Ouster Order Takes Effect Immediately
Gallia county administrator Leo Carter of the Aid for the Aged office is summarily removed by Allen Barber of the Chillicothe District. Barber installed Mrs. Virgil Roberts as acting office chief and cites insubordination for the dismissal. Carter, a Republican WWI veteran, plans time in a Dayton veterans hospital and did not commit to seeking reinstatement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Aid For the Aged
Leo Carter
Allen Barber
Chillicothe
Henry J. Berrodin
Age Pension Organization
Carter
Barber
Virgil Roberts
Norma Chick
Gallia
Lillian Durst
Pomeroy
Robert Carter
Democratic Committee
Roberts
Janis Watts
Rio Grande
L. C. Watts
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Berries Abundant At Gallipolis Harvest
Lively news from Gallipolis reports a plentiful blackberry crop with hundreds of pickers harvesting large quantities. Most berries go to home use while many shipments are made to city markets by truck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mrs Holzer Starts Drive for Period Dolls for House Museum
Mrs Charles E Holzer of Gal lipolis launches a quest to build a period doll collection for the Our House museum. She visits many places seeking Revolutionary to early 19th century dolls, including a beeswax doll and an Empire gown china doll, aiming for a representative European and colonial lineup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Holzer
Charles E. Holzer
Gallipolis
Our House
Holzer
Death of L. H. Wiseman at Ohio Masonic Home
Relatives informed of the death of L. H. Wiseman formerly of Walnut and Green Townships at the Ohio Masonic Home in Springfield. He was admitted February 6 and died July 8 with interment in Jamestown Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
L. H. Wiseman
Walnut and
Green Townships
Ohio Masonic
Springfield
Jamestown
Ohio
Child Struck by Car In Huntington Hospitalizes TwoYearOld
Anna Louise Vanco two years old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Emory Vanco of Huntington West Virginia is hospitalized with a skull fracture after being struck by an automobile. The family recently moved from near Gallipolis where her paternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Vanco reside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Anna _ Louise Vanco
Emory Vanco
Huntington
W. Va
E. A. Vanco
Henking Returns to Florida After Gallipolis stay
Herbert H. Henking former cashier at the Ohio Valley Bank returned to Miami Florida on Friday He owns a large hotel there and plans to reside in Florida indefinitely after two weeks in Gallipolis on business
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Gallipolis
Herbert H. Henking
Ohio Valley Bank
Miami
Fla
Henking
Gallipolis Social Notes Update From Town Friends
Gallipolis social column highlights visits and travels of locals and relatives, including Helen and Barbara White visiting J C Butz in Dayton, A FE Houstie returning to Columbus, and many others from Gallipolis area towns. The note also covers a golden wedding anniversary dinner in Cadmus and a July picnic planned by the local business and professional women group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen
Barbara White
Robert White
Elsie Butz
Dayton
J. C. Butz
Butz
A. FE. Houstie
Columbus
J. A. Lupton
Lester K. Evans
First Ave
S. S. Stiverson
Truth Seekers Class Met at VU Church Briefs
UNION FURNACE The Truth Seekers Class met at the VU Church Wednesday afternoon. Mrs Elsa Dyer led the program. Refreshments were served by Mrs William Kennedy and Mrs Theodore Kennedy. Visitors included Mrs George Geiger. Families and neighbors shared news of travels and visits across Ohio and Michigan with excursions to Columbus and Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phillip
Columbus
Dallas Warthman
Billie
Albert Rhorer
Logan
Edwin Warthman
New Plymouth
Lloyd Hinerman
A. J. Hinerman
E. L. Courter
Springfield
Rio Grande Families Return From Southern Visit
Mrs Isaac Fowler and her son Victor return to Rio Grande after a month visiting relatives in Arkansas and Oklahoma. Mrs Elizabeth Boster of Guyan Township accompanies them, and Miss Effie Haskins of Idabel Oklahoma will visit her brothers F A and J L Haskins and other relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Fowler
Victor
Rio Grande
Elizabeth Boster
Guyan Township
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Effie Haskins
Idabel
Okla
F. A. and
J. L. Haskins
Miss Anna Ruth Caufman to Enter University in Cincinnati
Miss Anna Ruth Caufman recently graduated from the local high school and traveled to Cincinnati on Saturday to spend the summer with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Laurence Meal. In September she will enter the University of Cincinnati with her sister Gladys and brother George Caufman and Robert Martin accompanying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Ruth Caufman
Cincinnati
Laurence Meal
University of Cincinnati
Gladys
George Caufman
Robert Martin
Mrs Lois Polland Visits Friends in Gallia Meigs Counties
Mrs Lois Polland of Saint Petersburg Florida visits here and in Middleport her former home. Referred to as Mrs P A Thomas she will travel to Buffalo New York on business after her Gallia and Meigs County stay.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lois Polland
St. Petersburg
Fla
Middleport
P. A. Thomas
Buffalo
N. Y
Gallia
Meigs
Death of Ruth Elizabeth Swain in Crown City
Mrs Ruth Elizabeth Swain 19 wife of Paul Swain died at the family home in Crown City after several months illness Burial followed services at Crown City M E Church conducted by Rev Oma Williams The funeral was held Saturday after death Thursday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown City Gallipolis
Ruth Elizabeth Swain
Paul Swain
Crown City
Crown City M. E
Oma Williams
Engineer Falls 18 Feet at Eureka Dam
Asa B. Kirby a 37 year old U S Engineer on the Eureka Dam suffered a fractured skull when he fell 18 feet while on duty He is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Asa B. Kirby
U. S
Eureka
Holzer Hospital
Wheeler Theater Steel Shipments On Schedule
Gallia County reports all steel for the new Wheeler theater has arrived and construction is advancing rapidly, with crews pushing work forward on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
New Wheeler Movie Theater
Ladies Aid Society Meets in Reedsville
The July meeting of the Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church was held Wednesday afternoon at the home of Mrs. Josephine Pickens. Numerous visitors and relatives from nearby towns were noted in attendance as members shared updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
Ladies’ Aid Society of the
Methodist Episcopal Church
Josephine Pickens
Straitsville Personal Mention
Straitsville notes list visitors and local family events including Margie DeLaney visiting relatives in Nelsonville and sightings of relatives at various area hospitals. The item mentions oper ations for appendicitis, camp meetings in Lancaster, family visits in Columbus and Newark, and births and illnesses among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Margie DeLaney
Nelsonville
Joe Callahan
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Robert Wilson
Inlaw
Jack Wilson
Bethesda Hospital
Zanesville
Virginia
Jean
Leo McDonald
Canton
Wilbur McDonald
Walter Grandy
George Hite
Don Hazelton
Leonard White
W. J. Miller
Josie McDonald
Florence Huston
Margaret Walters
Charles Paxton
Six Mile Turn
Debbie Conn
New Lexbngton
Alice Holleran
W. C. Bumbardner
Newark
Ohio
Betty Johnston
Sidney Johnston
Clarence
Rhea Daugherty
Andrew Crowe
Bill Keeler
Agnes Bowe
Mike Bowe
Cheney Rites Held
Funeral services were held Friday afternoon at Mercerville for James Cheney 24 son of John Cheney Gallipolis who died at the home of his mother Mrs Linnie Stovall at Evansville Ind Cheney was reared in the home of his grandparents Mr and Mrs C B Day near Bladen and after their deaths lived with his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmer Schreiber
E. D. Hughes
Long Bottom
Wilson
Spokane
Wash
Harry Hughes
William S. Fulton
Santa Monica
Calif
Elizabeth Fulton
Samuel Fulton
Otto Rothgeb
Cheshire
Carl Fennimore
Portsmouth
Monroe Gibson
Donna Jean Fennimore
John Slagle
Cadmus
Charles Hill
Athens
Garnet Cromley
Jack Shaw
Charleston
Lillian Catten
Iranna
Marshall College
Huntington
Glen Jones
Route 1
Gallipolis
Robert Glendon
Jessie Leaper
Mildred
Albert Leaper
Frank Leaper
Bette Leaper
Carl Allen
Hilda Leaper
Columbus
Hazel Richards
Holzer Hospital
West Virginia
Ohio
Robert Jewell
J. M. Kiely
Michael
Newark
Harry Elder
Zanesville
James Cheney
Dora Brothers
Augusta Kerns
Maxine
Gallia
Kerns
Joe
White Cross Hospital
Edward Tope
Emerson Evans
Baltimore
Tope
Stephen Rose
Oklahoma
Charles Hamilton
Mary Landthorn
Pearl Pierce
Carl Ogden
Dyesville
Bernice Snyder
Middleport
F. Michaelis
Mercerville
John Cheney
Linnie Stovall
Evansville
Ind
Cheney
C. B. Day
Bladen
Plan Reunion Aug 1 Thaxton Family in Gallipolis
The ninth annual Thaxton family reunion is planned for Sunday Aug 1 at Campaign Church. Donald Strausbaugh secretary and treasurer announces the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Thaxton
Campaign Church
Donald Strausbaugh
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Ces
Gallia Aged Aid Office
Mrs, Ortraasauws B. Hola
Mr. and
Mrs
Colonial
Colonial Plan
North Court Street
Gallipolis Social Notes
O. M. McLaughlin
Rocky Hill
Jackson County
T. G. Dillon
Union Furnace Briefs
Ladies Aid
A. L. Clary
Robert Titus
Detroit
Edith Titus
Rutland
Kate L
Lucy Kibble
D. W. Kibble
Cleveland
Frank Hoblitzell
Effie Warren
Jane Powell
East Liverpool
B. M. Stein
Jack
L. R. Stein
Nettie Cameron
Richwood
J. D. Landon
Corman Bailey
Caledonia
Elzworth
E. Sprague
Algia Mills
Dora Goodman
Lucy Siedel
Betty
Pickerington
Raymer Anderson
Yorktown Electric
Ohio Food Market
N. Court Sr
Straitsville
George Sagen
First Baptist Church
Granville
Denison University
Mee
CMU
U.s.royals
U.S
U. S. Royals
Rae
Oldsmobile
McFarland
Chevrolet
N. Court St
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