Old Folk's Day Parade Draws Crowds In Nelsonville
Nelsonville hosted Old Folk's Day sponsored by the Athens County Association for the Protection of the Aged drawing many district residents. The parade started at 1 30 pm from Public Square to the high school auditorium where Dr Van Crow and Hon W H Whetto spoke on old age pension laws and Townsend Plan proposals. A Townsend Club formed with 100 paid members and other county units attended the rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Athens County Association For the Protection of the
Corning
Murray City
Fayette Sueer
H. A. Lines
Athens County Association
Bessie Stephenson
van Crow
Townsend Plan
W. H. Whetto
Lawrence County
Whetto
Ohio
Getall
Townsend Club
Band Boys Enter Two Week Camp At Oliver Lake
Nelsonville group led by W. Hamm traveled to La Grange for the Wainwright Band and Orchestra Camp at Oliver Lake. Five boys Big Mechem Garth Lightfoot Jack Pritchard Lewie Vaughn and Hugi Webb will study music for two weeks.
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Nelsonville
Ward
W. Hamm
la Grange
Hil
Wainwright Band
Oliver Lake
Big Mechem
Garth Lightfoot
Jack Pritchard
Lewie Vaughn
Hugi Webb
Motorist injured in early morning crash in Nelsonville
Tom Stevens of the Factory district suffered a deep cut on the left arm and multiple bruises when his car hit a tree in front of the Presbyterian manse on East Washington Street while heading west. A wheel broke. he received medical aid and returned home.
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Nelsonville
Tom Stevens
Presbyterian
East Washington Street
Stevens
Jefferson Street
Birthday celebration honors two Ruscoes at country home
Nelsonville observed a family birthday dinner at the Dewey Ruscoe home Sunday. Twenty three guests attended including A. D. Roth Paul Allard Lucas family and many relatives. The honored guests were Joe Ruscoe and his son Stanley Ruscoe served a chicken dinner.
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Nelsonville
Dewey Ruscoe
Joe Ruscoe
Stanley Ruscoe
A. D. Roth
Paul Allard
Zanerville
J. W. Lucas
Mary Ellen
Virginia
Dickey
Laura
Paskin
James
Joe
Lancaster
Guy Lewis
Ruth
Bernice
Billy
Mary Frances
Union Furnace
Alice Juscoe
Edith
Earl Haas
Connette
Stanley
Arraign Five In City Court
Four arraignments on intoxication complaints were held in Mayor G Holland's court Sunday. Sandusky Stover of Carbon Hill was fined 5 dollars and costs. Thames West and Rudolph Bryan of this city were fined 5 dollars and costs each. Charles Toliver of this city was fined 10 dollars and costs. Rudolph Bryan pleaded not guilty to a charge of conveying spirituous liquor to a prisoner and was bound over to the grand jury under a 300 bond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
G. Holland
Sandusky Stover
Carbon Hill
Thames West
Rudolph Bryan
Costes
Charles Tolliver
Coats
Charles Wright
Nelsonville News Notes brings local visits and travels
Nelsonville residents report guests and trips from across Ohio. Ward W Hamm visited friends in Nelsonville Friday. Mr and Mrs Gene Brickies of Pomeroy and Mr and Mrs Willard Webb of Toledo attended nearby gatherings. The community notes guests, returns from a six week west coast motor trip, Cambridge visit, and relatives visiting from Columbus Lancaster and Steubenville.
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Ward W. Hamm
Gene Brickies
Pomeroy
Blackburn
Willard Webb
Toledo
J. B. Preston
Preston
Jimmy
Ann
Wallace Gienn
West Coast
Jean Freer
Cambridge
Charlies Rittenmeyer
Louise
Columbus
Nelsonville
J. W. Lucas
Nellie Ruscoe
Lancaster
Joe Ruscoe
Geo. Martin
Barlow
C. A. Dean
Elizabeth
C. FE. Welch
Phil Reich
Henry Ferriche
Crookeville
H. Cox
Leslie Cox
Fred Edington
Steubenville
Mattie Floto
Dorothy Vorhes
Anna Bibbee
Hannah Bibbee
Akron
Elizabeth Hammer
Henry Stewster
Lakeland
Fla
Weston
W. Va
Pritchard
C. J. Sturm
the Ritz
C. L. Dotson
Greenwood
Ww. Va
Ed Gillisen
Bridgeport
Athens
Morrs Webster
Thelma
Willard, O
Claud Steppe
Jog Eslocker
Young Child Dies Buried at Carbon Hill Cemetery
Nelsonville report of the burial of 3 weeks old Bernard Lee Conley son of Mr and Mrs John Conley Longaetreth at Carbon Hill Cemetery on Sunday. The family is noted to have several other children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Biernard Lee
John Conley
Longaetreth
Carbon Hill
Rio Grande Club Holds Fourth Annual Round-Up in Columbus
The Rio Grande Club of Columbus held its fourth annual round-up and picnic in a park near Fish finger Bridge on the Scioto River drawing over 360 alumni faculty and friends of Rio Grande College. The event featured a gong service sermon by Prof. C O Clark, a picnic and social program, life certificates for teachers, musical numbers, and a large delegation from Rio Grande with officers for next year.
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Columbus
Rio Grande Club
Fishfinger Bridge
Scioto River
Rio Grande College
J. Boyd Davis
John M. Davis
Cooperrider
Lola King
C. O. Clark
Rio Grande
J. Boyd Davie
Price Ewing
W. R. Edwards
Walker Team Wins Lotol BUCHTEL- Dr. Walker's Old Timers
Dr. Walker's Old Timers won at Union Furnace by 1 to 1 with Garner pitching a single hit allowed and Phillips collecting three hits. Frisby and Chesser were the Union Furnace battery as the Old Timers prepare to travel to Millfield for another tough contest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Dr. Walker
Union Furnace
Carner
Oliver Garner
Garner
Millfield
Filipino Boys Lead Torch Service at M. E. Church
Filipino boys conducted a torch service at the M. E. Church for Rev. Williams with Romeo Baronia delivering the formor and Michael Bernedus and Max Rengo leading the song service in English and Spanish. A free will offering was given.
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M. E
Rev. Williams
Romeo Baronia
Michael Bernedus
Max Rengo
Josie Gatting
Cincinnati
Bill Joyce
Stewart
Harry Andrews
Edna Buckie
Parkersburg
Lee Buckley
Shark Meat Offered as New Delicacy for Table
New York report from Captain Jean Eller Ich promotes shark meat as a heavenly dish for housewives and job seekers. He notes global sharking and declares shark meat a popular choice while warning of the continuing shark abundance and 20 varieties amid four million taken annually.
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New York
Philippines
Jean M. Ellerich
Globe
Texas
Dairy Workers View Herds in Gallia County
In Gallia County dairy judging teams from Athens Mocking and Gallia 4 H clubs viewed herds at the Fred Foster and O H E barns under County Agents Starbuck Chambers and Hartman. Ivan McKellip selected five rings of Holsteins at O H E and four rings of Jerseys at Foster's, noting improvements since the June 26 trip. They will join other groups at Ohio State University on August 5 for continued judging work and then lunched at the Libby Hotel before inspecting Eureka's new lock and dam project.
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Gallipolis
Athena
Mocking
Gallia County
Fred Foster
R. R. Starbuck
Harold Chambers
Logan
8. C. Hartman
Athens
Ivan McKellip
Columbus
Foster's
McKellip
Victor Niday
Earl Carmichael
Ohio State University
Libby
Eureka
Heavy Rain Breaks Heat Over District
A 1.15 inch downpour at 4 am Sunday cooled Gallipolis from 96 degrees and caused street flooding on Second Street. Basements flooded and a large hole opened in the wharf near the steps with bricks washed toward the river. Weather Observer Edwin McCormick notes one inch of rain is heavy for the district.
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Gallipolis
Second Street
Edwin McCormick
Kanawha River coal trade to rise with freight rate hike
Rivers at full pool with Sunday rainExpect more activity on the Kanawha coal tow line as rail rates rise 25 cents per ton Ohio and Kanawha coal firms extend towboat service from Huntington to the upper Kanawha A new and larger towboats planned by the coal lines and steel traffic continues downstream including the Neville Henry Laughlin Allegheny and W C Kelly toward Louisville Memphis and New Orleans The Water Queen and other showboats tour the Kanawha and Ohio rivers with crews and inspections ongoing at the ferries.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Kanawha
Julius Fleishman
Kanawha River
Cincinnati
John G. Britton
Pittsburgh
D. W. Wis
Ohio River
Island Creek Coal Companies
Huntington
Holden
Logan
Cosa
E. D. Kenna
Sam P Suit
J. D. Ayres
Catherine Davis
A. C. Ingersoll
Kenna
Ohio River Company
Cairo
Louisville
Memphis
New Orleans
C. W. Talbott
Union Line
Charleston
Talbott
Acme
Henry C. Yeiser
Creighton
Joe Cook
Water Queen
Walter Hyatt
Beverly
Onio
Muskingum
Upper
Bryant
Mack Wright
Creighton Federal
John Lane
Gallia County Pension Review Set for August and September
Gallia County will not add new names to Old Age Pension lists in August and September. The office remains open and will process applications locally but will not forward them to Columbus until notified. Existing claims will be rechecked as reapplications arrive and funds are exhausted until tax income resumes.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Leo E. Carter
H. J. Berrodin
State Department
Columbus
Berrodin
Carter
Columbus Girl Is Removed to Capital
The welfare board returned Kathryn Johnson known as the cave girl to Columbus after days in Gallia County Jail for living on the river bank near Kanauga. A court record accuses Raymond Spurlock of being the unborn child’s father and he admitted the charge in Justice Milliser's court. Spurlock, jailed on auto theft charges, was moved to Ohio Hospital for Epileptics after a seizure in court and Saturday evening.
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Gallipolis
Kathryn Johnson
Welfare Board
Columbus
Gallia County
Kanauga
Common Pleas
Raymond Spurlock
Spurlock
Fred Milliser
Ohio Hospital
Judge Id. & Clark
Restaurant Man To Face Three Charges
Gallipolis reports Harley Wheland Eureka restaurant proprietor faces three charges including pointing a firearm operating a disorderly place and running a poker game. Sheriff E E Hatfield said Wheland admitted the pistol incident after being jailed. Wheland owns River City Restaurant and hails from Ross County. Charles Brown of Point Pleasant W Va manages the restaurant.
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Gallipolis
Harley Wheland
Eureka
E. E. Hatfield
Wheland
River City
Ross County
Charles Brown
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Hatfield
Protest Over Gallipolis Carnival Showings Grows
In Gallipolis 350 residents signed a petition at the Baptist Church Sunday urging the city commission and city manager to ban street shows. Led by Atty Hollis Johnston and L Gilmore, the petition asks officials to forbid carnivals on streets alleys or parks. The Rev George Sagen presented it at Bible School with attendees signing during services. more signatures will be collected before the Aug 5 city commission meeting.
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Gallipolis
Baptist Church
Atty
Hollis Johnston
L Gilmore
Community Association
George Sagen
Bible School
City Commission
Haney’s Work Will Continue In Gallipolis
George Walker Haney son of Mr and Mrs Scott Haney of Athens resigned as relief director to join the State Board of Liquor Control He gained criminology training in Chicago and taught at Le land Stanford University His two year tenure saw airport and three miles of concrete sidewalk built plus cemetery and street improvements New projects planned include school building rehabilitations field house paving and road work to start by Aug 1 employing about 530 county workers Zenia Shaw former secretary becomes temporary acting director.
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Boyd Davis
McGuffey
Side Hill
Meigs County
Rio Grande
Gallipolis
E. H. Hamilton
Vinton
Columbus
H. T. Houf
Athens
Chestera McDonald Carr
W. A. Lewis
Ira Topping
Hollis Ewing
Ewing
Cooperrider
Will C. Merritt
Harold Davis
L. L. Roush
Walter Pabst
Melle Davis Boster
Morgan
Mra. Cooperrider
William A. Lewis
Ohio
W. G. Scarberry
George Walker Haney
Scott Haney
State Board of Liquor Control
Department of Criminology
Chicago
Leland Stanford University
Berkeley
Calif
FERA
Mound Hill
Haney
Lincoln
Washington
G.A.H.S
Greenfield
Zenia Shaw
Three Minor Wrecks Reported in Gallia County
A series of Sunday crashes in Gallia County left no injuries except for Wade Pinall of Vinton who was seriously burned when his cattle truck struck a ditch and caught fire near Pomeroy. The other collisions involved a Eureka Route 7 entrance encounter between R H Howlett and Dana Day, and a Spruce Street street collision between Robert Stevers and a Dowell fruit truck.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Wade Pinall
Vinton
Holzer Hospital
Pomeroy
Pinall
Meigs County
R. H. Howlett
Dana Day
Eureka
Day
Huntington
W. Va
Howlett
Spruce
Second
Robert Stevers
Stevers
Front Street
Garfield Avenue
Gemienhart
Two Divorces Granted by Local Judge This Saturday
Gallia County judge W R White granted two divorces on Saturday. Garnet Miller Carney was divorced from James R Carney on grounds of extreme cruelty. Clara Bell Schwartzalder Mehl obtained a divorce from Charles Mehl alleging wilful absence and restoration to maiden name.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. R. White
Garnet Miller Carney
James R. Carney
Clara Bell Schwartzalder Mehl
Charles Mehl
Dam Employe Will Fight Court Action
John P. Porter a dam employe seeks a restraining order to block a Mason County West Virginia garnishee suit by the Gallipolis Motor Company for 77.50. Porter now resides in Ohio and says his weekly earnings of 13 to 15 dollars go mostly to support his two children under his estranged wife custody.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John P. Porter
Dam Employe
Court of Common Pleas
Mason County
W. Va
Gallipolis Motor Company
Porter
Ohio
Motor Company
West Virginia
Wetherholt Couple Welcome Ruth Anne
Mr and Mrs James Wetherholt of Third Avenue welcomed a seven pound daughter named Ruth Anne on Saturday The couple also has a son named Gene Grandparents are Mrs M E Hanlon and Mrs Alice Wetherholt living in the area
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Wetherholt
Third Ave
Ruth Anne
Gene
M. E. Hanlon
Alice Wetherholt
Delaware Farmers Obtain Marriage Licenses
Marriage licenses issued for John Tillman, 40, Delaware farmer, and Razalla Friend, 21, native of South Ferry. Also John Fisher, 21, Delaware farmer, and Madeline Evans, 21, native of Delaware.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Tillman
Delaware
Razalla Friend
South Ferry
John Fisher
Madeline Evans
Lucas couple withdraws charges over unlicensed photography appointments
Charges against Mr. and Mrs. Jack Lucas and Grove Angel for soliciting photography appointments without a license were withdrawn Saturday after they paid 50 dollars for a permit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jack Lucas
Grove Angel
Workers and Families Organization Formed in Cheshire
A Workers and Families Organization was formed at Cheshire with attendees including State Hoover of Pomeroy and the organization’s chairman. Plans were discussed for lodges in Gallia. The group aims to be patriotic and support American principles and life. Only 11 of the stated key elements were discovered in Columbus.
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Cheshire
State Hoover
Pomeroy
Tee
Gallia
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D. J. Driscoll
Pennsylvania
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Sherman Minton
Jack A. Fisher
A. J. Christenson
Elmer Danielson
Gladys Loding
Neville
Henry Laughlin
Allegheny
W. C. Kelly
Capital
Athens County Savings & Loan Co
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