Nelson ads Control up in 1935 Meigs County corn hog program
Meigs County corn and hog program plans for 1935 were announced with H. Nelson leading as president and L. V. scretary among officers. District and county committees named, signers similar to 1934, with acreage and hog quotas in effect and payments expected around 32 768 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ley Nelson
Harley M. Nelson
Meigs County Corn Association
L. V. Scretary
Louis EB. Stevens
Frank Allen
Meigs
Columbia
Rutland
Ships
Hadley M. Nel- Gibson
Homer Camp
Chester
Bedford
Orange
H. B. Pickett
Homer Ashworth
Letart
Lebanon
Salisbury
Ok Allen
Howard
Clarence McHaffie
Jon
Joss
Meigs County
Nelson
Miss Grace Williams Crowned at State University Event
At State University winter carnival a large crowd gathered Friday March 15 to honor Miss Grace Williams Syracuse daughter of Mr and Mrs A E Wil. She graduated from the college of education and College of Medicine with a degree in the science of nursing and has been active in campus work. Williams served as secretary of her Panhellenic sorority Pi and is a member of Theta Tau. She is president of a honorary school of nursing and one of 22 listed as a top student. Ed Reese celebrated her fourth birthday with forty guests including Mrs Lulu Mills and others from Columbus and Akron at a Jacksonville venue.
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Ohio
Theta Tau
Ed Reese
Lulu Mills
B. Kalt
Leona Nich
Mr. Orme
Jacksonville
Deardorff
Columbus
Lena Gorslin
Akron
Jividen
Reese
Lower Tax Rates Lift Meigs County Collections
Meigs County Treasurer R. G. Webster says lower tax rates prompt timely payments with delinquent taxes coming in faster than expected. Personal tax deadlines end March 31 with no extension, real estate taxes due by April 15. Sales tax stamps sold at the treasurer’s office total 15 881 33 over nine weeks, plus 451 more this week, with weekly amounts fluctuating.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
R. G. Webster
Webster
The
Tax Commission
Good Gasser Drilled In Racine District
Roy Holmes and associates drilled a gas well on the Amy Johnson farm at Spiller producing 784000 cubic feet daily. Mrs Earl Deardorff and Mrs Lena Gorslin arrived to visit Mr and Mrs Clark Jiiden. Mrs George Osborne received a telegram that Dana Johnsons wife died and was buried.
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Racine
Roy Holmes
George Osborne
Dana Johnson
Granville
Columbia Grange To Meet Friday Night
Columbia Grange will hold a regular meeting Friday night March 29. The third and fourth degrees will be conferred on a class of two. The program theme is religious with Bible quotations, a Bible story by S C Hartman, a stunt and a dialogue. H T Trainer will speak on a subject of his choice with Ada Belle Trainer directing music.
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Carpenter
Columbia Grange
S. C. Hartman
H. T. Trainer
Ada Belle Trainer
Middleport Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Middleport mentions Herman Rudisill returning to Circleville after days with his son and daughter in law Mr and Mrs Lee Rudisill. Mrs Dwight Kim and son Marion Edward visit Huntington with Marion Evick parents. Lide Hawkins is seriously ill on South Fourth Avenue. South Sixth Avenue residents Steve Bubble host dinner guests from West Second Street, including E Sherritt and Hal Shoemaker. Mrs Steve Burille shows improvement after illness.
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Middleport
Herman Ruditsill
Lee Rudisill
Circleville
Dwight Kim
Marion Edward
Huntington
Marion Evick
Lide Hawkins
South Fourth Avenue
South Sixth Avenue
Columbus
Steve Bubble
West Second Street
E. Sherritt
Jackson
Hal Shoemaker
Bidwell
Steve Burille
Pomeroy Social And Personal Notes
Dr and Mrs McFigesh and several residents visited Pomeroy on Tuesday. Effie Warren of Reedaville also made a business trip. Tommy Hennessy Jr. traveled to Gallipolis to see his mother at Ho zel Hospital. W V Hannum and son Billy from Long Bottom were there Tuesday. Agnes Webster Thelma McMurray and Clara Lochary attended a cooking school in Portsmouth. C E W Downie Harold Brabbin Theodore Downie Albert Benger and William Downie visited Columbus on Wednesday. Delbert Welker and family moved Tuesday to a house on the Edgar Morris farm on Harrisonville Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
McFigesh
Winnie Chase
Bertha Reed
Pleasant
Effie Warren
Reedaville
Tommy Hennessy, Jr
Gallipolis
Tom Hennessy
Hozel Hospital
W. V. Hannum and Son
Billy
Long Bottom
Agnes Webster
Thelma McMurray
Clara Lochary
Portsmouth
C. E. W. Downie
Harold Brabbin
Theodore Downie
Albert Benger
William Downie
Columbus
Delbert Welker
Hemlock Grove
Edgar Morris
Harrisonville Road
Middleport Social And Personal Notes
Middleport residents share visits as Mrs Frank Grenarger and Mrs Lulu McDaniel of Chicago stay with Mrs Addie Roush and sister Mrs Frank Ballentine. Mrs Ballentine plans Chicago trip Friday with the visitors. Mrs Sullivan travels to Logan to see Mr and Mrs T S Houston, once locals here. Edwin Farley returns home from McMillan Hospital after an appendicitis operation in Hobson. Douglas McHaffie improves at Holzer Hospital in Gallpolis after an appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Grenarger
Lulu McDaniel
Chicago
Addie Roush
Frank Ballentine
Ballentine
Roush
Grenarger
McDaniel
D. J. Sullivan
Logan
T. S. Houston
Houstons
Mr. Houston
Hobson
Edwin Farley
McMillan Hospital
Douglas McHaffie
Holzer Hospital
Gallopolis
Wilbur Funeral Held in Middleport for Delia Wilbur
Burial service for 92 year old Delia Wilbur of Columbus who died Sunday was held Tuesday at Hill Cemetery Middleport. Rev Clarence Swearingen of Heath M E Church officiated. Survived by her son Fred Wilbur and sister Mrs Walter Breen of Glennwood Iowa.
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Middleport
Delia Wilbur
Columbus
Hill Cemetery
Clarence Swearingen
Heath M. E. Church
Wilbur
Walter Breen
Glennwood
Iowa
Pool Brightens The Garden Area
This Rutgers gardening article explains how a pool enhances a garden with calm reflections and life. It covers construction materials and curb choices for formal and informal pools and stresses aligning margins and surrounding plantings with the pool as a garden feature.
Nelsons announce birth of son in Dexter
Dexter notes report the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Elwood Nelson of Old Dexter on Monday March 18. Nellie Melson underwent a surgical operation at Holzer Hospital Friday. Finley Folden of Londonderry moved into Nancy Ellen Jackson property on Parker Run. Kate Davis visiting Huntington. William Murray of South Bloomfield came to Dexter due to sister Nellie Nelson illness. Roy Snowden and family from Rutland were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs Peter Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Snowden
Rutland
Peter Nelson
Care for 5000 Babies at NY Post Graduate Medical School
Report shows over five thousand infants were cared for by the New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital in the first nine months of 1934. The record highlights the hospital’s capacity and early 1934 activity under its medical staff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital
Busy Bee Class Sponsors Girl Scout Troop in Middleport
The Busy Bee Class of the Baptist Church will sponsor a new Girl Scout Troop this week with Miss Margaret Ella Hysell as captain. A bake sale is planned Saturday at Cross Music Store to raise funds. Dr and Mrs H P Longstaff and Mrs Alice Jaehning of Minneapolis along with Mrs B M Hamilton of Columbus visited Longstaffs and Hamiltons in Middleport. Dr Longstaff is a psychology lecturer at the University of Minnesota.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
The
Baptist Church
Margaret Ella Hysell
the Cross Music Store
H. P. Longstaff
Alice Jaehning
Minneapolis, Minn
B. M. Hamilton
Columbus
Smallpox Cases in U S Hit 6233 in 1983
In 1983 the United States reported 6 233 smallpox cases far below the prior three years which recorded 49000 30000 and 11000 cases respectively.
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United States
Ancient Tron Bridge Collapses on Chillicothe Road Near Gallipolis
The 40 year old iron bridge on Chillicothe Road southwest of Gallipolis collapsed Tuesday night after dirt crumbled at the east abutment. Chauncey Evans and grocery clerk Robert Dunn escaped to the highway as the span sank into Chickamauga Creek, the car later salvaged. Farnom Haskins will supervise rebuilding discipline traffic via Route 141 to reenter Chillicothe Road.
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Gallipolis
Chillicothe Road
Chauncey Evans
Chickamauga Creek
Evans
Robert Dunn
Farnom Haskins
Chillicothe
Escape by boat as Goddard flees to West Virginia
Harry Goddard, accused of attacking Robert Henry and Clarence Roush with a hatch Saturday night, escaped into West Virginia by rowboat Tuesday. Police say Chief Fraley could not arrest him at the river wading line, a law once tied to escaped slaves, with Goddard heading to the West Virginia shore with his wife and belongings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harry Goddard
Robert Henry
Clarence Roush
West Virginia
John Fraley
Goddard
West Virgina
Ohio
Fraley
Ohio River
Virginia
Negro Denies Guilt In Colum bus Robbery Case
Gallipolis reports Harry Britton a Columbus man charged with robbery pleads not guilty after being released on a $200 bond. The warrant by Emmett Brabham claims Britton held him up in his car near Route 160 entrance two weeks ago and stole five dollars. Britton was jailed on the warrant and arrested within 24 hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harry Britton
Columbus
Britton
Emmett Brabham
Route 160
Rio Grande College Group To Give Show
The Association of Rio Grande College will present its second annual minstrel show on Tuesday night at Community Hall. Local attendees include L. Allen, Lewis Jones, Ray Troth, Morris Fowler, W. O. Aleshire, Ernest Wiseman, Clarence McCarley, H. Harris, and P. R. Lyne who traveled to Columbus for the state basketball tournament. Miss Eleanor Varney of Gallipolis visited her sister Mrs. Sarah Broughman in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Association of Rio Grande College
Community Hall
Elizabeth Coon
Piqua
Columbus
L. ¥. Allen
Lewis Jones
Ray Troth
Morris Fowler
W. O. Aleshire
Ernest Wiseman
Clarence McCarley
H. ©. Harris
P. R. Lyne
Eleanor Varney
Gallipolis
Sarah Broughman
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Club Activities
Mrs Leo Bean hosted the Tuesday Contract Club with Mrs W L Brown as guest. Bridge prize went to Mrs Henry Cherrington and Mrs Clarence Masters hosted the Mothers Club. Charlies Freese led the program. Thursday meetings include a six o clock dinner at Hotel Libby for the Needleworkers, Philomathean Club at Mrs F O Plymate, and the Thursday Club at Mrs R M Switzer.
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Gallipolis
Leo Bean
W. Lewis Brown
Henry Cherrington
Clarence Masters
Mothers Club
Charlies Freese
Libby
Robert Henke
Lehr Davies
Philomathean Club
F. O
High School Talent Appears in Benefit
In Gallipolis the American Legion Minstrel features 20 girls from the High School Amateur Show directed by Miss Ben Haskins. Willie Clayton performs tap dances as two orchestras accompany. Mitchell and Baber, eccentric dancers, appear during the evenings. Shows start at 8 30 each night with proceeds for charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
American Legion Minstrel
Ben Haskins
Willie Clayton
Mitchell & Baber
Anderson fined in intoxication case at Milliser court
C M Anderson of Lawrence County was fined in Justice Fred Milliser's court Tuesday for intoxication after being arrested at McDaniels Crossroads. He had driven to the county highway edge and parked with the rear wheels tipped into the ditch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. M. Anderson
Lawrences County
Fred Milliser
McDaniels Crossroads
Water mains to be laid into Gallipolis township
Gallipolis township trustees approved a plan to extend city water down Route 7 about one mile beyond the corporate limit with the FERA funding for common labor. The township will supervise labor and materials and hire skilled workers as needed, laying the line to James Db Walker’s home three-fourths mile south. The project aims to supply water to rental homes south of the city and to workers at the new Gallipolis dam project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Township
William H. Belcher
FERA
James Db. Walker
Perry Township farm sale proceeds distribution
Proceeds from the Perry Township farm sale held Saturday to Harry Miller will be divided among the clerk of courts $60.16, the treasurer for taxes $39.68, and the plaintiff in the case Edward M. and Emma Jones versus Wanda and Jerry Stephens to receive $900 plus interest from January 16, 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Perry Township
Harry Miller
Edward M
Emma Jones
Wanda
Jerry Stephens
Boggs Divorce Suit Filed Over Failure to Provide
Alice Boggs sues Alva Boggs for divorce charging failure to provide. She seeks alimony and custody of their three minor children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alice Boggs
Alva Boggs
Local court fines for disorderly conduct and intoxication
Joseph Halley was fined 5 dollars and costs in Municipal Court Tuesday for disorderly conduct. Jerry Adkins and Charles Fisher were fined 10 dollars and costs each for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Joseph Halley
Jerry Adkins
Charles Fisher
Marauders Enter Gallipolis Post Office But No Property Missing
An open window and overturned water container near the window led Postmaster Helen Tuning of Addison to conclude burglars entered the Gallipolis post office Monday night. A subsequent check showed no property was missing.
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Gallipolis
Helen Tuning
Addison
Divided by Faiths
The Columbia University Press estimates that if the world population of 2 000 000 000 were reduced proportionately to 100 persons by faith 38 would be Christian 19 Confucianist and Taoist 12 Hindu 11 Mohammedan 10 Animist 8 Buddhist 1 Shintoist and 1 Jew.
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New York
Columbia University Press
Giant European hydro plant powers Westphalia region
The largest hydro electric plant in Europe lies in Westphalia Prussia and produces 160000000 kilowatts of electricity to feed the national grid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Westphalia
Prussia
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