Ten State Coach to Attend Tippie Dye Dinner Affair
The Columbus Sun reports a banqueting event for Pomeroy sports fans with a notable football coach from Ohio state set to attend. Tickets sold out as invitations circulate among fans in the region. The Martin Hotel hosts the banquet Tuesday night amid an anticipated program.
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Nec
Pomeroy Sports
Francis Q
Dyt
Chioty
Rawing Ecard
Billy
Columbus Sun- In
Pom
Secgate
Martin Hotel
Geldck
Mrs. Catharine Faehnile Rites Held in Middleport
Relatives announce the death of Mrs Catharine Faehnile of Middleport widow of Charles Faehnile at home on Butles Ave. Survived by two sons and Edward, two daughters Bernadine and four sisters. Funeral held Saturday at 10 o clock at St Francis Church with services at St. Jos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Catharine
Butles Avenus
Faehbnie
Charles Faehnile
Middleport
Edward
Cure
Bernadine
St. Francis Church
St. Jos
Death Notices for 89 Year Old Thomas at Summit Street In
Death reported Thursday for 89 year old Thomas at her daughter Mia’s home on Summit Street In. Survived by Joanna Woods and a son in New York City. Funeral held noon at Poeral Home with burial at Green Lawn Cemetery.
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Thomas
Mia
Summit Street
Joanna Woods
New York City
Carlotte Burnell
Resi
Poeral
Burial Green Lawn Cemetery
Unclear OCR fragment hints at art program and World’s Fair plans
Fragment mentions an orchestra, director, and pupils with plans tied to Chicago and a World’s Fair. References to drawings, embellishments, and a school program suggest an arts initiative linked to a World’s Fair exhibition. Details are fragmentary and names are partially unreadable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pera
Dtritza
Burke
Mance
Marces
Chicago
We, and the pit gone a topic of health and vitality
Fragmented text discusses health notions and minerals for well being. It mentions oxygen carrying and a mineral called Nery. partial references to SSO Bastric secret and Windies and dealers. Overall lacks clear events or individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S.S.S
Theodore Downie to Wed Dorothy Turner in Pleasantville
Announcement of the approaching marriage of Dorothy O Turner of Columbus to Theodore A Downie of Pomeroy on December 30 1934 at the bride elects mother home in Pleasantville Ohio. Miss Turner is a cashier at Business Men’s Assurance Company in Columbus and a Pleasantville High School graduate. Downie son of Dr and Mrs C B E W Downie of Lincoln Hill, a former Pom eroy resident now manager of the Beacon Service Station, Kerrs Run. The couple will reside in Pomeroy after the wedding.
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Pomeroy
Dorothy O. Turner
Columbus
Theodore A. Downie
Jane Beck
Pleasantville
Ohio
Turner
Business Men's Assurance Company
Columbus Business College
Downie
Middleport Residents Visit Relatives In Nearby Towns
Middleport brief notes visitors from Columbus Zanesville Marion and Charleston spent weekends with local families. Jeppie Swisher Stella Hersel and Mrs Beulah McCullum visited or returned home. Paul Cunningham and two orchestra members were in town with Mr and Mrs Cunningham for a weekend. Mrs C L Wilson and daughter visited, and Howard McElhinny and Mrs Serber moved on after short stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. E. Werner
Middleport
Mason City
Columbus
Jeppie Swisher
Stella Hersel
Cheshire
Howard McEjshinny
Charleston
Spiller
Beulah McCullum
Howard McElhinny
Mrs. Serber
Nitro
W. Va
Walter Howell
Grave Hill
Honor Daniel Tracy 76th Birthday Dinner
Daniel Tracy observed his seventy six birthday anniversary on Sunday with a noon dinner at the home of his daughter Mrs. Norma Goodwin Second Street where he resides. Reverend T. E. Maness and several relatives attended including A. O. Tracy E. J. Tracy and son Allison Mary Tracy Rachael Tracy and Willis Gilmore with daughters Geneva and Bernice of Huntington plus Clish Jacobs and Miss Eisie Hart and two daughters of the guest of honor Mrs. John Schmitt of Columbus and Mrs. Norma Goodwin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allison
Mary Tracy
Rachael Tracy
Willis Gilmore
Geneva and
Bernice
Huntington
Clish Jacobs
Eisie Hart
John Schmitt
Columbus
Norma Goodwin
Middleport People Travel Through Thanksgiving Weekend
Middleport residents and guests travel between Charleston Nitro Pomeroy Nitro and Parkersburg. Howard McElhinny visits family then returns home. Mrs Stephenson Mrs Serber Mrs Rupe and daughter visit relatives as illness of Mrs Bose remains unchanged.
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Gerald Rupe
War Veterans Meet in Gallia County To Form Camp
Spanish American War Veterans of Gallia County decide to stay with the Athens camp for now and form a local camp later. A committee was named to count Gallia veterans who could join the new Gallia camp. Ten Athens veterans attended, with others from the county.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Gallia Court Opens with Jury Chosen on Non Support
Gallia Common Pleas opens today as a jury is chosen to hear the non support charge against Frank Norman. Albert Snyder faces a trial for pointing firearms. The man slaughter case against Chester Blankenship is postponed as his attorney travels to Columbus for a dental operation.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Frank Norman
Albert Snyder
Chester Blankenship
Robert Switzer
Columbus
Reverends Call Completes Two West Virginia Bible Series
The Rev. J. Call of Mercerville has finished two Church of Christ series in West Virginia across the Ohio River from Raccoon Island. Pleasant Ridge yielded 11 converts and Millstone wrapped up last night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. ¥. Call
Mercerville
Guyan Township
Church of Christ
West Virginia
Pleasant Ridge
Millstone
Ohio River
Raccoon Island
Turkeys Stolen From Harrisburg Farm Near Ed Betz
Eight turkeys were stolen from the Ed Betz farm near Harrisburg either late for Thanksgiving or early for Christmas, investigators report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ed Betz
Harrisburg
Divorce Suit Filed by London Barrister Against Actress
John Cecilawice, a London barrister, has filed for divorce in London from Elis sa Landi the exotic motion picture star. The note mentions happier days and a visit by Lawrence to the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cecilawice
London
Elissa Landi
Lawrence
Houck Elected President of Gallia Trustees Meeting
Gallia County township trustees and clerks met in the courthouse to elect officers. H E Houck was chosen president with 8 D Halley vice president and Charles Cargo clerk. Joe R Thomas urged reenactment of the liquid fuel tax for 1936 to fund farmers, schools, city and township needs, and a four year term proposal.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
H. E. Houck
D. Halley
Guyan Township
Charles Cargo
Clay Township
Joe R. Thomas
Ashland
Ohio
State Association
Society and Personal Notices from Gallipolis
Invitations are out for a six o clock dinner and bridge at Mrs. Fred Plymale’s home Wednesday with co hosts. Ed F Jones and Luther Jones entertained 19 at a dinner at the Hotel Lafayette Saturday. Mr and Mrs William Boyd of Jackson and Chicago friends were visitors. Mrs W H Belcher spent the weekend with her daughter in Middleport. Lloyd Rock of Book Cadillac Detroit and wife visited Pt Pleasant and George Tabit Sr here. Kent Theviner’s funeral was attended by Clarence Virgil Theviner and sister Mrs Shirley Price. Floyd Stormont leaves for California for the winter. Clara Worman sang Peace at the Presbyterian Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fred Plymale
First Street
Stanley Plymale
Harry Maddy
Ed F. Jones
Luther Jones
Jackson
Hotel Lafayette
William Boyd
Chicago
W. H. Belcher
J. H. Grate
Middleport
Lloyd Rock
Cadillac
Detroit
Mich
Jon Rock
Pt. Pleasant
George Tabit
Diness
Clarence
Virgil Theviner
Iowa
Kent Theviner
Shirley Price
Illinois
Floyd Stormont
A. J. Stormont
California
Clara Worman
Peace
Presbyterian Church
Mrs Ferguson Injured When Horse Falls in Gallipolis
Mrs Eric Ferguson of Portsmouth, now resident eight years, fractured her leg when a horse she rode fell Friday. The broken bone extended about three inches. Her husband has worked at the local furniture factory for eight years and she belonged to several groups including the Contract and Thursday Clubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Eric Ferguson
Portsmouth
Sheriff’s sale auctions three land tracts in Gallia County
Deputy sheriff Howard Gates served as auctioneer Saturday at the courthouse. Carl Myers bought the Ward property of three acres near Chickamauga Park for $350 from a $450 appraisal. Buckeye Building & Loan took the 40 acre Lethridge farm in Springfield Township for $400, appraised at $450. The 19.5 acre parcel near Alexander Church in Perry Township received no bids. The Ecker vs Wood Boster estate involved a $3,000 appraised land value.
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Gallipolis
Deuuty
Howard Gates
Garnet Stringfellow
Jennie R. Ward
Ward
Chickamauga Park
Wee
Carl Myers
Sam Brown
Buckeye Building & Loan Company
James Lethridge
Springfield Township
Alexander Church
Perry Township
Thies
Everett E. Ecker
Emma Wood Boster
AAA Cards Necessary for Gallia Tobacco Market
Gallia County tobacco contract holders must obtain an allotment card to market their product. County Extension Agent R. R. Starbuck reports that without the card the signer faces a 2 percent deduction per hundredweight under the adjustment program. Cards are available at the county agent's office.
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Gallipolis
R. R. Starbuck
Gallia County
Hunting Accident Costs Gallia Boy 15
A 15-year-old Gallia County boy Charles Evans had an ankle shattered when his shotgun discharged while he climbed over a fence during a hunt. He underwent an amputation of his foot at Holzer Hospital Saturday evening. He is a high school freshman and son of Eli Evans of Mill Creek.
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Gallipolis
Charles Evans
Holzer Hospital
Charles
Eliovans
Mill Creek
Immunization Starts in Gallia County Schools
Immunization against diphtheria is underway in Clay and Ohio Townships schools led by County Health Commissioner F W Shane and County Nurse Margaret Jones, excluding Crown City and Paw Paw. In November one diphtheria case and nine ascariet fever cases were treated, with 21 home visits. Eight houses were placarded and three cultures taken. To date 268 children have been immunized. Two new orthopedic cases and one new tuberculosis case were reported in November.
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Gallipolis
F. W. Shane
Margaret Jones
Clay
Ohio Township
Crown City
Paw Paw
Notes on Marriages and Local Incidents in Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports Mrs. J. B. Clark catalogs marriages in Gallia County with 15 000 entries now and a projected 30 000. F B Straits family members mostly undergo appendicitis operations after Virginia Strait’s upcoming procedure at St Frances Hospital Columbus. Vernon Matthews of Eureka paid by officers for DWI causes a crash into Everett Delaney’s parked car on Locust Street.
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Gallipolis
Clark
Gellia
F. B. Strait
Thivenir
Virginia Strait
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Vernon Matthews
Fureka
Everett Delaney
Locust Street
Second
Matthews
Gallia County Boards Meet Tuesday at Courthouse
Gallia County school board members plan a meeting at 2 PM Tuesday in the courthouse to discuss building projects. C. B. Hatch, Columbus field agent for the board of control, will address the boards.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
C. B. Hatch
Columbus
Board of Control
Engineers To Draft Standard Practices In Ohio
Gallia County in Zone 7 of eight zones. N Leonard Gallipolis named chairman of county engineers board. A E Campbell Oak Hill leads Zone 7. Athens hosts meeting at Ohio University to set rules, fees, and uniform land survey methods while planning regional boards and changes to state laws.
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Gallipolis
State Committee of Representative Engineers
Gallia County
Columbus
Ohio
A. E. Campbell
Oak Hill
Athens
Ohio University
Oldest Gallia County resident John A. Stone dies at 98
John A. Stone, Gallia County's oldest citizen, died shortly after 1 a m in Gallipolis after a bout with paralysis. He would have turned 99 in two weeks on December 16. A charter member of the Methodist Church here, he served in the Civil War and remained active in veterans affairs until health confined him. He leaves his wife and 13 children among others, with funeral plans to be set today.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
John A. Stone
Methodist Church
Stone
Mia
George A. Tabit
Gallia County Car Purchases Compare November Totals
In November 1934 13 passenger and 5 commercial cars were purchased in Gallia County versus 12 and 2 in November 1995, per license data by clerk Margaret McCormick. Earlier in October 1934 24 passenger and 6 commercial cars were registered. A Columbus coupe wedding license was issued to Noel Allison Thomear 29 and Geneva Gary 21, both described as black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Margaret McCormick
Ot Courta
Gallia County
Noel Allison Thomear
Sge
Geneva Gary
Pomeroy Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Mrs Wright McCoria and daughters Ann and Mary returned home from Columbus after a two day visit with Maynard Davis family. Mr and Mrs Charles Caldwell and son and others were Sunday guests. Henry Priode hosts son in law Robert Tuck of Cleveland. Russell Bailey returned after Thanksgiving at home. Contract Club guests of Mrs M D Hartinger on West Main. William Griffith of Columbus spent weekend with Myrtle Griffith. Robert Jones and Frederick Reibel from Columbus visited Harvey Jones family. Hank Young travels to Toledo for work.
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Wright McCroria
Ann
Mary
Lincoln Hall
Columbus
Maynard Davis
Charles Caldwell
Roy McCutcheon
J. A. Edwards
Henry Priode
Robert Tuck
Cleveland
Russell Bailey
Pomeroy Contract Club
M. D. Hartinger
West Main Street
William Griffith
Myrtle Griffith
Robert Jones
Frederick Reibel
Harvey Jones
Jones
Reibel
Hank Young
Elizabeth Young
Naylor
Toledo
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs Mary Margaret Purdum
Mrs Mary Margaret Purdum 78 widow of John Purdum died recently in Middleport. Funeral services were held at 2 pm at the Methodist Church in New Haven with burial in New Haven Cemetery. several Middleport residents attended.
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Middleport
Mary Margaret Purdum
New Haven
Purdum
John Purdum
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