Hatfield Seeks Renomination for Gallia Sheriff Seat
Sheriff E. E. Hatfield files for another term as Gallia County sheriff with Howard Gates, ex deputy, as sole Republican opponent for the nomination. The piece notes Hatfield’s background, a single first degree murder trial during his tenure, and DOJ fingerprinting aid boosting local investigations.
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Hatfield
Gallia
Howard Gates
Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
Perry Bailes
John Howell
John Halliday
Greasy Ridge
Green Township
Gallia County
Frank O'Dell
Owen Randolph
O'Dell
Ohio Penitentiary
Department of Justice
United States
Usem
Roscoe Fowler
Meigs County
Preston Turner
Jackson County
G. R. Douglass
Mason County
W. Va
Kanauga Brief News: Obits and Local Notices
Mr and Mrs George Boardman ill with the former in Holzer Hospital after major surgery last week. Thomas Reynolds died of a heart attack while performing chores. Burial at Maddy Cemetery followed a church service. distant relatives attended from Steubenville Columbus Huntington Pt Pleasant. Ladies Aid Society met with 17 present to plan a bake sale for March 14 in Gallipolis. Other items note steamer work, weekend visits, and grandmother visits in Columbus and Huntington.
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Kanauga
George Boardman
Holzer Hospital
Thomas Reynolds
Maddy
Alto Spence
Steubenville
Cora Maddy
Columbus
Wade Shamlin
Clyde Shamlin
Huntington
W. Va
Ray Adams
Pt. Plnasant
Ladies Aid Society
Verne Berridge
Anciety
Gallipolis
F. F. Thornton
Paul Ables
Julius Fleishman
Charlies Deem and Family
J. W. Wolfenbarger
Leon
Ray Keefer
Higgins Sues for Divorce and Alimony in Gallia County
Grace M Higgins files a divorce and alimony suit against Lawson R Higgins alleging marriage in 1931, no children, separation since 1934, alleged infidelity, and gross neglect and failure to provide.
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Gallipolis
Grace M. Higgins
Lawson RB
Higgins
Taylor Ridge Boy Captures Elk Near Camp Pinedale
William Poole, son of Mr and Mrs Russell Poole now at CCC Camp Pinedale Wyoming, writes of a challenging elk capture ten miles from camp. The effort impressed him as the hardest day’s work they ever had.
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Taylor Ridge
West
Eyup Tabit Elected Vice President of Syria
A cousin of prominent Gallipolis business leader George A. Tabit has been elected vice president of Syria. Eyup Tabit, after practicing medicine in New York for two years, studied law in Beirut, was admitted to the bar, entered politics, served four times as senator, and has now attained the second highest office in the nation.
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Gallipolis
George A. Tabit
Syria
Tabit
Eyup Tabit
New York
Beirut
Maurice H Little Dies Near Cheshire After Long Illness
Maurice Hanely Little died of tuberculosis at his Cheshire area home after a prolonged illness. Funeral services were held at Cheshire this afternoon with burial at Gravel Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Little and six siblings: Foster, Clarence, Howard, Mrs. Stanley Swisher, Mrs. Pleasant Ellis, and Mrs. Orville Smith.
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Gallipolis
Maurice Hanely Little
Cheshire
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Charles Little
Foster and
Clarence Little
Howard Little
Bradbury
Stanley Swisher
Pleasant Ellis
Orville Smith
Long-serving Ohio Hospital for Epileptics worker takes annual vacation
In her 27th year at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics in Gallipolis Mrs. Fred Milliser wife of the local justice of the peace takes her annual vacation. She ranks high among the institution's long-serving staff.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Fred Milliser
Funeral filled First Presbyterian Church for Mrs. Sibley
Gallipolis funeral services for Mrs. Frank L. Sibley filled the First Presbyterian Church to capacity on Tuesday. Assistants including undertaker Fred Enteminger and Claude Miller helped place flowers for burial, with Byron Badimer William Beckey Lawrence Myers Fred Stone Jacob Moore Gu Frye Kenneth Boster and John Rue aiding in transport to the cemetery.
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Gallipolis
First Presbyterian Church
Frank L. Sibley
Fred Enteminger
Claude Miller
Byron Badimer
William Beckey
Lawrence Myers
Fred Stone
Jacob Moore
Gua Frye
Kenneth Boster
John Rue
Niday Named Deputy Registrar for Legion Conventions
Mrs. C. R. Niday wife of the post commander in Gallipolis was named deputy registrar for Gallia County for the National American Legion convention in Cleveland this year. County attendees will register with her.
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Gallipolis
C. R. Niday
National American Legion
Gallia County
Cleveland
Niday
Second in Family Is Killed Under Train
Raymond Bonecutter aged 28 of Henderson West Virginia was found killed by a train across the river from Gallipolis. Officers believe he fell asleep on the tracks. He was survived by his parents seven brothers and sisters and three young children. A nephew Floyd Wamsley was killed by a train last fall.
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Gallipolis
Raymond Bonecutter
West
Filling station lease in Gallipolis changes hands
Elmer Haffelt has leased the Vine Street filling station to Kenneth Boster who will continue to travel and leave the business in charge of C A Swain.
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Gallipolis
Elmer Haffelt
Hhe
Vine &I
Kenneth Boster
C. A. Swain
Grangers of Albany Will Give Program
Albany Grange sets a March 14 meeting with a literary program featuring a milk essay by Thorabelle Baughman and readings by Kathryn Rickey and others. The Community Garden Club plans a March 13 discussion on planting, and a Girl Scouts bake sale is slated for March 14 at Coes Hardware.
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Albany
Albany Grange
Thorabelle Baughman
Kathryn Rickey
John
Abagail Adams
Macfarlan
Hoffee
News Digest
Musgrave
Charles Parker
Andy
Brother Kingfish
Community Garden Club
Lowell Chase
Brooks Russell
Albany Girl Scouts
Coes Hardware Store
Paul Barnes
Ewing Walters
Joan
Portsmouth
Clavia Chesser
Armour Chesser
Donna Gibbe
Lucy Stanley
Columbus
R. Stanley
Arthur Lowther
Louise
Richard
Lancaster
Levi Boyd 99 Dies in Gallia County Ohio Township
GALLIPOLIS Levi Boyd 99 oldest man in Gallia County died at his son Clint Boyd’s home on Hannan Trace Road in Ohio Township. He worked as a timberman and boatman on the Sandy River Kentucky and later a cooper in Catlettsburg before moving to Gallia County about 50 years ago. He recalled timbering near Huntington West Virginia and winter trips to Louisiana. He read the Bible through 20 times. Surviving are four children Clint Elmer Walter and Curt Boyd. ten grandchildren. 16 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Funeral services will be 2 pm Thursday at Bethel Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Levi Boyd
Clint H. Boyd
Hannan Trace Road
Ohio Township
Sandy River
Kentucky
Catlettsburg
Huntington
W. Va
Louisiana
Godshaw
Morgan City
Boyd
Clint
Elmer
Walter W. Boyd
Curt Boyd
New Laguna
New Mexico
Bethel Church
Cruise Ship Mystery Sparks Romantic Confession
In a deck scene aboard a stormbound ship, Jane confronts Dirk about motives and alibis tied to the Mannie Jackson murder. Dirk declares love and proposes marriage, while Jane admits a vanity tied to the alibi, and Madame Doremus jokingly pushes the pair toward romance. The tale ends with a playful cliffhanger as water tells of vast oceans.
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Dirk
Jane
Madame Doremus
Snowshoes
Lake Placid
Tamives Tor Triumphs Beyond a Century
An unidentified event features Tamives Tor achieving a notable milestone surpassing a hundred years with emphasis on recognition from Mme and Porve. Details remain sparse in the fragmented OCR text.
Letart Falls Community Updates and Movements
J D Roush paid local farm taxes in Pomeroy for the Letart Township property inherited since 1802 from the Ohio Company. A string of visits and movements follow, including society meetings, girl scouts badges, funerals in Charleston, and residents moving or visiting from Athens Columbus Pomeroy West Creek and other nearby towns.
Straitsville Man Honored On Birthday
New Straitsville notes honor for J. E. Harmon with birthday party hosted by Mrs. Harmon on March 6 at their home. Guests include Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Howkum, the Allaway and Nixon families, and locals from East Fultonham to Columbus. Community members traveled for the weekend visits and church attendance peaked with the Young Men’s Choir at the Methodist Church.
Harrisonville Social Notes T: Harrisonville Brief Notes
Mr and Mrs W S Greenler were Sunday dinner guests near Albany. John Stout and son Grafton visited C H Clay. William Stacey and sister May with Mrs Maynard of Williamson WV visited Anderson Stacey over the weekend, Maynard staying a week. Sadie Lambert of Athens is visiting sister Mrs Earl Clark. Far Clark went to Athens on a business trip Saturday. Ray Alkire and daughter Coelle visited son Charles in Columbus. Harold Pickering and Dye Ball also went to Columbus with Mr Ball's sister Mrs Frances Welsh, returning Saturday night. Frank Turner and a family and Mrs Charles Turner visited their parents W A Turner over the weekend. Eva Townsend spent the weekend with the Halliday home. Ray Halliday and wife were Sunday dinner guests of F C Halliday. Jess Wood visited G W Atkins Sunday afternoon. Bertha Cook visited her brother-in-law Louis Cross on Monday.
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Howard Cadiona
Cleveland
Brad Russell
Henry Clay
Nazarene
Fast Letort
Pickens
Plantes
W. H. Reefer
Athens
M. E. Sayre
Johnie Wolfe
Elmer Grimm
Clark Sayre
West Creek
W. Va
Clyde Jones
Milliard
Joan
Pomeroy
Jones
Emma Chapman
J. P. Burnell
Charleston
Lilly Wagner
FE. P. Grimm
Wayne Woodyard
Columbus
C. B. Shields
Patsy
P. R. Shields
W. C. Bibbee
Apple Grove
Charles Boston
Stella
Stewart Boston
Dallas
James Boston
Walter Roush
Westerville
Hershel Roush
J. W. Weischerd
Holzer Hospital
Flora Johnson
Delaware
Everett Balser
Hudnell
Dam 23
Pt. Pleasant
Huntington
Francis Worthington
Dam 24
Floyd Cummins
Gallipolis
Cummins
East Letart
New Straitsville
Harmon
J. E. Harmon
Howkum
George Allaway
Grant Allaway
Robert Goodlive
Ray Little
Charles Rush
Jake Nixon
Mary Lou
Levi Palmer
Firm Lambert
Harold Little
Orville
Fred Yost
New Straiteville
Fred Blankenship
Robert
Charlies White
East Fultenham
Delphos Evans
Margeret Davis
Wayne Webb
Kenneth Shattuck
Jackson
Florence Blankenship
Blankenship
Robert Essex
Athens High School
Joe Blankenship
Ohio University
Harold Orndorf
Sam Orndorf
Mabel Shuttleworth
William Shuttleworth
Leonard White
Carey
White
Robert Lever
Waverly
Edward Lawson
Florida
Priscilla
MBE
Lon Cassadine
Brown
Clark St
Mins
Marie Carson
Alice Fains
Logan
Leo Romar
Methodist Church
Young Men's Clues Choir
Miss Billikem
Harrisonville
W. S. Greenler
Evan Genheimer
Albany
John Stout
Grafton
C. H. Clay
William Stacey
May
Maynard
Williamson
Anderson Stacey
Sadie Lambert
Earl Clark
Far Clark
Ray Alkire
Coelle
Charles
Harold Pickering
Dye Ball
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Frances Welsh
Frank Turner
Charles Turner
W. A. Turner
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Wade Halliday
Ray Halliday
F. C. Halliday
Jess Wood
G. W. Atkins
Bertha Cook
Louie Cross
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Dawn Dye
Alvin Dye
Celia Dye
Don Jewell
Gerald Starkey
Margie Chase
George Radekin
George Junior
Harold Romine
Dennis Romine
Lenora Sleeth
Romine
J. L. Rawlings
Lancaster
Bernice McCall
Charles McCall
Ss. D. Webb
J. A. Turner
W. M. Morris
Wesley Cottrill
Will Lewis
Glenn Turner
Millersport
Dell Turner
John Nicholson
Freda Turner
Eddie Lou Hewery
Pomona Grange
Alfred
W. D. Holliday
Mina Curry
Mont Howell
Middleport
Temple Church
Crofts
Carpenter Church
Will Délivéer
Mt. Union Church
Owen Kennedy
O. R. Sams
Annie Goff
Erma Vale
Dyesville
Ann Graham
C. H. Ogdin
J. S. Dudgeon
Henry Turner
Lauren Huffman
Charles Radcliff
Frank McLaughlin
Dexter
Mort McKnight
Mina Jewell
Nancy McCall
Downington
Mae Wood
Cassie Caster
Revival Ends At Carpenter Church As Conversions Noted
The Carpenter Baptist Church revival concluded Sunday with listed conversions: Lucy Joe Dye Dawn Dye Alvin Dye Celia Dye Don Jewell Gerald Starkey and Margie Chase. A London resident posts large Deaf signs on his deaf white cat.
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Carpenter
London
Oak Grove Residents Connected to Electricity Upgrades
Oak Grove reports several homes being wired for electricity. Local residents and visitors include Arthur Hartman of Nelsonville with parents, the Wendells on a business trip to Athens, Vaughn Foughty and son Wilbur visiting the Barnharts in Floodwood, and many neighbors calling on relatives and ill residents.
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Oak Grove
Friendly Circle Sunday School class holds meeting and socials
The Friendly Circle met at the Freece home for a game filled evening and business session. Refreshments of peaches and cake followed. The next meeting is set for the Oliver home. Several residents visited relatives and neighbors over the weekend including the Dunbars, Mindlings, Brandeberrys, Leydas, Arnolds, Pagetts and Secoys. The Cutler Church Ladies Aid hosts a pie and candy social at the church Friday night March 13.
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Clancie Mindling
Watertown
George Brandeberry
Fillmore
J. W. Leyda
Don Arnold
Malta
Coolville
W. E. Gill
Cutler Church
Banquet for Buchtel boys basketball team planned
BUCHTEL The Buchtel school boys basketball teams will be honored with a banquet on Thursday evening March 19. Tickets admitted to the event, followed by a bingo party. Banquet organized by Eva Wright PTA president with assistants Blanche Bartog Theo Schenz Anna Wilson Lottie Thomas Nora Bartog and John White. Community meeting at M EB Church March 13 postponed.
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Bucht School
Hurc
Eva Wright
Buatel Pta
Blanche Bartog
Theo Schenz
Anna Wilson
Lottie Thomas
Nora Bartog
John White
M. EB
Vincent Dearing
Rose Tripp
Murray Barstow
Chillicothe
Kate Maurer
Barstow
Henry Shingler
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