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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Aug 27, 1941
Page
10
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce plans an aggressive industrial program with Mossman stating an ad campaign to attract new industries and personal visits to showcase the city's resources. A city survey identified building sites for manufacturing and a farmers market concept is also under consideration.
Richards family members from Gallipolis plan a Sunday reunion at Tyn Rhos Church. The afternoon program includes hymns, readings, memorial, Welsh songs, vocal and instrumental numbers, historical address, short talks, and election of officers led by Rev. D. Ellis Evans.
Premium lists for fall festival exhibitors are being prepared in the office of Count Agent E. G. Royer and will be distributed soon. Cash prizes and ribbons will be awarded for top exhibits in many departments. The festival directors will meet tonight to discuss festival business.
Wedding announced for Miss Imogene Stewart and Thurman Denney at Rev J L Stephenson Bidwell. 65th anniversary for Mr and Mrs William Huron at Chesapeake with many county relatives. Various social visits and birthday celebration noted across Gallia County including Mill Creek and Mag Netic Springs.
Mr and Mrs John Haner entertained seventeen guests from Huntington and their wives for a picnic dinner on Raccoon Creek and an evening at Fortification Hill Park.
The local Eastern Star chapter conducted initiation ceremonies Monday evening in the Masonic Temple. Mrs. Harry Cameron Mrs. John O'Dell Mrs. George Ward and Miss Helen Henshaw received the degrees. A social hour with refreshments followed in the club rooms.
Katherine Ratliff a Ports mouth freshman at Rio Grande College received a surprise birthday party Monday evening in the new dormitory. The event featured games contests and refreshments with attendees including Bernice Throckmorton Winnie Cottle Helen Fern Williams and Garnet Gra.
Middleport notes Miss Lizzie Zuspan leaves Heath Methodist Sunday School class. She and brother Ben Zuspan plan to move to Delta Colorado in mid September after winter on Silver Run farm. Girls present games ghost stories dressing up clothes, picnic supper, and a kerchief shower for their teacher. Names include Virginia Lou Grogan Sally Virginia Lu Schaaf Mary Lou Lois Ann Smith Rosemary Fisher Patricia Kennedy Julia Mae Erwin and Bobby Byers.
Rain forced the Heath Methodist Church High School class to cancel the Galapolis swimming party. They gathered at the church for a picnic supper and then played shuffleboard. Mrs. Noah Haskins teaches the class.
The executive committee met at the Heath Methodist Church. Mrs. M. L. French was chosen to replace Mrs. M. W. Essex, who is moving to East Liverpool. Plans for the next meeting set for the second Monday in September with Mrs. John Kincaid and the August list of hostesses.
Mrs. James Sauders and Mrs. R. C. McBride visited Ath ens with Mr. and Mrs. Thor Olson while relatives from Youngstown joined. Various residents, including Mrs. Virgil Edwards and the Parsons family, hosted and traveled for social visits to Columbus Akron Dayton Detroit and Greenfield. Funeral attendances tied to Harvey L. Redcay bring relatives from Adamstown Pa and Columbus.
Gallia county rural enrollment is not expected to reach last year’s 3600 pupils. Superintendent W. E. Wiseman attributes the decline to families moving to larger centers for defense employment. Openings are set for Monday and Tuesday with renovated buildings and finalized bus contracts for 90 vehicles.
Gallia Dog Warden Roy Johnson reports a crackdown capturing 13 unlicensed dogs at a Vinton resident's home, ten in the area, and five at a city resident's home. All dogs were destroyed. Last year he found 860 unlicensed dogs, with some redeemed by owners buying licenses and paying penalties.
Pomeroy social notes recount Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Williams of Louisville celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. The couple, former Minersville and Coalton residents, were visited by Mrs. Nellie Smith and Mrs. Boney Mitchell on Mulberry Ave. before traveling to Denver and Louisville to see relatives including Mrs. Williams’ sister Mrs. Nellie Smith of Pomeroy and siblings Hayes and Homer Roush.
The Meigs County Pioneer Society will hold a Thursday 2 PM meeting at President Mrs. E W Kingsland on Court Street. They will plan the annual memorial service set for the first Sunday in October October 5.
A marriage license has been issued to Edward Ervin, 63, and Mary Wyatt, 56, both of Minford, Ohio, authorizing their forthcoming wedding.
James A. McCoy of Addison reached a private settlement with Mrs. Wilmetta Daniels Mulford of Middleport in a damage suit heard in Gallia County common pleas court. McCoy was awarded $10,000 for injuries from a collision more than three years ago. the case was nearing appeal when the settlement dismissed it.
GALLIPOLIS charged with non support Ira Spurlock has been sentenced to the penitentiary for an indefinite period He is said to have deserted his wife and children five years ago.
Middleport report shows Begner family moving from Evansville Indiana to the former McCarty home on Coal Street with two sons. the Wood family from Charlestown Indiana plans to occupy the Miller apartment on South Third Avenue, with Bill Wood a high school sophomore.
Middleport Literary Club members received their year books this week. The first meeting is set for October 8 with Mrs D B Hart inger hosting. The program committee includes Miss Bess Sanborn Miss Vivienne Middleton Mrs Marcus Chambers and Mrs Noah Haskins. Retiring president is Mrs Edward French and the new president is Mrs Rosener Zeiher. The club organized in 1894 and federated in 1900. The first president was Jennie Bradbury Hanlin.
The Amateur Garden Club program committee met yesterday afternoon at the home of Mrs F M Cluff, who chairs the committee as vice president.
GALLIPOLIS The sixty Republican and Democrat central committeemen of the county were told to nominate precinct judges and clerks to the county board of elections by Sept. 1. Single sets will be used to save money and speed returns. After the Sept. 5 filing deadline for the Nov. 4 election, the board will meet in a special session to judge validity. No nominating petitions have been filed for the county board of education and only Emerson Evans for the city board.
Gallia County jail inmate George Bowman 56 of Gage Perry Township faces a charge of attacking Mary O Grady s nine year old daughter. Mrs O Grady reportedly shot Bowman in the arm but not seriously. Bowman s hearing will follow a medical report from the probate court examination of the child.
Plans for a Farm Security picnic start at 10 a.m. Thursday on the Rio Grande College campus. Laurence Holliday states the event is open to members and invited guests with a noon picnic dinner and an arranged program.
Vin ton 18 month old Carole Ann Morris daughter of Mr and Mrs Cecil Morris sustained head injuries when struck by the family truck in the dooryard yesterday. Hospitalized here the child was discharged home today.
Attendance at the Gallipolis pool has dwindled and observers warn there is only a small chance it will continue beyond Labor Day.
The Plymale family of Gallia County plans to attend a Wayne County West Virginia reunion on Sunday.
Gallia native Rose Elizabeth Riggs will reign as queen of horticulture and agriculture at the State Fair. She will be crowned by Governor Bricker and tour grounds with her entourage. Her father E J Riggs chairs the state board of agriculture, serving since 1925, and she has attended every State Fair since 1890.
Chauncey Johnson of Centenary announces the largest consignment of calves and yearlings for the Sept 26 sale in Gallipolis. Major offerings include Herefords Angus and Shorthorns with no breed barred. 4-H Beef Cattle Club members will enter yearlings in the fall festival judging and exhibit Wednesday and Thursday, with removal to stockyards Friday for the auction.
Heavy rains delay construction on the Chickamauga road and bridge in Gallia County. When work restarts about 100 workers will be recalled, as nearly as many have been dropped from the rolls.
Gallipolis reports Thursday afternoon vacations for mercantile store employees end. All stores observing this custom will stay open Thursday afternoon for the first time during the summer.
Police in Gallipolis search for a prowler who has visited at least six East Gallipolis homes. In several cases forcible entry was attempted but no entry gained.
A Cheshire Methodist Church women’s society in Gallipolis is sewing about a dozen dresses for Red Cross relief shipments to England. The effort reflects wartime charity and local support for allied civilians.
The Coughenour family reunion is set for September 7 at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Butcher near Cheshire. Attendees are advised to bring their own lunches and share in a potluck meal.
A carload of 40 baled cotton and a 15000 yard roll of ticking arrived for the county mattress making project to start in October. Cotton stored at Farm Bureau warehouse on Pine Street. ticking sent to Middleport for cutting and sewing into covers as an NYA project. Plan is to manufacture 1560 free mattresses at community centers during Oct November and December. First ticking shipment will complete the work. over 100 bales of cotton still await arrival. Manufacturing starts in the northern half then the southern half to follow due to tobacco crop needs.
Gallipolis C B Allen a local merchant has offered a tabernacle building site near his home and promoters say erection plans are under consideration. The project aims for non Denominational use.
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