Rural districts receive second quarterly school foundation allowance
Gallia County announces the second quarterly state school foundation payment for rural districts to cover teachers and bus drivers salaries and operating costs. Addison receives 2775.70, Bidwell Springfield 6933.30, Centerville 2831.19, Cheshire 4145.21, Clay 2465.42, Crown City 788.47, Green 2944.05, Greenfield 2265.17, Guyan 5015.28, Mercerville 1015.16, Ohio 3709.17, Perry 1308.53, Raccoon 3699.25, Vinton 3603, Walnut 830.99. county board gets 3200.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State
Eldon Wiseman
Gallia County
Addison
Bidwell-Springfield
Centerville
Cheshire
Clay
Crown City
Green
Greenfield
Guyan
Mercerville
Ohio
Perry
Raccoon
Vinton
Walnut
County Board of Education
Gallipolis Social Notes from Rio Grande and area events
Gallipolis social items report a card party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Edwards in Rio Grande with guests from Gallipolis and nearby towns. Margery Moore celebrated her 21st birthday hosting Saint Aloysius seniors before a movie. Local Daughters of Union Veterans tea guests included Mrs. Tanner and Mrs. Evans. Carl Myers sent hand carved gifts from Florida. Ended visits include O H Booton’s return from Williamson and Hazel Kerns with Barbara Kerns visiting Gallipolis relatives. Birth of Stanley Lewis Evans, first child for Mr. and Mrs. Robert Evans, with J C Waters as maternal grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. W. Edwards
Rio Grande
C. M. Yeanger
Clarence Sharpton
Forrest Wyatt
Frank Allen
Martha Lou Lassiter
Zenia Shaw
John Ellis Evans
J. S. Porter, Jr
Margery Moore
Earl Moore
St. Aloysius Academy
New Lexington
Daughters of Union
Ella Davies
V. A. Tanner
B. F. Evans
Byrd Rose
Etta McCall
F. A. Haskins
Will Cox
Blanche France
Dwight Wetherhall
Lucille Rees
O. H. Booton
Williamson
W. Va
A. W. Kerns
Galliapolis
Clara Belle Motter
Chillicothe
R. P. Steen
Chicago
0. G. Lyle
Edward Thompson
Frank Thompson
Miami University
Oxford
Chester Leaper
Nan Deardorff
A. M. Blake
Huntington
E. N. Deardorff
Robert Evans
Jewell Waters
Stanley Lewis
Stanley Evans
J. C. Waters
Circleville
Rio Grande Infant Dies at Birth
Mrs. Donald S. Hobbs wife of the Rio Grande Baptist minister gave birth to a boy en route to Holzer Hospital. The child died shortly after arrival at the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Donald S. Hobbs
Rio Grande
Holzer Hospital
Wagner Transferred Promotes Service Station Manager
Clarence Pete Wagner longtime manager of an automobile service station in Gallipolis has been transferred to Portsmouth for a promotion. His family will move after the current school year ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clarence
Pete) Wagner
Portsmouth
Miss Bartelie Hamilton Taken For Appendicitis Operation
Logan county report says Miss Bartelie Hamilton senior high school faculty member was taken to Grant Hospital at noon Thursday for an appendicitis operation. She has been off duty for several weeks due to illness and was accompanied to Columbus by her mother Mrs. Dee Hamilton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Bartelie Hamilton
Grant Hospital
Miss Hamilton
Columbus
Dee Hamilton
Alfred Social And Personal Highlights Nearby
Alfred society notes list residents and relatives traveling to Baltimore and Marietta on business and visiting kin. Read of illnesses, visits from East Shade and Chester, Parkersburg trips, and local family gatherings with names including Guthrie OBrien Swartz Robinson Turbin Ridenour Midkiff Griffin Chapman Connolly and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Harry Guthrie
S. W. O’brien
Baltimore
James Swartz
Earl Vanmeter
Silver Ridge
W. E. Robinson
Arthur Watson
East Shade
Glenn Robinson
Marlene
Jess Turbin
Verd Chevalier
Success
Emma Turbin
Ida Ridenour
Chester
Mabel Swartz
Orlando Midkiff and Sons
Parkersburg
Garner Griffin
Marietta
William Chapman
Tuppers Plains
Homer Connolly
Pomeroy
Tom Sawyer Operetta Planned by Carthage Pupils
Under Mrs. Clifton the Carthage School music staff prepares the operetta Tom Sawyer with a date to be announced. A Feb 25 town house meeting invited farmers to join AAA soil building practices. W Va visitors Townsend Gaston family. Choir revival attendees noted. Ruth Atherton had a tonsil operation and is reported improved. WPA road project planned on Dutch Ridge to start within two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottridge A. B
Tuppers Plaina
Ruth Atherton
Dutch Ridge
Aged Franklin County Woman Dies Wednesday
Jennie Dempsey aged 82 widow of Andrew A. Dempsey died at her home in South Bloomingville Wednesday night. A Franklin County native she had lived alone for some time. Funeral arrangements were not learned here.
Heavy Snow Falls in Logan Th
One of the heaviest snow falls of the season greeted Logan Thursday morning. It continued to snow intermittently during Thursday as county and state highway crews and service department workers cleared streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Service Department
Ohio River traffic soars as 1941 tonnage records set
Ohio River notes record January tonnage with 1,581,300 tons on the Ohio and 214,500 on the Allegheny as coal movement lags on the Monongahela. Petroleum products, coke, steel, and scrap iron moved downstream and upriver. The Richland steamer changes hands, and the Gordon C. Greene prepared for Mardi Gras trip. upper pools show ice-related gorges but navigation stays open. River construction jobs dip slightly as crews shrink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Ohio
Allegheny
Monongahela
U. S
John F. Klein
Cincinnati
Richland
Costanza Coal Co
Wheeling
Katie Lyons
Leetsdale
Theodore Schwan
Swan
William Muller
Gordon C. Greene
Mardi Gras
New Orleans
Gorges
Lieutenant Ingels Visits Parents After Seven Years Afloat
Lieut Albert Ingels of the U S N spends a week with his parents Mr and Mrs C C Ingels and other relatives. He is in active service in Pacific waters and this marks his first home visit in seven years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Albert Ingels
U.S.N
Cc. C. Ingels
Pacific
Ingels
No Slippery Roads Prompt City Streets Cleaned
Gallipolis reports city streets and state highways clear of snow as scrapers work. No accidents attributed to slippery roads are reported this day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Knights Templar Meet Held on Wednesday
Logan report on the New Lexington Commandery Knights Templar inspection held Wednesday evening with Rolland Bright serving as prelate. Other Logan attendees included Melrose Harbaugh Harry L. Smith Washington Bowers O Stephenson H D Arnold and Denzil Weltner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
New Lexington
Knights Templar
Rolland Bright
Logan Commandery
Melrose Harbaugh
Harry L. Smith
Washington Bowers
O. ©. Stephenson
H. D. Arnold
Denzil Weltner
Taken to Hospital for Johnson Child in Columbus
Nancy Jane Johnson of Union Furnace was taken to White Cross Hospital in Columbus on Wednesday for treatment. This marks the second recent hospital visit for the child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Nancy Jane
Joe Johnson
Union Furnace
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
Edward Blake Dies in Gallia County at 79
Edward Blake age 79 died yesterday at his home near Wood's Mill on Raccoon Creek from a heart attack. Funeral rites will be Saturday at 2 p.m. in Mount Olive Church. He is survived by his wife Lydia Viars of Vin ton. sons Dayton of Columbus and Forrest of St. Marys. daughter Mrs. Arthur White of near Bidwell. Blake was a fiddler of reputation and had won numerous contests in this and adjoining counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Edward Blake
Wood's Mill
Raccoon Creek
Mount Olive Church
Lydia Viars
Vinton
Dayton
Columbus
Forrest
St. Marys
Arthur White
Near Bidwell
Blake
City to consider street designation and extension plan
Gallipolis city commissioners may designate a new street in Craft Addition and extend it to Burkhart Lane to access Chillicothe Avenue. Several new homes already occupy the street leading north from Portsmouth Avenue, with more as yet contemplated. A higher grade on Burkhart Lane would allow city access via the proposed high level road during floods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Burkhart Lane
Chillicothe Ave
Portsmouth Ave
Two Generations Celebrate Same Day
Blake Strait and a nearby city neighbor share a Feb. 26 birthday. Their news notes a first great grandchild born to Mr and Mrs David Carmody in Indo California on Feb 26. Mrs Strait is noted for impersonating Ann Bailey during the sesquicentennial period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Blake Strait
David Carmody
Indo
Calif
Retired Mail Carrier injured as runaway horses flee
In Gallipolis Ernest H. Davis, a retired mail carrier, is treated at home for injuries after his wagon team frightened and ran away. Four year old James Casey, son of John Casey, suffered injuries to both feet and was treated at Holzer Hospital. Davis was thrown from the wagon and unconscious briefly. a falling pole also struck the boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ernest H. Davis
James Casey
John Casey
Holzer Hospital
Davis
Court orders partition in Wilt v Merch I Clark case
The court orders partition in the suit of Charles Wilt against Merch I Clark. Appraisers named are Harry Swisher Homer Kerr and W W Sigler. The affected property is a brick residence at Fourth and Vinton Streets, part of the late Charles E Clark estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Wilt
Merch I. Clark
Harry Swisher
Homer Kerr
W. W. Sigler
Fourth and
Vinton Sts
Charles E. Clark
World Day of Prayer Observed by Church
Gallipolis First Baptist Church held three World Day of Prayer services at 9 am 2 pm and 7 pm with large attendance reported. Evangelist J Edwin Orr presented a color film of his China journey since the start of the China Japan war with a descriptive travelogue and a second showing if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
J. Edwin Orr
China
County Red Cross Quota Is Received
Gallia County accepts a Red Cross quota of 20 layettes 20 hospital gowns 25 girls dresses 10 women dresses and 30 sweaters. Materials received are being issued and shipment to New York May 31 will proceed then to England. Mrs C W Booth is executive secretary and Mrs S B Huntington chairs the sewing committee of 150 volunteers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Red Cross
New York
England
C. W. Booth
S. B. Huntington
Legion Women to Return Questionnaires on Defense Plans
At a Gallipolis meeting of the American Legion Woman's Auxiliary members will fill a questionnaire about potential participation in national defense. Copies not yet received, but to be completed by March 11. Lafayette Post members had nearly 100 percent completed by February 22 as ordered by the national commander.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Gallia Establishes Employment Service and Property Registry
Gallia Chamber of Commerce starts a free employment service and owner rental registry in Gallipolis amid defense order activity from the war department. Licenses to marry issued for Herbert S. Suttle 27 and Rowena Hill 22 of Linden West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Pt. Pleasant
Herbert S. Suttle
Rowena Hill
Linden
W. Va
Eisteddfod Sponsored by Centerville Masons
Elias J. Jones secretary from Thurman mails requested details about the Eisteddfod sponsored by Centerville Masonic Lodge. The event is non profit and aims to sustain Welsh cultural interest in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elias J. Jones
Thurman
Centerville
Mrs. Saunders Dies At Home In Evergreen
Elizabeth Saunders 76 widow of Edward Saunders died Thursday at her Evergreen home. Funeral services set for Sunday at 2 p m in Morgan Baptist Church conducted by Rev. J W Smith. Survived by a son Monroe John and a brother Jerry Johnson of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elizabeth Saunders
Edward Saunders
Evergreen
Morgan Baptist Church
J. W. Smith
Monroe Johnson
Jerry Johnson
Columbus
Many Apply For Project In Gallia County Demo Beds
Applications for the federal mattress making project are pouring in from rural heads of families with yearly net income under 500 dollars. Demonstration centers will be set up in townships mainly in school buildings where participants will craft their own mattresses from government supplied ticking and cotton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clara Belle Motter
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Gallipolis Social Notes
Fred Luchs
Athens
Association
The
Presbyterian Church
Miss Davis
Carl Myers
Florida
Myers
J. C. Myers
James S. Clark
Jessie Caldwell
Rachel, Jane
Mae Davis
Wagner
Esther Roehm
Mr. Williams
Miss Duncan
Gasco Food Institute
Conducted By
the Gas Company
Cooking
Carthage
Franklin County
Ohio River News Notes
Gallia
Legion
Gallia Employment Service
Elberfelds
New Spring
I. R. Goldberg
O. F
Optometrist
Worstell Bldg
Court St
Zenner’s Dept
Mrs. Saunders
Housewives
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