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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1936
Page
8
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Carl Allen a construction engineer from Ray Noble’s Athens district WPA office arrived in Gallipolis to push the courthouse rehabilitation. Masons were scarce locally, so additional workers from Athens and Marietta were secured to speed completion. Plans include reducing the current courtroom space to expand second floor offices and funds for first and second floor work. Allen also discussed a possible new municipal memorial building to house all offices and veteran and civic groups with an integrated fire department and water works, under one roof for efficiency.
In the Tenth Congressional district Welsh heritage and language play a pivotal role in Gallia and Jackson Counties. Welsh residents form a key political bloc, and candidates who speak Welsh gain favor as older locals maintain Welsh speech and customs.
Gallipolis leaders discuss a new building project to consolidate services with a bond under $20,000. The plan, favored by the American Legion and Chamber of Commerce, hinges on WPA funding rules after June 30 and could go to a May 12 primary if local support grows.
Daphne Janis Saunders infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Calvin Saunders weighs six and a half pounds at birth. She has six grandmothers two great grandmothers and two great great grandmothers a rare multigenerational coincidence noted in Gallipolis.
About 300 people attended Chauncey Church of Christ Sunday night as Rev O W Williams delivered The Lost Beatitude. Eleven members joined the church after the invitation with delegations from Trimble Greens Run Taylor Ridge Athens and McArthur. The Chauncey choir sang and Charles Sweeney Jr and Williams sang solos. A men’s invitation night is set for Monday with the topic Fatherhood a Responsibility. Services run 7 30 nightly this week.
Chauncey residents are listed visiting Nelsonville and Chauncey events including church gatherings at the Church of Christ in Chauncey and social visits by Mrs Maggie Sweazy, Mrs Burg Johnson, Mrs Maggie Campbell, and Paul Sweazy. The piece notes multiple local appearances and a birthday dinner hosted by Andrew Simpkins for James Simpkins.
Mrs Florence Pendergrass returns to her Chauncey home from the Osteopathic Hospital in Marietta after a major operation. She came home with her husband and her father Lloyd Pendergrass and Harvey Courtney. Mrs Pendergrass is reported to be recovering well.
Chauncey Mingus son of Mr and Mrs Edward Mingus is at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus after a third operation on his leg. Mr Mingus earlier sustained a foot and leg injury in an accident with Chauncey Mine 25 years ago and has not fully recovered. Christine Porter and Christine Brown Chauncey attended the concert in Columbus presented by Martinelli tenor Memorial pall
Chauncey and Mrs. Charles Martin of Columbus visit Mrs. L J Sweazy on Main Street. Mrs. Martin, formerly Miss Orpha Sweazy, is mother to twins Robert and Roberta aged eight and Harold and Gerald aged ? Chauncey and Mrs. Martin will return to Columbus after a week, with Mrs. Sweazy accompanying.
The daily work report shows a high count of active mines including No. 9 No. 90 No. 255 No. 219 No. 267 Ohio No. 1 Lick Run Chauncey N No. 25 Kimberly Poston No. 6 Carbondale and Black Diamond.
Chauncey men enrolled in the Hocking District Leadership Training Conference of the Boy Scouts of America will attend the second meeting at Nelsonville High School gym Monday night April 20 with Rev. Lloyd Evans speaking on Working Relations Between Troop Committee and the Troop. Chauncey sent 20 men to the first Athens meeting last Monday. The fourth conference session will be held in Chauncey on Monday May 4.
Music students from Chauncey-Dover High School represented the Chauncey-Dover Music Department at the Southeastern Ohio Music Festival in Memorial Auditorium Athens Friday. Chorus members included Mi dred Nagle Martha Nye Margaret Marshall Billy Simmers Richard Osborne and Erle Bridgewater jr. Orchestra members were Kenneth Bimmers Louise Kotgan and Willard Shay. Mre Christine Brown music supervisor also attended.
Funeral services for Mrs T. J. Wallace, formerly of this area and Cambridge, are set for Tuesday afternoon at the Chauncey Church of Christ. Burial will follow in Jtye Cemetery, Chauncey.
State tax commission shows Gallia County residents paid 835,674.59 in taxes in 1935 and received 134,077.22 back. Allocation includes 63,863.24 for schools, 7,122.23 to local Gallipolis government and nearby villages, 48,319 to the age pension fund, 7,264.55 to poor relief, and 7,508 for retirement of poor relief bonds. County licenses numbered 965, many from farm residents supplying Butter eggs and poultry to Gallipolis market. Per capita tax was 3.63 in Gallia and 9.17 in Gallipolis.
In Gallipolis Cheshire bottom potato producers await dry weather to plant seed potatoes after Ohio River flooding left silt deposits several inches to feet deep. Normally planted March 17, the delay now exceeds a month as conditions hinder cultivation and transportation of the crop. Contemporaneously in Gallipolis, Virgie Crews Burnette sues Paul Burnette for divorce and alimony claiming less than 20 dollars provided since their marriage in November 1934.
In a reflective scene Toby learns the man she believed was her father is indeed her real father. He explains years apart, a failed marriage, and a private investigation that finally linked past and present. They affirm they will build a future together as father and daughter.
In Gallia County near Racoon Creek eight miles from town the summer home of Mr and Mrs Will Sigler suffered severe damage from a earth slip not an earthquake. Walls in a large room separated foundations shifted and the water system was damaged. Mr Sigler plans repairs at once and may erect similar cabins to form a summer residents colony.
In Glouster Mrs. Mabel Richards of Columbus visiting Power family fractured her left arm in two places after a fall near 11:30 Saturday night. Fractures were reduced by a local physician and she was taken to the Powers home. Trimble PTA meets Tuesday at 7:30 with Judge Harley Whitecraft of Logan as guest speaker on Education.
Mrs. Laura Wallace mother of Glouster Mayor C F Wallace died Sunday afternoon at 2 30 at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Earl Mc Coy Newark after a 10 day illness She was 95 widow of T J Wallace Funeral services will be held Tuesday at Chauncey Church of Christ at 2 pm with Rev David P Morris in charge Burial in Nye Cemetery Chauncey Survivors include Mrs J W Jones Mrs Earl Mc Coy W W Wallace Maplewood Mrs A W Sweeney Akron Mrs L T Lines Huntington W Va and Mayor C F Wallace
Joseph Richards Jr was placed under arrest early Sunday by Marshal Fred Heck on information from night watchman William Shrieves. Shrieves observed a man break a glass door at Lawrence Skinner place then attempt entry using a lumber jacket to muffle the noise.
Homer Township P T A will meet at Mountville High School Friday evening with Mr. Trainer and Miss Hixson leading the program. Miss Hixson will provide music. All interested in the schools are invited.
City wide event invites every lodge and club to participate in a Wednesday evening program at the high school auditorium. Kiwanis Club members will lead singing. Admission is free with a door prize. Event should finish by tomorrow.
Has New Coaching Job Kermit Blosser became head basketball coach and assistant football coach at Columbus South High School, the city’s second largest. The report notes Russia provides regular allowances to most university students.
Mrs Rebecca Collins age 84 former Glouster resident died Saturday at the home of her son and daughter in law Charles Collins Barberton. Funeral services set for Tuesday 2 pm at Glouster M E B Church burial in Glouster Cemetery. Widow of Otho Collins killed at Palmer Mine about 30 years ago. Survived by six children Charles Barberton Otho Marion Bert Davenport Iowa Peter Derth ick Wesley Maplewood and Mrs Sarah Jonas Glouster and Columbus and 51 grandchildren.
Springfield Ohio report states Thomas Hall Prosser age 65, longtime superintendent of the Ohio Pythian Home for the Aged, died Sunday from pneumonia. He was born in England.
A description states the minimal folded volume for a parachute is about 18 inches by 18 inches by 4 inches. The figure highlights a compact packing size for airborne gear.
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