Start Oil Drilling In Gallipolis Area
Oil and gas drilling will begin within four miles of Gallipolis by Spencer West Virginia prospectors. The first test well on the Tom McCormick farm at Fairfield Green Township will initiate the test of the new field. Previous drilling on the Thompson farm nearby yielded gas and oil but was plugged without announcement.
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Gallipolis
Spencer
W. Va
Tom McCormick
Fairfield
Green Township
Thompson
McCormick
Nearly Half of Total Is Now Ready for Church Addition
Gallipolis Baptist Building Committee chaired by James L. Haskins plans to award a $40,000 addition contract to Locust Street church soon. Half of the funds are pledged with the rest expected, and plans call for a full basement and two floors, with local labor preferred.
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Gallipolis
Rifle Champion Baker Praised by Gallia County Residents
J. Clark Baker, born in Vinton and Rio Grande College graduate, won the National Class Championship at Vandalia Ohio with a 243 of 250. He received an engraved medal and cash prize. the event is the sport’s world‑attended annual meeting. Baker has seven years of teaching and two years directing athletics at Highland, Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
J. Clark Baker
Vinton
Rio Grande College
Baker
American Trapshooting Association
Vandalia
Ohio
Highland, Ohio
Re Enters Army As Gallipolis Aviator Veteran
Lieut Eckford Hodgson former Gallipolis Airport manager and husband of Margaret Tabit is reinstated for three years as an army flier. A World War veteran with commercial flying hours exceeding 1100, he resumes service after prior aviation experience in both military and civilian sectors.
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Gallipolis
Eckford Hodgson
Margaret Tabit
Mrs Forrest Rathburn Admitted To Holzer Hospital
Mrs Forrest Rathburn of Cheshire is a new patient at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis after being brought in Wednesday night in serious condition.
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Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Forrest Rathburn
Cheshire
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Relatives and friends, numbering about 90, gathered at Delbert Boster’s Clay Lick home to celebrate Mrs. Mary Boster’s 39th birthday with gifts and a noon dinner. The column also notes visits, anniversaries, club meetings, and local social events across Gallipolis including the Methodist and study clubs, and several engagements and travels.
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Delbert Boster
Clay Lick
Mary Boster
Laurence Myers
Reynoldsburg
Myers
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Business and Professional Women’s Club
Island View Inn
Ethel Young
Margaret McCormick
Minnie Arthur
Ella Lupton
Rowena Stormont
Jail Columbus Man on Non Support Charge
Elmer Johnson 42, Columbus colored man, jailed on non support charge filed by wife Bessie Pappers Johnson. Bond set at 300 awaiting grand jury. he was moved from Columbus by Deputies Wood and Russell.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Johnson
Columbus
Bessie Pappers Johnson
Johnson
Fred Milliser
Wood and
Russell
Lafayette Post Elects New Officers in Gallipolis
Gallipolis Lafayette Post American Legion picks C. Wayne Booth as commander with Orin Thomas Harry Alexander and Albert Samuel as first second and third commanders. Clay Liddy trustee Stanley Lanier finance officer Otis Drummond adjutant R M Farmer chaplain Bert Elliott sergeant at arms. About 250 members. Members pleased about new headquarters in the municipal building under rehabilitation.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
C. Wayne Booth
Orin Thomas
Harry Alexander
Albert Samuel
Clay Liddy
Stanley Lanier
Otis Drummond
R. M. Farmer
Bert Elliott
Miners Duel in Gallipolis Leaves Arrest Warrant Issued
In Black Fork two miners Amos Keat and Walter Smith dueled with pistols after a quarrel. Both fired simultaneously. no one was hit. Keaton was later sued for arresting his opponent.
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Gallipolis
Amos_ Keaton
Walter Smith
Blackfork
Keaton
Veteran Civil War veteran marks 92nd birthday in Gallia County
Francis M Brook of Kerr, one of seven surviving Civil War veterans in Gallia County, observed his 92nd birthday on September 15. A 16 year old Cheshire woman swallowed a pin and is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital. progress via X ray suggests an operation may not be needed.
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Gallipolis
Francis M. Brookman
Kerr
Gallia County
William Reynolds
Cheshire
Holzer Hospital
Quarantine Keeps Patton Visiting Grandmother Home
Maxine Patton niece of Dr. J. D. Swango now quarantined at her grandmother's home on route 160 near Porter while visiting.
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Gallipolis
Maxine Patton
J. D. Swango
Waterloo
Route 160
Porter
Former Gallia Resident Maude Archer Irwin Dies in Columbus
Mrs. Maude Archer Irwin age 67 native of Gallia County died at University Hospital Columbus. She moved to Columbus 25 years ago and was married in 1891 to Mr. Irwin who died in 1936. Survived by three children Creth and Leanna Irwin and Ethel Powell, four grandchildren and one great grandchild. A sister Belle Archer and brother John Archer also survive. Funeral at home on Saturday. Grange meets Sept 23.
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Bertha Blazer
Marietta
Charles Swanson
Creuzet Vance
Columbus
Lorenzo Cox
Gallia County
Charles Hanninger
Dorothy
Cherrington Vicars
Des Moines
Iowa
Hattie Vicars
W. F. Edmonds
Florence Amelia
Lebanon
T. C. Thomas
W. A. Lee
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
N. Y
Eckford Hodgson
Washington, D. C
John C. McNealey
Michigan
Betty Vornholt
St. Marys
Ohio
A. O. Vornholt
F. B. Amsbury
Huntington
Mabel Thaxton
Campaign
Happy Home Club
Lucille Thaxton
Rena Rife
Marie Thomas
Dora McLeish
Campaign Church
Gallipolis
University Hospital
Maude Archer Irwin
Charles Baker
Irwin
Springfield Township
Ethel
Ira’ Powell
Creth Irwin
Leanna
Walter Rickenbacker
Belle Archer
John Archer
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
E. N. Leonard
Nelsonville R D 2 Social Personal Notes
Nelsonville R D 2 social notes list residents visiting and who spent weekends with who. Families including Clements Kern Rafferty Todd Sowers Patton Frey and Maffen are mentioned with moves and calls in Logan and Laurel Run areas.
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Robert Todd
Virgil Todd
Logan
Ben McDaniel
Rheinschall
John Cramlett
David Frey
John Rafferty
Thomas Sowers
Warren Sowers
Charles Edgar
C. Patton
Laurel Run
Lester Kerns
New Air Test Pilot Sets Daily Circuit Record
New air test pilot Y Piontkovsky on a new design aircraft completed 500 circuit flights and landings in one day. Each takeoff and landing cycle averaged 1 minute 10 seconds.
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Moscow
Yy. Piontkovsky
Also Mentioned on This Page
Gallipolis Baptist Committee
Miller Bros
Miller Rarer Bros
N. Court St
Gallia
Margaret Jones
Elmer Hatfield
Helen Balsinger
Children's Hospital
Shirley Stone
Aladdin Temple Shrine
Lawrence Rupe
Thelma Johanneson
Athens Home Telephone Co
Gallipolis Social Notes
Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Church
Lehr Davies
H. H. Wilbur
Wayne Booth
W. E. Howell
Riverside Study Club
W. A. Davis
Clayton Priestley
Amercan
Davis
C. L. Hauser
Delia O'Connor
Mayme Berridge
South America
Miss Berridge
Pembroke Club
Paul Myers
F. W. Shane
Sarah Robinson
Beatrice Berry
Plain City
Maude Smith
R. D. Gibbs
Harold Campbell
Portsmouth
Heber Russell
Helen Russell
Ohio University
Athens
Albert M. Hoyt
Centenary
Ruth
Harry R. Pitchford
Rufus A. Pitchford
Alexandria
Greenup
W. H. Muncy
M. E
A. L. Elliott
Margaret Ralph
Agden
Middleport
Plains
John Fraley
I. E. Myers
Stacey Davisson
South
Kentucky
Tennessee
Carolinas
H. M. Ingels
Louise Kelley
Frances Thompson
le Grande
Ore
Allie Simms
Crown City
David Ward
Chester
E. E. Plymale
Floyd Boster
Detroit
Morgan Plymale
Montana
Lillian Sutter
Proctorville
Scott Wallace
Laura
Oscar Nance
Mary Young
Hugh Craft
J. F. Leaper
B. H. Ingels
Truman Ingels
W. V. Ingels
Lola
John Plymale
Park Central
Arnold
Harry Miller
Georgian Bay
Canada
John Gwinn
International
Credit Bureau
Sidney Lanier
Commercial Credit Bureau
McClurg Building
Post Office
Miss Birdie Cubbage
Nelson Wheeler
Lanier
Dillon's
Eureka Dam
Willard Grover and Son
F. F. Goetting
Adamsville
Bidwell
O. S. Pendleton
Connie
Peter
Constance Bennett
Los Angeles County Fairgrounds
Young Plant
Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
Grange
Patriot Grange
Mary E. Carter
Nelsonville R. D
Nelsonville R. D. No. 2
Charles Clements
Harry Kern
Jack Farrel
Toledo
William Maffen
Tom Williams
Virginia Lou, Logan
McClear's
McClear
Hockensmith
Schine
Athens, Ohio
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