Bridge Approach Nears Completion at Chickamauga
GALLIPOLIS progress on the Chickamauga bridge approach includes extensive earth fill supported by rock walls and finished concrete abutments on the eastern edge. A new road westward toward Chillicothe Ave. advances, with one mile of Chillicothe road completed. Five miles remain to Route 35 at Rodney, but funding and WPA roll depletion threaten postwar completion.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga
Chillicothe Ave
Chillicothe
Rodney
Scrap Metal Sought For War Needs
John Lyons of Middleport owns scrap iron rails and old street car bodies stored inKananga former street railway barns. About 35 tons of iron scrap are available and may be presented to state authorities for consideration and possible action due to metal shortages for war needs.
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Gallipolis
John Lyons
Middleport
Kananga
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights and Local Meetings
Gallipolis society items note Miss Vivian Irion and Miss Wonga Kent hosting guests at First Baptist Church in Gallipolis with twenty two present. Recital planned at Rio Grande High School features Lorena Jenkins with helpers. Gallipolis BPW Club April meeting to elect officers with Ruth Richards Ethel Wheeler and Lillian Coder nominating. Engagements and travels of local residents noted along with birthdays and hospital visits.
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Gallipolis
Vivian Irionj
Harley Siders
Wonga Kent
Katherine Wolfe
George Sagen
Guild
Mary Bess Kent
Harriett Reeder
Racoon Township High School
Lorena Jenkins
Rio Grande High School
Miss Jenkins
High School Students Vote For Officers
Gallipolis reports high school elections under way with Irvin Folden Glorianna Foster leading the president and vice president ticket while Scott Westerman Tom Robinson head the opposition. Balloting Monday will be supervised by teachers with ballot boxes in each homeroom and one printed ballot per student to prevent stuffing.
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Gallipolis
Irvin Folden
Glorianna
Foster
Scott Westerman
Tom Robinson
Spring Dance Planned by Gallipolis High School Choir
Gallipolis family and school community prepare for the annual spring formal in the high school auditorium Friday night. Members of the A Cappella Choir with invited guests and faculty plus their wives are expected to attend about 150 people.
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Gallipolis
Trustees of Home to Meet in May Meeting
The Board of Trustees of the Children’s Home will meet Tuesday, May 5, to discuss welfare plans for residents. A campaign to collect magazines and books for children is under way, with donations gathered after notification. Additional playground equipment and interior decoration for assembly rooms and dormitories are planned.
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Gallipolis
Children's Home
H. P. Bradbury
Elks and Moose Sponsor Gallipolis Excursion
Trustees of the Elks Lodge in Gallipolis and the Moose Lodge in Middleport jointly sponsor a dance excursion on the steamer Island Queen. The boat departs Gallipolis at 7 00 p m and Middleport an hour later, making a round trip between the two ports.
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Gallipolis
The
Elks’ Lodge
Moose Lodge
Middleport
Two Marriages Sought in Ottawa and Columbus
Nelson Wilkins 26 and Anna Lee Landrum 29 of Ottawa Canada seek marriage licenses. Odie Warner 54 and Edith Clemmer 58 of Columbus also apply for nuptial permission.
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Gallipolis
Nelson Wilkins
Anna Lee Landrum
Ottawa
Canada
Odie Warner
Edith Clemmer
Columbus
Eighth Grade Pupils To Hear Byers
Gallipolis plans for C. C. Byers high school principal to address about 100 eighth grade pupils at an assembly next week. Movies of high school activities will be shown and advice given on course selection to acquaint prospective freshmen with advantages of the high school program.
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Gallipolis
C. C. Byers
Cemetery Improvement Meeting Called in Gallipolis
Mrs. Byrd Rose announces a public meeting Tuesday at 7 30 p m for all citizens interested in Pine Street Cemetery improvements funded by the November general election. City officials who will administer the fund are expected and wish to learn local wishes.
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Gallipolis
Byrd Rose
Pine Street Cemetery
Wade Luckadoo Dies at Age Five in Gallia County
Wade Luckadoo aged five died Tuesday night at the County Home. Funeral services were held this afternoon in Bidwell. He is survived by his mother, a widow, and brothers Dallas Dunbar Enos The Plains Claude Addison Township in West Virginia and Ohio communities.
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Wade Luckadoo
Bidwell
Dallas
Dunbar
W. Va
Enos
the Plains
Claude
Addison Township
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Kerr Drug Store
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Sharonville
Claude Shahan
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Portsmouth
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Athens, Ohio
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