Gallia primary results spark talk across Gallia County
Official figures from Gallia County show three way race for county commissioner with Charles Boster, G P Ewing, and Jerry Grover. auditor race lists Emmett Slagle, Edward Judy, and others while central committee votes split between Cherrington and Miller factions. Additional notes cover hospital nursery expansion and Heber Russell USO tour plans.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Board of Elections
Republican Nomintion
Charles Boster
G. P. Ewing
Jerry Grover
Ewing
Grover
Emmett Slagle
Emmettee
Edward Judy
Cherrington
Central Committee
Harry Miller
E Cherrington
Miller
Thelma Fife
Robert Campbell
Gallice
Campbell
Mrs. White
FE. L. White
Glenn First
Addison
James Hughes
A. B. Cremeens
Cheshire Twp
Cuba Little
Chesjn
Marable Haffelt
Clay P
John Clark
Clay Pect
C. W. Bane
Owen Black
Kananga
Ed . Phillips
Licenses Sold 14 Places in City and County
The County Game Conservation Association has placed hunting licenses on sale in 14 locations across the city and county. A 25 cent fee goes to the organization for wildlife protection, and higher sales are expected due to population growth. Sales sites include Clarence Mulford Cheshire Wymond Bradbury Kyger Anthony Murray Bidwell Harry Wilcox Vinton Frank Allen Rio Grande Tanner Wood Gallia Stafford Davisson Cadmus C. B. Drummond Mud-soc Odell Northup Northup Russell Hineman Crown City Garland Caudill Eureka Womeldorff Thomas Moore Stores Car Myers Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
County Game Conservation Association
Clarence Mulford
Cheshire
Wymond Bradbury
Kyger
Anthony Murray
Bidwell
Harry Wilcox
Vinton
Frank Allen
Rio Grande
Tanner Wood
Gallia
Stafford Davisson
Cadmus
C. B. Drummond
Mudsoc
Odell Northup
Northup
Russell Hineman
Crown City
Garland Caudill
Eureka
Womeldorff & Thomas
Moore Stores
Car Myers
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Local Gatherings
Social items from Gallipolis report a Monday shower at Mrs. M E Gatewood’s home for Margaret Gatewood Stophlet of Montreal. Engagements, church events, a Tanis Guild wiener roast, picnics, Bible School, and visits from relatives across Ohio and beyond are noted along with births and weekend travels involving residents and visitors.
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Gallipolis
M. E. Gatewood
Swan Creek
R. B. Stophlet
Margaret Gatewood
Montreal
Canada
Chauncey Evans
Tanis
First Baptist Church
Joe Miller
Cora
Wonga Kent
Mary Bess Kent
Willis T. Howard 89 Dies in Glendale California
Relatives in Gallipolis report the death of Willis T. Howard age 89 at his son Percy W. Howard’s home in Glendale California He had lived previously in Cadmus and Huntington Interment is planned in Huntington later this week.
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Gallipolis
Willis T. Howard
Percy W. Howard
Glendale
Calif
Cadmus
Huntington
Bicyclist Suffers Arm Wounds in Gallipolis Crash
Dean Davis aged 15 son of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Davis was treated at Gallipolis Clinic for two deep cuts on his right arm after a bicycle entered State Street from an alley and was struck by a car driven by Charles Swanson who was exonerated of responsibility.
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Gallipolis
State Street
Dean Davis
Kenneth Davis
Charles Swanson
Betz Considered for Probate Judge Post in Ohio
GALLIPOLIS Robert M Betz long time Gal lia County Republican leader and former representative is rumored as the GOP choice for probate judge to fill Judge James S Clark's vacancy. Appointment by Governor Bricker will cover the period before the November election. Betz is a practicing attorney with offices in the Knights of Pythias building.
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Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Gallia County
Republican County Executive Committee
James S. Clark
Bricker
Betz
Knights of Pythias
Waitress Suffered Severe Hand Injuries in Restaurant Accident
Pauline Johnson, a Gallipolis waitress, was injured when her hand touched an electric slicing machine. She was treated at a hospital and remains at home with her parents, Mr and Mrs James Johnson, in Bladen.
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Gallipolis
Pauline Johnson
James Johnson
Bladen
Election Board Seeks Ground Floor HQ at Courthouse
Gallia County election board seeks use of a ground floor room in the courthouse replacing their current fourth floor quarters. They note 67 steps from street level and say the former county treasurer space, rehabilitated a decade ago, now hosts a discontinued WPA clerical unit. They meet monthly and in special sessions, needing easier access.
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Gallipolis
WPA Farm Leaders Meet for Conference
Gallia County representatives from WPA and the USDA met with the Gallia County War Board to discuss continuing the quest for barberry bushes. War Board members criticize the procedure as wasteful and burdensome for farm owners already short of labor.
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Gallipolis
WPA
United States
Department of Agriculture
Gallia County
Obsolete Cannon and Iron Fences Sought in Serap Drive
Gallia County Metals Salvaging Committee and Ohio Salvage officials appeal to communities for iron fences and Civil War era cannons. Sheriff E. E. Hatfield reports four park cannons and other wrought iron items to be released to meet a year end scrap tonnage quota with Legion support for collection and rapid return to steel production.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
Gallia
Weible
American Legion
Betty Kratz Named To University Post
Elizabeth Betty Kratz former Gallipolis girls physical education instructor is elected to a similar post at Kansas Wesleyan University Salina. She is succeeded by Mrs Robert Sheets. Major Paul Wetherholt transfers from Little Rock Arkansas to Tacoma Washington with his family.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth
Betty) Kratz
Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina
Robert Sheets
Paul Wetherholt
Little Rock
Ark
Tacoma, Wash
Frank Ralph Services Held After Heart Attack Death
Funeral rites for 67 year old Frank Ralph of Vinton were conducted at Vinton Methodist Church by Rev. David Williams. A town council member and former school bus driver, he died Tuesday from a heart attack while marking a primary ballot.
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Gallipolis
Frank Ralph
Vinton
Vinton Methodist Church
David Williams
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Ohio
Sevente Gallia Election Board
Giake
Springfield
Bert Lawless
Bidwell Pect
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Walnut
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J. W. Lee
Maude Niday
G. F. Bovie
Lena Lawson
Casby Meadows
Cassius Canaday
Holzer Hospital
Heber Russell
Helen Russell
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USO
Cinebaa
Indianapolis
Athens Pharmacy
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Harlem
Heinz
Mennen
Similac
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Sloan's Liniment
Wrisley
Fleet
Petrosugar
Feenamint
MOSCO
Sal Fayne
Woodbury Soap
Konkler's Ice Cream
Halo
Lucky Tiger
Erry
Fide Bromo Seltzer
Bayer Aspirin
PWODR
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Gallipolis Social Notes
Mrs Evans
Delbert Dillon
Jack Ross
Clara Stover
Chesapeake
Harbor Hills
Buckeye Lake
Hobart Dillon
Columbus
H. C. Lockhart
Adam Brucker
Ruth
Virgil Lewis
Elmer Simmons
Edith Cline
Edward Dickinson
Indiana
Cline
Elizabeth Chapel
Wscs’ of Grace Methodist Church
McKnight- Phillips Lodge
Hayward Sheets
Alyce Brown
Richard Hayward
H. M. Smith
Pearl Elliott
Paul Arthur Smith
Edith
Jean Smith
Church of God
Wayne Sheets
Rader McDaniel
Hollis Elliott
James M. Bradley
St. Petersburg
Paul Carter
Ray Carter
Sunbury
M. T. Carter
Garfield Ave
Joann Gatewood
Can
Stophlet
Nancy
Melvin E. Gatewood, Jr
Toledo
Everett Saunders
Norma Johnston
Virginia Houck
John
Clyde Holcomb
Elmer Holcomb
Cornoplis
Annabelle Holcomb
California
Serap
Lowe Bros. Kasemn
Carpenter Hardware Co
Betty Kratz
Tacoma
Eure
Chickamauga Park
Woodworths
Winfields
Kedsman
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