Limestone Vein Found Unsuitable for Steel Plant
Gallipolis Ohio readers learn Jones & Laughlin Steel Co of Pittsburgh will not build a plant north of Gallipolis after exploration of 2000 acres showed a 100 foot thick limestone vein with high silicate content better suited for cement. Leases expire starting September. company cited unsuitable limestone despite suitable river network and storage in Cincinnati Memphis and New Orleans.
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Gallipolis
Jones & Laughlin Steel Co
Pittsburgh
Gallilis
Henry Cherrington
Cherrington
Jones & Laughlin Co
State Geological Department
Steel Company
Jones & Laughlin
Cincinnati
Memphis
New Orleans
Knights of Pythias install local officers in Gallipolis
Gallipolis event saw August Arnold as chancellor commander and Kay Quickle as vice commander installed. New prelate John Steinbeck and other officers were named. Andrew R Watts of Obetz Station received a 50 year membership pin, the 15th to do so, with 10 living members, five attending. Installing officers were H W Dexter grand master at arms and A W Riffle deputy grand prelate. Refreshments followed.
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Gallipolis
Knights of Pythias
August ‘Arnold
Kay Quickle
John Steinbeck
A. Harold MacKenzie, Jr
John’ Blazer
J. S. Porter
Andrew R. Watts
Obetz Station
Columbus
Mr. Watts
R. M. Switzer
A. C. Safford
Levi Rife
Ed L. Mills
W Harry Howell Named Gallia County Sanitarian
Gallia County announces the appointment of W. Harry Howell as county sanitarian by health commissioner Dr. Francis W. Shane. Howell is brother of Probate Judge John W. Howell and studied chemistry at Gallia Academy High School Ohio University and Muskingum College.
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Gallipolis
W. Harry Howell
Gallia County
Francis W. Shane
Howell
John W. Howell
Gallia Academy
Ohio University
Muskingum College
Buren Roush Awarded Star Route Contract
Gallipolis grant begins four year term for Thurman star route mail. Buren Roush takes over from Homer Hill as acting postmaster Elmer E Caldwell notes Walter A. Davis succeeds L A Stevers on the Gallipolis Northup Patriot route.
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Gallipolis
Thurman Star
Buren Roush
Homer Hill
Elmer E. Caldwell
Walter A. Davis
L. A. Stevers
Northup
Patiot
George Woolum 77 Dies at Home in Waterloo Area
George Woolum 77 died at his Johns Creek residence near Waterloo Monday. Survived by two sons and three daughters Henry of Ironton Roy and Mrs Belle Craft of Waterloo Mrs Ora Crofts of Fayetteville NC and Mrs Anna Massie of Lecta. Sister Mrs Emma Delaney of Gallia County. Funeral services were to be held at Waterloo today.
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Gallipolis
George Woolum
Johns Creek
Waterloo
Henry
Ironton
Roy
Belle Craft
Ora Crofts
Fayetteville
N. C
Anna Massie
Lecta
Emma Delaney
Gallia County
River traffic slows on Kanawha due to coal shortage at Gallipolis
Kanawha River reports no moving boats Tuesday afternoon as coal supplies decline. Gallipolis locks gauges show 18.2 and 12.5 feet with 9 feet running on rollers. The Heekin led a tow of six barges loaded with gasoline oil and scrap plus two empties past nine forty five a.m.
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Gallipolis
Kanawha ‘River
Kanawha ‘Falls
Ohio River
Ogram
Gordon Greene
Robert T
Marietta
Little Hocking
Hatfield
Huntington
Barrett
Ashland
Eureka
Heekin
Ada Fry sues for divorce and custody in common pleas court
Ada Virginia Fry of 554 3rd Ave files suit for divorce alimony and custody of a minor child against Edward Kenneth Fry of Gallipolis Route 2 in common pleas court here.
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Gallipolis
Ada
Virginia Fry
3Rd Ave
Edward Kenneth Fry
Route 2
Common Pleas
Local youths take summer jobs with Ashland refinery
Gallipolis men Bob Condee and James Hackworth will work on boats for the Ashland Refining Co in Ashland Kentucky this summer. They are sons of Mr and Mrs Herman Condee and Mr and Mrs Jack Hackworth respectively.
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Gallipolis
Bob Condee
Herman Condee
James Hackworth
Jack Hackworth
Ashland
Ashland Qi] and Refining Co
Nurse Akers Begins Duties in Gallipolis
Gallipolis welcomes Mary Akers as the new city nurse starting Tuesday. City Manager J Roy Bartlett announced she replaces Viola Woodward who resigned after moving from Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Mary Akers
J. Roy Bartlett
Viola Woodward
M. H. Brown Reelected ARC Chairman at Gallia Red Cross Meeting
M H Brown was reelected chairman of the Gallia County Red Cross at a annual meeting in Gallipolis. Luther C Dayton was named vice chairman with Martha Ann Cousins as secretary and Ben R Evans as treasurer. The group announced a 1947 fund citation for Do R McGinness and reported on home service cases, disaster relief, sewing and knitting progress, and first aid instruction.
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Gallipolis
M. Harold Brown
Gallia County
The
Red Cross
Luther C. Dayton
Martha Ann Cousins
Ben R. Evans
Joe Moch
Stanley
Do. R. McGinness
National Red Cross
Catherine Hayward
Clarence Masters
W. P. Beall
Rupert Trout
Orpha Ann Burgess
Naomi Evans
Sylvan Gardner
Paul E. Grover
Howard Hardway
Marguerite Hineman
Elizabeth Lear
Robert Lohse
Robert Rannells
Hobart Wickline
Tommy Robinson
Minnehaha Springs
W. Va
Eeckers End 1600 Mile Eastern Trip
Mrs. H. B. Ecker and family along with Mary Syler traveled 1600 miles east visiting Buffalo Niagara Falls New York City sites Empire State Building Wall Street and Radio City. They toured Pleasantville NY examining Pleasantville High School and Readler's Digest plant, with a stop at Sing Sing Ossining and a Gettysburg layover before returning via the Pennsylvania Turnpike.
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Gallipolis
H. B. Ecker
Jeanie
Johnnie
Mary Syler
Bidwell
East
Margaret Ecker
Pleasantville
N. Y
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
United States
Tarrytown
Philipse Manor
John D. Rockefeller, Jr
Sleepy Hollow
Ichabod Crane
Miss Ecker
New York City
Empire State Building
Trinity Church
Wall Street
New York Stock Exchange
Columbia University
Grant
Radio City
Pleasantville High School
Readler’s Digest
Sing Sing
Ossining
Pennsylvania
Gettysburg
Jean Pugh Reappointed Court Stenographer in Gallia County
Common Pleas Judge Lewis C. Warden has re appointed Jean Pugh as official shorthand reporter and court stenographer for one year at an annual salary of $1 200 a court entry shows.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Lewis C. Warden
Jean Pugh
Admissions and births listed at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis lists admissions including Mrs. Frank Robinson Raymond Ghearing Mrs. Charles Milliken R H Biffle Mrs C R Dawson Mrs Maurice Figgins William Braf ford James H Mathews Roy Curtis Wilbur C Waugh Mrs Wilie C Moore and John W Craig Sons born to Mrs Joe Call and Mrs Ernest Stevens Discharges include Carroll Thornton Charlene Lewis Lewis Daugherty Roman Fish Mrs Mary Lownsberry Mrs Naomi Beller Kate Ebersbach Mrs Harley Russell and son Mrs Okley Gilliland and son Ed Lloyd Mrs Vernie Tennant and David Fox
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Frank Robinson
Raymond Ghearing
Wellston
Charles Milliken
Coalton
R. H. Biffle
Buffalo
W. Va
C. R. Dawson
Rutland
Maurice Figgins
Bidwell
William Brafford
Effort
James H. Mathews
Bladen
Roy Curtis
Pomeroy
Wilbur C. Waugh
Willie C. Moore
Cheshire
Writer Returns to Boston After Paris Refugee Work
Traveler and writer Hinton F. Jones, formerly soloist at the American Cathedral in Paris, returned to his Boston home Monday after visiting his sister Oma Brown at 762 First Ave. Jones served as an interpreter for refugees during the Nazi occupation.
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Gallipolis
Hinton
F. Jones
Boston
Oma Brown
First Ave
Paris
Courthouse to Close for Local Holiday
Gallia County courthouse offices will close at noon Thursday and stay closed all day Friday for the holiday officials announced.
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Gallipolis
Visit Scheduled Gallipolis for Evans Family Holiday
Mr and Mrs Wendell Evans and children Carol Anne and Ricky of Akron will visit his mother Mrs Elizabeth Evans and sisters Mrs Clayton Miller and Naomi Evans in Gallipolis for the holidays. C C Lewis a local banker improves at Holzer Hospital after ten days as patient and is expected to return home later this week.
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Gallipolis
Wendell Evans
Carol Anne
Ricky
Akron
Elizabeth Evans
Clayton Miller
Naomi Evans
Ilewis
Point Pleasant
C. C. Lewis
Holzer Hospital
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