Gallipolis Appropriation Ordinance Cuts 5000 in 1942
Gallipolis city commissioners met in special session to pass a three month appropriation ordinance ending March 31 1942 drawn by City Solicitor Perry Bailes. The ordinance shows a reduction of $5000 in operating expenses from the previous year and itemizes funds for the city commission police fire administration sanitation waterworks and other departments.
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Gallipolis
R. L. Allison
N. H. Foster
Stanley Saunders
Perry Bailes
Insurance Municipal
Pembroke Club Note and Local Birth Announcements
Gallipolis social page reports Mrs. E. E. Higgins hosting the Pembroke Club with guest Miss Norma Johnston and a review of Catherine of Aragon by Mattingly Weber. Birth notices note a son Charles Richard Sibley born January 13 to Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sibley of Terre Haute and another son to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Spencer of Cincinnati, with grandparents listed.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Pembroke Club
Norma Johnston
Jack Knight
Catherine of Aragon
Mattingly Weber
Robert Sibley
Terre Haute
Ind
Charles Richard Sibley
Sibleys
Mr. Sibley
F. L. Sibley
C. Fred Edwards
Chesapeake
Donald Spencer
Cincinnati
Harry Alexander
Dewey Wallace
Bernice Mills
Columbus
Mary B. Rupe
Peggy Bradbury
Ryger
Zanesville
William Danner
Maysville
William Lloyd Danner
Charles E. Holzer
Charles FE. Holzer, Jr
Jewish Hospital
Charles Sowards
van Wert
Virgil Freeman
Leon Eugene
Emory Waugh
Forrest Freeman
City Appropriations Report and Asset Audit Request
The document lists three month appropriations totaling 15049.82 covering salaries insurance materials and incidentals plus street, bond retirement and cemetery improvements. It notes a 1941 year end asset liability audit requested by City Manager S S A Clendenin and approved by the commission. It also records a 1939 motorcycle purchase for police use and a later sale to Robert Smeltzer for 25.
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Pine Street
Robert Smeltzer
S.S. A. Clendenin
Commission
Nine Gallia Rural Youth in Service
Gallia county Rural Youth Group reports nine of possibly 53 male members have been accepted for army service with others to follow. The group totals about 125 youths of both sexes. An honor roll may be kept and plans consider sending gift boxes of foods candy and commodities to those in the armed forces. A round robin letter of good will was sent to the men in training.
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Gallipolis
Mrs Emma Champer 75 Dies At Pt Pleasant Home
Emma Champer a native of the county aged 75 died at her Pt Pleasant home where she had lived for 35 years.
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Gallipolis
Emma Champer
County
Pt. Pleasant
Scrap Iron Drive For War Defense In Gallia County
W W Sigler chair of the county defense unit announces an immediate scrap iron collection in Gallia County. Sheriff E E Hatfield leads the effort with a committee of Legionnaires and designated township units. Central stations will pay for wrought and cast iron and copper content. Local centers across many towns will observe air raid precautions with siren signals and telephone contact for rural centers.
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Gallipolis
W. W. Sigler
County Defense Unit
E. E. Hatfield
George Lear
W. M. Elliott
Charles Huber
Hatfield
Kananga
Addison
Cheshire
Porter
Bidwell
Vinton
Rio Grande
Rodney
Thurman
Adamsville
Ewington
Glenn
Harris
Morgan
Judge Plans Broad Registration Campaign
Judge W. R. White intends to begin registrations soon for wartime service measures. The effort will cover potentially a dozen classifications and will involve both men and women registering.
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Rious
W. R. White
Repairman Struck by Fan Blade at Gallia County Work
William DeWitt 21 was struck on the head by a metal fan blade while aiding repairs to a truck in Gallia County on Tuesday afternoon. He suffered a skull fracture and brain injury and was taken to Holzer Hospital where he remained partially conscious and speechless.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
This County
William DeWitt
Holzer Hospital
DeWitt
Captain Harry Holloway Dies After Illness in Hospital
Captain Harry E. Holloway a renowned steamboat man from Pittsburgh died Tuesday at Holzer Hospital after partial paralysis struck him a week earlier while on duty His former home was Pt Pleasant Ohio/West Virginia border area known for river work
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Gallipolis
Harry E. Holloway
Pittsburgh
Holzer Hospital
Pt. Pleasant
County Home Officials Are Economical
GALLIPOLIS The annual report by Mr. and Mrs. John Rees shows the County Home with a gross cost of 6187.92 and a farm-commodity credit of 632.07. With 28 residents and a net expenditure of 5555.85 the per capita cost is 198.40 compared with the state average of 350.
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Gallipolis
John Rees
Board of County Commissioners
Rio Grande College to offer three year degree program
Rio Grande College announces January 26 registration for the second semester. President R. Lloyd Pabst says the curriculum will be revised to allow students to complete a four year course in three years as colleges nationwide streamline higher education to meet the war crisis.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
R. Lloyd Pabst
County Home farm runs efficient 151 acre operation
The County Home farm, covering 151 acres, is noted for good farm practices. It maintains ample food and feed supplies for the institution and requires little additional help as inmates assist with cultivation tasks.
Funeral rites for Mrs Mary Thomas Jones held at Thomas home
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at the home of her brother T. C. Thomas on Third near Court Street. Mrs Jones died Sunday and Rev R L Pobst of Rio Grande led the service with interment at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Mary Thomas Jones
T. C. Thomas
Court St
R. L. Pobst
Rio Grande
Mound Hill Cemetery
Marriage Licenses Issued In Gallipolis
Marriage licenses granted to Herman S Linville 24 Huntington and Gladys L Hager 24 Ravenswood Jack Beard 44 and Pauline Knapp 44 Charleston Virtle Legg 39 Columbus and Edna Tucker 26 Black Betsy W Va Howard H Wood 32 and Tressie Pell 27 Gallia.
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Gallipolis
Herman S. Linville
Huntington
Gladys L. Hager
Ravenswood
Jack Beard
Pauline Knapp
Charleston
Virtle Legg
Columbus
Edna Tucker
Black Betsy
W. Va
Howard H. Wood
Tressie Pell
Gallia
Bladen Man Struck by Truck Injured in Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports 40 year old Bladen resident Stanley Waugh is hospitalized at Holzer with a broken jaw and foot injury after being struck by a truck. The incident details indicate emergency treatment and ongoing care at the Holzer hospital facilities.
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Gallipolis
Stanley Waugh
Bladen
Holzer Hospital
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Athens
Gallipolis Social Notes
Elks
The
Red Cross
C. C. Ingels
Spencer
Marian Alexander
Mildred
Gallia Rural Youth In Service
Noxzema
HINDS
Hershey's
Chatun
Unguentine
Aqua Velva Soc Williem's
Aspergum
Diherd
Jo Sc
Ace
Soain's
Petrolagar
Fletcher Castoria
California
Baby
Meads Pablum
J. & J. Talc Regular
Schick
LILLY
Jean Nolan
Baume Bengue
Innerclean
Squibb
Suedes
Frostone
River Man
Rio
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