Pomeroy Considers Lighting Riverbank Parking Lot Plan
Pomeroy Town Council discussed flood light plans for new river bank parking lots after a Light Committee report. The meeting noted C and O Railroad moving the depot to Main Street south of Sycamore Street and authorized start on the change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy Council
Pomeroy
River Bank
C. & O. Railroad Company
Main Street
Sycamore Street
A. H. Ebersbach
State Highway Department
West Main Street
Dana Roush
Pomeroy Fire Association
Fire Association
Four Arrests Are Reported In Week End Roundup
Deputy Sheriff C A Pickens arrested four individuals over the week end. Amos Starcher pleaded guilty to assault and battery and fined 910 and coats, but pled not guilty to driving while intoxicated and was held to the grand jury under 200 bond. P W Beam pleaded not guilty to driving while intoxicated and was bound over with 200 bond. Ellen Newland was bound over on a driving while intoxicated charge with 200 bond. Amon Starcher accused Frank Newland of assault and battery and was bound over to the grand jury under 100 bond. In the last three cases bonds were posted and defendants released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. A. Pickens
W. F. Osborn
Amos Starcher
Coats
Pomeroy
P. W. Beam
Ellen Newland
Amon Starcher
Frank Newland
Women’s Republican Club to Hold First Meeting of Year
Meigs County group meets Saturday at 2 PM in the Courthouse for its first general gathering announced by club leaders. State and local party members are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
G O P Leaders Seek Harmony in Meigs County
Meigs County Republicans push harmony to end factionalism that blocked state projects and patronage. Floyd F Mees withholds petitions but stays on central committee, shifts to backing Brown for governor. John B Downing withdraws district post, leaving A D Russell unopposed. both say moves aim to unite party for public interests and state matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Pomeroy
Floyd F. Mees
Central Committee
Meex
Brown
Meigs County
John B. Downing
Middleport
Republican District Central Committee
A. D. Russell
Downing
Mees
Middleport Briefs Mention Moves and Visits Around Town
Mrs E W Badgley and family moved Monday from near Hobson to the cottage owned by Mr and Mrs Ernest Mulford on Gravel Hill. Mr and Mrs Stanley Knab of Cincinnati visited over the weekend with the Knabs parents and Mrs Elizabeth Russell on Beech Street. Mr and Mrs R Stewart and four children of Dexter Andy Stewart of Hallwood W V were here Sunday visiting Mrs Ferguson on Broadway Street. Mr and Mrs Dwight Kim and Charles McMaster were in Huntington for the day with Mrs Kim s parents. Mr and Mrs Marion Evick Mr and Mrs William Geiger of Columbus and Fredrick Primmer of Logan were here Sunday visiting Mr and Mrs Lee Rudisill. Miss Mary Meier and Joseph Vodish of Pomeroy went to Columbus Sunday and are house guests of Mr Geiger for a few days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. W. Badgley
Hobson
Ernest Mulford
Gravel Hill
Stanley Knab
Cincinnati
A. Knab
Elizabeth Russell
Beech Street
R. Stewart
Dexter
Andy Stewart
Hallwood
W. Va
Ferguson
Broadway Street
Community Notes from Middleport Busy Weekend
Middleport residents shared visits with Columbus relatives including Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Fisher Jr and their mother Mrs. J. C. Fisher Jr as well as Mrs. R. C. McBride hosting guests. West Virginia travel continued with Mrs. Rosener Zeiher accompanying her father C. N. Welch. Buckeye Lake trips and Cleveland departures were noted along with a brief health update on Mrs. Dana Howett.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. C. Fisher, Jr
Columbus
R. J. O'Donnell
Collis Dawson
R. C. McBride
Rosener Zeiher
West Virginia
C. N. Welch
James Souders
George Souders
George
Philip Meier
Buckeye Lake
O. E. Bechtle
L. L. Lyons
Cleveland
Dana Howett
Howett
Reedsville Children Day program delight fills church
The M. B. E. Sunday School presented an interesting Children s Day program to a large and appreciative audience. Mr and Mrs F E Emrick and two children and Mr White and family of Parkersburg visited relatives here Sunday. A number from here attended a pound party for Rev and Mrs Holman at their Coolville home Thursday evening. Kim Williams, visiting his daughters at Little Hocking, has returned. Mrs R H Buckley and daughter and Mrs Henry Hetzer have returned from a visit near Belleville W Va. J L Rose and family spent the weekend with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
M. BE
F. E. Emrick
Mr. White
Parkersburg
Holman
Coolville
Kim Williams
Little Hocking
R. H. Buckley
Henry Hetzer
Belleville
W. Va
J. L. Rose
Baby Born Dead Is Living Today
New York June 19 The tiny heart of a day old girl, born with the umbilical cord tightly wrapped about her neck, beat again after two hours of resuscitation. Dr Bernard Zagin injected alpha lobin and adrenaline chloride while a nurse and a horse took turns assisting the infant until a cry restored hope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Esther Rauch
Bernard Zagiin
Zagiin
Women attend Daughters of Union Veterans convention in Columbus
Mrs Elizabeth Huber travels to Gallipolis to visit her daughter in law Dora Huber. Jane Howell Tent delegates join a three day DUV convention in Columbus with Marion Radford Jean Lea kus A V Howell Richard Campbell and A O Tracy. Other locals Mrs Jake Ament and Mrs Mattie Reeves visit Columbus to see relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Huber
Gallipolis
Dora Huber
Jane Howell
Daughters of Union Veterans
Columbus
Marion Radford
Jean
John Leakus
A. V. Howell
Richard Campbell
A. O. Tracy
Howell
Jake Ament
Jeff Gest
Mattie Reeves
Edgar and
Everett Reeves
Bee Causes Car Stunt On Middleport Gallipolis Road
A bee sting triggered a freak crash on the Middleport Gallipolis road Sunday. Will Reynolds of Middleport and his passengers escaped injury as the car driven by Reynolds’ son left the highway near Cheshire, tipped onto its side several times, then halted near a deep ditch with four occupants aboard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Will Reynolds
Mr. Reynolds
Cheshire
Mrs. Reynolds
Grangers To Meet County Group In Tuppers Plains
MEIGS COUNTY Pomona Grange will meet in special session with C. G. Williams Grange at Tupper Plains Saturday evening June 30. The Fifth Degree will be conferred on a class of candidates by Pomona officers. A program will be given and members are asked to bring pies or sandwiches for refreshments.
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Tuppers Plains
Meigs County
Pomona Grange
C. G. Williams Grange
Tupper Plains
Pomona
Co. G. William Grange
Rocksprings Grange
Fairgrounds
Gallia County
Syracuse Presbyterian Sunday School Picnic At Shenang Springs
The Syracuse Presbyterian Sunday School plans a picnic at Shenang Springs on Wednesday June 20. Attendees should meet at 2 PM at the church with lunch baskets. Supper will be served at 6 PM and transportation to the springs is provided. Members of the Ladies Aid Society are guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Syracuse Presbyterian Sunday School
Shenang Springs
Presbyterian Ladies’ Aid Society
Middleport Families Return From Muskingum River Camping
Mr and Mrs Ray L Smith and daughters Clara Louise and Virginia and Lois and Phyllis Diles returned home Sunday after a few days camping at Stockport on the Muskingum River. Other Middleport residents have also camped there this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Ray L. Smith
Clara Louise
Virginia
Lois
Phyllis Diles
Stockport
Muskingum River
Rural Sanitation Project Yields Progress in Athens County
Health inspector R L Marion reports 184 sanitary toilets completed with 153 under construction in Athens County rural sanitation program started under CWA and now FERA. District supervisor E A Newcome notes 4500 total toilets planned. Oscar Fulton oversees the district. Officials cite health benefits and property upkeep incentive despite slow progress and limited labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens County
R. L. Marion
E. A. Newcome
CWA
FERA
Oscar Fulton
West Virginia
Mariow
Ohio
Teachers Hired By LONG BOTTOM School Board
The school board hired Mrs Grace Hawley for Primary grades Orville Brown for grammar and John Andrew for seventh and eighth grades for the next term Miss Nerva Pryor has been ill and was taken to Camden Clark Memorial Hospital in Parkersburg for observation and treatment She is accompanied by Mrs Lucy Cowdery R N Mr and Mrs Joe Wood married in Pittsburgh are visiting their grandmother Mrs Stella Chevalier and relatives here Herbert Swan left for Cincinnati to take a clerk position on the Ouachita steamer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
Grace Hawley
Orville Brown
John Andrew
Nerva Pryor
Camden-Clark Memorial Hospital
Parkersburg
Lucy Cowdery
R. N
Joe Wood
Pittsburgh
Stella Chevalier
Need More Youths Pomeroy CCC Enrollment Aired
Announcement of a supplemental CCC enrollment in July to replace wast age and compulsory expiration of enlistment. Lyston Fultz of the Meigs County Relief office says the county quota will be announced shortly. Boys with families on direct relief interested in enrollment should call at Mr. Fultz's office on Tuesdays or between 4 and 5 p.m. each evening until July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
CCC
Lyston Fultz
Meigs County
Leather Workers' Union official departs for Washington trip
W. E. Bryan of the Leather Workers' Union travels to Washington D C for a week of business. He is joined by his grandson John Harley and will visit Mr. and Mrs. Edward Payne, the latter a Bryan sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
W. E. Bryan
Leather Workers’ Union
Washington, D. C
John Harley
Washington
Edward Payne
Mr. Bryan
Phi Upsilon Omicron to Convene Biannually in Columbia
Rio Grande reports Phi Upsilon Omicron, national honorary home economics group, will hold its biannual conclave in Columbia in June 2022. Marjorie V. Parker, former Rio Grande chapter president, plans to attend the Friday session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Phi Upsilon Omicron
Columbia
Marjorie V. Parker
Ohio University
Picnic marks four birthdays at Davidson home near Rutland
A group of 30 relatives gathered at the Davidson home Sunday for a lawn picnic dinner. The event celebrated the birthday anniversaries of Eleanor Davidson Laura Thompson Gladys Davidson and Alwilda Davidson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Davidson
Here
Eleanor Davidson
Laura Thompson
Gladys Davidson
Alwilda Davidson
Syracuse Social Guests Visit Rutland and Boston
Miss Irene Hysel spends the week at Rutland with Rev and Mrs Gaylord Borgadus. Miss Emma Duckworth is the guest of Mr and Mrs Harry Jones on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Irene Hysel
Rutland
Gaylord Borgadus
Emma Duckworth
Harry Jones
Thomas Fork News Notes Includes Weekend Visits
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Bell and child and Mr. and Mrs. James Adams with children were guests of J. D. Adams. Mrs. Richard Moore and Mr. and Mrs. Alva Phalin visited Albany with Peter Bodkins. Mrs. J. W. Bailey and daughter Louise visited the Partlows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Fork
Lawrence Bell
James Adams
J. D. Adams
Richard Moore
Alva Phalin
Albany
Peter Bodkins
J. W. Bailey
Louise
Clarence Partlow
Meeting of the Young People’s Society Talk
The Middleport Baptist church youth group met Monday evening. Rev. F C Kreager spoke on improving the work of the Young People’s Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
The
Young People's Society of the Baptist Church
F. C Kreager
Young People’s Society
Concordia Golfer Netted Birdie After Midair Dove Collision
Lee Shrouf of Concordia, Kansas, recorded a birdie after his tee shot struck a turtle dove in flight, clipping the bird’s head. The odd incident highlights an unusual moment on the golf course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas
Bird
Concordia
Kan
Lee Shrouf
County School Board Votes More Mergers
Crown City board president W A Lanier is free on bond on a charge of provoking breach of peace after a dispute over appointing Vica Moore Dillon as a Crown City teacher. County board merged districts including Clay Chambersburg Morgan Cheshire Morganton Huntington Vinton to qualify for state aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. A. Lanier
Crown City
Lanier
Oscar Moore
Vica Moore Dillon
Dillon
E. E. Hatfield
H. B. Bradbury
Squire Milliser
Common Pleas Court
Clay
Chambersburg
Morgan
Cheshire-Morgan
Huntington
Vinton
State Department of Education
State Equalization Fund
Kyger
Cheshire
Clay Township
John Evans
Marshall Boggs
Marjorie Houck
Frank Plymale
Herman Bender
Edgar Wooten
Mercerville
John Lusher
Gallipolis Visitors Highlight Local Mentions
Personal items note E A Austin and Charles Heilmann visiting relatives in Gallia County from Topeka Kansas. Austin former Kansas attorney general. Heilmann a Kansas law student. Also listed are travels to Martinsville Indiana for two weeks and Ohio State University studies for a master’s degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. A Austin
Charles Heilmann
Topeka
Kans
Gallia County
Austin
Kansas
Heilmann
George Tabit
Home Lawn Sanitarium
Martinsville
Ind
James Neal
John Carnes
Blanche Robinson
Ohio State University
I. M. Baker and Son
Cleveland
H. E. Houck
Nell Haner
I. L. George
Ohio Hospital
Catlettsburg
Margaret Yeanger
Nell H. Haner
Nelson Wheeler
Marshall divorce granted in Common Pleas Court
Lawrence Marshall was granted a divorce from Alice Marshall by Judge W R White on a charge of gross neglect. The transcript of an assault and battery case against Luther Tuttle was filed from Municipal Judge A J Stormont. Charges were preferred by W B Neal over an alleged assault on his wife Lillian Neal. Tuttle remains free on a $100 bond. Witnesses included Mr and Mrs Neal J H Wagner and Rosetta Johnson. Citizens Loan Company of Greenfield filed a mortgage suit for money and foreclosure of charter property against T A Comer and Marie Comer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Lawrence Marshall
Alice Marshall
W. R. White
Marshall
Luther Tuttle
Court of Municipal
A. J. Stormont
Tuttle
W. B. Neal
Lillian Neal
Local Bridge Party Honors Miss Effie Martin in Gallipolis
Miss Eleanor Bush hosted seven tables of bridge on Second Avenue in Gallipolis to honor Miss Effie Blanche Martin who returns from Boston where she studied social psychiatry for a Master’s Degree at Smith College. First prize for women went to Miss Elsie McCall and for men to Robert McCormick. Miss Martin won the guest prize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Eleanor Bush
Second Avenue
Effie Blanche Martin
Boston
Family Welfare Association
Smith College
Elsie McCall
Robert McCormick
Martin
Mrs Fion E Hurn Burial Planned in Pine Street Cemetery
The mother of Postmaster Harry R. Hurn Mrs Fion E Hurn will be buried in Pine Street Cemetery Wednesday afternoon after funeral services at her son's home at 2 o clock. She was the widow of M S Hurn. A daughter Mrs Lee Pepple of Columbus and a half sister Miss Mary Shank Gallipolis also survive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harry R. Hurn
Fion E. Hurn
Pine Street
M. 8. Hurn
Lee Pepple
Columbus
Mary Shank
Funeral services for Alva Fellure at Siloam Baptist Church
Alva Fellure, 56, died of high blood pressure Sunday night. Funeral held at 10 this morning at Siloam Baptist Church. Survived by father Joshua and brothers Zach and Charles in Indiana, two sons, seven daughters. Interment in Sheets Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Siloam Baptist Church
Alva Fellure
Joshua
Zach
Charles
Indiana
Irvin Fellore
Crown City
Garrett
Edith Saunders
Bradford
Virgie Houck
Hazel
Jewel
Lillie
Naomi
Erma
Sheets Cemetery
Man Arrested on Alcohol Charge by Gallipolis Police
Ross Siders was arrested by Gallipolis city police Monday afternoon on a charge of intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ross Siders
Rain Brings Employment Shift for Gallia County Farm Hands
Gallia County director Derry Wetherholt reports Monday rain will pull about 1000 names from National Reemployment Service files in Gallipolis as farm work becomes available again. Mason Moss appointed as contact man at Gallipolis locks to coordinate operators for the dam project and connect NRS with Dravo and Grant Contractors. State bulletins show more jobs opening statewide, signaling improved prosperity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
National
Derry Wetherholt
Gallia County
NRS
Mason Moss
Portsmouth
NRL
Zanesville
Wetherholt
Moss
Ohio
Mason County
W. Va
Dravo
Grant
Work Commended for Dayton School Health Nurse Halloran
The Cincinnati Enquirer lauds Mrs. Margaret Francis Halloran native of Gallipolis now health nurse in Dayton Kentucky for improving school attendance and overall child health. It credits her study of health defects and arranging treatments with the above average health status of Dayton school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Margaret Francis Halloran
Dayton
Margaret Halloran
Mor gen Dies in North Lewisburg Family Remains
Oliver Bus Morgan of Gallipolis died Monday at his home in North Lewisburg near Columbus. Survived by wife, one daughter, three sons, and sister Miss Anne Morgan of Gallipolis. Miss Morgan left Monday for Northberg where the funeral will be held.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Oliver “Bus” Morgen
North Lewisburg
Columbus
Anne Morgan
Charles Morgan
Machine guns arrive for Gallipolis officers
Gallipolis authorities received machine guns for city and county use. The arms include five magazines capable of twenty rounds each, two drums, and fifty shells per drum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Adjudged Insane Bidwell Man Arrested Sunday
Alonzo Russell 64 of Bidwell was arrested on a drunkenness charge after his wife said he awakened drunk and ordered breakfast then threw the stove out. Deputies chased him two miles before arresting him. He was arraigned before Probate Judge J. S. Clark and adjudged insane and to be sent to the state hospital at Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidwell
Gallipolis
Alonzo Russell
Howard Gates
Harold Wood
Russell
J. S. Clark
Athens
Saloons Target 100 Foot Distance From Mission in Gallipolis
J M Ripley, superintendent of Union Mission, leads a push to keep a beer garden lease outside a 100 foot zone near the mission. He interviews local businessmen and officials while recalling a former 500 foot liquor setback that may have expired with prohibition repeal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Union Mission
J. M. Ripley
Ripley
Workmen at Gallipolis locks report ankle deep mud after rain
After Monday rain the new Gallipolis locks dam area is described by workers as having ankle deep mud hindering work. The report notes wet conditions and ongoing construction challenges at the dam site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County Messenger News Contact Information
The Gallipolis Gallia County Messenger notes its news contact Miss Edna Ervin at phone 635, Lafayette Hotel, inviting readers to phone in news items for publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Ervin
Lafayette Hotel
Messenger
Gallia County
Acid Stomach Relief Promised by New Treatment
Thousands report vanishing symptoms from excess acidity including ulcers gas pains heartburn and indigestion after a specialist's prescription based therapy. The druggist offers Adga on a money back guarantee with free samples by writing Adga Inc Suite 71 Foot-Schulze Bidg St Paul Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stormch
Adga
Adga, Inc
Suite 71
Foot-Schulze Bidg
St. Paul, Minn
Rain Boosts Gallia County Farm Prospects
Gallia County Extension Agent E H Reed says recent rain, with a forecast of two more days, will improve corn and pastures though wells and springs run dry. He plans a survey of about 100 farmers to assess water needs and water hauling has become common for livestock as wells and cisterns remain low.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia
E. H. Reed
Ext
Cig
Condit
Miss Kins in comatose state after auto wreck
Gallia county report of 14 year old Miss Kins daughter of Henderson West Virginia who suffers a skull fracture in an auto wreck ininia. She is regaining consciousness after admission Sunday night then declined. attended by Alonzo Wiley, Port observation patient, with Mrs Ben Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Miss Kins
Henderson
W. Va
Inia
Atten Alonzo Wiley
Gallia
Ben Allen
Court notices issued to multiple named residents
A fragment lists notices issued to Frank Cla en, Virginia Bladen age 16, Carl Spears, Joy riverman, J 21 daughter of Lee lipolis, Kenneth éas 26, Marietta Ma zabeth Bickel, L. J. Bickel, and residents of Gallipolis and Ana ersburg W V. GALLIPOLIS-Cad
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Claen Farmer
Virginia
James Bladen
Carl Spears
Joy Riverman
Lee Lipolis
Kenneth Éas
Marietta
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