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Athens Messenger

Location

Athens, Ohio, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1937

Page

11

Gallipolis Center of Planned Ohio Valley Air Mail Route

Gallipolis is poised to become a key hub in a planned air mail route with terminals at Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. The route would serve several Ohio Valley towns and radiate to New York and Charleston, with Dr. Lytle Adams’s mail pickup device enabling on‑route mail changes without slowing speed.

Gallipolis Pittsburgh Cincinnati Post Office Department Ohio Valley Air Mail Service Washington Martin’s Ferry Ohio Wheeling W. Va Bellaire Moundsville Lytle S. Adams Irwin House Airmail Committee Congress Adams Columbus Pittsburgh-Cincinnati C. E. Holzer Congressional Air Mail Committee Holzer

Suspect In Shooting On June 25 Trial Set

GALLIPOLIS Elbert McGhee colored charged with second degree murder in the death of William Good, whom he suspected of alienating his wife. Trial date set for Friday June 25 before Judge W R White. McGhee on bond. other trials include Jane Stoner vs Industrial Commission June 21 22 State vs Jesse Moore June 23 State vs Eugene Romaine June 24 Hudson Roberts vs C R Massie June 28 Samantha Stone vs Cassie Sheets June 29.

Gallipolis Elbert McGhee William Good McGhee W. R. White Jane M. Stoner The Industrial Commission of Ohio Jesse Moore Eugene Romaine Hudson Roberts C. R. Massie Samantha Stone Cassie Sheets

Hold Funeral Rites For William Thomas

GALLIPOLIS Funeral services for the late William A. Thomas aged 63, longtime Gallipolis resident, were held Friday in the Presbyterian Church at Thurman. He died after two years of Brights disease at a health resort in Danville New York. He was born in Thurman and was an officer in The Rose Commandery Knights Templars of Gallipolis who conducted a ritualistic burial service.

Gallipolis William A. Thomas Danville New York Presbyterian Church Thurman Thomas Bright Rose Commandery Knights Templars

Gallia Woman Dies At Daughter's Home

Mrs. Mary Jane Wright 77 wife of Andrew Wright died at her daughter Elizabeth Pool’s home near Springfield in Gallia County She and her husband were blind and had moved to their daughter’s home two months ago She survived by her husband four sons and two daughters Services set for Salem Church Saturday at 19 a m conducted by Rev Jennings Cremeens

Gallipolis Mary Jane Right Andrew Wright Gage Perry Township Gallia County Elizabeth Pool Springfield Wright Sarah A. Keller Jennie M. Davis Wyatt A David J. Wright Columbus Ben Wright William H. Wright Salem Church Jennings Cremeens Delbert Boster Bladen Hobart Boster Huntington Fred Fulks Clyde Thompson Herman Brucker Thivener Helen Myers Rowena Stormont Betty VanGilder Winifred Bosworth Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co Nelsonville Paul Nichols Barbara Jo Stennett Tex Fred Harrison Josephine Moch Los Angeles Joe Moch R. D. Gibbs J. E. Gibbs Ray Beuter Shadyside W. Va James Oliver Ohio Hospital G. A. Mack Julia Mack Magnetic Springs Charles Bauman Will Robinson Nellie Robinson Pauline Rodgers Bert Robinson

Aged Gallipolis Resident James Cliff Dies at 88

James Cliff 88, longtime Gallipolis resident and former wharf worker, died Friday at the county home. His nearest kin in Gallipolis is nephew Richard Cliff. Burial took place Friday afternoon at Mound Hill Cemetery.

Gallipolis James Cliff Richard Cliff Mound Hill

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