Huge snake sighting prompts Gallia County search plan
Experts from Columbus and Cincinnati zoos inspect the Gallia County area near Stewart's Hollow after Mildred Blazer reports a loglike object that moved and appeared to be a very large snake. Ohio State zoology professor John Price plans a field trip, with many locals hoping for a hunt.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Township Lake
Mildred Blazer
Columbus Zoo
John Price
Ohio State University
Cincinnat Zoo
Blazer de Slater
A. H. Schultz
Stewart's Hollow
Inter
Valley
Itr
Price
Mall
Local Social News Roundup of Engagements and Visits
Mrs. Hannan Hanes returned from an extended visit with her daughter Mrs. Mary Oliver. Mr. and Mrs. Joe Litchfield entertained over the weekend. Mrs. Charles Lambert and family and Mrs. Anna Windon of Spring Hela attended. Mrs. Anna Garlich of Indiana is inquiring about her brother and sisters. Mr. and Mrs. SA Stew. Mrs. Hazel Adams visited Huntington on Friday to join sons Jay and Harry and families on a Georgia trip. Mr. and Mrs. Roy Wartenburg and family hosted Lois and Ruth Oney for Columbus. The Wartenburgs and Mrs. Black visited their brother Claude in Huntington Veterans hospital. Mrs. John Vickers returned from Charleston with friends. She was accompanied by Mrs. Myrtle Bool, Mrs. Verna McKean, and others. Oak Hill resident visited sister Mrs. Paul Abies. They motor to Charles to see Cor a Dewitt. Mrs. Owen Black and Kenneth spent time with family in the county. Ema Whittington of But Byres and Waineen of Bet G0 Me attended.
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Kanauua-Mre
Hannan Hanes
Mary Oliver
Eyland
Joe Litchfield
Charles. Lambert
Anna Windon
Spring
Hunt
Ington
Jayland-Harry
Georgia
Roy Wartenburg
Lois
Sirs
Ruth Oney
Columbus
Owen
Black
Wartenburgs
Veterans” Hospital
Huntington
John, Vickers
Sun
Charleston
Myr Bool
Verna McKean
Toledo
Maran
Haaly
Stott
Staten
Oak HU
Paul Abies
Charles
Cora Dewitt
Anton Iyer
Owen Black
Ton Kenneth
Ema Whittington
But
Byres Waineen
Bet
Logan Lodge Delegates Headed to Cleveland Conclave
Logan Knights Templar delegation with families leaves for Cleveland to attend a conclave. Local commandery members ready to participate in parade events as part of the gathering. Also notes hospital admissions and medical treatments for several local residents.
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Logan
Logan Knights Templar
Cleveland
Arnal Me
Wiington
Aleghiane Harry
Eureka Dam Lock Wall Restricted Access
Government stops fishing at Eureka Dam and restricts all access to government property. Lock wall anglers and visitors must obtain written permission from the Engineering Department and may be arrested without permits. Crews have police powers and will enforce the ban at the dam and surrounding maritime property.
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Uallipolis
Eureka Dam
Roperty
U.S
Engineering Department
Intoington
Farm Bureau Advisory Council Picnic and Program Planned
Members of the Farm Bureau Advisory Council in Gallipolis plan an evening picnic dinner Friday at Chick. The event will include several brief speeches advocating welfare of the organization and a program of games and athletic events.
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Gallipolis
Farm Bureau Advisory Council
Mingos trounce Coal Grove 18 to 7 in Sunday game
Logan Mingos hammer Coal Grove 18 to 7 at the fairgrounds behind Earl Marshall four for five with a grand total of 17 hits to eight. Adams pitched all nine for the Visitors while Leonard worked five innings. Mingos set early pace with seven unanswered runs in the second inning and built the lead with strong hitting and timely help from several players. Mingos prep for Nelsonville Twilight League debut with Tuesday practice.
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Logan
Fairgrounds
Coal Grove
Earl Marshall
Tome
Peck Mowery
Adams
Torhe
Leonard
Bill Spence
Mingos
Pence
Joel Thomas
Webb
Logan Toke
Mingus
Baseball Game Tonight and Tournament Clashes
Tonight the McBrides face Myers in Logan at 5 30. Wednesday Mowery and Thomas clash as the opening game starts at 5 30. Arrangements plan a McArthur series starting Thursday afternoon to decide the district state tournament representative.
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LOGAN
American Legion
McBrides
Myers
Mowery
Thomas
McArthur
Inspection Trip by Logan W L Roler and Carey Ryder
Chief engineer Logan W L Roler and trainmaster Carey Ryder completed an inspection trip of the Athens subdivision River division and Jackson Belt on Thursday and Friday. They traveled in a motor powered special car with several other railway officials aboard.
Logan Social Notes Highlights Local Club Events
Logan social pages detail a series of gatherings from a joint gathering at Miss Eleanorland’s home to a double wedding and showers for Irene and Lucile Campbell. Attendees include Mrs. C. S. Clarke and Mrs. J. H. Cooley, with remarks on camp duties for Dr. Carlos Gaffin and movements of Roy Gottman to Lancaster.
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Irene
Lucile Campbell
Harrison
Clifford Litherland
Robert Brooker
Flavius Appleman
Delmar Freeman
Misses Campbell
Eugene Miller
Lawrence Griffith
Ralph Rheinseheld
Daugh Ler
Brooker
Appleman
Gallipolis Social Notes Update on Local Groups
Gallia County social page notes attendees at a Mrs. Walter Evans home event, upcoming host plans for July, and a covered dish lunch. Items include visits by Knox Williams to Magnetic Springs for health, relatives visiting in Logan, and social gatherings at various homes around Gallipolis.
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Walter Evans
Clarence Fish
Springs
Knox Williams
Magnetic Springs
J. G. Williams
Logan
Theoore Lemon
Sunken Barge to be Raised Near Eureka Locks
Gallipolis reports an operation to lift a sunken coal barge near the Eureka Locks by the USS Blue Stone derrick boat and towing steamer Troquis. The lock will be cleared of debris and navigators warned to proceed cautiously during the operation.
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Gallipolis
Eureka Locks
USS. Bluestone
Troquis
Gallia County to Host Fifth Ohio Hereford Barbecue
Gallia County residents plan the fifth annual Ohio Hereford Association barbecue at the Herron farm near Chandlers ten Muskingum County. A 1106 pound steer will be roasted for attendees. The event follows a year of rising Hereford interest in the county, aided by distribution of more than 1000 heifers. Mrs. Jame Woolum, 78, died Sunday night in Holzer Hospital after a medical illness.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Herron Farm
Chandlersten Muskingum County
Warsay Mospital
Jame Woolum
Holzer Hospital
Sion
Tortoise Exhibit Shows 1909 Name Tags On Farm Find
Chris Biars of Shoestring Ridge displayed a tortoise dated 1909 bearing the names Osa Boggs and Fred Biars. The reptile was found on the Biars farm after more than thirty one years there, prompting remarks at the scene.
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Chris Biars
Osa Boggs
Fred Biars
Biars
Church to Dedicate Organ Chimes Sunday
First Presbyterian Church at Gallipolis will dedicate an organ chime set at the morning service Sunday July 21. The chimes are a memorial by Mr. and Mrs. Carl Myers for their daughter Tharon who died in a car accident three years ago. Organist Mrs. J Harley Boyer and the church choir will perform with the new chimes.
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Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis’ Weber Sishler
Carl Myers
Tharon
J. Harley Bovie
Marion Gleason First CAC Student To Solo Flight
Marion Franklin Gleason of Patriot became the first CAC student in training at the local airport to solo after completing eight hours of instruction and taking to the air.
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Gal.ipolis
Civil Aeronautics Corps
Marion Franklin Gleason
Patriot
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Myrtle McDel Williams
Gallia County
Joseph Henry MeDole
MeDole
Myrtle Dalrymple
Ephraim Dalrymple
Middleport
William Edwards
E. E. Hatfield
Williams
Sallipolis
Chickamauga Park
Claude Miller
Agriculture Extension Service
Gallapolis
Wiliam Mark Young
Hingo
Ann Bailey
Four Square America
Wheeler
Virginia Hays
Burton K. Wheeler
Montana
Kago Hotel
Kanau
Logan Lodge
T Logan Hospital
Harry Bernard
Corning
Cherrington Hospital
Betty Klinebrier
Nelsonville
Earl Boling
Cawthorne
Edith Scarberry
Eureka
Gos Swamp
James
Lithei
Eleanorland
Cannelton, Inc
Bride- Durr
Eroome
the Sun
Roy Gottman
Glew Co
Harrison Litheary
Oklahoma
Cseaterland
C. S. Clarke
Manames Winters
C. S. Matheny
Fred Burchfield
N. M. Brown
Pearl Linton
Flue Schempp
Nettle Parker
Martha Sue Cruise
Clarence Schempp
Howard Kirk
Walter Leony Ward
HD. Saxton
Paul Cruise
Parker
Carlos Gaffin
William Clapp
W. Front. St
Dwight Clutter
James Young
Orville Farrar
Rndolph Rempel Sr
C. and. C
E. B. White
United Brethren Church
Irene Campbell
Harrison Litherland
Lucille “Campbell
Shieh
J.A. Campbell
Lucille Campbell
E. Second St
Lo‘gan High School
Cooley
J. H. Cooley
D. B. Club
Warner Ave
Charlotte Simms
Stanley Thompson
Charley P. Mock
Jasper Ties
W. W. Harden
T. W. Phil
Katie Walker
Rebecca Ties
Nellie Blum
W.E. Petty
Pearl Watkins
Chauncey Riggs
Albert Leg
Me . G.gilliam
Mike Hansel
Woodrow Blum
Adam Schaal
Lawrence Hack
N. Market
Anthony ‘Toernet
Hr. Unveraagt
Charles Breene
John Krieg
LK. Showalter
Oatan
Lancaster
Geary
Okla
F. W. Gottman
Botany
Lanc Ning Brothers
Gallipolis Social Notes
Amerie
John Danner
P.G. Smeltzer
Jake Fastern
William Cooke
Bette Leaper
Pauline Johnson
Washington
New York
Leaper Silaug
Robert ‘Thompson
New Bethlehem
Ieee
Arene
Ira J. Kall
Ary
E. W. Mauck
Thomas Bell
Gus Kuhn
Cambridge
Albert Weibel
Bert Robinson
Ruth Kuhn
Arizona
L. E. Khuene
Clinton Chatwiei
Thivenin
Portsmouth Avenue
Allen Riley
Athens
Ruth Thorniley
Eugene Robinson
Robinson
G. E. Mounts
Buckeye Lake
Buellaby
Abby Collins
Mildred Rainer
Mildred Collins
Kenneth Johnson
Clarence Heine
Annabelle
Chicago
Garten
A. M. Brown
Glen W We
Hr Goldberg
Riday
F. Temple
Worstell
N. Court St
Zenner’s Dept
MF. Gleason
CAC
Selo
Carpenter Maytag Co
Athens, Ohio
Glouster
Pomeroy
The
Athens Ice and Storage Co
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