Absentee ballots issued for Gallipolis primary
Gallipolis residents received absentee ballots for the August 12 primary. Six city commission candidates are listed with six blanks for write-in names. Cheshire voters face a three mill school levy. Election officials prepare for duty August 12 with judges and clerks named across wards.
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Gallipolis
Board of Elections
City Commission
Charles T. Robinson
N. E. Myers
C. C. Ingels
R. T. Allison
Stanley Saunders
N. H. Foster
Cheshire
Bess B. Wetherholt
Lawrence Gates
Frances Hanson
Leslie Niday
Clara Kraus
Frank Brothers
P. A. Pierce
Stella Mohr
Helen Russell
Lehr Davies
John O’brien
Olta Shoemaker
E. S. Niday
J. A. Johnson
A. W. Biffle
Ruby Bossard
Marguerite Skinner
Madge Alexander
Zella Hern
Thompson Casey
Lena Lawson
Jack Sheets
J. H. Butterfield
Hazel Stevers
Mildred Mills
Lloyd Naye
Curtis Swisher
Oma Morrow
Forrest Borden
Marvin Rupe
Melinda Bradbury
Goldie Cremeens
Thelma Ward
F. W. Butcher
Katie Matthews
Hulda Jenkins
Nettie B. Conley
Expect Engineers To Remove Rubbish Soon
In Gallipolis letters to the United States Engineers Corps at Huntington residents protest an unsightly rubbish heap in the Ohio River opposite the 400 First Ave block. They were told the obstruction will be removed when a boat equipped for the purpose is available, likely before the November election. A new law requiring voters to sign a roster for a ballot starts with the November election.
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Gallipolis
United States Engineers Corps
Huntington
Ohio River
First Ave
Rio Grande Hires Two Instructors
Hollis Ewing of Columbus and James Porter of Lagrange Ky join Rio Grande College staff. Ewing becomes professor of English and registrar, per Rev. W. E. Wing’s Mt. Sterling lineage. Porter returns Sept 8 to teach English German and political science and resumes publicity director duties with his parents moving to Rio Grande.
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Gallipolis
Hollis Ewing
Columbus
W. E. Ewing
Mt. Sterling
Gallia County
Rio Grande College
R. Lloyd Pabst
James Porter
Lagrange
J. Sherman Porter
Rio Grande
Pension Office Sixty-Old Staff Replaced In Gallipolis
Gallipolis pension office employees to be succeeded by new staff Friday morning. Departing are Mrs. Harold Wolfe and Mrs. C. V. Ward. New appointees are Mrs. Robert Betz, Mrs. Leota Keenan, and Howard Ward. Supervisor Elijah Johnson completed his last day today and is said to be succeeded by Cecil Halley of Mercerville.
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Gallipolis
Hold Funeral Today For John R. Glover
John R. Glover 79 died Tuesday evening at his sister Mrs Amanda Shriver's home in Gallipolis. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Swan Creek Church with Rev Oma Williams officiating.
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Gallipolis
John R. Glover
Swan Creek
Oma Williams
Amanda Shriver
Baptists To Meet in Gallia August 23 24
The Central Baptist Association of Gallia and nearby counties will convene August 23 and 24 at Springfield Baptist Church near Bidwell. Rev. R. R. Denney moderates. A. J. Glassburn is clerk. M. E. Cheatwood treasurer. Speakers include Rev. Armstrong and Rev. McDermott among others. six sessions planned.
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Gallipolis
Central Baptist Association
Springfield Baptist Church
Bidwell
R. R. Denney
A. J. Glassburn
M. E. Cheatwood
Richard Armstrong
Helen Wickes
F. W. McDermott
T. J. Butcher
Jennings Cremeens
E. C. Venz
J. O. White
Virgil Greene
Paul Judson Morris
John Duran
Herman Colver
Charles Tulga
T. J. Parsons
Legion Erects Flag Pole in Cemetery
Fifteen Lafayette Post members met in Mound Hill Cemetery at 6 last night to erect a 20 foot steel flag pole in a concrete base on the burial plot. A new flag was purchased for the site and the pole faces the Doughboy monument. A dedicatory program is planned for Armistice Day per W M Elliott, post commander.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Mound Hill Cemetery
W. M. Elliott
Depart for Dover To Do Construction Work
GALLIPOLIS a dozen more young men left today for Dover to join 14 who departed earlier in the week to be employed by the Ohio Power Co for construction purposes. GALLIPOLIS The annual Clark family reunion will be held Sunday at Clarks Chapel near Porter. Members are requested to bring flowers for decoration of relatives graves.
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Gallipolis
Dover
Ohio Power Co
Clark
Clarks Chapel
Porter
Hobstetter Joins Gallipolis Bank As Assistant Cashier
William Hobstetter, city resident and former representative for Columbus papers, will begin duties as an assistant cashier at the Commercial and Savings Bank tomorrow. He succeeds James Walker, now serving as an assistant national bank examiner based in Cleveland. Hobstetter is the son of Mr and Mrs George Hobstetter of Rose Hill and brother of Edison Hobstetter, president of the Pomeroy National Bank.
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Gallipolis
William Hobstetter
Columbus
The
Commercial and Savings Bank
James Walker
National Bank
Cleveland
Hobstetter
George Hobstetter
Rose Hill
Pomeroy
Edison Hobstetter
Pomeroy National Bank
Gallia County to Ship Aluminum to Marietta This Week
Gallia County will ship used aluminum gathered mainly outside Gallipolis to the Marietta depository late this week. The exact weight is not recorded but is estimated above 500 pounds. County Commissioner Chauncey Johnson will donate a truck for the shipment and plans to display a banner reading Gallia County's contribution to national defense.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Marietta
Chauncey Johnson
NYA Enrolling Youths for Park Work in Vinton
A NYA representative in Jackson works at Vinton to enroll young men for a municipal park project starting August 7 with priority given to local residents. WPA crews finished tasks at Fortification Hill Park and NYA workers will begin beautification there on August 7.
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Gallipolis
NYA
Jackson
Vinton
Municipal Park
WPA
Fortification Hill Park
Hold Rodgers Funeral in Wellston
Lizzie M. Rodgers 83 of Wellston died yesterday in a home for the aged in Gallipolis. Funeral rites were held in Wellston today.
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Gallipolis
Lizzie M. Rodgers
Wellston
Bean Dinner Planned in Vinton Area
In the Vinton neighborhood the 59th annual bean dinner is scheduled for Saturday. Sponsored by the local Baptist and Methodist Churches, the event features beans served by the Vinton Chapter of the Future Farmers of America, social hours in the morning, and music directed by Elmer Jackson. Rev. J L Stephenson will give the afternoon address, with youth program, a musical number contest, and closing address by Rev. J F Brown. A comedy “Mrs Apple and Her Corps” will be performed by Bidwell Church women Saturday night in Town Hall with listed cast members Marguerite Moore Georgia Leonard Cora Welker Elizabeth Love Flora Cline Fannie Glassburn Nelle Kraus Bessie Frederick and Estella Denney.
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Gallipolis
Vinton
Future Farmers of America
Elmer Jackson
J. L. Stephenson
J. F. Brown
Mrs. Apple
Bidwell Church
Marguerite Moore
Georgia Leonard
Cora Welker
Elizabeth Love
Flora Cline
Fannie Glassburn
Nelle Kraus
Bessie Frederick
Estella Denney
Marriage Licenses Issued to 8 Couples
Gallipolis licenses issued for eight couples include Cecil Scott and Rose Carsey, James Womack and Lena McClanahan, Lemuel McClanahan and Eroyl Womack, Clarence Seidenabel and Tessie Drake, Lloyd Rayburn and Lillian Leadingham, Lowell Dunn and Flora Boggess, Harvey Holstein and Maxine Miller, and Thomas Yoder and Dora Harless.
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Gallipolis
Cecil Scott
Pratts Fork
Rose Carsey
Athens
James Womack
Lena McClanahan
St. Albans
W. Va
Lemuel McClanahan
Eroyl Womack
Clarence Seidenabel
Tessie |Drake
Pomeroy
Lloyd M. Rayburn
Lillian Leadingham
Greenup
Lowell S. Dunn
Flora J. Boggess
Charleston
Harvey Holstein
Maxine Miller
Huntington
Thomas Yoder
Dora Harless
Glengee
Cecil Halley Called To Columbus for Week
GALLIPOLIS Cecil Halley newly appointed aid for the aged supervisor has been called to the Columbus office for a week’s instruction in his duties. It is reported retiring predecessor Elijah C. Johnson plans to run for county auditor next year. Johnson had previously served as a county commissioner.
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Gallipolis
Cecil Halley
Columbus
Elijah C. Johnson
Johnson
Pioneer's Car Backfire Fractures 15 Year Old
A 15 year old, Manning, suffered a broken forearm yesterday when a pioneer motor car backfired during crank starting near Gallipolis. The injury occurred while the boy was assisting H. W. Wetherholt, the car’s owner.
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Gallipolis
Manning
H. W. Wetherholt
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