Gallia County 4-H Leaders to Confer at Grace M E Church
Gallia County 4 H Club leaders and officers meet at Grace M E Church Gallipolis Tuesday June 4 for morning officer conferences and a public address on the future of rural youth by Rev George Sagen The session includes a luncheon greetings from Rotary president elect EB Higgins and church welcome by A S Lloyd County Agent R F Starbuck outlines summer club work with Starbuck and Mrs Starbuck song leadership by Mrs Marguerite Moore and Glen Wiseman plus health and judging briefings by Gladys Davin and Margaret G Jones
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Grace M. E
George Sagen
C. C. Lang
State Department of Extension Service
Rotary Club
EB. EB. Higgins
A. S. Lloyd
Church Board of Trustees
M. B
H. H. Wilbur
A. C. Safford
M. T. Haines
Fdna Ervin
Beatrice Haskins
Marguerite Moore
Glen Wiseman
R. F. Starbuck
Clyde Mocke Held on Robbery Inquiry at Evans Warehouse
Clyde Mocke Cornell, sought for questioning in the Evans Grocery Company warehouse robbery, was returned from Columbus Monday by Sheriff Hatfield and Chief Fraley. Columbus police hunted him after a surveillance of Cornell’s relatives. Arthur Persinger was arrested and sent to Manefield Reformatory as a parole violator. Chief Fraley suffered another elbow injury while arresting Friendly Atkinson for intoxication.
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Gallipolis
Clyde
Mocke
Cornell
Evans Grocery Company
Columbus
BE. EK. Hatfield
John Fraley
Columbua
Fred P. Kundts
Arthur Persinger
Manefield Reformatory
Atkinson
Holser Hospital
Proctorville
Moonlight Excursion Steamer J 8 on Ohio River
Gallipolis hosts a moonlight trip aboard the steamer J 8 on Wednesday June 12. Departure from Gallipolis is at 6 p m with arrival at Pt Pleasant at 6 45 p m.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Pt. Pleasant
Five Plead Guilty to Gallia Grand Jury Charges
In Gallia County Common Pleas Court on Monday five defendants pled guilty to charges from the grand jury. West Virginia residents Russell Lea and Virgil Burris admitted voluntary rape involving an O H E B patient and received two years probation with court costs and a stay out of Ohio. Three others indicted for resisting intoxicating liquor pled guilty and were fined $100 plus costs.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Russell Lea
Virgil Burris
West Virginia
O. H. EB
W. R. White
Ohio
Andrew Phillips
Walter Church
Luther Swain
Beer Peddling Charge Filed at Gallipolis
Kinner Watkins Kananga waived examination in municipal court and was bound over to the grand jury on a 400 bond. Watkins and companion B D Rayburn were arrested at Fourth and Pine Streets for transporting intoxicating liquor and disorderly conduct after bystanders said they were selling draft beer.
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Watkins
B. D. Rayburn
Fourth
Pine Streets
Social Bridge and Dinner Gatherings in Rio Grande
Rio Grande social notes report Mrs. Harry Anderson and Mrs. W. C. Aleshire hosting bridge with three tables. Prizes awarded to Elizabeth Coon and Lucille Lucas. traveling prize to Lois Fasig. Elizabeth Coon hosted a Saturday buffet at the Allen Inn with Rose Eagle in charge of coffee. Contests awarded to Beas Geotting and Florence Chubbuck. Fortythree hours included playing forty two.
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Rio Grande
Harry Anderson
W. C. Aleshire
Bridge
Elizabeth Coon
Lucille Lucas
Mies Lois Fasig
Gallipolis
Allen Inn
Rose Eagle
Beas Geotting
Florence Chubbuck
FE. O. Russell
Vinton
Edna Arunde
Trenton
Mary Hixenbaugh
Marie Fowler
New Plymouth
Buchtel Senior Class to Stage College Cut-Ups Play Thursday
The Buchtel High School Senior Class presents the play College Cut-Ups this Thursday with a 2 PM matinee and an evening show. Cast includes Hiram Parker James Milli gen Toby Parker Pilly Glover Betty Darbie Sweazey and many others directed by Rose Shay of the high school faculty.
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Buchtel
Buchtel High School
Hiram Parker
James Milligen
Toby Parker
Hiram
Pilly Glover
Betty
Darbie Sweazey
Bashful Dixon
Zoe Bhart
Tom Swaim
Charles Mohney
Henry Owell
Edward Calvert
Lem Bennett
Lester Smathers
Frank Short
Zoe
Albert McBride
Cohen
William Erwin
Geraldine Aster
Dolores Cupit
Rose Shay
Junior Senior Class Dance at Buchtel Opera House
The Buchtel High School Junior and Senior Classes held their annual dance on Thursday night May 23 at the Opera House with about 120 in attendance including parents alumni and out of town guests. Refreshments were served and Mac Mc Queid's Orchestra provided the music under chaperons Rose Shay Ruth Eberle Alfield Johnson Carl Campbell Charles Christman and Superintendent Fred O Linacott.
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Buchtel
Buchtel High School
Opera House
Mac McQueid
Rose Shay
Ruth Eberle
Alfield Johnson
Carl Campbell
Charles Christman
Fred O. Linacott
Two Men Honored for Church Repairs at M E Church
Ernest Lindsey Buchtel and Marshal Ed Sohn were honored last Wednesday after choir practice with a party in the M E Church basement. Ladies Bible Class hosted the event to thank the men for repair work done on the church. About thirty people attended the evening and enjoyed refreshments. Cyt Gowers decorated the tables.
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Buchtel
Ernest Lindsey
Marshal Ed Sohn
M. E
Ladies Bible Class
Buchtel Week Events Highlight Local Celebrations
Buchtel calendar lists Memorial Day program Thursday morning at the flag pole. St Patrick Church hosts Home Coming Thursday at St Patrick Hall. Senior Class Play Thursday evening at the Opera House. Class Night Friday evening at the Opera House. Alumni Banquet and Dance Saturday evening at St Patrick Hall and Opera House. Baccalaureate Services Sunday evening at M J Church.
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Buchtel
St. Patrick's Church
St. Patrick's Hall
Opera House
St. Patricks Hall
M. J
Buchtel Plans Memorial Day Observance
Citizens of Buchtel and vicinity are urged to join Memorial Day observances. School children will gather, march to the flag pole, and proceed to cemeteries with services at each stop. The program includes songs, an address by G D Ride nour, and a May Day operetta, followed by cemetery services and a closing by Rev William Stecker.
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Buchtel
G. D. Ridenour
William Stecker
Murray City Legon
Murray City
Whitmore Cemetery
Marshal of Theay
Max Krotche
Ed Sohn
William McDonald
Sam McDonald
Ralph Wilson
Fire destroys building after explosion at Mrs O Weethee farm
Vernal Rose, residing on the Mrs O Weethee farm, lost chicks and a broader house when a Friday explosion sparked a fire. Relatives from Athalia and Huntington visited, and townspeople joined in support as families traveled for visits and renewed illness.
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Vernal Rose
Mrs. O. Weethee
Pt Pleasant Resident Stabbed Near Death
Harvey Underwood, 43, of Pt. Pleasant West Virginia, was stabbed near his kidneys and admitted to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis after a Monday night assault. He received a blood transfusion with his wife as donor. his condition remained critical.
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Gallipolis
Harvey Underwood
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Holzer Hospital
W. T. Packer
Rio Grande
Ruth Elaine
Mia
Cash Johnson
Middleport
James H Carroll
Pomeroy
Margaret McCormick
Andrea Kiser
Ironton
Addie Mourn Dies at Chauncey Home
Addie Mourn 71 longtime Chauncey resident and boardinghouse operator died Monday at her High Street home after heart trouble and dropsy. Funeral Wednesday at 2 p.m. at M E Church with burial in Nye Cemetery. Survived by brother John W. Mourn, last immediate family member. The siblings lived together for many years in Chauncey.
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Chauncey
Addie Mourn
John
Sarah
Dover Township
High Street
M. E. Church
Nye
John W. Mourn
Miss Mourn
Chauncey Personal Notes From Cincinnati to Nelsonville
Chauncey residents Gertrude Carter and Irene Jackson visited Cincinnati to see Mr. Carter’s brother and sister in law Mr. and Mrs. Francis Lowery. Other locals joined an excursion to Cincinnati including Eldon Jorden and the Bridgewater families. In Nelsonville Pocahontas Lodge held a bingo party Wednesday night.
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Chauncey
Mrea
Gertrude Carter
Irene Jackson
Cincinnati
Nelsonville
Jane Tryon
Anderson Hogue
New Marshfield
W. A. Bell
Charles Hayes
Will Berry
Columbus
John Theisen
Millfield
Virginia Hall West
Springfield
Gilbert Courtney
Paul Courtney
Lois
Harvey Courtney
Twelve Mines Operate in Chauncey District Report
Twelve mines in the Chauncey district operated on Tuesday after a 2 percent idle start Monday. Active listings included No. 9, No. 107, No. 219, No. 15, Ohio No. 1, Chauncey No. 25, Hocking, Carbon Dale, Lick Run, Luhrig, Kimberly and Black Diamond.
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Chauncey
No. 15
Ohio No
Chauncey No
Hocking
Carbondale
Lick Run
Luhrig
Kimberly
Black Diamond
Memorial Day alters Chauncey quilting group schedule
In Chauncey the Ladies Aid Society of the M. E. Church will cancel their weekly quilting party due to Memorial Day. The piece lists visitors and local residents visiting friends in Chauncey, Sugar Creek, and nearby towns, including Beulah Bennett of Glouster undergoing tonsillectomy at Sheltering Arms Hospital in Athens.
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Chauncey
Ladies’ Aid Society
M. E. Church
Will Phillips
Russell
Columbus
James Edwards
Floodwood
Noah
Harvey
Clarence Williams
Pattie
Margaret
Charles Franklin
Ernest Johnson
Sugar Creek
Doc Daugherty
E. R. Tanner
Trimble
Frank Snyder
Oregon Ridge
Chauncey Church of Christ
Quince Bescoe
Wheelersburg
Mt. Hope
Frank Bescoe
Harry Tribe
Jennie Graham
Dayton
Guss Graham
Tribe
Gase Graham
Glouster
Beulah Bennett
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Athens
Glouster Post Office to Close for Memorial Day
Glouster post office will close all day Thursday Memorial Day except for the 10 30 a m to 12 30 p m window for general delivery. Mail will still ride trains, no bus mail received, carriers off, route mail not delivered or collected. Many city businesses will close all day with some closing part of the day.
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Glouster
City
Rurral
Willing Workers Club Session At Gloo S Church
The Willing Workers Class met in the M. E. Church social room with hostesses Mrs Esta Gardner and Mrs Edna Embrey. President Mrs W W Leadbetter led the business meeting followed by a Bible contest. Refreshments were served to 23 members.
Community Notes at The Plains Guests and Visits
The Plains briefs list visits from Mary Betz and Helen Sheiks of Cardington Ohio to Mr. and Mrs Z A Courtney. Cardington Ohio and Marion Ohio residents drop by for weekend and weekday social visits including Linscott Amesville and Columbus. Arthur Lee Mitchel Chillicothe visits The Plains area.
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the Plains
Z. A. Courtney
Mary Betz
Helen Sheiks
Cardington
Ohio
Bessie Peoples
J. W. Thompson
Marion
Elza McGraner
Z. Courtney
Loren North
Nelsonville
Joe Pitz
Clara Joan
Akron
Ritz
Clara Wallace
Floyd Linscott
Charles
Jack
Mr. Linscott
Arza Linscott
Amesville
Will Phillip
Russell
Columbus
William Stalder
Arthur Lee Mitchel
Chillicothe
Tom Porter
Bealsville
Porter
Chadwell Family Reunion Planned in Millfield
The Chadwell family annual reunion will be held Thursday May 30 at M. A. Howard's home in Millfield. A basket dinner will be served and all relatives and friends are invited.
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Chauncey
Chadwell
M. A. Howard
Millfield
Birthday Dinner Honors Hooper and Thomas Family
Mr and Mrs Ben Hooper hosted a birthday dinner Sunday in Athens and this city for their son Fred Hooper and daughter in law Mrs Farrell Thomas. Guests included Fred Hooper and children Fred Jr Ben Frank Jimmie Jane Helen Ina Fay Gaul Marvella Buck John Ben Pedigo Farrel Thomas Betty Lou and Billy Lee. Three generations were present with John Ben Pedigo of Nelsonville as the grandchild in attendance.
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Glouster
Ben Hooper
Fred Hooper
Athens
Farrell Thomas
Fred Jr
Ben
Frank
Jimmie
Jane
Helen
Ina Fay Gaul
Marvella Buck
John Pedigo
John Ben
Nelsonville
Farrel Thomas
Betty Lou
Billy Lee
John Ben Pedigo
Ohio Colliers Prepare for Carbondale Nine Clash
GLOUSTER Ohio Colliers host Carbondale Thursday afternoon at 3 o clock on the local grounds. Carbondale features a strong lineup and the management urges fans to attend. No admission fee. an offering will be taken.
Union To Nominate GLOUSTER Officers
Local Union No 1205 Sunday Creek Mine 6 Millfield will place officers in nomination at a June 8 meeting. Elections are set for the latter part of the month.
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Glouster
Sunday Creek Mine
Millfield
Kent Woman Dies in Vinton Buried in Portsmouth
Mrs. Louedda Kent who lived with her cousin Mrs. Florence Pugh in Vinton died there on Monday. The body was taken to Portsmouth for burial. A husband and one sister live in Portsmouth.
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Gallipolis
Louedda Kent
Vinton
Florence Pugh
Portsmouth
Local Military Services Mark Decoration Day
In Glust and Hollis areas, cemetery ceremonies held for Decoration Day. The Ridge Cemetery and Hollister Cemetery will host exercises at set times, with processions from Maplew to Glouster Cornet Square. A local ambulance incident reported a 22 year old taken to Arms Hospital after a thumb injury developed in the past week.
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Ridge
Millfield
Legion
Hollis
Bishopville
Hollister
Glouster Jr
Arms Hospital
Ambulan
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