Gallia County WPA Projects Resume After Flood
Gallia County WPA work restarts after a flood with 70 women and numerous men on highway and repair tasks. Projects include Rio Grande waterworks painting Ohio Hospital for Epileptics library and courthouse work, roads, bridges, mine sealing and sanitation. The courthouse is targeted for completion by March 15 with staff moved to new basement rooms.
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Gallipolis
H. W. Nixon
Gallia County
Rio Grande
Ohio Hospital
Public
Alice Road
Huntington Township
Fourth Ave
Georges Creek
Guyan Township
Johns Creek Road
Clark Chapel
Morgan Township
Centerpoint
Raccoon Township
Nixon
WPA
Police curb airguns and slingshots in Gallipolis
Chief John Fraley orders patrolmen to confiscate airguns target rifles and slingshots after youths on streets trigger injuries broken windows and property damage. Police call the weapons dangerous and halt street appearances to protect public safety.
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Gallipolis
John Fraley
Social Notes of Rio Grande reflects community events
Rio Grande social highlights include a tea at Mrs. W A Lewis with Dean Elizabeth Coon insisting and a PTA meeting at the high school. The R Association of Rio Grande College plans an annual minstrel show, a Delta Pi Omega initiation, and a senior glee program may also be noted along with local visits, a car accident involving Rev and Mrs Packer, births, and church gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
W. A. Lewis
Elizabeth Coon
PTA
McDonald
Jackson Christian Church
R” Association of
Rio Grande College
Delta Pai Omega
W. C. Aleshire
W. T. Packer
Columbia
C. O. Clark
Logan
George Brooks
Otterbein College
Joan Wiseman
Waterloo
Vivian Fowler
Cheshire
John L. Clark
Circleville
Mr. Clark
W. P. Myers
Clark
Daley Roth
C. H. Baxter
Columbus
Anna
Ina White
M. EF
Rare Heritage: Gallipolis Man Born in a Soldier's Tent in 1863
Frank Lin Tracy Gemeinhardt of Gallipolis recalls his birthplace as Annapolis Junction Maryland where he was born in a soldier's tent during the Civil War era in 1863. He later worked as coachman to Governor McKinley and since 1923 has been custodian and janitor at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Annapolis Junction
Maryland
Franklin Tracy Gemeinhardt
149Th New York Volunteers
Gemeinhardt
Columbus
William McKinley
Grace Methodist Church
Grace Methodist Ladies Aid to host first Chamber dinner
The Gallipolis Grace Methodist Church Ladies Aid Society will feed over 200 people at the Chamber of Commerce first annual meeting in the church dining room Friday night. Dinner is at 6 before the business session. Principal speakers are Judge Henry W. Cherrington Attorney Harry M Miller and Paul Mossman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ladies Aid Society of Grace Methodist Church
Chamber of Commerce
Henry W. Cherrington
Harry M., Miller
Paul Mossman
Summers in Holzer Hospital After Accident
W G Summers, 65, of Wellston, was placed in a cast at Holzer Hospital after an accident in railroad yards. He suffered fractures of the spine and pelvis while on duty as a brakeman during car coupling. His condition is listed as serious. He is the father of Mrs. Henry McClung of Gallipolis, operator of the Puritan Market.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Wellston
Ohio Valley Flood Control Congress Delegation
Gallipolis sent a large delegation to the Ohio Valley Flood Control Congress meeting in Huntington Monday night led by association president Dr. C. E. Holzer. Other attendees included Gilbert P. Bush H. W. Hixon Earl Richards S. B. Huntington J. Paul Mossman E. E. Higgins H. B. Bradbury and H. W. Wetherholt.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Flood Control Congress
Huntington
Association
C. E. Holzer
Gilbert P. Bush
H. W. Hixon
Earl Richards
S. B. Huntington
J. Paul Mossman
E. E. Higgins
H. B. Bradbury
H. W. Wetherholt
Mrs. Emma Snyder Owens Dies at 52 in Holzer Hospital
Mrs Emma Snyder Owens 52 wife of William H Owens of Middleport died after a three week hospital stay and her body returned home for burial in Gallia County. The Gallia County Common Pleas Court suit of Virginia B Harding against Goldie Miller and others has been settled and dismissed.
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Gallipolis
Emma Snyder Owens
William H. Owens
Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Virginia B. Harding
Goldie Miller
Gallia County
John Wenger
John Loper
Clarence Loper
the Plains
Virginia Lee
Barbara Jean
Clyde Canter
Chauncey
Edith Risley
Jean
Athens
John Kempton
Fred Kempton
William Kempton
Jacksonville
Ira Conway
Fred Olbers
Emmet Olbers
Greens Run
Dwight Smith
Glouster
Flood map of Gallipolis praised for detail and usefulness
Silas E. Gilbert’s large colored flood map shows all Gallipolis residences and businesses by name and number with water depths in inches from the recent flood. Displayed in First National Bank windows, the cardboard 30 by 68 inch map was made after Gilbert waded through inundated buildings and carries high regard for his mapmaking experience and public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallipolis
Silas E. Gilbert
Gallipolis
First National Bank
Gilbert
Straitsville Resident Dies in Local Obituary Note
Straitsville resident Ben Beavens died Saturday at his Clark Street home after a diabetes illness. He leaves a wife, three daughters including Anna in Columbus and Mrs. Mary Sullivan of Lancaster, and two sons in Akron. Funeral services were held Tuesday at the home with Rev. Father Kellerman. burial followed at Mt. Calvary Cemetery. Other notes mention visits and social events around Straitsville community members and relatives with various towns in Ohio.
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New Straitsville
Ben Beavens
Clark St
Beavens
Harold Doyle
Anna
Columbus
Mary Sullivan
Lancaster
Dave
John
Akron
Father Kellerman
Mt. Calvary Cemetery
Lucile Webb
William Call
Alice Dreese
Raymond Ruscoe
Robert Blankenship
Cincinnati
Woodbine Rebekah Lodge
Fred Blankenship
Sewing Club
Laura Warner
Beatrice Newman
Jessie Orndort
Marry Leake
Pomeroy
Sie Righter
George Jewitt
Pheonix Hayes
Murray City
Thomas Hayes
Howard Blankenship
Detroit
Simeon Nibiser
Sugar Grove
Ernest Weaver
Ronald
Somerset
Lina Keller
Novella Whitmer
Wayne Lewry
Marry Witschy
Delphos Evans
Charles Evans
Kirkley
Harry Winefordner
Goldie Otstot
Coolville
D. of A. Lodge
Tapepers Plains
Harold Kinszig
Dayton
Troy
H. E. Hardwood
Middleport
Hattie Blake
Darrel Hetzer
Bethel Ridge
Gertrude Roberts
Pittsburgh
W. B. Roberts
Dana T. Burna
A. C. Mills
Ella Atkinson
Man builds wheat platform to feed birds all winter
Charles Johnson of Cleveland adheres to an old Danish custom by erecting a yard platform with a sheaf of wheat. The setup attracts hundreds of winter birds, including many species rarely seen in the area during the season.
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Cleveland
Charles Johnson
Letart Falls To Have New Town House
G W Sayre bought the old school house at a public sale to remodel as a community building replacing the one lost in a fire. Insurance from the other property will be used.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
G. W. Sayre
Francis Norris
Columbus
Samuel Norris
Eleanora Whitney
Meigs County
Early Roush
J. A. Quillin
Apple Grove
Holley Pinkerton
East Liverpool
H. L. Pickens
Frank Pritt
Montgomery
W. Va
Swinborn
Charleston
John Quillin
Grace Crow
Chillicothe
Gladys Crow
Gallipolis
H. M. Allen
Ramona
Allen
Hildah
Dorothy Alexander
Office Training School
P. B. Alexander
Fred Peacock
New Philadelphia
Bart Miller
Betty Casey Owes Gallipolis Large Sum
Mrs Betty Roe Casey owes the Gallipolis city government 105 30 in fines. Municipal Judge A J Stormont ordered the debt and she is now in the county jail. An unpaid fine of 72 90 was augmented by 32 40 on a drunk and disorderly charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Betty Roe Casey
A. J. Stormont
Murray City Class To Meet at Mrs Spencer Home
Murray City The Ladies Adult Bible Class of the M E Church will be entertained at the home of Mrs Dora Spencer Friday Feb 28 Assisting hostesses will be Mrs Bess Frazee and Mrs Bess Lovett. Various local residents and visitors were noted in the weekend social and family visits across Murray City and neighboring towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
M. E. Church
Dora Spencer
Bess Frazee
Bess Lovett
Fred
Robert Herron
Columbus
Bertie Boling
Grace Peacock
Barberton
Minnie Bauers
Maud Penn
Charles Walters
Carolyn Sue
Athens
John Walters
Grace Thomas
J. A. Ayers
Floyd Stiff
Naomi Bird
Pomeroy
George Gears
Lancaster
Thomas Gears
Charles Robinson, Jr
Nelsonville
Howard Butts
Charles Robinson
William Thomas Jr
William Thomas Sr
Haydenville Family Celebrates Doris Jean Farley's Sixth Birthday
Mrs. Glen Farley hosted a party for Doris Jean Farley with many attendees listed including Jean Beougher Jo Ann Beougher Colleen Carter and Margaret Campbell. Relatives and neighbors visited Middleport and Portsmouth for weekend gatherings with several staying through the flood recovery period.
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Haydenville
Glen Farsley
Doris Jean
Jean Beougher
Jo Ann Beougher
Colleen Carter
Margaret Campbell
Jean Leel
Pauline Weed
Gearldine Weed
Louise Elis
Dorothy Lehman
Sarah Jane Tucker
Joann Alberry
Donna Spencer
Corinne Hardgrove
Vivian Martin
June Martin
Eloise Thompson
Jean Ann Marsh
Dolores Rheinscheid
Farley
Gertrude Gin
Confession Reveals Blane Stodart Murder Plot in Yacht
In 1937 crime file recounts Bolitho Blane's confession detailing how he lured Stodart to a cabin on a yacht, staged a death by own action illusion, and used forged notes to mislead investigators while Bishop of Bude fainted from shock. Keys Kettering signs sworn statement.
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Blane
Rhouth
Bude
Stodart
New York
John Milton Schwab
Florida
Bolitho Blane
Ipswich
Rot
Rocksavage
Bishop
Troy Boys Defend Championship At Athens Tournament
Troy High School boys basketball will defend its league title against Rome at 7 PM in Athens after defeating Rome Saturday night in the tournament. The season featured perfect league play and a championship run for the Troy squad amid community events and local notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy
Rome
Athens
L. C. Brafford
Caldwell
Marietta
Woodsfield
Wind Storm Strikes Taylor Ridge Area Causing Roof Damage
A Sunday wind storm damaged the John Davis residence roof and several garages in Taylor Ridge. Various residents and visitors are listed among those ill or visiting, including families from Ohio towns. Edits note ongoing ill health and hospital recoveries in the community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
John Davis
Albert Kempton
Inez
Mary
Ernest
Glen
William Kempton
Kempton
Ohio River
Portsmouth
Chillicothe
Kathryn Paskievitch
Detroit
Forest Kelly
Glouster
Robert Hanning
Charles Hooper
Charlene Wahl
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Lillian Johnson Academy of Cosmetology
John Kilicoski
Mercy Hospital
Jacob Byceski
C. M. Anglin
P. B Chalfant
Evan Davis
Social Roundup From Goose Run and Nearby Towns
Miss Ruth Fulton and Edythe Fulton visited relatives in Buchtel Wednesday evening. Funeral services for Minnie Bauers were held in Murray City Sunday. Families from Nelsonville, Camp Nelson, Jackson ville, and Mur ray City gathered for visits and meals. The 10X Mine operated four days last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goose Run
Ruth
Edythe Fulton
Clarence Rife
Buchtel
Hod Gill
Lloyd North
Minnie Bauers
Murray City
Ray Fulton
Dinny
Nelsonville
Eugene North
Camp Nelson
Elwood North
George Fearns
Alice Wade
Raymond Sanborn
Modoc
William Johnston
William Tinkham
Jacksonville
Sid O'Neil
Federal Valley
Charles Hook
Thomas Pierce
Alex Darby
Delores
Hollister
Walter Wade
Maxine
Edna
Orbiston
Florence Gill
Clarence Hartman
Bulah Ayers
Coshocton
Albert Brooks
Ben Hartman
Lawrence Wade
Clara North
Gill
Kimberly
New Plymouth Social Notes and Local Visits
New Plymouth residents report a death in Marion of former Chesapeake & Ohio Railroad supervisor C. Ward, with visits from Elmer Hixinbaugh family and relatives in Bucyrus. The community notes include a Hocking County schoolmen banquet, Union Furnace choir, revival at the M E Church, and several trips to Columbus and nearby towns amid a tornado aftermath near Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Plymouth
Elmer Hixinbaugh
Mary
Sawyer Hixinbaugh
Marion
C. H. Ward
Mr. Ward
Ward
Chesapeake& Ohio Railroad
Logan
Hixinbaughs
Bucyrus
Delaware
Hocking County
Union Furnace High School
Elizabeth Bennet
Elizabeth Heinlein
Iona Doolittle
Mary Louise Bryan
Helen Tucker
Lileen Weed
Paul McGuire
Union Furnace
Martha
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Clay Chapel
Clay Township
Glenn Summit
Williams Hollow
Harrison Township
Springfield Township
Symmes Creek
Perry Township
Morgan
Social Notes of
Rare Heritage
Ohio Valley Flood Control
Mrs. Owens
Ence
Straitsville
Bert O'Connor
Chester
NYA
Mabiton
America
Henry Street
White House
Washington, D. C
Betty Casey
Howard Bush
Clarence Hoffman
Frank Walters
Elizabeth Campbell
Mary Campbell
Lem Penny
Eleanor
Steve Margo
Ray Hysell
William Thomas
Dennis Wheatley
NEA Service, Inc
William Morrow & Co
Kettering
South Sea Islands
Keys Kettering
Florida Police
The
Fort Worth
Tex
U.P
Henry Keller
Redwood City
Cal
U.R
Edward I
McAuliffe
New Orleans
California
Troy High School
Masons
Ladies Aid
Dean
Hazel Gantz
E. B. Dean
J. M. Oliver
Clyde
Gantz
Betty Holland
Londonderry
Milk Producers Association
Troy Agricultural Building
Pat Bulstrom
Minnie Keck
Garnet Bernard
New Plymouth Social
Clifford Lavely
Frends
Charles Harlan
Zanesville
Luther Bardain
Cloyd
Cooper
H. W. Horden
Leegan
Fred Mitchell
Swan Township
John Steele
Martha Lowery
Treadley Heinlein
Garth Harris
Roscoe Mowery
Ewing
J. C
Cremean
Morris Stine
Dayston
Stine
Emma Haas
Elizabeth Frantz
Mary Harris
Taylor
Presbyterian Church
Holy Land
Bessie Finney
George
Cecil Weed
Carbondale
Bony Weed
Campbell
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