Gallia Health Seal Drive To Raise Half Million In Gallia County
Gallia County Health Seal sales committee plans to distribute about 500000 stamps between Thanksgiving and Christmas. The committee includes C C Byers Maurice Beaudry Norma Wright Motter and Mrs Bull Royer. Stamps feature three young faces and the slogan Merry Christmas 1940. An essay contest for grades eight to ten on You and Me Lets Fight TB offers $15 in prizes with Dr C E Richards as judge.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Gallia Co
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Cc. C. Byers
Maurice Beaudry
A Davis
Liga Tonley
Norma Wright
Motter
Royer
Dr. C. E. Richards
Rural Youth Club Plans First Fall Meeting
A Gallia county Rural Youth committee met last night and formed plans for the first fall meeting of the entire group on October 29. A Halloween masked party is planned for October 31 at Knights of Pythias Hall with games and refreshments.
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Gallipolis
County Rural Youth Organization
Knights of Pythias
Coolville and Troy Notes
Coolville and Troy Grange met Saturday night October 19 with F F A members and instructor C T Newsom presenting a program. Hostess Delphine Creeger served sandwiches pie and coffee.
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Coolville
Troy Grange
F.F.A
C. T. Newsom
Delphine Creeger
Mildred Swearingen
Clinton Burdette
N. O. Barnett
C. L. White
Methodist Sunday School
Otto Barth
A. E. Lawrence
Majil Lawrence
Clarksburg
Delmar Hornsby
Bedford
Ind
Railroad
A. E. Saunders
C. H. Verwohlt
St. Clairsville
Methodist
R. I. Wolf
Donald
Curtis Mars
Haniette
Dotty
Springfield
Michael Earlo
L. M. English
Chicago
Dale Blair
Bobbie
Elwood Root
Cincinnati
WLW
Zoo
Roots
Felix Isaacs
Dayton
Mr. Blair
Peffler
Mack
E. LeMay
Columbus
Pat
Parkersburg
Zelma McNeice
Buddy
Ross Conn
New Castle
LeRoy Barrett
Mary Margaret
Charleston
H. C. Parrish
Max Douglas
Raymond Fairchild
O. U
Athens
Etta
Leora Dunfee
Archie Dunfee
Robert Chambers
Little Hocking
Farm Bureau Council Group No. 4
Troy Grange Hall
G. O. Shanks
Flourine Frame
W. Va
Nelsonville Man Held on Mine Theft Charge
Nelsonville resident Fred Perry faced arraignment before Magistrate S B Whitehart on a mine property theft case valued at 200 dollars. He pleaded not guilty and was held to the grand jury under an 800 dollar bond. Sheriff Joe Farbearn arrested the suspect, whose alleged victim was Dr C G Dew of Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Fred Perry
S. B. Whitehart
C. G. Dew
Joe Farbearn
Fine Woman Driver In Blackfork Faces Fine
Mrs. Mary Howell of Blackfork was fined $25 and costs for operating a car while intoxicated in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Mary Howell
Blackfork
Red Cross Aids Army Men With Home News
Gallipolis report shows Red Cross acts as liaison between draftees and home life. Mrs. C. W. Booth notes two cases this week and expects more as requests reach local chapters for action.
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Red Cross
Gallipolis
C. W. Booth
Minersville Social Notes Highlight Local Visits and Church Events
Minersville residents share weekends and weekdays with relatives and friends in Columbus Canton Cleveland and Dayton. The Methodist Church Ladies Aid Society held a chicken dinner as Rev Taylor organized the Winninger Sunday School class and elected officers for the upcoming year.
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Minersville
Ned Duncan
Lucasville
Theodore Maag
Kent
Weaver Wolf
Beatrice Ward
Columbus
Norman McCallum
Cleveland
Rollin Rummel
Ladies Aid Society
the Methodist Church
Taylor
Chester
Aid Society
Women’s Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Anna Hartenbach
Gladys Houdashelt
Margaret Thomas
Irene Grueser
Zana Withrow
Katie Becht
J. W. Brown
Pedro
West Virginia
David Warner
Jimmy Zenz
Dayston
Hayes Roush
Will Thomas
Ernest Rea
Warner
William J. Rees
Kerrs Run
Rees
John Strickland
Strickland
Earl Hartenbach
Will Woods
Gallipolis
George Hartenbach
Mansfield
Earl Har‘tenbach
Pomeroy
Richard Har‘tenbach
Racine
Ralph Hayman
Dayton
Mr. Hayman
Logan May Thagter Train To Gallipolis Tilt
Logan football fans plan a special train to Gallipolis to see the Blue Devils play Friday night. A Logan school band will accompany the team and a Rockne Week address will be given by Attorney John Columbus Fontana. The winner receives a framed Knute Rockne certificate. Coach Garfield Griffith directs intensive practice. Band Director Richard Downs trains the band.
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Gallipolis
Logan
Gallipolis Ble Devils
John Columbus Fontana
Columbus
Notre Dame University
Women’s Council Sings On Huntington Station Program
A Gallia County Woman’s Home Council sextette will present a radio program on Huntington station Thursday at 12 30 p m. Mrs Georgia Leonard Mrs Garland Elliott Mrs Beatrice Clark and Clara B Motter will relate activities and objectives while Mrs Donald Love and Mrs Ray Grover sing a vocal duet.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallia CCC Struggles to Fill Local Quota
Gallia County CCC certification officer Othneil Jones reports only one application for CCC camp service amid a looming January 1 1941 deadline. The county’s eligibility list is nearly exhausted after 1933 today’s current enrollments. 800 county youths have served since then with as many as 54 in a single class. Jones expects a draft related ruling to clarify CCC member status and boost local interest.
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Gallipolis
Othneil Jones
CCC
Gallia County
Jones
Gallia
Thirty to Enroll for First Aid Courses in Gallipolis
Initial meeting of a Red Cross first aid course for school bus drivers and others is set for Wednesday night at the court house. It is expected about thirty people will enroll as W. E. Wiseman, rural schools superintendent, notes many bus drivers lack certificates required for continued service after the new year.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
W. E. Wiseman
Halloween pranks in Vinton prompt sheriff inquiry
Sheriff's officers investigated several pranks around the village of Vinton but no arrests were made as the chief complainant declined to press charges yesterday.
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Gallipolis
Vinton
Gallipolis A Capella Choir to Host Thanksgiving Eve Dance
High school A Capella Choir members plan a Thanksgiving Eve dance in the school auditorium. The event committee is led by Matilda Hall and invitations will be sent to choir alumni.
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Gallipolis
Matilda Hall
Eight year old Bill Tom Rees returns home after brain attack
Eight year old Bill Tom Rees is back in Gallipolis after eight months of treatment at a Huntington hospital. He is partially paralyzed and unable to speak due to the brain attack.
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Gallipolis
Bill Tom Rees
Huntington
R. M. Switzer
Huntington Hospital
Paul Switzer
Cincinnati
Johnston named appeal agent for local draft board
Attorney Hollis C. Johnston has been named appeal agent for the local draft board and will attend a meeting of similar appointees at Memorial Hall in Columbus tomorrow.
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Gallipolis
Hollis C. Johnston
Memorial Hall
Columbus
Marriage of Frank Harmon O'Brien and Henrietta Cherrington at First Presbyterian
Frank Harmon O'Brien marries Henrietta Cherrington at First Presbyterian Church Gallipolis with Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler officiating. The couple plans to live in Portsmouth after a wedding trip through the South.
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Gallipolis
Frank ‘Harmon O’brien
Henrietta Cherrington
Lewis Weber Gishler
First Presbyterian Church
Henry W. Cherrington
Stanley Lanier
Martha Green
Portsmouth
William P. Cherrington
William K. O'Brien
James Walker
Richard Holzer
Burt Hanson
Mr.o'brien
University of Michigan
Ohio Northern University
Ada
John A. Grimes
Nina. Ayres
Will Koester
Charles Hudlin
Montgomery
W. Va
W. F. Joyner
George Beechout
Blanche Sohl
Mary Lou Eaton
Dorothy Suntion
Esther Gilman
Evelyn Rupert
Edith Fitzgerald
Maudie
Cherry O’brien
Virginia Bone
All of Columbus
Lida Cherrington
Ironton
Garnet Cromley
Charleston
Lucille Stoll
Cleveland
Gallia Draft Board to Open HQ in Courthouse
Gallia County Draft Board plans to establish headquarters on the courthouse second floor with typed registrant lists ready by October 29. Officials have shuffled cards and prepare for the first key numbers draw as the board works from Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
High School Students To Attend OSU Indiana football game
More than 100 Gallia County high school students will travel to Columbus on November 2 for the Ohio State University versus Indiana University football game. Private cars and school buses will be used for the trip. Also in Gallipolis, relatives attended funeral services for Elmer Urton, 58, in Wilmington, Ohio. His wife is sister to David and Evan Richards of the county.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Ohio State University
Indiana University
Wilmington
Ohio
Elmer Urton
Ellen Richards Urton
David and
Evan Richards
Gallipolis Reports Marriage License Applicants and Chorus Meeting
Marriage license applicants include William D. Watson 24 and Edna Marie Carr 21 both of Point Pleasant Earl Mooney 28 and Juanita Starkey 16 both of Crown City Cecil Chandler 21 and Edna Henson 18 both of Winfield W Va The Women’s Chorus of the Gallia County Woman’s Home Council to meet Monday in Gallipolis per Director Mrs Garland Elliott.
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Gallipolis
William D. Watson
Edna Marie Carr
Point Pleasant
Earl Mooney
Juanita Starkey
Crown City
Cecil Chandler
Edna Henson
Winfield
W. Va
Gallia County
Boys Sell Fancy Livestock At Columbus Auction
Seven Hocking County boys sold cattle at the Columbus livestock show and sale last week. The animals brought an average of 13 cents per pound, about three cents above the prevailing price. The high class livestock had been shown at the State Fair, the Hocking County Fair, and the Livestock Show before the public auction.
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Logan
Hocking County
Columbus
Coroner Probes Death After Baby Found Behind Church
Coroner Dr N H Foster and Deputy Sheriff Morton Dickey answered a Walnut Township call Monday regarding a newborn baby said to be found in a strawboard carton behind Flag Spying Church. They recovered baby clothes and women’s wear but no infant. Foster believes the child was born there and later removed. A Portsmouth paper dated Oct 10 was found with the clothing.
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Gallipolis
N. H. Foster
Morton Dickey
Walnut Township
John Massie
Foster
Portsmouth
High Schools Receive Educational Pamphlet
A 40 page pamphlet titled How to Evaluate a Secondary School is distributed statewide to high schools. Committee leader Dr. D H Eikenberry of Ohio State University collaborates with principals Jesse Beer H D Bishop Mansfield Yo C Blough Sandusky Carl K Byers Gallipolis OH P Snyder and others to spread the material.
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Gallipolis
D. H. Eikenberry
Ohio State University
Jesse Beer
H. D. Bishop
Mansfield
Yo C. Blough
Sandusky
Carl K. Byers
O.H.P. Snyder
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