Joint Plan Sought to Cut Costs Through WPA Involvement
Gallipolis officials plan a meeting within ten days with Chamber of Commerce WPA leaders county and city officials to map a joint plan for WPA program participation in spring and summer. County road work likely to continue with 200 miles graded and surfaced. a high flood road from State Street to Chillicothe Avenue is proposed at about 250000 dollars, with an alternative bridge elevation project as a lower cost option.
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Gallipolis
Homer W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
WPA
State Highway Department
Walter
Gallia County
State St
Chickamauga
Chillicothe Ave
Chickamauga Creek
Vine St
Portsmouth Ave
Chillicothe Road
Chamber of Commerce and Allied Organizations
Score of Speakers at Rural Life Meeting in Gallia County
Large crowd at Rio Grande College heard nearly twenty speakers cover community improvement. Six counties attended and officials discuss reviving a $400,000 WPA sewer project with city to cover about one quarter, aiming to trim county WPA burden by funding road work and county road repairs.
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Rural Life Meeting
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande College
Mrs Goodall Dies At Family Home In Clay Township
Mrs. Sarah Butcher Goodall age 65 died Tuesday at the family home in Clay Township. Funeral services were held this afternoon in Providence Church by Rev. Jennings Cremeens with interment at Fairview Cemetery near Bidwell. Survived by husband A. C. Goodall a daughter Edna Goodall a son Jacob Goodall and brothers and sisters Thomas Frank Milton Butcher Mrs Clara Smith Addison and Bertis Butcher of Bidwell.
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Gallipolis
Sarah Butcher Goodall
Clay Township
Providence Church
Jennings Cremeens
Fairview
Bidwell
A. C. Goodall
Edna Goodall
Jacob Goodall
Thomas
Frank
Milton Butcher
Clara Smith
Addison
Bertis Butcher
Adkins Rites To Be Held in Bulger West Virginia
Mrs Laura Adkins age 64 died at Addison home from cerebral hemorrhage. Wife of Gilbert Adkins she leaves Elmer at the parental home and three married daughters in West Virginia. Saturday morning the body will be taken to Bulger for funeral services and interment.
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Gallipolis
Laura Adkins
Gilbert Adkins
Addison
Elmer
West Virginia
Adkins
Bulger
W. Va
Gladman Funeral To Be Held Friday in Harrison Twp
Mrs. Serepta Gladman 65 of Harrison Township dies at home. Survived by husband John and children Clarence Iona Roy Foster Daniel Stanley George Ernest Gladman. Funeral services Friday at 1 p.m. at the family home conducted by Rev. Llewellyn Saunders.
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Gallipolis
Serepta Gladman
John Gladman
Ansel Elliott
Harrison Township
Clarence
Iona
Roy
Foster
Daniel
Stanley
George
Ernest Gladman
Llewellyn Saunders
Gallipolis and Pomeroy On New Air Mail Route
Gallipolis A K Merriman postmaster received notice that a new air mail route including Gallipolis and Pomeroy will start May 14. The Post Office and American Airways will install standards and cables. airport site likely, with other options considered. Opening will be a gala event with government planes guiding the first mail flight.
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Gallipolis
A. K. Merriman
Washington
Post Office Department
American Airways, Inc
Gatewood
O. O. McIntyre
Eureka
Merriman
Pittsburgh
Pennsylvania
Irwin
Jeanette
Greensburg
Latrobe
Mount Pleasant
Connelsville
Union
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Clubs
Gallipolis reports a busy week with Service Club at Presbyterian Church hosting, St Patrick's Day decorations, and a large attendance at the American Association of University Women meeting led by Dean Justina Eich. Also noted are marriages, visits, travels, and family events across Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Floyd Irion
Will Cox
Ferrell Niday
Julia Donnally
Edna Mae Cooper
Presbyterian Church
Mildred Gilman
American Association of University Women
Anniversary Hall
Rio Grande College
Justina Eich
Capital University
Columbus
Miss Eich
Europe
Czechoslovakia
Local Farmer Sues for Divorce and Land Partition
J W Schwartz of Addison Township files for divorce from Lilian Schwartz alleging cruelty and neglect. He also seeks partition of 100 acres of land in which all parties named hold an interest, including C G Rector and Lulu Rector.
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Gallipolis
J. W. Schwartz
Addison Township
Lillian Schwartz
C. G
Lulu Rector
Schwartz
Pupils to Check Red Cross Hazard Lists in Gallipolis
More than 1 000 Red Cross questionnaire check lists for common hazards have been distributed to school children in Gallipolis city and county. Parents must complete and sign them and return to school. Checks cover machinery tools dooryards homes buildings animals toys firearms trash foods poisons wells and water supplies.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Wayne Booth
Coal mine operators meet at Barsotti's Hall Middleport
Bar sotti's Hall in Middleport hosts a Monday 8 p m meeting of Gallia County coal mine operators. The call is signed by M C Hobart, president of the Pomeroy Coal Operators' Association.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Barsotti’s Hall
Middleport
M. C. Hobart
Pomeroy Coal Operators’ Association
James McCarley Dies At Home in Vinton
Funeral services were held at Vinton Baptist Church for James M. McCarley 61 president of Vinton Banking Co. He died Tuesday at his brother W W McCarley’s home. A former teacher and hardware operator he was active in Masonic bodies. Interment followed at Vinton Memorial Park.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Baptist Church
James M. McCarley
Vinton Banking Co
W. W. McCarley
Vinton Memorial Park
Topper Takes A Trip Among Daffiest Screen Comedies
Hal Roach's Topper Takes A Trip premiering at the Athena Theater is hailed as one of the dafiest gayest and most uproarious comedies this season. Star-studded cast includes Constance Bennett Roland Young Billie Burke and Verree Teasdale as the ghostly Marion Kerby guiding Cosmo Topper from New York to the French Riviera. A sequel to last year's Topper the film follows mishaps and phantom hoaxes as Topper seeks marital happiness. TO ATTEND FESTIVAL GALLIPOLIS Gallia County residents plan to attend the Lawrence County Song Festival at Arabia Friday night.
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Hal Roach
Topper
Athena
Constance Bennett
Roland Young
Billie Burke
New York
French Riviera
Marion
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Lawrence County
Arabia
First Aid Training Reaches 150 Adults in Gallia County
More than 150 adults in Gallia County receive Red Cross First Aid instruction across nine community centers. Participants include bus drivers, teachers, WPA foremen, law officers, and private citizens amid multiple classes in Gallipolis Mercerville Rio Grande Vinton and Cheshire. In Mercerville a class serves high school students. Instructors hold prior First Aid Certificates. Courses completed in Eno and Cadmus with plans for further schools to cover the county.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Red Cross
Wayne Booth
WPA
Mercer
Mrs Lula Hayward Johnson Injured in New York Lobby
Gallipolis reports Lula Hayward Johnson, a native and longtime resident, fell in the Hotel Imperial lobby in New York City fracturing her hip. Her daughter, Justine Johnson Hall, also resides in New York.
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Gallipolis
Lula Hayward Johnson
Hotel Imperial
New York City
Johnson
Justine Johnson Hall
New York
Death of William Fadeley reported from Oklahoma City
Mrs. Della Bonecutter of Gallipolis learns of the death of her son William Henry Fadeley 28 in Oklahoma City. A brother John Fadeley resides in this city.
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Gallipolis
Della Bonecutter
William Henry Fadeley
Oklahoma City
John Fadeley
Gallia County Health League Prepares for Marietta Meeting
Gallia County Health League plans large turnout for a district meeting in Marietta on Tuesday March 28. Nine Southeastern Ohio counties will discuss health issues including tuberculosis control and statewide health activities. Robert M Betz Gallia County legislator and House Health Committee member supports the effort. An invitation is mailed to Gallia County league members by secretary Maude Houser.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
League
Maude Houser
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