Gallipolis Marriage License Office Sees Secretary Rush
Gallipolis reports a daily average of over five licenses with most applicants from West Virginia. Midnight weddings occur. two magistrates employ scouts to seek clients. ministers read services in court. Ohio law changes May require blood tests for licenses, slowing issuance but not stopping demand.
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Gallipolis
West Virginia
John Heenan Shate
Earl Moore
Mark Shiflett
Point Pleasant
Shiflett
Ohio
Silver Bridge
Holzer Hospital
Britain urged to invade Europe amid Soviet defense push
Reports claim Britain is ready to invade the European continent to draw German effort from the Soviet defense. Censorship reports say forces are prepared as photographs reach the United States, fueling belief of a forthcoming strike, possibly in Norway.
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Russia
Britain
America
Norway
Candidates Expect Fine Returns in Election
Gallipolis reports tomorrow’s primary as a perfunctory vote with six city commission candidates seeking strong showings to influence the November contest. Voting occurs at regular polling places with election officials plus returns sent to election board headquarters.
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Gallipolis
City Commission
Election Board
Razing of Century Old Harrington Home Nears Completion
The Harrington homestead at Northup, over a century old, is largely dismantled with timbers salvaged by Charles Drummond for a residence near Mina Chapel. Purchasers John Gwinn, E. E. Hatfield, and H. B. Ecker have begun construction on the tract overlooking a mill and dam. Hatfield and Ecker plan log lodges, Gwinn a modern cottage.
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Gallipolis
Harrington
Northup
Charles Drummond
Mina Chapel
John Gwinn
E. E. Hatfield
H. B. Ecker
Hatfield
Police search for two escapees at Gallipolis ends
West Virginia Industrial School at Lakin requested officers search for William Walker and Paul Seay. The search over the weekend was unsuccessful and the fugitives are reported to have escaped. Rev. Forrest R. Grimm, pastor of Tyn Rhos Congregational Church, has accepted a pastorate in Cambria, Ohio.
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Gallipolis
West Virginia
Lakin
Cheshire
William Walker
Paul Seay
Forrest R. Grimm
Tyn Rhos
Cambria, O
Army Officer Dies Gallipolis Major Alden Ellis
Local relatives of his wife former Miss Florence Cofer Crown City informed of Major Alden Ellis U S A death during the week end from a heart attack at Camp Ord California. Baptist Picnic Gallipolis annual Baptist Church Sunday School picnic set for Thursday evening at Chickamauga Park with games and songs after supper.
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Gallipolis
Florence Cofer
Crown City
Alden Ellis
U.S.A
Camp Ord
Calif
Baptist Picnic
Baptist Church
Chickamauga Park
NYA Crews Engage in Fortification Hill Park Work
A crew of 34 NYA workers labors at Fortification Hill Park with additional crews set to start on a municipal park project in Vin ton on Wednesday.
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Gallipolis
NYA
Fortification Hill Park
Vinton
Gallipolis Social Notes Update of Local Had Public Farewell
Gallipolis residents attend farewell dinner for Miss Betty Jo Lunsford at Hotel Lafayette then noteHer move to Clarksburg West Virginia to live with parents Mr and Mrs Joseph Lunsford New Clinic director Mrs Floyd Reese starts duties in the clinic Several residents travel for visits and events including Cincinnati opera Zoo trip and trips to Columbus Cambridge Petoskey and Toledo with family discussions of returns and visits by Rev J P Keefer and Mrs Keefer and others to Fort Knox and Athens.
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Gallipolis
Betty Jo Lunsford
Gallipolis Clinic
Hotel Lafayette
Lunsford
Clarksburg
W. Va
Joseph Lunsford
Weston
Pt. Pleasant
Floyd Reese
L. C. Bean
F. O. Plymare
Harry Maddy
Frances Caldwell
Anne Hill
Cincinnati
Zoo
Arthur Gilman
Mildred
East
A. B. Sias
Athens
New England
Jack Gill
J. E. Gill
Columbus
Cambridge
John Holbrook
Ohio State University
Jean Kerr
Toledo
J. P. Keefer
Fort Knox
Ralph
Daugher
Floyd White
Lester White
Petoskey
Mich
Beatrice Berry
London
Marion
Mt. Vernon
Buckeye Lake
Harry Amsbury
Northup
Jack Amsbary
Middle West
Oklahoma
Jack Amsbury
Mildred Saunders
Evans Store
Morris McCall
Dayton
J. C. Cox
Jimmy
Minneapolis
Local Nuptials and Community Notes Highlight Aug Activities
Lee W Wagner of Nitro West Virginia and Eva Farley of this city wed Friday afternoon in the home of Rufus Elcessor with Magistrate J H Shato officiating. The couple will reside in Nitro where Wagner works for American Viscose Co. The report also covers Swan Creek WSCS August meeting with Mrs Eva Clark as hostess, a miscellaneous shower for Mrs Carl Wood, a picnic and bridge party hosted by Miss Susannah Lupton, and updates on Margaret Lloyd at Gallipolis Clinic and the visit of Willard Swain and bride Emogene Shoemaker.
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Lee W. Wagner
Nitro
W. Va
Eva Farley
J. H. Shato
Rufus Elcessor
Wagner
J. W. Stone
Delphos
A. H. Wagner
Strother Kuhn
Mr. Kuhn
American Viscose Co
Eva Clark
Swan Creek
WSCS
Carl Wood
Frank Gephardt
Huntington
Hale Brown
Winnie Oakley
Bristol
Tenn
Columbus
Frank Frownfelter
Louise Halley
Janet Sue Gatewood
J. D. Pollitt
Susannah Lupton
Harry Lupton
First Ave
Ruth Maddy
Helen McNealey
Betty Mootz
Margaret Lloyd
Gallipolis Clinic
Willard Swain
Springfield
Emogene Shoemaker
Lodge Honors 50 Year Members in Chesire
Naomi Lodge Knights of Pythias presents 50 year pins to S Yeanger aged 80 and W E Swisher aged 78 in Cheshire.
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LODGE
Gallipolis
S. O. Yeanger
W. E. Swisher
Naomi Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Cheshire
Shuttleworth Logan James Freed by Hocking County Jail
Shuttleworth James Shuttleworth of Murray City was released from the Hocking County Jail on Sunday after Mayor Roy Martin ordered his dismissal once the $ fine was paid.
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Shuttleworth Logan
James Shuttleworth
Murray City
Hocking County
Roy Martin
May Suspend Work on New Flood Road
County and city commissioners in Gallipolis vote to suspend construction of the flood road on August 18 unless the city covers its half of the costs. The action follows talks over funding and indicates the city’s debt and delayed gasoline and auto tax receipts. WPA talks may avert the suspension with a possible bond issue discussed for November.
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Gallipolis
Board of County Commissioners
WPA
Funeral Held for Elmer Shenefield at Vinton Church
Funeral services for Elmer Shenefield 65 of near Vinton were held Sunday at Vinton Methodist Church with Rev J L Stephenson presiding. Masonic burial rites followed as pallbearers Everett Colwell Joseph Swick Cline Gerlach Ora Painter Everett Denney Harley Cloud stood watch. He is survived by his widow Margaret Neighborgall.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Shenefield
Vinton
Holzer Hospital
Vinton Methodist Church
J. L. Stephenson
Everett Colwell
Joseph Swick
Cline Gerlach
Ora Painter
Everett Denney
Harley Cloud
Margaret Neighborgall
Will Choose Queen for Gallia County Festival
Eight area high schools will select two senior girls each to form an eligible list. A committee of judges will choose a festival queen and two ladies in waiting from the finalists.
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Gallipolis
Pearl Bush Captured and Returned to London Prison Farm
Local officers report Pearl Bill Bush, a Gallipolis resident and father of 18, captured after traveling to Wellston and turned over to authorities at London prison farm for return to custody.
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Gallipolis
London
Pearl
Bill) Bush
Wellston
Law
Bush
Jones heirs named defendants in Rothgeb partition suit
In Addison Township 42 acre land partition action filed by Sarah Rothgeb lists about fifteen heirs of the late Mrs. Jonathan R. Jones as defendants. The case seeks division of the property among the heirs.
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Gallipolis
Jonathan R. Jones
Sarah Rothgeb
Addison Township
Man Held on Non-Support Charge in Crown City
Walter Pinkerman of Crown City is jailed on a non-support charge filed by his wife. He was returned from Springfield and is held under a $300 bond.
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Gallipolis
Springfield
Walter Pinkerman
Crown City
Picnic at Moxahala Park Draws Local Attendees
More than a dozen people from this city plan to attend the annual picnic of Ohio Fuel Gas Co. employees at Moxahala Park on Wednesday.
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Moxahala Gallipolis
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Moxahala Park
Large Batch of Marriage Permits Issued in Gallia District
Gallipolis reports a wave of marriage licenses granted to dozens of couples from West Virginia and Ohio towns. Notable pairs include Thurman Denney and Imogene Stewart, and Charles R. Johnson with Mary E. Conley, among others.
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Gallipolis
Thurman Denney
Imogene Stewart
Bidwell
Billy E. Pauley
Marie Deweese
Huntington
Charles R. Johnson
Mary E. Conley
Reedy
W. Va
Keith Scruggs
Mary K. Cruikshank
Keiffer
Floyd Waugh
Pedro
Aline Myers
Vinton
John Whitehair
Sue Tedrow
River Rouge
Mich
Ernest Thomas
Cheshire
Irene Morris
Pomeroy
Cecil Barker
Lucille Burdette
Charleston
Philip Clench
Helen Voreh
Paul FE. Mosier
Columbus
Hazel Stevers
Robert L.stevers
Virginia Bailey
James M. Vesser
Alice Stanley
Harley Pinson
Elizabeth Pritt
Sissonville
Daniel F. Duff
Leota Skeen
Jackson
Maywood Joplin
Cordie Thomas
Melvin Christian
Lucille Graham
Chesapeake
Rock House Attendance Tops 3100 as Season Growth Seen
Ranger L T Worley reported attendance at Rock House park Sunday slightly above 3100 and ahead of last year. He predicted continuing good weather would push the season total past 100000. Area attendance has been upgrading this season.
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Logan
Rock House Park
L. T. Worley
Rock House
Vacationers in Montana Send Word of Western Tour
From Timber Top Montana a message to family members from Mr and Mrs H O Tom and Ben Bailey who are on a month's western tour. They visited Boystown Nebraska Omaha Salt Lake City and Yellowstone National Park and were traveling through North Dakota aiming to fish at Aitkin Minnesota.
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Logan
Timber Top
Montana
H. O. Tom
Ben Bailey
Boystown
Nebraska
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Yellowstone National Park
North Dakota
Aitkin, Minn
Woman Falls 40 Feet at Rock House Cliff
In LOGAN Sunday about 3 45 p m Mrs West of Columbus fell 40 feet at Rock House while visiting with a son and daughter. Ranger Worley said she struck a bank then rolled to the gorge bottom. Dr Grattidge treated her and she was taken by Laurelville ambulance to a Columbus hospital with internal injuries but no fractures.
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Logan
Rock House
Laurelville
Marriage Licenses Issued to Three Couples
Probate court issued three marriage licenses over the weekend. Elmer J. Stiverson 26 laborer Rockbridge and Helen L. Aurand 19 Logan. Emmett Herbst 21 National Cash Register employee Murray City and Eileen Love 19 Murray City. Harley R. Griffin 34 railroad laborer Logan and Doris L. Todd 22 Union Furnace.
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Logan
Elmer Joseph Stiverson
Rockbridge
Noah Stiverson
Helen Louise Aurand
Frank E. Aurand
Emmett Herbst
National Cash Register
Murray City
George Herbst
Eileen Love
Eustane Love
Harley Russel Griffin
Harley C. Griffin
Doris Loree Todd
Union Furnace
Clarence C. Todd
4 H Boys Will Judge Cattle Sheep Friday
Gallia County 4-H Club boys meet at Ralph Davis farm 11 miles southwest of Gallipolis at 9 a m Friday August 15 to judge Hereford cattle and Shropshire sheep. Afternoon judging of OSU hogs at Carl Rayburn's farm. Three boys with top judging merit will represent Gallia County as a team at the Ohio State Fair. Fathers of entrants urged to attend. lunch at Davis farm.
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Gallipolis
Ralph Davis
O.sc
Carl Rayburn
Gallia County
E. G. Royer
Davis
Mattress Committee Plans Work Meeting at Courthouse
The Mattress Committee will meet Saturday at 1 30 p m at the courthouse to lay plans for carrying on the work. Cotton and ticking for more than 1500 mattresses will be supplied free by the Sure Plus Commodities Organization. A school of instruction will be set up in community centers. Materials expected early in September.
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Gallipolis
Sure Plus Commodities
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