Disappearance of Rio Grande College Employee Unsolved
Lawson S. Henley a 22 year old Rio Grande College bookkeeper vanished about three weeks ago. Police in Gallipolis and other states have pursued leads but no clues. Investigators say financial issues may have driven him to vanish, with no sign of foul play. Henley’s parents in Huntington, West Virginia have heard nothing. A car bought by H. B. Ecker and found at Apex near Raleigh is being pursued for repayment.
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Gallipolis
Lawson S. Henley
Rio Grande College
Henley
L. S. Henley
Huntington
W. Va
H. B. Ecker
Apex
Raleigh
N. C
Class To Give Farewell Play At Assembly
Gallipolis senior farewell assembly at Gallia Academy High School Friday morning features a four scene playlet set in 1964 with students James Miller Nick Broyles Arthur Norman Lois Curry Wraz Davis Aldo Fontana Pauline Johnson Nancy Leaper Dorothy Lanier Harold Fife Pearl King Mary Shockley Wraz Davis Bob Goff Janet Booth Betty Cottrell Garland Lanier Melvin Gatewood Helen North Charles Huber Marjorie Kelton Tom Kelton Louise Evans Ed Oliver plus musical numbers by Ed Oliver Louise Evans Joe Walter Grace Bunce Charles Huber a humorous monologue by Brownie Hatfield and a brief address by class president William Ferguson.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Sylvia Fulton
James Miller
Nick Broyles
Arthur Norman
Lois Curry
Wraz Davis
Aldo Fontana
Music Room
Pauline Johnson
Nancy Leaper
Dorothy Lanier
Harold Fife
Pearl King
Mary Shockley
Wraz Devis
Bob Goff
History Classroom
Janet Booth
Betty Cottrell
Garland Lanier
Melvin Gatewood
Helen North
Charles Huber
Marjorie Kelton
Tom Kelton
Louise Evans
Ed Oliver
Joe Walter
Grace Bunce
Brownie Hatfield
William Ferguson
Margaret Ann Dickey Funeral in Harrison Township
Mrs. Margaret Ann Dickey, 91, died Monday at her grandson C. D. Adkins home in Harrison Township. Services were held there this afternoon. She first married Charles Houck, then Leroy Dickey, parent to Guy Houck, Jennie Neal, Ellsworth Dickey, Roma Adkins, O. W. Dickey, Leo Dickey, Homer Dickey and Nellie Tope.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
C. D. Adkins
Harrison Township
Margaret Ann Dickey
Charles Houck
Guy Houck
Columbus
Jennie Neal
Wood County
Ellsworth Dickey
Roma Adkins
Leroy Dickey
O. W. Dickey
Leo Dickey
Homer Dickey
Nellie Tope
Suit Filed Over Interest in Two Third Avenue Lots
Mrs. Margaret Jones of this city sues Ada Moss George Strothers Harvey Cousins J Edward Norris Emma Brown and unknown heirs of Agnes Strothers to reveal any interest they may have in two city lots on Third Avenue, the home of the late Agnes Strothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Margaret Jones
Ada Moss
George Strothers
Harvey Cousins
J. Edward Norris
Emma Brown
Agnes Strothers
Third Avenue
Divorce suit filed over alimony and custody
Gallipolis reports Mrs. Mary Kelton seeks divorce from Frank Kelton alleging he spends earnings on liquor and consorts with other women. She also seeks custody of their two year old son Frank Harold Kelton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Frank Kelton
Mary Kelton
Frank Harold Kelton
May marriage licenses fall short in Gallipolis record
Probate Judge James S. Clark reports only five marriage licenses issued in the first 16 days of May. The latest license was issued to Leonard Lee Moore, 23, Bidwell, and Dorothy Lee Halley, 21, Vinton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James S. Clark
Leonard Lee Moore
Bidwell
Dorothy Lee Halley
Vinton
Open House Tea Honors Lafayette in Garden
Dr and Mrs C E Holzer host a public tea in the Our House garden Saturday from 2 to 4 p m honoring General Lafayette who visited in 1825.
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Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Our House Garden
General Lafayette
Westerman Ladies Aid Society Meets at Adams Home
The Westerman Ladies Aid Society held its monthly gathering today at the new home of Mr. and Mrs. Amos Adams. Members arrived early with makings for a casserole dinner and stayed through the day.
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Gallipolis
Westerman Ladies Aid Society
Amos Adams
Eighth Grade Pupils Pass High School Entrance Test
Eighth Grade pupils listed in achievement order pass the entrance exam for high school announced by Supt. E. E. Higgins. Names include Paul E. Cooper, Ellen Marie Maddy, Gloriana Foster, Irvin L. Folden, John Lupton, Rosemary Chic, Paula Switzer and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Supt
E. E. Higgins
Paul E. Cooper
Ellen Marie Maddy
Gloriana Foster
Irvin L. Folden
John Lupton
Rosemary Chic
Paula Switzer
Kathleen Boster
Betty Mae Clark
Dallas Lewis
Thelma Rose Day
Mary Jo Henry
Julia Pickens
Dorothy Wheeler
Donald Dennis Wallace
Tommy Robinson
Paul Sheets
Robert Stanley Betz
Frank Wetherholt
Barbara Ashelman
Mary Eileen Wells
Marvin Venton Long
Helen Wheeler
Joseph Niedzwiecki
Wayne Russell
Irene Ferguson
Ernestine Fraley
Virginia Smith
Earl Hill
Roy Maddox
John Cunningham
Alfred Zubars
Vernon Thivenin
Tommy Davis
Paul McCarty
Charles Brown
Grover Long
William Betz
Joan Williams
Jewel Smith
Joan Mackenzie
Paul Carter
Brooks Trout
Mary Cornell
John Lane
Josephine Keefer
Mary Louise Martin
Charles Smith
Dorothy Gilkey
Gloria Burnette
Leota Walker
Frank Clendenin
William Mayes
Curtis Smeltzer
Jane Murdock
Charles Edler
Kenneth Morgan
John
Youth Federation Auto Tour Planned by Grace Methodist
Members of the Youth Federation of Grace Methodist Church plan an auto tour to Dean State Forest, 17 miles south of Oak Hill, Sunday afternoon. Lunch will be served and an outdoor religious service held before the return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Youth Federation of Grace Methodist Church
Dean State Forest
Oak Hill
Senior Tests To Be Given at Gallia Academy
Gallia Academy High School will hold senior examinations on Wednesday and Thursday, May 24-25 under Principal C C Byers. Freshmen to juniors tests follow Friday May 26 and Monday May 29. No school Tuesday May 30 for Memorial Day. Students report final time Friday June 2 to receive report cards.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Cc. C. Byers
Rural Electrification Meetings Planned in Two Towns
Rural electrification meetings will be held tonight in Patriot Grange Hall and tomorrow night in Mercerville School. The sessions aim to acquaint new rural patrons with electric current possibilities and advise on fixture and equipment selection.
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Gallipolis
Patriot Grange Hall
Mercerville School
Nursing class enrollment at Holzer Hospital
Announcement that enrollment is open for the September nursing class at Holzer Hospital Nurses' Training School. Applicants must be high school graduates with at least a B in the four years' course. Applications accepted by Miss Hazel Richard, director of nursing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital Nurses’ Training School
Hazel Richard
State Posts Fill Two Public Service Posts
Louise Scott is appointed receptionist in Columbus offices of Aid for the Aged and Roberta Cornwell takes a receptionist post in the State Liquor Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Louise Scott
Columbus
Aid For the Aged
Roberta Cornwell
State Liquor Department
Mrs Garnet Cloud Recovers From Kitchen Range Burns
Gallipolis Mrs Garnet Cloud of Ewington is recovering at home after severe burns suffered when she tripped and fell against a kitchen range. She is being treated at her residence.
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Gallipolis
Garnet Cloud
Ewington
Vinton High Alumni Dinner Served by Methodist Ladies Aid
Vinton High School Alumni will be served at dinner Saturday night by members of the Methodist Ladies Aid of Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vinton High School
Methodist Ladies Aid
Gallia Women to Attend Athens Southeast Ohio Meeting
Gallia County Woman's Home Council will send a large delegation to the Southeast Ohio district meeting at Memorial Hall, Athens, Thursday. Attendees include Mrs. C. V. Ward and many named members from multiple counties. a planning session for a Flag Day event June 14 will follow in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Woman's Home Council
Southeast Ohio
Memorial Hall
Athens
C. V. ‘Ward
Hal Schwartzwalder
Lew Wemeldorff
Fred K. Mills
Charles Lakin
Georgia Leonard
Niles Denney
Paul Grover
Frank Mills, Jr
K. H. Butler
Mary Gephart
Emma Pollit
Garnet Kirby
Anderson Robinson
Hoke Robinson
Virginia Judy Sower
Anas Elliott
Pickaway
Ross Highland
Brown
Adams
Pike
Scioto
Fairfield
Hocking
Vinton
Jackson
Lawrence
Gallia
Meigs
Morgan
Washington
Home Council
Housecleaning Starts in the Basement Says Heater Rep
G H Martin, a new Williamson Heater Co. representative for Athens County, urges basement cleaning first. He compares furnace cleaning to dental work, noting soot and leaks may be revealed and repaired cheaply. emphasizes women should start with the furnace.
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G. H. Martin
Williamson Heater Co
Athens County
Body Held in Gallipolis After Saturday Night in Prison
The body of an unidentified young man who died in a Pt. Pleasant hospital Sunday after staying in Gallipolis Saturday night and a city jail that night is being kept in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant Hospital
West Virginia
Wedded Half Century at Perry Township Home
Mr. and Mrs. W. Gomer Jones observed their 50th wedding anniversary at their Perry Township residence Monday. Mrs. Jones is in poor health.
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Gallipolis
W. Gomer Jones
Perry Township
Van the dog Haunts Old Home in Salinas After Move
A 13 year old dog named Van continued a daily routine after his master moved away and the 71 year old house was dismantled. He leaves his new home each day to cross traffic and return to the old vineyard area where he once hid soup bones.
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Salinas
Cal
Van
School Groups Plan Picnics In New Park
Gallipolis residents learn Fortification Hill Park, the citys new outdoor playground beside the municipal reservoir, will host major school events. Grade School faculty hold their annual spring picnic Thursday evening with a picnic supper Friday in shelter houses for the Eighth Grade Picnic of over 100 pupils. Committee includes Ben F Evans Clara Mae Davis Clark Gillingham Charles Swanson Virginia Bane Jean Eversole. High School faculty breakfast is set for 7 am Thursday June 1, with arrangements by Katherine Kircher Elizabeth Breinig Harold Brown.
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Gallipolis
Fortification Hill Park
Ben F. Evans
Clara Mae Davis
Clark Gillingham
Charles Swanson
Virginia Bane
Jean Eversole
Katherine Kircher
Elizabeth Breinig
Harold Brown
Murray City Social Notes Highlights Visits and Family
Mrs. Cora Walters recovers from mastoid operation in Columbus. Numerous relatives and friends from Columbus, Circleville, Akron, Athens, and nearby towns visit, host, or share Mother's Day with local families. Festive gatherings include dinners and weekend stays as residents welcome out of town guests.
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Murray City
Cora Walters
Columbus
Mabel Poling
Gloria
Philip Fisher
Margaret Popoczy
Grace Thomas
Agnes Robinson
Dorothy Riley
Chicago
Mary Jenkins
William Thompson
Circleville
William Frazure
Lace Ayers
Clifford
West
Kathryn Simons
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Anne Simons
Henry Forsythe
Lancaster
Ralph Forsythe
Joanna Cook
Peery
Velvere
Geetee Tedrow
Crooksville
Tony Tankovich
Velma Popoczy
John Popoczy
Cleveland
Harry Jonias
Effie Jonas
Widd Hoskins
Willie Lowery
Deanville
Albert Koon
Irene Koon
John Maraz
Lawrence McClelland
Glouster
Marion Shelton
Nelsonville
Bess Conrad
Mary
Buchtel
John Shelton
W. Jennings
Eva
Stephen Anderson
Homer Anderson
Mary James
Fred Nida
The
Plains
Ralph Carpenter
Sadie Shelton
Ruth Brooker
John Rider
Mary Jo Brooker
Helen Brooker
Dennis Babbs
Albert Williams
Shawnee
Howard Bush
Terry Bunting
Ben Wagner
Nelle Brooker
Blanche Elizabeth
Athens
James Salyers
Howard Brooker
Mattie Albaugh
Edgar
New Straitsville
Lizzie Stiff
Charles Dugan
Mary Dugan
Conrad Martin
J. W. Martin
Simmie Swyers
Micheal Byron
Near
John Byron
Local students top state scholarship test in Gallipolis
Highest grades in the re nt state wide scholarship test go to Alice Wheeler Dorothy White Carroll Adams and Elena Burns. They travel to Columbus Saturday to receive certificates and hear an address by Gov. John W Bricker.
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Gallipolis
Alice Wheeler
Dorothy White
Carroll Adams
Elena Burns
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Test Corn Planted At Rio Grande Today
Five identical plats sown on Rio Grande College's 300 acre farm to test about 20 varieties of hybrid and open pollinated corns. Planted by students under Prof. R. R. Starbuck and County Agent E. G. Royer. A hybrid corn field day is planned after fall maturation.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
R. R. Starbuck
E. G. Royer
Officials Seek WPA Project Help to Prevent Delays
Gallia County Commissioners urge Zanesville and Columbus WPA leaders to resume work on five blanket road projects stalled by funding and schedule delays. Two projects are shut down and a third faces closure next week without timely releases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Zanesville
Columbus
Cheshire News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Births
Cheshire residents share visits across Ohio and West Virginia towns. Notable events include born son to Briggs Kirby. three week old baby welcomed home with family guests. The Woman's Home Missionary Society meets Thursday. local senior class play drew a large crowd Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
A. L. Clary
Reedsville
Curtis Swisher
Mansfield
Fanny Swisher
Nellie McCarty
Columbus
Sallie McCarty
Charles Rodgers
H. H. Roush
Hortie Roush
Ruth Mack
Addison
Merrill Bunce
Amanda Swisher
Kenneth Knight
Otho Knight
Millers
Roy Grapes
Parkersburg
Alice Grapes
Langsville
W. J. Grapes
Milton Musgrave
Athens
Wilma
Ohio University
Carl Mossman
Chillicothe
Ralph Burnette
Delmer Rothgeb
James Rothgeb
Huntington
N. R. Rothgeb
George W. Starcher
Curtis Clark
Canal Winchester
Joe Clark
Delaware
Fred Clark
Ethel Bolin
Akron
Gilkey
Lancaster
Homer Clark
Will Vangilder
Winfield
W. Va
Mary Clark
Thomas Ragan
Gallipolis
O. N. Roush
H. N. Snider
Ardyce Bowling
Wellston
Warren Thomas
Lois
Mary Frances Scott
Kananga
Briggs Kirby
Woman's Home Missionary Society
J. H. Starcher
Cadmus Grange to Hold Degree Work Saturday Night
Meeting in Gallipolis will be devoted entirely to degree work with a supper to follow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cadmus Grange
Gallia 4-H Club Formed with Mrs Earl Brown as Advisor
The 4-H Club in Gallopolis Ohio Valley will be sponsored by the Ohio Valley Grange with Mrs Earl Brown serving as advisor. The new organization represents local youth in agricultural and community projects.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley
Earl Brown
Grange
Class Play Is To Be Given At Coolville
Senior class play Tea for Tom to be presented Thursday night May 18 at 8 o'clock in the Coolville auditorium. Local society notes report numerous weekend visits and family gatherings across Athens, Carthage, Cambridge, and Marietta, with several residents staying in town for social events and family connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Tom
Abe Burdette
Carthage
R. E. Daugherty
Russell
Cambridge
I. W. Burnfield
William Polster
Ruby Alexander
Dayton
Hamilton
A. M. Dunfee
Athens
Lillie Dunfee
Canton
Etta
Leora Dunfee
Stella Smith
Steubenville
George Dean
Ira Conley
C. E. Keller
Everett Keller
Delaware
Norma Smith
Helen Hecker
Bruce
Bertha Keller
Columbus
E. M. Pierce
Dorothy
Guy Pierce
F. H. Booth
Harold Wilcoxen
Rockland
C. L. Fuller
Mary Louise Holdren
F. C. Taylor
New Plymouth
Grace McKibben
Daniel Linton
Frost
John Aiken
P. D. Sheets
Edith Sheets
Waterford
W. C. Aiken
Doris Aiken
Wilford Sheets
John Sheets
Lawrence Holter
H. C. Blair
John Lowe
Richard
Jacksonville
Bettie Burdette
Frances Runion
Doris Walden
H. C. Parrish
Alda Larson
Mary Reeder
Clyde Reeder
Mary Parrish
Hockingport Road
Inezz Brafford
Wilma Dunfee
Brafford
Lela Hornsby
Effie Dunfee
Zela Dunfee
Susie Hornsby
Parkersburg
K. M. Barth
Marietta
Gertrude Barth
Mayme Hoobler
Mr. Barth
Ward Frame
Diantha Frame
Ohio U Athletes Present Temptations of 1939 Musical
The Varsity O Club at Ohio University will stage Temptations of 1939 at Schine's Athena Theater on Thursday and Friday evenings at 8 40 p m. The show features the beef trust chorus with Adams Crabtree Wilcox Chenek Ivory McSherry Ciaugus and Swatcz and a bronze painted trio Wolfe Garfunkle and Roska in Study in Bronze. Bill Rogers parodies My Heart Belongs to Daddy while Ev Welch taps and Ray Blickensderfer sings three numbers. Roger Conner and Spotsy Burke serve as masters of ceremony.
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O” Club
Ohio University
Schine
Athena
Beef Trust
Adams
Crabtree
Wilcox
Chenek
Ivory
McSherry
Ciaugus
Swatcz
Springfield College
Life Magazine
Wolfe, Garfunkle
Roska
Bill Rogers
Mary Martin
Daddy
Ev Welch
Ray Blickensderfer
Roger Conner
Spotsy Burke
Church Night Planned at Taylor Ridge
Taylor Ridge church will observe a Thursday night service on May 18 with a choir program. Carl Hilgebrand chairs the committee and invites all. Mother’s Day was observed with 62 in attendance and sixteen mothers present.
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Taylor Ridge
Carl Hilgebrand
Redtown
Charles Lechner
Chillicothe
James Gold
Carl Sainer
Richard Goellner
Nina
Richard Jr
Barney Smith
Nancy
Cleveland
Fred Herranen
Elaine
Ester Mackey
Thelma Mackey
Emmett Lainey
Lancaster
Glen Chalfant
Amesville
Gerald Nagle
P. B. Chalfant
Della Chalfant
Roseville
Leonard Leach
Glouster
Hermen Kempton
Woman Held for Smuggling Tools Into Jail
Lenora Leach of Gallipolis and Pt Pleasant was arraigned before Magistrate Fred Milliser on charges of smuggling saws into the county jail to aid her former husband Virgil Sigler in a jail break. Three window bars were sawed by prisoners but no serious harm occurred. Authorities found three saws and six blades hidden in beds during a prison search. Her case will be presented to the current grand jury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lenora Leach
Pt. Pleasant
Fred Milliser
Virgil Sigler
Bradford Personal And Social Mention
Bradford Lathey announce birth of a 10 3 4 pound son named Marilyn Sue born May 11 to Mr. and Mrs Allan Roush. Families and neighbors visited and childcare notes plus Bible School attendance recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bradford
Lester
Jack) Lathey
Ed Russell
Pearl Jordan
Gene
Springfield
Charles Halley
Rutland
Paul Archer
Laurel Cliff
Floyd Harrison
Eulah Evans
Bailey Run
Lydia Hysell
Allan Roush
Marilyn Sue
Joe Sisson
George Roy
Harrisonville Road
Ethel Lambert
Marjorie Hughes
Middleport
Charles Lambert
Mary Might
West Rutland
Frank Buck
Aquilla Hysell
Bradbury
Celia Keffer
Ella Hysell
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Dickey
Harrison Two
Pittsburgh
United Mine Workers
Thelma Carter
Bobby Brown
Alice V. Brown
William Lewis
Evelyn Myers
Norma Long
Youth Federation
Murray City Social Notes
Rio Grande
Cheshire News
Harry Summerfield and Son
Charleston
England
By. Tv
Fate Marable
Wizard of the Ivories
Cotton Pickers
Dixie Orchestra
Ohio U
Athena Theater
Charles Laughton
Ohio
America
Frieda Inescort
Henry Sybil Jason Oe
Republic
Loretta Young
Henry Rusch
Dixie
Beef Trust Chorus
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