Gifts Enrich Gallipolis Public Library Collection
The Gallipolis library adds many new books funded from civic sources. Highlights include The Great West by Henry Howe donated by Mrs Emma Sherritt, rebound by Librarian Mrs Margaret Davis, and biographies and novels from the American Society of Mechanical Engineers and local donors. New adult and junior titles cover history science fiction and youth topics, including Audubons Birds of America and Madame Curie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Emma Sherritt
Henry Howe
Margaret Davis
William Oxley Thompson
Ohio State University
George Westinghouse
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Faure
Anna Wiseman
Alcott
Bridges
Ginther
Frances Moch
Booth
Christis
Williams
Whipperwill
Fortner
William King
Lin Yutanz
Pepita
Sackville-West
Sherman
John Galsworthy
Reynolds
Audubon
Robinson
England
Drinkwater
Mantle
Miss Buncle
Stevenson
Seltzer
F. Corridor
Edwards
Stella Pomeroy
Thompson
Eberhart
Sprigg
Rohmer
Monroe
the Country Kitchen
Lutes
Hajji Baba
Ispahan
Morier
Towers of Ivy
Moody
Clockwork Twins
Brooks
Jean & Co., Unlimited
Curtis
Smiling Hill Farm
Mason
Malkins
Flaherty
Rinehart
Seacheri
Madame Curie
Curie
Antarctic
Fox
Calico
Phillips
Meigs County Basketball Tournament Opens At Rutland
Rutland hosts the county tournament with Chester vs Harrisonville and Racine vs Tuppers Plains in the opening games. Junior high teams Harrisonville and Tuppers Plains meet, with Rutland facing the Chester-Harrisonville winner on Friday. Finals are set for Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Chester
Harrisonville
Racine
Tuppers Plains
Robinson
Gallipolis
Harold Brown
Marietta
Ames- Bern
Wayne Amsbury
Alex Steele
Billy Larkin
Columbus
John Larkin
Mildred Barton
Roy Barton
C. D. Copley
Meigs
Gallia
Hornell Hart
Parent Teacher Association
Galvani
O. O. Patterson
Cadmus
Rufus Putnam and the 10000 Heroes of the Northwest
Professor A. E. Wagner notes Rufus Putnam led the Ohio Company associates and the 10000 veterans who settled beyond the Ohio, built Marietta, funded education, and envisioned a state beyond the Alleghenies. He praises Putnam as a nation builder who advanced emancipation and universal schooling through land grants and the Ohio University effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maryland
World
United States
Putnam's Paradise
Forks of the Ohio
Rutland Homestead
Putnam
John Murry
Tupper
Ohio Company of Associates
Bunch-of-Grapes
General Parsons
Great Northwestern Territory
Parsons
Massachusetts
Manasseh Cutler
Congress
New York
Cutler
Rufus Putnam
Sulley
Marietta
Ohio River
Ohio Company
Athens County
College
Robert Morris
Valley Forge
Ohio University
General Putnam
University Townships
Washington
Ohio
Professor A. E. Wagner
Athens
Rio Grande Aid Plans Meeting On March 3
Ladies Aid Society members will hold an all day meeting in the church parlors on March 3 with a noon potluck and Thurman society guests. Loyal Friends Sunday School class meeting postponed one week for the County Basketball Tournament. Several local residents and visitors noted with updates on illness travel and community events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Ladies Aid Society
Thurman Society
Loyal Friends
S. E. Jenkins
Holzer Hospital
Everett Lewis
Bess Goetting
Avanelle Hall
Cincinnati
Merlin Tanner
Alice
Cleveland
Alene Gothard
Mercerville
May
Mollie Fulton
L. F. Allen
Columbus
Marie Fowler
Dorothy Titus
Mildred Wise
Gallipolis
Kenneth Welker
Oak Hill
Dean W. T. Packer
Zanesville
Youngstown
George Brooks
Otterbein College
Harriett Major
Hopkinsville
C. H. Baxter
Anna
Ina White
Carrie North
Shato
W. E. Clark
Order of Eastern Stars
Betty Huckstep
St. Bernard School
Sarah Shiers
Dinah Jenkins
C. O. Clark
Logan
Gallia County Board Requests State Health Probe
The Gallia County Board of Education unanimously asks the State Board of Health to investigate Mercerville School over alleged general disease. About 40 pupils stay at home amid fears of contagion as reports circulated and harm to school morale is noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Board of Health
Mercerville
Gallia
Florida farm bought by Mr and Mrs Welker in Ocoee
Mr and Mrs Chad Welker of Vinton purchased a farm at Ocoee Florida. They and their daughter Laura and Mrs Emma Piper will stay in the south until April and may return to make their home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ohio
Mt. Vernon
Tuscarawas Mountain
Delaware
Easton
Braddock
Putnam
Florida
Gallipolis
Chad Welker
Vinton
Ocoee
Fla
Laura
Emma Piper
South
Mrs. Gibson Buried In Monday Services
Funeral services for Mrs. Mary Gibson age 46 wife of Dallas Gibson were held Monday at Mt. Zion Church by Rev. J L Stephenson. Interment followed at Mound Hill Cemetery. She died Saturday after a brief pneumonia illness leaving five sons and four daughters Evie Wayne Archie Ronald Donald Betty Lorene Jewell and Beulah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Gibson
Dallas Gibson
Mt. Zion Church
J. L. Stephenson
Mound Hill Cemetery
Evie
Wayne
Archie
Ronald
Donald
Betty
Lorene
Jewell
Beulah
Montgomery Divorce Granted in Gallia County Court
Mrs. Mildred Montgomery was granted a divorce Monday from William Montgomery by Judge W R White on allegations of gross neglect. Restoration of her maiden name Moon ey was ordered by the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mildred Montgomery
William Montgomery
W. R. White
Mooney
Dexter Social and Personal Notes
Funeral of Mrs. Sarah McLaughlin held at Old Dexter Chapel with burial in Hugg Cemetery. Mrs. Goldie Anderson of Rutland was entertained in the Smith home. Emmett and Race Davis visited relatives in Columbus and returned with Mr. and Mrs. Ed Minx. Mrs. Phillip Smith of Pomeroy visited Elizabeth Delaney and Barbara Ann. Mae Dent of Charleston visited the Saxton home. Frank Young and wife of Rutland attended Mrs. Melvinin’s funeral. Dallas Amos returned to work in Lancaster after visiting W. R. Amos. Robert Sauer plans to move to Wheeling for employment. Douglas Sigler moved from Nelson property to Sauer farm. Joseph Cain of Columbus visited Ed Russell and Mrs. Manda Russell. Mina Wise moved to Rutland. Ladies Aid quilting party held at H. C. Smith home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Will Lanning
Mina Wise
Dexter
Joe Grueser
Clarence Murray
Middleport
Willie DeWolf
Bert Taylor
Columbus
Clair Taylor
Christian Endeavor Society
Christian Church
Meigs County
K. of P. Hall
Washington
Marion Wood
Jack Clark
Roderick Jones
Margaret Williamson
Sarah McLaughlin
Barbara Ann
Mae Dent
Charleston
Lewis Saxton
Frank Young
Rutland
Mary Delaney
Sarah Mel Nlin
Dallas Amos
W. R. Amos
Lancaster
Robert Sauer
Wheeling
Douglas Sigler
Nelson
Joseph Cain
Ed Russell
Manda Russell
Ladies Aid Society
H. C. Smith
Bal
Miss McCall Takes Up Duties at Rio Grande
Miss Helen Jean McCall has assumed duties as instructor of physical education and English at Rio Grande College succeeding Betty Huckstep. Florence Chubbuck will take over music classes. McCall, a 1933 Ohio State University B S in Education graduate, previously served as assistant manager of the Ohio Union Cafeteria at Ohio State.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Helen Jean McCall
Rio Grande College
Betty Huckstep
St. Bernard
Cincinnati
Florence Chubbuck
Miss Huckstep
Miss McCall
Ohio State University
Rio Grande
Ohio Union
Charles Neal Recovers After Amputation in Hospital
Charles Neal, a county highway employee, is able to be wheeled about in a chair at a local hospital three weeks after his right leg was amputated above the thigh. He was crushed when a gravel truck ran over him while he lay beneath it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Neal
Pythians Plan Washington Birthday Dance Night
Members of the Vin ton Knights of Pythias Lodge and their families plan a Washington Birthday Dance Tuesday night at the lodge hall in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pythians
Gallipolis
Vinton Knights of Pythias Lodge
Washington
Cox Funeral Services Held for Mrs Susan White Cox
Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon for Mrs Susan White Cox age 56 wife of Charles Cox at Mina Chapel conducted by Rev Jennings Cremeans. Surviving children are Earl Hiram Otie Follie Lillian Norman and Carl. Brothers Charles John and Jesse White of Gallipolis. Sisters Mrs Ansel Galloway Huntington Mrs Joseph Cox Northup and Mrs Thomas Cox Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Susan White Cox
Charles Cox
Mina Chapel
Jennings Cremeens
Earl
Hiram
Otie
Follie
Lillian
Norman
Carl
Charles
John
Jesse White
Ansel Galloway
Huntington
Joseph Cox
Northup
Thomas Cox
Woman's Auxiliary of American Legion Reform Meets Tuesday
The Gallipolis woman’s auxiliary will gather Tuesday night in the Municipal Building new hall. Initiatory exercises follow a program and refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis — Woman's Auxiliary of the American Legion
Chester School Play Delights audience in February showing
Chester High School Auditorium hosted the farce Calm Yourself on February 17 under Supt FE R Hayes. Cast included Howard Knight Miss Alice Smith Miss Elma Smith Mrs Helen Hayes Chester Knight Lloyd Dean Miss Gladys Crow and others with Harry Lodwick as stage manager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Chester High School
FE. R. Hayes
Howard Knight
Alice Smith
Elma Smith
Helen Hayes
Chester Knight
Lloyd Dean
Gladys Crow
Tom Bell
Marion Parker
Virgene Knight
Harry Lodwick
Lucille Smith
Rutland High School
Ben K. Smith
Dickey
Eldon Gaul
Holzer Hospital
Kathryn Bailey
Marabel O’conner
Ohio University
Marlin Young
Art Young
Pine Grove
Pauline
Mary Virginia Mora
Ada Bahr
Maxine
Woodrow Dean
Rio Grande College
Delmar Baum
Dorsey Arnold
Hoods Cemetery
Sommerly Mildred Singer
Bob White
Chester Troop 41
Lawrence Warner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rufus Putnam and the
A. E. Wagner
Patrick Henry
Boston
Paul Revere
Concord
Brandywine
Germantown
la Fayette
Morgan
Burgoyne
Carleton
Great Britain
Ben Franklin
France
Queen Marie
Great North West
Continental Army
Revolutionary Army
Great Northwest
Soldier's Claims
Timothy Pickering
Newburg
Lake Erie
Northwest
Miami
Maine
Benjamin Tupper
Allegheneys
Franklin
Indian Heaven
Mound Cemetery
Tfus Cut
Ler
Northwest Territory
Marietta Cemetery
Guyan
Cox
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!