Rural library closures in Gallia County announced
Gallia County to close 10 WPA community center libraries by month end. About 3 500 books and magazines will return to the Gallipolis Public Library, with staff listed at the fairgrounds. County funds cover 2 500 dollars of operating expenses, making countywide truck distribution impractical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
WPA
Gallia County
Fair Grounds
Margaret Bradbury
Fairgrounds
Eugene Watson
Cheshire
Hollie Sprague
Ryger
Mattie Chasteen
Vinton
Nora Anderson
Bidwell
Bertha Lowry
Porter
Anna Dewitt
Gallia
Earl Lockhart
Crown City
Nora Betz
Bulaville
Roy Hively
Eureka
Ruth Campbell
Mercerville
Meeting of Church Association In Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports the seventh annual meeting of the Southeastern Ohio Association of Congregational Christian Churches to be held May 4 and 5 at Bulaville Christian Church. The 98th year since the Ohio Eastern Conference organization and 97th of the Marietta Association are noted. Programs include devotions, addresses by Miss Lucy Eldridge Dr Erwin L Shaver Rev Virgil Myers and Rev Thomas A Tripp with a communion service led by Rev Wayne Braden and Rev Morris Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Southeastern Ohio Association of Congregational Christian Churches
Bulaville Christian Church
Ohio Eastern Conference of Christian Churches
Marietta Association of Congregational Churches
Thomas A. Tripp
Lucy Eldridge
Rio Grande Grants Twenty Scholarships to Local Students
GALLIPOLIS twenty Southeastern Ohio high school students will win a Rio Grande College scholarship worth seventy dollars each. The awards cover two quarters of tuition and may be used this year or in 1939. Commerce tests were held in Gallipolis and Middleport, with remaining exams planned across several schools on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Rio Grande College
Middleport
Jackson
Chillicothe
Waverly
McArthur
Ironton
Portsmouth
Raid on Dundas Cave Leaves Officers Emptyhanded
Gallipolis dispatch reports a raid by officers from Vinton Jackson and Gallia counties on a cave near Dundas failed to locate the robber band blamed for farm raids. Inside the cave they found signs of recent occupancy including a straw mattress a drum stove and a basket of groceries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vinton
Jackson
Gallia
Dundas
Tri-County
Back from Colorado Lusher visits Mercerville farm
A. J. Lusher former Gallia County resident returns from Fort Collins Colorado to spend a month on his Mercerville farm property.
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Colorado
Gallipolis
A. J. Lusher
Gallia County
Fort Collins
Colo
Mercerville
Good Turn in Gallia County Clothing Drive
Othneil Jones county relief director asks Gallia County housewives to donate discarded clothing to the sewing center in Gallipolis. Garments will be washed repaired and given to direct relief recipients. The WPA center at Garfield School employs over 60 under Mrs Florence Belden and can rehabilitate items beyond repair.
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Gallipolis
Othneil Jones
Gallia County
Jones
WPA
Garfield School
Garfield and
Portsmouth Aves
Florence Belden
Gallipolis Nurse Will Take Ravenna Position
Miss Carolyn Cahill resigns from Gallipolis school health nurse post after a year and a half to accept a similar job in Ravenna. She leaves at week’s end. the board has not yet named her successor. Cahill’s service marks the first school nurse tenure here and is praised by the board.
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Gallipolis
Carolyn Cahill
Ravenna
Miss Cahill
Board of Education
Appeal to Clubs in Gallipolis for Donors
At the Lafayette Hotel Tuesday night a plan was approved to ask each lodge church fraternal and civic organization in Gallipolis to provide two volunteer blood donors for Holzer Hospital emergencies. A donor register will record names ages and phone numbers to contact volunteers when needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lafayette Hotel
Holzer Hospital
Meal Home Burns at Thivener Site Tuesday
Fire of undetermined origin likely started in the kitchen flue destroyed the home of George Meal at Thivener on Raccoon Tuesday afternoon. Neighbors salvaged a small portion of the furnishings from the two story frame structure while family members worked on the farm.
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Gallipolis
George Meal
Thivener
Youngest Member to Seek Re-Election in Gallia County
Gallia County’s Robert M. Betz 28 year old Republican declares candidacy to succeed himself as representative to the General Assembly. He is noted as the youngest member of the Lower House and faces no announced opposition from Democrats.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
General Assembly
Robert M. Betz
Betz
Eye injuries from Saturday crash endanger Alva Shoemaker
Alva Shoemaker, 16, son of Mr and Mrs Roy Shoemaker, suffered eye cuts in a Monday night auto mobile accident near Jackson. He is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital where doctors say multiple operations are required.
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Gallipolis
Alva Shoemaker
Roy Shoemaker
Jackson
Shoemaker
Holzer Hospital
Denver Rawlings
Freda May Rawlings
Ray Knox
Anna Combs
Springfield
J. A. van Meter
Eva Woods
Downington
Robert Gibbs
Charlesston Hospital
Eye Injury at WPA Job in Ohio Hospital Project
Frederick of Bidwell employed on a WPA plastering crew at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics suffers lime burns to the eye from a splashed solution. He is being treated at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harlan Frederick
Bidwell
Ohio Hospital
Holzer Hospital
Motorcycle Crash Injures Gallipolis Resident Bowman
Charles Bowman aged 20 of Jackson is hospitalized in Gallipolis for injuries after his motorcycle skidded while touring the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Bowman
Jackson
Appraisal Set For Perry Township Land in Suit
In a partition suit by Cora Davis against Anna Brit land in Perry Township will be appraised by Harry Wood John J Wood and Austin Gills all local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cora Davis
Anna Brit
Perry Township
Harry Wood
John J. Wood
Austin Gills
Meadows attends sister Jane Walker funeral in Huntington
David Meadows attended funeral services on Tuesday for his sister Mrs. Jane Walker in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
David Meadows
Jane Walker
Huntington
Sing for Students at Rio Grande College Assembly
A Jackson High School sextet entertained the Rio Grande College student body during Monday assembly, performing a varied program for the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jackson High School
Rio Grande College
Mrs Abbott Unchanged After Auto Crash Fractured Skull
Mrs Everett Abbott 26 of Pomeroy remains in Holzer Hospital with a fractured skull after a vehicle collision in Middleport. Henson Thomas 49 of Minersville, injured in the same crash, is reported improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Everett Abbott
Pomeroy
Holzer Hospital
Middleport
Henson Thomas
Minersville
Chauncey Bans Stray Dogs Fury Triggers City Pound Census
Marshal Lawrence Reeves has rounded up twenty stray dogs since the dog control war began two weeks ago in Chauncey and placed them in the city pound behind the building.
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Chauncey
Lawrence Reeves
Morgan Services Held at St. Clairsville on Monday
Mrs. Matilda Burt Morgan died Saturday at her St. Clairsville home after heart trouble. Funeral services were held Monday afternoon with burial in St. Clairsville. She leaves Burgie Morgan plus four children and a stepdaughter Flora 15 and stepson Wilbur Morgan living with grandparents Evan and Mrs. Morgan Sr. of The Plains. Evan Morgan Jr. and Henry Morgan of Chauncey attended.
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Chauncey
Matilda Burt Morgan
Burgie Morgan
St. Clairsville
Henry Morgan
Chauncey Republican Club Meets in High School Hall
Chauncey residents attend local updates with the Republican Club gathering at 7 30 pm in the high school building. Several townspeople visit relatives and handle daily tasks including painting, travel to Columbus Dayton and Detroit, and residence changes around Chauncey.
Chauncey Softball Team Hosts Doanville Sunday
Chauncey will host Doanville at the Chauncey Athletic Field on Sunday May 1 at 2 30 p m. The game is scheduled for the Chauncey community.
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Doanville Chauncey
Chauncey
Doanville
Chauncey Athletic Field
Murray City Students Win High Scholarship Placements
Murray City reports students earning high places at the Hocking County scholarship elimination in Rockbridge on April 23. Glen Dixon earned second in World History, Katharyn Simons first in typing, Geneva Nice second in plane geometry, Joe Frazee first in chemistry, and Maria Acker first in chemistry. Final tests are set for Athens on May 7.
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Murray City
Hocking County
Rockbridge
Glen Dixon
Katharyn Simons
Joe Frazee
Geneva Nice
Maria Acker
Athens
J. Smith
Carbon Hill
F. J. Smith
Irma
Columbus
Pearl Williams
Art Shelton
Paul Taylor
Mercedes
Dickey
John Robson
Robert
Jackie
Margaret
Shirley
Buchtel
Ralph Andrews
Frank Williams
Pearl Koon
Grace Storer
Billy
Betty
Marian Wolfe
Roberta
Mary Lou Koon
Eileen Koon
Gloria Jean Shaffer
Nelda Stone
Bobby Meredith
Mickey Wooten
Jack Shelton
Freddie
Barbara Jean Donson
Doresta Coe
Dickie Lee Anderson
Blanche Elizabeth Brooker
Llyn Storer
Don Storer
Junior Hartman
Dixie Coleman
Bob Wollett
Patsy Donson
Cynthia Surgeon
Eugene Driggs
James Smart
Harry Mullenkamp
J. A. Ayers
Warren Darby
Orient
Inlaw
Emma Tippie
Ruth Mason
Genna Forscythe
Logan
George Lucas
Grace Irvin
Earl Irvin
Charles Strum
James Russell
Stewart
Myrtle Person
William Bracken
Charles Walters
Cora Walters
Ed Guthrie
Huntington
W. Va
E. A. Person
Howard Brooker
Maud Penn
Nelsonville
Kathryn Kennison
Kenneth Shuttleworth
Jennie White
Burlingham
Lydia Thomas
Fred Wright
William Thomas
Cherrington Hospite
Thomas
Greens Run High Presents Lena Rivers
Greens Run High School will stage Ned Albert's dramatization of Mary J. Holmes' Lena Rivers on Friday April 29 under Miss Crystal Simms guidance. The cast features Del Judson James Pyles Maxine Coey Glen Cannon Effie Donley Adella Zukowski Esther Murray Eugene Thomas Ruth Morrison Louis Yankoski Delbert Bernard Jack Vore and Flossie Wade.
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Chauncey
Greens Run High School
Crystal Simms
Ned Albert
Mary J. Holmes
Lena Rivers
del Judson
James Pyles
Maxine Coey
Glen Cannon
Effie Donley
Adella Zukowski
Esther Murray
Eugene Thomas
Ruth Morrison
Louis Yankoski
Delbert Bernard
Jack Vore
Flossie Wade
Morgans Entertain Week End Guests
Week end guests at the Evan Morgan home in The Plains include Leonard Six and family from Salem. On Sunday visits came from Harry Warner family of Glenroy Ohio and Mary Meinhart. Other guests included Eugene Morgan and daughter Donna Jean Chauncey and Richard Morgan Marshfield and Alfred Morgan with Alta Jones McArthur. Mrs Richard Morgan is seriously ill.
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Chauncey
Evan Morgan
the Plains
Leonard Six
Ralph
Harold
Richard
Salem
Harry Warner
Glenroy
Ohio
Mary Meinhart
Eugene Morgan
Donna Jean
Richard Morgan
Marshfield
Alfred Morgan
Alta Jones, McArthur
Morgan
Son Called Home From Columbus Ga For Illness
Bennie Harrison son of Mrs Rebecca Harrison The Plains went to Columbus Ga to try out for the baseball club and was brought back to his mother s home bed bound with a serious illness Elizabeth Harrison his wife visited him at the home of her parents Mr and Mrs Carl Hilderbrand Taylor Ridge on Sunday
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Chauncey
Bennie Harrison
Rebecca Harrison
the Plains
Columbus
Elizabeth Harrison
Carl Hilderbrand
Taylor Ridge
King Property Sold in The Plains Move
Chauncey Jobe King sold his The Plains property to Stewart Bell of New Marshfield Road who plans to move his family to the new home this week. King has relocated to Lennie Platt property until his two room home is completed and is building on another lot he owns in The Plains.
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Chauncey
Jobe King
The
Plains
Stewart Bell
New Marshfield Road
Mr. King
Lennie Platt
Judge halts Nancy Armstrong liquor sales at Fifth Ave home
A padlock restraining Nancy Arm strong from selling liquor at her home on Fifth Ave was issued by Judge W R White after testimony. The action prevents further alcohol sales at the residence pending further legal steps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Nancy Armstrong
Fifth Ave
W. R. White
Perfect Attendance Reward At Local School
At the start of the fall term in Gallipolis teacher Frank Plymale promised a dollar bill to any pupil who finished the term with perfect attendance. Only one pupil filed a claim, nine year old Charles Lindberg Broyles, son of Mr and Mrs Harold Broyles.
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Gallipolis
Thivener
Frank Plymale
Charles Lindberg Broyles
Harold Broyles
Methodists To Meet Sunday At Minersville
The Chester charge annual meeting and church conference will be held Sunday May 1 at 7 30 p m at the Minersville Methodist Church. The program marks a 200th anniversary of Methodism with a prayer business session devotional period and talks on Methodism at work in the home land and beyond the seas plus a visualization of The Unfinished Task.
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Minersville
Chester Charge
Minersville Methodist Church
B. O’conner
Home Land
Frank Beuscher
R. B. Foster
Rev
Jesus
Theodore Grueser
Helen Joan
Edmond Grueser
Pomeroy
John Grueser
Chester Roush
Ohio University
Glenna Rummel
Methodist Church
Rio Grande
Nora Roush
Will Kesterson
Rock Springs
William H. Thomas
Emma
Linnie Terrel
Edna Bartels
Mary Ann Laeger
Annie Bartels
Margaret McCallum
Nora Tracy
Acine
Mary Elizabeth Childs
Miami
Fla
Norman McCallum
Pt. Pleasant
Oscar Knapp
Tipsy Driver Fined in Gallipolis Case
Forrest Massie pled guilty to driving while intoxicated. Judge White fined him $25 and costs and gave a suspended 60 day jail sentence.
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Gallipolis
Forrest Massie
White
Meddlers Mary Doubts Her Stage Grip in Lansfield Suite
In the Lansfield suite after a meal and theater outing Mary questions her portrayal of a role. Aunt Madge weighs the risk of defying Philip Veritzen's direction as Mary fears sounding stilted and seeks reassurance from the manuscript.
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Mary
Papa Veritzen
Philip Veritzen
Madge
Columbia High School Play Set for May 6 and 7
Columbia High School will stage the three act comedy Aunt Emma Sees It Through in the Columbia Auditorium on Friday May 6 and Saturday May 7. Cast includes Virginia Brown Leona Chase Freda Rupe Claire Cummings Leo Dudgeon Jack Rife and Chester Steward directed by Eddie Lou Howery.
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Claire Steward
Emma Marie Bolton
Floyd Cummings
Adriene Holcomb
John Edward Radekin
Leona Chase
Chester Steward
Dana Nelson
William Westfall
Junior Dye
Jack Rife
Helen Holcomb
Virginia
Brown
Meigs County
Lucy Joe Dye
Racine
Ohio University
Athens
Carpenter Sunday School
C. E. Reeves
Reed Jeffers
Wanda Starkey
Jessie Carpenter
Wilma Foster
Dayton
Alfred Foster
Zella Rupert
Jackson
Rupert
Clemma Vale
Fulton
T. A. Vale
Maudetta Covertson
Jacksonville Field Prepares For Coming Baseball Season
Jacksonville items note rapid progress on a new league park athletic field. About twenty youths vie for the team while nearby clubs within fifty miles are urged to notify Charles Guinther for scheduling. The column also covers local social events and guest visits mentioning multiple families and church notices.
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Jacksonville
Charles Guinther
Regina Grandy
Lewis Hovenstine
Joe Watson
Herman van Hall
Elizabeth Rodrick
Kathryn Thyne
George Swindell
Everett Houenstine
Lewis Houenstine
Helen
Arthur Lowry
Chester Lowry
Athens
Glennis Bryan
John Bescoe
Millfield
Della Irwin
A. R. Woodgerd
David Cox
Otsego
W. Va
Enid Cox
Harry Dehman
Straitsville Social Notes highlights from a busy week
Straitsville social column covers visits and travels including Rev. and Mrs. Lester Bradds in Bowersville. Mr. and Mrs. Ford Frazure hosting Milford Center guests. federation of women's clubs attendees from Cleveland and Columbus. mine fire visit by Shick and McKee. hospital moves for Mrs. Kate Lines. Easter Star banquet planned. Rebekah Lodge initiation with Woodbine. multiple local families hosting guests from Newark Gore Columbus and Athens.
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New Straitsville
Lester Bradds
Bowersville
Ray Garringer
Ford Frazure
Russell Garey
Milford Center
C. M. Finfrock
F. A. Simpson
Pekan
Cleveland
Federation of Women’s Clubs
R. J. Duff
Cincinnati
Therese Hiberton
Ironton
William Deavers
Archie Riggs
McArthur
John Badwell
William Rothather
Dayton
George Harrison
Minnie Faine
Harrisons
California
Kate Lines
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Mabel Shuttleworth
Mildred Todd
Athens
William Shuttleworth
Shick
McKee
Bradds
Ladies Aid Society
M. E
South Perry
Murray City
Shawnee
Woodbine Rebekah Lodge
James Campbell
John Eckhart
Wesley Campbell
Gore
Williard Keifer
Lewis Campbell
Newark
Rodney Waldron
Betty (Stephenson) Powell
Wrightstown Man Honored on 79th Birthday Event
A Wrightstown gathering at the Morris home honored D. W. Morris on his 79th birthday with relatives from Ath ens Chesterhill Joy Crooksville Mc Connelsville Glouster and nearby towns attending. Marie Ball organized the surprise dinner and several family members joined in the celebration. Floyd Jones and Maxine Wade wed last Saturday and will begin housekeeping on the Garfield Carter farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrightstown
Morris
Marie Ball
D. W. Morris
Vaughn Brown
Alonzo Tryon
Crant Brown
Athens
Dick Grandstaff
Chesterhill
Vern Grigsby
Joy
John Waymer
Tom Morris
Dick Morris
Violet Balderson
Ralph Ball
Columbus
Floyd Jones
Elza Jones
Maxine Wade
Bertha Wade
Garfield- Carter
Man Observes 100th Birthday Says Lifelong Republican
Angola Ind, Daniel Wisel marks his 100th birthday recounting how he stayed alive through a long life and his claim of being a life long Republican after hearing Generals Grant and Lee discuss surrender terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angola
Ind
Daniel Wisel
A.S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Athens County partition suit seeks division of Wolf real estate
Ted H. Wolf files partition action in the Common Pleas Court of Athens County Ohio against unknown residents and others in case number 17009 seeking division of several tracts in Ames Township Athens County Ohio. The petition lists seven distinct parcels totaling about 140 acres with detailed metes and bounds and a 20 foot wide Rine lot strip. Defendants must answer by May 2 1958 or risk judgment by default.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted H. Wolf
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Ames
County of
Athens
State of
Ohio Company
Harvey Wolfe
Charles Wolfe
Ohio Company Purchase
Beinning
Geo. Keirns
Herschel Wolf
R. R. Keirns
George Keirns
A. H. Wolfe
Fred Wolf
Mary A. Wolf
Athens County Records of
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Dundas Cave
Chauncey Social
Chauncey Republican Club
Mary Miller
Pearl Miller
Charles Leffler
Clarence Leffler
Leffler
Drake St
June Miller
Everett Robinson
J. Robinson
Alexander Madek
Noah S. Harvey
Frank Craig
Tippett
Charlie Yeager
Main St
Lena
Morgans
King Property Sold
Adele Garrison
Meddlers
the Lansfield
Miss Whitlock
Miss Whit
Dicky
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Irish Free State
Douglas Hyde
Hyde
Columbia HS
Jacksonville Field
Norma Jean
David Evans
Carl,Dehman
Charles Hoisington
Jacksonville News
Mothers Club
M. E. Church
Hugh Dawley
Nellie Smith
Zanesville
Ralph M. Hoisington
Mary McMahon
Geraldine
Janelda
Max , von Scheele
Joan
Ruth
Paul
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Evelyn Deal
Straitsville Social Notes
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