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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1940
Page
10
Gallipolis arraignment follows Roy Coleman shooting in Point Pleasant Tuesday. Clarence R. Benson faces $4,000 bond after allegedly firing at the deputy sheriff. Mrs. Emory Westfall of Bidwell and Marie Burgess of Point Pleasant each held to grand jury on $2,000 bonds. Coleman, 48, an electrician, seriously wounded in Holzer Hospital.
Gallipolis citizens gathered as Rura Blazer 44 longtime Bulaville resident and former railway worker died at home. Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Bulaville Christian Church led by Rev H M Smith. He leaves wife Lottie White two sons Floyd and Walter and a daughter Mrs Lillie Stewart of Point Pleasant.
Gallia arrest records Joe Miler a Centerville resident jailed on suspicion of stealing several choice turkeys from D. Robert Williams's farm in Gallia County. Officers report a feather trail from Williams's property to the Miller home. The accused denies the charges.
A 169 acre farm in Green Township was sold at sheriff sale to satisfy a Federal Land Bank judgment against Dallas Gibson. Judge H W Cherrington won the bid for 6275 dollars on the Greens Township property appraised at 7500 dollars.
Gallipolis reports Walter Burns and Raymond Lawson are held to the grand jury in $500 each for theft of a tool chest belonging to Russell Kerr airport manager. The chest was recovered and both men remain in jail.
Fred Klages, 69, of Gallipolis, is said to be improved at Holzer Hospital after losing part of his right hand when his hand struck a moving circular saw while cutting firewood on his farm.
Prolonged cold weather worries Gallia County potato planters. Seed may decay before sprouting and replanting may be required. Many growers planted seed on St Patrick's Day about two weeks ago.
Gallia County residents eligible for wage earners' pensions under the Social Security Act may interview a representative of the governing board at the local post office Tuesday afternoon.
The Wayside Cathedral, a motorized unit used by the Episcopal Church for missionary work, was parked in front of St. Peter's Church on Second Ave Sunday until 1 30 p m. and viewed by a number of interested locals.
Leslie Deem of Kananga has started building a new house on the former Hanes residence site that burned. The location offers an extensive view of the Ohio and Great Kanawha Rivers.
Cheshire P T A will meet at seven o clock for a business session and adjourn for revival services at the Baptist Church attendance.
Woodrow Higgins wins a divorce from Gertrude B Higgins on his allegation of neglect in Gallipolis court.
Charles Ryan 21 Charles Smith 18 and Glenn Draper 17 began a $ March 5 voyage in a ten foot tarpaulin boat toward Shreveport Louisiana. They travel 30 miles daily if weather allows but have logged 250 miles in 20 days. They live on the boat sleep aboard cook over a fire and borrow funds by odd jobs. Cold wet and hungry, they press on southward hoping for better conditions or further work to fund the journey.
Samuel C. Glover age 23 a former resident of this vicinity was instantly killed in an auto crash near Columbus over the weekend. He was unmarried and has numerous relatives in this city and Point Pleasant W Va Funeral services were in the latter city Sunday afternoon.
Mercerville High School senior class members will present a school play Wednesday night at the Mercerville campus. Cast includes Gerald Lee Halley Lee Campbell Franklin Sheets Charles Caldwell May Houck Gail Waugh Mildred Rogers Gail Cox Eva Clark Beulah Marks.
Mrs Mary Virginia Bell of Gallipolis formerly divorced from Robert E Bell has been restored to her maiden name O Brien after charging gross neglect in the divorce case This marks a second divorce restoration of name in the record.
Funeral services were held Sunday in Buffalo West Virginia for 89 year old Prudence Matthews. Local relatives and friends attended the ceremony. A son J E Matthews resides near Gallipolis.
Word comes from Hackensack New Jersey that W F Rizer a former Logan resident has been ill there for two weeks He was stricken while at work He left Logan years ago to work in a furniture factory in Hackensack operated by H R Tipton formerly connected with Logan Manufacturing Company
New Plymouth reports James Cremean, a World War veteran and Logan Post American Legion member, is very ill after a recent tooth extraction led to an abscess. His condition has prompted notice to the local veterans.
Logan Knights of Pythias will confer Knight rank degrees at 7 30 o clock Wednesday evening in the city venue.
Gallipolis social items cover Cham bersburg Ladies' Aid at Mrs. Clarence Fisher home with quilting and a covered dish lunch followed by an Easter program. Other notices list multiple families visiting, weekend guests, and students home for Easter plus an annual financial report for Canaan Township.
Broadwell notes record visits from Mrs Lotie Brill Evalina and Keith Brill to Rev Bartoe in Pomeroy and Pratts Fork services. Leslie White home from Rio Grande College enjoyed music and refreshments with friends.
Mr and Mrs John Love spent Monday through Thursday in Columbus. Mrs Robin Reed was taken to University Hospital Columbus Friday and returned home Wednesday with Mrs Frances Eggare. The Loughs, moves and farm sales listed, with Mrs Higgins and Mrs Cardwell also noted. The Junior Class play was held at Town Hall Friday evening.
Gallipolis report says Homer Swindler, bachelor farmer, received a $100 bill from a Pythian Sisters committee during Easter events echoing January Mile of Dimes. He returned the bill after admitting he meant to use a $1 note for an admission ticket. no other claimant appeared and the committee refunded the bill entrusted to W. R. White for safekeeping.
The Gallipolis report notes the 17th set of twin calves in 30 years at Harry Mills' Jer sey herd near Chickamauga Park. All the calves have survived.
Settlement reached in the damage suit filed by Lawrence Souders against Bernard Montell of Shawnee following a motor accident at Second and Market Streets. In Magistrate Frank St. Clair’s court a Saturday hearing led to a $125 payment to the plaintiff, with court costs paid and the case dismissed.
The concrete bridge spanning Old Town Creek to the Dicken Addition nears completion with foundations and floor poured. Concrete railings will be poured soon, grade finished, and traffic expected by early April as part of a WPA project.
Larry Eberst eight months old son of Mr and Mrs John Eberst Jr has been ill for several days with bronchitis and shows improvement according to the notice from the family.
Gallia County officers arrested 30 year old Andrew Hollingshead of the Radcliff neighborhood on charges of stealing chickens. He is the third resident from Rio Grande area to be jailed over the Thomas Richards chicken farm robbery.
Local Order of Eagles plans a large district initiation in Gallipolis on Sunday afternoon April 7. About 50 delegates from across the district will meet Wednesday evening to complete a few preparations for the larger gathering.
Hensley family attended the funeral of George Fulton in Belmont County. Miss Mollie Gattenby, former Long Bottom resident, died in New Brighton and was buried there. Mrs. Mary Wells fractured her arm in a chair fall. Elmer Schrieber family visited Clyde Lawrence in Athens hospital. Murrayville Cemetery cleanup and new fence work ongoing. E. W. Erlewine lost 140 young chickens when a brooder stove exploded.
Preston Oil Co. drills a new well in the Salem Hollow field near Murray City. The Union Furnace headquarters report two additional locations under development.
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