Deadline Clashes Over City Commission Primary Filing
In Gallipolis local politics heated up as petitions for the August 12 city commission primary were filed by six candidates. Among them are incumbents C. C. Ingels and I. E. Myers along with Charles T. Robinson Stanley A. Saunders Dr. N. H. Foster and Dr. Raymon T. Allison. The six names go to the November ballot where the top three vote-getters will win. The charter mandates a non partisan ballot and no vote solicitation. The elected commission will select a city manager and city solicitor and fill several posts.
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Gallipolis
City Commission
Election Board
Bess Wetherholt
Secretary of State
C. C. Ingels
I. E. Myers
Charles T. Robinson
Stanley A. Saunders
N. H. Foster
Raymon T. Allison
Parish of the Tilled Hills Dinner Near Oak Hill
A unique brick shelter and kitchen sit amid a grove a mile east of Oak Hill on the Gallia Jackson line. The Parish of the Templed Hills serves seven Welsh churches in two counties from a non taxed, tax exempt property. The annual chicken dinner, planned for Thursday July 31, is expected to draw hundreds.
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Gallipolis
Oak Hill
Thurman
Gallia-Jackson
Templed Hills
Farmer Receives First Wheat Insurance Check in County
D. P. Allison of Walnut Township becomes the first Gallia County resident to receive a government wheat insurance check. His payment is 135 dollars for wheat losses, with about 160 county residents covered and 25 to 30 expected to file claims.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
D. P. Allison
Walnut Township
AAA
Four Planes Available at Gallia Airport
Gallipolis reports the Gallia airport now has four planes for training and commercial flying with ten Rio Grande students and additional daily instruction from two instructors. Entrance highways to the field are being improved and many visitors arrive by car to watch. The year may drop the air and water show, relying on last year’s sesquicentennial success for financing.
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Gallipolis
Interstate
Rio Grande
Expect God But Few Will Plant Gardens
In Gallipolis surplus commodities headquarters will add 12 000 pounds of corn meal this week. Smiley notes current supplies lack meats fats fruits vegetables and expects little to arrive due to military training camps. He urged indigents to plant vegetable gardens but few followed the advice. The list of recipients includes 764 heads of families averaging 3 500 people countywide.
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Gallipolis
H. D. Smiley
Smiley
Twelve Gallia Rural Men to Attend Conference
Indications are that a dozen rural men from Gallia County will attend the Men's Camp program at Ross Hocking August 2 and 3, states County Agent E G Royer. The Ross Hocking camp embraces 16 000 acres including a 15 acre lake and has 28 log cabins for quarters plus a large log lodge for assembly.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ross-Hocking
E. G. Royer
Meek Buys 93 Acre Green Township Farm in Ohio
Lewis E. Meek of Columbus reports purchasing a 93 acre farm in Green Township from K M Hauldren. He plans to build a new residence on the property and relocate there.
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Gallipolis
Lewis E. Meek
Columbus
Green Township
K. M. Hauldren
Edge of City Bridge Under Construction In Gallipolis
Work on the flood escape bridge and highway progresses along Chickamauga Creek. WPA crews move earth for a large fill while a 40 foot pile driver sets abutments as Chillicothe Ave improves toward a national defense road designation and a 5 mile extension is planned.
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Gallipolis
W. State St
Chickamauga Creek
Chillicothe Ave
Chillicothe
Rodney
W. Pine St
WPA
Carries Gun for Protection Shoots Self
Gallia County report of Sherman Bunch 73 year old resident near Vinton who carried $1200 in a tomato can and a pistol for protection. A self inflicted leg wound required hospitalization at Holzer Hospital for over a week. he plans to sell the pistol and deposit the funds in a local bank. He remains unable to walk for several weeks.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Sherman Bunch
Vinton
Bunch
Gallia County appoints tenants board for rehab and purchase
Gallia County residents named to committees aiding the USDA rehab and tenant purchase program announced by Laurence Holliday county supervisor for the Farm Security Administration. Wood Sayre Irwin join sub committee on tenant purchase. other appointees handle farm debt tenure improvement and rehabilitation. Wiseman Pabst and Miss Evans serve at large focusing on aid to low income families.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
United States Department of Agriculture
Laurence Holliday
Farm Security Administration
Stanley Wood
Samuel Sayre
Clarence Irwin
Lester H. Richards
Eunice Belville
William H. Jones
E. N. Wiseman
Richard L. Pabst
Rio Grande College
Naomi Evans
Wood
Sayre
Irwin
Plan Funeral Friday for Octogenarian Harrington
Mrs. Peru Harrington aged 84 died Wednesday at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Russell Wills near Eureka. Funeral services are set for Friday at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church near Bladen, conducted by Rev. H. W. De Wolfe. Her husband died ten years ago. they had no children.
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Gallipolis
Peru Harrington
Russell Wills
Eureka
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Bladen
H. W. de Wolfe
Huntington Dentist Treated For Toe Infection
Dr. Ira J. Kall of Gallipolis and husband of the former Miss Marilla Bovie is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital with an infection in the big toe of his left foot. Doctors hope to restore circulation to avoid amputation.
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Gallipolis
Ira J. Kall
Huntington
Marilla Bovie
Holzer Hospital
Noter sells 113 acres in Springfield Township
Notter sold a 113 acre tract in Springfield Township to Howard Taylor of Pt. Pleasant. The transfer appears in local land records and marks a regional property deal with Taylor securing the Gallia Gallipolis area parcel.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
S. F. Notter
Springfield Township
Howard Taylor
Pt. Pleasant
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