Remodeling Gallia County Courthouse Pushes On
The Gallia County courthouse project in Gallipolis proceeds with double shifts as Clyde Dale plans to finish remodeling by Oct 1. WPA funds may add $5,000, basement work is done, and offices shift as Common Pleas Court moves to the new courtroom. E N Leonard hired to assist engineer Farnom Haskins at $150 monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Clyde Dale
Dale
Common Pleas Court
E. N. Leonard
Farnom Haskins
WPA
Leonard
Haskins
Police Define Street Rules After Accident
Gallipolis police described street rules after a minor collision Monday night at Third and Locust. Eldon Saunders of Gallipolis drove a taxi and Louis R. Runner of Chicago drove a coupe. Traffic at unmarked intersections follows the right of way to the car on the driver’s right unless signs or ordinances say otherwise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Eldon Saunders
Louis R. Runner
Chicago
Ill
Third
Locust Sts
Diltz Children Visit Columbus Grand relatives
Little Misses Alice Ann and Mary Belle Diltz of Columbus visit their granduncle Dr. Milo Wilson and grand aunt Mrs. Wilson. They are daughters of Mr and Mrs Herman Diltz, former Athens residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alice Ann
Mary Belle Diltz
Columbus
Milo Wilson
Mrs. Wilson
Mia
Herman Diltz
Athens
Ten Divorce Suits Filed in One Month
In Gallipolis the tenth divorce case of August was filed in Common Pleas Court. Alma Johnson seeks divorce and alimony from Charles Johnson alleging marriage last February and that he lived with her only two weeks. suit filed by her 18 year old next friend Cella Martin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Margaret Bing McCormick
Alma Johnson
Charles Johnson
Cella Martin
Public sheriff sale ordered in Hall vs Hall suit
In Gallipolis a public auction of two land tracts was ordered by the sheriff after Chester D. Hall and Sherman A. Hall elected not to take the property. Tract values were $2,860 and $2,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chester D. Hall
Sherman A. Hall
Slaughter settles bad check case in Gallipolis court
Rodger Slaughter completed a settlement of an alleged bad check and prosecution costs in Justice Fred Milliser's court Tuesday. Charged with forgery, he faced a check for 58086 drawn November 36 1934 on the First National Bank of Onk born Ohio, presented by George F. Bovie of the Ohio Valley Stock Sales Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rodger Slaughter
Fred Milliser
George F. Bovie
Ohio Valley Stock Sales Company
Slaughter
First National Bank
Onkborn
Ohio
Woman to attempt altitude record at local air show
Mark Gallipolis and Miss Irene Crum of Huntington announce plans to break all altitude records for planes under 440 pounds at the air show and regatta on Sunday August 23. The current women’s record is 18448 feet set two months earlier at New Market Virginia by Helen Ritchie of McKeesport Pennsylvania.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Irene Crum
Huntington
New Market
Helen Ritchie
McKeesport
Gallia County approves dozens of pension applications
The Gallia County Aid for the Aged board approved 46 reapplications and five new pensions, with 16 state-approved claims. Final amounts ranged from 5 to 30 dollars, with named recipients including Charles Alexander and Barbara Siders among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Aid For the Aged Board
State Board
Charles Alexander
Julia Ann Fulks
William S. Wise
Louisa M. Waddell
Amanda Moore
J. Franklin McClure
Clara Brammer
Rozina Lockhart
Margaret Smeltzer
Emily J. Drummond
Liddy Denney
Hiram Delaney
Ella Delaney
Emma Gerlach
Reuben A. Morgan
Edward L. McDaniel
William T. Clark
Calvin E. Roush
Myrta Elkins
Lydia J. Sheets
Barbara
John I. Evans
James R. Syrus
Mary Johnson
George Johnson
John B. Jackson
Charles Shifflet
William Muntz
James Harmon
David W. Hughes
Rutherford ordered to support child and pay fees
In Gallipolis the court ordered Robert Rutherford to pay two dollars weekly for the support of his minor child Franklin Rutherford and to cover fifty dollars in attorney fees in the divorce and alimony suit filed by Marjorie Rutherford through her father John M. Hix.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Rutherford
Franklin Rutherford
Marjorie Rutherford
John M. Hix
Lightning Strikes Six Steers in Gallia County
Six steers were killed by a thunderstorm near Keystone Sunday. Three head belonged to Gomer Davis of Thurman and three to Newton Davis of Keystone as they sought shelter under a sassafras tree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Keystone
Gomer Davis
Thurman
Newton Davis
Darst sells Kanauga farm to Perry couple in Route 7 sale
O A Darst sold his 20 acre farm and home on Route 7 between Kanauga and Georges Creek to Mary and G W Perry of Kenova. They expect to take possession September 1 after which the Darsts will store their furniture and tour for a time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
O. A. Darst
Kanauga
Georges Creek
Mary
G. W. Perry
Kenova
Darsts
Circus Brings Strong Attendance to Hang Shows in Gallipolis
GALLIPOLIS Haag shows drew good crowds with Viark Vark from the Himalayas as the lone animal on display. The circus opened here for the first time in two years and had been slated to appear the same day as historic primary elections in May but was cancelled at city management's request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Viark Vark
Himalaya
Hang
Haag
Edgell and Eagles reunions highlight New Straitsville notes
New Straitsville locals report the Edgell reunion at Job Smart's farm on Pattonville Road and an Eagles outing near Murray City. Attendees include the McNamee, Thome, Strain, Streit, Ward, James, Jewitt, Sheriock and Beattie families, with others visiting Columbus, Pittston, and Avoca.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
James McNamee
Patricia
Jimmie
Arvinla Spencer
New Pittsburgh
Edgell
Job Smart
Pattonville Road
John Thome
C.D. Strain
P. M. Streit Maude Ward
Gorden James
Lottie Jewitt
Bobbie
Eagles
Murray City
Letha Sheriock
Columbus
Allen Beattie
Beattie
Isabelle O'Brien
M. H. Hyland
J. C. Jones
John Andrews
Breeze
Ruth
Pat Boyle
Myrtle Boyle
Logan
Business Men Of Gallia To Outline Plans
Chamber of Commerce hosts a Thursday night meeting at the Hotel Lafayette to organize a Southern Ohio Highway Association with dinner at 6 and a business session to follow. The civic improvements committee reviews a municipal swimming pool plan offered by Dr and Mrs C E Holzer for the Riverview Hotel Building. WPA small dam projects in the county are referred to the conservation committee, chaired by Elias Wetherholt, with city cooperation asked. Committee members include L R Hall William Reese John Halliday Jr R E Jenkins and Farnom Haskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Southern Ohio Highway Association
Hotel Lafayette
C. E. Holzer
Riverview
Elias Wetherholt
WPA
Conservation
County Natural Resources Council
L. R. Hall
William Reese
John Halliday
R. E. Jenkins
Farnom Haskins
Commissioners named in Smeltzer Bugget partition suit
In a court entry by Judge William R. White, commissioners appointed are Frank E. Wetherholt Walter B. McCormick and E. J. Rosener for the John Smeltzer versus Clara Bugget partition case in Gallia County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Smeltzer
Clara Bugget
Frank E. Wetherholt
Walter B. McCormick
E. J. Rosener
William R. White
Aged Man Learns of Death of Daughter
Quin Davis an 87 year old Medina resident learned of his daughter Laura Gibson death in Cleveland from a cerebral hemorrhage. Laura left a husband Charles Gibson and five children. The notification came from son in law John Sanders during a Cleveland visit after the Guthrie reunion on Raccoon Island. Mrs Mary Graham Morrison dies in Birmingham Alabama.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Quin Davis
Medina
Laura
Charles Gibson
Cleveland
John Sanders
Davis
Riggs
Raccoon Island
J. Lt. McDaniel
Oak Grove Personal And Social Mention
Oak Grove notes visitors and relatives from Parkersburg Marion and Oklahoma. Birth announced for James Lee Howard. great grandmother Mrs. John Dishong. Local social events include a large Nanna and Brandenburg reunion and a well attended bingo party at York Grange Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
Arley Howard
Raymond Humphrey
Parkersburg
James Lee
Howard
John Dishong
Birch Hollow Grove
York Grange Hall
Verna France
Carbondale
Herbert Ely
Betty Foughty
Nelsonville
Wanda Wachenschwanz
Bumgardner
York
Thelma Ely
Helen France
Lizzie Gilpin
Mark Foughty
Foughty
Ed Carpenter
Anna Barnhart
Floodwood
Jacksonville Social Notes Parade of weekend visitors across Adena to Columbus
Local social notes list visiting relatives and friends from Adena Columbus Glouster Racine Parkersburg Racine Ravenna and McArthur. Gatherings at the Vore Anderson Lauser Nicholas and Weldon homes feature many families and children returning from trips and short stays with kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
Charles Cox
Beatrice
Bobbie Brown
Adena
Orley Vore
Vore
Pearl Anderson
Clarence Myers
Margaret
Max
Richard
John Anderson
West Carrollton
Edward Anderson
Baltimore
Beatrice Brown
Leona Nicholas
H. E. Mendenhall
Earl Mendenhall
Roberta Mendenhall
Violet Bernard
Parkersburg
W. Va
Harold Laughlin
Charleston
Eileen McKinney
Racine
Nicholas
Warren
Frank Davis
Pete Aleo
Dayton
Claud Weldon
Charlotte (Parker) Cribley
Joann
Lillian Parker
William Parker
Nile Love
Billy
Teddy
Glouster
William Hill
Lewis Watkins
Columbus
Charles Guinther
Eliza Cox
William Stephenson
Taylor Ridge Brief Notes
Miss Doris Davis returns from a month in Massillon visiting her brother and sister in law Chester and Mrs Davis. numerous Kempton, Davis and Canter family visits span Athens Glouster and Chauncey with dinners in Jacksonville and gatherings in Lancaster and Circleville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
Doris Davis
Massillon
Chester Davis
Dortha Kempton
Glouster
Bert Judson
Clifford Olbers
Dayton
Fred Olbers
Emme Olbers
Greens Run
Kyger Social Notes Highlight Local Events and Visits
Kyger residents attended an ice cream supper at Poplar Ridge and a bingo night at Mrs. Mary B. Rupe’s home. Local clubs met including Self Starter Club, D of A Lodge, and Junior O U A M. A Kyger ball team beat Addison Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kyger
Poplar Ridge
Mary Rupe
A. Lodge
Grace Dew
Toledo
Gladwin Werner
Wymond Bradbury
John
Dale Sisson
Perry Bradbury
Cincinnati
Mary B. Rupe
Eloise Tate
Evelyn Tate
Jean Rupe
Charles Swisher
Middleport
Perry Rupe
Opal Snowden
Columbus
Cora Ward
Mary Hix
D. of A. Lodge
John Spires
Vinton
Diffie Swisher
Ethelyn
Marjorie
Harold
Little Kyger
Clyde Rupe
H. M. Tate
Addison
Doanville Social Notes Highlights Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Ed ward Fisk of Columbus visit in the home of William Hoskins. Mrs Saul Wade of Akron visits her parents Mr and Mrs Charles Connor. Charles Thompson moves to Nelsonville. Harry Thompson buys and remakes the Collins property, planning to occupy it upon completion. Mrs Richard Tittle of Nelsonville visits son in law and daughter Carl and Mrs Wallace. Thomas Johnny and Billy Thomas win Buckeye Lake outing through a subscription contest and hope for state fair. Bertha Nixon and Ruth Nixon host Boys Sunday School with many local boys and their teachers and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Jones
Bea Smith
Simeon Nihiser
Nihiser
Lancaster Fair Grounds
Cele
Kroger
Mary Davis
Lottie Porter
Lena Grandy
Marion Livingston
Alfred Beybert
Cherrington Hospital
Mary Frances Kempton
Athens
Vern Kempton
Russell Poole
Buchtel
Carl Hildebrand
John Davis
Jacksonville
Elmer Davis
Shirley
Evan Davis
Kingston
Chillcothe
Circleville
Boyd Kennedy
Donald
Delano Kennedy
Lancaster
Forest Kelly
Saul Wade
Akron
Wade
Charles Connor
Charles Thompson
Nelsonville
Harry Thompson
Collins
Richard Tittle
Carl Wallace
Athens Messenger
Thomas
Johnny
Billy Thomas
Buckeye Lake
Bertha Nixon
Ruth Nixon
Gerttie Nixon
Ralph
Clarence Warren
James Hall
James Warren
Dale Coon
Gerald Warren
Harold Warren
Carl Cable
Donald Hall
Junior Merriman
Joe Wallace
Leonard Wallace
James Wallace
Tommy
Johnny Thomas
Tommy Joe Coon
Liza Hunter
T. J. Thomas
Edward Schoonover
Ralph Nixon
Sistersville
W. Va
Meredith
Ernest Thorne
Anna Shockney
Huntington
Annabel
Ravenswood
Robert Thorne
A. E. Livingston
Philip
Philadelphia
William Livingston
Alda Larson
W. C
R. J. Runion
F. G. Runion
L. A. Person
Pomeroy
Flora Runion
North Vernon
Indiana
Harry Runion
Homer Sowers
Convoy
Ohio
A. Z. Penrose
Columbus
Coolville
Hockingport Social And Personal Notes
Hockingport household gatherings as guests and visits are noted. Families named include Bailey Glass Cowdery Brumbaugh Galbreth Cole and Willett with relatives in Joy Akron Coolville and Belpre. A birth announced for Logan Ice’s daughter. Esther Bailey at Jackson 4 H club camp. June Medley visiting Belpre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hockingport
H. Bailey
P. C. Kennard
J. L. Glass
Joy
Joy Glass
Athens
C. A. Cowdery
V. C. Brumbaugh
Akron
Leslie Galbreth
Lois
Coolville
Ernest Cole
Dale
Howard
Leslie
R. L. Bailey
Harry Willett
Edwin
Fredric Medley
David, Belore
Carl Medley
June Medley
Belpre
Kanauga Social Notes Highlight Weekend Trips and Visits
Kanauga residents report Sunday picnics at Ash Cave and Old Man's Cave. Miss Ethel Mannon visits Mr. and Mrs. Gino Barsetti. Mrs. Herschel West plans an extended visit to Fostoria and Toledo. Several others travel to Huntington and Thurman to visit relatives. The piece notes a room addition for Grace Wagner and vacations for Athens Messenger carrier Billy Fowler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanauga
Nanna Rothgeb
Evelyn
Gilbert Bush
Louise Johnson
Eva Clare
J. C. Johnson
Sidney Swain
Ash Cave
Old Man's Cave
Ethel Mannon
Logan
Gino Barsetti
Herschel West
Fostoria
Toledo
A. W. Pullins
Clambell Marsh
Huntington
Harry Vickers
Vanmeter
Kaylong
W. Va
Maima Gino
Thurman
Lizzie Adams
Ray
Harvey Biggins
Steubenville
S. A. Stewart
Nanna Weethee
Athens
Grace Wagner
J. H. Wagener
Billy Fowler
Buckeye Lake
Stagecoach of 1796 Put on Display in Middleboro
A 140-year-old stagecoach once running Boston to Newburyport is now shown at a South Middleboro tavern. Four horses fashioned from heavy covering board are attached to the ancient vehicle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleboro
Mass
U.P
Boston
Newburyport
Hornets Use Dry Wood to Build Nests
Insects collect dry wood and chew it into pulp to construct their nests. The process involves grinding wood fibers and combining them into a durable structure.
Homecoming at Bethel M. E. Church in Coolville
Coolville notes cover a Bethel Ridge Homecoming planned for Sunday with Sunday School and services, plus an afternoon program. Also listed are church visits by Rev. Murphey of Parkersburg and a variety of guest and family visits from Athens Chauncey Ravenswood and Columbus, with local social events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Bethel M. E. Church
Bethel Ridge
D. F. Murphey
Parkersburg
Troy Baptist Church
Frost
E. M. Daugherty
Harriet Powell
Marjorie
John Graham
Charles
Illinois
Daugherty
J. L. Ferguson
Chauncey
Harold McBride
Ruth Ann
Athens
Mary Davis
Annabel
Ravenswood
C. E. Brandeberry
Cleveland
East
W. B. King
E. H. Stout
Roy M. Gordon
Paul
Howard Stout
Theuatter
Sue
Will Washburn
Columbus
Fred
Anna Warren
Etta
Ora Dunfee
J. FE. Meredith
Paroled Man Placed Back in Jail for Fine Nonpayment
Willie Runyons, paroled from the Ohio Penitentiary after an auto theft sentence in Ross County, was jailed in Gallipolis for failing to pay a $100 fine and costs for driving while intoxicated. The fine was set by Municipal Judge A. J. Stormont after his weekend arrest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Willie Runyons
Ohio Penitentiary
Ross County
A. J. Stormont
Runyons
Divorce Petition Filed in Athens County Court
Ralph Good of 2619 Hampden Court Chicago Illinois is alerted that Lucille Good filed for divorce and custody of a minor in Case No 1 of the Common Please Court of Athens County Ohio. Hearing set on or after September 17 1936. H J Rose attorney for plaintiff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Good
Hampden Court
Chicago
Illinois
Lucille Good
Athens County
Ohio
H. J. Rose
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SSS
Wilsons
Mark
Gallia
County Board
Darst
Circus
Tugwelltown
Mrs. Morrison
Kate Cherrington
Sherwood Moore
Mary Graham Morrison
Birmingham
Ala
Jacksonville Social Notes
Jack
Wade Johnston
E. C. Shirkey
Doanville Social Notes
Doanville
Edward Fisk
William Hoskins
Coolville News
Glendale
Aristocrat
Clover Farm
Portland
Portland Journal
Messenger
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