Nelsonville to Provide Free Textbooks Under New Ohio Law
Nelsonville schools plan free textbooks for grades 1 to 8 for 1935 36 with about 2090 anticipated cost. Board resolutions align with the new law allowing phased adoption over four years and authorizes up to 500 for high school needs. Resignations at the high and elementary levels were accepted with replacements anticipated.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville City
E. J. Arno
City Board of Education
Superintendent of Schools
Church School Herald Reports Week One at Nelsonville
The Daily Vacation Church Schools issue, published by students, details activities of Beginners Primary Juniors and Intermediates during the first week. Sessions are at First Methodist Church and run for three weeks with Miss Sandy of Columbus supervising. Attendance rose from 93 to 128 across the week.
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Nelsonville
Church School
First Methodist Church
Martha Class Meeting Held Tuesday Night
Members of the Martha class of the Methodist Church held their annual picnic Tuesday evening at Miss Bertha Nixon’s country home. Guests included Mrs. Herbert Leyshon and Miss Lucie Wells with others. decor featured cordon flowers and meals were served at 6. Sandy led a devotional service.
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Leyshon
Philadelphia
Luciie Wells
Akron
Dave Gorsuch
Huntington
W. Va
Sandy
Columbus
Martha
Methodist Church
Bertha Nixon
Nixon
Letart Falls Brief Notes Entertainment and visits in town
Miss Grace Crow hosted a 6 o clock dinner with guests including Miss Wilma Roush Mire Irene Miller Miss Dolly Higginsbotham and Prof Charles Hayman of Westerville. Mr and Mrs J A Quillin hosted visitors over the Fourth Mr and Mrs Frank Pritt and J G Swinbern of Charleston. Calvert Allen Fr spends time with CW Allen in Charleston. St Clair Jewell of Bearwallow Ridge visits Ray Jeffers. Esco Slaughter moved household goods to Columbus. veteran receives $200 monthly pension. Mr and Mrs J D Roush visited Thivener with sister Mrs C E Sheets.
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Letart Falls
Grace Crow
Wilma Roush
Mire Irene Miller
Dolly Higgsinbotham
Charles Hayman
Westerville
J. A Quillin
Frank Pritt
J. 4. Swinbern
Charleston
Calvert Allen T
CW. Allen
Henry Jenkinson
Ohio
Gallipolis
St. Clair
Mra C. EB. Sheets
Thivener
Nelsonville Social Notes Tour Nearby Hosts
Nelsonville residents report visitors from New York City Columbus Huntington West Virginia and Long Island as Mrs James and family stay with Mr and Mrs W H Parks. The Keetons and Billy visit Brady Lake relatives. Dr J Earl McCune hosts Stilsons Forrest Hills and Akron Cleveland trips noted along with Stalter Leyshon cottage Buckeye Lake and Niagara Falls weekend plans.
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James Fri
New York City
W. H. Parks
Will Keeton
Billy
Brady Lake
D. M. Gorsuch
Huntington
W. Vs
Mabie Haffner
Rose K. Devore
Columbus
L. A. Whitmore
Aiden
C. E. Guy
Canton
Niagara Falls
Movies for Kiddies In Nel sonville
Nelsonville youngsters are invited to a group moving picture session at the Central School Playground Friday at 1 p.m. A former Fox news cameraman will film the crowd, with a free matinee at the Majestic Theater afterward for participants.
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Nelsonville
Steenrod
Majestic Theater
Fox News
Grange Presents Three-Act Play The Ginger Girl
A Plymouth Grange group of twelve young people will stage The Ginger Girl in New Plymouth hall on Wednesday night July 10 at 8 o clock. The comedy follows a jealous circle of young married couples with Uber Fri directing the production.
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New Plymouth
Plymouth Grange
Uber Fri
Bunker Hill 4 H Club Hosts Picnic Sunday
Members of the Bunker Hill 4 H Club held a Sunday picnic at leader Miss Ger tie Toban's home. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Dale Smith and family Pomeroy Mr. and Mrs. Albert Heilman and J. M. Will and daughter Amber Ruby Carman.
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Bunker Hill
4H Club
Gertie Toban
Dale Smith
Pomeroy
Albert Heilman
J. M. Will
Amber Ruby Carman
Will King
Kingsbury
Virginia H
Upper
Flora Marie Carr
Light
George Hauck
Atlanta Smith
Hemlock Grove
H. H. Genheimer
Clay Bryant
Middleport
J. J. Will
Rutland Church Hosts Social Hour and Local News
Rutland Christian Church members held their monthly social Friday night June 2%. A follow up dinner was served. Elsie Jean Roush broke a bone in her foot while playing ball. George Hall fractured an arm after climbing into a hay barn. Norma Jackson died in Holzer Hospital Tuesday morning. Various local residents and visitors, including the Winns, Grosses, Taylors, and Browns, were noted in weekly community notes.
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Rutland
Christian Church
Harry Gross
Akron
Fred Winn
Clair Taylor
Paul Winn
V. E. Mills
Old Man‘s Cave
Virginia Price
J. N. Rathburn
George Hall
Webb Hall
Kermit Brown
Brown
Jacob Whitmer
Langsville
Norma Jackson
Anson Jackson
Holzer Hospital
Children's Day Event At Clarks Chapel Draws Crowd
Clarks Chapel hosted a large audience for the Sunday evening Children’s Day program featuring recitations songs and the pageant Praise and Service. The Ladies Aid Society met the afternoon included quilting and a plan for an ice cream social on Friday July 12 on the church lawn. Nearby visits included Mr and Mrs Jack Robinson of Columbus staying with Mr and Mrs Jesse Sams and Mrs Joseph Robinson with daughter Josephine visiting Margaret Robinson in Cincinnati. Mr and Mrs Robert Gentry and family of Athens visited the Watts home Saturday evening.
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Clarks Chapel
Ladies’ Aid Society
Cora Phillips
Mary Snow
Jack Robinson
Columbus
Jesse Sams
Joseph Robinson
Josephine
Margaret Robinson
Cincinnati
Robert Gentry
Athens
Oliver Watts
State liquor division adds inspectors across nine districts
Alfred Humphrey, chief of the Liquor Enforcement Division, said 18 new inspectors will be assigned evenly to the nine enforcement districts. President Roosevelt turns to the Federal Trade Commission to help industry and labor set voluntary codes to replace the NRA framework struck down by the Supreme Court.
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Columbus
Alfred Humphrey
Washington
Roosevelt
Federal Trade Commission
NRA
Supreme Court
Funeral service for Charies Reasoner in Columbus
Relatives from here attend the Columbus service on Friday morning at the residence 1274 Michigan Avenue. Mr and Mrs Walter Reasoner Mr and Mrs Charies Larimer and Mrs Grace Michel are among those listed as attending.
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Logan
Charies Reasoner
Columbus
Michigan Avenue
Walter Reasoner
Charies Larimer
Grace Michel
Rev Snyder to Speak at Bethany Sunday
The Rev. D V Snyder of Tuppers Plains preached at Bethany on Saturday evening with services at 8 15 pm and will continue biweekly. Mrs Snyder will provide guitar music. Sunday School at 2 pm each Sunday under Superintendent Mr Von Conley. Ed Burke is ill. Local residents visited relatives and others attended Stewart Children Services.
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Bethany Ridge
D. Vause Snyder
Tuppers Plains
Bethany
Snyder
Bethany M. E. Church
von Conley
Burke
George Wright
Pomeroy
Glenora Wright
Stewart
Evenure
Madge Frost
Gien
Anna Graham
Rodney Petty
Merle Kimble
Mabel Garit
Chicago meeting to finalize Grass Roots Committee
A four member permanent Republican Grass Roots Committee will be formed from five members chosen from each of ten states. The group, aligned with the Springfield conference, will be completed at a Chicago gathering within the next two weeks.
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Chicago
Springfield
Tragic Greasing Pit Fire Claims 33-Year-Old Man
Lloyd Ballard aged 33 died after his clothing caught fire in a 20 automobile greasing pit. The blaze was blamed on a short circuit in electrical greasing apparatus.
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Cincinnati
Lloyd Ballard
House panel approves bill to curb loans to warring nations
Washington report states the House Foreign Affairs committee approved a bill to forbid American loans or extensions of credit to the government or citizens of any nation at war. The measure aims to restrict financial support amid ongoing conflicts.
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Washington
House Foreign Affairs Committee
Hospital Notes Record Local Recoveries After Major Operation
Mrs. J. S. Clark deputy in the probate court reports in fine condition after a major operation at Holzer Hospital. Mrs. Victor Niday wife of Gallia County’s Ohio Assembly representative shows improvement. Brady Shaw with fractured pelvic bones from a Gallipolis dam accident is also improving.
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Gallipolis
J. S. Clark
Holzer Hospital
Victor Niday
Gallia County
Ohio Assembly
Brady Shaw
Divorce Suit Alleges Cruelty In Greenfield Township
Gallipolis report states Gladys Myers files for divorce from Ensla Myers on extreme cruelty seeking custody of seven children and alimony. They wed in 1917 and jointly own 50 acres with him owning 45 more in Greenfield Township. She claims abuse and assault by him. Also noted a marriage license issued in Gallipolis for Lon H. Segraves and Amanda E. Bille.
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Gallipolis
Gladys Myers
Ensla Myers
Lon H. Segraves
Charleston
W. Va
Amanda E. Bille
Local court fines for intoxication and DWI charges
Judge A J Stormont fined Rusell Rea twenty five dollars and costs for driving while intoxicated. Charles Kuschlak Alex Kertesz and Noah Moore were fined ten dollars and costs for intoxication on Wednesday.
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Gallipolis
Rusell Rea
CCC Enrelic
A. J. Stormont
Charles Kuschlak
Alex Kertesz
Noah Moore
FBI Denies Search for Alvin Karpis in Akron
J P McFarland of the Federal Bureau of Investigation denied that a search was being conducted in Akron for the notorious gangster Alvin Karpis. No further details were provided on any official investigation or location.
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Akron
Iup
J. P. McFarland
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Alvin Karpis
No Holiday Racing Bans Spotted in Ohio Lakes
Conservation commissioner Lawrence Wooddell forbids speed boat racing on all inland Ohio lakes on July 4 and Labor Day, citing safety and conservation concerns. The rule targets holiday events and aims to curb hazardous operations on public waters.
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Columbus
Ohio
Lawrence Wooddell
Ohio River News—Gordon C. Greene First Pittsburgh and Cincinnati Trip
The Ohio and Great Kanawha rivers rise with heavy rains. The Gordon C. Greene, a Pittsburgh and Cincinnati packet sponsored by the Ohio Valley Improvement Association, carried many passengers on its first trip with a large freight run. Prominence passengers included Capt. Donald Z. Wright and Admiral C. W. Stoll. the Greene will stay in service as long as business justifies. Towboats haul Pittsburgh steel to Memphis and New Orleans, while coal shipments keep ten towboats busy on the Kanawha and joining rivers. A 62 year old river relic recalls the Chesapeake steamers of 1873. The Gallipolis Boiler Shop awaits new boiler work, and the Isthmian steamer carries a Pittsburgh steel tow to Memphis, marking the first steel shipment by barge from Pittsburgh to Chicago.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Great Kanawha
Pittsburgh and
Cincinnati
Gordon C. Greene
Ohio Valley Improvement Associaton Way
Capt
Donald ,Z. Wright
St. Louis Waterways Journal
William C. Culkins
Ohio Valley Improvement Association
C. W. Stoll
Louisville
Greene
Pittsburgh
Packet
Menphis
New Orleans
Monongehela
Destrahan
Youghiogheny
Inland
Isthmian
America
D. W. Wisherd
Jona Britton
Britton
Campbell Transportation Company
Fairplay
Memphis
Cumberland River
Nashville
Tenn
Gulf Refining Company
West Virginia
Kanawha River
Huntington
Gallia County Pension Rolls Grow as Applications Rise
Gallia County Office of Aid for the Aged reports 797 old age pension claims filed as of July 1 in Gallipolis with 492 recipients drawing $47.50 per month. Twenty five reapplications have been taken, allowing current pensioners to continue benefits another year. Officials warn recipients to manage taxes and insurance obligations themselves and pledge steps if funds are mis-spent.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
State of Ohio
Dog Bites Motorist Receives Death Penalty
In Gallipolis on a Wednesday evening a man fixing a flat grabbed a passing dog and was bitten on the hand. The dog was killed amid a local mad dog scare and its head sent to Columbus for examination. Ted Halley of Gallipolis received treatment for the wound.
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Gallipolis
Ted Halley
Columbus
Halley
Halliday Resigns in Columbus Then Opens Gallipolis Office
John E. Halliday, after months in Gov. Martin L. Davey’s Columbus office, resigns and rents two rooms on Locust Street by the courthouse to continue his law practice in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
John E. Halliday
Martin L. Davey
Columbus
Saunders Insurance Agency
Locust Street
Vinton Bank files foreclosure suit against C R Baker
The Vinton Bank ing Company sues C R Baker on two notes totaling 125 dollars with ten acres in Huntington Township listed as loan security.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Banking Company
C. R. Baker
Huntington Township
Former Merchant Grande Dies Suddenly
The article notes the death of a former merchant from Gallipolis Rio Grande area with a funeral planned for 2 o clock. It mentions survivors including a son and references ties to Canton Detroit and Columbus. Weather details describe intense heat and heavy rain causing disruptions along the river and a steamer incident at night.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Clark
Canton
Princ P
Troit
Mich
Arbor
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