WPA Starts Gallipolis Project With $44 000 Funds
Nearly 100 men will receive work notices as the WPA project begins to cover the Gallipolis city reservoir with concrete and improve roads. Charles Warner leads the project with Clyde C. Dale as construction superintendent, and weather is hoped to allow full operation with added workers as needed.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis City
Charles Warner
Clyde C. Dale
WPA
Zanesville
John Gwinn
School Operetta Set for February 27 in Washington Auditorium
Gallia County observes the school operetta Pirates of Penzance with the entire high school faculty aiding. Miss Elizabeth Shough directs. C. C. Byers chairs. a large cast and crew handle music, dramatics, stage, lights, costumes, makeup, programs, ushers, publicity, and rehearsal duties for the February 27 performance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Washington Auditorium
Elizabeth Shough
C. C. Byers
Miss Shough
Richard Downs
Norma Johnston
Doris Covey
Ben Bachus
Edward Wise
Elizabeth Breinig
Anne Bradbury
Katherine Kircher
Ruth Miller
Eulah Williams
Harlan Brown
Dwight Wetherholt
Catherine Morrison
Kathryn Lutz
Laurence Smeltzer
Fred Stone
Aged Widow Jennie Summers Dies in Columbus
Mrs. Jennie Sel Summers 80 widow of C H D Summers, native of Gallipolis, died at her Columbus home Monday. Funeral services were held in Columbus with interment at Mound Hill Cemetery here. Surviving: son John H Summers and daughter Mrs Robert Odell of Columbus, and daughter Annette of Bellefontaine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jennie Selfridge Summers
C. H. D. Summers
Columbus
Mound Hill
John H. Summers
Robert Odell
Annette
Bellefontaine
Kyger Man To Answer Drunk Driving Charge
John P. Hermann of Kyger will offer to a magistrate in Pt. Pleasant a hearing on a charge of driving while intoxicated. The arrest followed an accident near Mason City two weeks earlier in which companion James Little, 23, was killed and Golden Little, 16, was seriously injured.
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Gallipolis
John P. Hermann
Kyger
Pt. Pleasant
Hermann
Mason City
James Little
Golden Little
Eastern Stars Plan June Inspection
Gallipolis Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star will hold its annual inspection on June 6 with Grand Worthy Matron Miss Fairy Gingery of Columbus in attendance. Rose Commandery Knights Templars tentatively sets April 5 inspection date, per Commander Blazer Wetherholt.
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Gallipolis
Order of the Eastern Star
Dayton Man To Speak To Gallia Students
Frank D. Slutz of Dayton will address Gallia high school students the faculty PTA and the public separately on March 10. His prior appearance here drew splendid impressions and the event is sponsored by the board of education and the PTA.
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Gallipolis
Frank D. Slutz
Dayton
PTA
Dr. Slutz
Board of Education
Attendance At District Masonic Meeting Grows
Large turnout from Gallia Meigs Lawrence Jackson and Scioto Counties filled the district meeting of the Past Masters Association. Carlos G. Niday of Gallipolis serves as president of the organization.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Meigs
Lawrence
Jackson
Scioto
Carlos G. Niday
Organiza
Dr. Bean Sells House On First Avenue Gallipolis
Dr. Leo C. Bean has sold the adjacent house on First Ave to H. B. Ecker who will relocate it north along the same street. Bean plans enlarging his lawn by adding the current lot.
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Gallipolis
Leo C. Bean
First Ave
H. B. Ecker
Dr. Bean
Gallipolis Social Notes United in Oak Hill Church
John E. Owens son of Mr and Mrs T L Owens of Oak Hill and Miss Lucifie Cheatwood daughter of Mrs R C Wagner of Oak Hill were married Friday evening at Oak Hill Presbyterian Church Rev Byron Evans presiding The couple both Rio Grande College alumni have long local ties Owens a high school commercial instructor and Cheatwood a former Oak Hill Press editor and manager After the wedding they plan to reside in their home already prepared The note also lists multiple local visits dinners and birthday gatherings among area residents and relatives with a long sequence of social exchanges and travels across nearby towns
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Gallipolis
John E. Owens
T. L. Owens
Route 1
Oak Hill
Lucifie Cheatwood
R. C. Wagner
Byron Evans
Oak Hill Presbyterian Church
Owens
Rio Grande
Ohio State University
Columbus
Rio Grande College
Oak Hill Press
Virgil Craft
L. B. Loucks
Frances
Louise Loucks
Frank
Tommy Loucks
Thelma White
Evan Gibson
Marion
C. W. Ward
O. W. Nibert
Marengo
Glenn Matthews
Zanesville
J. E. Matthews
Cincinnati
Clare Matthews
W. A. Lewis
B. L. Call
Adamsville
L. T. Cottrell
Hemlock
Stanford
Earl Moore
Ben Evans
Marmet
W. Va
William Ebersbach
Pomeroy
Margery Moore
New Lexington
Robert Niday
Springfield
Hobart Niday
Birthday Dinner Celebrates Triple Robinson Milestones
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Robinson hosted a Garfield Avenue gathering Sunday for three anniversaries: the host’s father John S. Robinson’s birthday, brother Donald Robinson’s birthday, and the 14th wedding anniversary of Frank and his wife. Attending were Donald Robinson and his two Chillicothe children, Max Brown of Fairmont West Virginia, John S. Robinson and his wife, Harold Brown and his wife, Goldie Niday, and Frank and his two children Jimmy and Charleen.
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Frank Robinson
Garfield Avenue
John S. Robinson
Donald
Donald Robinson
Chillicothe
Max Brown
Fairmont
W. Va
Harold Brown
Goldie Ni
Foster Farewell Party for Fort Hayes Volunteers
Mr and Mrs John E Foster hosted thirty friends Saturday night in a farewell for their sons William Howard and Harvey Lee who were among 29 volunteers departing Tuesday for Fort Hayes. Gallia County relatives received notice of the marriage of Martha Rose Pinney to Carl Jacob Stalder of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John E. Foster
William Howard
Harvey Lee
Fort Hayes
Gallia County
Martha Rose Pinney
Carl Jacob Stalder
Columbus
Holy Rosary Church
Kenneth Long
Frances Pinney
Clyde Erwin
Harry Stalder
Everett Pinney
P. J. Pinney
Gallipolis
Bidwell
Wallace Ramsey
St. Marys of the Springs Academy
Ohio State University
Stalder
Columbus Posts Office
January Birthday Honors at Gallia Council Meeting
During the Gallia Council of Daughters of America meeting in K P Hall the January birthday members were honored. Mrs John Danner Miss Cora Hall Mrs Lucille Drummond Mrs Rose Stace Mrs Emma Bickle Miss Emma Boice and Silas Gilbert received gifts from Mrs Hannah Myers and corsages from Mrs Josephine Pierce. Refreshments were served by the social committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia Council
Daughters of America
P. Hall
John Danner
Cora Hall
Lucille Drummond
Rose Stace
Emma Bickle
Emma Boice
Silas Gilbert
Hannah Myers
Josephine Pierce
Robin son hosts dinner for Mrs White's birthday
Mr and Mrs Charles T Robins on Sunday hosted a dinner party to celebrate the birthday of the late Mrs Oliver J White, also known as Ollie Fee. Other guests attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles T. Robinson
Oliver J. White
Ollie Fee
Western cattle import to Gallia likely in March
Gallia County prepares for first import of Hereford heifers from Kansas City market in March. Chamber of Commerce committee members say prices are lower then than later months and that the three year goal of 1,000 head will likely be reached as interest grows and more farmers join the program.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Kansas City
Gallia County
F. C. Christ
E. G. Royer
Chamber of Commerce County Cattle Improvement Committee
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Rites Held for Aaron S George at Grace Methodist Church
Funeral rites were held at Grace Methodist Church for Aaron S George with Rev. W Scott Westerman officiating. Interment followed at Ping Street Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Aaron S. George
Grace Methodist Church
W. Scott Westerman
Ping Street Cemetery
Licenses Issued For Two Marriages In Ohio Towns
Licenses granted for Brice Cremeens 21 and Beatrice Twyman 16 of Ewington. Also for Denver Santy 25 and Elizabeth Webster 28 of Richwood Ohio. Carl C. Byers to attend Ohio High Schools Association executive committee meeting in Columbus Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goers
Colimbus Gallipolis
Carl C. Byers
Ohio High Schools Association
Columbus
Busy Month Planned for High School
Gallipolis High School plans a busy February with events across disciplines. The Band under Richard Downs performs a Pop Concert on February 20 in Washington Auditorium, featuring an original march. Activities include a French dinner, a short story contest run by The Gallia Script, a Dramatic Club pie supper and the first of a play trilogy, and a February operetta Pirates of Penzance directed by Miss Elizabeth Shough with Junior Johnson and Scott Westerman in principal roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Richard Downs
Washington Auditorium
Director Downs
Ann Thornton
Alice J. Bush
Jerry Evans
Frances Moch
Helen Irion
Kate Dale
Dorothy Langdon
Olive Wenz
Mary Frazier
Gallia Script
Catherine Morrison
Scott Westerman
Anne Thornton
Noreen Long
John Lupton
Robert Wilson
Alfred Ingerich
James Hanson
Tom Davis
Jim Gillingham
Charles Irion
Webster Smith
James Leaper
Elizabeth Shough
Junior Johnson
James Boyles
Irvin Folden
Maika Hall
Eloise Clark
Eileen Wells
Betty Jean McHenry
Betty Jo Camp
School Attendance Returns to Normal in Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports attendance near normal after a severe cold epidemic. Superintendent E. E. Higgins notes total enrollment at 1,512 with 94.98 percent attendance, and peak days saw no lower than 88 percent of enrollment.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Author to Speak in Gallia Feb 6
Gallipolis Board of Education and Dr. C E Holzer announce Dr. Don Smith of Van Wert will lecture at Washington Auditorium on February 6 on Peculiarities of Our Presidents. Smith's book shares the title and he will also address upper grade pupils at 2 30 p m.
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Gallipolis
Bradbury Social and Brief Personal Notes
Bible School attendance at tendance here for Sunday Jan 26 was 51. Homer McElhinny has been seriously ill of influenza. Mrs Jessie Dodson is recovering from illness. Renna Smith is erecting a new building with Bob Rupe doing the work. Mr and Mrs Ross Stobart and Antiquity family visited Milton Russell. Janie Michel of Middleport stayed with friends here last week. Charles Kirby of New Haven visited Dana Russell. Del Russell and family and Richard Reuter of Columbus visited Bud Russell. Wilbur Haning visited John Haning at Roseville.
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Bradbury—Bible School
Homer McElhinny
Jessie Dodson
Renna Smith
Bob Rupe
Ross Stobart
Antiquity
Milton Russell
Janie Michel
Middleport
Charles Kirby
New Haven
Dana Russell
del Russell
Richard Reuter
Columbus
Bud Russell
Wilbur Haning
John Haning
Roseville
Logan Walsh and Mildred Rainer Win License to Wed
Logan Thomas Edward Walsh Jr a 29 year old clerk of Logan and Mildred Wavelene Rainer also 29 a clerk of Logan secured a marriage license Tuesday.
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Logan
Thomas Edward Walsh, Jr
Thomas A. Welch
Mildred Wavelene Rainer
Thomas Rainer
Mrs Emma Johnson Dies at Guyan Home
Mrs Emma Buell Johnson 0 year old widow of John Johnson died Monday at her home in Guyan Township after a brief illness. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. in Good Hope Church led by Rev Jennings Cremeens. Survivors include daughters Mrs William Sims and Mrs Homer Moore and sons Perley and Judson Johnson. A brother S D Halley of Crown City and a sister Mrs John S Saunders of Raccoon Island also listed.
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Gallipolis
Emma Buell Johnson
John Johnson
Guyan Township
Good Hope Church
Jennings Cremeens
William Sims
Homer Moore
Perley
Judson Johnson
S. D. Halley
Crown City
John S. Saunders
Raccoon Island
Local man credits TON JON cures for fatigue and pain relief
Bert Cole of Athens Ohio reports severe back and leg pains burning urination poor appetite and constant tiredness eased by TON JON No 3 After a hard day’s work he sleeps better and feels renewed The TON JON trio claims to treat root causes with three medicines and is promoted by Quick’s Cut Rate Drug Store Athens Ohio
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Bert Cole
Athens
Ohio
K. P. Lodge
TON Jon No. 3
Quick's
Ton Jon
Cut Rate Drug Store
State Patrol Checks Busses In Gallia Area
State Highway Patrol inspected Gallipolis school busses. One earned an A grade. minor repairs suggested. Operators were Clarence E Mayes George W James O Emerson Corbin and Virgil Halley. Buses new, meeting state safety standards. Inspector R L Doebel conducted the check.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Clarence E. Mayes
George W
James O
Emerson Corbin
Virgil Halley
State Department of Safety
R. L. Doebel
State Patrol
School Leaders Will Be Guests at Dinner
Gallipolis E. E. Higgins superintendent of schools to entertain board members and principals C C Byers and Ben Evans at a steak dinner prepared by the Washington School home economics class. The board meets at 7 30 pm to review monthly bills the 1941 budget public use of school buildings a 1940 financial report the swimming pool donation to the athletic fund and other business.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Board of Education
C. C. Byers
Ben Evans
Washington School
Athletic Fund
Teachers Meet at Washington Grade School
The monthly faculty meeting at Washington grade school featured Miss Clara Worman leading a program on how to impress young students with both spiritual and physical needs. The discussion focused on engaging methods for early education. Parrot lifespans are noted, with some individuals reported to live up to sixty years.
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Gallipolis
Washington
Clara Worman
Bidwell Man Held in Gallia County Jail
Ben Russell a 66 year old Bidwell bachelor is held in Gallia County jail for mental derangement. He is said to have armed himself with a shotgun and frightened the neighbors. His condition is improving since incarceration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ben Russell
Bidwell
Russell
Farmer Held On Charge of Shooting
Robert Pinkerman a farmer of Green Township is held on a $100 bond to appear in magistrate court Monday to answer a charge of firing a shotgun at neighbors Ernest Watts and his son Kenneth Watts. The dispute arose over land possession and cattle feeding. Kenneth was struck in the back but the shot did not penetrate his heavy coat.
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Gallipolis
Robert Pinkerman
Green Township
Ernest Watts
Kenneth
Pinkerman
Watts
Kenneth Watts
Rites Planned for Howard H. Coughenour
Graveside services will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Poplar Ridge Cemetery for Howard H. Coughenour 56 a native of Gallipolis who died Monday in Middleport.
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Gallipolis
Poplar Ridge
Howard H. Coughenour
Middleport
May Contest Filed for Peniel Man’s Will
Will of Thomas H. Lewis of Peniel has been filed for probate and a hearing set for February 3. Relatives reportedly plan to contest provisions of the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Thomas H. Lewis
Peniel
Dolores Lee Hospitalized with Influenza in Miami
Mr and Mrs John Lee of this city received news Saturday that their daughter Dolores is ill with influenza and has been taken to a Miami University hospital for treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
John Lee
Miami University
Dolores
Farm Youth Give Program At Rotary Club
Members of the Future Farmers of America appeared before the Rotary Club led by instructor Harlan Martin. The group staged a sample business meeting and students spoke briefs on key topics. Future program chairmen include Frank Wetherholt Feb. 4, Stanley Evans Feb. 11, Eldon Wiseman Feb. 18, Ray Ellinwood Feb. 25, H. W. Walter March 4. Switzerland’s railways total 3 638 miles.
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Gallipolis
Future Farmers of America
Rotary Club
Harlan Martin
Frank Wetherholt
Stanley Evans
Eldon Wiseman
Ray Ellinwood
H. W. Walter
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