Volunteers for Early Military Training Now Number 31
Gallia draft board headquarters report volunteers for early military training total 31 with new enrollments Stanley Swick Earl Denver Walter Bidwell John Garrison and Har ley Osler among latest. Vinton Board reviews questionnaires and mails classification cards as Class One registrants prepare for physical examinations. The county has 2474 registrants with 330 questionnaires sent. about 20 percent classified by year start, second call date uncertain.
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Gallipolis
Draft Board
Stanley R. Swick
Earl Denver Walter
Bidwell
William Mullins
John Garrison
Cheshire
Harley
William S. Osler
Vinton Board
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Cray To Talk Again to LOO Poultry Men
About 100 poultrymen and flock owners in Gallia County will attend a Dec 11 gathering at 6 pm in the Methodist Church hosted by Homer W Walter and Dr C E Holzer. Ohio State University poultry specialist R E Cray will speak on boosting poultry raising and marketing amid a county decline.
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Gallipolis
Homer W. Walter
C. E. Holzer
R. E. Cray
Ohio State University
Rio Grande Lettermen To Be Honored Tonight
Rio Grande College plans a 6 p.m. banquet in the college cafe for ten 1940 lettermen and faculty. The program themed Indians features Coach Eff Wyatt as chief, Capt. Andy Dashe of Akron delivering Smoke Signals, and songs by the Williams brothers ending with Cherokee.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Redmen
Williams Brothers
Service Club Dinner At Presbyterian Church In Gallipolis
Thirty two members and six guests attended a dinner meeting of the Service Club of the Presbyterian Church in Gallipolis. Hosts organized festive decor with pine and candles while Rev Gishler presided and Miss Clara Worman read The Birds Christmas Carol.
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Gallipolis
Richard Downs
Mary Matthews
Robert Ruland
Mildred Saunders
Lewis Weber Gishler
Harry W. Dexter
Service Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Frank Wetherholt
Ferrell Niday
Floyd Reese
Gishler
Clara Worman
Grace Guild Hosts Christmas Covered Dish Meeting
Grace Guild of the Methodist Church held its regular monthly meeting with a covered dish dinner for about fifty members and guests. The dining room featured pine branch decorations and tall candles as lighting. After a short business session, Christmas carols were sung, with hostesses named.
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Grace Guild of the Methodist Church
John Halliday
Clyde Ingels
Howard Foster
John Howell
Kenneth Frazier
Judy Haskins
Virginia Fulton
Thelma Riffle
Abbie Hawk Speaks at Gallipolis AAUW Meeting
At the Gallipolis AAUW branch monthly gathering Dr. Ella Lupton hosted. Guest speaker Miss Abbie Hawk from the Child Welfare Department discussed state welfare work and delivered an informative talk to a large audience.
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Gallipolis
American Association of University Women
Ella Lupton
Abbie Hawk
Child Welfare Department
State Department of Public Welfare
Miss Hawk
Surprise Birthday Party Honors Mrs. Earl Logan
Mrs. Earl Logan received a surprise party Saturday evening at her Harrisonville home planned by her husband. The Logans are employed at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Greenlee, Mr. and Mrs. William Brumfield, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Reibel, Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Trowbridge, Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Shate, Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Harrison Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John Strong and Althea Gay, Donald Reibel, and Clyde Reed.
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Earl Logan
Harrisonville
John Strong
Althea Gay
Donald Reibel
Samuel
Paul Trowbridge
Clyde Reed
Pheasant Dinner Honors Nelson Brucker Birthday
Mr and Mrs Merrill Saunders hosted a small party Sunday night for Nelson Brucker’s birthday. Attending were Mr and Mrs Brucker Mr and Mrs Russell Plymale and Mr and Mrs Charlie Neal.
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Merrill Saunders
Nelson Brucker
Brucker
Russell Plymale
Charlie Neal
Plan for BPW Christmas Party Set at Hostess Home
Monday evening the Business and Professional Women's Club planned its annual Christmas party. The event at Mrs E E Hatfield’s home will be for members only at Mrs E E Myers house. A gift exchange and donations for the county home inmates are planned. Hostesses include Mrs Hatfield Mrs C T Robinson Mrs J E Gills Mrs William Ball Miss Eulah Williams Miss Alma McCormick and Miss Mabelle Gill.
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Business and Professional Women's Club
E. E. Hatfield
E. E. Myers
Hatfield
C. T. Robinson
Birth Announcement for Frances Kay Erwin
Mr and Mrs Randall Erwin of the Chillicothe Road announce the birth of a daughter Frances Kay on Sunday December 1. She weighs ten pounds and is their first child.
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Randall Erwin
Chillicothe Road
Frances Kay
Honor Son Delmar Archer Homecoming Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Archer of Eureka hosted a family dinner Sunday to honor their son Delmar who is on furlough from the U S Navy at Nor.
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W. B. Archer
Eureka
Delmar
U. S. Navy
Nor
Local residents take trips and visits across Ohio and beyond
Mrs C R Niday and Mr and Mrs Charles Clendenin left Monday for Miami Florida where the former will spend winter. The Clendenins will return soon driving the Niday car. Laurence Meal and child of Cincinnati visited Mrs Lara Meal and daughter Marie. Hollis Queen returned from a weekend with Gerald Branson of Columbus. Melvin Gatewood spent a week with daughter Margaret Stophlett in Cincinnati, with Gatewood joining Saturday for the weekend. L C Dayton visited Ashland Kentucky friends Sunday. Miss Bess Wetherholt spent Monday with siblings Derry and wife in Portsmouth and was escorted home by her mother Mrs G J Wetherholt. L H Graham of Warden Washington, visiting after his mother Magdalene Graham’s death, stays with Gallia relatives. W L Jenkins and two daughters returned to Mingo Junction after several days with Merrill Saunders on Chillicothe Road. Mrs Harry A Wood and Mrs Frank Allen of Rio Grande attended a Portsmouth Business and Professional Women’s Club luncheon. Mrs George Robinson and daughter Barbara Ann returned to Columbus after a week with sister Mrs Ted Moore. Mrs Harry Harrison of Wellston visits daughter Mrs Edward Woodward. Mrs Kerr Butler of Vinton hosted Dr and Mrs W C Feitman at dinner for their 37th anniversary with guests Dr and Mrs John W Butler of Wellston.
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C. R. Niday
Charles Clendenin
Miami
Fla
Clendenin
Laurence Meal
Cincinnati
Lara Meal
Marie
Hollis Queen
Gerald Branson
Columbus
Melvin Gatewood
Margaret Stophlett
Mr. Gatewood
L. C. Dayton
Ashland
Bess B. Wetherholt
Derry Wetherholt
Portsmouth
G. J. Wetherholt
L. H. Graham
Warden
Wash
Magdalene Graham
Gallia County
W. L. Jenkins
Mingo Junction
Merrill Saunders
Chillicothe Road
Harry A. Wood
Frank Allen
Rio Grande
Business and Professional Women’s Club
George Robinson
Barbara Ann
Ted Moore
Harry Harrison
Wellston
Edward Woodward
Kerr Butler
Vinton
W. C. Feitman
John W. Butler
High School Group Plans Hall Improvements
The High School Student Council sponsors improvements to the assembly hall at Hall High School. They plan new stage drops and window drapes funded by a $100 magazine sale profit, with further increases to be authorized by the board of education.
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Gallipolis
Board of Education
Attend Clark Rites in Gallipolis For Charles E. Clark
Many relatives from distant counties and friends from across the city attended funeral services this afternoon for Charles E. Clark a retired merchant who died Monday. Knight Templar services were held at the home and cemetery in addition to the religious rites.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Clark
Knight Templar
Marriage license issuances in Gallipolis in 1939 and 1940
In Gallipolis during November 1939 and November 1940 marriage licenses were issued at a similar rate, with 51 licenses recorded in each period. The note records the parity of licensure between the two years.
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Gallipolis
Business Men Of Gallipolis Plan Survey
Gallipolis chamber sponsors a questionnaire for local business groups to gauge conditions this year versus last. Questions cover employment levels payroll changes planned expansions and investments. Results will support an article brochure and the chamber’s annual report.
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Business Men of
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Anniversary Celebrated at Carpenter
A party at the home of Mr. and Mrs C C Barnes marked their 45th wedding anniversary with a turkey dinner attended by Opal Etta Ella Marie and Jack Barnes Columbus Mr and Mrs Donald Frazee Cincinnati Mr and Mrs Ed Russell and sons Homer Gerald and Ralph Dexter and Marcella Homer and Howard Grosstuck Carpenter A pink and white cake with roses closed the meal Many gifts were given and songs sung at the table. Advisory council meeting sponsored by the Meigs County Farm Bureau will be held in the Columbia Auditorium Wednesday evening December 4. Friendship Group Capsule Brothers and Sisters will hold their annual meeting in Carpenter Church Saturday December 14 at 745.
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Carpenter
C. C. Barnes
Opal
Etta
Ella Marie
Jack Barnes
Columbus
Donald Frazee
Cincinnati
Ed Russell
Homer
Gerald
Ralph
Dexter
Marcella
Howard Grosstuck
Meigs County Farm Bureau
Columbia Auditorium
Capsule Brothers and Sisters
Carpenter Church
Camp Meade
Maryland
Wayne Turner
Frank Westfall
I. F. Radcliff
Carl Shenefield
Brack Hacker
Charles Rife
Edgar Weyand
Eddie Lou Howery
Columbia
Earl Knight
Harrisonville
State Department
Lloyd Gardner
Waynesburg
Pennsylvania
Gorby
Raymond Sisson
Paul Rigney
Harold Robinson
Sarah Hampton
Walter Hampton
Isabelle Robinson
Nancy McCall
Vinton Jewel
Madge Jackson
Eleanor Jean Starkey
Carl Martin
Cooper Strausbaugh
Wilkesville
Velma
Kellogg
Lois McCoy
Henry Turner
R. S. Turner
Dyesville
Wesley Caster
Toledo
A. R. Curry
Ohio Educators Plan Tour of Gallipolis
Fifty historical books and informative folders about Gallipolis have been packaged for distribution to the school evaluation committee meeting here next week by the chamber of commerce. The visitors are planned to tour the city and surrounding points of interest and will be dinner guests of the Rotary Club Tuesday evening.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Rotary Club
Aged Cheshire Resident Dies After Surgery
Newton L. Darst, 80, died in Holzer Hospital following a severe operation. Funeral services are set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Kyger Baptist Church with burial in Cheshire Cemetery. Survived by sons and daughters including Mrs. Clyde Werner and Mrs. Virgil Darst.
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Gallipolis
Cheshire Township
Newton L. Darst
Holzer Hospital
Kyger Baptist Church
Cheshire Cemetery
Clyde Werner
Virgil Darst
Lester Roush
Budd Lawrence Darst
Walden Darst
Harlow Darst
Marion
Women of Eno Grange to Display Old Hats
Gallipolis reports women of Eno Grange will host a style show on Saturday with their oldest hats. Men members discuss insurance life and fire concerns and several musical numbers will add zest to the program.
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Eno Grange
Gallipolis
Gallia Man Is Held to Court
Curtis Fellure of Gallia County is jailed on car stealing and drunken driving charges after taking C. E. Mayes truck, crashing into a stone wall on Portsmouth Avenue and damaging mail boxes. He was treated at Holzer Hospital for head injuries, arraigned before Judge John Halliday, fined $25 for intoxication, and bound over to the grand jury with $500 bond. Police say he lacked a driver's license.
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Gallipolis
Curtis Fellure
Fellure
C. E. Mayes
Fourth Ave
Court St
Portsmouth Ave
Fellore
Holzer Hospital
Students Will Use Garalin in Class
GLOUSTER The manual training room at Glouster High School has new tools and the boys have redecorated in black and buff. They are building new lockers and have ordered garalin in shapes like butterflies and dogs to make pins and ornaments. Leathercraft uses calfskin and sheepskin, signaling an interesting season ahead.
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Glouster
Glouster High School
Garalin
Knight's Hobby Turns to Walnut Figurative Furniture
GLOUSTER Roy Knight of Fairlawn Ave. is a Richardson Furniture Co. employee with a home shop. His latest creations include a solid walnut end table 24 by 12 inches in Colonial style and a quartered oak tea chest 12 by 6 inches lined with cedar and trimmed in brass. The pieces are on display at Norris Grocery on High St. and are not for sale.
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Glouster
Roy Knight
Fairlawn Ave
Richardson Furniture Co
Knight
Norris Grocery
High St
Fire destroys nearby Antle Fruit Market
A roadside fruit market owned by Howard Antle on State Route 13 two miles north of Glouster burned early this morning. Fire was discovered about 3:30 and was already beyond saving. Antle believes an overheated stove started the blaze. Insurance partly covers the loss.
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Glouster
Howard Antle
Antle
Vinton Woman Injured After Fall At Home
Mrs. Harley Osler fell across a chair while covering a bird cage at her Vinton home. She suffered a deep abdominal cut requiring a dozen stitches and is now recovering at home.
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Gallipolis
Vinton
Harley Osler
Hollister Beats Glouster By 25-7 Score Tuesday Night
GLOUSTER Miss Marcella Jonas hosted the Junior Progressive Study Club at her Walnut Hill home Tuesday evening. A piano program by Mrs. Robert Bulloch and Miss Jonas followed by group singing. Rummage sale discussion, a $5 donation to the Community Christmas Tree fund, and plans for the December 16 Christmas meeting with Mrs. H. M. LeFavor in Nelsonville. Members present were Mrs. Roger Kittle, Mrs. Gene Galloway, Miss Thelma Ley, Mrs. Bulloch, Mrs. Ralph Gatchel, Mrs. Wilbur Balderson Jr., Mrs. James Bulloch, and Mrs. Gail Wallace.
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Nelsonville
Roger Kittle
Gene Galloway
Thelma Ley
Bulloch
Ralph Gatchel
Wilbur Balderson, Jr
James Bulloch
Gail Wallace
Glouster Encampment elects officers for January installation
At the last meeting of Glouster Encampment 1.0 C F officers were elected: chief patriarch W H Stahl seniors James E Roberts junior warden Pearl Wallace high priest Ira Conway scribe W G Golding treasurer H E Jones trustee Elza B Morris. Pancakes sausage and coffee were served at meeting close.
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Glouster
C.F
W. H. Stahl
James E. Roberts
Pearl Wallace
Ira Conway
W. G. Golding
H. E. Jones
Elza B. Morris
American Legion Auxiliary and Lodge Meetings Planned
The American Legion Auxiliary meets Thursday at 7 p m to collect November sales tax stamps and a gift for the Soldiers home at Xenia. Plans for the Christmas party will be set. Magic City Lodge I O O F meets Friday evening with officer elections and refreshments. Ella Mae Hellopeter and Paul Welch wed in Cumberland Maryland on Sept 3 1940 and will live in Big Run Pennsylvania.
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American Legion Auxiliary
Xenia
Magic City Lodge
Ella Mae _ Hellopeter
Calvin Hellopeter
Big Run
Paul Welch
M. A. Welch
Lancaster
Cumberland
Glouster High School
Williamson Construction Co
Community gatherings and hospital notes in Glouster district
John Bryson attended the football banquet and Homecoming dance the previous Saturday. Numerous locals were listed visiting relatives in Columbus and Athens. Illnesses include pneumonia for Miss Mabel Davis and Lee McMullin, with family members traveling for care and funeral services noted for Cassie Whitehouse.
Hollister beats GHS Tom Cats. Reserves win in close game
Hollister orange and black defeated GHS Tom Cats 25 to 17 on the local court, while the Tom Cats won the Reserve game 23 to 19. Rothery led Hollister with eight points. Dennison had six for Glouster. Gene Rice scored 13 of the Reserves 23 points as Hollister led after the third quarter before pulling away in the final period.
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Glouster
Hollister
GHS
Tom Cats
Tom Kitten
Glouster Varsity
Rothery
Dennison
Varsity Hollister FG
Maynard Eae
Rena
McGee Wee Wwen
Ween Een
Mackey Goszik Rothery
Ees Hardy Oon
Yonkoski Champlin Enn
Sewne
Ginnan Ee Ae
Ewne
Dennison Ee
Hinton Rr
D. Cunningham
Henry
Bryson
Winn Wee
Watkins
Banfield Skinner
ERTS
Saivninde Gmrech
Carter
McAllister
Paul Dean
To Repair Toys Opens Repair Shop in Gallipolis
A volunteer group from Vinton has opened a toy repair shop in Gallipolis to mend broken toys for Christmas redistribution. The effort aims to provide recycled gifts to children in need this season.
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Gallipolis
Vinton
Fine Program Presented at Rotary Club
Rotary Club entertained a large audience in Gallipolis last night arranged by Earl Smith hotel proprietor. The program opened with Christmas carols by a brass quartet and included vocal numbers by Donald age 9 and Henry age 4 sons of Mr and Mrs Lasco Niday. A trombone solo by Tommy Dale and swing dance demonstration by Henry Dase and Twila Lewis closed the program. The dancers are local negro residents who have appeared on prior programs.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Earl Smith
Come
James Gillingham
Thomsas Dale
J. T. Russell
Gilbert Bush
Donald
Henry
Lasco Niday
Near Northup
County Rehires Dog Warden Roy Johnson for Another Year
Gallia County commissioners renew Roy Johnson as dog warden for another year and authorize bond renewal.
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Gallipolis
Roy Johnson
Easy to Make Pattern 4624 by Anne Adams for at home dress
The Athens Messenger advertises pattern 4624 by Anne Adams offering a front button dress with optional pockets and varied sleeve lengths. It lists sizes from 16 to 44 with yardage and contrast fabric details and promotes the accompanying style book for holiday wardrobe ideas.
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Anne Adams
Housekeeping
Ric Rac
Athens Messenger
Pattern Department
West 17Th St
New York
N.Y
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