Gallipolis City Eyes Parking Meters and Budget 1942
Gallipolis city officials discuss installing 200 to 250 meters in the Second Ave area to curb double parking. A 25 75 financing plan is considered with nine months trial before possible outright purchase. The annual appropriation bill totaling 79 970 includes extensive city department allocations and WPA project support.
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Gallipolis
Graybar Electric Co
New York City
Locust
Court Sts
City Commission
Red Cross To Hold Meeting In February
Gallia County Red Cross directors meet at courthouse and plan the annual meeting for February 3 at First Baptist Church. They will elect officers, review budgets totaling 1149.87, report on memberships and receipts, and address disaster and relief funds.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Red Cross Organization
First Baptist Church
Red Cross
C. W. Booth
J Hartsook Suffers Second Leg Fracture
J E Hartsook, formerly of Vinton, is hospitalized in Atlanta Georgia with a second leg fracture in six months. The first injury happened in a fall and the second in an automobile accident. His daughter Mrs Ray Grover of near Vinton has gone to Atlanta to be with him.
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Gallipolis
J. E. Hartsook
Vinton
Atlanta
Ray Grover
County Auditor Reports Kennel Fund Sheep Claims
Gallia County Auditor E. D. Keeler reports that sheep claims totaling 1489.90 were paid from the dog and kennel fund during 1940. The figures are average for a half dozen years past.
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Gallipolis
E. D. Keeler
Dog and Kennel Fund
Ray Quickle moved to Dayton hospital for treatment
Removed to Dayton from Vinton a week after an automobile accident that left two nephews dead. Ray Quickle, injured two weeks ago, is being treated at a war veterans hospital in Dayton.
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Gallipolis
Ray Quickle
Vinton Monday
War Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Injured in Fall Gallipolis
Theodore John son is treated at Holzer Hospital for a kneecap fracture after falling from a moving van.
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Gallipolis
Theodore Johnson
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis Social Notes Celebrate Weddings and Visits
Social items record a tenth wedding anniversary dinner at Hotel Lafayette for Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Ecker with numerous local guests. Other notes list Wom en's Home Council officers at First Baptist Church, a Northup Missionary Society meeting, and various family visits and travels among Gallia County residents and friends in nearby towns.
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Harry K. Mills
Harry K. Mills, Jr
Wellston
James Mills
Jack Mills
Earl Mills
Robert Richards
Point Pleasant
Ill in California Bertha Randall Seriously Ill in San Francisco
Relatives report Miss Bertha Randall of Gallipolis is seriously ill in a San Francisco hospital with car abscesses. She left Gallipolis earlier in the month planning an extended western visit.
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Gallipolis
California
Bertha Randall
San Francisco
Beef and Pork Prices Rise at Gallipolis Auction
Gallipolis reports a noticeable uptick in livestock sales after a holiday decline. Beef and pork prices are advancing, a trend reflected in the retail market.
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Gallipolis
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Philip Kraus
Mrs Philip Kraus age 85 died at her home in Gallipolis Sunday after brief illness Funeral rites were conducted at the home by Rev George Sagen and interment was in Mound Hill Cemetery Survivors include sons Harry Hollis Kraus of Gallipolis Edward Kraus of Chicago a daughter Mrs Carrie D Howell of Pomeroy and sisters Mrs Bertha Morton and Mrs Rose Berridge of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Philip Kraus
This City
George Sagen
Mound Hill Cemetery
Kraus
Richard Burnett
This County
Harry and
Hollis Kraus
Edward Kraus
Chicago
Carrie D. Howell
Pomeroy
Bertha Morton
Rose Berridge
City
Vinton Man Held for Passing Check
Kendall Deckard of Vinton is jailed on a spurious check charge filed by John Bradbury of Cheshire. He allegedly presented a $10 oil and gasoline payment check and received the difference in currency.
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Gallipolis
John Bradbury
Cheshire
Kendall Deckard
Vinton
Haskins Buys 50 Acre Farm Near Clipper Mills
Mrs. Fred Cherrington, executor of Elizabeth Hathaway estate, sold a 50 acre bottom farm south of Clipper Mills to Morris Haskins of this city. Price paid approximates $3,000 it is said.
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Gallipolis
Fred Cherrington
Elizabeth Hathaway
Clipper Mills
Morris Haskins
Rio Grande WCTU Plans Friday Meeting
Rio Grande WCTU schedules a Friday session at 1 p.m. to align with a local high school program. The meeting aims to coordinate community activities and support education initiatives.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande W.C.T.U
Burgess Taken to St Anthony Hospital in Serious Illness
Logan Orville Burgess of this city was stricken with a liver ailment and taken to St Anthony Hospital in Columbus Monday evening after several days of serious illness.
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Logan
Orville Burgess
St. Anthony Hospital
Columbus
Changes in Gallia Relief Office To Be Effective at Once
Gallipolis reports a county commissioner's special session produced a shake up in the relief office and surplus commodities division. Marvin R. Allen becomes relief director and Howard D. Smiley takes over certification duties. Ernest Davis to supervise surplus commodities with salaries set at 100 dollars monthly.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Marvin R. Allen
Morgan Township
John McKean
Howard D. Smiley
Addison Township
Othneil Jones
Ernest Davis
Watne Baker
Second Ave
City Park
Grape and Vine Sts
Four Named Justices In Guyan Township
Four individuals were named as justices of the peace in Guyan Township to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of T. G. Dillon. The appointees are Hoadley L. Garlic Cecil Wallace Harland Halley and Wood Niday. The law limits the township to three justices, and regular trustees W. W. Caldwell and E. J. Starkey are said to have no authority to fill the vacancy.
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Gallipolis
Guyan Township
T. G. Dillon
Hoadley L. Garlic
Cecil Wallace
Harland Halley
Wood Niday
W. W. Caldwell
E. J. Starkey
Hocking Fair Board Seeks Earlier Fall Dates
Logan Hocking County fair board officials await a state report on next fall’s fair date and have requested one week earlier than last year. President Paul Shaw and Secretary James H. Barker will attend the Fair Managers meeting in Columbus on Wednesday and Thursday.
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Logan — Hocking County
Paul Shaw
James H. Barker
Columbus
Logan man fined for speeding arraignment
Lewis E. Martin of Circleville was charged with exceeding the speed limit and arraigned before Mayor Dallas Kinser. He pled guilty, receiving a $10 fine plus costs, following arrest by State Highway Patrolmen.
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LOGAN
Lewis E. Martin
Circleville
Dallas Kinser
Moriah Council Meets In Masonic Temple
J Paul Wethers host and C M Yeanger recorder have called a meeting of 116 Moriah Council members in GALLIPOLIS Masonic Temple Thursday at 7 p m Changes in cast for the annual presentation of the super excellent master's degree are expected to be considered during the session with a Grand Master Stoltz visit from Columbus anticipated in early spring
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Gallipolis
J. Paul Wethers
C. M. Yeanger
Moriah
Attempted suicide ends with life risk at Gallipolis home
Despondent Henry Pittmayy fifty five of East Gallipolis reportedly attempted death by hanging at his residence on Sunday. He lives alone and officers report he is in serious condition.
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Gallipolis
Henry Pittmayy
East Gallipolis
License to wed issued for Allgower and Andrews
Permit to marry has been issued for Fred Allgower aged 24 and Doris Andrews aged 21, both residents of Richwood Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Fred Allgower
Doris Andrews
Richwood, Ohio
Lower's Prescription marketed for bronchitis and coughs
Advertisement urging lung sufferers to try Lower's Prescription for bronchitis asthma severe coughs and colds. Sold by drug stores at 60 cents or 1 20 per bottle. Manufactured by Lower Chemist Marion Ohio.
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Lower
Marion
Ohio
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Chillicothe
Brooklyn
Patrick Dillon
John Evans
Evans Packing Co
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Spear
Ingels
First Ward
J. Hartsook
Kennel Fund
Gallipolis Social Notes
H. B. Ecker
Hotel Lafayette
Paul
David
E. E. Hatfield
C. T. Robinson
Herbert Edwards
A. P. Kerr
Ruth Richards
Hazel Richard
Ecker
Charles
Jean
Women's Home Council
Glenn Powell
Briggs Kirby
Steve Jenkins
W. A. Lewis
Rio Grande
Northup Missionary Society
Grover Shoemaker
Mittie Amsbury
Minnie Phillips
Mellie Kerr
Maude Saunders
Vesta Sheets
Lulu Cremeens
Faye Rose
John B. Clendenin
A. H. Poulson
Huntington
Miami
Fla
Lloyd Saunders
Oak Hill
Earl Saunders
Earline
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J. W. Saunders
Mercerville
Paul Myers
New Orleans
L. E. Smith
C. A. Smith
Dwight Heath
Zaleski
Smith
J. Warden Lewis
Ashland
Charles Baird
Middleport
Anna V. Adams
Marcus Fox
Bert Robinson
A. R. Fox
A. J. Tomlinson
Loma Bing
Luther Donnally
Esther
Leo
Margaret B. McCormick
Donald H. Wallace
Portsmouth
Michael Roth
Myra
Vinton Ave
Barney Brandewine
Leo Carter
Baby
Caldwell
Betty Evans
Marianna
Ralph Saunders
Ohio State University
E. D. Saunders
Plymouth
Chrysler Corporation
Eagles
Eagles’ Lodge
Haskins
Hocking Fair Board
Masonic Temple
Zenners
Mackinaws
Wilson
Mallory
van Husen
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