Gallia County officials run record in criminal court
Gallia County records show 18 indictments from a May grand jury, with all defendants but one pleading guilty and having cases disposed without jury trials. Prosecutor John W. Howell notes substantial county cost savings and that only Max Hansan faces trial for assault and battery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Eric Ward
Thomas Rowley
Orinest Sheets
Edward Cox
Robert Howell
Wilbur Smith
L. R. Campbell
Virgil Sigler
Ed Sibley
Stanley Ward
Harold Lemley
Clifford Wheeler
Jock Frary
John Maddox
Herbert Smith
Laurence Mehl
Lenore Leach
Max Hansan
Bible School Ends With Closing Program at First Baptist
Vacation Bible School at First Baptist Church in Gallipolis enters its final week. A closing program featuring numbers from all departments will be presented Friday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Children To Present Pageant at Grace Church
Gallipolis reports a Grace Methodist Church Children Day pageant set for Sunday morning. Participants will meet daily during the week for rehearsals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Alice neighborhood girl treated at home for snake bite
Gallipolis reports Lucille Britton, a school girl from the Alice area, is receiving medical treatment at her home after a copperhead snake bite.
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Gallipolis
Lucille Britton
Alice
Convicted Youth Is Taken to Reformatory
Sheriff E. E. Hatfield admitted John Maddox an 18 year old youth who confessed to burgling the Evans Co warehouse in April to Mansfield Reformatory on Saturday.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
John Maddox
Evans Co
Mansfield Reformatory
Berlin boy returns home after skull fracture treatment
Homer Angles aged 13 of Berlin Jackson County received skull fracture care at Holzer Hospital since January after being struck by an automobile. He was sent home Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Homer Angles
Berlin
Jackson County
Bean buys cottage residence on First Ave in Gallipolis
Dr. Leo C. Bean purchased the cottage residence property of Mrs. Jennie Boatman adjoining his home on First Avenue in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Leo C. Bean
Jennie Boatman
First Ave
Gardeners Report Tomatoes Are Ripe
Gallipolis home gardeners report ripe tomatoes over the weekend and forecast prices dropping to the peck level by week’s end.
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Gallipolis
Officers Fail To Apprehend Guilty Driver
Local officers checked many cars Saturday night after a hit skip driver struck Cecil Little of Meigs County near the Gallia County line. Little is hospitalized at Holzer Hospital with injuries considered serious but recoverable as doctors predict a gradual recovery.
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Gallipolis
Cecil Little
Meigs County
Gallia County
Little
Holzer Hospital
Marriage Performed by Rev Westerman at Swan Creek
Rev. W. Scott Westerman officiated a marriage between Miss Rowena M. Gatewood and Ernest Zenk of Youngstown at the Gatewood home in Swan Creek. The couple plans to reside in Lancaster.
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Westerman
Gallipolis
W. Scott Westerman
Rowena M. Gatewood
Ernest Zenk
Youngstown
Perry Gatewood
Swan Creek
Lancaster
Bond Release Ordered for Coal Valley Man in Gun Case
Gallipolis Municipal Judge John Halliday released 33 year old William Stewart of Coal Valley on his own bond after Stewart promised to leave the neighborhood following a charge that he pointed a firearm at neighbor John Cain.
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Gallipolis
John Cain
William Stewart
Coal Valley
Vinton
John Halliday
Knights Attend Holcomb Funeral Rites
A large turnout of local Knights Templars and others attended the funeral services for Harper B. Holcomb 60 at Vinton on Sunday afternoon.
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Holcomb
Gallipolis
Knights Templars
Harper B. Holcomb
Vinton
Rehabilitation of Shober Block To Start
Building material is arriving for rehabilitation of the former Shober Block on the Second Ave park front. When completed it will be occupied by a Morris chain store.
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Gallipolis
Shober
Second Ave
Morris Chain
Westerman Family Plans Florida Vacation
Pastor Grace Methodist Church Westerman and his family will leave early this week for a month in Florida. He has been crippled for several days by a foot wound from a wire but is reported improved.
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Gallipolis
W. Scott Westerman
Grace Methodist Church
Florida
Wife Brings Action For Divorce In Gallipolis
Mrs. Selma Stevens sues Ray Stevens in Gallia County seeking a divorce on grounds of neglect for eight years with no children. She asks restoration to her maiden name Sowards.
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Gallipolis
Selma Stevens
Ray Stevens
Evangelist to Open Series at Williams Home
Rev. James Irwin of Rosewell Ohio will start evangelistic services tonight at the residence of W N Williams near Thivener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Irwin
Rosewell
Ohio
W. N. Williams
Thivener
Harrison Secures Lancaster Auto Agency Salesman Post
John Harrison has secured a salesman position with a Lancaster automobile agency. He plans to move his family to Lancaster, as reported.
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Gallipolis
John Harrison
Lancaster
Camera Club Outing Draws 115 to Gallipolis
About 115 Central Ohio Camera Club members traveled by six coach New York Central train to Gallipolis despite weather delays. They visited Our House Museum Holzer log cabin and Ohio Hospital for Epileptics with many photos taken near the Ohio River front. Departure was 5 p.m. with a Lake Alma stop before returning to Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Central Ohio Camera Club
New York Central
Spruce Street
Lafayette Hotel
Our House Museum
Holzer Log Cabin
Ohio Hospital
Mound Hill Cemetery
Ohio River Front
John W. Lane
Chamber of Commerce Committee
Chesapeake & Ohio
Lake Alma
Gallipolis Eagles Launch Summer Membership Drive
Warner Craft will represent the Gallipolis Eagles at the Ohio state convention in Akron June 22 to 25. The lodge runs a June July membership drive with four teams led by captains Haf felt Gillingham Robert Sheets Warner Craft and R E Wooten. Prizes include a diamond studded lapel button for the leading team and members who recruit new people.
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Gallipolis
Warner Craft
Eagles’ Lodge
Akron
Four Horsemen
Robert Sheets
Haffelt Gillingham
R. E. Wooten
Gallipolis Meeting Notice of Ladies Aid Society
The Chambersburg Ladies' Aid Society will meet on June 29 at the home of Mrs. F. M. Lanthorn.
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Gallipolis
Chambersburg
Ladies’ Aid Society
F. M. Lanthorn
Logan Legion to Host District Tournament Team
Logan Post American Legion prepares to entertain 15 members of last year’s district champion tournament team at the regular meeting. After district trophy presentation they will be hosted to lunch. Five players are ineligible due to age. the new team includes ten others plus Eldon Carr, Bill Shaw, Bob McBride, Bob Clendenen, and Jonas Morris for this year’s district play.
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Logan
Floyd Duffey
Logan Post American Legion
American Legion
Eldon Carr
Bill Shaw
Bob McBride
Bob Clendenen
Jonas Morris
Masonry Inspections Complete in Ohio by Grand Council
C Wood Bowen head of Ohio Council Masons reports inspections wrapped up across Ohio. He visited many councils in small cities. Ohio has 112 councils. Bowen plans July trip to Asheville for Smokies outing and notes his term ends with October state meeting in Dayton. The Grand Council of North America meets in Charleston later this month.
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Logan
Dayton
Grand Council of North America
Charleston
S. C
Fairview U B Church Plans Mt Pleasant Homecoming
Arrangements for a homecoming are set at Fairview United Brethren Church two miles west of Mt Pleasant on Sunday July 16. The Rev E H Dailey and the Rev E B White will speak. A picnic dinner is planned as part of the event. Funeral rites were held at the residence on Motherwell Ave for Mrs Ella Rulon with Rev Curtis Douglass Wooster in charge. Burial followed at Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Motherwell Ave
Ella Rulon
Curtis Douglass, Wooster
Oak Grove Cemetery
Smoot Aims to Organize Another 4H Club
Logan James R. Smoot travels to Perry Township this evening to complete the organization of a new boys 4H Club. The meeting is set at Fred McClelland’s home near South Perry.
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Logan
James R. Smoot
Perry Township
Fred McClelland
South Perry
Seek Loan For Plant at Straitsville
Logan reports a $35,000 loan request to the Reconstruction Finance Corporation for the brick plant at New Straitsville owned by Molding Bros. Plant manager John D. Martin and officials including Mayor William Johnson of New Straitsville and lawyers John Kelso and Joe Meenan visited Washington to meet Jesse Jones, aiming to restart idle operations and hire about 100 workers. The facility holds roughly $20,000 in finished product on site, with low inventory prior to operation.
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Logan
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
New Straitsville
Molding Bros
Washington
John D. Martin
William Johnson
John Kelso
Nelsonville
Joe Meenan
New Lexington
Jesse Jones
R.F.C
Cracked Ribs End Youths Pro Baseball Prospects
Aged 18 Jimmy Richardson from Logan suffered cracked ribs in a baseball accident. He reported to a Cincinnati farm team’s training camp at Bassett Virginia, impressed enough to be a likely second string catcher had he not been injured. He may get another chance next season as he and his family have ties to Logan and Fostoria through his father’s railroad job with C and O.
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Logan
Jimmy Richardson
Cincinnati
Bassett
Jimmy
W. W. Richardson
Fostoria
C. and O. Railroad
Obtain Permission For Location of Dam on Hocking River
Easements have been secured along the Hocking River from Falls Mill to Rockbridge for a dam project. State Conservation Department and Hocking County Fish and Game Association coordinated, allowing 20 feet of stream-bank use for fishermen. Willow Lake expected to reach four feet water level to support fish propagation.
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LOGAN
Hocking
Falls Mill
Rockbridge
State Conservation Department
Hocking County Fish and Game Association
Willow Lake
Lyle Hall Plans New Home on Wyandotte Ave
Logan resident Lyle Hall plans a new house on Wyandotte Ave in South Logan after buying land from Charles B. Donahue. It will be the second new dwelling this year in the addition, with Lloyd Gompf also building there. Carl Mohler reports the foundation is done for a residence on Warner Ave at Grogan Ave, with framing to begin.
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Logan
Lyle Hall
South Logan
Wyandotte Ave
Charles B. Donahue
Lloyd Gompf
Carl Mohler
Warner Ave
Grogan Ave
Kiwanians Skip Tuesday Meeting for Columbus Trip
Local Kiwanians choose to attend a Columbus meeting at Brookside Country Club with a large delegation. On Saturday evening Raymond Lanning and Howard Rolston departed for Boston to join the international convention as delegates of the local club.
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Logan
Columbus
Brookside Country Club
Raymond Lanning
Howard Rolston
Boston
Ivy Poisoning Snares Cherrington granddaughter
Logan Alice Irene Cherring ton, granddaughter of Dr. J. S. Cherrington, is treated for ivy poisoning after trimming grass on the lawn. Both arms affected.
Marriage Licenses Issued in Gallia Co
Gallia County issued several marriage licenses over the weekend. Couples listed include Clifton Stormer 49 and Elizabeth Harmon 32 of Point Pleasant, Howard Neal 21 and Jessie Smeltzer 19 of Bidwell, Paul Jeffers 21 and Bertha Peck 21 of Oreton, Howard Riggs 42 and Fannie Biggs 44 of Portland, Shirley Oates 32 and Minnie Schwegal 42 of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Clifton Stormer
Elizabeth Harmon
Point Pleasant
Howard Neal
Jessie Smeltzer
Bidwell
Paul Jeffers
Bertha Peck
Oreton
Howard Riggs
Harrisonville
Fannie Biggs
Portland
Shirley Oates
Minnie iSchwegal
Elected to County Board Secretaryship
Mrs Mildred Shelton Boggs was elected secretary to the new county superintendent of schools W E Wiseman at a county board meeting. She succeeds H Bion Bradbury on August 1. A Greenfield Township native, she was recently married to Elmer Boggs and has served in the post for several years.
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Gallipolis
County Board of Education
Mildred Shelton Boggs
W. E. Wiseman
H. Bion Bradbury
Boggs
Greenfield Township
Elmer Boggs
Pool Patronage Reaches 7500 At Local Facility
Logan reports total pool attendance for the season at 7,500 with a record daily high of 784 last Friday. Saturday brought 537 patrons while cooler weather earlier led to several early closings. Season tickets rise slightly with more youths. only 26 adults hold season passes. Lifeguards Hob Houk away in Culver, Bill Johnston and Victor Nixon cover guarding duties.
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Bob Houk
Culver
Bill Johnston
Victor Nixon
Logan Man Falls Hurting Leg
Jack Corwin of this city suffered a fractured right leg in a fall near the Co and O tracks by the Hocking River bridge Saturday night. He was taken by ambulance to Cherrington Hospital in serious condition given his age.
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Logan
Jack Corwin
Cherrington Hospital
Corwin
Hocking River
Peggy Klinebrigl
Nelsonville
Ruth Staly
Orville Bethel
Glouster
Practice Tonight for Senior Baseball Team
If the field is ready a 6 o'clock practice will be held tonight by the senior baseball team. The squad, former American Legion Junior League players, seeks additional games with valley teams of players 17 to 21. Inquiries go to Marion Allen in Logan.
Wife of Former Chauncey Pastor Dies in Amanda
Mrs. Alice Harter wife of Rev Walter V Harter United Brethren minister died suddenly of a heart attack at their Amanda Ohio home Funeral services and burial were to be held in Amanda The Harter family resided on High Street and Mrs Harter was well known in the Chauncey district She is survived by her husband one daughter and two sons.
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Walter Harter
Amanda
Chauncey
George Shafer
Alice Harter
Walter V. Harter
Amanda, O
Harter
United Brethren
M. E. Church
High St
Bailey Run Baseball Defeats Kimberly Floodwood 6-0
Bailey Run blanked a Kimberly Floodwood composite team 6 to 0 Sunday afternoon. Manager Earl Pyle of Bailey Run invites teams to schedule games by writing Millfield Route 2.
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Chauncey
Kimberly
Floodwood
Earl Pyle
Millfield
Route 2
Zaleski Bridge Club Picnic Hosted by Mrs Fiske
Mrs Jessie Fiske hosted the Zaleski state park picnic for her bridge club with lunch and a bridge game. Ruth Bridgewater won the high score and Ruth Fiske placed second among members Gladys Simpkins Lena Wilson Frances Howard Sarah Thomas Esther Fiske Dan ner and others.
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Chauncey
Jessie Fiske
Bridge Club
Zaleski State Park
Golfers Caught in Downpour at Hocking Valley Club
Golfers dodged a Sunday shower at Hocking Valley Country Club to complete rounds. The course remains in fine condition drawing local interest as recreation facilities develop under Bob Morgan, recently named pro.
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Logan
Hocking Valley Country Club
Bob Morgan
Mrs. Sanders Honors Son With Dinnercelebration of Father’s Day
Mrs Bertha Sanders hosted a Sunday chicken dinner at her Chauncey home honoring Father’s Day and her son Lewis Sanders birthday anniversary. Attending were Mr and Mrs Lewis Sanders and daughter Jacqueline Virginia McQuaid Mr and Mrs Charles Sanders and daughter Sandra Lu and Mr and Mrs Clarence Sanders.
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Chauncey
Bertha Sanders
Lewis Sanders
Jacquelyn
Virginia McQuaid
Charles Sanders
Sandra Lu
Clarence Sanders
Class To Meet Chauncey Esther Party at Mrs Skinner Home
Regular meeting of the Esther Class and party of the M. E. Church will be held Tuesday night at the home of Mrs. Winnie Skinner on Ellis Avenue.
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Chauncey
Esther
M. E. Church
Winnie Skinner
Ellis Ave
Forest Rose lodge benefit party announced at Chauncey
A benefit party for the Forest Rose lodge is planned for tonight at 8 o clock in the Chauncey K of P Hall.
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Chauncey — Forest Rose Lodge
Chauncey K
P. Hall
Hard Times Party At Crabtree Home Hosted By Grace Crabtree
Friends gathered at the Grace Crabtree residence for a hard times party Friday night. Norma Phillips won first prize while Mae Messenger took the booby prize. Guests included Virgie Wadley Frances Crabtree Beulah Thomas Signa Crabtree and the hostess Grace Crabtree.
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Chauncey
Grace Crabtree
Norma Phillips
Mae Messenger
Virgie Wadley
Frances Crabtree
Beulah Thomas
Signa Crabtree
Two Births Announced in Millfield and Friday
Ferrol McClelland announces a son born Friday. Mr and Mrs Chester Russell welcome a son born at their Millfield home.
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Chauncey
Ferrol McClelland
Friday
Chester Russell
Millfield
John Hook Honored On 62nd Birthday
A Chauncey family gathering at Mr. and Mrs. John Hook's home celebrated John Hook's 62nd birthday. Guests included Fred Myers Logan Mr. and Mrs Allan Wolf family Nelsonville Mr. and Mrs Davie Conant Lancaster Mr. and Mrs Palmer Conant Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Davis and son Jack Sugar Creek Mrs Audra Tryon and family Athens Route 3 Mr. and Mrs. Al Moody Sugar Creek Luella Hook Harpster M J Gardner Chauncey and Mildred Hook Chauncey.
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Chauncey
John Hook
Hook
Fred Myers
Logan
Allan Wolf
Nelsonville
Davie Conant
Lancaster
Palmer Conant
Leslie Davis
Jack
Sugar Creek
Audra Tryon
Athens
al Moody
Luella Hook
Harpster
Ohio
M. J. Gardner
Mildred Hook
Visit in Chauncey Highlights Columbus Weekend Guests
Chauncey resident Lee Schoonover spent Friday in Columbus with weekend guests their brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Herbert Cramer and son Herbert Jr all of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Lee Schoonover
Columbus
Herbert Cramer
Herbert, Jr
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LO. O. F. Temple
I. R. Goldberg
Optometrist
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Camera Club
Gallipolis Eagles
Fairview U. B. Church
Perry
Fred C. Sanders
True Cary
Evananotoy
Ogcmepeano
Court ST
Straitsville
Gallia Co
Chauncey Church
Bailey
Kimberly & Floodwood AB
Bailey Kasler
Eccencewnne
Wade
Walton
Une & Ross
Ewidanencwonertan
B. Manning
J. Manning
Staten
Stanley
Seeswaldcun
Bullock
Zaleski
Mrs. Sanders
Son
Crabtree
Carpenter Maytag Co
Athens, Ohio
Pomeroy
Athens Ice
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