Final Arrangements for Gallia County Fall Festival
Gallia County Fall Festival plans progress with expanded livestock exhibits and Grange and 4-H displays funded by county agriculture grants. Amusements by Gooding Co and food booths by local American Legion post set allocations, with tents spanning State to Court Streets. Festival emphasizes cleanliness and friendly competition among farm groups, parade Thursday night with float awards and a Festival Queen coronation that evening.
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McNealey
Ohio
Grange
Advancement of Agriculture
Gooding Amusement Co
State
Court
Tobacco Tax Refund Seen in Gallia County
Huntington Tobacco Warehouse Co. manager Lee Lancaster says repeal of the Smith Kerr Tobacco Tax Act should allow Gallia County growers who sold crops in 1934 and 1935 to obtain a tax refund near ten thousand dollars. Flood damage in 1937 destroyed many records. growers must secure duplicate bills of sale to receive refunds, with totals estimated up to twenty thousand dollars across Ohio and West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
Lee Lancaster
Huntington Tobacco Warehouse Co
Smith-Kerr
Gallia County
Lancaster
Ohio
West Virginia
Gallipolis Seeks Air Cachet From Local Photos
Gallipolis postmaster A K Merriman plans a set of local pictures to illustrate areas of interest for a cachet design on air mail letters. The images will depict Eureka Dam Silver Bridge Gatewood the McIntyre home and a birdseye Gallipolis City. Bid opening for air mail carriage is in Washington on September 15.
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Gallipolis
A. K. Merriman
Post Office Department
Pittsburgh
Huntington
W. Va
Washington
Eureka Dam
Silver Bridge
Gatewood
McIntyre
John Roe 66 Dies At Home In Gallia
John Roe aged 66 an invalid for 15 years died at his Third Ave Gallipolis home Tuesday night. Survived by wife Maude Lanier daughters Ruth Roe and Mrs. Raymond Houck brothers George and Cyrus Roe sister Myrtle Scarberry, all of Gallipolis. Members of Jy QUAM and others will act as pallbearers. Funeral services Wednesday at 2 p.m. at the Roe home with Rev. Earl Cremeens officiating and burial in Pine Street Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
John Roe
Third Ave
Maude Lanier
Raymond Houck
Ruth Roe
George
Cyrus Roe
Myrtle Scarberry
Roe
Jyquam
A. W. Biffle
W. H Lawthorn
J. H. Shato
FE. H. Davis
Blaine Topping
C. B. Allen
Roe Home
Earl Cremeens
Pine Street
Local marriages listed for GALLIPOLIS area couples
Early September licenses to wed were issued to Alfred Grover and Dorothy Ramsey plus Alfred Miller and Selma Byers dorf, Harry Smith and Margaret Meadows, Thomas Mills and Elsie Houston. La Belle Camp Royal Neighbors of America welcomed district deputy Minnie Bullock who outlined plans for a district meeting in Portsmouth later this month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alfred Grover
Bidwell
Dorothy Ramsey
Vinton
Alfred Miller
Selma Byersdorf
Saginaw
Mich
Harry Robert Smith
Margaret Meadows
Cora
Thomas E. Mills
Elsie Marie Houston
la Belle Camp
Royal Neighbors of
America
Minnie Bullock
Portsmouth
Bullock
Pioneer Day Proclamation Urges Northwest Territory Celebration
Municipal Judge John Halliday proclaims Monday October 10 1938 Pioneer Day urging all Gallia County residents to join the Northwest Territory anniversary events in Gallipolis. Citizens from six states are invited to participate in ceremonies relic displays a pageant titled Freedom on the March and a Pioneer Ball.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Gallia County
High School Enrollment Reaches Peak at Peak Point
Gallipolis school officials report enrollment at Peak Point High has hit 516 pupils with 30 more expected before Monday start. Principal Carl C. Byers notes growth from 450 in 1935 and 476 in 1936 and 498 in 1937, prompting talk of expansion or curtailing out of town pupils.
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Gallipolis
Carl C. Byers
Byers
Wheat Insurance Not In Demand in Gallia
In Gallia County the 1939 wheat insurance program, launched by the Federal Government, has seen little local take up. County Agent E. G. Royer reports the plan is not meeting much favor and remains unpopular in the area.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. G. Royer
Gallia Red Cross To Hold Annual Roll Call
Gallia county prepares for the annual Red Cross roll call from November 11 to 25 with Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler as roll call leader. Mrs. C. Wayne Booth, county director, says a leader will be chosen in each community center and the county will be canvassed by Thanksgiving Day.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
C. Wayne Booth
Lewis Weber Gishler
Gallia Trustees and Clerks Set Saturday Picnic
Gallia County association of Township Trustees and Clerks will hold their annual picnic at the fair grounds Saturday. Opening meeting at 10 30 will handle business matters and officer elections. Committee in charge announces a basket dinner at noon with a program of music and addresses to follow.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Hold Bostic Funeral in Gallia County
Funeral services were held today for Arthur Taylor Bostic age 16 son of Rev and Mrs Floyd Bostic at the family home in Lawrence County He was died earlier this week Surviving him are five brothers and three sisters Reverend Bostic a United Brethren minister and widely related in Southern Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Arthur Taylor Bostic
Floyd Bostic
Lawrence County
Bostic
United Brethren
Gallia County
Becker Plans Five Homes on Vinton Ave Lots
Col. H. Becker advances a civic project purchasing five building lots near the live stock auction yards on Vinton Avenue. Construction has started and dwellings are expected to be completed by early fall.
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Gallipolis
Col. H. Becker
Hese
Vinton Ave
Mrs Early Greer Dies at 67 in Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis widow Mrs Early Greer of Pt. Pleasant died Tuesday night at Holzer Hospital. She leaves her husband and three children.
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Gallipolis
Early Greer
Pleasant
Holzer Hospital
Civic Group To Talk Sewer System Plans In Gallipolis
Gallipolis officials and a civic luncheon at Lafayette Hotel will discuss the proposed sanitary sewer system. City Commission members L C Bean C C Ingels J E Myers and City Manager John Gwinn will hear Homer W Walter president of the Chamber of Commerce urge accepting a WPA grant covering about three quarters of the estimated cost, with taxpayers possibly bearing the remaining share if the plan is ignored. The state health department notes few Ohio cities of 5000 plus face similar issues as sewage disposal along the Ohio river will soon be banned. The Chamber has long pushed the sewer project, approved by the State Board of Health with WPA grant application, and the Friday meeting aims to decide acceptance or rejection.
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Gallipolis
John C. McNealey
Gallia County
Lafayette Hotel
City Commission
L. C. Bean
C. C. Ingels
J. E. Myers
John Gwinn
Homer W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
State Health Department
Ohio
State Board of Health
Murder Trial Opens Court Term Monday
Gallipolis opens its September term of Common Pleas Court with the second degree murder trial of Jack Smith of Cora charged in the beating death of 80 year old John J. Jones of the same neighborhood. Prosecutor John Howell leads the state, defense is John Halliday. A second trial on September 15 involves Thomas Rowley on a statutory charge filed by his wife.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Jack Smith
Cora
John J. Jones
John Howell
John Halliday
Thomas Rowley
Wheat Plans Irk Farmers
Gallia County farmers criticize federal wheat allotments as too low and say many will ignore the program. They note Gallia is not a recognized wheat region and warn many growers plant beyond eight acres without penalties, with protests centered on the portion exceeding limits. They also point to higher imported wheat in the county and a few large plots up to 30 to 40 acres.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallia
Flood Work Groups Named in Gallipolis
In anticipation of future Ohio River floods C W Booth chairs a food supply committee with Stanley Evans John Mootz Carl Myers Aaron Davis and A S Lloyd. Katherine Kircher Mrs Lawrence Haner Mrs George Lear Mrs Sarah Robinson and Mrs Viola Plymale will supervise preparations and serving. Local kitchens at several schools and churches will be used if needed. A survey finds 44 mile county waterfront can be fed for 30 days without outside aid.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
C. W. Booth
Stanley Evans
John Mootz
Carl Myers
Aaron Davis
A. S. Lloyd
Katherine Kircher
Lawrence Haner
George Lear
Sarah Robinson
Viola Plymale
Academy High School
Washington School
Lincoln School
Paint Creek
Catholic
Union Mission
Booth
Sunday Selected for Veterans Picnic Meet
Gallipolis officials announce next Sunday as the annual picnic for John Edwards Camp Spanish American War soldiers and families. The gathering will be at Fair Haven Park between the city and Kananga with invited campers from nearby groups for music and speeches.
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Gallipolis
John Edwards
Fair Haven Park
Kananga
Mason Kimball Dies In Federal Hospital
Mason Kimball aged 62 of Huntington Township Gallia County and a Spanish War veteran died Tuesday night in a government hospital near Huntington. Funeral services were held today.
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Gallipolis
Mason Kimball
Huntington Township
Gallia County
Huntington
Gallia and nearby officers to curb chicken thieves
Gallia County and several southern Ohio sheriffs announced a near instant telephonic alert system to pursue chicken thieves. Officers from Jackson, Hocking, Meigs, Athens, Vinton, Lawrence, and Gallia counties will be informed immediately of thefts to stop bands of three or more from selling stolen fowl in Huntington and Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
E. E. Hatfield
Charles Cramer
Jackson
Joe Farbean
Hocking
George Beards
Meigs
Charles W. Bayless
Athens
Earl Stuck
Vinton
B. R. Monte
Lawrence
Gallia
Huntington
Columbus
New Park Opens in Gallipolis Fortification Hill Park
Gallipolis city unveils Fortification Hill Park beside the reservoir with shelter house tables benches stone grills and a circular roadway under construction a 30 foot observatory will offer a 20 mile view of the Ohio River valley A flagpole and cannon by the American Legion will mark holidays and events First salutes set for Oct 10 and Armistice Day Three acre municipal recreation space supervised by the city.
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Gwinn
Ohio River
American Legion
Northwest Territory
Naomi Lodge honors 55th year member in Jallipolis
Members of Naomi Lodge Knights of Pythias celebrated J Will Clendinen’s 55 years of membership at his home. The surprise gathering included life membership certificate presentation, ice cream, cake, and a social hour with guests.
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Jallipolis
Order
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
J. Will Clendinen
Tax collection for last half of 1987 ends Saturday
Gallia County Treasurer EF Myers announces that the collection period for the final half of 1987 will close this coming Saturday, urging taxpayers to have payments ready and avoid penalties.
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Gallipolis
EF. Myers
Fined for Intoxication in Court Pleas
Lawrence Mehl and Lester Edler WPA workers were fined $25 and costs by Judge W. R. White on intoxication charges. Both arranged to pay.
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Gallipolis
Lawrence Mehl
Lester Edler
WPA
W. R. White
Court of Common Pleas
Drummonds Return Home After Injury in Lancaster Trip
Mr and Mrs G A Drummond of Gallipolis left for Lancaster Missouri on Wednesday. While visiting relatives, Mrs Drummond was severely injured when she fell from a moving car as the door opened.
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Gallipolis
G. A. Drummond
Lancaster
Wayne Jones resigns to pursue master's at Ohio U dormitory post
Wayne Jones, a clerk at the Lafayette Hotel, has resigned to enroll at Ohio University for a master's degree. He will become the manager of the men's dormitory at the university.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette
Wayne Jones
Ohio University
Wife seeks divorce and restoration of maiden name Hollingshead
Vallie Wright petitions for divorce from Maurice Wright claiming failure to provide home and necessities. She seeks restoration to her maiden name Hollingshead and notes her husband owns a 100 acre Morgan Township farm.
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Gallipolis
Maurice Wright
Vallie Wright
Hollingshead
Morgan Township
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