Endorsements Move Gallia County GOP Toward Full Slate
Gallia County Republican Executive Committee clears waiting list with endorsements for manager and cashier posts in the state liquor store, county director of aid for the aged, and numerous highway department foremen and laborers. Names include Roy D. Rothgeb and Maurice Grover with others advanced. 43 positions filled so far.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Republican Executive Committee
Harry M. Miller
Roy D. Rothgeb
Maurice Grover
William McKean
Elijah C. Johnson
Guvan Township
Margaret Bradbury
J. Harley Bovie
Johnson
Earl McCormick
L. W. Thompson
Mildred Mills
Janis Watts
John Emerson Price
C. J. Price
Perry Township
Vivian Mayes
Betty Lynn
Gladys Grover
William Tell
Fate Highway Department
Scholarship Test To Be Given in High School
Gallia Academy High School hosts the annual Scholarship Test on Monday April 3. County high schools students are eligible. The test covers a general review of the four year course and top ratings win scholarships at state colleges and universities. County and district winners receive honorary certificates.
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Gallipolis
State Department of Education
Gallia Academy
Carl C. Byers
Mrs. Clark Dies At Vinton
Mrs. Mary Norman Clark 77 widow of John F. Clark died Saturday at her home near Vinton after six weeks illness. Funeral services were held at Vinton with burial in a Wellston cemetery. She was daughter of the late George B. Norman and Mrs. Norman and is survived by a brother William Norman of near Bidwell.
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Gallipolis
Mary Norman Clark
John F. Clark
Vinton
Wellston
George B. Norman
Clark
William Norman
Bidwell
Potatoes to be planted in Gallia County on St Patrick's Day
Weather permitting, Gallia County farmers will plant potatoes on March 17 with about twenty five carloads of seed potatoes to be planted. Ground has been prepared, especially in the Cheshire bottoms, for varieties such as Irish Cobblers Green Mountain Early Rose Ohio and Triumphs. Seed potatoes come from Maine New York the Dakotas Michigan and Nebraska. Potato farming expands along the Gallia County river front with most farms growing tubers for home consumption.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
St. Patrick's Day
Cheshire
Edith Mhutsinpiller
Gallia County Produce Co
Green Mountain
Ohio
Maine
New York
Dakotas
Michigan
Nebraska
Money Request May Be Denied
Gallia County Township Trustees plan a Saturday meeting at 1 30 p m in the courthouse. Howard Smiley says the Board of County Commissioners has urged turning over road funds to the county WPA road program. Indications are the request will be denied as many trustees favor using funds locally for a mail route and school bus roads.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
County Will Get Eighty Herefords
Eighty head of Hereford heifers are due to arrive this month as part of Gallia County cattle standard program. Local farmers subscribe for two to ten head each with Rio Grande College farm receiving twenty. A group including W. A. Lee and F. C. Ghrist will travel to Kansas City to select animals. Ghrist has mailed 200 letters to farmers urging participation in the campaign. On arrival, the herd will be shown at the stock yards before distribution to buyers.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande College Farm
W. A. Lee
R. R. Starbuck
F. C. Ghrist
H. B. Ecker
Emer Hatfield
Kansas City
Ghrist
Six Rats Slain With One Shot at Addison Farm
Gallipolis dispatch reports resident of Georges Creek Addison Township named Rus or Russell as leading candidate for best rat killer after he destroyed six rats with a single shotgun blast in the barnyard at his farm home.
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Gallipolis
Heck
Russell
Georges Creek
Addison Township
Dance At Recreation Center In Gallipolis Tonight
A dance is scheduled at the Gallipolis Recreation Center for tonight following a successful Friday event with about 400 attendees. Swing band members include Wendell Lloyd Donald Mohr Warren Sayre Bob Rutherford Charles Ball and Charles Thompson.
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Gallipolis
Recreation Center
Wendell Lloyd
Donald Mohr
Warren Sayre
Bob Rutherford
Charles Ball
Charles Thompson
Gallia Academy High seeks four room addition plan
Gallia County board of education weighing a four room addition to Gallia Academy High School to ease crowding. Superintendent E E Higgins says architects and contractors are being consulted to estimate costs. Enrollment is 512 with fall growth expected. Addition would build over the gym and rear hall near an unused pool. estimated at $14000 and funded from existing school income, no bond needed.
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Gallipolis
Board of Education
Gallia Academy High School
E. E. Higgins
L. L. Louthian
State Department of Education
County School Budget Award Totals Spread Across Districts
Gallia County School Superintendent H. B. Bradbury reports the county receives 56,688.48 dollars from the first state pub lic school foundation fund distribution. Individual district awards include Addison Rural 2319.90, Bidwell Springfield 7609.92, Cadmus 5409.79, Centerville 2962.70, Cheshire 5231.24, Clay 2625.91, Crown City 608.07, Green 3088.01, Greenfield 2909.78, Guyan 6563.75, Harrison 2893.22, Morgan 1812.76, Ohio 2790.60, Raccoon 4166.67, Vinton 4493.68, Walnut 1202.48.
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Gallipolis
H. B. Bradbury
Addison
Bidwell-Springfield
Cadmus
Centerville
Cheshire
Clay
Crown City
Green
Greenfield
Guyan
Harrison
Morgan
Ohio
Raccoon
Vinton
Walnut
Gallia Case to Be Heard in Columbus Court
A dozen Gallia Countians were summoned to appear in United States Court in Columbus at 9 o'clock as witnesses in land easement cases tied to inundation from the Eureka Dam on the Ohio River near Gallipolis. Cases will be heard before Judge Mel G. Underwood by a jury. Names summoned include County Auditor E. D. Keeler City Manager John Gwinn City Commissioner I. E. Myers Paul Niday Herman Northup Fennimore Johnson Martin Vance Emmett Elliott Maurice Grover Earl Mink and Leith Reynolds.
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Gallipolis
United States
Columbus
Eureka
Ohio River
Here
Mel G. Underwood
E. D. Keeler
John Gwinn
I. E. Myers
Paul Niday
Herman
Fred Northup
Fennimore Johnson
Martin Vance
Emmett Elliott
Maurice Grover
Earl Mink
Leith Reynolds
Reforestation Film Series Planned for Local Center
The Wayne National Forest Unit announces a new film series on reforestation to be shown at the local center between April 15 and May 15. The screenings cover tree planting forest clearing fire prevention and flood mitigation with reference to 1937 flood showings. Harold Mackenzie recreation director will meet Rotary Secretary Carl Baers to set a date for joint showings by the two groups.
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Gallipolis
Portsmouth
Wayne National Forest Unit
Harold Mackenzie
Mackenzie
Carl C. Baers
Rotary Club
Subscribers anxious about Gallia farm electrification loan
Subscribers to the Gallia County rural electrification project show anxiety over not receiving guidance from the Rural Electrification Association in Washington. Plans estimates of cost and subscribers names were sent to obtain a $175 000 construction loan early next year.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rural Electrification Association
Washington
Chapter To Celebrate St Patrick's Day
Gal lipolis Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star plans a St Patrick's Day party in the Masonic Temple club rooms Friday evening. Folk games dances and other diversions will be directed by Mr and Mrs R R Starbuck. Refreshments will be served.
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Gallipolis
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Margaret Bradbury
R. R. Starbuck
Plans Hailed for Electric Beacon at Tu Endie Wei Park
Reports say a beacon light is planned at Tu-Endie-Wei State Park in Pt. Pleasant where the Ohio and Kanawha Rivers meet to aid navigation. Final approval rests with the West Virginia legislature.
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Gallipolis
Tu-Endie-Wei State Park
Pt. Pleasant
Ohio
Great Kanawha
West Virginia
Ashes Buried in Gallia at Mound Hill Cemetery
Mrs. Sarah Gentry, aged 93, died in Cincinnati on Wednesday. Her urn was carried from Cincinnati to Gallia County by grandsons Horace and Joe Stewart and interred at Mound Hill Cemetery that Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Cincinnati
Horace
Joe Stewart
Sarah Gentry
Mound Hill Cemetery
Professor Paul Ludlow Addresses Rio Grande Youth Meeting
Professor Paul Ludlow of Rio Grande College spoke to a young people’s gathering at the First Presbyterian Church last night in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Paul Ludlow
Rio Grande College
First Presbyterian Church
Buckeye Conference Names No Seniors On All-Star Five
Marshall College and Youth dominated the Buckeye Conference all star selections with no seniors on either first or second teams. Marshall's Julius Rivlin and Jack Morlock led the lineup with Ohio U star Frank Baumholtz adding scoring flair, while Miami guard George Ring and Ohio Wesleyan guard Jim Reiser joined. Harold McCloud of Marshall led the league in scoring despite a youthful lineup as the conference dissolves after the season.
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Baumholtz
Ohio U. Soph
Morlock
Marshall
Rivlin
Ring
Miami
Reiser
Ohio Wesleyan
McCloud
Buckeye
Ohio
Harold McCloud
Julius Rivlin
Jack Morlock
Frankie Baumholtz
Ohio U
George Ring
Jim Reiser
Cam Henderson
Chuck Chuckovits
University of Toledo
Guldahl and Snead Set To Beat Wood and Burke In Match
Coral Gables Fla Ralph Guldahl and Sam Snead top contenders for the 16th annual 5000 international four ball golf title face Craig Wood and Billy Burke in the feature second round at the Miami Biltmore. They beat Frank Moore and Willie Goggin 6 5 in opening matches while Wood Burke defeated Walter Hagen and Gene Sarazen 2 up. Defending champions Dick Metz and Ky Laffoon lost 3 2 to Johnny Farrell and Willie Klein.
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Coral Gables
Fla
U.P
Ralph Guldahl
Sam Snead
Craig Wood
Billy Burke
Miami Biltmore Country Club
West Virginia
Frank Moore
Willie Goggin
Wood-Burke
Walter Hagen
Gene Sarazen
Dick Metz
Ky Laffoon
Johnny Farrell
Willie Klien
Batting Drill on Tap for Redlegs in Tampa
Manager Bill McKechnie scheduled a long batting drill for the Cincinnati Red squad in Tampa. The team will play its first wet-calt practice game Wednesday. Ernie Lombardi appeared behind the plate for the first time as Pete Naktenis aided pitching practice.
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Tampa
Fla
U.P
Bill McKechnie
Cincinnati Red
Pete Naktenis
Ernie Lombardi
Heath and Keltner Join Indians Lone Camp Guard
Ken Keltner and Jeff Heath were the only additions to the Cleveland Indians as regulars failed to report. Heath agreed to a $12,000 annual salary with President Alva Bradley on Saturday.
Sutherland Resigns as Pitt Football Coach
Dr. J. Sutherland asked the University of Pittsburgh to accept his resignation immediately tying to de emphasize sports at Pitt. He led Pitt to four Rose Bowl appearances with a 111-20-12 record and 21 0 Rose Bowl win in 1934.
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John B. Delaney
Pittsburgh
U.rp
John Bain
Jock
Pitt
John G. Bowman
Sutherland
Bowman
Board of Trustees
Mississippi State College
A|t
University
W. Don Harrison
Harrison
James Hagan
Dr. Sutherland
Suthersland
Stanford
Southern California
Washington
Ohio State Wins Big Ten Title for First Time Since 1935
Ohio State clinched the Big Ten championship with a 53 to 45 win over Michigan and a 51 to 35 victory over Purdue, finishing with 10 wins and 2 losses. Captain Jimmy Hull led the effort with 20 points as the Buckeyes toppled Purdue, while Indiana’s collapse left OSU undisputed in Columbus.
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Chicago
U.P
Ohio State
Buckeyes
Indiana
Bucks
Flying Hoosiers
Michigan
Purdue
Minnesota
Iowa
Northwestern
Columbus
Jimmy Hull
Hull
John Schick
Rcord
Harold G. Olsen
Illinois
New York
Wisconsin
Cichee
Walker Discovers Local Dizzy Dean Lookalike In Slater Teen
Gerald Walker of the Chicago White Sox praises Mel Kramer from Slater Missouri as the nearest thing to Dizzy Dean he has seen. Kramer wowed scouts with a Baltimore tryout during Rogers Hornsby’s camp in Hot Springs Arkansas and was signed for 150 dollars but will be farmed to Longview East Texas League.
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Hot Springs
Ark
Gerald Walker
Mississippi
Chicago White Sox
Gerald
Walker
Rogers Hornsby
Dizzy Dean
Mel Kramer
Slater
Dizzy
Diz
Hornsby
Kramer
Baltimore
White Sox
Longview
CIO
Hornsby’s
Glenford Captures Class B Sectional Crown at Logan
Glenford defeated Shawnee 34 to 26 to win the Class B Sectional Tournament final at Logan High School Auditorium. The four sophomores and one junior led 5-3 after the first quarter, 11-7 at halftime, and 24-17 after three quarters, with Richard and Herbert Shrider scoring 4 and 3 points respectively and Noyes adding three field goals and two free throws. Shawnee’s Sheeler netted 12 points, largely in the second half, but Glenford prevailed. Officials were C. H. Jones and Gene Mechling.
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Logan
Logan High School
Glenford
Shawnee
Rome
Racine
Plains
Richard
Herbert Shrider
Noyes
Sheeler
NOR
Beesensandwasee
C. H. Jones
Gene Mechling
Drivers license exam held at Gallipolis courthouse
State Highway Patrol officers conducted an examination Saturday at the Gallipolis courthouse for applicants seeking drivers licenses.
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Gallipolis
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