Vinton Board Member Ends His Service
Gallia County board of education met to open rural schools on Sept. 4. The resignation of Raymond Fisher from the Vinton village board led to the appointment of R. B. Poling. Bus driver certificates were renewed for numerous names including Charles McKinney and Virgil Green.
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Gallipolis
County Board of Education
Gallia County
Raymond Fisher
Vinton Village
Lawrence Green
Harold Lookadoo
Paul Denney
H. F E. Smeltzer
P. H. Burger
Kerr McCluskey
Ted McCurty
Charles Shafer
Bidwell
Virgil Green
Wyman Rutt
Griffi
Emerson Corbin
Elwin Willis
Cadmus
John Evans
H. Callahan
Benson Jones
Stanley Cooper
Robert Deckard
Centerville
C. S. Coughenour
James Ward
Floyd Rife
S. W. Swisher
Chester Ward
Cheshire
C. B. Saunders
Charles Hamilton
Frank Plymale
John E. Evans
Marshall Boggs
Marable Haffelt
Clay
Sanford Brumfield
Crown City
Hubert Sheets
Otha Cremeens
Ed Hulshorst
Paul Owen
Dewey Jilcoxen
Bruce McDonald
Melin Sheets
Green
E. Vita
Dale Ward Paul Grover
Guy Lee
Morgan
Judd Swindler
Delbert Boster
P. C. Gatewood
C. L. Johnson
Harold Swindler
Ohio
Spurgeon Rees
G. W. Corbin
John A. Wood
Lawrence Evans
Perry
S. E. Jenkins
C. F. Bonecutter
Harold Howard
Raccoon
F. B. Ralph
John Casto
Charles V. Casto
Clyde Eagle
Walter McGhee
John Hutchinson
E. E. Jeffries
Millard Parsons
C. C. Caton
Vinton
Foster Allison
Ural Houck
Hollis Saunders
Merrill Borders
L. W. Pope
Frank Herrel
Walnut
Cleveland Bank Sues in Gallipolis for Judgment Recovery
National City Bank of Cleveland filed suit in Gallipolis to collect a judgment for 2548.82 against Leo E. Carter of Caldwell Ohio, formerly of Gallipolis. Carter is a co heir with his brother Ivan Carter to their late father Robert Carter estate.
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Gallipolis — National City Bank of Cleveland
Leo E. Carter
Caldwell
Ohio
Gallipolis
Carter
Ivan Carter
Robert Carter
Young Mother Seeks Divorcement in Mehl Case
Mrs. Evelyn Mehl, a minor and mother of a two year old daughter Mona Jean, files for divorce from Edwin Mehl. She cites habitual intoxication and failure to provide as grounds.
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Gallipolis
Evelyn Mehl
Mona Jean
Edwin Mehl
Bethel Cemetery Renovation Planned by Ohio Township
Residents of the Gallipolis Bethel neighborhood in Ohio will renovate Bethel Cemetery tomorrow, organizing volunteers to repair grounds and preserve gravesites. The effort aims to improve safety access and restore vandalized or overgrown sections in the historic burial ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bethel Cemetery
Ohio Township
To Meet in Logan at First Christian Church
The Logan Ohio Eastern Christian Church conference will be held at the First Christian Church on Iron Street this week. The first session opens at 2 p m Thursday August 24 and the meeting continues through Sunday.
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Logan
Ohio
Eastern Christian Church Conference
First Christian Church
Iron St
Mayor Considers Fortification Hill Park Expansion
Fortification Hill Park, now popular, may be enlarged to include a city reservoir and two more shelter houses and grills for four total. A new roadway around the reservoir would create a scenic drive with added light standards and trees to improve the vista of Gallipolis. The park, municipally owned, has seen daily and nightly picnic and sight-seeing use with good order.
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Gallipolis
Fortification Hill
John Gwinn
Fortification Hill Park
State Official Purchases Howell Property at Auction
Gallipolis reports Harry M. Miller, Columbus official, bought at auction the residence of the late Dr. W. E. Howell on Second near Cedar Street for 7000 dollars. The sale closed a partition suit filed by Mrs. James Walker against the widow and the Howell brothers. Miller may return to Gallipolis to resume his legal practice.
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Howell
Gallipolis
Harry M. Miller
John Bricker
Columbus
John Halliday
W. E. Howell
Cedar St
Galli
Polis
Miller
James Walker
John
Harry Howell
Logan High School Football Practice Opens Season
Logan High School opens football practice this afternoon at 4 with Coach Tommy Bender in charge. Uniforms and equipment will be distributed, followed by conditioning work as the squad forms. Captain Bob McBride returns, likely moving to backfield, with Bill Shaw, Bill Bryan and others among early candidates.
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Logan
Logan High School
Tommy Bender
Bender
Bob McBride
Bill Shaw
Bill Bryan
Dan Roberts
Peck Mowery
Tommy Brehm
Jack Hughes
Morris
Hummel
Hamilton
Bill Johnston
Clyde Bloomfield
Lou Casto
Tracy Conrad
Riddlebarger
Dew
Wayne Todd
Fred Rose
Irvin
Fred Davis
Brandon
Kelch
Nutter
Logan Legion Seniors Defeated by Camp Nelson in 5-3 Tilt
Camp Nelson edged Logan Legion Seniors 5 to 3 despite being outhit. Leonard allowed five hits including three triples as Bill Spence produced two. Logan’s Batters hit seven, with four doubles, but failed to string runs together. Kenny pitched seven for Camp Nelson. Medley closed.
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Logan Legion
Camp Nelson
Bill Spence
Logan
Kenny
Medley
Lehman
Karshner
Smith
McClain
Leonard
Burgess
Webb
Green Perry Dies at Home Near Kanauga
Green Perry 59 died suddenly at his home north of Kanauga from a heart attack Saturday morning. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Addison Baptist Church with Rev. Jennings Cremeens. Interment followed in Reynolds Cemetery. Perry was a former railroad employee who had lost both feet in an accident.
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Gallipolis
Green Perry
Kanauga
Addison Baptist Church
Jennings Cremeens
Reynolds
Perry
Cave Region Attracts Record Crowd This Season
Ranger S A Reichley reports Old Man's Cave drew over 3200 visitors last Sunday and year to end of July runs 3000 ahead of last year. Scenic points share the surge with remote sites like Conkle Hollow and Cedar Falls rising in popularity.
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Logan
Old Man's Cave
Ranger S. A. Reichley
Conkle Hollow
Cedar Falls
Serious Condition After Several Local Hospital Admissions
Logan Arlene Leach daughter of Mr and Mrs John Leach underwent an appendicitis operation and complications at Cherrington Hospital Sunday and remains in serious condition. Harold Emerick son of George Emerick was admitted Saturday in serious condition. Mrs Charles Garrison Bremen Rt 1 and George Kuhn Rockbridge Rt 1 were also admitted or undergoing treatment at the hospital over the weekend.
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Logan Arlene Leach
John Leach
Cherrington Hospital
Harold Emerick
George Emerick
Charles Garrison
Bremen
Rt. 1
George Kuhn
Rockbridge
Kreider Family Returning to Logan
Mr and Mrs Paul Kreider and family plan to move back to Logan this week after two years in Wellston Rt 2. Kreider recently transferred from the D T and IL Railroad to the Baltimore and Ohio at Chillicothe but will reside in Logan with their son Edward a high school sophomore interested in band music and the Chieftain Band as cornetist.
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Logan
Paul Kreider
Wellston Rt. 2
Carbon Hill school dedication postponed
Dedication of the new Carbon Hill high school has been postponed until after the term begins. The building was recently taken over by the board of education from the contractor and suitable dedicatory services will be arranged.
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Logan
Carbon Hill
Board of Education
Smith Returns From Columbus Hospital
Logan Cliff Smith is back home from Columbus Hospital after several weeks recovering from a back injury sustained in a pool dive. His condition is steadily improving.
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Logan
Cliff Smith
Columbus
Souths Are Honored By Their Friends
A house warming party for Mr. and Mrs. W. H. South and family in McArthur Ohio R 2 followed their move into a new log home on August 1. Relatives and friends attended a pot luck supper and brought numerous gifts.
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Gifford Fee
Mildred
Wayne
Arthur Farnsworth
Lacey Hayhurst
Roy Nixson
Jean
Roy Jr
Richard
Lewis Kruger
Viola
Gay
McArthur
Arch Stanley
Melvin
Lucy Graves
Lenard Bails
Norva South
Charles Wakely
Columbus
Judge White Seeks Higher Post for Fourth District Appeals
Gallipolis Judge William R. White, with 19 years on the bench, announces his candidacy for the Fourth District Court of Appeals. He has wide acquaintance with lawyers and officials across the district and is frequently assigned to hear cases districtwide.
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Gallipolis
William R. White
Fourth District Court of Appeals
Logan Brief Social Notes
Miss Ruth White and Mr. William G. Tannehill wed at the bride’s mother’s home in Logan. Rev. A. Y. Wilcox read the ceremony at 9 AM on Sunday with close family present. The bride wore ivory satin. bridesmaid Miss Janet White wore aqua lace. A breakfast followed at the White House with 22 guests. The couple will live at 150 S. Orchard St after a wedding trip through Michigan Wisconsin and Canada.
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Ruth White
William G. Tannehill
John M. White
North St
A. Y. Wilcox
Athens
Janet White
Noel White
Newark
White House
E. Hunter St
William Krieg
Columbus
Louisa Jennings
Union Furnace
Miss White
Ohio University
PhilMu Sorority
Grove City
Logan High School
Tannehill
Girl Scouts Central Committee Plans Quannacut Camp Meeting
The central committee of Girl Scouts will meet at Quannacut Camp on Thursday at 4 o clock for a picnic and business session.
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Girl Scouts
Quannacut Camp
Feather family attends Mildred Gilsdorf Herman Mitchell wedding
Mr and Mrs Don Feather and daughter Jean attended the wedding of Mildred Gilsdorf and Herman Mitchell at the bride's home in Columbus Saturday. A reception followed. Feather is Mitchell's half brother.
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Don Feather
Jean
Columbus
Mildred Gilsdorf
Herman Mitchell
Mr. Feather
Mr. Mitchell
Marion Township Farmer Suffers Hand Injury
Sam Canan, a Marion Township farmer, injured his right hand last week while doing farm work when a knuckle was knocked off.
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Logan
Sam Canan
Marion
Divorce petition filed in Athens County Court
Mattie Chloe Wriston has filed for divorce against Perry Jennings Wriston of Kingston West Virginia in Case No 17404 of the Court of Common Pleas Athens County Ohio. The hearing is scheduled for on or after Aug 28 1939. R W Finsterwald attorney for plaintiff.
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Perry Jennings Wriston
Kingston
West Virginia
Mattie Chloe Wriston
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Bridge repair urged to handle growing traffic load
Logan officials say increased traffic over the Mulberry Street bridge, used by Route 75 and access to Kachelmacher Park, necessitates improvements. They seek state highway department cooperation in a bridge program.
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Logan
Mulberry St
Kachelmacher Park
State Highway Department
Indiana Car Tires Toll Evasion Fails
Two men and their wives named Hankle and Dillon drove a car with an Indiana license into the toll house at the Kananga bridge Saturday night. Sheriff Hatfield pursued them near Jackson, returning them to the bridge where they paid the toll and were released.
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Gallipolis
Hankle
Dillon
Indiana
Kananga Bridge
Hatfield
Jackson
Gallipolis Man Held on Assault and Battery Charge
Robert Weese, 65, of near Vinton, is held for a hearing in Magistrate F E Milliser's court on assault and battery charges filed by neighbor Thomas A Fox. Fox testified to facial marks shown in court as proof of the encounter.
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Gallipolis
Robert Weese
Vinton
F. E. Milliser
Thomas A. Fox
Fox
Divorce Granted Custody Awarded in Gallia County
Mrs Gladys Stanley is awarded a divorce from Eldridge Stanley and custody of their six children. She charges gross neglect as cause for action.
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Gallipolis
Gladys Stanley
Eldridge Stanley
Ore Shipments to Jackson Resumed on Logan Route
Ore shipments resumed through Logan to Jackson as destination. A double header train went to Jackson on Thursday with another the next day. C and O railroad has transported much ore recently with shipments via Portsmouth and Wheeling.
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Logan
River Division
Jackson
C. and O. Railroad
Portsmouth
Wheeling
Jail Order for Failure to Pay Support by Huston
Logan Clinton Huston was ordered jailed Saturday by Judge Phil Henderson until he can make scheduled support payments. He was cited for contempt for not paying as required by a prior court order and had prior appearances for missed payments.
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Logan
Clinton Huston
Phil Henderson
Hocking Spud Crop To Be Large In County
Logan Hocking County reports say the potato crop looks exceptionally good. Extension agent James R Smoot and B L Thompson observed promising tuber patches while touring 4-H Club plots and talking to several farmers about their crops.
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Logan
Hocking County
James R. Smoot
B. L Thompson
Man Saves Car by Pulling Wires After Short Circuit
W. E. McCormick of Dicken Addition averted damage to his automobile by pulling wires from the car after a short circuit. He severely burned his fingers. The car was in the garage when a small blaze was found.
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Logan
W. E. McCormick
Dicken
Five Couples Are Licensed To Marry In West Virginia
Licenses to wed were issued during the weekend to Baylous Waugh 21 and Nervie Melton 21 of Frazier's Bottom West Virginia Wesley Shoemaker 34 and Beatrice Hall 30 of Gallipolis David Ball 21 and Georgianna Webb 21 of Ew ington West Virginia Sullivan 21 and Mary Hastings 18 of Charleston Nathaniel Gould 63 and Laura Butcher 64 of Vinton.
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Gallipolis
Baylous Waugh
Nervie Melton
Frazier
W. Va
Wesley Shoemaker
Beatrice Hall
David Ball
Georgianna Webb
Ewington
W. E. Sullivan
Mary Hastings
Charleston
Nathaniel Gould
Laura Butcher
Vinton
Crookham Treated in Holzer Hospital After Club Attack
Otis Crookham, 21, of Leon West Virginia, is receiving treatment at Holzer Hospital for face injuries and possible skull fracture. He was struck with a club by a man described as an intimate associate with whom he had differences.
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Gallipolis
Otis Crookham
Leon
W. Va
Holzer Hospital
Colored Youth Treated for Foot Injury in Gallipolis
Harold Deeds, a young colored escapee from the Children’s Home, receiving hospital treatment for foot injuries after stepping on a nail. He resides in Porter and the accident occurred while he was traveling there.
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Gallipolis
Harold Deeds
Porter
Aged Woman Injured in Train Crossing Crash
Mrs. Nancy Clark, 79, Hobson resident, sustained head and leg cuts when a car carrying her and her son struck a train at the Hobson crossing. She is in Holzer Hospital with serious injuries due to the accident Saturday night.
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Gallipolis
Nancy Clark
Hobson
Holzer Hospital
Hobson Crossing
Stevers Sells Stock In Hardware Store
Charles B. Stevers of Gallipolis Hardware Co sells his stock to W. L. Ingerick who arrived from Huntington at the start of the year to join the firm. Ingerick plans to continue the business. Stevers declines to reveal his future plans.
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Stevers
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Hardware Co
Charles B. Stevers
W. L. Ingerick
Huntington
Ingerick
Walter seeks treatment for arm wound in city home
J. B. Walter of Harrison Township is at the home of daughter Mrs. L. C. Carter in Gallipolis to receive surgical attention for an arm wound received while working with a knife.
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Gallipolis
J. B. Walter
Harrison Township
L. C. Carter
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Tae Cire
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William Lytle
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Benton Township
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South Logan
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R. W. Finsterwald
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