Gallipolis Bridge Project Progress Reported
Two hundred WPA workers in two shifts advance the $200,000 Chickamauga Creek bridge in Gallipolis with Parker Peters in charge. Piling drives for abutments. iron girders obtained, allowing concrete footers for the 80 foot span. Road work and deep fills follow, with a second $200,000 grant for Rodney road. Completion targeted by late December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chickamauga Creek
Parker Peters
Samuel Patton
Clyde Dale
Clyde Jones
Rodney
Celebration Planned for Fortification Hill Park Opening
Gallipolis chamber of commerce. at its late June meeting, will consider sponsoring a formal program July 4 to honor the opening of Fortification Hill Park and the city reservoir concrete cover. Final pourings and water filling will follow, with highway extension encircling the park and other improvements contemplated. The park is viewed as a valuable civic asset and the chamber as sponsor.
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Gallipolis
Plan To Remodel Four Story Building In Gallipolis
Thomas Agee of Agee & Son farm implement agency says remodeling plans are under consideration for the summer. The four story brick building at the Second and Spruce corner will be reduced to one story, walls will connect the three buildings into a single unit, and the entire structure will be painted white.
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Gallipolis
Thomas Agee
Agee & Son Farm Implement Agency
Spruce Corner
Big Chief Indian Herb Tonic Promoted
General system tonic made from roots and herbs. Stimulates the appetite aids digestion relieves occasional constipation. Extra 10c per bottle for packing and mailing.
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The
Tonto Snake Oil Liniment Advertising Card
Tonto Snake Oil Liniment to be used with Big Chief Tonic. Promoted for neuralgia pains stiff neck from exposure cramps stiffness and soreness of muscles from exertion exposure or fatigue mosquito bites frost bites back chest throat minor sprains and strains of muscles and tendons.
Sewing Unit Opens at Gallia County Washington School
Red Cross sewing unit established in Washington School home economics rooms with cutting tables and five electrically driven sewing machines. Ten women volunteered at opening. double that number expected for next meeting. Possible sewing unit for colored workers to open at Lincoln School or a church. This fall’s Great Britain garment quota larger than before. efforts to complete promptly.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Washington School
Lincoln School
Great Britain
Elks Prepare for Sunday Evening Picnic
Gallipolis committee reports all in readiness for the Elks annual picnic Sunday at Col. Tom Popp's home on the Kanawha River. Entertainers include Margaret and Catherine Fay Huntington accordionists and Fritz Alsamer with Charleston guests. Picnic supper at 5 50 p m. Toys provided for children as games and the spacious southern home and grounds offered for guests.
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Gallipolis
Elks
Col
Tom Popp
Kanawha River
Margaret and
Catherine Fay
Huntington
Fritz Alsamer
Charleston
Firecracker Shootings Forbidden in City
Gallipolis Chief of Police John Fraley says residents report widespread firecracker shootings and reminds the public of a city ordinance forbidding the practice.
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Gallipolis
John Fraley
Ed Fulton vs William Miller Jr case set for June 30 in Gallipolis
Civil suit arising from an automobile collision at the Chickamauga Road and Route 35 intersection. Ed Fulton seeks $5,569 in damages in the Common Pleas Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ed Fulton
William Miller, Jr
Chickamauga Road
Route 35
Common Pleas Court
Fulton
Dogs Kill Colt on McComb Farm in Walnut Township
Three dogs on the Leslie McComb farm in Walnut Township chased and killed a young colt. The dogs were killed. Dr. Charles FE Holzer gave a vocational address before Kiwanis Club members and guests at Presbyterian Church in Point Pleasant, with dinner served before the talk.
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Gallipolis
Leslie McComb
Walnut
Charles FE. Holzer
Kiwanis Club
Presbyterian Church
Pt. Pleasant
Logan Devol Suffers Severe Wrist Fracture In Cherry Tree Fall
Logan Jack Devol, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Devol, Marion Township, was injured Wednesday after a fall from a cherry tree. Both bones of his right wrist were fractured.
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Logan
Jack Devol
Frank Devol
Marion Township
Ray Thomas Wins Naval Academy Appointment
Raymond Thomas of Bidwell has secured a United States Naval Academy appointment in Annapolis. A Rio Grande College graduate, he plans to enter after completing a strong science and mathematics program, and has already passed a prior air corps exam. He joins former Rio classmate Leslie White at Annapolis.
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Gallipolis
Raymond Thomas
Maurice Thomas
Bidwell
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
Thomas
Army Air Corps
Rio Grande College
Air Corps
Martin
Rio Grande
Leslie White
Rome
Ohio
Rio
Wilson Boyles
West Point
Body of Walters Abandoned Search Ends Near Gallipolis
Archie Walters a 23 year old Pt. Pleasant resident jumped from the excursion steamer Senator into the Ohio River a mile south of Gallipolis Tuesday night. State police patroled the river banks to locate tracks but found none. Eureka Dam workers will monitor for any sign of the body.
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Gallipolis
Archie Walters
Pt. Pleasant
Senator
Ohio River
West Virginia
Eureka Dam
Gallia Workers Plan Army Drive Meeting
Gallia county workers meet at the courthouse at 7:30 to discuss securing 1200 dollars as the county share in a drive to fund recreational facilities at army training posts. The session aims to organize support and set plans for the fundraising effort.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Social Notes Includes Weddings and Visits
Sunday society items report the June 15 wedding of John Martin Lloyd of Columbus to Miss Mary Alma Null of Proctorville and Huntington at Ironton First Baptist with a breakfast at Hotel Marting. Other notes cover social visits, trips to Corpus Christi and the Southwest, and local civic engagements.
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Gallipolis
John Martin Lloyd
Columbus
David Lloyd
Rio Grande
Mary Alma Null
Proctorville
Huntington
Holloway
First Baptist Church
Ironton
Marting
Lloyd
J. Calvin Null
Huntington High School
Marshall College
Detroit
Canada
Lucie Martin
Cheshire
Helen Clark
Patriot
Southwest
Corpus Christi
Tex
K. G. Kirkendall
Near Vinton
D. G. Coster
Albert Jamison
Springfield
Anna Ray
Homer
Ill
Kirkendall
Wooster
Synodical Society of the Presbyterian Church
John Peters
Lillian Kayser
Bert Call
Adamsville
Clyde Call
Clyde Day
Lester White
Irene Litterest
Cincinnati
Luther Donnally
Hamden
Margaret McCormick
Mr. Donnally
Esther
Will Donnally
Bulnville
Joseph Blckle
Donnallys
Loma Bing
H. F. Romaine
Miss Ruth
Kerranr
Surprise Birthday Party For Miss Rosethel Thomas
Honoring her eighteenth birthday, Miss Rosethel Thomas received a secret celebration planned by her sister-in-law Mrs. T. A. Thomas. A roadside park picnic supper followed by a social evening with Noreen Long Dorothy Langdon Julia Agnes Wood Earl Tope Robert Slagle Harry Shafer Neal Blaine Clark and Miss Thomas.
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Rosethel Thomas
T. A. Thomas
Route 35
Noreen Long
Dorothy Langdon
Julia Agnes ® Wood
Earl Tope
Robert Slagle
Harry Shafer
Neal Blaine Clark
Miss Thomas
Birthday gathering at the Browns home in Mudsoc
Friends and relatives assembled at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Brown to celebrate Mr. Brown's birthday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Charles Woody Mr. and Mrs. Jack Stipes Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carter and W. N. Allison.
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John Brown
Faye Woody
Mudsoc
Mr. Brown
Charles Woody
Jack Stipes
Fred Carter
W. N. Allison
Mrs Long and family plan move to operate Ironton grocery
Mr and Mrs V E Long with son Marvin and daughter Noreen prepare to leave the city for Ironton where they have just purchased a grocery. Friends anticipate their relocation and new venture.
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V. E. Long
Marvin
Noreen
Ironton
Homer Riggs Killed En Route to Gallipolis
Homer Riggs a 27 year old Cincinnati resident died Thursday afternoon in a Huntington hospital after an automobile accident near Brodrick in Lawrence County. He was traveling to Gallipolis to visit his mother Mrs Bertie Riggs and sister Mrs Frank Porter living near Gallipolis. His widow survives him.
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Gallipolis
Homer Riggs
Cincinnati
Huntington
Brodrick
Lawrence County
Riggs
Bertie Riggs
Frank Porter
Egg Industry Important in Gallia County
Gallia County’s egg business is a major farm income source. Census figures show 215000 laying hens producing about 25 million eggs yearly at 21 cents per dozen, totaling roughly 570000 dollars. Eggs flow mainly to West Virginia and Kentucky within 150 miles, with strong demand and established local collection routes.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Gallia County
West Virginia
Kentucky
Produce Commission Houses
Launch Net Tender At Pt. Pleasant
Large crowd attends the launching of the net tender Elder at Pt. Pleasant marine ways of Marietta Manufacturing Co. The Elder is the third of four identical craft to be launched and waterborne, with invited guests and luncheon following the event.
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Gallipolis
Elder
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Pt. Pleasant
Ohio
Twenty Children Named in Two Divorce Suits
Gallipolis reports two divorce cases filed yesterday involving twenty children. Mrs. Pearl Amos of Little Kyger, mother of nine, accuses her husband of cruelty and neglect. In a separate suit, Garfield Blazer, father of eleven, is charged similarly by his wife living in Green Township near the city.
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Gallipolis
Pearl Amos
Little Kyger
Garfield Blazer
Green Township
Craig Slagle Named Officer of Guard
Craig D. Slagle, Gallia County representative to the general assembly, is appointed second lieutenant in the Ohio State Guard and assigned to Company K Athens. He is an ex serviceman and serves on the house committee on military affairs.
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Gallipolis
Craig D. Slagle
General Assembly
Ohio State Guard
Athens
House
Marriage Licenses Issued in Gallipolis Area
Permits to wed issued for Noah Monroe Hite 25 and Sarah Louise Myrtle 22 both of Huntington Harmon E Teets 22 and Helen E Smith 21 both of Gassoway WV Jerry L Atkinson 26 and May Hayman 22 both of Apple Grove WV.
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Gallipolis
Noah Monroe Hite
Sarah Louise Myrtle
Huntington
Harmon E. Teets
Helen E. Smith
Gassoway
W. Va
Jerry L. Atkinson
May Hayman
Apple Grove
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A. E. Tope
Holzer Hospital
Big Chief
Quick's
Athens, Ohlo
London
H. Wellington Koo
Lisbon
New York
DR. Holzer
Ton Jon No
Ton Jon
Orip
Ton Jon Health
Cut Rate
W. Union St
Ray Thomas
Walters
Gallipolis Social Notes
R. R. Roush
Howard
Gene Huntington
Phoenix
Ariz
Roush
Gallia Academy High School
E. E. Roush
Racine
C. W. Holter
Morning Star
Gret
Pembroke Club
Bill
Zenners
Craig Slagle
Union St
O O
F. Temple
I. R. Goldberg
Worstell
Prometrist
Lg. Enn
N. Court St
Ier’s Dept
Zenner
Metal Rockers
Gasco Bay
Furniture Dept
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