Gallia School Building Bond to Go to Voters
Gallia County voters in the Bidwell Springfield Rural School District will decide in November on a bond issue for a new high school building. The board of education unanimously passed a resolution. unconfirmed reports name a $50,000 bond. The plan includes a large gymnasium and a meeting drew many spectators.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell-Springfield
Board of Education
Gallia County
Ray Grover
Homer Mossman
Henry Skidmore
Otho Sprague
Wilelis McBride
Rutherford Q. Mills
Zanesville
Lewis B. Jones
Rural School Board
Dorothy F. Ralston
Charles W. Sprague
Harley Cloud
Grace Sisson
Emily Phillips
Mary J. Higgins
Thomas K. Bell
Donald Love
Charles V. Ward
Tihi Emma Lawless
Dorothy Ralston
Marguerite Hineman
Daisy Glassburn
Mary Syler
Music Colored School
Beulah Anderson
Bernice P. Borden
Dorothy Lewis
Buck Ridge
Floyd Welker
Lawrence Green
Harley Denney
Anthony Murray
Guy Clark
Kerr McCaskey
Mervin Erwin
Gallipolis City adds burial plots and updates water filters
The Gallipolis City Commission unanimously accepted Jonah Borden’s offer to buy part of the Pine Street cemetery lot extending 110 feet back to create burial plots. The new ground measures about 120 by 30 feet and will expand city burial space. The state auditor approved funds for curbing the Public Square. City Manager Clendenin reported arranging quartz sand for pump-station filters to replace decades-old sand causing soda ash and lime in the water.
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Gallipolis
Jonah Borden
Pine Street
Clendenin
More Men Needed To Reach Guard Quota
Gallia County Ohio State Guard members conducted a nine mile outdoor hike starting at the State Armory and returning with loaded fish kits. The drill, led by First Lieut. Morris Haskins and First Sgt. Robert Rannells, noted seven more men are needed to meet the local company quota as many members have joined the armed forces.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Guard
State Armory
Second and
Sycamore
Pencil Cave
Homer Walter
Armory
Morris Haskins
Robert Rannells
Craig D. Slagle
Gallia County
Ohio General Assembly
Columbus
Higgins to Step Down as Gallia Red Cross Chairman
Gallia County Red Cross Chairman Edwin Higgins will retire from the county chairmanship at end of the current fiscal year. His successor will be elected at the annual dinner June 28 at Grace Methodist Church, with Miss Martha Cousins Rev W Scott Westerman Mrs W P Beall and Mrs H B Ecker on the nominating committee.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Martha Cousins
W. Scott Westerman
W. P. Beall
H. B. Ecker. Higgins
J. Paul Messiman
Bradley Will Direct Band In Gallipolis
Carlos D. Bradley of Ravenna was elected director of the Gallipolis high school band by the City Board of Education. He will assume duties August 1 on a ten month basis after directing instrumental music at Rootstown and Edinburgh High Schools.
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Hiram College
Dana Music Institute
Tlinois State Normal College
Traverse City
Mich
Western Reserve University
Rootstown
Edinburgh
Portage County
Johnny Evans Returns Home From German POW Camp
Johnny Evans, former Evans Super Market manager, is back in Gallipolis after nearly a year as a German prisoner of war. He is expected to arrive Wednesday night or Thursday with his wife Fern Slagle Evans and their two children. The family has kept residence opposite Gallia Academy High School during his captivity. Mrs Evans remained faithful, awaiting his return as locals hoped for his safety despite wartime dangers. He will reunite with his newborn son born last January and his three year old daughter, seeking to forget the ordeal of imprisonment.
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Johnny Evans
Gallipolis
United States
Evans
Third
Court Streets
Sur
Fish Fry Aids Gallia Conservation Meet at Elks Hall
Gallia County Conservation Association hosts a fish fry at Elks Hall to precede the June meeting. 159 pounds of trout will be cooked at Mootz Bakery and served in bun sandwiches with hot coffee. 1944 World Series reels will play as Claude M. Miller begins his presidency. 350 members urged to attend with 1945 dues and Ohio Conservation Bulletin subscription.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County Conservation Association
Elks Hall
Jim Wetherholt
Junior Simmons
Warner Craft
Frank Danner
Eddie Watts
Liv Shaver
Mootz
B.P.O.E. Hall
Claude M. Miller
Gallia County Association
Ohio Conservation Bulletin
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Bidwell
Springfield
Red Cross
Ben R. Evans
American Red Cross
Devel
Baby
Our
Zenners
Higgins
Bradley
States
Elizabeth Carnes
England
Elberfelds
U. S
Pomeroy
Seersucker
Chambray and Gingham
Gils
Stevens
BAYON
Hind
Jergen
Colgate's and Williams, Bar
Wembley
Ben Mont
BFE
Pate
Buddy
Woolver
King Blue
Roly
Esmond
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