1941 Gallia County election promises a busy ballot
Gallipolis and surrounding villages prepare for a November 4 election with no primary. Voters will choose three city commissioners, city solicitor, and municipal judge in Gallia County. Incumbents and appointed officials face re election across multiple county and township boards with numerous terms ending in 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lewis C. Bean
C. C. Ingels
J. E. Myers
William P. Cherrington
John Halliday
Offire
Crown City
Rio Grande
Vinton
County Board of Education
Fennimore Johnson
E. C. Waugh
C.S. Tanner
C. L. Williams
L. V. Caldwell
S. C. Rankin
Harry M. Miller
A. S. Lloyd
Harry Morgan
Okey Henry
Glenn Powell
Green
J. B. Edwards
M. E. Cheatwood
Floyd Carpenter
Livestock Rabies Suspected. Bull and Cow Killed in Morgan Township
Gallia County reports a bull and a cow on Everett Colwell’s Morgan Township farm were killed after rabies infection suspected. The animals were thought bitten by a diseased dog. Township trustees and local residents named in the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Everett Colwell
Morgan Township
Rural Youth Group Meeting At Grace Methodist
Gallia County Rural Youth Group will meet tonight in Grace Methodist Church recreation rooms. The Cheshire subordinate group will present a program and refreshments and games will follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Grace Methodist Church
Cheshire
Buckeye Electrification Plan Expands 127 Miles in Ohio
Buckeye Rural Electrification Co wins $134000 government grant to build 127 miles of new line serving 524 patrons in Gallia County and parts of Lawrence and Jackson. Work starts immediately under Project B with poles trucked to Spruce Street yards and crews ready to string wire toward a Chesapeake sub station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Buckeye Rural Electrification Co
John Lusher
Gallia County
Lawrence
Jackson
Spruce Street
Ohio Power Co
Chesapeake
Gallia
Meigs
Athens
Vinton
Rutland
Buckeye Cooperative Co
Scout Goal Is Fixed At 1200 This Year
Gallia County Boy Scout drive sets a 1200 goal with 14 solicitors already in the field and plans to finish by week’s end. The Mason County group in West Virginia aims for a similar amount and to partner with Gallia County for a full-time scout executive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. E. Higgins
Mason County
W. Va
Alleged Dodger of Draft Held in Gallia
Gallia arrest reports Louis Nemeth of Granger Indiana for loitering and identified as a draft dodger. Case filed with the state draft board by Gallia County Board chairman William W Sigler. Gallipolis Portsmouth district conference February 7 aims to address selective service board issues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia
Gallipolis
Louis Nemeth
Granger
Ind
State Draft Board
William W. Sigler
Portsmouth
Gallia County
Income Tax Experts to Visit Gallia for Returns Help
Field men from the internal revenue department will be at the post office February 11 12 and 13 and at the state hospital February 14 and 15 to assist residents with income tax returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Internal Revenue Department
Post Office
State Hospital
Rio To Meet Otterbein In Gallipolis
Rio Grande College meets Otterbein College in Gallipolis at Washington High School Gym. Otterbein, coached by Sam Shelby, brings Augspurger Cover Rule Rufe Stevenson. Rio Grande counters with Duncan Vulgamore Edleblute Zelle Belcher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Sam T. Shelby
Otters
Otterbein College
Forest
Jeff” Wyatt
Redmen
Washington High School
Cedarville
Wilmington
St. Mary’s
Lawrence Tech
Denison
Otterbein
Indiana Central
Heidelberg
DeSales
Wooster
Gallia County
Harold Augspurger
William Cover
Richard Rule
Gerald Rufe
Bill Stevenson
Jack Duncan
Howard Vulgamore
Edwin Edleblute
Earle Zelle
Glenn Belcher
Three Taken To Prison From Gallia
Gallia David Carter of Coalgrove William Gilmore of Oak Hill and Kenneth Deckard of Vinton were moved to the Ohio Penitentiary by Sheriff Hatfield and Deputy Dickey. Carter and Gilmore pleaded guilty to robbing the Orin Thomas store last fall Deckard admitted passing several spurious checks. Arraigned in court William Stewart pled guilty to breaking and was given a two year sentence Floyd Johnson charged with aiding and abetting Stewart received a similar term. Dewey Cochran avoided prison by agreeing to pay six dollars weekly and costs. Willard Austin pleaded not guilty to manslaughter in the crash that killed Mrs Lloyd Angell and was released on $500 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
David Carter
Coalgrove
William Gilmore
Oak Hill
Kenneth Deckard
Vinton
Ohio
E. E. Hatfield
Morton Dickey
Orin Thomas
Deckard
William Stewart
Floyd Johnson
Stewart
Dewey Cochran
Willard Austin
Braden
Lloyd Angell
Mrs Charlotte Bush Dies at Little Kyger Creek
Mrs Charlotte Johnson Bush 75 widow of Millard Bush died Tuesday at her granddaughter Gladys Durst home Little Kyger Creek Gallia County Funeral services Friday at 2 pm Kyger Church by Rev W A Ellis Interment Gravel Hill Cemetery Surviving sons Jacob Bush Addison Dustin Bush Sisters Mrs Mary Swisher Addison Mrs Elizabeth White Columbus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charlotte Johnson Bush
Millard Bush
Gladys Durst
Little Kyger Creek
Kyger Church
W. A. Ellis
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Jacob Bush
Dustin Bush
Addison
Mary Swisher
Elizabeth White
Columbus
Missing Gallia County Man Is Arrested
Gallia County resident James Barton, missing from Addison for months, was arrested on the Virginia coast by federal officers. Report says he was seized as a draft evader, not on liquor charges. His wife reportedly joined him in the East after his departure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Addison
James Barton
Virginia
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Walnut
H. D. Smiley
M. N. Vance
Elza Mulford
Charles E. Thomas
J. C. Call
S. C. Hemphill
Clay
Jack Davis
C. B. Stevers
Luther Shoemaker
C. B. Unroe
Floyd Lambert
L. W. McCoy
Greenfield
T. G. Dillon
E. J. Starkey
Guyan
John Beaver
Walter L. Danner
Harrison
Alfred Radcliff
Elza Russell
Huntington
Elza Denney
John Miller
Morgan
Roy Johnson
E. Johnson
Forrest Hutchins
Thomas Morgan
Perry
J. B. Walker
Lewis White
Raccoon
S. W. Denney
Monroe Johnson
Springfield
W. S. Eakman
Nelson Rice
Harris
N. Court St
Seebsoeseberg Realyy
Evipper
Rio
Kroger
Kroger’s Country Club
Kroger’s
Avondale - Country Gentleman
Kroger’s Country Club Quality
Country Club
Avondale
Bologna
Margarine Kroger
Nestle's
Toll
Oxydol
Camay
Brillo
Linda
WLW
WBNS
Cates
Krogo
Crisco
HEINZ
Klek
Maine Cobblers
Idaho Bakers
Tennessees
Charlotte Bush
Little Kyger
Tucker
Richland Ave
Darrel Tucker
Rome
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