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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 02, 1932
Page
8
Gallipolis fraught with gaiety as the sixth annual festival opens Tuesday night in City Park. Attendance is expected to top last year’s 30 000 as exhibits move to tents and city lighting debuts. The five day event features a farm and industrial exhibit, home products, and the concluding Outboard Regatta on October 9.
Gallipolis workers begin setting standards for the new white way along Second Avenue from Court to Locust. Thirty two standards will line the street as the system aims to be functional by Tuesday night under City Manager J C McNealey. Businesses seek extension of lighting to Court Street with eight more lights and taller ornate brackets.
Frank Butcher of Jane Lew West Virginia was arrested by Gallia County police two weeks ago for breaking and entering. He is to be turned over to Upshur County authorities who seek him on this charge. He had been held at Gallia County Jail awaiting the September term of the grand jury.
Tommy Prendergast arrives in New York as the Chicago Cubs select him as their World Series mascot for the clash with the New York Yankees. The familiar figure brings cheer as the teams prepare for the opening game.
Gallipolis District Board of Education received a protest from 38 residents on Fourth Avenue from Locust to Court Street against night games on the Gallia Academy football field and a high fence around the field. The board deferred action on lights and the protest, approved a wooden fence on the State Street side, and ordered a study of a high cyclone fence. Bills were approved for payment when funds allow. teachers to be paid Oct 8.
Rio Grande High School hosts a unique Southeastern Ohio fair October 13 and 14 with stall space sold to local merchants. The event features a Gallipolis night, a fashion show, stunt night by Rio Grande groups, and displays of poultry pets vegetables canned goods pastries and flowers from the school and community.
Gallipolis reports Commodore Tim Lewis will supervise the October 9 outboard motor regatta. Flags designate start white recall red finish or next to last lap green delay yellow delay and a checkered finish. Boat side letters identify owner states with 8 for Ohio K for Kentucky or Indiana E for West Virginia or Virginia and P for Pennsylvania.
Gallia scene from Holzer Hospital reports Mrs. John Plymale of First Avenue in serious condition after a fall at her home. Neighbor Madge Shahan found her unconscious around noon. The incident date remains unknown.
Commodore Tim Lewis expects more entries than the past two years for the sixth outboard motor regatta on the Ohio River at Gallipolis to be held Sunday October 9. Five races totaling 45 miles will run in front of City Park with A B C and D classes and a free for all Tim Lewis Trophy.
Dayton reports two men died late yesterday from acute alcoholism according to Coroner Maurice Cooper both had been drinking denatured alcohol.
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