Gallipolis Considers Municipal Swimming Pool Plan
L C Gibson Athens WPA director told a civic meeting at Washington School that Gallipolis could build a public pool with federal aid of 24826 toward a 39320 project. Local sponsors must show public land use and full local funding. three months may complete work. PTA backs the pool and volunteers plan a city canvass for subscriptions.
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Gallipolis
Citizens
Washington
L. C. Gibson
Athens
WPA
Martins Ferry
Ironton
Logan
Cambridge
Nelsonville
Gibson
Board of Education
Hollis Wood
PTA
Homer Walter
Paul Mossman
Morris Haskins
E. E. Higgins
George Sagen
C. C. Byers
C. E. Holzer
Harry Miller
Chickamauga
Lafayette Hotel
Pomona Grange to Meet Huntington Group at Vinton Town Hall
Gallia County Pomona Grange will meet Huntington Grange at Vinton Town Hall on Monday April 4 at 8 pm. R R Starbuck county agent will lead folk games and other program numbers will be featured. Attendees are asked to bring food for a community lunch.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Pomona Grange
Huntington Grange
Vinton Town Hall
Lena Fern Painter
R. R. Starbuck
Deckard Named Radio Operator on Merchant Ship
Russell Deckard formerly of Gallipolis now in Boston has been named radio operator on a merchant ship trading between New York City and Portland Maine. Mrs Deckard and their young son will remain in Boston.
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Gallipolis
Russell Deckard
Boston
New York City
Portland
Akron minister to preach trial sermon at Vinton Baptist
Rev Ernest Higginbotham of Akron will preach a trial sermon at Vinton Baptist Church on Sunday April 3. The church is currently without a pastor.
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Gallia Post Gallipolis
Ernest Higginbotham
Akron
Vinton Baptist Church
H. W. Nixon Ill in Libby Hotel Gallipolis
H. W. Nixon former WPA county director here and later in Ironton is seriously ill in the Libby Hotel in this city.
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H. W. Nixon
Gallipolis
WPA
Ironton
Libby
Gallipolis Track Team Holds Tryouts Ahead of Relays
Gallipolis High School coach Garland Griffith will hold track and field tryouts Friday. Selected athletes will compete at the Huntington relay meet in Huntington West Virginia on April 9.
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Gallipolis
Garland Griffith
Gallipolis High School
Huntington
W. Va
Welker Family Seeks New Home On Florida Farm
Mr and Mrs Chad Welker and daughter Laura have bought a farm at Ocoee Florida and plan to reside there permanently.
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South Gallipolis
Chad Welker
Laura
Ocoee
Fla
Notice of Estate Sale Request in Ohio Court
Ruth Topsail administratrix of Fannie Grant estate petitions Probate Court of Athens County Ohio for sale of Lot 243 L D Poston’s Addition Nelsonville to pay debts and costs. Anne Bledso, resident of Omaha, appears as defendant and must answer by April 19, 1938.
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Anne Bledso
Northia Street
Omaha
Nebraska
Ruth Topsail
Fannie Grant
Athens County
Ohio
York
L. D. Poston
Nelsonville
Gallipolis Wife Sues for Divorce Over Confinement Claim
Mrs. Reta Rutt of Gallipolis sues Dale A. Rutt for divorce and alimony alleging nearly three and a half years of confinement in their home. She cites jealousy and denial of church attendance social contacts and recreation and asks to have his access to her prohibited and to restore her former maid Deckard.
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Gallipolis
Reta Rutt
Dale A. Rutt
Deckard
Roush Couple Marks Golden Wedding Date
GALLIPOLIS. Mr and Mrs Jesse Roush observed their golden wedding anniversary Sunday at their Plain City home. Both born and reared in Gallia County they are 69. Mrs Roush is the former Esther Gordon. Relatives attended the celebration and Mr Roush is improving after three months in a Columbus hospital.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Jesse Roush
Plain City
Roush
Esther Gordon
Columbus
Wheaton College Glee Club to Sing in Ohio
Rev George Sagen announces Wheaton College Women’s Glee Club will perform a Spring concert in First Baptist Church on Tuesday evening April 5. Directed by Mrs Mignon Bollman Mackenzie the program includes ensemble, solo and instrumental pieces. The group travels by bus and has engagements from Ohio to Philadelphia with further Ohio shows in Columbus and Zanesville.
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Gallipolis
George Sagen
Women's Glee Club
Wheaton College
Wheaton, Ill
First Baptist Church
Mignon Bollman Mackenzie
Glee Club
Philadelphia
Ohio
Columbus
Zanesville
Woman dies by hanging in isolated Gallia County home
Loretta McCumber Snyder a 66 year old widow living alone near the Gallia Vinton County line took her own life by hanging Sunday evening. Coroner Lewis Brown returned a death by own action verdict. She left two sons Albert and Arnold in Huntington Township and a daughter Mrs Isabelle Brafford in Columbus with three brothers surviving. Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Loretta McCumber Snyder
Edward Snyder
Gallia-Vinton County
Keystone
Lewis Brown
Albert
Arnold
Huntington Township
Isabelle Brafford
Columbus
Floyd
William
Albert McCumber
Ernest Blazer Takes Charge at Watts Orchard Farm
Gallipolis reports Ernest Blazer begins duties as manager of the Watts orchard and farm bought by Rio Grande College. He and Mrs. Blazer will live in the Watts residence after repairs. Blazer hires students seeking labor credit as orchard work starts and other properties will follow in the college’s student self help plan.
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Gallipolis
Ernest Blazer
Chillicothe Road
Watts
Rio Grande College
Blazer
Electric lines extend 90 miles in Gallia County
Gallia County sees a 90 mile expansion as crews from the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co extend lines from Rio Grande to Harrisburg and other routes. The project includes a 300 mile electrification program from County Agent R. R. Starbuck now under review in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
John MecNealey
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Rio Grande
Harrisburg
Selmér Andrews
Huntington Township
Salem Center
Chickamauga
Bulaville Bridge
Electric Company
R. R. Starbuck
Columbus
McNealey
Birthday Surprise For Mrs Kent At Kerr Station
Westerman Ladies Aid Society staged a birthday surprise for Mrs. Harry Kent at her Kerr Station home Monday evening. Lunch was served.
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Gallipolis
Westerman Ladies Aid Society
Harry Kent
Kerr Station
Move to Campaign for Bunce Family Service Station
Robert Bunce and his family leave the home of his father Merch Clark on Campaign to operate an automobile service station at the F. F. Thornton property above Kananga.
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Gallipolis
Robert Bunce
Merch Clark
F. F. Thornton
Kananga
Librarian Expands Gallia County Book Lending Program
Mrs. Margaret Bradbury leads the WPA library extension in Gallia County as 10 libraries now serve communities with 3500 volumes. A story hour travels to Children’s Home and County Home, plus a clipping bureau compiles recipes and gardening references. Book mobiles are eyed and six day eight hour hours are planned with Athens WPA support.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Margaret Bradbury
WPA
Bradbury
Cheshire
Kathryn Watson
Kyger
Hallia Sprague
Vinton
Mattie Chasteen
Bidwell
Noka Anderson
Porter
Bertha Lowry
Gallia
Anna Dewitt
Crown City
Earl Lockhart
Bulaville
Nora Betz
Eureka
Roy Hively
Mercerville
Ruth Campbell
Athens
Gallipolis Students Parade to Promote City Pool
Gallipolis pupils and older students marched through downtown Tuesday to push construction of a city pool. About fifty paraders carried posters urging the project, later displayed in local businesses. The event was organized by the school student council led by John McKean, Bob Wolfe, Paul Davies, and Harold Fife.
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Gallipolis
John McKean
Bob Wolfe
Paul Davies
Harold Fife
Spring Rally Elects Officers in Gallipolis
The Athens Presbytery youth rally in Marietta drew 382 from the local Presbyterian Church. Donald Judy of Gallipolis was elected president and Mary Ann Plymare of Gallipolis secretary. Gallipolis will host the Fall rally.
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Gallipolis
Athens
Marietta
Donald Judy
Mary Ann Plymare
Gallia Doctors Stress Need for Vaccination
Gallia physicians urge vaccination across counties after a Columbus outbreak. In Gallia County no smallpox cases in five to six years, says health director Dr. F W Shane and health nurse Margaret Jones. Many children remain unvaccinated and should be vaccinated.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Gallia County
F. W. Shane
Margaret Jones
Rotary club schedules safety program films
Gallipolis Rotary members will view safety test films by Homer Beckett tonight. Next week's schedule lists John Mootz, April 12 Earl Smith, and April 19 George Tabit as speakers.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Homer Beckett
John Mootz
Earl Smith
George Tabit
Mehl Given Suspended Fine After Probing Hospital Home
Lawrence Mehl age 20 was arrested on a prowling charge at Hol zer Hospital Nurses' Home Saturday night. Municipal Judge John Halliday ordered a suspended fine and three months of Sunday School attendance.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Lawrence Mehl
John Halliday
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