Committee of Attorneys Named in Tyroler Case
Athens County Court of Common Pleas under Judge Rowland names a three member committee to investigate conduct of Louis J Tyroler a bar member and court officer amid a political handbill dispute tied to Francis D White and Francis White and Emmett Keenan. The order covers actions surrounding municipal court defense in a Nelsonville case and potential contempt or misconduct.
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Messrs
Henderson, Burr, Randall and Porter
Columbus
Ohio
Jones, Jones and Erskine
Athens
Harry Mettler
Nelsonville
Francis D. White
Emmett Keenan
Keenan
Athens County
Rancis D. White
Louis J. Tyt
Kelso
White
Tyroler
Athens Messenger
Law
Messenger
Turoler
Jacksonville
Rowland
State of
Bricker
Russell W. Finsterwald
Milton D. Hughes
Gordon B. Gray
No Serious Mishaps Reported in County Weekend
Sheriff Charles Bayless reported no serious mishaps over the weekend in Athens County celebrating 1939. A minor wreck on Route 56 Saturday night involved Clarence Moore of Kimberly striking Roy Sickles of New Marshfield. no injuries and only slight damage. No arrests for drunken driving.
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Charles Bayless
Athens County
Clarence Moore
Kimberly
Roy Sickles
New Marshfield
Bayless
Sheriff's Corps
Athens Messy McKibbens Daughter First Baby of 1939
The first 1939 baby in Athens is a daughter born Sunday night at Sheltering Arms Hospital to Mr and Mrs Vance McKibben of 89 Central Ave. Mr L P Harmon of Harrisonville and Mrs Elsie Brown of Brown Ave were released from the hospital yesterday. Dora Antoinette of 15 S High St was admitted for major surgery.
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Athens
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Vance McKibben
Central Ave
L. P. Harmon
Harrisonville
Elsie Brown
Brown Ave
Dora Antoinette
S. High St
Florence Andrews
Mont Housen
New Plymouth
Robber uses hatchet in New Year’s Eve inn robbery
Sheriff Charles Bayless suspects an Athens marauder in the New Year’s Eve theft at Eber Carpenter's Wayside Inn Route 50 east of Athens in Canaan Township. Loot totaled about 100 dollars including money from a music box cigaret machine and cash register along with food and wine.
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Charles Bayless
Athens
Eber Carpenter
Albert Baker
Charles H. Evans
Bayless
East Bridge
Carpenter
Register
Farmers of Marshfield Attend Lecture Series
Seventeen adult farmers heard a lecture on Farm Productivity Balance Tuesday night at New Marshfield as the fifth in a ten lecture series. The Vocational Agriculture Department sponsors these meetings in the high school each Tuesday. The last five meetings will feature a contest and a six pound sample of hybrid seed corn for attendees who join three of the five sessions.
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New Marshfield
Vocational Agriculture Department
D. C. McIntorf
New Walton Officers Take Charge Tuesday
Athens Izaak Walton League chapter meets Tuesday night at City Hall fire department headquarters to install the new officers for the year and outline the program.
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Athens
Izaak Walton League
Fire Department
Bradbury Social and Personal Mention
Emma Gleeckner of Hysell Run spent Sunday with daughter Hazel Russell. Bible School attendance on Jan 1 totaled Bradbury 74 Bradford 81. Alpha Russell ill in Middleport, Wm Russell’s mother. Richard Reuter of Gallipolis visited Ellwood Lewis. Delbert Russell family from Harrisonville hosted by Bud Class No 3 at Miller home. Wally Russell in Dexter with G O Will. Celia Keffer and son Bobby returned from Gauley Bridge. Morgan Carsey and family visited Lemays in Mineral. Leonard Hanning from Roseville and daughter visited Maxwell Russell. J P Frye of Middleport visited son John Frye and family. A W Williams of McArthur visited Ruthers. Renna Smith and J M Carsey ill. Dell Hysell of Thomasfork visited Martha Smith. Milton Russell visited Ross Stobart at Antique. A butterfly’s leg used for tasting is 1600 times as sensitive as the human tongue.
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Bradbury
Emma Gleeckner
Hysell Run
Hazel Russell
Bradford
Wm. Russell
Middleport
Alpha Russell
Richard Reuter
Gallipolis
Ellwood Lewis
Delbert Russell
Harrisonville
Bud Russell
The
Bible School
J. P. Miller
Wm Rutherson
Columbus
Wally Russell
Dexter
G. O. Will
Celia Keffer
Bobby
Gauley Bridge
Morgan Carsey
Renna Smith
J. M. Carsey
Dell Hysell
Thomasfork
Martha Smith
Milton Russell
Ross Stobart
Antique
Gallia County WPA Purge Dismisses 26 Women Workers
In Gallipolis Ohio 26 women on WPA projects including sewing housekeeping and clerical work were formally discharged with notices stating insufficient funds. Discharges stem from Zanesville HQ approvals as men also face cuts. officials decline comment though further reductions are anticipated.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Zanesville
Welcome New Year At Gallipolis Parties
New Year celebrations filled Gallipolis with dances at the Eagles Elks and Epileptics ballrooms. Watch Night services occurred in several churches while private home gatherings welcomed the new year. Streets stayed lively well past midnight.
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Gallipolis
the Eagles
Elks
Ohio Hospital
May Form Gun Club For Gallia Sportsmen
Gallipolis residents tested clay pigeon traps at John Haner's suburban home west of the city and urged forming a local gun club after today's inaugural use. The setup signals movement toward organized shooting activities in Gallia County.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
John Haner
Prose Funeral Held for Local Resident Charles C Prose
Relatives attended Sunday funeral services for Charles C Prose 69 native of Gallia County at his Wellston home. Wife Emma Lockard formerly of Greenfield Township. Services conducted in the Baptist Church with interment at Ridgland Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Charles C. Prose
Cremeens Recovering From Accident Near Kananga
Woodrow Cremeens 22 after automobile crash near Kananga a month ago. taken from Holzer Hospital to home on Poplar Ridge. cousin Orland Cremeens was killed in the same incident.
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Gallipolis
Kananga
Orland Cremeens
Woodrow Cremeens
Holzer Hospital
Poplar Ridge
Gallia Schools Open After Weeklong Break
Gallia district schools started this morning after a vacation extending more than a week though today is observed as a general holiday.
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Gallipolis
Photographer Takes Morgantown Studio With Capson
Gallipolis photographer Max Tawney purchased a Morgantown West Virginia studio to be operated by Walter Capson, his local associate in the business.
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Gallipolis
Max Tawney
Morgantown
W. Va
Walter Capson
Tawney
Power Barn Destroyed by Fire Near Hartford
A dairy barn measuring 40 by 90 feet with an added 30 by 40 feet, owned by Harry Power, formerly of Athens County, was destroyed by fire near Hartford in Cortland County New York. Most of Power’s dairy herd of about 60 purebred cows was saved. Power had moved to New York state nearly two decades ago after growing up in Athens County. The Port of New York’s extensive waterways connect its 771 miles of waterfront.
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Harry Power
Athens
44 pound turkey on display for Elks Lodge roast
Carl Myers of the Gallipolis produce commission displays a 44 pound turkey raised by Ed Betz of Harrisburg in Raccoon Township. The Elks Lodge will roast and serve it during the week. Myers recalls a 56 pound turkey bought at St Marys West Virginia for 20 cents a pound and sold at Pittsburgh for 70 cents a pound for a wedding feast.
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Gallipolis
Carl Myers
Produce Commission House
Ed Betz
Harrisburg
Raccoon Township
Elks Lodge
Myers
St. Marys
W. Va
Gallipolis Observes New Year's Holiday Closures
Gallipolis observes a city wide New Year holiday with banks, building and loan offices, courthouse, post office, professional offices and most merchants closed. Rural residents stayed away and city activity was near standstill.
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Gallipolis
Miller Acquaints Self With His New Job
Harry M. Miller of Gallipolis becomes executive secretary to Gov. John W. Bricker in Columbus. Mrs Miller and their three children will move to Columbus likely in a month with the family home at 192 East Lane Avenue.
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Gallipolis
Harry M. Miller
Republican County Executive Committee
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Hold Farm Meeting On Wednesday Night
The sixth of 10 farm management meetings will be held at Rome High School Wednesday night Jan 4 at 7 30. Delmer Glen, special instructor, will lead a discussion on Livestock vs Grain Farming. All farmers are urged to attend these last five meetings.
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Stewart
Rome High School
Delmer Glen
Welcome New Year In Quiet Manner
Gallipolis marked New Year in quiet fashion with no reported accident victims at Holzer Hospital and no arrests, according to Sheriff Hatfield and Chief John Fraley.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Hatfield
John Fraley
Morris Makes Address At Baptist Church
Gallipolis First Baptist Church drew large local and out of town attendance for dedicatory exercises Sunday. The dedicatory address was delivered at 2 p m by Dr Paul Judson Morris of Granville. An evangelistic service followed in the evening as a prelude to similar services planned this month.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Paul’ Judson Morris
Granville
Insurance Agent Purchases Corner Lot in Gallipolis
T. S. Berridge of Gallipolis has bought the Third and State streets corner from Standard Oil Co. and plans to build a residence there. The site previously housed a gasoline service station that has been razed.
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Gallipolis
T. S. Berridge
Third and State Sts
Standard Oil Co
Dogs Charged With Sheep Destruction in Morgan Township
Two dogs, later killed by Dog Warden Roy Johnson, are charged with destroying twelve sheep on the Nash and Rose farms in Morgan Township during the weekend.
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Gallipolis
Roy Johnson
Nash
Rose
Morgan Township
May Clear Creek Basin For Gallipolis Beauty Spot
Officials H W Walter and E E Higgins plan to clear Chickamauga Creek basin west of Gallipolis by dynamite to remove trees and undergrowth. The project will create a mile long fishing and boating stretch and improve the area near the new municipal swimming pool after Eureka Dam raised water levels.
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Clear Creek Basin
Gallipolis
Homer W. Walter
Chamber of Commerce
E. E. Higgins
Chickamauga Creek
Eureka
Elizabeth Housh Resigns As Juvenile Court Officer
Following 21 years of service Mrs. Elizabeth Housh resigns from the juvenile court post effective today. No successor appointed yet by Probate Judge J. S. Clark.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Housh
J. S. Clark
December Tops Year As Marriage Month
Gallia County report shows December 1938 set a new record for marriage licenses with 52 issued, five more than June. The last couple of the year was Charles Preetor and Alice Dickson, both 24, married by Rev. L W Gishler at his Mansfield home at 8 p.m. Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Clark
Charles Frederick Preetor
Alice Bell Dickson
Mansfield
L. W. Gishler
Fire Chief Defends Gallipolis Fire Equipment
Fire Chief Walter Wise rejects public criticism of the city’s fire fighting apparatus as unwarranted. He notes equipment is kept in first class condition and demonstrations were shown at eight fires last month. Ohio Hospital for Epileptics units aided at least one fire in a cooperative spirit. Gallipolis cites lower insurance rates due to its department’s effectiveness.
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Gallipolis
Walter Wise
Ohio Hospital
Wise
State Workers and Service at Hospital
A total of 26 persons retired today from active duty at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics, eligible for pensions under the state retirement act. The complete list includes Miss Alice Donnally, Mrs Lena Dillon, Mr and Mrs Charles Gilkey, Mr and Mrs Tom Wagner, Mrs Fred Milliser, Mrs John Fraley, Mr and Mrs Henry Jenkinson, Will A. Robinson, D. H. Cromwell, James Oliver, Joseph Allen, Theodore Brothers, H. E. Romaine, Gus Lear, Oscar Clench, Miss Elinor Varney, Mrs Jennie Voggesang, Dr. Mary L. Austin, G. C. Sickles, H. R. Boster, Mrs Mollie Kemp, Miss Katie Sibley, John Brumfield.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Alice Donnally
Lena Dillon
Charles Gilkey
Tom Wagner
Fred Milliser
John Fraley
Henry Jenkinson
Will A. Robinson
D. H. Cromwell
Blagg Couple Mark Golden Anniversary in Columbus
Mr and Mrs Frank Blagg longtime Gallia County natives celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary at their Columbus home over the weekend. The couple are the parents of eleven children with forty grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. They wed at age eighteen.
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Gallipolis
Frank Blagg
Gallia County
Columbus
Blagg
Capt
John Blagg
Squire John Lewis
Bladen
Braggs
Moore seeks partition of Guyan Township land in Common Pleas
Seldon L. Moore files suit for partition of acreage in Guyan Township citing 387 descendants as defendants. The action lists eleven Moore siblings as heirs from Lafayette Moore. In Gallia County Lydia Alice Morton, 82, widow of Thompson N. Morton and native of Gallia, dies in Hogsett West Virginia. maiden name Fadeley.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Moore
Seldon L. Moore
Common Pleas Court
Guyan Township
Moore
Lydia Alice Morton
Thompson N. Morton
Gallia County
Hogsett
W. Va
Fadeley
O'Hara Elected to Finish Addison School Term
Following the resignation of Marshall Boggs at White Throne school in Addison district Clair O'Hara was elected to teach the remaining months of the term.
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Gallipolis
Marshall Boggs
White Throne School
Addison
Clair O'Hara
Hold Annual Birthday Ball At Eagles Club
Gallipolis reports plans for a birthday ball at the Eagles Club on either Saturday night January 28 or Monday January 30 to mark President Roosevelt's birthday. County chairman E. E. Caldwell notes a poster contest for prizes among local students and expects to name a county committee this week as several communities prepare celebrations.
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Gallipolis
Eagles’ Club
Roosevelt
E. E. Caldwell
Caldwell
Prospect
New Year Warmth Spreads Through Gallia County
A benign sun and near summer warmth graced Gallia County on New Year's Day. Residents took advantage of the pleasant weather to make calls, and roads were busy with autoists throughout the day as people enjoyed the mild conditions.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Reverend W T Packer Guest Minister at Campaign Church
Rev W T Packer of Rio Grande served as guest minister at Campaign Church on Sunday, delivering a sermon to the congregation. The visit highlighted local church relations and community outreach in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
W. T. Packer
Rio Grande
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Miller
Morris
Baptist Church
Oscar Fulton
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Athens, Ohio
Dial
Dowler & Ferguson
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McBride Service Co
W. Union St
Athens Pharmacy
N. Court St
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Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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