Gallia County Commences Urgent Road Repairs After Floods
Gallia County engineers mobilize crews in Walnut Harrison Addison Morgan Springfield and Huntington Townships for gravel top dressings on all routes to Gallipolis. River gravel supplied by M T Epling Dredging Co and lime quarried by Miller Bros Rodney and Gage plus Bartels near Gallia. A large bridge abutment rebuilt on Clay Chapel Yellowtown Rd. Drain tile project revived by 20 men at the highway barn. Federal funds cited but not yet received. work funded locally amid lean treasury.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
BE. N. Leonard
Walnut
Harrison
Ohio
Addison
Morgan
Springfield
Huntington
Ohio River
M. T. Epling Dredging Co
Miller Bros
Rodney and
Gage
Bartels
Leonard
Clay Chapel-Yellowtown
County
Davis Road
Ohio Township
Scott Farm
Morgan Township
Chauncey Fife
Famous Missionary To Speak Monday
GALLIPOLIS March 15 Grace Methodist Church hosts an Interdenominational Men's meeting to greet Rev Brayton C Case agricultural missionary with Burma experience. Supper by church women followed by assembly singing and Methodist Men's Chorus. Elmer E Caldwell is toastmaster. At 7 45 a general meeting at First Baptist Church to hear Dr Case. Rev Paul Judson Morris of New York City will also speak.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Brayton C. Case
Burma
The
Methodist Church
John Newton Davis
Methodist
Bers. Elmer E. Caldwell
First Baptist Church
Case
Paul Judson Morris
Northern Baptist Convention of
New York City
George Sagen
Athens
Boards of Education
the Plains
Chamber of Commerce
Smith Rites Held for Hollis Smith at Danville
Hollis Smith age 65 a retired railroad employee died and was laid to rest Wednesday in Danville where he had lived with his sister Mrs Alice Smith.
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Danville
Gallipolis
Hollis Smith
Iss Alice Smith
Tomka First Child Born in Gallipolis Home
Mr and Mrs Jo geeph Tomka welcome their first child a daughter at the home of Mrs Carrie Walker the great grandmother in Gallipolis. The birth details reflect a family milestone marked with local kin.
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Gallipolis
Jogeeph Tomka
Carrie Walker
Accident Victim Edwards Suffered Concussion And Fractured Jaw
Godfrey S. Edwards 64 a Green Township farmer regains consciousness at Holzer Hospital after being found on the street Sunday night with a brain concussion a fractured jaw and multiple bruises. He cannot explain how the injuries occurred.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Godfrey S. Edwards
Green Township
Gas Co. Adjusts Hours to 40-Week Schedule
Office of the Ohio Fuel Gas Co. will operate on a 40 hour work week starting this week. Manager Jesse Camp announces the change and the office will close each Thursday after noon.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Jesse Camp
Postmasters Son To Wed Lillian Corbin
Miss Lillian Edith Corbin of Gallipolis and Joe Carter son of Mrs. Mary Carter postmaster at Patriot announce their marriage on Saturday. The service was read by Rev. Jennings Cremeens at his home near Mercerville.
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Gallipolis
Lillian Edith Corbin
Joe Carter
Mary Carter
Patriot
This County
Jennings Cremeens
Mercerville
Mrs Belle Parker Dies at 64 in Gallipolis
Mrs Belle Eakins Parker 64 widow of Alexander T Parker and daughter of the late William and Mrs Eakins of Walnut Township died Monday. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the family home at McDaniel Cross Roads. A brother Bert Eakins of Mt Clemens and niece of Mrs R A Howell of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Belle Eakins Parker
Alexander T. Parker
William Eakins
Walnut Township
McDaniel Cross Roads
Bert Eakins
Mt. Clemens
R. A. Howell
Troy School to stage Up in the Air operetta
COOLVILLE The operetta Up in the Air directed by Miss Cosgrave will be performed by Troy area schools at the auditorium Friday night April 2. The piece uses about sixty characters and follows the local school program in Troy.
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Coolville
Cosgrave
Tuppers Plains
Richard Hughes
E. M. Daugherty
Glennis Daugherty
Marietta
Harold McBride
Athens
A. B. Saunders
C. H. Verwohlt
St. Clairsville
Roy Thompson
John Aiken
Social and Personal Notes from Buchtel
Mrs. Gerald Corwin hosts Priscilla Club birthday event with pink and yellow decor and guests including Mrs. George Snowden and Mrs. Raymond Brown. Several members and relatives travel and visit, while local theater and operetta Pickles receives praise and proceeds.
Mrs. America Phillips 90 Dies at Gallia Home
Mrs. America Phillips, 90, died at her Gallia County home. Survived by two sons Talbott and Harrison. daughters Verna Herbert, Margaret Davis, Ben Corwin, and Elizabeth Rap, with other relatives.
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A. Phillips
Gallia
Gallipolis
America Phillips
This County
Talbott
Harrison Phillips
Verna Herbert
Margaret Davis
Ben Corwin
Elizabeth Rap
Flood torn town moves to higher ground after 53 years
Leavenworth Indiana, squeezed in a river gorge along the Ohio, votes to relocate after 53 years of flood damage. About 418 residents will move to a hilltop site prepared for modern settlement while other river towns plan similar moves upriver.
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Leavenworth
Ind
Ohio River
Ohio
Shawneetown
Junction
Uniontown
Murray City Social Briefs
Murray City notes list week end and Sunday visits among local families with ties to Columbus Crooksville Greens Run and Detroit. Events include hospital admissions and a Legion Auxiliary benefit party planned March 11 at 8 30 am with local residents and relatives mentioned.
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Mattie Albaugh
Dorothy
Edgar
Logan
Liszie Stiff
Raymond Hoffman
Barberton
Charlies Hoffman
Harry Shuttleworth, Jr
Detroit
J. W. Martin
Harry Shuttleworth
Harold Potts
James Salyers
Greens Run
Howard Brooker
Hazel Storer
Agnes Stewcil
Cherrington Hospital
Samuel Penn
Lon Starcher
Eads Committed to Jail on Intoxication Charge
Gallia County officers arrested Virgil Eads after he became intoxicated and brandished a knife. Judge A J Stormont imposed a $33.40 fine, and Eads was jailed when unable to pay.
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Eads
Gallipolis
Virgil Eads
A. J. Stormont
Gallia County
Syracuse PTA and community notes in Syracuse area
Syracuse PTA met March 9 with Mrs. Weese presiding and Girl Scouts in charge. Twilight Garden Club attended by Mrs. Shumway at Miss Garland’s home in Pomeroy. Home hosts Mrs. Shumway and Miss Mills hosted Women’s Foreign Missionary Society at the Shumway home. Evangelistic services at United Brethren Church continue after the January flood. Visitors included Mrs. Helen Underhill and family from Columbus and Wilbur Williams of Burlington. A ten pound son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Glen Teaford. Flood losses estimated at Asbury Methodist Church. others attended Howard Holmes funeral in Ashland. The Holmes family and neighbors returned from Ashland. Frank Holmes’s daughter Alice, and the Mert Wiggins and Robson families assisted with strawberry patch work on the Hendrix farm. The John Marrs moved back to the estate. The Marr family had vacated due to high water weeks earlier.
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Syracuse
PTA
Carl B. Weese
F. A. Shumway
Twilight Garden Club
Ethel Garland
Pomeroy
Shumway
Rachel Mills
Women's Foreign Missionary Society
R. B. Foster
Portsmouth
C. D. Copley
Rutland
Charles Nease
John Hallam
Asbury Methodist Church
Frank Holmes
Alice
Roy Holmes
Mert Wiggins
Ralph Robson
Ashland
Howard Holmes
William Holmes
Hendrix
John Marr
Istate William Sotheby
Marr
Langsville Social Briefs Recap of Local Visits and Illness
Langsville community notes include 17 at a food demonstration hosted by Alice Miller and sisters. visits from W G Davis and Dale Wright relatives. George Rumfield recovering from pneumonia. multiple brief visits among Miller, Bolin, Brown, Chase, and Folden families. Others ill include Mrs T M Pickens and Everett McKnight with gradual recovery.
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Langsville
Cecil Bolin
Middleport
Dwight Brown
Rutland
F. A. Miller
T. M. Pickens
Nora Amos
Dexter
J. BE. Chase
Amos
Chase
Herb Folden
Maynard Davis
Charleston
Cora Morrin
Everett McKnight
Robert McKnight
Fred Miller
Columbus
New 1987 License Plates Begin Use in Gallipolis
Autos sport new 1987 tags as Gallipolis allows first day of use. Chief of Police John Fraley receives one of the first licenses, a battleship gray coupe, marking the rollout of the new plates across the city.
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Gallipolis
John Fraley
Sea Lion on Railway Sparks Calamity in Sausalito
An 800 pound sea lion wandered onto an electric railway in Sausalito. The creature touched the third rail and was jolted but not killed, compelling a police officer to shoot it to stop the danger.
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Sausolito
Cal
U.R
Peters presents rare Laws of the United States collection to Athens County Bar
Mr. W. E. Peters donated a volume from a three decade old Cincinnati purchase to the Athens County Bar Association. The set, begun in 1789, includes colonial charters and statutes, with Blackstone and Kent commentaries. It spans from early colonial ordinances to 1845 and notes Ohio code procedure.
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Mary Herron
Cincinnati
W. E. Peters
Athens County Bar Association
United States
Peters
West Virginia
Virginia
Athens
England
France
Spain
Holland
Blackstone
Ohio
Florida Territory
Louisiana Purchase
Gadsden
Mexico
Texas
Department of the Interior
Michigan
Court
West Washington Streets
Athens County
Marriages Announced at Carbon Hill and Local News
Local marriage notices report Frank Johnsons son John wed Hars riett Whitemore at St. Mary's in W Va on March 6. Kathryn McGuire wed. other social visits, birthdays, and greetings noted from Carbon Hill residents and nearby towns. Postscript recalls the 1872 US penny postcard debut.
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Carbon Hill
Frank Johnson
John
Hars Riett Whitemore
C. E. Whitemore
Nelonville
St. Mary’s
W. Va
Her Name in Lights The Dilemma Over Jennifer
A distressed mother explains to Daphne she would marry Larry if she could secure two thousand dollars to support Jennifer, an 18 year old with a steady salary whose future remains uncertain. She worries about Jennifer's independence and her own fiancé's willingness to wait.
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Jennifer
Daphne
Ann
Larry
Ambitious Plan to Save Money Between Friends
Ann counsels Daphne to extract 10 a week from Jennie’s 35 and save. They tally potential yearly savings reaching about 1100 dollars after raises and a job loss. Daphne feels hopeful Jennifer may stay funded, while Jennifer laments unemployment after a firing.
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Ann
Jenniefer
Jennifer
Daphne
Larry
Mandiebaum
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