Athens State Hospital Overcrowded. Gallia Hospital Refused Admissions
Probate Judge James S. Clark was informed by Dr. C. H. Creed that Athens State Hospital cannot take more Gallia County patients due to crowding. Several Gallia patients have recovered to be placed with relatives or the County Home, freeing beds for those in need. Seven alleged insane Gallia residents remain awaiting admission. the Gallia County Home houses five. The shortage stems from transfers of patients from Cleveland and Columbus State Hospitals by the State Welfare Department, prompting calls to change policy for Southeast district treatment.
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Gallipolis
James S. Clark
C. H. Creed
Athens State Hospital
Gallia County
Creed
Clarke
Gailia County
Athens
Cleveland
Columbus
State Welfare Department
Clark
Switzer Honored With 50 Year Pin In Knights Of Pythias Dinner
Naomi Lodge Knights of Pythias honored Robert M. Switzer with a 50 year service pin and life membership at a Tuesday night dinner. Judge W R White and H C Johnston presented, with A C Safford toastmaster. other local members to receive similar honors include Capt George Hamilton and William Clendenin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Robert M. Switzer
W. R. White
H. C. Johnston
A. C. Safford
George Hamilton
William Clendenin
Three Arraigned on Recent Indictments
GALLIPOLIS Arraigned in Common Pleas Court on forgery, Mervin Martin pleaded guilty and was sentenced to Mansfield Reformatory for checks drawn on his mother's bank account. Grover Smith admitted guilt for breaking into a trailer park at Eureka and stealing wearing apparel, placed on two years probation. Cecil Phillips of Ohio Township denied an indictment charging operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Mervin Martin
Mansfield Reformatory
Grover Smith
Eureka
Cecil Phillips
Ohio Township
Men Work To Defeat Bigelow Amendments
Gallia County Emergency Committee leaders Hollis C Johnston and Joseph V Lee organize county and township meetings to mail literature and letters urging voters to oppose both Bigelow Amendments ahead of the November election.
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Bigelow
Gallipolis
Hollis C. Johnston
Joseph V. Lee
Schools to dismiss early for education meeting
All Gallipolis schools will end classes at 2 30 p.m. Thursday to allow teachers to travel to Athens for the Southeastern Ohio Education Association opening sessions that night. Dr W D Darling names Carl C Byers to the Resolutions Committee. Mrs R O Gilmore travels to Charleston for ill nephew of Ralph and Lillian Martin.
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Gallipolis
Athens
Southeastern Ohio Education Association
W. D. Darling
Crooksville
Carl C. Byers
R. O. Gilmore
Charleston
Ralph Martin
Lillian Chambers
Eureka
Death of Dr William Bell prompts Kincon tribute in Cincinnati
Dr G G Kincon superintendent of the local state hospital attended the funeral services for Dr William Herbert Bell in Cincinnati. Bell was a life long friend and frequent visitor to Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
G. G. Kincon
Cincinnati
William Herbert Bell
Death of S. P. Sterritt in Texas
S. P. Sterritt, formerly of Green Township, died last Thursday in Texas from heart disease. He had been living in Texas for several years and spent his active years as an oil field worker, once residing on the Lemon Farm near Maysville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Texas
S. P. Sterritt
Lemon
Maysville
Green Township
Logan High Band Aims New Formations For Dads Night
Logan High School band practiced formation drills Tuesday for the Dads Night program at the Wellston Logan game Friday. Several new formations will be offered that should interest dads.
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LOGAN
Logan High School
Gallipolis Social Notes Wedding and Local Visits
William Alexander and Miss Lucille Ewing married in Catlettsburg Kentucky on Oct 21. Alexander is a Ohio State University commerce senior. Ewing has been at OSU and works in a local department store. A large birthday gathering for elder Mr. Davis followed by multiple short visits from relatives and friends across nearby towns.
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Gallipolis
William Alexander
Lucille Ewing
Vinton
Catlettsburg
Alexander
Dale Alexander
College of Commerce
Ohio State University
G. P. Ewing
Lorain Davis
Gilbert Davis
Mr. Davis
Miss Lucie Martin Hosts Cheshire Chapter Dinner
Miss Lucie Martin presided as hostess to past matrons and patrons of Cheshire Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, at a Halloween themed dinner at Libby Hotel. Attendees included W Johnson and Rife couples from Portsmouth and Gallipolis, plus several local members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucie Martin
Cheshire
Order of the Eastern Star
Libby Hotel
W. ©. Johnson
Portsmouth
Charles Rife
Gallipolis
Mildred Hawley
Middleport
Briggs Kirby
C. W. Rife
Carl Jenkins
Mary
Phyllis Hawley
Grace Bradbury
Garnet Kirby
Clara Ward
Ella Jlothgeb
H. P. Bradbury
L. L. Stone
Robert Gibbs
E. W. Edwards
Toledo
Grand Chapter Order of the Eastern Star
Cooperation Sought In Rat Killing Drive
Gallipolis residents are urged to join a rat control campaign starting Nov 10. A joint Chamber of Commerce City Manager and Agriculture Extension Service committee asks property owners to place non poisonous baits behind boards refuse piles runways old cans and other rodent hubs using fish and meat meal with red squill powder to target rats.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Agriculture Extension Service
League Plans Campaign for Health Seals
Gallia County Health League will mail 3500 letters to city and county residents before Nov 30 urging purchase of Health Seals. Each will include two dollars worth of seals. An open meeting at the Lafayette Hotel on Thursday Nov 16 at 7 pm will be attended by about 70 advisory board members and interested residents. Local nurses Beaudry and Evans and Dr Beers will review past work and outline future plans under the league’s sponsorship.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
David Beers
The
Health League
C. C. Byers
R. R. Starbuck
Maude Hauser
Virgil Martin
Miss Evans
Miss Beaudry
Former Resident Clara Barbour Dies in Florida
Tallahassee Florida reports the death of Clara E. Barbour, daughter of Lemuel Perry a former local attorney about fifty years ago, prompting notices to friends in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Tallahassee, Fla
Clara E. Barbour
Lemuel Perry
Miller Bros Move Machinery From Welch to Headquarters
Miller Bros remove machinery and equipment from Welch West Virginia after finishing a contract to crush 15 000 yards of stone for road building and transport to their headquarters in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Miller Bros
Welch
W. Va
Condition Grim for Two Doctors in Cerebral Hemorrhage
The condition of Dr. Claude B. Parker and Dr. C. Ross Niday, both victims of cerebral hemorrhage, remains grave with little or no improvement, according to officials.
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Gallipolis
Claude B. Parker
C. Ross Niday
Woodmen Plan Masked Halloween Party
Modern Woodmen members families and guests plan a masked Halloween party at their hall Saturday night with prizes doughnuts and cider to be served.
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Gallipolis
Hold Rites for Gallia Ex-Probate Judge
Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon for Frank S. Gates ex probate judge. He died Monday midnight of a heart attack. A long time Patriot neighborhood resident, Gates moved to Gallipolis in 1905 after election to county office. He was the youngest of 13 children of David and the late Mrs Gates. Surviving sisters are Mrs Alice Barger of Columbus and Mrs R A Howell of this city. His wife died in 1911, the former Miss Della Niday. Children are Arnold Gates Cleveland Lawrence Gates Gallipolis Merrill Gates Columbus and Mrs Anna White of the Gallia County Soil Conservation Office.
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Gallipolis
Frank S. Gates
Patriot
Gates
David Gates
Alice Barger
Columbus
R. A. Howell
Della Niday
Arnold Gates
Cleveland
Lawrence Gates
Merrill Gates
Anna White
Gallia County Soil Conservation Committee
Retired Navy Petty Officer Stormont speaks on service
Floyd Stormont former Navy petty officer and sergeant at arms for the Columbus House of Representatives spoke this week on his experiences and observations in the service. His Navy Day address honored Friday and was arranged by program chairman H. W. Wetherholt with Stormont as a local guest speaker.
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Gallipolis
Floyd Stormont
House of Representatives
Columbus
Stormont
H. W. Wetherholt
Autumn poetry and music program at Huntington Grange
Gallia area event features an autumn program of poems and music at Huntington Grange in Vinton on Saturday night with refreshments served.
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Gallipolis
Huntington Grange
Vinton
War Sparks Sharp Rise in Broom Corn Prices in Gallipolis
George Tabit, a local broom manufacturer in Gallipolis, reports broom corn prices rising from 75 to 200 per ton due to European war conditions. He buys from growers and brokers in Illinois Oklahoma Texas Kansas and New Mexico and notes past prices reached 500 per ton during World War days. Most material is trucked from the Southwest with dust bowl dust seen eastward. Broom handles come from Washington State Mississippi West Virginia and other sources.
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Gallipolis
George Tabit
Illinois
Oklahoma
Texas
Kansas
New Mexico
Tabit
Southwest
Dust Bowl
Washington State
Mississippi
West Virginia
Lewis Jenkins Dies in Oak Hill Funeral
Mr and Mrs Lehr Davies traveled to Oak Hill yesterday to attend funeral services for Lewis Jenkins, a widely related figure in the county.
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Gallipolis
Lehr Davies
Oak Hill
Lewis Jenkins
Finds Largest Elm In Gallia County
Gallia County resident David Pickens, a sand mine operator, believes a giant elm on the Emmett Holter farm near Porter Village is the county’s largest tree. The 200 plus year old tree measures 14 feet 6 inches in circumference and 110 feet in bough spread, remaining healthy amid local elm disease.
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Gallipolis
David Pickens
Kerr Station
Gallia County
Emmett Holter
Porter Village
Pickens
Chillicothe
Marietta
Legion to Send Delegation to Eighth District Conference
Gallipolis Lafayette Post plans to send a delegation to the Eighth District Conference in Glouster Sunday. Commander A Dewey Sallaz says conference plans will be discussed at tonight's post meeting.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette
American Legion
Glouster
A. Dewey Sallaz
Thieves raid cornfield near Eno reported to sheriff
Owner reports to Sheriff Hatfield that a dozen shocks of corn were stolen from Lewis Switzer's field near Eno. Officers are investigating the burglary.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
Lewis Switzer
Eno
Committees Named For Parents Tea at Gallia Academy High
Gallia Academy High announces committees for a Parents Tea on Wednesday November 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the school auditorium. Committee members include Mrs Katherine Kircher Ruth Miller Elizabeth Breinig Anne Bradbury Kathryn Lutz and others handling serving invitations decorations and program with musical numbers and school activity movies planned.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Katherine Kircher
Ruth Miller
Elizabeth Breinig
Anne Bradbury
Kathryn Lutz
Eulah Williams
Dwight Wetherholt
Norma Johnston
Doris Covey
Harland Martin
Catherine Morrison
Elizabeth Shough
Edward Wise
Harold Brown
Fred Stone
Ben Bachus
Lawrence Smeltzer
Temperance Sunday Observance Announced in Gallia County
At the request of the Gallia County W C T U ministers from city and county churches will observe Temperance Sunday from the pulpits on Sunday.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
W.C.T.U
Eagles Smoking Buffet Draws Large Crowd
Indications point to a large turnout for tonight's Eagles smoker and buffet supper in Gallipolis. Ohio River catfish will be on the menu.
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Gallipolis
Eagles
Ohio
High School Secretary Frances Irion Hospitalized
Miss Frances Irion secretary to Principal C. C. Byers at the local high school was taken ill at her desk and is reported recovering at Holzer Hospital after being removed for treatment. Her parents are Mr. and Mrs. Frank Irion of Raccoon Island.
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Gallipolis
Frances Irion
C. C. Byers
Frank Irion
Raccoon Island
Holzer Hospital
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Gallipolis Social Notes
Nati
Inch
Fritz Nunnenkamp
Arnold Cromlish
New Springfield
W. S. Lanthorn
Clipper Mills
F. B. Amsbury
Frank
Will Dunn
South Side
E. E. Justice
Dayton
Roy Shoemaker
Nelle Vogelsang
Wellston
Ashland
Mittie Amsbury
Nellie Amsbury
A. W. Hunfeld
H. H. Vornholt
Emma Rader
Henry Kerns
Miss Martin
Harley Ward
M. O. Ward
E. P. Mullineaux
Douglas
Ohio Valley Bank
Herbert Walker
Cecelia Getreu
W. Lewis Brown
Pittsburgh
Charles Eilker
Frances
Cincin
League
Fred C
Mae Curn Loan and Guaranty Company
N. Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Woodmen Plan Party
Grange
Sohio
Standard Oil Company
Spany
Standard Oil
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