Over 100 To Attend Meet On Finances
Gallipolis businessmen were urged to attend a courthouse meeting led by Dr. C. E. Holzer to approve forming the Gallipolis Industrial Corporation with a $40 000 capitalization. The holding company would own Logan Furniture Co building Thompson and Francis Stove Foundry and Dale Bros factory site for perpetual industrial use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Chamber of Commerce
Gallipolis Industrial Corporation
Logan Furniture Co
Thompson and Francis Stove
Dale Bros
Dale Bros. Factory Building and Site. Dr. Holzer
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Birth
Gallia County social page notes Dr and Mrs Willard Gill of Maumee visiting near Patriot with Gill relatives. Grace M E Church Women’s Bible Class held a dinner program and social hour. Several local families traveled, visited Perry Township, Chicago and New York, and a birth announced for Victor Earl Saunders born June 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willard Gill
Maumee
John Gill
Patriot
Grace M. E. Church
Tim Rees
Columbus
Dan Rees
Marietta
Ross Kerr
J. E. Evans
Gallipolis
Perry Township
Kenneth Walter
Lois Ann
Akron
S. C. Nibert
Harry
Irvin
Beard’s Fork
W. Va
Robert Nibert
Bonnie Nibert
Harry Kraus
Stanley Saunders
Victor Earl
Music Supervisors Studying in Summer
Four consolidated school music supervisors are taking further study during the summer vacation, states H Bion Bradbury, superintendent of county schools. Willis O Aleshire studies instrumental and string music. Esther Aleshire improves organ music in Alabama. Lois Fasig and Dorothy Titus pursue Master's Degrees in music at Ohio State University. Evelyn Pierson is enrolled there as a student.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H. Bion Bradbury
Willis O. Aleshire
Esther Aleshire
Alabama
Lois Fasig
Dorothy Titus
Ohio State University
Evelyn Pierson
Indiana Pastor To Talk in Gallipolis
Dr. J. W. Hoyt of Warsaw Indiana will speak at both morning and evening services at First Baptist Church Gallipolis on Sunday July 4. Rev. George Sagen reports Hoyt has conducted church meetings here four times in eight years and is noted for a pleasing personality.
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Gallipolis
J. W. Hoyt
Warsaw
Ind
First Baptist Church
George Sagen
Hoyt
Thurman Postmaster Vacancy Announced in Gallia County
Washington announces open applications for a new Thurman postmaster in Gallia County. The presidential office governs appointment and removal for cause or resignation. John Davis has sold his store and seeks to relinquish the post.
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Gallipolis
Washington
Thurman
Gallia County
John Davis
First Gallia Wheat Marketed In Gallia County
Carl Woll burn of Springfield Township markets 200 bushels of new wheat, the first in Gallia County, testing 58 pounds to the bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carl Wollburn
Springfield Township
Gallia County
Scout Mothers Organize Local GALLIPOLIS Group
Scout Mothers in Gallipolis have organized selecting Mrs. Elmer Hatfield as president Mrs. Paul Wetherholt as vice president Mrs. Fred Hanson as secretary and Mrs. John Gwinn as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elmer Hatfield
Paul Wetherholt
Fred Hanson
John Gwinn
Forty Gallia Men May Join CCC in July
Gallia County awaits forty young men ages 17 to 23 for CCC camp enrollment in July. Applications are taken at the county relief office located at Second and Sycamore Streets.
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Gallia
CCC
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Othneil Jones
Second
Sycamore Streets
Herefords To Aid Gallia Cattle Herds
Gallia County officials select two Hereford bulls from Sam Marting Hereford Farm in Highland County to improve local livestock quality. One sire, Sir Domino 26, was grand champion at the 1936 Chicago Livestock Expo. Bulls to be delivered Friday. one goes to J. B. Hardesty in Crown City and the other to H. E. Shaver of Little Kyger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Gallia County
Frank C. Christ
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
R. R. Starbuck
Sam Marting
Highland County
Washington C. H
Sir Domino
H. E. Shaver
Little Kyger
J. B. Hardesty
Crown City
Heavy fines collected in Gallipolis in June
Municipal Judge A. J. Stormont reports June fines totaling 918.71 dollars. For the first half of the year the total is about 1,200 dollars higher than the same period last year, indicating a rising enforcement trend in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
A. J. Stormont
Charles Sibley Dies Leaves Seven Children
Charles L. Sibley, 64, died Tuesday at his home on Horse Creek in Guyan Township. Funeral services were held Thursday at Mt. Zion Baptist Church by Rev. George Sagen. He leaves his wife and seven children: Clyde, Clarence, Roy, and Thelma Sibley. Bladen and Mrs. Garnet Ramey. Mrs. Goldie Sewards. Mrs. Roma Pickett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles L. Sibley
Horse Creek
Guyan Township
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
George Sagen
Clyde
Clarence
Roy
Thelma Sibley
Bladen
Garnet Ramey
California
Goldie Sewards
Huntington
Roma Pickett
Crown City
Gallipolis Notes On Local and Ohio University Moves
George Baird, new Ohio University graduate, takes a clerical role in Columbus. His mother Osa Baird, Gallipolis teacher, will work at Ohio State University this summer. Major O G Lyle of the U S Officers Reserve Corps and a city letter carrier reports Saturday at Fort Sheridan for two weeks of training. Capt N A Martin of Holzer Hospital reports to Fort Knox Sunday for similar training period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Baird
Ohio University
Columbus
Osa Baird
Ohio State University
O. G. Lyle
U. S. Officers’ Reserve Corps
City Letter Carrier
Fort Sheridan
Chicago
N. A. Martin
Holzer Hospital
Fort Knox
June Sets Record in Gallia County Marriage Licenses
Gallia County probate judge James S. Clark reports 44 marriage licenses issued in June, the highest June total in local history. The list names numerous couples from Gallipolis and surrounding towns, including Crown City, Barboursville, Kanauga, Letart, Middleport, and Huntington, among others.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Gallia County
James S. Clark
Hollis Saunders
Lecta
Florence Caldwell
Crown City
C. R. Sturgeon
Lucy Kerr
Oliver Adkins
Detroit
Alma Meadows
Lou Maddox
Ashland
Nancye Boggs
Richard Simonton
Springfield
Genevieve Sorrell
Max R. Jordan
Helen Sorrell
Dan Satterfield
Toledo
Virginia Stanley
Middleport
Reuben Long
Bertha Jeffers
Truman Cooper
Barboursville
W. Va
Mildred Cline
Harvey McDaniel
Pt. Pleasant
Elva Barnette
Kananga
Joseph C. Taylor
Bladen
Maxine Adams
Letart
Elmer Hixon
Columbus
Myrtle Drummond
Millard Miller
Ruth Nichols
Chesapeake
Lewis Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
Bessie Fife
Hyman Barnett
Frazier’s Bottom
Marie Mayes
Dwight D. Heath
Westboro
Garnet M. Smith
Woodrow Hayworth
Jackson
Dressel Loomis
Bernard Durst
Leon
Elsie May Hannum
Perry J. Bailes
Rhea Barton
Woodrow Beaver
Baba Craig
Buffalo
George Goody
Oak Hill
Mary Holley
S. Randall Brotherton
South Charleston
Mildred Dearth
Howard Jones
Charleston
Elva Wickline
Virgil W. Smith
Virgie A. Lambert
Glenwood
Paul Williams
Elizabeth Niday
Hollis Brown
Fallie Cox
Byrd Wolfe
Pt Pleasant
Mabel’ Flowers
Clifford Lindsey
Gertrude Kaski
Lancaster
Melvin Ward
Huntington
Mamie Johnson
Clarence Rice
Alma
Mason County rejects 95 thousand dollar courthouse bond
Mason County voters decisively defeated a $95,000 bond issue for a new Pt. Pleasant courthouse amid a dispute over site location outside the flood zone. Elmore F. Casto seeks divorce from Bertha Casto alleging she has been absent from home for over three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mason County
Pt. Pleasant
Bertha Casto
Elmore F. Casto
Calls Meeting for Endangered Farmers
Gallia County Agent R R Starbuck calls a meeting at the Courthouse on Wednesday night July 7 for all Gallia County farmers whose land will be inundated by the Eureka Dam project. Virgil Overholt of Ohio State University will lead a discussion on surveys and damages to be claimed.
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Gallipolis
R. R. Starbuck
Gallia County
Eureka
Ohio River
Virgil Overholt
Ohio State University
Our House Tavern Museum closes first year with record visitors
Gallipolis hosted the Our House Tavern Museum in its first year drawing nearly 3,500 visitors from most states plus Canada and Mexico. Restorations include the brick kitchen building and a colonial flower garden. The third floor houses enhanced furnishings as hostesses in colonial costume greet guests daily.
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Gallipolis
Our House Tavern
Union
Canada
Mexico
Northwest Territory
Bank Directors Declare Semiannual Dividends
Gallipolis Ohio Valley and First National Bank boards declare four percent dividends to stockholders of record. Commercial & Savings Bank declares two percent to stockholders of record.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley
First National Bank
The
Commercial & Savings Bank
Ecker Hatfield Farm Sold in Gallia County
Gallia County records report the sale of the 275 acre Ecker Hatfield farm at Centenary Green Township jointly by Col Horace B Ecker and his sister Mrs Pearl Hatfield wife of Sheriff Elmer E Hatfield. Chauncey Johnson of Swan Creek buys the property with possession to follow March 1.
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Gallipolis
Horace B. Ecker
Ecker-Hatfield
Centenary
Green Township
Pearl Hatfield
Elmer E. Hatfield
Charles Ecker
Gallia County
Chauncey Johnson
Swan Creek
Ecker
Charles Perroud
Henry Ecker
Germany
Ohio
Johnson
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BIBLE
Tors
John Rees
Arizona
Hollis Queen
Harry Geyer
Daisy Abersold
W. M. Powers
Wheeling
New York
Mer Te Ey
Luckoff
Dees
Indiana
Scout
Charles Sibley
Hazel Postal
Letart Falls
Leonard A. Dowell
Letha Lanier
South Side
Raymond Garnes
Leota Hickman
Bidwell
E. R. Scarberry
Mildred M. Varian
Woodrow Hawthorne
Wanda Finley
Goodyear Speedway
Mickle Tire & Accessory
Athens, Ohio
Union St
Nelsonville Stratton Motors
Coolville
C. F. Larson
Chauncey
E. T
Abdella
Jacksonville R. FE. Davis
Glouster
C. K. Rockhold Logan Lewis Motor Sales
K. H. Rawlings & Son
Pomeroy Martin Ebersbach Company
SHELL
Sinclair
History
Robert Moore
David Mehl
Moore
State Industrial Commission
Mehl
Dorothy Cochran Garrett
Leoneard E. Garrett
Taylor's
POLO
Taylor Stores
Schine
Athena
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