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Newspaper

Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1936

Page

9

Gallipolis Plans Use Tax Funds to Retire Bonds

Gallipolis and several districts will receive state distributions from real estate tax collections to cover all expenses for the last school year including teachers' salaries. County Auditor Emmett D. Keeler notes amounts by district with portions earmarked for bond retirement, led by Gallipolis City at 26,157.90 total with 911,786.61 for the bond fund.

Gallipolis Emmett D. Keeler Keeler Gallipolis City Cheshire Rural Greenfield Rural Guyan Race Crown City Village Vinton Village Morgan Rural Raccoon Rural Perry Rural Bidwell-Porter Cadmus Rural Addison Rural Clay Rural Green Rural Harrison Rural Ohio Rural Springfield Rural Walnut Rural Centerville Walnut-Waterloo

Wishes of Mrs. Niday Carried Out at Rites

Gallia County funeral rites Thursday memorialized Mrs. Victor J. Niday late wife of the county representative. A. Safford read the obituary and a poem she authored. Mrs. D. C. Priestley sang Abide With Me with piano by Mrs. F. E. Hatfield. Rev. C. W. Frye preached a sermon. Pallbearers were neighbors Harry Hulshorst Fred Northup L. C. Sprigel E O. McCall Cash Allison and Hobart Foster.

Gallipolis Victor J. Niday Gallia County General Assembly A. ©. Safford D. C. Priestley C. W. Frye Rodney Harry Hulshorst Fred Northup L. C. Sprigel E. 0. McCall Cash Allison Hobart Foster

Townsend Plan Faces Crises But Needs Reorganization

Charles M. Hawks testified before a House probe committee in Washington that the Townsend movement is in deplorable condition and requires reorganization. Hawks, father of aviator Frank Hawks, recently resigned as Massachusetts area manager of OARP.

Townsend Rocks Charles M. Hawks House Washington Hawks Frank Hawks Massachusetts OARP

Gallipolis barber enjoys first vacation in 55 years

At Last barbering in Gallipolis for 55 years and last Saturday. Decoration Day, which was declared a holiday by the barbers here, was the first Satur day he had ever enjoyed as a vacation during all that time. He recently had the distinction of giving a man a shave for his golden wedding anniversary, a man whom Jim had also shaved for the wedding 50 years ago. The figure of the Christ of the Andes is 26 feet high and rests on a column of granite 22 feet high.

Jim

HOLC Suit Filed in Gallia County Court

The Home Owners Loan Corporation sues J L Rinehart and Odessa Rinehart in Gallia County Court for 4510.79 seeking foreclosure on Front Street city lots. The complaint claims 222 was advanced to pay taxes on the property. Representative John S McGroarty of California is quoted.

Holc Gallia Gallipolis The Home Owners Loan Corporation J L Odessa Rinehart Front St

Regains Position for Janis Watts as Investigator

Gallipolis reports Miss Janis Watts, formerly in Aid for the Aged under FERA, has a provisional state reappointment and will begin a half time investigator job this week, with Leo F. Carter, pensions head, reporting the update. Gallipolis court grants Gladys Ethel Lemley a divorce from Andrew Lemley on gross neglect grounds and restores her maiden name Ethel French.

Gallipolis Janis Watts Office of Aid For the FERA State Department Leo FE. Carter Gladys Ethel Lemley Andrew Lemley Ethel French William R. White

Road Transfer Wins Approval For Gallia and Lawrence Counties

Unanimous approval was voiced by 30 residents at a courthouse hearing for adding Mud sock Lecta Road to the state highway system in Gallia and Lawrence Counties. The route saves 67 miles to Ironton but is often impassable in bad weather. Speaker B F McCowan and county commissioners Jerry Grover Walter Davis and Fajah Johnson attended.

Gallia Lawrence Counties Ironton B. F. McCowan Lawrence County Jerry Grover Walter Davis Fajah Johnson

Two Are Fined for Intoxication in Gallipolis

Kyla Webb and Freeman Simons, both from Huntington, were fined $10 and costs each by Justice Fred Millis on intoxication charges after a motor accident. Sheriff E B Hatfield, called to Green Township, made the arrest. In a separate partition suit Eugene B Pyles vs John T Pyles and others the parties chose to take the property at its appraised value of 2510 dollars and the sale and distribution were approved by Judge William R White.

Gallipolis Kyla Webb Freeman Simons Huntington Fred Millis E. B. Hatfield Green Township Eugene B. Pyles John T. Pyles William R. White

Try To Escape Trial Overruled by Court

Gallia County records show Ann Childers defeat of a demurrer to quash a Grand Jury indictment for shooting with intent to wound. The case involves Daniel Earl Wagner, Huntington West Virginia, a boy shot Sept 1 1935 in Greenfield Township during a watermelon patch incident. Childers claims the gun was set to fire automatically if someone entered the field.

Gallipolis Ann Childers Childers Watermelon Tech Greenfeld

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