Enrollment at Gallipolis High reaches record 525 students
Gallipolis High School reports a record enrollment of 525, with 56 boys and 55 girls in the senior class and 93 boys and 92 girls in freshmen. Attendance averages 98.2 percent. The school offers 18 noncredit activities including bands, choirs, clubs, and student organizations with multiple sponsors listed.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis High School
Carl C. Byers
Byers
Gallia Academy High School
Miss Bradbury
Mr. Stone
Colored Glee Club
Misses Miller
Morrison
Miss Morrison
Miss Miller
Mr. Brown
Miss Covey
Miss Johnston
Future Home Makers
Mrs. Kircher
Future Farmers of America
Mr. Luttrell
Girls’ Athletic Club
Miss Lutz
Girls’ Forum
Misses Lutz
Breinig
Hi-Y Club
Mr. Wetherholt
la Societe Musique
Miss Shough
Library Club
Miss Breinig
Mr. Byers
Dance at Eagles Hall Draws Large Gallipolis Crowd
Gallipolis residents attended a Thursday night dance at Eagles Hall to support WPA recreation expansion sponsored by the Eagles Lodge. On election night November 8 Rotary meets at Lafayette Hotel with E. E. Higgins, Gallipolis school superintendent, speaking on vocational guidance aided by J. Paul Mossman H. W. Walter and A. Jord Bayless.
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Gallipolis
Eagles’ Hall
WPA
Eagles’ Lodge
Feed mix ingredients list for livestock
A catalog of feed components including carotene cod liver oil dried buttermilk soy bean oil meal alfalfa meal gluten feed ground oats wheat middlings meat and bone scraps wheat bran corn feed meal two percent ground limestone one percent salt manganese sulphate potassium iodide and iodine additives.
Touchdown Army at Athena Theater Stars Howard Carlisle Cummings
Paramount presents Touchdown Army at the Athena Theater this Saturday. John Howard Mary Carlisle and Robert Cummings headline a gridiron romance set at West Point with a young hero turning into a man under rivalries and discipline. Cummings shines as the home town boy, Howard as the seasoned rival, Carlisle as the leading lady in a two reel drama of romance and sport.
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John Howard
Mary Carlisle
Robert Cummings
Paramount
Army
West Point
Athena
Cummings
Hollywood
Bulldog Drummond
Howard
Ronald Colman
Bing Crosby
Parolee To Return To Pen for Car Theft
William Jackson a 29 year old Bidwell resident who was paroled after a non support sentence now faces auto theft charges and will be returned to Ohio Penitentiary to complete his original term.
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Pen
Gallipolis
Ohio
William Jackson
Bidwell
Divorce Granted to Gallipolis Couple in Louisiana Court
Dr. I. L. George former staff physician at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics has been granted a divorce from Nel lie Haner George of Gallipolis in Louisiana courts and Baton Rouge. They are parents of a son whom the mother retains. Dr. George has been in the South about two years.
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Gallipolis
Louisiana
Baton Rouge
I. L. George
Ohio Hospital
Nellie Haner George
George
South
Bedding Fire At Shelter Block Prompts Night Alarm
A bedding fire set by Freddie Carter in the third floor Shelter Block on Second Ave. Park Square drew the fire department at 4 am Thursday. Little damage resulted. Carter is detained in city prison and faces county home sentencing.
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Gallipolis
Freddie Carter
Second Ave
Park Square
Carter
City
Campus Queen Elected at Rio Grande College
Miss Edna Carey of Coal Grove was chosen homecoming queen in a special assembly at Rio Grande College Gallipolis. Homecoming on November 12 features a WAA soccer game, college farm barbecue, Transylvania College football, and an evening program by the Dramatic Club and musical groups.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Edna Carey
Coal Grove
Carey
WAA
College Farm
Transylvania College of Kentucky
Rio Redmen
Dramatic
Orchestra
Chestera McDonald Carr
Columbus
Gallipolis Club to Meet November Eleventh
The Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club holds its November meeting Friday evening November 11 in Grace Methodist Church dining room. Guest speaker is Miss Katharine Edbrooke from Ohio State University. Reservations should be made by Wednesday with committee members Hambrick Conklin Henke Gills Ecker. Dinner at 6 30 p m followed by speaking and business program.
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Gallipolis
WPA Workers Assured Of Political Freedom
Gallia County WPA workers will be allowed to vote freely with six displayed rules prohibiting coercion on political views no mandatory campaign contributions protection from dismissal for political preference and time off to vote across WPA projects and offices.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Gallia County
Lawyer Clubs Rally In Gallipolis Hall
Gallipolis attendees gather for final pre election rally at K of P Hall with speeches by local candidates from both genders and multiple addresses scheduled.
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Gallipolis
Lawyer For Governor
K. of P. Hall
Playlet at Gallipolis High by Dramatic Club
At a morning assembly the Dramatic Club under Miss Norma Johnston and Miss Doris Covey staged a playlet titled Suitable for Charity. The National Honor Society awarded Senior Room No. 207 a plaque for the top scholastic average in October.
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Gallipolis
Dramatic Club
Norma Johnston
Doris Covey
National Honor Society
Gracie Allens New Musical Extravaganza Broadcast Tonight
Gracie Allen presents Three Loves Has Gracie of 1938 a tuneful radio musical to be carried coast to coast this evening Two Hollywood musical comedy writers crafted the book with input from Beatrice Fairfax Dorothy Dix and Dale Carnegie The program blends romance and comedy and nods to classic stage and screen stars.
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Gracie Allen
Gracie
Poppin
Victoria Regina
Helen Hayes
Madam Capet
Eva le Gallienne
Clifton Webb
Lupe Velez
Hollywood
Beatrice Fairfax
Dorothy Dix
Dale Carnegie
Ballots To Be Distributed For Tuesday Election
Ballots for Tuesday's election will be distributed to 30 precinct presiding judges at the county election board headquarters in the courthouse tomorrow at 9 a m. Poll books tally sheets pencils and candles for voting booths and other supplies will be provided in locked receptacles with keys held by the presiding judge. After the count ballots poll books and record sheets are returned to the board in the same locked receptacles.
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Gallipolis
County Election Board
Helen Russell
Election Board
Colored Orator to Speak at Courthouse Meeting
Arthur Johnson, colored Republican orator, will address state issues at the courthouse auditorium tonight at 8 o clock. He is presented by William A Cousins, colored county executive committee member and former mail carrier.
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Gallipolis
Arthur Johnson
Johnson
William A. Cousins
Two Cars Collide Near Cheshire Night Crash
Lawrence Spires of Old Ryger and Cecil Grogan of Zanesville collided south of Cheshire Wednesday night. Both cars were badly damaged. Spires faces a driving while intoxicated charge. Two passengers fled before Deputy Sheriff Dale Russell arrived to investigate.
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Gallipolis
Lawrence Spires
Old Ryger
Cecil Grogan
Zanesville
Cheshire
Spires
Dale Russell
Ex Slave James Campbell Dies at 87 in Gallia County
James Campbell known as Uncle Jim died at his Gallipolis home at nearly 87 after a life as a former slave born in 1852 in Monroe County Virginia. He chased steamboat work between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati and later served as janitor for Southern Ohio Electric Co. He was married four times, with no children. Funeral services are Sunday at Paint Creek Baptist Church with burial in Pine Street Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
James Campbell
Jim
Joseph Alexander
Monroe County
Virginia
Kanawha Valley
Dufour House
Riverview Hotel
Mammy
Campbell
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Southern Ohio Electric Co
Paint Creek Baptist Church
B. R. Reed
Pine Street Cemetery
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Honor and Parties
Local social notes recount Mrs. J. Lowell Staker honored in Wellston with gifts, a birthday dinner for Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Belcher, and visits from relatives. Guests include Grates of Middleport and Houcks of Huntington, cake weights noted. Also reports travel, church services, a marriage license for Orville Young and Lillie Myers, and a postgame supper for the Gallipolis high school team at Vanden’s Restaurant.
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J. Lowell Staker
Wellston
E. E. Chambers
Staker
WPA
Anna Simmerman
W. H. Belcher
J. H. Grate
Gene
Mary
William Grate
Janice
Middleport
Asa Houck
John
Robert Houck
Billy
Gene Grate
H. A. Resener
Willie Green
Huntington
Resener
Ada Resener
S. E. Long
Cleveland
Columbus
D. C. Priestley
Archie
Ohio
CaBelle Walker
Frances Caldwell
Alice Taylor
Hocking County Caves
Gallipolis
Orville Young
Lillie Myers
Vanden’'s
Athens
Resurfacing Planned for Second Avenue in Gwinn
City Manager John Gwinn reports assurance from the State Highway Department to resurface Second Ave from Cedar to Court with rock asphalt and install three foot wide concrete gutters on both sides. The street, damaged by the recent flood, will receive a full resurfacing after prior temporary repairs.
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Gallipolis
John Gwinn
State Highway Department
Second Ave
Cedar To
Court Sts
Gwinn
Southeastern Basketball Clinic Moves to Academy High
The clinic once set for Ohio University will be held at Academy High School on Monday November 7. Principal C C Byers notes the event and C H Jones Wellston principal is chosen to interpret new game rules.
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Gallipolis
Ohio University
Southeastern
Academy High School
C. C. Byers
C. H. Jones
Wellston High School
Army officer chosen for staff school 1939 40
Captain John H. McCormick of Gallipolis now with the Air Corps at Maxwell Field Alabama has been chosen to attend the command and general staff school 1939 40 course. He is son of T Weyland McCormick and was born and raised in Fairfield Green Township.
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Gallipolis
John H. McCormick
Air Corps
Maxwell Field
Alabama
War Department
T. Weyland McCormick
Fairfield
Green Township
Sues for Insurance Over Husbands Death in 1937 Case
Mrs Lydia Searls Rupe of near Cheshire sues in Common Pleas Court to compel the Ohio Industrial Commission to pay insurance death benefits following the Aug 13 1937 gravel pit accident that killed her husband Arthur Rupe for Cheshire Township trustees as employers.
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Gallipolis
Lydia Searls Rupe
Cheshire
Common Pleas
Ohio Industrial Commission
Arthur Rupe
Trustees
Cheshire Township
Pie supper at Mercerville High School slated for season start
One of the season’s first events at Mercerville High School expects large attendance as a pie supper draws community interest.
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Gallipolis
Mercerville High School
Elks Add Three New Social Events to List
Gallipolis report notes three new activities for the Elks Club social calendar. An election night party will feature statewide returns via leased wire displayed on a blackboard. A spaghetti supper and a Thanksgiving night dance follow, with organizers led by H A Carnes and committee members. John Hurt, 21, Rio Grande, is jailed on illegal liquor charges.
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Gallipolis
Elks’ Club
Social Sessions Committee
H. A. Carnes
C. Wayne Booth
Astolpho Fontana
Italy
D. O. Taber
C. T. Robinson
L. R. Hall
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