Fox Hunters to Gather for Gallia County Meet
Gallipolis hosts the Gallia County Fox Hunters Association spring meet April 11 12 with hundreds of hunters and many dogs expected. The program opens April 10 with a beach show at the county fair grounds and the first cast departs Morton's Woods at 7 am April 11. Association headquarters are at the Lafayette Hotel Gallipolis and field operations at a Morton Woods lodge.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Foxhunters’ Association
Morton's Woods
Association
Lafayette
Morton Woods
Association of Foxhunters
Ohio
Ira J. Mills
John Morgan
W. D. Rees
Levee as Free Parking Plan Considered by Chamber
Gallipolis chamber of commerce parking committee weighs using the city levee as a free lot capable of parking hundreds of cars. They discuss grading ingress and egress at ends or using the southern end road, with pledges from business district occupants to park elsewhere and be filed with the police for enforcement.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce Parking Committee
C. W. Booth
Stanley Evans
John McNealey
Police Department
Schoolmasters Club Elects New President in Gallia County
Kermit Massie of Cheshire chosen president of the Gallia County Schoolmasters Club, succeeding Ben R. Evans, grade school principal of this city. The organization includes about 40 school men from the city and county.
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Gallipolis
Kermit Massie
Cheshire
Gallia County
Massie
Ben R. Evans
Gallia Nursing School Accepting September Applicants
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing in Gallipolis announces admissions for the September class. Eligibility is limited to graduates of Class A high schools, with applications now being received by the director of nursing.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Director of
Moriah Council Hosts Inspection With Grand Master Guest
Members of Moriah Council Royal and Select Masters meet in the Masonic Temple for inspection and presentation of the super-excellent degree. Guest John B. Stoltz from Columbus will be present as grand master. Dinner follows at 6 30 p.m.
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Gallipolis
Moriah
Advance Deadline for Elks Essay Contest
Interest in the Elks Lodge essay contest for high school students has moved the entry deadline from March 31 to April 15. Local prizes are 15, 10, and 5 dollars, with over 200 entries expected. county winners advance to state and national contests where top prizes reach 1000 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Elks’ Lodge
Uncle Sam
Training Center Will Be Established Here
Gallia County's School Board and NYA plan a training center to employ 200 to 300 youths aged 18 to 25. Women will learn office and secretarial tasks while men train in shop and metal trades. No school funds are used. a community advisory committee will supervise NYA funds and program. Students will be paid while learning.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Board of Education
NYA
E. E. Higgins
WPA
Partition suit over Ingels residence at Second and Grape
Mrs Clyde C Ingels sues to partition the home of the late J C Ingels located at Second and Grape streets now occupied by Mrs J C Ingels life interest holder and by her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Phil Kling.
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Gallipolis
Clyde C. Ingels
J. C. Ingels
Second and
Grape Streets
Phil Kling
Gallia Elks Essay Contest Draws County Youths
Gallia Elks lodge expands deadline for its essay contest on What Uncle Sam Means To Me to April 15 due to strong student interest. Read lists include Gallipolis High School students such as Marie Burnette and Bobby Schoonover among many others. last entry is from a Vinton student.
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Gallipolis
Lodge of Elks
Uncle Sam
Marie Burnette
Bobby Schoonover
Myrtle Walker
Orville Miller
James Gillingham
Carl
Osie Halley
Dale Harris
Edith Smith
Dorothy Oldaker
Elizabeth Casey
Bob Mackenzie
Charles Irion
Leatha Wilson
Jack Wagner
Linnie Mae Winston
Earl Prose
Audra Gale Saunders
Dean Carter
Edith Carter
Isabel Halley
Evelyn Adkins
Robert Wetherholt
Marie Thomason
Martha Hadley
Daisy Slayton
Merrill Niday
Dick Lakin
Esther Saunders
Charlotte Simms
Bertha Smith
Dorothy Laufer
Mary Ann Reed
Edith Lewis
Elmer Brewer
J. T. Russell
Jean Saunders
Jerry Gilkey
Arnold Spurlock
Martha Sheets
Emerine Elliott
Thomas Fife
Emily Jones
Mary Trotter
Clara Conley
Jean Anderson
Pearl Northup
Virginia Persinger
Pauline Houck
Lennce Jeffers
Pearl Rousch
Eugene Steele
Dorothy Wise
Ralph FE. Osler
Vinton
Expect 1000 To Apply For Free Mattresses
Gallia County residents hope to exceed 1000 applications for free mattresses as rural applicants line up at the county agent's office. In the three days before March 31, about 10 applications were filed daily.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallia Woman Hospitalized After Stair Fall
Mrs. Jessie Donnally Howell of Gallia is a patient at Holzer Hospital with a broken right arm and injuries from a fall on the stairs at her home Saturday night.
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Gallipolis
Jessie Donnally Howell
Holzer Hospital
Laurence Bastiani Buys Restaurant in Nitro West Virginia
Laurence Bastiani, a member of the local Italian colony, has purchased a restaurant business in Nitro West Virginia and is now operating it.
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Laurence Bastiani
Gallipolis
Laurence Bastian
Nitro
W. Va
Navy officer to address Rotary Club Tuesday evening
Lieutenant- Commander H. H. Harrison, supervisor of ship building for the U S Navy, will speak to Rotary Club members Tuesday evening by invitation of Clyde Mitchell secretary elect who will run the program. Commander and Mrs Harrison reside in Pt Pleasant while several craft are being manufactured for the navy by Marietta Manufacturing Co.
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Gallipolis
H. H. Harrison
U.S.N
Rotary Club
Clyde Mitchell
Harrison
Pt. Pleasant
Navy
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Nurse Rejoins Duties After Leave in Nashville
Miss Naomi Evans resumes her duties as county nurse in Gallipolis Tuesday after a six months leave for postgraduate work at Peabody College in Nashville Tennessee. Charles Neal has been substituting for Miss Evans.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Evans
Peabody College
Nashville
Tenners
Charles Neal
Evans
Miss Margaret Flory Reviews There Shall Be No Night at Church
The Women's Association of First Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis hosted Miss Margaret Flory director of Westminster Foundation Athens in a Friday review of Robert Sherwood play There Shall Be No Night. Dinner preceded the meeting with Miss Clara Worman presiding over a brief session and devotionals. Mrs Eccles Spiritual Life Secretary spoke as part of the program.
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Gallipolis
Women's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Margaret Flory
Westminster Foundation
Presbyterian Church of Athens
Robert Sherwood
Clara Worman
Eccles
Kildare Klub Hosts Prize Night and Birthday Surprise
Mrs. G B Gillingham hosted a Friday event with two contract tables and Mrs Otto Carter winning high score. Mrs Nellie Scarberry received a birthday surprise gift. An ice course was served. Gallipolis Eastern Star members meet at Hotel Libby with Mrs H B Pierson as president. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Paul Grube of Canal Winchester, formerly of Gallia County, on March 26.
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G. B. Gillingham
Kildare Klub
Otto Carter
Nellie Scarberry
John Grube
Groveport
Gallia County
Paul Grube
Canal Winchester
Gallia men urge merits of Route 35 as military highway
Gallia County leaders plan talks in Columbus with federal and state highway officials to establish U S Route 35 as a military highway linking Charleston West Virginia and Columbus Ohio. Attendees include Charles Mossman and Earle Smith noting traffic growth and lower trucking costs on the route.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
U. S
Columbus
Charleston
Dayton
Cincinnati
Jackson
Chillicothe
Hills
Paul Mossman
Chamber of Commerce
Detroit
Chicago
St. Louis
U. S. 35
Earle Smith
American Automobile Association
Pt. Pleasant
Pomeroy
Local residents visit kin and attend weddings across Ohio
Columbus residents Bragg and family return from a short visit with Dr G G Kincon. Miss Fowler from Hemlock visits her mother in Rio Grande. Dr Isadore Miller and Eugene Smith visit Cincinnati relatives. Nancy Been returns to Mt Holyoke after vacation with Dr and Mrs Bean. Shuler sisters attend wedding in Ashland. Virginia Shahan and Betty Ann Rahe visit Cincinnati before returning home. G A Tabit visits son George in Columbus. J H King and Ox ford guests spend weekend with Clark and McDaniel. James Rieger of Dayton visits Betty Vornholt and her parents.
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John Bragg
Sylvia
Columbus
G. G. Kincon
Marie Fowler
Hemlock
IL. F. Fowler
Rio Grande
Isadore Miller
Eugene Smith
Cincinnati
Miller
David
William Rahe
Virginia Shahan
Betty Ann
Claude Shahan
Rahe
G. A. Tabit
George
J. H. King
Oxford
J. S. Clark
Martha McDaniel
James Rieger
Dayton
Owens Re elected as Jackson City Schools Superintendent
Owens, serving five years as superintendent, wins another five-year term. He previously led the high school as principal for four years before 1936 and now sits on the executive state board of the Ohio Education Association, representing over 40 000 teachers. He was president in 1940 of the Southeastern Ohio Education Association covering Southeastern Ohio counties.
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T. K. Owens
Jackson City
Owens
Ohio Education Association
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
Ohio
Novel Magazine Rack Displayed at Hotel Libby
A miniature wooden stage coach shaped magazine rack with wheels and a baggage boot is on display in the Hotel Libby lobby. It was made by John Spangler a Gallipolis Chillicothe bus driver and draws much attention.
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Gallipolis
Libby
John Spangler
Chillicothe
Majestic Showboat Opens Spring Season at Local Wharf
The Majestic showboat will moor at the Gallipolis wharf on Wednesday for two performances marking the first floating theater appearance of the spring.
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Gallipolis
Majestic
Preacher R. Lloyd Pabst speaks at First Baptist
Rev. R. Lloyd Pabst president of Rio Grande College preached in Gallipolis First Baptist Church during morning and evening services yesterday.
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Gallipolis
R. Lloyd Pabst
Rio Grande College
First Baptist Church
Kill Rats With Gas at Gallia State Hospital
At Gallia State Hospital hundreds of rats are being exterminated using carbon monoxide. Superintendent Dr G G Kincon says a tractor exhaust hose is placed into rat burrows along a farm ditch near the stock barns, killing rats in about a minute. Some residents use red squill for same purpose.
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Gallipolis
G. G. Kincon
Women's Chorus to Organize in Gallipolis Tonight
An organizational meeting for the Gallia County Women's Chorus will be hosted by County Agent and Mrs. E. G. Royer in Gallipolis. The chorus joins the county Women's Home Council, with open membership to all. E. E. George sold a 50 acre farm near Bulaville to Carl Berridge, now of Marion.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. E. George
Bulaville
Carl Berridge
Marion
Three in Hospital After Car Crash in Gallipolis
A collision at Third and Olive Streets sent Charles Williams 20 Gallipolis Amos Rife 60 Ryger and Cecil Lane 38 Cheshire to area hospitals with back injuries feared serious for Rife Driver Harry McElhaney of near Northup escaped with minor injuries
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Gallipolis
Third and Olive Sts
Charles Williams
Amos Rife
Ryger
Cecil Lane
Cheshire
Rife
Harry McElhhaney
Near
Northup
Two County Association Formed by Meigs and Gallia Vocational Teachers
Gallia and Meigs County agricultural instructors form a two county association to align teaching with the national defense and preparedness program. Members include Thomas Porter Rutland E D Fadeley Racine R R Bell Chester James Clark Vinton Joseph Clark Rio Grande E M Musgrave Cheshe ire Walling Corwin Bidwell Harlan Martin and county agents Charles Blakesley and E G Roger. Monthly joint sessions will tackle agricultural issues across the two counties.
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Gallipolis
Meigs
Gallia
Thomas Porter
Rutland
E. D. Fadeley
Racine
R. R. Bell
Chester
James
Clark
Vinton
Joseph Clark
Rio Grande
E. M. Musgrave
Chesheire
Walling Corwin
Bidwell
Harlan Martin
Charles Blakesley
Mei
Sailor Comes Home on Nine Days Leave
Gallipolis Mifflin Moore, son of Mr and Mrs Hobart Moore, visits home on nine days leave from the U S S Arkansas now at Norfolk and recently returned from Cuban waters.
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Gallipolis
Mifflin Moore
Hobart Moore
Arkansas
Norfolk
Cuban
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