Rites Set for Elsie Houston Mills at Grace Methodist
Services for 42 year old Elsie Houston Mills will be held Friday at 2 30 p m at Grace Methodist Church Gallipolis. She was born April 16 1908 in Lawrence County wife of Tom Mills and member of multiple orders including Grace Methodist Gallipolis Chapter Order of Eastern Star Lafayette Shrine 44 White Shrine of Jerusalem and Gallipolis Temple 76 Pythian Sisters who elected her to the high est office. Burial is in Mound Hill Cemetery with pallbearers from the Pythian lodge. She survived by husband Tom Mills and children Mary Ruth and Tommy along with several siblings and parents.
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Gallipolis
Elsie Houston Mills
Grace Methodist Church
William Benson
Ray Womack
Dayton
Mary Ruth
Tommy
Doran T. Huston
Huntington
W. D. Huston
Donald T. Huston
Lowell
Chesapeake
Pearl Johnson
Proctorville
Lily Fisher
Mercerville
Fourth Ave
L. A. Donnaly
William Beachout
Arthur Hoyt
Claude Swann
Fred Smith
L. L. Lovette
Mahion Radeker
Gilbert Beard
Lew Arnold
Robert Thaxton
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Pythian Lodge
Pythian Sisters
Mound Hill Cemetery
Burned Body of Man Found in Home Fireplace
Gallipolis reports the burned body of 66 year old William J. Shoemaker found Wednesday in his Cheshire Route 1 home fireplace. Coroner Dr Warehime and Sheriff Ehman say the fire occurred Christmas Day with the body burned beyond recognition. Robbery not evident. Shoemaker, born 1884, previously amputated feet, survived by brother McClellan Shoemaker of New York City and sisters Mrs Bell Jones and Alice Shoemaker of Poplar Ridge. Service set for Friday at 2 p.m. at the Poplar Ridge Church.
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Gallipolis
William J. Shoemaker
Cheshire
D. R. Warehime
George Ehman
Ehman
Shoemaker
J. L. Coleman
Andrew Lemley
Warehime
Mr. Shoemaker
Cheshire Township
Jacob
Matilda Siders
McClellan Shoemaker
New York City
Bell Jones
Alice Shoemaker
Poplar Ridge
Lemley Cemetery
Kanawha River boat readings and gauge levels reported
Reports from Gallipolis and Kanawha River locks list multiple boats with up and down movements throughout the day and night. Upper gauge 17.7 feet, lower 14.4 feet, 15 feet at the rollers. Kanawha Palls 1.93 rising.
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Gallipolis
E. Hatfield
Marie
National
Sullivan
Pennsylvania
Kanawha
Sermet
London
Merrill
Solvay
Chris
Rowe
Rand
Patriot
Marton
Laughlin
Gallia County Court Grants Two Divorces
In Common Pleas Court Judge Robert M. Betz granted two divorces. Alma Geus of Gallipolis was granted a divorce from John Geus of Fairfield with custody of a minor child. Woodrow F. Hendren of Waterloo Star Route was divorced from Goldin A. Hendren of Waterloo Star Route with custody of minor children.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Robert M. Betz
Alma Geus
John Geus
Fairfield
Ohio
Woodrow F. Hendren
Waterloo Star Route
Goldin A. Hendren
Grace Methodist Church Commemorates 75 Years in Current Building
Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis marks 75 years of worship in its present structure with Sunday services at 10 30 am and a communion service. The article recalls the original 1876 opening of the church’s lower floor under Rev C D Battelle and notes the 1821 establishment of the first Methodist Church on land later housing the parsonage.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
C. D. Battelle
L. A. Donnaly
Grace Church
Donnally
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Ohio Land Company
Rufus Putnam
Manasseh Cutler
Robert Oliver
Griffin Green
Two Men Fined For Intoxication In Gallia County
John C. Blanton of Bidwell and Eddie Provence of Gallipolis were fined $5 and costs each after arrest by sheriff's deputies. They were arraigned before Justice Maurice Grover.
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Gallipolis
John C. Blanton
Bidwell
Eddie Provence
City
Maurice Grover
Two Injured In Collision on Burnett Road
A truck and car collision on a sharp Burnett Road curve near Patriot injured two people. Susan F. Frye 35 Martinsville Indiana Route 3 driver sustained a bruised hip and a passenger. Frances Kroll 22 Omaha Nebraska suffered severe head bruises. Earl Roy Shearer 40 Haverhill Ohio the truck driver was uninjured. Patrol described property damage as not serious.
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Gallipolis
Burnett Road
Patriot
Susan F. Frye
Martinsville
Ind
Frances Kroll
Omaha
Neb
Earl Roy Shearer
Haverhill
Ohio
State Highway Patrol
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Point Peasant
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