Gallia County leaders discuss farm repair program in wartime
About 40 interested Gallia County residents met in the county agent's office to review farm machinery repair needs and a nationwide foods and feeds drive. Prof Virgil Overholt urged rapid parts ordering as 1942 production of new equipment may fall, while TNT plant labor shortages loom. county groups pledged to push the repair program through meetings and distribute parts questionnaires.
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Gallipolis
Court House
Virgil Overholt
Ohio State University
Gallia County
Emmet Slagle
County Aaa
Overholt
E. G. Royer
Lawrence Holliday
Homer W. Walter
Point Pleasant
Welfare Groups Form Nutrition Council Meet
Welfare groups organize to compose a county nutrition council and plan discussions on food importance, cost, and preparation. The meeting will be held Thursday night in the housekeeping aid apartment to discuss a broader program and conduct community meetings with competent speakers.
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Gallipolis
Nutrition Council
Auditor Reports Sale Of Dog Licenses Slow
Gallia county auditor reports dog license sales progress slowly with 870 tags sold to date about one third of normal. A penalty avoidance date is set for January 20.
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Gallipolis
Parish meeting at St. Peter's tonight
Members of St. Peter's Episcopal Church will hold the annual parish meeting tonight. Vestrymen will be chosen, as will delegates to the diocesan convention in May.
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Gallipolis
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Gallipolis Social Notes and Upcoming Marriages
Gallipolis Chapter of Eastern Star held a shower for Mrs. Frank Plymale whose home burned Christmas morning and received gifts for her new home. Howard H Wood and Miss Tressie Pell were issued a license to wed. Mt Zion Ladies Aid postpones its January meeting and luncheon to January 22 due to weather and illness. The meeting will be at Mrs Hal Schwartzwalder’s home near the Children's Home.
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Gallipolis
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Frank Plymale
Howard H. Wood
Oak Hill
John Wood
Gallia
Tressie Pell
James Pell
Mt. Zion Ladies’ Aid
Hal Schwartzwalder
Centenary Ladies' Aid Hostesses Meeting Thursday
Local social notes record Mrs. C. L. Ecker and Mrs. E. E. Hatfield as hostesses for Centenary Ladies' Aid on Thursday afternoon. The item also mentions visits in Cincinnati and travels of Mrs. Haskins with her husband, and a tribute dinner hosted by Mrs. Kerr Butler for Mrs. Kate Porter Clark. Charles K. Smith and family welcome first child in Wellston. A WCTU tea is planned at First Baptist Church Thursday.
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C. L. Ecker
E. E. Hatfield
Centenary Ladies’ Aid
Rodney Pullins
John Cunningham
Cincinnati
Donald Haskins
Ohio Hospital
Haskins
Richmond
Ind
Springfield
Dayton
Columbus
Vinton
Kerr Butler
Kate Porter Clark
L. B. Porter
W. C. Feltman
Charles K. Smith
Wellston
Henry McClung
Meroers
WCTU
First Baptist Church
Nurse Reports Illnesses Among Children
Gallia County reports 15 year old John Lambert of Greenfield Township ill with diphtheria and 9 year old Byron Wooten of Thivener with scarlet fever. County Nurse Naomi Evans notes many rural pupils absent with measles, chickenpox and whooping cough but no epidemics.
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Gallipolis
John Lambert
Greenfield Township
Byron Wooten
Naomi Evans
Huntington Grange Plans Meet For Installations
Huntington Grange members will meet January 21 for officer installation. Juvenile Grange plans a similar program. Women members are asked to supply pies for serving. An Athens city ordinance creates a Clerk to the Director of Public Service and Public Safety with a $1,500 yearly salary, funded by multiple city departments. bond set at $2,000.
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Gallipolis
Huntington Grange
Public Service and Public Safety
City of
Athens
Be Ft
OMIO
Athena
Im Council
Ime
P. F. Good
Council
May Ration Rubber Footwear Hinted by Dealers
Gallipolis reports dealers expect a February rationing order on rubber footwear and related items. Wholesale prices for boots overshoes gaiters and galoshes have risen about 20 percent amid the anticipated action.
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Gallipolis
Enrollment for Flying Course To Close Feb 1
Gallipolis officials urge completion of enrollment for a flying course to begin by February 1 at Gallipolis Airport. Eight Rio Grande College students have enrolled. non students may join after ground instruction at the college.
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Gallipolis
W. H. Chevis
Rio Grande College
Farm Bureau To Begin Membership Campaign
Farm Bureau leaders plan a meeting January 16 to start a county membership drive. Volunteer workers in each township will promote the program, with the county divided north and south for contact, followed by a dinner. The group now lists 101 members in the county.
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Gallipolis
Farm Bureau
Pasteurizing Plant at Rio Grande Nears Operation
Gallipolis reports a new pasteurizing plant at Rio Grande College nearly complete but idle due to bottle and container shortages. The college milks 20 of its 30 cows and supplies milk to a Gallipolis pasteurizing plant.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Saw Victim Dismissed From Holzer Hospital
Russell Harrison a 15 year old boy son of Mr and Mrs Frank Harrison of Thurman was discharged from Holzer Hospital after suffering injuries when he fell against a power saw three weeks ago while preparing firewood. He lost his right arm and sustained several severed ribs but is healing.
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Gallipolis
Russell
Frank Harrison
Thurman
Holzer Hospital
Victory Book Week Drives Army Post Aid
Gallia County chairman Mrs. Kenneth Davis leads city and county drive to collect bound volumes for shipment to army posts and training centers beginning Monday. Boy Scout troops will assist in book collections around the city.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Davis
Boy Scout Leaders Attend Ashland Area Meeting
Several Boy Scout leaders and troopers plan to attend an area meeting in Ashland Kentucky on January 23. The gathering aims to coordinate community scouting activities and regional cooperation.
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Gallipolis
Ashland
Minersville Social Notes Update From Meigs County
Minersville social items report Will Williams of Sidney Montana returning home after four weeks visiting relatives in Meigs County. He was joined by his ill brother Joshua and Joshua wife. Mrs Williams formerly Mary Jones a Syracuse teacher. Also noted are Newton Roush’s funeral at the Methodist Church and family details.
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Minersville
Will Williams
Sidney, Mont
Meigs County
Joshua
Racine
Will
Williams
Mary Jones
Syracuse
Columbus
Hugh Daniels
Margaret Thomas
Newton Roush
Roush
Zelda Houdashelt
Homer
Hasmer
Ernest
Beaver Falls
Edison
Dayton
Earl Hartenbach
Gallipolis
Will Woods
Woods
Hazel Hartenbach
Morgan Aubrey
Mary Miller
Billa Lawhead
Diana
Probate Judge Clark Improves, Deputy Says
In Gallipolis Mrs. Clark reports improvement in Probate Judge J. S. Clark who remains away from duty and is being assisted by his deputy overseeing the office during his absence.
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Gallipolis
J. S. Clark
Red Cross Reaches $2000 Toward $5000 Drive Goal
GALLIPOLIS It is reported the Red Cross fund has reached 2000 toward the 5000 quota with many solicitors and committees yet to report. CONFINED TO HOME Rob inson is confined to her home on Garfield Avenue after a fall.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
John S. Robinson
Garfield Avenue
Mrs Mahony Recovering at Cherrington Hospital
Mrs Wayne Mahony of Old Man's Cave is recovering at Cherrington Hospital ten days after surgery. Mrs James May and son of Nelsonville expect to return home soon.
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Logan
Wayne Mahony
Old Man’s Cave
Cherrington Hospital
James May
Nelsonville
Ohio River Information Is Curtailed in Huntington District
The Ohio River district under U S engineers in Huntington tightens rules on information. Lock operators may not reveal cargo or tow locations or vessel movements. Unauthorized access to government properties along the river is prohibited.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River District
U. S
Huntington
Kyger Social Bid Personal Kyger Social Bid Personal
New Year party hosted by Miss Maxine Darst with friends including Bradburys Conde Wallace Thomas Reynolds McBee Scott Rupe and Ward families. Refreshments served and social Bright district notes list W.S.C.S. meeting at Mrs. Arthur Rupe home and local visits with Lynch Bradbury and Ewing families. Virginia Backus aids sister in Columbus after birth of a son Dec 31. Mrs. W. W. Bradbury travels to Orlando Florida. Mrs. Cora Ward visits H. W. Lewis family as he falls ill. Douglas Rife visits from Columbus.
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Flora Bradbury
A. C
Ruth Mack
V. C
Manilla Lemley
Hannah Harrison
Susie Rife
Ward
Horton Rife
J. A. Searls
Evelyn Tate
Virginia Backus
Columbus
Jasper Lynch
W.S.C.S
Arthur Rupe
Mary B. Rupe
Peggy Bradbury
Ray Ewing
Wade Rupe
Zanesville
County Guernsey Breeders Association Formed Here
LOGAN H E Denlinger of Wooster Ohio Guernsey Breeders Association will attend a meeting at the courthouse at 7 oclock Friday evening January 16 to organize a Guernsey Breeders Association for Hocking County. Mason Campbell local breeder arranged the meeting and I V McKellip extension dairyman will discuss dairy production.
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Logan
H. E. Denlinger
Ohio Guernsey Breeders Association of
Wooster
Hocking County
Mason Campbell
I. V. McKellip
Youth Group Meeting Set in Athens at Ohio University Hall
A second Southeast Ohio district gathering of the older Youth Group will take place at 7 p.m. Monday January 19 in the music hall at Ohio University Athens. Boys and girls meet in separate groups with Ruth Bennington Logan leading the girls on economic changes affecting home conditions.
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Logan
Southeast
Ohio
Athens
Music Hall
Ohio University
Ruth Bennington
Snow Enables Eberst To Make Game Census
Game Protector Edward Eberst reports a county wide census in Hocking County. He notes many squirrels and a smaller rabbit population, with numerous foxes and increasing grouse in several areas where introduced in recent years.
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Logan
Hocking County
Edward Eberst
Starr grabs six wins at Sugar Grove shoot
Hocking County veteran marksman H. Starr performed strongly at Sugar Grove on Sunday winning six events in the competition.
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Starr
Logan
H. K. Starr
Hocking County
Sugar Grove
Calls Meeting To Organize Nurses Unit For Defense
Mrs. Margaret Bradbury, appointed by the Ohio State Nurses Association, calls a Gallia County meeting at her home to organize a nurses unit for national defense. Attendees include Hazel Richard and Naomi Evans, with others from Holzer Hospital Nurses and county nurses. Plans cover contacts, resources, hospitalization facilities, transportation, and first aid instruction. The unit will work with Dr. H B Thomas and may hold joint executive sessions. Holzer Hospital lists 143 graduates since 1920. first diplomas in 1923.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Nurses’ Association
Gallia County
Margaret Bradbury
Hazel Richard
Holzer Hospital Nurses’ Association
Naomi Evans
Elizabeth Connelly
Sybil C. Howell
Delia Kirkendall
Florence Ecker
Pearl Hatfield
Helen Perry Edwards
Margaret Lloyd
Bradbury
H. B. Thomas
Holzer Hospital
Kate Alexander
Mrs Dugan and Son Return From Hawaii
Mrs. Charles F. Dugan and her young son return to Crooksville from Honolulu where they lived with Lieutenant Dugan during the Pearl Harbor attack. Lieutenant Dugan remains with his command in Hawaii. He is the son of Mrs. Mary Dugan of Murray City.
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Logan
Charles F. Dugan
Crooksville
Honolulu
Hawaii
Lieutenant Dugan
Pearl Harbor
Mary Dugan
Murray City
Building Razed for Rebuild After Marion Move
The C. and C. shop group razes a shed with much material shipped to Marion where the structure will be rebuilt. The Marion Steam Shovel Co. acquired the building for this project.
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LOGAN
C. and
Marion
The
Marion Steam Shovel Co
Rites Planned Thursday for Mrs Louise Shaw
Funeral rites for Mrs Louise Shaw who died Monday night will be at Trinity Lutheran Church at 2 30 pm Thursday with Rev Lynn Rittmann officiating. The body will be placed in the new mausoleum at Oak Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at 47 W Second St until services.
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Logan
Louise Shaw
Trinity Lutheran Church
Lynn Rittmann
Oak Grove Cemetery
Second St
Officials Plan Defense Fire Units in County Districts
Fire Chief Roy Stall smith of Hocking County Civilian Defense Council met Laurelville officials to establish a unit there and aims to form similar units at Murray City, dividing the county into three districts.
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Logan
Roy Stallsmith
Hocking County
Logan County School Heads Meet Jan 15 at Supt Dillon Office
Logan County school officials are summoned to a 3 30 p m meeting at the office of Superintendent Samuel H Dillon on Thursday January 15 to discuss district matters.
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Logan — County
Samuel H. Dillon
Byers Speaks To Rotarians On Patriotism
Gallipolis High School Principal Carl C. Byers addressed the Rotary Club on patriotism. He urged audience members to advance in material, physical, and spiritual welfare of their country and community and to cooperate to avoid calamities seen abroad.
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Gallipolis
Carl C. Byers
Rotary Club
Rio game profits to fund war bonds, college says
Rio Grande College announces profits from the Rio West Virginia Tech basketball game on Saturday night January 24 will be used to buy defense bonds. The plan may be extended to county high schools upon Coach Mendell Beattie’s suggestion.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Licenses to wed issued in four pairs
Licenses to wed have been issued for four couples: David Morgan 21 and Josephine Foster 21 from Chesapeake, Eris Price 37 from Portland and Catherine Shifler 31 from Pt Pleasant, William M. Carnutte 26 and Roxie Kearney 21 from Gallagher, W Va.
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Gallipolis
David Morgan
Josephine Foster
Chesapeake
Eris Price
Portland
Catherine Shifler
Pt. Pleasant
William M. Carnutte
Roxie Kearney
Gallagher
W. Va
City Commission to Discuss Budget Balance
Gallipolis city officials meet tonight to review a budget prepared by City Manager S A Clendenin and City Auditor A W Carl. The session aims to finalize spending plans for the coming year.
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Gallipolis
S. A. Clendenin
A. W. Carl
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