Gallia Citizens Call for Fairgrounds as School Playground
Gallipolis residents urge the Gallipolis District Board of Education to buy the 18 acre fair grounds sold to Gallipolis Savings and Loan for a playground. The plan envisions an east facing amphitheater with a night lit football field, track, baseball, and tennis facilities, plus caretaker cottage and utilities nearby.
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Gallipolis
State and
Fourth Sts
State St.and Bridge
Garfield
Portsmouth Aves
Gallia County to Send Large Delegation to Pomeroy
Gallia County chamber committee led by Dr. Charles E Holzer plans a large Gallia delegation for the Good Citizenship meeting in Pomeroy on June 12 An auto caravan and band are likely for the march The group will meet Saturday for further planning with members including Judge J S Clark Richard Downs Zenia Shaw E S Spear and others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Charles E. Holzer
Gallia
H. W. Wetherholt
H. W. Cherrington
E. G. Royer
Harry R. Hurn
Otto Carter
Jack Knight
Raymon T. Allison
E. E. Higgins
E. E. Caldwell
Rex Lineberry
H. B. Ecker
John R. Gwinn
Granville Ford
Gallia Academy High Is Called Superior
Gallia Academy High School is deemed superior by a report to Principal Cc Byers from Dr D H Eikenberry of Ohio State University. The study covers 77 normed items for large and North Central Schools, finding Gallia Academy superior in 62 cases or 80 percent, placing it above the average overall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cc. C. Byers
D. H. Eikenberry
Ohio State University
North Central
Gallia Academy High School
Mrs. Overly Dies at 58 in Morgan Township
Mrs. William W. Overly aged 58 of Morgan Township died in Holzer Hospital after a major operation. Her husband and several siblings survive. Funeral services set for Thursday at 2 p.m. at Morgan Center Christian Church with Rev. Oma Williams. Interment in Vinton Memorial Park.
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Gallipolis
William W. Overly
Morgan Tp
Holzer Hospital
Morgan Center Christian Church
Oma Williams
Vinton Memorial Park
Army Official Visits Gallipolis
Army official A. E. Neal assistant field director of the Army and Navy Welfare Service visits his parents near Gallipolis on 30 day furlough from Balboa Canal Zone. He says the Panama Canal area is probably the busiest place in the world today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. E. Neal
Army and Navy Welfare Service
C. B. Neal
Balboa
Canal Zone
Panama Canal
Gallia Academy Graduates Class of 108 in 1941
The Gallia Academy 1941 graduating class lists 108 students, 54 boys and 54 girls. The readout names include Wilda McElhaney, Maurice Long, Marjorie Shoemaker, Harold DeWolfe, Geraldine Wills, Lawrence Lee, Eloise Clark, Eddie Wright, and many peers with officers Don Plymale as president and Earl Tope as vice president among the senior class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilda McElhaney
Maurice Long
Marjorie Shoemaker
Harold DeWolfe
Geraldine Wills
Lawrence Lee
Eloise Clark
Eddie Wright
Marianna McHenry
Bill Safford
Mildred Johnson
James Hanson
Grace Irion
Clyde Reed
Olive Wenz
Ann Gilmore
Betty Valentine
Lucy Hill Spears
John Hill
Mary Frances Myers
Alfred Ingerick
George Schwartz
Lucille Sheets
Harry Shaver
Jean Haddox
Carl Venz
Bette Faulkner
Bill McCormick
Eva Northup
Olen Litchfield
Katheryn Dale
Sam Trowbridge
Virginia Walker
Bill Danner
Jerry Evans
Kenneth Betz
Kendall Saunders
Esther Mary Priestley
Robert Slagle
Mary Frances Coffey
Amyl Haffelt
Mary Bradbury
Ann Thornton
Evelyn Harrison
Paul Notto
James Melton
John Garnes
Connie Saunders
Junior Lawthorn
Ruth Broyles
Alice Jean Bush
Julia Agnes Wood
Evelyn Burton
Bill Lewis
Charles Green
Nancy Lewis
Dr Lewis Brown addresses Rotarians on seamen health work
Dr W Lewis Brown spoke to Gallipolis Rotary on U S Health Department duties, focusing on care for sick and disabled seamen. He noted over 400 boatmen on the Ohio and Great Kanawha Rivers treated in the past year. Club president E S Spear announced the annual picnic for July 15 likely at Dr Leo C Bean's garden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rotary Club
W. Lewis Brown
United States Health Department
Ohio
Great Kanawha
E. S. Spear
Leo C. Bean
NYA Girls Training Center Plan Fails in Gallipolis
At a Gallia County meeting on Tuesday afternoon commissioners Chauncey Johnson and T. G. Dillon decided not to sponsor a proposal to establish any NYA training center for girls in Gallipolis. NYA area supervisor Miss Louise Walcutt urged sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Commissioners
Chauncey Johnson
T. G. Dillon
NYA
Louise Walcutt
Gallipolis Opens Mile Improvement Project on Chillicothe Road
More than 100 workers reported for the mile improvement project on the Chillicothe road in Gallipolis this morning. They were assigned to duties then sent home until Thursday awaiting tools from Zanesville headquarters.
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Gallipolis
Chillicothe Road
Zanesville
Alumni Dinner and Dance Planned in Gallipolis
Advance ticket sales indicate a large turnout for the Gallipolis high school alumni event. Dinner will be served in the Methodist dining room and the dance will follow at the Eagles Club Thursday night.
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Gallipolis
Methodist
Eagles
County Red Cross Plans Sewing Drive At Meet
Semi annual Gallipolis Red Cross meeting chaired by E E Higgins heard reports from Mrs Joe Moch secretary Miss Margaret Shuler treasurer and Mrs C W Booth executive secretary. They reported strong chapter health and large upcoming cloth shipments for abroad plus a sewing center to open at Washington School for local volunteer groups. Alice Johnson outlined expanded national activities under defense efforts and urged county cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Red Cross
E. E. Higgins
Joe Moch
Margaret Shuler
C. W. Booth
Booth
Washington School
Alice Johnson
Red Cross
Two Plan Nutrition Program for Gallia County
Gallia County plans a nutrition program led by County Agent E G Royer and Home Demonstration Agent Clara Belle Motter. They will seek help from the county welfare group to present the issue at community meetings. The goal is better use of home grown foods and avoidance of low nutritive value prepared foods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Clara Belle Motter
Commerce Officials Seek Road Repairs
Gallipolis reports chamber of commerce and allied groups will press the state highway department for more road work in the county. The department has largely halted activity here. Emphasis on concreting a stretch of the Macadam Highway on Route 7 north of Swan Creek and bridge work on the Cheshire Rio Grande link road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
State
Swan Creek
Cheshire
Rio Grande
Republicans Meet in Gallia County Committee Session
A county Republican Executive Committee meeting is held tonight in Gallipolis to discuss recommendations for appointments in the age pension office and other positions after the civil service exam results are received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Republican Executive Committee
Woodmen Plan Services To Honor Dead
Gal lipolis Camp of Modern Woodmen of America holds a memorial service in its hall Friday at 8 pm to honor deceased members. Secretary Raymond Jones announces invocation by Rev. R P McCarley, solos by Frances Clark and Flora MacClasson, flag presentation by the drill team under Frank brothers, and a roster reading. W L Ingerick delivers the principal address. Rev McCarley conducts the benediction.
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Gallipolis
Woodmen
Raymond Jones
R. P. McCarley
Frances S. Clark
al Ingerick
Frank Brothers
W. L. Ingerick
Flora MacClasson
Tev. McCarley
Mrs Lear Leads Group for Memorial Day Exercises
A group of 25 boys and girls trains under Mrs George Lear for Memorial Day observances at Pine Street Cemetery in Gallipolis. The first flag drill and flower strewing practice was Monday, with a second rehearsal today and a final meeting scheduled Thursday for instructions.
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Gallipolis
George Lear
Pine St. Cemetery
Group Seeks Change Of Sales Day In Gallipolis
A Gallipolis chamber of commerce committee plans to meet with auction stock sales officials to move the sales day from Saturday to a weekday, preferably Monday. Local proponents argue cattle and calves aren’t removed until Sunday, causing noise, while sellers say rural clients expect Saturday sales and many stock owners visit the city then.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Gallia Airways Stockholders Elect Officers
Gallipolis Airways Inc held its annual stockholders meeting at the Commercial and Savings Bank to elect officers and a directorate. Dr C E Holzer was chosen president Judge H W Cherrington vice president and Charles T Robinson secretary treasurer. Directors are C E Holzer H B Ecker and C T Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Airways, Inc
Commercial & Savings Bank
C. E. Holzer
H. W. Cherrington
Charles T. Robinson
H. B. Ecker
C. T. Robinson
Byers to Speak at Western Reserve Address
Carl C. Byers high school principal will present an address on high school evaluation in Gallipolis on Friday June 27 at the invitation of C. B. Allen president of the grade school department Western Reserve University.
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Gallipolis
C. B. Allen
Western Reserve University
Carl C. Byers
Gallipolis Social Notes Visit and Travel Plans
Mr and Mrs Cash Allison of Northup visited their daughter Mrs Vernon Kuhn in Nitro West Virginia for her 24th birthday and picnic with relatives. The group included the Elliots Northups and other relatives. Carl C Byers and Leota Byers with friends planned an Eastern trip to Mattewan New Jersey to visit Harvey Hunt and Fort Monmouth before returning Sunday.
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Cash Allison
Northup
Nitro
W. Va
Vernon Kuhn
Hazel Allison
Arthur Elliott
Eugene and
Glendon
Ross Northup
Jean
Kathleen
Ezra Elliott
Paul Northup
Myrta Elliott
Ed Phillips
Bonnie Nibert
Edwin Elliott
Junior Foster
Carl C. Byers
Leota Byers
Logan
Mattewan
N. J
Death of 85-year-old Mrs. Filmore Dailey in Walnut Two
Mrs. Filmore Dailey aged 85 died earlier this week at the family home Walnut Two after a paralytic attack. Funeral services are planned for Thursday at 10 a.m. at Walnut Methodist Church. Surviving relatives include husband, daughter Mrs. John Rees, sons Alfred and Larry, and brothers Fred and Watt Saunders.
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Gallipolis
Filmore Dailey
Walnut Two
Walnut Methodist Church
John Rees
Alfred
Larry
Fred
Watt Saunders
Licensed To Wed In Three Pairs At Gallia County
Marriage licenses issued for Alva McClanahan and Pauline Mack both 21 of Lanham West Virginia Cornelius Snodgrass 21 of Racine and Delcy Gillespie 17 of Gallipolis and Walter J Andrews 30 and Cora Delle Harrison 27 both of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Alva McClanahan
Pauline Mack
Lanham
W. Va
Cornelius Snodgrass
Racine
Delcy Gillespie
Walter J. Andrews
Cora Delle Harrison
Accused of Forgery in Gallipolis Case
Edgar Myers an east end resident is held on a charge of uttering a forged $14 check drawn on Horace Condee a local blind coal merchant authorities say. The alleged bogus instrument was made payable to the account of Condee.
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Gallipolis
Edgar Myers
East End
Horace Condee
Recruiting Officer Seeks Young Men for Patterson Field
A recruiting officer will visit the draft board headquarters in the Gallipolis courthouse Monday to encourage youths to join aviation service at Patterson Field Dayton.
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Gallipolis
Patterson Field
Dayton
Draft Board
Booth reelected chairman of 13-county game district
C W Booth has been reelected chairman of a game conservation district that covers 13 Southeastern Ohio counties. He continues leadership as the body governs wildlife protection and habitat programs across the region.
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Gallipolis
C. W. Booth
Ohio
Memorial Service Planned for Soldier Dead in Calvary
Will Honor Dead Gallia residents plan a memorial at Calvary Church and Cemetery Friday. The service starts at 9 a.m. with singing brief addresses and flower strewing on graves of the soldier dead.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Calvary Church
Teachers Breakfast Sets Commencement Day Tradition
Gallipolis faculty gathered at Mootz Lodge on Raccoon Creek for a bacon and eggs breakfast with strawberries and cream, to honor the start of commencement day. An outdoor breakfast for teachers is a long standing school tradition.
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Gallipolis
Mootz Lodge
Raccoon Creek
Merchant Recovers From Major Operation in Gallipolis Ill
Elmer Davis, a local merchant in Gallipolis Illinois, has recovered enough from a major operation to be about the city at brief intervals. Milk deliveries in India are done in hollow bamboo stalks.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Davis
India
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