Manslaughter Trial Delayed at Gallipolis Court
The Gallipolis jurors delayed the manslaughter trial of Russell for shooting Barrett on August 14 as witnesses testified on self defense and the defendant’s role. Barrett’s mother and other neighbors described the confrontation while the courtroom heard the defense claim of threat and the shooting in the yard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrett
Aod
Russell
Sug Frat
Morgan
Kari Spires
Mason Russell
Rich E. BE. George
T. L. Ebswick
Ivan Russell
Goldiers
Tena Ward
Elza den
George
George Searles
Morgan Township
Gr Ang
Wes
Barrett Oscar Morgan
Ethil Barrett
Mia
Clas
Halliday Retires From Business in Gallipolis
John Ernest Halliday Sr. retires from the Halliday dry goods business on Second Avenue after a century of local merchandising. The Halliday building will be rented as closing-out sales begin. The Halliday family roots date to 1818 with Thomas Halliday from Scotland, leading to a long lineage including John T. Halliday and John E. Halliday Jr, a local attorney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Ernest Halliday
Second Avenue
Tom
John T
Halliday & Miles
John T. Halliday & Co
Alfred Henking
John T. Halliday
Ohio Valley Bank
John E. Halliday
Democratc
John EB. Halliday, Jr
Ohio Wesleyan University
University of Cincinnati
Tobacco and barley price shifts noted in auction
The report notes tobacco average at 18.79 dollars per unit after two days in the warehouse while Red leaf barley rises six cents versus the prior period with a one cent contrast.
Local Social Notes and Sports Across Rio Grande Area
A roundup of social visits and travels in Bidwell Wellston Columbus Gallipolis and surrounding towns. Highlights include Mary Ann Porter entering Grant Hospital for treatment and Dr T J Allison slowly improving. College basketball loss to Marietta 26 23 and high school girls winning 20 22. Vinton Mrs I W Jacobs reports jars of canned fruit stolen from the cellar during a Ladies Aid visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. C. Richards
Bidwell
Marian Sharp
Wellston
Carl McBride
Lewis Jones
Mary Ann Porter
Columbus
Grant Hospital
C. W. Booth
Gallipolis
T. J. Allison
L. F. Allen
P. R. Lyne
W. O. Aleshire
Ray Troth
Pleasant Valley
C. O. Clark
Orville Davis
Union Furnace
J. D. Williams
Dana Wickline
Little Son
Howard Lloyd
Thurman
Edna Arundel
Eloise Jones
Oak Hill
Marietta College
Marietta
Cadmus
Ladies’ Aid Society
Installation of Vinton Lodge officers set for Dec 27
Mrs. Erva Edwards of Gallipolis will install new officers of the Vinton Lodge as the Eastern Stars join in a public installation service on December 27. Grand Esther of the Eastern Stars will preside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. E
Gallipolis
Erva Edwards
Grand Esther
The
Eastern Stars
Vinton Lodge
Stars
Masons
Gallia County tobacco growers vote on Kerr-Smith Act
Gallia County growers will vote Friday night at 7 on whether to continue the Kerr-Smith Act for 1935. Voting places include Gage schoolhouse Perry and Greenfield Townships Oak Dale school and several others. If more than 25 percent of land under burley is opposed the tax will not be levied next year. The act taxes 25 to 33 1 3 percent of gross tobacco sales.
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Gallipolis
Burley
Gallia County
Gage
Perry
Greenfield
Oak Dale
Ohio
Guvan
Harrison
Centenary
Green
Madasoc
Walnut
Addison
Cheshire
Rio Grande
Huntington
Raccoon
Bidwell- Porter
Morgan
Springfield
White Throne
Clay
Secretary of Agriculture
Local Notes From Kanauga and Nearby Towns
Mrs. Jerry Baumgarner of Pt Pleasant visited Mr and Mrs L Daughtery. J C Johnson and Homer Deardorff are home off the steamer Samuel P May. Miss Lona Hall goes to Pt Pleasant as housekeeper for Mr and Mrs Doe. Sidney Stewart home off the Steamer Dan Sullivan. Walter Woring of Martins Ferry called on cousins the Misses Wagner. Mr and Mrs Sam Giles home from Reed W Va where employed. Miss Gladia Easter home from Huntington where employed. Mr Speary of Pt Pleasant moved to Andrew White property on Main Street. Mr and Mrs Cecil Daugherty announce the birth of a baby girl Fri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Baumgarner
Pt. Pleasant
L. Daughtery
J.C. Johnson
Homer Deardorff
Samuel P. May
Lona Hall
Doe
Sidney Stewart
Dan Sullivan
Walter Woring
Martin's Ferry
Wagner
Sam Giles
Reed
W. Va
Gladia Easter
Huntington
Speary
Andrew White
Main Street
Cecil Daugherty
Sixty Men Work On Sanitation In Athens Co
Sixty men are employed by the Athens County Relief Office in building sanitary toilets. Labor prioritizes schools and dairy farms. materials cost $18. Foundations and buildings at Circle Hill school can be moved and erected at about 15 per day. Since work began over 400 toilets have been testified, with a notable drop in communicable diseases. Oscar Fulton heads the district. 22 counties comprise the Southeastern Ohio District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County Relief Office
R. L. Marlow
Circle Hill
E A. Newcome
Athens County
South Congress Street
Marlow
FERA
Trimble
Dover
York
Athens
Waterloo
Bern
Oscar Fulton
East State Street
Ohio
W. P. Johnson
H. E. Miller
Dr. Johnson
Pomeroy Daughters and Clubs Schedule Meetings
Regular meeting of the Daughters of Union Veterans was held Monday night at Odd Fellows Hall with plans to fill candy boxes for Meigs County old soldiers. Lend-a-Hand of Simpson M E Church to meet tonight at the church with Mrs. Bing and Miss Ebersbach hosting. Daughters of American Revolution meet Friday at Finsterwald residence with state historian Mrs. Eugene Persons as guest speaker. Federated Circle members visit Mrs. Ed Huber tonight at Unicon Avenue with Mrs. Baker and Miss Grueser assisting. Drew Webster Post of American Legion held a regular business meeting Monday night at the Leg to Be.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Daughters of Union Veterans
Odd Fellows Hall
Meigs County
Byron Bing
Lydia Ebersbach
Simpson M. E. Church
Ruel Finsterwald
Dor Schaefer
Daughters of American Revolution
Finsterwald
Lincoln Hill
Eugene Persons
Ravenswood
W. Va
West Virginia
Ed Huber
Federated Circle
Unicon Avenue
William Baker
Maude Grueser
Huber
Drew Webster
American Legion
Legtoe Ba
Reedsville Case Heard In Pomeroy Magistrate Court
Mrs. Ellen Newland of Reedsville was found guilty on intoxication charges in Pomeroy Justice court. She received a $75 fine, costs, and up to jail until $100 bond posted. The trial drew many witnesses and the case moves to common pleas court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Ellen Newland
Reedsville
Court of Justice of Peace
J. W. McCullough
Dend
McCullough
Justice of Peace
W. F. Osborn
Charles Rood
Ernest Rood
Smith
Athens
Roscoe McClain
Thomas Fork
Pomeroy Students Honor Roll Listed for Six Weeks
Pomeroy Senior High School announces honor roll for the six weeks ending Nov. 30. Seniors include Wallace Amberger and Chauncey Shumaker among six boys and fourteen girls. juniors list six boys and eighteen girls. sophomores feature ten boys and fourteen girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Senior High School
Wallace Amberger
Selim Blazewicz
Virgil Hamm
George Joachim
Chauncey Shumaker
Robert Stivers
Virginia Arnold
Virginia Compton
Mary F. Davis
Helen Jane Faris
Kathleen Howell
Ruth Huber
Florence McCabe
Gertrude Mees
Harriet Ohlinger
Mary Ellen Hennessy
Jeanne Hines
Ruth Maness
Mary Ellen Miller
Elma Spencer
Agnes Sutton
Ida Alice Waddell
Thelma Young
Frank Leifheit
Jed Mees
Brunell Stephenson
Lucien Casto
George Conde
Rowland Dals
Hugh Graber
Richard Hartung
Quinlivan Hayes
William Howard
Eileen Archer
Madge Arnold
Mary Clifton
Betty Cranston
Cordelia Curtis
Beatrice Holter
Nellie Hysell
Buena Jay
Vera Leibrand
Celia Leifheit
Esther Leifheit
Ann Weese
Genevieve Wi
Mary Williamson
Bible Study planned at Tuppers Plains church
Reverend Holman and church members announced plans for a weekly Bible Study class titled Life of Christ to run for ten weeks starting Wednesday at 7 pm. A Christmas service program is also being prepared for Christmas Eve by a committee including Phylis Newland Villa Kincade Mable Kim and Maggie Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains
Holman
Christian Church
Phylis Newland
Villa Kincade
Mable Kim
Maggie Parker
Middleport News Highlights Local Visits and Banquet
Mrs Laura Barnett returned Sunday to Guysville after a week with her sister Mrs C L Brooks. Mrs William Richman was taken to Holzer Hospital for surgery. James Allen, treated at Holzer for head and jaw injury, returned home on Hysel Street. Mr and Mrs A J Bibbee of Ravenswood WV visited their son Harold Bibbee and family on Grant Street. Annual varsity M Association football banquet tonight at 6 30 at the high school gym with dinner by the PTA and guest speaker Dick Larkins Ohio State freshman coach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laura Barnett
Guysville
C. L. Brooks
William Richman
Holzer Hospital
James Allen
Hysel Street
A. J. Bibbee
Ravenswood
W. Va
Middleport
Harold Bibbee
Grant Street
Pearl Street
Dick Larkins
Ohio State
Mrs Lilly Coates Hosts Queen Esther Class Event
Mrs Lilly Coates of Lincoln Hill invites members of the Queen Esther Class of Bethany M E Church to her home Tuesday night for a Christmas exchange. A casserole dinner and business meeting followed at Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church with devotionals led by Miss Lucy Gibbs and C W Jones of Shenango Springs who is in Holzer Hospital for treatment and reported slightly improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lilly Coates
Lincoln Hill
Bethany M. BE
Simpson Methodist Episcopal Church
Home Missionary Society
Lucy Gibbs
C. W. Jones
Shenang Springs
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Democrats To Meet Pomeroy Club At Court House
The Young Men's Democratic Club plans a Thursday 7:30 p m meeting at the courthouse open to men and women. Officers will discuss organizational activities and previous recommendations for posts by state or federal authorities. Otto Kreinbih was named for Pomeroy postmaster and Dale Carl for county superintendent of state highways.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Young Men's Democratic Club
Otto Kreinbih
Dale Carl
Sutton Farmer Edred Morris Dies at 44
RACINE Edred Morris a Sutton Township farmer aged 44 died Sunday at his home near Racine from a sudden heart attack. He is survived by his wife two sons Homer at home and Harry of Arkansas one brother in Kansas City and two sisters Mrs Elijah Hill and Acie Geyer.
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Racine
Edred Morris
Sutton Township
Here
Homer
Harry
Arkansas
Kansas City
Elijah Hill
Aciie Geyer
Missing Students Spark Hanover Mystery
Students Missing. David S. Lowdbot, a high school football star, vanished amid a nationwide hunt in Hanover New Hampshire. Dartmouth College sophomore J. G. Moody also disappeared, with no indicated connection between the cases. Moody reported as amnesia victim while Lowdbot shown as wanderer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davids
Lowdbottom
Hanover
N. H
J. G. Moody
Dartmouth University
Low
Moody
Confirmation services preceded by church dinner
EpIscopal Church members will be served a turkey dinner tonight by Grace Guild before confirmations led by Bishop Henry Y. Hobson of Cincinnati at 8 o’clock. The public is invited to attend the confirmation services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Episcopal Church
Henry Y. Hobson
Cincinnati
Grace Guild
Lewia Congreve Dies at Meigs County Infirmary
Lewia Congreve aged died Sunday at the Meigs County Infirmary. Funeral services were held today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lewia
Middleport Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Travels
Mr and Mrs Lee Rudisill spent Sunday in Circleville with relatives and friends. Mrs Dwight Kim returned home after visiting her parents Mars ion Evick in Huntington. Pearl Duffy Union Furnace Mary Duffy and C H Duffy Logan visited Frank Knopp in Middleport. Vance Stewart Logan former Middleport residents visited Mr and Mrs Frank Abbott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Rudisill
Circleville
Dwight Kim
Mars Ion Evick
Huntington
Pearl Duffy
Union Furnace
Mary Duffy
C. H. Duffy
Logan
Middleport
Frank Knopp
Seventh Avenue
Vance Stewart
Frank Abbott
James Mygatt Dies at 60 in Middleport
James Martin Mygatt aged 60 died Sunday night at his Middleport home. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 PM from his residence. Burial will follow in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
James Martin Mygatt
Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery
Sission Transferred From Hopemont to Cottage Adjoining Semitarium
After over two years at Hopemont Sanitorium in Hopemont West Virginia James Sisson moved to a cottage adjoining the institution. He now walks daily to the dining room and is described as improving in health. Sisson, a 1990 Middleport High School graduate, has many local friends pleased by his progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Hopemont
W. Va
James Sission
Sisson
Middleport High School
Children Group Elects Officers At First Baptist Church
The Middleport Dorcas Society of the First Baptist Church met Friday night with Mrs. Clarence Rupe. A large attendance common. Officers elected for the coming year include President Mrs Florence Bush Vice President Mrs Izora Guinther Secretary Mrs J M Mygatt Treasurer Mrs J C Leonard. The evening ended with social time and refreshments served by Mrs Rupe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport — Dorcas Society of the First Baptist Church
Clarence Rupe
Florence Bush
Izora Guinther
J. M. Mygatt
J. C.leonard
Mra. Rupe
Middport PTA to Host Dish Tow Shower in Gym Kitchen
At the Monday evening PTA meeting on December 17 mothers will host a dish tows shower to benefit the new gym kitchen. The event takes place at the thigh school building and promises an interesting program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Parent Teacher Association
Get Up Nights Remedy Ad Says Bukets Laxative Tablet
An ad targets men over 40 warning of night urination and offers Bukets tablets a green Buchu leaf laxative. It claims 12 tablets over four days flush bladder and acids, promising better sleep and a money back guarantee from Cline Pharmacy.
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