Slab Stockade Razed After Gallipolis Celebration
Demolition of the slab stockade around the Riverside Amphitheater, built for Gallipolis sesquicentennial, is planned early next week. Slabs go to the Gallipolis Gun Club for a clay pigeon range. lumber to the city. Flags and fleur de lis decorations will be stored. about 4000 of 5000 souvenir booklets remain unsold.
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Gallipolis
Riverside
Gallipolis Gun Club
Sesquicentennial Committee
Commissioners To Talk Right-of-Way Cases
Gallipolis city commissioners will meet in special session Saturday to consider condemnation actions against three realty owners who have not granted rights of way for the West State Street extension across Chickamauga Creek bottoms and a hill to Chillicothe avenue. Progress on the road hinges on securing these rights of way, with condemnation likely. Also noted is the missing pageant, reported to police by director J. Clarence Sullivan, and ongoing sesquicentennial plans including the Founders Day Ball October 17 and grant reporting to the Comptroller of the Currency.
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Gallipolis
West State Street
Chickamauga Creek
Chillicothe Avenue
J. Clarence Sullivan
Park Central
Sesquicentennial Committee
Commission
Comptroller
Rio Grande Professor Becomes Cleveland Pastor
Charles Allison Weed D D longtime Rio Grande College pastor and professor of religious education resigns from his Rio Grande roles to accept a unanimous call as pastor of Fidelity Baptist Church in Cleveland. He will also leave the office of mayor of Rio Grande village effective early October after serving ten years in pastoral work.
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Gallipolis
Charles Allison Weed
Rio Grande College
Rio Grande
Fidelity Baptist Church
Cleveland
Woed
Rio Grande Calvary Baptist Church
Simeon J. Weed
Weed
Gallia County
Crozer Theological Seminary
Chester
Southern Baptist Seminary
Louisville
University of Pennsylvania
Ohio State University
Temple University
Philadelphia
American Legion
the Odd Fellows
Knights of Pythias and
Jr. O.U.A. M
National Education Association
Beulah Blake
Rio Grande Village
Mae Smeltzer
Calvary Baptist Church
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Weddings and Events
Marriage reported for Richard Faulkner and Eva Swick in Catlettsburg Kentucky. The couple reside on Pine Street. Faulkner works at a local grocery, Swick at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. Socials include a bridge luncheon at Hotel Lafayette and a party honoring visitors Mrs Earl Dailey and Mrs Carrie McElhinny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Richard Faulkner
James Faulkner
Eva Swick
Stella Grimes
Porter
Catlettsburg
Pine Street
Charles W. Weaver
Frank L. Shaw
James P. Martin
Hotel Lafayette
Anna V. Adams
E. W. Mauck
Earl Dailey
Carrie McElhinny
Elizabeth Biddle
CaBelle Walker
Gallipolis Community Notes Include Family Visits and Travel
Mrs Clyde Saunders and her sons Kenneth and Don and Dan twins of Toledo visit her mother Mrs Helen Betz. Several local residents travel or visit relatives in Columbus Worthington Louisville and Pt Pleasant as churches mission work is noted.
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Clyde Saunders
Kenneth
Don
Dan
Toledo
Helen Betz
Gallipolis Clinic
O. D. Dailey
Albany
Earl Dailey
W. Lewis Brown
R. H. Ruddell
Downie Moore
F. E. Rathburn
Columbus
William Levisay
Osborne Massie
Worthington
Tom Hammond
Garnet Massie
Gallia County
Fred Shato
Patricia Ann
Gallipolis
Daniel S. Malekebu
East Africa
Paint Creek Baptist Church
Jeanette
Mayme Emerson
Maxine Roberts
Charles
Louisville
Mary Ellen Reynolds
Pleasant
John W. Howell
Ellis Halley
License Granted for Russell Wilson and Ruby Bunce Marriage
A marriage license has been issued to Russell Wilson of Columbus born 1923 and Ruby Bunce of Gallipolis born 1919. They plan to wed in Gallipolis pending license completion.
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Gallipolis
Russell Wilson
Columbus
Ruby Bunce
John Mootz Sr. critically ill from brain abscess
John Mootz Sr. is reported critically ill in a Baltimore hospital from a brain abscess. His wife and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Mootz Sr., are at his bedside.
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Gallipolis
John Mootz
Baltimore
John Mootz, Sr
Gallipolis Blue Devils Open Southeastern League Against Athens
Gallipolis eyes a strong league start as the Blue Devils, 1-1, host Athens in the Southeastern League opener led by coach Gar Griffith. Key players Prose and Long pace a ground game bolstered by a tightening passing attack as Gallipolis faces Bill Poling and the Bulldogs under 8 pm lights before a hoped-for 2000 crowd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy Blue Devils
Athens Bulldogs
Ironton
Tigers
Blue Devils
Harry Lackey
Gar Griffith
Griffith
Bulldogs
Safford
Sealey
Wenz
Cottrell
Fife and Pickens
Litchfield
Peppers
Prose
Long
Gibson
Athens
Earl Prose
Academy
Grover Long
Bill Poling
Richard Downs
Wora
Claude Chrisman
Logan
John Halliday
Gallip
Four Year Old John Frank Lin Broyles Improves after Skull Injury
Four year old John Frank Lin Broyles remained unconscious in Holzer Hospital after a horse kick Sept 1 at his grandparents home west of Addison. Doctors report signs of improvement following a skull fracture.
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Gallipolis
Francis Stover
Addison
John Franklin Broyles
Holzer Hospital
Repairs on Reservoir Await OK of WPA
City plans for a concrete cover over the reservoir and widening the access road to the site plus improvements to Mound Hill Cemetery and Fortification Hill Park. WPA offices in Zanesville approved the plans and Columbus now reviews them. City funds are ready for the local share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Gwinn
WPA
Mound Hill Cemetery
Fortification Hill Park
Zanesville
Columbus
Davey Bitter Attacks Republicans At Gallipolis Rally
Democratic rally in City Park Gallipolis drew a large crowd. Martin L. Davey arrived late with E. E. Caldwell presenting county candidates. Davey condemned the current administration calling it extravagant and hypocritical while pledging more relief funds, higher pensions, better highways, and social security tweaks.
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Gallipolis
City Park
Martin L. Davey
E. E. Caldwell
Curt Fry
Mercerville
Eagle Gordon
Caldwell
Davey
Roosevelt
Eugene Rust Drowns in Bristol Pennsylvania
Local friends learned of the death of Eugene Chink Rust a native Gallia Countian at Bristol Pennsylvania by drowning He was employed in an airplane factory there He was the son of the late Captain and Mrs John F Rust Mrs Rust formerly Miss Jennie Campbell of Swan Creek He is survived by his wife in Pittsburgh and their son Charles about 20 years old
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Gallipolis
Eugene
Chink) Rust
Gallia
Bristol
Rust
John F. Rust
Jennie Campbell
Swan Creek
Eugene Rust
Pittsburgh
Charles
Girls 4-H winners named at Fall Festival
Hylda Nibert of Eno won first prize in Girls 4-H Club demonstrations at the Fall Festival. Jennie Lou McCarty of Pleasant Valley took second place and Helen Allensworth of Cheshire earned third.
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Gallipolis
Hylda Nibert
Eno
Jennie Lou McCarty
Pleasant Valley
Helen Allensworth
Cheshire
Restaurateur Pierotti Hospitalized After Stroke
Joseph Pierotti a local restauranteur was moved from his home to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis after suffering a paralysis stroke doctors report his condition as serious and ongoing
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Gallipolis
Joseph Pierotti
Holzer Hospital
Thursday Festival Attendance Sets Record Crowd
Gallipolis reports the largest turnout of Fall Festival week with under a thousand people paying to enter the stockade for the Boone County Jamboree presentation. The queen crowning occurred for paid patrons, while the parade was missing for Thursday night, and a free amateur program is slated in the stockade tonight.
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Gallipolis
Stockade
Boone County
Leaders of Student Body Appointed in Gallipolis High Assembly
Gallipolis High School held an assembly to install student officers across organizations and hear Rev. W S Westerman stress youth leadership. Named officers include Earl Tope as president and Matilda Hall as vice president, with numerous class and home room posts listed for seniors to freshmen.
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Gallipolis
W. S. Westerman
Earl Tope
Matilda Hall
Kathryn Dale
Alfred Ingerich
Harry Shaffer
Remo Rocchi
Helen Irion
Jeah Lawrence
Tommy Fife
Scott Westerman
Leota Walker
Wayne Church
Glorianna Foster
Dan Miller
Jean Maddox
Eloise Clark
Eugene Pickens
Billy Schoonover
Geraldine Wills
Recreation Leaders of Seven Counties Meet in Gallipolis
Recreation supervisors from seven Southeastern Ohio counties gathered at Riverview Recreation Center for a five day training program. Leaders and instructors from Linden Center and state agencies led sessions in arts crafts drama music dancing and leadership as they prepare a fall and winter recreation program.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Riverview Recreation Center
Loretta S. Ogg
William Winefordner
Richard Skinner
Donald Love
Amos Tigner
Joe Coakley
Floyd Patton
Alton Wolfe
Chester Riley
Leon Tabler
Russell Michael
Athens
Dorothea Walker
Charles Rice
Beatrice Dobbins
Sloan Davis
Louis Duncan
Robert Griffith
Edwin Davis
William Colley
Dolly Stephenson
Edith Rupert
Jackson
Lacy Hayhurst
Ralph Madison
Vinton
Percy Curtis
Charles Kennedy
Charles Newman
James Haney
Ray Haney
Ethel Reeves
Harold Brannon
Ralph Barton
Mary Smith
Ethel Willowby
Ruth Young
Marcella Brown
Virgil Roush
William Greaser
Brad Hudson
Paul Beards
Maude Branch
William Kesterson
Fred Sayre
Dayton Strickland
Robert Strevers
Meigs
Evelyn Eddelson
Betty Kitchen
William Pennington
Harold Clark
Thomas Leach
Hobart Massie
John Hessenauer
Catherine Lewis
Rose Woods
Esther Blythe
Geraldine Higgins
Carl McCreary
Woodrow Daugherty
James Cannon
Merrill Harrison
William Green
Kenneth James
Lawrence
Harold Mackenzie
Julia Watson
Forrest Borden
Samuel Guilbeau
John Garnes
Colby Caldwell
Gil
Bert Davis
Edwin Winston
Forrest Davis
Paul Stewart
Gallia
James W. Cline
Gerald L. Gage
Paul J. Lane
Spencer F. Gray
Maynard T. Flesher
Myrtle Fry
George F. Pope
Washington
Sam McCullough
Amy Bolander
Forrest W. Mautz
Martin A. Koonts
Esther Shields
Vaughn Frey
van Monway
Harold
Garland Elliott Wins Corn Sweepstakes at Fall Festival
Garland Elliott won the Fall Festival corn sweepstakes for the second time in Gallipolis collecting a $50 prize. He submitted 12 entries this year after 30 last year.
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Garland Elliott
Gallipolis
Rural Women To Meet At Cora Grange Hall Oct 4
Gallipolis notices an all day Rural Women's Project meeting on October 4 at Cora Grange Hall. Miss Alice McKinney of Ohio State University will discuss refinishing furniture. attendees may bring used furniture to the clinic and invite friends. A picnic lunch is provided at noon.
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Gallipolis
Cora Grange Hall
Alice McKinney
Ohio State University
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Charles A, Weed
Gallipolis Social Notes
Owen Call
Mrs. Bean
Leo Bean
Howard Foster
Los Angeles
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F. J. Beasley Co
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London
E. ¥. Baughman
PARD
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Maxwell House
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Peg
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