Visits to Little Known Areas of District
Pioneer families of Gallia County traced through Springfield and Rutland townships. The narrative lists early settlers including Halliday, Mills, Mossman, Sisson, Siders, Watts and Womeldorff with their Civil War service, marriages, and migrations from 1799 to 1868, noting connections to Meigs and Gallia counties and Addison, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. H. Harris
Ohio
Gallia County
Springfield Township
Gallipolis
Samuel Halliday
Scotland
Rio Grande
Parker
Rutland Township
Meigs County
Mr. Hall
Addison
George Washington
Halliday
University of Edinburg
America
Ohio University
Rutland
Frederick Keye
Heatley Postoffice
Germany
Elza Mills
John Mills
Hutsinpiller
W. W. Mills
Thomas Mossman
Daniel Womeldorff
Wemeldorff
Ohio House
Senate
James Sprague
Pine Grove
Maine
Nelson Sisson
Sisson
Samuel
Pomeroy
George Siders
Evergreen
Virginia
Andersonville
Andrew Watts
J A. C. Watts
Danville
Castle Thunder
Richmond Va
Watts
Kerr Station
James W. Watts
91St
Ohio Infantry
William Watkins
Heatley
Francis Womeldorff
Michael Womeldorff
Jane Waddell
Rutland Methodist Picnic and Community Notes
Rutland July activity highlights include the WSCS picnic at the Denes home with a basket dinner. Attendees include the Morris Weber Theobald Anderson Clark family groups, Linter and family, Siders family, and many others. A Rutland Boy Scout troop camped near Huntington for a week while others enjoyed vacations and local visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
WSCS
Carl Denes
Carl Morris
Weber Theobald
Don Anderson
William M. Clark
Bobby
Stevie
Kathy
Lee Myers
Robert Linter
Larry
Ronald Danials
Charles Siders
Jean Ann
M. E. Rathburn
Bertha Giles
Mamie Clark
Rebecca Folden
Della Hanang
Noretha Fleming
Eva Fleming
Mike Roberts
Flossie Hull
Suzie
Robert Carson
Donnie
Dayton Parsons
Jane
Mildred Pierce
Paul Jonnie
Terry
Eddie Micky
Dian Scheever
Bob Deneson
Taft Cares For Pie Says White House Cake Poll 1953
A farm surveyed officials by letter on White House cake favorites for 1953. Chocolate defeated other flavors with 36 percent of senator votes. Taft Kefauver Warren are named among supporters. Stevenson favors Lady Baltimore. Kerr chose sponge cake. Eisenhower had no favorite.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
White House
Robert A. Taft
Estes Kefauver
Earl Warren
Adlai E. Stevenson
Lady Baltimore
Robert S. Kerr
Gen
Dwight Eisenhower
Visitors and family notices in Danville and surrounding area
Pvt. Eastman and Mrs Eastman visit the Hoffmans in Danville and will return to Texas where he is stationed. Everett Turner attends a 125th anti aircraft gun battalion reunion in Columbus. Janet Sue Hoffman returns home with the Turners. Various weekend visits, a birth announced at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis, and a 15th birthday dinner for Nancy Spaulding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Larry Eastman
Cecil Ralph Hoffman
Columbus
Clarence Hoffman
Eastman
Texas
Everett Turner
Turner
Janet Sue Hoffman
Dale Russell
Eno
Calvin Spires
Isaac Strausbaugh
Vinton
Donald
Helen Metheney
Tom Metheney
Fair Play
Mason Clinic
Robert Grate
Marion
Kearney Ogdin
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Charles Griffith
Alice Spaulding
Nancy
Teddy Hall
Vona Spaulding
Jack Davis
Burbage Spaulding
Ragland
W. Va
Robert Smith
West Virginia
Freddy Stephenson
Tommy Spaulding
E. A. Grate
Mabel Grate
Mary E. Dyke
Air War Might Break Korea Truce Talks
Allied strategists argue the intensified UN air offensive against Korea could pressure Reds to end year-long truce deadlock. Maps show recent enemy blows from Allied fleets as 500 UN planes struck hydroelectric targets before June 23. Generals Collins and a massive Thunderjet mission signal the siege will continue until the prisoner exchange deadlock ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Korea
J. Lawton Collins
Communists Liquidate Landlords in South China Delta
Newspaper reports indicate that 4 586 landlords have been liquidated during land reform in the rich South China delta area. Resistance to redistribution remains strong and the job is not finished. Only 99 of 218 counties are reported reformed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hong Kong
South China Delta
Kwangtung
Laurel Cliff residents host and visit throughout area
A series of social visits are listed with residents from Laurel Cliff and nearby towns. Guests include Mr. and Mrs. Allen Wilson of Columbus, Mrs. Ernest Harris and Charles Casto of Phoenix visiting local families, and several trips to see relatives in Bailey Run Athens Dayton and Metz. The Laurel Cliff Health Club held its annual picnic at Bailey's Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Cliff
Allen Wilson
Columbus
Karen Turner
Metz
W. Va
Josia Turner
Vern Story
Clarence Ackley
Athens
Norman Schaefer
Bailey's Lake
Carey Hysell
Harrisonville Road
John Deihl
Carl McCeeven
Dayton
Helen Leifheit
Herman Kaspar
Jackie
Amanda Kaspar
Pearl Parker
People and visits in Apple Grove community
Mrs. Frank McKelvey recovers at home after tonsillectomy at Holzer Hospital. Wilson Slaughter returns home after three weeks as a medical and surgical patient at Holzer. Wheat in the area is reported good. Local visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Sayre and others from Akron and Racine. Charles Sayre learns of cousin Stone Troutman’s death in Belpre. Troutman was a former Belpre assistant postmaster. Norma Kay McKelvey attends 4-H camp at Canter's Cave. Mary Hayman is a patient at Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple Grove
Frank McKelvey
Holzer Hospital
Wilson Slaughter
Charles Sayre
H. O. Donnelly
Herman Peacock
Akron
Frances Slaughter
Cottageville
W. Va
Sibel Miles
Edith Hayman
Racine
Stone Troutman
Belpre
Troutman
Norma Kay McKelvey
Canter’s Cave
Mary Hayman
Social Notes Record Local Visits and Gatherings
Mrs Luther Blum and Mrs Hubert Hall spent an evening with Mrs Mathilda lum and the Misses Edna and Maggie Blum of Logan. Sue Helber spent a day with Betty McBride and Jim Jones family. Conda Lynn visited Rev E F Bradford in Carroll. Betty Bender bridal shower noted in Lancaster. Fred Swartz of Sugar Grove visited Blum household. Cincinnati area visitors and local hosting noted among many pairs including the Mathias families and Engle family. Joel Mathias admitted to Grant Hospital in Columbus for treatment. Mrs Charles Lawrence of Newark visited J E Brashares family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Enterprise
Luther Blum
Hubert Hall
Mathildalum
Edna and
Maggie Blum
Logan
Sue Helber
Betty McBride
Jim Jones
Conda Lynn
E. F. Bradford
Carroll
Betty Bender
Lancaster
Fred Swartz
Sugar Grove
Arnett Griffith
Rockbridge
Bill Helber
Harold Heinlein
Walter Mathias
C. H. Riggs
English Study Resumed After Expensive Lesson
Mrs. Berta Kittler begins English lessons in Hamilton, Canada, after a costly past in Russia where she and her husband faced Siberia and death for treacherous behavior as they learned English. The university graduate now works as a cleaning woman while her 17-year-old son attends high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamilton
Canada
Berta Kittler
Russia
Bosses Avoid Slurring Spirants in Dictation Tips
New York report notes bosses should not slur spirants and fricatives when dictating. Alexander L. Sheff of the Speechwriting Institute explains continuable sounds cause most trouble for secretaries. Words like freeze bath clothes disburse exemplify potential confusion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Alexander L. Sheff
The
Speechwriting Institute
Man favors horse travel to church Sundays
In Creal Springs, Illinois, groceryman W. H. Holmes says he owns two cars but rides his horse named Sweetheart to church on Sundays. He notes his wife and children prefer using the cars, and he feels more at home on the horse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Centralia
Ill
Creal Springs
W. H. Holmes
Pvt. Cummings Begins Basic Training
Pvt. Samuel L. Cummings 20 son of Mrs. Cynthia Cummings 319 E Eighth St Wellston has been assigned to the 3rd Armored Division at Ft. Knox Ky where he will receive 16 weeks of basic training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wellston
Samuel L. Cummings
Cynthia Cummings
Eighth St. Wellston
3Rd Armored Division
Ft. Knox
Evening WSCS Meeting and Local Visits
The WSCS held an evening meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Vincent. Afterward pie and coffee were served. Visitors included Far Jones of Sheppard, Mich., and several relatives visiting in Malta and Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Robert Kee
Lima
Andie Orland Kee
Lyle Bas
Portland News Notes and Visiting Guests
Portland society notes list Mr and Mrs Henry A Groot Sr and daughter Elizabeth Ann of Savannah Ga visiting their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Charles McKelvey and Mr and Mrs Gilbert McDade and family returning to Reed City Mich from vacation with Mr McDade s parents Mr and Mrs Van McDade Other guests include Mr and Mrs Gerald Ours Huntington Mr and Mrs Charles Larson Cottageville visiting Mrs Clara Larson and Mr and Mrs Reed Rose and Mrs Otto Bradford visiting Mr and Mrs Earl Jewitt Others include Mr and Mrs James Jones Mrs Alberta Foutty Parkersburg and grandson Frank Steinberger visiting with Mr and Mrs Vaughn Adams and Mr and Mrs Edwin Steinberger Portland Methodist Church held a reception for new pastor Rev Herbert Osman Portland 4 H Club members Shirley McKelvey Lawrence Ebersbach Duane Sayre Karen Cooper and Shirley Ward attending camp at Canter s Cave Clara Sarson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Henry A. Groot
Elizabeth Ann
Savannah
Charles McKelvey
Gilbert McDade
Reed City
Mich
McDade
van McDade
Gerald Ours
Huntington
Charles Larson
Cottageville
Clara Larson
Reed Rose
Otto Bradford
Earl Jewitt
James Jones
Alberta Foutty
Parkersburg
Frank Steinberger
Vaughn Adams
Edwin Steinberger
Canter’s Cave
Shirley McKelvey
Lawrence Ebersbach
Duane Sayre
Karen Cooper
Shirley Ward
Clara Sarson
Calamity Jane Pallbearer Claim Adds New Detail
Deadwood resident George Leeman says he was the sixth pallbearer at Calamity Jane's funeral after pallbearer F X Smith fell ill. He recalls standing before the church as pallbearers carried Calamity out. Hopkins reportedly confirmed Leeman’s memory, but Leeman says he never had his name print in a newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Black Hills
Wild Bill” Hickock
Deadwood
S. D
George Leeman
Leeman
F. X. Smith
George Hopkins
George
Black Snow Covers Block In Worthington A Week
A jet black soot pile from a 245 foot chimney at a power plant spread across a block in Worthington Minnesota. A strong wind whipped the mass over sidewalks streets and yards while residents watched in awe. They were told to clean up and bill the city for the work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worthington
Minn
Local Families Share Visits Across Towns
Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Hill of Madison West Virginia spent a Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Plantz. Mrs. Randolph Fraley visited Rodney Ohio with Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Fraley. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Young left for Fostoria Ohio after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Fred Taylor. Paul Taylor visited Tim Jenkins. Mrs. Marie Buck of Zanesville spent a week with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Whittington. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Taylor toured Parkersburg and Chil dren's Hospital with their son Ronnie. Ernest Plantz and wife will visit August 10. Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Matthews and others visited George Veith of Middleport. Olen Taylor builds two rooms and a front porch. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Taylor and Mrs. Fred Taylor attended a song fest near Rutland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Storys
Forrest Hill
Madison
W. Va
E. E. Plantz
Randolph Fraley
Rodney
Ohio
Daniel Fraley
Robert Young
Fostoria
Fred Taylor
Paul Taylor
Tim Jenkins
Marie Buck
Zanesville
Theodore Whittington
Lewis Taylor
Parkersburg
Children's Hospital
Ronnie
R. E. Plantz
Ernest
George Veith
Middleport
Olen Taylor
Earl Taylor
Rutland
John M. Veith
Local social notes from Kingsbury and nearby towns
Recent visitors and guests in Kingsbury Thurston and surrounding areas include Thurston Carsey Webster City Iowa at the Weber Wood home. Families such as Hoffman from London Coloumbus Morris Mohler Wyant Gilkey Wood and King are mentioned with visits and births.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kingsbury
Thurston Carsey
Webster City
Iowa
Weber Wood
Russ Hoffman
London
Virgil King
Melvin Morris
Columbus
John Morris
Sedrick Mohler
Harley Mohler
Manning Mohler
Alabama
Sgt
Mohler
Wayne Bea
Linda Lee
Meigs General Hospital
Jane Gilkey
Helen Jean
Middleport
Leroy Wyant
Norman Wood
Stanley Beal
Cleveland
Wayne Beal
William King
Venera
Janice
Judy
Mary Margaret Wyant
Amanda Morris
John Carl
Ralph Carl
Blaine Farley
Ernest Wood
Homer Goodin
Extra Fingers and Toes in Cordoba
P Gines Caballero Zurita aged 18 in Cordoba will walk better after surgery to remove surplus toes and fingers. He had nine toes on each foot and six fingers on each hand and could never wear shoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cordoba
Spain
P—Gines Caballero Zurita
Reedsville Social Notes and Probate Notices
Reedsville community round up includes Garry Blake fifth birthday party with many relatives visiting and assorted guests. Notices announce inventories and appraisements for multiple Athens County estates and numerous probate accounts with hearing dates set in August 1952.
Local families gather for dinners and visits in Harrisonville
Sunday guests include Mr. and Mrs. R S Blackwood and Esta Mae at the Shamous home in Gious ter. Ivan Cotterill returns to Columbus from vacation with his mother Olena. Hazel Stanley and Sunday School class members picnic at Lake Hope. Betty Lou Moore visits Alkire family in Harrisonville. Various relatives visit, move, or return home from visits to grandparents and other kin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
R. S. Blackwood
Esta Mae
Shanous
Giouster
Burr Oak Lake
Ivan Cotterill
Columbus
Cotterill
Olena Cotterill
Hazel Stanley
Lake Hope
Fred Moore
Betty Lou
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Felix Alkire
Cecil Jewell
Kenneth Welsh
Bloomfield
Earl Coury
Denzell
Gladys Blackwood
Richard
New Mexico
Mike Epple
Janice
Frankie
W. A. Dye House
Clarence Lee
Peet
Homer
Fred Holsington
Toledo
Grafton Stout
Jack Waner
Jackson
Hiel French
Eunice Bradfield
Chicago
Adda
Bert
Herb Bradfield
Alma Atkins
Community notices and legal ad from Athens County
Local residents from Ewington Wilkesville and Columbus visit relatives in Ohio towns. A probate court petition in Athens County seeks adoption of Sarah Lou King and a name change with a July 14 1952 filing and a August 27 1952 hearing. George King named and alleged as father who allegedly failed to support the child for over two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
Ohio
Merrill E. Brooks
A. H. Brooks
Harvey Calhoon
Laura Calhoon
Helen T. Clayton
Emile S Clayton
J. E. Williams
John L. Cook
Bessie M. Cooper
C E
Kenneth W. Loefflier
Ernest Loeffler
Clarence McCall
Hattie Sapp Stover
Ralph Coe
Bessie Walters
Ada P. Woodworth
Marie Young
Mary Abdella Preston
Edward Lee Abdella
William Barnhill
Helen Barnhill
Robert E. Selby
Clarence Brown
W. C. Foster
Charles A Ferrell
Wm. Parker Walker
Roth Ann Schoonover
Mildred Wend Carlin
George Wend
Ray Wend
Henrietta P. Bentley
Wiam B. Bentley
Bank of Athens
NBA
Mahala E. Griffin
George King
Sarah Lou King
John F. Newcomb
Ohio to hear change in location of State Route 58 in Athens
The Ohio Department of Highways will hold a public hearing August 8 1952 at 10:00 AM in Athens County Courthouse to debate relocating part of State Route 58 in Athens County. Details describe new route segments and related abandonment of portions pending compliance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State OF Ohio Department OF Highways
Columbus
Ohio
Director of Highways of
Court House
Athens
Athens County
Athens Township
Department of Highways
Corporation
City of
Hocking River
West Union Street
Journal OF the Director OF Highways
Pilus
THE
Director OF Highways
Theodore J. Kauer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Athens Messenger
Rutland Social Notes
Kelson Phillips
Rutland Boy Scout
Theodore Stiles
Clara Phillips
Frank Wilson
Springfield
Wilsons
Tomas Dewhurst
Chillicothe
L. Dewhurst
Edith Kennedy
Harvey Earlwine
Joetta Kaye
Homer E. West
Charles
Nancy Delaney
Carla Jane Miller
Everett Coy
Carlos Snowden
Elaine Harrison
Isabel Spires
Betty Siders
Taft
Supung
Songchon River
Changjin Reservoir
Sakchu
Changijin
N. Korea
Miles
Pyongyang
Hwangju
Sariwon
Supung Dam
Red
Nam Ni
U. S. Army
Inset
Collins
U. S
Japan
Rome
Enterprise Social Notes
Cutler
Reedsville Social Notes
Reedsville
Garry
Elmer Blake
Blake
Betty Charieene
Donna
Bob Wyers
Irene
Walter
Nancy Browley
Carol
Harry
Doris Bowman
George Founds
Eileene
Jimmie Brannon
Gertrude
Beverly
Rinkie
Glen Linthi
Cum
Chuckie
Carolyn Curtis
Delcia
Charleene Reed
Jim
Butch Deeter
Roger Eddy
Jeanie Matheny
Doris Lorraine
Roberta Elaine
Roger
Neal Blake
Arthur Hetzer
Clyde Pickens
Josephine Pickens
Bennis Ammons
James Henry
Irene Shaver
Ravenswood
Ruth Moore
Jack Moore
Susie
Mike McClosky
Ronald Coleman
Fred Coleman
M. H. Pickering
New Brighton
Gladys Williams
Jean Collins
Delaware
H. D. Brannon
Ferra Mae
Deloris Milhoan
Cheshire
Nancy Chaney
Stewart Bryan Sisson
Canton
Mary Lou Robinson
J. D. Hamilton
Mansfield
C. V. Buckley
Keith
Belleville
Harold Humphrey
M. A. Hall
Long Bottom
Ivan Chevalier
Toronto
Lucy Kibble
Elizabeth E. Ames
Julia A. Atkinson
Mayme James Betts
Mayme G. James
Neilie Canter
Hannah Mildred Davis
Mary Dean
Stacy E. Hanning
Ewington
Edward Parsons
L. A. Parsons
Sherry Cottrill
L. B. Terry
Opal Smith
Pattie Terry
Wilkesville
Wayne Cottrill
E. L. Cottrill
Pridemore
Omar
Watha Farley
Elizabeth Farley
Satuccay
Francis Cottrill
Church of God
Old Man's Cave
Donna Polsely
Emory Bishop
James Parm
Verna Woodall
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