Burley Tobacco Prices at Gallipolis Higher Than in 19 Nine Counties
Gallia County figures show 507,677 pounds sold for an average 16.85 dollars per hundred, ending January 24. Prices ranged 2 to 46 dollars. more was sold from Gallia Vinton Monroe Lawrence Meigs Noble Washington Champaign Jackson Ohio and Mason Putnam Jackson Cabell West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Burney
Gallia Vinton
Monroe
Lawrence
Meigs
Noble
Washington
Champaign
Jackson
Ohio
Mason, Putnam
Cabell
West Virginia
Patterson
Maysville
George Bagby
Huntington
W. V
Mennonite Colony Flees Mexico Over School Demands
In Cuauhtemoc, Mexico a 7000 strong Mennonite community faces disruption as the government enforces Spanish language curriculum and secular subjects. With 300 families already departing, leaders insist on maintaining their own schooling and language amid government education reforms. Local merchants warn the exodus could erase the colony’s farming base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Villa Cuauhtemoc
Mexico
Canada
Juan Rivas Zertuche
Obregon
Cuauhtemoc
Gallia Attorney Delivers Non Political Banquet Address
Gallipolis attorney Henry Cherrington addressed Kiwanians and Rotarians in Point Pleasant W Va at the first heated Community Building banquet. The southern Ohio Republican leader spoke on checks and balances and the Supreme Court protecting liberties across administrations. Attendees from both parties praised the speech.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Henry Cherrington
Pt. Leasant
W. Va
Cherrington
Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
Supreme Court
Pleasant
Rio Grande College Drama Club initiates five Gallia County students
Five Gallia County students were initiated into the Rio Grande College Drama Club in a ceremony on January 30. Helen Pierson and Faye Alban of Gallipolis joined Forest Thomas and Marcenla Clark of Rio Grande and Gienna Hesse of Vinton. Other initiates included Jerry Kirkendall Wellston Blake Moon Oak Hill Roberta Wilson Minford James Tracy Portsmouth Loren Dorman Dorothy Robinson Greasy Ridge William Fields Ironton George Grace Licking Agnes Hillgras Cadiz and Robert Edwards Zanesville. Two more qualified but were prevented by illness Kathryn Kinnison Oak Hill and Eloise Carey Coa Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande College Dramatic Club
Helen Pierson
Faye Alban
Forest Thomas
Marcenla Clark
Rio Grande
Gienna Hesse
Vinton
Jerry Kirkendall
Wellston
Blake Moon
Oak Hill
Roberta Wilson
Minford
James Tracy
Portsmouth
Loren Dorman
Dorothy Robinson
Greasy Ridge
William Fields
Ironton
George Grace
Licking
Agnes Hilligras
Cadiz
Robert Edwards
Zanesville
Il!ness
Kathryn
Kinnison
Eloise Carey
Coa Grove
Edwards of Gallipolis announce Eloise to James Smith
Mr and Mrs Clarence Edwards of Gallipolis Route 1 announce the marriage of their daughter Eloise to Mr James Smith of Huntington West Virginia. Mr Smith is connected with the Jeff Newberry shoe store and the couple will reside at 402 Fourth Ave Huntington after their honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clarence Edwards
Eloise
James Smith
Huntington
W. Va
Miss Hazel Kerr Becomes State Supply Office Bookkeeper
Miss Hazel Kerr daughter of Mr and Mrs Curtis Kerr has secured a bookkeeper position at the State Supply Office after graduating from Bliss Business College Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hazel Kerr
Curtis Kerr
State Supply Office
Bliss Business College
Columbus
Dayton Man Dies After Cancer Battle
Gallipolis Dunbar McEthinny, 43, died Saturday in a Dayton Ohio hospital of cancer. He was a nephew of Mrs. David Caldwell and Mrs. J E Halliday. son of W D and Ca Dunbar McEthinny. A wife and a young son survive. he was a salesman for the Frigidaire Corporation in Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dunbar McEhinnny
Dayton
Ohio
David Caldwell
J. E. Halliday
W. D
Ca Dunbar McEthinny
Frigidaire Corporation
Five Men Arraigned on Disorderly Conduct Charges
Five men were arraigned by Municipal Judge A J Stormont William Birchfield and Ralph Walters pleading guilty to disorderly conduct and assessed 10 dollars and costs Walter Lane fined 15 dollars and costs for intoxication and disorderly conduct Homer Lawson fined 10 dollars and costs for similar charges Wayne Young pleaded not guilty to disorderly conduct with his hearing set for Wednesday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. J. Stormont
William Birchfield
Ralph Walters
Walter Lane
Homer Lawson
Wayne Young
Junior Class Of Hospital Is Given Dinner
Becky Ann Johnson entertains Holzer School of Nursing juniors at Hotel Libby with a three course chicken dinner. Honored guests include four juniors headed to General Hospital Cincinnati for training and fellow nurses from Gallipolis Oak Hill Beverly Bev. Ironton Welliston Pomeroy Chesapeake and Glouster. Afterward nurses attend a dance at the Masonic Club with chaperons listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Becky Ann
John Johnson
Fourth Ave
Helen Newman
Ella Johnston
Holzer School of Nursing
Libby
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Miss Johnston
Glouster
Nelsonville High School
Johnson
General Hospital
Cincinnati
Helen Fry
Gallia
Margaret Lloyd
Oak Hill
Margaret McCormick
Maude Smith
Andrea Kiser
Ironton
Lucille Doak
Beverly
Ruth Freshcorn
Vinton
Lida Burl Rider
Pomeroy
Bernice Templeton
Chesapeake
Sarah Sc
January Auto Sales Mix Shifts From Cars to Trucks
Gallipolis reports show new car sales fell for passenger cars but rose for trucks in January compared with December. Margaret McCormick, clerk of courts, notes 43 total new vehicles sold each month, 42 passenger cars and one truck in January, and 34 passenger cars with nine trucks in December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Margaret McCormick
Licensed to Wed in Gallipolis Match for A J Larrabee Lena Jones
A marriage license was issued Saturday to A. J. Larrabee, 40, a blacksmith from Dunbar West Virginia, and Lena Jones, a Marshall County West Virginia native, authorizing their marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. J. Larrabee
Dunbar
W. Va
Lena Jones
Marshall County
Weather and illness postpone AAUW meeting to Feb 10
The American Association of University Women postpones this evening’s meeting due to bad weather and illness among members. It will now be held next Monday night Feb 10 with Dr Ella Lupton as hostess at her Vine Street home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
American Association of University Women
Ella Lupton
Vine &T
Buchtel Brief News Notes
Buchtel hosts weekly bingo at the opera house run by Buchtel High School with a PTA meeting planned for Wednesday February 5 featuring Mrs. J P Knight of Nelsonville and special music. Various local notices include burn injury at Salem Hollow mine, visits to Logan and Charleston, and PTA activities with Eva Wright, Dora Wagner, and the 40 and 8 Pinochle Club gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Opera House
Buchtel High School
PTA
Mra. J. PD. Knight
Nelsonville
Russell McDonald
Salem Hollow
Joe Mason
Logan
Gerald Corwin
Duard Mohney
Cherrington Hospital
Anon
Ralph Wilson
Eva Wright
Dora Wagner
Clayton Bookman
Charles Gaskins
the Plains
Julia Krakau
Pope Pius Receives Catholic College Delegations in Devotion Ceremony
Pope Pius welcomed hundreds of representatives from Catholic colleges and orders during a two hour ceremony on Sunday that symbolized devotion to the church as he accepted their candies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pope Pius
Ocean Island Defense Guards Gilbert and Ellice
The smallest British military force is stationed on Gilbert and Ellice islands. The Ocean Island Defense comprises one officer and 20 other ranks with duties on the Pacific outpost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Islands
Gilbert and Ellice
Ocean Island
Shade Briefs New Notes on Local Residents
Shade reports Shade-Alex Chiki recovering from appendix operation at Sheltering Arms Hospital with a second procedure for a left side abscess. Visits by Emmett Sauters in Chase and gatherings at J C Burson home, plus family illnesses and travel, including Lewis Harra's pneumonia recovery in Amesville. Grace Gwin visited grandparents. Blanche Gwin ill with pneumonia. George Fulton sold two cows to Vic Pierce of Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shade
Alex Chiki
Joe Bane
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Emmett Sauters
Chase
J. C. Burson
Lew Martin
Ray Martin
Roger
Athens
Charlies Martin
Elmer Harra
Amesville
Lewis Harra
Clyde Smith
Ray Bobo
Little Grace Gwin
Cecil Gwin
Margaret's Creek
Paul Jeffers
Blanche Gwin
George Fulton
Vic Pierce
L Washington dies in Gallipolis fireman remembered
Lewis Washington Negro died at his Third Street home near Lincoln School building after years as a fireman at the O.H.E. Survived by two sons in Athens a daughter and a brother Floyd Washington. Sons came Sunday to arrange funeral likely Tuesday afternoon in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lewis Washington
Third St
Lincoln School
O.H.E
Athens
Floyd Washington
January marriage licenses fall in Gallipolis as 12 couples wed
Probate Judge J S Clark notes January 1936 produced only 12 marriage licenses while 23 permits were issued that month in 1935 and 28 couples received licenses in December 1935.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. S. Clark
Daughters of the American Revolution and Service Club Meet
Regular meetings scheduled today. Daughters of the American Revolution will be hosted by Mrs. Frank Bell at 7 PM. Presbyterian Church Service Club plans 5 30 PM gathering in the church session room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Frank Bell
Service Club
Presbyterian Church
Narionas
Snedden on the Hill and a Roaring Ball Talk
A lively critique of President Roosevelt era politics and dancing at the President's Ball. The writer lampoons the Democratic program, asks about the League of Nations, and recalls the era's political rhetoric. It closes with a quip about poetry and motherhood as moral virtues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. L. Snedden Baker
Roosevelt
Blackbottom
Turn It Around The 1999 Cold Snap Commentary
In 1999 we faced a severe cold spell described as an epidemic frigidity while discussing adjustments to rising temperatures. The speaker recalls flipping a thermometer to cope with the chill and comments on efforts to end the frigid period.
Our dear old land of the Spree and Knave
A satirical jeremiad blames a belated gang of Ballywackers for constitutional indolence. The piece suggests their diet of inaction spreads a phony sense of brotherly love and labels it baloney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knave
Fire damages Addison home north of Gallipolis
A defective flue started a fire at the home of Mr and Mrs James Baker six miles north of Gallipolis Addison. Their son Paul Baker and neighbor Roy Rupe prevented the blaze from spreading from the upper story. The elder Baker is a section foreman for the C and P rail line with headquarters at Bidwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Baker
Addison
Here
Paul Baker
Roy Rupe
Baker
Paikroad
Bidwe
Poplar Ridge Realigns Amid Two-Week School Closure
Poplar Ridge schools remain closed two weeks due to bad roads hindering bus routes. Local children suffer illness including measles. Francis Harding and James Waters shopped in Gallipolis on Wednesday. Mrs. Kate Harding went to Ho zel Hospital Friday for a hip growth removal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Poplar Ridge
Francis Harding
James Waters
Gallipolis
Kate Harding
Hozel Hospital
John McLeish Hamden fur buyer dies in Orlando
John McLeish, a former Hamden fur buyer, died in Orlando Florida. A telegram to his nephew J. W. McLeish at Porter announced the death. He had made his home with his daughter Mrs Maggie Scott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John McLeish
Hamden
Orlando
Fila
J. W. McLeish
Porter
Mra
Maggie Scott
Julia Craig and Nesbitt reel from yacht cruise tensions
Julia confides in Amy that Nesbitt is the object of many women's affections while Amy insists she values him only as a friend. Julia fears Royal Nash's shoulder wound on Evergreen Island was no hunting accident, and Woodford hints at hidden details from the cruise as Julia visits to learn more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amy
Julia
Nesbitt
Evergreen Island
Hugo Nash
Royal
Condon
Sanders
Woodford
George Woodford
Mr. Woodford
Amy Sanders
Midsemester spending traced to Miami University students
Miss Elizabeth Carnes Edward Thompson Frank Haskins John Lloyd Burt Hanson and Vakeort Mertin are noted for midsemester expenditures traced to Miami University in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Miami University
Elizabeth Carnes
Edward Thompson
Frank Haskins
John Lloyd
Burt Hanson
Vakeort Mertin
Farm News Highlights Cold Weather Hog Pig Care and Chicks
Athens reports show livestock losses minimized by farmer actions during the cold wave. Calf and pig losses noted, but many animals survived with rubdowns and warm shelter. A New Marshfield group outlines 1935 36 farm projects for Waterloo High School students.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Athens County
NEW Marshfield AG
New Marshfield
W. C. Barrett
Smith-Hughes
Waterloo High School
Billy Addis
Robert Brown
Kenneth Carmen
Harold Efaw
Clyde Bly
Walter Giffen
Dale Mills
Kenneth Parsons
Glenn Reader
Gene Rorick
Dwight Shingler
Charlies Woods
Herman McKinley
Martin Pidcock
Wendell Russ
Ingram Herron
Francis Chesser
Waverly Campbell
Howard Pidcock
James Romine
Jack Sickel
Howard Hunter
Charles Hawk
Dewey Pickett
Jack Shingler
Charles Woods
Daniel Stright
Fred Rowland
Frank Steinmeyer, Jr
Dwight Shingle
Radio farm forum facilitators in Parkersburg
S H Fadely local vocational agriculture instructor conducts a radio forum via station WPAR Parkersburg WV to answer farmers questions. He is assisted by Eber Carpenter and three others who perform during musical interludes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
S. H. Fadely
WPAR
Parkersburg
W. Va
Fadely
Eber Carpenter
Rooster Tops Hens as Key to Egg Production
G S Vickers field manager of the Ohio Poultry Improvement Association told Farmers' Week the rooster is more vital to egg production than the hens. He said the question of which comes first is settled by the rooster’s role in fertilization and flock dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
G. S. Vickers
Ohio Poultry Improvement Association
Vickers
Vickers Addresses Poultry Growers in Ohio Counties
G. Vickers familiar to poultry raisers in Athens and Meigs Counties for addressing chicken clubs there over the past year. He spoke at the Athens poultry school and attracted attention with surprising notes on chickens, including the effects of keeping artificial lights on stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Vickers
Athens
Meigs
Canada
Dr Henry Gerlach Dies at Palm Beach
Dr Henry P Gerlach 78 native of Washington County Ohio and former Crown City physician died in West Palm Beach Florida after years of partial consciousness from a head injury in a battle. He practiced in Crown City from 1888 to 1903. Survived by son Dr Earl B Gerlach Huntington and sister Mrs Margaret Schneider. Burial in Woodmere Abbey Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Washington County
Ohio
Crown City
This County
Henry P. Gerlach
West Palm Beach
Fila
Peter Gerlach
Marshall College
Huntington
W. Va
Ohio Medical College
Cincinnati
Earl B. Gerlach
Margaret Schneider
Woodmere Abbey
Williams Injured in Auto Collision Near Airport
E N Williams of Crown City was brought to Holzer Hospital after a Saturday night car crash near the airport. He sustained a cut lip and possible rib fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. N. Williams
Crown City
Holzer Hospital
Sheriff Sale of Real Estate in Athens County
Public auction of a parcel in Athens at 1 30 PM on Monday July 10 1936 under a court order in the case Mutual Home & Sau socialation vs The Delta Sig House. Property on University Terrace Vine Street Athens Town Lot 0 assessed value and terms include cash two-thirds bid required. sheriff M D Hughes oversees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State of Ohio
Athens
University Terrace
Vine Street
Rees
Said
Cass
Charles Strat
Athens Coast
M. D. Hughes
Sheriff sale in Athens County Ohio delayed auction notice
The State of Ohio Athens George Sommers et al announce a public auction of real estate on Monday the 24th day of 1936 at 2 30 PM at the courthouse in Athens County Ohio. The property sits in Township 10 Range 15 and is described with measurements and survey details. appraised at 1.50 and sold cash as directed by the Athens County Court and Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Hayes
Torch
Ohio
County of
Athens
Stats
Tori
William Aid
Co Court
Athens County
Sheriff County
Charles Strat
Dorothy Parmit Meeker Terwilliger
George Sommers
A. D
Neur Gelock
P. M
Court House
Pany
Arnett Woolley
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