Death of Mrs Emma Parsons in Corning
Mrs Emma B Parsons 68 died Wednesday night in an Athens hospital after a four year illness. Born in Oakfield she lived most of her life in Corning. Survived by five sons including Montford and Clarence Parsons, two sisters, six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral Saturday 2 pm Church of God Corning by Rev Aubrey Mitchell. Burial Zion Cemetery Portersville. The golden eye duck is called whistler due to its whistling wing sound.
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Corning
Emma B. Parsons
Athens
Oakfield
James W. Parsons
Montford L. Parsons
Zanesville
Clarence R. Parsons
Orbie H. Parsons
Joye R. Parsons
Harold W. Parsons
Guy
Parsons
Church of God
Rio Grande College to Hold 74th Commencement
Dean W. A. Lewis announced 47 candidates for degrees at Rio Grande College will graduate Sunday June 4. Dr. J. H. Satterfield of Canton Ohio will deliver the baccalaureate address. Founders Day services start at 9 a.m. with trustee meetings at 2 p.m. and a Spring Festival at 8 p.m. Honorary doctor of divinity will go to Satterfield and Hollaway. Names listed include Begley, Hawkins, Hunter, Shear, Smith and many others across BA BS in secondary and elementary education, plus a two year commercial degree for Audrey Keels.
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Gallipolis
W. A. Lewis
Rio Grande College
J. H. Satterfield
First Baptist Church
Canton
Ohio
Board of Trustees
Satterfield
J. B. Hollaway
Trinity Baptist Church
Marion
Paul Begley
Lucille Begley
Rio Grande
Amos Hawkins
Pedro
James S. Hunter
Mt. Vernon
Phillip W. Shear
Athens
Ray Smith
Proctorville
Melvin Adams
Oak
Frankfort
Paul Ward
Cheshire
Glenn Webb
Coal Grove
Herman Bangert
Aid
Isabel Boggs
Margaret Pollock
Raymond Crabtree
Portsmouth
Leon Davis
Friendship
Donald Farrar
Cairo
Donald Johnson
Alliance
Sarah Keaton
Ironton
Homer Kemper
Vinton
Vivian Kirby
Adrian Kisor
Wilbur McKnight
Columbus
Maxine Oliver
Upper Sandusky
Eugenia Perry
McArthur
Florence Raines
June Richards
Pauline Rife
Maxine Terry
Neva Violet
Lucasville
Audrey Keels
Bidwell
Holzer Hospital Notes Admitted and Discharged
List of patients admitted to Holzer Hospital including Miss Faye Wheaton and Mrs. William Oden with their locations. Discharged patients include Lloyd Winston Edward Rourke and Mrs Olen Litchfield.
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Holzer Hospital
Faye Wheaton
Logan
William Oden
Bidwell
Nelson E. Rainey
Point Pleasant
William Lewis
Pomeroy
Leonard Holzapfel
Wellston
Charles Werry
Alva G. Shoemaker
Gallipolis
Lloyd Winston
Kathleen Austin
Edward Rourke
Olen Litchfield
Dexter Ervin
Criner Rites Set Sunday in Gallipolis
Sherman B. Criner died Thursday after a five year illness. He was a World War I Transportation Corps veteran, farmer, and member of La Fayette Post American Legion. Born Sept 24 1892 in Mason County WV he survived by wife Goldie and children Blanche Hilda James Sherman Jr and Virginia Meadows. Also survived by sisters and brothers and several relatives. Funeral at Mina Chapel with Rev H M Smith officiating. Burial in church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Sherman B. Criner
James
Sherman, Jr
Howard
Virginia
Gallipolis Church Notices Mixed Service Schedules
Local churches list Sunday school times for First Methodist First Baptist and First Presbyterian with worship at 10:30 a.m. Grace Choir to sing Divine Praise and various scout meetings. WSCS Circle dinner in charge. Rev Linson Stebbins to preach at St Peters Episcopal.
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First Methodist
L. D. Donnally
WSCS
Hollis Wood
First Baptist
W. H. Green
Mr. Green
Grace Methodist Church
First Presbyterian
Linson H. Stebbins
F. W. McDermott
Rio Grande College
River traffic at Gallipolis and Kanawha River locks
Canal traffic reports list vessels shifting positions on the Gallipolis locks with times from 1:25 a.m. to 1:55 p.m. and on the Kanawha at Marmet and Winfield from 8:00 a.m. to 12:50 a.m. including boats such as Wisherd Martin Christy Price Omar Ayres Laughlin Ernestine Bruce Colle Marmet Mer rill Semet Sullivan J. Marie J. Zubic Tadpole Java Sea American Atlas Rowe Talbot Pittsburgher Virginia Reliance Penn Tampico.
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Gallipolis
Wisherd
Martin
Christy
Price
Omar
Ayres
Laughlin
Ernestine
Bruce
Solvay
Kanawha
Colle
Marmet
Merrill
Semet
Winfield
Sullivan
J. Marie
J. Zubic
Tadpole
American
Atlas
Rowe
Talbot
Pittsburgher
Virginia Down
Reliance
Penn Up
Tampico
Raccoon Township High School Graduation Held
Gallipolis reports twenty seniors of Raccoon Township High School received diplomas at Tuesday evening services in the school auditorium. Hazel Howard was valedictorian and Lorena McDermott valedictorian. Other graduates included John Wiseman Nettie Jean Hall Ernestine Irwin Irene Jordan Betty Meek James Brannon Kendall Dean Forrest Fisher Velma Fraley Thelma Johannesen Lois McCulty Bobbie Mead Rebecca Meeks Shirleen Northcutt Donovan Wickline Betty Winston Gerald Winston and Harland Wood.
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Gallipolis
Raccoon Township High School
Hazel Howard
Lorena McDermott
John Wiseman
Nettie Jean Hall
Ernestine Irwin
Irene Jordan
Betty Meek
James Brannon
Kendall Dean Forrest Fisher
Velma Fraley
Thelma Johannesen
Lois McCulty
Bobbie Mead
Rebecca Meeks
Shirleen Northcutt
Donovan Wickline
Betty Winston
Gerald Winston
Harland Wood
Police Plan Traffic Check
Gallipolis city police announce the annual search for defective vehicles starting June 1. They will inspect all routes into the city and internal streets during June with mobile units to curb speeding. Checks are done jointly with the State Highway Patrol and the sheriff's office, focusing on brakes horns wipers headlights taillights stoplights steering mirrors and other mechanical parts.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Sheriff's Office
Weekend guests and school party fill Vinton notes
Vinton social items include weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. Joe Mc Ghee from Columbus, a party for eighth graders, a miscellaneous shower for Miss Opal Stewart, and visits by many families to relatives in Huntington Walden and Dayton. Names include Bert Edmiston, Opal Stewart, Mc Ghee, McCarley, Elliott, Ward, Poling, Stew art, Wilcox, Stevens, Swick, Mossman, Ewing, Freshcorn, Robertson, Bates, Painter, Ward en tertained.
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Ray Woysong
Gene Argabright
Jack Maynard
Barbara Harris
Peggy Killen
Donna Adkins
Nina Wess
Everett George
James Smith
Roger Hill
Lesle Casto
Donald Crace
Roosevelt Blackburn
Donald Swisher
Carl McDonald
Edna Mossman
Shelba Ward
Arlene Glenn
Betty Jo Bennett
Opal Stewart
Jane Poling
Sabra Stewart
H. M. Wilcox
Huntington
John Stevens
Peggy Ward
Julian Stevens
Dorothy
Walden
W. Va
Claude Swick
Wellston
Swick
Don Swick
Bert Mossman
Dayton
William Ewing
Leah Freshcorn
Columbus
G. P. Ewing
Wm. Ewing
Granville Casto
Ewington
Bill Robertson
Point Pleasant
Lena Bates
Gallipolis
George Bates
David Graham
Graham
O. E. Painter
Lyman Johnson
Larry
Parkersburg
Johnson
O. E
Woods Cleanup Is Under Way
Ohio forest areas prepare for a busy season as 183 600 people used Fronton and Athens ranger district facilities last year. Picnickers led with 84 100 visits while 54 450 swam at Lake Vesuvius 12 500 hunted and 9 000 fished. About 22 000 visitors came for sightseeing and 500 for scientific study, per the Forest Service.
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Columbus
Ohio
U. S. Forest Service
Lronton
Athens
Lake Vesuvius
Forest Service
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Jamin Corps of
Cambridge
Mrs. Ola
Uhlman
Court ST
ST. Peters Episcopal
K. C. Wilson
Bible School
Paetellion
Plymale
Rardin
Pomeroy Cement
Raccoon
Vinton Social Notes
Armed Forces
America
Uniformed Services
Eugene M. Zuckert
Ass't
Memorial Auditorium
the McBee Company
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