Public Hearing Set on Little Gerne Creek Flood Plan in Gallia
Major C. W. Flynn Jr of the Army Corps of Engineers announces a public hearing on the proposed improvement of Little Gerne Creek for flood control. The session, July 13 at 10 a.m., will be at Town Hall in Vinton with participation invited from federal, state, and local agencies and local interests.
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Gallipolis
Army
Little Gerne Creek
C. W. Flynn, Jr
Corps of Engineers
Major Flynn
Vinton
Agencs
Accu
Department of the Army
Flynn
Madison
Eighth St
Huntington
W.va
A Powerful Lure of the River in Gallia County
A 1916 Kananga pamphlet by J H Stewart explores the river’s pull on people who live by it and return to river life after other jobs. The verses recount a deacon swept by the flood, rowing past rivals to save Sabbath observance, ending with a cautionary, ironic tone.
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O. McIntyre
J. H. Stewart
Kananga
Sid Stewart
Mr. Stewart
Rotary Sees Minstrel Show in Gallipolis
Rotary program chairman Frank Wetherholt opened the meeting with John and Miles Epling presenting a two man black face minstrel show. The Gallia high school performers included Harold Wetherholt former members returning Jack Davis G W Jewell and W P Bill Smith. Tex Harrison played guitar numbers as the finale while John sang with his brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Frank Wetherholt
Rotary
John Epling
John
Miles Epling
Tex Harrison
Gallia High School
Harold Wetherholt
Gallipolis Bakes as Thermometer Near Hundred Degrees
Heat dominates Gallipolis with readings around 94 degrees at the Fairfield farm water works pumping station. An independent ad thermometer in the sun climbed to 120, then stalled, underscoring extreme afternoon heat in the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fairfield Farm
Pete McCormick
Water Works
Gallia Academy Student Wins Talent Night at Buckeye Boys State
Gallia Academy High School pianist George Wilson, Rotary delegate at Buckeye Boys State, took second place in the talent contest from 30 entrants. H. O. Pepper, Gallia Academy music director, praised Wilson's improvisational skill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Wilson
Rotary
Buckeye
H. O. Pepper
Gallia Academy High School
Wilson
Correction on OSU health program grant corrected
An official yesterday corrected a report claiming teachers would receive 150 from the Kellogg Foundation for health work and summer school at Ohio State. The activity is part of Ohio University projects and the grant did not come from the foundation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio State University
Kellogg Foundation
Ohio University
Ironton Kiwanians Receive Traveling Gavel from Ironton Club
Kiwanians in Gallipolis hosted 19 visitors from Lawrence County Tuesday as the traveling gavel passed to them, signaling interclub ties. Two weeks later the gavel heads to Athens to be handed to the Kiwanians there with Charles L. Collett as speaker. Collett spoke on local industries, limestone mining, and the Russell Kentucky coal and railroad terminal. Sam Waldron and Carl Cooper attended from Chillicothe and Farm Bureau Cooperative respectively.
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Gallipolis
Ironton Club
Lawrence County Club
Athens
Ironton Group
Charles L. Collett
AIA
Columbus
Girl Scouts Entertained by Local Club Members
Members of the Business and Professional Women's Club in Gallipolis hosted Girl Scouts at Mrs. N. A. Martin’s home Monday night. Thirty-four guests attended a pot luck supper as the Scouts presented two skits a Punch and Judy puppet show and a playlet Queen Elizabeth and Her Court under Mrs Hoke Robinson.
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Gallipolis
Business and Professional Women's Club
Hortense Epling
N. A. Martin
Hoke Robinson
Queen Elizabeth
Girl Scout
Zenia Shaw
Beulah Martin
Bessie White
Mary Kennedy
Vivian Richards
Wonga Kent
Zella Craft
Clara Belle Bradley
Dorothy Brooks
Ruth Martin
Sisson Rites Held for Mrs Caroline Wetherholt Sisson
Funeral services were held for Mrs Caroline Wetherholt Sisson 87 of Porter after a months long illness. Surviving children include Miss Grace Sisson Stephen and Elias with sister Mrs Stella Summers and brother Elias Wetherholt. Burial followed at Mt Zion.
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Gallipolis
Caroline Wetherholt Sisson
Porter
Geo. J. Wetherholt and Sons
Mt. Zion
Hobart Stitt Sentenced To Dayton Workhouse
Gallia County judge fined Hobart Stitt of Middleport 100 dollars and costs and sent him to the Dayton workhouse after a highway scuffle Saturday night that left three injured by a single bullet. A second charge against Stitt by James Neal Northup was not heard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Hobart Stitt
Middleport
Dayton
Stitt
James Neal
Northup
Janes
Children’s Home Wards To See Ranger Show
Wards of the children’s home are invited to a free show by the Lone Star Ranger presented by the Veterans of Foreign Wars. The ranger and his troupe will perform trick riding roping and other feats on the high school athletic field Friday and Saturday starting 8:30 p.m. with a 2:30 p.m. Saturday matinee for youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Lone Star Ranger
River Traffic Report Gallipolis Locks Update
Dams are expected to rise above the Gallipolis locks after several days down. Vessels listed include Jones up at 12 15, Ductulite up at 12 50, Progress up at 2 15, and Titan up at 10 50 p.m. Locks readings show upper 18 5 feet and lower 15 2 feet with 18 feet at rollers. Kanawha Falls 2.32 falling.
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Gallipolis
Clarington
Jones
LCS
New Martinsville
Progress
Talbot
Hurley
Jewett
Shearer
Brandt
Twain
Sohio State
Titan
Mico
Leila
Verity
Solvay
Surveyor
Combs- Dawson
Sullivan
Kanawha Falls
Fay Rose Sentenced Again For Intoxication
Gallipolis reports Fay Rose received a new sentence after authorities cited about 70 prior intoxication cases. Judge William H. Jones fined her 100 dollars and costs and ordered Dayton workhouse detention until the fine is paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fay Rose
William H. Jones
Dayton
Ravenswood to Host Clyde Trask Band at NYA Hall
Clyde Trask and his 16 NBC musicians will perform at the Ravenswood NYA hall on June 25 under VFW sponsorship. The group has played at Netherland Plaza Cincinnati and Moonlight Gardens Coney Island for four consecutive years and streams on WLW at 11:30 nightly. In Sandyville, Donald Ramsey, 24, suffered serious internal injuries when a Ford pickup crashed into a power line pole on Route 21 near the Y. James Richards was unhurt. Investigating officers Cpl. C. C. Stewart and Trooper A V. Clay attributed the crash to a slippery road.
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Ravenswood
Clyde Trask
NBC
Ravenswood Nya Hall
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Netherland Plaza
Cincinnati
Coney Island
Moonlight Gardens
WLW
Donald Ramsey
Sandyville
Route 21
Ramsey
James Richards
Cpl
C. C. Stewart
A. V. Clay
Local man arrested after highway wreck near Salt Hill
Tennyson Cossin, 31, of Charlestown Route 4, was arrested after his car wrecked near Salt Hill Route 21. Police say he was driving at excessive speed when the vehicle left the highway and was demolished.
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Tennyson Cossin
Charleston
Clarence Ross Mortimer 77 Dies in Parkersburg Hospital
Services June 4 for Clarence Ross Mortimer of Ravenswood who died in St. Josephs Hospital Parkersburg. A Pennsylvania native he moved to Ravenswood fifty years ago and worked as a carpenter drilling rigs in oil fields Oklahoma before statehood. Burial in Ravenswood Cemetery. Survived by widow Gertrude and five children, plus a brother, sister and eight grandchildren. He was a member of the Presbyterian Church and Masonic Lodge No. 77 New Bethlehem Pa.
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Clarence Ross Mortimer
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Pennsylvania
Mortimer
Ravenswood
Oklahoma
Union
R. T. Gettys
Manchester
Ohio
Presbyterian Church
Masonic Lodge No
New Bethlehem
Order of Eastern Star
Gertrude Mortimer
C. Ross Mortimer, Jr
Walter Leeson
Weirton
N. R. Flinn
Morgantown
R. L. McCoy
E. W
H M Rowley 86 Dies in Port Arthur Texas
H M Rowley aged 86 died at his Port Arthur home May 30. A machinist for Gulf refinery 23 years he retired in 1935. Native of Belleville he moved from Mason City Iowa. Survived by widow Mary and three daughters Laura Corbey Warren Blanche Morgan and Grace Schutter Port Arthur along with 12 grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren. Funeral conducted by Rev M F Williamson.
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H. M. Rowley
Port Arthur
Texas
M. F. Williamson
Rowley
Belleville
Mason City
Iowa
Gulf Refinery
Warren
Blanche Morgan
Grace Schutter
Funeral services for Verna Hazel Kerns held in Sandyville
Funeral services were held June 1 for Verna Hazel Kerns 35 at Mount Hope Church. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Surviving are seven daughters Anibell Georgia Lee Mary Francis Phylis Dorene Ruth Irene Dorothy Maxine Joyce Faye and seven sons Junior Junior Ray Clayton Daily John Larry at home two half brothers George Cooper Parkersburg and Clyde Cooper with the U S Army in Washington DC.
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Verna Hazel Kerns
Sandyville
Mount Hope Church
Anibell
Georgia Lee
Mary Francis
Phylis Dorene
Ruth Irene
Dorothy Maxine
Joyce Faye
Junior Junior Ray
Clayton Daily
John Larry
George Cooper
Parkersburg
Clyde Cooper
U.S. Army
Washington, D.C
Wedding of Pauline Bennet Vickers at Walton Memorial
Miss Pauline Bennet of Ravenswood wed John H. Vickers Jr of Charleston in a June 4 ceremony at Walton Memorial Methodist Church. The couple were joined by families including the bridesmaids and ushers, with Rev. Winters officiating. The bride, a Ravenswood High and St Joseph’s Hospital nurse graduate, wore a candlelight satin gown and pearl accessories. the groom is a Charleston native and Army Air Corps veteran, employed by Firestone in Charleston.
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Walton Memorial Methodist Church
Pauline Bennet
Holly H. Bennet
Ravenswood
John H. Vickers, Jr
Charleston
C. G. Hager
John H. Vickers
John Lee Tucker
W. D. Winters
Robert E. Agsten
E. C. Koster
Dunbar
William Vickers
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Vickers
Blue Ridge School For Boys
Henderville
N.C
Furman University
Greenville
S.C
Kappa Alpha Fraternity
United States Army Air Corps
Firestone Tire and Rubber Company
Notice of Administratrix Appointment for Frank Strong Estate
Bessie R. Strong of Athens Ohio named administratrix of the estate of Frank Strong deceased in Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated June 11 1948. Francis D White Probate Judge.
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Bessie R. Strong
Athens
Ohio
Frank Strong
Isle of Athens County
Francis D. White
Said County
Sotich
R. W. Finsterwald
Edward Sheridan
Athens County
Marguerite Edwards Cobb
Cummings Ave
Toledo
David J. Edwards
Glouster
Hermin V. Houston
R. D. Ohio
Charles M. Williams
Said
Marie C. Bryan
Athens Township
Millard Orison Bryan
Local families attend commencements and visit relatives
Mrs. Bertha Young and Mrs. Mary Walsh visited Zanesville relatives and attended a high school commencement. Several locals hosted and visited kin from Columbus, Logan, Pittsburgh, and Letart while Sacred Heart in Pomeroy honored Mary Barbara Ord. Church circle met with a program on youth and fellowship.
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Anna Lou
Logan
W. Va
T. J. Ryan
Wm. Lesko
Dorig Hodge
Tonawanda
N. Y
Ira Warner
Mary Barbara Ord
Sacred Heart School
Pomeroy
A. C
Lemma Johnson
Concord
Calif
H. C. Turner
Mason Wscs
EUB
Eileen
Vicw Foreman
Wilma McDaniel
Lottie Johnson
Edith Ingels
Ruth McIntosh
Beulah Grimm
Willa Lee
Elizabeth Jeffers
Nan McIntosh
Clyde Foley
Sandra
Albright
Victor Cook
Loveland
Ohio
Cook
William Roush
Bernard McArdle
Charleston
John Bond
Cottageville
William Harris
Lee Hart
Classified Advertising Guidelines From The Messenger
The notice outlines rates and rules for classified ads including phone orders, cash payment, and minimum line charges. It covers deadlines, error handling, three and six day runs, and blind ads with address requirements and submission times.
Hospital Notes and a Tragic Drowning in Columbus
Holzer Hospital notes list admissions including Lloyd Osborne Jackson Joe De Lilli Rodney Danny Sisco and others from Gallipolis W Va Pt Pleasant and Oak Hill Births noted for four mothers and discharges listing Charles Woode Mrs Edgar Dempsey and others A separate Columbus report records 11 year old John Phillips drowning after slipping from a log into the Olentangy River.
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Gallipolis
Lloyd Osborne
Jackson
Joe de Lilli
Rodney
Danny Sisco
Charles Knapp
Leon
W. Va
Bill Joe Johnson
William Burdette
Pt. Pleasant
Clarence Roush
Frank Butcher
Pleasant
Ann Venz
Dora C. Ray
Hamden
Obert Zeigler
Wellston
Sidney Spencer
Pomeroy
William B. Taylor
Merrill McClure
Harrisville
C. F. Tompkins
Alec McFarland
Bidwell
Delbert Roush
Harry Wilson
Oak Hill
George Kershaw
Weldon Faulkner
Raymond Stewart
Glenn Syms
Robert Perkins
Lewis Slagle
Toledo
Lawrence Mehl
Charles Woode
Edgar Dempsey
Pearl Scott
Raymond Davis
Carl Lewis Baker
Marie Henry
Robert Duffy
Max Gordie
John Griffin
Henry Cruickshank
Albert Gabrilli
Boy
Columbus
John Phillips
Olentangy River
Price hikes set Schenectady plants begin July first
The General Electric Company reports price increases in some industrial lines will take effect July 1. A separate Newark incident notes a $3,100 robbery at the Red Bar cafe. Other items cover animal hide weight estimates and probate notices in Athens County Ohio including appoint ment of administrators and divorce filings with hearing dates after July 1948.
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Schenectady, N. Y
General Electric Company
Noticr
Carl Martin
Carol Martin
The
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Ohio
Woolley, Rowland & Bridgewater
Markets Cincinnati Livestock Prices Open Weak to Steady
Cincinnati June 23 AP US Dept of Agriculture notes salable hogs about 1900 with moderate activity. Hog prices largely steady. ranges from 28.00 to 28.25 for 160-230 lb hogs, down to 14.00-16.00 for odd heavy weights. Cattle slow, grains steers steady to weak. top bids around 28.00 for 800 lb steers, cows 16.00-24.00, canners 10.00-18.00. Sheep slow to steady with lambs 31.00 and 27.00-29.00 for other offerings. native lambs mixed 27.00-29.00, light springers 26.90 down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
U. S
Prices for Poultry Butter and Potatoes Listed
Cincinnati market notes show wholesale butter prices per pound at 83 to 84 cents. Poultry categories list weights and prices for fowls heavy 5 lbs and over 29 to 31 cents per pound, heavy fryers up to 4 lbs 39 to 42, heavy broilers 39 to 42, Leghorns and light 22 to 25, roosters 14 to 16. Potatoes quoted at 2.00 to 5.50 per 100 pounds?
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Cincinnati
Executor appointments For Charles M Williams and Millard Orison Bryan
Notice names Hermin V. Houston of Athens R D Ohio as Administrator of the Charles M Williams estate and Marie C Bryan of Athens Township as executrix of the Millard Orison Bryan estate both dated June 1948 with locations in Athens Ohio counties and townships.
Chauncey-Dover Board Seeks Buyer for Sugar Creek School
The Chauncey-Dover Board of Education sets a public auction for the old Sugar Creek School Building on Saturday July 24 at the Sugar Creek site. Conditions will be announced at sale. bids may be rejected. Dewitt Walker, Clerk, notes the meeting date June 1 1948 and the sale follows section 4834-12 G. C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey-Dover Board OF Education
Sugar Creek
Suear Creek
Sheriff Sale of Verity Village Lots in Athens County
Athens County Ohio to sell at public auction Lot Nos 361 and 3862 in Verity addition on Route 682 The Plains. Mineral rights reserved to grantors. Premises appraised at 300 dollars. minimum bid two thirds of appraisal. Sale by Sheriff George Bateman with Deputy Parmiter and attorney Harold J. Rose. July 12 1948 at 1:30 PM.
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State of
Ohio
Athens County
Common Pleas Court
Edward H. Lasch
Joseph H. Bradshaw
Athens
Dovertown
Verity
Athens Township
Ohio Company
Charles H. Campbell
the Plains
George Bateman
Dorothy J. Parmiter
Harold J. Rose
Prus
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