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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1937
Page
7
In the Keystone mining area near Gallipolis, six mines are picketed with more workers idle as talks stall. Sheriff C E Cramer warned over 100 pickets to stay peaceful while miners seek a wage code tied to December 15. The same district saw a fatal June 21 explosion.
Probate Judge Clark reports fewer applicants for marriage licenses this fall. Recent issuances include Owen Cantrell 21 and June Huntley 17 of Gallipolis, Floyd Kingery 21 and Ima Lucas 20 of Gallipolis, Howard W. Thoma 21 and Evaline Marie Johnson 21 of Pomeroy, Homer A. Hodges 30 and Hattie Simpson 29 of Cincinnati, Mase Calloway 23 and Demetrious Douglas 21 of Fayetteville, W V, Lester Bowers 21 and Hazel Thomas 21 of Middleport Cheshire.
Rehabilitation of the Municipal Building has reached a stage where Judge A J Stor mont and police officers have transferred their quarters to the Waterworks Building on Locust Street. Plans aim to have the entire building completed by Christmas.
Gallipolis Lodge of Elks conducted ritual services in Syracuse for Léroy Holmes aged 40 who died at Holzer Hospital from pneumonia.
The Rio Grande Dramatic Club will present the cantata Little Town of Bethlehem at Calvary Baptist Church Sunday evening December 5 as the feature of the College Christian Association meeting. The same cantata plays Gallipolis Monday evening at the American Association of University Women meeting under Florence Chubbuck. Cast includes Vivian Huffman Caro Pabst Leona Dodds Eleanor Brooks Georgia Langdon Gladys Sexton William Maynard William Griffiths George Job Carl Meadows Eleanor Lusher Imogene Yinger Eleanor Stroth Mildred Blair Marjorie Ash.
Gallia County parents with children at Ohio State University are invited to join the local OSU Alumni Chapter for the annual rally at the Lafayette Hotel in Gallipolis on Friday December 3 at 7 p m. Mrs D C Priestley chairs a committee to gauge parent interest. Dean Stradley, a prominent Ohio State figure and chairman of the Entrance Board, will speak.
Smith Hanna 78 a former Gallia County resident died at his Jerry City home after a yearlong illness. Survived by wife Missouri Walter Hanna and sister Mrs George Smeltzer. Funeral services were held at his late home. GALLIPOLIS Judge White reserved decision in divorce action Garner Hubbard vs Vada Hubbard. Green Township couple with three children.
Gallipolis crews drape a mile of greenery along Second Ave Locust to Court and Court to Third Ave with native pine ropes and red and blue bulbs. John McNealey oversees the city decoration and expects completion by Friday night for a general illumination.
Local Lodge of Elks plans annual memorial service at Grace Methodist Church Sunday morning. Exalted Ruler H B Ecker says members meet at the Elks Club at ten and walk to the church. Rev W Scott Westerman will deliver the discourse.
Gallipolis chamber backs hosting the Ohio Baptist Federation of Young People three day session in late November 1938. Local church members offer free lodging and breakfasts to about 500 delegates. a survey gauges feasibility, with completion expected in two weeks.
Announcement is made of the marriage on November 24 in Maysville Kentucky of Garrett Fellure and Omelia Noel. The couple will reside in Thurman after a honeymoon conducted in Kentucky West Virginia and Northern Ohio. she is a Rio Grande High School graduate.
County game warden Truman Burnett announces the law allows rabbit taking only with a gun and dog. Trapping rabbits is prohibited and offenders face heavy fines.
The Billy Bryant floating theater receives a full hull replacement and white repaint during spring prep at Kanawha River docks. Seating for 500 and a Reynolds show boat nearby undergoing repairs. both are the last floating theaters in the Ohio Kanawha Valleys and share the harbor.
A Hillsboro Sunday School teacher, impressed by the damage to Rio Grande College after a fire, led her class to raise 37 dollars for the college building fund. She said she had no prior connection to the college and was moved by the loss from an automobile incident nearby.
Check of hospitals and physicians offices shows no tularemia cases in Gallia County this fall. Earlier cases were reported but there have been no fatalities this season.
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