenes In Perry Township
Cora Needle workers 4-H Club met at the Perry Township school building with sixteen members present, eight absent and Eleanor Jones visiting. Alma Stauffer and Doris Brit joined as new members. The club will meet again Monday August 2 at 2 o'clock at the same venue.
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Gallipolis
Cora Needleworkers
Perry Township
Eleanor Jones
Mary Ehman
Alma Stauffer
Doris Brit
Myers Family Plans Aug 8 Reunion at Gallipolis
The ninth annual Myers family reunion is announced for the Gallia County fairgrounds in Gallipolis on Sunday August 8. J W Myers serves as president and Mrs Florence Brown as secretary of the event which is described as the largest family organization in the county.
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Gallipolis
Myers
J. W. Myers
Florence Brown
Gallia County
Enjoy Picnic by Eno Ladies Aid Society at Ash Cave
Members and spouses of the Eno Ladies Aid Society and families joined a July 25 picnic at Ash Cave. After lunch they toured Old Man's Cave and Rock House, with attendees including E M Rupe Emory Gordon Morris Brown John Rathburn B F Palmer and families.
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Eno Ladies Aid Society
Ash Cave
Old Man’s Cave
Rock House
E. M. Rupe
Emory Gordon
Morris Brown
John Rathburn
B. F. Palmer
Wade and
Wayne
M. S. Roush
Howard Brannon
Donna
Homer Kemper
Marshall
Myrtle Goetting
Robert Grover
Warren Harding
Wolfe Family Returns from Arizona CCC Camp
Mr and Mrs Alex Wolfe and their small daughter return after two years in Arizona where he supervised a CCC camp.
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Alex Wolfe
Arizona
Tom Lewis Returns Home After Skull Fracture
Tom Lewis age 84 returns to Greenfield Township home after a week at Holzer Hospital for skull fracture treatment. He was knocked down by a car near the stock yards more than a week ago. His brother Dan has stayed at the hospital with him.
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Gallipolis
Tom Lewis
Greenfield Township
Holzer Hospital
Lewis
Dan
Child Welfare Work Planned by Drew Webster Auxiliary
The Drew Webster Post Ladies Auxiliary met with large attendance and held an initiation for Mrs. Ella Longenette. Plans for child welfare and rehabilitation work were discussed. The unit claims the largest Eighth District membership. State convention runs August 15 to 17 in Columbus with Ella Wippel Ellen Eiselstein and Kate Ebersbach as delegates and Emma Hoffner Lewis Stanley Laura Watson as alternates. Lydia Wandling donated a gift to Ellen Eiselstein, and the group closed with songs led by Carrie Neutzling.
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Pomeroy
Drew Webster
Ella Longenette
Columbus
Ella Wippel
Ellen Eiselstein
Kate Ebersbach
Emma Hoffner
Lewis Stanley
Laura Watson
Lydia Wandling
Carrie Neutzling
Townhouse Cemetery Clean-Up Scheduled Saturday
Personal notes from Albany Route 1 record community events. Volunteers are asked to meet Saturday morning July 31 to help clean the Townhouse Cemetery grounds.
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Albany
Albany R. D. No
Townhouse
Louisa Dickson
Oda Collins
G. W. Collins
Robert Bolton
Robert McMahen
Gerald Kyser
Piqua
Delmar Sams
Ardis Collins
Athens
West
Byron Phillips
Archie Riggs
McArthur
Jack Adams
Emma
Mildred
Glouster
Boyd Williams
Kentucky
Tommie Bratton
Arch
Thievery Gong Stops Intruder At Ohio Coop
Fred D. Seipel installed an electrical gong in a chicken coop at Ashtabula to deter thieves. A midnight attempt failed when the gong sounded and the intruder fled. The note mentions 194,000,000 acres of unappropriated public lands in the United States excluding Alaska.
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Ashtabula
Fred _ D. Seipel
The
United States
Territory of
Alaska
Sheriff Hatfield Reunites with Lost Purse in County Offices
Sheriff E. E. Hatfield completed a 5000 mile West trip and misplaced his purse with cash and travelers checks. After a day of searching the county jail and courthouse, he found the money on a desk in County Treasurer Myers' office and expressed happiness.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
Hatfield
Myers
Build Brick Wall Encloses McIntyre Lot in Gallipolis
The Third and State Streets lot housing Gatewood’s Gallipolis home is being boxed in with a five foot brick wall. Perry C. Gatewood of Crown City supervises the project and estimates about 50 000 bricks will be needed. The McIntyres have not visits the property since purchasing it years ago.
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Gallipolis
Third
State Streets
Gatewood
O. O. McIntyre
New York City
Perry C. Gatewood
Crown City
Plan To Remodel Gallipolis Municipal Building
Gallipolis plans to remodel the municipal building into a modern, more sightly structure. C Wayne Booth says the American Legion Committee is working with City Manager John Gwinn and the City Commission to present plans to WPA officials for approval. Clyde Dale drew the plans and will submit them to the state WPA office in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
C. Wayne Booth
American Legion Committee
John Gwinn
City Commission
WPA
Clyde Dale
Columbus
Auto supply firm sues D D Butcher for $142.82
A West Virginia auto supply company filed suit against D. D. Butcher of Cheshire Township alleging a claim of $142.82 plus interest.
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Gallipolis
West Virginia
D. D. Butcher
Cheshire Township
July Wedding Permits Show Gallia Boom
Gallia marriage license records for July show a surge with numerous couples listed. Names include Lewis Campbell and Thelma Moore in Crown City, Wesley Brooks and Muriel Hartman of Urbana, Alma Holzer of Gallipolis, and others from Huntington Pomeroy Cheshire Gallipolis Thurman Columbus Foxburgh and nearby areas.
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Gallipolis
J.S. Clark
Lewis V. Campbell
Thelma C. Moore
Crown City
W. M. Cooper
Thudly Cummings
Huntington
Wesley F. Brooks
Muriel E. Hartman
Urbana
F. L. Harvey
Foxburgh
Alma Christine Holzer
Donovan Wogan
Pomeroy
Dorothy Rupe
Cheshire
Woodrow Wilson North
Clestine Duncan
Melvin Williamson
Hazel Stover
Thurman
Laurence Ruffing
Columbus
Margaret Coe
Alva Sowards
Grace Burnett
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N. J
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Athena
Chameion
Sabre
Tion
Helen Wille
Salt Springs
John M ° Crae
Gallipolis Social Notes
Daise Merriman
Fannie Booe
Cayuga, Ind
A. K. Merriman
Henry Hamilton
George Hamilton
Ruth
Josephine Moch
Los Angeles
Joe Moch
C. T. Robinson
Sam Curry
Kerr Gooch
Lloyd Helrich
Carl Allen
Elijah Allen
C. B. Allen
Anna Morgan
A. E. Boatman
Joe Robinson
Bidwell
Elsie McCall
Ted Keller
Raymond Blackburn
Coshocton
Wayne Blackburn
Ruth Thabet
Millard
Venita Thabet
Hattie Cromley
Ohio Bell Telephone Office
Stella Mohr
Magnetic Springs
Jack Shaw
Charleston
L. B. Shaw
Rowena Stormont
John Danner
Harold Danner
Raymond Danner
Troy
Elizabeth Huber
Charles Huber
Allery Morrison
John
Mary Morrison
Beaufort
J. Harley Bovie
Hollywood
Calif
Gerald Branson
Laurence Myers
Ruth Fiske
Charles Fiske
James Danner
Margaret Yeanger
C. M. Yeanger
Elizabeth Swisher
Denver
Colo
J. E. Pritchard
Mary Rathburn
Jette
Albert Rathburn
D. A. Beard
Pauline Beard
Spencer
Charles Rose
James O’brien
Ohio State University
Oretha O’brien
Randall Warden
J. W. Warden
Guy White
Pittsburgh
F. A. Haskins
W. E. Gilmore
E. W. Mauck
G. B. Gillingham
Jim
Wood Mills
Donovan
Fred K. Mills
Mills
Lola Mae Rupe
Chicago
Ruth Gilman
Jewish Hospital
Cincinnati
Arthur Gilman
Kate Shartz
Dalton
L. L. Maddy
Betty Mills
Betty and
Billy Snead
Bluefield
Grace Church
4-H
Reunion
Jane Gerrard
Tommy and
Betty
Lowell Thomas
Bert Lytell
Lam and
Abner
Bob Newhall
Rudy Vallee
Bing Crosby
Amos
Andy
McCoy Orch
Barry Orch
Paul Sullivan
Lyon Orch
Rapp Orch
Tom, Dick
Harry
Ensemble
Lum
Pleasant Valley
Prank Morgan
Jimmie Fidler
Pierson Orch
Amos ‘N’ Andy
Mad Hatterfields
Levant Orch
Salute
CBS
Clyde Barrie
Jack Fulton
Elmer Davis
Patti Chapin
NBC
Bowes
Floyd Gibbons
March of
Bert and
Lew Radio
Rubes
Easy Aces
Southernaires
Roy Shield
John B. Kennedy
Northern Lights
Blaine
Goodman
Henderson
Dan Harding
Ruth Lyon
Kathryn Cravens
Jack and
Loretta
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Marge
Radio Guild
Helen Traubel
Marion Darley
Eton
Doris Kerr
Nora Sterling Howard Phillips
Hobart Bosworth
Dailey Orch
Jack Pulton
Hollywood News
Carter
Oscar Shaw
Hal Kemp
Hollywood Hotel
Grofe Orch
Lewis Orch
Opera
Arthur Lang
Don Winslow
Barry McKinley
Caro
Deis Radio
Mary Small
Uncle Ezra Caballeros
Bughouse
Lucille Manners
Dorsey Orch
Liedersingers
Elza Schubert
Geo. R. Holmes
Sabin Orch
Hudson-DeLange
Crosby Orch
Trace Orch
Hamilton Orch
Dance
Davidson Orch
Riley Orch
Billford
Clarence E. Mulford
North Re
William Boyd George Hayes Bernadene Hayes Russell Hayden
Peremount
G. Robinson
Kip Galahad
Victor Moore
Popeye Show
Wee Willie Winkle
Shirley Temple
Victor McLaglen
Gallia
United Dept. Store
Coolville
Parkersburg Road
Floo
PORCH
Hoosier
Leonard
Electrolux
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