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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Aug 16, 1935

Page

6

Sallia Pension Director Retained as Clerks Fired

Gallipolis reports Leo E. Carter resumes duties as Old Age Pension administrator after a vacation. State department confirms his position. Assistants Jania Watts and Norma Chole were let go as they had worked under FERA. Reinstatement possible but unlikely. Carter scored highest on the state administrator exam. no official status notice yet.

Gallipolis State Department Leo E. Carter Penson Jania Watts Norma Chole FERA Poth Girla Rsistanta Pension Department Carter Persoos Gallia

Gallipolis Dam Crews Fight Flood Debris After Cloudbursts

Engineers at the new Gallipolis dam report worsening coffer dam conditions on the Ohio side as crews work day and night with cranes to clear debris from last week’s cloudbursts along the river headwaters. The river was expected to fall to pool by tonight with work resuming Monday, per officials. Acting Relief Director Zenia Shaw says relief office positions may lose federal funding.

Gallipolis Ohio Gallipolia Ohio River Relief Department Zenia Shaw

Board recommends two girls and Carter for pension board level

The Board of County Commissioners formally recommended two girls and Carter three weeks ago and sent the resolutions to the state pension department. Carter left for vacation, Norman E. Palmer came from Columbus to replace him but Carter said the replacement was intended to be permanent. Palmer returned to Columbus Thursday after recall by Henry J. Berrodin, Ohio's old age pension chief. Letitia Mille and Mise Letitia Mille were also informed the details in the FERA rehabilitation division.

Carter Board of County Commissioners State Pension Department Norman E. Palmer Columbus Palmer Henry J. Berrodin Ohio Mise Letitia Mille M T Haines Fera Rehabilitation Division

Finberg Sues Luckoff for 10000 Damages Over Car Accident

Max Finberg, show window trimmer for H Luckoff Store, sues Herman Luckoff for 10000 damages alleging a July accident in which a worn tire blew while Luckoff drove to New York City. Finberg claims injuries to body and nervous system and a broken ankle from the Pennsylvan ia wreck.

Gallipolis Max Finberg Herman Luckoff Luckoff Finberg New York City Pennsylvania

Wife Claims Husband Took Children Away

In Gallipolis Hazel Walters filed for divorce and a restraining order after her husband Harry Walters took their two children from the home Thursday morning. Judge J B Clark granted the order. She accuses him of extreme cruelty and gross neglect and adds the Commercial and Savings Bank as a defendant to restrain him from disposing of money on deposit there.

Gallipolis Harry Walters Youngal Hazel Walters Clark Walters the Commercial and Savings Bank

Regional Social Notes From Kananga and Surrounding Areas

Kananga and Eureka residents visited relatives in Leslie Deem and Cheshire while Mrs. Grover Clark of Athalia and Mrs. Leetha Swain's ill health were reported. The area noted several social calls, a Ladies Aid meeting, a marriage in Ripley West Virginia, and Joe Moch of Gallipolis recovering after surgery at Holzer Hospital.

James Edwards Eureka Homer Sowards Leslie Deem Victor Swain Cheshire J. W. McMahan J. Epting Edna A. W. Pullins Paul Burns Portsmouth Ladies Aid Society Brady Shaw Grover Clark Athalia Leetha Swain Mabel Hysell Middleport Oliver Home James Bush Lillie French Ripley W. Va Lloyd Bush Albert Spencer Columbus Everett Watson Nat French Fostoria Watson Gallipolis Joe Moch First National Bank Holzer Hospital

How Movies Are Made Animated Cartoons

Hollywood feature article examines the creation of animated cartoons at the Walt Disney studio. It details story writing, scenario layout, key drawings, ink tracing, painting on celluloid, and assembling four layers per frame, with production spread across several countries. The piece notes Disney employs about 500 staff for roughly 18 cartoons yearly.

Walt Disney Studio Disney Mickey Pluto Donald Duck

Reemployment Service Moves to Furniture Plant

The Gallia County National Reemployment Service shifts from the post office to the Logan Furniture Company plant at Second and Sycamore Streets for more space. Since 1934 the bureau has placed 3,000 men, with a peak of 4,800 on file. new offices will house director Derry Wetherholt, clerk Robert Thompson, a typist, and statistics clerk Miss Anna Nibert with same registration hours daily.

Gallipolis National Reemployment Service Bureau Post Office Logan Furniture Company Second Sycamore NRS Derry Wetherholt Wetherholt Ferry Dillon Gallipolis Dam Anna Nibert Furniture Company

Brumfield Funeral Services Held for Mrs Brumfield

Funeral services were held today for Mrs Fredericka Brumfield wife of Henry Lewis Brumfield who died at home near Mercerville of heart disease Surviving relatives include sister Mrs J W Swords of Crown City and half brothers David and James Stewart of Gallia County Burial occurred at Dickey Church cemetery nearby The article notes an unrelated figure about Canadian milch cows reads oddly and does not affect the obituary.

Gallipolis Fredericka Brumfield Henry Lewis Brumfield Mercerville J. W. Swords Crown City David James Stewart Gallia County Dickey Church

Gallipolis Health Officials Cite Limited Local Illness Data

The report notes uncertainty over a new disease case in Gallia County and mentions a five year gap since the last comparable incident. Dr. Shane says no scarlet fever is present in Gallia and the health committee is investigating potential cases and locations in the northwest region.

Gallipolis

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