Gallia County FSA progress report shows growing canning efforts
Miss Delma J. Chaney reports on 14 Gallia County FSA households with averages: family size six, 70 quarts canned per person, 16 quarts jams and pickles, 3.8 bushels potatoes, 4 bushels fruit, 1.5 bushels dried produce. Eight have pressure cookers. nine have adequate bedding. Gallia trails diet and health standards but shows improvement. 1942 will stress home gardens and canning.
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Gallipolis
Delma J. Chaney
Gallia County
Farm Security Administration
Chaney
FSA
Woman's Home Council Hosts Turkey Dinner and Talk
About 90 members of the county Women's Home Council met at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis for a turkey dinner and an all day program. The event featured a social hour group singing and an address by Miss Eloise Greene of Ohio State University.
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Gallipolis
County Woman’s Home Council
Grace Methodist Church
Eloise Greene
Ohio State University
Three Recover From Accident Injuries Near Evergreen
Mr and Mrs J M Shawver and L D Sullins of Evergreen are recovering from minor injuries after a truck driven by Shawver overturned near their home. The wheat laden vehicle was badly damaged. President R Lloyd Pabst of Rio Grande College returned from Pittsburgh after nine days delivering addresses and conferences with Baptist young people.
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Gallipolis
J. M. Shawver
L. D. Sullins
Evergreen
Shawver
R. Lloyd Pabst
Rio Grande College
Pittsburgh
Social Notes From Portland Society Roundup
Social notes from Portland cover the Woman's Society of Christian Service meeting at Mrs. Mattie Henderson's home with twenty members. Obituary mention notes the sudden death of L. J. Morehead of Belleville, former lock master at Lock 21.
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Christian Service
Mattie Henderson
L. J. Morehead
Belleville
Moorehead
Lydia Waterman
May
Rockland
Earl Jowett
Thanksgiving Observance Honors Two Denominations
Groups from the Baptist and Methodist congregations in Rio Grande unite at Calvary Baptist Church at 7 30 to observe Thanksgiving. Rev C D Copley will deliver the discourse on In Every thing Give Thanks with a prelude by Mrs Evan Evans and offertory by Miss Lorena Jenkins. Mediation by Rev Donald S Hobbs and John Myers on When We Give Thanks.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Calvary Baptist Church
C. D. Copley
Evan Evans
Lorena Jenkins
Donald S. Hobbs
John Myers
Local Social Notes Highlight Club Meetings And Birthdays
Mrs Stanley L Evans hosted the Ladies Book Club with three tables and turkey prizes. The Business and Professional Women's Club met at Mrs Robert Bischoff’s home where Alma McCormick shared her Mexico trip. Family gatherings occurred around Porter and Huntington as Eva Waugh’s 80th birthday and Grant Johnson’s 65th were celebrated with Gallia County kin.
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Robert Bischoff
Grape St
Alma McCormick
Mexico
J. E. Cills
Eldon Coder
H. P. Bradbury
Robert M. Betz
Margaret Carter
Gallia County
Huntington
Eva Waugh
Cc. M. Halley
Gallipolis Personal News Chronicle
Ada Halley returns home from a two week visit to Mechanicsburg with Clarence Halley. Numerous relatives and friends hosted meals and visits across Gallia County including Martin family from Marietta and Langdon family from Dayton. Lawson Haskins of Huntington is jailed on a non support charge. Stallsmiths return to Toledo after a short visit. he works for C&O at Walbridge.
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Ada Halley
Sugar Creek
Mechanicsburg
Clarence Halley
Virgil Lemon
Leslie Lemon
John Lemon
Eileen Mooney
Paul Notter
Gallipolis
Lawson Haskins
Huntington
Guyan Township
Epidemic of Measles Closes Kanauga School
In Kanauga village the measles outbreak grows with only 18 of 43 pupils attending on Tuesday prompting Supt. E. E. Higgins to close the school for the rest of the week. County Nurse Naomi Evans reports scattered cases among rural children, with no cases in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Kanauga
E. E. Higgins
Naomi Evans
Langsville Social Notes Highlights Visits and Moves
Langsville social column reports Mrs Cora Wright Mrs Evelyn Laing and sons Wallace and Joe visiting in Middleport also Mrs John Swisher and two children visiting L E Thomas family Von Miller staying with Frank Braley in Derby Raymond Palmer family moved to Columbus Alice Miller and sisters visited Chad Welker in Vinton Marvin and Bruce Morris work on New York Central trains Funeral services for Ernest Gardner held at home November 17 with burial at Wright Cemetery He leaves a wife two brothers and three sisters Farm advisory Council No 1 met with Harold Miller eleven families attended Roy Lansbury left for an army training camp in Kentucky and Mr and Mrs Lenville Harmon also noted.
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Langsville
Cora Wright
Evelyn Laing
Wallace
Joe
Middleport
Dale Wright
John Swisher
Columbus
L. E. Thomas
von Miller
Frank Braley
Derby
Raymond Palmer
Alice Miller
Chad Welker
Vinton
Marvin
Bruce Morris
New York Central
Ernest Gardner
Wright
Farm Advisory Council No. 1
Harold Miller
Roy Lansbury
Kentucky
Lenville Harmon
Rotary Club Plans for Holiday Program and Charity
Gallipolis Rotary members led by Ray Ellinwood reviewed next week's program featuring Clara June Ward a local danseuse at Tuesday’s session. Past presidents outlined a Christmas program for December 23 with carols and other numbers and the club will purchase shoes for indigent schoolchildren.
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Gallipolis
Ray Ellinwood
Rex. Lineberry
Leo Bean
Harry Wheeler
Lawrence Holliday
Raymond D. Hoy
Clara June Ward
E. E. Higgins
Hold Funeral Services For Birchfield Child
Mary Frances Birchfield eight month old daughter of Mr and Mrs John Birchfield died near Bladen Tuesday. Funeral services were held Wednesday at Mt Zion Baptist Church conducted by Rev Oma Williams.
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Gallipolis
Mary Frances
John Birchfield
Bladen
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Oma Williams
Local family ties mark weekend visits and a burial
The report notes William Harmon hosting relatives from Lawrence and the Harmon family. Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Carter of Michigan called on Mrs. Emma Ledlie. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Jack Bartrum was buried at Robinson Cemetery on November 14, with Mrs. Bartrum recovering in Holzer Hospital.
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Lawrence
William Harmon
Gordon Carter
Michigan
Emma Ledlie
Jack Bartrum
Robinson Cemetery
Bartrum
Holzer Hospital
WPA Bridge Workers To Observe Thanksgiving Holiday
GALLIPOLIS more than 100 WPA workers on the Chickamauga road and bridge will observe the Thanksgiving holiday and resume work Friday.
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WPA
Gallipolis
Chickamauga Road
Long Bottom Club Meets at Tuesday Session
Long Bottom Riverside Garden Club met Tuesday evening with Linnie Swan and 16 members present. Readings included The Thanksgiving Garden Ava Myers Plants for Miniature Gardens Josie Babcock Potting and Reporting Plants Leona Hensley. Two new members joined bringing total to 23. Lunch served. Next meeting Nov 25 with Mrs R L Larkins. Funeral services were held Sunday for Charles McCain. He died in the house where he was born nearly 71 years ago. Donald Matlack attended Chester wedding of Don Christy and Margaret Emma Wood. Mrs O E German returned from Coal Valley Pa with daughter-in-law Gertrude German. Howard Hughes family from Columbus visited. John Andrew returned from a New York army camp after being released for being over 28.
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Long Bottom
Riverside Garden Club
Linnie Swan
Ava Myers
Josie Babcock
Leona Hensley
R. L. Larkins
Charles McCain
McCain
New State Patrol Station Opens Tuesday in Gallipolis
Gallia County receives a new post in the Bean building at 538 Second Ave as Cor pal D H Cole leads a patrol covering Gallipolis to Ironton Jackson McArthur and Pomeroy with a 70 telephone line. The facility awaits one officer and sets monthly license test days for under 18 on the first Tuesday and others on Thursdays.
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Gallipolis
D. H. Cole
Bean Building
Second Ave
K. L. Duling
P. D. McCready
C. B. Knipper
Ironton
Jackson
McArthur
Pomeroy
Athens Post
Cole
Commissioners Divide County Insurance Costs Among Stakeholders
Gallia County commissioners allocate the 43 843 13 dollar insurance bill for county buildings evenly among C T Robinson D H Wood Warner Craft the Farm Bureau and C B Stevers representing several insurance companies for this year.
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Gallipolis
C. T. Robinson
D. H. Wood
Warner Craft
The
Farm Bureau
C. B. Stevers
Former Gallipolis resident ill at Patriot home
Mrs W R Tanner long time Gallipolis resident is reported seriously ill at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Dennett near Patriot where she has resided for years.
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Gallipolis
W. R. Tanner
City
Edward Dennett
Patriot
Rio Grande Man Hurt In Wagon Accident At Hospital
C. W. Clark of Rio Grande was thrown from a wagon onto the roadway and hospitalized here with severe bruises though no bones were broken.
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Gallipolis
C. W. Clark
Rio Grande
Gallia Man Released From Holzer Hospital
Henry Baird, stabbed at the waterworks area, recovered enough to go home from Holzer Hospital. The alleged attacker Lewin Davis is free on bond set at $1000.
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Gallia
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Henry Baird
Lewin Davis
Liberty
Store Operator Leases Ground Floor Room in Ecker-Cherrington Building
Orin Thomas, a department store operator, has leased a large ground floor room in the Ecker-Cherrington building on Second Avenue Park Square and plans to occupy it soon.
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Gallipolis
Orin Thomas
Ecker-Cherrington
Second Avenue Park Square
Dinner Service Planned by Vinton Baptist Society
Members of a women's society at Vinton Baptist Church will serve a Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday and a supper the same night at the church building.
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Gallipolis
Woman's Society of Vinton Baptist Church
Grange to Meet Gallipolis for Officer Elections
Cadmus Grange members will gather Saturday night to elect officers and enjoy a short program.
Eddie Dawley Pleads Guilty in Carbon Hill Assault Case
Eddie Dawley of Car bon Hill appeared before Magistrate Frank St. Clair Monday. A guilty plea resulted in a fine of $5 and costs for assault and battery.
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Logan
Eddie Dawley
Carbon Hill
Frank St. Clair Monjday
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