Gallia County Drives to Raise U SO Funds
Gallia County to raise a 1200 dollar quota for the United Service Organizations with the American Legion assisting. County chairman W W Sigler names over 50 city appointees and outlines a July 4 kickoff with surveys of Cheshire Bidwell Vinton Rio Grande Thurman Crown City Mercerville Eureka and other centers. He expects strong early city coverage and an over subscribed campaign.
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Gallipolis
United Service Organizations
W. W. Sigler
American Legion
Sigler
Net Tender Larch to be launched at Pt Pleasant
Ceremonies for the Larch last of four net tenders for naval use will be held at Pt Pleasant Wednesday at 2 p m. Mrs Jason Weissenberger will christen the craft and a social gathering at the Moose Club will conclude the program.
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Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant
Jason Weissenberger
Moose Club
Oliver Wendell Holmes Visiting in Cheshire
Oliver Wendell Holmes, son of Ford Holmes of Cheshire, is visiting relatives in the area. He has been involved in several radio productions from New York City and will return to his duties after a brief vacation.
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Gallipolis
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Ford Holmes
Cheshire
Holmes
New York City
More Students To Take Special Work At Night Classes
Gallipolis reports NYA enrollment will continue this week for ten weeks of instruction in auto mechanics wood working primary electricity and office training. Ten weeks of classes began two weeks ago with 37 students receiving certificates of attendance.
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Gallipolis
NYA
Federal court sentences four Gallia County violators
In Columbus the federal court sentenced four Gallia County residents for liquor law violations. Homer J. Fillinger received 90 days in jail, Gordon Duncan Smith 60 days, while Robert Deckard and Pearl Smith were placed on probation for two years.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Columbus
Homer J. Fillinger
Gordon Duncan Smith
Robert Deckard
Pearl Smith
Heat Attack Contributes To Death in Gallipolis
Mrs. John Smeltzer aged 48 died in Holzer Hospital from a heat stroke and heart attack suffered earlier Saturday. Funeral and interment were at King Chapel near Bladen. The Green Township family home is in Liddy Hollow. She leaves a husband and nine children including Mrs Randolph and Melvin Smeltzer.
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Gallipolis
John Smeltzer
Boyd
Holzer Hospital
King Chapel
Bladen
Smeltzer
Liddy Hollow
Green Township
Carl Randolph
Luther Beman
Julian Rathburn
Melvin
John
Curtis
Paul
Coleman
Gerald Lee
River Trip Draws 2258 4-H Club Members in Gallipolis
County Agent E. G. Roger reports 2258 4 H Club members rode the steamer Senator for a Saturday excursion on the river. The six hour trip had no accidents or sickness and drew hundreds to the river levee at 4 p m to view the disembarkation.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Roger
Holzer Jr Begins Internship at Cincinnati General
Dr. Charles E. Holzer Jr. begins his internship at Cincinnati General Hospital on Tuesday. He and his wife will reside in the Queen City for a year.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Cincinnati General Hospital
Queen City
Neglect of Duty Charged In Two Divorce Actions
Gallipolis reportsLewis Kraus files for divorce from Bertha Pelphrey charging neglect of duty. A separate suit is filed by Mrs. Albert White of Centenary.
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Gallipolis
Lewis Kraus
Bertha Pelphrey
Albert White
Centenary
Man Held On Assault Charge In Gallipolis
Hezekiah Hall is charged with criminal assault by the father of an eight year old colored girl and is held in county jail under a $1,000 bond in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Hezekiah Hall
Vacation Bible School Concludes at First Baptist Gallipolis
The two week program at First Baptist Church Gallipolis ended with 149 students enrolled and an average daily attendance of 115.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Condition of Diver Reported Critical
James Jenkins a 40 year old Kgger resident is in critical condition after breaking his back diving into a shallow pool near his home on Decoration Day. He is unmarried and receiving treatment at Holzer Hospital.
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Gallipolis
James Jenkins
Kgger
Decoration Day
Holzer Hospital
First formal wedding at Fairfield Methodist Church
Gallipolis notes report the first formal wedding in over a century at Fairfield Methodist Church near Gallipolis. Robert Graham Lovell and Emma Lou McCormick of Charleston W V were married with a rustic floral ceremony, hymns, and a reception at Hotel Lafayette. The couple and families, plus local spectators, are noted along with attendants.
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Gallipolis
Fairfield
Green Township
Robert Graham Lovell
Emma Lou McCormick
Charleston
W. Va
Thomas Fuller McCormick
Lafayette
Ind
Lucy Jackson
Clendenin
Lane
Edwin R. McCormick
William P. Cherrington
Lovell
James J. Lovell
Mr. Lovell
Pt. Pleasant
West Virginia University
Delta Tau Delta Fraternity
State Road Commission
O'Brien and Cornwell Merged in Grace Methodist Ceremony
James B. O'Brien and Miss Roberta Cornwell wed Sunday afternoon at Grace Methodist Church in a ceremony led by Rev. Lewis Weber Gishler. Attendants included Charlotte Cornwell and William K. O'Brien with Mary Jeanne Howell as matron of honor. The bride, elder daughter of Marvin Cornwell, works in Columbus. the groom recently earned a law degree from Ohio Northern University and serves in the ROTC.
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James B. O’brien
Roberta Cornwell
Grace Methodist Church
Lewis Weber Gishler
First Presbyterian Church
Charlotte Cornwell
William K. O'Brien
Columbus
James Walker
Mary Jeanne Howell
Howard Stewart, Jr
Pittsburgh
Eugene Plymale
Burt Hanson
Frank Haskins
Stanley Lanier
Marvin Cornwell
Cornwell
Marie Ingels
O’brien
Ohio Northern University
Ada
Reserve Officers Training Corps
Carter Saunders Tie The Knot In Lincoln Church
Marvin Carter son of Mr and Mrs Ernest Carter and Miss Jean Maridel Saunders daughter of Mr and Mrs E D Saunders both of the Northup community were married by Rev Lewis Weber Gishler in Lincoln Methodist Church at three o clock Sunday afternoon.
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Marvin Carter
Ernest Carter
Jean Maridel Saunders
E. D. Saunders
Northup
Lewis Weber Gishler
Lincoln Methodist Church
Recital by Priestley and Thornton at Condee pupils
Esther Mary Priestley and Ann Thornton, pupils of Miss Norah L. Condee, were presented in recital Friday evening at the Wood home. The music room bloomed with flowers from friends as Julia Agnes Wood filled in for Dorothy Langdon, offering three pieces.
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Esther Mary Priestley
Ann Thornton
Norah L. Condee
Reuben Wood
Dorothy Langdon
Julia Agnes Wood
Local residents visit relatives and announce births
Miss Mary Anne Plymale Will serve as camp counsellor at Camp Fernwood near Buffalo N Y Mr and Mrs Emerson Evans welcome their third son Larry born Friday June 27 Mrs Joy Rust Taylor visits from Plattsburg N Y Mrs Briggs Kirby Garnet Kirby Rebecca Alexander Ella Blain and Ira Swisher visit Athens Ohio Mildred Waugh stays with Swan Creek family Henry Hughes family hosts Ed Watson and Virginia Hughes Hern guests in Wilson Pa
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Mary Anne Plymale
Stanley Plymale
Lower River Road
Miami University
Oxford
Camp Fernwood
Buffalo
N. Y
Alice Bradbury
Anne
Lewis Lupton
California
St. Charles
Mildred Holmes
Alva Fulton
Roma Hern
Lucille
Colleen
Polson
Mont
Gallia County
Frank Fulton
Bulaville
Foster Fulton
W. Va
Ira Swisher
Athens
Mildred Waugh
Columbus
Stanley Waugh
Swan Creek
Henry Hughes
Ed Watson
Wilson, Pa
E. D. Hughes
Virginia Hughes Hern
Well Proves Duster On Poston Farm Dry Hole
The Logan Kachelmacher Estate well on the Poston farm in the Carbon Hill area proved dry, abandoned, and plugged after drilling. No production was found.
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Logan— Kachelmacher
Poston
Carbon Hill
Mrs Kenneth Bright and infant leave Cherrington Hospital
Mrs Kenneth Bright and her infant son departed Cherrington Hospital and returned home in the city Sunday.
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Logan
Kenneth Bright
Cherrington Hospital
Judge Henders on Circuit Visit in Circleville
Judge Phil Henderson traveled to Circleville today to conduct court as his has been the substitute during Judge Meeker Terwilliger’s three week absence. He has visited Circleville several times in that period.
Youths Now 21 Register Tomorrow in Gallia County
Gallia County to begin registration for residents who turned 21 since Oct 16 at 7 a.m. at the county draft board. Volunteer clerical assistants will complete cards and after 9 p.m. the count will be sent to Columbus. Officials estimate 115 to 125 registrants, with a five minute per person processing rate.
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Gallipolis
Draft Board
W. W. Sigler
Columbus
Gallia County
Wm. Gessells Rites Are Held In Columbus
Funeral rites in Columbus for William E. Gessells age 63 Obetz Junction who died Thursday after a heart attack. He was an engineer for the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad with 41 years of railroad work and member of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. He leaves his wife Grace, his father Alpha Gessells and 11 siblings including Harry B. Gessells of Union Furnace and Logan relatives attended.
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Logan
Columbus
Wiliam E. Gessells
Obetz Junction
Alpha Gessells
Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Grace Gessells
Harry B. Gessells
Union Furnace
Mary E. Hiles
Gertrude M. Waldron
Hand Injured in Clothes Wringer in Logan
Mrs. Mattie Short of Warner Ave sustained a hand injury when her hand was caught in an electric wringer on Saturday. Her granddaughter Mrs. Henry Adcock helped stop the machine. The hand was crushed and seven stitches were needed to close the wound.
Clarence Everhart Dies In Marion Saturday
Logan relatives learn of Clarence Everhart's death in Marion on Saturday. He was a nephew of Mrs. Jacob Wolfe of Logan with many other relatives nearby. Funeral services are set for Marion Tuesday afternoon and many relatives plan to attend.
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Logan
Clarence Everhart
Marion
Jacob Wolfe
Bender Takes Leave As Pool Manager Passes To Eberst
Logan Thomas Bender who managed the pool since it opened last month is taking a month long leave of absence. Charles R. Eberst will serve as manager during the absence. The change took effect Sunday.
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Logan
Thomas Bender
Charles R. Eberst
Head injury treated after fall at Cherrington Hospital
Logan-Robert Green Jr of Nelsonville was attended at Cherrington Hospital Saturday for a head injury sustained in a recent fall.
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Logan Logan
Robert Green, Jr
Nelsonville
Cherrington Hospital
Carnival Performer Nearly Chokes on Neon Tube at Gallipolis
Robert Elms, 34, of Pittsburgh, swallowed a fluorescent tube during a carnival act in Beckley West Virginia and collapsed when the eight inch glass segment broke in his stomach. He was rushed to Holzer Hospital where surgeons removed the fragment after a stomach incision. His esophagus was only slightly cut and he is recovering. His wife, sister of Mrs. Floyd I. Russell, accompanied him.
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Gallipolis
Robert Elms
Pittsburgh
Beckley
W. Va
Elms
Holzer Hospital
Floyd I. Russell
Ohio Hospital
Legion to Pick Delegates at Logan Meeting
Logan Post American Legion will meet Tuesday evening to elect delegates and alternates to district and state conventions and to consider sponsoring the campaign for the American Legion Unit ed Service Organizations. Logan has a $500 quota to meet for this nationwide program. Commander R L James requests a large turnout to reflect the post’s majority view.
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Logan
American Legion
United Service Organizations
Moet
R. L. James
Rain Halts Mingos Baseball Game in Logan
Rain forced the Mingos to forfeit their matchup with the Franklin Post of Columbus in Logan on Sunday. Columbus will return for a July 13 game at Logan, then Mingos host Bobb Chevrolet of Columbus the following Sunday. The amateur tournament opens in Zanesville next Thursday with Hazel Atlas as Mingos’ opponent. Mingos travel to Zanesville Friday at 3 15 p.m. for the opener.
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Logan
Franklin Post
Columbus
Mingos
Fairgrounds
Chevrolet
Hazel Atlas
Zanesville
First Ripened Tomatoes Claim Record in Logan Garden
S. E. Nixon of Logan Route 4 reports ripe tomatoes picked from his garden marking an early harvest before July 4. He notes last year he was second in the district and expects this year to place him first with the earliest ripe tomatoes.
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Logan
S. E. Nixon
Restaurant Moves to Log Cabin Building on Main Street
Logan report says James Reedy moves his long established restaurant from W Main Street to the former Log Cabin grocery building on E Main Street this week. The new property is owned by L R Magill.
Police Radio Proves Reliable Amid Electrical Storm
Logan report says since the police radio station opened officers tested during a Sunday electrical storm. The system operated without interference, confirming the station functions correctly under severe weather conditions.
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Logan
Local Baseball Officials Remember Longtime Friends
Logan C. P. Critchfield manager of the Franklin Post baseball team and Walter A. Leonard of this city are longtime friends who worked together in Columbus years ago.
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Logan
C. P. Critchfield
Franklin Post
Walter A. Leonard
Columbus
Office Move Shifts Adult Education to Central Grade School
The Office of the adult education group formerly housed in the men's witness room at the courthouse was moved last week to Central Grade School. The relocation places the program within the school system campus for easier public access and continued services.
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Logan
Logan rearrests Ralph Wright for unpaid fine
Failure to pay an assessed fine led to the rearrest of Ralph Wright of Murray City on Saturday. He is held in the county jail.
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Logan
Ralph Wright
Murray City
Oroville Church Re Decorated Before Children’s Day
United Brethren Church in Oroville was redecorated in recent days. On Sunday children’s Day services were held with Jacob Nixon, superintendent, in charge.
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Logan
United Brethren Church
Oroville
Jacob Nixon
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