Herd Wins Buckeye Title and Leads Busy Weekend Basketball Play
Marshall clinched the Buckeye Conference basketball crown with an 22 to 16 win over Miami, completing an eighth straight league victory and a 24th win of the season. Wooster and Wittenberg extended long streaks while Kent State, Kenyon, and Marietta posted notable results, as several state teams prepared for tonight's matchups.
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Columbus
Marshall College
Buckeye
Marshall
Ohio
Wooster
Wittenhere
Mount Union
Miami
The
Herd
Redskins
Julius Rivlin
Kenyon
Nick Frascella
Frascella
Garden Woman Has Operation in Athens
Mrs Della Butts spends the week in Athens with daughter Laura Burton after a surgical operation last week at Sheltering Arms Hospital. Other items note visits and gatherings including the Swindle and Jeffers family activity on Bearwallow Ridge and various kinship ties in Athens Pleasant Hill and Pratts Fork.
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Della Butts
Athens
Laura Burton
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Denver Hall
Darwin
Oris Davis
Howard Swindle
Ray Jeffers
Bearwallow Ridge
Eugene Davis
Clarence Shaw
Maxine Goldsberry
Pleasant Hill
Flora Kyle
Goldie Colmer
Harry Smith
Pratts Fork
Henry M Lemore on Vacation From Daily Sports Column
Henry McLemore, veteran sports columnist, takes a rare two week vacation to Florida. He recounts seven years of travel and writing, praises Bold Venture’s Derby result, and jokes about needing a ghost writer to share the workload. Pinch hitters will fill in during his absence.
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Henry
New York
Florida
Henry McLemore
Polo Grounds
Europe
McLemore
Hollywood
Bing Crosby
Catalina Island
St. Louis Cardinals
Frankie Frisch
Cardinals
Frisch
Bold Venture
United Press
Northwestern Dominates Big Ten Race Lead Remains Strong
Northwestern clings to first place with a likely title showdown against Purdue in the season’s final week. The Wildcats beat Indiana 52 to 41, while Purdue edged Wisconsin 46 to 39 as Chicago ends a 33 game losing streak by beating Iowa 38 to 35.
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Chicago
Northwestern
Purdue
Iowa
Evanston
Ohio State
Minnesota
Indiana
Wisconsin
Michigan
Illinois
Hawkeyes
Hoosier
Wildcats
Jewell Young
Badgers
Young
Buckeyes
Bill Hapac
Pick Dehner
Hapac
Dehner
Tory
Paul Maki
Maroons
Puto
So Vtec Awe
Funeral Rites Held for Mrs May Davies Emerson
Funeral services were conducted at Peniel Church for Mrs May Davies Emerson of Columbus wife of Samuel R Emerson and daughter of the late David Davies. She had many relatives in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Peniel Church
May Davies Emerson
Columbus
Samuel R. Emerson
David Davies
Gallia County
May Sponsor Venture In Gallipolis Eyes Pt Pleasant Farm Commission
Gallipolis capital may back a new farm produce commission house to be opened in Pt Pleasant West Virginia. A local commission there was burned recently. Representatives from Armour and Company Chicago are surveying the scene to sponsor the venture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Capital
Farm Produce Commission
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Armour & Co
Chicago
Jeffra Beaten to Quit Bantams for Featherweights
Harry Jeffra lost to Sixto Escobar in San Juan, Puerto Rico, regaining the bantam title and prompting Jeffra to abandon bantams. Escobar won 10 of 15 rounds with three knockdowns and a unanimous decision. Jeffra’s manager announced plans to move him up to featherweight.
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San Juan
Puerto Rico
Harry Jeffra
Sixto Escobar
Jeffra
Escobar
Heinie Blaustein
Harry
Fighters End Training
New York U P champion Joe Louis and challenger Nate Mann wrap training for their 15 round heavyweight title fight set for Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden. Louis as 5 1 favorite heads indoors marking a historic return since 1920 with Dempsey Brennan bout. Mann, 22, from New Haven Conn, finished with a four round drill.
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New York
U.P
Joe Louis
Nate Mann
Louis
Jack Dempsey
Bill Brennan
Mator
Pompton Lakes
N. J
Boxing Commission
Mann
New Haven
Conn
Sparmates
Bobcats Fall To Musketeers In Cincinnati Showdown
Ohio University basketball fell to Xavier 47 to 27 on Saturday night in Cincinnati. Substitutes played roughly half the game as the Bobcats suffered their fifth straight defeat, marking Xavier’s first win in six meetings with Ohio.
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Ohio University
Cincinnati
Xavier Musketeers
Xavier
Ohio
B. T. Grover
Musketeers
Bobcats
Carroll
Nick Lalich
Lalich
F. Sinninsions
Soun Orgiitedictinnit
Grothaus
PS Ote Dicieijeicihiineini
Malokas
Sacs Sibaioli
Aes
Blair
de Saibasila
Eaischinwidlisaelets
Re Ewan
Peoples
Hide Hidie
Plains and Stewart Seeded In Athens County Cage Draw
The Athens County Basketball Tournament opening night matches seed two teams The Plains and Stewart in the upper and lower brackets respectively. Greens Run faces The Plains while Buchtel-Shade and New Marsh field-Steward games lead the four day event at Ohio University gym.
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Plains
Stewart
Greens Run
Ohio University
Albany
Coolville
Hollister
Ames-Bern
Jacksonville-Trimble
J-T
Greens
the Plains
Rome
Park Reichley
al Jolley
Barth Retires From Middleweight Ring After Steele Loss
Carmen Barth former Olympic champion and Cleveland gloves product fights Freddie Steele at Cleveland loses by seventh round technical knockout. Barth floored five times leading to towel stoppage after weighing 171 pounds during 160 pound limit attempt. Crowd 5 641. gate about 10 900. Steele purse 20 000.
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Cleveland
U.P
Carmen Barth
Eddie Mead
Barth
Freddie Steele
Tacoma
Wash
Mead
Carmen
Steele
Will Visit Gallia Gallipolis to Assist Tax Payers
Announcement states O. W. Kennedy of Athens, formerly of Vinton, will be at the Gallipolis Post Office on Wednesday and Thursday to offer advice and help complete personal income tax blanks.
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Gallia Gallipolis
O. W. Kennedy
Athens
Vinton
Gallipolis
Accidental shotgun death shocks Gallia county home
Dallas Frederick aged 53 died Saturday at his home between Cora and Rio Grande when he slipped on kitchen steps while carrying a single barrel shotgun and it discharged. Coroner ruled an accidental death. Survived by wife Lucy Grover Frederick and multiple siblings and children. Funeral set for Tuesday at Bidwell Methodist Church with burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Dallas
Frederick
Cora
Rio Grande
W. Lewis Brown
W. H. H. Frederick
Bidwell
Lucy Grover
Willard Grover
M. M. Grover
Wingdale
N. Y
Howard Grover
Grant’s Pass
Ore
Dustin Grover
John Hutchinson
Vinton
Jack Propp
Shadle Farm
Pt. Pleasant
Delmert Frederick
Medford
Fredericks
Forrest Thaxton
Piedmont
Earl Winters
Caribel
Hamilton
Car
Douglas Haxton
Thaxton
Morris
Columbus
Jackson
C. E. Cramer
Bidwell Methodist Church
J. L. Coleman
Fairview Cemetery
New Marshfield Social Roundup and School News
George Dunn and daughter May of Genoa visited Clair Dunn over the weekend. Waterloo High School F F A and F H A clubs plan a March banquet. A new sidewalk at the high school is finished. Earl Stanley was hosted by Floyd and Mrs Bridge. Edith Matheny was ill and Mrs Thomas substituted as teacher. Robert Harrison and family and Solomon Goff visited Alva Judy’s home with their families.
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New Marshfield
George Dunn
May
Genoa
Clair Dunn
F.F.A
F.H.A
Waterloo High School
Earl Stanley
Floyd Bridge
Edith Matheny
Thomas
Robert Harrison
Janice
Bobby
Solomon Goff
Alva Judy
Orlando's waterfronts include 33 lakes within city limits
Florida counts 30 000 freshwater lakes with 1 500 in Orange County and 33 inside Orlando city corporate limits signaling rich water resources and concentrated lake districts amid regional geography.
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Florida
Orange County
Orlando
Ghrist To Head Group Of Gallia Cattle Buyers
Frank C. Ghrist, cashier of the Commercial & Savings Bank, will lead a Gallia County delegation to the second national Hereford cattle sales in Columbus on April 11. He helped place six Hereford bulls on various farms to improve beef cattle. The group plans to buy pure bred Hereford heifers and expects at least a hundred new Hereford calves in Gallia County during March and April.
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Gallipolis
Frank C. Ghrist
The
Commercial & Savings Bank
Columbus
Ghrist
Christ
Gallia County
Returned to Gallia on non-support charges
James Thompson and William Jackson were returned here from Circleville and Chillicothe and are held in jail until their cases are called for non support charges.
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Gallia Gallipolis
Circleville
Chillicothe
James Thompson
William Jackson
Motor to Florida Gallipolis Visit
Mrs. J. T. Robinson and her son Heber left Gallipolis on Saturday to drive to St. Petersburg Florida. They will visit Mrs. Leland Darling, their daughter and sister, in her home.
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Florida
Gallipolis
J. T. Robinson
Heber
St. Petersburg
Fla
Leland Darling
Sympathy Messages Reach Mrs McIntyre Widow of O McIntyre
Sympathy letters arrive for Mrs. Mabel Small McIntyre widow of O. McIntyre listing notable senders including Irvin S. Cobb Reinee Morris Gest Leo Carillo David Griffith Anna May Wong Cecil B. DeMille Edwin C. Hill James A. Farley Kathleen Norris Will Rogers Grace Doherty Cornelius Vanderbilt Jr Nancy Chandler Christy Jack Dempsey Lillian Gish Roy Howard Hearst Jr Paul Whiteman Jessie Hays William Randolph Hearst Jr and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mabel Small McIntyre
O. McIntyre
Irvin S. Cobb
Reinee
Morris Gest
Leo Carillo
David Griffith
Anna May Wong
Cecil B. DeMille
Edwin C. Hill
James A. Farley
Charles
Kathleen Norris
Will Rogers
Grace Doherty
Cornelius Vanderbilt, Jr
Nancy
Howard Chandler Christy
Jack Dempsey
Lillian Gish
Peg
Roy Howard
Arthur
Irma Goldbe
William S. Hart
Grantland Rice
Two Put on Probation For Gallia Car Theft
Gallipolis report says Lewin Davis and Marvin Mullins, both in their twenties, were placed on two years probation by Judge W. R. White for stealing a neighbor’s automobile from George Clench. Any future law violation will send them to the Mansfield Reformatory, the court warned.
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Gallipolis
George Clench
Lewin Davis
Marvin Mullins
W. R. White
Mansfield Reformatory
Man Sues Walnut Township Board of Education Over Transport Fees
Elmer Myers files a suit against the Walnut Township Board of Education seeking 449.75 dollars for pupil transportation from Lecta to Mudspec School. The case highlights an ongoing dispute over district transportation costs.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Myers
Walnut Township
Clara Mc Curdy 79 dies in Huntington home
Mrs. Clara Mc Curdy aged 79 an aunt of Mrs. Glenn Saunders of Mercerville died at her Huntington residence. The report notes the death occurred at her home with no further details provided.
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Gallipolis
Clara McCurdy
Glenn Saunders
Mercerville
Huntington
Thaxton Funeral Rites Held at Bidwell
Douglas Thaxton, 75, died at his Bidwell area home. Funeral services were at Bidwell Church led by R. R. Denney, with burial in Fairview Cemetery. Surviving children include Grant Thaxton of Harrisville, Ohio Forrest Thaxton of Peidmont, Ohio Katherine of Columbus, and Joe and Agra at home.
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Gallipolis
Douglas Thaxton
Bidwell
Bidwell Church
R. R. Denney
Fairview Cemetery
Wallie Adkins Thaxton
Grant Thaxton
Harrisville
Ohio
Forrest Thaxton
Peidmont
Katherine
Columbus
Joe
Agra
County To Have Clinic For Crippled Children
Gallia County will host an orthopedic clinic at regular intervals and serve as a center for Gallia Jackson Lawrence and Meigs Counties in crippled children's care. A district meeting sponsored by the Rotary Club will be held March 22 at the Lafayette Hotel Palm Room, with support from the Gallia County Medical Society, to discuss treatment and establish the clinic. Local nurse Miss Margaret Jones reports at least 25 children in need of ortho pedic care, with some already treated at Columbus Children's Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Helen Lightburn
Ohio Crippled Children’s Department
Margaret Jones
Gallia
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Rotary Club
Palm Room
Lafayette Hotel
Gallia County Medical Society
Gallia County
Children’s Hospital
Columbus
Barton and Carman tied to suit over Addison house sale
Wade Vance files civil suit naming Mrs Mildred Henson Barton and Harley Carman as defendants alleging a financial interest in a house in Addison recently sold to Carman. The action seeks to establish rights or claims tied to the Addison property.
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Gallipolis
Mildred Henson Barton
Harley Carman
Wade Vance
Addison
Carman
Salem Church meeting for cemetery corporation
Mrs. John J. Wood for Salem Church trustees in Perry Township calls a meeting at the church on Tuesday March 1 to effect a cemetery corporation.
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Call Church
Gallipolis
John J. Wood
Salem Church
Perry Township
Spring Thunderstorm Hits Gallia Awakening Frogs and Snakes
A first pronounced Spring thunderstorm swept over Gallia County on Saturday afternoon, waking up frogs and snakes in the area.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Leonard adds 216 men to county WPA project
Gallia County road work expands with 216 WPA laborers, boosting total road crew to 586 and payroll to 40,472 dollars monthly. County Relief Director Othneil Jones notes hundreds seek WPA certification, with the most needy prioritised.
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Leonard
Gallipolis
WPA
Athens
Gallia County
Othneil Jones
Jones
Frenchman Perroud Buys 137 Acre Gallia Farm
Charles Perroud has purchased 137 acres near Thurman on the Gallia Jackson line from the heirs of J J W Davies. The eight room house sits on the property as Perroud and his family move from the Ecker Hatfield farm at Centenary which was sold to C L Johnson.
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Gallipolis
Charles Perroud
Thurman
J. J. W. Davies
Gallia-Jackson Line
Perroud
Centenary
C. L. Johnson
Vornholt Family Opens Furniture Plant in Gallipolis
Mr. and Mrs. Hugo H. Vornholt, siblings of Dr. Otto A. Vornholt and Mrs. C. E. Holzer and Mrs. G. A. Barton, moved from St. Marys Ohio to Gallipolis and are launching a new furniture manufacturing plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hugo H. Vornholt
Otto A. Vornholt
C. E. Holzer
G. A. Barton
St. Marys
Ohio
Vornholt
Criner sues Greenfield Board for 112.50 transport claim
William Criner files a court action against Greenfield Township Board of Education seeking 112.50 for transportation of Paul Dearth to Oak Hill High School under a contract.
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Sues School Board
Gallipolis
William
Criner
Greenfield Township Board of Education
Paul Dearth
Oak Hill
Captain Receives Civil War Sword Gift in Gallipolis
Captain Edward S. Aleshire led Gallia County soldiers in the Civil War and was presented a diamond-studded sword by his men and Gallipolis citizens. Edward S. Aleshire of Charleston W. Va. confirms the sword is in his possession and hangs in his home after a thief stole the pendant from the tent.
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Ed S. Aleshire
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ohio
Aleshire
Hollis C. Johnston
Edward S. Aleshire
Charleston
W. Va
U.S
Mrs Ezra Graham to celebrate 92nd birthday
Green Township resident Mrs. Ezra Graham , oldest in the township, will reach her 92nd birthday on February 26. The event marks a long life in the Gallipolis area.
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Gallipolis
Ezra Graham
Green Township
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