Gallipolis Post Office Reports Record Year Receipts
The Gallipolis post office reports a record year in 1940 with receipts of 30 220 07, up from 28 556 80 in 1939 and 22 948 58 in 1934. Government baby bonds sales exceeded 128 000, boosting revenue and prompting staff additions. Airmail service began mid November and averages 30 letters out and 20 in daily. Gallia County Farm Bureau plans a Wednesday meeting to craft membership drive.
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Gallipolis
A. K. Merriman
Merriman
Charles Switzer
Gallia County
Gallipolis DAR Members Enjoy American Music Program
Gallipolis notes report French Colony Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution held a Monday program with pianist Mrs W N Hayward and violinist Catherine Hayward. Fourteen members and one guest attended. Delegates were elected to attend the state conference in Cincinnati in March. The gathering featured American music, followed by tea served by the hostesses.
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Gallipolis
French Colony
Daughters of the American Revolution
W. N. Hayward
Catherine
William McElhinny
J. E. Halliday
Anna Simmerman
Harry R. Hurn
Netherland Plaza Hotel
Cincinnati
WPA Makes New Allotment of Road Funds
WPA allocates 100 for a county road project employing 600 men for four months. Work covers six miles from the western city limits to Rodney with surveys done and easements secured. Plan is to improve curves and fills, while the Chillicothe Road bridge project rises in the Chickamauga Bottoms. A dewlap is the hanging fold of skin along a bovine neck.
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WPA
Gallipolis
Chillicothe
Rodney
Chickamauga
Past Legion Commanders to Be Feted in Gallipolis
Lafayette Post commander W. M. Elliott and members plan a Wednesday night party at the municipal building headquarters for all past Legion commanders from the two decades of the group s existence. Each past commander will have a program spot and refreshments will be served.
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Gallipolis
W. M. Elliott
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Alfred M. Barlow
O. G. Lyle
Charles T. Robinson
Frank C. Glchrist
J. Paul Wetherholt
Chester Leaper
George Lear
Otto Carter
Ferry Dillon
C. D. Slagle
L. W. Robin
County Treasurer Mails Tax Notices for 1940 Real Estate
Gallia County Treasurer E E Myers has mailed about 7000 tax notices to city and county realty owners for the last half of 1940. Payments are now being accepted. The article lists several local officials and staff assisting in the process.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Myers
Hold Last Rites for Mrs Seth Glassburn
Gallipolis Mrs Seth Glassburn 58 died Sunday at home in Glenn after four years of invalidism. Surviving sisters Rosa McClaskey and Nora Reynolds of Bidwell area. Funeral services held this afternoon at Mt Olive Church conducted by Rev C H Davis.
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Gallipolis
Seth Glassburn
Glenn
Rosa McClaskey
Nora Reynolds
Bidwell
Mt. Olive Church
C. H. Davis
Singer Pianist Violinist Give Presentations at Union Event
Gallipolis audience enjoys a university women branch program at Washington Auditorium featuring Mrs Frank Harvey Jr pianist Miss Elizabeth Shough contralto and Miss Catherine Hayward violinist. The decorated stage and polished performances drew hearty applause.
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Gallipolis
Washington Auditorium
Frank Harvey, Jr
Bethlehem
Elizabeth Shough
Catherine Hayward
University Women
Harvey
Christine Holzer
Flu Strikes Thurman Students Prompt Health Review
Gallipolis report notes 40 percent of Thurman students and several teachers ill with influenza. Supt Wiseman and Health Commissioner Shane considered closing Thurman schools Monday but chose to keep them open as illness spread is limited to Thurman. Other city and county schools remain largely unaffected.
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Gallipolis
Thurman
W. E. Wiseman
F. W. Shane
Three Scottown Residents Held for Grand Jury in Florida Incident
Leslie Taylor Roy Capper and Granville Henderson of Scottown Lawrence County were arrested in Florida on a Sunday for intoxication and possessing firearms. They are held to the grand jury under $300 bond each and remain in the county jail.
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Gallipolis
Leslie Taylor
Roy Capper
Granville Henderson
Scottown
Lawrence County
Taylor
Mrs John Stirling Dies in Gallipolis Funeral set at Baptist Church
Mrs John A Stirling aged 74 died Monday at her daughter s home in Gallipolis after a long illness. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p m at the Baptist Church with Rev George Sagen officiating. Burial will be at Mound Hill Cemetery. She is survived by her husband and several children and siblings including Mrs Spear Newton Allen Stirling Mrs Wright Ruth Thomas David Stirling and brothers Frank William Allen James and Thomas Belcher and sister Mrs Divas Plymale.
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Gallipolis
John A. Stirling
Ezra Spear
Baptist Church
George Sagen
Mound Hill Cemetery
Rs. Spear
Newton
Allen Stirling
Ethel Wright
Salem
Ruth Thomas
Los Angeles
David Stirling
Logan
Frank
William
Allen
James
Thomas Belcher
Divas Plymale
OSU Accountant Plans Farm Record School
A farm record school is planned for Monday at the office of County Agent E. G. Royer. Arthur Smith, a farm accountant of Ohio State University, will be present to instruct those in attendance.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Arthur Smith
Ohio State University
Divorce Granted in Gallipolis Case
Mrs. Audrey Thaxton was granted a divorce from Marvin Thaxton on neglect grounds. She receives custody of two children and the father will pay $5 weekly for child support.
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Gallipolis
Audrey Thaxton
Marvin Thaxton
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