Gallipolis Junior Patrol Starts Activities In School Year
The Gallipolis Junior Patrol begins tonight and will hold semi monthly meetings through the school year. Organizer Aaron Kelton notes 31 members, with goals to reach about 50. The group emphasizes sportsmanship and citizenship with metal emblems like police badges. Members report flagrant law violations to supervisors and occasionally hold court sessions for education.
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Gallipolis
Aaron Kelton
Kelton
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Marriages
Miss Madge Wilson will depart for Columbus to enter a nurses training school after a farewell dinner hosted by her sister Olive Wilson at the Libby Hotel. The Hogsetts announce a double wedding for their daughter Marguerite and their adopted daughter Dorothy to Apple Grove couples, all officiated by Rev. Gishler. Local society reports note meetings, visits, and travel with multiple area residents visiting or returning from Columbus, Athens, and Erie.
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Gallipolis
Madge Wilsom
Olive Wilson
Libby Hotel
Columbus
Dale Gilkey
Iva Wickline
Lonnie Wilsong
Leatha Wilson
Cline Cleary
C. H. Barlow
Miss Wilson
R. H. Hogsett
Meson County
W. Va
Marguerite
John William Kimberling
Apple Grove
Dorothy
Roy Fisher
Laurence Sibley
Alameda
Calif
Bert Patterson
Will Sibley
O. J. White
Farm Bureau
Neil House
James Pouch
Nina Varney
Bedford
Ind
Charles Varney
Adamsville
Bertha Rawson
Harry Howell
Elaine Hawley
Claudine Steppe
Athens
George Hawley
Cheshire
R. C. Hawk
Seattle
Wash
W. F. Chambers
Eureka
Huntington
Margaret
Lottie Shuler
Erie
Charles Uhrig
Charleston
J. Harley Bovie
John Halliday
East
Woman wins university women’s scholarship at Rio Grande College
Gallipolis report notes Miss Mildred Thevenin, who played a French girl at the sesquicentennial frog pond event in the city park, has been awarded a University Women’s Scholarship at Rio Grande College. Also, four year old John Franklin Broyles remains unconscious in Holzer Hospital after a horse kick, with a skull fracture.
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Gallipolis
Mildred Thevenin
Frog Pond
City Park
Rio Grande College
John Franklin Broyles
Holzer Hospital
Funeral rites held for Ira C Roe in Huntington
Funeral services for Ira Curtis Roe 66 a Clay Township native were conducted in Huntington this afternoon. Roe was a prominent businessman and civic leader who had held several appointive political offices.
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Roe
Gallipolis
Ira Curtis Roe
Clay Township
Huntington
Expect Price Rise In Apple Market
Gallia County apple growers and Southeastern Ohio report a much smaller crop than usual. They foresee higher prices as export is restricted by the European war. Excess crop may go to the Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation or be stored for a potential market rise.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio
Federal Surplus Commodities Corporation
Better Calf Club Formed By 4-H Group
Gallia County forms a county Better Calf Club through County Agent E G Royer and Chamber of Commerce member Frank C Christ to boost 4 H cattle projects. About 200 prospects with 20 members. committee plans to finance calves, care for a year, and sell at the 1941 Fall Festival. Advisers W A Lee and Ralph Davis will guide feeding and housing.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Frank C. Christ
Chamber of Commerce
Gallia County
Calf Club
W. A. Lee
Ralph Davis
Victory Day Plans Across Meigs Churches
Bradbury Bible School opens at 9 30 with the three Bradbury Bradford Dexter Churches joining other Churches of Christ for Victory Day. At 2 pm all churches unite at Rocksprings fairgrounds with a 65 voice mass choir Bert Wilson address and mass communion. Regular services at Bradford 10 30 am Rev J P Miller preaching Christian Endeavor 6 30. Dexter revival begins Monday 8 pm Rev O W Williams preaches for two weeks.
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Bradbury
J. P. Miller
Christian Endeavor
Dexter
O. W. Williams
Gallia Republicans Plan Campaign Headquarters Open
Gallia Republicans will open campaign headquarters Monday in the Elks Building on Second near State. Speakers of state and national prominence will visit for speeches before election day. The Women's Republican Club led by Mrs. Margaret D. Carter plans campaign activities. Verner Metcalf of Marietta will speak. her husband runs for appellate court.
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Gallipolis
V. M. Elliott Named Legion Commander
Lafayette Post American Legion members elected V. M. Elliott as commander with Earl Jordan Hobart Moore Niles Denney named as vice presidents L W Robinson adjuvant Stanley Lanier finance officer Oscar Wood service officer Harry Alexander sergeant at arms C C Liddy treasurer in Wednesday night officer selection at Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
V. M
Bert) Elliott
Earl Jordan
Hobart Moore
Niles Denney
L. W. Robinson
Stanley Lanier
Oscar Wood
Harry Alexander
C. C. Liddy
Five Gallia County Carpenters Head to Norfolk Navy Yard
To Work in East GALLIPOLIS gallias Smith Clyde Neal Fred Dewitt and Louis Roberts all carpenters have gone to Norfolk Va where they will be employed in navy yard ship building operations.
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Gallipolis
Gallias Smith
Clyde Neal
Fred Dewitt
Louis Roberts
Norfolk, Va
Navy Yard
Sues for Divorce in Gallipolis
Mrs Thelma Mc Donald a minor and mother of two sues Warren McDonald for divorce alleging neglect and cruelty She seeks a ward of the children and alimony for their support.
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Gallipolis
Thelma McDonald
Warren McDonald
Aged Man Is Ill In Gallipolis Hospital
W P Deardorff, 72 year old Gallipolis merchant, lies in a coma at Holzer Hospital with critical condition. In Cheshire the Knights of Pythias building is being dismantled for lumber to aid a new dwelling by buyer Victor Tenley. the half century old structure was in disrepair.
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Gallipolis
W. P. Deardorff
Holzer Hospital
Knights of Pythias
Cheshire
Victor Tenley
Smiths Attend Marion Funeral for 90-Year-Old Father
Mr and Mrs Earl W Smith of the Lafayette Hotel are in Marion to attend funeral services for Earl W Smith Sr the elder’s death at ninety in a local family ceremony coordinated with attending relatives and household members.
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Delmer B. Case
Betty Terry
Columbus
Russell, Ky
Case
A. A. Case
J. D. White
Rio Grande
Gallipolis
Earl W. Smith
Lafayette Hotel
Marion
Armed Bandits Take $200 at Greasy Ridge
Sheriff Hatfield and Deputies patrolled roads from Lawrence to Gallia after a hold up at the Atkins store on Greasy Ridge. Three young men armed with shotguns robbed the store about 9 30 p m Wednesday, taking $200 and shells and fleeing into rural area. Local descriptions circulate as search continues.
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Greasy Ridge
Gallipolis
Hatfield
Dickey
Long
Lawrence County
Gallia County
Atkins
Engineer Receives New County Highway Maps
Gallipolis reports the county engineer has six copies of a fresh general highway map from the state department. A note of thanks for data furnished accompanies the shipment. Additional maps are available at the Columbus office of the highway department.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Department
Columbus
Highway Department
Gallia County Conservation Committee Reelects Officer
Gallia County Conservation Committee members Emmett Slagle John Russell and Leslie Gothard reelected Anna Gates White as secretary and treasurer at the annual meeting.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
School Band Opens Fall Season at Local Football Game
The school band under new director Richard Downs will perform at the opener against The Plains in Athens County. The 60 member ensemble has practiced daily and shows strong early results as the football schedule resumes tonight.
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Gallipolis
Plains
Athens County
Richard Downs
Gallipolis Pt. Pleasant Annual Game Abandoned
The 18 year old custom of an annual game between Gallipolis and Pt. Pleasant schools has been abandoned this year. The schedule lists games at Ironton Ath ens Middleport Pomeroy Jackson Logan Nelsonville Wellston with dates from Sept. 20 to Nov. 8.
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Ironton
Athens
Middleport
Pomeroy
Jackson
Logan
Nelsonville
Wellston
Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant School
Auction Set On Lola C. Neal Property In Marysville
W P Cherrington trustee for Mrs Lola C Neal schedules public sale of her automobile and office furniture in Marysville on Monday September 23. Each item to be sold separately, officials say.
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Gallipolis
W. P. Cherrington
Lola C. Neal
Marysville Reformatory
Anglers Claim Ohio River Fish Inedible
Anglers report that fish pulled from the Ohio River taste strongly of minerals and have flabby flesh. They allege river water pollution from acids or chemicals.
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Ohio River
Gallipolis
Rife Leaves Cheshire for Jackson as C&O Agent
C W Rife, a C&O Railroad employee for 35 years, relocates from Cheshire to Jackson to take on the company’s agent role at Jackson.
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Gallipolis
C. W. Rife
C. & O. Railroad
Cheshire
Jackson
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