Gallipolis Historic Pageant Draws Large Out of Town Attendance
About 2,500 people attended the sesquicentennial pageant at Riverside Amphitheater in Gallipolis. The three hour production featured period costumes, synchronized action, and a finale of fireworks. Historical Ann Bailey portrayed by Mrs. Blake Strait was a standout, with a second performance held Monday to a bright crowd despite smaller turnout.
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Gallipolis
Riverside Amphitheater
Columbus
Pty
Ann Bailey
Blake Strait
Claudius Menager
Duc de Orleans
Louis Phillipe
Fallen Timbers
General de la Fayette
Elizabeth Holzer
Betty Bean
West Virginia
John Mootz Jr Returns to Johns Hopkins for Treatment
John Mootz Jr. returns to Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore after months with a brain abscess. He is accompanied by his wife and mother for further treatment.
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Gallipolis
John Mootz, Jr
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Sheriff’s Sale in Partition in Nelsonville Ohio
The Athens County Common Pleas Court orders a public auction on September 18 1940 at 10:00 AM at the east door of the Athens Court House. Three tracts on Canal and Columbus Streets in Nelsonville are offered with appraised values 365, 680 and 3100 dollars. minimum bid two thirds. Cash on day of sale. Sheriff Charles W Bayless signs the notice with deputy. Attorney M D Hughes represents defendants.
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Hiram A. Pidcock
Athens
Ohio
Nelsonville
Cable
Canal Street
Columbus Street
County of
State of
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Charles W. Bayless
Charles H. Evans
M. D. Hughes
Love on the Line continues with a makeshift well
In Sioux Springs Carrie insists on water access and a cold drink as Ed builds a shallow well by afternoon. Mrs Taylor warns of supper tied to the well, while Taylor notes rain will determine crop prospects for the year. Carrie plans to homestead and hire help to break land when feasible.
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Carrie
Sioux Springs
Taylor
Election Board Approves Judges Clerks for Navy
Gallia County electors meet to approve a list of ten judges and clerks for the November 5 election. The selections cover day and night duties across townships, precincts, wards, and ballot areas with major party allocations detailed.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Raymond Lane
Jennie Hansher
Richard Thomas
Freda Henson
George Brinker
Lawrence McQuaid
Esther Gordon
Robert Bunce
Virginia Hern
Addison Precinct
Marvin Rupe
Bessie Hood
Malinda Bradbury
Carl Ward
Wayne Shaver
Goldin Cremeens
Pearl Lemley
Thelma Ward
Claire Cremeens
Marvin Thaxton
Cheshire
Wade Ables
Florence Oliver
Leslie Deem
Dick Russell
Edward Vance
John Flynn
Georgia Burris
Verne Berridge
Pina Ward
Kananga
Ross Northup
William Sharp
Samuel Drummond
Clarence Wilcoxen
Odell Northup
Luther Massie
Connie Saunders
Bonnie Nibert
David Walker
Kenneth Saunders
Green Township
John Faulkner
Henry ~. Hutchinson
Gladys Shumate
Eustace Daniels
Sanford Brumfield
Chauncey Williams
Raymond Haskin
Edward Woodyard
Miriam Doughman
Woodrow Lockhart
Lewis Woodyard
Guyan Precinct
Noah Walter
Dennis Martin
Alva Calhoun
Orville Bush
Joseph Kerns
Homer Beaver
Jack McClure
Will Shoemaker
Melvin Harrison
Erman
Cremeens
Harrison Township
Herbert Walker
Pearl Smith
Carrie Lane in Peril as Prairie Fire Heads West
Carrie Lane finds herself alone in a soddy on the prairie after arriving at Sioux Springs. Night deepens into suffocating darkness as the Taylors depart, leaving her to face loneliness and an advancing prairie fire sweeping toward Rock Creek. The tension builds toward a dramatic cliffhanger.
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Mrs. Taylor
Carrie
Sioux Springs
Prairie
Mark
Rock Creek
Taylors
Ed Taylor
Sally Taylor
Carrie Lane
Fair Haven To Be Truck Relay Station
The Fair Haven site midway between Gallipolis and Kanauga is set to become a major relay station for automobile transport into West Virginia. Ohio Oil plans a large restaurant and service station with 24 hour daily operation and a relay crew to handle incoming and outgoing trucks. Five major auto firms will use the facility for deliveries from Dearborn and Stanley B. Huntington of the Silver Bridge leads passage. construction includes new gasoline tanks and loading platforms.
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Gallipolis
Fair Haven
Kanauga
Ohio Oil Company
West Virginia
Silver Bridge
Resturant
A. W. Vickers
H. Leonard
Dearborn
Mich
Stanley B. Huntington
Morgan Injured by Accidental Pistol Shot in Gallipolis
Oscar Morgan, 32, of Morgan Street, was wounded in the leg by a pistol ball that shattered the shin while walking on a highway. He says the accidental shot came from friend Calvin Spires, who was present. Morgan is hospitalized at Holzer.
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Gallipolis
Oscar Morgan
Morgan Tr
Holzer Hospital
Morgan
Calvin Spires
Mer Cerville rural school opening delayed to September
One school in the Gallipolis area schedules a late start to September 9 while the rest of the system resumes during the week. In a stray yolk incident Boone Smith of Richards Virginia found a rifle bullet embedded in a hard boiled egg.
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Gallipolis
Mercerville
Boone Smith
Richards, Va
Gallipolis Social Notes Honor Wetherholt at Libby Hotel Dinner
H. W. Wetherholt publisher of the Daily Tribune hosted office staff and spouses at Libby Hotel for a dinner party celebrating the 112 page sesquicentennial edition. Rev and Mrs Hugh Evans of Dayton paused at Kanauga View after a month east vacation en route to their home, visiting Dr L. C. Bean and Mrs Bean.
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Gallipolis
H.W. Wetherholt
Daily Tribune
Libby Hotel
Kanauga
Hugh Evans
Dayton
Kanawha View
Kindergarten in Gallipolis schools explored
Indications favor establishing a kindergarten department in Gallipolis. A teacher would be employed by the board, with issues centering on attendance and transportation as buses are unavailable. The Parent Teachers Association proposed the addition, citing about 60 eligible children.
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Gallipolis
Board of Education
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Riverside Study Club Hosts Canadian Tea at Mrs Shahan Home
Mrs Claude Shahan entertained Riverside Study Club members this afternoon from 2 to 4 at her home corner First Ave and Grape St. Gentlemen were not mentioned.
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Claude Shahan
Riverside Study Club
Corner
First Ave
Grape St
A Month-Long Motor Tour Heads Toward Spokane
Mrs E D Hughes and family from Addison plan a month long motor trip to Spokane Washington to visit Capt Harry Hughes and family and see sights on the way home. Several Cincinnati guests and local families share weekend visits and holiday gatherings across Ohio with relatives and friends in Columbus Waynesboro and West Jefferson.
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E. D. Hughes
Elmer Hern
Kenneth
Addison
Rupert Hughes
Wilson, Pa
Spokane
Wash
Harry Hughes
T. L. Bush
Cincinnati
Gilbert P. Bush
Carl Wirmel
Eleanor Bush
Howard Thornberry
Elmer Rusk
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Rusk
Mrs. Dunlap
M\ Selsk
Vern Brown
Isabella Houk
Toledo
Edith Hutsinpiller
Ruth Bailey
Janet Bailey
Freed Padan
Avon Park
Fla
John Lear
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Washington
Degas
M. M. Drummond
I. E. Myers
Ona Davisson
Carol Jean Ball
Niagara Falls
New York
Anne Hill
Steubenville
Fred Ward
Warsaw
Ind
Labor Day
M. O. Ward
E. P. Mullineaux
Eldon Cotler
L. M. Donaldson
Hamden
Gilbert Alexander
Betty Donaldson
Kansas City
Frank Donaldson
Memphis
Tenn
Robert McMaster
West Jefferson
Waynesboro, Va
John H. Summers
J. B. Alcorn
Bertha Alcorn
Women of Grace Methodist Church Sponsor Luncheon
Gallipolis readers learn Grace Methodist Church women sponsor a noon Thursday birthday luncheon to reorganize as the Women’s Society for Christian Service. Officers will be elected and the constitution reviewed at the gathering.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Women's Society For Christian Service
Ladies’ Aid
Resumption of Airmail Service Is Indefinite
No word has been received at the Gallipolis post office on resuming the daily airmail service that the city enjoyed for a year ending in May. American Airways Inc, which holds the transport contract, predicts continuation but has not fixed a start date.
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Gallipolis
American Airways, Inc
Methodist Pastors To Attend Ohio Conference
Eight Methodist pastors from the county leave Tuesday for Lakeside to attend the Ohio Conference. Rev. W. Scott Westerman likely to return as Grace Methodist Church pastor upon request of official members.
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Gallipolis
Lakeside
Ohio
W. Scott Westerman
Grace Methodist Church U
Presbyterian Church To Mark Anniversary
Observance of the First Presbyterian Churchs 125th anniversary will be held Sept 8, announced by pastor Rev Lewis Weber Gishler. Former pastor Rev Hugh J Evans of Dayton will be guest speaker.
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Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis Weber Gishler
Hugh J. Evans
Dayton
Mrs Lara Meal sues Charles Bright on note and mortgage
Mrs Lara Meal filed suit against Charles Bright seeking judgment for 200 dollars on a promissory note and foreclosure of a mortgage on 40 acres in Race Township.
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Gallipolis
Lara Meal
Charles Bright
Racecoon Township
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