Trustees Reject County Funds For WPA Road Support
Gallia County Trustees Association met at the courthouse Saturday afternoon and by unanimous vote rejected a proposal from the board of county commissioners to contribute part of their funds to the county road fund for WPA road work. Trustees voiced protests against WPA policies and lamented underfunded county roads due to an agreement with the WPA. They warned commissioners might turn county roads back to townships, increasing burdens on smaller districts, and urged trimming WPA crews, though no formal resolution was offered.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
WPA
Vance Posts Puzzling Sign To Ward Off Visitors
Gallipolis resident Frank R. Vance, famed for gardens and antiques, claims a simple sign reading smallpox has kept uninvited visitors away from his estate near the municipal airport. He quips that the tactic works “you bet, and how.”
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Gallipolis
Frank R. Vance
Vance
Hold On To Gains Avoid Alliances With County and WPA
A brief note urges staying tight and avoiding entangling alliances with both the county commissioners and the WPA. The language emphasizes caution in political or administrative ties and maintaining independent leverage.
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County
WPA
Shearing of Sheep At Hand in Gallia County
Local stockman H. B. Ecker notes sheep shear ing time is near as young lambs grow bare in spring. Champion shearers Ray Allison and brother Walter of Kananga operate a portable outfit, averaging 75 sheep daily. Prices run 10 to 15 cents per head, Merinos commanding more, though open wool prices were low last year. hopes run high for 1-year market gains.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
H. B. Ecker
Ray Allison
Kananga
Star Route
Athens
Walter
Allisons
License tag sales top three hundred in Gallipolis
Registrars Mrs. Rupert Trout and County Auditor E. D. Keeler reported that a little over 300 auto license tags were sold in Gallipolis by closing hour Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Rupert Trout
E. D. Keeler
Mrs. Marie Ford Dies in Gallipolis After Long Illness
Mrs. Marie Ford wife of Thomas C. Thomas died at the family home in Gallipolis Friday night after an illness of long duration. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church conducted by Rev. L. W. Gishler, with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. A native of Gallipolis she was daughter of the late D. S. Ford. She leaves her husband, a brother Joe Ford of Los Angeles, and two sisters Mrs. Sallie Hutsinpiller of Cincinnati and Mrs. Fannie Edmonds of Lebanon Kentucky.
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Gallipolis
Marie Ford
Thomas C. Thomas
Presbyterian Church
L. W. Gishler
Mound Hill Cemetery
D. S. Ford
Thomas
Joe Ford
Los Angeles
Sallie Hutsinpiller
Cincinnati
Fannie Edmonds
Lebanon
Leaves Home With Jug And Is Jugged
Cecil Clarkson a 36 year old WPA worker left his parents home near Gallia Greenfield Township after a domestic argument carrying a blanket clothing matches cartridges a rifle and a jug of whiskey. After four days hiding sheriff deputies found him with supplies and jailed him he was arraigned on intoxication charged found guilty and fined twenty five dollars plus costs.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Greenfield Township
Cecil Clarkson
WPA
Clarkson
Hatfield
Russell
Gallia County Over-Churched Report Highlights Density
Dr W H Thompson president Council of Ohio Churches reports Gallia County rural areas have one church per 230 people and Gallipolis one per 770. All counted churches are active with none listed as discontinued.
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Gallipolis
W. H. Thompson
Council of Ohio Churches
Gallia County
Scout enrollment unwieldy in Gallipolis unit
Rev L W Gishler, director, says Gallipolis Cub Pack Boy Scouts enrollment has grown unwieldy. Methodist members will run the group led by Howard Thornberry and Baptists will be led by Rev George Sagen. Each faction includes 15 boys.
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Gallipolis
L. W. Gishler
Howard Thornberry
George Sagen
Folmer Rites Tonight In Gallipolis
Funeral services for Mrs. Fred Folmer who died Thursday night in a local hospital will be held tonight at seven o'clock. Interment will be in Vanceburg Kentucky Tuesday morning.
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Gallipolis
Fred Folmer
Vanceburg
Edwards' Son Promoted
James D. Edwards of near Ewington is informed of his son John R. Edwards promotion. He has long served with the Los Angeles police department and is named head of that city's detective bureau.
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Gallipolis
James D. Edwards
Ewington
John R. Edwards
Los Angeles
Police Department
Edwards
Indicted Man Held for Non-Support in Gallipolis
David Workman, a Gallipolis resident, was arrested in Columbus on a non support charge and returned for arraignment where he is being held in the county jail. Also notes graduates registered as nurses and a patrolman's illness update.
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Gallipolis
David Workman
Columbus
Arrest Vinton Man on Radiator Theft Charge
Vinton resident Earl Baker was jailed over the weekend on a charge filed by John Deem of Porter for stealing a radiator from Deem's car.
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Vinton
Gallipolis
Earl Baker
John Deem
Porter
Woman injured in clothes wringer mishap at home
Mrs Richard Moore of Thomas Fork Meigs County remains hospitalized at Holzer Hospital after a clothes wringer injury crushed her hand. Police report no other persons involved and no further details released.
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Gallipolis
Richard Moore
Thomas Fork
Meigs County
Holzer Hospital
Local Baptists pledge to read New Testament by Pentecost
Gallipolis residents sign cards vowing to read the entire New Testament before Pentecostal Sunday May 28. George Arthur of Oak Hill dies in Holzer Hospital after a week long illness from pneumonia.
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Gallipolis
Baptist Church
George Arthur
Oak Hill
Holzer Hospital
Cecil Robinson Registers Dairy Brand in Athens Ohio
Cecil Robinson of R D No 5 Athens Ohio engaged in producing bottling and selling milk and dairy products has registered the label Cecil Robinson & Son's Guernsey Milk Athens Ohio and filed certificates with the Secretary of State and the Athens County Common Pleas Clerk.
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Cecil Robinson
Athens
Ohio
Cecil Robinson & Son's
Guernsey Milk
Secretary of State
Columbus
the Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Dog License Totals in Gallia County Lessen This Year
Gallia County reports 2917 dog licenses issued to date, about 200 fewer than the same point last year. County Dog Warden Roy Johnson targets delinquent licenses and expects to near last year’s totals.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. D. Keeler
Roy Johnson
Gallipolis Social Notes and Community Gatherings
Mrs Ferrell Niday a recent bride received a miscellaneous shower from Presbyterian young women at Mrs L R Hall home. Grace M E Church Bible Class held monthly meeting with Irish songs and games. Presbyterian Missionary Society discussed plans for the year with a Japan study solo. Ladies Aid dinner at Mrs Garden Caudill home for thirty. Mrs Roy O Ballou resigns hospital superintendent post in Princeton Ky and moves to Gallia County. Various locals noted including travel, visits, moves and an all day Happy Home Club event. Shown are many names and small-town social details.
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Gallipolis
Grace M. E. Church
Charles Lanier
Stella Arthur
R. R.starbuck
Margene Niday
Florence Wickline
Lucille White
Buell Clark
Bessie Carson
Missionary Meeting
Presbyterian Missionary Society
J. Harley Bovie
Delia O'Connor
Clarence Masters
Japan
Clayton Priestley
Ladies Aid
Chambersburg Ladies Aid Society
Garland Caudill
Clarence Fisher
Roy O. Ballou
Princeton
C. W. O'Brien
Fourth
Ballou
Miller & French Construction Co
J. S. Loucks
Orlando
Fla
Frances Yost
Scioto County
Ira B. Huntington
Elizabeth Breinig
Chillicothe
Virgil Lockhart
Gallia Times
Lockhart
Jennie Lawson
Fourth Ave
J. W. Rathburn
Loren Glassburn
Bidwell
Fred Stuckey
New Albany
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Richard Southwick
Roy Betz
Ella Duncan
Nitro
W. Va
Jewel Burnette
Elmer Burnette
Happy Home Club of Campaign
Mabel Thaxton
Mary George
Dora McLeish
Meda Mink
Bessie Rife
Garnet Lawless
Virgil Thaxton
Ernest Carpenter
Roy Thaxton
Howard Moore
John McLeish
J. D. Rulen
H. H. Rife
Rena Rife
Sheila
Catherine
Belle Fulton
Leona
Marie Thomas
Joe Rife
Rutland School Honors Good Citizen Club Members
The Rutland Grade School replaces the honor roll with a Good Citizen Club for the last term. Criteria include intelligent work, honest effort, loyalty, friendliness, efficiency, cooperation, and good attendance. Members span from first grade Billy Brown to sixth grade Betty Jean Snowden with numerous classmates listed.
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Rutland
Good Citizen Club
Billy Brown
Paul Patterson
Fred George
Joan Utsinger
Joan Thomas
Maxine Siders
Lelia Hysell
Kathryn Miller
Carol Snowden
Freddie Williamson
Marjorie First
Joselene Sadler
Beatrice Murray
Betty Nelson
Helen Taylor
Phyllis Burson
Mildred Thomas
Janice Powell
Tommy Donohue
Floyd Stanley
Beulah Kennedy
Janet Theobald
Joan Bartrum
Catherine Colwell
Lucille Graham
Colleen Hysell
Dorothy Kennedy
Betty Miller
Betty Jean Miller
Dale Miller
Wahneeta Moodispaugh
Earle Nelson
Carl Phillips
Carol Pierce, Jr
Two Children Treated For Bone Fractures
In Gallia County Holzer Hospital two young patients receive fracture care. The infant son of Mr and Mrs John Vrooman of Meigs County has a hip fracture from a fall at home and is the youngest such case treated locally. Opal Lou Davis four year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Denver Davis near Addison sustained fractures of both legs when a falling plank struck her. Both children are reported doing well by hospital staff.
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Gallipolis
John Vrooman
Meigs County
Opal Lou Davis
Denver Davis
Addison
Holzer Hospital
Vrooman
Davis
Death of Vinton Man in Holzer Hospital
Harper B. Van den, 40 year old former WPA worker from Vinton, died at Holzer Hospital on Sunday from pneumonia. He is survived by his wife.
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Gallipolis
Vinton
WPA
Holzer Hospital
Cohen
WPA Engineer Meets With Commissioners
Gallia County commissioners G P Ewing Dan Jones and Jerry Grover met Saturday with Delbert Parlet the WPA project engineer to discuss current and future county WPA work. No definite program was discussed but no changes will be made at present.
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Gallipolis
G. P. Ewing
Dan Jones
Jerry Grover
Delbert Parlet
WPA
Prominent Gallia Man Ends His Life
James W. Myers 82 a prominent Gallia County resident was found dead Sunday in a barn, having hanged himself with wire. He longtime mortician in Walnut Township and formerly of Mudsoc. Survived by wife Laura Elliott and numerous sons and daughters. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the family home with interment at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
James W. Myers
Myers
Mudsoc
Walnut Township
Laura Elliott
J. Columbus
Warren
Edward
Alva
Maurice
Curtis
A. E. Tope
Knox Williams
Gus Pope
Russell Henry
Elmer Drummond
Levi Neal
Mound Hill Cemetery
Boom in Brooms for Spring Cleaning
Stocking of brooms by tri state merchants for spring cleaning drives overtime at Tabit Broom Factory in Gallipolis. Daily output averages 450 dozen. January and February shipments exceeded production by 185 dozen due to stock surplus. Broom corn arrives by carload from Springfield Colorado with additional purchases in Texas Oklahoma and Kansas.
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Gallipolis
Tristate
Tabit
Springfield
Colo
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Gallia County Rat Killing Campaign Set To Start
Chamber of Commerce president Homer W. Walter and County Agent E G Roger announce Gallia County rat killing drive to be broadcast on Station WSAZ Huntington at 11 45 a m Tuesday The campaign opens April 7 according to current plans.
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Gallipolis
Homer W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
E. G. Roger
Gallia County
WSAZ
Huntington
Hundreds Visit Baptist Church for Mrs Alfred Davis Rites
Hundreds of friends paid respects at the Baptist Church as the body of the late Mrs Alfred Davis lay in state before funeral services set for 2 o clock. Interment followed at Mound Hill Cemetery in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Baptist Church
Alfred Davis
Mound Hill Cemetery
Poultry Congress Interest Reported in Gallia County
Gallia County officials and poultry enthusiasts like John C. McNealey note rising interest in the World’s Poultry Congress in Cleveland late July. Poultry and dairy sectors are major local concerns with several hatcheries shipping day old chicks and many farms equipped for fowl and egg production.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County Agricultural Society
John C. McNealey
Gallia County
Cleveland
McNealey
Plymouth Rock
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Sussex
Jersey
H. W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
Gallipolis couple receive license to wed
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Jack Rose age 25 and Lydia Pierson age 27, both residents of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Jack Rose
Lydia Pierson
Rites Held for Harry Stockhoff at Family Home
Private funeral services for Harry Stockhoff were held yesterday at the family home with a small circle of relatives and invited neighbors attending. Interment followed at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Harry Stockhoff
Mound Hill Cemetery
Soil Crop Plan Applications Near Completion In Gallia
Farmers in Gallia County move toward enrollment in the federal soil conservation and crop improvement program. County committee chairman Vance Brumfield says applications are nearly complete and participation remains voluntary, with growing local interest.
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Gallipolis
Vance Brumfield
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