Free Hours for Gallipolis Pool Urged for Children
Gallipolis officials consider opening the pool free for children 18 and under to curb creek and river swimming. Superintendent E. E. Higgins cites budget limits. morning hours and staff costs would rise. Current season tickets fund most revenue. pool costs total about 2119 dollars with planned income from adult and family tickets.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Higgins
Chlorine Shortage Not Felt in Gallia
Gallipolis reports a reduced chlorine supply for water purification, but local waterworks and pool plants indicate no impact. Paul Myers, waterworks superintendent, says priority is given to defense needs and ample stock remains on hand.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Paul Myers
Mandamus suit by treasurer against auditor in Gallia County
In Gallia County Common Pleas Court Judge W. R. White took under advisement Tuesday a mandamus suit filed by County Treasurer E. E. Myers against County Auditor E. D. Keller. Myers seeks to recover 370 dollars paid on a surety bond several years ago.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Myers
E. D. Keller
Common Pleas Court
W. R. White
Myers
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Barbecue Plans Set in Gallia County Grange Meeting
Gallia County schedules a Labor Day barbecue at Rio Grande with Elmer the pig, raised by 19 subordinate granges, expected to reach 250 pounds by gathering day. The pig reportedly weighs 197 pounds now as fattening continues.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Elmer
Wise Speaker Before Civic Club Tuesday
Program Chair Homer B. Thomas introduced Ed Wise a high school faculty member and amateur photographer to Rotary. Wise presented a student film with running narration and music highlighting school photography as a tool for visual education. E E Higgins praised Garfield Griffith for service as athletic director and praised his four years in Gallipolis. District Governor Herman Balthaser of Lancaster aims to hold a club assembly in August at Clyde Mitchells fishing camp on Raccoon Island.
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Gallipolis
Homer B. Thomas
Ed Wise
Rotary
Wise
E. E. Higgins
Garfield Griffith
Upper Arlington
Griffith
Herman Balthaser
Lancaster
Clyde Mitchell
Raccoon Island
Grangers Plan Meeting to Honor Vollborn
Grangers from Gallipolis Pomona Grange schedule Monday night gathering at Harris home to honor former deputy Harlan Vollborn. Walter F. Kirk State Grange Master will be principal speaker. Pomona Master R. P. McCarley named Ferne Painter Mrs. C. V. Ward Mrs. Carol Plymale and Mrs. Homer Mossman as arrangements committee.
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Gallipolis
Pomona Grange
Harlan Vollborn
Harris
Walter F. Kirk
State Grange
Pomona
R. P. McCarley
Ferne Painter
C. V. Ward
Carol Plymale
Homer Mossman
Bidwell
Recreation centers closed in Gallia County bid
In Gallipolis the county recreation centers are shut. Harold Mackenzie says two centers in the city remain open one for whites and one for colored persons. The city commission may need to assume sponsorship or the sites will close.
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Gallipolis
Harold Mackenzie
Gallipolis Man Struck by Stray Bullet
F A Haskin reported to police that a stray bullet hit him in the leg at his home but caused no injury. Police orders call for patrolmen to arrest anyone discharging firearms within the city after several prior complaints of promiscuous shooting.
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Gallipolis
F. A. Haskin
Jackson County man injured in car crash
Harry Brown of Jackson County is hospitalized with a fractured shoulder and facial injuries after his automobile struck a pole.
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Gallipolis
Jackson County
Harry Brown
Jury wheel names to be set by Thursday in Gallipolis
D Elmer Jones and E Levi White as jury commission will finish selecting 200 voters to be placed in the jury wheel for court duty by Thursday. Information to relatives says Fred Martindale 66 is dead at his home in Anstead West Virginia. Martindale native of Gallipolis resided in Anstead 40 years.
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Gallipolis
D. Elmer Jones
E. Levi White
Fred Martindale
Anstead
W. Va
Martindale
West Virginia
TON JON Health Remedy Praised by Mrs. Wenzel
Fairfield County woman from Lancaster testifies TON JON improved her stomach appetite and digestion after weeks of use. She reports relief from gas pains back rheumatic pains and dizziness and notes a 10 pound weight gain. Available at Quick's Drug Store Athens Ohio.
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E. 5Th Ave
Lancaster
Ohio
St. Mary’s Catholic Church
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Ton Jon Health Re Quick
Union St
Athens
TON Jon Health
Quick's
Marriage Announcements and Social Events in Gallia County
Odessa Aldine Sheets marries William Hamilton Pollock in Highlawn Baptist Church Huntington with Dr. Reeves officiating. Household reception details and nearby family attendees are listed along with other campus of social events including birthdays parties and a Campbell Transportation Co. engagement. Multiple guests travel from Gallipolis and surrounding towns to attend family reunions picnics and visits across Ohio, with names including Sheets Porter Harrison Blazer Ralston Ingham Cremeans and Schoonover among others.
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Gallipolis
Leonard W. Sheets
Huntington
Gallia County
Odessa Aldine
William Hamilton Pollock
Highlawn Baptist Church
W. C. Reeves
Maralee Adele Sheets
Donald Neel
Sarah King
Norfolk
Bus Line Considered Between Gallipolis and Pt Pleasant
Gallipolis chamber of commerce weighs a proposed bus line linking the city with Pt Pleasant to serve workers at Marietta Manufacturing Co in anticipation of new defense production contracts. No action will be taken until the need and self support prospects are clear, but the proposal is under study.
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Gallipolis
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Pt. Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Plan Home-Coming At Baptist Church
Gallia County church hosts a home coming with musical numbers and recitations by Sylvia Robinson Mary Lou Hammond Billy Bartels Chauncey Cheatwood John Kerr Justus Penny Phyllis Eileen Alban Anna Lou Wood Janet Pugh Dottie Myers Vera Virginia Shelton June Jenkins Billy Pauline McCoy Dorothy Pauline Alban Billy Basil Bessie Comer Edward Parkins Faye Alban Baker Lewis sisters among others.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Baptist Church
Sylvia Robinson
Mary Lou Hammond
Billy Bartels
Chauncey Cheatwood
John Kerr
Justus Penny
Phyllis
Eileen Alban
Anna Lou Wood
Janet Pugh
Dottie Myers
Vera
Virginia Shelton
June Jenkins
Billy
Pauline McCoy
Dorothy
Pauline Alban
Billy Basil
Bessie Comer
Edward Parkins
Faye Alban
Baker and Lewis
Gallia County Repair Activity Summary
A state bulletin dated August 1 shows no highway projects in Gallia County while listing multiple improvements in nearby counties and noting no state highway activity in Gallia since November. The report from Gallia County indicates the department has no current projects there.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Washington County
Athens
Meigs
Lawrence
Jackson
Vinton
Scioto
Gallia
Gallia County
Merchants Seek Festival Site Move to Second Ave Parkfront
Gallipolis retail merchants urge moving this year’s festival from the First Ave river bank to the Second Ave parkfront, arguing closer access boosts trade. Petitions list new committee members while warning the change would require weeklong traffic and street repairs, but merchants promise extended hours and more booth space to draw shoppers.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
John McNealey
John Gwinn
Second Ave
State
Court Streets
River Bank
Ohio River Bank
First Ave
Paul Jarvis
Jack Knight
L. C. Dayton
Morris Haskins
Stanley Evans
William McKnight
Stanley Lanier
Charles Miller
Paul Northup
Lay Sanitary Sewer on Gallipolis Street
Laying of a sanitary sewer on West State Street from the Fourth Avenue intersection to Chickamauga Creek is in progress. The pipes are being installed before highway improvements to form an approach to the new bridge.
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Gallipolis
W. State St
Fourth Ave
Chickamauga Creek
Blue Lake Personal and Social Notes
Blue Lake notes report family visits in Santiago Covington and Darby areas with several ill residents and local gatherings. People mentioned include Virgil and Mrs Roberts, Mr and Mrs Wooten, G M Smiths, Wayne Baker, C E Wolfe, Delbert Boster, C E Sheets, Orin Sheets, Clem Rader, Mayme Lewis, Betty Ridh, and Betty Ridd? Elizabeth Chapel. various crops and local work update. Dog Warden Roy Johnson has been collecting stray dogs.
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Blue Lake
Virgil Roberts
Santiago
Calif
Robert Wooten
Adam Brucker
Betty Ridh
Boston
Mass
Elizabeth Chapel
Fred Johnson
Huntington
Sherman Caldwell
Brodie Halley
Glen Roberts
Dayton
Calvin Roberts
Homer Williams
Alta Johnson
Charles
Crown City
Fenymore Johnson
Roy Johnson
Ladies Aid Society
Orpha Wooten
Ayer Williams
Greenfield
Brisco Baldwin
Elmer Holcomb
Newport News
USO Drive Nears Goal in Gallia Campaign
In Gallia, volunteers push to reach a $1200 goal for the United Service Organizations. With about $700 in receipts, organizers plan to close the drive this Saturday as solicitors renew efforts to meet the target.
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USO
Gallia
Gallipolis
United Service Organizations
Old Harrington Home Sold Again in Gallia County
The historic Harrington homestead on a 14 acre Northup site, bought by E. E. Hatfield H. B. Ecker and John Gwinn, has been sold to Charles Drummond who plans to dismantle and re erect it near Mina Chapel. The century old two story house sits above the Raccoon Valley and yielded relics from its garret.
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Gallipolis
Harrington
Northup
E. E. Hatfield
H. B. Ecker
John Gwinn
Charles Drummond
Mina Chapel
Raccoon Valley
Plan Nutrition Institute Wednesday Aug 20
A Gallipolis report details a sub committee mailing and contacting hundreds to spark interest in a nutrition institute set for Washington Auditorium on the night of August 20. Members include W. E. Wiseman E. E. Higgins Carroll Guindon Jennie Nelson and others.
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Gallipolis
Nutrition Institute
Washington Auditorium
W. E. Wiseman
E. E. Higgins
Carroll Guindon
Jennie Nelson
Lawrence Holliday
O. E. Painter
R. P. McCarley
L. W. Thompson
Elizabeth Carter
C. W. Booth
W. S. Westerman
Donald Hobbs
Elizabeth Conley
Ben Evans
R. L. Pabst
Loren Thomas
C. E. Holzer
W. F. Slagle
E. G. Royer
Licensed To Marry In Gallia County
Gallia County couples listed as licensed to wed including Laurence Grogan and Agnes Searls in Cheshire and others in Charleston Gallipolis Ferry Huntington and Lancaster. Ages range from 18 to 40 with multiple pairings named.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
Laurence A. Grogan
Agnes Marie Searls
Cheshire
J. W. Gunoe
Jessie Harrison
Charleston
Harry Wallace
Frances Yester
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
C. C. Fields
Evalyn Cruikshank
William Marcum
Betty Bandbush
Huntington
Evelyn Wright
Lancaster
Stright Family to Hold Reunion This Sunday
The Stright family will gather for a reunion on Sunday, August 19, at the home of Rev. and Mrs. R. P. McCarley along the river road south of Galli. The event invites relatives to join at the weekend gathering hosted by local residents.
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Gallipolis
Social Notes from Kananga Highlight Family Visits and Camp
Mrs Emm Comstock hosted Sunday guests including grandchildren and Huntington residents with a chicken dinner. Six 4-H Club girls attended camp near Jackson for the week. Bible School began at the school building. Local families from Columbus Huntington Charleston and Gallipolis visited relatives here or nearby towns across the period.
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William Cheaf
Bobbie
Ashland
Iva Comstock
Luther Lee
Linda
Betty
Ethel Comstock
Huntington
Homer
Reliance
Jackson
Jane Ann Deem
Norma Jean, Raike
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Wanda Raike
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Lillie May Cox
Bible School
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Hannah Hanes
John Eckard
Lowell
Columbus
Albert Spencer
Spencer
George Martin
Charleston
Samuel Giles
Walter Schoonover
Schoonover
Reed
W. Va
William Stump
W. M. Herald
Jersey City
N. J
William Spiers
Homer Comstock
Harris Perry
Logan
Betty Shumaker
Gallipolis
Wanda Jean Schoonover
David Darst
Henderson
B. D. Raike
H. Sw
Divorces Granted and Filed in Gallipolis
Mrs Elmer Harington files for divorce alleging cruelty and ongoing intoxication and seeks alimony for herself and four children. In a separate case Mrs John Wise is granted divorce after proving gross neglect.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Harington
John Wise
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