Nelsonville Council Delays Gas Line Change and Seeks Coal Bids
Nelsonville city actions include extending Ohio Fuel Gas Co lines on Back Street and notifying the company to implement changes. A sanitation complaint on St Charles Street goes to the sewer committee. Mayor’s May report shows 67.40 in collections. Bids for coal for municipal plants will be opened July 1 to December 31, 1955. Also town bingo event hosted by Pocahontas at Red Men’s Hall Wednesday night.
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Back Street
Ohio Fuel Company
Nelsonville
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
St. Charles Street
Sewer Committee
Council
Holland
Buchtel High to graduate 26 in largest class ever
Buchtel High School will hold commencement on Thursday at 8 p m in the Buchtel Opera House, graduating 26 seniors in the largest class in school history. Max Tolliver is valedictorian with Kathleen Tolliver delivering salutatory and a class song. A mixed quartet and Joe Garvin trumpet solos are planned along with a class address by L W Reese.
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Buchtel
Buchtel High School
Buchtel Opera House
Joe Garvin
G. C. Nutter
William Strecker
Kathleen Tolliver
Max Tolliver
Imogene Newman
Ada Smathers
Eugene Murphy
John Savage
Wi!l
MacDowell
Barker
L. W. Reese
Honors Daughter on Birthday Party in Buchtel
Mrs William Ervin of Buchtel hosted a party May 31 in honor of her daughter Jane Ervin s fourteenth birthday. Ice cream and cake were served and Jane received many appreciated gifts. Present were Jane Ervin Phyllis Bryson Eva Lafollette Thersa Culp Pauline Sayre Eugene Murphy William Russell William Shively William Sheskey Kenneth Graham and Eugene Graham
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Buchtel
William Ervin
Jane
Jane Ervin
Phyllis Bryson
Eva Lafollette
Thersa Culp
Pauline Sayre
Eugene Murphy
William Russell
William Shively
William Sheskey
Kenneth Graham
Eugene Graham
Birthday Dinner Honoring John Huddy At Woodard Home
Mr and Mrs Wess Woodard hosted a lawn birthday gathering at their country home for John T. Huddy of Gordon West Virginia. Guests included John and wife, E C Hodge and family, Leah Casey and daughters, Durward and daughters, Wiley Ryan and family, Dow and James Huddy, Maggie Huddy, Frank Huddy, Lillian Huddy, Ray D Sayers and daughters, Herbert Walker, Charles Huddy and others from Ohio towns Nelsonville Haydenville Enterprise Chauncey and nearby communities.
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Wess Woodard
Columbus
Ohio
Wiley Ryan
Dow Huddy
James Huddy
Chauncey
Maggie Huddy
Frank Huddy
Lillian Huddy
Ray D Sayers
Nelsonville
Herbert Walker
Enterprise
Charles Huddy
Haydenville
Carbondale Social Personal Mention Highlights Local Visits
Carbondale social notes record visits by Lou Daugherty Rebecca Gardener and others from Barberton to Frank Risley and relatives. Barberton families Delbret Barber Mildred Barber George Barber. Memorial Day gatherings noted with Carmichael and Hogshead households. The Carbondale mine operated three days last week.
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Carbondale
Lou Daugherty
Rebecca Gardener
Barberton
Frank Risley
Delbret Barber
Mildred Barber
Columbus
George Barber
Dora Hook
New Marshfield
Hazel Duzz
R. M. Betts
Henry and
Billy
Katherine Marie
Edward Betts
Frank Carmichael
B. Bray
Clyde Hogshead
Ashtabula
M. Stanley
Leslie Howson
Dew Arnold
Gallia County War on Dogs to Curb Rabies Spreads
Gallia County Board of Health declared a strict dog quarantine to fight a rabies outbreak after two suspected mad dogs were shot. Any resident may kill unconfined dogs unless immunized or tethered. Fines up to 40 dollars and costs apply.
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Gallia County
Gallipolis
Gallia
3. T. Allison
Jeaae Evans
Taylor Sheeta
Everett Massie
J. E. Berry
F. W. Shane
Margaret Jones
Farry Miller
Board of
F. A. Haskins
Tom White
Local Notices and Personal Updates in Gallia County
Frances Coultrap visits Judge and Mrs J Clark then returns to McArthur. H B Ecker travels to Cincinnati for business and a night baseball game. John W Howell moves into the Locust Street office once used by late Prosecuting Attorney Fred Cherrington. Mrs Cherrington owns the property.
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Galulipolis
J. 8. Clark
Frances Coultrap
McArthur
H. B. Ecker
Cincinnati
John W. Howell
Locust Street
Fred Cherrington
Final AAA payment sent for 1934 burley tobacco crop
The final payment from the AAA for the 1934 burley tobacco crop arrived at the office of County Agent R. R. Starbuck on Monday. Twenty thousand dollars were issued in 153 checks for distribution.
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Gallipolis
AAA
County Agen
R. R. Starbuck
Rio Grande Alumni Banquet Planned This Saturday
Rio Grande alumni prepare for a Saturday banquet at 6 30 p m in the college cafeteria hosted by Mrs Ethel Richards head of the menu committee and S May Fulton general chairman. The event will be served by Baptist Church ladies. Local residents noted visits and travel related to the weekend activities.
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Rio Grande
Tuin Swing
Ethel Richards
Mae Smeltzer
Garnet Altizer
S. May Fulton
Ladies of the Baptist Church
P. R. Lyne
Columbus
Edna Arundel
Ironton
Irwin McC
Keels Fined andJailed for DWI In Gallipolis
Rio Grande Negro Keele was fined 100 dollars and costs in municipal court for driving while intoxicated. He received 30 days in jail and a six month license suspension after his car struck James Thompson, causing cuts and bruises. Thompson initially appeared to have a fractured skull but improved and left Holser Hospital Monday night.
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Gallipolis
Converse
Keels
Rio Grande Negro
Costa
Keele
James Thompson
Thompson
Holser Hospital
Sale Confirmed in Grace Downing Case at Common Pleas Court
Judge W. R. White entered the order confirming the sale in the Grace Downing vs Hobart George case. Wilburine and Stella Katharine George Buswell Roush purchased the property for $1.40. Proceeds were distributed: $56.38 to the treasurer for taxes, $59.76 to the clerk of courts for costs, and $1,284.56 to Grace Downing to apply on the judgment.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
W. R. White
Grace Downing
Hobart George
Wilburine
Stella Katherine George Buswell Roush
Clerk of Courts
Cars Crash On Route 7 near Gallipolis
GALLIPOLIS R C Cassidy of Chesapeake Ohio was injured Monday afternoon when his car rear ended another three miles south of Gallipolis on Route 7. He was taken to Holzer Hospital with possible fractured ribs and facial cuts. Cassidy owned a Chesapeake night club leased by Henry S Schroeder who drove the other car. Cassidy said Schroeder may have dozed briefly.
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Gallipolis
R. C. Cassidy
Chesapeake
Ohio
Cassidy
Holzer Hospital
Henry S. Schroeder
Schroeder
Marietta
Marriage License Issued in Wellston Pair
Pearl Hollingshead Jr age 23 a Wellston miner and Madge Lanning age 22 daughter of Ira Lanning both of Alice were issued a marriage license in Gallipolis area.
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Gallipolis
Pearl Hollingshead, Jr
Wellston Miner
Madge Lanning
Ira Lanning
Alice
Sock Social Idea Is a New wrinkle
The Service Club of the Presbyterian Church planned a Sock Social at 7 30 p m June 6. Members will donate twice their stocking size in one cent pieces. A musical program is being arranged. Committee members were Mrs Ceola Irion Miss Gladys Halley Mrs Kenneth Frazier and Miss Ruth Work.
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Gallipolis
Service Club
The
Presbyterian Church
Ceola Irion
Gladys Halley
Kenneth Frazier
Ruth Work
Truck Trade Booms in Gallia County May 1935
May 1935 saw stronger truck sales in Gallia County than April 1935 and May 1934, with 15 trucks sold and 47 passenger cars. New bills of sale filed show 53 passenger cars and 11 trucks in April and 48 passenger cars and 4 trucks in May 1934, while passenger car sales were slightly down overall.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Logan Wildermuth Undergoes Tonsil Operation
Donald Wildermuth was submitted to a tonsil operation at the office of a local physician on Monday.
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Logan
Donald Wildermuth
Ohio River traffic and pollution woes at Gallipolis
Near cloudbursts and continued rain pushed the Ohio River up but not flooding. Lockmasters reported heavy towboat traffic with as many as 18 lockages in two hours at dams 26 through 29. The Acme Boiler Shop repaired boilers on the E. D. Kenna damaged by water pollution, while Kanawha coal yards in Cincinnati brim with shipments in anticipation of a coal strike. The City of Cincinnati coal contract, valued around 385000, will be transported by barges and the Julius Fleishman, Henry C. Yeiser, and W. C. Mitchell steamers.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Governmnt
Ohio River
Iethmian
Carnegie Steel Corporation
Campbell Transportation Company
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Nashville
Memphis
Tenn
Acme
Steei
E. D. Kenna
Ohio River Company
Huntington
Cairo
Ill
Kenna
Kanawha River
Hartington
Tow Woodward
Julius Fleishman
Kanawha and Ohio Coal and Towboat Company
Louisville
Henry C. Yeiser
W. C. Mitchell
Townsend Plan Is To Be Explained At New Marshfield
A meeting and rally of the Association for the Protection of the Aged will be held at the Church of Christ in New Marshfield on Wednesday night June 5 1935 at 730 oclock. Doctor Vancrow a nationally known speaker will deliver the address. Businessmen are especially invited to attend as the speaker explains how the Townsend Plan will affect business.
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New Marshfield
Association For the Protection of the Aged
Church of Christ
Vancrow
H. A. Sines
Nelsonville area notices and obituaries update
Nelsonville notices report the death of Mrs. James Scott near New Plymouth. her siblings from Nelsonville include Frank and Jesse Groves and Mrs. William Bethel and Mrs. George Hunshaker. Nolan Groves of Columbus is a brother. funeral planned Wednesday afternoon. Also society events and engagements are listed including the Foreign Missionary Society gathering Thursday night and the Reed Heestand engagement. hospital admissions at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis include Mrs. Monroe Mills Crown City Mrs. A. P Miller Patriot Miss Helen Perry dietitian Estaline Henry Crown City and C. A. Safford Gallipolis with ear and eye treatments.
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Nelsonville
Frank and
Jesse Groves
James Scott
New Plymouth
William Bethe
George Hunshaker
Nelsonvile
Nolan Groves
Columbus
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Monroe Mills
Crown City
A. P Miller
Helen Perry
Estaline Henry
John Henry
C. A. Safford
Cy Blanten Shines in Pirates Minor League No Hit Streak
Cy Blantén, Pittsburgh Pirates pitching prospect, delivered five no hit efforts in the minors. The report notes his right handed arm shows a standout sensation for Pittsburgh as a future major league asset. No connection to mosquito eggs or cold effects is discussed.
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Cys
Pittsburgh
Cy Blantén
Pittsburgh Pirates
Retta Howe Class Elects Officers In Nelsonville Meeting
The May session of the Retta Howe Sunday School Class at the Methodist Church in Nelsonville elected officers led by President Bessie Stephenson and Vice President Rose Vaughn. Hazel Katzenbach became secretary with Anna Riley as assistant. Ida Dusky is treasurer and Connors assistant treasurer. The sick committee includes Hazel Dunkle and Helen Largent, with Anna Riley serving Central duties. Pearl Williams heads the flower committee. Refreshments followed social games and contests.
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Nelsonville
Retta Howe
Methodist Church
Cora Tignor
John Lightfoot
Mildred Norris
Sylvia Matheny
Bessie Stephenson
Rose Vaughn
Hazel Katzenbach
Anna Riley
Ida Dusky
Mrs. Connors
Spain Bullfighting Industry Valued at 50 Million a Year
The article reports that bullfighting in Spain generates about 50 million dollars annually, highlighting its economic impact and cultural significance.
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Spain
Nelson and Williams are wed in Nelsonville
Nelsonville notes a wedding at the Methodist Church parsonage. W Fremon Nelson and Miss Melba M Williams of Cocoa Florida were married by Rev H A Rothrock with no attendants. The groom is the son of Mrs Anna Nelson of Nelsonville and they will reside here.
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Nelsonville
W. Fremon
Nelson
Melba M. Williams
Cocoa, Fla
Methodist Church
H A Rothrock
Anna Nelson
Donkey Baseball To Be Offered Friday
Nelsonville announces a donkey baseball game Friday night at the city playground starting at 7:50. The American Legion will face a team of local business houses with listed players from the Legion post including George Barrows EB A. Gra W. L. Cooley Gerald Nelson Ray Elliott Fred Linscott William Cooney Rodney Reeves T F Mulligan Glenn Allen Frank Lowry J W Hall Carl Duskey and Robert Kinrev with more players to be added. A full lineup and game details will appear in Thursday’s Messenger.
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Nelsonville
American Legion
the Legion
George Barrows
EB. A. Gra
W. L. Cooley
Gerald Nelson
Ray Elliott
Fred Linscott
William Cooney
Rodney Reeves
T. F
County Physi Montl meetin notes and speakers
Local meeting at the Legion Home in Columbus heard speakers from the county unit of Medicare. Nelsony and Le McGay led the session with discussion on interest and lunch served at noon.
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Nelsony
LE McGay
Columbus
Weil
Medicare the Legion Home
Putton
Harold Spencer Returns From Virginia Trip
Nelsonville residents report Harold Spencer and Thomas Spencer visited their parents Mr and Mrs C H Bartlet and others on Mager Street and Eustacia Street before returning from a motor trip to Virginia and Washington.
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Harold Spencer
Thomas Spencer Mac Bartlett
Guest
C. H. Bartlet
Mgers Street
Eustaciar Street
Ea Ran
Virginia
Washi
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Red Men's Hall
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W. J. Wright
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Grotto Garden
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RED Coats
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Ohio River News
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Ella V. Clark
Townsend
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John E. Reed
Don 8. Reed
This City
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Frank McHugh
Ruth Donnelly
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