Gallia County Engineer plans extension of Chillicothe Road
Gallia County Engineer E N Leonard安排 WPA funds to extend Chillicothe Road one mile west of Gallipolis city limits with 108 workers arriving Wednesday. The project links with Route 35 at McCormick Road, raising a low stretch at Swiger t Corner to highway level. machinery from the Chickamauga Bottoms bridge project will aid the mile long improvement reducing costs. An additional fifty men join the bridge project June 1, bringing total on both works toward 300 workers.
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Gallipolis
E. N. Leonard
WPA
Chillicothe
McCormick Road
Swigert Corner
Chickamauga Bottoms
Leonard
Couple to Celebrate 25th Wedding Anniversary
More than fifty relatives will gather at the Caldwell home near Siloam Baptist Church in Guyan Township to mark the Caldwell couple's 25th wedding anniversary and Mrs Caldwell's birthday on the same date. The gathering includes the couple's five grown children and their families as they near the parents' 52nd wedding anniversary.
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Gallipolis
Emmett Caldwell
Siloam Baptist Church
Guyan Township
Caldwell
J. S. Caldwell
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Ro bera Cornwell's June Wedding
In Columbus Miss Roberta Cornwell, of Gallipolis, will wed James B. O'Brien of Gallipolis in June. A tea and personal shower honor her upcoming marriage hosted by Miss Mary Jane Murray Mrs William J Webster and Miss Mary Williamson at the Mara mor in Columbus. The couple's families and local connections are noted along with recent social events and visits from relatives and friends.
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Gallipolis
Maramor
Columbus
Mary Jane Murray
William J. Webster
Mary Williamson
Roberta Cornwell
James B. O’brien
Cornwell
Marvin Cornwell
O’brien
Greenbrier Military Academy
Lewisburg
W. Va
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Miss Mabel Young Returns Home After Injury
Miss Mabel Young, once critically injured in a Pittsburgh area automobile crash, has recovered enough to go to her parents home in town for the summer. She is accompanied by her sister Miss Lucille Young, who came from Florida to be with her and had been a hostess at the William Penn Hotel in Pittsburgh.
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William Bush
Cheshire
Ray Sheets
Ruth
Jean
Columbus
Enoch Mahan
Edgar Mahan
Mary Elizabeth
Charles
Egbert
Alberta
Ida Mahan
Patriot
Frank Mahan
Gage
Elva Mahan
Cadmus
Ray Richards
Los Angeles
Blake Strait
Mr. Richards
West
War Department
John Goodwin
Cecil Gwinn
Athens
Ross Goodwin
Lee Halley
Charlotte Danner
Mary Belle Young
Indian Lake
Dorothy Schwartz
Edgar Wooten
Pt. Pleasant
Mabel Young
Pittsburgh
R. R. Young
Miss Lucille Young
Florida
William Penn Hotel
Lucille
Birthday Party for Anne Hardway with Six Candles
Six year old Anne Hardway daughter of Mr and Mrs Howard Hardway celebrated with a Wednesday birthday party. Twenty five friends attended and played games on the lawn with a refreshments table. A center bowl of spring flowers and two birthday cakes each with six lighted candles graced the setup.
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Anne
Howard Hardway
Probate Court Notifies Accounts In Athens County Ohio
The following accounts are filed in the Probate Court of Athens County Ohio and hearing is suspended until June 9 1941 at 9:00 A M. Administrators Executors and Guardians listed include Mary Weisenbach Gladys Simpkins Clarice Daugherty George W Rose Carl H Love Arnold A Lonas Helen M Gray Roger J Jones Flora K Johnson Florence McKinley Alice Brown Edward Leo Mulligan Robert E Selby Altha A Johnson Gordon K Bush Harry Davis Evelyn D Hallett Max Wilson and others. Any interested person may file written responses before five days prior to hearing. Probate Judge
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Henry Cone
Joseph A. Lonas
Abraham L. Johnson
Jennie Dodds
N. E. Dodds
Casa H. Long
Hester A. Druggan
Jennie H. Fagan
R. H. Wade
Esther Young
Elizabeth H. Knode
Mary A. Hobson
David L. Wallace
Mattie J. Berry
David H. Daugherty
Joseph P. Closter
Francis D. White
Athens County
Ohio
Mary Weisenbach
Mathew Weisenbach
Gladys Simpkins
Clarice Daugherty
George W. Rose
Silas F. Mescher
Carl H. Love
Arnold A. Lonas
Helen M. Gray
Ella Rohrkasz
Roger J. Jones
Henry Trout
Flora K. Johnson
Charles P. Knowlton
Florence McKinley
George L. Fleming
Alice Brown
Walter A. Brown
Lof
Edward Leo Mulligan
Robert E. Selby
Clarence Brown
Altha A. Johnson
Homer L. Johnson, Jr
Gordon K. Bush
F. W. Bush
Harry Davis
Gene Carsey
Evelyn D
Cheshire High School Alumni Dinner Dance Planned
Cheshire High School alumni will hold a dinner dance in the school auditorium on Saturday at 6 p m hosted by a local women's church group. Dancing will run from 9 p m to 12 p m.
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Gallipolis
Cheshire High School
Rio Grande College Christian Association Elects Officers
Newly elected officers for the Rio Grande College Christian Association include Ray Hively as president Burton Garrett as vice president Joan Nickel as secretary and Helen Ferne Williams as treasurer.
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Gallipolis
The
Rio Grande College Christian Association
Ray Hively
Burton Garrett
Joan Nickel
Helen Ferne Williams
City To Honor Four Confederate Veterans
In Gallipolis at Pine Street Cemetery four graves of R. J. Thrasher James H. McKinney A S Baden and M Z Wickline from the 22nd Virginia Regiment CSA are now accorded full military honors. The markers show they died in 1861 while Confederate soldiers and are marked by identical headstones with flags and annual flowers, a practice revived after centuries of bitterness.
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Gallipolis
Pine Street
R. J. Thrasher
James H. McKinney
A. S. Baden
M. Z. Wickline
22Nd Virginia
CSA
Daughters of the Confederacy
Ned Eachus Starts To Build New Home
Ned Eachus begins erection of a new residence on State Street west of Fourth Ave in Gallipolis. The house is described as the first in a line of homes for the neighborhood spurred by the nearby highway project.
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Ned Eachus
Gallipolis
State Street
Fourth Ave
Memorial services planned for fallen soldier near Chickamauga Park
Memorial services will be held Sunday at 11 a.m. in Mt. Zion Cemetery west of Chickamauga Park for the soldier dead. William Jones will deliver an address and church choir members will sing. Also noted is a report ranking the Douglas fir as a leading United States grown wood.
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Gallipolis
Mt. Zion Cemetery
Chickamauga Park
William Jones
The
United States
Gallia County Schools Use About 90 Buses In County
Gallia County superintendent Eldon Wiseman reports about 90 school buses are in use with total value near 190000. Boards mostly own or lease buses and pay licenses. three women drive, several substitutes. No major bus crashes in six years. buses inspections occur twice yearly.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
Eldon Wiseman
State Highway Patrol
Dinner for 200 planned before Masonic Temple event
Gallipolis reports reservations show more than 200 persons will dine in the Methodist dining room before an evening program at the Masonic Temple. Carl C. Byers leads singing and a high school wood wind ensemble plays. E. E. Higgins will present a History of Masonry.
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Gallipolis
Masonic Temple
Carl C. Byers
E. E. Higgins
E. F. Caldwell
Otto Carter
E. S. Spear
Jack Knight
Emmett Morrison
Garfield Griffith
Surplus Commodities List Grows to 843 in Gallia County
Gallia County surplus commodities list rises to 843 from April. The warehouse reports 5,000 pounds of cornmeal 4,500 pounds of lard and 23,520 pounds of white flour. Government food receipts fall. WPA sewing center runs at capacity producing garments for indigent families an average of 12 000 pieces.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
WPA
Allen
Alumni Committee Finds Interesting Data
A Gallipolis alumni committee led by Dr. Ella G Lupton and others reports progress in stimulating interest among older graduates. Members include Edwin Mc Cormick Major C G Lyle and Miss Anna Simmerman, appointed by William Jones, president of the high school alumni association. Some residents report graduation dates before 1880 and many from the 1890s.
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Gallipolis
Ella G. Lupton
Edwin McCormick
C. G. Lyle
Anna Simmerman
William Jones
High School Alumni Association
Nebo Church Home-Coming Set For June 15
Nebo Church at Gallipolis announces a home-coming on June 15 with morning preaching and communion. A basket dinner follows at noon. The afternoon features hymn singing in Welsh and English, expected to draw a large crowd as former residents return.
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Gallipolis
Nebo
Cigaret Licenses Renewal Deadline Set for May 26
Gallipolis reports cigarette sales licenses must be renewed at the county auditor's office by May 26. Last year 95 retail and three wholesale licenses were issued, with five concerns obtaining malt licenses.
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Gallipolis
Poppy Sale Set for Saturday by Legion Auxiliary
Gallipolis Mrs V M Elliott Legion Auxiliary Poppy Day chairman reports a group of young women workers will offer flowers for sale tomorrow.
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Gallipolis
V. M. Elliott
Legion Auxiliary
To Improve Course Adds Shelter House Upgrades
Local golf club plans improvements to the shelter house including showers a lounge and rest rooms. The project accompanies expanded membership from nearby cities and upgrades to the building and grounds.
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Gallipolis
Four White Men to Enter CCC Camp
Four white men Edwin Carroll Marion Rupe Edwin Ellis and Dale Rothgeb will be taken to Portsmouth Monday by Certification Officer Marvin Allen for induction into CCC camp service. The call included a request for four colored men but none are available. Four white boys remain on the eligible list and another call is expected by June 10. Allen says there is a dearth of applicants as eligibles are absorbed into private employment.
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Gallipolis
Edwin Carroll
Marion Rupe
Edwin Ellis
Dale Rothgeb
Portsmouth
Marvin Allen
Ccc
Allen
Vacation Bible School Plans for Thivener
Conducting a vacation Bible School at Thivener in mid June will be Rev. and Mrs. C. E. Mills of Cheshire, Miss Betty Richh of Boston, and Miss Betty Perkins of Baltimore. Other schools will be established in the county.
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Gallipolis
Thivener
C. E. Mills
Cheshire
Betty Richh
Boston
Betty Perkins
Baltimore
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