Large Area Is Purchased By Gallipolis Residents
Gallia County news reports the sale of the Swan Creek Coal Company holdings to Mr. and Mrs. Stanford Jenkins of Gallipolis. They acquire 480 acres of mineral rights and 125 acres of land in Ohio Township along the Ohio River below Bindern. Plans include riverfront cleanup, lot divisions for homes, and building a residence for the couple. Jenkins is tied to the Division of Aid for the Aged.
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Gallipolis
Old
Swan Creek Coal Company
Stanford Jenkins
Ohio Township
Ohio River
Binden
Jenkins
Gallia County
Division of Aid For the
M. E. Myers Succumbs in Columbus
Morris E Myers, 44, died unexpectedly Wednesday at University Hospital Columbus after a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Gallia County he lived in Urbana in recent years working in the automobile business and buying farms. Survived by wife Gladys Swisher and a son William Wayne. multiple siblings in Gallipolis and nearby towns. Funeral at First Baptist Church Gallipolis with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. James W and Laura Myers are noted as his parents.
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Gallipolis
Morris E. Myers
University Hospital
Columbus
James W
Laura Eliott Myers
Urbana
Middleport
William Wayne
Gladys Swisher
Warren
J. Edward
Alva Myers
A. E. Tops
Knox Williams
Elmer Drummond
Fred Pope
Levin Neal
Patriot
This County
D. R. Henry
Jackson
Curtis Myers
Ure
Scallipolis
J. Ward
First Baptist
Af Hakes
Ternoon
Mound Hill Cemetery
Hakes
Grace Methodist
W. Scott Westerman
First Presbyterian
Theodore Valenti
Julia Donnally
ST. Peter's Episcopal
Charles G. Baird
Church OF the Nazarene
Vernon C. Shafer
Garfield Ave
HRIST
Ted Waller
Paint Creek Baptist
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Thelma Milhoan of Pomeroy and James Shank of Racine both admitted for medical care, and several others listed for surgery or observation. Discharges on Thursday include Esther Simmons and Mrs Ray Eads of Gallipolis and several patients from surrounding areas.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Thelma Milhoan
Pomeroy
Wayne Gibbons
Middleport
Standard Oil Co. Employe
Syvivester Price
Third
Ave
City
James Shank
Racine Rt. 2
Homer Carman
Kenneth Romine
Jackson
Mary Thornton
Crown City
Esther Simmons
Ray Eads
Charles Thornton
Wellston
Glenn Bonecutter
Pleasant
Joe Sullivan
Selina
N. C
Max Brown Named Head of Local Rental Bureau
In Gallipolis district a new rent representative will lead the Gallipolis Point Pleasant Rental Area. Max D. Brown succeeds Elmer E. Caldwell who resigned. Brown, born in Mason City West Virginia and raised in Gallipolis, is a 1943 veteran and Parkersburg High School and Ohio University alumnus with studies in Commercial Law and Accounting. He is the brother of M Harold Brown, principal of Gallia Academy High School.
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Gallipolis
Max D. Brown
Point Plassant
Edward F. Wagner
Columbus
Brown
Elmer E. Caldwell
Mason City
W. Va
Parkersburg High School
Ohio University
M. Harold Brown
Gallia Academy High School
Thomas Buys Home From Robinsons in Gallipolis
T A Thomas local clothing merchant buys the two story brick residence and grounds of Mr and Mrs W L Robinson at the foot of Second Street. The 119 foot Vine Street frontage extends to Chicamauga Creek with several acres. Thomas plans to remodel the eleven room house into a duplex and possibly build another home on adjoining 68 feet. Purchase price around 10000, possession in sixty days.
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Gallipolis
T. A. Thomas
W. L. Robinson
Second St
Chicamauga Creek
Thomas
Robinson
John Houck Forms Gallipolis Furniture Venture
John Houck returns to Gallipolis to join his brother Robert Houck in the family furniture manufacturing business. He had resumed with G C Murphy Co after military discharge and previously served as assistant manager at Paintsville Kentucky. His wife Nancy Leaper and their son Eddie have lived with her mother Darlene Leaper during his overseas service.
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Gallipolis
John Houck
G. C. Murphy Co
Paintsville
Robert Houck
Nancy Leaper
Eddie
Darlene Leaper
Houck
Riverside Study Club hosts tea with elections
Mrs C W O Brien welcomed Riverside Study Club for tea on Tuesday with a Belgium literature program by Mrs L H Wickline and readings by Miss Julia Donnally. Miss Donnally elected president with Mrs Herman Condee and Mrs L H Wickline as officers. Wayne Bouth sails to Joliet for WV ordnance work.
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Riverside Study Club
L. H. Wickline
Belgium
Julia Donnally
Evan Rees
Miss Donnally
Herman Condee
Fisher Funeral To Be Held Saturday
Mrs. Oakley Fisher Mercerville died at Holzer Hospital after months of illness from a brain tumor and virus poisoning. She is survived by her husband two daughters Virginia Belle and Mary Rose four brothers and was the daughter of the late Rev E L and Virginia Sheets. Rev E V Cremeens to conduct funeral Saturday at the Mercerville Baptist Church with burial at Ridgelawn Cemetery.
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A. Judson Sheets
Huntington
Herschell
Emmett Sheets
Crown City
W. Sheets
Columbus
E. V. Cremeens
Mercerville Baptist Church
Ridgelawn
Gallia Fox Hunters Plan Bench Show and Field Trials
Gallia County Fox Hunters Association vice president John Morgan said arrangements are set for the annual bench show and field trials starting today through Sunday. Dogs will be numbered at the old fairground with the bench show at 8 p.m. today. Field trials begin at daybreak Saturday and Sunday, offering cash prizes totaling 75 dollars. A group of Gallipolis women will provide breakfast and luncheon on Saturday and Sunday.
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Gallipolis
John Morgan
Gallia County
Fox Hunters Association
Morgan
Three Gallipolis youths found in New York City
Three Gallipolis youths who left home last Monday without their parents knowledge were located in New York City, according to a Gallipolis Post report citing the State Highway Patrol.
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Gallipolis
New York City
State Highway Patrol
Officer and Wife Visit in District
First Lt. Walter Fagan and Mrs. Fagan visited Ft. Knox, Kentucky after 30 days with his parents in McArthur and his wife’s parents in McArthur. They also called on his brother John O. Fagan and family in Columbus, where John recently discharged from the Navy and plans college.
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Walter Fagan
Ft. Knox
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Fagan
John W. Fagan
Dan Snyder
McArthur
Navy
Tending College
Columbus
St. Fagan
James Lewis
Oak St
Athens
A. L. Mansfield
Canaan Road
Predicts Big Gain in Sales Tax Collections
State Treasurer Don Ebright forecast a 1946 sales tax rise of 16 million dollars if current spending pace holds. He noted first quarter 1946 receipts totaled 4,101,860 dollars, 25 percent above the prior year, with last year’s gross at 875,780,571 dollars. He attributed the gain largely to automobile purchases.
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Columbus
Don Ebright
Expansion of Social Security Advocated by Ohio Chamber
Herschel C. Atkinson of the Ohio Chamber urged gradual Social Security Old Age and Survivors Insurance expansion to cover 20,000 to 1000 workers not now covered, with the tax rate frozen for the immediate years ahead, before the House Ways and Means Committee.
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Washington
Ohio State Chamber of Commerce
Herschel C. Atkinson
Ohio Chamber
House
Ways and Means Committee
Look Around the House You Might Find Bonds
Treasury records show about 23 million in government savings bonds matured and stopped earning interest four months to over a year ago. Additionally 13.3 million in Liberty Bonds and Victory Notes from World War I remain un presented for payment years after maturity.
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Washington
Treasury
Ohio Liquor Agency Reports Permit Increase
In Columbus the State Liquor Department reported a rise in beer parlors selling 3.2 beer and six per cent beer and wine during the first quarter of 1946. Permit chief Harlan T. Chapman said 915 new permits were issued and 7,194 applications handled for new permits, renewals, transfers, and substitutions.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Harlan T. Chapman
Jobs Abolished at BUC. 18 Employees Laid Off
Eighteen Bureau of Un employment Compensation staffers are being laid off as job abolishments take effect. Most hired last fall to handle the post war rush, the cuts affect one clerk and 17 examiners with base pay from 150 to 200 dollars monthly, and all but one go into effect March 31.
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Columbus
Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
State Civil Service Commission
Change Residence New Engineer Assigned To Huntington District
Col Frank W Gano of the Army Corps of Engineers becomes Huntington District US engineer replacing Col B B Talley He will assume duties next week Gano previously served in Columbus Ohio prior to this appointment The Black family will relocate from Gallipolis to Wil Talley has moved to Louisville Kentucky and Dan Black plans to remain through graduation at the high school Kroger manager Ray Miller and family will occupy 219 Second Ave formerly home to the Blacks
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W. Va
Frank W. Gano
Army Corps of Engineers
B. B. Talley
Gano
Sharp
Ohio River di Gallipolis
Columbus
Harbour Black
Wil
Talley
Louis-liamson
General MacArthur Leads Truman in Tokyo Diet Race
Incomplete returns from scattered Tokyo precincts show General MacArthur with a massive lead over President Truman for a seat in the Diet. MacArthur reportedly has 12 votes to Truman's sparse tally.
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Tokyo
Japan
Markets Rally Mix Signals as Stocks Narrow Gains
Selective buying of priced specialties supported the market with pivotals showing narrow mixed trends. Am Tel Am Teb Bo Balt Ohio Chrysler Colum G. & Curtiss-Wright Douglas Aircraft Du Pont El Auto-Lit Gen Motors Winterlake Iron Kroger Lib West Penn Procter & Gam Pullman Sears United Aircraft U.S. Rubber U.S. Steel Woolworth among notable names. Cincinnati livestock: 2,500 head active. hogs steady near 14.95 ceiling, sows around 14.20. cattle and calves limited with mixed yearlings at 16.15 and steers around 26.75. beef cows 10.00-13.00. vealers around 18.30.
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Ohio Bendix Aviat Beth
Ohio Chrysler
Colum. G
Curtiss-Wright
Douglas
du Pont — el
Motors
Yarvester Winterlake Iron Kroger
Glass Monigem
Ward Jb
Cent
Norf
West Penn
Cincinnati
Tully
Grain and Produce Prices in Cincinnati Market
Thursday wholesale prices list eggs and fowls with weights and grades. No. 1 eggs and standard grades shown with per case values. Broilers under 3 pounds and fryers 3 to 4 pounds priced at 30.9, roasters 4 to 5 pounds at 30.9, larger at 30.3.
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Cincinnati
Bashan Area Personal News Gathers Local Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Ray smond Frank returned to Toledo after a week with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Ira White of Charleston spent the weekend with Grover White. Wirt Howland visited Guy Signor and family Sunday. Hap Young and family joined Romy White and Ballards Friday travelers. The Wolfs and WH Young visited John Taylor and family Sunday. Mrs. Dora Rose and son Denver with Gus Stout spent the weekend in Columbus with relatives. Ralph Sorden and Tack Sorden of Pomeroy also called on John Taylor’s family.
Local Social Visits Highlight Weekend Gatherings
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Thomas visited Thursday evening with multiple Charleston visitors. The Ward and Schuler families hosted and accompanied guests to Addison. Anncellie Schuler spent Tuesday evening with Imogene Barnett. Clarence King and his children called on the Manly and Ward households while Mrs. Anna Ward visited her brother Edd Thompson in Addison.
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Wesley Ward
Anna Ward
James Smith
Charleston
W. Va
Gus Brechtel
Middleport
Charles Manly
Addison
Edd Thompson
Thompson
George Veith
John Veith
Co ‘Lurmbus
Loans to veterans top the home mortgage list
Deputy Administrator Ralph H. Stone reported the Veterans Administration had guaranteed 14,234 veterans loans totaling 61,760,078 dollars in Ohio Michigan and Kentucky since the servicemen’s readjustment act. Ninety five percent of the loans were for homes.
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Columbus
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