Bigelow pension petitions returned for review in Gallia County
Gallia County election officials returned about 1100 names from 2298 signers on Bigelow pension petitions. Irregularities included nonresidents, pencil signatures, missing addresses, and multiple signatures by one person. Circulators and locations listed. nearly all signers are reported as state age pension recipients.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
State Bigelow Committee
Election Board
Isaac N. Strausbaugh
Vinton
George Cremeens
Alice Durst
Cheshire
John D. Williams
Rio Grande
Isaac Myers
T. T. Watts
Crown City
John Cox
Charles E. Call
James A. Bo
Funeral Held For Mrs Hartsook In Vinton
Mrs Jennie Evans Hartsook 70 wife of Sherman Hartsook of Vinton died Sunday night of a heart attack. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Vinton Baptist Church with Rev W T Packer of Rio Grande officiating and Memorial Park as burial site. Surviving children include Mrs Virgil Fisher and David Hartsook Akron Millard Hartsook Hilliards Mrs Viola Gee Linworth Mrs Elizabeth Duffy Columbus Wendell Hartsook Ocoee Florida.
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Gallipolis
Jennie Evans Hartsook
Sherman Hartsook
Vinton
Vinton Baptist Church
W. T. Packer
Rio Grande
Memorial Park
Virgil Fisher
David Hartsook
Akron
Millard Hartsook
Hilliards
Viola Gee
Linworth
Elizabeth Duffy
Columbus
Wendell Hartsook
Ocoee
Fla
Modern Woodmen Plan To Hold Corn Roast
Members of the local Modern Woodmen camp and Royal Neighbors will attend a corn roast at the Gilmans near the state hospital Friday at 7 p m. Hosts provide all the sweet corn and butter. The event is described as highly enjoyable for members and their families.
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Gallipolis
Arthur Gilman
State Hospital
Checks on Gallipolis county equipment completed
Otis Drummond deputy sealer of weights and measures reports a county wide inspection found few discrepancies which have all been corrected.
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Gallipolis
Otis Drummond
Weights and Measures
Red Cross Roll Call Meeting Set for Athens
Local residents urged to attend the Southeastern Ohio Red Cross roll call meeting in Athens on September 22, announced by Mrs. C. W. Booth Gallia County executive secretary.
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Gallipolise
Red Cross
Ohio
Athens
C. W. Booth
Gallia County
Hospital reports on Thurman truck crash recoveries
Gallipolis reports indicate Columbus men George Eddelstein and Nelson Francis are recovering after a truck crash near Thurman two weeks ago.
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Gallipolis
George Eddelstein
Nelson Francis
Columbus
Thurman
Downs Honeymooning in Gallipolis and Cincinnati
Mr and Mrs Richard Downs of LaRue spend a honeymoon in Gallipolis and Cincinnati former home of Mrs Downs and nephew of Earl Smith of the Lafayette Hotel.
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Gallipolis
Richard Downs
LaRue
Earl Smith
Lafayette Hotel
Cincinnati
Gallia Family Has Four Daughters Undergo Tonsil Removal
Dan Alban of Gallia reports four daughters in Gallopolis were operated on for tonsil removal at a local hospital on Monday. The children are Eileen eight Phyllis ten Pauline eleven and Dorothy fourteen.
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Gallipolis
Dan Alban
Gallia
Eileen
Phyllis
Pauline
Dorothy
Maxville Beats Corning 7 to 2 in Sunday Baseball
Maxville defeated Corning 7 to 2 with Woodie Nutter earning the win and Tim Blankenship as catcher. For Corning, Weaver and Welch comprised the battery.
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Logan
Maxville
Corning
Woodie Nutter
Tim Blankenship
Weaver
Welch
Corning Battery
Miss Jennie Leffler to Teach at Calico Ridge School
Logan announces contract for Miss Jennie Leffler to teach at Calico Ridge School Falls District replacing Miss Eloise Kuhn who resigned to join Salt Creek District.
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Logan
Jennie Leffler
Greendale
Calico Ridge
Falls District
Eloise Kuhn
Salt Creek
Logan Charles Moore Leaves Hospital After Accident
Logan Charles Moore of Logan, injured in a motorcycle crash near McArthur, was discharged from Cher rington Hospital to his home on Monday. Other dismissals that day included Clarence Ray of Nelsonville, Mrs. Kenneth Cline and her infant son near Logan, and Lester Sheets of Marion Township who recently had an operation.
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Logan
Charles Moore
McArthur
Cherrington Hospital
Clarence Ray
Nelsonville
Kenneth Cline
Lester Sheets
Marion Township
Gallipolis Sets Plans for Sesquicentennial Committee
Gallipolis officials call a meeting of the Sesquicentennial Commission members Judge W R White Judge James S Clark George P Ewing Judge John Halliday John Gwinn A K Merriman and Homer W Walter to select a chairman and organize. Homer W Walter requests an advisory committee from the chamber of commerce to aid the panel in planning and budgeting under the $10000 federal appropriation consideration. Tentative plans to be discussed with no firm decision expected.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Sesquicentennial Commission
W. R. White
James S. Clark
George P. Ewing
John Halliday
John Gwinn
A. K. Merriman
Homer W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
National Congress
Corning Public Schools Set To Open September 5
Corning announces a Sept. 5 opening for public schools after summer renovations. Short sessions will run morning and afternoon to finish the class schedule with free textbooks in the afternoon. A teachers meeting is scheduled at 2 30 p m. Sept 2 for schedule changes and new student registrations.
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Corning
F. A. Cady
Ohio State University
Corning Public
Cady
Nelson
Board of Education
John W. Nelson
Chester C. Penrod
Clarence H. Dew
Albert M. Miller
Lenore Young
Edna L. Price
Margery L. Hoffert
Veneta Wilson
Eliza Murray
Edna Dew
Margaret Schlingerman
Robert Latta
Viola Rogge
Alice Mae Wilson
Chester Lehman
Former Corning Boy Weds Miss Iva Weavy in Pataskala
Lawrence Passen son of Mrs. Mary Passen wed Miss Iva Weavy of Pataskala on August 16 in Pataskala. Passen works at Donaldson Baking Company in Columbus where the couple will reside.
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Corning
Lawrence Passen
Mary Passen
Iva Weavyers
Pataskala
Passen
Donaldson Baking Company
Columbus
Friday Night Euchre Club Hosts Prize Night in Crooksville
Mrs Anita Cady hosted the Wednesday gathering for the Crooksville Friday Night Euchre Club with prizewinners Catherine Miller first and Maude Leeth second while Lydia Falsberry took floating honors. Lunch followed for Edith Sagle Edna Penman Anna Havelin Tillie Price Harriet Larmer Catherine Miller Maude Leeth Lydia Falsberry and Lillian Leeth aided by the hostess.
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Anita Cady
Crooksville
Maude Leeth
Catherine Miller
Lydia Falsberry
Edith Sagle
Edna Penman
Anna Havelin
Tillie Price
Harriet Larmer
Cady
Lillian Leeth
Sherwood Rebekah Lodge to Celebrate August Birthdays
After Friday’s regular lodge meeting the Sherwood Chapter of Rebekahs will host a birthday party honoring August birthdays. A program is planned and all members are urged to attend.
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Sherwood Chapter
Rebekahs
Sewing Club Hosts Picnic At Murray Cottage
Members of the Wednesday Night Sewing Club enjoyed a Thursday picnic and steak fry at the Murray cottage on the Muskingum River hosted by Mrs Isabella Murray. Attending were Helen Garrison Jane Robison Polly Roof Joan Edwards Mary Floyd Mary Evans Isabella Murray and children.
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Murray Cottage
Muskingum River
Isabella Murray
Helen Garrison
Jane Robison
Polly Roof
Joan Edwards
Mary Floyd
Mary Evans
Hospital Surgery Report From Perry County Hospital
Thomas Curtis underwent surgery at Perry County Hospital New Lexington last Thursday for appendicitis, tonsils, and hernia. Dr. Robert Miller of Hem…
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Thomas Curtis
Margaret Curtis
Perry County Hospital
New Lexington
Robert Miller
Hem
Local residents share visits and travel across states
Rev and Mrs Stoody return home after an extended California visit. Numerous families, including the Plant, Clifford, and Eickel clans, host and travel. Levions tour Colorado Springs to Banff and Lake Louise, while Spence and Brown households make trips to New York and North Carolina.
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Henry Stoody
California
Joe Plant
Jimmy
Wiggins
Moxahala
Raymond Clifford
Zanesville
P. H. Clifford
John Eickel
Bucyrus
Kate Eickel
Isabella Thomas
Butts
the Plains
Susanna Walker
New Lexington
Frances Patricia
Louisville
Gertrude Love
Hazel Eickel
Glouster
Marcelle Levion
Colorado Springs
Grand Canyon
Los Angeles
San Francisco Fair
Portland
Banff
Lake Louise
Canada
Thomas Passen
Columbus
Mary Passen
Fred Deavers
Catherine Schlingerman
John Lonergan
South Bend
Ind
Schlingerman
Texas
Margaret Curtis
Sherman Beaver
Leon
W. Va
Dewey Beaver
Louise Longstaff
Thomas Spence
New York
Elizabeth Murray
Atlantic City
Noel Baughman
Charles Brown
Crooksville
Robert Spence
Wilma Spence
Mary Ford
Pennsylvania
Jean Canoles
Toledo
Thomas Canoles
Stanley Brown
Mary Brown
Alice Brown
North Carolina
Lu Brown
New Fire Apparatus Reported Satisfactory
Logan report from the inspection bureau on the new fire apparatus for Prospect City lists the tests as satisfactory. Finishing touches are being added to the new pumper, which will be delivered this week.
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Logan
Prospect
T. B. Sellers
Gunshot Victim Leaves Hospital for Home
George Nichols of New Plymouth Route 1 returns home from Cherrington Hospital after two weeks of recovery from a gunshot wound to the left chest.
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Logan
George Nichols
New Plymouth
Plan Meeting of Festival Committee
Gallipolis notes a September 5 meeting of festival department heads in County Agent E G Royers office. Each head may name three assistants to aid planning for the fall festival opening September 24 and running through the week with tents and amusements contracted.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Festival Association
Harry R. Anderson
Homer Mossman
Art W. Carl
Ralph Davis
Briggs Kirby
John Russell
H. W. Walter
W. E. Wiseman
Nellie McNealey
John C. McNealey
Plan Benefit Game At Recreation Center
A donkey baseball game will be held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Spruce Street recreation field to raise funds for the Gallipolis Recreation Center. Teams include white and colored sides captained by Dr. R. T. Allison and Harry Stoddard with A. C. Safford as umpire. Proceeds buy equipment for the center.
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Gallipolis
Spruce Street
R. T. Allison
Harry Stoddard
A. C. Safford
First and
State Sts
Mrs. Phoebe Swick Dies After Long Illness
Mrs Phoebe Swick who would have reached 83 died Monday at her Morgan Township home after an 18 month illness. A son John lives in Bidwell and Edward at home, a daughter Mrs Hope Wiseman in Marion. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 p m in Campaign Church with interment in Pine Grove Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Phoebe Swick
Morgan Township
John
Bidwell
Edward
Hope Wiseman
Marion
Campaign Church
Pine Grove Cemetery
Condition of Airplane Crash Victim Improves
Marion Wedge, 23, aviator injured in a crash near Gallipolis, shows improvement at Holzer Hospital. Doctors report chest impact against the steering wheel may have affected his heart. visitors are restricted and surgeons monitor him closely.
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Gallipolis
Marion Wedge
Holzer Hospital
Logan Sisters Capture Twin Contest Title
Miss Euteva and Gene va Snider, 21, daughters of Mr and Mrs Charles Snider of near Logan, won in the national twin contest at Fort Wayne Indiana on Sunday. They were named identical twins in their class and earlier state winners at Buckeye Lake. About 2000 twin pairs attended the national event, and the Sniders received a trophy and posed for newsreel cameramen.
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Logan
Euteva
Geneva Snider
Charles Snider
Inhalator Demonstration Scheduled in Logan
Information reached Service Director R R Loomis that a Mine Safety Appliance Co representative will visit Logan Thursday from Cincinnati to demonstrate the new inhalator. Fire Chief Roy Stallsmith and Assistant Chief Gerald McLaughlin will receive instructions so a trained operator is available 24 hours daily.
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Logan
R. R. Loomis
Mine Safety Appliance Co
Cincinnati
Roy Stallsmith
Gerald McLaughlin
Youth Is Jailed For Trailer Theft
Gomer Smith of Eureka, 22, confesses to stealing jewelry and clothing from a trailer near the Eureka Dam. Police recovered most of the loot. he appeared before Magistrate Milliser and is held on a $500 bond. The Johnsons recently moved to Eureka and Smith works on a new roadway project.
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Gallipolis
Gomer Smith
Eureka
Hal Johnson
Ohio
Eureka Dam
Smith
Milliser
Johnsons
42 Couples Receive Marriage Licenses in August
Gallia County reports 42 marriage licenses issued in August to date, per Judge J. S. Clark. Weekend applicants include Elmer S. Burrows 39 of Hogsett West Virginia and Edna V. Persinger 19 of Gallipolis among others. names and ages listed for several couples.
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Gallipolis
J. S. Clark
Elmer S. Burrows
Hogsett
W. Va
Edna V. Persinger
Max Feldman
Columbus
Dora Lewis
Woodrow Ward
Doris E. Halley
John B. McGuire
Bladen
Ethel M. Harrison
Lecta
Holly White
Freda May Bowe
West Canton
Othel Woolum
Nora Boggs
Blackfork
New Pittsburg Soft Ball Team Challenges All Comers
Logan news reports New Pittsburg Soft Ball team challenges any Athens Hocking or Perry County team for games. Walt Shora pitches. the squad has played 25 games this season with three losses. Contact Jack Lanning Nelsonville Rt. 1 to arrange.
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Logan
Pittsburg
Athens
Hocking
Perry Counties
Jack Lanning
Walter Shora
Nelsonville
Deputy Nel lis Smith Struck by Gallstone Attack
Off duty Monday deputy sheriff Nel lis Smith seeks medical care after a gallstone attack. This marks a second recent occurrence of the ailment for the officer.
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Logan
Nellis Smith
Farm For Sale in Falls Township Ohio
Isaac Hite farm on Route 75 Falls Township near Gore nine miles from Logan Ohio includes 57 acres with a six room farmhouse a five room dwelling a large barn a garage other outbuildings a running automobile gas in both houses about five acres timber abundant water tools and productive soil suitable for a country home information available from local contacts.
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Isaac Hite
Route 75
Falls Township
Gore
Ohio
Logan
Beetle quarantine believed unenforced in Gallipolis
Nothing further has been learned at the Gallipolis office of County Agent E. G. Royer about enforcement of the Japanese beetle quarantine in Gallipolis city and township. No provision has been made for enforcement and little attention is being given the order.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Reemployed as Music Supervisor in Gallia County
Lois Fasig is re employed as county schools music supervisor by the county board of education. She will begin the music schedule on the opening date for all rural schools.
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Gallipolis
Lois Fasig
County Board of Education
Gallipolis DAR Members To Take Part in OU Ceremony
Local Daughters of the American Revolution will attend the dedication and unveiling of a tablet honoring Manasseh Cutler Hall at Ohio University in Athens. The event includes a band, speeches by state officials, ROTC taps, and the ringing of the old college bell.
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Gallipolis Dar
Gallipolis
Manasseh Cutler Hall
Ohio University
Athens
Orville D. Dailey
Dar
Albany
R. W. Finsterwald
W. K. Sterline
Sidney
J. Earl Gidding
Washington D
Dayton
Manasseh Cutler
Cutler Hall
O. D. Dailey
State of Ohio
James F. Donahue
Cleveland
Cutler
John W. Bricker
Herman G. James
Ohio
Vandalism Suspects Released Under Bond
Kenneth and Dorman Swick, Morgan Township brothers, charged with stoning Morgan Center Church and breaking window lights and glass tranoms, released from county jail on $300 bonds signed by neighbor D A Morris. Case slated for September grand jury review.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth and
Dorman Swick
Morgan Township
Morgan Center
D. A. Morris
Meb Wilt Jailed on Liquor Charge in Gallipolis
Meb Wilt of near Vinton is jailed on charges of selling liquor to a minor named William Swisher in the Gallipolis area.
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Gallipolis
Wilt
Near Vinton
William Swisher
Evans Family Reunion Planned in Chickamauga Park
Evans family and friends will gather Sunday in Chickamauga Park for a reunion and program.
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Gallipolis
Evans
Chickamauga Park
Fraley Rites Held in Gallia County
Crown City Lodge F and A M conducted a graveside burial for Emmett Fraley after religious rites at Mercerville Church by Rev. Thomas Taylor. Fraley died Saturday in Springfield and was a native of the county.
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Gallipolis
Crown City Lodge
Emmett Fraley
Mercereville Church
Thomas Taylor
Rodney
Fraley
Springfield
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