Hillsboro Banker joins Rio Grande College board
A. C. Prouty of Hillsboro elected trustee at Rio Grande College. Evans granted one year leave to pursue a medical degree at Ohio State University, to be replaced by Francis Burdell. James S. Porter to return as full professor. Pasteurizing plant ordered for college farm. milk from 25 of 40 cows to be used for cafeteria and boarding halls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
A. C. Prouty
Hillsboro
Baptist Church
Chamber of Commerce
John Ellis Evans
Ohio State University
Francis Burdell
Rio Grande High School
James S. Porter
Lagrange
R. Lloyd Pabst
Cleveland
Board of Trustees
Rotary Club Inducts New President in Gallipolis
Rotary Club in Gallipolis installed Frank Wetherholt as president and elected Dr. H B Thomas vice president and Clyde Mitchell secretary. The retiring president Eugene S Spear spoke on the year’s accomplishments and announced committee appointments including Stanley Evans Earl Smith Homer Walter and many others. The board of directors includes H B Thomas R D Hoy Homer Beckett and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Harry Wheeler
Eugene S. Spear
Frank Wetherholt
H. B.thomas
Clyde Mitchell
Homer Beckett
Wetherholt
Stanley Evans
Earl Smith
Homer Walter
E. E. Higgins
E. S. Spear
William Jones
Paul Mossman
G. G. Kineon
Rex Lineberry
Lavairre Lovett
Jack Knight
Carlos Niday
Charles Brown
Eldon Wiseman
J. P. Martin
Ernest Wiseman
R. D. Hoy
Lewis Brown
Morris Haskins
Vinton Bible School Set to Open June 23
A vacation Bible School will start in Vinton Town Hall on June 23 and run through July 3. Miss Ann Eshelman of Hartford Theological Seminary will oversee the program, assisted by several village residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vinton’s
Ann Eshelman
Hartford Theological Seminary
Steamer Senator Hosts 500 Patients on River Trip
More than 500 patients at the state hospital traveled Tuesday aboard the steamer Senator for an afternoon river excursion accompanied by attendants and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Hospital
Church Group of Kanauga Honors Red Cross Clothing Drive
Kanauga Women’s Christian Service Society met June 12 with Mrs Homer Sowards. New minister Julius Chandler arrived and preached his first sermon. Members displayed children’s clothing for Red Cross destined overseas. Various local visits and family notices follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanauga
Women's Christian Service Society
Homer Sowards
Forrest Fife
Lizzie Adams
Society For the Red Cross
Julius Chandler
Cheshire
M. A. Denney
Georges Creek
Dean Chapman
Pomeroy-Harrisonville Road
Emma Comstock
Albert Spencer
Columbus
G. A. Stewart
Orville Cunningham
New England
Albert Allen
Ralph Walker
James Giles
Red House
W. Va
Sam Giles
James Register
Holzer Hospital
Elizabeth Shaw
Don
Pittsburgh
Eugene Shaw
Paul Ables
Reed
W. C. Mitchell
Tipton injured by axe on NYA project in Gallipolis
Morris Tipton son of Waldo Tipton was treated in a hospital clinic for facial injuries after being accidentally struck in the face by an axe while engaged on an NYA project. He was not hospitalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Morris Tipton
Waldo Tipton
NYA
Ton Jon Tonjon Stomach Relief Promises Health Restore
A testimonial from Mrs Mabel Patterson of Belpre Ohio praises Ton Jon Health relief for chronic stomach disorders. She cites gas pains headaches weight loss and fatigue improving after using TONJON and endorses its effect on back soreness appetite and overall well being. The ad notes Ton Jon Health Representative at Quick s Gut Rate Drug Store in Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mabel Patterson
Belpre
Ohio
Marietta
Cutler Chapel
Ton Jon
Athens
Quick
W. Union St
Tonjon
Quick's Cut Rate
Ohio River Trade Expands With New Tank Barges
East Liverpool reports river interests expanding the petroleum trade on the Ohio River with Standard Oil of New Jersey planning seven 9 000 barrel tank barges and another firm placing 15 similar units with August delivery. Dravo Corp adapts coal barges to bulk oil use, while three vessels serve Kanawha River to St Paul routes.
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East Liverpool
Standard Oil
New Jersey
Ohio River
Dravo Corp
Kanawha River
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Muscatine
Hugh C. Blakes
Vagabond
West Virginia Coal and Transportation Co
National Steel Co
Weirton
W. Va
Four Men Drafted for June 30 Selective Service
Four men named by the local draft board to report for induction at Fort Hayes, Columbus on June 30. George Larue Frey and Charles Benton McVey of Union Furnace, Harold Woodruff Locke of Haydenville, and William Acker of Logan comprise the group. A second group departs June 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LOGAN
George Larue Frey
Charles Benton McVey
Union Furnace
Harold Woodruff Locke
Haydenville
William Acker
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
City Health Board Eyes Union With County
City Health Board met at City Hall on Tuesday evening and discussed a proposal for united action with the county board. They prepared another proposal to submit to the county board for study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Called to Service Gallipolis
Captain J Paul Wetherholt a reserve officer has been called to report June 28 in Washington D C for assignment to active duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. Paul Wetherholt
Washington, D. C
Divorce filing in Athens County Common Pleas Court
Maude Clark Conrad files for divorce against Kirby Allen Conrad in Cause No. 17776. Case set for hearing on or after June 26, 1941. Plaintiff represented by John F. Newcomb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kirby Allen Conrad
Maude Clark Conrad
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
John F. Newcomb
Bible School Opens for Rio Grande Community at Yale School
Rio Grande children will attend a two week Daily Vacation Bible School at the Yale School starting June 17 with the theme God at work in our lives. Faculty includes Rev. Donald Hobbs and several local ladies. A closing picnic is planned for June 27.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Yale School
God
Donald Hobbs
Ray Troth
Violet Bonecutter
Virginia Fisher
Anna Brooks
Pauline McCoy
Lorena Jenkins
Dorothy Jones
Myers’ Restaurant
W. A. Lewis
Grace Bunce
A.E.T
Geraldine Morgan
Mae Smeltzer
Emily Foster
Eleanora Brooks
Mae Calhoon
Ruth de Lille
Maxine Faulkner
Geraldine Faulkner
Marie Fowler
Margaret Jones
Eleanor Lusher
Glenna Miller
Emily Philips
Leta Jane Sayre
Mary Seemann
Dorothy Scott
Betty Wiseman
Brooks
Seemann
Dorothy Brooks
Luella J. Randall
Chillicothe
Etta Drake
Leo
Herman Nichols
Edith
Ethel
E. J. Brooks
Eloise
Wellston
R.F.D
Leta Jane Sayer
Racine
Mercerville
George R. Brooks
Marilyn
Waterloo
Geraldine
Jackson
Rio Grande College
Mary E. Young
North Carolina
Delta Kappa Gamma
Ironton
Osa Baird
Marjorie Halley
Callin Fields
Freda Wood
Daisy Glassburn
Beattie
Holbrook
Ohio
Margert Lackey
Thurman
Kenneth Watts
William Walker
Dayton
Camden Park
Huntington
W. Va
Victor Fowler
Athens
Rosanna Fowler
Mildred Blair
Wheelersburg
Edna Jones
Louisa Waddell
George Northup
James E. Davis
Mariana Richards McKinley
Larry
Gary
Circleville
Thomas Richards
Hazel C. Hill
Anna Elias
Waddell
Northup
Guy Jones
Columbus
Jessie Lowks
Road Builders Will Follow Original Route Across Creek
County Engineer E N Leonard notes that the Chickamauga road project mirrors a historic 1818 route. The old wagon bridge was replaced, and a new higher road will reuse the original survey path to Brandstetter Heights. The 1875 era stagecoach route via Chillicothe may return as the state highway and flood escape road is completed late this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. N. Leonard
Chickamauga
State St
Brandstetter Heights
Chillicothe
Jackson
Plan 4-H Field Day In August In Gallipolis
Gallia County 4-H Club members plan a field day in the third week of August in Gallipolis with a picnic in the city park. The program includes demonstrations a style review health contest and swimming with winners earning a free trip to the state fair. A Fall Festival is set for the third week in September to display summer work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Rural Youth Meet Tonight at Courthouse
Fifty members of the county Rural Youth Group will gather at the courthouse this evening and at 8 they will play a modern hare and hounds style cross country hike guided by signs. The event ends with a hamburgery, songs and games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Rural Youth Group
Cool Weather Keeps Pool Attendance Low In Gallipolis
Prevailing cool weather reduces swimming pool attendance well below normal. A Friday night swimming meet may be postponed due to conditions. Gallipolis report notes Robert Queen sold his watch repair shop at Court and Second to Lloyd Ecker who will run both watch and radio repair services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Queen
Court and
Second
Lloyd Ecker
Injured in fall at home in Gallipolis
Ed Summers suffers a shoulder injury after falling from a moving automobile at his residence in Gallipolis. Investigating details suggest an accident involving a vehicle and a person on the property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ed Summers
Gallipolis Social Notes Mentions Many Local Gatherings
A busy Sunday in Gallipolis featured a large Beaver family reunion near Mercerville with twelve children and extended kin, plus a Father’s Day dinner party for Mr and Mrs Matthew Payne of Garfield Ave. and a standalone engagement of Mr and Mrs Carl Wood. Local clubs hosted a picnic at Island View Inn, and many townsfolk visited friends in Gallia County and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H. L. Beaver
Mercerville
Ray Beaver
Oakland
Calif
Harley Beaver
Rudy Beaver
Irvin Beaver
Houck Beaver
Roger Lambert
Springfield
Harry Myers
Leeta
Otto Saunders
Estal Beaver
Marshall
Dale
Mildred Beaver
Matthew Payne
Garfield Ave
Donald Payne
Norman Payne
Frank Small
Dennis Small
Huntington
E. E. Stokes
Chillicothe
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Island View Inn
E. E. Hatfield
Emory White
Stanley Evans
O. D. Call
Bladen
Allea Johnson
Sam Augustine
Melvina Drummond
Alva
Lee Saunders
Roy Betz
Farrell
Dora Craig
Joe
Virgie Eads
Tom O'Leary
Roy Green
Denver Call
Merrill Call
Gallia County
Pomeroy
John Diehl
Arthur Elliott
Clay Lick
Wallace Saunders
Alexandria
Ruth Wood
Alva Calhoun
Merrill Harrison
Herman Harrison
Route 2
Rio Grande College Finishes Flying Course with Five Students
Five remaining aviation students from Rio Grande College will complete the flying and ground courses this month. The names Ralph E. Tate Jr., William Petruzzi, Sherwood Walker, Charles Vermillion, and Edward Reed Hall are listed as completing the program. Instructor W H Clevis will continue with a new class while a replacement ground instructor is sought due to John Ellis Evans taking a year’s leave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College Aviation
Ralph E. Tate Jr
William Petruzzi
Sherwood Walker
Charles Vermillion
Edward Reed Hall
W.H. Clevis
John Ellis Evans
Rio Grande College
USO to Finalize Gallia County Campaign Plans Friday
Rev L W Gish ler co chairman of the USO campaign to raise 1200 dollars for recreation at army training centers will arrange a meeting of heads of organizations at the courthouse Friday night Plans are to complete county wide canvass plans for funds at the meeting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
L. W. Gishler
United Service Organization
Gallia
Local Marriage Licenses Issued in Gallia County
Licenses to wed issued to Ernest Birch field 24 and Tommie Lou Wood 21 both of Athens. Dale Nott 21 and Thelma McDermitt 19 both of Point Pleasant. Roland R. Eng land 23 and Belva M. Stricklen 22 both of Elkview West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ernest Birchfield
Tommie Lou Wood
Athens
Dale Nott
Thelma McDermitt
Point Pleasant
Roland R. England
Belva M. Stricklen
Elkview
W. Va
Bible School Enrolls 150 at First Baptist Gallipolis
First Baptist Church hosts Vacation Bible School with about 150 students daily next week. Miss Mary Bess Kent leads the program with age group staff including Marie Meal for beginners and Chauncey Evans for 6 to 8 year olds. Recreation leader Robert Wilson and pianist Betty Lee Taylor coordinate activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Mary Bess Kent
Marie Meal
Burhs Hood
Arlene Burns
Maxine Dickey
George Sagen
Chauncey Evans
Harold Brannon
William Matthews
Eileen Wells
Miss Kent
Paul White
Heber McClaskey
James Sayre
Kerr Gooch
John Caufman
H. B. Pierson
Earl Saunders
Robert Wilson
Betty Lee Taylor
Chaplain George Sagen Heads to Fort Bragg for Weekend
Gallipolis reports Chaplain George Sagen will arrive from Camp Bragg N C to stay over Sunday. On return Monday he will be joined by Mrs Sagen and their two sons for a summer stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Sagen
Camp Bragg
N. C
Readiness Underway for Gallipolis Homecoming June 22
Campaign church and surroundings are placed in readiness for the annual home coming program on June 22. Officials expect a large attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
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Rio Io Grande College
Evans
Union OF Socialist Soviet Republics
Russia
Europe
Ukraine
Rumania
Bulgaria
Black Sea
Ankara
Turkey
Mediterranean Sea
Palestine
Syria
Irich Caucasus Fields
Jordan
Caspian
Iran
Persian Gulf
Far East
Iraq
Persian
Gulf
Germany
Baltic
Vinton Bible School
Church Group of
Ohio River News
Pomona, Calif
Coast Guard
Selective Service
City Health Board
Bible School
County Rural
Gallipolis Social Notes
George Keith
Kerr
Kenneth Keith
Lonnie Burger
Victor Hager
Pontiac
Mich
Hollis Queen
Charles F. Brown
H. W. Dexter
Rowena Stormont
Mabelle Gills
Carl B. Wood
J. Carlton Bobbs
Reynoldsburg
Grape St
Wood
Oleta Butler
K. H. Butler
Swan Creek
Ohio University
Harold B. Wood
Court St
Kenneth
C. A. Boster
Harold Notter
Jane Anne
Bosters
Charles Vanden
St. Petersburg
Fla
Anna V. Adams
E. W. Mauck
Charles Arthur
Jack Wolfe
Evelyn Aultman
Millersburg
Mary Cunningham
Youngstown
Mary Louise Mohr
Leland Darling
J. T. Robinson
E. D. Keeler
Marianna
Philip Tweel
William Thabet
Earl Brown
Merrill
Ernest Brown
White Cross Hospital
Nina Kuhn Bell
Akron
Rio
USO
Tonite
Priscilla Lane
Hazel Finsterwald
Mrs
Carl Beasley
Alberta C. Grones
Pete Good
R. G. Dawes
Ft. Bragg
Luckoff
Ortweer
Gallaher Drug Store
Gallaher
OLR Srulllal
Air
Pds Tis Crist Comfort
Joan (Scarface
Crawford Melvyn Douglas
Coax
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