State Plans Road Improvements on Highway No 7 in Gallia County
The State Highway Department announced two projects on Highway No 7 the Ohio River Road in Gallia County totaling about 135952 dollars. Bids are due by Friday Oct 8 with awards to follow, and work includes grading drainage structures paving and widening through Addison village and enlarging a concrete box culvert at Bladen to improve Hildebrant Creek runoff.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Department
Gallia County
Ohio River
Addison Village
Bladen
Eureka Dam
Hildebrant Creek
Athens National
Thomas Hixenbaugh
Columbus
Robert Jenkins
Gallia County Farmers Invited to Corn Field Day
Gallia County farmers are invited to a Corn Field Day on Sept. 30. They will gather at Tom McCormick’s farm in Green Township and S. W. McDonald’s nearby to compare corn hybrids with open pollen corn. A. D. Lewis of Ohio State University will discuss hybrid adaptability to Gallia soils and conditions.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
R. R. Starbuck
Tom McCormick
Fairfield
Green Township
S. W. McDonald
A. D. Lewis
Ohio State University
Call Three Nurses in Meigs Murder Probe
Three Holzer Hospital nurses Dorothy Rinehart Dorothy Weatherholt and Ida Preston were summoned to a Meigs County grand jury investigating the alleged murder of Lafe Williamson of Pomeroy who died from a skull fracture at the hospital. Investigators believe Williamson may have named his attacker to one or more nurses.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Meigs County
Lafe Williamson
Pomeroy
Dorothy Rinehart
Dorothy Wetherholt
Ida Preston
Williamson
First Rural Teachers Meet Set for Friday
Gallia county hosts the first rural teachers meeting of the new school year Friday September 24 at 1 PM in the Washington School auditorium Gallipolis. H Bion Bradbury superintendent notes about 140 rural teachers in the county will attend W E Kershner secretary of the State Teachers Retirement System will speak.
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Gallipolis
H. Bion Bradbury
Washington
W. E. Kershner
State Teachers’ Retirement System
Bradbury
Gallia Bank Rep Attends Ohio Bankers Meeting
Frank C. Christ of the Commercial and Savings Bank will be the sole Gallia County representative at the Ohio Bankers Association gathering at Jackson County Country Club. The event includes a luncheon and an afternoon program with Major Norman Imrie of the Columbus Dispatch as the principal speaker.
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Gallipolis
Frank C. Christ
The
Commercial & Savings Bank
Gallia County
Ohio Bankers’ Association
Jackson County Country Club
Norman Imrie
Columbus Dispatch
Callipolis George Recovering After Appendectomy
George Callipolis, 12, of Mr and Mrs George Foumfield Cheshire Township, is in Dhoiter Hospital after surgery for acute appendicitis.
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Callipolis—George
George Foumfield
Cheshire Township
Dhoiter Hospital
Gallipolis Social Notes Update on Local Travel and Visits
Lieut. and Mrs. Eckford Hodgson return from Washington and head to Randolph Field Texas for active U S Army Air Corps duty. Several residents visit kin around Cincinnati Muscle Shoals and Latrobe plus nursing grads head to General Hospital in Cincinnati. Social gathering honors Harry Rayburn and multiple family reunions span Gallia County with travels to Columbus Sunbury and Toledo.
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Eckford Hodgson
Margaret Tabit
Washington, D. C
San Antonio
Texas
United States Army Air Corps
Randolph Field
Harry Maddy
Cincinnati
Edwin
Muscle Shoals
Ala
Gordon C. Greene
Margaret D. Carter
Maude Smith
Bernice Templeton
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
General Hospital
Hazel Hine
Akron
Lenore Ecker
Frank Beck
Robert
Joseph Byron Bush
United States Navy
Bremerton
Wash
Elmer Bush
Patriot
Byron Mullenix
Arcanum
Dayton
Herbert Brooks
Sherman White
Harry Keys
Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Ohio State University
Dwight Wetherholt
Harry Rayburn
Paul Mossman
Virginia Keys
Rayburn
Wetherholt
E. L. Mills
Homer Kerr
Belle Mills
Helen Mills
Sunbury
George Waddell
Toledo
Gallia County
Youth Play Leaders To Meet in Jackson
Gallia County groups prepare for three week series of conferences and instruction for youth leaders. Representatives from Gallia County and neighboring counties including Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Athens, Hocking, Vinton and Pike will attend. R Bruce Tom of Ohio State University will address the sessions at the Christian Church in Jackson.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Christian Church
Jackson
Lester Hamrick
Briggs Kirby
Donald Love
Vernon Thaxton
Alberta’ Reynolds
Vivian Kirby
Elizabeth Grover
Betty Evans
Lawrence
Meigs
Athens
Hocking
Vinton
Pike
R. Bruce Tom
Ohio State University
Organizing Cub Scout Troop At Presbyteran Church Dinner
Gallipolis reports the formation of a Cub Scout Troop to be organized at a father and son dinner at the Presbyterian Church. Rev L W Gishler notes 24 applications. more are expected. Assistants include A K Merriman Harry Maddy Dr G G Kincon and Edwin McCormick with Ed Maddy Jack Wetherholt and James Cating as instructors. Dinner at 6 15 p m will serve about 50 fathers and sons by the church Service Club.
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Gallipolis
Presbyterian Church
L. W. Gishler
Gishler
A. K., Merriman
Harry Maddy
G. G. Kincon
Edwin McCormick
Ed Maddy
Jack Wetherholt
James Cating
Service Club
The
Willey Rees Nuptials in Greenup Kentucky
Gallipolis couple announce the marriage of their daughter Ann Louise Willey to James Rees son of William and Mrs William D Rees. The ceremony took place in Greenup Kentucky on September 20. Mr Rees operates a service station in Zanesville where the couple will reside. Mrs Rees will begin her senior year of high school.
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Gallipolis
Neal Willey
Ann Louise Willey
James Rees
William D. Rees
Greenup
Rees
Zanesville
Perkins Rites Held for Thomas J Perkins in Gallipolis
Funeral services for 70 year old Thomas Jefferson Perkins were held Wednesday at Ohio Chapel with Rev. Ward Radford officiating. Perkins died of a heart attack found in a barn near his home on Brothers Hill. He was a Harrison Township native, married to Myrtie Jones Perkins since 1902, and survived by children Marjorie, Merrill, Kathleen, and Kenneth. He was active in local affairs, a former teacher, and a Eureka Masonic Lodge member.
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Gallipolis
Thomas Jefferson Perkins
Brothers Hill
Ohio Chapel
Ward Radford
Pleasantville
Mound Hill Cemetery
Perkins
Myrtie Jones Perkins
Harrison Township
John
Caroline Perkins
Marjorie
Charles Bane
Merrill Perkins
State Highway Department
Kathleen
John Evans
Kenneth
Eureka Masonic Lodge
Mrs Ralph Dies at 90 in Gallipolis
Mrs. Sarah Ralph age 90 died Monday at a local home for the aged. Previously she lived with her son Frank in Vinton and had long been an invalid. Surviving children are Will Ralph and Mrs. Frank Matthews of Columbus. Funeral services were held at Vinton Baptist Church with burial in Robinson Cemetery beside her husband W. G. Ralph.
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Gallipolis
Sarah Ralph
Frank
Vinton
Will Ralph
Frank Matthews
Columbus
Vinton Baptist Church
Robinson Cemetery
W. G. Ralph
Rags Cause Fire Alarm At Gallipolis Shop
Fire department responded to a rags smoldering incident at a radio shop in the Shepard building near Court and Second Streets. W. E. Moore conducted the scene and denied knowledge of the smudge pot. No damage occurred. authorities suspect a prankster.
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Gallipolis
Shepard
Court and
Second Streets
W. E. Moore
Moore
Health official speaks at Rovers Club meeting
T R Lathrop from the State Department of Health was the guest speaker at the Rovers Club in Gallipolis. He spoke Tuesday evening upon invitation by Paul J. Myers, Gal lipolis Waterworks chief engineer.
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Gallipolis
T. R. Lathrop
State Department of Health
Rowers Club
Paul J. Myers
Elect Choir Officers at Gallipolis High School
Miss Elizabeth Shough announces newly elected officers for the A Capella Choir at Gallipolis High School. Ordman Wheeler is president Wendell Lloyd is vice president Max Rinehart secretary treasurer John Gwinn librarian and J C Waters reporter.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Shough
Gallipolis High School
Ordan Wheeler
Wendell Lloyd
Max Rinehart
John Gwinn
J. C. Waters
Beauty Shop Change Hands in Gallipolis
C L Steppe, owner of an Athens beauty shop, buys the Lafayette Beauty Shop in Gallipolis from Mrs. Ted Guthrie and takes charge. Six more booths are being installed and the interior refinished in red.
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Gallipolis
C. L. Steppe
Athens
Lafayette
Ted Guthrie
Harold Johnson in Critical After Appendix Rupture
Harold Johnson of Swan Creek is in critical condition at Holzer Hospital following a ruptured appendix.
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Gallipolis
Harold Johnson
Swan Creek
Holzer Hospital
Trade County Truck Trade With Moore Bros
Commissioners traded an old truck and 705 dollars for a new one with Moore Bros. Two lower bids were received.
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Trade County
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Moore Bros
Court confirms Vinson sale in Turner Glenn vs Baxter James
Maggie Turner Glenn has had two Vinton lots sold for a total of 225 dollars confirmed by the court in the case against Baxter James. Mrs Glenn was the purchaser.
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Gallipolis
Vinton
Maggie Turner Glenn
Baxter James
Glenn
Byers Elected to Gallipolis Rotary Board
Principal Carl C. Byers of Gallipolis High School was elected to the Rotary Club Board of Directors to fill a vacancy.
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Gallipolis
Carl C. Byers
Rotary Club
Columbia Socials Highlights From Local Visits and Incidents
Columbia society notes report Albert Cline visiting Glen Cline and Leona Folden, George Louther visiting his father L V Louther, and the Grahams on a Wilkesville business trip. Glen Cline and Anna were guests from Langsville, Rev. Guy Strickland preached at Dyesville, Mrs Bell Caster is ill, Delbert Perry recovers from a hand injury, Mr Cheadle nears barn completion, and Walter Jordan Jr Clay suffered an injury from a sharp stick.
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Columbia
Albert Cline
Coshocton
Glen
Leona Folden
George Jackson Louther
Chillicothe
L. V. Louther
David
Mary E. Graham
Wilkesville
Anna Cline
Langsville
Guy Strickland
Dyesville
Bell Caster
Delbert Perry
Mr. Cheadle
Walter Jordan
Clay
Honor Man At Langsville On Birthday
Langsville notes a Sunday Sept 19 celebration for Henry Rumfield s 80th birthday with distant guests including Olen Rumfield and family Clyde Rumfield and others. Attendees joined at the Rumfield home and attended a Wesley Chapel Church homecoming with dinner.
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Calahan
Lexington
John Herriman
Ashland
Sarah Lipherage
Minter
Norma
Carlos Dean
Dana
W. Va
Mary Martin
Kentucky
Rumfield
Wesley Chapel
Elbert Steele
Wesley Chapel Church
Leona Grimes
Columbus
R. D. Hill
Hill
H. E. Miller
Eldora Stevens
Clair
Michigan
Lois Pickens
Rey Edmundson
Sons of
L. V. Hunt
Don Barton
Don Savage
Grace Savage
Fay Pullins
Leif Bolin
Dorothy Chase
Cincinnati
Judge White Presiding in Marietta Court Session
Judge W R White of the Court of Common Pleas sits in Marietta due to the indisposition of resident judge David H Thomas. The temporary arrangement allows continuation of court business in the absence of the Marietta judge.
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Gallipolis
W. R. White
Court of Common Pleas
Marietta
David H. Thomas
Social Notes From Murray City Vicinity
Murray City weekly social notices list numerous visits and travels. Clara Keyes of Nelsonville visits the Poppczy family while Floyd Keeton and wife announce the birth of a son. Numerous relatives travel between Glouster Buckeye Lake Columbus and Logan.
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Murray City
Clara Keyes
Nelsonville
Poppczy
Carl Frazee
Detroit
James Smart
Harry Frazee
Floyd Keeton
Virginia Brooker
Columbus
Charles Brooks
Delores
Dick, Glouster
Ann Strum
Ralph Barber
George Langley
Buckeye Lake
Ermel Dixon
St. Clair Hospital
Mary Donoghue
Zaleski
Henry Hale
Charles Roberts
Betty
Glouster
Roberts
Homer Anderson
John Byron
Chillicothe
Harry Nutter
Evelyn Marshall
Logan
Eddie Popoczy
Ohio State University
George Gears
Lancaster
Thomas Gears
Juanita Nutter
John Shaffer
James Madden
Kate Evans
Cambridge
Elza Guthrie
Alfred
E. A. Person
Howard Miller
Barney
Phil
Cleveland
Barney Penn
Phil Miller
A. A. Person
Athens
Tom Foster
Grace
Robert Foster
Sadie Shelton
WPA
William Bush
Edgar Hellyer
Howard Bush
Howard Beougher
Alfred Igel
Stenographic Court Records in Garrett Estate Grow
Stenographic court records in the Henrietta E Garrett estate have reached 11 000 pages since hearings began in January. Orphans Court attaches say no precedent exists in its 62 years.
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Philadelphia
Largest Manitoba family holds picnic in St Malo
Two hundred members of Manitoba's largest family gathered for a picnic organized by the Society La Lignee Laggimodiere Gaboury at St Malo. Descendants of Jean Baptiste Laggimodiere in the province are estimated at 4000.
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Winnipeg
Man
Manitoba
Society
la Lignee Laggimodiere - Gaboury
St. Malo
Jean Baptiste Laggimodiere
Masons at Coolville Go On Outing
The Coolville Masonic Lodge held their annual picnic on Howell Grove grounds near Coolville with about 250 people attending. Pastor Dr Chapple and district lecturer W T Dressel spoke, music by the Coolville Band, and former locals Carl Higley and Ed Maxon attended.
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Coolville
Ohio
Howell Grove
Coolville Fairgrounds
Howell
Masonic Lodge
Chapple
M. E
Myrtle Stout
Claire Stout
Akron
Eva Griffin
Stanley Griffin
Howard Stout
Athens
Abner Stout
Floyd Stout
Long Bottom
Alice Dean
Ed White
Sumner
O. E. Mc
Louise
Amesville
M. H. Dyar
R. M. Alden
Charles Alden
Arthur Russell
Charles
Marietta
W. D. Miller
Merle Griffin
R. I. Wolf
East Rock St
Dale
Parkersburg
F. G. Bunion
W. R. Woodburn
Newbury
Church of God
E. M. Daugherty
Giannis Daugherty
Charles Findling
Mary Estelle
Alfred
E. M. Pierce
J. H. Caldwell
Warren
D. T Burns
Berea
Alex Caldwell
Coleman Family Reunion Holds Eighth Annual Meeting
REEDSVILLE The Marietta fairground hosted the Coleman family eighth annual reunion. Officers for 1937 were reelected: Eliza Coleman president M B Craig vice president and Effie Warren secretary treasurer. The 1938 gathering will be at the old fairground in Coolville after Labor Day. Numerous members attended from Columbus Lancaster Huntington Wheeling Clarksburg Pt. Pleasant Belpre Athens Marietta Dayton Norwalk Conn.
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Reedsville
Marietta
Coleman
Eliza Coleman
M. B. Craig
Effie Warren
Treas
Coolville
Columbus
B. J. Williamson
Harry Frans
John Rosso
I. C. Coleman
Ned
Paul Packard
Bob
Roy Packard
Frank Packard
Dean
Peter
Penelope
Lancaster
W. R. Coleman
Raymond
Elva
Olive
Patty
Huntington
Elmer Craig
Elbert Craig
Gene Craig
Wheeling
Dorothy
Clarksburg
Wm. E. Craig
Edward Byard
A. D. Johnson
G. B. Woodard
Bertha S. Reed
Pt. Pleasant
L. L. Keller
Tuppers Plains
L. E. Blough
Eugene
Belpre
Guysville
Athens
Harry Jacoby
Margie
F. E. Kimes
C. A. Steadman
Frances Hatch
Guy Foster
Honolulu Police Boasts Ten Sets of Brothers
Hawaii police say the force has a record number of siblings with ten brother pairs and one father son duo among its ranks. The department highlights the family tradition as a point of pride and unity within its ranks.
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Honolulu
County-Wide Farm Bureau Meeting at Amesville
Amesville hosts a Farm Bureau gathering with talks on cooperative insurance by Kenneth Ankerfer and Rural Youth Conference updates by Ross Wright. Delegates Dorothy Glazier and John Sheridan report on youth camp activities while 4-H and musical performances accompany refreshments.
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Amesville
Farm Bureau
Kenneth Ankerfer
Ohio Farm Bureau Federation
Ross Wright
Columbus
Dorothy Glazier
John Sheridan
Southeastern Ohio Cooperative
Lancaster
Athens County
Agnes Terrill
Victor Keirns
Lee Marquis
Howard Keirns
W. R. Phillips
Daisy Burns
C. R. Burns
Alice Blanche Urban
Portsmouth
Lee Hines
C. A. Morris
A. W. Keirns
James Mescher
Edward Green
Ray Tittle
Roy Knight
Joe Landis
Bob Thompson
Kenneth Bo
Syracuse Personal News and Local Moves
Mrs Frank Wine brenner returns home with daughters and relatives from New Brighton Pennsylvania. Homer Roush relocates family to Upper Syracuse. Several couples relocate to new homes in West Virginia and Ohio. Local church groups elect officers and host gatherings as P T A officers take posts.
Minister sinks tee shot at 160 yards on No. 2
Reverend Joseph Mattin of St. Vitus Church played at Spring Valley Country Club and sank a 160 yard tee shot on the No. 2 hole using a spoon.
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Lorain
Joseph Mattin
St. Vitus’ Church
Spring Valley
PTA at Rio Grande Sets First Fall Meeting
Rio Grande PTA plans its first meeting of the year in the high school assembly hall on September 23. President S E Jenkins urges all parents to attend as the group supports the school and local activities.
Sunday School Contest at Hollister U B Church
Hollister The Hollister U B Sunday School runs a Red and Blue contest with the Red side slightly ahead by two points. Attendance is reported high. Next Sunday Sept 26 will be Young People Day with Deona Mitchell as superintendent. Three youth classes and a youth superintendent in charge. All young people invited. Home coming plans progress as reunions are anticipated.
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Hollister
Hollister U. B
Deona Mitchell
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Gallipolis Social Notes
Mr. Rees
Adolf Hitler
Nuremburg
Hitler
Joseph Goebbels
Hermann Goering
Ralph
Health Man Speaks
Beauty
MR. Byers
Columbia Socials
BIG Family
Masons
Sidney Carpenter
Ruth
Louise Lent
Xenia
Richard Harris
Harrises
Carpenter
Harris Home
F. L. Thomas
Cc. H. Easton
Frances
L. A. Yocum
Wooster
William Clark
New York City
Syracuse
Frank Winebrenner
New Brighton
Charles Mills
Viola Miller
Ronald
Eleanor Hoffman
Charles Zeigle
Butler
Homer Roush
Minersville
William Matthewson
Upper
William Soulsby
Anna Karr
Asbury M. E. Church
Irving Karr
Indian Lake
C. D. Copley
Florence Bumgardner
New Haven
van Johnson
Ernest Wingett
Racine
J. L. Blair
J. E. Carleton
Ladies Aid Society of
Carl Duckworth
Charles Nease
Frank Capehart
Richard Duckworth
A. M. Roberts
Roy Holmes
C. B. Weese
John Baker
A. E. Williams
Helen Grace
Mert Wiggins
Mary
Children’s Hospital
Andreas Turnbull
Turnbull
Elwood Engle
Henry Zeiher
PTA
Rio Grande
Carrie Shiers
May
Mollie Fulton
C. W. Hutchison
Carrie North
C. O. Clark
Luther Sheets
Perkins Ridge
Lawrence County
Smeltzer
Mission Fund
Lexie Belcher
W. W. Williams
Charles Williams
Floren Williams
Charles Broughman
Kenneth Welker
Oak Hill
Earl Davis
Falk
Ethel Young
Florence Chubbuck
B. L. Jones
L. F. Allen
E. N. Wiseman
F. K. Zimmerman
W. T. Packer
John Wickline
Harry Anderson
Eleanor Brooks
Charles Stevers
Mary Jane Lewis
W. L. Stafford
Baptist and
Methodist Church
T. J. Allison
F. W. Shane
Coach Lyne
Allison
John Odell
Geraldine Meyers
O.H.E
George Brooks
Otterbein
George
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