Gallipolis Road Project Approved and Bridge Work Planned
Gallia County crews begin a state takeover of County Highway No. 50 for paving and drainage work. A 60 foot creosoted timber bridge will span Swan Creek as part of a 2.63 mile, 10 foot pavement with 20 foot roadway. Estimated cost is 23 673.88 and completion in 85 working days. Labor wages range from 50 cents to $1.20 per hour. Virginia Spear Ball is granted a divorce from Edgar J. Ball and custody arrangements set. John Hamilton to speak at Pt. Pleasant courthouse lawn at 2 PM on Thursday Sept 24.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio Township
State Department of Highways
Swan Creek
United States
Derry Wetherholt
Ferry Dillon
Virginia Spear Ball
Edgar J. Ball
Ball
John Hamilton
National Republican Committee
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
C. C. Anderson
Minnie R. Anderson
R. D. Rockport
West Virginia
Frank Anderson
Wood County Bank
Parkersburg
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Waterloo
Athens
State of
Cannondale
Brue
William Burford
Mar G. Wood
Florence Wood
Doyle Keefer Case Puzzles City Officers
Doyle Keefer, 16, suffered a fractured skull and other injuries after an incident near a filling station in Gallipolis. Police investigated with no witnesses as Keefer gave conflicting accounts. A bicycle found nearby raised questions about how the injury occurred while officials doubted he could have walked seven blocks after being hurt.
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Gallipolis
Doyle Keefer
Holzer Hospital
the & Butt & Saunders
Route 6
Vine St
Butt
Randall Gibson
Keefer
Pennsylvania
Donald Davis
Athens
Cedar and
Second Sts
Doyle
E. E. Hatfield
John Fraley
Methodist Church
Joe Keefer
Charleston
W. Va
Levy request for Gal lipolis School District to run three mills
Gal lipolis will seek continuation of the three mill levy in the November election, per school board president Harry Miller. His son Ralph Kefer, 14, remains in Holzer Hospital after major surgery as the family, living on Chillicothe Road just outside the city, spends the afternoon visiting.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis City
Harry Miller
Ralph Keefer
Holzer Hospital
Chillicothe Road
Teachers of Music Named In Gallia Co
Gallia County plans add Dorothy Titus to music staff with duties in Cadmus Mercerville Chambersburg White Throne Swan Creek Bethel and Kyger Eno Evergreen Mt. Zion other schools to receive county supervision first meetings set in Courthouse to organize course of study for intermediate grades.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
H. Bion Bradbury
Dorothy Titus
Waynesburg
Cadmus
Mercerville
Chambersburg
White Throne
Clay Township
Little Bullskin
Clay Lick
Harrison Township
Swan Creek
Bethel
Ohio Township
Norma Conard Fite
Bidwell-Porter
Cheshire Village
Evergreen
Mt. Zion
Cross Roads
Kyger
Eno
Lois L. Fasig
Bulnville
Addison
Addison Township
Rodney
Centenary
Green Township
Esther Aleshire
Rio Grande
W. O. Aleshire
Vinton
Centerville
Broadwell Personal And Social Mention
Broadwell notes include Hazel Burke visit to Thomas Hanson home at Sandrock and several local visits. Also reports D D Smith’s return from Sheltering Arms Hospital and various family gatherings around Columbus Zanesville Utley Guysville Nelsonville and Millfield. A bowling relic from Hawaii is described and a foreclosure lawsuit in Athens County is filed by The Wood County Bank.
Changes in M. E. Churches of Gallia
In Gallia County ministers in the Portsmouth District receive assignments for the coming year with several exchanges. Notable moves include A L Clary leaving Cheshire for Reedsville, F M Moon departing Oak Hill, and W H Kiser taking a charge near Delaware to attend Ohio Wesleyan. Others are reassigned within the county while several ministers are returned to their current posts. Examinations for Naval Academy or West Point entries are set for Oct 17 at Ironton Jackson and Athens post offices.
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Gallipolis
Portsmouth
Methodist Episcopal Church
Gallia County
A. L. Clary
Cheshire
H. M. Snider
Reedsville
Ohio Wesleyan University
C. W. Frye
Rodney
Patriot
Thomas Taylor
Waterloo
H. H. Wilbur
W. L. Stafford
Thurman
Rio Grande
J. Stephenson
Bidwell
C. L Thayer
Eureka
Ironton
Jackson
Athens
10Th Congressional District
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
West Point Military Academy
Dunsmore Dies in Gallipolis at 62
William Harry Dunsmore age 62 Negro died at his brother Thomas Dunsmore’s home Fourth Ave Gallipolis. Surviving Olive Dunsmore Cincinnati wife two sisters Mrs Hattie Shanklin Springfield and Mrs Zella Baldwin Chicago. Funeral Friday 2 pm at Fourth Ave home Rev B R Reed officiating burial Pine Street Cemetery. The report notes earth curvature eight inches per mile on level ground per U S Naval Observatory.
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Gallipolis
William Harry Dunsmore
Thomas Dunsmore
Fourth Ave
Olive Dunsmore
Cincinnati
Hattie Shanklin
Springfield
Zella Baldwin
Chicago
B. R. Reed
Pine Street
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E. M. McCormick
Broadwell
San Francisco
U.P
Frank A. Johnson
Malolo
Honolulu
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M. D. Hughes
West Virenia
Goltw
Gallia
F. M. Moon
Oak Hill
W. H. Kiser
Patriot Church
Delaware
Plan Navy
Otterbein
Alvin D. Boston
Ohio State University
Rio Grande College
Otterbein College
Westerville
Fon Johnson
Pine St
Grand Jury
Robert Queen
Fred Wagoner
W. H. Dunsmore
U. S. Naval Obsereatory
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