Federal rent survey expanded in Gallipolis area
The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducts a second rent survey in defense areas including Gallipolis and Point Pleasant with Middleport and Pomeroy possible. Headquarters at Gallia County Relief Office. canvassers Nellie Scarberry James Wetherholt Julia Agnes Wood Mary Lou Mohr Ben Bachus paid five fifty daily. results shared with Office of Price Administration for possible rent controls.
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Gallipolis
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics
Point Pleasant
Middleport
Pomeroy
Gallia County
Nellie Scarberry
James Wetherholt
Julia Agnes Wood
Mary Lou Mohr
Ben Bachus
Gallia Fall Festival 1942 Fails to Advance Plan
Gallia Festival directors have not met to decide on whether to continue the event in 1942. The festival may draw up to 1200 dollars from the county general fund for agricultural premiums, though past years never exceeded 1000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Legal Opinion Divided in Fraley Custer Case
Hearings held intermittently this weekend as City Commission members Dr. R T Allison Dr N H Foster and Stanley Saunders review charges against John Fraley former police chief. City Manager S A Clendenin disputes commission knowledge of his dismissal and cites charter versus civil service conflicts. Judge H W Cherrington represents Fraley while City Solicitor Perry J Bailes represents the city. Witnesses from city departments testify. opinions vary on final commission authority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
City Commission
R.T. Allison
N. H. Foster
Stanley Saunders
S. A. Clendenin
John Fraley
Clendenin
Fraley
H. W. Cherrington
Perry J. Bailes
Chickamauga Bridge Nearing Completion
Flooring timbers for the Chickamauga bridge will be installed within ten days to two weeks. Creosoted timbers go edgewise and bolted at three foot intervals with coal tar and stone chip dressing. The floor will later be replaced by steel, abandoned due to war needs, and a wooden pedestrian walkway will extend across the bridge.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga
Hundreds attend showing of 4-H film in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis hundreds of 4-H Club members and their families viewed the film Under the 4-H Flag. County Agent E. G. Royer organized the screenings at multiple community centers to illustrate 4-H activities for boys and girls this week.
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Gallipolis
Organization For Boys and Girls
E. G. Royer
Picnic Hutsinpiller postoned by rain for Eastern Star group
Gallipolis social notes report the Order of the Eastern Star picnic moved from Edith Hutsinpiller home to the Masonic Temple due to rain. About 100 attendees enjoyed supper and games with war stamp prizes and guest Mrs. Edith Dunkle of McArthur.
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Edith Hutsinpiller
William McKnight
Harry Dexter
Robert Bischoff
Jack Knight
Zenia Shaw
Five Licenses To Wed Issued in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis the July marriage license issuance appears to be missing from the record up to June. A total of 112 licenses have been issued with another week left in the month. June shows 183 licenses. Latest applicants include Estle Fraley and Virginia Garlough. John Holt and Cornelia Cape. William Rowlands and Geraldine Palmer. Kenneth Stone and Mary Plesse. Harold Smith and Leota Raines.
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Gallipolis
Estle Fraley
Virginia Garlough
Xenia
John E. Holt
Cornelia Cape
Point Pleasant
William Rowlands
Rock Bottom
W. Va
Geraldine Palmer
Cheshire
Kenneth D. Stone
Mary L. Pl
Divorce Granted for Aulta Pinker and Eva Pinkerman
Gallipolis reports the divorce on grounds of gross neglect. A child of Mr and Mrs Pinkerman lives with grandfather Luther Pinkerman near Crown City, setting the family context for the case.
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Gallipolis
Aulta Pinkerman
Eva Pinkerman
Athens Retail Stores Open Late for Citywide Invite
Athens invites shoppers to stay open late as all retail stores extend hours. Readers are directed to page 6 for the full news story and details on participating merchants and timing.
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Athens
Tipton Named Principal at Gallia Academy High School
Gallipolis Ohio at a special board meeting Fred E Tipton of Newcomerstown was hired as Gallia Academy High School principal filling a vacancy created by Gordon Humberts resignation. The board approved a 1942 43 budget of 109 375 with 60 raises for 40 teachers and 51 total staff.
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F. E. Tipton
Gallia Academy High School
Gallipolis
City Board of Education
Fred E. Tipton
Newcomerstown
Ohio
Gordon G. Humbert
Wapakoneta
Tipton
Presbyterian Church
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Betty Kratz
Elizabeth Breinig
Irene Shanz
Jewell Burnett
Lincoln (Colored) School
Henry Norman
Two Plans Listed for Relief of Orphanage Water Problem
Mrs. H. Poe Bradbury leads the Children's Home trustees seeking relief from a water shortage caused by private consumers tapping the county line. Proposals include halting water for up to ten families or installing a $10,000 deep driven well at the home. The board will discuss at a county meeting, while a city truck provided seven water canisters.
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Gallipolis
H. Poe Bradbury
Children’s Home
Bradbury
Brandbury
Board of County Commissioners
100 Enrolled For 4-H Club Camp In War Year
Gallipolis reports about 25 county youths enrolled for the 4-H Club camp at Keystone opening Monday with enough from other counties to total 100. Previous years saw 150. transportation and war conditions reduced attendance. The camp is said to be in good condition to receive the youngsters.
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Gallipolis
Keystone
Matthew Reid dies at Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis proprietor of a local dry cleaning business Matthew Reid 57 died at Holzer Hospital from a heart attack Thursday afternoon. He is survived by his wife and a young son. Funeral rites will be Sunday afternoon at First Presbyterian Church.
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Gallipolis
Matthew Reid
Holzer Hospital
First Presbyterian Church
Custodian to Succeed Norman Still Undecided
Gallipolis Ohio reports the board of county commissioners has not yet named a successor to John Norman as courthouse custodian. Norman will enter the war industry at Point Pleasant on August 3. The next regular commissioners meeting is scheduled for August 2.
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Gallipolis
John Norman
Board of County Commissioners
Norman
Point Pleasant
4-H Club Field Day Is Being Planned
Gallipolis organizers review county 4-H achievements as the second and third weeks of August approach. A tentative plan for an annual field day program in the city is under consideration but a decision is pending.
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Gallipolis
Scrap Metal Drive Replaces Barberry Hunt in Gallia County
Gallia County War Board shifts 100 WPA workers from the wild barberry quest to a scrap metal collection drive. Private tracks will haul men to rural homes to collect iron and metals, to be shipped from a central location at government rates. A prior civilian defense effort already secured and shipped a large metal haul.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
County Engineer May Take Navy Post
Gallipolis Ohio County Engineer E N Leonard received an invitational notice from the Navy Department to apply for a commission in the Naval Officers Reserve. If he enters, duties of his office will fall to his assistant Mrs Guy White who has served in that capacity for several years.
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Gallipolis
E. N. Leonard
Navy Department
Naval Officers’ Reserve
Leonard
Guy White
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Nelsonville
Pt. Pleasant
Oxfords
Suns
Gallia
Fraley Custer
Chickamauga Bridge
DuCol
Burnett
Gallipolis Social Notes
WCTU
Rio Grande
W.C.T.U
Emma Tanner
Lavasa Myers
Ethel McCarley
Gloria Blazer
Margaret Bohn
George E. Lillie
Jerry
Clarence McCarley
Ford Bing
Chicago
Margeret B. McCormick
Beulah
Eleanor Wetherholt
Marietta
Frank Leaper
Otho Sprague
Bidwell
Dana Moore
Audrey
Lela
Donald Wryrick
Marion
Minnie Brandebury
Columbus
Robert Brandebury
Chesapeake
Emma Richards
Eugene Spear
J. H. Shato
Logan
Raymond Jones
Hannah A. Maxon
Daughers of Union Veterans
Claude B. Parker
John Beard
Orlando
Fla
D. A. Beard
Board of Home Trustees
Harold Mackenzie
William Sprague
Mackenzie
Cline Pharmacy Dial
S. Court St
Scrap Metal Search
Navy
Gillilan's
Jewelry Store
Kyle & Clifford
Kyle and
Clifford
Milldeck
Gotham
Rayon Kings
Milldecks Shoe Store
N. Court St
Athens, Ohio
U.S
Hope
Steven
Sluckoff
Léc
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