Gallia County Red Cross Organizes Township Committees
Gallia County sets a rural drive to raise up to 1500 of a 5000 dollar Red Cross fund. Township committees will contact every rural home with community meetings and patriotic programs to boost subscriptions. A long list of organizers is named across many townships and villages, with some areas still to be organized.
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Athens
Ohio
Gallia County Red Cross
Gallipolis
Red Cross
Washington Auditorium
Ray Thomas
Lowell Edwards
Steve Thomas
Centerville
E. B. Webb
E. N. Wiseman
Mae Fulton
Zenia Shaw
J. L. Stephenson
J. L. Coleman
Marguerite Moore
David Pickens
Theodore McCutcheon
Bidwell
George Bunce
Earl Mink
Esta George
Bulaville
Paul Niday
Hobart Niday
Mittie Amsbury
Edwin McCormick
L. C. Black
Green Township
Walter Fry
Frank Childers
Opal Miller
Herman Wood
L. V
W. H. Martt
Vica Dillon
Crown City
Frank Mills
Ira Neal
Lee Rose
E. E. Church
Kate Ross
Ohio Township
W. L. Chambers
R. P. McCarley
Clyde Saunders
Clay Township
Harrison Township
Kananga Village
Record Tax Duplicates See Rise in Farm Incomes 1942
Gallia County Agent E. G. Royer warns many more residents will use farm account books in 1942. A surge in income tax payers, including farm households, requires careful records to correctly compute farm incomes.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Gallia County
Township Meeting To Receive Instructions And Supplies
Communities will be enlarged as township committeemen attend a Sunday afternoon gathering to receive instructions and supplies.
Board to Form Tire Allocation Committee in Gallia County
Gallia County commissioners meet Monday to organize and discuss routine business. The Ohio State Council for Defense requests appointment of a tire allocation committee of mayors from all villages and the city plus one at large member to represent the county. Members are non salaried and will grant tire purchase permits.
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Gallipolis
Watch Night Services Draw Large Crowds in Gallipolis
Gallipolis churches held Watch Night services at the Methodist and Baptist churches last night with singing and prayer before midnight. The Eagles dance and an Elks Club party attracted many attendees as New Year greetings prevailed. Tonight a dance at the state hospital for patients is planned.
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Gallipolis
Elks’ Club
State Hospital
Pobst Not Seri ous Despite Rio Grande Hospitalization
The condition of Rev. R. L. Pobst of Rio Grande is reported not serious after hospitalization for a skin infection. He may be hospitalized for several days.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Local Weddings and Meetings
Gallipolis features report of Max Elliott and Thelma Russell marrying in Pomeroy with plans to reside in Dayton where Elliott works at Patterson Field. Also covers Eastern Star officers elected at a dinner party, a baby birth announcement, holiday family visits, and a Columbus wedding for Walter Burton and Hazel Black.
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Gallipolis
Max Elliott
O. E. Elliott
Bethesda
Thelma Russell
John Russell
Mudsoc
P. J. Frisch
Pomeroy
Dayton
Elliott
Patterson Field
English Club meeting hosts Mexico trip lecture event
At a regular English Club session in Miss Maye Davis home Mrs. G B Gillingham spoke on a recent Mexican trip illustrated by her son James. An additional guest was Miss Catherine Wolfe.
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Maye Davis
G. B. Gillingham
Mexico
James
Catherine Wolfe
Dinner guests and visits noted in local notices
Recent dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Bowen include Mrs. Della Congreve and daughters Violet and Myrtle of Laurelville and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Johnson with Mildred Blankenship. H J Brown return to Cadiz after visiting son Dr. W Lewis Brown. Dale Sanders and Betty Black of Chesapeake welcomed a son born Dec 29 in Huntington hospital. Calvin N Sanders, grandfather, former Gallia County resident. William Amsbury and Columbus guests stayed over weekend. daughter Peggy extended visit.
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Boyd Bowen
Della Congreve
Violet
Myrtle
Laurelville
Roy Johnson
Mildred Blankenship
H. J. Brown
Cadiz
W. Lewis Brown
Dale Sanders
Betty Black
Chesapeake
Huntington Hospital
Calvin N. Sanders
Gallia County
William Amsbury
Columbus
Peggy
Gallia Operators Get Bonus for War Period Service
In Gallipolis and Point Pleasant 25 telephone exchange operators received national defense stamps worth 2.50 each for services during the Silver Bridge negotiations. Recipients include Nelle Birch Edith Treleaven Bessie Comer Carrie Chick Violet Brothers Ida Durkee Elizabeth Comer Edith Ramsey Hilah McCall Esther Plymale Sarah Anderson Virginia Fulton Mabel Carter Hattie Cromsey Hilda Bradshaw Juanita Brown Anna Mae Edwards Virginia Lewis Martha Miller Norma Sullivan Elizabeth Walters Elinor White Dorothy Summerville Pauline Pullins Bess L. McBee. Also Holzer Hospital employees with six months service got a half month’s pay and those under six months a quarter month. Merrill Borders passed civil service exam to join the Columbus fire department, son of Mrs. Vesta Borders of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
The
Bridge Company
Point Pleasant
Nelle Birch
Edith Treleaven
Bessie Comer
Carrie Chick
Violet Brothers
Ida Durkee
Elizabeth Comer
Edith Ramsey
Shipyard Declared Restricted Area by Coast Guard
Gallipolis reports a Coast Guard declared restricted area at Marietta Manufacturing Co shipyards North Point Pleasant marked by three white buoys 500 feet riverward from the West Virginia shore Navigators should pass to the Ohio side The mine planter Armistead launched at 2 p m today drawing large attendance
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Gallipolis
Marietta Manufacturing Co
North Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Ohio
Knife Attacker Held to Grand Jury
Cecil Stewart, 35, held to the grand jury under $400 bond for inflicting a knife wound in the throat of Woodrow McCall at a local restaurant. McCall, a Harrison Township resident, required several stitches but is reported not seriously injured.
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Gallipolis
Cecil Stewart
Grand Jury
Woodrow McCall
McCall
Harrison Township
Broom Corn Arrival Delays Priorities at Factory
Gallipolis reports no priorities set for broom corn after a carload arrived at George A. Tabit’s factory yesterday. Tabit, a broom manufacturer, noted the shipment was received but no production plans were announced.
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Gallipolis
George A. Tabit
Rio Grande Plans Fourth Aviation Class
Gallia County report states Rio Grande College may add a fourth aviation class with a minimum of ten students. Eight have passed the required physical exam. if formed, the class would start early January under W. H. Chevis at Gallipolis airport with active flying. Eligible students include those with two years of college training.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
W. H. Chevis
Mrs. Wreatha Walters Dies After 14 Years Ill
Mrs Wreatha Walters 46 died Wednesday at her brother Arnold Taylors home after 14 years invalidism Funeral services were set for Friday at 2 p m at the Gallipolis Mission conducted by Rev Jennings Cremeens with burial in Macedonia Cemetery
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Gallipolis
Wreatha Walters
Arnold Taylor
Jennings Cremeens
Macedonia Cemetery
Cun ningham Granted Divorce in Gallipolis Case
Mrs. David Cunningham is granted a divorce on the grounds of gross neglect in Gallipolis. The ruling details show the wife alleging the husband’s repeated neglect and seeks relief through the court.
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Gallipolis
David Cunningham
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