Gallipolis Baptists Plan New Educational Building
Rev. George Sagen announces a new educational building for the Gallipolis Baptist Church at Third and Locust, a two story brick structure costing 29000 dollars. It will connect to the church with a new facade and includes two units priced 19000 and 10000 dollars. Merrill Humbel and Taylor of New York prepared the estimates. The old educational building across Locust Street has been in use for four years.
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Gallipolis
Baptist Church
George Sagen
Third and Locust Sts
Merrill, Humbel & Taylor
New York
Plan services for Gallipolis
Gallipolis church notices list sermon topics for First Presbyterian Grace Methodist and First Baptist churches. Rev L W Gishler lectures on Be Clear For Guidance. Rev H H Wilbur speaks on Be Ye Transformed. Sagen and Phillips lead Sunday services and attend a state convention in Cincinnati. Plan to discuss new educational building at Wednesday prayer meeting.
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Gallipolis
L. W. Gishler
First Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Church
Gishlier
Kananga
God
H. H. Wilbur
Grace Methodist Church
George Sagen
First Baptist Church
Cincinnati
S. A. Phillips
Cheshire
Baptist Church
Sagen
Parole Hearings Set for Five Gallia Inmates
Five Gallia inmates including Larcy Jacques face parole hearings by the Board of Parole on December 1. Jacques, jailed for manslaughter over his wife’s Christmas night shooting, was sentenced 1 to 20 years at Mansfield Reformatory. Also set for hearing are Leo Hill, Virgil Runyan, Elmer Rose, and James Davis with sentences ranging 1 to 20, 1 to 20, 1 to 15, and 1 to 15 years respectively. A 13-year-old Cadmus girl is ill with diphtheria, the county's first quarantined case.
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Gallipolis
Larcy Jacques
Kananga
Mansfield Reformatory
Board of Parole
Leo Hill
A. C. Shepherd
Cadmus
Gallia County
Margaret Jones
Figures on Gallipolis Play Center Compiled
Tentative estimates for a proposed recreation center and swimming pool in Gallipolis are being prepared by WPA engineer H. W. Nixon for presentation to the Chamber of Commerce recreation committee city officials and consulting engineers at a meeting next Wednesday night. George Carr director of the WPA Third Division conferred with Nixon here and with others interested in the pool.
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Gallipolis
H. W. Nixon
WPA
Chamber of Commerce Recreation Committee
George Carr
Nixon
Divorce Granted In Three County Plea Actions
Leta V. Mc Laughlin was awarded divorce and custody of her minor daughter from Paul R. McLaughlin in Athens County Common Pleas Court for wilful absence. Ray E. Hines seeks divorce from Iva E. Hines, charging gross neglect. Mildred Figins sues Donald Figins for divorce, temporary alimony, and custody of a minor child.
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Leta V. McLaughlin
Athens County
Tractor overturn traps man in bankment near Cottonwood Falls
Karl Stubenhofe was pinned under a tractor that overturned on an embankment in Cottonwood Falls Kas neighbors heard his cries and summoned help. It took 20 men to lift the tractor and free him. He suffered only a bruised back.
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Escare Cottonwood
Kas
Karl Stubenhofe
Mrs. Simpson to Testify in Ipswich Divorce Suit
The divorce case of Mrs. Ernest Simpson will be heard in Ipswich Court England on October 27. Justice Hawke will preside and Mrs. Simpson is expected to testify briefly about her marriage. The suit charges misconduct and is uncontested with widespread public interest in England.
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Mrs. Simpson
Bricker Flying Scout Visits Gallia County
Gallia County residents greet Sandusky aviator John W. Parker as he tours Ohio for governor candidate John W. Bricker. Parker, famed for ferrying prisoners by plane, praises Holzer Air Field as the best for a town its size and conducts a brief flight over Gallipolis with Judge A J Stormont Police Chief John Fraley and reporter Edna Ervin observing.
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Gallipolis
Bricker
John W. Parker
Sandusky
Holzer Air Field
John W. Bricker
Erie County
Parker
United States
A. J. Stormont
John Fraley
Edna Ervin
Messenger
Gov Davey Letters to Gallia Teachers on School Revenues
Governor Martin L Davey sent letters to Gallia County teachers and school leaders detailing state revenues and actions taken during his administration. The correspondence outlines fiscal strategies and impacts on local schools.
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Davey
Gallipolis
Martin L. Davey
Times Are Changing in Ewington Village
Gallipolis reports that Longfellow’s village smithy and local school are gone after consolidation. The county’s last village smithy was razed and the school closed, altering local life in Ewington.
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Gallipolis
Longfellow
Ewington
Birch trees in Black Hills weakened by drought
In Deadwood South Dakota C C Averill assistant supervisor of Black Hills National Forest warns drought weakened birch stands are now susceptible to defoliators, signaling heightened forest pest risk in the region.
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Black Hills
Cc. C. Averill
Black Hills National Forest
Mother of Four Dies in Gallipolis
Violet Burgess age 29 wife of William Burgess of East Gallipolis and mother of four children died Thursday. Her body was moved to Pt. Pleasant for funeral Saturday at 2 pm at the Heights Mission Church with Miss England evangelist conducting. Burial at Heights Mission Church. The family came to Gallipolis from Mason County West Virginia a year ago. Christopher Columbus received 520 dollars for discovering America.
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Gallipolis
Violet Burgess
William Burgess
East Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant
the Heights Mission Church
England
Evangelist
Mason County
W. Va
Birth of Son for Mr and Mrs Fisher in Gallipolis
A son was born recently to Mr and Mrs Fred Fisher of Gallipolis at Holzer Hospital. The father works as a salesman for the Henking Bovie Company, and the family resides in the First National Bank Building.
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Gallipolis
Fred Fisher
Holzer Hospital
Henking-Bovie Company
First National Bank Builiding
95th birthday voter casts absent ballot in GOP
Miss Mary Johnston celebrated her 95th birthday by casting an absent voters ballot since she could not go to the polls. She is identified as a Republican and resides at 613 Second Ave. Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Mary Johnston
Second Ave
Two Held in Jail After Night Nearby Robbery
Gallia county officers jailed Boice Roberts and Fred Sinclair of Green Township after they were found asleep in a car near the Seth Elliott home on Route 141. Elliott’s money bank and overcoat had not been recovered. Roberts faced a prior intoxication fine while Sinclair awaited a loitering hearing sworn by Patrolman Chester Leaper.
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Gallipolis
Boice Roberts
Fred Sinclair
Green Township
Seth Elliott
Route 141
Roberts
Sinclair
Chester Leaper
Elliott
Runaways Returned to Rio Grande Families
Bertha Pelphrey 16 and Mary Hix 14 from Rio Grande ran away Tuesday and were found in Chillico Wednesday night. Deputies Harold Wood and Dale Russell brought the girls back as their parents prepared to take them home. the Hix family had recently moved from West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
Bertha Pelphrey
Mary Hix
Rio Grande
Chillicothe
Hix
West Virginia
Harold Wood
Dale Russell
Leaders Brace for Key Football Night in Ohio League
Gallipolis Wellston and Pomeroy leaders in the league schedule evening games. Gallipolis hosts Nelsonville in a game viewed as a likely win for the top teams.
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Gallipolis
Wellston
Pomeroy
Nelsonville
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