Gallia and Lawrence County Electrification Nears Finish
Gallia and Lawrence Counties may have electrification completed this year as 192 miles of line are built serving about 600 residents. Buckeye Rural Electric Association reports a $173000 total project cost with $100000 CRA funding. Draper and Allen of Princeton WV contracted for $148,552.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GAI
Lipolis
John Lusher
Buckeye Rural Electric Association
Gallia
Lawrence Counties
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington
Draper & Allen
Princeton
W. Va
Tuberculosis Clinic Set for October 14 in Gallipolis
County Nurse Naomi Evans prepares a tuberculosis clinic on October 14. Ten adults and several children will be admitted. Dr. David Beers of Holzer Hospital will conduct the clinic, with other county physicians invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Naomi Evans
David Beers
Holzer Hospital
Jury To Hear Cases In Gallipolis Oct 24 Docket
Petit jurors will be drawn Saturday and report for court duty October 24 according to Judge W. R. White. Cases docketed include Anderson Young vs. Ohio Industrial Commission October 19 Lydia Rupe vs. Ohio Industrial Commission October 20 Rachel Joachim vs. Frazier & Frye October 24 and W. A. Boggs vs. Homer Young October 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Petit Jury
W. R. White
Anderson Young
The
Ohio Industrial Commission
Lydia Rupe
Rachel Joachim
Frazier & Frye
W. A. Boggs
Homer Young
Russell Beckett Indicted for Manslaughter in Jackson County Crash
East Gallipolis resident Russell Beckett held in Jackson jail for months on charges of causing a Jackson County woman’s death in an automobile accident. A grand jury returned an indictment for manslaughter.
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Gallipolis
Russell Beckett
East Gallipolis
Jackson
Jackson County
Social Notes Highlight Gallipolis Week Activities
Gallipolis social items record Mrs. Hubert Carnes hosting the Tuesday Contract Club with two guests, a high score prize to Mrs. J Howard Neal, a dessert to finish. A birthday dinner for Mr Day and Pauline Day featured gifts and music. Church groups held a banquet rally in Racine. Birth announced for Sandra Jean Day. Various visits and travels include J W Hartsock, Covington GA. the Larges in Cincinnati. nursing and university activities. Beta Sigma Pi meeting. and license to wed for Strausbaugh and Mott at Rio Grande Garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubert Carnes
R. J. Mauck
Robert Ruddell
J. Howard Neal
Clarence Day
Mr. Day
Pauline
Robertson, Tanis
First Baptist Church
Racine
Ernest Thorn
Thurman
Sandra Jean
Ray Grover
J. W. Hartsock
Covington
S. S. Long
Otto Greene
Edgar
Beatrice
Belle Carter
Cecil
Fred Wedemeyer
Oak Hill
Harvey Rice
Jackson
Chester Givens
Richwood
W. Va
James Lafferty
Lucille Deepping
Buffalo
N. Y
Julia Watts
Clyde McCormick
Somerset
Emma Malloy
Wellston
C. B. Saunders
Ferne
Columbus
Ohio State University
Buhrl Hood
Roger
Marietta
J. L. Haskins
Anna Lunsford
John Carroll
Huntington
A. B. Garrett
Tuesay
O. A. Vornholt
Dayton
Lowell P. Rieger
James
Betty
Cincinnati
John Lutz
Cleveland
Charleston
Bert Bradford
Neal Willey
Anne Nibert
State Department of Unemployment Insurance
J. G. Johnson
Velma
Otis
Gallipolis
A. O. Halley
Helen Ross
Bladen
Ernest Blazer
Rio Grande Garden
William Club
Strausbaugh
Ernie L
Wayne Lutz
Mott
Bidwell
Property purchase from government at Ohio River site
Wayne Amsbury and his wife's parents Mr and Mrs Alex A Steele purchased 9.7 acres with structures from the U S Government. The property formerly operated Dam 25 opposite Cheshire will be jointly occupied by the two couples in East Gallipolis and Rutland.
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Gallipolis
Wayne Amsbury
East Gallipolis
Alex A. Steele
Rutland
U. S. Government
Ohio River
Cheshire
Amsbury
Steele
Drainage Survey Visit Across Local Farms
Extension Engineering Specialist Virgil Overholt of Ohio State University joined county residents today to conduct drainage surveys at the Peter Steenhbergen and Clyde Blake farms and review water supply systems at Hal Schwartzwalder and O. J. White farms.
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Gallipolis
Virgil Overholt
Ohio State University
Withather
Peter Steenhbergen
Clyde Blake
Hal Schwartzwalder
O. J. White
Divorce suit filed by 20 year old Gallipolis groom
Gallipolis case notes Mifflin Moore 20 suing Pauline Moore 17 for divorce after just over a year of marriage citing gross neglect. Also Gallipolis reports Dale Durkee Hollis Kraus and Walter Whitt admitted to hospitalization in Huntington and Dayton. Mrs Sappho Sheets Dent granted legal separation from Victor Dent with custody of the children.
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Gallipolis
Mifflin Moore
Pauline Moore
Crown City
Dale Durkee
Hollis Kraus
Walter Whitt
Veterans’ Hospital
Huntington
Dayton
Sappho (Sheets) Dent
Victor Dent
Racine Girls Serve Baptist Association Banquet
World Wide Guild girls of Racine Baptist Church organized a banquet for the Gallipolis association. About eighty girls with Rev T T Shelton and family attended. The event featured decor, reports, hymn singings, and a program centered on Finding the Master and India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
World Wide Guild
Racine
Middleport
Anna Margaret Wiley
Vivian Knopp
Maxine Bennett
Ethel Clark
Virginia Mayes
India
Frances Condee
Reverend Gishler to Serve as Best Man in Buffalo Wedding
Rev. Lewis Gishler of First Presbyterian Church will travel to Buffalo New York Thursday and Friday to serve as best man at his brother W Stewart Gishler’s wedding to Miss Virginia Passage at St Mark's Episcopal Church. The ceremony will be conducted by Rev. A D Gishler father of the groom. He will return to Columbus by plane and reach Gallipolis Saturday night.
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Gallipolis
Lewis Gishler
First Presbyterian Church
Buffalo
New York
W. Stewart Gishler
Virginia
St. Mark's Episcopal Church
A. D. Gishler
St. James Church
Gallipolis Presbytery Meeting Announced for Oct 18
The Athens Presbyterial district meeting is announced for the Gallipolis church on Oct 18 by Rev. L W Gish jer. Program planning is under way as preparations proceed.
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Gallipolis
Athens
New Directory Of Livestock To Be Issued
Gallia County stockmen receive announcements about a pure bred livestock directory to be issued. County Agent FE G Roger requests listing of stock by Oct. 13 with owner name residence and telephone. directory includes purebred horses cattle sheep and swine from nearby counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
FE. G. Roger
College of Agriculture
Ohio State University
Jackson
Meigs
Lawrence
Gomer Davis Fined in Wellston for DUI Charge
Gomer Davis of Gallipolis was fined $30 and costs in Wellston on automobile operation while intoxicated charges.
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Gallipolis
Gomer Davis
Wellston
Corn Field Day at Rio Grande College Friday
Harvest of 110 plots of corn across 22 varieties will take place at Rio Grande College farm on Friday. Students will collect ears for moisture tests, shell and weigh under OSU educator L. D. Lewis supervision. About 75 people attended a prior field day, and prizes will be awarded to contest winners.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College Farm
L. D. Lewis
Ohio State University
Women’s Home Council to Meet at Suburban Home
Council members gather morning Oct 18 at the Anderson Robinsons home. They move to the Gallipolis Methodist Church at noon for luncheon and an afternoon program.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Women's Home Council
Anderson Robinson
Enrollment at Rio Grande College reaches peak of 205
Rio Grande College reports 205 students enrolled as professor R R Starbuck notes all dormitory and private residence space is filled.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
R. R. Starbuck
Amplifying System Installed at Entsminger Funeral Home
Installation of an amplifying system completed at Entsminger Funeral Home enables songs and speeches by the officiant to be heard in all rooms. It is the first such installation in the county and draws interest from the community.
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Gallipolis
Entsminger
Ballots Are Examined by Gallia County Board
The Gallia County Election Board sat on Wednesday to read proof and approve ballot forms for the November 7 election. It is estimated that about 12,000 people will vote, producing roughly 48,000 ballots.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Big Chief a tonic for every member of the family
A general system tonic made from roots and herbs. Stimulates the appetite, aids digestion, relieves occasional constipation. Regular 1.25. Exclusively at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store, Athens Ohio.
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Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
Athens, Ohio
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Athens Messenger
Ohio
Lawrence County
Gallipolis Social Notes
Mrs. Carnes
WED
Racine Girls Serve Baptist Association
Marie Langdon Owas
Doris Irion
Ratnam
Esther Gooch
Betty Lee Taylor
Louise Boggs
Mildred Mills
Vivian Irion
Quick’s
Usma Pablum Mistol
Inhalit
Vapex
Vicks
Anacin Buyers Aspirin
Bisodol
Criffl
Magnesia
Sloan's Liniment
Ipana Mum
Vitalis
Burma
Michal
Horlick
Rio Grande
Council
Big Chief
Lin N the Lil New
FORD
OGG & Beasley Logan
Mercury
F.R. Beasley
Nelsonville
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