Gallipolis Pool Set to Open June 6 with Dedication
The Gallipolis municipal pool will open June 6 with a water carnival and band music in a dedication arranged by E. E. Higgins. The project, supported by the Chamber of Commerce and the Board of Education, will use 365000 gallons and feature periodic water testing and purification.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Higgins
Chamber of Commerce
Gallipolis Board of Education
WPA
Board of Education
Dodd Funeral Held
Ellsworth M. Dodd retired Columbus State Hospital employee died of a brain hemorrhage at his sister’s home 88 Garfield Ave. Funeral services were held at St. Nicholas Church this afternoon conducted by Rev. Okey Saunders.
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Gallipolis
Ellsworth M. Dodd
Columbus State Hospital
S. B. Simpkins
Garfield Ave
St. Nicholas Church
Okey Saunders
4-H Club Tour Planned for June in Gallia County
County Agent E. G. Royer reports the organization of Boys and Girls 4-H Clubs is progressing. A county tour is planned for mid June and attendance at Keystone Camp is set for the week of July 24.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Keystone Camp
Cary Grant and Jean Arthur Star in Only Angels Have Wings
Cary Grant and Jean Arthur lead the Hawks production Only Angels Have Wings opening Sunday at the Athena Theatre. The film blends tropical romance and aviation adventure in a South American banana port, with a star cast and elaborate Hollywood sets.
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Cary Grant
Jean Arthur
Columbia
Howard Hawks
Athena Theatre
South America
Hawks
Popular Pictures
Hollywood
Panama
Grant
Cary
Rita Hayworth
Richard Barthelmess
Thomas Mitchell
Sig Ruman
Noah Beery, Jr
Allyn Joslyn
Donald Barry
Melissa Sierra
Victor Kilian
Vernon Dent
Pat West
Cleveland Tops Nation as No 1 Red Cross City 1939
Cleveland leads the nation as the top Red Cross city for 1939 with membership over 110000, surpassing Buffalo to take the honor.
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Cleveland
Red Cross
Buffalo
Grange News From Oak Grove and Local Church Activities
Oak Grove reports 58 in Sunday School at Pilgrim Holiness Church and a Tuesday cottage prayer meeting at Elmer Davis's home. Rev. Wachenschwanz will start a revival June 4 with evangelist Rev. Hook. York Grange held meetings, redecorated dining room, and plans painting Grange Hall exterior for June 2. Mothers Club formed at Oak Grove School. officers elected. Annual Oak Grove picnic enjoyed by pupils, teachers, and parents at Birch Hollow with good weather.
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Oak Grove
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Elmer Davis
Charles Wachenschwanz
Union Furnace
Charles Hook
York Grange
Adda Maccombs
Grange
Grange Hall
Katie Hartman
Recia Foughty
Carmaleta Walton
Oak Grove School
Birch Hollow
Spur Oil Co seeks Gallipolis site for new station
Representatives from Spur Oil Co visit Gallipolis to pick a site for a proposed superstation and expect to buy a prime location soon after consulting multiple property owners.
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Gallipolis
Spur Oil Co
Add Cabbage To Food List In Relief Storehouse
Gallipolis reports nearly two tons of cabbage added to surplus food at the relief storehouse alongside graham flour wheat cereal and beans for client issuance. WPA shutdown boosts requests as 700 men are released and sponsors sought for proposed WPA projects to provide work for women.
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Gallipolis
Graham
Heart Brown
Funds to aid needy children for tonsil operations
Gallipolis BPW chapter funds will be used this summer to provide tonsil operations for indigent children. Ten operations were performed last year and similar numbers are expected. No case proceeds without approval from a physician and the county nurse.
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Gallipolis
Deaurice Beaudry
Hand Injury at Gallia Times Plant
John Bradbury son of Mr and Mrs Wymond Bradbury of Ryger suffered two fingers crushed in a job printing press on his second day of employment at The Gallia Times plant.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Times
John Bradbury
Wymond Bradbury
Ryger
Local Resident Hurt in Columbus Auto Crash
Information from friends in Gallipolis indicates Howard Moffitt, a Bidwell native living in Columbus for about 30 years, suffered a fractured skull a broken right knee and loss of sight in one eye after an automobile accident. He is hospitalized in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Howard Moffitt
Columbus
Bidwell
Remains in Jail in manslaughter case near Jackson
Russell Beckett 38 of East Gallipolis remains jailed in Gallipolis on a manslaughter charge after an auto crash two weeks ago near Jackson that killed a woman.
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Gallipolis
Russell Beckett
Jackson
Plan Joint Picnic and Program at Porter Church
Gallia counties Bidwell and Vinton M E Circuits Ladies Aid societies plan a joint picnic and program at Porter Church on Wednesday June 7. Representatives from the groups will supply the program.
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Gallipolis
Church Groups Meet at Macedonia for All Day Program
Sunday schools from Lincoln Northup Carmel Bailey Yellowtown and Macedonia gather at Macedonia for an all day program with a noon basket dinner.
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Macedonia
Gallipolis
Lincoln
Northup
Carmel
Bailey
Yellowtown
Buckeye Lake Park Set for Grand Opening Weekend
Buckeye Lake Park announces a grand opening May 27 to 30 featuring neon lit fronts, new rides The Rocket Ship and Dodge em Boats, landscaped promenades, two bands Leo Reichert and Jack Crawford, and Crystal Ballroom rainbow lighting for a stylish launch.
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Buckeye Lake Park
Leo Reichert
Jack Crawford
Crystal Ballroom
Be's Sale of Real Estate in Athens County Ohio
In pursuance of an order of sale in the case Home Owners' Loan Corp v Charles McGinnis et al the sheriff will auction on June 3 1939 at 10 30 AM at the east door of Athens County Courthouse the property 24 Woodard Ave Athens Ohio described as Lot No 1978 in L H Clarks Addition appraised at 2835 minimum bid two thirds of that amount cash day of sale.
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Charles McGinnis
Athens
Ohio
L. H. Clark
Woodard Ave
Charles W. Bayless
Athens County
Esther B. Gross
Harry A. Mettler
Pembroke Club review ends season social in Gallipolis
Pembroke Club members met at Mrs Charles Rathburns home for the last reg ular meeting of the season. Mrs Katherine Kircher reviewed Fashions in Spinach by Elizabeth Hawes and three guests joined the event with refreshments served after the program.
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Gallipolis
Pembroke Club
Charles Rathburn
Katherine Kircher
Elizabeth Hawes
George Roberts
S. S. Stiverson
Carolyn Butterfield
English breakfast at Lafayette Hotel features faculty and guests
One hundred ten attendees including the high school faculty gathered for the English breakfast at the Lafayette Hotel on Wednesday morning. Miss Margie Kelton chaired arrangements and acted as toastmaster. Doris Wood played a piano solo while Dorothy Lanier and Pauline Johnson sang. Gail Harrison and Mary Cunningham delivered a toast titled Memories.
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Lafayette Hotel
Margie Kelton
Doris Wood
Dorothy Lanier
Pauline Johnson
Gail Harrison
Mary Cunningham
Mothers' Club Installs New Officers After Dinner
Twenty three couples of the Mothers' Club met at the Presbyterian Church parlors on Wednesday evening. Dinner was served by the Service Club with tables decorated by candles and roses. After the three course meal Mrs. Floyd Irion, retiring president, installed the new officers: Mrs. H. B. Thomas president Mrs. Garfield Griffith vice president Mrs. J. W. Mootz Jr secretary and Mrs. T. A. Thomas treasurer.
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Mothers’ Club
Presbyterian Church Sparlors
Service Club
Floyd Irion
H. B. Thomas
Garfield Griffith
J. W. Mootz, Jr
T. A. Thomas
Local Society Notes Reach Across Town and States
Mrs E C Waugh and daughter Jeannette hosted Swan Creek M E Ladies Aid with a post meeting tea. Visitors include Rev Tracy Martindale and two sons Emma Kennedy and others. A silver tea honored Mrs Harry R Hurn with gowns on display. Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Don Allen of Washington DC announced. Emily Boatman Boatman’s daughter. Others travel to Shreveport Detroit Hale Mich and Buckeye relatives visit.
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E. C. Waugh
Jeannette
Swan Creek M. E. Ladies
Tracy Martindale
Emma *Kennedy
John Mitchell
John C. Wills
R. R. Wills
J. D. Pollitt
Betty Sue Caudill
A. E. Waugh
Harry R. Hurn
Joseph Spencer
W. M. Schwartz
Portsmouth
Hurn
Zora Todd
Sciotoville
E. C. Michaelis
Bidwell
Hale
Mich
Harry Maddy
Detroit
Ruth
Emma Malloy
Ohio Hospital
Columbus
Cambridge
Don Allen
Washington, D. C
Allen
Emily Boat Iman
John S. Boatman
Kyger
Will Announce Cox Funeral
Gallipolis announces funeral services for John Cox 28 who died by his own action in a shotgun incident at his parents home. Ill health listed as cause. Four brothers survive him with relatives awaiting arrival notice.
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Gallipolis
John Cox
Charles
Dude) Cox
To Hold Bing Rites GALLIPOLIS
Information reached relatives here that Julian Waddell Bing 21 died from a skull fracture at Fulton Missouri where he studied. Funeral services will be held in Cleveland Saturday afternoon. He was born in Rio Grande while his father led the college there and later moved to Athens when his father joined Ohio University faculty.
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Gallipolis
Julian Waddell Bing
Simeon H. Bing
Athens
Fulton
Cleveland
Rio Grande
Bing
Ohio University
Postmaster Seeks Early Airmail Posting Saturday
Gallipolis Postmaster A. K. Merriman urges locals to post as much airmail as possible on Saturday to prevent Sunday flight congestion.
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Gallipolis
A. K. Merriman
Clyde Stoehr Discharged After Auto Crash Injury
Clyde Stoehr aged 54, who suffered severe head injuries in an automobile crash a few days earlier, was discharged from Holzer Hospital and returned to his home in Thurman.
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Gallipolis
Clyde Stoehr
Holzer Hospital
Thurman
Nineteenth Birthday Dance in Concord Held at Home
Miss Ruth Sayers celebrated her nineteenth birthday with a surprise dance Saturday evening in Concord. Guests included multiple local families and many neighbors such as Alyce Cole Athens Golda Cole Trimble and Golda Cole. A nurse from Athens visited, and local farmers report sheep shearing with electric clippers this spring.
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Concord
Ruth Sayers
Harmon Keirns
Homer Sayers
Raymond Sayers
Jack Border
Jack Mingus
Glenn Mingus
Millfield
Jess Taylor
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
John Carter
Betty Hart
Dorothy Smith
Dewey Smith
Ray Witham
Orlando Richardson
Raymond Hammond
Mr. Mathews
Bishopville
Alice Cole
Athens
Mary Margaret Milhoan
Jacksonville
Harry Taylor
Howard Taylor
Leonard Taylor
Nyle_ Sayers
Harvey Linscott
O. B. Boudinot
Wylie and
Ardeth Golda Cole
Ray Sayers
James Carter
Ida Sayers
Amos Austin
Alyce Cole
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Golda
Drought Ravages Gallia County Farms Says Agent
Gallia County agriculturists face heavy losses as extended dry weather harms clover alfalfa and pasture seeds. Corn failure and early wheat firing reported while tobacco growers irrigate by hand amid blue mold risk. Creeks run dry and rain could save hundreds of dollars for farmers.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. G. Royer
Miami
Five heirs file partition suit over 179 acres in Cheshire Township
The partition action of the five heirs of the late W L Athey is heard in Gallia County with Judge W R White taking the case under advisement after a hearing.
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Gallipolis
W. L. Athey
Cheshire Township
W. R. White
Searls Family Sent for Columbus Visit as Illness Reported
Mr and Mrs George Searls of Eno travel to Columbus to stay with their daughter Mrs Mary Searls Freeman whose illness is described as serious lung trouble at her home.
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Gallipolis
George Searls
Eno
Columbus
Mary Searls Freeman
Officials Set Record For Handling Crime
Gallipolis officials report a grand jury indicting seven suspects with six pleading guilty and sentenced. The seventh likely to plead guilty, completing a 100 percent guilty verdicts without court trial costs.
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Gallipolis
Tests of New Mailing Apparatus at Airport
A Gallipolis test of the airmail setup occurred at 12 18 p m with an empty metal basket suspended between standards whisked away by the plane. A similar test is planned tomorrow at the same hour before regular service begins Sunday.
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Gallipolis
Illness Report Flags Mumps in City Children
Gallipolis reports mumps among city children per School Nurse Beaudry while County Nurse Evans notes widespread whooping cough in rural residents. The bulletin highlights contagious illness in the region.
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Gallipolis
City
Beaudry
States County
Evans
Library to Close for Garden Club Flower Show
Notice from Mrs. Kenneth Davis librarian states public library will not issue books Saturday due to the Garden Club flower show on the same day and Sunday.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Davis
Public Library
Garden Club
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