Gallia County Church To Observe Semi Centennial Sunday Oct 18
Gallia County parishioners of Bidwell Methodist Church plan a semi centennial observance Sunday Oct 18 with a devotional and musical program at 10 am a welcome address by Rev J F Brown a roll call of former ministers and parishioners a basket dinner at noon and an afternoon program at 1 pm featuring Rev Noble Rempel of Pomeroy Methodist Church as principal speaker Souvenir booklets tracing the churchs inception and progress will be distributed The church building was erected in 1892 on land donated by J K Powell with first pastor Rev William H Miller and several preserved membership names and current officers listed Also Gallipolis police report outfitting in blue over coats.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell Methodist Church
J. F. Brown
J. L. Stephenson
Noble Rempel
Pomeroy Methodist Church
Bidwell Church
Fewer Men Accepted for Service at Gallia Center
Gallia County men at the Hittington examination center show a higher acceptance ratio. Of 111 applicants, 30 were rejected including Floyd F Blazer George Amyl Haffelt Henry H Smith Donovan Sharp Emory P Vance Charles D Wallace Carl H Pope John E Denney Loren F Houck Homer W Swain Maurice E Kerr Fred Trowbridge George E Watson Will A Stewart Albert Miller Courtney Swango Frank W Parsons Kenneth L Perkins Eustace F Daniels George L Lindamood James Gooderham Curtis Maddox Elmer W Hern James M Deckard Larcy Jaqués Pearl H Devault William H Martin Emma Sheets Frank H Anderson Leverett Dulaney.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Hittington
Floyd F. Blazer
George Amyl Haffelt
Henry H. Smith
Donovan Sharp
Emory P. Vance
Charles D. Wallace
Carl H. Pope
John E. Denney
Loren F. Houck
Homer W. Swain
Maurice E. Kerr
Fred Trowbridge
George E. Watson
Will A
Lusher Attends REA Conference in St Louis
Buckeye Rural Electric official John R. Lusher spends the week in St Louis for a conference of REA officials. He notes REA systems nationwide serve army landing fields air beacons naval bases ordnance plants mines and small industries producing foods and war equipment.
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Gallipolis
Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative
John R. Lusher
St. Louis
REA
Lusher
Coulson Funeral To Be Held Friday
William Arthur Coulson age 69 died at his East Gallipolis home. Funeral rites set for Friday at Tope Funeral Home with burial in Mound Hill Cemetery. Survived by wife, daughter Mrs. Jesse Gibson, and son Arthur in military service.
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Gallipolis
William Arthur Coulson
East Gallipolis
Tope
Mound Hill Cemetery
Jessie Gibson
Arthur
School Lunch Work To Begin In Gallipolis
WPA women assigned to housekeeping aid are being transferred to school lunch programs in Gallipolis city and county. This week they receive instruction in their duties and serving starts Tuesday in Gallipolis schools.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Thurman native John H. Stephenson dies at 51 in Columbus
Funeral rites were held today in the Tyn Rhos Cemetery for John H. Stephen son of Thurman, a native of the county. He died at his home in Columbus two days earlier and is survived by his wife.
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Gallipolis
Thurman
Tyn Rhos
John H. Stephenson
Columbus
Absent Ballots Cast in Gallia County
Gallia county voters have begun casting absent ballots for the November 3 election. Less than a dozen people have voted to date, according to county election board clerk Mrs. Stanley Saunders. A temporary office on the courthouse first floor provides information and access for voters.
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Stanley Saunders
County Election Board
Expenses Reduced by Engineer in War Time
Gallia County engineer cuts nonessential costs to fit the $115,000 annual budget funded by gasoline and automobile taxes. No new equipment purchased since war declaration as repairs and rehabilitation of machinery continue. About 1000 reclaimed boiler shells repurposed to replace worn wooden bridges up to 12 feet long, sourced from nearby cities steamboats and a state hospital.
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Gallipolis
Teachers Named To Attend Conference
Gallipolis teachers select E. E Higgins Harold Brown and Ben Evans as delegates with Faye Al han Laurence Smeltzer and Arthur G Cooper as alternates to the Southeast Ohio Education Association sessions at Athens October 29 and 30 Delegates to the OEA sessions in Columbus include Miss Norman Johnston and Miss Anna Wiseman.
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Gallipolis
E. E., Higgins
Harold Brown
Ben Evans
Faye Alhan
Laurence Smeltzer
Arthur G. Cooper
Southeast Ohio Education Association
Athens
O.E.A
Columbus
Norman, Johnston
Anna Wiseman
Rotary Will Entertain High School Youths
Beginning November 1 a high school senior boy will be Rotary Club guest for a month as part of a year long program. Selection by faculty aims to promote good citizenship and will consider scholarship war effort attitudes and leadership ability.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Smoked ham recalled for school lunches
Two hundred pounds of smoked ham received for school lunch service has been recalled as spoiled and unfit for consumption. The surplus commodities item was reported unsuitable for use.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande Plans Annual Home Coming Event
Rio Grande College observes annual Home Coming on Saturday led by student council president Glendon Evans. The usual football game is canceled. Miss Vivian Potts is crowned queen with attendants Evelyn Eas tépp and Jessie Abbott. A dance follows at Community Hall at 8 30 p m.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Glendon Evans
Vivian Potts
Evelyn Eastépp
Jessie Abbott
Gallipolis Social Notes Recap of Weddings and Club Meeting
Social items report the marriages of Robert E. Westfall to Dorothy Samples in Gallipolis with plans to join in California, and Charles Imereno to Isabelle Johnson with a Cleveland honeymoon. Ralph Zaiger wed Rosemary Lawless in Cadmus, with Aeronautics studies to follow. The English Club met with talks and plans for wartime refreshments suspended.
Attack by Wolf Reported in Addison
GALLIPOLIS An unauthenticated story says David Collins 17 of Oil Hollow Addison Township was attacked by an animal resembling a wolf he kicked it twice as it charged and was not bitten. Other similar county reports exist but lack verification.
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Gallipolis
David Collins
Oil Hollow
Addison Township
Collins
Gallia Nurses to Meet Thursday Evening
Local nurses plan a Thursday evening meeting at the home of Mrs. Harry Rayburn corner First and Cedar Streets in Gallipolis with Miss Nelle Martin enrollment officer for the Red Cross Reserve Nurses Corps in Columbus area to seek nurse enlistments.
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Gallipolis
Nelle Martin
Columbus
Harry Rayburn
Corner First
Cedar Sts
Martin
Red Cross Reserve Nurses Corps
Legion Installation Largely Attended
American Legion Post installation exercises last night drew wide attendance. Patriotic addresses by Rossiter Williams of Oak Hill and Ott Sharp of McArthur were well received and applauded. The post is reported in flourishing condition with plans for active war work.
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Gallipolis
American Legion
Rossiter Williams
Oak Hill
Ott Sharp
McArthur
Bovie Named Temporary Secretary at Buckeye Building & Loan
J Harley Bovie of Buckeye Building & Loan Co. is appointed temporary secretary during Judge W R White illness. White, long time secretary, is reported improved at Holzer Hospital but remains serious.
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Gallipolis
J. Harley Bovie
Buckeye Building & Loan Co
W. R. White
Holzer Hospital
Short life of Charleston infant buried at Mound Hill
A son of Mr and Mrs Paul Halley of Charleston lived two days. Interment took place at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Paul Halley
Charleston
Mound Hill Cemetery
Dies in Air Crash
Gallipolis reports the death of Claude Jackson age 22 in an Akron airplane crash while on furlough from the Army Air Corps. His aunt Mrs. Clark Chevalier was informed.
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Gallipolis
Clark Chevalier
Claude Jackson
Akron
Army Air Corps
Licensed To Marry
Permits to wed have been granted Russell Van Meter and Daisy Lawson both of Racine John W Haeberlin and Pearl I Hayes of Ironton Clark D Dillon and Mary B Williams of Spring Hill West Virginia
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Gallipolis
Russell van Meter
Daisy Lawson
Racine
John W. Haeberlin
Pearl I. Hayes
Ironton
Clark D. Dillon
Mary B Williams
Spring Hill
W. Va
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