Name Six To Promote New Sports Work
GALLIPOLIS an Athletic Board is created with E E Higgins superintendent Carl C Byers high school principal Laurence Myers athletic director Harold Brown coach Trevor Davis faculty representative Frederick Stone junior high representative The board will meet to decide equipment practice periods contests and a progressive program to improve team play They aim to build a comprehensive physical education program beginning in the sixth grade to uncover talent and raise participation to compete with neighbor teams in the Southeastern district Myers and Brown are developing this program now to broaden pupil participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Carl C. Byers
Laurence Myers
Harold Brown
Trevor Davis
Frederick Stone
Myers
Brown
Personal Notes of Gallipolis
Gallipolis notes report GALLIPOLIS resident Miss Garnet Beard nursing in Cleveland and ill at home with her parents. Various local families host weekend visits. Urbana, Columbus, Athens, and Dayton connections noted. Health, travel, and social visits feature among residents including Lane, Lawrence, Mootz, Moots, and Wheeler family movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Garnet Beard
Holzer Hospital School
Cleveland
D. A. Beard
A. R. Fox
Columbus
Ed McCormick
H. Bing
Athens
Junior
Susan Kirchner
G. 8. Lewis
Beulah Lane
O.hle
Alex Lane
George's Creek
F. W. Wheeler
George Wheeler
Hubert Carnes
Charles ‘Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Pt. Pleasant
Wallen Hively
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Chillicothe
Major Brown
Paul Belcher
Louise Belcher
Joe Massie
Akron
James Belcher
M. C. Christ
Huntington
Lloyd Thompson
Mrs Sagen Hosts Social Stitchers at Baptist Parsonage
Mrs George Sagen acted as hostess for the Social Stitchers gathering on Tuesday evening at the Baptist parsonage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sagen
George Sagen
the Baptist Parsonage
Pembroke Club Forms Meeting at Mrs Robinson Home
The Pembroke Club met at Mrs. Sarah Robinson's home Tuesday evening with Mrs. F. W. Shane in charge of the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pembroke Club
Sarah Robinson
F. W. Shane
Local Club Gatherings Highlight Week's Social
Mrs J E Halliday hosts Thursday Club at Libby Hotel luncheon then program at Court Street home with Mrs Harry M Miller reading a play. Miss Mabel Thomas hosts Philarmathean Club on Vine Street Thursday evening. Riverside Study Club meets at Taland View Inn with Mrs Ben Bachus hosting. Edna Gettles Russell Sloman and R R Starbuck present Haiti and Cuba study. two course lunch served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Halliday
Libby Hotel
Halliday
Court St
Harry M. Miller
Mabel Thomas
Philarmathean Club
Vine St
Inn
Riverside Study Club
Ben Bachus
Taland View Inn
Edna Gettles
Russell Sloman
R. R. Starbuck
Haiti
Cuba
Pinafore Selected for Gallipolis School Operetta
Gallipolis music supervisor Robert D. Price selects Gilbert and Sullivan operetta Pinafore for high school students. The production is set for April 1 and 2 to entertain local music lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert D. Price
Death notice for Charles Heger in Vandotte near Huntington
Mr and Mrs John Hager learn of the death of their son Charles Heger age 26 at Vandotte near Huntington. Funeral services are scheduled Friday at the parents home there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Hager
Charles Heger
Vandotte
Huntington
Figures Show School Attendance Increasing
Gallipolis figures released by E. E. Higgins superintendent show attendance rising over 1936. High school attendance is 95.9 percent this year versus 94.6 last year with other schools also up except Kananga due to flood disruptions. District total climbs to 93.44 from 90.92.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Kananga
Shooting Trial Opens in Gallipolis Case
The State of Ohio v Lillian Arnold Fields opens with Fields charged in the death of John Steel, alleged paramour of her daughter's partner. Prosecutor John W. Howell and defense counsel appear before Judge W R White as the shooting near the Steel residence is reviewed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State of Ohio
Lillian Arnold Fields
John Steel
Aileen
John W. Howell
Harry Miller
Henry W. Cherrington
Hollis C. Johnston
W. R. White
Basement Construction For School Started
In Gallipolis on March 15 a WPA project began at Lincoln School to excavate a half basement damaged by floods and replace it with a full length cement basement. The plan includes a janitor storeroom a new heating system showers and indoor toilet rooms for boys and girls. A large room will serve as combination gymnasium and auditorium to modernize the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lincoln School
Legion Delegation to Eighth District Conference Parade
Lafayette Post of the American Legion plans a large delegation to the Eighth District Conference in Wellsaton on Sunday April 25. Ohio Department Commander Sam H. Cobb and his staff will attend. The post and the Masonic Drum and Bugle Corps will join the band competition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Wellsaton
Sam H. Cobb
Ohio Department
Sons of the Legion
Masonic
Legionnaires
Churches Joining for Holy Week Service in Gallipolis
Gallipolis observes Holy Week with noonday services from 12 to 12 30 at First Baptist Monday through Thursday with all ministers taking part. A Union Community Service will be at Grace Methodist Thursday at 7 30 p m. Good Friday three hour service 12 noon to 3 p m at First Presbyterian. Merchants will close one hour to allow employee participation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Grace Methodist Church
First Presbyterian Church
Straitsville Girl Injured on School Merry-go-round
Nine year old Jaunita Vernon daughter of Mr and Mrs Chad Vernon suffered a deep hip laceration Friday while playing on the school merry go round. Other items note visits and illnesses among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Jaunita
Chad Vernon
Ray Sanborn
Lee
James McNamee
Logan
Howard Blankenship
Fred Blankenship
Lucile Webb
Columbus
Mra
William Call
Margie Delaney
Josephine Kimes
Pomeroy
D. B. Blankenship
Edward Burke
Clark St
W. J. Miller
Owen Wallace
Wanda
Wallace
Charles Strain
Logan Lodge
Margaret Goodlive
Athens
Robert Jr. Columbus
Robert Goodlive
Darlene Woodruff
Orval Nixon
Oroville
William Wahl
John Wahl
Tabasco Bars Jazz as Saxophones Face Import Ban
In Tabasco the state enforces a ban on jazz music and prohibits saxophone imports. The policy restricts musical instruments and cultural offerings, signaling a broader crackdown on jazz and related performances within the region.
Start New Addition At Holzer Hospital
Groundwork begins this week on a new 30 by 120 foot brick and steel basement addition at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. The project includes store rooms sewing rooms and classrooms with the Kuhn home adjoining slated for razing to expand the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Kuhn
Deceased Judge Was Gallia County Teacher
Judge Anselm T. Holcomb 91 died Wednesday at his Portsmouth home. A native of Vinton Gallia County he taught school at Rodney Vinton and Ewington. He studied law with his uncle Gen Anselm Tupper Holcomb, for whom he was named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Anselm T. Holcomb
Portsmouth
Vinton
Gallia County
Rodney
Ewington
Anselm Tupper Holcomb
WPA Workers Begin Street Resurfacing in Gallipolis
WPA crews start street resurfacing in Gallipolis with 32 workers, while 30 more remove a slip behind two O H E cottages. County WPA Engineer H W Nixon says $36,000 is paid monthly to about 600 Gallia County men and women on federal and state projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
WPA
O.H.E
H. W. Nixon
Gallia County
Non-Support Charged In Hamilton Indictment
Edward Cox, 35, transported from Hamilton after an indictment for non support, pleaded not guilty and will be tried in Gallia County Common Pleas Court shortly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hamilton
Edward Cox
Common Pleas Court
Relative Shoots Self in Family Home Tragedy
Wilson A. Blazer superintendent of the Children’s Home was notified by mail that Robert Blazer age 22 nephew and son of Mr and Mrs Cameron Blazer fatally shot himself accidentally at the family home in Kansas City on March 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wilson A. Blazer
Robert Blazer
Cameron Blazer
Kansas City
Tobacco growers urge passage of compact bill in Columbus
About sixty Gallia County tobacco raisers attended a legislative committee hearing in Columbus on Wednesday to push for approval of the tobacco compact bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Columbus
Miller Bros attend funeral of George Miller near Portsmouth
John Williams and Lewis Miller of the Miller Bros contracting firm attended the funeral of their father s brother George Miller near Portsmouth on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Williams
Lewis Miller
Miller Bros. Contracting Firm
George Miller
Portsmouth
Cutler Class Meeting And Local Notices
The Willing Workers Club met at the Carothers home with a potluck meal and farm pictures by Arthur Smith of Marietta. The Junior Class of Bartlett High plans a play Friday night March 19. Several hometown residents were noted visiting, birthdays, illness, and travel events including Mrs. Hannah Pollard’s recovery and Rosa Van Wormer returning from Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler
Willing Workers Club
James Carothers
Arthur Smith
Marietta
Charlie Johnson
Carrie Dunbar
Bartlett High School
Louise Place
Filorine Grey
Leota MccAtee
Virginia Place
Neva Glover
Bartlett
Eva Landers
James
John
Robert Root
Sam Wilcoxen
Marshal Bailey
Bailey
Warren Henson
Sharpsburg
Pearl McAfee
Hannah Pollard
Frank Gossett
Lloyd Rowland
Chesterhill
Sysie Basim
Carl Anderson
Rosa van Wormer
Cleveland
Hollister District Notes and School Honors Report
Hollister High School Tournament ran March 3 to 11 with finals Thursday as Sophomore girls beat Senior girls and Junior boys defeated Sophomore boys. PTA plans a chicken supper March 20 at Glouster American Legion Hall. Fifth through eighth grades schedule a program for the next meeting. Thelma Adams and Mary E. Mount spent the weekend at home. Industrial arts progress improves with candy-fund equipment and new courses planned for next year. An exhibit of this year’s work will be held late spring. Honor rolls list numerous students across the grades with many named individuals. Funeral attendance for Samuel Lehew noted, and local residents receiving family support during illness and school changes mentioned. Health nurse Miss Morgan conducted a health examination week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollister
Hollister High School
Hollister Pta
American Legion Hall
Glouster
Thelma Adams
Mary E. Mount
Hollister School
Clara Bennett
Ernest Carey
Virginia Chancey
Eileen Hook
Thomas Love
Foster McGee
Betty Molnar
Lavon Sarina
Sarah Stansberry
Ramona Waldeck
Steve Zakany
Billy Andrews
Rose Bailey
Billy Byers
George Coffman
Billy Carey
Dorothy Giffen
Bernice Hook
Norma Jean King
Glenna Long
Ruby Waldeck
Harold Milhean
Isabelle McCutcheon
Alberta Mount
Daniel Post
Pete Ross
Jamnita Stansberry
Annetta Skinner
Harry Vermaaten
Junior Withem
Ethel Vanmeter
Zelma Cox
Martha Phelps
Velma Fade
June Withem
Dannie Kovach
Louise Moore
Helen Molnar
Elizabeth Fade
Adie Markins
Sadie Markins
Evelyn Herceg
Violet Mesares
Donna King
Anna Lu Adams
Imogene Baily
Foster Lewis
Anna Marie Andrews
Wanda Cole
Isabel Lenigar
Mabel Morgan
Henrietta Phelps
James
Billy Richards
Gladys Zalenskie
Charles Hufford
Samuel Lehew
Lehew
Addie Maxwell
Lancaster
Harvey
Harvey Maxwell
Vern Allen Smith
Jacksonville
Donald Searls
Lewis Doci
Bobby Post
Virginia Shivers
Wanda Lewis
Billy McCutcheon
Phylis Shepard
Miss Morgan
Fire destroys Alfred home on Tuesday
Alfred residents report Fred Vanmeter’s home burned Tuesday with nothing saved. The Vanmeters were away with six children. Nearby residents and guests shared in local happenings as the community noted visits, family moves, and social events on a busy week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alfred
Fred Vanmeter
Tuesaday
Albert Morris
Henry Weaver
Vern Shumway
Maning le Fever
Weaver
Morris
Glouster
Virgil Beats
Pomeroy
Charles Betsing
Silver Ridge
Dana Swartz
Ward
Charles Shumway
Oak Grove Personal And Social Mention
Oak Grove notes report residents traveling home from Pittsburg and Port Clinton due to illness. Irvin Nanna is recovering while his family visits. A funeral was held for Abbott Davis in Nelsonville with burial at New Marshfield. Nearby residents and workers, including Lon Figgins, are listed with health updates and visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
H. V. Nanna
A. W. Fleck
Pittsburgh
Thomas Withers
Debra
Sandra
Tommy
Port Clinton
Irvin Nanna
Abbott Davis
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Nelsonville
New Marshfield
James Betts
Asbury Ridge
Kimberly Land & Coal Co
Union pay for felons urged at Canadian prison inquiry
Toronto social worker Mrs. Jean Laing told the royal commission investigating prison conditions that prisoners deserve union wages for their work to aid rehabilitation after release.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Ont
U.P
Jean Laing
Royal Commission
Cheshire Social and Brief Personal Notes
Cheshire reports include the Cheshire Charge Woman s Home Missionary Society meeting at Kananga Church Thursday night. The Rupe and Scott wedding sparked an old fashioned serenade Monday. The Old Kgger brick church remains condemned after the flood with services in members homes. John Garrison and his mother opened a restaurant in Wayne Shaver Building. Wade Yeanger moved to Kanauga to work at a filling station. The annual FFA banquet is at the high school auditorium Tuesday night March 23. Eastern Star meets Tuesday evening March 23 and other local movements are noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the Cheshire Charge
Kananga
Glenn Rupe
Ben Rupe
Dorothy Scott
Elza Scott
Kgger
John Garrison
Wayne Shaver
Leo Kennedy
Patty
Middleport
Wade Yeanger
FFA
Kanauga
Lloyd Roush
Youngers
Eastern Star
H. T. Snider
Rio Grande
Epworth League presents St Patrick's program at Letart Falls
Letart Falls residents note a St Patrick's literary program hosted by the Epworth League of the M E Church. Visitors include Harold and Mrs Grimm and son from Detroit visiting Hill and Grimm families. Community projects include a kitchen for the Community Hall by Cement Block Co of Pomeroy and a piano installation at the United Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Letart Falls
Epworth League
M. E. Church
St. Patrick's
Harold Grimm
Detroit
Albert Hill
B. P. Grimm
Burton Webb
Cassie Sayre
W. D. Roush
East Letart
Clarence Shields
Norris
C. A. Allen
Charleston
Charlies Foster
Joe Hill
Cement Block Co
Pomeroy
United Brethren Church
Walter McDade
Cambridge
van R. Stewart
Logan
Ethel
Mary Stewart
Bertha McDade
Frank Gallagher
Columbus
L. T. Norris
Junction
Tom Norris
Philson Norris
Jack Sharpnack
Donald Grimm
Pittsburgh
J. M. Hill and Sons
New Haven
Miss Elliott
Albany School Freshman Party and Local Notices
About 50 freshmen and guests enjoyed Friday's party in the Albany High auditorium with games dancing cards and stunts under Miss Grace Webb. The Junior play is postponed due to illness. rats plague the Grade Building. 4-H club plans discussed. births and visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Grace Webb
Eldon Dailey
Arthur Stuart
Florida
Louise Cline
Charles Bean
Paul Barnes
Zanesville
Barnes
E. M. Baughman
A. D. Cline
Frances
Ray Knowlton
Paul Mendenhall
Elyria
Joss
Elyria Clinic Hospital
FE. E. Lewis
Chas. Mendenhall Pennsville
Railroad shares rise to new highs in early trading
New York railroad stocks advanced to year highs in early trading with gains exceeding three points. New York Central rose about 2 percent, United States Rubber gained over one point, while industrials showed slight declines. Utilities advanced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
New York Central
United States
Livestock and Grain Prices Listing with Mixed Percentages
A dense price table lists various grains and live poultry categories with 1909 style grades and percentages. No. 1 red wheat 140 to 141 percent, corn No. 2 yellow 100 to 110, date No. 1 white 53 to 65, edge steady with extra firsts and seconds. Live poultry prices cover fowls by color and age, leghorn roosters capons and roasting chickens, plus Mediterranean and other colored breeds with per hundred or per bird figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White Rocks
Plymouth Rocks
Poultry and Livestock Prices From Local Market Report
The market lists various categories with prices and quantities for birds and hogs. Notable figures include heavy hens and leghorn hens, rock and leghorn broilers, ducks, geese, turkeys, old toms, fresh killed hens, and hog dressed meat, with percentages and counts indicating supply and value.
Prices and quality notes on live poultry and potatoes
Market steady for live poultry with varied weights and grades including heavy leghorns roosters and broilers. Potato prices quoted for U S regions and bag sizes with regional differences and condition notes amid mixed quality signals.
Butter Market Receipts And Prices Reported
The report lists firsts and dirties with percentages, current receipts at 2244 and checks at 20 percent. Butter market firm with receipts totaling 5 044 titbs and various scores for extras, specials, and standards. Centralized scoring around 88 and 34 33 percent.
Kroger reports 11 percent sales rise in second 1937 period
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company announces an 11 percent sales increase for the second four week period ending February 27, 1937, versus the same period in 1936. The gain equals 1,933,651 dollars, with total business reaching 19,468,999 dollars compared to 17,635,336 dollars in 1936.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Kroger Grocery and Baking Company
Notice of Probate Sale in Glouster Ohio Estate
P H McKinley as administrator for Jacob Nagle seeks sale of real estate in Glouster Athens Ohio to pay debts and administration costs. Named residents Stella Kinker Frieda Mullencamp Thelma Koker must answer by May 8 1937. Attorneys Jones Jones Erskine provide notice.
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Stella Kinker
Grand Avenue
Fort Thomas
Kentucky
Frieda Mullencamp
Thelma Koker
Jefferson Street
Detroit
Michigan
P. H.cKinley
Jacob Nagle
County of
Athena
State of
Ohio
Glouster
Athens
State of Ohio
William Bowkley
Sedalia
H McKinley
Jones, Jones & Erskine
Cincinnati Livestock Market Summary
Hog receipts 3100 with 400 dis rect. 10 cents higher. heavy butchers steady. Cattle receipts 450. steers 10.60 to 11.25. mixed 8.50 to 9.50. cows 6 to 7.25. sausage balls 8.75 to 8.25. dealers strong. Sheep receipts 60. prices 25 to 50 cents higher. ewe and wether lambs 12.80 to 13.35. clipped lambs 10 to 11. slaughter ewes up to 5 and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Livestock Market Report shows mixed gains across cattle hogs and sheep
Hog prices rise with strong demand across weights 1700 direct, 5 to 10 cents higher for good and choice 18 to 225 pounds at 10.75, 170 to 180 pounds 10.65, 300 pounds 10.00, 149 to 160 pounds 10.50, 100 to 140 pounds 9.10. Sows around 9.50. Cattle steady with top steers at 10.35. Calves firm to 11.50 for top dealers. Sheep firm with lambs 13.35, shorn lambs up 4.00, best 11.15. ewes 8 down, clipped 6.50 down.
Wool Prices Reported Across States and Markets
The report notes new fleeces from Ohio Michigan and New York priced around 43 cents in the grease delivered east for country packed lots and culture reparts today. Baston Houses cites wool at about 40 cents in the country while stock buyers ask 47 cents for combing blood and 45 cents for graded combing blood in Boston. Old wools on hand show similar prices slightly above new wool levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Michigan
New York
Baston Houses
Boston
Sale of real estate in Athens County Ohio by probate court
The Probate Court of Athens County Ohio schedules a public auction on the 16th at 1:00 PM on the courthouse steps in Athens Ohio. It lists three tracts in Section 17 Town 11 Range 15 16 with sizes 120 60 and 40 acres approx and coal and mining rights, conveyed by Putnam Young and others to Frederick H Nice. The sale is subject to a mortgage by the Federal Land Bank of Louisville and bids must be cash with two thirds of appraised value required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
City of
Ohio
Wateraloo
County of
State of
Ohio Company
Popes
Putnam
Frederick
Nice
Spear Dad
Pease
Stone
Said County
Frank Dowler
Southwes
Douglas Putnam
Frederick H. Nice
Athens County
Hockin Fining Company
E Federal Land Bank of Louisville
Roger J. Jones
Jones, Jones& Erskine
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Gallipolis Legion
Straitsville
Tabasco
Germany
Wilhelm Faupel
Salamanca
Spain
Francisco Franco
General Franco
General Faupel
Reichstag
Grange Hall
Whitney
Reuben Midkiff
Howard Burns
J. M. Bentz
Murray Hopkins
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