New Gallia Church Addition Open for Inspection Sunday
Gallia Church plans 125th anniversary improvements divided into three units. A 30 by 60 foot addition with full basement has just been completed at a cost of 10 000 dollars adjoining the church rear. The main floor will be used for Sunday School with rooms finished in walnut and pecan wood. The public inspection will follow an Easter Cantata by the church choir.
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Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Mildred
Lenore
Ruth Gilman
Arthur Gilman
Mill Creek Road
Elia G. Lupton
Christ
Gishler
Scarlet fever halts at Clay Lick School due to teacher illness
Ill of Scarlet Fever affects Ralph Saunders, teacher at the two room Clay Lick School in Harrison Township. His home is quarantined while Miss Bessie Kerns substitutes and classes continue.
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Gallipolis
Clay Lick
Harricon Township
Ralph Saunders
Bessie Kerns
Saunders
Mapping Gallipolis marks 100-year homes for sesquicentennial
The Gallipolis Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee appointed by Director E. M. Hawes will map the city to identify homes of 100 years or more for unique markers. Students in the high school manual training classes will craft the markers, and the commission will bear all costs. Citizens with information on eligible homes should contact committee chair Miss Anna Simmerman this week.
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Gallipolis
E. M. Hawes
Anna Simmerman
Sesquicentennial Commission
Gallipolis Flying Club Buys Aquaplane
Local Gallipolis Flying Club members purchase an aqua plane expected March 25. The craft will moor at the city park levee with a top speed of 90 mph and a 60 horsepower air cooled engine consuming three and a half gallons of gasoline per hour.
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Gallipolis
WPA Offices Approve Massive Street Project in Gallipolis
Zanesville WPA offices confirm a 25 000 dollar city street improvement project in Gallipolis has final approval. Fifty workers start Tuesday with possible total enrollment up to about 150. Local material from a state hospital quarry will be used for base stone and gravel top dressing, city covering costs material while WPA covers labor.
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Gallipolis
Zanesville
WPA
State Hospital
Transfusions Given Man in Hospital
Roy Coleman a 48 year old Pt. Pleasant electrician described as an innocent bystander was shot in the abdomen Tuesday evening during an altercation in a refreshments place. He has received several blood transfusions at Holzer Hospital. Clarence R. Benson 31, a steamboatman and alleged shooter, is jailed in Pt. Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Roy Coleman
Pt. Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Clarence R. Benson
Chickens Recovered After Theft Report in Rio Grande
Sheriff E. E. Hatfield reports 35 chickens stolen from Thomas Richards farm home in Rio Grande have all been recovered and returned. Five warrants will be issued in connection with the case, but none served yet. Gallia County AAA Committee seeks bids from local producers for ground time for federal conservation program participants.
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Gallipolis
Marion
Ohio
E. E. Hatfield
Thomas Richards
Rio Grande
Letticers
Garden Debris Fire at Houck Home Prompted by Blaze
Fire department responded to a Wednesday call when burning garden debris at the home of Mrs. H. E. Houck escaped control and required extinguishing efforts by local fire crews.
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Gallipolis
H. E. Houck
Gallipolis Schools Show Low Per Pupil Cost
A study by Dr. T C Holy of Ohio State University finds Gallipolis with a per pupil expense of 61.51 compared with 107.69 in Athens and 58.49 in Circleville. The city ranks 49th in total current expenses among 50 cities in Ohio with populations five to ten thousand, and 108th of 109 city systems statewide.
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Gallipolis
T. C. Holy
Ohio State University
Ohio City
Circleville
Ohio
Holy
E. E. Higgins
Gallipolis Board of Education
Cattle Committee Announces Shipments to Gallia County
Gallia County farmers receive letters from the Cattle Committee of the Chamber of Commerce. Frank C. Ghrist and E. G. Royer announce orders for new shipments at once, including 12 cars of Hereford heifers totaling 600 head for $25,000. The committee plans to place similar shipments in the county over the summer and fall.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Chamber of Commerce Cattle Committee
Frank C. Ghrist
E. G. Royer
Christ
Kansas City
County Commissioners Seek Shorter Route
Gallia Meigs counties seek state takeover of a county road from Bulaville through Kgger and Paulin's Hill into Meigs to create a shorter route through Rutland to Athens, via petition to the State Highway Department.
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Gallipolis
Plans Underway for Gallia Scout Fund Drive
Gallipolis chairmen E. S. Spear and Myer Maggied say the annual Boy Scout fundraising campaign nears completion and will start April 8 with a city wide house to house canvass. Grover Nagle and Nellie Gilmore obtain license to wed in Cheshire. John Veith withdraws from Democratic committee race leaving Bennett Little unopposed.
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Gallipolis
E. S. Spear
Myer Maggied
Grover Nagle
Nellie Gilmore
Cheshire
John Veith
Chester Pct
Democrat Committee
Bennett Little
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