Gallipolis Plans Subdivision Along Garfield Cliff
Gallipolis city commission heard plans for a new subdivision likely named Undercliff Drive by landowners on the western Garfield Avenue cliff. Officials may assist in routing a highway at the cliff base, with possible extensions from Holcomb Hill and the former Bellstein residence, while the city would later assume maintenance.
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Gallipolis
Undercliff Drive
John C. Butz
Bert Robinson
Garfield Ave
John Gwinn
Garfield
H. B. Thomas
Holcomb Hill
Hollis Wood
Bellstein
Hold Annual Event at Gallipolis Children’s Home
Members of the Children’s Home Board of Trustees met at the home today for the annual dinner and inspection. James Simms Fred K. Mills Peter Burger Miss Bess Wetherholt Mrs. Margaret D. Carter attended. They reported the institution in splendid condition and made few recommendations for change.
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Gallipolis
Children's Home Board of Trustees
James Simms
Fred K. Mills
Peter Burger
Bess Wetherholt
Margaret D. Carter
Man Charged in Roadside Stabbing Returns to Hospital
Walter Taylor, 26, victim of a nearby knife attack weeks ago, has returned to Holzer Hospital for treatment. Earl Shaver is held on bond after being indicted by a grand jury for stabbing Taylor.
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Gallipolis
Walter Taylor
Addison
Holzer Hospital
Taylor
Earl Shaver
Gallia County Raises Funds For Infantile Paralysis Drive
Gallia County contributes to the Infantile Paralysis Foundation totaling $0.25, secured through multiple parties and dances, announced by county chairman Joe V. Lee.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Joe V. Lee
Cofer Heirs File Partition Suit Over Sale of Waverly Residence
M. J. Cofer of Waverly has filed a partition action against other heirs of J. S. and Hulda E. Cofer. The suit seeks distribution of proceeds from the sale of the Third Ave property near Vine St. in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
M. J. Cofer
Waverly
J. S
Hulda E. Cofer
Third Ave
Vine St
Rhodes to Accept Federal Feed and Seed Loan Apps
G M Rhodes will be at County Agent E G Roger’s office on Wednesday to take applications for federal feed and seed loans.
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Gallipolis
G. M. Rhodes
E. G. Roger
Ironton Woman Dies at 72 in Ironton Home
Mrs. Janie Boggs aged 72 dies at her Ironton residence. A sister Mrs. H L Taylor resides at Cadmus Gallia County, reported in the local obituary note.
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Ironton Gallipolis
Janie Boggs
Ironton
H. L. Taylor
Cadmus
Gellia Coun
100 Workers Assigned To Work on Roads
Gallia County posts News item: Enrollment of 100 WPA workers for Poplar Ridge road improvement in Cheshire Township was made yesterday and today, with workers to report Wednesday morning weather permitting. The number is expected to reach 130 by week’s end. A dispute over ex service men employment preference with Dr Carl Watson was investigated and resolved with a WPA investigator assigned.
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Gwinn
WPA
Columbus
Thomas Rutherford
City Water Service
Madison Ave
Fair Grounds
William Cherrington
County Commissioners’ Journal
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
Mill Creek Road
State Hospital
Cherrington
Gallipolis
Poplar Ridge
Cheshire Township
Tee
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Carl Watson
Otis Drummond
Watson
Gallia County
Drummond
Class To Give Three Plays At Coolville
Ambassador Class of the Belpre Congregational Church will present three one act plays Thursday at 8 o'clock in the Troy High School Auditorium. Plays are sponsored by the Congregational Ladies Aid Society with former Coolville residents Adra Morris and Edna Nestor in two productions.
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Coolville
Belpre
Methodist Church
Ben Pugh
Barboursville
E. B. Dean
Methodist
Helen Macleod
Farm Bureau
Troy High School Vocational Agriculture
Roy Gilham
Herbert Hoskinson
Frank Pugh
Athens
Athens Conservation Committee
George Crooks
Marietta
Perry Bingman
Torch
Edwin Parker
Charlene Spencer
Belore
Oscar Spencer
C. B. Kincade
Tuppers Plains
Charles Campbell
S. S. Tilton
Buford Findling
Inez Brafford
Charles Bentz
Annie Walden
Virginia Knecht
C. E. White
C. L. White
M. B. Chapman
Raymond Walden
Wendell Clark
Roger Clark
L. C. Brafford
Wilma Dunfee
Judd Smith
Bert Stout
Alda Larson
Myrie Griffin
Myrie, Jr
Judgment Awarded in Gallipolis Motor Co Case
Judgment for 404 dollars plus interest awarded to Gallipolis Motor Co against Mr and Mrs Andrew Smith. Court issues an order of sale for mortgaged realty.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Motor Co
Andrew Smith
Gallia County Republican Women to Meet at Court House
Gallia County Women’s Republican Club will meet Monday evening at the Court House. Guest speaker will be Attorney H. C. Johnston, longtime local political figure. Membership rolls will be open and all Republican women in the county are invited to join. The club plans to sponsor notable speakers later in the campaign and participate in party councils.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Women’s Republican Club
Court House
Margaret D. Carter
H. C. Johnston
James Manring Dies At Gallipolis Home
James M. Manring age 74 a retired grocer and former state hospital employee died at his Gallipolis home after years of ill health following a paralytic attack. Born in Gallia County he later operated a neighborhood grocery. Funeral services will be Wednesday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
James M. Manring
State Hospital
Second Ave
Mill Creek Road
Manring
Gallia
Election Board Organizes in Gallia County
Gallia County Election Board will meet at 2 p m tomorrow at the Courthouse for organization. New members are John E Jones and Harlan Fulton. Holdover members are Martin Woliborn and M J Clary. Fulton expected to be chairman and Bess B Wetherholt to serve as clerk.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Farm Bureau Advisory Council To Be Formed
About 60 families will meet at Bidwell School tonight to form a Farm Bureau Advisory Council. Three councils with several townships are already organized, and the aim is seven councils in total, according to Fred Conrad, the county Farm Bureau agent.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell School
Farm Bureau
Fred Conrad
Fire Destroys Old Home Near Addison
Fire Sunday night destroyed the old Loucks homestead about a mile west of Addison. The unoccupied house belonged to J. S. Loucks who is in Florida for the winter. Several outbuildings burned but a large barn near the residence was saved. Origin of the fire is unknown.
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Gallipolis
Loucks
Addison
J. S. Loucks
Florida
Magazine Subscription Drive Reaches Quota
Gallipolis reports a student led magazine drive met its $300 quota to buy a school public address system. Top sellers receive individual prizes and the highest selling class earns a theater party.
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Gallipolis
Alimony Order in McBride Case Sets Weekly Support
The court ordered the defendant Patricia McBride against John McBride to pay $4 per week temporary alimony pending the hearing and to cover a $35 counsel fee. The ruling followed presentation of evidence in the case.
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Logan
Patricia McBride
John MceBride
Funeral Services Held For Gallia Resident
Miss Eliza Stevers 76 died at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Haskell Wells near Rodney Sunday. Funeral services were conducted at Mercerville Baptist Church by Rev. Earl Cremeens. Interment followed in the church yard cemetery. A native of Gallia County she spent her life there and had arranged explicit funeral directions before her death.
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Gallipolis
Eliza Stevers
Haskell Wells
Rodney
Mercerville Baptist Church
Earl Cremeens
Stevers
Albany Junior Garden Club Has Meeting
Albany The Junior Garden Club met in the grade building Friday noon. The program Our Birds was presented by Mr Wolfe. Members received seed packets donated by Mrs Sisson and Mrs Ayler and a bulb from Mrs Connett Athens.
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Albany
Wolfe
Sisson
Ayler
Calvin
Epworth League
The
Methodist Church
Lorna
Gene Calvin
Faye Baker Cline
D. W. Hoffee
Waterford
Arthur Gray
Albany Pta
Enlow
Leadinghaus
E. H. Lash
Huntington
W. Va
E. F. Martin
Ella Nelson
Dexter
Will Gillogly
Dale Smith
John
Cleveland
J. H. Cline
E. M. Jones
Mrs. Elizabeth Yarborough Dies at New Straitsville
Logan funeral services were held for 93 year old Elizabeth R. Yarborough widow of Jack Yarborough. She died Sunday at New Straitsville at her daughter Irene Nye's home. She formerly ran a hotel in Union Furnace near the brick plant. Survived by two daughters Irene Nye Ernest Murray and Mary Moore and a son Charles. Burial at Green Lawn Cemetery Nelsonville.
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LOGAN
Woodard Funeral
Elizabeth R. Yarborough
Jack Yarborough
New Straitsville
Union Furnace
Irene Nye
Ernest Murray
Mary Moore
Columbus
Charles
Greenlawn Cemetery
Nelsonville
First Welfare Coordination Meeting Held at Island View Inn
Gallipolis officials and representatives from the School and County Nursing Offices, Aid for the Aged, Aid for Dependent Children, Direct Relief, Housekeepers' Aid, Sewing Center, Agriculture Agent, Home Demonstration Agent, Farm Security, Red Cross and Child Welfare met to prevent overlappings and improve understanding among welfare divisions. A five day Red Cross sponsored case work course will be offered April 22 led by Helen Colwell of Washington DC. Future meetings will rotate programs with a central clearing house to list all cases for faster service.
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Gallipolis
Island View Inn
Aid For
County Nursing
Red Cross
Helen Colwell
Washington, D. C
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Weddings
Gallipolis society notes report a DAR meeting at Old Homestead hosted by Mrs. Halliday with talks on seventeenth century arts and a display of family heirlooms. A Columbus wedding between Miss Mildred Martin and Herbert Monroe is noted along with a Grace Methodist Women’s Foreign Missionary Society gathering.
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Gallipolis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Carnes
James Mullineaux
E. L. Neal
Elizabeth Carnes
Boyd Thomas
Ella Rothgeb
Ohio
D.A.R. News
Columbus
Mildred Martin
John W. Martin
Herbert Monroe
Dan Monroe
Pataskala
George Bernhard
Monroe
Licking
Gallipolis Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Paul O'Brien of Columbus spent the weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs John O'Brien while Mrs O'Brien and son Bobby visited relatives in Oak Hill. Mrs E N Deardorff of Huntington visits Nan Deardorff and friends. Mrs A H Dierker returns to Columbus after visit with Mrs L B Shaw. W E Houston attended funeral in Louisa Ky for S J Justice, former Louisa resident. Donovan Dillon, Columbus student, spent weekend with his mother Mrs Ferry Dillon. Mrs George K Roberts and son Charles of Louisville visit to treat throat trouble with Mrs Jessie Caldwell.
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Gallipolis
Paul O’brien
Columbus
John O'Brien
W. E. Houston
Louisa
S. J. Justice
Houston
Donovan Dillon
Ferry Dillon
George K. Roberts
Charles
Louisville
Jessie Caldwell
Vinton County Man Fined by Logan Mayor
Donavin MaComber of Vinton County was arraigned by Mayor Dallas Kinser after being taken in by state highway patrolmen on Feb 29. He pled guilty to insufficient lights on his car and paid $5 plus costs. Denver Milliran of Nelsonville was fined $10 and costs for reckless driving.
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Logan
Donavin MaComber
Vinton County
Dallas Kinser
Denver Milliran
Nelsonville
Kinser
George Gilmore Stricken by Paralysis in Logan
George Gilmore aged 45 a tobacco salesman was stricken at his home on Gallagher Avenue Saturday night. He was taken to the home of his parents Mr and Mrs F M Gilmore in Middleport Monday evening. Mrs Gilmore and their children accompanied him to Middleport with his parents.
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Logan
George Gilmore
Gallagher Ave
F. M. Gilmore
Middleport
Logan footballer suffers fractured toe from dropped steel pipe
Bert Smith of Logan fractured his right toe Saturday when a steel pipe slipped from his grip and struck his foot. He received treatment at Cherrington Hospital.
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Logan
Bert Smith
Cherrington Hospital
Mrs William Bowlby Injured in Route 75 Crash
Mrs William Bowlby of Winona sustained a fractured pelvis in an automobile accident east of the city on Route 75 Saturday afternoon. The report notes she was treated for injuries at the scene.
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Logan
William Bowlby
Winona
Colored Republicans Plan New Progressive Club
In Gallipolis, the Progressive Political Club for colored Republican voters is forming, with Robert Cousins as president. A mid March meeting will finalize details, as the group succeeds the Colored Young People's Republican Club which backed a prior campaign.
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Gallipolis
Progressive Political Club
Robert Cousins
Colored Young People’s Republican Club
Licenses to Wed Issued In Several Counties
Licenses to wed have been issued for several couples including Joe Thompson 21 and Ida Mae Harding 19 from Cheshire Marvin Crawford 21 and Ola Mae McNeally 21 from St Albans W V Wilbur Comer 24 and Kathryn Simon 24 from Coshocton.
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Gallipolis
Joe Thompson
Ida Mae Harding
Cheshire
Marvin Crawford
Ola Mae McNeally
St. Albans
W. Va
Wilbur Comer
Kathryn Simon
Coshocton
Ohio River Rises as Eureka Dam Maintains Pool
Persistent rainfall floods minor creeks in Gallia County but causes no damage. The Ohio River climbs slowly while Eureka Dam operators keep the pool at stable level through roller adjustments.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Eureka Dam
Mrs Norton III of Gallipolis Critically Ill at Home
Mrs Maggie Norton widow of Frank A Norton is critically ill at her Gallipolis home. She is under the care of her sister Miss Letitia Mills.
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Norton III
Gallipolis
Maggie Norton
Frank A. Norton
Letitia Mills
Lloyds Hospitalized From Different Illnesses
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Lloyd of Jackson are patients at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. They arrived together but with separate illnesses.
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Gallipolis
Thomas R. Lloyd
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
First Robins Reported Across Gallia County Harbingers
Robins labeled the county as signaling the approach of spring with early sightings in multiple town areas around Gallia County. The outcry notes the birds appearing in several sections, sparking chatter among residents.
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Gallipolis
Short Story Wins Prize In Columbus Paper
Mrs. Virginia Easter a 19 year old Washington D C resident and former Gallipolis Miss Virginia Willis won a prize for a short story in a Columbus Sunday newspaper. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Willis and a Gallipolis High School graduate who later attended Antioch College. Her parents now live in Wellston.
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Gallipolis
Virginia Easter
Washington, D. C
Columbus
Missirginia Willis
Harry Willis
Antioch College
Wellston
Kentuckian Sentenced for Forgery in Ohio Court
John Blankenship, a Kentuckian, pleaded guilty in Gallia County Court of Common Pleas and was sentenced by Judge W R White to one to twenty years in the Ohio Penitentiary. Officers note Blankenship has prior prison time in several facilities.
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Gallipolis
John Blankenship
Court of Common Pleas
W. R. White
Ohio
Blakenship
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