Gallia County women mobilize against Bigelow amendments
A Gallia County committee coordinates mass outreach to oppose the Bigelow amendments ahead of election day. Members include Mrs. Garland Elliott and Anna Mae Evans among twelve women, each to recruit ten aides and deliver personal pleas in assigned territories. The bi partisan effort, urged by H C Johnston and Joseph V Lee, aims for a large local adverse majority.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Garland Elliott
Anna Mae Evans
Vinton
Garnet Kirby
Cheshire
Dwight Wetherholt
Steve Jenkins
Rio Grande
John Lusher
Mercerville
Joseph V. Lee
Masonic Officers Named at Gallipolis Lodge
Morning Dawn Masonic Lodge in Gallipolis elected officers on Thursday night with Carlos Niday as Master Jack Knight as Senior Warden Elmer Caldwell as Junior Warden Basil Betz as Senior Deacon John McKean as Junior Deacon Stanley Lanier as Secretary Frank C. Ghrist as Treasurer J R Lewis as Tyler and J E Halliday as Trustee.
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Gallipolis
Morning Dawn Masonic Lodge
Carlos Niday
Jack Knight
Elmer Caldwell
Basil Betz
John McKean
Stanley ‘Lanier
Frank C. Ghrist
J. R. Lewis
Tyler
J. E. Halliday
Local merchants discuss holiday sales plans at Lafayette Hotel
W. W. Sigler chairman of the Chamber of Commerce retail merchants committee presided over a meeting of local merchants at the Lafayette Hotel. Several campaigns were discussed but no definite decision was reached.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Hotel
W. W. Sigler
Chamber of Commerce Retail Merchants Committee
Ohio University Morris Harvey Game Draws Local Fans
Many Gallipolis residents will travel to Charleston on Saturday via Route 35 through Point Pleasant to see the Ohio University Morris Harvey football game in the West Virginia capital. Capt. T. S. Hanes, once a local ferryboat operator, is reported critically ill with heart trouble and bronchial asthma.
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Gallipolis
Charleston
Pt. Pleasant
Ohio University
T. S. Hanes
Kananga
Police Chief Describes Auto Parts Shortage After Halloween
Gallia County police chief John Fraley says his department resembles an auto accessory shop after Halloween. Most items missing are hub caps and radiator emblems. residents are urged to contact authorities to recover stolen parts.
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Gallipolis
John Fraley
Wild Life Movies Show Conservation Inspiration
In Gallipolis the Washington School auditorium hosted a state conservation show last night drawing a large crowd. Films highlighted dam building on small streams fish propagation fox hunting by beagles and bird rearing. Edwin P. Rinehart urged local action opposing stream pollution and promoting winter feeding of wild birds. The county conservation league will be revived to back state goals.
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Gallipolis
Washington School
State Conservation Department
Edwin P. Rinehart
State Department
County Conservation League
Death of Amaziah Centers Noted Veteran Native Gallipolis
City officials in Gallipolis report Amaziah Centers a 94 year old Civil War veteran died in Dayton with no local relatives found.
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Gallipolis
Dayton
Amaziah
Licensed To Marry In Crowded Gallia County List
Marriage license issuances include Wendell Bellville 20 and Jane Saunders 18 of Crown City Clarence E Kemper 22 Mercerville and Lena Gertrude Van Sickle 21 of Gallipolis Clarence Russell 30 Logan and Myrtle Nihizer 29 Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Wendell Bellville
Jane Saunders
Crown City
Clarence E. Kemper
Mercerville
Lena
Gertrude van Sickle
Clarence Russell
Logan
Myrtle Nihizer
Death of Charles Watts Printer Passed Away in Berea Ky
Local relatives informed of the death of Charles Watts a printer at Berea Kentucky He was a son of the late Mr and Mrs David Watts and visited in the county with his wife and other relatives last summer.
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Gallipolis
Charles Watts
Berea
David Watts
Small grandson of Dr Holzer shows slight improvement
Information from Gallipolis reports Dr C E Holzer's grandson Michael Harvey is showing slight improvement in a Bethlehem hospital. Mrs Holzer remains in Bethlehem with Michael's parents Mr and Mrs Frank Harvey.
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Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Michael Harvey
Bethlehem
Frank Harvey
Theft of Rail Brings Arrest Of Four Men
Four East Gallipolis youths confess to stealing a section of steel rail from Chesapeake & Ohio yards. They sold the metal to a junk dealer for one dollar and claim to have spent the proceeds on liquor. Property recovered. Charles Younger fined ten dollars and held ten days. Russell Love denied charge and is held to grand jury. Detective W L Price and Chief John Fraley investigated.
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Gallipolis
East Gallipolis
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad
W. L. Price
John Fraley
Charles Younger
Fred E. Milliser
East End
Russell Love
Younger
Youth Taken To Workhouse After Fatal Car Crash
Delbert Motley, 23, of Middleport, moved from the Gallia county jail to the Columbus Workhouse for a two month sentence after four months in jail awaiting grand jury action in the death of seven year old Billy Perry near Kanauga on July 3. Motley, who drove without a license, was accompanied by Ira Taylor, 30, of Middleport. The car struck the boy near a small bank, killing him instantly and endangering other children. Motley pleaded guilty to manslaughter but denied intoxication. Green Perry, the child's father, has since died. Mrs. Perry and other children remain at the homestead near Kanauga.
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Gallipolis
Delbert Motley
Middleport
Columbus
Motley
Billy Perry
Kanangai
Ira Taylor
Green Perry
Enjoyable Gallipolis music eve a nod at Riverview
A large audience attended a Gallipolis program last night at the Riverview Recreation Center. The article notes a continuation of similar Thursday evening events.
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Gallipolis
Riverview Recreation Center
Thurman Methodist youth send canned foods to Bethesda Hospital
In Thurman neighborhood young Methodist society members collect and ship canned foods valued at 25.95 to Bethesda Hospital in Cincinnati.
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Gallipolis
Thursman
Bethesda Hospial
Cincinnati
Petition Aims to Improve Dixon Road in Ward Township
Preparations begin to circulate petitions supporting a Dixon Road improvement from Logan to Murray City. Sponsor George Galentine notes seven miles of road would supply WPA work and shorten the Murray City Logan route. Petitions will be ready soon and filed with the county commissioners with a copy sent to the WPA district office in Zanesville.
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Logan
Dixon Road
Ward Township
Murray City
George Galentin
WPA
Logano
Galentine
Zanesville
Man Fined Jailed After Logan Court Arraignment
Ivan Daw ley faced Judge Phil Henderson on arraignment Thursday and was fined 100 dollars plus costs and sentenced to 30 days in jail. He was taken into custody the prior night by state highway patrolmen who charged him with operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated and he lost his driving privileges for one year.
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Logan
Ivan Dawley
Phil Henderson
Four Feathers Thrills At New Athena Theater
The film follows Harry Faversham who quits the army before Sudan service, is mocked with white feathers, and seeks redemption by joining Kitchener's Army in Egypt undercover as a Sengali. Ralph Richardson and cast deliver vivid performances in a fast moving, color saturated melodrama.
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Athena Theater
Harry Fathersham
Sudan
Lord Kitchener
Faversham
Egypt
Kitchener
Ralph Richardson
June Duprez
John Clements
C. Aubrey Smith
Funeral for Mrs. Charles Brodess in Gallia County
Services were held at First Baptist Church in Gallipolis for Mrs. Wealthy Houck Brodess of South Bend Indiana widow of Charles Brodess. She was among Noah J. Houck’s 14 children and died Tuesday at home after brain tumor. Surviving: husband Charles Brodess and son David.
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Gallipolis
Charles Brodess
Houck
First Baptist Church
H. M. Smith
Church of God
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Various Fall Gatherings
Gallipolis reports a Halloween week of social events. Miss Virginia Sayre hosted a masked party with friends at her parents home. Mrs Ball hosted a Methodist Sunday School party despite Mrs Burdette’s illness. Eileen Thivener and Gloria Burnette held a Halloween gathering at Mrs Thivener’s home. Rio Grande Garden Club members met at Mrs Rees of Cora with seasonal refreshments. Ohio State student Robert Thompson returned home for the weekend from Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Virginia Sayre
Eugene Sayre
William Ball
Ethel Burdette
Methodist Sunday School
Eileen Thivener
Gloria Burnette
al Thivener
Rio Grande Garden Club
Evan Rees
Cora
Dale Coder
Eldon Coder
Ford Owrey Fof Wellston
Elma
Thelma Cornell
Columbus
Robert Thompson
Ohio State University
George Thompson
Cheshire
Funeral services held for Elizabeth Wagner Finney in Letart
Local relatives attended yesterday for Elizabeth Wagner Finney 83 resident of Parkersburg. Her husband H B Finney native of Cheshire and a daughter survive. Also noted is slight improvement in Mrs Homer W Sowards after paralysis. Lieut Robert Jenkins Reserve Officers' Corps begins duty in Pensacola Fla Sunday. Mrs Jenkins and their young son stay with her parents Mr and Mrs F M Tawney and will join him in Florida later.
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Letart
Elizabeth Wagner Finney
Parkersburg
H. B. Finney
Cheshire
Homer W. Sowards
Robert Jenkins
Reserve Officers’ Corps
Pensacola
Fla
Engineering Corps
Dillon family relocates to Crown City farm
Delbert Dillon and family have moved from Middleport to the farm home of his father Greer Dillon near Crown City. The move shifts residence within Gallia County and involves the family joining relatives on the rural property.
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Gallipolis
Delbert Dillon
Middleport
Greer Dillon
Crown City
Ladies Aid Society marks 50th anniversary with chicken pie dinner
About 200 people attended a chicken pie dinner in the Methodist Church dining room on Thursday night to celebrate the Ladies' Aid Society 50th anniversary.
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Gallipolis
Methodist Church
Ladies’ Aid Society
Services Continue At New Plymouth
Evangelistic services at New Plymouth started Wednesday night at the Presbyterian Church and will run through Sunday night November 12. Sunday School and worship at 11 o clock, with Reverend Deeds of the Methodist Church delivering the evening sermon. Beginning Monday night through Sunday night November 12, Rev. Louis Campbell of Hebbardsville Alexander Presbyterian Church will be guest preacher. Services start at 7 30 each evening.
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New Plymouth
Presbyterian Church
Deeds
New Plymouth Methodist Church
Louis Campbell
Hebbardsville Alexander
Attendance Stays High At Logan Greendale School
Under principal Miss Josephine Bay the Logan Greendale school maintains a high attendance average for the second month. The entire school records 98.79 percent attendance with boys in Leoca Hay’s grades and girls in Seber Lehman’s grades achieving perfect marks.
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Logan—Greendale School
Josephine Bay
Leoca Hay
Seber Lehman
Mounted officer rides horse at the fairgrounds show
Harrison Litherland obtained use of Wesley Beasley s horse for a day and rode it at the fairgrounds during a horse show with a mounted police officer present.
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Logan
Harrison Litherland
Wesley Beasley
Gallia County Farm Program Opens Tonight
Gallia County hosts the first Farmers' Institute of the season at Centerville with officers led by Roy Mathias as president and Frances Jones as secretary. Tonight at 7 30 an opening program features community singing invocation poultry talk and an illustrated lecture Recent Travels in Europe by Mrs. Paul Young. Saturday includes 4-H demonstrations and the Flaming Torch address More Abundant Farm Living by County Agent K G Royer and Home Grown Foods by Clara Belle Motter.
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Gallipolis
First Farmers’ Institute
Centerville
Roy Mathias
Frances Jones
D. L. Lloyd
L. O. Edwards
Sarah E. Wiseman
E. G. Royer
B. Williams
E. J. Jones
D. M. Beman
Mary Edwards
William Mossman
F. E. Russell
Elias Jones
Leslie Alban
Jenkin Alban
Nelson Lloyd
Gomer Morris
C. D. Copley
Willetta Alban
Rey Saunders
L. O. Jones
Ada Sewell
Ada Davis
Ivor Williams
Rev
Homer W
Walter
Glee Club
Europe
Paul Young
Rush
Williams
Elias J. Jones
The
Flaming Torch
Mrs. Young
Cleda Sewell
Billy Lloyd
K. G. Royer
Sarah Lewis
Clara Belle Motter
R. B.* Williams
Corning Social Notes Highlights Local Eastern Star Meeting
The Past Matrons Association of the Sunflower Chapter of the Eastern Star held a party Monday night with a six oclock dinner at the Fern Post tea room and a gathering at the Corning Theater. Attendees included Mrs Bertha Levion Mrs Elizabeth Hardy Mrs Ann Wright Mrs Lee Thomas Mrs Lula Dunlap Mrs John Murray and several others. Plans were made for the next meeting at Mrs Levions home. Other items note Betty Brown visiting Springfield and various relatives visiting Corning residents.
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Corning
Sunflower
The
Eastern Star
Fern Post
Bertha Levion
Elizabeth Hardy
Ann Wright
Lee Thomas
Lula Dunlap
John Murray
Martha Young
Dessie Spence
Sara Wright
Edith Nichols
Edna
Toledo
Carl Wright
Delmer Lee, Glouster
John Wright
Logan School Dedication Postponed During Education Week
Dedication of the East School building addition scheduled during American Education Week has been postponed due to conflicts. Supt G E Carr said a new date is not set yet. East and West grade addition work is nearly complete and the postponement affects the event timing.
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Logan
G. E. Carr
Educator Marion McDaniel Dies in Chicago
Gallipolis notes the death of Dr. Marion Ross McDaniel 64 a prominent educator and Gallia County native at his Chicago home He was born in Walnut Township a Rio Grande College graduate His widow and daughter Katherine survive him.
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Gallipolis
Marion Ross McDaniel
Gallia County
Chicago
Walnut Township
Marion McDaniel
Rio Grande College
Katherine
Armistice Day Observed in Gallipolis by Federal Offices
Armistice Day on Nov 11 will be observed by the post office and federal activities in Gallipolis along with banks and county officials. Stores will not close.
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Gallipolis
Local man passes state pharmacy exam
Leo W. Mossman of Gallipolis has been notified that he passed a recent state board of pharmacy examination and is admitted to practice. He earned a pharmacy degree from Ohio State University and is employed in Mansfield.
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Gallipolis
Leo W. Mossman
State Board of Pharmacy
Ohio State University
Mansfield
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