May Day Parade Draws 100 Plus Children in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis, over 100 children from recreation centers and Boy and Girl Scout troops led a May Day procession through the business district. Rio Grande College staged a royal parade with Irene Lewis and Grace Bunce as Queens, Mary Margaret White crowned May Queen, followed by dances, music, and a May Pole at City Park. An invitation extends to Rio Grande on May 10 for a campus celebration continuation.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande College
Irene Lewis
Grace Bunce
City Park
Mary Margaret White
High School Band Concert Delights Gallipolis Audience
In Washington Auditorium Gallipolis the 65 member high school band under Director Richard Downs performed with strong precision and tone. Guest artist Robert Hofstetter from Ohio University played Clark’s pered cornet solo with Mrs Hofstetter on piano. Forty four awards letters and pins were presented to band members for meritorious performance.
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Gallipolis
Washington Auditorium
Richard Downs
Robert Hofstetter
Ohio University
Clark
Pered
WPA Garden Proves Asset for Gallipolis Schools
In Gallipolis the WPA garden program supplements the school lunch effort. East Gallipolis donated six acres for vegetables, with surplus produce aiding needy families. Three WPA workers staff the garden under head gardener Howard Sheline while three women handle lunch prep and summer canning.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
East Gallipolis
C. FE. Holzer
WPA
Howard Sheline
Zardner
Washington School
Elizabeth Carter
Rio Grande Church Officers Elected
Newly chosen officers for Rio Grande's Calvary Baptist Church include Mollie Fulton as clerk, Mrs. George Northup as treasurer, May Fulton as missionary treasurer, Earl Davis as trustee, and council members Mrs. Mae Smeltzer Mrs. Dorothy Brooks Forrest Wyatt Mrs. Steve Burkle Marion Lowks George Northup Pauline McCoy Burton Garrett.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Calvary Baptist Church
Mollie Fulton
George Northup
May Fulton
Earl Davis
Mae Smeltzer
Dorothy Brooks
Forrest Wyatt
Steve Burkle
Marion Lowks
Pauline McCoy
Burton Garrett
Gallia Man Placed on Probation by Court
Robert Pinkerman of Perry Township pleaded guilty to shooting at Kenneth Watts with intent to kill. He was placed on probation for two years in Gallia County Court of Common Pleas yesterday.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Watts
Robert Pinkerman
Perry Township
Court of Common Pleas
Record Set in April Marriage Licenses
Gallia County April issuances of marriage licenses reached a new high says Probate Judge James S. Clark. Sixty six couples were licensed to wed during the month.
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Gallipolis
James S. Clark
Mrs Ball Becomes Deputy Clerk of Courts at Gallipolis
Mrs. William Ball assumed duties as deputy clerk of courts in Gallipolis yesterday succeeding Mrs. Margaret B. McCormick who served since the year’s start and resigned a month ago. Also in Gallipolis, Mrs. Kenneth Davis librarian and Dr. Ella G. Lupton with Mrs. C T. Robinson, trustees of the public library, attended a group library officials meeting in Logan Thursday.
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Gallipolis
William Ball
Margaret B. McCormick
Kenneth Davis
Ella G. Lupton
C. T. Robinson
Gallipolis Public Library
Logan
Davis
Southeastern Ohio Farm Women To Meet
Southeastern Ohio farm women will convene at the Ross Hocking Camp near Londonderry for a three day outing starting July 18 with Miss Geneva Humphries in charge. Rural Youth groups meet July 26 and 27 under County Agent E G Royer, followed by a men’s camp August 2 and 3 directed by Harold Thayer.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Ross-Hocking
Londonderry
Geneva Humphries
Meigs County
E. G. Royer
Harold Thayer
Fairfield County
Knights Templars Set Annual Dinner on May 9
Gallipolis invites Rose Commandery Knights Templar members to an annual dinner meeting and inspection on May 9. Inspecting officer Sir Knight Robert Taylor of Columbus will preside. Guests from nearby cities are expected. Dinner at 6 30 p.m. in the Masonic Temple.
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Gallipolis
Rose Commandery
Knights Templar
Charles M. Yeanger
Robert Taylor of
Columbus
Grand Commandery
Masonic Temple
Lafayette Day Set for May 20 at Our House Museum
Lafayette Day will be celebrated on May 20 with a program centered at the Our House Museum. Refreshments are to be served in the gardens of the historic structure.
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Gallipolis
Our House
Pleasant Valley Group Meets at Reeves Home
Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid Society gathered at Mrs. Hat tie Reeves home with members Kate Wood Sadie Brooks Ella Wood Lola Goodin Gladys Meighen Aura French Anna Bolin Emma Inman Kate Brooks Cora Brooks Hattie Reeves. Visitors included Rev and Mrs Everesly Albany Mrs Jesse Reeves Mrs Bryson and daughter Betty Mrs Blanche Woodgerd and children Charles Kathryn Granville Reeves. Potluck noon devotional in afternoon Beula Cordray absent president Kate Brooks acted. Next meeting set for last Thursday May at Mrs Kate Wood home.
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Pleasant Valley
Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid Society
Hattie Reeves
Kate Wood
Sadie Brooks
Ella Wood
Lola Goodin
Gladys Meighen
Aura French
Anna Bolin
Emma Inman
Kate Brooks
Cora Brooks
Everesly
Albany
Jesse Reeves
Bryson
Betty
Blanche Woodgerd
Charles
Kathryn Granville Reeves
Maynard Coates
Elyria
Tracey Whaley
Darwin
Earl Goodin
Howard Welch
J. M. Knowlton
Bailes Named Estate Administrator for Rees Grubb
Perry J. Bailes appointed administrator of the estate of Rees Grubb in Gallipolis and given a bond of 1400 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Perry J. Bailes
Rees Grubb
Work Will Begin on Road Bridge May 7
Gallipolis learns that WPA plans West State Street road and bridge work starting May 7. Leonard reports Al fred Blake of Zanesville endorses the project. Parker E. Peters will represent the city and county. Samuel D. Patton is WPA superintendent. Lester Saunders is WPA chief clerk. Scheduling and organization follow as first duties. Local relief eases with the announced start date.
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Gallipolis
Leonard
Alfred Blake
Zanesville
WPA
West State Street
Parker E. Peters
Samuel D. Patton
Lester Saunders
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Courtesy and Birthdays
Gallipolis hosts Mothers Club talk by Dr. C E Richards on Infantile Paralysis. Betty Lou Colwell marks 11th birthday with a party. Mrs. Mary Campbell celebrates 85 with family dinner in Bladen. Irvin Fellure dinner gathers relatives in Crown City. Visitor Helen Wood Robinson from Everett, Washington, arrives for extended Gallia stay. Nursing cadet Betty Jane Stone to join army nursing corps May 15. Pembroke Club hosts Aldeth Robinson with readers in White Cliffs program. Tuesday Contract Club hosts two tables with high score prize.
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Gallipolis
Claude Miller
Mothers’ Club
C. E. Richards
Holzer Hospital
Aldeth Robinson
Pembroke Club
Stanley Lainer
Gomer Phillips
Mildred Wise
Mabelle Gills
Eugene Spear
The
White Cliffs
Alice Duer Miller
Social notes from Charleston and beyond greet visitors and kin
Mrs Elmer Burnette hosts guests including Mr and Mrs S H Withers of Wichita Kansas. Mr Withers is Burnettes brother. H Ellis Sibley and Mrs Sibley of Chicago arrive for a brief visit with Mrs W G Sibley. Mrs Robert Ruland and daughter Kathleen return from Zanesville and Coshocton. Mrs H G Douthett and Mrs Paul Dickey visit Dr and Mrs L C Cowden. Mrs F O Plymale travels to Hillsboro and Lynchburg Ohio on business. Mrs Paul Thomas and Miss June Babcock visit Mr and Mrs James Danner. The Greek deinos meaning terrible and sauros meaning lizard form our word dinosaur.
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Elmer Burnette
S. H. Withers
Wichita
Kansas
Charleston
Withers
Burnette
H. Ellis Sibley
Chicago
W. G. Sibley
Robert Ruland
Kathleen
Zanesville
Coshocton
H. G. Douthett
Paul Dickey
Drill
L. C. Cowden
F. O. Plymale
Hillsboro
Lynchburg
Ohio
Paul Thomas
Point Pleasant
June Babcock
Racine
James Danner
Gallipolis Sends 64 Students to Ohio University Tests
Gallipolis and Gallia County will send 64 high school students to Ohio University on Saturday to compete in the district scholarship tests. Forty-eight students come from Gallipolis High School and others from Rio Grande Bidwell Cadmus Vinton Cheshire Centerville and Mercerville, all arriving in Athens by 9 a.m.
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Gallipolis
Ohio University
Rio Grande
Bidwell
Cadmus
Vinton
Cheshire
Centerville
Mercerville
Athens
Academy High Enters 16 in Music Tests
Gallia Academy High School sends sixteen students to the state vocal and instrumental contests in Columbus after earning it at the district music festival. Westerman and Lanier enter solos. Harrison Lear Stiverson Gillenham Russell Dale Wetherholt form wood wind and brass groups. Thornton Faulkner Bush Dale Woodward Clark in vocal. Downs accompanies instrumentally with Shough as vocal accompanist.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Gallia Academy High School
Scott Westerman
Billy Lanier
Bobby Harrison
Elaine Lear
Lewis Stiverson
Jim Gillenham
J. T. Russell
Tom Dale
Manning Wetherholt
Ann Thornton
Bette Faulkner
Alice Jean Bush
Kathryn Dale
Jean Woodward
Eloise Clark
Richard Downs
Elizabeth Shough
Federal Writers Compile List of Gallia County Probate Judges
Gallia County historians Bryan Cooper and George Sheets completed a roll of twelve men who served as probate judge since 1852 when the associate judge post was abolished. The list ends with James S. Clark, in office since 1917 and to serve until 1945, the sole living member.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Bryan Cooper
George Sheets
Samuel D. Rathburn
William H. Morehead
Alexander Logue
Harry A. Kent
S. D. Cowden
John T. Thomas
H. P. Hanna
J. C. Ingels
Wiliam T. Minturn
Frank F. Gates
Morris Tipton
James S. Clark
Gallia and Meigs 4-H Clubs Plan River Excursion
Four H Club groups in Gallia and Meigs Counties will cooperate on a river excursion aboard the Senator. A July date is to be set with suitable arrangements. Counties Gallia Jackson Meigs Lawrence will camp at Keystone near Vinton the week of July 28.
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Gallia
Meigs
Senator
States
E. G. Royer
Upper
Ohio
H Club
Jackson
Lawrence
Keystone
Vinton
Alimony and Child Sought in Divorce Suit
Mrs. Elmer Hern formerly Virginia Hughes sues for divorce on cruelty and neglect. She seeks alimony and custody of their five year old son Kenneth. Elmer Hern runs a service station at Addison where the wife lived until moving to Gallipolis with the boy. She is bookkeeper for Tabit Broom Co.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Hern
Virginia Hughes
Kenneth
Addison
Edward Evans Dies at Home in Gallia
Edward L. Evans, 68, a Perry Township farmer and former schoolteacher, died Wednesday night after a brief illness in Gallia. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Old Pine Church with Rev. Earl Cremeens. He is survived by his wife Dora Filloore, and their son Hayward and daughter Mary Anna. Evans taught before farming for 35 years.
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Gallipolis
Edward L. Evans
Perry Township
Old Pine Church
Earl Cremeens
Dora Fellore
Hayward
Mary Anna
Evans
Cheshire High Graduation Set for May Nineteenth
Cheshire high school will host commencement Monday evening May 19 with Homer L. Bigbee of Belleville delivering the address to the class. Baccalaureate exercises will be held the night before at the same site. Graduates include Laurence Abbott Lucille Denney George Halley Dorothy Lawson Roy Lemley Clarence Moore Clarence Mulford James Ralph Douglas Rife Delma Roush Georgia Roush Doris Shaver Shirley Stone Florence Taylor Phyllis Thomas Emmett Thompson Wilbur Ward Leonard Weiman Norma Yeanger. The only wild cactus found in Michigan is the prickly pear or Indian fig.
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Gallipolis
Cheshire High School
Homer L. Bigbee
Belleire
Laurence Abbott
Lucille Denney
George Halley
Dorothy Lawson
Roy Lemley
Clarence Moore
Clarence Mulford
James Ralph
Douglas Rife
Delma Roush
Georgia Roush
Doris Shaver
Shirley Stone
Florence Taylor
Phyllis Thomas
Emmett Thompson
Wilbur Ward
Leonard Weiman
Norma Yeanger
Are To Marry in Gallipolis from Jackson and Ashton
Marriage license applicants include James Kearns 22 and Margaret White 21 both of Jackson Ernest Yinger 22 and Helen Terry 21 both of Jackson Dexter Taylor 23 and Gertrude Moore 29 both of Ashton W Va F B Mays 65 and Eva Clendenin 40 both of Kenna W Va confirmed for civil record purposes.
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Gallipolis
James Kearns
Margaret White
Jackson
Ernest Yinger
Helen Terry
Dexter Taylor
Gertrude Moore
Ashton
W. Va
F. B. Mays
Eva Clendenin
Kenna
Health Department Vaccinates 700 Pupils in County
Gallia County health department workers vaccinate about 700 school pupils this week. Effort aims to finish before rural schools close for summer vacation.
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Gallipolis
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