Medical Care Is Urged for Many Cases
In Gallipolis a plan to open a venereal disease clinic for county indigents was advanced after a meeting with Health Commissioner F W Shane. The clinic would operate weekly in the county courthouse health office, with free treatment only by physician referral. Officials estimate startup under 200 dollars for a year and will seek funds via local clubs and civic groups, noting federal medicine support but local equipment needs.
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Gallipolis
F. W. Shane
Lafayette Hotel
Shane
Dr. Shane
Naomi Evans
Elizabeth Connally
C. W. Booth
X. Ed. Roger
Otis Drummond
H. P. Bradbury
George Lear
W. M. Elliott
Clara B. Motter
Loren Thomas
Begin Advanced Red Cross First Aid Course
Gallipolis hosts an advanced Red Cross First Aid course at the courthouse Tuesday night. About a dozen people plan to enroll as instructors. The ten hour program will be split into four sessions of two and a half hours each.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Absentee Ballots Open in Gallipolis Election Office
Voting of absentee ballots has begun in the office of Bess B Wetherholt clerk of the election board. Many residents are taking advantage of the opportunity to vote without returning to the city before the November 4 deadline.
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Gallipolis
Bess B. Wetherholt
Election Board
Children To See Game On High School Day
Gallipolis plans send nearly 100 students by two chartered buses and private cars to Columbus October 18 for High School Day and a Ohio State football game.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Ohio State University
Marquis the Magician to Give Two Shows in Gallipolis
Marquis the Magician will perform two shows in Gallipolis sponsored by the Band Boosters Club. The announcements note a daytime matinee for school children on October 20 and an evening performance for adults.
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Marquis
Gallipolis
Boosters’ Club
Major Whitaker Dies At Home In California
Major Winfield Whitaker aged 80 died at his Chico California home. He was a native of Gallipolis and the last of ten sons born to Mr and Mrs Andrew Jackson Whitaker. A nephew named Aaron Whitaker resided in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Winfield Whitaker
Chico
Calif
Andrew Jackson Whitaker
Aaron Whitaker
Burnett Sells Cadmus Farm for Eight Thousand
Burnett sells his Cadmus area farm near Gallipolis to C. E. Rice of this city for 8000 dollars. Realtor Willard Grover notes Burnett has not announced future plans.
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Gallipolis
Varney Burnett
Cadmus
C. E. Rice
Burnett
Willard Grover
Marriage licenses issued in Gallipolis
William Mack 21 and Helen Holstine 19 from Putney West Virginia obtain license, joined with Jack Campbell 21 of Eureka and Maxine Mooney 21 of Crown City.
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Gallipolis
William Mack
Helen Holstine
Putney
W. Va
Jack Campbell
Eureka
Maxine Mooney
Crown City
Train timetable fragment shows varied daily and limited runs
A fragmentary timetable lists multiple rail services with numbers and times, including Diplomat Daily No 4 and No 44, National Limited No 2 and No 1, Chesapeake & Ohio No 30, New York Central South and North runs, with arrivals and departures listed across several days and times.
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Diplomat
Theeeteenienic Canence Steek
National Limited
Diplomat Davy
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
Chenteknem Gor
NEW York Central North
Chickamauga Escape Road Excavation Near Bedrock
WPA engineers report excavation for the Chickamauga flood escape road has nearly reached bedrock on the hill west of Gallipolis. Blasting will be required within a week. 60 feet depth and earth filling for the east bank. Concrete for the second bridge abutment to be poured next week. new route will abandon the Chillicothe bridge.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga
WPA
Chillicothe
Chickamauga Bottoms
Chillicothe Road
Rodney Village
Treasurer To Collect Personal Taxes Realty
Gallipolis County Treasurer Otis Drummond says he is cleaning house ahead of December realty tax collection. Delinquent personal tax payers, some dating to 1930, are being notified by mail. Total amount due is reported as 1084 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Otis Drummond
Wilson Blazer Plans New Home on First Ave
Residence on First Ave near Pine St recently purchased by Wilson Blazer and occupied by his sisters Flora and May Blazer is being removed for a modern replacement. It was formerly the home of Capt. Andrew Hazlett and family, a steamboat man.
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Gallipolis
First Ave
Pine St
Wilson Blazer
Flora
May Blazer
Andrew Hazlett
Mrs Holmes Files Action for Divorce
GALLIPOLIS Mrs Delbert Holmes sues for divorce alleging cruelty and seeks custody of their eleven year old daughter. The couple’s history notes Holmes as a former traffic officer and current merchant police. Tonight civil service exam to form eligible list for city patrolmen begins at 6 30.
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Gallipolis
Delbert Holmes
Holmes
Citizens Protest Purchase of Pt. Pleasant Bridge
In Gallipolis, Kanauga and Pt. Pleasant clash over a $1,050,000 plan to buy the Ohio River bridge. Pt. Pleasant seeks 30 year bonds backed by the structure, toll implications loom, and a WV resident bridge crew is likely if sale proceeds. The injunction failed in circuit court and the case awaits a state supreme court decision. Dr. C. E. Holzer, Gallipolis, heads the current bridge company.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Kanauga
Pt. Pleasant
Supreme Court
Charleston
Kanawha Valley
Huntington
West Virginia
C. E. Holzer
Fifty year and birthday observed at Crown City
Gallipolis social notes report a Sunday gathering at Mr. and Mrs. E A Church Crown City marking their fiftieth wedding anniversary and Mrs Church s 69th birthday. Many relatives and friends attended from Crown City Columbus Bladen Alliance and Gallipolis along with a birthday party for Homer Gale Notter s son Harold C Harrison who turned 20 after a furlough. A separate visit to Wellston followed with dinner at Rev C A Brown s home and a return trip to Fort Snelling Minnesota.
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Gallipolis
E. A. Church
Crown City
Emmet Church
Bladen
Donald Johnson
Alliance
Walter Church
Columbus
J. L. Rinehart
Homer Gale Notter
Harold C. Harrison
Herman Harrison
Harold
Louise
Homer Porter
Wellston
C. A. Brown
Hamden
Fort Snelling
Minn
Willie Phillips
John C. Lewis
Edward
John Montgomery
Sibley
William Waugh
Lowell Pickett
Thelma Phillips
Cecil Phillips
Ernest Phillips
Steve Davis
Rachel
Jane
Mae Davis
Hazel Kerr
Paul Mathias
George Evans, Former Gallipolis Resident, Dies
George W Evans aged 74 and a former Gallipolis resident died at his home in New Albany near Columbus where he had long served as superintendent of an army supply depot. He is survived by his wife Susie Burdette and their son George Morgan Evans of Columbus. A half century ago he ran a livery barn on Grape Street.
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Gallipolis
George W. Evans
New Albany
Columbus
Susie Burdette
George Morgan Evans
Evans
Grape St
Mrs. Vincent Pierotti Granted Divorce and Name Restore
In Gallipolis Mrs. Vincent Pierotti is granted divorce and returns to her maiden name Nellie Gabrielli. The settlement awards Pierotti all merchandise and fixtures at his Court Street business and their automobile. Mrs. Pierotti receives Court Street realty and all household goods.
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Gallipolis
Vincent Pierotti
Nellie Gabrielli
Pierotti
Court Street
Court Street Realty
Football Admission Prices Raised by Tax Measure
Gallipolis reports show school athletic board has set new admission prices to cover added taxes. Adult admission now 40 cents as posters around the city display the revised rates.
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Gallipolis
School Athletic Board
Resigns Welfare Post To Do Red Cross Work
Mrs C W Booth resigns as county child welfare worker effective Oct 15 to devote time to promoting the county Red Cross Chapter where she serves as executive secretary. No welfare worker appointment expected.
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Gallipolis
C. W. Booth
Red Cross
Mrs Eads Seeks Divorce and Custody in Cruelty Suit
Mrs Roy B Eads files for divorce and custody of their two children alleging cruelty and neglect. The husband is reported to be living in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Roy B. Eads
Columbus
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Huntley
Funeral services were held this afternoon in Brush Church near Vinton for Mrs Stephen Huntley age 82 who died two days earlier at her Columbus home. A Latrobe native before marriage she was born Emma Rhodes.
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Gallipolis
Brush Church
Vinton
Stephen Huntley
Columbus
Latrobe
Emma Rhodes
Moves to Florida by L. C. Bobo plans Ocoee settlement
L C Bobo, a merchant from Ewington, announces plans to locate permanently in Ocoee Florida. He has sold his business property to John Carroll of Deepwater West Virginia and retains substantial other property at Ewington.
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Gallipolis
L. C. Bobo
Ewesington
Ocoee
Fla
John Carroll
Deepwater
W. Va
Bobo
Ewington
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California
Burnett Sells Farm
Baltimore & Orio
U. S. Navy
NEA
Navy
U. S
Bed Rock
Pt. Pleasant Bridge
Gallipolis Social Notes
Riverside Study Club
Mayme Berridge
C. M. Kerr
Mathias
Fort Hancock
N. J
Clarence Clark
Royal Oak
Mich
Herman Houston
Lyman Lockwood
Portsmouth
John Steinbeck
Chea A Tabatha Ac
Dept. N
American Meat Institute
Chicago
FCEP
America
Medica
Taos
Centers On Foods and Nutrition of
The
American Medical Association
Callas
Joe Care
Choice Center
Sunnyfield
Haddock
Sunnyfield Flour
Long Island
Idaho Bakers
Pascal Celery
Mother Klein Dill Pickles
Mother Klein Midget Sweet Pickles
Ann Page
Plain Olives
Erie
Iona
A&p
A&p Sauerkra del
A&p Fruit
Camonbell
Anne Page
Ann Page Sparkle
White House
Silverbrook
ANN Page Pure
Kellogg’s Shredded Wheat
KARO
George Evans
Mrs. Eads
Mrs. Huntley
Florida
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Roman Cleanser
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