Nelsonville to Issue Bonds for Unemployment Relief
Nelsonville City Council approved a resolution to issue bonds up to one-tenth of one percent of the tax duplicate for unemployment relief. About $4,000 in bonds may be issued locally, with a Columbus conference to seek Reconstruction Finance Corp grants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ralph Henry
Byron Phillips
Joseph Barrows
Finance Committee
J. W. Hickman
Harry Kelly
Lloyd Evans
Relief Committee
Council
Columbus
George White
Ohio
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Nelsonville City
Athens County
Sunday Visits Ties Families Across Columbus
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hanley and son John of Columbus visited Mrs. Gay Aumiller on Sunday. W. W. Kelly Jr. and wife accompanied Vivian Kelly Head toward Indianapolis after attending to family matters in Columbus. Mrs. Head came due to her father’s death, and Mrs. T. J. Withers, a sister of the late W. W. Kelly Sr., stayed with Mrs. Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Hanley
John
Columbus
Gay Aumiller
W. W. Kelly, Jr
W. W. Kelly
Aaron Head
Vivian Kelly
Indianapolis
Postponed Eighth District Legion Meeting Now April 12
The annual meeting of the Eighth District of the Woman's Auxiliary American Legion, scheduled for this city Wednesday, has been postponed exactly three weeks to April 12 due to flood conditions in Southeastern Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Eighth District of Woman's Auxiliary American Legion
Ohio
City to use pumper to drain flooded basements
Nelsonville city council approved a plan to deploy pumper equipment to empty basements flooded by high water. The aid will be needed in several homes on Myers Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Myers Street
Temperance program highlighted by church society
Temperance was the topic at the Young People's Society meeting of the Christian Church in Nelsonville. Erma Reed read the scripture lesson from Proverbs and Eleanor Ray spoke on temperance. A playlet titled Home Brew and Gingerbread featured Jed Potter and Molly. Sixty members attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Young People's Society of the Christian Church
Erma Reed
Maxine North
Eleanor Ray
Mildred Bussey
Paul Cox
Jed Potter
Joe Bagley
Frances Barron
Denies His Guilt Fred Pritts Appears Before Mayor Hickman
Nelsonville report shows Fred Pritts arraigned on a receiving stolen property charge in Mayor J. W. Hickman’s court. He pleaded not guilty and was bound over to the Grand Jury under a $200 bond for allegedly receiving four chickens valued at $4 belonging to Frank Shivers. Mrs. Raymond Smith pled not guilty to assault and battery and is set for a preliminary hearing March 26 at 2.30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Pritts
Hickman
Nelsonville
J. W. Hickman
Pritts
George Bateman
Frank Shivers
Raymond Smith
Frank Landis
Evangelistic meetings in Moundsville yield 24 additions
R C Birge of Minerva aided by J Howearth and local church workers conducted evangelistic meetings in Moundsville West Virginia from January 8 to 28. More than 100 responded at chapel services in Moundaville Prison on January 15 and again at a women’s service that afternoon. Birge calls the ministry milestone one of his finest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Moundsville
R. C. Birge
Minerva
J. Howearth
W. Va
Moundaville
Birge
Berean Bible
Nelsonvile
James Birge
Howearth
City Warns Chickens and Dogs Confined Amid Complaints
Nelsonville officials issued a warning to chicken and dog owners to keep companions on their own premises as gardens and lawns are prepared. King's Men led services at the Church of the Latter Day Saints and will lead at Pilgrim Holiness Church next Sunday. Young People's Society of the Church of God held a St Patrick's Day party at the Chesher home with games and music by the Jubilee Trio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
King's Men
Church of the Latter Day Saints
Jackson Street
Pilgrim Holiness Church
Chestnut Street
Young People's Society of the Church of God, Locks
Gene
Frank Chesher
Waa
Jubilee
Easter Party Celebrates With 21 Attendees
Mrs Chesher hosted a gathering served by Mrs Chesher and Mrs Boyd. Easter decorations and fillings adorned the table with Guy Lewis acting as chap eron. Twenty one members attended including Wilma Todd Vern Hinerman Nita Power Frederick Norris Dorothy Patton Roy Rieder Louise Tucker Ralph Hass Katha leen Norris Delbert Marman James Patton Donald Arnold Bernice Lewis John Willison Ralph Stiers Ivan Wolfe Jack Joy Ruth Lewis Raymond Tucker and several Chesher family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chesher
Boyd
Guy Lewis
Ruth Boyd
Lou Chesher
Gene Chesher
Frank Cheshe
Long Time Resident of Nelsonville Dies
Mrs. Cora Craig aged 58, wife of Dr. W Craig, died at St Frances Hospital after three weeks of treatment. She was born in Enterprise and lived in Nelsonville most of her life. Survived by children Madge North Cleveland Mable Smith Columbus Harvey Holcomb Wheeling WV Frances at home and her husband. Funeral plans await arrival of children. services may be held Thursday. She and her husband ran a restaurant in Nelsonville for years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Cora Craig
Dc. W. Craig
St. Frances Hospital
Craig
Samuel Foreman
Enterprise
Madge North
Cleveland
Mable Smith
Columbus
Harvey Holcomb
Wheeling
W. Va
Frances
Christian Church
Spinach as a year round bargain and care tips
The article extols spinach for its iron and vitamins and year round availability with peak quality in early spring. It advises selecting plants with dark green leaves, avoiding sand and weeds, and notes washing spinach thoroughly by transferring leaves between water baths. It warns against sandy leaves and explains stems are hollow and take longer to cook.
Embroidered Tulips Needlework Quilt Design by Aunt Martha
Embroidered tulips quilt design by Aunt Martha offers a perforated pattern to stamp 12 inch blocks as Number 3504 for 25 cents. Order by mail to Aunt Marsha care Athens Messenger Box 5112 Gateway Station Kansas City Missouri. Allow one week to ten days for delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aunt Marsha
Care
Athens Messenger
Gateway Station
Kansas City
Flood Highlights in Gallipolis District Across Ohio
Floods cut transport as the K and M railroad trestle at Kananga fails after Georges Creek erosion. Point Pleasant endures rising water with 15 gas workers restoring supply, while Cheshire and Chambersburg are isolated on Route 7. River levels swell from Parkersburg to Racine. Dam 25 notes a 51 Percent crest near Addison.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Fuel Gas Commany
Point Pleasant
Cheshire
Chambersburg
Addison
Dam
Parkersburg
Racine
Kanawha
Kanawha Falls
Montgomery Dam
Dairy worker suffers finger cuts in milk spill accident
Hollis North of Spring Hill Dairy received deep cuts to his left hand when he fell Sunday morning, breaking three milk bottles he carried.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hollis North
Spring Hill
Newark Magician to Perform at Nelsonville High School
E J Moore of Newark will present a Friday evening entertainment at the Nelsonville High School Auditorium at 8 o clock under school sponsorship. He has previously appeared before Elsonville audiences on prior occasions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
E. J Moore
Newark
Elsonville
Octone
Nelsonville High 1928 graduates plan May reunion
Members of the Nelsonville High School graduating class of 1928 are asked to meet in the basement of the Presbyterian Church at 8 o'clock tonight to form plans for a May reunion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Presbyterian Church
Anne Adams Fashion Book pattern notice
Pattern 2574 features a gayly colored scarf belt and bow neckline with drop shoulders. Order sizes 14 through 42 and 31 8 yards fabric. 7 8 yard contrast. Includes illustrated sewing steps and 15 cents pattern price. catalog and pattern set 25 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Adams
Athens Messenger Pattern Department
W. Jith Bireet
New York City
New Bill To Reduce Gallia County Debts
Gallia County schools may borrow funds to cover about 85 percent of salary indebtedness up to this year after the Floyd-Mathews-Jones bill was passed. The county owes roughly 100000 for teachers and staff salaries, with 84973 allowed to be borrowed and the rest from delinquent taxes. State allotments by district range from 782 for Chambersburg to 8750 for Cadmus, totaling multiple thousand dollars across Addison to Walnut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Gallia County
Cadmus
Chambersburg
State Department of Education
Addison
Bidwell-Porter
Centerville
Cheshire Rural
Cheshire Special
Clay Township
Crown City
Green
Greenfield
Guyan
Harrison
Huntington
Kyger
Morgan
Morgan-Cheshire
Perry
Raccoon
Springfield
Vinton
Walnut
Beating at Point Pleasant near Steamer Reliance
John Britton the 75 year old captain of the Steamer Reliance was rescued in a street fight by mate John Vickers. The assailant Sam McCloud was an ex employee Britton had discharged. McCloud was fined $100 and costs and jailed six days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Britton
Reliance
John Vickers
Point Pleasant
Sam McCloud
Britton
Vickers
McCloud
Angel Sentenced in Ohio Burglary Case
Angel convicted of burglary and larceny by a Gallia County petit jury Monday afternoon. Judge W R White sentenced him from one to fifteen years in Ohio Penitentiary. He was taken to Columbus by Deputy Sheriff Howard Gate after a February arrest for a January 28 C O depot robbery of 35 dollars and he implicated Link Casey in the crime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Angel
Gallia County
W. R. White
Ohio
Columbus
Howard Gate
Angel
Link Casey
Double funeral for Hazel Harrison and daughter Eileen
In Gallipolis on March 21 two funeral services will honor Hazel Harrison and her daughter Eileen who drowned Saturday night. The 10 am services at First Baptist Church will include burial at Mt. Hill Cemetery with Rev. George Fagan and Rev. Ira Sheets officiating. Mrs Harrison's letter from three months ago guides the rites. Six Harrison brothers serve as pallbearers. Also reported, Elsie Phillips newly licensed to wed Donald Ours follows her brother's license to marry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hazel Harrison
Eileen
First Baptist Church
Mt. Hill Cemetery
George Fagan
Ira Sheets
Harrison
Elsie Phillips
W. W. Phillips
Braden
Donald Ours
Crown City
Funeral services set for J. Harvey Wolfe in Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports funeral services will be held Wednesday afternoon at the home for J. Harvey Wolfe who died after three weeks illness. Rev. George Fagan will officiate. He was a painter by trade and formerly worked with the C O railroad. His wife survives. Gallipolis also notes Jesse Woodyard constable of Gyan Township faces trial for an attempted criminal attack on a 16 year old girl set for Tuesday afternoon March 28 by Judge W R White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. Harvey Wolfe
Front Street
George Fagan
C. & O. Railroad
Jesse Woodyard
Gyan Township
W. R. White
Gallipolis Man in Critical Condition After Surgery
George Sawyer 71 a Gallipolis music store owner remains in critical condition after a serious abdominal operation at Holzer Hospital Sunday. James O'Brien of Gallipolis also underwent a minor operation Monday in the same area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Sawyer
Holzer Hospital
James O'Brien
Gallipolis Announces Local Marriage Amid School Ties
An announcement from Gallipolis reports the January 6 marriage of Miss Virginia Spear of Cadletteburg Ky to Edgar Ball son of Mr and Mrs Ball. Both families connected to Gallia Academy High School with Ball noted as a two year member of the championship football teams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cadletteburg
Virginia Spear
W. Spear
Edgar Ball
Ferry Steamer John W Lane Stalled by River Flood
The ferry steamer John W Lane rested at Gallipolis Ferry on Saturday night as floodwaters prevented landings on the West Virginia side. Vehicles and passengers could not land due to several feet of water from the ferry landing to the R. and O. Railroad station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John W. Lane
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
West Virginia
Steamer Reliance Lacks Leave Up Kanawha River
Gallipolis dispatch reports on March 21 that the steamer Reliance did not depart Point Pleasant Sunday due to high water. It lies at the Mouth of the Kanawha with the Tuendia Golden Red show boats Bryant showboat and Valley Belle steamer also tied up along River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Reliance
Point Pleasant
Kanawha River
Tuendia
Golden Red
Bryant
Valley Belle
Gallipolis Faces River Crest After Heavy Ohio Flooding
The Ohio River crest reached Gallipolis at midnight with a 4 ft 3 in stage by noon. Schools closed as floodwaters inundated roads and rural mail service halted. Red Cross and American Legion aided about 200 residents in East Gallipolis with food and shelter, while 30 families moved earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio River
Gallia County
East Gallipolis
C. C. Richard
The
Red Cross
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Grace M. KF
Ohio
Elk
Kanawha
Muskingum
Hocking
Garfield Avenue
East
Capt. Barringer 76 Dies at Letart Falls
Captain William R. Barringer 76, veteran river man, died at Letart Falls Ohio after weeks of illness. He served 56 years as clerk and purser on major packets in the Pittsburgh Pomeroy Cincinnati and New Orleans trade aboard ships including Katie Stockdale Scotia Tom Queen Virginia Keystone State Queen City Greenwood and Greendale. He helped carry Mardi Gras trips from Pittsburgh to New Orleans. He leaves a wife and was uncle to Capt. W. E. McDade of Kanauga.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William R. Barringer
Letart Falls
Pittsburgh
Pomeroy
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Barringer
Middleport
Katie Stockdale
Scotia
Tom Queen
Virginia
Keystone State
Queen City
Greenwood
Greendale
W. E. McDade
Kanauga
Township meetings postponed by high water in Gallia County
Gallia County Township Trustees Association and Gallia County Taxpayers League meetings set for Saturday were postponed due to high water. The taxpayers league now plans to meet on April 1, two weeks later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County Township Trustees Association
Gallia County Taxpayers League
Taxpayers League
Local Deaths and Hospital Updates In Gallipolis
Will Davis a 52 year old Oak Hill farmer died at Holzer Hospital after an operation. Paul Houck a Gallipolis boy aged 6 had a mastoid operation Sunday morning. Seth Sawyer a music dealer underwent surgery for abdominal obstruction Saturday night. Judge Roscoe J Mauck of the Court of Appeals showed improvement after bronchitis admission. Harry Love of Heights West Virginia was dismissed Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Will Davis
Oak Hill
Holzer Hospital
Paul Houck
Seth Sawyer
Roscoe J. Mauck
Court of Appeals
Harry Love
Heights
W. Va
Mrs. Charles Martin Visited Athens Family Sunday
Mrs. Charles Martin of Athens spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Martin indicating a family gathering in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Martin
Athens
Virgil Martin
Rumors Fly Through River Town Amid Heatwave
In Gallipolis and nearby Nawha Valley towns rumors spread as warm weather drew residents to the river. Reports mention a cream plant, a backwater incident, and a local proprietor selling a property after a man arrived wearing hip boots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cir Pass
Man Offers Service Against River Incident
A man is reported to offer help after a river incident. Local authorities are investigating the event and urge all witnesses to come forward.
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Glenford Dugan
State Department
Ralph D. Cole
Charles Runion
Frank Lowry
Legion
Martha
Kananga
Georges Creek
6Th Street
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Mate
Flo
Sunadi
Servid
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Trey
March
Johnston
W. R. Ramsey
Warren Dian
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Othy
Robert, Arthur
Mildred Ramsay
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William Deem
Bargai
Messer
Atte
Atr Dent Grocer
Seyron-Beggs Co
Athens Furniture
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