First Tires Granted to Gallia County Residents
Gallia County rationing board begins tire allotments under the new system. Recipients include Allen E. Baker Addison one truck tire and several auto or truck tires for local officials, dealers, and residents. The board will meet weekly at the post office or courthouse to process applications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
A. K. Merriman
H. A. Carnes
C. W. Weaver
Allen E. Baker
Addison
E. E. Hatfield
John D. North
Mootz Bakery
O. E. Saunders
R. 2
Robert Darnell
Paul Foster
Kerr McClaskey
Bidwell
John D. Butz
Rites Held for Gallia Man Sunday
Funeral services were held in First Baptist Church for Kerns Boster 57 who died Friday Born in Harrison Township he spent most of his years in Gallipolis as a carpenter and molder Immediate family survivors include sons Russell Richard and William Boster daughters Mrs Alice Eggleton and Geraldine Boster and his second wife the former Miss Ada Saunders sisters Mrs C W Baker Clay Township Mrs Ernest McCall Harrison Township Mrs E L Robertson Banning Calif and a brother Carl Buster Delaware Religious rites by Rev Griffith Evans Baptist pastor with interment in Mound Hill Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Kerns Boster
Harrison Township
Russell
Richard
William Boster
Alice Eggleton
Geraldine Boster
Ada Saunders
C. W. Baker
Clay Township
Ernest McCall
Walter Nixon Rites Set For Tuesday In Ohio Community
Walter Nixon longtime Logan Fire Department chief for over two decades will be honored with funeral rites next Tuesday. He recently left the automobile business and resided in Logan. Nixon leaves his wife Rosella and his mother Mrs Samuel Nhiser of Falls Township. Masons and Elks are handling services with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Nixon
Logan Fire Department
Fim
Parkersburg
Loan
Magonic Fraternity
Logan Lodge of Elks
Rosella Nixon
Samuel Nhiser
Falls Township
Masons
Elks
Tme
Oak Grove Cemetery
Await State Deliberates On Early Registration Dates
Gal-Na County selective service board awaits state word before deciding to accept early registrations on a predate weekend. If approved, registrations will be taken at the court house headquarters and eight other county locations on Feb. 16 and the two prior weekend days. Volunteers are lined up for community centers for screening.
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Gallipolis
Gal- Na
Selective Service Board
Scrap Iron Campaign Outlined By County Committee
Gallia county committeemen met at Sheriff Hatfield’s office with the American Legion to plan a county wide scrap metal drive. A large roster of volunteers was chosen to canvass the county and collect scrap at a central site, with proceeds to a civilian defense fund. The full committee meets Friday at 7 30 PM to finalize canvass and collection plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
American Legion
Hatfield
W. W. Sigler
Stewart A. Clendenin
C. D. Slagle
W. H. Jones
W. M. Ellett
Blazer Wetherholt
Charles Huber
Roy
Ray Rupe
Ed Hix
Addison
Clarence Mulford
Stanley Haskins
Cheshire
W. B. Saunders
Charles Chevalier
Clay
Thomas Adams
Ora Gilmore
Hobart Foster
L. E. Black
Green
Dan Alban
Irwin Kerr
Greenfield
Everett
Gallipolis Social Notes Recap of Local Club Events
Gallipolis social items note 28 choir members from First Baptist Church held a Thursday party with Miss Katherine Wolfe directing games and Mrs. Clay Halley and family serving refreshments. Rev E Griffith Evans led devotionals at the close. Other society notes cover Entertain Club, Kildate Klub, Sand Fork Missionary Society, WSCS at Clay Chapel, Delta Kappa Gamma meeting in Rio Grande, and multiple Gallipolis personals with local visits and travels.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Katherine Wolfe
Clay Halley
Hazel
Hilda Halley
Carleton Callimore
E. Griffith Evans
Sandfork Missionary Society
Aldeth Wood
Louise Willis
Joe
Margaret Miller
Margaret
Gertrude Slagle
Joyce
Gladys Chapman
Paul
Kate Patterson
Margaret Wood
Florence Mosier
Mildred Carter
Henrietta Saunders
Elizabeth Wood
Louie Taylor
Bessie Bush
Alta Davisson
Mary Cheatwood
Mrs. Willis
WSOCS
Clay Chapel
WSCS
Vance Baker
Rio Grande
Delta Kappa Gamma
Myers Tea Room
Phyllis Mclaniel
Lucie Martin
Margaret Davis
Allen's Inn
Grace Sisson
Marie Fowler
Prospective Rio Students Will Graduate From School Early
Gallia County and other southern Ohio districts plan early high school graduation for seniors to join Rio Grande College May 1. The college approves an overlapping regular and summer term with six extra weekly sessions and a six week term to accelerate credit toward a September 1943 start.
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Rio
Gallipolis
Southern Ohio Superintendent of Schools
Rio Grande College
W. A. Lewis
Gallia County
Jackson
Gallia
Meigs
Vinton
Lawrence
Scioto Counties
Condition Unchanged for W A Lee Stockman
Gallipolis reports W A Lee a stockman and bank director remains at home on Court Street near Fourth with an adverse heart condition, bed bound for over a week. Also notes death of Mrs Caroline Bossard in Meadville and post operative improvement for Mrs Karl Wagner in Holzer Hospital. Property sale of First Ave near Spruce Street from H B Ecker to Mrs Anna King confirmed.
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Gallipolis
W. A. Lee
Court St
Fourth
Lee
Bossard
Caroline Bossard
Samuel L. Bossard
State Hospital
Fort Knox, Ky
Meadville
Karl Wagner
Cincinnati
Holzer Hospital
Wagner
C. C. Kerr
Athens
Sallipolis
First Ave
Spruce St
H. B. Ecker
Anna King
California
Dinner program features Gallia County leaders in Columbus
The Gallia County Association dinner at the Columbus Central Y M C A will hear Dr. Charles E. Holzer Judge Henry W. Cherrington and Dr. R. Lloyd Pabst address topics on Gallia County living early county history and the southern counties' role in state development. Harry Ewing presides over the Franklin Gallia County Society.
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Gallipolis
Franklin-Gallia County Association
Columbus Central Y.M.C.A
Gallia County
Charles E. Holzer
Henry W. Cherrington
R. Lloyd Pabst
Holzer
Cherrington
Pabst
Rio Grande College
Franklin-Gallia
Milk Pasteurizing Plant Finished at School
A newly erected milk pasteurizing plant at the school is completed by the group. The association, with hundreds of members, plans a dinner meeting and program inviting many members and friends to attend.
Walters Funeral Rites Held Sunday In Gallipolis
William H. Walters 77 died after a paralysis stroke. Funeral held Sunday at the family home on Fourth Ave with Rev. H. M. Smith officiating. Interment followed at Mt. Zion Cemetery, Ohio Township. Surviving children include Margaret Sibley Maude Day Bla den Jesse James Walters Bidwell Charlotte Waugh Hannah Henry and Eva Halley.
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Gallipolis
William H. Walters
Fourth Ave
H. M. Smith
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Ohio Township
Margaret Sibley
Maude Day
Bladen
Jesse
James Walters
Bidwell
Charlotte Waugh
Crown City
Hannah Henry
Huntington
Eva Halley
Harris in jail over fake $15 check suit
C L Harris of Columbus coal trucking faces charges after presenting a bogus fifteen dollar check to Ara Swisher, coal mine operator in Cheshire township. Harris is held in the county jail on a two hundred dollar bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ara Swisher
Cheshire Township
Columbus
School Board selects Saunders as president and Harrison as vice president
Gallia County Board of Education met at the courthouse to organize naming J Everett Saunders of Mercerville president and Frank Harrison of Thurman vice president. Odell Northup W C Sheets and C E Harrison were named as members. A resignation of secretary Elmer Boggs to county superintendent J D McKinley was accepted and no replacement chosen. The board voted to discontinue a telephone for the county superintendent as an economy measure. No salary appropriation for the county superintendent was made and a substantial reduction is expected due to wartime conditions.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Corporal Cole Attends Civilian Defense School
Corporal H. D. Cole of the state highway patrol post returned to duty after a week in Columbus attending Civilian Defense school sessions. He received a certificate of efficiency from the Ohio State Council for Defense and reports strong interest in the proceedings.
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Gallipolis
H. D. Cole
State Highway Patrol
Columbus
Ohio State Council For Defense
Elva Bailey Held on Pick-Pocket Charge
Elva Bailey, 25, of the Gallia neighborhood, is jailed on a pocket-picking charge. She allegedly confessed to Sheriff Hatfield that a week ago he took 73 dollars from Ross Slagle, 52, of Gallia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elva Bailey
Gallia
Bailey
E. E. Hatfield
Ross Slagle
City Manager Initiates Fine Payment Work Plan
Gallipolis city officials report an experimental program under City Manager Stewart A. Clendenin. Arrested individuals who cannot pay fines will perform cleaning and painting duties at the municipal building and prison areas. Plans include supervised bench production for City Park if materials are obtained to replace aging stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stewart A. Clendenin
Clendenin
Final Examinations Begin at Rio Grande College
Final exams start this morning at Rio Grande College and run in two hour blocks over the next four days. Registration for the second semester is set for Monday January 26, with classes to start the following day. The term ends June 1 with bac calaureate and commencement exercises.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
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