Middleport capitalist outlines coal lands plan near Gallia
Captain John Lyons of Middleport promotes opening 1000 acres of new coal lands under government orders. He discusses scrap metal release with Sheriff Hatfield and Frank Feneau as WPA workers collect 35 tons in Gallia County. Officials stress salvage efforts and broader county involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Lyons
Middleport
Captain Lyons
Frank Fernecu
Ohio General Salvage
Ferneau
E. E. Hatfield
County Salvage Committee
Kanauga
Mr. Lyons
Fenneay
Hatfield
Gallia County
Weible
WPA
Vine St
Sheriff's Office
S.A. Clendenin
300 Marry In Gallia Each Month
Gallia County is seen issuing around 2000 marriage licenses this year with about 150 monthly. The minimum per marriage is $15.50 for license blood test and magistrate, but many pay more due to overtime and minister fees. The gross from marriages may exceed $31,000 annually, aided by two accredited labs offering quick mood tests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
All Men of County Being Reclassified
Gallia County Selective Service Board meets repeatedly to reclassify registrants. An early October draft call is expected to exceed prior numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Selective Service Board
Housing Plans Disrupted by Plant Change in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis defense housing plans falter as local employers report few new workers, fewer room requests, and a drop in TNT arrivals. Only about 150 of the anticipated 300 summer student enrollments materialized, while church attendance rose modestly and the city retains a high level of newcomers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant Defense
Chamber of Commerce
TNT
Wedding timely for Keith Hilaman and Margaret Wolf
Pennsville notes report the Sept wedding at the bride’s home in Norwalk with Keith Hilaman and Margaret Wolf. Local guests include Harold Hilaman and daughter Madaline, Bertha Williams, Clyde Williams, Albert Abel and family, and Cricket Wagoner and Vana Rowland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wendall Tompkins
St. Clairsville
Hallowell
Win Thompson
Wm. Shooks
Chesterhill
Jesse Hooper
Howard Hooper
Cincinnati
Dana Williams
Carl Richerson
McConnelsville
Will Penrose
Hart Strode
Columbus
Jean Mellor
Ruth Dougan
Ringgenhberg
Mary Newsom
Ollie van Fossen
Nina Williams
Zanesville
Ted Wagoner
Korns
Canton
Emma Wagoner
Licensed To Marry In Gallia County
Gallia County license notices list couples including Daniel F Gle n gleton and Wilma Taylor, Clyde Bowman and Shirley Saleasberry, Roy Smith and Virginia Sweeney, Nicholas Yanov and Martha Carden, plus William Lee Ford and Ona Brumfield, and Alex Shust and Dorothy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Daniel F. Congleton
Wilma Taylor
Clarksburg
Clyde Bowman
Shirley Saleasberry
Chesterhill
Roy Smith
Virginia Sweeney
Branchland
W. Va
Nicholas Yanov
Martha Carden
Charleston
William Lee Ford
Omen Brumfield
Ona
Alex Shust
Dorothy Ao
Glouster
Gallia AAA announces township committeemen list
The Agricultural Conservation Association releases the names of township committeemen chosen in a recent election. A total of 901 members voted in the AAA roll call, with elected committeemen spanning towns such as Addison Cheshire Greenfield Jefferson and Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Agricultural Conservation Association
James P. Roush
Fred G. Thompson
Clarence George
Heber Fulton
Alva George
Mary T. George
Addison
Jonas M. Conkle
Garfield Searls
Arthur Scott
Carl Z. Jenkins
Briggs Kirby
Ruth Thomas
Cheshire
Charles Houck
Sanford Wise
John Brucker
Homer H. Williams
R. P. McCarley
Clay Harry Morgan
J. M. Burleson
Wilbur Waddell
Hollis Myers
Charlies Kuhn
Anna G. White
Gallipolis Green
Raymond E. Davis
Thomas H. Evans
Foster Lewis
Thomas Morgan
Dan Alban
Emmett Slagle
Greenfield
Clyde M. Smith
Lee Cremeens
Cecil Sheets
Truman Sheets
Donald
Ohio
Jackson Welker
Edgar Mahan
Edwin Thomas
Hoyt Webster
Lester E. Boggs
David E. Jenkins
Perry
J. Finley Richards
David H. Williams
David E. Elias
Harley G. Thomas
Bert L. Call
Harlan Woliborn
Raccoon
Edwin Sprague
Haske! Wells
Willis McBride
Luther Worman
Laurence Green
Homer Mossman
Springfield
Jerry Gleason
Harry Myers
Orlyn Goodall
Granville Burnett
Emil Roach
Cecil McDaniel
Walnut
Gallipolis Social Notes and Personal Highlights
Gallipolis Social Notes covers weddings in Muncie Ind and Akron Ohio, with Marie Loucks marrying Theodore C Chandler in First Presbyterian Church Muncie and teals blue attire noted. Also reports on Riverside Study Club island study, birthdays including Betsy Lou Tawney, and 88th birthday of James Walters with guests from multiple towns.
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Gallipolis
Marie Loucks
J. B. Loucks
Theodore C Chandler
Charleston
Lewis Weber Gishler
First Presbyterian Church
Muncie
Ind
Walgreen
Chandler
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Point Pleasant
Cincinnati
State St
Max Tawney
Betsy Lou
William Tawney
Okey Arthur
Clarence Allen
Cookie
Raymond Sheline
C. E. Walters
Winton
James Walters
Middleport
Toledo
Fostoria
Columbus
Corning
School Children To Study War Topics
Gallia county school leaders outline wartime curriculum aims. Edwin E Higgins notes pupils will focus on mathematics science and related subjects while expanding industrial arts auto mechanic courses home economics and physics. Lessons will cover army and navy institutions and possible pre flight courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio Education Association
Edwin E. Higgins
Army
Navy
Milk Test Prepared by Max Bunce
Gallipolis county sanitarian Max Bunce tests all milk arriving in the city from dairies and distribution centers using the methylene blue test. Samples in glass tubes show color absorption timing from 20 minutes to eight hours depending on milk quality with 120 dairy farmers in the county and some from West Virginia. Adverse results will be reported to Dr. F W Shane health commissioner who may order sales discontinuance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Max Bunce
West Virginia
F. W. Shane
Aid for Aged Office Moves to New Knight s of Pythias Building
In Gallipolis the Aid for the Aged Office will relocate Monday to the Knights of Pythias building. Clerical staff prepare for the move from Locust Street as carpenters and decorators rush to finish the new offices this week. Fire crews also responded to a small blaze on Edgemont Road at Dr. Raymond Pope’s garage Wednesday evening.
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Ohio
Gallipolis
Knights of Pythias
Locust St
Edgemont Road
Raymond Pope
Grocery sale ad item list with varied discounts
A fragment from a historical advertisement lists multiple grocery items with sale prices including 15c for standard quality tomato catsup 16 oz 2 for 2le, Campbell's soups 9% off, red sour cherries 2 for 33c, Michigan navy beans 4 lb, yellow mustard qt 10c, honey and grahams, salt, baby foods, luncheon meat 19c, white soap, soap grains, and other assorted discounts. Includes numerous typographic errors and misreads.
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Middleport Capitalist
Pennsville News
America
AAA
Gallipolis Social Notes
Mayme Berridge
Riverside Study Club
Islandside
Islands of the Pacific
Ben Bachus
Bertha Randall
E. P. Mullineaux
J. E. Prono
Mary Agnes
Wendell Nelson Brewer
B. M. Brewer
Hillsboro
Akron
Clarence Bester
Florida
Camp Murphy
Bester
Stuart
Allie Simms
Crown City
Morgan Sulter
Brocterville
Thornton Dickey
Detroit
W. S. Westerman
Viola Plymale
Millie Watts
Portsmouth
Salem
Ecker
Bunce
Athens
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
R. W. Lewis
Oak Hill
Huntington Hospital
Lewis
Stanley Evans
John Morgan
Great
Atlantic
Pacifico Teaco
Sunnybrook
Sunnyfield
Teers
Emer
Pillsbury's
Rumford's
Sunnyfield Baking Soda
Ann Page
Boy
Ardee
A&p
Iona
Michigan Navy
Battle Ship
Coe
Pkg
Swift
A&P’s
Experience
White House
Ann Page Foods
Woman's Day
Aeeneeen
White Sail Cleanser
White Sail Laundry
Sasveare
Red Square
Sultana
Pennsylvania
Grimes, Jonathan
Cortland
U.S
Oune
Peck
Pascal Celery
Green Peppers
Dane Parker
Dallas
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