Gallia School Lunch Drive Seeks 3000 Glass Containers
Gallipolis Amer Legion Auxiliary to canvass house to house for at least 3000 quart jars to hold vegetables from the Gallia school lunch program. WPA reports show 24,428 lunches served since Sept 1941 with 16,502 free meals and 7,926 paid, cost rising to $471.50 plus $631.32 of commodities. East Gallipolis garden stored 184 quarts of peas and 282 quarts of beets plus 965 quarts of beans and more, with 1501 quarts total and 1000 more beans and 3000 tomatoes expected. Gardening costs total $152.64, with garden labor covered by WPA.
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Gallipolis
American Legion Auxiliary
George Lear
Elizabeth Carter
WPA
Board of Education
Lincoln
Maple Shade
East Gallipolis
Carter
Hardware Stock Merge To Be Completed Soon
W L Ingerick owner of Womeldorff Thomas Hardware merges Gallipolis Hardware stock with his new store. The consolidation will be completed early in August after five years running the Gallipolis operation.
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Gallipolis
Womeldorff & Thomas Hardware Co
W. L. Ingerick
Gallipolis Hardware Co
Calvary Baptist Church Picnic At Rio Grande College Grove
Members of Calvary Baptist Church and school, Rio Grande, gathered for a picnic and games in the college grove today.
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Gallipolis
Calvary Baptist Church
Rio Grande
College Grove
Pastor C. D. Copley to Attend Harvard College
Rev. C. D. Copley pastor of Methodist Churches at Rio Grande and Thurman has received a chaplain's commission and war department approval to attend a school of instruction at Harvard College early this month.
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Gallipolis
War Department
C. D. Copley
Rio Grande
Thurman
Harvard College
Produce Preserved at Gallipolis State Hospital
Gallipolis state hospital has prepared about 30 barrels of vegetables for winter use though the program is only beginning. Dietitian Nellie Vance notes the canning sugar allotment is short and fewer apples will be canned due to fire blight. Grapes from the 7 acre vineyard look good and will offset some losses.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis State Hospital
Nellie Vance
Dietitian
Civil Service Test Set For July 28 In Gallipolis
A civil service examination for typists and stenographers ages 16 and over will be held at Washington School at 9 a.m. Tuesday July 28 to create a list of eligibles for Wright Field. Applicants must bring their own typewriters and the test will be supervised by Raymond Jones, a post office clerk serving as board secretary. This marks the first age limit reduction below 16 and highlights the scarcity of unemployed typists. The test is open to all persons of any sex or race.
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Gallipolis
Civil Service
Washington School
Wright Field
Raymond Jones
Post Office
School Board Meeting To Fill Teaching Posts
Gallipolis District Board of Education convenes Thursday night under President E E Caldwell to address September term staffing. Vacancies include two high school principalships and multiple teaching positions. resignations from Elizabeth Breinig and Irene Shanz noted, with about ten posts to fill including a high school secretary. Several teachers are already at nearby war production plants and may remain there.
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Gallipolis
Funeral Rites Held For Kansas M Boster
Funeral services were conducted at Morgan Center Nazarene Church for Kansas M Boster age 86 who died in an Athens hospital. He had three marriages and left three sons and two daughters. Also in Gallipolis the city park added twelve more benches, with more expected.
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Gallipolis
Morgan Center
City Park
S. A. Clendenin
Fraley to contest Gallipolis police dismissal
John F. Fraley announced his plan to appeal his dismissal as chief of police under civil service rulings. He alleges political motive and cites possible irregularities in patrolman appointments and municipal court conduct. Fraley denies the charges and vows to pursue the civil service appeal.
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Gallipolis
S. A. Clendenin
John F. Fraley
Fraley
Tion
Clendenin
J. Perry Bailes
William Jones
Gallia
Toto
Chester A. Leapjer
Gibbs
Ball Jend Thevinin
A. J. Stormont
R. T. Allison
N. H. Foster
Stanley Saunders
Open House Maintained at Ohio Hospital for Epileptics
Inquiry reveals the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics keeps an open house at its administrative center in Gallipolis. Doors have never been locked in 41 years, keys are lost, and staff members and executives live on site while employees are on 24 hour duty.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Walters Family Reunion Brightens Gallia Grove
Eighty five relatives and friends attended the fifth Walters family reunion near the Dickey church, with a bountiful basket dinner and a program. Officers re elected were Joe Walter president John Walter vice president and Herman Brucker secretary treasurer. The social notes also report visits in the area including parties for Pvt Garrett E Campbell on furlough and WAAC enrollment for Mrs G M Swigert, plus military moves of John F Berridge and Pvt Mitchell Pierson.
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Gallipolis
Walters
Dickey Church
Joe Walter
John Walter
Herman Brucker
G. M. Swigert
WAAC
Women’s Auxiliary Army Corps
John F. Berridge
Army Air Force Intelligence Corps
Harrisburg
Washington
H. B. Pierson
Ernest
Mitchell A. Pierson
Dayton
Pvt
Mitchell Pierson
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Margaret Jochum
Charles Mikulesky
Racine
Wis
E. E. Myers
Gallia County
Brucker-Engel
W. D. Kelton
Wise
Navy Yards
C. V. Tate
Betty Jean
Clarksburg
W. Va
Paul Jarvis
Needlecraft Class Discontinued at Ohio Hospital
The school of occupational therapy for women patients at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics has been discontinued for the heated term. Production continues in home cottages. A large glass display case in the administration building foyer shows numerous completed feminine wear items for sale.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Rural Pick Sought for Gallia Draft Board
Gallia County seeks a fifth Selective Service Board member from a rural area as four current members remain after Judge A. J. Stormont’s resignation. Applicants reportedly face transportation problems and several candidates have declined to serve.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallia Red Cross Directors Plan For War Effort
Gallia county Red Cross officials met at Grace Methodist Church annex to hear Miss Ruth Riley outline plans. A home service chairman will contact families of service members and boost Junior Red Cross enrollment. November roll call moved to March with war fund, early county chair appointment urged. No winter knitting quotas though garment making continues. First aid instructor to be assigned. about 20 local teachers exist but are thinning due to other duties. Dressings quota set at 50 000 with volunteers to complete.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Grace Methodist Church Annex
Ruth Riley
Riley
Home Service
Armed Service
Junior Red Cross
War Fund
E. G. Royer
Dayton
Gallia Health Dept Tests Water Ahead of Typhoid Risk
The Gallia County Health Department orders testing and approval of water sources used at large gatherings in Gallia County. It also offers free typhoid inoculations to all who want them as officials warn of potential outbreak amid crowded events.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Youth immunization drive at Gallipolis Children's Home
Local youths at the Gallipolis county Children's Home receive typhoid vaccination as part of a broader health effort. Tourists and trailer camps undergo strict inspections and residents near city water are urged to drink the purified supply to ensure safety.
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Gallipolis
Lewis F. Price Dies At Home in Walnut Township
Lewis F. Price TT a lifelong Walnut Township resident died at his home on Wednesday. Funeral services will be Friday at 2 p.m. at German Ridge Lutheran Church. He is survived by his wife a daughter Mrs Charlies Powers a brother and three sisters.
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Gallipolis
Lewis F. Price
Walnut Township
German Ridge Lutheran Church
Charlies Powers
Three Gallia Doctors Prepare for Army
Gallia county reports three local physicians under 45 file papers for Army admission as the procurement board may call them. Doctors Paul Foster H B Young and George R Roberts named. County already has five physicians in army service. A cedar tree needs more than four centuries to grow large enough to shield a 30 foot pole.
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Gallipolis
Army
Army Procurement Board
Paul Foster
H. B. Young
George R. Roberts
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