Gallia GOP candidates prep for 1940 primary in Gallia County
Gallia County probate Judge James S. Clark and County Recorder Lucille Rees announced candidacy for 1940 primaries with petitions circulated. Other offices may see fresh Republican cohorts amid factional leadership between Henry W. Cherrington and Harry M. Miller, while Democrats eye possible Republican lines.
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Athens
Ohio
Gallia
Gallipolis
Jamess. Clark
Lucille Rees
Margaret McCormick
E. E. Meyers
FE. N. Leonard
E. E. Hatfield
G. P. Ewing
Dan Jones
John W. Howell
Robert M. Betz
Henry W. Cherrington
Harry M. Miller
Bricker
Republican Central Committee
Gallia County
Housekeeping Is WPA Job For 20 Women
In Gallipolis, 20 WPA sewing workers switch to housekeeping for indigent families under county boards and relief office cooperation. Mrs. Lester W. Thompson supervises. Housekeepers cover emergencies, perform all domestic tasks, with six week maximum per home and countywide assignments. a similar project previously operated but was abandoned.
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Gallipolis
County Board of Commissioners
County Relief Office
WPA
Lester W. Thompson
Aid For the
Aged Office
Agreement Reached on Right of Way Payment
J C Wills of Eureka and the state highway department settled for 500 dollars for property needed in a right of way. A condemnatory proceeding initiated by the department has been dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. C. Wills
Eureka
State Highway Department
Paralytic Attack Fatal To Gallia Woman
Gallipolis Mrs. Frank Lee 66 year old resident of East Gallipolis died Saturday from a paralytic attack. Her husband survives her. Funeral services will be held in Paint Creek Baptist Church Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock.
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Gallipolis
Frank Lee
East Gallipolis
Paint Creek Baptist Church
Rotary Plans Informal Reception Before Ladies Night
Rotary Club members will host an informal reception in the Lafayette Hotel lobby tomorrow night from 6 to 6 30 before the annual Ladies Night dinner and program. Attorney Hollis C. Johnston will speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lafayette
Hollis C. Johnston
Social Notes Highlight Betty Vornholt and Local Weddings
Gallipolis society reflects on a December wedding plan for Betty Vornholt and James Reiger of Dayton announced after a Friday shower and bridge party hosted by Mary Virginia O'Brien. The column also notes several Thanksgiving reunions, births, and local visits across Point Pleasant, Columbus, Zanesville, and nearby communities.
Entertains at Bridge Honors Sister in Columbus
Mrs. Downie Moore of Columbus was honored by sister Mrs. Robert Ruddell who entertained at bridge Friday evening with two tables in play.
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Bridge
Downie Moore
Columbus
Robert Ruddell
Thanksgiving Bridge Party and Family Visits Across Cleveland and Marietta
Dr. John Lupton and family from Cleveland and Dr. Braden Niday and family from Marietta visited their mothers Mrs. Nettie Lupton and Mrs. Edith Niday over Thanksgiving. Miss Helen Davies hosted a party with four tables of contract and one table of Bug. Miss Jean Campbell won high in bridge, with Miss Kathryn Lutz second and Miss Katherine Jones in Bug. A salad course followed for the guests including Mrs. Richard Stroplet, Mrs. John Evans, Mrs. Harold Haskins, Mrs. James Walker, Mrs. John Mootz Jr., and Misses Anna Louise Weaver, Betty Vornholt, Marianna Keeler, Ruth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Betty Vornholt
James Reiger
Dayton
Mary Virginia O'Brien
Vornholt
Clyde Ingels, Jr
Jean Campbell
Miss O'Brien
Libby Hotel
Forrest D. Saunders
Cincinnati
James Walker
Harold Haskins
Robert Martin
Frank Haskins
Henrietta Cherrington
Jane Ann Bovie
Doris Campbell
Betty Mootz
Marianna Keller
Kathryn Lutz
Charlotte Cornwell
Virginia Hoy
Judy Haskins
Paul Williams
Wheelersburg
E. S. Niday
Otto Carter
Richard
Columbus
Dale Dabney
Charleston
William Campbell
Chillicothe Road
Richard Holzer
Ohio State University
C. E. Holzer
Alex Wolfe
Zanesville
Leo C. Bean
Frank Christ
South Bend
Ind
Ernest Ecker
Henrietta Leonard
J. W. Ecker
James Stewart
Morris
Washington D. C
Ted Keller
Fannie Carter
O. W. Lusher
Point Pleasant
Charles Mehl
Anna Louise
H. E. Shaver
Cheshire
Gilbert Shaver
Gilbert Jerome
Jack Vornholt
Latrobe
A. O. Vornholt
D. M. Phillips
Merrill Phillips
Ashland
Lando Phillips
Mill Creek Road
Curtis Guthrie
H. H. Guthrie
Holzer Hospital
John Lupton
Cleveland
Braden Niday
Marietta
Nettie Lupton
Edith Niday
Helen Davies
Katherine Jones
Richard Stroplet
John Evans
John Mootz, Jr
Anna Louise Weaver
Marianna Keeler
Ruth
Bodimer Admits Forgery In Common Pleas Trial
In Gallipolis Judge W R White accepted Byron Bodimer's guilty plea to a $50 forgery charge in theCommon Pleas Court. The court noted ongoing state investigations into the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics and placed Bodimer on two years probation after his five months in jail. State examiners reported a roughly $11,000 shortage at the institution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Court of Common Pleas
W. R. White
Byron Bodimer
Ohio Hospital
State Department of Welfare
State Treasurer's Department
Bodimer
John Howell
Joseph Ferguson
Howell
State Examiners
White
First Fall Tularemia Case Reported in County
Gallipolis reports the first fall case of tularemia or rabbit fever at Holzer Hospital. Leo Shaver an employee is hospitalized and his wife works as a staff nurse at the same hospital. Also noted is the death in Washington D C of Henry P Rust a Gallipolis native who lived in the national capital for 57 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Leo, Shaver
Holzer Hospital
Shaver
Washington, D. C
Henry P. Rust
Westerman to Welcome New Class at Gallipolis Church
Rev. W Scott Westerman Methodist minister announces a Class of Membership to be received during next Sunday morning worship at the Gallipolis church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. Scott Westerman
Quiet Gallipolis Weekend Under Police Watch
Chief John Fraley described a unusually quiet weekend in Gallipolis with only two plain drinks observed. He noted no major incidents as he monitored conditions, calling the period "one of the quietest I ever saw" during his weekend observations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Fraley
Lottridge Personal and Social Briefs
A series of social notes from Lottridge recount a Velma Burton and Marel Roberts marriage at the Butcher home. The Carthage Presbyterian Church Christian Endeavor group met at the Willet home with refreshments for thirty. Numerous visits, dinners, church services, enrollments, and birthday observances follow, with families including the Burtons, Butchers, Willets, Dawsons, Whites, Switzers, and Reeves noted among the local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abe Burdette
Bernice Davis
Thelma Dervere
Akron
Rexal Boggs
J. W. Davis
Glen White
Guy
Wilbur White
L. T. Runnion
Mt. Zion
Bessie Robinson
Clarence Fuller
Guysville
Reverend Miller
Barbara Ann
Huntington
Virginia Chapman
Naomi Humphrey
Paul Gordon
Figley
Frank Caldwell
Fred Warner
Hazel
Harry Willet
Carrie Willet
Elma Willet
Emmett Swisher
Harvey Persons
Nathan Tucker
South Canaan
Charley Reynolds
William Jenkins
Paul
Nelsonville
Oryn Watkins
Billie
Nora Watkins
Amesville
Lawrence Chapel
Arthur Cole
Joe Gage
Marietta
Cleve Hughes
Everett
Ralph Golden
Clay Golden
Wilma Cole
Charles Gilbert
Bethel
C. M. Swartz
Harry Carleton
Sand Hill
William Priode
James Pullins
Middleport
Swartz
Willie Tenney
Okey Westfall
Beulah Townsend
Parkersburg
Omah Gaston
Floyd Alloway
John Warfield
Belpre
Alloway
Edward Alloway
Garden
Harry Cokenougher
Athens
Harter Fortney
Patty
Jean
Bolins
Don Bolin
Jean Stamp
Clarence Bolin
Logans Asbury Riggs Farmers Hog Butchering
Washington Township farmer Logans Asbury Riggs butchered three hogs late in the week. One hog yielded hams weighing 60 pounds each.
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Logans
Asbury Riggs
Washington Township
Committee May Choose Celebration Leaders
The sesquicentennial committee of the Chamber of Commerce plans to select a director and a pageant conductor at tonight's meeting. Ed Hawes publicity expert from Marietta and a representative of John B Rogers Producing Co. are expected to meet with the committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Ed Hawes
Marietta
John B. Rodgers Producing Co
Baptists Plan Winter Evangelistic Series in Gallipolis
First Baptist Church in Gallipolis will host a three week winter evangelistic campaign opening the first Sunday of the new year. Rev. George Sagen says Rev. L J Powell of Norwood Baptist Church Cincinnati will be guest speaker along with several other prominent Baptist ministers.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
George Sagen
L. J. Powell
Norwood Baptist Church
Cincinnati
Sagen
Wilkesville Social Notes in November gathering and incidents
Wilkesville notes report the Farmers Institute gathering November 16 17 with tea served by Mrs Newsom and home economic girls. A car crash near Wellston injured Dan Sayre and Charles Cray as their vehicle overturned and burned. Cray treated at Holzer Hospital and later home, Sayre sent home. Other items include moves in Salem and Wilkesville, lodge activities, visits from Columbus, and a newborn infant's death at birth from Newark.
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Wilkesville
Farmers’ Institute
Warren Chittum
John Buckley
Salem
Mabel Lyons
Frank Osler
Washington D. H
Donald Shafer
F. A. Wells and Son
Minnie Sheline
Pythian
F. of P. Lodge
Jess Wheaton
Columbus
Ray Strausbaugh
J. E. Strong
Kathryn
Dorothy Davis
Beatrice Hartley
Adriene Holcomb
Blanche Davis
Lottie Kruskamp
Carey Strong
Edith Thompson
Holzer Hospital
Nealie Thompson
Athens
Jane Thompson
Burl Steele
Harold ‘Thompson
Steele
Anna Henry
Oliver Henry
McArthur
Carl Henry
Carroll
Earl Cray
Milford Long
Camp Zaleski
William Cottrill
Rio Grande
Catharine Wells
Portsmouth
Doris Wells
Clifford Keck
Newark
B. S. Wells
Wilkesville Cemetery
Laura Wells
Anna Shenefield
Robert Duffy
Ohio Valley Civic Council Reorganized Plans Nearing
Ohio Valley civic efforts, dormant six months, near formal reorganization. D. O. Taber to write articles outlining the southern tier counties' advantages to spur state officials and boost valley publicity and public works.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Civic Council
Ohio
Ohio Valley
Wayne National Forest
D. O. Taber
State Highway Department
Columbus
Red Cross Sets First Aid Classes at Gallipolis Schools
Red Cross forms first aid courses at Gallipolis courthouse and at Bidwell and Mercerville High Schools for the public and school bus operators. All school bus operators must hold first aid certificates by Jan. 1 1940 per state education department ruling.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Bidwell and
Mercerville
State Department of Education
Marriage Licenses Issued Over Week End
Week end marriage license applicants include Hen ley Hargraves 25 Kaylong W Va and Mildred Speer 23 Gallipolis Paul C Hondell 30 Athens and Maxine Anderson 30 Moorefield William Sad ler 22 Rutland and Gertrude White 21 Radcliff.
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Gallipolis
Henley Hargraves
Kaylong
W. Va
Mildred Speer
Paul C. Hondell
Athens
Maxine Anderson
Moorefield
William Sadler
Rutland
Gertrude White
Radcliff
Charivari Honors Thompson Nuptials
After Frederick Thompson and Marjorie Kail wed in Cheshire Township E P Thompson aged 92 organized a charivari to honor the couple.
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Gallipolis
Frederick Thompson
Marjorie Kail
Cheshire Township
E. P. Thompson
Cadmus Man Is Charged With Fraud
Cadmus resident Woodrow Marcum, 26, was arrested by Sheriff E. E. Hatfield and jailed on charges of defrauding Gallipolis merchant Dan Thomas in a $5 shoe purchase. The payment check was bad. Marcum identified the customer vaguely. He was held for arraignment after the shoes matched those sold with the bad check.
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Gallipolis
Woodrow Marcum
Cadmus
E. E. Hatfield
Dan Thomas
Marcum
Thomas
Parents Bring Bexley Pastor to City
The Washington Parent-Teacher Association sponsors Dr. Donald H. Tippe t pastor of Bexley Methodist Church for an appearance in Gallipolis on Wednesday. He will speak to high school students teachers and the public later. Mrs Tippe t accompanies him and at 2 pm she addresses the women at Grace Methodist Church on World Peace.
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Gallipolis
Washington
Parent- Teacher Association
Donald H. Tippet
Bexley Methodist Church
Tippet
Cars Damaged In Saturday Crash Near Bladen
Cars driven by Clarence Fisher of Bladen and Clyde Ward of Marion collided on the new concrete road near Bladen on Saturday night. Neither driver was hurt though both cars were damaged. Fisher's six year old son riding with him suffered a cut lip.
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Gallipolis
Clarence Fisher
Bladen
Clyde Ward
Marion
Fisher
Ash Cave Draws Fewer Visitors This Year
Logan reports attendance at Ash Cave for November fell short of last year by several hundred. Ranger Lewis Jones, who visited Logan Saturday, said he hoped for a Sunday rebound but doubted there would be enough visitors this day or the rest of the month to match the previous record.
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Logan
Ash Cave
Lewis Jones
New WPA Road Projects Approved for Gallipolis
County Engineer Leonard reports a $25 000 Gallipolis city project and county work under a 25 percent federal share. President Roosevelt signed the authorization for road improvements and street repairs with WPA labor. work will start after the new year. Gravel will come from Epling Sand and Gravel Co on Gallipolis Island.
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Gallipolis
Leonard
Roosevelt
WPA
John Gwinn
Epling Sand and Gravel Co
Gallipolis Island
Ohio River
Harrisonville Personal Mention
Community notes list visiting relatives and friends from Harrisonville to nearby towns. Entries cover weekend visits Thanksgiving gatherings Masonic Hall opening attendance Friendship Circle activities and upcoming meeting details with local families and organizers.
Fannie Carter Celebrates 90th Birthday in Gallipolis
Mrs. Fannie Carter observed her 90th birthday Sunday at her home on First Avenue near the Our House Museum in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Fannie Carter
First Ave
Our House Museum
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GOP
Rotary
Nairobi
Africa
Chicago
Gallipolis Social Notes
Willard Fellure
Homer Fellure
Luella Spriggs
Judge
James S. Clark
Grace Methodist Church
W. H. Reynolds
Faye Harbold
Clarice Fellore
Leslie Sheets
Butler Bevans
Crown City
Ed Evans
Betty Jean Niday
Stanley Fellore
Cora
O. E. Sheets
Ronald Barnes
Dilman Sheets
Common Pleas
LO. O. F. Temple
I. R. Goldberg
Optometrist
Worstell Bldg
N. Court St
Zenner’s Dept
Henry Rust
Lottridge
Baptists
Wilkesville Social Notes
Ohio Valley’s Civic Council
Bexley
Fred C
True Craw Loan and Guaranty Company
S. Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Harrisonville
Bud Douglas
Bertha
Pomeroy
Hod Williams
Delbert Russell
Tom Dye
Near Columbu
Harold Ator
Albany
Ada Actor
Tom Walburn
John Stout
Eugene, Ore
John Blackwood
O. E. Blackwood
Lena Marie Alkire
Marjorie Williams
Virginia Hull
V. S. Greenler
Edgar Koehler
Buchtel
Friendship Circle
Earl Knight
Norma Lee
Coelle Alkire
Eugene Atkins
Pauline Atkins
Stella Atkins
Harold H. Pickering
Jack Warner
James Welsh
B. E. Carl
Lillie Jewell
Raymond Chapman
Ruth Gorsuch
W. Union St
Dams
Aisì
MNE
the Messenger Pattern Dept
West 17Th Street
New York, N. Y
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