Investigators Probe Gallipolis Hospital Account Shortage
State Auditor team continues audit at the Hospital for Epileptics as shortages exceed prior estimates. Byron Bodimer admits speculation with corroborating evidence centering on store funds, burial funds, death certificates and hides sales over four years possibly more. Dr G G Kineon urges a full investigation while J Paul Mossman prepares to take over as chief clerk after Miles resigns. Bodimer is at home in Eureka unavailable due to high water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Auditor's Office
Joseph Barker
Byron Bodimer
M. M. Miles
G. G. Kineon
Kineon
Westherwood
Miles
J. Paul Mossman
Republican Central Committee
Bodimer
Eureka
Waffle Supper at Rio Grande College Postponed
Rio Grande College officials announce postponement of Wednesday evening waffle supper due to rising river waters until conditions subside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Gallipolis couple receive marriage license
Gallipolis Charles E. Rose aged 39 and Esther Roberts aged 41 were issued a marriage license in Gallipolis. Both residents are listed with the same city. The couple plans a future ceremony once arrangements are finalized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles E. Rose
Esther Roberts
Floods Leave Gallipolis Unscathed Despite River Rise
Gallipolis, Ohio reported no flooding despite the Ohio River reaching 47.5 feet on the government gauge Tuesday. Local transit and roads were affected only by outlying impassable routes while schools churches and trains operated normally and business continued as usual.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Three Aged Office Clerks Seats To Be Filled
Gallipolis reports about 14 applicants for three clerkships in the Aid for the Aged office. A state department representative will visit to interview candidates and make recommendations to Columbus. The office is temporarily run by Mrs. L W Thompson and Miss Janis Watts after Earl McCormick’s dismissal. Elijah Johnson’s confirmation as director and three clerical and investigator posts is expected by May 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Republican Committee
State Department
Columbus
Earl McCormick
L. W. Thompson
Janis Watts
Elijah Johnson
Mrs C C Thornton Seriously Ill in Charleston Hospital
Mrs C C Thornton formerly Miss Elizabeth Arrington is critically ill in a Charleston hospital. Her mother Mrs Ed Arrington of this city is with her. The Thorntons formerly resided in Gallipolis where he ran a mail bus route to Gallipolis Ferry before the Ohio River bridge at Kanauga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. C. Thornton
Elizabeth Arrington
Charleston
Ed_ Arrington
Thorntons
Ohio River
Kanauga
Degrees Granted at Huntington Grange Meeting in Vinton
Huntington Grange will confer degrees during its April 22 meeting at the Town Hall in Vinton. The event marks the organization’s formal initiation of new members and fellowship within the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Huntington Grange
Vinton
County Introduces Ten Thousand Dollar Sales Tax Stamps
Gallipolis announces May 1 issuance of new sales tax stamps totaling 10 400 with county distributor Miss Bess B Wetherholt receiving them. The old 15 000 stock will be redeemed and destroyed. Local groups eye stamp redemption plans while Merchants Committee of the Chamber of Commerce resists storefront receptacles creating competition. A state official will aid exchanges before May 1 as water conditions slow sales, which averaged 1500 weekly but dropped under 500 this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bess B. Wetherholt
State Department
Merchants’ Committee
Chamber of Commerce
State Sales Tax Department
Miss Wetherholt
Gallipolis City Votes Down 450 Air Mail Support
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce rejects a 450 payment toward daily air mail service from Pittsburgh to Huntington. The request came from private firm American Airlines under a contract, not the post office. A letter praising the project will go to the company, but no check will be sent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Pittsburgh
Huntington
Federal Post Office Department
American Airlines, Inc
Divorce Suit Filed By Gallipolis Woman
Grace Burnett Sowards petitions for divorce from Alva Sowards now serving life in Ohio Penitentiary for armed robbery. She seeks restoration of her maiden name and notes the husband’s prior notoriety including a daylight bank robbery. She is 21, daughter of Edward and Mary Burnett of Sycamore Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Burnett Sowards
Alva Sowards
Ohio Penitentiary
Sowards
Vinton Bank
Edward Burnett
Sycamore St
Mary Ellen Bartels Dies at Sister’s Gallipolis Home
Miss Mary Ellen Bartels died Tuesday at her sister Miss Margaret Bartels Gallia Hotel Second Street Gallipolis after a long illness. Another sister Mrs. Joseph Lyman of Saginaw Michigan survives. Funeral services are set for Friday at 9 am in St Louis Catholic Church with interment at Mound Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Ellen Bartels
Margaret Bartels
Gallia Hotel
Second
Court
Joseph Lyman
Saginaw
Mich
St. Louis Catholic Church
Mound Hill Cemetery
Gallipolis High School Choir to Perform Spring Concert
The a Cappella Choir of Gallipolis High School will perform a formal spring concert tomorrow night at eight in Washington Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis High School
Washington Auditorium
Fraudulent Checks Tangle Two Ohio Suspects
Harold Lemley of Middleport is jailed on a charge of passing a fraudulent check on Deffie Swisher of Little Ryger. Clifford Wheeler of Rio Grande is held in Circleville on a charge of passing a spurious check there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold Lemley
Middleport
Deffie Swisher
Little Ryger
Clifford Wheeler
Rio Grande
Circleville
Allen Russell wedding tied to Kanawha City couple
Announcement: James Albert Allen and Florence Russell, both of Kananga, wed in Catlettsburg Kentucky on January 5 with Rev. Pierce officiating. Allen, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Allen, works on the Federal Housing Project in Kanawha City West Virginia. Florence Russell, daughter of Mrs. Ella Russell, has clerical work in Dr. Leo C. Bean’s office and will continue in that role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Albert Allen
Florence Russell
Kananga
Catlettsburg
Pierce
Missionary Baptist Church
Allen
John Allen
Kanawha City
W. Va
Ella Russell
Leo C. Bean
Local births and visits fill regional notices
Mr and Mrs Tom Mills announce the birth of their first daughter Mary Ruth on Monday at home. C F Berridge name Frances Melbidean for their daughter born Monday April 10. Fred Bodimer Miller is the baby boy to Claude Miller and his wife. Col Columbus residents W O Miles visit Millers. County nurse Margaret Jones of Miami County spent weekend with parents Ed and Jones. David Kelton family of Lancaster were Sunday guests of W D Kelton and J Frazier. Frank Wood hosted Eugene Seifert en route to Wellsboro Pa after Florida visit. Links to Walter Linkhorn family in Wellsboro. Mrs Carl Wall and Mrs Alice Wall Taylor return from Cincinnati visit with daughter Angu s King. Mrs Paul Haskins and son of Reinersville visiting Perry Taxton parents. Miss Virginia Huntington spent weekend in Cincinnati with sister Winifred. Mrs J W Warden of Logan WV visited son Randall in Charleston after week with daughter J W Mootz Jr. Mrs Charles M Yeanger called to Columbus due to mother Margaret Davis pneumonia. Mrs L B Shaw visiting son Jack in Charleston. Miss Venita Thabet returned from Morgantown WV after weekend with Deem Rahall at WVU.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Mills
Mary Ruth
C. F. Berridge
Frances Melbidean
Fred Bodimer Miller
Claude Miller
W. O. Miles
Columbus
Millard Miles
Margaret Jones
Miami County
Troy
Ed Jones
David Kelton
Lancaster
W. D. Kelton
John Frazier
Frank Wood
Eugene Seifert
Wellsboro
Florida
Walter Linkhorn
Wood
Carl Wall
Alice Wall Taylor
Angus King
Cincinnati
Paul Haskins
Reinersville
Perry Thaxton
Virginia Huntington
Winifred
John C. Fontana
A. Fontana
Ruth Gilman
A. T. Gilman
J. W. Warden
Logan
W. Va
Charleston
Randall
J. W. Mootz, Jr
Charles M. Yeanger
Margaret Davis
L. B. Shaw
Jack
Venita Thabet
Morgantown
Deem Rahall
University of West Virginia
Candy Sales Land Youth in Lockup
Gallipolis reports John Maddox 19 of Clay Lick Harrison Township sold boxed candies after Evans Grocery Co robbery Sunday night. He is jailed awaiting alibi while officers note possible ties to other petty robberies. P T A plans May 9 reading by Mrs. Chestera McDonald Carr of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Maddox
Clay Lick
Harrison Township
Evans Grocery Co
Maddox
Cheshire
Chestera McDonald Carr
Columbus
Rio Grande College
Gallipolis High Faculty Dinner Meeting Set at Lafayette
A faculty dinner for Gallipolis High School will be held Thursday evening at the Lafayette Hotel. A review of this school year's accomplishments will be discussed and suggested improvements considered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lafayette Hotel
Tangles in Wringer Injure Mrs Buswell Roush
Mrs Buswell Roush of Cheshire suffers hand lacerations and bruises after becoming entangled in a clothes wringer. Local incident details indicate an accidental accident while handling laundry.
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Gallipolis
Pick Members To CofC Committees
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce president Homer W. Walter lists committee members and chairmen for Industrial Civic Improvement Retail Stores Publicity Highways Membership Agricultural plus new directorate changes. Miss Ethel Young resigns. Dr G G Kincon to be appointed. Northwest Territory celebration committee reports $348.07 spent with a small nest egg for next year's sesqui centennial observance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Homer W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
Gilbert P. Bush
John McNealey
Alva Myers
J. W. Mootz
M. T. Epling
Stanley L. Evans
Earl Moore
Raymond Hoy
Robert Houck
L. L. Lovett
E. E. Laufer
H. E. Beckett
Howard Thornberry
George Lear
W. Lewis Brown
Leo C
Bean
Sherman White
W. A. Lewis
A. C. Safford
Wayne Booth
Warden Lewis
F. E. Kerr
J. H. Delaney
John North
L. W. Robinson
W. A. Boggs
Max Finberg
Gomer Phillips
William McKnight
A. A. Cornett
Gus Frye
Charles Arthur
Morris Haskins
H. W. Wetherholt
C. T. Mitchell
E. S. Spear
Emerson Evans
Robert Queen
H. D. Thomas
Highways
E. N. Leonard
Blazer Wetherholt
Robert Rees
S. B. Huntington
G. G. Kincon
C. T. Robinson
L. L. Maddy
T. S. Berridge
Steve Clark
Junior Simmons
E N. Wiseman
E. W. Smith
F. C. Ghrist
Frank Shaw
Harry Maddy
Frank Wetherholt
Agricultural
E. G. Royer
Carlos Niday
J. H. Norton
E. E. Hatfield
Harry Anderson
Ethel Young
Miss Young
Northwest Territory
Ruth Flanagan Married at Syracuse
Ruth Flanagan and Lawrence Sellers united in marriage at Rio Grande M. E. Parsonage in Syracuse with Rev. C. D. Copley officiating. The bride, daughter of A. L. and Mrs. Flanagan, received a chenille bed spread from her former Eagles Sunday School class. Other local church notes include revival meetings, meetings of missionary groups, and upcoming church events in Syracuse and nearby Middleport.
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Syracuse
Lawrence _ Sellers
A. B. Sellers
Ruth Flanagan
Rio Grande M. E. Parsonage
C. D. Copley
Miss Flanagan
A. L. Flanagan
Eagles
E. Parker
Eleanor Robson
Jean Duffy
Asbury M. E
van Johnson
Charles Taylor
Enterprise Saetes Brethren
Heath M. E
Middleport
William Kelley
U. B
County Federation of Church Women
Syracuse M. E
Frank Capehart
Asbury M. E. Church
Lawrence Sellers
William Houdashelt
F. A. Shumway
L. D. Phipps
Local Republican Committee Backs McCormick for Gallia Game Protector
Gallipolis report says the Local Republican Executive Committee endorsed Merrill McCormick of Green Township for appointment as Gallia County game protector. Confirmation by the state Department of Game Conservation expected by May 1. In other news, former resident Mollie Wright, widow of Charles Davis, died in Chillicothe. a son and daughter reside in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Merrill McCormick
Green Township
Gallia County
State Department of Game Conservation
Vinton
Mollie Wright
Charles Davis
Chillicothe
Columbus
Coyotes Targeted by South Dakota Hunters
South Dakota huntsmen used bloodhounds to chase yelping coyotes across prairie lands this winter, pursuing the shaggy pests as part of a statewide animal control effort. The hunts spanned the state's wide open spaces with many expeditions noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamberlain S. D
South Dakota
Gallipolis Group Plans Scout Promotion Drive
The Gallipolis Business and Professional Women elect Bess B. Wetherholt as president and aim to promote Girl Scout activities. The idea was discussed previously but no formal action was taken yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bess B. Wetherholt
WPA Chiselers To Be Ousted By New Purge
GALLIPOLIS county relief chief Othneil Jones says 50 to 60 WPA workers are ineligible due to income. After a purge that discharged 90, many now receive county relief. Officials warn county funds may run out by May 15 and plan further removals to cut WPA relief, reinstating some if chiseling ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
WPA
Gallipolis
Othneil Jones
Jones
Pleasure craft launched for Dr Holzer at Gallipolis
About 200 spectators gathered at the Vine Street bridge to see the 30 by 8 foot motorized pleasure barge built by local workmen for Dr C E Holzer. The sun deck and awning shaded seating frame a handsome finish and the boat performed perfectly on a trial spin. It will be used by the Holzer family hospital staff and friends for cruising the 40 mile pool beyond the Eureka Dam in the Ohio River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vine Street
C. E. Holzer
Holzer
Eureka Dam
Ohio
Professional Women Elect New Officers
Gallipolis club members elected new officers at a dinner meeting at Island View Inn. Miss Bess B. Wetherholt became president, Miss Zenia Shaw secretary, Mrs. Margaret B. McCormick vice president, and Mrs. C. T. Robinson treasurer. The club holds 70 plus members and continues to grow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Business and Professional Women’s Club
Island View Inn
Bess B. Wetherholt
Margaret B. McCormick
Zenia Shaw
C. T. Robinson
Red Cross Efficiency Shown In Gallia County Near Flood
Gallia County shows Red Cross efficiency as Gallipolis mobilizes flood response. Committees report instant service plans including rescue medical housing and supplies. Local agencies firemen Legion and army officials coordinate through proper channels with tents cots food and bedding ready. Graveside funeral for Mrs. Mary Jackson age 94 held at Pine Street Cemetery in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Gallia County
Gallipolis
George Sagen
American Legion
O. G. Lyle
Fort Hayes
Columbus
State Adjutant’s Office
E. E. Hatfield
Boy Scout
Pine Street
Mary Jackson
Newark
Ohio
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City Loan
At & Pane
Anty Company
Fred Sanders
N. Court St
Athens
Zenners
Gallipolis Social Notes
John Morgan
the Dixie
Ll Reese
Ari Lloyd
Neal Willey
Raymond Jones
C. D. Slagle
A. L Floyd
Candy Sales Land
Lockup
Cofc
Ethel Little
The
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