State Fund Shortfall Hits Gallia County Schools Hard
Gallia County rural schools face about $7,000 in interest payments over four years due to state Foundation Program underfunding. Delinquent taxes fluctuated from $33,600 to $41,000. bonds against delinquency exist. Second quarter Public School Fund distribution allows districts to borrow the full Foundation Program amount, with vouchers for half of Feb 28 1938 notes. Total new notes issued $53,214. funds to apply on outstanding notes $26,151.
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Gallipolis
General Assembly
State Foundation
Gallia County
H. B. Bradbury
Bradbury
Addison
Bidwell-Springfield
Cadmus
Centerville
Cheshire
Clay
Crown City
Green
Greenfield
Guyan
Harrison
Morgan
Ohio
Perry
Raccoon
Vinton
Walnut
Townsend Plan drives signatures in Gallia County
Enrollment papers circulate in Gallia County to support the Townsend Plan of $200 monthly payments to all residents over 60. Signers pay 25 cents per signature to aid organizing expenses. Several local meetings have been held across the county to promote the plan.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande High elects new principal and music director
GALLIPOLIS Raccoon Rural Board of Education selects E. B. Weber of Jackson County as principal of Rio Grande High School and names Dorothy Titus as music director.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Raccoon
Harry A Wood Sent Home After Treatment
Harry A. Wood was discharged from Holzer Hospital in two weeks of throat infection treatment and returned to his Rio Grande home on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Harry A. Wood
Rio Grande
Grass Run Side Hill Social and Personal Notes
Mrs. William Bachner travels to East Liverpool to see her ill sister Mrs. Julia MacAfee. Many locals and nearby residents visit relatives or host weekend gatherings in Harrisonville Akron Columbus Old Dexter Parker Run Star Hall and other area towns. The Dexter Ladies Aid meeting occurs at the F. C. Fol en home with Miss Betty Amos and Miss Eileen Stansbury spending time with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Bachner
Liverpool
Julia MacAfee
Dale McClure
Akron
John McClure
Charles Amos, Jr
Max Nelson
Old Dexter
O. E. Bratton
Howard Bratton
Point Rock
Sidney Wells
Homer Winn
Son
Columbus
Harry Saxton
Homer Chase
C. H. Amos
Edward Plummer
Baby
Ollie Anderson
Marion McClure
Robi, McKinney
Star Hall
Charles McHaffie
Seth F. Nicholson
F. C. Folden
Parker Run
Marvin Davis
Herbert Folden
Dexter Ladies’ Aid Society
F. C. Folen
Betty Amos
John Halliday
Eileen Stansbury
Dyesville
Slayings confessed by 18 year old Nixon in multiple cities
The 18 year old Nixon admitted in Chicago to bludgeoning five women and a girl to death with bricks. He described floor plans of their homes and named victims Mrs. Florence Johnson, Mrs. Florence Thompson Castle, Anna Kutcha, Edna Worden, and Marguerite Worden. Victims were in Chicago and Los Angeles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisiana
Chicago
Robert Nixon
Florence Johnson
Florence Thompson Castle
Anna Kutcha
Nixon
Los Angeles
Edna Worden
Marguerite
Two Pastors To Speak at Rio Grande Graduation Services
Rio Grande College hosts two Baptist pastors for graduation events. Rev. John S. Brinkman of Hamilton Ohio will deliver the bac calaureate sermon at 10:30 a.m. Sunday June 12, and Rev. E W Bloomquist of Lima Ohio will give the commencement address at 10 a.m. Monday June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Gallipolis
John S. Brinkman
Rio Grande College
First Baptist Church
Hamilton
Ohio
E. W. Bloomquist
Lima
Charley
Tees
Nehemiah
Permelia Atwood
J. S. Brinkman
College Christian Association
Holbrook-Rio Grande
State Liquor Officer Hunts Blonde Female With Car
Gallipolis reports that Lester Collins, a state liquor law enforcement officer, investigated a suspected car theft in Pomeroy after learning a blonde woman about 20 was involved. Collins hoped the car was his, but it was not found, and his service pistol and personal belongings were missing. Authorities continue to trace the vehicle with no success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Lester Collins
Collins
Cincinnati Station to Broadcast From Eureka Dam Dedication
WLW of Cincinnati will handle the Eureka Dam dedication program on Sunday June 12. A mobile unit will be set up at the dam and the sound relayed to a temporary station atop the Masonic Temple before feeding the powerful Cincinnati station. A quartet of radio experts arrives Saturday to install gear for a break hookup. Broadcast starts at 2 15 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cincinnati
WLW
Eureka Dam
Masonic Temple
Uniformed Gallia County deputies debut new gray outfits
In Gallipolis Sheriff’s officers Harold Wood and Dale Russell wear gray whipcord uniforms with visored caps and gold buttons. Left shoulder sleeves bear the inscription Gallia County Deputy Sheriff, presenting a handsome appearance in the new outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold Wood
Dale Russell
Gallia County
Two Held in Jail for Auto Theft in Morgan Township
Hollis Miller aged 22 and James Cordell 29, Morgan Township residents, are held in the county jail on charges of stealing an automobile belonging to Oliver Miller, the father of Hollis. They were arrested in Columbus and the car was returned here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hollis Miller
James Cordell
Morgan Township
Oliver Miller
Columbus
Public Memorial Service by Springfield Grange
Annual memorial service announced for Sunday June 12 at 8 p.m. in Gallipolis by Springfield Grange. Rev Charles Lusher to deliver sermon assisted by solo numbers from Miss Elizabeth Grover with accompaniment by Miss Grace Sisson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Springfield Grange
C. Y. Ward
Charles Lusher
Elizabeth Grover
Grace Sisson
Many Racine Guests Attend Memorial Day Gatherings
Families and friends from Columbus Huntington Midland Pa Syracuse Cincinnati Canton East Liverpool and Belpre visited Racine over Memorial Day weekend or stayed with local residents including Mrs. Sarah Spencer Mrs. Laura Baker and Rev E C Harin. Notables include Fulton Kane former M E Church pastor and Miss Virginia Bentz returning home after four weeks away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Kelly Coe
William Jones
Columbus
Sarah Spencer
Harold Wright
Huntington
James McClaskey
Midland
McClaskey
Laura Baker
Walter Stewart
E. C. Harin
Fulton Kane
M. E. Church
Gertrude Kay
Holzer Hospital
Charles Stephenson
Cincinnati
A. J. Schaefer
Robert Carver
Dayton
Morris Hardin
Syracuse
Ralph Neigler
Virginia Bentz
New Brighton
Herbert Davish
Hamilton
Henry Richards
East Liverpool
Oo. M
Belpre
Grace
Bessie
Esther Philson
Mrs Esther Swisher Hosts Los Angeles Funeral for Rothgeb Kin
Miss Ella Roth, born near Addison, reported that funeral services for her late uncle R. M. Rothgeb were held Saturday at his sister Mrs. Esther Swisher's home in Los Angeles where he had resided since 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Far West
Gallipolis
Ella Rothgeb
Addison
R. M. Rothgeb
Esther Swisher
Los Angeles
Leonard Family Reunion Set for June at George's Creek Grange Hall
Announcement says members and friends of the Leonard family will gather for their annual reunion on Sunday June 12 at George's Creek Grange Hall. A noon picnic dinner is planned as a feature.
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Gallipolis
Leonard
George’s Creek
Village plans Town Hall renovation and painting
Gallipolis Vinton Village Council announces renovation and painting of the Town Hall. Village clerk Harry M. Glenn says painters must submit bids for exterior and interior work by July 4.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Village
Harry M. Glenn
Starbuck Attends Funeral for L. H. Cowgill in Marengo
Gallipolis County Agent and Mrs. R R Starbuck attended funeral services Sunday for Mrs Starbuck's father L H Cowgill 79 at Marengo Ohio. Four sons and four daughters survive him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
R. R. Starbuck
L. H. Cowgill
Marengo
Ohio
Priestley Estate Falls to Wife in Unconditional Will
The late John Priestley leaves all property to his wife Susie Bomberg Priestley with no conditions. The will directs the estate to be transferred to Mrs. Priestley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Priestley
Susie Bomberg Priestley
High School Senior Re-enters Hospital for Eye Glass Removal
Alva Shoemaker a 17 year old graduate to be, son of Mr and Mrs Roy Shoe maker, returns to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis to remove a glass fragment near his eye from an auto accident near Jackson six weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alva Shoemaker
Roy Shoemaker
Holzer Hospital
Jackson
Miss Elizabeth Shough Returns to Enter Ohio State
Music director in Gal lipolis schools returns home to South Charleston preparing to enter Ohio State University for the summer term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. Gallipolis
Elizabeth Shough
Gallipolis
South Charleston
Ohio State University
Toll set on ills of dental neglect
Dr. Lon W. Morrey, director of the American Dental Association's educational service, links a vast toll of dental neglect to about 40,000 deaths annually in America. The warning highlights preventable health risks and the importance of dental care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
America
Lon W. Morrey
American Dental Association
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Graduations
This column highlights a farewell party for Elizabeth Shaw, a Gallipolis high school graduate planning to join her family in Pittsburgh, with many local attendees and gifts. It also notes numerous community updates including engagements, degrees, and relocations of residents, busily detailing visitors, celebrations, and upcoming nuptials across Oak Hill and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Eugene Shaw
Kananga
Elizabeth Shaw
Pittsburgh
Miss Shaw
Helen
Virginia
Wayne Darnell
Jack Adams
Woodrow Burnett
Imogene Davis
Mary
Joe Evans
Thelma
Harold Fife
Charles Evans
Darrell Hayes
Sorority Hostess Miss Langdon Leads Beta Sigma Phi Event
Miss Marie Langdon acted as hostess for Beta Sigma Phi on Tuesday evening. Miss Ellen Broyles led a discussion on Conduct of Love. The next meeting is planned at the home of Mrs. Harold Brown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Langdon
Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
Ellen Broyles
Harold Brown
Marriage of Charles Jeffers and Evelyn Halley Announced
The December 31 wedding in Catlettsburg Kentucky joined Charles Jeffers of Bladen and Evelyn Halley of Eureka. Parents Mr and Mrs C E Halley announced the union. Jeffers, son of T A Jeffers, is Marshall College graduate and a Gallia County teacher. Mrs Jeffers graduates this year from the local high school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Jeffers
Bladen
Evelyn
Halley
Eureka
Catlettsburg
C. E. Halley
Jeffers
T. A. Jeffers
Marshall College
Huntington
Gallia County
Harry K. Hills, Jr
Eva Evans
Marion
Marion College
Robert Evans
Jewell Watters
Lewisburg
W. Va
Greenbrier Military Academy
Robert
Community Notes of Visits and Travels Across Regions
Rev. C. W. Kemper and family visited his mother Mrs. Martha McDaniel in Gallia County while attending a Milwaukee Baptist convention. A Columbus couple visited relatives during a brief Ohio stay. A San Diego family and A R Graham group traveled east to Washington and other points. Chesire teachers Thelma Roush and Charles Shaver received marriage licenses. Chicago visitors spent time at a Jackson Road country home and with relatives in Urbana and Dayton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Kemper
Denver
Colo
Martha McDaniel
J. S. Clark
Kemper
Milwaukee
Baptist Temple
Charleston
W. Va
Leo Mossman
Columbus
Ohio State University
Chris Ernsting
Viola Ernsting
Hazel Kutzner
Jimmy
Washington
San Diego
Calif
A. R. Graham
Rolfe
Iowa
Gallia County
Guy Graham
Charles W. Shaver
H. E. Shaver
Thelma M. Roush
Sterlie Roush
Cheshire
Tippie Rites Held at Sugar Creek Church
William L Robinson 78 of Gallipolis attends national Aladdin Shrine Temple conclave in Columbus as the elder uniformed member. Tippie Michael T 55 of Chauncey funeral held at Sugar Creek Church with Rev Gilbert Courtney officiating and burial in Athens W Union St Cemetery.
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Sugar Creek Church
Gallipolis
William L. Robinson
California
Aladdin Shrine Temple
Columbus
Robby
Robinson
Rev
Courtney
Union Cemetery
Chauncey
Sugar Creek
Michael T. Tippie
Robert Six
Hamley Run
Gilbert Courtney
Church of Christ
W. Union St
Athens
Alva
Ervin
Charles
Floyd
Dwight
Glennis Karns
Mr. Tippie
John and
Ann Raub Tippie
Chauncey Personal News Hints at Local Visitor Departures
Chauncey residents and guests are listed with travel and hosting notes. Adda Higgin s returns to Easton Pa to pursue a position after visiting Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Nye. Several families from Chauncey hosted or visited relatives in Pomeroy Wellston Columbus Albany Millfield and Ringgold during a busy weekend.
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Chauncey
Adda Higgins
Floyd Nye
Easton
P. W. Wilt
Walter Lanning
Ray Harper
Donna Jeanette
Pomeroy
Samuel Savage
Gilbert Houston
Mary Lee Savage
Dayton
Wess Reed
Patty Hurst
Wellston
Edna Smith
Delores Boyd
Portsmouth
Myrta Ashworth
Millfield
Marietta
George Learned
Columbus
A. J. Learned
Chester Sanders
Chester
Albany
Dow Sanders
Miles
Linscott
Ringold
Nye family arrives for summer stay in Chauncey
Mrs. Kenneth H. Nye and daughter Roberta Diane arrived Friday from Kirksville Missouri to spend the summer at Chauncey in the home of Mr and Mrs Floyd Nye. Kenneth Nye plans to return the last of June. He is a junior in the College of Osteopathy and Surgery at Kirksville Missouri.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Kenneth H. Nye
Roberta Diane
Kirksville
Floyd Nye
Kenneth Nye
College of Osteopathy and Surgery
Arm Is Broken In Chauncey Woman’s Accident
Mrs Flora Wyatt an employee at the County Home Chauncey sustained a broken arm in an accident last week while visiting Columbus. She will spend two weeks at the home of her daughter Mrs Austin Haynam near Canton. Distances show 3265 miles by auto road from New York to San Francisco and 2568 miles by air route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Flora Wyatt
Columbus
Austin Haynam
Canton
San Francisco
New York
Nazarene Meeting To Be Held In Athens
Rev Drell Goff of The Plains Nazarene Church announces the South Eastern Zone Rally for Nazarene youth at the Athens Tabernacle next Saturday night at 7. Speakers include Rev C A Gibson Columbus district superintendent and Rev Haliban from Beirut Syria. Banners will honor churches sending the largest delegation. Rev C B Clendenin Logan oversees the event.
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Chauncey
Drell Goff
Plains Nazarene Church
South Eastern Zone
the Nazarene Church
Athens
C. B. Clendenin
Logan
Goff
Broadway
Clarence Goff
Mrs Sanders Hosts Club Meeting at Millfield Home
Mrs Viola Sanders hosted her club at her Millfield residence with president Bertha Sanders leading the business session. Refreshments were served. next meeting will be at Mrs Helen Sanders home. Members present included Elizabeth Robinett Jessie Fulton Eda Heffkin Lizzie Patton Bertha Sanders Mabel Sisson Helen Sanders Ida Hill and guests Lucille Sanders Garnet Blower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Viola Sanders
Millfield
Bertha Sanders
Helen Sanders
Elizabeth Robinett
Jessie Fulton
Eda Heffkin
Lizzie Patton
Mabel Sisson
Ida Hill
Lucille Sanders
Garnet Blower
Pupils receive last day ice cream treat at Millfield School
Fifteen gallons of ice cream were donated by Warren Funeral Home Nelsonville Herman Theisen Sr and P H McKinley for a Millfield school last day celebration. Ice cream was served by Maude Triplett Alice Theisen and Mildred Adams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Warren Funeral Home
Nelsoneville
Herman Theisen
P. H. McKinley
Millfield
Maude Triplett
Alice Theisen
Mildred Adams
Friendship Bible Class Meets at Mrs Pearl Henry Home
June meeting of the Friendship Bible Class of the Church of Christ will be held Wednesday night at the home of the class teacher Mrs Pearl Henry on Main Street. Andrew Simpkins the class president will lead the meeting with assistants Mrs Gladys Pickering and Mrs Jessie Fiske serving as hostesses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Friendship Bible
Church of Christ
Pearl Henry
Main St
Andrew Simpkins
Gladys Pickering
Jessie Fiske
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Townsend
Dumawish
Seattle
Boeing
Pan American Airways
Atlantic
Pacific
Gallipolis Social Notes
Kinnison
Circle
Stanley Circle
Iva Circle
Kathryn Kinnison
J. W. Kinnison
Oak Hill
United Brethren Church
E. B. White
C. C. Kaehler
W. T. Packer
Mr. Circle
Bliss College
Springfield
Forrest Wickline
Verne Altizer
Audrey Haffelt
Freda Wickline
Howard Biffle
Frances Wickline
Kenneth Perkins
John Eblin
Stanley Huntington
University of Cincinnati
Winifred
College of Commerce
Howard Foster
Katherine Miller
Kenneth Amsbary
F. B. Amsbary
Amsbary
Dorothea Rothgeb
Roy Rothgeb
Ray Ries
Harry Wey
A. B. Edwards
T. J. James
Thurman
E. W. Edwards
Edwards
W. A. Snead
Bluefield
Snead
F. H. Mills
Swan Creek
L. L. Maddy
Doris Beaudry
Delaware
Boston
Jeanne Howell
W. E. Howell
Capital University
C. D. Slagle
Loren Carter
June
Bowling Green
W. S. Dale
Delia O'Connor
N. A. Martin
H. W. McHenry
Presbyterian Church
Robert Hoffman
Batavia
Harry Maddy
Emmett Halley
Ironton
Ashland
P. K. Hall
Cora Hall
Don Carter
Sunbury
M. T. Carter
Garfield Ave
James Reese
W. D. Reese
Bliss Business College
John H. Summers
Maggie Sams
Loren McClaskey
Findlay
T. M. McClaskey
Clara Gills
David Morgan
Detroit
John Morgan
Jack Amsbury
F. B. Amsbury
Rutland
H. F. Slaven
Richmond
F. L. Slaven
Laura Davis
Bert Rose
S. F. Smith
Sherwood Smith
Durham
N. H
Halley-Jeffers
D. E. Slane
Jackson Road
John Hager
C. E. Holzer
F. L. Harvey, Jr
F. R. Myers
Eleanor Lawrence
Urbana
Lane Lawrence
E. F. Ewry
Reuben Wood
W. T. Leslie Jef Vinton
Gallipolis Druggist
Nazarene
Mrs. Sanders
Bible
E . Cemeste
Mammestone
Sellaer
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