Athens City approves gas rate ordinance with four year plan
The Athens City Council adopts Ordinance No. 747 setting natural gas rates by The Ohio Fuel Gas Company for four years with two options for renewal. Rates include 10c per 100 cu ft up to 1 000 cu ft and 5c for excess plus a $1 monthly minimum and late payment charge, advancing to tiered rates after four years. The ordinance notes domestic and commercial use priority and requires company acceptance by September 12, 1936.
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Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Athens
Ohio
Counsiniers
City of
Athens Gas, Light and Electric Company
Co. C. Cornell
C. H. Harris
Len B. McCune
Co. I. Weaver
P. A
Gallipolis Hospital and City WPA Projects Sought
The Ohio Hospital for Epileptics seeks 67000 in WPA work, including 50000 for painting of East and West Hall and related buildings, plus 17000 for excavating a rear slip and using earth to form a recreation area. WPA crews continue Fourth Ave brick work, pave 9000 yards, and seal streets as Vinton streets near completion. The city to provide 1500 for asphalt if unimproved street repairs in Gallipolis are approved.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Works Progress Administration
WPA
Fourth Ave
Vinton
H. W. Nixon
City Board of Health
Chillicothe Road
Brandstetter Heights
Nixon
Ned Irwin Rites Planned
Ned Irwin 68 died at home in Columbus after leaving Campaign Creek Springfield Town ship 25 years ago He worked for Jeffrey Manufacturing Co Columbus retired wife and three children survive Creth Irwin Ethel Powell Leanna Rickenbrocker all of Columbus Four grandchildren and one great grandchild Irene Irwin Gallipolis Mrs Ellen Reese Columbus sisters Dan Irwin Bidwell brother Funeral services set for 2 pm Wednesday in Columbus with burial in Greenlawn Cemetery
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Gallipolis
Ned’ Irwin
Columbus
Campaign Creek
Springfield Township
Jeffrey Manufacturing Company
Creth Irwin
Ethel Powell
Leanna Rickenbrocker
Irene Irwin
Ellen Reese
Famous Negro Orators Hear At Gallipolis Rally
About 500 persons were expected at the Emancipation Day celebration at Bidwell Porter Park. Morning address by Prof John R Mitchell Columbus educator and Gallipolis native. afternoon by Rev Johnson Lima minister. Huntington orchestra supplied music for the park event and tonight’s dance.
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Bidwell-Porter Park
John R. Mitchell
Champion Ave
Columbus
Robert Mitchell
Gallipolis Drayman
Bowdoin College
Germany
Johnson
Lima
Southern College
Huntington
4-H Club Conference Attended by 450 at Ohio State Campus
Mary Northup reports 450 attended the 4-H Club conference in Columbus last week. Delegates stayed in Neil Hall at Ohio State University. Tours included the campus University Hospital museum and Central Police Station. A banquet and dance entertained delegates Thursday night.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Mary Northup
Neil Hall
Ohio State University
University Hospital
Central Police Station
Local drunks fined in Gallia County court
Ted McCully of near Cora was fined five dollars and costs for intoxication by Justice Fred Mills on Monday. Charles Harrison of Gallipolis was fined fifteen dollars and costs by Judge A J Stormont on a similar charge.
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Gallipolis
Ted McCully
Cora
Fred Millis
Charles Harrison
A. J. Stormont
Leprosy Care Gap Global Estimate Shows Few in Sariums
An estimate suggests only about 2 percent of the world’s 3 million lepers are confined to leprosy sanatoriums, highlighting limited institutional care and ongoing community treatment needs.
Rio Grande PTA Plans First Meeting at High School
Rio Grande officials report the first parent teacher association meeting will be held at the high school Thursday at 8 o'clock with Speaker President W A Lewis of Rio Grande College. Rev W L Strafford returns from Toledo M E conference and will preach next Sunday on Christian Civil Service. Choir practice is set for Wednesday at 7. Future Home Makers Club at 6 30 Tuesday marks first meeting of year with about 18 girls to receive the Little Women degree.
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Rio Grande College
W. L. Strafford
M. E
Toledo
Christian Civil Service
Epworth League
Ernest Wiseman
Loyal Friends
Chicamauga Park
Cheshire High
College Field
Clyde Keister
Patty
Glenwood
W. Va
Rose Eagle
J. W. Sutliffe
Sudlow
Rio Grande
Jones House
8S. R. Coulter
Clark Building
The
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F. W. Geotting
Bess
Harry Anderson
Paul R. Lyne
Jackson
Rio Grande High School
J Johnson, 65, Dies in Gallia
Jerome Johnson, 65, former city employee, died at his home on the Portsmouth Road. Funeral services were held at Centenary Church led by Rev. George Sagen with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife and three sons Willie Arthur Homer. Lorenzi a was killed in the World War. brother Sherman Johnson died recently. Surviving siblings include John Johnson Mrs Elmer Frye Crown City Roy Johnson Addison Charles Johnson Mrs Carrie Drummond Gallipolis Mrs Manuel Johnson Huntington WV and Mrs Zona Corn Proctorville.
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Jerome Johnson
Portsmouth Road
Centenary Church
George Sagen
Mound Hill
Willie
Arthur
Homer
Kansas
Ohio
Fostoria
Lorenzia
Sherman Johnson
Columbus
John Johnson
Elmer Frye
Crown City
Roy Johnson
Addison
Charles Johnson
Carrie Drummond
Manuel Johnson
Huntington
W. Va
Zona Corn
Proctorville
Garners Ford Man Fined After Park Collision
Ben Bloomer aged 28 of Garners Ford was fined 25 dollars and costs by Judge A J Stormont for intoxication following a Saturday night arrest near Chickamauga Park after the car he rode in collided with a Columbus vehicle driven by Theodore White.
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Gallipolis
Ben Bloomer
Garners Ford
A. J. Stormont
Chickamauga Park
Columbus
Theodore White
Foreclosure Sought on 165 Acres in Morgan Township
Union Joint Stock Land Bank of Detroit files suit against Dale F. Ward L R Swick Eliza Swick Charles Ralston the Gills Produce Co the Ohio Fuel Gas Co and William J George seeking foreclosure on 165 acres or payment of 2018.00 The petition states a 1923 note for 2000 by Dale F Ward and Greta Ward.
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Gallipolis
Morgan Township
Union Joint Stock Land Bank of Detroit
Dale F. Ward
L. R. Swick
Eliza Swick
Charles Ralston
Gills Produce Company
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
William J. George
Greta Ward
Akron woman Hazel Hine visits relatives in Gallipolis
Mrs. Hazel Hine of Akron visited relatives in Gallipolis over the weekend and traveled home with her mother Mrs. Lenore Ecker who had been visiting a daughter here, Mrs. E. F. Hatfield.
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Gallipolis
Hazel Hine
Akron
Lenore Ecker
E. F. Hatfield
Mystery Lake Lays Hidden High in Utah Mountains
A secret lake in central Utah near Cedar City sits at about 11 000 feet elevation in Duck Lake. It has no visible outlet yet holds clear water and hosts abundant eastern and rainbow trout, offering a remote fishing spot.
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Cedar City
Utah
U.P
Duck Lake
Gas Used Against Rabbits to Protect Crops in Hertfordshire
Poison gas is being used to exterminate thousands of rabbits damaging crops in Hertfordshire. The move aims to curb agricultural losses as farmers seek relief from the depredations of the pests.
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London
U.P
Hertfordshire
Gallia Academy Grid Schedule Corrected For Season
Coach Laur ence Myers says posters in downtown Gallipolis misprinted the football schedule. Corrected games list Chesapeake here Sept 25 and others at various towns with Nelsonville and Pomeroy changes. Night games on a lighted field with a new public address system and a 50 yard line booth under construction. Football reporters connected by a telephone system.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Laurence Myers
Nelsonville
Pomeroy
Chesapeake
Jackson
Middleport
Rutland
Athens
Wellston
Pt. Pleasant
West Virginia
Anniversary of Gallia Couple Celebrated at Court Street Home
In Gallipolis Sunday Mr and Mrs Hollis Scott marked their 25th wedding anniversary with cake corsages and boutonnieres. Guests included Frank Vroman Ernest Tompkins with son Bobby Will Jobling Ben Fultz Sr Walter Harris all of nearby towns and Lawrence Bastiani of Gallipolis. Daughters Mary Jane Scott and Sara Louise Scott also attended.
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Gallipolis
Hollis Scott
Frank Vroman
Ernest Tompkins
Bobby
Will Jobling
Ben Fultz
Walter Harris
Pomeroy
Middleport
Lawrence Bastiani
Mary Jane Scott
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Sara Louise Scott
Bon Ton
Scott
Court St
Grange Stunt Night Program Rescheduled For Sept 24
A Stunt Night and pie social by the Addison Recreation Committee under WPA is moved to Thursday Sept 24 at Georges Creek Hall due to the District Amateur Hour in Athens. The program features vocal and instrumental music readings and comedy stunts with committees led by Clyde Phillips Maude Nelson Merrill Bunce Clair O’Hara Gertrude Carman Hulda Rupe and Anna Berry handling admissions and publicity.
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Georges Creek Hall
Athens
Maude Nelson
Addison Recreation Committee
WPA
Clyde Phillips
Mererill Bunce
Clair O'Hara
Gertrude Carman
O'Hara
Hulda Rupe
Anna Berry
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