Unemployed Gallia County Men Secure Ohio Cannery Work
About 190 Gallia County men have enrolled for six to eight weeks at a Bowling Green cannery with potential expansion to Jackson Lawrence and Meigs Counties. Up to 300 workers will be housed in barracks, receive cots and blankets, and travel by truck for tomato harvesting and canning across 8000 acres. Women workers not sought due to housing limits.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Bowling Green
Jackson County
Hollis Issacs
Lawrence
Meigs
Teanes States
Barraacks
Isaacs
Ration Board Grants Home Canning Sugar
Gallipolis residents and county report 11.2 percent pounds of canning sugar issued this week with next week for adjustments. Issuance hinges on local peach harvest and beet sugar supplies, while storekeepers note ample sugar for legitimate needs and expect beet sugar to appear.
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Gallipolis
County
American Legion Post To Sponsor Exhibit
Gallipolis The American Legion Post and Auxiliary sponsor an exhibit of pictorial war scenes and notable war figures in a Second Avenue room on the park square. No admission is charged. an offering will be collected for the school milk fund run by the two groups.
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American Legion Post
Gallipolis
American Legion Post and Auxiliary
Second Avenue
Park Square
Child survives 15 foot fall in Gallipolis incident
While visiting a neighbor in Gallipolis Mrs. Charles Wigner, Robert Betz three year old son of Mr and Mrs Robert M Betz fell from a second story window when a screen dislodged He landed in soft earth and sustained only a head contusion from the fall authorities said
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Gallipolis
Charles Wigner
Robert
Robert M. Betz
Too Little Too Late Featured In Pomona Grange Talk
Gallipolis notes record Dale C. Williams addressing Pomona Grange on July meeting topics with music by Anna Mae Painter and others. Local marriages births and marriages across region are noted along with moves, visits, and Legion and civic events.
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Gallipolis
Dale C. Williams
A. A
Pomona Grange
Little Kgger
Anna Mae Painter
Mary Kennedy
Briggs Kirby
Earl Smeltzer
Margaret Moore
J. D. Pollitt
Glenn Moore
Clara Belle Motter
Huntington
Cora
Ohio Valley
Springfield
Swan Creek
More Homes Needed for War Workers
Gallipolis reports a surge of war workers with 156 cars in the public square and congested streets. Dr. C. E. Holzer says housing is saturated and no new structures are being built due to shortages of materials and skilled labor, halting planned hospital expansions and spring housing projects.
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Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Holzer Hospital
Whirlwind Campaign Rumors Roil Gallia County Race
Gallipolis reports a weekend whirlwind campaign by rival Republican camps for county committee. Rumored withdrawals from county auditor and county commissioner contests did not materialize, three nominees for each post create a highly uncertain outcome.
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Gallipolis
Display Medical Unit At Gallipolis Store
A civilian defense committee shows a medical field unit in a window at the Haskins Tanner store in Gallipolis. Donated with another unit from Dr. C. E. Holzer, it includes first aid gear surgical appliances and dressings to aid care for wounded persons. The second fact notes a horse has one tenth the stomach capacity of a cow.
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Gallipolis
Civilian Defense Committee
C. E. Holzer
Haskins- Tanner Store
Squirrel Hunters Face Slack Year in Gallia County
Gallia County hunter B. Lewis Jones of Raccoon Township says squirrels will be scarce at season opening while rabbits are plentiful, signaling a mixed outlook for local sport hunting.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
B. Lewis Jones
Raccoon Township
Army Rejects Many Gallia Men Monday
Seiective Service headquarters in Huntington announced the rejection of numerous Gallia County men after army medical boards. Names include Lee Rose John C Steinbeck David C Griffith Fred E Wolfe George Burns Jake Miller Cecil R Clarkson Bert Thompson Leveret Amos Harold Earl Hall Alva L Boggs Cecil H Davis Walter James Elva A Rice Harold Champer John E Thompson Raymond R Barry Elmer R Allison William G Ward Blaine Topping Leo Chick Charles F Rawlins Elmer Gothard Wayne Shelton George Carroll Raymond Campbell Ed Nunnenkamp Ralph Saunders W J B Smith Ellis Angles Ralph Robinson Carter Brumfield Sidney Swain George Brinker Charles Hanninger Raymond Butterfield Paul Halley Amos Griffith George Salyer Arthur Drummond.
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Army Medical Boards
Huntington
Selective Service Headquarters
Lee Rose
John C. Steinbeck
David C. Griffith
Fred E. Wolfe
George Burns
Jake Miller
Cecil R. Clarkson
Bert Thompson
Leveret Amos
Harold Earl Hall
Alva L. Boggs
Cecil H. Davis
Walter James
Elva A. Rice
Harold Champer
John E. Thompson
Raymond R. Barry
Elmer R. Allison
William G. Ward
Blaine Topping
Leo Chick
Charles F. Rawlins
Elmer Gothard
Wayne Shelton
George Carroll
Raymond Campbell
Ed Nunnenkamp
Ralph Saunders
W. J. B. Smith
Ellis Angles
Ralph Robinson
Carter Brumfield
Sidney Swain
George Brinker
Charles Hanninger
Raymond Butterfield
Paul Halley
Amos Griffith
George Salyer
Arthur Drummond
Increase in Gallipolis Library Use During War Years
The Gallipolis library reports a rise in volumes borrowed due to war workers. Friday night hours attract newcomers and more children read. New books are added to keep up with demand, and post army book donations are being expanded. Rehabilitation of damaged books occurs as volumes exceed prior totals. Anodizing aluminum and duralumin improves paint adhesion through a protective oxide layer.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Davis
Camp Services To Open at Tabernacle
Camp meeting services begin Friday night at Waterloo Gospel Tabernacle and will continue indefinitely. Ministers from the tri state region are expected to preach and many musical numbers will be presented. The tabernacle and camp meetings are financed aside from admission charges, none are asked.
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Gallipolis
Waterloo Gospel Tabernacle
Tri State
Panel of Common Pleas Jurors Selected in Gallipolis
D Elmer Jones and E L White sit at the Gallia County Board of Elections in the courthouse as names of residents are drawn for prospective jury duty. The pool will be increased to 225 due to population growth.
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Gallipolis
D. Elmer Jones
E. L. White
Board of Elections
Acting Probate Court Judge Overseen by Three Clerks
Gallipolis reports Judge W. R. White will supervise probate court operations with help from three young women clerks. He will continue in this capacity until a successor to the late Judge J. S. Clark is named or until a new judge is elected in November.
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Gallipolis
W. R. White
J. S. Clark
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