Gallia Election Board Plans Special Meeting To Print Ballots
Gallia County Election Board schedules a special meeting after ballot printing forms arrive to prepare printer bids. Voters in Walnut Rural, Centerville, Cadmus, and Greenfield districts face mill levies for schools, while Vinton villagers decide on a street lighting levy. The board reviews petitions from state candidates and notes no major discrepancies. Existing election supplies have been purchased. registration process details remain unclear due to ambiguous election law.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Mrs Betz Named State Post To Aid for the Aged
Gallia County's representative to the General Assembly, Mrs Robert Betz, is appointed to a county office of Aid for the Aged. She will travel to Columbus for instruction before duty. The appointment is provisional. a civil service examination is planned for October to establish eligibility ratings.
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Gallipolis
Robert Betz
Gallia County
General Assembly
Columbus
Ironton Gallipolis Football Game To Be Played
Ironton and Gallipolis football game will proceed as planned after Ironton reports only one infantile paralysis case improving. Superintendent Higgins told Ironton schools are operating normally and Friday night game remains on schedule.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Ironton
Grace Wright Assigned as Gallia County Health Nurse
Miss Grace Wright of Nelsonville is assigned to Gallia County as health nurse to substitute for Miss Naomi Evans who leaves October 1 for a six months post graduate course in public health nursing at George W. Peabody College in Nashville Tennessee. Evans earned a U S Health Department scholarship for meritorious service.
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Gallipolis
Grace Wright
Nelsonville
Gallia County
Naomi Evans
George W. Peabody College For Teachers
Nashville
Tenn
Evans
U. S. Department of Health
Logan Pastor Holds Gallipolis Revival
Rev. C. B. Clendenen of the Logan Church of the Nazarene is evangelist in charge of revival meetings at Gallipolis Church of the Nazarene. Rev. K. F. Johnson, local pastor, notes good attendance and rising interest with special music featured nightly.
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Gallipolis
C. B. Clendenen
Logan Church of the Nazarene
K. F. Johnson
Mrs. Martin Becomes State Hospital Matron
Mrs Virgil Martin has been named matron at the state hospital succeeding Jane Ann Bovie who resigned to study at Ohio State University. Her husband, recently deceased, was long employed by the First National Bank.
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Gallipolis
Virgil Martin
the State Hospital
Jane Ann Bovie
Ohio State University
Signs of Improvement Noted in Broyles Child
Four year old John Franklin Broyles, son of Mr. and Mrs. Luther Broyles, recovering from a skull fracture after a horse kick, is said to be showing signs of return to consciousness at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
John Franklin Broyles
Luther Broyles
Holzer Hospital
Licensed To Marry In West Virginia Villages
Marriage license issuances list couples including Philip McComb and Madge Landin of Nitro. David O Neal and Lavinia Neal of Rawlings. William Gregg Martin and Lusta Baldwin of Kananga. Francis E Rowley and Frances Myer of Pomeroy. Boyd Schwartz and Garnet A Bauer of Mason County.
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Gallipolis
Philip McComb
Madge Landin
Nitro
W. Va
David O'Neal
Lavinia Neal
Rawlings
William Gregg Martin
Lusta Baldwin
Kananga
Francis E. Rowley
Kanango
Frances Myer
Pomeroy
Boyd Schwartz
Deardorff Remains Hopeless in Holzer Hospital
W P Deardorff lies in Holzer Hospital with unimproved condition described as hopeless. Close relatives have been summoned to be with him during this critical illness.
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Gallipolis
W. P. Deardorff
Holzer Hospital
Dance, Girl, Dance stars Ball O'Hara at the Athena
Lucille Ball and Maureen O'Hara headline the RKO musical drama Dance, Girl, Dance at the Athena. The story follows an eight girl dance troupe with vivid rivalries between two chorus members, one aiming for a ballet star career and the other a glittering spotlight. Louis Hayward co stars with Ball and O'Hara, directed by Dorothy Arzner, produced by Erich Pommer, and features vibrant song and dance numbers across ballet and jitterbug styles.
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RKO Radio
the Athena
Maureen O'Hara
Louis Hayward
Lucille Ball
Vicki Baum
Miss O'Hara
Maureen
Ralph Bellamy
Dorothy Arzner
Erich Pommer
Virginia Field
Mary Carlisle
Katharine Alexander
Maria Ouspenskaya
Edward Brophy
Walter Abel
Logan Couple Wed In Southside Home Ceremony
At 3:30 PM on Sept 14 1940 former Miss Ernestine Abram wed John Raymond Moore in a home ceremony in New Straitsville Ohio Rev Robert A Byler officiated The bride wore white organza with seed pearl tiara and talisman roses Her attendant wore blue chiffon and roses The couple plans a South ratified wedding trip and will live at 1805 East Long St Columbus Ohio
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Paul McVey
Caldwell
Edward Lawson
New Straitsville
Moore
Francis C. Hooper
Columbus
David W. Moore
Indianapolis
South
East Long St
University guests view uncensored Brigham Young film
Dr and Mrs W B Lacock were among 60 guests at the University Country Club in Columbus Saturday. Dr and Mrs Jud Wilson hosted a dinner party then the group visited the Ohio Board of Censors department to view Brigham Young from Children of God. A news reel not released by the board was also shown.
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W. B. Lacock
University Country Club
Columbus
Jud Wilson
Ohio Board of Censors Department
Brigham Young
Women of W C T U Hold Fall Meeting at Wright Home
The Women’s Christian Temperance Union Chapter opened the fall season at Mrs. Eugene Wright’s N Mulberry Street home. Officers were elected led by President Mrs. Tom Connor and others. poems readings and songs accompanied the program amid devotions and discussions on liquor and future living.
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Women's Christian Temperance Union
Eugene Wright
N. Mulberry St
Connor
Kittie Dill
George C. Hengst
Tom Connor
Paul Monks
E. M. Godfrey
Kittie K. Dill
Rose Krischbaum
Russell Berlin
Clifford Iles
C. D. Notestone
R. B. Hansel
Wright
Hengst
Paul Shaw
Merritt Wonn
W. L. Alexander
Russell, Ky
Clara Nunemaker
Columbus
Cole
Notestone
Shaw
Carl Anderson
J. W. Woodard
Deissle
Harrington Class Hosts House Warming for Mrs Cecil H Jones
Harrington Class and the Franklin Kerr Guild held a house warming at the Presbyterian Manse for Mrs Cecil Harding Jones. A 6 30 covered dish supper preceded a program with two solos by Mrs C C Axhauer and accompanimist Mrs Carlos Gaffin.
Birthday Party Honors Mrs Myrta Lehman At Logan Home
A Sunday birthday gathering was hosted at Mr and Mrs Bert Lehman residence Logan Route 3 to celebrate Mrs Myrta Lehman. Guests included extended Lehman families from Logan and Athens with a noon picnic lunch and gift exchange.
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Bert Lehman
Logan Route 3
Myrta Lehman
Warner Lehman
Betty Jean
Maxine
Martha Ann
Jackie
Logan
Forest Mingus
Roger
Athens
Lester Walker
Clarence
Buddy
Dale
John Lehman
Audra
Louise
Halstead Lehman
Eugene
Leonard Lehman
Eloise
Garold
Earnest
Levi Nixon
Logan Route
Local Families Visit Friends and Move to New Homes
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Gaffin hosted overnight guests from Marietta and Mr. and Mrs. Carlos Gaffin in this city. L. D. Harris family moved to a Greendale farm from Vandalia West Virginia, while several couples from Haydenville South Logan and Vandalia recently returned from a Northern Michigan trip via Lake Shore Drive. J. H. Larson and family prepare to relocate to Louisville Kentucky after years at Pratt-Hawkinson Company.
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Leo Gaffin
Marietta
Carlos Gaffin
L. D. Harris
Greendale
Vandalia
W. Va
Clarence Matheny
James Karshner
Haydenville
Merle Karshner
South Logan
Michigan
Lake Shore
J. H. Larson
Louisville
Larson
Pratt-Hawkinson Company
Torch Brief News Notes
Local church group and Sunday School activities feature in parish life with gatherings at Mrs. Alice Russell home. Members, guests, and visiting relatives travel to Columbus Washington D C and nearby towns for activities, trips and teaching assignments.
Health Seal Sale Planned for Holidays in Gallia County
The County Health Seal Committee under Nurses Evans Maurice Beaudry and Alice Connelly Clara Belle Motter Mrs Chauncey Houser and Carl C Byers plans a Thanksgiving to Christmas seal sale. They aim to raise 1000 dollars this year and 800 last year. Mrs Harold Brown will assist office work. Proceeds fund a monthly tubercular clinic and tuberculin treatments are supplied by the state health department.
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Gallipolis
Evans
Maurice Beaudry
Alice Connelly
Clara Belle Motter
Chauncey Houser
Carl C. Byers
Ohio Public Health Association
Marietta
Harold Brown
Health Committee
State Department of Health
Coolville and Troy Notes Crowd at Howell's Grove event
Coolville Masonics hosted families at Howell's Grove with a noon basket dinner for 125. Roy Wycoff of Zanesville spoke on European persecution of masonry. Local singers and the Coolville Band performed. Church notices and social events followed, with visitors from Glouster and Erie among others.
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Coolville
Decature Methodist
Little Hocking
Church of God
Hall Chapman
Mildred Swearingen
E. M. Daugherty
R. E. Daugherty
John Humphrey
Albany
I. W. Burnfield
Watson
Athens
Charles Stewart
Wildwood
F. A. Pritchard
Charleston
Winifred Travis
Columbus
Miss Travis
Athens County
J. W. Kincade
L. T. Runion
Harold, Lottridge
Earl Kincade
Marietta
C. B. Kincade
Sam Gainer
Tuppers Plains
Marguerite Kincade
Cheshire Farmer Brings In 2500 Bushels Of Potatoes
David W. Briggs of Cheshire harvested 2,500 bushels from eight acres. The crop is reported in excellent condition and represents a notable yield for the area.
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Gallipolis
David W. Briggs
Cheshire
Tree Forces Ship Pilots to Bypass Gallipolis Island
River traffic in Gallipolis bound for the island avoids the area due to a large tree lodged on Gallipolis Island. Crews on both north and south routes steer clear to prevent collision or damage. The obstruction remains a hazard to navigation until removal.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Island
Eureka Methodist Plans Home Coming
GALLIPOLIS Eureka Methodist Church one of the oldest county churches will host a home coming in October date to be announced. Former pastors and parishioners will be invited back. Rev Harold DeWolfe recently returned to the charge by the Methodist Conference at Lakeside and he will appoint committees for the event.
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Gallipolis
Eureka
Harold DeWolfe
Lakeside
Lemley Rites Held For Mrs Margaret Kraus Lemley
Funeral services for Mrs. Margaret Kraus Lemley wife of John Lemley were held this afternoon at Poplar Ridge Church led by Rev. J L Stephenson. She died in Holzer Hospital Saturday midnight after leg amputation to combat infection from a scald.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Kraus Lemley
John Lemley
Poplar Ridge Church
J. L. Stephenson
Holzer Hospital
Sheriff Hatfield Buys Courthouse Adjoining Office
Sheriff E. E. Hatfield purchased from Fred J. Entsminger a two story frame office structure adjoining the Courthouse on Locust Street. The deal highlights local property transfer and police administration space near Gallipolis courthouse.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
Fred J. Entsminger
Locust St
Livestock Auction Sets Year’s Largest Sale
Gallipolis market officials report the largest sale of the year on Saturday with an unusually large turnout of buyers and brisk bidding.
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Gallipolis
Jackson Woman Quiller Scott Dies at Holzer Hospital
Mrs. Quiller Scott of Jackson died in Holzer Hospital after a long illness. Funeral services are planned for Wednesday afternoon in Jackson as reported.
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Jackson
Gallipolis
Quiller Scott
Holzer Hospital
Riverside Center Music Program Delights Local Audience
The Riverside Recreation Center presented a night of vocal and instrumental music and tap dancing to a large audience, receiving favorable reports on the performance and turnout.
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Gallipolis
Riverside Recreation Center
Logan Elm celebration date set near Circleville
October 6 is the planned date for the annual Logan Elm celebration at the historic tree near Circleville. Logan High School history teacher Watter M. Haas from Logan is taking interest in the event.
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Logan
Circleville
Watter M. Haas
Logan High School
Richard family attends funeral in Ripley Ohio
William Richard and his daughter Miss Hazel Richard attended the funeral of his sister Miss Sophia Richard in Ripley Ohio on Monday.
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Gallipolis
William Richard
Hazel Richard
Sophia Richard
Ripley
Ohio
Farm Youths Plan Exhibits at Fall Festival
Gallia county five vocational agriculture departments with about 200 farm boys will exhibit as a unit at the Fall Festival. The display includes 20 head of cattle and 40 pens of pullets plus educational booths on leadership cooperation thrift farming ability and scholarship. Schools from Bidwell Gallipolis Cheshire Rio Grande and Vinton will be represented.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell
Cheshire
Rio Grande
Vinton
Immunization Will Begin in Gallipolis Schools
Diphtheria shots for grades 2 3 and 4 start Oct 1 in Gallipolis city schools with nurses offering the vaccine to other grades lacking preventive treatment. The nurse notes no diphtheria cases in Gallipolis since the program began.
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Gallipolis
Maurice Beaudry
Myers Infant Dies in Centenary Funeral Held
Glenn Isaac Myers age 22 months son of Mr and Mrs Hollis Myers of Centenary died in Holzer Hospital Saturday night funeral services held this afternoon in Centenary Church Centenary.
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Gallipolis
Glenn Isaac Myers
Hollis Myers
Centenary
Holzer Hospital
Centenary Church
Rio Grande Students Start Registration
Freshmen registration begins at Rio Grande College with President R. Lloyd Pabst speaking. A chapel program moved to Thursday at 10 a.m. and Sunday night events include a Jackson county rally, a Soar Presbyterian Church service with Dr. Probst, and music by local performers.
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Gallipolis
R. Lloyd Pabst
Rio Grande College
Jackson County
Moriah
Marie Fienup
Bethel
Jane Lois Jones
Oak Hill
Delaney Brothers
Prye
Esther Heidorn
Festival Queen Is To Be Selected
Riverside Amphitheater hosts the Fall Festival queen contest next Wednesday night. The eight county high schools nominate two contestants each, totaling sixteen girls for a queen and two attendants. A half hour high school band concert precedes the selection followed by quartet competition prizes.
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Gallipolis
Riverside
City Park
Earl services for John H. Earl held in Symmes Creek
Funeral services were held today at the Symmes Creek Baptist Church for John H. Earl 69 of near Rio Grande Lawrence County following his death Sunday in a Huntington hospital from a cerebral hemorrhage. Finley Earl and other relatives attended the services.
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Gallipolis
Finley Earl
Rio Grande
Symmes Creek
Lawrence County
John H. Earl
Huntington
Grange Inspection Program Planned for Wednesday
Annual inspection program set for Wednesday evening during the regular Ohio Valley Grange meeting in Gallipolis.
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Grange
Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Grange
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