Burley Tobacco Sales Boost Reported at Gallipolis Warehouse
The Gallipolis warehouse opened the burley season with 12 000 pounds on the floor, three times last year’s first day total of 4 200 pounds. New manager Clifford Patterson arrived from Huntington, while A A A tax duties shift to W R Dunman in Wheeling. The 1936 39 burley contract details simplify signing and payments, with substitutions and status changes handled by contract termination and reissue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clifford Patterson
Huntington
W. Va
Huntington Tobacco Company
A. L. Lancaster
W. R. Dunman
Wheeling
Internal Revenue
Burley
K. R. Starbuck
Starbuck Sald
Secretary of Agriculture
Starbuck
Dogs Kill Sheep on Ecker Farm Near Centenary
Dogs killed about 20 Merino sheep owned by Sheriff E. E. Hatfield and Horace Ecker on the old Ecker farm near Centenary. A number of the remaining 70 were so badly injured they could not live.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
Horace Ecker
Ecker
Gallia County to start December Petit Jury term
Gallia County officials set a December 16 start for the Petit Jury term after a speedy Grand Jury session. Judge W R White and Prosecuting Attorney Harry Miller expect many indictments to plead guilty, reducing cases for open court. If trials don t fit the week, they will continue into January 1996. courtroom renovation may suspend trials for months. Sheriff Hatfield and Chief Fraley are summoning 87 defendants, including Arn Childers facing shooting with intent to wound in the Dan Earl Wagoner case.
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Gallipolis
W. R. White
Harry Miller
White
E. ©. Hatfield
John Fraley
Arn Childers
Dan Earl Wagoner
Huntington
W. Va
Childers
Dramatic Club Prepares Christmas Play at Rio Grande
Rio Grande College Dramatic Club plans an 8 o clock Friday performance of The Cricket on the Hearth at Rio Grande Community Hall. Programs will show the cast and acts, plus a recap of a previous Rio Grande student production. The Christmas tale, directed by Miss Florence Chubbuck, features music by Professor Harris and the college orchestra between acts.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College Dramatic Club
Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Simeon Bing
Ohio University
W. A. Lewis
Erva Edwards
Gallia County
Florence Chubbuck
Charles Dickens
Gilmore Brown
Pasadena
Lecta Garage Owner Notter Dies After Long Illness
Francis Notter 38 longtime Lecta garage proprietor dies after a three year illness. Survived by wife and five children Raymond Paul Junior Mildred Beile and Hollie ages 2 to 14. Parents Mr and Mrs Nash DD Notter a brother Dan and two sisters Mrs M R Massie and Mrs Harley Myers all of Lecta. Funeral at 2 Friday Walnut Ridge with Rev Ray Beegie Raysville officiating burial in church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Francis Notter
Lecta
Raymond
Paul
Junior
Mildred Beile
Hollie
Nash DD. Notter
Dan
M. R. Massie
Harley Myers
Walnut Ridge
Ray Beegie
Raysville
Gallipolis jail release follows theft arrangement
George Casey, held in the county jail since August, was released on Wednesday after arranging to pay for two heifers he allegedly stole on August 19 from Sidney Swann and Truman Burnette of Pt. Pleasant West Virginia. Judge W. R. White ordered sale of delinquent taxes totaling 10862 dollars in the case of E B Myers county treasurer v Lettie Thomas Gray and S S W Thomas. The latter’s crow petition claims Mira Gray owns a life estate in Cheshire Township property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Casey
Sidney Swann
Truman Burnette
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
W. R. White
E. EB. Myers
Lettie Thomas Gray
S&s
Proceeds From Vinton Bank Real Estate Sale Disbursed
Distribution ordered by the Common Pleas Court allocates $185 sale price in the Vinton Banking Company versus RK Baker case. Court costs amount to $37.45, $0.03 goes to the county treasurer, and $138.49 is awarded to the plaintiff.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Banking Company
Baker
Common Pleas Court
Methodists at Gallipolis Plan Winter Events
Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis, led by Rev. H. H. Wilbur, plans winter activities including an early January program. The Prince of Peace contest for Gallia County will be at 2 pm on Sunday, Dec. 8, with contestants from Rio Grande, Crown City, Gallipolis, and Vinton churches. Alternates are listed.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
H. H. Wilbur
Gallia County
B. L. Jones
Rio Grande
E.L. Miller
Crown City
George Sagen
Anna Mae Evans
Wintott
Merrill Phillips
Rio Grande High School
Norman Crary
Miller Methodist Church
Mary Bess Kent
First Baptist Church
Doris Heatley
Vinton
St. John's
Leo Carter
Elias Wetherholt
H. W. Waller
T.S. Berridge
A. J. Stormont
Charlies Phillips
W. 8. Downtain
Clarence Brumfield
J. A. Johnson
E. E. Null
Appeals Court Upholds Willey in Traffic Case
The Gallipolis Court of Appeals re affirmed the lower court verdict in H Richard Tipton v Frank Willey, finding Willey not liable for damages after a school bus incident on Garfield Avenue when Tipton boy was injured while crossing. The suit sought $5000 but failed at Common Pleas and in prior appellate reviews. Justices Blosser Middleton and McCurdy signed the latest decision.
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Gallipolis
Court of Appeals
H. Richard Tipton
Frank Willey
Willey
Tipton
Garfield Ave
Common Pleas
Appellate Court
J. Blosser
P. J. Middleton
J. McCurdy
Gallia County Reading Teachers Meet in Court House
Gallia County reading supervisor Mrs Gertrude R Carman calls a 10 30 Saturday Dec 7 meeting for teachers whose classes study the Elson Basic Readers in the courthouse She will explain the December 16 examination and select exam material from reports Ballots of first four grades on preferred books to be brought to the meeting Materials for schools will be distributed focusing on third and fourth grade special work John W Howell of Gallipolis qualifies as one of 14 attorneys to practice before the federal bar in Columbus
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Gallipolis
Gertrude R. Carman
Gallia County
Elson
Court House
Bradford News Notes
Bradford residents and relatives share visits over Thanksgiving weekend with families in Bradbury Pomeroy and Bailey Run. Attendees include Miss Betty Hunnel Miss Onedra Hendrix and Ruth Johnson recovering from illness while Ed Russell Morris Harrison attend a Red Men lodge event in Marietta. Local readers heard Dr Gaines M Cook and Joe Cleveland speak at the Church of Christ in Rutland.
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Bradford
Val Hysell
Bradbury
Flora Hendrix
Betty Hunnel
Pomeroy
Ed Russell
Clay Evans and Sons
Merlin Russell
William Stivers
Athens
Elder Johnson
Bailey Run
Onedra Hendrix
Blanch Conde
Marie Vancoony
John Eskew
Roy Price
Glenn Price
Homer Forest
Olga Smith
Eulah Evans
Charles Hysell
Vivian
Evelyn Price
Pearl Jordan
Harrisonville
Morris Harrison
Marietta
Ruth Johnson
Rutland
Gaines M. Cook
Joe Cleveland
Church of Christ
Morristown Church Holds Friday Cottage Prayer Meet
Weekly Morristown Holiness Church gathering set for Friday at 7 PM in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Houston on Bailey Run. Local faith participants invited to share prayers and reflection.
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Chauncey
Morristown
Carpenter Group Attends State B Y P U Convention
Local residents Mary Frances Carpenter Frances Rupe and Eddie Lou Howery attended the state B Y P U convention in Akron from Friday to Sunday traveling by bus with Gallipolis Middleport and Marietta delegates. Other community notes cover illness recovery Thanksgiving visits and postponed school entertainment.
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Carpenter
Akron
Mary Frances Carpenter
Frances Rupe
Eddie Lou Howery
Gallipolis
Middleport
Marietta
Auta Verigan
Holliday
Wilda Mae Starkey
Denver Rawlings
Will Combs
Daisy Rawlings
Rutland Elementary Honor Roll Noted for Second Six Weeks
Rutland elementary announces honors with Grade 1A through 6A lists naming students such as Coolene Hysell Betty Jean Miller James Grueser Cath erine Caldwell Betty Clench Cecil Wise and others. Local residents Miss Kathleen McGhee Wayne King Bell Jordan Baylus Tyree and families were seen in Columbus Buffalo Stand ard Mansfield Middleport Springfield and other nearby towns during weekend visits and trips.
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Rutland
Coolene Hysell
Betty Jean Miller
James Grueser
Catherine Caldwell
Betty Clench
Cecil Wise
Robert Schoonover
Earle Nelson
Donna Jean Jacks
Kenneth Kusee
Phyllis Wise
Joann Bartrum
Lillia Brooks
Betty Smith
Glenna Amos
Naomi Calvin
Marilyn Copley
Joe Denison
Betty Ann Egnor
Annie Engle
Juanita Gotschall
Kay Haley
Ebother Johnston
Pat McMillin
William Nelson
Lois Pickens
Mary Powers
Betty Ann Price
Clifford Snyder
Donis Taylor
Rachel Russell
Paul Ralph
James Schmoll
Harriet Bentley
Emogene Black
Laoma Grueser
Mary Fitton Jones
Evelyn Nicholson
Vera Marie Roush
Eloise Woodard
Cecil Calvin
Billy Clark
Eddie Powers
Robert Searles
Leafy Graham
Edith Thomas
Jean Plummer
Eleanor Taylor
Jimmy Denison
Esther Ralph
Rex Dunfee
Kenneth Miller
Georgia MacHarmon
Marie Tyree
Elmer Copley
Elsie Jeanne Roush
Richard Canaday
June Anne Carter
Alice Louise Harricon
Kathleen McGhee
United States Treasury Department
Columbus
Wayne King
Bell Jordan
Freda
Buffalo
W. Va
Baylus Tyree
Marie
Standard
Carl Denison
Mansfield
Marion Wood
Charley Grate
Middleport
Si Beaver
Newt Hawkins
Will Plummer
Laurence Millicoan
Mildred Barton
U. S. Treasury Dept
Dan Shumaker, Jr
Roy Barton
Laurence Barton
Alice Jean Plummer
Thanksgiving Social Visits Across Silver Ridge Area
Mrs. John Diller and family from New Lexington visit Dora Tuttle and family in Silver Ridge. Akron residents Mr and Mrs Walter Campbell join L H Partlow and others for Thanksgiving. Numerous local couples and relatives from Columbus Pomeroy Athens Sumner and Tuppers Plains spend the holiday with kin and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silver Ridge
John Diller
New Lexington
John. Swank
Akron
Dora Tuttle
Walter Campbell
Franklin Partlow
Columbus
Clarence Partlow
Pomeroy
L. H. Partlow
Horton Smith
Charles Messar
Chester
Silas Myers
C. F. Betzing
Harry Swank
Athens
G. W. Christy
Charles Chaffee
Sumner
Bert Smith
Ruth MaePherson
Tuppers Plains
Bernice Betzing
Molasses Now Sold In Powdered Market Form
Market notices announce a new powdered molasses product available for purchase. The development highlights easier handling and potential uses in baking and cooking.
New Star Shines in Offering at Schine's
Betty Burgess shines in Coronado at Schine's Athena Theater as an 18 year old debutante lead in a musical romance with Eddy Duchin. The film blends romance with comedy and features Johnny Downs while Jack Haley and Andy Devine provide lively support.
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Paramount
Coronado
Schine
Athena
Betty Burgess
Miss Burgess
Eddy Duchin
Johnny Downs
California
Duchin
Downs
Jack Haley
Andy Devine
Alice White
Leon Erroll
Haley and Devine
Philippines
Errol Hands
Berton Churchill
Burial notices for James Simmer and Mrs Reid in local obituary column
Fragmentary obituary notes indicate funeral services for James Simmer and Mrs. Matt Reid. A camp at Elkins and a Presbyt burial at Gallipolis are referenced with Rev L W Gitters in charge. A funeral jar and cemetery details are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Simmer
Matt Reid
Elkins
Reid
Rev
L. W
Etery
P Cate
Has Kabir GALLIPOLIS-M the first victim of bit fever
Fragmentary report notes Kabir Gallipolis most likely identified as first victim in a fever outbreak during a Holzer Ho incident involving a rabbit. Details are incomplete and unconfirmed in the readable text.
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Gallipolis
Holzer
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