Gallia County WPA workmen on road projects
Gallia County's WPA program employs 400 workmen on several road jobs. The Poplar Ridge project extends 3.5 miles with 140 men under foremen Floyd Sigler and Joseph Rife. A parallel 3.5 mile section is being surveyed for future work. Other crews repair the Wheaton road in Morgan Township led by Byron Ward and Walter Osler. A wooden Webster road bridge is replaced with an 18 foot span and 22 foot wide concrete structure under Clyde Dale. Surveying Chillicothe road for flood escape work proceeds.
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Gallipolis
E. N. Leonard
Poplar Ridge
Floyd Sigler
Joseph Rife
Wheaton Road
Morgar Township
Byron Ward
Walter Osler
Webster Road
Walnut Township
Clyde Dale
Chillicothe Road
Gallipolis Officer Charged With Assault
Court records show Motorcycle Officer Aaron Kelton bound over to the grand jury in $200 bond on assault charges filed by George Herbert Evans. Evans, a WPA worker and father of five, says the alleged incident occurred February 21 while Evans was confined in the city prison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tranascri
E. Milliser
Margaret McCormick
Aaron Kelton
George Herbert Evans
Evans
Kelton
WPA
Wash ington PTA meeting to hear Judge Robinson today
Monthly Washington Parent-Teacher Association session begins at 3 30 p m with Judge Henry J Robinson of the State Department of Welfare the featured speaker. Vocal numbers will be performed by Eleanor Depping Peggy Rathburn Charlotte Lloyd Jane Murdock Elaine Lear Betty Jo McHenry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Parent-Teacher Association
Henry J. Robinson
State Department of Welfare
Eleanor Deepping
Peggy Rathburn
Charlotte Lloyd
Jane Murdock
Elaine Lear
Betty Jo McHenry
Henry Kerns
Clem Hay
Reuben Hay
Ray Baker
Huntington
E. J. Rosener
Clearwater
Fla
Rufus Hopkins
Athens
A. L. Stormont
Columbus
Ben Evans
East Bank
W. Va
Margaret Davis
Melbora Thornton
Jackson
Lillie Walker
New Water System Withstands Severe Winter
Gallipolis Rio Grande water system recently installed survived the harsh winter with no service freeze. Deputy L F Allen notes pipes were buried deeper than 18 inches, protecting lines in sub zero weather as water is pumped from lowland wells to a large concrete reservoir and distributed by pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande
L. F. Allen
Allen
Elsie Berry Dies in Ambulance En Route to Hospital
Elsie Berry aged 14 daughter of Mr and Mrs Riley Berry of near Winchester Jackson County died early Tuesday in an ambulance en route to Holzer Hospital. The family moved to the area from Kentucky five years ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elsie Berry
Riley Berry
Winchester
Jackson County
Holzer Hospital
Kentucky
Virgil Evans Obituary in Thurman Church
Virgil H. Evans 86 died Sunday at his daughter Mrs Mildred Whitt home in Columbus Funeral services were held this morning at Thurman M E Church Evans a former Thurman resident was born in Gallia County and lived much of his life in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Thurman M. E
Virgil H. Evans
Mildred Whitt
Columbus
Evans
Thurman
Seven Year Old Bill Tom Rees Ill in Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore reports say seven year old Bill Tom Rees of this city is hopelessly ill from a brain disorder at Johns Hopkins Hospital. His mother Louise Rees and grandmother Alice Wall Taylor are with him.
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Gallipolis
Baltimore
Bill Tom Rees
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Louise Rees
Alice Wall Taylor
Rotary to present Life of Joseph Stalin review
Next week's Rotary Club program features a biographical review of The Life of Joseph Stalin by Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler. The event promises insights into Stalin's rise and impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Joseph Stalin
Lewis Weber Gishler
Business Men Favor Student Vacation Plan
Gallipolis adopts vocational effort led by Principal C. C. Byers with 17 commercial students placed in clerical roles by instructor Miss Eulah Williams. Local business houses and professionals report strong support for the plan, with students gaining half day work experience and half day classroom study. Placements include Mary Clendenin with the County Auditor and others at Gallia Produce Co. Selma Dillon, Elizabeth Farley, Virginia Foster, Holler Hospital, Ohio Valley Bank, Mootz Bakery, and more. This marks the second year of the apprentice plan, which officials credit for improved student work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. C. Byers
Eulah Williams
Clara Cooper
Willard Grover & Son
Rebecca Cornwell
Gallia Produce Co
Selma Dillon
Virginia Steele
Sesquicentennial Commission
Elizabeth Farley
Mary Fierbaugh
Womeldorff & Thomas
Virginia Foster
Howard Foster
Freda Gilmore
Eugene Spear
Helen Rinehart
Lucille Hughes
Holzer Hospital
Frances Janey
Hollis C. Johnston
Jeanne Jones
Ohio Valley Bank
Polly Saunders
Do. T. Robinson
Dorothy White
John Halliday
Helen White
Mootz Bakery
Ten Candidates File Nominating Petitions for Committee
Ten candidates for election May 15 as Republican Central Committeemen filed nominating petitions with election board clerk Bess B. Wetherholt. They are allied with the Judge H W Cherrington faction which sought county party control two years ago. Twenty more are expected to file by Friday. Names include Briggs Cheshire Precinct Allen Fourth B Davis Three A Randolph Harrison Scott Huntington Gills Perry Klages Walnut Allison Green Wilcox Huntington Precinct Levisay Guyan Precinct.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Republican Central
Harrison
Evan L. Scott
Huntington
Austin Gills
Perry
Fred H. Klages
Walnut
Cassius Allison
Green
Marry M. Wilcox
Ernest Levisay
Guyan
High School Hosts Amateur Program Highlights
Gallipolis announces a morning assembly program at the high school featuring acts from Jerry Evans and Bette Faulkner to Mary Bradbury and Peggy Amsbury. The event includes a wrestling bout, jitter bug number, jokes, sketches, an operatic selection, a ballet dance, and a chalk talk with several students and leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jerry Evans
Bette Faulkner
Mary Bradbury
Peggy Amsbury
Amyl Haffelt
Betty Jo Camp
Lawrence Nuckles
Junior Johnson
William Safford
Plan Conference for Colored Boy Scouts at Lincoln School
Gallia and Mason County leaders of colored Boy Scout troops meet at Lincoln School for a 4 p.m. conference. Lincoln PTA members provide supper after the service. Granville Ford, Lincoln School principal, presides with Kenneth Davis, area director for Boy Scout activities, as guest speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Mason Counties
Lincoln School
Lincoln Pta
Granville Ford
Kenneth Davis
Cutler Social and Personal Mention
Local social notes record a bene fit pancake supper upcoming March 16 at C F Law home and an all day Willing Workers Club meeting at Mrs Ray Goddard home. Community visits include residents from Marietta Bartlett Broadwell Balti more Zanesville and London zoo banana and jam consumption totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Esmond Welch
Lendora Dixon
Lester White
Broadwell
Flossie Nice
Raymond Metcalf
Cutler
Mary Ruth Goddard
Bartlett
Myrtie Blauser
John Landers
Baltimore
Marietta Concrete Company
Richard van Wormer
Zanesville
John Summers
Pearl McAfee
Alta Mae
Charlie Harris
Ray
Freda
Pomeroy
E. Howard Cadle
Ida McAtie
Pauline
Leota
Frank Gill
Nelsonville
Harold Gill
Birth announced for daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lawson
Straitsville notes record the March 8 birth at St Ann's Hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lawson Columbus. Paternal grandparents listed as Mr and Mrs Edward Lawson Sr with various social visits and a chi ldren’s hospital update. Also notes a funeral for Anna Huston and a New Straitsville High School sophomore album dance with George Lanning ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Donald Lawson
Columbus
St. Ann’s ‘Hospital
Edward Lawson
Claude Osborne
Edward Lawson Sr
Fred Blankenship
William Brown
Margaret
Elizabeth Mills
Novella Whitmer
Helen Cummins
Good Samaritan Hospital
Zanesville
Miss Cummins
Mel Cummins
Leslie Powell
Circle Hill
Rodney Waldren
Elizabeth Stephenson
Austin Dane McCune
Greuster
Ralph White
East Fultenham
Opal King
Duncan Falls
Levi Palmer
Clark
Margaret Lemon
Samuel Rush
S. E.rush
Cincinnati
E. M. Rush
Henson Burgess
Gore
Anna Huston
New Straitsville High School
George Lanning
Rutland Personal and Brief Social Notes
Rutland notes report visits from A D McCormick and B R Higley of Columbus plus Eva Welsh of Athens with Clarence Chase. Athens attendees for Gone With the Wind. Mission Church platform meeting planned with Meigs County ministers and music. Magna Mills of Syracuse visiting Vernon Mills. Rutland men at Masonic Lodge inspection in Harrisonville. Rex Davis Janice Powell Columbus visiting Nora McNaughton. Leo Smith and son Lee with Ed Oliver. Harold Glenn and family from Columbus visiting Ronald Miller.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
A. D. McCormick
B. R. Higley
Columbus
Eva Welsh
Athens
Clarence Chase
Weyland Brown
Ray Steiner
Richard Canaday
James Haley
Joy Haley
Slim Spires
Mission Church
Meigs County
Magna Mills
Syracuse
Vernon Mills
Masonic Lodge
Harrisonville
Rex Davis
Janice Powell
Nora McNaughton
Leo Smith
Lee
Ed Oliver
Harold Glenn
Family of
Ronald Miller
Edward Bickel III Logan Ill With Influenza
Edward Bickel III Logan is reported to be ill with influenza. The notice notes his illness and shares the status in a brief local update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Bickel III
Logan
Edward Bickel
Enterprise
Easter Services Planned at State Hospital
Catholic service at 7 a.m. with a 9:30 a.m. Sunday School open to Catholics Hebrews Protestants. Easter breakfast of two eggs per person, cereal fruit buns milk and coffee. Roast pork dinner at noon with sides and coffee. Protestant service with choir at 3 p.m. largely attended. 310 Catholic communicants 175 Hebrews and the rest Protestants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Hospital
G. G. Kincon
Launch Financial Campaign for Boy Scouts in Gallia County
A financial campaign for Boy Scout purposes will be launched soon in Gallia County. Stanley Evans of the city and E N Wiseman, county directors, are coordinating. There are currently 15 Boy Scout troops in Gallia County with several more in prospect.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stanley Evans
E. N. Wiseman
Gallia County
Prospect
Albany School Clubs Meet and Other Local Notices
Albany area school clubs meet with multiple groups sharing plans. The Intermediate Garden Club reports 33 roll call attendees and officers including Marie Pauley as president and Cecil Calvin as vice president. The Junior Garden Club has 60 members. Mr Hampton discusses seed starting and vegetable growing. Several residents are mentioned with illnesses and travel, and a P T A benefit carnival is planned for March 15 at the high school with a St Patrick’s operetta and assorted activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Marie Pauley
Cecil Calvin
Mary Bean
Gene West
Ayler
Shaver
Wesley Walburn
Clarksburg
W. Va
Walburn
Whder
Calvin
Aylor
Chillicothe
Will Clary
E. G. Pauley
C. W. van Dyke
Adeline Parker
C. J. Bassler
Faye Elliott
Stockholm
Sweden
United States
Marion Bobo
Railroad St
Leo Woodyard
Albany P.T.A
St. Patrick’s
G. B. McDaniels
Alice McCuskey
Hilah Williams
Erma Young
Charlotte Pincelli
Vere Smith
Walter Hampton
Large Crowd Expected At Legion Anniversary
Virtually all of Lafayette Post 150 American Legion members are expected at the 21st birthday party in Legion Hall tonight. Dinner is at 6 30 followed by a music program and brief addresses with George H. Lear as toastmaster and program chairman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Legion Hall
George H. Lear
Services To Be Held at Chester M E Church
Rev J F Brown announces nightly services during March 18 24 at Chester M E Church with Holy Communion Easter Sunday March 24 at seven in the morning. The record notes community happenings and local residents with visits and illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
J. F. Brown
Chester M. E
Henry Eichinger
John Weber
Ray Morris
Arthur Morris
Urbana
Esther Hutchinson
C. B. Hutchinson
Kittaning
Betty Kimes
A. K. Oliver
Pomeroy
C. B. Calvert
Roy Calvert
Myrie Calvert
Guysville
Darrell Cleland
Columbus
Hannah Cleland
Lawrence Warner
Marion
Elizabeth Kreider
Eldon
Kentucky
Kathryn Bailey
Athens
J. S. Bailey
Thomas Weber
Margaret Wood
Marion Wood
Museum Opens Our House Daily Hours Begin May 1
Announcement in Gallipolis states the Our House Museum is open daily from 1 to 5 pm and starting May 1 will be open all day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Our House
Grant Two Paroles From Mansfield Reformatory
Paroles are granted to Elwood Clark on June 1 and Albert Ramer on March 1 1941 both having been sentenced in this county for stealing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mansfield Reformatory
Elwood Clark
Albert Ramer
Shaver couple buys cottage on Pine Street
Mr and Mrs Leo Shaver purchased a cottage home on Pine Street between First and Second Avenues from Harry Swisher and plan to occupy it soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Leo Shaver
Pine St
First
Second Avenues
Harry Swisher
Logan Walter Spencer Admitted For Emergency Appendicitis
Walter Spencer of Murray City was admitted to Cherrington Hospital Tuesday afternoon for immediate appendicitis surgery. He worked in a mine all day Monday and his condition is listed as serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Walter Spencer
Murray City
Cherrington Hospital
Spencer
Horse Make-Up Tale Behind Gone With the Wind Cast
The search for a suitable Scar lett OHaras horse led Victor Fleming to select Woebegone after five crowdable horses were rejected for not looking worn enough. The mare later appeared gaunt from hunger, with ribs showing, then dark hollows painted on to resemble weariness, a studio makeup miracle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woebegone
Scarlett O'Hara
Shelltorn
Atlanta
Victor Fleming
Grade School Musicians Entertain Rotary Club
Rotary Club guests enjoyed a performance by five grade school instrumentalists Billy Lanier Scotty Westerman Tommy Robinson Manning Wetherholt and Bobby Harrison with piano accompaniment by Ruth Thornton The soloists earned superior ratings at Wellston and were introduced by E E Higgins The meeting opened the attendance contest with Capt Walter Matuska leading Capt Clyde Mitchell The losing team will buy dinner for the winners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Billy Lanier
Scotty Westerman
Tommy Robinson
Manning Wetherholt
Bobby Harrison
Ruth Thornton
Wellston
E. E. Higgins
Walter Matuska
Clyde Mitchell
Sub-Station Erection Near Gallipolis Aids Power
Gallipolis Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co erects a steel sub-station at Mount Zion on Route 35. Superintendent John McNealey says it will be the fourth such station near Gallipolis and will greatly aid distribution of electric current.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Mount Zion
John McNealey
George Davis III Ill in Columbus Home
George E. Davis III, a part time resident of Bladen village, is reported seriously ill at his daughter's Columbus home. His sister in law Miss Ida Neal, who hosts him during the summer, has been summoned to Columbus to be with him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Davis III
Gallipolis
George E. Davis
Bladen Village
Columbus
Ida Neal
Undergoes Operation After Auto Accident
Gallipolis Estill Leonard a 32 year old Blackfork resident underwent removal of the right eye yesterday at Holzer Hospital after severe head injuries from an automobile crash the night before. Mrs Perry Aldridge 33 of the same neighborhood is in hospital with severe face lacerations. Perry Aldridge 35 the car driver was uninjured and said to have crashed into a parked truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Estill Leonard
Blackfork
Holzer Hospital
Perry Aldridge
James Lanier Dies At Home in Gallia
James Lanier of Gallia County died at his home on Portsmouth Avenue after four years of illness at age 42. He leaves his wife and six children. Funeral services are planned for Thursday.
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James Lanier
Gallia
Gallipolis
Portsmouth Ave
Furege
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Straitsville Social Notes
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