Parking Meters May Be Installed on Gallipolis Streets
Gallipolis officials discuss a tentative plan to install about 100 coin meters in the business district starting March 1. The system would charge one penny for 12 minutes and rise to five pennies for an hour, with a 25 percent city share and 75 percent company share during a nine month trial.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Gallipolis
R. C. Lehman
Charleston
John Gwinn
Court Sts
Second Ave
Kyger Man Fined for Drunk Driving Plea
John P. Hermann 23 of Kyger pleaded guilty in Pt. Pleasant magistrate court to operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He was fined 50 and costs and received a six month driving suspension after a Jan. 16 truck crash in Mason City ex Va. that claimed James Little 20 and left Golden Little 16 severely injured.
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Gallipolis
John P. Hermann
Kyger
Pt. Pleasant
Hermann
Mason City
James Little
Middleport
Golden Little
Holzer Hospital
Judge Clark Speaks At Rotary Meeting
In Gallipolis Probate Judge James S. Clark addressed the Rotary Club about a decade of expanded office activities including juvenile delinquency programs pensions and child welfare. Loren Thomas director of aid for dependent children added details on that service.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
James S. Clark
Loren Thomas
Saunders Family Dominates Local High School Roster
In Gallipolis a roster check shows the Saunders family leading among students with many cousins sharing the name Saunders. Names listed include Jean Augusta Ted Pauline Beulah Olive Kendall Esther Connie Betty Jean Betty Sue Billy Vance Eugene Hayward and Leon.
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Gallipolis
Saunders
Jean
Augusta
Ted
Pauline
Beulah
Olive
Kendall
Esther
Connie
Betty Jean
Betty Sue
Billy
Vance
Eugene Hayward
Leon
Teachers Gather for County Read Methods Meeting
Primary and elementary teachers of the county will meet at the high school auditorium this evening for a program on new reading instruction methods. The discussion will focus on improving the err teaching approaches used in local classrooms.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County approves 2000 for NYA road project
Gallia County commissioners allocate 2000 for the county share of a 10000 NYA road improvement project and to provide hand tools. Owen Boster named county supervisor. Five month program to use county owned equipment from shelves and recalled loans. Bridge at Garner’s Ford to be replaced with salvaged iron span costing about 2500. Trustees receive lime allocations for seven townships to distribute locally.
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Gallipolis
Board of
Gallia
Owen Boster
Garner’s Ford Crossing
Perry Tp
Raccoon Island
State Highway Department
Walnut
Green
Cheshire
Morgan
Perry
Ohio
Guvan
Raccoon
Financial Statement From Gallipolis City Education Board 1941
The Gallipolis Board of Education reports a Jan 1 1941 general and bond retirement fund balance of 26562.56. General fund estimates total 120589.77 with various revenue sources and broad appropriations totaling 127028.16. Planned bond payments 13000 and interest 6177 set aside. capital outlays include site improvements landscaping equipment and admin offices. Estimated year end 1941 balance 24434.40 and receipts total 151462.56.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Board of Education
A. S. Lloyd
Students Stage Operetta at Carpenter High School
Columbia High School presented "An Old Kentucky Garden" in the Columbia auditorium on Friday and Saturday, featuring music by Stephen Collins Foster and a cast of more than fifty. Funeral services were held for Mrs. Martha McGraw, age 96, in Dyesville with burial in Rawlings Cemetery. The local Board of Education added Chauncey Staneart to replace Wesley Caster, and Reed Jeffers, recently recovering from hernia surgery, plans to return to work at Camp Meade. Numerous local residents visited, hosted guests, and noted various community updates and personal travels.
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Dessie Smith
Millersport
C. W. Stansbury
Pauline
Connie Butler
Charles Geer
Columbus
Howard Tewksbury
Malcolm Tewksbury
Dwaine Kitzmiller
Geraldine
Evelyn Smith
Mamie Hartman
Kenneth
Hazel Harlow
Ewing
Jennie Lee
Pleasantville
Garren Stansbury
Middleport
Board of Education
Chauncey Staneart
Wesley Caster
Toledo
Reed Jeffers
Lancaster
J. L. Rawlings
IL. F. Radcliffe
Camp Meade
Fern Gillogly
Victoria
Oda Gillogly
Albany
Denver Whittington
Lauren Hoffman
H. E. Starkey
Eddie Lou Howery
Unified Farm Program Committee
Pomeroy
W. L. Swett
Camp Davis
Wilmington
N. C
Dyesville
Jennings Edwards
Walter Swett
Ralph Turner
St Se
Max Hanning
Maxine
Spencer Auto Crash Claimed Dilworth Life in Spencer West Virginia
Gallipolis resident Alden L. Howell reports the death of Harry L. Dilworth a former business associate in an automobile accident in Spencer West Virginia. Mrs. Dilworth was critically injured in the same crash.
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Gallipolis
Alden L. Howell
Harry L. Dilworth
Spencer
W. Va
Dilworth
Effie DeWitt Recovering After Pond Fall Injury
Mrs Effie DeWitt is reported convalescent from injuries after falling into a fish pond in the Cremeens yard. She sustained an arm fracture and injuries to leg and foot.
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Gallipolis
Effie Dewitt
Raymond Cremeens
Is Given Divorce Granted in Gallia County Case
Mrs. Isabel Johnson is awarded divorce from Howard Johnson on neglect allegations. She gains custody of their two children and alimony for support amid domestic quarrels reported to cause multiple deaths in the United States.
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Gallipolis
Isabel Johnson
Howard Johnson
United States
Engagement Announced In Gallipolis Local Social Notes
Mr and Mrs Ray Ellinwood announce the engagement of their daughter Ruth Warner to Eugene Plymale son of Mr and Mrs Stanley Plymale of the Lower River Road. Plymale is a Miami University and Ohio University alumnus and Phi Delta Theta member. Ruth Warner graduated from West Virginia University and taught in Logan West Virginia. she belongs to Delta Gamma. The note also records social events including Shannon Loucks 84th birthday and a Daughters of the American Revolution meeting at French Colony Chapter with debates and readings.
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Gallipolis
Ray Ellinwood
Ruth Warner
Eugene Plymale
Stanley A. Plymale
Lower River Road
Plymale
Gallia Academy
Miami
Ohio
Phi Delta Theta Fraternity
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Logan
W. Va
Delta Gamma Sorority
Evans Grocery Co
Frank Bell
A. K. Merriman
M. S. Barlow
M.T. Epling
Anna Simmerman
Continental Congress
Washington
Harry R. Hurn
Ella Rothgeb
L. R. Hall
National Historical Magazine
Benjamin Franklin
Zwaanendael House
Delaware
Frances Moch
Mount Vernon
America
Catherine Hayward
Verona
Grace Guild Dines Amid St Valentine Decor
Thirty Grace Guild members shared a Monday dinner in the Methodist dining room as tables were festively decorated for St Valentine and plates were heaped high with shiny dishes.
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Grace Guild
Rockland Farmer Endorses TON JON No. 3 Relief
W F Denning of Rockland Washington County Ohio testifies TON JON No 3 cured his twenty year bladder trouble and nightly rest disruptions. He reports relief from neuritis stiffness and general soreness and urges others to try the herbal diuretic. consult TON JON Health Representative if doubtful.
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Rockland Farmer
W. F. Denning
Washington County
Rockland
Ohio
Marietta
Ton Jon
TON Jon Health Representative
All Paralysis Fund Buttons Will Be Sold
Gallipolis postmaster A K Merriman says he will report sales of infantile paralysis lapel buttons soon but expects all to be sold by city and rural mail carriers. The office quota is 20 cards of 25 buttons at ten cents each, same as last year when all sold. County chairman Joe V Lee cites strong public donations but pending final report.
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Gallipolis
A. K. Merriman
Joe V. Lee
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Gallia Poultrymen Plan Athens Meeting on Egg Auction
Gallia County egg auction committee members Samuel Sayre H W Walter Finley Richards Glenn Powell Ralph Davis O J White and E G Royer will attend a general meeting in Athens on February 11 to decide the site opening date and weekly operation days for the proposed market serving nine southeastern Ohio counties.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Athens
Samuel Sayre
H. W. Walter
Finley Richards
Glenn Powell
Ralph Davis
O. J. White
E. G. Royer
Girls Gain Work Experience in City Stores
A dozen high school girls in the commercial department are gaining real work experience in as many city businesses, spending a half day weekly there and will split each school day between class and occupation as spring arrives.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell Personal and Brief Social Mention
Bidwell notes show Paul Cline and son Howard visiting family in town. Stella Robinson from Columbus visits her parents Mr and Mrs C B Robinson over weekend. Walling Corwin ill on leave. Hummel prepares for army service at Ft Knox. Bidwell basketball team recently defeated Cadmus Vinton and Mercerville. Gallipolis committee to meet in Columbus February 14 and 15 chaired by Carl C Byers.
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Ted Moore
Mothers’ Club
Island View Inn
Edward Wise
R. J. Mauck
John Galbreath
Columbus
C. C. Ingels
Clyde Ingels
A. B. Henke
Jean
Ohio Wesleyan University
Raymond Thomas
Chester
C. A. Evans
Bidwell
Rhoda McKean
Charles McKean
E. W. Smith
Hotel Lafayette
Paul Cline
Howard
Stella Robinson
C. B. Robinson
George Weldon Smith
Floyd Welker
Walling Corwin
Rupert Trout
Gallipolis
Ohio Schools Implementation Committee
Carl C. Byers
Family Sets School Attendance Record at Gallia Academy
The Broyles family of Gallia County has a 22 year run of continuous attendance at Gallia Academy High School. Members Edna, George, Mildred, Ellen, Fred, Nick, Enoch, Ruth and Harold each enrolled for at least one year, marking a unique family record in the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Broyles
Gallia Academy High School
Edna
George
Mildred
Ellen
Fred
Nick
Enoch
Ruth
Harold
Elks Host Dinner and Degree Work Visit
Gal lipolis Lodge members will entertain Nelsonville Lodge with a dinner Monday night and exemplify degree work. Local Elks who visited Logan Monday night included Harry Wood, C. C. Ingels, Emmett Morrison, Wayne Booth, C. T. Robinson, Carl Baker, Stanley Epling, and others.
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Gallipolis
Nelsonville Lodge
Logan
Harry Wood
Cc. C. Ingels
Emmett Morrison
Wayne Booth
C. T. Robinson
Carl Baker
Stanley Epling
Harry
Frank Clendenin
James Walker
Carl Myers
Conrad Carpenter
Lloyd Niday
Sherman White
L. R. Hall
A. Fontana
John Halliday
Dave Pickens
Stanley Huntington
J. H. Bovie
Herbert North
Frank Shaw
Orin Thomas
Raymon Allison
Aaron Davis
Reservoir Project To Begin Thursday In Gallipolis
City to start a $44 000 reservoir cover project and road work at Fortification Hill Park. Crews to assemble at 8 a m Thursday morning for a five month program under Engineer Charles D Warner and WPA superintendent Clyde C Dale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fortification Hill Park
John Gwinn
Charles D. Warner
Clyde C. Dale
WPA
417000 To Be Spent on County Roads
Gallipolis reports about 417 000 dollars will be spent on county and city road improvements this spring and summer through WPA cooperation. Projects include 200 000 to improve the Chillicothe road to Rodney 215 000 for the high level flood road on West State Street 44000 for a concrete reservoir cover and related work 12000 for NYA road improvements. Up to 600 WPA workers may be employed plus engineers supervisors and timekeepers with 80 men starting on the reservoir project tomorrow.
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Gallipolis
E. N. Leonard
WPA
Chillicothe
Rodney
State St
NYA
Farm Bureau Begins Membership Campaign
A Gallia County committee of about 30 people started a Farm Bureau membership drive in Gallia County on Tuesday. The panel is split into two groups and after final reports on Saturday the losers will banquet the winners at a February 14 victory dinner at an as yet unnamed location. The county Farm Bureau membership is about 100 and the group hopes to add another 100.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Farm Bureau
Gallia County
Tope Buys Vine Street Residence in Gallipolis
Mrs. A. E. Tope purchases the Vine Street dwelling from C. H. Wilson in Gallipolis, local property transfer recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. E. Tope
Vine St
C. H. Wilson
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West Virginia Rail Co
Arthur Jenkins
Old Pine
Gwinn
Brandstetter Heights
Chickamauga Creek
Holzer
First Avenue
Pine St
Delbert Holmes
Merchants’ Police
Holcomb Hill
N. A. Martin
H. B. Thomas
E. W. Shaw
Philadelphia
Jean Paul Desloges
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Air Force
England
Kyger Man
Judge Clark
Rotary Meeting
Saunders Family
City Education Board
Carpenter
Irvin Folden
Junior Johnson
James Boyles
Scott Westerman
Gallipolis Social Notes
Shannon Loucks
Parnie Anderson
Shannon Houck
Bert Loucks
Frances
Marie
Tommy
Mae Craft
Virgil Craft
Frank Anderson
Sarah Anderson
D.A.R
Aau
W. Scott Westerman
Howe Bratt
American Association of University Women
G. G. Kincon
Mabel Meade
South America
Mary Syler
Stanley Lanier
Paul Mossman
Gomer Phillips
Charles Nuckles
Clara Belle Motter
Thelma Biffle
Elsie McCall
Virginia Walker
Quick
Elks
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Soft Water Dept
Servel Electrolux
the Gas Company
SAS
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