Postwar plans for permanent American Legion home
Col. H B Ecker announces Lafayette Post No 27 will invest 50 000 to 75 000 to acquire a permanent building with club rooms and possibly first floor business rooms. A committee led by Dr Charles E Holzer and others will prepare plans to start after the war ends as the post with 350 members has outgrown current club quarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
American Legion
H. B. Ecker
LaFayette
Ecker
Charles E. Holzer
George Lear
W. M
Bert) Elliott
Charles Huber
R. M. Farmer
Otis Drummond
Ira Leaper
Harry Maggied
Tom Adams
Gino Marchi
Clay Liddy
Colonel Ecker
Lafayette Post
Howell Rites Held Today
Mrs. Anna Gates Howell died at her Gallipolis home after a long illness. She was the last survivor of thirteen Gates Armstrong siblings, born to early Gallia County settlers. Aged nearly eighty, she and Dr. R. A. Howell had lived in Patriot and Gallipolis since 1926, married nearly fifty years with no children. Funeral services were held at 661 Second Ave. with ministers Stephenson and Valenti, burial in Mound Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Anna Gates Howell
R. A. Howell
David M
Mahala Armstrong Gates
Walnut Township
Howell
Armstrong
Gates
Gallia County
Patriot
Second Ave
J. L. Stephenson
Bidwell
Suit for Divorce Filed by Husband Cox versus Cox
Franklin M. Cox seeks divorce on neglect grounds from Virginia R. Cox. He obtained an injunction to stop removal of household goods. They married September 1936 in Greenup Kentucky and have two children. the defendant has custody at 135 Second Avenue Gallipolis. A second suit, Zella Hill versus Howard Hill, seeks divorce alimony and custody of Rochelle 9. They married October 6 1934 in Lebanon Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Virginia R. Cox
Franklin M. Cox
Greenup
Second Avenue
Zella Hill
Howard Hill
Major Cook to discuss Gallipolis flood wall plan
Major Cook of the United States Engineers will outline a proposed flood wall for Gallipolis at a Chamber of Commerce meeting. The Thursday evening session, for new members, will be on the Elks Building third floor and members are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Major Cook
United States Engineers
Huntington
Forest Clark Is Wounded Again
Mr and Mrs Steve Clark learn from the War Department that their son Forest Clark in the Seventh Army has been wounded again this time in the leg. The Purple Heart had been awarded earlier for wounds received in action and he had recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Steve Clark
Forest
War Department
Young Clark
Seventh Army
Campbell Family Relocates To Parkersburg Dairy Venture
Mr and Mrs Ray Campbell depart Gallipolis to Parkersburg after buying property and taking an interest in a dairy business there. Mrs Campbell and their baby accompany him, while Miss Madelaine Campbell remains in Gallipolis working at G C Murphy Company store.
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Gallipolis
Ray Campbell
Parkersburg
Campbell
Spring Hill
Jack Rothfleisch
Madelaine Cambell
G. C. Murphy Company
Daughter Bertha Chevalier Ships to France Navy Nurses Corps
Clark Chevalier receives a cablegram from Second Lieutenant Bertha Chevalier Army Nurses Corps confirming her safe arrival in France. She sailed from the United States on Dec 7 and is a Holzer Hospital School of Nursing graduate previously stationed at Ashford General Hospital in White Sulphur Springs West Virginia before her overseas assignment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clark Chevalier
Bertha Chevalier
Army Nurses’ Corps
France
United States
Chevalier
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
W.va
Mother Visits Son At Army Hospital
Mrs B L Star cher returned home from Grand Rapids Michigan after visiting Pvt Billy Starcher in the veterans hospital there. Starcher has been overseas since last August contracted malaria in New Guinea and was brought back to the states for treatment. He is improving and expects to come home soon on furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
B. L. Starcher
Grand Rapids
Mich
Billy ‘Starcher
Veterans’ Hospital
Pvt
Starcher
New Guinea
Grand Jury Ordered to Meet Friday in Gallia County
Gallia County Common Pleas Judge Lewis Warden has summoned the grand jury to appear Friday January 26. Jurors for the January term were drawn before Judge Warden as they began their duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Funeral attendees travel from towns for Jette Rathburn service
Among out of town mourners for Miss Jette Rathburn funeral Tuesday afternoon were Mr. and Mrs. Harry Darby of Russell Ky Mrs Beuna Rathburn son James Irwin and daughterances William Zeller Mrs C Douglas Mr and Mrs J R Jenkins Mr and Mrs L J Rood of Huntington. Gallipolis defective wiring blamed for a blaze at Tom Comer's home near Evans Packing Plant Wednesday afternoon fire department responded quickly causing minimal damage
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Jette Rathburn
Harry Darby
Russell, Ky
Beuna Rathburn
James Irwin
William Zeller
C. Douglas
J. R. Jenkins
L. J. Rood
Huntington
Gallipolis
Tom Comer
Evans
Portland Personal Mention
The Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Mrs. W. G. McKelvy's home with program led by Mrs. Mattie Henderson and Mrs. Edna Paynter. Members listed include Cecil, Lena Cox, Martha Perry, Aleta Parsons, Janita Perry, Lavinia Siders, Frances Jewett, Henrietta McDade, Mary Louise Ours, and others. visitors and local social notes follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Woman's Society of Christian Service
W. G. McKelvy
Mattie Henderson
Edna Paynter
Cecil
Lena Cox
Martha Perry
Aleta Parsons
Jaanita Perry
Lavinia Siders
Frances Jewett
Henrietta McDade
Mary Louise Ours
McKelvy
Vina Cufitt
Harry Swan
Clark
Long Bottom
Ed. Beaver
Racine and Son
Robert C. Beaver
Panama Canal Zone
Mildred Morris
Racine
Albert Paynter
James Elder
Holzer Hospital
Fay Worthington
Dam 21
Eugene Ritchie
U. S. Army
Fred Ritchie
W. S. McDade
Gerald Ours
Lonnie Allen
Graham Station
Holterman’s 1872 Hill End gold nugget unearthed
A massive gold nugget found in a reef at Hill End New South Wales in 1872 weighed 17568 ounces and was valued at 60000 dollars at the time. Its current value would approach 125000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holterman
Hill End
New South Wales
Australia
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Cres
Edwin C. Wilson
U. S
Turkey
Roosevelt
Panama
State Department
Forest Clark
Son
Army Hospital
Laura McKay
Jeanette McKay
Middleport
Cora Hilton
Doris Johnson
Stephen Hilton
Hazael
Robert Fields
Zanesville
Albert Deems
Charles Deems
Lenner
Childrens Purses
Drae i Ler Ran
Rockers
St. Mary’s
Chatham — Beacon
Cannon
Fieldcrest
Chatham
Grand Collection
Clearance Men's
Boys’ Clothing Mens
Coats
Young Men's
Jersey
Gils
Peggy Parks
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