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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Apr 25, 1935

Page

7

Select Students for Scholarship Test In Gallia County

Gallia County announces the selection of students for Scholarship Tests to be held in Athens on May 4. Listed are pairs by subject area including chemistry biology general science physics math history languages and English courses. Also noted is F. J. Herman of Oak Hill undergoing leg amputation after a traffic accident and his wife hospitalized with severe injuries.

Gallipolis Athens Lewis Stevers John Hamilton John McKean Mike Maniskas Harold Robinson Daniel Willis William Rupe Helen Henshaw Carolyn Pownall Betty Leaper Marianna Keeler Betty Bean Grace Wilson Myrtle Watson Marian Mildred Alexander Ida Fontana Catherine Faulkner Helen Pierson Kathleen Safford Hilda Malley Mary Louise Mohr Virginia Willis Mary Margaret Corn Eunice Fierbaugh Elizabeth Norman Betty Henke Geraldine Burnette F. J. Herman Oak Hi Holrer Hospital

Kanauga Notes Highlight Local Visits and Meetings

Local social notes record visits from John Wesley Wagner and Raymond Martin Elelyan of W Va to relatives in Kanauga. Protracted meetings continue through Friday with the Rev. Copley assisting. Other items mention travels of Mrs. Spencer, John Trasti, Hazel Comstock, and progress on local health recoveries and missions.

Kanauga John Wesley Wagner Raymond Martin Elelyan W. Va Grace Ella Wagner John Vickers Julius Fleishman Walter Duckworth Huntington Copley Albert Spencer Columbus Spencer John Trasti Hazel Comstock Pt. Pleasant Emma Corretock John Freer and Son Chester Lancaster A. W. Pullins Pullins I. D. Harrison Mervin Clay Lick Verne Berridge Blanche Hughes Orlando Fla

Camp Gallia Training Period For New Recruits

Gallia officials report new emrplres entering Camp Gallia on Tuesday. Twenty eight named recruits including James Baldwin Bert Boster Junior Canaday Freddy Carpenter James Carroll Raymond Casey Oscar Corbin Roy Day and more will be conditioned at the local camp for a month or longer before possible transfers to other locations.

Harold Williams Albert Young Johnson Warren Jake Chevalier Orville Bush Hayden Clarkson

Tobacco Contract Provisions Modified for Present Season

Gallipolis reports changes to the 1935 AAA tobacco program allowing rented acres to be used freely for crops other than wheat and tobacco. Signers may plant any crops and pasturing is allowed, provided harvests meet home consumption or livestock needs. Primary benefit is lifting corn planting restrictions to aid balanced farming without affecting existing corn hog contracts.

Gallipolis R. R. Starbuck John Slipher AAA Ohio

Grants Two Divorces in Gallia County Court

Judge W. R. White granted two divorces. Nelia Goff won a divorce from Ernest Goff and custody of their child due to wilful absence. Gladys Smith was divorced from Herman Smith on gross neglect charges with custody for the children and visitation rights for the father, plus $8 weekly child support.

Gallipolis W. R. White Nelia Goff Ernest Goff Gladys Smith Herman Smith Smith

John King Arrested On Distilling Charge

Gallia Pct. John King of Green Township was arrested on a moonshining charge after federal and state officers and Patrolman W B Cooper raided his home. They found a 100 gallon distilling setup in operation and destroyed nine 50 gallon mash barrels 400 gallons of mash and 50 gallons of whiskey. King will be taken to Chillicothe for a U S Commissioner hearing. He was not at home during the raid but was found en route home carrying 100 pounds of sugar.

Gallipolis Joan King Green Township W. B. Cooper King's Home Chillicothe United States

Ohio girl faces manslaughter charge in father's shooting

Ethilender Loy, 17, is indicted by a grand jury in Steubenville Ohio for the March 6 shooting of her father on the family houseboat. The teen says she killed him to stop his persistent abuse of her mother.

Ohio Ethilender Loy Steubenville

Police Chief Fell and Hospitalized Replaced by Officers

Police Chief John Fraley is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital with a right elbow infection after a fall last week. While off duty, Patrolman Chester Lea Perwill will replace him, with Constable J H Shato covering the night shift. Patrolman W B Cooper remains on noon to midnight duties.

John Fraley Holzer Hospital Chester Leaper J. H. Shato W. B. Cooper

Nine Dogs Slain in Rabies Drive by Porter

In Gallia County on Wednesday dog warden H H Porter killed nine dogs as part of a county rabies crackdown. Four attacked sheep at Vinton, five from Maple Shade where a rabid dog had roamed recently. Porter warned all Maple Shade dogs may be killed. Strays, regardless of tags, were rounded up under the campaign.

H. H. Porter Vinton Maple Shade Porter

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