Gallipolis Chamber Discusses City Improvements and Rat Campaign
The Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce met at the Lafayette Hotel to discuss municipal cleanup plans, anti rat measures, and a merchant sponsored campaign. They planned a Charleston firm visit for an anti rat drive and noted progress on a new vegetable market shed and floral hall improvements.
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Giscuns
Gateway Dedicalia County
Lafayette Hotel
Homer W. Ter
Walter
Gallipolis
Com
E. G. Roger
U. S
Ension
Roy
Charleston
Chamber of Comree
Fairgrounds
Social Notes from Gallipolis Year End Meeting
Gallipolis The American Nation of University Women end their last meeting of the year at Mrs D C Priestleys home. Mrs Levenean read Edna St Vincent Millays The Order of Lidice. Spaghetti supper Monday initiated Grace Guilds regular monthly meeting at Methodist Church. Nomination committee named for next years officers. Next meeting a picnic on the first day in June. Gallipolis Personal notes include Ruth Pfann Root returning from New York visiting husband Clarence Root. Helen White Dayton to spend Mother's Day with her mother Goldie White and brothers Floyd and sister in law. Mrs William Leslie Boggs accompanied her parents to Springfield to visit Private Bob Phillips in training at Wittenberg College. Mohr Gallipolis Ferry to Miami Fla for time with son in law and daughter Harold Swinburne.
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Gallipolis
Rs. D. C. Priestley
Ol Merrs
John Halliday
Grace Guild
Methodist Church
T. Aomas
Harold Brown
Anneth Frazier
T. A.homas
Ruth Pfann Root
Princep
Holzer Hospital Schools Nursing
New York
Clarence Root
Helen White
Dayton
Goldie White
Floyd White
William Leslie Boggs
Frank Phillips
Ironton
Springfield
Bob Phillips
Taining
Wittenberg College
Barl Mohr
Miami
Fila
Harold Swinburne
Westerman Church Dedicates Honor Roll at Vergreen
At Westerman Methodist Church Vergreen an honor roll and Memory tree were dedicated for local boys in military service. The program included prayers, flag salute, readings titled Old Glory and Trees, and poems by Mrs. Pat Brad and Mrs. J. T. Moore, with Rev. J. F. Brown delivering the dedicatory sermon. Twenty nine names listed on the honor roll with one gold star.
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Gallipolis
Westerman Methodist Church
Vergreen
America
Charles W. Ward
Hloc
Kent
Pat Brad
Ethel Walters
J. T. Moore
J. F. Brown
Onward Christian Soldiers
Clonch Funeral To Be Held Friday
Oscar R. Clonch 77 of Maple Shade died Wednesday at noon from a heart ailment. He is survived by several children. Funeral services will be held Friday at 2 PM at the Maple Shade home. Interment in Hill Cemetery conducted by C B Elliott.
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Gallipolis
Oscar R. Clonch
Maple Shade
Clonch
Mates
Northup
Ira Clonch
Kitts
M Hill
C. B Elliot
Ralph Keefer Cited For Bravery in Action
Gallipolis Lt. Sst. Ralph Keefer son of Rev and Mrs J P Keefer Chillicothe Road has been cited for meritorious service and efficient performance of duty in Tunisia. He installed a telephone line to a bridge under artillery fire and enemy patrol observation during a three hour demolition setup. Keefer is the husband of former Mary Marguerite White daughter of Mrs Goldie White Second Avenue.
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Gallipolis
Ralph Keefer
J. P. Keefer
Chillicothe Road
Tunisia
Keefer
Mary Marguerite White
Goldie White
Second Avenue
Gallipolis Native Bush Decorated for Guadalcanal Action
Lieut Colonel George E. Bush of Gallipolis received the Silver Star from Lt General Millard Harmon for gallantry on Guadalcanal January 19, 1943. Mrs Bush and daughter Jane have recently received a box of Jap trophies. Bush, son of the late George E Bush, was born June 3 and graduated West Point in 1929. Ed Filson of Point Pleasant, 62, died at Holzer Hospital after a lingering illness.
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Gallipolis
George E. Bush
Millard F. Harmon
U. S. Army
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Bush
Helen McDade
Jane
Holzer Hospital
First Avenue
Ed Filson
Point Pleasant
Swisher Rites Set Friday in Gallia County
Funeral services for Mrs. Millie E. Swisher age 64 will be held Friday at 1 p m at Little Kyger Church near Cheshire. She died Tuesday after a long illness. Survived by husband M K Swisher daughter Faye Van Heyde Columbus son Leo Swisher Cheshire two grandsons and three brothers and one sister. Rev E C Venz to oversee burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Little Kyger
Millie E. Swisher
M. K. Swisher
Cheshire
Gallia Beaten by Parkersburg in Baseball Grudge
Gallipolis lost 15 to 5 at Parkersburg as Aldo Jeffers hit two first inning homers after an error. Kenny Irion added four hits in three innings while Parkersburg outplayed the Gallia lineup on their field Tuesday. An unrelated note reports Rosie Short released from city jail after arrest for intoxication.
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Gallipolis
Parkersburg High School
Aldo Jeffers
A. E. Jeffers
Kenny Irion
Jeffers
Middleport High School
O.H.E
Rosie Short
Fish Placed In Gallia Streams By District 7 Men
Merrill McCormick and Lee Roach district fish management agents placed 10 000 bluegills crappies and catfish in Gallia County streams. Edwin McCormick drained Fairfield Lake to kill lotus growth and the fish were transferred to favored fishing spots in the afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Merrill McCormick
Lee Roach
District 7
Gallia County
Edwin
Pete’ McCormick
Fairfield
Roach
New Holzer Hospital Births and Discharges
New patients include Mrs Vance Tedrow 21 Hamden delivering a son at 2 25 pm Wednesday Douglas Barnett 34 Groveport Ky medical and Mrs Samuel E Denny 53 Wellston R D 2 surgery Discharged were Morgan Aubre y Minersville Maxine Cox Minersville and William Stewart Pt Pleasant
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Vance Tedrow
Hamden
Douglas Barnett
Groveport
Samuel E. Denny
Wellston
R. D
Morgan Aubrey
Minersville
Maxine Cox
William Stewart
Pleasant
Pomona Grange Plans Rural Life Day
Gallia County will sponsor a county-wide Rural Life Day on Sunday May 23 at Mt. Zion Church Route 35 near Chickamauga Park. State Grange Master Joseph Fichter of Oxford and former assistant state director of education will speak in the afternoon. A picnic dinner and program are planned.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Pomona Grange
Mt. Zion Church
Route 35
Chickamauga Park
State Grange
Joseph Fichter
Oxford
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Chamber of Commerce
Ck Knight
L. C. Dayton
Westerman Church
Colonel Bush
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Parkersburg
Rity
Pepsi-Cola Company
Loneygand Shy
Athens Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
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Miami Valley
Keyko
Morton House Chicken
Lake Shore
Betty Crocker
Camay Soap
Health Soap 2” LLC
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Sparkle Cleanser
National Biscuit CO
Nabisco
Bisquick
Rosedale Dill Pickles
del Haven
Morgan CO
Tomatoes
Nee A
Charmin
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Durkee Margarine
Bermuda
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