Pre-Induction Exams Ordered for 19 Gallia County Registrants
Under direction of C W Goble Ohio selective service Gallia County local board 45 orders 17 registrants plus 2 alternates to report for pre induction physicals August 3 in Gallipolis. Approved candidates will be transported to Portsmouth for evaluation with replacements named in case of status changes.
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Gallipolis
C. W
Goble
Ohio
Selective Service
Gallia County
Armed Forces Examining Center
Portsmouth
Armed Forces
Robert D. White
Bidwell
Lewis E. Baker
Patriot
Clyde D. Burnett
Kanauga
Ernest M. Wiseman
Rio Grande
Jack D. Finnicum
Wayne I. Shoemaker
Gallip
Bladen
Howard W. Russell
Oak Hill
Charles J. Rollins
Crown City
Cornett Named to Holzer Hospital Foundation Board
A. A. Cornett, owner of G and J Auto Supply Co., is named a trustee of the Holzer Hospital Foundation per Judge Henry W. Cherrington, president. He recently became a director of the Commercial and Savings Bank and was elected grand knight of Gallipolis Council Knights of Columbus, filling a vacancy from Albert K. Merriman’s resignation.
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Gallipolis
A. A. Cornett
G. and J. Auto Supply Co
Holzer Hospital Foundation
Henry W. Cherrington
Cornett
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
Gallipolis Council
Knights of Columbus
Albert K. Merriman
Non-Support Suspect Bound to Grand Jury
Charles Ward taken into custody by the sheriff on a non-support charge bound over to the grand jury under a $200 bond. Raymond Jack Nance, 37, Crown City Route 1, fined $10 and costs on an intoxication charge by Maurice Grover, justice of the peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Ward
Sheriff's
Grand
Raymond Jack Nance
Crown City
Maurice Grover
Freeland Community Notes and Hymn Sing Highlights
The Freeland church hosted the Alfred Alfred Freeland Norris Hymn Sing on July 16 with two Home Missionaries conducting a two week Bible school for children. Local families and guests attended events, including Mrs Irene Bentz who mourns her mother Mrs Tom Philips. The Grange and Modern Woodmen Lodge meetings featured contests and addresses by district and local leaders.
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Alfred
Freeland Norris
Home
Gustavson and
Starkey
J. B. Hayes
Chester
Clifford Hayes
Frank Cheesebrew
Middleport
Charles D. Woode
Irene Bentz
Tom Philips
Charles O'Brien
Maxineuthrie
Columbus
Harry Guthrie
Grange
Bernice Swartz
Woodmen Lodge
F. L. Arnold
Bob Arnold
Burlingham Lodge
Claude Woodyard
Jimmy
Helen Woode
Athletes Foot Itch Relief Ad at Local Drug Store
An advertisement promotes a five minute test and a powerful penetrating anti fungal product sold at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store Drury's Glouster. The copy emphasizes full strength formula and quick foot comfort with a 40 cent price hint.
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Quick
Drury’s
Glouster
Houser Rites To Be Sunday
Services for Harry Hobart Houser WWI veteran will be held Sunday at 2 p.m. at Northup Baptist Church under Lafayette Post American Legion. He served in the Aisne Marne St Mihiel Argonne and Moselle campaigns with the 147th Infantry. Born December 25 1896 he was survived by two wives and a son Harold Houser of Jackson Mississippi and sister Mrs Oscar Clark of Patriot. Burial in Centenary Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harry Hobart Houser
Northup
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Houser
Aisne
Marne
St. Mihiel
Argonne
Moselle
147Th Infantry
Tracy
Delia Mahan Houser
Ethel Randolph Houser
Harold Houser
Jackson
Miss
Cora Sanders
Oscar Clark
Northup Baptist Church
Farl Cremeens
Centenary Cemetery
Two Divorce Actions Filed in Gallipolis Court
Gallipolis Ross Kent near Cheshire filed for divorce from Hazel Kent with custody sought of two minor children. The couple married in 1927 and cite gross neglect and extreme cruelty. Helen Swartz of Addison, through her father Joe Wheaton, seeks separation from Millard Swartz. they married in 1948 in Gallipolis and have no children. Wendell Roush of Bidwell filed a partition suit in common pleas court naming Cecil Halfhill of Athens.
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Gallipolis
Ross Kent
Cheshire
Hazel Kent
Arnold Grate
Rutland
Helen Swartz
Joe Wheaton
Millard Swartz
Addison
Wendell Roush
Bidwell
Common Pleas Court
Cecil Halfhill
Athens
Local Visits Highlight Community Notices
The Murray City area lists numerous visits and relatives stopping by familiar households. Barbara Ann James spent time with Stewart Jacobs and Harry Rutenbar in Michigan while Ercel Wilkinson and Janet traveled from Willard Ohio to see family in the area.
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Murray City
Barbara Ann James
Stewart Jacobs
Spurges
Mich
Harry Rutenbar
Plymouth
Ercel Wilkinson
Janet
Robert Dunham
Willard, Ohio
John Sorrell
Ada Gears
Maggie Cook
Raymond Snyder
Toledo
Fauna Matheny
Maude Farmer
Dortald Loper
Norfolk
Glen Cook
Houston
Tex
Clayton Worthington
J. C. Reedy
Glouster
Calvin Reedy
Judy
Tommy E. Morrison
Jacksonville
Charles McNutt
Mansfield
Harry Aberts
Lester Lee
Hollister
Andy Thompson
Charles van Duren
Jack Cook
Barbara
Donald Cook
Robert Cook
Columbus
Bobby Cook
Chauncey
Clarence Cook
Edd Gilby
Middleport
Emmett Short
Short
West Virginia
Dick Ayers
Willoughby
Carl Powell
Gorden
W. Va
Gertie Short
Lawrence Short
Everett Short
Marietta
Denver Gisenger
Robert Gisenger
Straitsville
Harry Powell
Barberton
Andy Powell
John Dixon
Bill Perry
Athens
Harold Dixon
Nelsonville
Dixon
Anna Burdette
Ray Thomas
Charles Shunkwiler
Howard Craft
Local Notes Share Travel and Legion News Across Counties
Mr and Mrs Frank Mulholland and companions journey to Arizona while other locals enjoy visits and vacations. The Theodore Phillips property changes hands with Mulholland family involvement. An American Legion Auxiliary convention is reported at Corning with attendees including Ruth Barber Irene Jackson and Mrs Price Baird. Frank Gray becomes commander of Joseph Freeman Post No 476 and officers are installed by Dailey Morris.
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Wilkesville
Frank Mulholland
Arizona
Ernie Hartley
Tommy Mulholland
Theodore Phillips
Voyle Mulholland
Mamie Steele
Louise
Athens
Flora Woods
Wellston
Raymond Jones
Price Baird
Ruth Barber
Irene Jackson
American Legion Auxiliary
Corning
Earl Beckley
Smoky Mountains
R. H. Waltz
Monroe
Mich
Joseph Kahn
Frank Gray
Joseph Freeman
American Legion
Dailey Morris
Bryan Radcliff
Elmo Rollins
Former GSI Employee In Critical Condition After Accident
Walter Church, a former Gallipolis State Institute employee now living near Delaware, was listed in critical condition at a Delaware hospital after a Tuesday tractor collision with a semi trailer on a highway. His wife, the former Flossie Norris of Letart Falls, and relatives in the Eureka area were noted.
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Gallipolis
Walter Church
Gallipolis State Institute
Delaware
Vernon Cady
Pomeroy
Flossie Norris
Letart Falls
Eureka
Load of Coal Spills on Route 124 Near Salem Center
A truck carrying coal overturned on Route 124 near Salem Center in heavy rain, spilling cargo and injuring Edward Slayon 37 of Wellston Route 3 with a lacerated forehead. No other injuries reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Edward Slayon
Wellston
Salem Center
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Baker Road
John Paul Carter
Henry H. Cragg
Northup
Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Admits List
Mrs. Luder Steinbeck Gallipolis a daughter Mrs. Thomas Nelson Point Pleasant a son Mrs. B F Lafitte Jackson a daughter Births Admitted Mrs Ralph C Whitmore Jackson Mrs M A Lowks Northup Mrs Chester S Stewart Jackson Mrs Elmer Shephard Mrs John Weaver Mrs Thomas Selby Robert O Holt Mrs Robert Cramer and daughter Ed Schaffer Douglas Carney Edward Evans Mrs Norma Loucks Marjorie Reinhart
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph C. Whitmore
Jackson
M. A. Lowks
Northup
Chester S. Stewart
Elmer Shephard
John Weaver
Thomas Selby
Robert O. Holt
Robert Cramer
Ed Schaffer
Douglas Carney
Dward Evans
Norma Loucks
Marjorie Reinhart
River Traffic Reports and Local Notices from Gallipolis
Gallipolis locks listed many vessels passing both upstream and downstream along the Kanawha and Ohio rivers with times and boat names including Lehigh Mani tou Semet Trade Winds Walter Walker 9 Ernestine Solvay Martin and others. The report also lists marriage licenses for Franklin Camden Pauley Dodrill Baker Monroe and two legal notices including a trust sale and Church of Christ property hearing set for July 1950.
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Gallipolis
Lehigh
Manitou
Semet
Walter
Walker No
Ernestine
Solvay
Martin
Kanawha
Winifred
Atlas Down
Rand Up
Helen B
Ayres
Huntington
Weir
Tadpole-Inca
Titan
Armstrong
Cook
Kanawha Falls
Point Pleasant
James E. Franklin
Porter
Ruth A. Camden
Eugene Pauley
Vinton
Evabelle Dodrill
Lewis Ray Baker
Patriot
Audrey Ann Monroe
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Spuorawear
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GSI
Holzer Hospital
Theodore Beegie
Richard Hallowell
Athens County
Jerry Hallowell
Foster B. Cornwell
Petitioners
Patricia Lou Hall
Woolley, Rowland and Bridgewater, Attorneys
Security Bank
Erle Bridgewater JR
Fotw
Church of Christ of Athens
Court of Common Pleas
City of
Mariner
Church of Christ of
Eesame C. Carr
Dwight Gaskell
Charles L. Jeffers
Ladies
Pinafore Sun
Tommy Pajamas
Tommy Coats
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