Funeral for John M. White Draws Hundreds in Logan
In Logan Ohio on Monday afternoon hundreds gathered at First Presbyterian Church to honor John M. White who died last Friday. The service, led by Revs Bebylon and Brown, included two songs and piano accompaniment by Mrs. Lucy Bowen. County offices closed for the burial, and Laurelville residents filled the crowd. County commissioners read a resolution praising White as a faithful public servant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Myers
W. D. Thurness
W. L. Krieg
J. D. Sanderson
Lucy Bowen
W.B. Yaw
E. L. Ewing
Rolland Bright
D. O. Sparnow
Melvin Hett
Clinton Webb
Wayne Armstrong
Jay Karshner
E. C. Thompson
Merrill Armstrong
Irvin Kohler
Bert Hilliard
Laurelville
New Jerusalem
Hocking County
Ohio
Harley N. Armstrong
Emanuel Wolfe
Thomas C. Vancuren
Will Test Teachers Examination Set At Logan May 5
Next teachers examination will be held at the Logan High School Building on May 5 according to the board of examiners. All beginning teachers must take the entire examination and have six hours of college work in each subject. A certificate of training from the State Department of Education is required before certification to teach.
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Logan
Logan High School
Board of Examiners
State Department of Education
Missionary Groups To Meet at Logan
A meeting of the Women's Foreign Missionary Society will be held at the Methodist Church in Logan starting at 9 30 Saturday morning. The program features greetings by Rev W H Shank, memorial services by Mrs Hyde, and talks on topics including Women’s Work for World Peace and The Lancaster School of Missions. District officers and several local leaders will assist.
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Hyde
Nelsonville
Wilbur Lancing
Logan
Lancaster School of Missions
Gilliam
Lancaster
Fuller
Hermin
Mesopotamia
Rockey
R. R. Lanning
Nelle Adams
Camp Hocking Plans Baseball Team Amid Limited Material
Preparations for baseball and recreation ball begin at Camp Hocking with educational advisor Mr. Proctor in charge. Twenty five reported for the first practice, with hope to assemble a winning team despite veteran shortages. The season opens next Sunday as Camp Hocking travels to Camp Gallia in Gallipolis for a contest.
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Logan
Camp Hocking
Proctor
Camp Gallia
Gallipolis
Logan Hospital Notes
Mrs Edith Wysong of Green Township was brought to Cherrington Hospital after a nervous collapse and will receive medical attention. Mrs Henry R Rheinecheld of Washington Township had gallstone surgery at Cherrington and has been treated there recently. Paul Smith of South Bloomingville underwent surgery last week for pleurisy and is improved. Mrs George Wonn of Logan, with a tooth infection, had an operation Sunday.
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Logan
Edith Wysong
Columbus
Cherrington Hospital
Wysong
J. R. Elder
Green Township
State Industrial Commission
Henry R Rheinecheld
Washington Township
Gallstone
Paul Smith
South Bloomingville
George Wonn
Murray City Man Succumbs At Columbus Hospital
Joseph Toohey aged as resident of Murray City died Saturday at St Francis Hospital in Columbus after being brought there weeks earlier. Funeral services were held Monday at Stout's Funeral Home with burial at Greenlawn Cemetery. Sister is Mrs Alice Anders of Columbus formerly of Murray City. He leaves one brother Thomas Toohey of Springfield.
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Murray City
Joseph Toohey
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Toohey
Stout
Greenlawn Cemetery
Alice Anders
Thomas Toohey
Springfield
Stolen Truck Crashes Lead to Logan Arrests
Logan resident C. H. Proctor reported a truck theft Saturday evening. The wrecked vehicle was found near Zanesville and deputy Stanley Sparnow notified Lot Ellinger, leading to the arrest of George Wallace in Logan awaiting arraignment.
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Logan
C. H. Proctor
Sheriff's Office
George Wallace
Zanesville
Stanley Sparnow
Lot Ellinger
Wallace
Murray City Briefs
Mr and Mrs Andy Powell and daughter and Mr Charles Shaffer senior and Miss Sarah Thomas and Mr Charles Shaffer junior traveled to West Virginia Saturday for the accidental death of Joe Beavens eldest son of Mr and Mrs Dave Beavens formerly of Murray City. Mr and Mrs Carl Carsner were in Nelsonville and Logan. Saturday Miss Dorothy Riggs Logan was the weekend guest of her mother Mrs Sally Riges.
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Murray City
Andy Powell
Charles Shaffer
Sarah Thomas
West Virginia
Joe Beavens
Dave Beavens
This City
Carl Carsner
Nelsonville
Logan
Dorothy Riggs
Sally Riges
Mother Faces Sanity Tests in Audrey Hagan Case
Mrs. Nell Hagan, 32, confessed to detectives that she strangled her 14 month old daughter Audrey. Sanity examination set for probate court alienista today. She was jailed on coroner orders after the Saturday killing at her Cleveland home.
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Cleveland
Nell Hagan
Audrey
Probate Court Alienista
Proposed Sales Tax Would Benefit Hocking County Schools
The plan, studied by the State Tax Commission and OSU, would give Hocking County, including Logan, about 235 372 dollars for elementary and high school pupils while approx 81 000 dollars would be paid under the three per cent sales tax. Representative H B Welch of Rockbridge voted against the tax last week.
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Logan
Hocking County
Research Department
The
State Tax Commission
Bureau of Business Research
Ohio State University
Ohio
H. B. Welch
Rockbridge
Grand Jury Returns Four Open Indictments
The April Term Grand Jury convened Monday and reported to Judge Harley M. Whitcraft. Five indictments were returned, four open, after fourteen cases and fifteen witnesses. Indicted: Clyde Nixon, Frank Barber, Gilbert Walton for neglect to provide for children. John Helber for driving while intoxicated. Foreman H. H. Wright. other members listed. James Lanning, ill health, reported for service but remained on the jury after a relapse.
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Emma Westenhaver
Hugh Meldrim
Freda Matheny
Helen Rochester
Ada Krieg
Lloyd Blosser
Joseph Ansel
James Lanning
W. W. Hardy
David Later
M. R. Lewis
Logan
Murray City
Bridge party hosted by Mrs Carr on Warner Avenue
Mrs. George Carr entertained with four tables of bridge on Saturday night at her Warner Avenue residence. Mrs. Fred Burchfield and Mrs. Francis Myers had high scores and the traveling award went to Mrs. Howard E. Kirk. Refreshments followed. Guests included Mrs. Burchfield, Mrs. Kirk, Mrs. Myers, Mrs. Rudolph Hankison, Mrs. Harold Chambers, Mrs. H. D. Foster, Mrs. Dallas Kinser, Mrs. Rudolph Lortz, Mrs. John Lee, Mrs. W. B. Lacock, Mrs. Clinton Webb, Mrs. Wilbur Lanning, Mrs. John E. Krieg, Miss Ruth Brooke, and Miss Wilma Martin.
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W. B. Lacock
Clinton Webb
Wilbur Lanning
John E. Krieg
Ruth Brooke
Wilma Martin
Office Training Class Gains Real Experience
Sixteen girls from Gallia Academy High School in Gallipolis are now working in local business offices as part of their Commercial Department course. They work half days without missing classes and will receive confidential employer evaluations to update school records after the two week project.
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Gallipolis
Commercial Department of
Gallia Academy High School
Birth announcements for Hamer and Poling families
Mr and Mrs James Hamer of Murray City announce the birth of a son named Edward born Saturday at Cherrington Hospital. The previous day Mr and Mrs Burl Poling welcomed a daughter at the same hospital.
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Logan
James Hamer
Murray City
Edward
Cherrington Hospital
Burl Poling
Council Backs Sidewalks and Salary Increases
The council approved funds for city expenses and authorized sidewalk rebuilding near the courthouse. Six of seven members voted to raise Fire Marshal Harry Dalton’s salary to 112 dollars monthly, with Mayor McCune allowing it to take effect in ten days without his signature.
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Harry Dalton
van Dyke
McCune
Home Street
Church Street
Vic Pierce
Athens County
Russell
West State Street
Court Street
Lancaster Street
FERA
Carpenter Street
Overrules Motion Judge White Denies New Trial In Roseberry Case
Gallipolis reports Judge W R White overruled a motion for a new trial in the case of Robert Switzer acting as ancillary administrator for Owens F Roseberry against Charlies E Payne and Fred W Payne trading as Payne Motor Sales. Roseberry died from injuries in an auto accident on January 20 1932 involving a Payne Motor Sales employee.
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White
Roseberry
Gallipolis
W. R. White
Robert Switzer
Owens F. Roseberry
Charlies E. Payne
Fred W. Payne
Payne Motor Sales
Association To Meet For Gallia County Corn-Hog Plan
Directors of the Corn-Hog Control Association of Gallia County will meet at 9 30 Thursday morning in the office of extension agent E H Reed to organize elect officers and adopt budgets for the period ending June 30. Directors include H E Shaver Cheshire David Williams Rio Grande D R Wagoner Gallia and M E Gatewood Crown City. They will appoint a county allotment committee from their number to check contracts and certify them through the secretary of agriculture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Secretary of Agriculture
Arbor Day program at Gallia Academy High School Friday
Future Farmers of America boys will run the 8:30 Friday morning Arbor Day assembly at Gallia Academy High School with Russell Sloman presiding over a slides exhibition. The news item also notes a ship passage and a court ruling in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Birthday Surprise for Mrs Lowks in Rio Grande Party
Mrs M A Lowks enjoyed a surprise birthday gathering Thursday night with friends and family in Rio Grande. Refreshments followed an evening of entertainment as many neighbors attended the celebration.
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Rio Grande
M. A. Lowks
Tom Richards
Harry Cameron
Finley Richards
Harry Anderson
Margaret Jones
Elmer McCarley
Virginia Roberts
Wilbur Frecker
Harland Richards
Aldeth Lowks
Franklin Bailey
Aubrey Bonecutter
Frazier Brothers Attend Funeral in Gallipolis
Kenneth Frazier attended the funeral services for his brother Jack at Frazier's Bottoms on Monday afternoon. Jack had suffered a diabetes-related illness and died Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Frazier
Jack
Frazier’s Bottoms
Wringer Catches Arm of Gallipolis Boy
Joe Eachus one year old son of Mr and Mrs Ben Eachus First Avenue Gallipolis was injured when his arm was caught in an electric clothes wringer Monday noon His mother turned off the power and he climbed to switch it on A neighbor helped remove him and doctors from Holzer Hospital found no broken bones The family’s father works as a manual training instructor at the high school
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Gallipolis
Joe
Ben Eachus
First Avenue
Eachus
Elias Wetherholt
Holzer Hospital
Ten Men Get Jobs In Gallipolis Reemployment Effort
Through the re employment office here ten men were sent Monday to the Eureka Locks to fill a Drave Contracting Company requisition. Others were hired to work at the county barn. The old Third Avenue sidewalk in front of Frye France, Judge Mauck, and Jake Moore homes is torn up for repaving by John Danner.
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Gallipolis
Eureka Locks
Drave Contracting Company
Frye-France
Judge Mauck
Jake Moore
Third Avenue
John Danner
Gallia County Teams Prepare for Rio Grande Field Meet
Gallia County school track squads, boys and girls, wrap intense training for a field meet set Friday on the new Rio Grande track built over the old football field.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande
Gallia Academy Pupils to Attend Clinic at Ohio Hospital
Gallia Academy High School sociology students guided by E E Higgins will join Marshall College and Ohio University psychology classes in a Thursday clinic at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics in Huntington. Gallipolis twin locks work advances with river wall channeling under way and concrete pours planned. standard gauge tracks laid into the cofferdam for dirt removal and backfill using rocker-dump cars.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
E. E. Higgins
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio University
Athens
Ohio Hospital
Ladies Auxiliary Meeting in Rio Grande Receives Members
The April gathering at the parsonage hosted by Mrs. W T Parker and Miss Anna Wood saw gift boxes opened by Carrie Shires Anna Wood Carrie Lucas Mrs Jenkins Davis Mrs Henry Tanner and Mollie Fulton. The Silver Team won the contest and the losers will entertain the winners. An April 16 B Y P W dinner followed by an April 18 member canvass supper. Mrs. Edgar Richards and Miss Bess Richards joined the auxiliary. May meeting set for May 18.
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Rio Grande
Ladies’ Auxiliary
W. T. Packer
Anna Wood
Carrie Shires
Carrie Lucas
Jenkins Davis
Henry Tanner
Mollie Fulton
Edgar Richards
Miss Bess Richards
Auxiliary
William Birchfield Sentenced for DWI in Gallipolis
William Birchfield of Cheshire was sentenced by Municipal Judge A. J. Stormont to 100 dollars and costs plus license suspension until January 1, 1935 after a Sunday arrest on a driving while intoxicated charge. He waived a jury trial and is in county jail. total costs were 7.4 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Wiliam Birchfield
Cheshire
A. J. Stormont
Birchfield
Liquor Store Opens in Gallipolis After Busy Loading Days
The state liquor store opened at 10 o'clock this morning drawing many window shoppers during loading hours in preceding days.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis News Goes To Public For tips
The Messenger correspondent for Gallia County invites readers to phone Miss Edna Ervin at 635 Lafayette Hotel with news tips and items for publication from Gallia County.
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Edna Ervin
Lafayette Hotel
Messenger
Gallia County
Prominent resident Amy Nash dies at 73 in Wheeling
Mrs Amy Nash 73 a Gallipolis native and library board trustee dies at her adopted daughter Mrs William J Sauer Wheeling home. She moved from Gallipolis ten years ago and lived with adopted daughters Mrs Sauer and Mrs Elinor Thoreson Pittsburgh. Funeral services were held in Wheeling and burial planned at Mound Hill.
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Wheeling
Gallipolis
Library Board
Catholic Church
Amy Nash
William J. Sauer
Jubal A. Early
General McCausland
Mound Hill
Capt Barton Dies Funeral Today on Upper Ohio
Capt. Thomas L. Barton, 80, native of Gallipolis, died at his Bellaire home. An elder packet boat master on the upper Ohio, he sailed from Pittsburgh to Louisville and along the Kanawha. Survived by wife, two daughters and two sons. Funeral at Grace M. E. Church at 2 this afternoon with burial in Pine Street Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Thomas L. Barton
Bellaire
Upper Ohio
Captain Barton
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Louisville
Kanawha River
Grace M. E
Pine Street
Gallia County appoints aids for old age pension setup
Gallia County commissioners tentatively name Lola Neal as chief investigator for Aid to the Aged and Leo E. Carter as clerk pending Public Welfare approval. They plan May organization, approve bridge lumber purchase, and assign CWA limestone project to Springfield Township for road work. A new grader was ordered.
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Gallipolis
Lola Neal
Gallia County
Leo E. Carter
Department of Public Welfare
Cart Reed
Carl Wellborn Place
Springfield Township
Young Democrats to Meet in Pom eroy Fr iday Evening
Gallipolis youths plan to attend a meeting of the Young Men's Democratic Association at 7 30 oclock Friday night in the court house Pom eroy. gubernatorial candidate William G Pickrel will address the gathering.
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Gallipolis
Young Men's Democratic Association
Court House
Pomeroy
William G. Pickrel
Ohio
State Aeronautics Head to Speak at Rotary Meeting
Capt. Fred Smith of Columbus, head of the State Bureau of Aeronautics, will address an open Rotary Club gathering at 6 PM in the Lafayette Hotel dining room. The Community Club has been invited to attend.
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Gallipolis
Fred Smith
Columbus
State Bureau of Aeronautics
Rotary Club
Lafayette Hotel
Probate Court appoints administrators and commits man to hospital
In Gallipolis Probate Court Thomas Coleman was adjudged sane and committed to Athens State Hospital. N. J. Baker appointed administrator of the estate of Sarah Elizabeth Baker. Grace Houck named administratrix of the estate of R. H. Houck.
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Gallipolis
Thomas Coleman
Athens State Hospital
N. J. Baker
Sarah Elizabeth Baker
Grace Houck
R. H. Houck
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