Tiny Band To Have Part in Ceremonies
Gallipolis is set for a unique homecoming with a seaplane delivery of the football for the Rio Grande Alfred Holbrook game. Rio Grande College instructor Russell Kerr will pilot the plane and Granville McDaniel will drop the ball. Homecoming queen Mary A. Daulton signals the dive and smash, while coach Forest Jeff Wyatt’s Red Men seek revenge on Beattie’s Dinosaurs from Manchester Ohio. Also featured are the world’s smallest college band and a four instrument drum corps led by Richard Downs of Gallia Academy High School.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Mary A. Daulton
Portsmouth
Forest
Jeff Wyatt
Redmen
Mendell E. Beattie
Dinosaurs
Manchester
Holbrook
Rio
Richard Downs
Gallia Academy
Report shows spike in hunting license sales in Gallia County
Gallia County reports unusually large hunting license sales this year as open season begins tomorrow at noon and runs through the year. Cooler weather brings ideal hunting conditions and many former residents plan to return to Gallia County to hunt.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande hosts first Name Coming dance and events day
Three mile cross country finish near the north goal posts follows a morning card of boys speed ball and girls field ball games. Rio Grande College stages its first Name Coming dance at Community Hall from 8 to 11 30 p m with Miss Daulton leading the parade and Snyder’s seven piece orchestra. A flag for Sigma Lambda Tau will be presented by Ernest Seymour, college president, as part of the day’s events.
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Rio Grande College
Community Hall
Cever
Rio Grande
Daulton
Denison Added To Redmen's 1941 Schedule
Rio Grande College athletic director Forest Jeff Wyatt announced Denison University will join the 1941 Redmen football slate. The Granville game set for Sept 27 at Granville decides Ohio Baptist grid supremacy. Other games include Earlham at Richmond, Morehead at Morehead, Alfred Holbrook likely twice, with Ashland and Union also on the schedule. Rio Grande prepares for a December 6 season opening basketball game at Marietta and a tentative 1941 hoop lineup headlined by Jack Duncan Edwin Edelblute and newcomers Tom Ward Jimmie Daniel.
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Forest
Jeff’ Wyatt
Rio Grande College
Denison University
Granville
Redmen
Ohio
Denison
Rito Grande
Buckeye
Earlham College
Richmond
Ind
Morehead College
Morehead
Wyatt
Bluffton College
Alfred Holbrook College
Manchester
Wyattmen
Ashland
Union College
Rio Grande
Marietta
Jack Duncan
Edwin Edelblute
Zelle
Tom Ward
Jimmie Daniel
Paintsville
Pikeville
Rio
Rio Grande Hosts Basketball Schedule Across Ten Weeks
The schedule lists games at Rio Grande and various opponents including Holbrook Morehead New River Salem Tiffin Otterbein Jackson Ashland Pikeville Manchester and Westerville from January 14 to February 27 with dates and locations.
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Otterbein
Westerville
Tiffin
David Shuler 17 Dies After Extended Illness
David Ronald Shuler, 17, son of Mr and Mrs Alex Shuler, died Wednesday morning at the family home near Kyger after an extended illness. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at Old Kyger Church. He is survived by his parents two siblings Ross Alice and Violet.
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Gallipolis
David Ronald Shuler
Alex Shuler
Kyger
Old Kyger
Ross
Alice
Violet
December inspection tour by Gallipolis official
Otis Drummond deputy county auditor and ex officio sealer of weights and measures says he will finish his county inspection tour in December. He was elected county treasurer at the recent election.
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Gallipolis
Otis Drummond
Six Churches Mail Pleas For Loyalty
Gallipolis laymen from six Protestant churches mail letters urging lax members to attend the five week church attendance program starting with Family Sunday. Led by A C Safford and E E Caldwell, the committee plans Good Neighbor Sunday Youth Sunday Bible Sunday and ends December 15 with hoped for higher attendance nationwide.
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Gallipolis
A. C. Safford
E. E. Caldwell
J. Paul Wetherholt
Dean Davis
Harry Dexter
Gus Frye
J. E. Halliday
Raymond Jones
Jack Knight
Earl Mauck
J. E. Morrison
Robert Mackenzie
Alva Myers
J. I. Richards
Evan C. Thomas
Clarence Wagner
Scarcity of Gift Cameras Anticipated
Gallipolis reports dealers expect few high quality gift cameras for the holiday season as government lens, bomb sights, telescopes and field glasses orders take precedence. War restrictions also prevent foreign made leases, leaving limited stock available.
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Gallipolis
WPA Officials Inspect State St Extension
Civil Engineers from Zanesville WPA offices inspected the proposed West State Street extension in Gallipolis today. County Engineer Leonard received a Washington letter detailing the project plan and final inspection steps.
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Gallipolis
Price
Zanesville
WPA
West State Street
Leonard
Washington
Proposal receives check and aims for two week approval
Leonard says the proposal has been received and checked and found to conform with all current requirements he hopes for final approval within two weeks.
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Leonard
Whale flukes aid surface breathing and depth control
As air breathing mammals, whales rely on their horizontal tail fins to rise and dive. The flukes provide thrust and direction, enabling efficient vertical movement to reach the surface for breaths.
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State St. Extension
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