Gallipolis High forms activity committees and schedules
Gallipolis High School issued by Principal Carl C. Byers lists committees directing activities for the year. Names include Anne Bradbury Shough Williams Johnston Miller Morrison Wise Stone Breinig Kircher Brown, and others for assembly programs honors, visual education, student councils, and senior junior activities. The bulletin also notes Thanksgiving holidays Nov 23 24 with possible date changes and class officer elections Sept 27. Football schedule opens today at New Boston with eight away and home games through Nov 23.
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Gallipolis
Carl C. Byers
Anne Bradbury
Elizabeth Shough
Eulah Williams
Norma Johnston
Harold Brown
Ruth Miller
Catherine Morrison
Fred Stone
Edward Wise
Elizabeth Breinig
Lawrence Smeltzer
Dwight Wetherholt
Maurice Beaudry
Katherine Kircher
Girls’ Adjustment
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Doris Covey
Kircher
Ohio
New Boston
Wheelersburg
Middleport
Pomeroy
Jackson
Logan
Nelsonville
Ports
Mrs. Richards 81 Dies After Fall in Gallia County
Gallipolis obituary notes the death of Anne Davis Richards 81 widow of D C Richards from shock after a fall and broken hip. She lived on a Rio Grande farm then moved to Bidwell. Survived by daughters Mrs Allen Mrs Charlies Guinn Mrs James Lloyd and sons Finley Richards William Richards Gomer Richards. Funeral Saturday 2 PM at Rio Grande Methodist Church with burial at Tyn Rhos Cemetery. A separate notices announces Mount Carmel Ladies Aid Sept 22 hosted by Mrs Belba Adkins.
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Allen
F. Finley Richards
Rio Grande
Charlies B. Guinn
Eldorado
Kan
William D. Richards
Akron
James Lloyd
Gallipolis
Gomer Richards
Crown City
Rio Grande Methodist Church
Tyn Rhos Cemetery
Hot Weather Stalls Gallipolis Business Activity
Unseasonable heat grips Gallipolis as merchants report near shutdowns with temperatures hitting 104 degrees twice this week. Local retailers warn of slowed sales and reduced foot traffic amid extreme heat.
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Gallipolis
To Honor Graduates Of Nursing School
Holzer Hospital Nurses Training School graduates will be honored by Dr and Mrs C E Holzer with an informal supper at Our House Museum Wednesday at 6 p.m. Nurses Alumni Association will sponsor a dance at the Eagles Club Saturday night Sept 23 starting at 9 p.m. Graduating exercises will be in the Methodist Church Monday night Sept 25.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital Nurses’ Training School
C. E. Holzer
Our House Museum
Ladies Aid Meeting Planned in Cheshire Village
A zone gathering of Ladies Aid Societies in the Cheshire Methodist charge is set for September 21 in Cheshire village. The program runs throughout the day with a covered dish dinner at noon. Host chapter members will meet Monday afternoon to prepare for the larger event.
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Gallipolis
Cheshire
Relief Head Fired Orders To Continue
GALLIPOLIS Under construction of county resolution transferring relief workers from the county engineer division to township trustees Owen Boster supervisor was discharged Thursday but he continued work through today to allow a full week. Township trustees rejected sponsorship of relief workers and no decision on continued employment has been reached though a recent law makes the board of county commissioners responsible. Relief orders will continue to be issued and accumulated as a debit against recipients until adjustments are made and the value of food orders issued is worked out.
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Gallipolis
Owen Boster
Board of County Commissioners
Relief Orders Expected From County Relief Director
Gallia, relief operations to begin next week as John Mc Kean announces issuance of relief orders. Applicants must report to township trustees for work assignments amidst county association trustees dispute with county commissioners over directing relief workers.
Attorney Compiles History of His Family
Gallia County attorney Robert Mauck Switzer who served four terms in Congress after March 4 1911 has issued an 18 page booklet detailing the Switzer family history in America since 1770. The brochure lists genealogic records and names many former and present Gallia County residents bearing the Switzer surname.
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Gallipolis
Robert Mauck Switzer
National Congress
Switzer
America
Switzerland
Gallia County
Little Kyger Church Plans Picnic Program
Gallipolis report on the Union Sunday School picnic at Little Kyger Christian Church begins at 9 30 a m with song, lesson, sermon by Rev E C Venz. Noon picnic dinner, 1 30 p m address by Rev E S Higginbotham, songs, Bulaville School, Rev H N Snider. Campaign School address Rev H A Lewis. Olive Venz solo. Little Kyger School and activity notes.
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Gallipolis
Union
Little Kyger Christian Church
E. C. Venz
E. S. Higginbotham
Bulaville School
H. N. Snider
Campaign School
H. A. Lewis
Olive Venz
Little Kyger School
Athletic Association To Meet at Wellston
Southeastern Ohio Athletic Association opens its first fall meeting in Wellston on Wednesday at 7 30 p m with Carl C Byers announcing new officers will be chosen. The group will consider a sportsmanship trophy to be competed for by high school students in Athens Gallipolis Jackson Logan Middleport Wellston Pomeroy and Nelsonville.
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Southeastern Ohio Athletic Association
Wellston
Carl C. Byers
Athens
Jackson
Logan
Middleport
Pomeroy
Nelsonville
Rally Day Planned at Bailey Chapel in Gallia County
Annual rally day program and basket dinner set for Bailey Chapel in Harrison Township. Bailey Chapel honors the late Ann Bailey, a noted local figure from pre Revolutionary War times. Also notes Raymond Hoy and family relocating from Huntington to a newly remodeled home at Third and Locust Street in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Bailey Chapel
Bailey
Harrison Township
Ann Bailey
Point Pleasant
Raymond Hoy
Focal Furniture Factory
Huntington
Third and Locust Street
Ethel Young
Return To Columbus From New York Fair
Mr. and Mrs. D. Taber have returned from New York where he served as assistant director of the Ohio building at the World’s Fair. He will soon assume publicity duties with the state highway department in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
D. ©. Taber
New York
Ohio Building
Columbus
State Highway Department
Residence Sold in Gallipolis on Third Avenue
George Maze sold his duplex at Third Avenue near State to local businessman T. A. Thomas. Maze plans to acquire the Ricketts residence on Second near State.
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Gallipolis
George Maze
Third Avenue
State
T. A. Thomas
Maze
Ricketts
Second
Engineer seeks assistant for WPA project plans
Gallia County Engineer Leonard's office remains without an assistant to prepare specifications and schedules for WPA projects. Efforts to hire a suitable helper have not succeeded, according to reports.
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Gallipolis
Leonard
Highway Opened From Gallipolis To Charleston
Local motorists may use Route 35 now that paving is complete and the highway to Charleston not far distant is opened to traffic. The 64 mile route serves as the main link from this section to the West Virginia capital.
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Gallipolis
Charleston
West Virginia
Four couples receive licenses in Gallipolis ceremony
Two Ocean Village, New York pair Douglas L. Tanner, 24, and Jane Durfee, 25, join Bradie Duncan, 18, of St. Albans, and Ethel Irene Thompson, 17, of Bidwell, as licenses issued yesterday ending a five day lull in marriages.
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Gallipolis
Douglas L. Tanner
Jane Durfee
Ocean Village
N. Y
Bradie Duncan
St. Albans
Ethel Irene Thompson
Bidwell
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