Gallia Veterans Compile Graves List For Memorial Day
Gallia County Council of Veterans Organizations works with Mrs. Alice Wolfe to update veteran grave listings for flags on Memorial Day. The effort extends from a decades old Graves Registration list rescued by Miss Anna Simmerman, with Civil War markers planned and a May 30 Memorial Day program drafted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Anna Simmerman
Wolfe
Veterans Council
Daughters of Union Veterans
Elmer E. Caldwell
Blazer Wetherholt
William H. Jones
Vance Reese
Woodrow Saunders
W. C. Safford
Veterans of Foreign Wars
The
American Legion
Warren Sheets
Two Men Are Given Induction Orders
Gallipolis reports that Oldia Lane of Bidwell Route 1 and Millard L. Oiler of Vinton Route 1 must report to the courthouse at 7 a m Thursday for induction into the armed forces heading to Ashland Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ashland
Oldia Lane
Bidwell
Millard~l. Oiler
Vinton
River traffic at Gallipolis and Kanawha River reports
Locks at Gallipolis show multiple tugboats with varying uprisings and downs, including Tampico Indiana Price Quinn Solvay Patsy Chattin Ernestine Kenna Sycamore Bruce Pete Rowe Semet and others. Kanawha River notes detail vessels Merrill Cook Criss Manitou and more with rising gauges on the Ohio and Kanawha systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tampico
Indiana
Price
Quinn
Solvay
Patsy Chattin
Ernestine
Ruon
Kenna
Sycamore
Bruce
Births and discharges from Gallia county institutions
Birth notices list Mrs. Edgar Null of Gallipolis Ferry with a daughter and several others in Grimms Landing Syracuse Oak Hill Pliny and Byer. Discharges include G E Lowery Mrs Addie Dillon D J Walker and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edgar Null
Gallipolis Ferry
Ralph Rhodes
Grimms Landing
George W. Romine
Syracuse
Frances Briggs
Gallipolis
Russell Poole
Oak Hill
Blas Montez
Pliny
W. Va
Nona Miller
South Point
Ohio
Radeane Robinson
Byer
Bessie Plummer
Jackson
Dena Swilling
Pomeroy
David S. Evans
Boyd Stevens
E. B. Strait
E. E. Higginbotham
Dunbar
G. E. Lowery
Addie Dillon
D. J. Walker
Marion Grate
George Miller
Paul Noel
Easter Grange Meeting and Local Social Notes
The Grange gathered for an Easter themed program with 38 members and guests served sandwiches fruit salad cookies and coffee plus Easter eggs as favors. Easter weekend visitors included the Bentz Hopkins family the Woode couple Bahr family and others from Columbus Athens and Col umbus. A wedding Donna Gaul and James Crockarell was held at the Alfred church with twenty five attending. The Easter program closed with a church egg hunt and an Easter message by Rev Barnhart followed by youth fellowship activities and musical performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Guy Dean
The
Grange
Melva
Carol Coen
William Bentz
Murray Hopkins
Betty
Dayton
C. E. Woode
Tuppers Plains
Maynard Bahr
Chester
Allie Frost
Bob
Athens
Seldon O'Brien
Charles O'Brien
Columbus
Harry Guthrie
Garner Griffin
Delbert Yost
Guthries
Robert Martin
Torch
Miss Bing
Ellie Bing
Bearwallow Ridge
Millard Swartz
Gordon
Bings
Thomas White
Meigs General Hospital
Robert White
David Stalnaker
Mr. Barnhart
Donna Gaul
James Crockarell
Washington, D. C
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Johnny Taylor
Herman Taylor
Norma J. Robinson
Clair Woode
Lloyd Dillinger
Charles Taylor
Joyce Burke
Doris Dillinger
Florence Ann Boyles
Norma Jean Robinson
Bobby Burke
Helen Woode
Jolliette Rebekah Lodge Plans Public Pot-Luck Supper
The Jolliette Rebekah Lodge closed with Easter contests and refreshments then voted to host a community pot-luck supper. April 23 visits featured Misses Helen and Betty Kee of Columbus and Robert Kee of Lima with local hosts. Nearby gatherings included birthday honors for Mrs. Louise Dunbar and visits among the Remely and Blauser families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler Jolliette Rebekah
Helen
Betty Kee
Columbus
Robert Kee
Lima
Orland Kee
Donna Law
Carl Coler
Bartlett
Newell Laws
Louise Dunbar
Ivan Blauser
William Remely
Perry
Ohio
Lena Babb
Jimmy
Marietta
Gale Remely
Lloyd Remely
Charles Wright
Ida McAfee
Lyle Basim
Mrs. Kerr Found Dead in Gallipolis Home
Elizabeth Kleen Kerr 76 was found dead at 19 Fourth Ave Tuesday morning. Believed due to heart attack she was born in 1876 in Hartford City West Virginia. Survived by husband Edward Kerr deceased, three children and two grandchildren. Rosary Thursday 7 p.m. at Miller's funeral home. Mass Friday 10 a.m. at Saint Louis Catholic Church. Burial in Pine Street Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elizabeth Kleen Kerr
Fourth Ave
Mrs. Kerr
Hartford City
W. Va
Patrick Kleen
Margaret O'Dea
Edward Kerr
Pomeroy
Kerr
Russell Sturgeon
Nitro
Dave Reinhart
Lima
Ironton
Miller's Funeral
Saint Louis Catholic Church
Pine Street Cemetery
Lincoln's Spectacles Put on Public Display in Chicago
Chicago Historical Society acquires Abraham Lincoln’s magnifying spectacles for 275 from Oliver R. Barret Lincoln Collection for public viewing. The lenses were used by Lincoln for reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Abraham Lincoln
The
Chicago Historical Society
Oliver R. Barret Lincoln
Old Abe
Millfield Social Notes Highlights from Enchre Club Events
Janet Cole hosted a recent enchre club gathering with two tables in play. Frances Wallace earned high score and Florence Pyle placed second. Guests and friends visited and shared a salad course among attendees including Velma Werner Kathaleen Mingus Amy Jo Moody Doris Willis Elizabeth Patton and Clara Theisen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millfield
Janet Cole
Frances Wallace
Florence Pyle
Mrs. Cole
Velma Werner
Kathaleen Mingus
Amy Jo Moody
Doris Willis
Elizabeth Patton
Clara Theisen
Two Traffic Crashes Reported by Police
Gallipolis city police report two crashes. One involved Rev Vernon C Shafer 49 Wellston and R Eugene Wright 17 city with Wright pulling from the curb near the post office at 6 35 p m Tuesday. Damage not heavy. A second crash involved David Liggins city and Leslie Carnes Northup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vernon C Shafer
Wellston
R. Eugene Wright
City
Wright
David Liggins
Leslie Carnes
Northup
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R. W. Lea
A. V. Criss
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Peace
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Holzer Hospital
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Alfred Social Notes
Cutler
Lincoln
Millfield Social Notes
Susie Bell
John Theisen
Fred Sanders
Nancy Sanders
Trimble
Ben Simpkins
Dan Simpkins
Helen Gillespie
Pauline
Gertrude Brown
Harold Sams
Paul Theisen
Donna
Bill Sanders
John ‘Taylor
Kohler
Morristown
Osa Hoisington
Greens Run
Phillip Powell
Minnie Willis
Luc’cille Lanning
Mrs
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Quick's
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