Rural Gallipolis to Register Men for Military Draft
Registration will be held tomorrow at the Methodist Church with a 6:45 a.m. prayer service led by Rev. George W. Brooks. Polling places across rural districts will handle registrations, with registrars deputized for each precinct and volunteers filling gaps. Draft board members will go to Columbus for instructions and plan a Thursday meeting. headquarters may be moved due to courthouse space limits.
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Gallipolis
Addison
George W. Brooks
Grape and
Third Streets
Gillingham
Washington School
Harry Alexander
Treleaven
East Gallipolis
Kananga
Deem
Halliday
Locust Street
Board of Elections
Columbus
WPA
Red Cross
Draft Board
Woman 75 Dies at Poplar Ridge in Gallipolis
Mrs Rocena Taylor, 75, widow of Samuel Taylor, died Monday at her home on Poplar Ridge. Funeral services will be Wednesday at 2 PM at Poplar Ridge Baptist Church conducted by Rev J L Stephenson. Surviving are sons Ross and Fred Taylor and daughter Mrs Grace Hix, all of Poplar Ridge. brothers Hollis and James Rumfield of Danville. Ora Rumfield and sister Mrs Cora Wilcox of near Cheshire.
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Gallipolis
Rocena Taylor
Samuel Taylor
Poplar Ridge
Poplar Ridge Baptist Church
J. L. Stephenson
Ross
Fred Taylor
Grace Hix
Hollis
James Rumfield
Danville
Ora Rumfield
Cora Wilcox
Cheshire
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Meetings
Mrs Omar Fowler hosted fifty at the Northup Ladies Aid all day gathering with a quilt workshop and a covered dish lunch. Delta Kappa Gamma members attended the state convention in Dayton October 11 12 including a founders dinner honoring Dr Annie Webb.
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Gallipolis
Omar Fowler
Northup Ladies Aid
Jennings Cremeens
Faye Rose
Beatrice Elliott
King
Dayton
Marie Fowler
Lucie Martin
Margaret Jones
Freda Wood
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Biltmore
Annie Webb
Local marriage notices from Portsmouth and Waterloo churches
Verina Wakefield daughter of Mr and Mrs Don Wakefield of Portsmouth wed James Wesley Tracy son of Mr and Mrs Frank Tracy in Sandusky Methodist Church on October 13. Tracy works in a Sandusky theater and they plan to reside there. Rev J N Lane and Miss Ruth Herrell of Waterloo married October 6 at Waterloo Methodist Church with attendants Martha Lane and Paul Smith.
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Verina
Don Wakefield
Portsmouth
James Wesley Tracy
Frank ‘Tracy
Sandusky Methodist Church
Samuel White
Garfield Avenue
Tracy
Sandusky
J. N. Lane
Waterloo Methodist Church
Ruth Herrell
Waterloo
G. E. Fisher
Ironton
Renewed Health Claims From TON JON Remedy
A Portsmouth Ohio resident Mrs Ed Anderson describes long standing stomach liver and kidney troubles plus constipation for 15 years. She credits TON JON No 2 with rapid improvement and urges others with similar ailments to consult Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store for the remedy.
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Quick
Union Siti Amie
Corning St Bernard Alumni Plan October Dance
The Corning St Bernard High School Alumni Association schedules a dance card and games party for Wednesday night October 16 in Hermey's Hall with prizes and a jitney lunch for the public. A Ladies Aid and Women’s Missionary Society meeting is set at the Methodist church Tuesday night to organize the Society of Christian Service. Six swings have been installed at the grade school playground, the first of their kind here and more will follow.
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Corning
St. Bernard's High School Alumni Association
Hermey's Hall
Ladies Aid and Women's Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Christian Service
Halloween Party Plans Announced By Local Methodist Class
Mrs True Smith hosted Class 10 of the Methodist Church Thursday night and outlined plans for a public Halloween party on Oct 30 with contests and games led by Virginia Lamb. Seven members and instructor Mrs Kirbride spoke a verse of scripture on hope and a lunch followed.
Euchre Club Meeting at Corning
Mrs Martha Benedict hosted a euchre group in Corning Thursday night two tables were in play with Nell Kochensparger Mary Anne Beaver Janie Beaver Thelma Frasure Velma Lamity Janet Maxwell Beulah Craig Maude Hardy prizes awarded to Neil Kochensparger after the games
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Corning
Martha Benedict
Nell Kochensparger
Mary Anne Beaver
Janie Beaver
Thelma Frasure
Velma Lamity
Janet Maxwell
Beulah Craig
Maude Hardy
Neil Kochensparger
GOP Women Of Gallia Plan for Campaign
Gallia County Women Republicans held an initial fall campaign meeting at headquarters led by Miss Bess Wetherholt in President Margaret D. Carter's absence. They plan a tea and speaking program on October 24 with prizes for the largest township delegation and a guest speaker bureau including Agnes Dickinson and Nora Atkinson.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Women’s Republican Club
Republican
Bess B. Wetherholt
Margaret D. Carter
Craig Slagle
Fred Hanson
H. W. Wetherholt
Clarence Masters
Guy White
James Clark
John Howell
Howard Hardway
E. N. Leonard
Otis Drummond
William Ball
Pauline Johnson
Agnes Dickinson
Columbus
Verner Metcalf
Marietta
Katherine Wetzel
Hamilton
Nora Atkinson
Athens
H. D. Smiley
Addison Two
Anna Evans
Huntington Pet
Vica Dillon
Guyan
Bidwell
D. C. Priestley
Green
Hilah Jenkins
Cheshire
Mary Call
Clay
Virginia Fisher
Telitha Lykins
Greenfield
Ethel Harrison
Harrison
Belva Elliott
Ohio
Gertrude Davis
Perry
May Smeltzer
Raccoon
Bertha Thomas
Centerville
Lowell Kemper
Springfield
Ruth Houck
Walnut
Eileen Gothard
Fred Harrison
Stella Mohr
John Norman
Rowena Starmont
Frank Washington
Ford Lawrence
Ella Nay
Addison
Morgan
Huntington
Lunch Breathed by Beulah Craig Janet Maxwell Scores High Low
Beulah Craig achieved a high score while Janet Maxwell posted a lower mark in the event. A delicious lunch was served.
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Beulah Craig
Janet Maxwell
Youth Rally Day Services At United Brethren Church
A large crowd attended a youth oriented rally day service at United Brethren Sunday School with the youth leading the devotion and the pastor Arthur C. Shdnkwiler delivering the message and guiding the lesson study.
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United Brethren
Arthur C. Shdnkwiler
Gallia Public Library Gains Popularity in Rural Areas
Rural residents in Gallia County increasingly read since state aid extended library service to community centers. In 1929 85 000 volumes circulated with 48 000 to rural readers. 15 sub stations and 28 schools receive books. donors and WPA help preserve titles while juveniles lead use.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Kenneth Davis
Davis
Vinton
Cadmus
Agriculture Extension Service
Social Notes of Cheshire Gatherings and Visits
Cheshire residents report guests and travel news from Columbus Wellston Canton and Corning. Highlights include Mr and Mrs Les ter Hicks visiting the Scott and Fife households, Starchers wintering in Florida, a California trip planned by Goldie Peters and daughters Lorene and Christine, and various local social calls and weekend visits.
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Lewis Spires
Nancy Walsh
Wellston
Kermit Massie
Canton
Massie
Grand Lodge
Elmer Massie
Centerpoint
Kermit
Cheshire
Mercerville
Nellie McCarty
Richard Robertson
Violet Russell
Clara Ward
Gallipolis
Clair Athey
Lancaster Fair
Corning
Ivan Mack
Bucyrus
Rgger
Bert Vance
Rutland
Cora Rowley
Vaughn Scott
W. M. Davis
Columbus
Musgrave
Ironton
Local Couples Apply For Marriage Licenses In Gallipolis
William A. Peters aged 22 of Waterloo and Maeden Ocheltree 21 of Evergreen apply for a marriage license. James Hickman 25 and Lucy Myers 21 of Point Pleasant also apply along with Albert Roush 23 of Mt. Alto and Velsia Miller 23 of Rio Grande. Alma Pearl Gooch wins Harris Grange apple pie contest and advances to a county contest in the fall.
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Gallipolis
William A. Peters
Waterloo
Maeden Ocheltree
Evergreen
James Hickman
Lucy Myers
Point Pleasant
Albert Roush
Mt. Alto
W. Va
Velsia Miller
Rio Grande
Alma Pearl Gooch
Harris Grange
Milton man treated after weekend car crash at Holzer
Robert Cragg aged 29 of Milton West Virginia is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital with injuries from a Sunday automobile accident. The article notes Siam's royal palace uses cats as watchdogs.
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Gallipolis
Robert Cragg
Milton, W. Va
Holzer Hospital
Siam
Civil War Vet 97 to Compete in Rifle Matches
Perry Brumfield, a 97 year old Civil War veteran known as Uncle Perry, will compete in rifle matches in Dillsboro Indiana on Saturday. He is described as fit as a cricket and recently rode in Gallipolis Fourth of July parade.
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Gallipolis
Perry Brumfield
Waterloo
Dillsboro
Ind
Perry
Legion to Consider Public Halloween Party
Lafayette Post American Legion may sponsor a public Halloween party in the street on Thursday Oct 31 at the regular meeting Wednesday night.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
County Imports 1600 Herefords in 2 Years
Gallia County reports 1600 Herefords imported in under two years per F C Christ chairman of the chamber cattle import committee. Many are heifers producing about 600 calves. Farmers’ orders are brisk with about 100 six months old animals weekly.
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Gallipolis
F. C. Christ
Chamber of Commerce
Christ
Council Petitioned For Park Benches
Gallipolis civic groups will petition the City Commission to place iron benches and picnic tables in City Park next spring and seek budget funds for the project.
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Gallipolis
Turkey theft leads to fine and suspended sentence
Gallipolis resident Aubrey Smith, 24, pleaded guilty in common pleas court to stealing two turkeys from neighbor D. C. Mink. He was fined $25 plus costs, agreed to pay for the birds, and received a suspended 18 month sentence at Columbus workhouse.
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Gallipolis
Aubrey Smith
Georges Creek
Common Pleas
D. C. Mink
Smith
Columbus
Gallia Republicans Plan County Rally Ahead of Election
Gallia County plans a county wide Republican rally within the next two weeks. Representative Robert Betz says state party speakers bureau and the County Women’s Republican Club will be represented with guest speakers possibly Mrs. Werner Metcalf or Mrs. Katherine Wetzel. The executive committee will hold nightly county meetings and may run a motor cavalcade the week before November fifth with five minute talks at about forty venues.
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Gallipolis
John W. Bricker
Robert M. Betz
Gallia County
General Assembly
Betz
Republican War Veterans’ Organization
Women's Republican Club
Werner Metcalf
Marietta
Katherine Wetzel
Hamilton
Jehovah's Witnesses Said To Meet Secretly
In Gallipolis a local Jehovah's Witnesses group ordered disbanded for refusal to salute the flag is said to meet in a secluded spot near the city. Known members have been observed quietly leaving by automobile for unknown destinations.
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Gallipolis
Jehovah's Witnesses
Rio Grande Students Stage Tug of War
Rio Grande College farm hosted a tug of war with upperclassmen beating freshmen by pulling them through a creek branch. A second event paired freshmen with upper classmen to dunk sophomores, then juniors defeated sophomores in the final bout.
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Rio Grande
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College Farm
Raccoon Creek
Dolphus Arrington
Waterloo
Jack Duncan
Portsmouth
Roger Williams
Red Cross First Aid Class for Bus Drivers
A Red Cross First Aid class for school bus drivers and others will begin the night of Oct 23 in the courthouse. Drivers must obtain certificates of attendance before Jan 1.
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Gallipolis
Robber Gets Term In Reform School
Elmer Rose a 26 year old convict was sentenced to an indefinite term at Mansfield Reformatory for robbery at a local golf course.
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Robber
Reform
Gallipolis
Elmer Rose
Mansfield Reformatory
Bulaville School to Reopen After Scarlet Fever Cases
Bulaville school will reopen Wednesday after a weeklong closure due to several scarlet fever cases in the vicinity. All reported cases are improving and no new cases have developed.
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Gallipolis
Bulaville
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