Hypnotist Grippo Promises Ring Triumph Tonight
Henry McLemore profiles Jimmy Grippo and his claimed hypnotic influence over Melio Bettina as Bettina defends the title against Billy Conn at Madison Square Garden. Grippo says his mind tricks could improve many athletes and vows Bettina will enter the ring in peak trance readiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry McLemore
New York
Jimmy Grippo
Grippo
Melio Bettina
Billy Conn
Madison Square Garden
Tina
Melio
Mr. Grippo
Pacific
Pittsburgh
Conn
Tommy Loughran
Bettina
Joe Louis
Presto
Jimmy Presto
Meigs County 4-H Girls Camp Plans Near Jackson
Meigs County plans a fourth week July encampment for 4-H girls from Gallia Vinton Meigs and Athens counties at a camp near Jackson. Girls from the Children’s Home may join if funds are raised. Cost is 4 dollars per girl for the week. Donations to Mrs Avon Jones are welcome. The group runs Monday through Saturday with Miss Mary Ellen Miller as chaperone. Activities include sports swimming social events instruction classes and various arts and crafts projects.
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Meigs
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Jackson
Gallia
Vinton
Athens
Avon Jones
Mary Ellen Miller
Plans for Coon Chase at Meigs County Fairgrounds
Plan for a coon chase on Sunday August 6 was announced at a Meigs County Coon Hunters Association meeting. The event likely will be at the Fair grounds though the exact site has not been finalized. Association president Frank Bush presided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Coon Hunters’ Association
Frank Bush
Snake Nest Found Under Old Stump Near Harrisonville Road
WPA workers removing brush on Mrs. Georgia Williamson’s property near Harrisonville Road uncovered a black snake nest under a stump. The site contained a live black snake and 40 eggs, posing a potential neighborhood snake population increase if left undisturbed.
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WPA
Georgia Williamson
Harrisonville
Raze Meigs Home On Second Ave In Middleport
Raze work began this week on the three story brick Semple property at 8S Second Ave Middleport owned by Robert Coats. Harry Cross bought the home and is now tearing it down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Second Ave
Semple
Robert Coats
Harry Cross
Middleport to face Gallipolis at Pythian Park this evening
The Middleport baseball team travels to Pythian Park to play Gallipolis at 6 o'clock. Both teams belong to the Ohio Valley Baseball Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MEAPT
Gallipolis Middleport
Middleport
Gallipolis
Pythian Park
Ohio Valley Baseball Association
Glouster Kiwanis Hosts Three Boys State Delegates
Glouster Kiwanis Club hosted a chicken dinner at Gordon Hotel for three high school seniors chosen to represent the community at Buckeye Boys State. Kenneth Kasler Hollister High Rex Lantz JT High and John Bryson Glouter High spoke of their experiences in Columbus. L. E. Richardson and family shared details of an 8000 mile trip through 19 states and Mexico visiting Grand Canyon Boulder Dam Yosemite Yellowstone San Francisco Exposition Catalina Island and Black Hills. The club plans a future meeting at Howard Anties Grove with a refreshment committee led by M. B. Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Gordon Hotel
Kiwanis Club
Buckeye
Kenneth Kasler
Hollister High
Rex Lantz
JT High
John Bryson
Gloueter High School
Columbus
L. E. Richardson
Knights of Pythias Install New Officers
Glouster Lodge No. 336 Knights of Pythias installed officers Monday night with L Dodson S Underwood and W E Shrieves as installing officers. New officers include Chancellor Commander Robert Skinner Vice Chancellor George Jonas Prelate L R Trainer Master of Aids Henry Williams Inner Guard Harry Richards Outer Guard I N Steadman Lodge Deputy Worthy Parker. A social hour and refreshments followed.
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Glouster
Glouster Lodge
Knights of Pythias
L. Dodson
S. S. Underwood
W. E. Shrieves
Robert Skinner
George Jonas
L. R. Trainer
M. of A
Henry Williams
Harry Richards
I. N. Steadman
Worthy Parker
City Building at Glouster Redecorated
Glouster city building second floor redecorated starting from the staircase hall and continuing to the rear. It includes the council chamber the board of public affairs office and rooms of city solicitor George W Rose. Linoleum patterns reviewed but no purchase action taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Council Chamber
Board of Public Affairs
George W. Rose
I O O F Officers to Be Installed in Glouster Friday
Magic City I O O F Lodge and Charles Thomas I O O F lodge will install officers Friday night July 14 in Glouster. R I Wolf District Deputy Grand Master of Coolville Ohio will be installing officer. Refreshments will follow and a good attendance is desired.
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Glouster
Magic City I. O. O. F. Lodge
Charles Thomas I. O. O. F. Lodge
R. I. Wolf
Coolville, O
Softball League Reorganization Meeting Set for Thursday
A reorganization meeting for the Pomeroy Softball League will be held at the Haven on Thursday night at eight. All Pomeroy managers and interested persons are requested to be present. Plans for the second half schedule and for proposed Meigs County League and Ohio Valley Tournament will be discussed to determine the Pomeroy Bend champion.
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Pomeroy
the Haven
Pomeroy Bend
Plans for recital and all day church picnic in Meigs County
Charles Walburn will lead songs at a one night religious service in Long Bottom part of the Slam the Summer Slump program by Meigs County Churches of Christ. He will also lead singing and perform several numbers at an all day Baptist congregations picnic in Carpenter.
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Middleport
Charles Walburn
Long Bottom
Meigs County
Churches of Christ
Walburn
Carpenter
Baptist
Young Bradford-Gardener Billy Lathey Planted Cucumbers
Six year old farmer Billy Lathey of Bradford planted a cucumber patch and harvested cucumbers seven and eight inches long. He is the son of Lester and Mary Lathey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Billy Lathey
Lester
Mary Lathey
Degree Team To Practice At Glouster Lodge Meeting
Social notes show the Marcellite Rebekah Lodge will hold regular meeting and practice for the degree team on Saturday night July 15. The team will confer the degree at Jacksonville on Tuesday July 25. Glouster residents and area families are listed in the personal notes naming visitors and guests from Hastings W Va Knoxville Tenn New Lexington Zanesville McConnelsville Ellensboro W Va Columbus and Corning among others.
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Marcellite Rebekah Lodge
Jacksonville
Glouster
Charles Dennison
Hastings
W. Va
Charles Lewis
Lawrence Jones
Pauline
James
Paul
John Waldeck
New Lexington
Zanesville
McConnelsville
Garnet Reed
Rocky Glen Sanitarium
Raymond Cunningham
Jacquelyn
Jerry
Peggy Ann
Knoxville
Tenn
George Murphy
Lalla Dunnett
B. F. Swisher
Jay
Columbus
Elizabeth Johnson
Lakewood
Mary Cornwell
Cassie McCormick
Delegates Named for Akron American Legion Auxiliary Convention
Delegates to the State Convention of American Legion Auxiliary at Akron are Mrs. C F E Haskins and Mrs. Earl Mandrell with alternates Mrs. Lena Nicholas and Mrs. H A Rogers. Ray White hosted the Stag Bridge Club event with Al Craft high score, Ray White second, Charles Harper third. Joe Wolfe Jr attended as a guest amid fellow members. Albany Garden Club sets Friday meeting at two with Mrs. Ella White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Ars Auxiliary
Akron
C. FE. Haskins
Earl Mandrell
Lena Nicholas
H. A. Rogers
Ray White
al Craft
Charles Harper
Joe Wolfe, Jr
Laurence Colbert
Roger Kittle
E. B. Matthews
L. FE. Richardson
L. G. DeLong
Jim Steadman
Ralph Gatchel
Ernest Vernon
Albany
Albany Garden Club
Ella White
Letart Falls News Notes Highlights Local Events
Ohio Valley Grange members attended Pomona Grange in Harrisonville last Friday. A wine and marshmallow toast is set for Friday July 14 at Apple Grove locks. Rev. C. L. Thayer will preach July 16 morning and at Apple Grove Sunday evening. Ladies Aid meets Friday at 8 at Mrs. Albert Hill Sr home. Birth announced: Sue Ann, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Cooper, born July 10. Letart Buzzards beat Racine Mudcats 8 to 1 with Roush and Brinker pitching.
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Letart Falls
Ohio Valley
Albert Hill
Zanesville
Betty Sayre
Cooper
Greenfield
Carl Cooper
Polly Ann Burnell
Charleston
Lillie Wagner
Jerry Hill
James Teaford
Antiquity
Carrie Roberts
Margaret Quick
Syracuse
Floyd Chapman
Cora Birch
Howard Roush
New York
Darrell Roush
Keefer
Louis Roush
Letart Buzzards
Racine Mudcats
Ralph Brinker
C. Miller
Letart
Byers J
Beegle
Taylor Ridge Social And Personal Notes
Local social notes list visits and gatherings around Lancaster Glouster and Athens. Families such as Balleteon Davis Heffken and Woollen attend events, with an orchestra performance and multiple visits noted. A 50th anniversary in Glouster and a funeral in Glouster are recorded.
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Taylor Ridge
Neva Balleteon
Lancaster
Iva Mercer
Columbus
Pat Bulstrom
Darrel Withem
Huntington
Gabriel Molner
Tom Aberts
Johnny Syx
Flex Mages
Wilfred Malpas
Deloss Bulstrom
Bill Yount
Andrew Gyurko
William Bulstrom
William Dalton
Dayton
Frances Lemoine
Athens
Fred Heffken
Carl Welling
Eulalia Healy
Geraldine Healy
Glouster
James Golding
Gladys Davis
Eileen Davis
John Davis
Elmer Davis
Guy White
R. H. Weiner
Millfield
John Wenger
Ben Hooper
Evan Davis
George Bulloch
Ada McConkey
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Pleasant Valley Social And Personal Notes
Pleasant Valley notes report Lake Wood opening on July 16 at Pearl Wood farm. Social items list visits from Navarre and Chauncey, plus many local residents. A Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid meeting featured potluck, music, readings, and several visitors from Amesville Athens and surrounding areas. Lincoln Highways stretch more than 3300 miles.
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Pleasant Valley
Lake Wood
Pearl Wood
Train Schedules for East Bound and Air Service Details
The document lists daily and special trains from Baltimore & Ohio and Chesapeake & Ohio with times for north and southbound services, plus New York Central departures. It also notes Athens Airways flights to Columbus with connections nationwide and options to Parkersburg or Marietta, including multiple daily times.
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Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
NEW York Central North
Athens Airways
Columbus
Parkersburg
Marietta
Zaleski Social Notes Recap of Weeklong Visits
Zaleski social notes list visits among residents and guests from Pittsburgh Columbus Athens Bainbridge Wellston Dayton Portsmouth and Akron. Families including the James Carrick McKibben Dill Potter Potter Cavanaugh and Owens are mentioned with relatives and friends visiting or traveling for holidays and illness updates.
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Lena Lambert
Claudus Chesser
Athens
Flora Dill
Harry Sands
Zaleski
Esta Crist
Ollie Ferneau
Bainbridge
Miss Crist
Lide Faulkner
Garfield Hick
Dayton
Faulkner
William Carrick
Murray Snyder
Allie Snyder
Columbus
Lake Zaleski
R. Egelberry
Margery Clark
Wellston
John Potter
Thomas Owens
Akron
Mary Potter
Potter
Cavanaugh
Zuly
Owens
Kanauga Social and Brief Personal Notes
Kanauga residents share visits and travels with Owens Black family and Candalls Toledo. Sunday Sunday School attendance reached 72 of 92. Local people report illnesses, hospital visits, and relatives traveling between Columbus Gallipolis and Charleston. Bobbie Jordan earned a trip to Coney Island through ticket sales for the Columbus Citizen.
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Kanauga
Ray Wartenberg
Lois
Columbus
Pauline
Mickey Candall
Toledo
Owen Black
Chickamauga Park
Lizzie Adams
Pomeroy
Charles Deem
John Dexter
John Flynn
Adra Smith
Harvey Bishop
Huntington Hospital
Robert Queen
Gallipolis
Joe Litchfield
Bessie Davis
J. C. Johnson
Faye Wright
Agnes Frye
Charleston
Bobbie Jordan
Coney Island
Columbus Citizen
Coolville Troy Social And Personal Notes
Coolville and surrounding area residents share weekend visits and guest stays. W D Miller and family spent the weekend at Lancaster Camp Grounds. Gertrude Cole visited in Pennsboro. Sidney Max, Robert Harris and Donald traveled to Cincinnati. Stella Watkins visited Mrs. J W Kincade. Beverly Cowdery joins Lawrence Cowdery in Akron. Wilma Cole hosted Mrs. Virgil Wagner. John Sheets family and E M Daugherty hosted relatives near Waterford. Russell Burdette and son Jackie visited Zanesville and Whites. Ladies Class of Coolville Congregational Sunday School to meet at Mrs Alfred Russell’s home in Ireland district.
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Gertrude Cole
Frost R. F. D
Pennsboro
W. Va
Sidney Max
Robert Harris
Donald
Cincinnati
J. W. Kincade
Stella Watkins
Minsersville
Lawrence Cowdery
Beverly
Akron
E. H. Stout
Junction
Wilma Cole
Emsay
Gibson Hotel
Virgil Wagner
John Sheets
Richard
E. M. Daugherty
P. D. Sheets
Waterford
Russell Burdette
Zanesville
A. B. White
Jackie
Alfred Russell
Coolville
Ireland
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Style-Mart
Griffon
J. Schoeneman
Kuppenheimer
Burnett Smith
Plan Coon Chase
Raze Meigs Home
Gladstones
Burnett
Smith
Glouster Kiwanis
Oscar Pratt
Navarre, C
Edward Pugh
D. L. Wallace
Nelsonville
Harold Jones
Chauncey
Pleasant Valley Ladies Aid Society
Lester Cordray
Cordia Patrick
Marie Swartz
Beula Cordray
Ella Wood
Kate Brooks
Cora Brooks
Bessie
Vivian Pugh
Charles Bardin
Edward Brooks
Harold Matthews
Benny Jean Matthews
Fisher
Ira Whitmore
Buchtel
Gerald Wallace
Charles Wood
Felix Dorsey
Baltimore & Ohio
Diplomat
Acces
National Limited
West Bound
Moore
Thomas James
Clelie
Velinus
Ulysses James
Albert James
E. F. McKibben
Vera
Martin
McKibben
Hawk
Belpre
Fred McKibben
Alberta Riley
Wilbern Carrick
Troy
W. D. Miller
Dale
Lancaster Camp Grounds
Vay
National Distillers Products Corp.,, N
Ather Comfort
Ales Kingshead
Webbers
Carnegie Frontenac
Mountain State
Ben Brew Noch Eins Burger
Grosswater Newark P. D
Carnegie
Porter Bock
Burkhart
Washington
Patrick Henry Pfeifers
Red Top
Pranella Demijohn Grecian Fite
Columbs
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11Th Ave
Clintonville
Livingston Ave
Oakwood
Parsons Ave
Cleveland Ave
11Th
Dooridge
BE. Main St
Bexley
Linden
Delaware
Ohio
Lancaster, Ohio
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