Gallipolis Bridge and Highway Start Planned March First
Gallipolis will see construction on the West State Street high level bridge and a new highway to Chillicothe Avenue begin around March 1. County Engineer E N Leonard says WPA funds of 160000 are authorized and a steam shovel has been purchased. The six mile route will run west from State Street, cross Chickamauga Creek, and connect with Chillicothe Avenue at Rodney village.
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Gallipolis
West State Street
Chillicothe Avenue
E. N. Leonard
Washington
WPA
Leonard
Charles Warner
Chickamauga Creek
Rodney Village
Rodney
Red Cross
E. B. Webb
Rio Grande
Bidwell
Cadmus
Centenary
Addison
Bulnville
Perry
Swan Creek
Evergreen
McDaniel
Cheshire
Vinton
Kananga
W. P. Beall
England
George Sagen
State St
State Highway Department
Route 7
Mill Creek
State Hospital
Booth
Epidemic of Measles Reported in January
In Gallipolis during January an epidemic of a mild form of measles affected 46 students including 15 high school pupils. The three day variety left pupils only slightly ill and absent up to a week. Six influenza cases were diagnosed amid heavy illness activity and nurse notes cite 342 office inspections and other school health activities.
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Gallipolis
Maurice A. Beaudry
Board of Education
Symphonic Choir To Appear in Gallipolis
The Ohio State University Symphonic Choir of about 60 performers will perform in Gallipolis on March 24. The event is organized by Gallia Meigs and Jackson County school groups with Miss Elizabeth Shough coordinating. The choir is directed by Prof. Lewis Diercks. The school band pop concert is set for Feb. 20 at Washington Auditorium, while the opera Pirates of Penzance has been postponed to March 14 due to scheduling conflicts.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State University
Gallia
Meigs
Jackson
Elizabeth Shough
Lewis Diercks
Washington Auditorium
Gallia Red Cross names new officers for 1941
Gallia County Red Cross Chapter at First Baptist Church elected E. E. Higgins as chairman and Fred Stone as vice chairman for 1941. Others named include Margaret Shuler treasurer and Mrs. Joe Moch secretary, with E. B. Webb and multiple officers guiding junior red cross life saving and disaster efforts.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
First Baptist Church
E. E. Higgins
Fred Stone
Margaret Shuler
Joe Moch
C. W. Booth
E. B. Webb
Hazel Richard
George Sagen
Garfield Griffith
W. P. Beall
S. B. Huntington
Martha Cousins
Paul Mossman
W. E. Wiseman
Catherine Hayward
Ethel Young
L. W. Gishler
W. S. Westerman
Harry R. Hurn
Eugene Spear
W. S. Martt
Crown City
Harley Cloud
Vinton
C. G. Houck
Kananga
Donald Love
Bidwell
Anna Mae Evans
Rio Grande
Tom Carman
Addison
Herman Lewis
Cheshire
Booth
National Red Cross
First Aid
TON JON Health Claim Prompts Relieved Workplace Streak
In Lancaster Ohio a TON JON health rep visits Quick's Cut to Drug Store promoting three TON JON formulas. Mrs Helen Echard of Irving Drew Shoe Co credits TON JON with ending years of constipation and illness, restoring work ability and easing nervous fatigue.
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Quick
Helen Echard
Walnut St
Lancaster
Ohio
Irving Drew Shoe Co
TON Jon Health
Miller to resign as Gallipolis school board chief
Harry M. Miller will resign the presidency of the Gallipolis board of education likely in the near future. The vice president E. E. Caldwell will call a special session to act. If he resigns, other board members can name his successor and Miller plans to remain in Gallipolis until school ends in early summer.
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Gallipolis
Harry M. Miller
State Utilities Commission
Gallipolis Board of Education
E. E. Caldwell
Miller
Meeting Postponed on Gallipolis Reservoir Project
The Gallipolis city commission meeting slated for Monday night was postponed until tonight. Officials say the agenda includes important topics related to the reservoir cover project and neighborhood improvements for discussion.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Driver Dies From Weekend Crash Near Home
Jackson County resident Guy Clark died at Holzer Hospital after a car he drove left the road and struck a tree near his Holzer Hospital. He sustained injuries during the weekend accident near Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Guy Clark
Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Infant Boy Dies Near Bladen
Gallia County infant son of Mr and Mrs Chauncey Thivenin living near Bladen died Sunday shortly after birth Funeral services were held Monday The parents have three other children.
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Gallipolis
Chauncey Thivenin
Bladen
Evanses move to St. Albans to run Evans Grocery Co market
Mr and Mrs John Evans relocate to St Albans West Virginia to supervise a new Evans Grocery Co market opening. A toad’s tongue points down its throat.
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Gallipolis
John Evans
St. Albans
W. Va
Evans Grocery Co
Nurses At Hospital For Service Check
Gallipolis reports that all registered nurses eligible for army training service at cantonment hospitals are enrolled. The Holzer Hospital Nurses Training School began in 1923 and has 129 graduates with 39 more in training. The roster includes officers Miss Hazel Richard director and Ruth Pfann principal.
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Gallipolis
Army Training Service
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
Rio Grande
Second Ave
Halley and Davis are wed in Gallipolis ceremony
Wendell Halley of Eureka and Marjorie Davis of Gallipolis married Sunday at the home of the bride's grandfather Rev. H. M. Smith on upper Fourth Avenue. Attendant was Mary Agnes Smith. best man Wayne Sheets. Nuptial music by Leatha Wilson. A wedding dinner followed with relatives from Eureka Gallipolis and local families.
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Gallipolis
Wendell Halley
Cecil Halley
Eureka
Marjorie Davis
Jack Davis
H. M. Smith
Upper Fourth Avenue
Mary Agnes Smith
Halley
Wayne Sheets
Leatha Wilson
George Gothard
Gallias Smith
Carl Smith
Vernon Sheets
Pearl Elliott
Yvonne
Rachel McDaniel
Ira Walter
G. E. Davis
Dinner party at Mills country home hosts guests from city
Mrs. Fred K. Mills Miss Belle Mills and Miss Helen Mills gave a dinner party Thursday evening at their country home near this city with guests Mrs. John Schreiner Mrs. Viola Plymale Miss Anna Blake Miss Mary Millie and Ar tie Watts Miss Sallie McCormick and brother Tom McCormick
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Fred K. Mills
Belle Mills
Helen Mills
This City
John Schreiner
Viola Plymale
Anna Blake
Mary
Millie and
Artie Watts
Sallie McCormick
Tom McCormick
Local News from Muncie Visitors and Farewells
Mr and Mrs William Amsbury of Muncie Indiana spent the weekend with relatives in town accompanied by Mrs Earl Madole Morris Burnett and Vincent Pierotti who leave for Mobile Alabama for business and will return soon. Also entertained were the Bovie family in Jackson and guests from Lancaster and Columbus visiting relatives. The note closes with an unrelated line about ash wood being the only common wood that burns when still green.
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William Amsbury
Muncie
Ind
Peggy
Billy
F. B. Amsbury
E. W. Shaw
Earl Madole
Morris Burnett
Vincent Pierotti
Mobile
Ala
J. Harley Bovie
Katherine Kircher
Fred Bovie
Jackson
Fred
Harley Bovie
Florida
Tom Rees
R. B. Stevers
Joan
Lancaster
Ed Stevers
Franklin Marsh
Eleanor Marsh
Columbus
Orpha Marsh Tipton
C. E. Wright
Elizabeth
W. Va
Frank Wright
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Rome Township Ohio
The State of Ohio Athens County Common Pleas Court Case No. 17627 George Ragan vs James Summers et al authorizes a public auction at the east door of Athens County Courthouse on February 20 1941 at 1 30 PM. Property in New England village includes multiple lots totaling about 8 acres with outlots 5 and 3 acres plus an exception. Cash on day of sale with appraisal conditions and three percent costs. Sheriff Charles W Bayless and Deputy Esther B Gross announce. LA Pierce attorney.
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State of Ohio
Athens County
Common Pleas
George Ragan
James Summers
Athens
Rome Township
Ohio
Village
New England
Charles W. Bayless
Esther B. Gross
LA. Pierce
Health Seals Sales Bring In 740 Dollars in Gallia County
In Gallia County health league records, President Carl C. Byers announced about 740 dollars raised from health seal sales, a figure higher than prior drives. The group agreed to hire Dr. Howard Foster to perform tuberculin skin tests on all high school students and some grade school pupils in early spring. Mrs. Harold Brown will continue as executive secretary through April first, end of the fiscal year.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County Health League
Carl C. Byers
Howard Foster
Harold Brown
School Lunch Attendance Is Mounting
GALLIPOLIS The school lunch program shows rising attendance says E. E. Higgins superintendent. January served 2336 free meals and 513 paid lunches. Five month total cost 130.40 with receipts 190. Food purchases are low due to canned supplies and surplus commodities.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Reservoir Drainage Planned for Concrete Cover Project
City Manager John Gwinn says the Gallipolis reservoir will be drained easily to allow concrete and steel cover construction. A natural ravine feeds Chickamauga Creek as 2,300,000 gallons are released from the basin.
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Gallipolis
John Gwinn
Chickamauga Creek
Big
Gallipolis School Enrollment Reaches 1512 for January
Attendance reports show Gallipolis schools with 1512 students in January. Other districts list figures including Washington No 1 with 190, Washington No 2 792, high school 498, Kanauga 31, Lincoln 119, Maple Shade 31.
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Gallipolis
Washington
High School
Kanauga
Lincoln
Maple Shade
Burglary Attempted At Empire Furniture Co
Gallipolis police blotter reports an attempted burglary at the Empire Furniture Co rear Sunday midnight. A shuttered window was forced open but the marauders appear to have fled unharmed.
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Gallipolis
Empire Furniture Co
Death of Rev L E Glenn Told from Bedford Indiana
Information of the death of Reverend L. E. Glenn at Bedford Indiana on Monday reached relatives here. During his pastorate he served ten years as a missionary in Egypt.
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Gallipolis
L. E. Glenn
Bedford
Ind
Egypt
Thurman native takes Millersport school principal post
Trevor Jones of Thurman has been appointed to serve as principal for the Millersport Fairfield County schools and has begun duties.
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Gallipolis
Trevor Jones
Thurman
Millersport
Fairfield County
NYA Projects To Commence Next Monday
Gallia County will start NYA road improvement with 100 workers aged 18 to 25. Two crews will operate in upper and lower county areas for two week shifts totaling 70 hours each. Owen Boster will supervise under County Engineer E N Leonard. federal funding around 10 000 dollars for five months.
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Gallipolis
NYA
Gallia County
Board of County Commissioners
Robert Kleinschmidt
Owen Boster
E. N. Leonard
Social Notes of Point Rock Highlights Local Visitors
Four generations of the Vale family spent Thursday quilting with the W M Morris family. J R Caster and Howard Collins shopped in Pomeroy. The Columbia High School operetta drew strong attendance Friday and Saturday. Several residents visited relatives in nearby towns and attended a funeral in Dyesville. Local farmers went to the Athens Stock Sale on Wednesday.
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Point Rock
L. P. Vale
Mamie Vale Martin
Marguerite Bigony
Anita
Vale
W. M. Morris
Myrta Bable
J. R. Caster
Howard Collins
Pomeroy
Columbia High School
Ora Cottrill
Eva Shepherd
Neva Ogdin
Emma Marie
Even Morris
Jarret Bobo
Morris Bobo
Lancaster
Henry Bobo
Ruth Nichols
Columbus
Harley Pickett, Jr
Maude Holcomb
Helen
Carolyn
Lina Caster
J. E. Radekin
Gerald Collins
T. E. McLaughlin
Middleport
R. D
Adriene Holcomb
W. R. Holcomb
Martha McGraw
Dyesville
Athens
Girls Enter Contest Sponsored by DAR in Gallia County
Entrants in the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Pilgrimage Contest held Saturday include Mary L Uhlig Addison Sara Margaret Rife Bidwell and Mary Frances Carter Rio Grande. Grading of test papers will be done by the state department of education. The state winner will be guest of the DAR Continental Congress in Washington in April and five others will be guests at the State Conference in Cincinnati in March.
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Gallipolis
Mary L. Uhlig
Addison
Sara Margaret Rife
Bidwell
Mary Frances Carter
Rio Grande
State Department of Education
D. A. R. Continental Congress
Washington
the Society
Cincinnati
Pinkerman Held On Shooting Charge In Gallia County
Gallia County official reports Robert Pinkerman is held to the grand jury under a 300 bond after signing. He is charged with shooting a shotgun at Ernest Watts and his son Kenneth during a farm tenancy dispute. The younger Watts was shot in the back with pellets that caused minor injuries.
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Gallipolis
Robert Pinkerman
T. G. Dillon
Pinkerman
Ernest Watts
Kenneth
Watts
the & E
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District of Columbia Girl Scout
Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Quick's
W. Union St
Athens, Ohio
Gallipolis Social Notes
Indiana
AtHenna
Conn Sheridan
Zeonge
Brent Peau
Bes Haa
Wana
Quentin Reynold
Tonite
Palm Springs
Wwe
David
Victor Fleming
Gable-Leigh As
A Howard
Ay Pé Schine Theatre
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Uncle Willie
Young
Richard Carlson
DAR
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George Brent
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