City approves garbage truck purchase and park use change
Gallipolis City Commission authorized City Manager John Gwinn to buy a new 1 1/2 ton garbage truck from Gallipolis Motor Co for 866 and reuse a city owned vehicle. Plans include a new 26 acre disposal site, hog farming using garbage feed, six hog houses, and 25 metal garbage cans. An ordinance limited City Park to amusement and recreation and a flood escape road project along State Street was discussed with potential state and WPA support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Gwinn
Gallipolis Motor Co
Gwinn
Edward Kirby
Chillicothe Road
Hampshire
W. W. Sigler
Municipal Board of Health
Howard Foster
Foster
Commission
State St
Chillicothe Ave
Chickamauga Bottoms
Chickamauga Creek
Mill Creek
State Hospital
Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad Co
Six Mile
State Highway Department
Grand and Petit Juries To Be Drawn Saturday
Names for service on grand and petit juries to serve this term were ordered drawn Saturday by Judge W. R. White. Jury commissioners D. Elmer Jones and E. L. White meet at one o clock. First session of the new grand jury will be Feb 20. Cases include shootings and cuttings while Byron Bodimer, ex finance officer at the state hospital, faces an embezzlement claim of over 7000 dollars. Bodimer pleaded guilty to forgery previously and is on probation. He lives with his mother in Eureka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. R. White
D. Elmer Jones
E. L. White
Byron Bodimer
State Hospital
Bodimer
Eureka
Licensed To Marry In Ohio and West Virginia Couples
Applicants for licenses to wed include John R. Mitchell 21 of Columbus and Merle M. McCloud 21 of Gallipolis Russell Lee 24 of Racine and Helen Sharp 24 of Gallipolis Lester Meadows 18 of Rio Grande and Juanita Pinkerman 18 of Crown City Harry Walker 21 and Ella Carlyle 21 both of Henderson West Virginia Robert McClarry 24 of Gallipolis and Emma Sprague 21 of Athens H H Shadle 21 and Katherine L. Sommers 19 both of Beech Hill West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John R. Mitchell
Columbus
Merle M. McCloud
Russell Lee
Racine
Helen Sharp
Lester Meadows
Rio Grande
Juanita Pinkerman
Crown City
Harry Walker
Ella Carlyle
Henderson
W. Va
Robert McClarry
Emma Sprague
Athens
H. H. Shadle
Katherine L. Sommers
Beech Hill
County Officials Attend State Association Sessions
Gallia County commissioners G. P. Ewing Jerry Grover and Dan Jones along with County Engineer Leonard traveled to Columbus for the annual meeting of their state association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Board of County Commissioners
G. P. Ewing
Jerry Grover
Dan Jones
Leonard
Columbus
Hold Stewart Rites Gallipolis
Funeral services held in Gallipolis for Charles M. Stewart 62 who died Saturday at his daughter's home Mrs Forrest Atkin. Interment followed at Portsmouth. In the same report it notes the steel industry could produce sufficient wire in a year to circle the globe 6 544 times or reach nearly to the sun and back, totaling 163 600 000 miles of wire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Charles M. Stewart
Forrest Atkinson
Portsmouth
DAR Social Meeting Honors Lincoln Theme and Delegates
Gallipolis Daughters of the American Revolution French Colony Chapter hosted a large gathering led by regent Mrs. Harry R. Hurn elected as delegate to the 49th Continental Congress in Washington in April. Alternate selections were made for Catherine Hayward and Ella Rothgeb.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
French Colony
Daughters of the American Revolution
Anna Simmerman
Harry R. Hurn
Continental Congress
Washington
Catherine Hayward
Ella Rothgeb
Harry M. Miller
Robert Sherwood
Abe Lincoln
Illinois
Frank Bell
Abraham Lincoln
Frank Wetherholt
George
Martha Washington
Mt. Vernon
W. P. Beall
Robert Wood
H. E. Richards
Michigan
Nora Condee
Surprise 16th Birthday Party for Bonnie Danner
Saturday evening Mrs Arch Danner hosted a surprise party for her daughter Bonnie’s 16th birthday. Helpers included Mrs Otha Belville Mrs Ralph Boster and Mrs Melvin Sheets. Guests Eloise Roach Emogene Shoemaker Juanita Houck Geraldine Boster Audra and Dexter Saunders Dale Roach and the Belville Boster and Sheets families with Larry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arch Danner
Bonnie
Past Matrons and Patrons Hold Cheshire Chapter Dinner
Past Matrons and Past Patrons of Cheshire Chapter Order of the Star held their annual dinner at the Masonic rooms in Cheshire on Saturday evening. A covered dish meal preceded an open fire and a program in the chapter room. Members listed include Mr and Mrs Chauncey Rife Mr and Mrs Charles Rife Miss Ella Rothgeb Mrs Grace Bradbury Mrs Garnet Kirby and Mrs Clara Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Order of the Stern Star
Masonic Rooms
Chauncey Rife
Charles Rife
Ella Rothgeb
Grace Bradbury
Garnet Kirby
Clara Ward
Mrs Earl Mink to Host Happy Home Club Meeting
Mrs Earl Mink will entertain the Happy Home Club of Campaign Church on Thursday February 22 with the gathering postponed from an earlier date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl Mink
Happy Home Club
Campaign Church
Local social notes from Clyde and nearby towns
Mrs. Kate Mackenzie visits Clyde to stay with daughter and family. Robert Mackenzie and his four children accompany her. Birth announced of a daughter to Elmer Harrington and wife in Garfield Avenue. Lulu Mack returns from six weeks with son Charles Mack in Columbus. Elizabeth Carnes visits Pomeroy with Agnes Reed of Cincinnati. Reed is secretary at Hillsdale School for Girls. Lester White visits Columbus. Funeral attendance for Miss Rhoda Long in Point Pleasant includes Ella Lupton Garnette Lupton C J Norton and Charles Lupton. Gerald DeRalph and family from Columbus visit G E Craft family in town. Francis Elmer Lowry and son Jack with aunt C W O'Brien. Sylvia Jeffers and others visit Dana Tracy in Pomeroy. Roy Neal and guests visit Raymond Lyman in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kate Mackenzie
Clyde
Ohio
Ben Enos
Robert Mackenzie
Elmer Harrington
Garfield Ave
Lulu Mack
Charles Mack
Columbus
Elizabeth Carnes
Pomeroy
Agnes Reed
Cincinnati
Theodore Reed
Reed
Hillsdale School For Girls
Lester White
George Snyder
Ella Lupton
Garnette Lupton
C. J. Norton
Charles Lupton
Point Pleasant
Rhoda Long
Gerald DeRalph
G. E. Craft
Francis Elmer Lowry
Jack
C. W. O’brien
Sylvia Jeffers
Norman Sheets
Marian Jeffers
Evelyn Harrison
Dana L. Tracy
Roy Neal
Christine Bumgardner
Paul Casto
Juanita
Raymond Lyman
Jackson
This City
Band Mothers Card Party Set at Eagles Hall
Corning notes announce a Tuesday Feb 6 card party at Eagles Hall starting 8 30 p m with euchre bridge and Chinese checkers and a jitney lunch. Other items include revival services led by Arthur C Shonkwiler and a marriage announcement for Harry Murray Schottlekorb and Agusta Parsons.
Parties Endorse Two For Election Board
Republican Executive Committee endorses John E. Jones of Cora for county board of elections. Democrats back Harlan Fulton. Rival Republican factions led by Judge H. W. Cherrington and Harry Miller complete central committee lists for the May primary. Charles Boster launches petitions for county commissioner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Republican Executive Committee
John E. Jones
Cora
County Board of Elections
Harlan Fulton
Democrat Committee
H. W. Cherrington
Harry Miller
Central
Charles Boster
Ohio River Ice Locks Gallipolis District
The Ohio River remains ice locked in the Gallipolis area but is changing in appearance with clearer ice and visible water pockets. Ice depth measures about eight inches in places. Despite warnings about unsafe conditions, people continue to walk on the ice at the Eureka Dam and a few skaters are seen there daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Eureka Dam
Weed Funeral Held in Wheelersburg for Virgil C Weed
Funeral services for Virgil C Weed 84 of Gallia County were conducted in Wheelersburg by his nephew Rev Charles A Weed of Rio Grande. Interment followed at Briggsdale on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Virgil C. Weed
Wheelersburg
Charles A. Weed
Rio Grande
Briggsdale
Death notices Lynn Thompson of Kildare Oklahoma
E P Thompson of Little Ryger is informed of the death of his nephew Lynn Thompson at Kildare Oklahoma. Lynn was a son of the late George Thompson and was born and reared near Eno in this county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. P. Thompson
Little Ryger
Lynn Thompson
Kildare
Okla
George Thompson
Eno
Second Fire of Month Causes Slight Damage
Fire department responded to Tara L. Gibson's apartment on the second floor of the Gallipolis Dyeworks building yesterday after flames issued from a broken flue. Fire was extinguished with only slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tara L. Gibson
Evangelist Danner Speaks at Gallipolis Revival
Local vocalist James Danner will sing two numbers tonight at the revival in the Elks' building led by Dr. R A Howell. He will discuss the topic Booze and Bank Nights as part of the evening program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Danner
R. A. Howell
Elks
Florida's Ohio Club Mourns Ohioan's Death
The Logan Ohio Club of Orlando, at its Jan 31 meeting, noted the death of Miss Jennie Finney of New Plymouth. She died suddenly in the Chamber of Commerce while reading a letter. Finney taught school all her life and controlled oil interests. She was a devoted Presbyterian who lived by her faith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ohio
Orlando
Fla
Jennie Finney
New Plymouth
Stella Clear
Chamber of Commerce
Finney
Plans for PTA session in Logan organized citywide
Preparations are under way for the Ohio Congress of Parent Teacher Associations district meeting in Logan on March 20. Morning and afternoon sessions will be held at the Methodist Church for the seventeenth annual gathering. State president Mrs. C Tracy Lacost is listed to appear on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Ohio Congress of Parent Teacher Associations
Harry Thomas
Methodist Church
C. Tracy Lacost
LHS Players Guild Casting One Act Plays
Logan High School announces casting for three one act plays to be presented March 15. Miss Bartelle Hamilton oversees the group and notes not all roles have been filled yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan—Players Guild
Logan High School
Bartelle Hamilton
Two-Way Air Service To Be Installed Soon
At Chamber of Commerce meeting President Homer W. Walter announced All American Aviation plans a two-way daily airmail service with air express and passenger transport. If the contract with the post office expires May 12, the firm may establish morning and evening flights with Portsmouth Ohio replacing Huntington West Virginia on the route. Wellston and Jackson likely added while Middleport and Pomeroy remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Hotel Lafayette
Homer W. Walter
All American Aviation, Inc
Air Express
Washington
Post Office Department
Fearrying
Huntington
W. Va
Portsmouth
Ohio
Wellston
Jackson
Middleport
Pomeroy
Red Cross
David Beers
Walter
John MaeNealey
F. C. Christ
H. W. Wetherholt
Paul Mossman
Stanley Evans
John Mootz
Gilbert Bush
Meigs County ministers share brief Syracuse notes
Syracuse sees church gatherings and social visits as the Meigs County Ministerial Association meets at the Syracuse Methodist Church followed by a potluck. W.C.T.U. activities include Cathedral of Light and a temperance education program for local students.
Ankle Fracture Sidelined Mrs. Fred Deishire
Mrs. Fred Deishire of 581 West Front Street fractured her ankle after a fall on the sidewalk Friday evening. She had just visited Leonard Funeral Home to view the body of relative Charles A. Beman when the accident occurred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Fred Deishire
Front St
Leonard Funeral Home
Charles A Beman
Murray man returned to hospital after escape
Murray City deputy sheriffs arrested Floyd Bridges Sunday evening for his return to Orient State Hospital after he walked away from the facility some time earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray Logan
Floyd Bridges
Murray City
Orient State Hospital
Stewart Girl Feeds Birds At Country Home
Eleven year old Lou Winner, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Louis Winner, near Stewart, has fed fifty or more birds since the snow covered ground. She clears a yard feeding area and grinds corn on an old coffee grinder to feed the flock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart
Lou Winner
22 Girl Scouts In New Troop Earn Badges
In Gallipolis the 22 charter members of a new Girl Scout troop were invested with pins at a Methodist Church service. A Mary Ada Mackenzie one act play was staged for entertainment. Pins were given by Mrs. Kenneth Davis and aides Rex Lineberry and Judy Haskins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Ada Mackenzie
Kenneth Davis
Rex Lineberry
Judy Haskins
Kitty Boster
June Canaday
Marjorie Carson
Barbara Danner
Eleanor Deepping
Betty
Patsy Haskins
Elaine Lear
Charlotte Lloyd
Betty Jean McHenry
Anna Jean Mitchell
Eval Odell
Caroline Scott
Paula Switzer
Betty Lee Taylor
Jo Wells
Judy Wetherholt
Naomi Bradbury
Juanita Casto
Barbara Wheeler
Dorothy Gilkey
Long Bottom News Notes
Long Bottom notes report Thomas B. Randolph dies at 70 after long illness at his daughter Lucy Cowdery's home in Salem West Virginia. Funeral at his Salem home with Rev E L Miller. Others note family s illnesses, a serious stroke in Charleston, river ice for skating, and various local visits and travels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Thomas B. Randolph
Lucy Cowdery
Salem
W. Va
E. L. Miller
Reedsville
Bert German
Mary Sheldon
V. A. Nanna
Charleston
J. B. Shumaker
Pennsylvania
Jimmie Hanley
Fred M. Lewis
H. M. Hughes
Columbus
Parkersburg
E. L. Clark
Bangham Speaks on State Finances to Logan Rotarians
Robert R. Bangham of Wilmington, named state director of finance by Governor Bricker, spoke to Logan Rotarians Monday. He outlined the administration’s financial program and progress since Bricker took office, with a display of a state finances chart.Visitors included Werner Metcalf of Marietta and Dr. Walter Brehm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Logan Rotarians
Robert R. Bangham
Wilmington
Bangham
John W. Bricker
Werner E. Metcalf
Marietta
Walter E. Brehm
Injured Emma Downey Fractures Arm After Fall at Home
Miss Emma Downey a Hill Street retired public school teacher sustained a fractured left forearm Friday afternoon after tripping on linoleum in the kitchen. Both bones of the forearm were broken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Emma Downey
County Schools May Receive Hot Lunches
Gallia county considers expanding hot lunches to rural schools next year. Officials cite higher attendance and improved student morale from daily meals already served at Rio Grande and Gallipolis. WPA cooks could assist. costs to rural boards would be modest with surplus commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
WPA
Boards of Education
Rio Grande School
Held for Stabbing After Roadside Row
Earl Shaver, 26, 225 pounds and six feet tall, is held at the county jail on charges of stabbing Charles Walter Taylor, 26, in the abdomen Sunday night during a quarrel on a highway between Addison and Cheshire. Taylor's wound penetrates the abdominal wall but is not expected to be serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Earl Shaver
Charles Walter Taylor
Addison
Cheshire
Taylor
Car and coal truck collide on Cadmus covered bridge
James Rowley of Gallipolis drove a car that collided with a coal truck operated by C. K. Jones of Ashland Kentucky on a covered Cadmus bridge Sunday causing considerable damage to the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Rowley
C. K. Jones
Ashland
Cadmus
RESUME ROAD WORK IN GALLIPOLIS COUNTY
WPA road projects in Gallia County proceed after milder weather returns. work resumes across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Teen Hurt As Three Cars Hit Him
Elmer King a 14 year old Eastern Avenue resident was struck by three autos near his home Saturday night on the highway in front of the fairgrounds. He is listed in serious condition at Holzer Hospital with skull fracture lacera tions and possible internal injuries. Investigating officers say the drivers are blameless as the boy ran onto the highway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elmer King
Eastern Ave
Holzer Hospital
Fairgrounds
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THE
Athens Messenger
Allison
U. S
Bell Aircraft Corporation of
Buffalo
N. Y
Gallipolis Social Notes
Will Entertain
Jallipolis Personals
Corning Social Notes
Harry Murray Schottlekorb
Jessie Fry
George Schottlekorb
Agusta Parsons
John Parsons
Dennis Gallager
C. R. Garrison
Arlene Parsons
Schottlekorb
Ohio University
Owens-Illinois Glass Company
Washington Street
Sewing Club
Delcie Spence
Henry Stoody
Frank Schottlekorb
Robert Whitmore
Zionsville
Ind
Elizabeth Hardy
James A. Garfield K
P. Lodge
C. H. Schlingerman
Everett Dunlap
Virgil Davis
J. G. Blowers
Charles Fenneken
J. N. Fry
Brady Pierce
Jess Latta
Edward Wilson
William Hill
Nell Kochensparker
Maude Hardy
Thelma Frasure
Josephine Hermey
Martha Benedict
Anna Welsh
Dewey Beaver
Mildred Ferguson
Sarah Blower
Fern Morgan
Lorena Spence
Malinda Schlingerman
Elsie Exenkemper
Gwendolyn Nelson
Corning
Russell Embrey
William Matson
Glouster
George Murphy
Carl Murphy
Vernon
Mayme Lehew
Newark
Frank Murphy
Dale Martin
John Mason
East Hill
Jess Fry
Zanesville
Chris Burns
Mike Lamity
Election Board
Weed
Oklahoma
Florida
Ohio Club
Ohioan
LHS Players Guild
Social Notes of
Syracuse
Meigs County Ministerial Association
Ira Fleming
Branche Fleming
Robert Roberts
Marvin Roberts
Bellefontaine
A. M. Roberts
W.C.T.U
Virgil Campbell
H. L. Holter
John Cowan
Benson Cowan
Shade
N. J. Karr
Donald Holter
Man Tennehill
South
P. C. Williams
Williams-Miller
Rutland
Richard Duckworth
Women’s Foreign Missionary Society
David Flanagan
A. L. Flanagan
Women's Suedes
Hill
Enna Jettick Shoes
Athens, Ohio
Lee
Wilsxey
OED
Staaling Zenehone Wuisney F
the Old Quaker Co
Lawrenceburg, Inds
Bigelow, Sanford
Alexander Smith
Chas. P. Cochran
Zenners
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