State Highway Dept to halt Gallia County road work
Rumor says the State Highway Department will abandon road improvement in Gallia County in cooperation with WPA labor. Friction over authority is cited as the probable reason. About 150 WPA workers began Cheshire Rio Grande work. now 30 remain and will be reassigned. Completion of that section is near with no further WPA projects planned for other county roads.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Department
Gallia County
WPA
Cheshire-Rio Grande
Rio Grande
Dr. Tippett Delivers Talk on Juvenile Delinquency
Dr. Donald H. Tippett of Columbus spoke at Gallipolis high school and Washington Auditorium on Must we have Juvenile Delinquency. His wife Mrs. Tippett addressed World Peace at the Methodist Church. PTA and Board of Education sponsored both appearances.
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Gallipolis
Washington Auditorium
Donald H. Tippett of
Columbus
Ward Sues for Divorce in Neglect Case
Dwight Ward files for divorce from Jessie Chamberlain Ward alleging neglect and cruelty. The defendant is a minor.
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Gallipolis
Dwight Ward
Jessie Chamberlain Ward
Local Spanish War Veteran J V Martin Serious
Gallipolis reports J V Martin a local Spanish War veteran is in a serious condition due to gangrene in both feet. He is receiving medical treatment and his condition is being monitored.
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Gallipolis
J. V. Martin
Gallipolis Social Notes Schedule of Visits and Parties
Gallipolis notices celebrate Mrs. Ezra Day's 78th birthday with a turkey dinner at the Beck home on Raccoon Island. The observance was advanced one week for a Detroit visit by her son and daughter-in-law.
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Gallipolis
Ezra Day
Reuben Beck
Raccoon Island
Clyde Day
Detroit
Bert Call
Adamsville
Mary Harrington
Universal Appeal In Allegheny Uprising at Athena Theater
The film Allegheny Uprising starring Claire Trevor and John Wayne opens at the Athena Theater. Trevor and Wayne lead a frontier romance set against action and historical drama, with strong supporting turns from George Sanders Brian Donlevy Wilfrid Lawson Robert Barrat John F. Hamilton Moroni Olsen Chill Wills and Eddie Quillan. William Seiter directed this adaptation of Neil Swanson The First Rebel and delivers a compact frontier epic universe appeal.
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Athena Theater
Claire Trevor
John Wayne
Neil Swanson
James Smith
George Sanders
Brian Donlevy
Callendar
Wilfrid Lawson
Robert Barrat
John F
Taylor Ridge Social Notes
Mrs Clara Tompson died Thanksgiving Day at her Shawnee home after a heart ailment. She was a former Taylor Ridge resident who returned to attend a church home coming with her daughter. Funeral services were held Sunday. burial in New Lexington Cemetery. Many local residents visited families and travelled to Columbus and Akron for relatives. A Ladies Aid Christmas party is scheduled for Friday December 1. NELSONVILLE WBA will hold a benefit party Thursday at 7:30 in Spray Hall with November tickets.
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Taylor Ridge
Clara Tompson
Shawnee
Tompson
Nellie Simmers
New Lexington
John Davis
Dwight Smith
Carl Welling
James Golding
Toronto
Canada
Thomas Simms
Curtis Kempton
Chillicothe
Albert Kempton
Columbus
Clarence Sharp
Dora Heffken
Fred Heffken
Jean
June
Billie
Akron
W. D. Coey
Herman Kempton
Vern Kempton
Mary Frances Kempton
Emerson Wandering
Athens
Harold Conaway
Jacksonville
John Kempton
Fred Kempton
Cora Davis
Leonard Leach
Glouster
William Wenger
John Wenger
Harrogate
Tenn
Clyde Canter
Chauncey
Mont Davis
Hockingport
James W. McLaren
Walter McLaren
McLaren
Ohio State University
Ohio University
Charles Cowdrey
Russell Bailey
Coolville
Lawrence Crawford
Tana Carol
Wilma
Hockingport Guild
Hockingport School
James Walter McLaren
Walter
Lillian White
Parkersburg
Maples
Lewis Humphreys
W. H. Lyons
Leavitt Bugie
Kay Lyons
Cincinnati
Bugie
Ferrol Betz
Wyoming
Theodore Reed
Ted
Pomeroy
Agnes Reed
Hillsdale School
Lewis Humphrey
Emery Nestor
Melville
Frances Nestor
Howard McCoy
Paul Stewart
Clifford Fisher
Oklahoma
Earle Humphreys
Reedsville
Harry Efaw
Paul
Dutton
L. H. Efan
Carl Lovett
Ohio River
Aged River Captain Dies At Kanauga
Capt. Tecumseh Sherman Hanes age 73 died at his Kanauga home Tuesday night. Funeral set for Friday at 1 p m at Kanauga Church with Rev H N Snyder and Pine Street Cemetery interment. Survived by widow Hannah Hanes daughters Mary Oliver Rayland Ohio Cora DeWitt Charleston and son Russell Hanes Portsmouth. Active years spent in steamboating and ferryboat operation with twin brother A G Hanes in Gallipolis Kanauga Pomeroy.
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Gallipolis
Tecumseh Sherman Hanes
Kanauga
Kanauga Church
H. N. Snyder
Pine St
Hannah Hanes
Mary Oliver
Rayland
Ohio
Cora DeWitt
Charleston
Russell Hanes
Portsmouth
Capt
A. G. Hanes
Pomeroy
Council To Compile Candy Recipe Book
Gallia County Women's Home Council plans a candy recipe pamphlet from member submissions at the Wednesday meeting in First Presbyterian Church Gallipolis. Dinner at noon precedes an afternoon Christmas program led by Miss Clara Belle Motter.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Hockingport Social Notes and Local Visits
Hockingport social notes detail visits to Columbus for the Ohio State Illinois game, Thanksgiving gatherings with the Cowdrey, McLaren, and Humphrey families, and multiple relatives and friends traveling between Athens Parkersburg and Coolville. Divorce news reports Nora A. Ellett filing for alimony from Roy E. Ellett amid neglect and cruelty claims in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Nora A. Ellett
Roy E. Ellett
Library Opens to Holzer Hospital Patients
Public library staff extend services to Holzer Hospital. A library representative visits each Wednesday to supply requested books for adult and child convalescents at no charge, with demand rising, says librarian Mrs. Kenneth Davis.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Kenneth Davis
Gallia Red Cross Roll Call Faces Delays
Gallia chapter reports 25 solicitors have not yet submitted returns. About $700 raised, with a $1000 goal. Evans urges complete coverage to avoid interrupting the Health Seal Sale starting Friday.
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Gallia Red Cross
Gallipolis
Red Cross
Stanley Evans
Evans
W W Ricketts Dies At Home In Kanauga
William W. Ricketts aged 80 died at his Kanauga home Monday. Funeral services were held at Addison Baptist Church led by Rev. Jennings Cremeens with interment in Reynolds Cemetery. A West Virginian, he had lived in Kanauga 12 years and is survived by his widow and two sons Burton of Coal Grove and Beverly of Washington, D. C.
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Gallipolis
William W. Ricketts
Kanauga
Addison Baptist Church
Jennings Cremeens
Reynolds Cemetery
West
Appointment of Harriett E Junod as Administratrix
Harriett E Junod of Athens Ohio appointed Administratrix of the estate of Louis F Junod deceased of Athens City Athens County Ohio Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred Dated November 9 1939 Probate Judge Francis D White 11-16-38
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Harriett E. Junod
Athens
Ohio
Louis F. Junod
Athens County
Francis D. White
Said
Three Playlets to Be Presented at Vinton Hall
Three playlets will be presented in Vinton Town Hall Thursday night with proceeds to be applied on recent Farmers Institute expenditures Vaudeville numbers are scheduled at intermissions.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Town Hall
Farmers’ Institute
Lodge To Hold Meeting For Pythias Election
Naomi Lodge Knights of Pythias in Gallipolis will meet Friday night to elect officers and cast ballots for grand lodge officials. Degree work will be given.
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Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge
Kkights of Pythias
Grand Lodge
Gallia League Mails Health Seals to 3500
Gallia County Tuberculosis and Public Health League mailed health seal envelopes to about 3500 residents of Gallipolis and Gallia County. The mailing, part of the 33rd annual Health Seal Sale, used school student aid and a return envelope.
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Gallia League
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Huntington tobacco market delayed ten days
Huntington tobacco auction market opening postponed ten days to December 16 as growers are informed by management. Tobacco is being received and stored at the market in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Huntington
To Hold Last Rites For Gallia Printer
Gallia area news notes the Elks Lodge to hold annual memorial services Sunday afternoon per C. T. Robinson exalted ruler. Program for the service has not been completed.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Elks’ Lodge
C. T. Robinson
Gallipolis Cadmus Grange Plans Weekend Meeting
Cadmus Grange members will discuss merits of beef and dairy cattle breeds at Saturday night sessions. The program also features songs and a storytelling contest as part of the event.
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Gallipolis
Cadmus Grange
Marriage License Applicants Named in Gallipolis
Yesterday’s marriage license queue in Gallipolis listed William Hill age 21 of Reedsville and Kathleen Moulton age 21 of Mogadore as the sole applicants.
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Gallipolis
William Hill
Reedsville
Kathleen Moulton
Mogadore
Legion To Conduct Drive for Used Toys
Gallipolis reports the American Legion will collect used toys this year for distribution to indigent children. Members will not rehabilitate the toys, though high school manual training classes may assist with that work.
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Legion
Gallipolis
American Legion
Funeral for Chauncey Booton Local Printer
Funeral services for Chauncey H. Booton a Gallipolis printer who died Wednesday morning will be at Entsminger Funeral Home Friday at 2 p m with interment in Pine Street Cemetery. He leaves his wife Mrs Stella Ingles Booton brothers Orland and Ira sisters Adolph Henke and Floyd Major half siblings James Sublett Porter and others. He was a son of the late Ira W Booton and spent his life here having worked in several local printeries.
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Gallipolis
Chauncey H. Booton
Entsminger
Pine Street
Stella Ingels Booton
Orland
Williamson
W. Va
Ira
Asheville
N. C
Adolph Henke
Floyd Major
Charleston
James Booton
Clermont
Fla
Minnie Sublett
Chicago
J. S. Porter
Lexington, Y
Booton
Ira W. Booton
1940 Blanket Road Project To Come First
Gallia County engineering official E N Leonard says a new 1940 blanket road program will supersede the 1939 WPA driven improvements. The current projects near completion with similar employment levels, and a full list of roads is expected soon. Dr E T Danda of Wellston is hospitalized at Holzer with a fractured right shoulder from a car crash. condition not serious.
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Gallipolis
Zanesville
WPA
E. N. Leonard
Gallia County
Leonard
E. T. Danda
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
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