Teachers to Meet in Gallia County on Religious Education
Dr. Herman J. Sweet will address ministers church school superintendents and teachers at Rio Grande College in Gallia County at 4 p m Monday. The event is one of 14 statewide sessions organized by the Ohio Council of Churches with sponsorship by the Gallia County Ministerial Association led by Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler.
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Gallipolis
Herman J. Sweet
Chicago
International Council of Religious Education
Gallia
Meigs
Jackson Counties
Rio Grande College
Gallia County
Ohio Council of Churches
Gishler
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Minneapolis
Church of the Redeemer
New Haven
Conn
Store Owners Weigh Thursday Half-Day Summer Hours
Gallipolis merchants and wholesale retailers, members of the chamber of commerce committee, consider designating Thursday afternoons as a summer holiday and closing stores. Workers’ weekly hour limits may be 40 hours for wholesale and 48 hours for retail without overtime, suggesting easier scheduling. A meeting of sixty operators is planned to discuss the proposal as opposition has waned.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce Merchants’ Committee
Gallia County to Host Field Day Across States May 23
Field Day plans chaired by D R Dodd of Ohio State University call for pasture and meadow inspections at Southeast Experiment Farm Carpenter Meigs County from 10 to 12. Dinner in Middleport at 12 30 then travel to West Virginia Lakin farm at 2 pm to discuss soil fertility crop rotation and truck gardening. Attendees include E G Royer R J Friant T C McIlvane M A Bachtell and others from Ohio State and West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
D. R. Dodd
Extension Agronomist
Ohio State University
E. G. Royer
Gallia County
Southeast Experiment Farm
Carpenter
Meigs County
Middleport
West Virginia
Lakin
Ohio River
Cheshire
R. J. Friant
T. C. McIlvane
M. A. Bachtell
W. W. Brownfield
J. H. Boyd
E. A. McCall
Carpenter Farm
Laurel Cliff Garden Club Organized in Sherwood Memorial
Laurel Cliff area hosts 16 member Sherwood Garden Club formed in memory of Mrs. Mary Radford Sherwood. Mrs. M. A. Howell presided at Mother’s Day program with guests including Mrs. Harry Stahl and Mrs. John Hartung. Next meeting set with Mrs. Evelyn Turner on June 19.
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Laurel Cliff
M. A. Howell
Harry Stahl
John Hartung
Florence Burnside
Rock Springs
Harry Roush
Forest Run
Sherwood Garden Club
Mary Radford Sherwood
Evelyn Turner
School trip to O'Shaughnessey Dam planned for Saturday
Green dale pupils and teachers will travel to O'Shaughnessey Dam in Columbus for an outing. In unrelated notice Martha Foster Yeomans files for divorce from Jay Lawrence Yeomans in Athens County Common Pleas Case 17757, with May 31 1941 as key date. attorney M D Hughes listed.
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Greendale
O'Shaughnessey Dam
Columbus
Jay Lawrence Yeomans
Seventh Avenue
New York City
New York
Martha Foster Yeomans
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Memorial Day planning and church history project in Letart Falls
A Monday community meeting in Letart Falls formed a five member committee to write the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church history for Memorial Day events. Memorial Day will mark the dedication of the Women’s Society for Christian Service room.
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Letart Falls
Bernice Carpenter
Chlorus Grimm
Kate Alexander
Fannie Sayre
Cora Webb
Sayre
Ladies Aid Society
Methodist Church
Women’s Society For Christian Service
Wellington Lee
Logan
W. Va
Bert Hunt
Alberta Alexander
Dorothy
Columbus
Elnora
Billie Jean Barnitz
Pomeroy
Wilson Carpenter
Garen Roush
J. D. Law
Stockdale
Homer Ashley
Canton
E. E. Ashley
W. N. Roberts
Birmingham
Ala
Carrie B. Roberts
Albert Higginbotham
Mt. Hope
Kate Higginbotham
Wayne Woodyard
Washington D. H
Woodyard
E. P. Grimm
Hoyt Webb
Frank Byers
Letart
Orion Roush
Earl Grimm
Rachel Chapman
Jerry Hill
Burton Webb
Charles Horner
Belpre
Elza Birch
Harold Grimm
Earl
Albert Hill
A. B. Alexander
Mothers Club elects officers at Gallipolis meeting
At the Mothers' Club gathering in Gallipolis Mrs. Ben R. Evans was chosen president and Mrs. Robert Cornwell vice president. Other officers include Mrs. Selwyn White secretary and Mrs. Virgil Benson treasurer with twenty members and two guests present.
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Gallipolis
Mothers’ Club
Charles Nuckles
Ben R. Evans
Robert Cornwell
Selwyn White
Virgil Benson
Virginia Barker
Columbus
Benson
Raymond Gooch
Gomer Phillips
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Zenia Shaw
Clyone Robinson
Stella Arthur
Marie Meal
Edith Swisher
Irene Keeler
Ethel Wheeler
Alma Holzer
Ruth Richards
Margaret McCormick
Anna Mae Evans
Birthday party for Mr and Mrs S T Gordon canceled
Illness forces the cancellation of the annual birthday party for Mr Gordon and Mrs Gordon of Cheshire Township, events postponed until further notice.
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S. T. Gordon
Cheshire
Masonic Dinner Set for May 23 in Gallipolis
Annual father and son Masonic gathering planned for Friday May 23. Dinner at 6 in the Methodist dining room followed by a program at the Masonic Temple with E. E. Higgins, superintendent of schools, as speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Masonic Temple
E. E. Higgins
Auto Club Plans Membership Drive
Gallipolis officials of the county automobile club announce a summer season membership campaign aiming for 200 enrollments, per club secretary Earl W. Smith. The organization operates from the mezzanine of the Lafayette Hotel in coordination with the chamber of commerce.
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Gallipolis
The
County Automobile Club
Earl W. Smith
Lafayette Hotel
Chamber of Commerce
Mrs Henry Jackson Dies at Ironton
Mrs Henry Jackson, 72, died in Ironton where she had recently gone to live with a son. She formerly lived with daughter Mrs Arvilla Floyd in Ewington and another daughter Mrs Ethel McClellan resides in Huntington.
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Gallipolis
Henry Jackson
Ironton
Arvilla Floyd
Ewington
Ethel McClellan
Huntington
Court Denies Claim in Gates vs Spear Guardian Case
Judge W. R. White of the common pleas court ruled against William Gates in his suit for 1440 dollars for alleged services over six years, finding no merit to the claim against guardian Rachel Spear for Mrs. Jane Tate.
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Gallipolis
W. R. White
Common Pleas Court
William Gates
Rachel Spear
Jane Tate
Gates
Logan Bryan divorce suit filed over neglect and drunkenness
Glenna Shut tleworth Bryan sues Rudolph Bryan for divorce alleging neglect and habitual drunkenness. Married December 9 1939 with no children. Plaintiff seeks alimony besides the decree.
Health inspections of rural students completed for year
Gallia county nurse Miss Naomi Evans reports the annual health inspections of about 3250 rural students finished. Tests for defects and measurements of height and weight are recorded. a card index tracks each pupil throughout their school life.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Evans
Rural High Schools Set to Graduate 125 This Week
Gallipolis area reports about 125 high school seniors will graduate this week and next. Eighth grade diplomas for 212 students are being mailed today. Mercerville High will finish the year Friday May 23 due to a late fall opening.
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Gallipolis
States County
Eldon Wiseman
Mercerville High School
Scene of WPA bridge work attracts hundreds in Gallipolis
Hundreds gather to watch road and bridge building on West State Street as WPA crews clear trees and brush from the right of way. A large shovel digs abutments for an 80 foot span bridge over Chickamauga bottoms.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga
West State Street
WPA
Armstrong Funeral at Laurelville Saturday
Friends from this city plan funeral rites at Laurelville Saturday for Lloyd Armstrong 29 who died this week after brain tumor surgery. His marriage to Miss Jewell Burnette of this city had been planned for late spring.
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Gallipolis
Laurelville
Lloyd Armstrong
Jewell Burnette
Prom Queen to Be Picked by Ballot at Dance
Gallipolis students attending the Junior-Senior Prom will elect a queen by ballot as they enter the assembly room. Three nominations have been made. The queen and her escort will lead the grand march to open the ball.
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Gallipolis
Volunteers asked to meet for Memorial Day prep
Volunteers gather Monday at Robinson Cemetery in Morgantown Township to prepare for Memorial Day ceremonies and honors.
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Gallipolis
Robinson
Morgan Township
Delegates Tour Gallia for D A Convention Event
Gallipolis hosts district Daughters of America delegates today with sessions at the Eagles hall and an officers dinner at Libby Hotel. Visitors toured the Ohio River Eureka Dam and the Ohio Hospital grounds while Gallia counts Athens Washington Hocking Meigs among attending counties.
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Gallipolis
Daughters of America
Gallia Council
Eagles
Eureka Dam
Ohio River
Ohio Hospital
Libby Hotel
Eagles’ Club
Order
Athens
Washington
Hocking
Meigs
Gallia
Big Chief Indian Herb Tonic for the Family
A general system tonic made from roots and herbs. Stimulates appetite and digestion and relieves occasional constipation. Sold for use with Big Chief Tonic to treat neuralgia pains stiff neck from exposure and drafts muscular cramps stiffness from exertion mosquito bites frost bites back chest throat sprains and strains.
State Owes Gallia County Four Thousand in Fees
Gallia County officials say Ohio owes the county and local magistrates at least 4000 in court costs from state cases. No payments have been received since 1932 despite repeated collection efforts. The audit notes Gallia owes the state nothing in institutional care or other charges.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Gallia
Mrs Lando Clagg in Fair Condition After Shooting
Gallia County report says Mrs Lando L Clagg 32 former Miriam Bostic shot herself in the left side in a personal crisis. She is in fair condition at Holzer Hospital where relatives say she had been in poor health for weeks. She was visiting at her brother Oden Bostic near Rodney with husband married March 29.
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Gallipolis
Lando L. Clagg
Miriam Bostic
Holzer Hospital
Are to Marry Gallipolis Couple
A marriage license is issued for Herschel Saxton 24 Pliny West Virginia and Marjorie Stackhouse 17 Jamestown Ohio. The union is to take place with local records noting the couple’s intended wedding.
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Gallipolis
Herschel Saxton
Pliny
W. Va
Marjorie Stackhouse
Jamestown
Ohio
Egg Auction Getting Gallia County Cold Shoulder
Gallia County egg auction committee holds no meetings on participation in the Nelsonville auction opening in July. OSU’s R E Cray calls a county committee meeting for May 26 to consider participation while many local poultrymen remain indifferent due to distance.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Nelsonville
R. E. Cray
Ohio State University
Pool Room Robbery Reported in Gallipolis Wednesday Night
Police investigate a robbery at the Lafayette pool room Wednesday night with $58 in currency and merchandise taken. Attempts to break into Blake Hardware and Sehon grocery nearby were thwarted by barred doors.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Pool Room
Blake Hardware
Man Hurt After Barn Roof Fall at Poreter
C D Hickman fell from a barn roof he was repairing at Pore ter and sustained facial injuries in the accident.
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Gallipolis
Poreter
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