Gallipolis Plans Protest Removal of Two Passenger Trains
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce votes to protest New York Central Railroad plans to retire passenger trains Nos. 4 and 9 between Charleston and Columbus. Officials warn mail service would end earlier with last Gallipolis mail at 3 30 p m if No 9 is discontinued. Public Service Commissions hearing set for Sept 18 with schedule changes possible Sept 28.
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Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant
Charleston
Columbus
Hospital Ships Apples To State Institutions
Due to a large harvest the state hospital ships hundreds of bushels of apples to Ohio welfare institutions. The first 600 bushels went to Columbus State Hospital. Patient labor oversees the harvest with dozens of women patients peeling and preparing fruit for immediate and future use.
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Gallipolis
State Hospital
Ohio
Columbus State Hospital
Farms Sold in Morgan Township and Little Clay Lick
Gallipolis Willard Grover reports the sale of a 120 acre farm owned by George Pullins in Morgan Township to Roy Thompson of Columbus and a 60 acre farm on Little Clay Lick owned by Roy Johnson to Lula May Smith of Hurricane West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
Willard Grover
George Pullins
Morgan Township
Roy Thompson
Columbus
Little Clay Lick
Roy Johnson
Lula May Smith
Hurricane
W. Va
McKinney Sell Land Near Cheshire to Marion Rife
Mr and Mrs A R McKinney sold 14 acres near Cheshire to Marion Rife of Middleport. The sale involves property in Gallia County and reflects a private transfer between local residents.
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Gallipolis
A.R. McKinney
Cheshire
Marion Rife
Middleport
Ber ridge buys beauty shop in Columbus on East Main
Miss Norma Ber ridge has purchased a beauty shop located on East Main Street in Columbus and will continue its operation.
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Gallipolis
Norma Berridge
East Main St
Columbus
Voters Urged to Support Pine Street Cemetery Levy
Gallipolis city seeks a three year half mill levy to raise about 6000 for rehabilitating Pine Street Cemetery for white and colored graves. Funds controlled by the city manager with a fence wall plan and tree work. Gates funded by the federal sesquicentennial commission. women's groups lead pre election campaign.
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Gallipolis
Pine Street
Federal Sesquicentennial Commission
Four Charles Smiths Mix-Up Mail Delivery
Logan area mail carrier F J Linn on the South Bloomingville route faces a fourfold Charles Smith mix up with four patrons sharing that name but different initials. The route also includes two Lovey Smiths two Ben Waltons two James Garretts and two William MecNichols, creating a recurring confusion in deliveries.
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Logan
F. J. Linn
South Bloomingville
Charles Smith
Smiths
Lovey Smiths
Ben Waltons
James Garretts
William MecNichols
Registrar Sells 500 Auto Operator Licenses
More than 500 auto operator licenses have been sold since the week began. The first buyer was Ross Asa Summer, Logan Route 4. Office hours run 8:30 to 11:30 am and 12:30 to 5:30 pm. Licenses must be obtained by October 1.
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Logan
Fred E. Hull
Ross Asa Summer
Mr. Huls
Injured Girls Hurt In Market Street Bicycle Crash
Logan, at noon, Donna Dalton nine and Virginia Jo Gano about nine were thrown from a bicycle on N Market St. Donna suffered a fractured arm and Virginia Jo a broken collar bone.
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Logan
Donna Dalton
Virginia Jo Gano
N. Market St
Donna
Virginia Jo
Schroeder Named Assistant Coach at Mt Union College
Logan alumnus Carl Schroeder former Logan High School football coach is hired as assistant coach at Mt Union College after five years at Salem. He previously served under Coach Tom Bender in Logan before moving to Salem.
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Logan
Carl Schroeder
Mt. Union College
Schroeder
Tom Bender
Salem
Riverside Study Club Opens Season With Picnic And Talks
Gallipolis notes report the Riverside Study Club's first meeting at Mrs. Herman Condee's country home near Kerr with a noon picnic. Topics for the year are Australia and New Zealand. Also listed are weekend visits, a 45 pound watermelon, birthday parties, and an engagement in New Orleans with Oct 20 wedding planned.
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Gallipolis
Riverside Study Club
Herman Condee
Kerr
Australia
New Zealand
New Orleans
Elizabeth Carter Cutting
Robert Cutting
Lee Jahncke
Trinity Cathedral
O. W. Lusher
Point Pleasant
Fannie Carter
Kilmer to Fill Pulpit at Hamden Methodist Church
Hamden notices list Rev. John O. Kilmer of White Cross Hospital Columbus preaching at 10:15 Sunday. Local social items note visits, a skating accident, births, and WCTU officers elected for the coming year. The Mausolus etymology is explained.
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Huhn
J. S. Huhn
Edith Scott
George Scott
Flint
Mich
Daisy Dixon
Bert Woltz
Detroit
Chillicothe
Mary Lewis
Waltz
Charles McWilliams
Paul Campbell
Columbus
Minnie Gibson
Charles Mathers
Ada Fetter
Helen Hardesty
Richard Martin
Lima
John Hunt
James Hunt
Donald Gibson
Ace Harper
Betty Hunt
McArthur
Route
Leland Matteson
Ruth Wyckoff
James Perry
James Brown
Mathers
Allensville
Donald
Barbara
H. N. Harris
Parkersburg
W. Va
Lovica Felsenthal
H. W. Tedrow
Gal lia Academy seniors to enter numerous colleges in fall
A large cohort of the 1941 Gal lia Academy High School graduating class plans to pursue studies at Ohio State University Miami University Ohio University Rio Grande College Morehead Denison Xavier and Skidmore among others. The article lists many students and their chosen institutions indicating a broad college-bound preparation for the cohort.
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Gallia Academy High School
Kathryn Dale
Esther Mary Priestley
Elmer Daniels
Robert Slagle
Earl Tope
Ohio State University
Jerry Evans
Matilda Hall
Julia Agnes Wood
Miami
Jean Maddox
al Ingerick
Ohio University
Marianna McHenry
Dan Plymale
Rio Grande
Alice Jean Bush
Marietta
Ann Thornton
Oberlin
Wayne Gibson
Dorothy Langdon
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Notice of Proposed Vacating of Public Highway Athens County
The Athens County Board of Commissioners schedules a viewing on September 1 and a final hearing on September 16, 1941 at the courthouse regarding vacating a public road along the old U S Route 50 between County Road 40 and the west line of Section 16 in Canaan Township. Leonard Prater, Clerk, signs the notice.
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Board of County Commissioners
Athens County
Ohio
H. P. Linscott
Leonard Prater
Five Men Named To Fill Sept. 25 Draft Quota
Gallia district draft board selects Delmer W. Russell Pee Ernest W. Holcomb Vinton Orden Queen Mercerville Stanley E. Dennison Dayton A. Williams Crown City to fill 4 9 on September 25 for military training Russell July registrant and volunteer first called in county Judson Bible Class of First Baptist Church continuing custom presents Bible to those drafted with 135 Bibles issued to date.
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Gallipolis
Delmer W. Russell
Pee Ernest W. Holcomb
Vinton
Orden Queen
Mercerville
Stanley E. Dennison
Dayton A. Williams
Crown City
Russell
Judson
First Baptist Church
State Legion Officers to Attend Lafayette Post Installation
Gallia post set to install new American Legion officers on October 1 with state officers expected to participate. A large program will precede the ceremony.
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State Legion
Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Wall Being Erected Along Mill Creek Road in Gallipolis
Trustees of Gallipolis Township are erecting a long concrete retaining wall along the highway near the residence of William Moore a mile north of the state hospital grounds as waters from Mill Creek cause inroads.
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Gallipolis
Mill Creek
William Moore
State Hospital
Gallipolis Township
Shuler sisters buy Huntington homestead for rental remodel
Misses Lottie and Margaret Shuler purchase the Ira B. Huntington residence on Third near State in Gallipolis. They plan to remodel the property for rental use.
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Gallipolis
Lottie
Margaret Shuler
Ira B. Huntington
State
Tuberculosis Decline Attributed to Clinic in Gallia County
In Gallia County four tuberculosis deaths were recorded last year. Health Commissioner F W Shane and County Nurse Naomi Evans credit the monthly tuberculosis clinic for the drop in mortality. The county, once first in state deaths, now ranks fifth. Clinic attendance averages about 200 persons, funded by the county health league via health seal sales during Christmas.
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Gallipolis
F. W. Shane
Naomi Evans
Gallia County
County Health League
Urge Raising More Food for Defense
Gallia County farm families linked to the Farm Security Administration will be urged to boost food production as part of the national defense program, according to Laurence Holliday area supervisor based in the post office building.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Federal Farm Security Administration
Laurence Holliday
Reverend Forrest Grimm to Farewell Sermon at Siloam Church
Rev. Forrest Grimm will deliver his farewell sermon at Siloam Congregational Church Sunday morning before moving with his wife to Cambria Pennsylvania.
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Gallipolis
Forrest Grimm
Siloam Congregational Church
Cambria, Pa
Edward Watts Purchases Cottage on Burkhart Lane
Edward Watts bought a cottage from Mrs. Clyde Ingels on Burkhart Lane in Gallipolis and is now occupying the property.
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Gallipolis
Edward Watts
Burkhart Lane
Clyde Ingels
Widen Driveway at Holzer Hospital Ambulance Area
A concrete driveway leading from First Ave to the ambulance receiving platform at Holzer Hospital is being widened. The project aims to improve access for emergency vehicles and enhance safety at the facility.
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Gallipolis
First Ave
Holzer Hospital
Loses Leg in Fall From Moving Train in Ohio Incident
Earl Mason Jr. aged 21 of Middleport loses right leg below the knee when he falls under wheels of a freight train at the Hager trestle while riding from Hobson to Pt. Pleasant with Elmer Spear 23. He is in satisfactory condition at Holzer Hospital after surgical care. Mason recently finished enlistment in a CCC camp and is unemployed.
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Gallipolis
Earl Mason, Jr
Middleport R. D. 1
Holzer Hospital
Elmer L. Spear
Middleport
Mason
Hobson
Pt. Pleasant
Hager Trestle
CCC
Gallipolis May Figure In Army Planning
Rex Lineberry secretary of the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce asked the War Department about a military training cantonment in Ohio near Gallipolis. The reply said no immediate training centers are planned but long range planning is underway and the proposal could be considered in the future.
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Gallipolis
Rex Lineberry
Chamber of Commerce
War Department
Washington
Ohio
Rupe Killed Retrieving Friend's Hat Near Cheshire
Bert Rupe a 28 year old Cheshire resident was struck and killed while retrieving a hat that blew from a car on a highway near the village. The car was driven by Wiley White and William Fraley rode ahead when the hat flew off. Funeral services were held in Cheshire Baptist Church and interment was at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Edna Marie Rupe of Pomeroy was named administrator of the estate. It is reported White and Ted Moore paid Rupe's hospital and funeral expenses.
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Gallipolis
Bert Rupe
Cheshire
William Fraley
Rupe
Wiley White
Fraley
Cheshire Baptist Church
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Edna Marie Rupe
Pomeroy
White
Ted Moore
Octogenarian Beckett Dies in Proctorville
Mrs. Ben F. Beckett former Miss Anna Blazer of Gallipolis died Wednesday night at her Proctorville home in her 82nd year. Survived by two daughters and a son, she leaves brothers and sisters Wilson A May Flora Blazer Gallipolis Elmer E Blazer Larue Cameron Blazer Kansas City MO. Funeral services planned for Friday at Proctorville.
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Gallipolis
Ben F. Beckett
Anna Blazer
Proctorville
Capt
Dick Blazer
Wilson A
May
Flora Blazer
Elmer E. Blazer
Larue
Cameron Blazer
Kansas City
George Craft Aged 86 Ill From Heart Trouble
George Craft 86 is seriously ill with heart trouble. Family members from a distance have joined him at his bedside.
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Gallipolis
George Craft
Service Notice for Logan at The Diamond Church
A service will be held Sunday evening September 14 at The Diamond Christian Church. Special music will be offered with Clyde Goss of this city in charge.
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Diamond Christian Church
Clyde Goss
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Athens Messenger
Athens
NEA Radiophoto
Moscow
Sells Farm
Zenners
Charles Smiths
Goldberg
Optometrist
Optician
Worstell Bidg
N. Court St
Zenner’s Dept
Gallipolis Social Notes
Clay Haffelt
Bladen
Sherd Cofer
Clifford Earwood
Myrtie Elkins
Charles Haffelt
Children’s Party
Donald Payne
Carolyn
Elliott Twins
Sallie
Sandra
Lewis
Kathryn
Caroline Arnold
Margaret Gordon
Rosalie Houck
Robert Fay Camp
Diane Payne
Norma
Dallas Sayre
Gene
Janet Payne
Levi White
Inez
Mr. White
Don Neal
Leroy
Harry
Tom Springer
Gladys
Mary Ropeter
Francis Gothard
Hazel
Luetta Hawk
Clayton Johnson
Hamden
Mausolus
J. P. Martin
Phister Martin
Warren
C. W. Booth
Coumbus
Dann O. Taber
Emma Beman
C. M. Adams
Tracy Martindale and Sons
Grove City
Harry Abbott
Cleveland
Lottie Abbott
Cora Simmons
John C. Rue
Tom Rue
Raymond Rue
Wilmington
Del
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
B. C. Kelly
Houston
Tex
Isabel Cloud
Miss May Kelly
Scotstown
Shetlands
Mallory and Wilson
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