Air Raid Instructions Issued by Gallia County Schools
Gallia County, coinciding with the new school year, issues air raid and fire drill procedures to teachers under the U S Office of Civilian Defense guidance. Teachers are to drill pupils, keep shelters ready, and avoid windows while parents are urged to stay off streets to keep lines clear for emergency services.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Gallia
Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
H. B. Bradbury
United States Office of
Civilian Defense
OCD
Rental Bureau in Operation in Area
Landslords complete rental registration forms as required by OPA and may mail or present them at the central office in Gallipolis or return forms where secured in Pomeroy Point Pleasant and Ripley. Perry J. Bailes states landlords have filed requests to raise rents and renters have filed complaints seeking reductions.
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Gallipolis
OPA
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
Ripley
Perry J. Bailes
Bailes
Legion Victory Week Nets Nearly 500 Dollars
GALLIPOLIS The American Legion Festival Week is said to have netted Lafayette Post between 475 and 500 dollars for its charitable fund. A considerable portion of this will be employed in supplying milk to indigent school children.
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Gallipolis
American Legion
Lafayette Post
All Christmas Gifts Must Be Mailed Early
Gallia postal worker warns October deadline for service member packages. Roy Shoemaker states no gifts offered yet at the local post office as holiday mailings begin.
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Gallipolis
Roy Shoemaker
Gallipolis Social Notes and 50 Year Wedding
Sunday events include John Henry Thornton 91st birthday dinner with relatives from LeRoy Springfield Columbus and nearby. Westerman Methodist WSCS met at the McCutcheon home with Marguerite Moore presiding. John J Wood and wife honored in golden wedding dinner with family including John A Wood on furlough. Travel updates mention Rebecca Alexander visiting Burlington and G A Tabit returning from Columbus. Major Hodgson moved from the South to Meridian Mississippi with wife.
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Gallipolis
Effie Notter
John Henry Thornton
Out of
Norman Thornton
LeRoy
Ken
Zonia Benning
Victor Bostic
Emma Lou Benning
Garfield Mundy
Nellie Amblin
Otto Houck
Springfield
Karl L. Shrode
Columbus
Westerman Methodist
WSCS
Theodore McCutcheon
Marguerite Moore
Wonga Kent
J. F. Brown
Dorcas Adams
Katherine Kent
Marietta Jackson
Lowell Kemper
Mary Kathryn
Charles Jeffers
Lou Stone
T. J. Moore
Florence Newlun
John J. Wood
Near Gage
Pvt
John A. Wood
Patterson Field
Dayton
Floyd Irion
Rebecca Alexander
Burlington
Ira Swisher
G. A. Tabit
George Jr
John C. Johnson
Chauncey L. Johnson
Eckford Hodgson
California
Meridian, Miss
Margaret Tabit
Charles Williams Celebrates 62nd Birthday at Crown City Home
Charles Williams of Crown City hosted a Sunday dinner at his home for his 62nd birthday with a large circle of relatives and friends. Guests included Clyde Haner and son from Pittsburgh, Nellie Haner, Nelle George, Max C. Ewing of Dayton, P. V. Ewing of Chicago, Eva Langley of Columbus visiting F. C. Plymale, and Dr. Laing ley Plymale family. Robert Safford of Dayton also visited.
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Charles Williams
Crown City
Clyde Haner
Pittsburgh
Nellie Haner
Nelle George
R. B. Ewing
Max C. Ewing
Dayton
P. V. Ewing
Chicago
Eva Langley
Columbus
F. C. Plymale
Marion
Laingley Plymale
Robert Safford
Housing Survey Underway in Gallipolis and Point Pleasant
Gallipolis and Point Pleasant undergo a third housing survey in two months, this time by the Bureau of Census at the request of the National Housing Agency. Not all homes will be contacted, but enough will ensure an accurate snapshot of current conditions. A concurrent survey is being completed by Ed Wise for the West Virginia Ordnance Works, with investigators visiting every house in both cities.
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Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
National Housing Agency
Ed Wise
West Virginia Ordnance Works
District Governor Colin Campbell to Visit Rotary Club
District Governor Colin Campbell of Washington D. C. will make an official visit to the Rotary Club Tuesday night. At the previous meeting Ernest Wiseman spoke about a planned trip to Lewisburg and other West Virginia cities to gather information on his ancestors and showed photographs of scenes in that region.
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Gallipolis
Colin Campbell
Washington D. H
Rotary Club
Ernest Wiseman
Lewisburg
West Virginia
Store Hours Not To Be Changed in Gallipolis
Gallipolis merchants keep existing hours amid Point Pleasant Navy Yard closure. Friday and Saturday night extended hours remain in effect, says Paul Jarvis, chairman of the merchants committee.
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Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
United States Navy Yard
Paul Jarvis
Merchants’ Committee
Patrolman Pedicord Inspects School Buses in Jackson County
State Patrolman Pedicord conducts bus inspections in Jackson County this week and will continue next week in Gallia County at Gallipolis Mercerville Cadmus and Vinton.
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Gallipolis
Pedicord
Jackson County
Gallia County
Mercerville
Cadmus
Vinton
Mrs Rife Suffered Deep Scalp Laceration From Axe Incident
Porter resident Mrs. Joseph Rife sustained a deep scalp cut when an axe she used to cut stovewood struck a clothesline and deflected. She is being treated at home in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Joseph Rife
Porter
Plan Grange program in Gallipolis for Sept 29
Bulaville Grange schedules a program in Gallipolis on September 29 featuring Virginia Gilmore Marie Thomason Howard Rife Calvin Rife Harley George and Betty Fulton presenting. The event highlights local community talent and grange activities.
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Plan Grange
Gallipolis
Bulaville Grange
Virginia Gilmore
Marie Thomason
Howard Rife
Calvin Rife
Harley George
Betty Fulton
McKinley Resigns Rural Post Moves to Portsmouth
Former rural schools superintendent J. D. McKinley has moved from McArthur to Portsmouth where he will accept a teaching position.
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Portsmouth Gallipolis
J. D. McKinley
McArthur
Portsmouth
Fraley Ruling Carried Into Courts
Gallipolis officials reinstated ex chief John Fraley by a 2 to 1 civil service vote but he has not resumed duties. City Manager S A Clendenin plans to appeal to the Court of Common Pleas as city officials consider further action. Patrolman Chester Leaper acts as chief while Fraley awaits outcomes.
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Gallipolis
S. A. Clendenin
John Fraley
R. M. Switzer
Court of Common Pleas
Civil Service Board
Earl Moore
J. Hollis McCormick
Cassius Canaday
McCormick
Fraley
Chester Leaper
Federal Agents Check On Stamp Purchasers
Revenue agents from the Internal Revenue Department report that about five percent of car owners in the Gallipolis region have not obtained the federal use stamp. The investigation, spanning highways from Pomeroy to Portsmouth, shows many delinquents have now complied with the law.
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Gallipolis
Internal Revenue Department
Pomeroy
Portsmouth
School Lunch Serving Starts in October
Gallipolis plans to start serving school lunches at Washington School on Monday October 5 as the lunch room undergoes rehabilitation. Local canners have produced over 5600 quarts of vegetables and may reach 6000 quarts with storage moved to a new basement at Washington No 2 school. Increased enrollment is expected to raise the number of pupils served from last year.
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Gallipolis
Washington School
Washington No. 2
Services Under Price Regulation Gal lpolis District
Instructions on filing of prices for service trades issued to the Gallia County rationing board. Ceilings apply to carpentry repair electrical and photography laundry radio and bicycle repair trash removal and all kinds of services. Call War Price and Rationing Board at 64 State St for the booklet.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
War Price and Rationing Board
State St
Gallia Cattle Sale Set for October Fifth
About 600 cattle feeders in the north central Ohio corn belt receive notices for an auction Monday Oct 5 in Gallipolis. The second annual sale expects cattle from the tri state area with about 1000 head offered and roughly half the buyers replying they will attend. Last year the sale scaled to $45 000.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Corn Belt
Tri-State
Football Game Moved to Gallipolis on Friday
By mutual agreement the annual Gallipolis Point Pleasant football game will be played here Friday night instead of in West Virginia as scheduled.
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Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
New Nurses To Start Work Monday At Holzer
Gallipolis reports a new nursing class arriving at Holzer Hospital Training School Monday. Six applicants are accepted and will undergo intensive preliminary training and be integrated with the 17 members of the spring class. The drop in applications is linked to wartime job opportunities.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Dr Holzer to attend Friends of the Land events
Dr C E Holzer returns from Columbus after a two day executive committee session of the Friends of the Land. The group’s national meetings will be in Memphis in October. Ensign H P Bell Jr returned to Brooklyn after a ten day leave with Mrs Bell. State Patrolman H D Coyner and wife attended last rites in Clarksburg for her father R L Mackall. Attorneys E J Sommerville and F G Musgrave were in Federal District Court in Huntington. Miss Duff of Cottageville joined the staff as an office assistant. Irene draft
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Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Columbus
The
Friends of the Land
Dr. Holzer
Memphis
Point Pleasant
H. Paige Bell, Jr
Brooklyn
N. Y
New York Point Pleasant
Miss Duff
Cottageville
Aid
Bidwell Church To Observe 50th Anniversary
GALLIPOLIS The Bidwell Methodist Church marks its 50th anniversary with a Sunday observance on October 18. Former pastors and residents will receive invitations. The anniversary committee includes Mrs. Georgia Leonard Nelle Kraus and Marguerite Moore. A basket dinner will follow at noon.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell Methodist Church
Thhat
Georgia Leonard
Nelle Kraus
Marguerite Moore
Apple Plant Will Remain In Operation
Gallipolis reports the Stanly Plymale apple packing plant will stay in the former tobacco auction warehouse at Third and Sycamore after Navy Yard closure. Government storage use prompted a plan to move operations but owner representatives arranged to keep the plant in place and resume later this week. Early varieties from three orchards have been graded and sold, with later varieties due to mature soon.
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Gallipolis
Navy Yard
Point Pleasant
Stanley Plymare
Third and
Sycamore Sts
Plymale
C. E. Holzer
Mason Officers On Alert After Bridge Incident
State and city police and shipyard guards were on alert after reports a Japanese driver with an Ohio-registered car crossed Silver Bridge and a shot was fired at a guard on the New York Central Bridge. Police traced the car to its owner, a minister, found it near The Mission in North Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Silver Bridge
Ohio
New York Central
Columbus
Noble
Mission
North Point Pleasant
Bicycle Stolen From In Front Of Court House
Randall Wamsley of Gallipolis Ferry reported a theft of his bicycle from in front of the court house at noon Tuesday. The bike has a black frame with a red fork and a missing manufacturer name plate. an old model. State and city police investigated but found no trace.
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Point Pleasant
Randall Wamsley
Gallipolis Ferry
Wamsley
Teen escapes school and is recaptured by police
Lonnie Fuller aged 19 who fled the Industrial School for Colored Boys at Lakin on March 6 was captured by Bluefield city police yesterday. State police were informed via police radio and authorities at the school were notified.
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Point Pleasant
Lonnie Fuller
Industrial School For Colored Boys
Lakin
Bluefield
Coast Guard Enlistment For Rivermen From Point Pleasant
Capt Stephen L Miller and Capt Fred Wright depart Tuesday for Cincinnati to enlist in the Coast Guard and will rank as warrant officers upon induction. Frank McDaniel learns of his brother George McDaniel’s death in Middleport after months of illness from injuries suffered in a local industrial accident. Pete Roush of Graham Station investigates land title in Point Pleasant with view to purchase.
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Point Pleasant
Stephen L. Miller
Fred Wright
Cincinnati
Coast Guard
Frank McDaniel
George McDaniel
Middleport
Pete Roush
Graham Station
Abandoned Navy Yard Building May Be Put To Use
The Navy Yard near Point Pleasant may be repurposed for storage of war supplies while not dismantled. A conference of Navy officers and civilian aide Percy Williams discussed potential uses, denial issued for claims of no future need and other rumors. Captain Rawlings cited Marietta as the seventh plant built for a multi million dollar boat contract. shortages of labor and materials given as reasons for cancellation.
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Sam Simmons
Point Pleasant
Navy Yard
Navy
N. L. Rawlings
Philip Lemley
L. T. Hauger
Percy Williams
Rawlings
Marietta
Old Town
Chicago Tribune
Tribune Stone
Indiana
Indiana Concern
Dravo Contracting Co
Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Concern
Rawlins
Lemler
Big Reds Face Gallia In Friday Night Tilt
Big Reds meet Gallia Academy Stadium rivals the Gallipolis Blue Devils Friday at 8 30. The game was moved from Friday afternoon as a Keen rivalry with Gallipolis seen as the favorite. Big Reds are mostly recruits under coach M M Sanders after ten days of work and recently lost 26 to 0 to St Albans.
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Point Pleasant
Big Reds
Gallipolis Blue Devils
Gallia Academy Stadium
Gallipolis
M. M. Sanders
St. Albans
Motorist Fined After DUI Arrest Near Lock Eleven
Charles O Conner of Jefferson Avenue employed at The Marietta was arrested on Kingtown Road near Lock Eleven by State Patrolman Murphy for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated. He pleaded guilty at arraignment before Magistrate Sam Taylor and was fined 25 dollars plus costs, license privileges suspended for six months, and truck was impounded for six months.
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Point Pleasant
Charles O'Conner
Jefferson Ave
Marietta
Kingtown Road
Lock Eleven
Murphy
O'Conner
Sam Taylor
Mason County 4-H to Launch Victory Program and Expanded Clubs
Mason County 4 H clubs will be reorganized with a new Victory Program aimed at increasing membership at least fourfold. The plan shifts focus to producing and preserving food, animal projects, clothing care, and records of production. Lone Star members will cover distant youths, and high school clubs will train junior leaders to conserve resources.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Clarice Knapp
Jackson's Mill
Lone Star
C. C. Anderson
H. Paige Bell
Knapp
Mason Roll Of Honor Will Be Erected In Point Pleasant
The Mason County Honor Roll Book listing all Mason County men in U S armed forces will be unveiled October 17 in the Point Pleasant Courthouse Square. William Higgins announces the project. the War Mothers Emergency Aid club sponsors it with donations from The book stands 11 ft 4 in high and 9 ft wide when opened. The book will be placed southwest of the courthouse drinking fountain with permission from the County Court. The Stars and Stripes will fly daily over the book. Higgins founded the War Mothers Emergency Aid club and conceived the Honor Roll Book, inspiring other counties to adopt similar clubs. DELAY VOTE RECOUNT POINT PLEASANT Start of the recount for Revercomb and Funkhouser votes in Mason County is delayed to Thursday morning after a Supreme Court decision increases Revercomb's lead to 188.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
United States
William
Bill” Higgins
Marietta Manufacturing Co
War Mothers Emergency Aid Club
Higgins
Mr. Higgins
War-Mothers Emergency Aid Club
Revercomb
Funkhouser
Supreme Court
Farm Loan Association Reorganizes in Mason County
In Point Pleasant the National Farm Loan Association of Mason County reorganized this week. F. L. Johnson becomes secretary treasurer, replacing Levi Casto who resigned to focus on farming after 2.5 years in that post. Directors include E. Balltow Jones, Harry Krebs, John A. Blain, C. E. Carson and Henry White. The group is reported in good standing with only a few members in arrears.
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Point Pleasant
National Farm Loan Association of
Mason County
F. L. Johnson
Levi Casto
Casto
Johnson
E. Balltow Jones
Harry Krebs
John A. Blain
C. E. Carson
Henry White
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