Primary election judges and clerks named for PAG precincts
A list of individuals selected to serve as primary election judges and clerks across PAG townships and precincts. Names include Berry, Faington, Arnold Sputlock, Carenan, Shaver, Mink, To Miller, Nelson, McCarty, Sheets, Martin, and many others across Ad disin, Cinem Ward, Kananga, Gallipaux, Roscoe Fox, Huntington, Ohio, Center Ville, Springfield, Bidwell, Walnutt, and related precincts. The roster covers both day and night shifts to ensure vote counting and integrity.
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POLIS
Soma
Gay
Choten Te Clark Berry
Stanley Faington
Mom Arnold Sputlock
Alfred Carenan
Earl Shaver
Meda Mink
Adamon
Egrover
James To Miller
Maude Nelson Viegit
McCarty
Lim Sheets
Neva Martin
Addisin
J. M. Thomas Pearl Markin
Glenn Rose
Glenna Mater
Amon Rife
May’ Tipton
Geneva Canthener
Cinem Ward
Ta Fey Thompsan
Flay Rupe
Violet Previnet
Emmett Hoyt Barnes
Sanford Wise
Saunders McCauley
Maranie Hutte
Townshipa
Shirley. Fisher
Rosalie
Walters
Luther Frederick
James ‘Simms
Morgan Township
Wayne
Tumbleton
Ervin’ Lane
J. E. Green
J. W. Shaw
Homer Rose
John Montgomery
Ohio
Nona J. Frye
Marie Rucker
Ei ‘Erson ‘Sims
Miriam Bostic
France Gilbert
Tressle Pell
Perry
Sheldon Wise
E. ‘T. Winters
Thelma Williams
Bidwell
Oren Wiseman
Frank Howell
Mar ‘Vin Rutt
Chester Myers
Garland Nivert
G. G. Gleason
Walnutt
Charles Huber
Ena
Gallia County Announces Election Judges and Clerks
The Gallia County board released the list of election judges and clerks for May 7, 1940. Names include Paul France, Anna Stevens, Lottie Abbott, J. Lohe Davies, Jette Rathburn, Irene McClaskey, A. Sadie Sousins, Thomas Dinsmore, Zatia Hern, and many others across the first through fourth wards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia County
City Hogs Fed on Garbage in Gallipolis
City Manager Tohn Gwinn says Gallipolis is fattening hogs on collected garbage. He has bought 18 hogs and expects to grow the herd to about 50. Hogs are kept at the city’s disposal farm on Chil Tirothe Ave and weigh up to 200 pounds.
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Gallipolis
Tohn Gwinn
U.sc
Gwinn
Phage Disposal
Chil Tirothe Ave
Free Music Lessons Announced for Gallipolis Pupils
Gallipolis Band Boosters Club announced free music lessons will continue from the second week for about thirty elementary students who will enroll and receive instruments of their choice. Director A Jord Bay made the arrangement following a similar successful program last year despite the vacation period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Band Boosters
A. Jord Bayfat
Gallia Corn PI Started and Marriage License Issued
Gallia area reports planting of hybrid corn amid cold wet soil with dogwood blooms marking timing. John Albert Stover 71 of Lockbourne and Gladys Irene Swank 21 of Kanan secured a license to wed.
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Gallipolis
John Albert Stover
Lockbourne
Gladys Irene Swank
Kanan
Gallipolis to Circulate Sesquicentennial Coin Note
Pictured above is Gallipolis official sesquicentennial coin completed for circulation before May 20. It is made of heavy cardboard and will have a purchasing value of five cents anywhere in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Matthew Bright 86 Dies at Home in Green Township
Matthew Bright aged 86 died at his home in Green Township on Sunday. He was father of 15 children with most living outside the county. a brother Robert Bright resides at Rodney. Funeral services were held this morning at Centenary Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Matthew Bright
Green ‘Township
Henry
Robert Bright
Rodney
Centenary Church
Absentee Ballot Applications Expected to Reach 700
Gallipolis report shows more than 500 applications filed by absent, sick, or disabled voters. Clerk Bess Wetherholt expects the total to reach 700 before the return deadline Friday noon. The election board will stay open each night this week for receipt of applications.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Losers Pay For Feast At Lafayett e Hotel
After a joint attendance contest half of the Rotary Club members will dine at the others expense tonight at the Lafayette Hotel kitchen. Loser Homer W Walter will donate milk fed broilers for the supper. Also notes on funeral for Mrs Alice Dicky and a church supper announcement follow.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Homer W. Walter
Lafayette Hotel
History of Church Bells in Gallipolis Church
Pastor outlines the three bells of a local Methodist church with weights 3 pounds 341 pounds and 1655 pounds. The second bell was bought in 1847 by John Smithers from Pittsburgh using old metals and cash. the third bell cost 420 dollars and was installed for 135 dollars funded by a church festival. First rung May 28 1882 by Rev Creighton, ringing signaled the church’s release from debt.
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Gallipolis
John Smithers
Pittsburgh
Huntington
W.va
D. Y. Smithers
C.F. Creighton
Westerman
Locusts Expected in Gallia County About June First
Gallia County Agent F G Royer received a message from Ohio State University entomologist T H Parks forecasting the 17 year cicada emergence in Gallia County around June 1 and lasting about a month. The last local appearance was in 1923. The locusts are said to cause hardship to young orchards and greening vegetation with no effective extermination remedy yet known.
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Gallipolis
F. G. Royer
T. H. Parks
Ohio State University
Gallia County
Massie Returned to Gallia County Health Board
Gallia County Board of Health met Monday and returned Everett Massie to the board for a five year term while re-employing Dr F Shane as county health commissioner for two years. New tenure begins Jan 2 1941. Outstanding bills were ordered paid and members praised the health record.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
District Attorney Falls in Love With Girl Jewelry Thief
The film One Rainy Afternoon by Preston Sturges follows a district attorney who falls for a jewel thief under a courtly foil. Mitchell Leen directs a cast led by Beulah Bond, Elizabeth Patterson, and Sterling Holloway in a period comedy set in a theatrical city context.
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Athena ‘Theater
Barbate
Stanwyel
Ed Machturray
James Tail
Iajpens Darby
Cortas
Bred
Tapa-Tve
Mitchell Leen
Cautete
Preston Sturges
Beulah Ond
Eivateth Pateeran
Eivateth Pateeran and ‘Tering
Holloway
Bac
Inlay
Willard Bowertson
Charie Waldron
Paul Gullessey
Thorne
Tom Kons
Spencer
Knight
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local News Highlights
A crowded Gallipolis social page reports on the French Colony Daughters of the American Revolution meeting with officers elected including Regent Anna Siman and Secretary Frank Wetherhott, plus plans for Lafayette Day ceremonies and a bronze marker unveiling. Marriages, birthdays, and local visits fill the rest of the item with multiple families noted across Gallipolis society.
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Gallipolis
Daughters of the Amerian Revolution
Nome
Mex
Carmen Mon Jay
Rego Sita
Harry ML. Hurn
Howen
Mita Anna
Frank Wetherhott
Stra Boya
J. E. Halliday
Mist
Catherine Hayward
C. W. Booth
Rege Rar
James S. Clark
Mea
A.W. Kerns
Misa Simmerman
Ibrar
Horn
Piay
Soety
Ohio
Taryette
Robert Ruddell
Dinner party honors former birthday and condition update
Mr and Mrs Orlando Phillip hosted a Sunday dinner for relatives including Virgil Rayburn W H Rayburn and Harriet Phillips as Will Aughter and Lucy Phillips remain in Gal lipolis hospital after an automobile accident. Marshall Lundy Rio Grande and others were involved. Hospital condition described as improving with skull fracture and semi conscious periods. Lydia Frome and Gina Mes.
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Orlando Phillip
Virgil Rayburn
Huntington
W. H. Rayburn
Harry Rayburn
Gallipolis
Will Agughter
Harriet
Ben Phillips
Liam Alexander
Kanau
Lucy Phillips
Laurence . Lundy
Rio Grande
Ivor Morehouse
Homer Hospital
Jennie Brothers
Bidwell
Daugh
Gina’ Mes
Hospital
Ieser
Anna Arbor
Mick
al Telsanid
C. E. Campbell
Paul Switzer
Cincinnati
Celebration Stamp Not To Be Issued In Sesquicentennial Year
Judge W R White reports the Sesquicentennial Commission will not issue a special commemorative postage stamp for this summer's celebration. The explanation notes stamps are ordered a year ahead and this year's quota has been exhausted.
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Lipolis
W. R. White
Sesquicentennial Commission
Ial
City considers sewer load and park purchase plan
City commissioners reviewed a sewer proposition for Portsmouth Avenue and found the current sewer sufficient for heavier loads with no enlargement. A proposal to buy city park and add Benches, designed for durability, was presented. Public work includes street improvements on Vinton and Nell Avenues, with WPA sponsorship eyed for next year and an election planned for June 10.
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Walliulis
Board of City Commissioners
Portsmouth ‘Ave
Ingels
Florida
Enis
Crete
County Health League
Cer Gwinn
Nestiante
Vinton
Nell
Carl C. Byers
Jeany
Chile
Ffven
Rural Affairs Group To Meet in Athens
Gallipolis reports an Institute on Rural Affairs to be held in Athens in June 1921 with county agents rural welfare workers and farmers from Gallia Hocking Jackson Lawrence Morgan Perry Vinton and Washten counties attending. Each county will select two district leaders as spokesmen. chairman and secretary. Two sessions daily will cover advancement of agriculture and rural civic conditions. Meals will be provided.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Hock
Jing
Jackson
Lawrence
Mergy Morgan
Perry
Vinton
Washeisis
Athens
Callie
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PAG Primary
Oni
RTS
Pera
Far
Jack Benny
Buck Benny
Newn
Opal McKinley
Canon City
Solo
Colorado State
Rome
Usu J Weis
Matthew
Hight
Alice Dickey
Ladies Aid Society of
Rilo Grande
Chamber of Commerce
Frances Caldwell
Massie
Health Board
Quick's Drug Store
Union St
Gallipolis Social Notes
Elleon Clark
Ruth Stewart
C. L. Copley
Methodist Church
Thurman
Mr Clark
William Clark
Rutland
Claude Stewart
Laura Wood
Betty Cotts
Morris Burnett
Columbus
Clark
Elcessor
Imogene Stewart
Ambrose Stewart
Howard Nell
RM. Eintzer
Campbell
Neal
Ruth Richards
Robert
Fam-Ly
Pt. Pleasant
Mera
Earl Richards
Ray Carter
Reynoldsburg
Mes. Carter
George N. Bolles
Ellis Sibley
Chicago
W. G. Sibley
Elizabeth Shough
South
Charleston
Herman Condee
W. Rathburn
Daugh‘ter
Jeste
E. N. Leonard
Pol. Adv
Colonial
the Colonial Finance
Bldg
Seecheonay
Coboet
Electrolux
Servel Electrolux
the Gas Company
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