Hundreds Attend Gallipolis Legion Halloween Party
Gallipolis hundreds gathered on Second Avenue park square Tuesday night for the American Legion annual Halloween party and parade. Prize winners covered ages one to eighteen and adults, with more than 40 prizes awarded. Street dancing failed due to crowd size and noise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Second Avenue Park Square
American Legion
H. W. Wetherholt
C. T. Robinson
Elmer Hatfield
Betty Jean Clark
Phyllis Jean Ward
Betty Lou Ward
Sallie
Sandra Elliott
Hattie
Jackie Mootz
Co. T
Jimmie Halley
Barbara Ann Brown
Bonnie Saunders
Paul Persinger
Juanita Shaver
Billy Ahead
Jennie Lee Dailey
Emily Louise Ropeter
Lewis Daniels
Thelma Johnson
Marjorie Davis
David Sagen
Gene Boster
Irene
Polly and
Margery Houck
Fred Jolly
Glendora Eblin
Mary Jo Higgins
Jerusha Bright
Ella Wright
Legionnaires
Forty five Marriage Licenses Issued In October
The Gallipolis October record of Probate Judge James S. Clark shows 45 marriage licenses issued. Latest applicants include Wil bert Rhodes and Gladys Tucker. Oran Krams and Nancy Adkins Ray. James Bush and Lucy Cochran. Also notes highway department offices moving to Ohio Valley Bank building second floor at Second and State Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James S. Clark
Wilbert Rhodes
Marion
Gladys Tucker
Bidwell
Oran Krams
Nancy Adkins Ray
James Bush
Lucy Cochran
Rio Grande
State Highway Department
Morris
Ohio Valley Bank
Second
State Sts
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Halloween Gatherings
In Gallipolis the Belcher family hosted a large birthday dinner for Mr. William H. Belcher with relatives from Middleport Jackson and beyond. A Daughters of America annual meeting drew delegates from Syracuse Theodorus Forest Run and other towns. Various local social events include Halloween parties hosted by Ruby Maye Ruth Faye Bunce and Gladys Shamblin and a large Happy Home Club gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Councils of Daughters of America
Syracuse
Theodorus
Forest Run
Chester
Ryger
Charity
French City
Gallia
Zella Hern
Ruth Kepler
Ruby Maye
Ruth ‘Faye Bunce
Woman Arrested For Shoplifting In Gallipolis
Mrs. William Hawthorne of Gallipolis, 30, was arrested Tuesday afternoon by sheriff's deputies on a shoplifting charge filed by William Deardorff. Report says she left a local women's shop with a sweater hidden under her coat. the garment was recovered. She resisted jail cell placement and caused trouble during arrest and was to be arraigned today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Hawthorne
William Deardorff
Jailed in Middletown After Auto Accident
Claude Rhea of Gallipolis, 28, is jailed in Middletown on a second degree murder charge after a car he drove struck another vehicle and fatally injured Middletown’s assistant police chief. Rhea is hospitalized with serious injuries but expected to recover. His father Jack Rhea recently moved from Portsmouth to Gallipolis with the family.
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Gallipolis
Claude Rhea
Middletown
Rhea
Jack Rhea
Portsmouth
Rotary Talk Highlights National and Local Events
A C Safford local businessman spoke before the Rotary Club on national and state current events. He recalled earlier happenings in the city and county, sharing reminiscences with members.
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Gallipolis
A. C. Safford
Rotary Club
Langsville Personal and Social Mention
Langsville notes show Mr and Mrs William Musser Jr Mr and Mrs Charles McMillan Rutland. Ferry Chase and daughter Virginia Cincinnati visited Mrs Flora Chase. Dale Wright with W G Davis Wellston. Chester Erwin Columbus relatives. Mrs Marvin Jeffers home from Holzer Hospital. A E Erwin Middleport dinner guests. Iola Kennan and daughter Lynn. Alice Daisy and Ethel Miller with Maude Rutherford Athens. Pearle Russell with grandparents Miles Hysell R D Von Miller John with Ernest Piper Vinton. Dorthy Ledlie at a teachers meeting in Athens. Don Savage Malden W Va with mother Grace Savage. Roger Savage Grace Savage Dorthy Ledlie with Rosa Barnes. Bernice Ledlie and roommate Holzer nurses with J T Ledlie. Edward Green moving to Gallipolis city to work for state highway. note on Massachusetts abolishing the pit- lory in 1839.
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Langsville
William Musser, Jr
Charles McMillian
Rutland
Ferry Chase
Virginia
Cincinnati
Flora Chase
Dale Wright
W. G. Davis
Wellston
Chester Erwin
Columbus
Marvin Jeffers
Holzer Hospital
F. A. Miller
Carl
A. E. Erwin
Middleport
Iola Kennan
Lynn
Clepha Kennan
Alice
Daisy
Ethel Miller
Maude Rutherford
Athens
Pearle Russell
Miles H
Bernice Ledlie
J. T. Ledlie
Houck Family May Hold Gallia County Record
Probate Judge Clark reports that 13 of N. J. Houck’s 14 children in Harrison Township are living and all reached adulthood. The finding could make the Houck family the largest in Gallia County.
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Houck
Gallipolis
N. J. Houck
Harrison Township
Clark
Gallia County
Halloween party honors Kananga society president
Fifteen members of the Ladies Aid surprised Mrs. Forrest Fife at her home with games a buffet lunch and a handkerchief shower in appreciation of her work as society president. The gathering included numerous neighbors and relatives. Separately George N. Cole 74 a retired rural mail carrier died in Holzer Hospital on Tuesday.
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Litchfield
Parry
Oliver
Comstock
A. W. Pullins
Ella Wagner
S. A. Stewart
O. Weethee
W. E. McDade
Betty King
Fife
Silas Wood
Point Pleasant
Wood
Thomas
Parkersburg
Zara Hornbuckle
Portsmouth
B. D. Raike
Holzer Hospital
Raike
J. W. Stone
Florence Wagner
Waverly
Lee Wagner
Nitro
W. Va
Harold Lambert
Dickerson
Berkeley Wright
Homer Sowards
Albert Allen
Florence Russell
C. G. Houck
Columbus
Lincoln Ables
Canton
Wade
J. H. Wagner
Grace
New Haven
Henry Bishop
Ironton
Victor Swain
Racine
Maggie Whittington
Buffalo
John Allen
Lizzie Adams
Pomeroy
van McDade
Portland
Cam Shaw
Lincoln McCall
Gallipolis
George N. Cole
Jackson County
Gallia High Honor Roll List Published for 1960s class
Gallia Academy High School announces its honor roll with named students across grade levels. Freshmen include Treassa Adams and Elizabeth Casey among others, sophomores feature Carroll Adams and Mary Frances Coffey, juniors list Mary Lou Adams and Elizabeth Farley, while seniors name Eva Mae Carter and Rosa Merritt. Honorable mentions include Joan Williams and Helen Wheeler.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
Treassa Adams
Robert Betz
Kathleen Boster
Betty Mae Clark
Thelma Rose Day
Irwin Folden
Wanda Harrison
Betty Jean Jeffers
Dallas Lewis
John Lupton
Marie Maddy
Tommy Robinson
Evelyn Vaught
Dorothy
Ann Wheeler
Elizabeth Casey
Dale Harris
Edith Lewis
Beulah Saunders
Mary Trotter
Carroll Adams
Dorothy Carroll
Mary Frances Coffey
Kathryn Dale
Elmer Daniels
Bette Faulkner
Alfred Ingerick
Jean Mattox
Mary Lou Adams
Howard Baker
Wilma Cardwell
Eva Mae Carter
Frances Condee
Elizabeth Farley
Marianne Goodrich
Jean Henke
Rosa Merritt
Lucille Rose
Nora Hysell
Virginia Steele
Ellen Westerman
Dorothy White
Joan Williams
Helen Wheeler
Helen Irion
Georgia Root
Matilda Hall
Mildred Thevenin
Gallia To Start Rat Eradication Campaign
Gallia will launch its largest rat eradication effort at the Tabit broom factory, Fourth and State streets, where broom corn seed piles attract rodents. Several hundred baits will be placed on November 10 as the county campaign opens.
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Gallipolis
Tabit
Fourth
State Streets
Begin Recreation Program at School
Noon hour recreation programs have begun at the local high school. On Monday Wednesday and Friday noons educational moving pictures are shown in the auditorium by Edward Wise. Tuesday and Thursday noon hour periods feature dancing for students under Hi Y Club direction. Dancers need parental permission cards countersigned by Principal C. C. Byers. Music uses amplified records.
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Gallipolis
Edward Wise
C. C. Byers
Gallia Rotary Club Sponsors Milk Fund Again
Gallia Rotary Club directors voted to repeat last year's sponsorship of a milk fund for indigent school children. Empty milk bottles will be placed in local business places with placards inviting contributions to the fund.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Woman Sentenced for Theft in Gallipolis Case
Mrs Stella Otto 40 arraigned before Magistrate F E Milliser on stealing household articles from a rented furnished home. Found guilty she is fined 40 dollars and jailed 25 days. She was returned here from Springfield.
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Gallipolis
F. E. Milliser
Stella Otto
Springfield
Sponsor Meeting Promoted by Women’s Home Council
Gallipolis notes a cooking demonstration sponsored by the Women’s Home Council at Vinton High School starting Thursday at 10 a m. All interested are invited. Also from Gallipolis Mrs Addie Sloan mother of Mrs Charles Hanninger and Mrs H B Pierson is seriously ill with pneumonia in Columbus at the home of another daughter Mrs Orville Cunningham.
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Gallipolis
The
Women’s Home Council
Vinton High School
Addie Sloan
Charles Hanninger
H. B. Pierson
Columbus
Orville Cunningham
Masked Party Brightens Pat Riots Grange Hall Night
Members of Pat riot Grange held a masked party at their hall with games and refreshments enjoyed by attendees.
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Gallipolis
Patriot Grange
Absent Voters Ballot Deadline Clarified
Gallipolis residents faced a rush as new election law requires absent voters ballots to reach the election board by noon on Fridays before election day. Previous rules allowed ballots postmarked by Saturday midnight in envelopes.
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Gallipolis
Election Board
Farm Youths To Get Rid of Beef Program
In Gallipolis the Chamber of Commerce backs a beef calf program for 40 to 50 4 H members. County Agent E G Royer contacts youths and aims to finish the list in two weeks. Calves will be ordered from Kansas City with a three year note signed by a parent to cover initial costs. Selection may be grade or purebred beef stock from a recognized breed.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce Committee
E.G. Royer
Kansas City
Mrs Wealtha Houck Brodess dies in Indiana
Mrs Wealtha Houck Brodess of Gallia County died in South Bend Indiana Tuesday from a brain tumor. She was wife of Charles Brodess and mother of a three year old son, David. Interment is planned in Gallia County likely Friday.
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Gallipolis
South Bend
Ind
Wealtha Houck Brodess
Charles Brodess
Gallia County
Mary Houck
Addison
Noah J. Houck
Brodess
David
Parker Funeral Rites Set for Thursday
Funeral services for Dr. Claude B. Parker will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Entsminger Funeral Home with Rev. W S Westerman and Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler officiating. Interment follows in Mound Hill Cemetery. Parker was a member of the local Methodist Church and the Knights of Pythias.
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Gallipolis
Claude B. Parker
Entsminger
W. S. Westerman
Lewis Weber Gishler
Mound Hill Cemetery
Parker
Methodist Church
Knights of Pythias
Cadmus Grange Saturday program features local performers
Cadmus Grange presents a Saturday night program featuring Stafford Davisson Perry Loucks Mrs Elmer Bush Lillian Carter John Isaacs Mrs Kate Patterson and Charles Steger appearing on stage for the community event.
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Gallipolis
Cadmus Grange
Stafford Davisson
Perry Loucks
Elmer Bush
Lillian Carter
John Isaacs
Kate Patterson
Charles Steger
Lincoln School Open House Night Observes National Education Week
Gallipolis Lincoln School hosts an open house from 7 to 10 PM in observance of National Education Week. Teachers at their posts present classroom demonstrations while assembly programs feature first and second grade students performing Halloween and Jack O'Lantern numbers. Girls perform a Highland Fling as part of physical education demonstrations.
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Gallipolis
Lincoln School
Jack O’lantern
Jack O’ Lantern
Betty McIphee
Tobacco grading demonstration set for Nov 9 10
A tobacco grading demonstration by a U S Department of Agriculture expert will be held November 9 and 10 on farms of E J Riggs at Raccoon Island William Church Mercerville John Russell Mudsock and Bert Call Adamsville County Agent E G Royer reports a light crop of medium quality tobacco county wide with a few growers claiming above average harvests.
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Gallipolis
U. S. Department of Agriculture
E. J. Riggs
Raccoon Island
William Church
Mercerville
John Russell
Mudsoc
Bert Call
Adamsville
States
E. G. Royer
Gallia County Women's Chorus Invited to Rural Meetings
The Gallia County Women's Chorus received several invitations to sing at Farmers Institutes and other rural gatherings across Gallia County. The next practice is set for November 6 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Royer.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Farmers? Institutes
E. G. Royer
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EEE
Gallipolis Legion Post
U. S
Schines Athena
Ohio
Andrea Leeds
Joel McCrea
Sandy
Pug
Herbert Tatts
Andy Bab
Ovid Theatre
Uncle Sam's Secret Service
Gallipolis Social Notes
William H. Belcher
J. H. Grate
Mary
Gene Grate
William Grate
Janis
Edward Tewksbury
Charles
Jackson
Asa Houck
Robert Houck
Bill
John Houck
George Sagen
Norma Horner
Charles Houck
Mr. Houck
Miss Shamblin
Gladys Shamblin
Cheshire
Kathleen Noble
Virginia Scott
Jean Rupe
Mary Jean
Mae Rothgeb
Henrietta
Mildred Skaggs
Margaret Coughenour
Anna Lee Stewart
Kathleen Butcher
Betty Bonecutter
Julia Baker
Jean Sayre
Anna German
Frank Oliver
Ralph Rice
Bill Scott
Paul Rice
George Noble
Doyle Shuler
Mrs. Merch Clark
Happy Home Club
Paul Weatherford
Waterloo
Virginia Callicoat
Rappsburg
Julius Hopewell
Thelma Callicoat
Ashland
Robert Callicoat l
Lawrence County
W. A. Davis
Fisher Davis
Toledo
Gahanna
W. G. Sibley
H. Ellis Sibley
Chicago
M. T. Epling
Alfred Arnold
Loma Bing
Margaret McCormick
Mary Helen Schwartz
Clarksburg
J. L. Haskins
Bubb Hood
Marietta
Harry Kerr Mitts
Jack Mills
Harry K. Mills, Jr
Major
Alexander Gates
Charleston
Mary B. Parker
Lester Hamrick
John Howell
R. A. Pitchford
C. A. Boster
Collins
William Jenkins
Milton
Lando Phillips
Mill Creek
Florence Phillips
Albert Leaper
Carl Allen
George Wheeler
IF. W. Wheeler
Rotary
Edward Green
State
Mi Echusetts
Kananga
Gallia High
Fred C
Tea Craw Loan and Guaranty Company
N. Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Mrs. Brodess
Member
Federal Reserve System
Messenger
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