Land use committee to report on forestry policy
Gallia County and neighboring counties will convene in Gallipolis in mid August to file activity reports with Dr. George Lasher. The group reviews lands to determine which should be abandoned to forestry, restored to production, or improved by soil work, as part of a national plan.
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Gallipolis
Meigs
Lawrence
Jackson
Gallia
George Lasher
Rutland
National Organization
Washington
Hewitt Jones Dies in Gallipolis at 72
Hewitt Jones aged 72, a colored resident of Gallipolis, died at his home. Survived by wife, a daughter Mrs. John Higginbotham, a son Alvin Jones, and several brothers and sisters. Funeral likely Friday.
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Gallipolis
Hewitt Jones
John Higginbotham
Alvin Jones
Proposal to dedicate park and reservoir site in September
Gallipolis Chamber directors discuss sponsoring a dedicatory program for the city reservoir and Fortification Hill Park expansion. The event, likely held in late September, would avoid dusty conditions of a July ceremony.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
City
Fortification Hill Park
School Board To Meet Friday Night In Gallipolis
Gallipolis officials announce Friday night school board session to decide on purchasing the fair grounds for a recreation center, selling Garfield School property at Garfield and Portsmouth Aves, and hiring four teachers to fill existing vacancies.
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Gallipolis
Garfield
Portsmouth Aves
Successor To Walker Unlikely Until Fall
Numerous applications have been received for the post of assistant cashier at the Commercial & Savings Bank after James F. Walker resigned to become assistant national bank examiner. Bank directors have not yet selected and likely will not before fall.
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Gallipolis
The
Commercial & Savings Bank
James F. Walker
National Bank
Draft Calls 4 Men in Gallipolis for July Training
A call for four volunteers for military training on July 3 is issued in Gallipolis. The quota will be supplied by Donald Rees, Benjamin Harrison Winant, Don Haskins, and Hobart Farney. Rees is a volunteer from Denver Colorado known as The Mile High City.
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Gallipolis
Donald Rees
Benjamin Harrison Winant
Don Haskins
Hobart Farney
Rees
Denver
Colo
Capella Choir To Be Picked For Next School Year
Gallipolis reports selections for the capella choir with 58 students named for the coming year. The roster includes Jane Ann Deem Martha Hadley Betty Leaper Peggy Rathburn Madge Sheline Mary Trotter Leota Vornholt Pauline Beard Helen Beckett Louise Brownell Eleanor Farley Patsy Haskins Mildred Brownel Dorothy Laufer Eva O'Dell Jean Saunders Eileen Wells Eleanor Depping Martha Hively Barbara Irion Helen Irion Bertha Smith Edith Smith Imogene Stewart Mary Waugh Dorothy Wheeler Leatha Wilson Helen Wheeler Violet Baker Ella Louise Hall Jean Lawrence Elaine Lear Charlotte Lloyd Jane Murdock Jo Wells Lydean Withers Charles Brown Paul France Ernest Pierson Billy Wagner Dan Bachus Tim Evans Jack Frazier Gilbert Bush Joel Cating Irvin Folden Bobby France James Gillingham Tom Robinson Paul Sassen William Saunders Manning Wetherholt Leland Berridge John Davidson John Dexter Billy Lanier Lewis Stiverson.
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Gallipolis
A Capella
Jane Ann Deem
Martha Hadley
Betty Leaper
Peggy Rathburn
Madge Sheline
Mary Trotter
Leota Vornholt
Pauline Beard
Helen Beckett
Louise Brownell
Eleanor Farley
Patsy Haskins
Mildred Brownell
Dorothy Laufer
Eva O'Dell
Jean Saunders
Eileen Wells
Eleanor Deepping
Martha Hively
Barbara Irion
Helen Irion
Bertha Smith
Edith Smith
Imogene Stewart
Mary Waugh
Dorothy Wheeler
Leatha Wilson
Helen Wheeler
Violet Baker
Ella Louise Hall
Jean Lawrence
Elaine Lear
Charlotte Lloyd
Jane Murdock
Jo Wells
Lydean Withers
Charles Brown
Paul France
Ernest Pierson
Billy Wagner
Dan Bachus
Tim Evans
Jack Frazier
Gilbert Bush
First Woman Flore Horsburgh Moves Address in Reply
Miss Florence Horsburgh becomes the first woman member of Parliament to move an address in reply to the king's speech at Parliament's opening.
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Florence Horsburgh
Population Growth at Point Barrow Alaska Surges
Point Barrow Alaska has become the northernmost habitation in North America with population rising from 330 to 363 over the last decade. The 48 states cover 3,026,789 square miles in total.
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Point Barrow
Alaska
States of the Union
Applicants Seek Jobs In Treasurer's Office
Otis C. Drummond, the treasurer elect, says he has received at least 14 applications for deputy and clerk positions and expects more before he takes office on the first Monday in September. He currently serves as deputy county auditor, with that vacancy to be filled by County Auditor E. D. Keeler.
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Gallipolis
Otis C. Drummond
Drummond
E. D. Keeler
Cromley Property Sold in Gallipolis
Mrs. Floyd Irion buys a brick residence on Third Ave in Gallipolis from William Jones as guardian of Carrie Cromley. The home, occupied by Mr. and Mrs. Ben Evans and their son-in-law and daughter, was purchased for 3850 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Floyd Irion
Third Ave
William Jones
Carrie Cromley
Ben Evans
Irion
More Workers Will Be Added At Shipyards
Gallipolis reports the Marietta Manufacturing Co. at Pt. Pleasant employs 400 on war orders and plans to double or triple this workforce in July as larger contracts begin. North Pt. Pleasant area has expanded with worker influx. the chamber of commerce mobilizes housing support. Dallas Gibson is jailed for defaulting a $50 fine for driving while intoxicated.
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Gallipolis
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Pt. Pleasant
North Pt. Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
Gibson
Jury awards damages to owner of land in right of way case
A Gallia County jury in common pleas court with the state highway department consent awarded J. M. Layne of near Swan Creek $2250 for a condemned right of way through Layne lands. The road has been open for a year, and the state had previously offered $896 which Layne refused.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
State Highway Department
J. M. Layne
Swan Creek
Layne
Office Building Sold in Gallipolis
Mrs Allen Wood and her son Hollis have purchased a two story brick office building at the corner of Second and Locust in Gallipolis from Mrs Mary Clenden. Consideration is said to approach six thousand dollars. Improvements planned include a stairway and a heating plant.
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Gallipolis
Allen Wood
Hollis
Mary Clenden
Second and Locust Sts
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