Gallipolis overwhelmed by demand for living quarters for workers
The Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce reports a peak demand for worker housing with more than 1200 visitors in two weeks to enroll for employment, while rentals soar from 25 30 to 50 and furnished homes to 75 100 monthly. The Ohio State Employment Service plans an office in Park Central Hotel to widen applicant intake.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Galliplis
Lafayette Hotel
Badger Construction Co
West Virginia Ordnance Plant
Point Pleasant
Ohio State Employment Service
Park Central
TNT
Silver Bridge
West Virginia
Baltimore and Ohio
Huntington
Parkersburg
White and Red Rubber Heels Unavailable in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis the supply of white and red rubber heels is exhausted while black rubber lifts remain. The city reports many nurses and a growing school rolls, with fears of crowded conditions and possible shifts in class sessions.
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Gallipolis
February Birthdays Noted At Gallipolis High School
Gallipolis High School honors February birthdays with special recognition for students born in February and creates a tribute to national leaders born in the month. Named individuals include Garland Chapman Osie Halley Chevalier Anna Haskins Jane Murdock Mary Martin Baxter Walker Bobby Lee Young Regina White Walter Clark and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lincoln
Garland Chapman
Osie Halley Chevalier
Washington
Anna Haskins
Jane Murdock
Mary Martin
Baxter Walker
Bobby Lee Young
Regina White
Walter Clark
James Jeffers
Wayne Russell
Paul Urwin
Dortha Melton
Claude
Clyde Burnette
Dorothy Wise
Carl Steele
Joel Cating
Genevieve Trimble
Erwin Walker
James Jones
Luella Gothard
Jessie Mae Hill
Paul Champer
Kenneth Rose
Paul Sheets
Alberta Mahan
Marcelline Sheets
Frank Wetherholt
Irene Pickens
Jean Anderson
Carl Garnes
Ernest Mitchell
Arlene Burns
Isabel Halley
Dorothy Oldacre
Tom Farmer
Betty Fulton
Eugene Boster
Pet Crow Attends Gallipolis High Daily
Jim the pet crow owned by Mr and Mrs Boyd Thomas visits Gallipolis High School daily four blocks from home. His 100 percent attendance is driven not by schooling but by tidbits provided by girls in the home economics class.
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Gallipolis
Jim
Boyd Thomas
Paralysis Victim Succumbs Thursday
Gallipolis reports Delbert Little four year old son of Mr and Mrs Cuba Little of North Cheshire died Thursday after infantile paralysis developed into meningitis Funeral rites are set for Saturday at 2 p m in Cheshire Baptist Church conducted by Rev Willis May.
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Gallipolis
Delbert
Cuba Little
North Cheshire
Cheshire Baptist Church
Willis May
Chester Patterson
State St
Price of Broom Corn Now at 250 a Ton
Gallipolis reports broom corn now priced at 250 per ton as George Tabit broom maker notes prior war peak near 500 per ton. He cites steady demand for brooms but difficulty finding seasoned labor.
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Gallipolis
George Tabit
Tabit
Rose of Sharon Trail Proposed for Route 35 23
Gallipolis reports efforts to rename the combined Route 35 and 23 corridors to Rose of Sharon Trail. Dr G G Kincon of the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics plans to plant 300000 Rose of Sharon shrubs for roadside decoration and to supply 3500 more to Sandusky Soldiers Home.
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Urges
Rose
Gallipolis
Columbus
G. G. Kincon
Ohio Hospital
State Highway Department
Sandusky
School Orchestra Enrolls 25 Students In Gallipolis
Richard Downs directs a newly formed school orchestra with 25 students enrolled. Practices occur after school with the concert band prepping for the district music contest in Athens on March 20 and 21. Nine soloists and five ensembles are also listed.
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Gallipolis
Richard Downs
Athens
East Gallipolis Man Is Arrested Again
George White of East Gallipolis, married four years, has been arrested 28 times on non support charges filed by his wife and is being held in the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George White
East
Mrs Meeks Injured When Car Leaves Road In Ohio
Mrs Richard C. Meeks, 42, of Waterloo, is hospitalized in Ironton with bruises and shock after an automobile carrying her husband and a neighbor left the highway and overturned. The incident occurred near Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Richard C. Meeks
Waterloo
Ironton Hospital
Gallipolis City Eyes Safety Contest Victory
Gallipolis authorities enter the city in a statewide safety contest by the Ohio Traffic Safety Council noting no traffic fatalities within city limits last year. Also listed are local notices including a potato growers meeting at Little Kyzer Grange Hall February 2 to place seed orders and a funeral for Chester Patterson’s infant daughter.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Traffic Safety Council
Cheshire Bottoms Potato Growers’ Association
Little Kyzer Grange Hall
Baptist Association Hears James Porter Address
The Rio Grande Baptist Association held a mid year rally at Vinton Church with James Porter of Rio Grande College as principal speaker. The association includes Rio Grande Harris Vinton Campaign and Poplar Ridge Churches and dinner preceded Porter's talk on "The Layman Looks at His Church."
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande Baptist Association
Vinton
James Porter
Rio Grande College
Rio Grande
Harris, Vinton
Campaign
Poplar Ridge
Porter
School Movies Showcased At Gallia High
The Gallia Academy News Reel debuts at the high school as the first in a series of school life and unusual event films. Produced by the photography club, the movies will be shown Monday with future installments every two weeks and synchronized sound effects via phonographic discs.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
Mrs George T Hamilton dies at 81 in Holzer Hospital
Mrs. George T. Hamilton aged 81 died Thursday after a two month illness in Holzer Hospital. Funeral rites are tentatively planned for Sunday. She is survived by three sons Henry George and Ned Hamilton and a sister Mrs Flora Hott.
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Gallipolis
George T. Hamilton
Holzer Hospital
Henry
George
Ned Hamilton
Flora Hott
150 Work on 3 Day Week at Mason Defense Factory
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co in Point Pleasant has about 150 workers now, up from 40 to 80 before the defense effort. Employment moved to five days weekly, with the plant producing castings for the Army and war industries. Farmers supplement income with farm production. President Gordon C. Jackson rose from bank teller to head of the firm.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Henry Ford
Gordon C. Jackson
Mason County State Hospital May Be Taken Over by Federal Government
Mason County residents faced a possible transfer of Lakin State Hospital to federal control for use as TNT plant offices. Dr E L Youngue and local leaders protested before the state Board of Control, citing legal and wartime building limits and potential health risks if patients are displaced. The hospital supports 375 patients with a 40 member staff amid farm operations and university experiments on adjacent land.
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Mason County State Hospital
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Lakin State Hospital
E. L. Youngue
Kimbrough, Sr
Charleston
Board of Control
Board of Public Works
Youngue
Younger
Industrial School
Lakin
M. T. Obie
West Virginia University
Mason
College of Agriculture
Airport rumor denied by project director
M. A. Smith, project director in charge of the government purchase for the TNT plant, said there is no knowledge of an air base being built in Cheshire bottoms across the Ohio River and that if such a rumor existed they would be advised.
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Point Pleasant
M. A. Smith
Cheshire
Ohio River
Roush Leads New Mason County Planning Committee
Mason County Superintendent Walden F. Roush is named head of the Mason County planning committee working with PWR and the national resources planning board. Members include D. E. Wedge mayor E. R. Keig and others. A meeting is set in the courthouse at 7:30 tonight with Farley Bell area supervisor expected to attend.
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Walden F. Roush
Mason County Planning Committee
PWR
National Resources Planning
D. E. Wedge
Mason County Court
E. R. Keig
Mason
B. Walter Krodel
Point Pleasant
Christy Bletner
A. B Woodrum
Clifton
C. A. Thomas
Roush
Local Defense Council
Farley Bell
Albany Church To Hold Two Services
Albany Baptist Church schedules morning worship at 10 30 with the final sermon in the Moses series titled What Is That in Thine Hand and an evening gospel message at 7 30 called A Sermon to a Maniac A midweek Philippians study concludes Wednesday at 7 30 Rev Thomas H Hubbard is pastor.
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Albany Baptist Church
Thomas H. Hubbard
Alpine Sign Becomes Citys Largest Movie Sign
Alpine Theater in Point Pleasant received a neon sign costing about $2,000, the largest ever seen in the city. Manager Gordon Meeker says the marquee will be redesigned to support the sign. The theater interior is being refinished as part of extensive upgrades. Alpine chain operates forty theaters, mostly in West Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Alpine Theater
Gordon Meeker
Alpine
West Virginia
Steubenville
Salineville
Pittsburgh
Whittaker Arrested for Non-Support in Point Pleasant
Deputy Sheriff Ernest Hesson arrested Kiser Whittaker on a warrant from Kanawha County for non-support. Mason Earl Shanks paid a $5 fine and costs for disorderly conduct after pleading guilty in Magistrate Sam Taylor's court. Officer Morrison detained Shanks at The Mission and later retrieved John G. Garwin from Huntington for passing a worthless check.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Kiser Whittaker
Kanawha
Mason Earl Shanks
Migistrate
Sam Taylor
Toral Morrison
Shanks
Morrison
Huntington
John G. Garwin
Carrie Batterson
Beer Hall
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Eureka Dam
Ohio War Industrial
Nite Club
Athens County
Vic Joyces
Colonial
Colonial Finance Co
Berry Hotel Bldg
Frank Maerker
Ohio
Bay U. S. Defense Savings
East Gallipolis
Charles Lambert
Maxine Meadows
Quincy
George F. Berkley
Julia E. Cross
Call Fire Department
Baptist Association
Mason Defense Factory
W. Union St
Lulu Curry
Mother Gray Co
LeRoy, N
Samuel A. Simmons
the Messenger
Simmons
W.K. Roush
New County Group
Point Pleasant County
Albany Church
Jeutter
A. F. Jeutter
Lancaster Street
Edt
Athens Home Telephone Co
Whittaker
Ohio Food Mkt
Bexley Club
Monarch
Florida
California
Delicio
the Mutual Home and Savings Association
E. Washington St
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