Men's Bible Class in Gallipolis Elects Officers for 1941
The St. John's Bible Class in Gallipolis elected officers for 1941 and outlined a yearlong program. Officers include A. C. Safford president Wayne Lutz vice president Dan Thomas secretary Dr J P Haskin treasurer and teachers S L Bossard Elias Wetherholt class superintendent Kathryn Lutz pianist. Program dates list hosts and committees for February through January with ladies nights and multiple hosts.
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Gallipolis
St. John’s Bible Class
A. C. Safford
Wayne Lutz
Dan Thomas
J. P. Haskin
T. S. Berridge
S. L. Bossard
George Lear
Elias Wetherholt
Kathryn
M. T. Carter
C. E. Brumfield
W. S Westerman
Millard Miles
W. A. Tanner
William McKnight
Fred Schelmeyer
N. H. Foster
D. W. Thomas
W. A. Lee
Elmer Niday
E. R. Wallace
W. H. Schwartzwalder
W. L. Troth
A. Lloyd
J. H. Shato
L. L. Stone
Anderson Robinson
A. J. Stormont
V. J. Niday
E. L. White
John Miller
Ora Gilmore
Few Respond To Call For Gallia Meeting
Gallia county vegetable growers were invited to a courthouse meeting on soil conditions, growing, and marketing. Only eight people attended, with several bringing soil samples for analysis.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Shoes fitted for twenty Gallipolis children
Twenty lower grade pupils in the Gallipolis school system received new shoes yesterday after an appeal by Maurice Beaudry, the school nurse, for funds to cover the purchase.
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Gallipolis
Maurice Beaudry
Break-in attempt at Gallipolis Clinic thwarted
Police report an early Wednesday entry attempt at the Gallipolis Clinic. A pocket knife blade was found broken in the entrance door lock, but access was not gained.
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Gallipolis
Eachus Rites Held Today
Funeral services were held at the family residence on State Street for Thomas Sawyer Eachus 73 who died Tuesday. Interment followed at Mound Hill Cemetery. Born in Patriot he lived in Colorado and Illinois before moving to Gallipolis in 1911 where he ran a jewelry shop and later became an optometrist. He retired recently due to ill health. Surviving are his wife Ina Wallace sister Mollie Tope and brother Frank F. Eachus.
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Gallipolis
State St
W. S. Westerman
Thomas Sawyer Eachus
Mound Hill Cemetery
Patriot
Eachus
Colorado
Illinois
Ina Wallace
Mollie Tope
Frank F. Eachus
Temperance Observances Slated in Gallipolis Schools
Gallipolis reports temperance Day programs in rural schools Friday under County Superintendent Eldon Wiseman. Programs run two hours, morning or afternoon by teachers choice with W C T U chapters participating. Temperance events set for January 24 as exams affect attendance in grade schools.
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Gallipolis
States
Eldon Wiseman
W.C.T.U
Moriah Council Meets for Inspection Plans at Masonic Temple
Members of Moriah Council gather tonight at a Masonic Temple to discuss the annual inspection and to present the super-excellent degree. Dr. John Lutz named hospital staff member in Charleston, plans to move his family there soon.
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Gallipolis
Moriah
Charleston
John Lutz
Social Notes and Birthday Celebrations Across Gallia
Gallipolis social items show the Happy Home Club at Campaign Church hosting an all day meeting with a social morning and noon dinner followed by an afternoon program. Local residents including Maurice and Mrs Thomas, Howard Moore, Ernest Carpenter, Virgil Thaxton, Merch Clark, Joe Rife, Oliver White, John McLeish, Roy Thaxton, Belle Fulton, Vera, Garnette Lawless, and Howard Rife attend. Other notes include birthday celebrations near Bladen, attendance by Ruby Cremeens, Thomas Shaffer, Milton Brewer, Goldie Phillips, Pauline Day, and O H E employees. George James hosts Marvin Gothard Jr.’s 13th birthday with relatives and friends in attendance, while James Walker and CaBelle Walker mark a second anniversary dinner. Visitors and travels include Mrs Carl Argebright returning to Columbus, Miss Frances Yost visiting S B Huntington, and trips by Ben Evans, W Va and William Ebersbach, Pomeroy. A Presbyterian Ladies’ Bible Class host and Florence area social notes close with floral industry news from William Cook in the state hospital.
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Gallipolis
Maurice Thomas
Happy Home Club
Campaign Church
Howard Moore
Ernest Carpenter
Virgil Thaxton
Merch Clark
Joe Rife
Oliver White
John McLeish
Roy Thaxton
Belle Fulton
Vera
Garnette Lawless
Howard Rife
Clarence Day
Bladen
Ruby Cremeens
Thomas Shaffer
Milton Brewer
Goldie Phillips
Pauline Day
Carl Argebright
Virginia Barker
Columbus
V. O. Benson
Frances Yost
Franklin Furnace
S. B. Huntington
Ben Evans
Marmet
W. Va
William Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Earl Moore
J. E. Matthews
Nita
Buffalo
William Warner
Merrill Carter
Camp Shelby
Miss
Ernest Carter
Northup
Ella Lupton
Presbyterian, Ladies
Vine Street
Virginia Myers
Cc. L. Shand
Dennison
E. E. Justice
Justice
William Cook
State
Cleveland
Aged Morgan Township Resident Is Dead
Millard Wilcox age 82 died Wednesday at his home in Morgan Township. He was a son of the late Hiram Wilcox and survived by two brothers and four sisters, all in Columbus. He never married. Funeral rites are announced for tomorrow afternoon in Vinton with interment in the Wilcox family cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Millard Wilcox
Morgan Township
Hiram Wilcox
Columbus
Vinton
Wilcox
File Report on 1940 Finances of Children's Home
Gallia County report filed by superintendent W. A. Blazer and trustees Simms Mills and Wetherholt shows total expenditures for 1940 at 6672.22 dollars with an average of 25 children that year and 16 boys 9 girls presently. Per capita cost was 266.88 annually or 5.13 weekly, with 2125.14 for food and fuel and 2871.67 in salaries.
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Gallipolis
W. A. Blazer
James Simms
Fred K. Mills
Bess B. Wetherholt
Levi Rife Appointed To Board of Trustees
Levi Rife was appointed by Probate Judge James S. Clark to fill the unexpired term on the Addison Township board of trustees after Howard D. Smiley resigned to join the county relief office. With no local justices of the peace, Rife posted a $500 bond with L. E. Rife Ellen G. Rife and H. D. Smiley as sureties.
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Gallipolis
Howard D. Smiley
Addison Township
Levi Rife
James S. Clark
Justices of the Peace
Hiram Grover
Rife
L. E. Rife
Ellen G. Rife
H. D. Smiley
Rio Grande College Showcased In Cleveland Talk
Gallia College was described as the sole self-help college serving a 14 county Southern Ohio region. President R Lloyd Pobst outlined Rio Grande College's Christian higher education mission and its self-help program enabling 150 to 200 students to study by working to cover much of their expenses. A prior dinner introduced the speaker at First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland.
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Gallipolis
Rio
Harold Cooke Phillips
School Attendance Returns Toward Normal After Flu Outbreak
Gallipolis reports attendance rising with minimal absences among younger pupils during the influenza epidemic, state authorities noting a near normal return to classes.
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Gallipolis
Paroled man jailed after death by own action attempt
Gallia county reports Henry Pittman, 38, held in county jail as parole violator after a Sunday hanging attempt. Pittman was jailed previously for alleged check raising and may be returned to the penitentiary.
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Gallipolis
Henry Pittman
Measles Report Spark County School Illnesses
Reports from over the county indicate a number of measles cases, principally among school children.
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Gallipolis
Hotel Lafay ette near Gallipolis progress in decor
Interior decorating at the Lafay ette Hotel is advancing with completion expected within a week according to manager Earl Smith.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Hotel
Earl Smith
Hound Dogs Top Gallia County Tag Purchases
Hounds lead all breeds in Gallia County dog tag purchases at the county auditor’s office. Colors black and white are most common. Terriers come next, then collies, scotties and bird dogs in order.
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Gallipolis
NYA Enrolls 100 Youths in Gallia for Road Work
NyA enrollment reached 100 young men in Gallia County. No work assignments yet. jobs on county roads to be set at Monday county commissioners meeting. County will supply adult supervisors and tools. About two dozen NYA enrollees to work on state road improvements with the state highway department.
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Gallipolis
NYA
State Highway Department
Johnson suffers six fractures from fall from moving van
Holzer Hospital examination shows Theodore Johnson sustained six fractures of the left kneecap after falling from a moving van he was employed on.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Theodore Johnson
Trio Added To Gallia County Volunteer List
Gallia County draft board sees three city residents John B. Ripley James W Robinson and Earl L Mills join the volunteer roster bringing the total to 64. A patriotic program may accompany the 29 youths departing for Fort Hayes on January 28 at 8 30 am by bus. A courthouse lawn dedication for a new flagpole planned with American Legion and school band participation.
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Gallipolis
Draft Board
John B. Ripley
James W. Robinson
Earl L. Mills
Fort Hayes
American Legion
Quincy Davis Dies in Medina at 90
Quincy Adams Davis age 90 died at his Medina home and was interred in Cleveland. A native of Raccoon Island he had visited his neighborhood annually until last year.
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Gallipolis
Quincy Adams Davis
Medina
Cleveland
Raccoon Island
White files partition suit over 90 acres in Green and Harrison
John White sues for partition of 90 acres in Green and Harrison Townships naming nearly 30 relatives as defendants in the action.
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Gallipolis
John White
Green
Harrison Townships
Invisible Woman leads Athena Theater with star lineup
Universal presents The Invisible Woman at the Athena Theater starring Virginia Bruce John Barrymore John Howard Charlie Ruggles and Oscar Homolka. The comedy uses new invisibility trick effects as an eccentric professor’s formula lets Bruce seek revenge on an abusive employer torment a playboy and his butler and round up a gangster mob.
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Universal
Athena Theater
Virginia Bruce
John Barrymore
John Howard
Charlie Ruggles
Oscar Homolka
Barrymore
Miss Bruce
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