Gallia Man Denies Theft in $1900 Purse Case
Ted Halley a 45 year old WPA road foreman was arraigned in Gallia Municipal Court on charges of stealing a handbag containing $1900 from Mrs Anna Kohner at a local beer joint Saturday night. He pleaded not guilty and was jailed on a 1500 bond after being arrested Sunday. Kohner sobbed and said she and her sister had been drinking with two or more men when the alleged robbery occurred. The handbag and a small purse with a single dollar were found. investigators say the main money was not recovered. Halley offered no defense at arraignment.
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Gallipolis
A. J. Stormont
Anna Kohner
Ted Halley
Halley
Vinton
Hatfield
Court St
Lupton Bible Class Christmas Party Highlights
In Gallipolis the Lupton Bible Class of the Presbyterian Church held its annual Christmas party at the hostess Mrs. P. E. Pierce home. The program featured a Christmas poem by Mrs. Ernest Cating and devotional by Mrs. A. K. Merriman, followed by carols. Gifts were exchanged and a two course lunch served with red rose bud favors.
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Gallipolis
Ella Lupton
Presbyterian Church
P. E. Pierce
Pierce
Ernest Cating
A. K. Merriman
Presbyterians Host Christmas Homecoming Dinner for Students
Gallipolis residents from the Presbyterian Church and local high school faculty will host all students home from school on Sunday after Christmas at 5 30 p m. The church Social Circle will serve a dinner after the gathering.
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Gallipolis
The
Presbyterian Church
Death of Samuel F. Smith longtime Vin ton resident
Samuel F. Smith aged 95 longtime Vin ton resident dies at his Columbus home. His first wife was Kate Holcomb of Vinton and they lived there for many years. Funeral and burial set for Wednesday in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Samuel F. Smith
Vinton
Columbus
Kate Holcomb
Leif Bolin Returns Home After Hospital Stay
Leif Bolin, injured in an automobile accident in Middleport that broke both legs, has been moved from Holzer Hospital to his home in Langsville.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Middleport
Leif Bolin
Langsville
Paralyzed 74 year old John S. Robinson dies at Campaign Creek
John S. Robinson 74 died Sunday at his Addison Township home after a third stroke. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the family residence with Rev. R. R. Denney officiating. He was born in Mercerville, son of James and Hester Robinson, and survived by his wife Elizabeth Sexton Robinson, two sons Garland and Glenn of Norwood, and brothers and sisters in several states.
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Gallipolis
John S. Robinson
Campaign Creek
Addison Township
R. R. Denney
Mr. Robinson
Mercerville
James
Hester Niday Robinson
Emma McKean
Garland
Glenn Robinson
Norwood
Elizabeth Sexton Robinson
William Robinson
Columbus
Everett Robinson
South Dakota
Albert Robinson
Green Township
Bert Robinson
This City
Mary Tagg
Delaware
Nellie Robinson
WPA Grants Extra 22977 for OHE Buildings Maintenance
Gallipolis reports an additional WPA allowance of 22977 for the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics to continue building painting and site earth removal work while employing about 50 men. An extra 4224 is granted to transcribe survey descriptions tied to the coming flood due to the new dam.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Swisher Funeral Held Monday at Cheshire
Funeral services for Roy Swisher, a deaf mute, were held Monday afternoon at Cheshire M E Church. Rev H N Snider officiated. Interment followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery. Swisher, son of Matthew and Eliza Swisher, lived with his brother Galen. He darted into the road and was struck by a car driven by Rance Watkins, who was held blameless.
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Watkins
Rotary at Gallipolis Holds Christmas Party
Gallipolis Rotary Club meets at 6 pm for a Christmas party with a turkey dinner provided by Carl C. Byers led group and a Victory Dinner prize won by a division led by Elmer Caldwell. The program is impromptu, and members receive toys and noisemakers for the occasion.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Rotary Club
Elmer Caldwell
Carl C. Byers
Local News Briefs From Gallia County
Mrs. Clara Sheets wife of A J Sheets shows slight improvement from a diabetic coma in a Huntington hospital. Chauncey Runion who shot himself in the left breast at Holzer Hospital is reported improved. The credit bureau office run by Miss Birdie Cabbage was removed from Second Avenue to her home on Fourth Avenue.
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Gallipolis
Clara Sheets
A. J. Sheets
Huntington
Eddie” Long
Col. J. H. Long
Chauncey Runion
Holzer Hospital
Miss Birdie Cabbage
Second Avenue
Fourth Ave
G Men Target Harold Zack Thompson Imposter
J Edgar Hoover seeks Thompson of New York for multiple federal law violations over two years. Police records allege forging and impersonation, making him a major public enemy figure in federal pursuit.
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G-Men
Harold Zack Thompson
New York
J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Thompson
Vinton High School Alumni Sponsor Benefit Dance
Alumni of Vinton High School host a school benefit dance at the school auditorium on Tuesday evening December 28. Other diversions and refreshment booths will be available to raise funds.
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Vinton
Gallipolis
Vinton High School
Funeral services held for Mrs. Sarah Keeney in Lawrence County
Services took place Tuesday afternoon at Getaway in Lawrence County for 87 year old Mrs. Sarah E Keeney sister of Mrs. Minerva Unroe of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Getaway
Lawrence County
Sarah E. Keeney
Minerva Unroe
Roush Funeral Rites Held at Cheshire Baptist Church
Miss Addie Roush aged 83 died suddenly Saturday from a cerebral hemorrhage at the Swisher home where she resided. Funeral rites were conducted Monday at Cheshire Baptist Church with burial at Gravel Hill Cemetery, she was the last of her father Reuben Roush’s family and sister to the late Cornelius Roush, long cemetery sexton.
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Gallipolis
Cheshire’ Baptist Church
Addie Roush
Ed Swisher
Miss Roush
Reuben Roush
Gravel Hill
Cheshire
Cornelius Roush
Carlton Man Dies of Heart Attack in Carlton Home
George Gardner age 59 died Sunday evening at his Carlton home from a sudden heart attack after years of illness. His wife Florence Ralph survives. He is the son of John Ralph. Funeral services are set for Wednesday at 2 oclock at Cheshire.
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Gallipolis
George Gardner
Carlton
Florence Ralph
John Ralph
Cheshire
Legion Auxiliary Holiday Party Slated in Gallipolis
Lafayette Post American Legion and the Women's Auxiliary hold a mid holiday party Tuesday evening December 28 at the Elks Club with a program gifts and refreshments. A second event will occur early in the new year when both groups move to the Municipal Building.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Women's Auxiliary
Elks’ Club
Oyster Dinner for Yellowtown Council Members
Eighty members and friends of Yellowtown Council Jr. OUAM attended an oyster supper and program at the Thivener lodge hall Saturday night.
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Gallipolis
Friends of Yellowtown Council, Jr. O. U. A. M
Lodge
Thivener
Drug Store Relocation Planned in Gallipolis
The Gillingham Drug Store will move next year from the Elks' Building on Second near State Street to the Tabit Building on Court at Third. The firm already operates another outlet at Second and Pine Streets, formerly the C. D. Kerr Drug Co. site later replaced by a larger building by George A. Tabit.
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Gallipolis
Gillingham
Elks
Second
State St
Tabit
Court
Third
Pine Sts
C. D. Kerr Drug Co
George A. Tabit
Indigestion Fatal For 68 Year Old Mrs Brucker
Gallipolis Ohio Mrs Anna Chevalier Brucker 68 wife of John Brucker died at home in Thivener Monday from indigestion Ill only a few hours She was born at Clipper Mill and lived there all her life She leaves husband five children John at home Mrs G E Bodimer Indianapolis Charles Brucker St Albans Mrs Estes Plymale Thivener Nelson Brucker Gallipolis a brother Charles Chevalier of Clipper Mill Funeral services set for Wednesday afternoon at Ohio Chapel Church
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Gallipolis
Anna Chevalier Brucker
John Brucker
Thivener
Clipper Mill
G. E. Bodimer
Indianapolis
Charles Brucker
St. Albans
Bulaville Schoolto Present Christmas Carols
Gallipolis Bulaville School will present a program of Christmas carols Wednesday morning directed by Miss Lois Fasig, county school music director, assisted by teachers Clarence George Thelma Roush and Mary Ellen Fulton.
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Gallipolis
Bulaville
Lois Fasig
Clarence George
Thelma Roush
Mary Ellen Fulton
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du Barry
Yardley
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Horton Chocolates
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Ile
Trintily
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Wome
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Rade Soft
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