Mattress Factory Equipment Moved as Gallia Budget Shrinks
Gallipolis plans to shift operations as equipment from the local mattress factory is moved to Athens. The relief administration will receive 9237 for direct and transient relief and 1935 for the works division for November. Husbands of unemployed workers will be reassigned to other projects while locally produced mattresses from last month will be distributed.
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Gallipolis
Relief Administration
State Relief Commission
G. Walker Haney
Athena
Gallia County
Haney
Walker Held on Charge of Theft in Gallipolis
J. M. Caldwell charged that Walker snatched his billfold containing 60 cents after Caldwell offered to buy wine. Walker pleaded not guilty before Municipal Judge A. J. Stormont and was bound over to the grand jury on bond. He also faced a separate nonpayment liquor fine in the city jail. A second item reports Robert Leaper sustaining a cut when his car hit a bridge near Yellowtown while returning from a lodge meeting. he was treated at Molzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. M. Caldwell
Caldwell
Walker
A. J. Stormont
Robert Leaper
Yellowtown
Molzer Hospital
Car Collision at Routes 7 and 11 Jam Ends With No Injuries
Carl J. Johnson of Mansfield and Paul France of Gallipolis collided at the junction of Routes 7 and 11 Sunday morning. Both drivers escaped injury as both cars were wrecked.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carl J. Johnson
Mansfield
Paul France
Eastern Star Dinner Aims For Next Officer Ballot
Wilkesville notes report an Eastern Star meeting with election of officers and initiation planned for the next gathering. Members are asked to bring a pie. Two scarlet fever cases are in the local school. Local residents attend the Jackson American Legion Convention. Chronicles mention several visits and hospital stays among townsfolk. Lonnie Harrison and Carol Hawk study in Chillicothe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Eastern Star
Lonnie Harrison
Carol Hawk
Chillicothe
S&s. H. Sheinfield
Catherine Gallagar
Columbus
Guy King
Blair Might
A. 0. Woodall
McArthur
Arthur Woodall
St. Francis Hospital
Wilkenville
American Legion
Jackson
L. C. Calvin
Baby
A. L. DeVault
Bonnie
Francis Penn
Sheriff Hatfield and Rees Pursue Car Thief to Lexington
Sheriff E B Hatfield and Robert Rees traveled to Lexington Kentucky to retrieve Owen Flardgrow a colored man charged with stealing a car from Rees Motor Company a month ago Flardgrow also known as Clyde was seized by Lexington police while trying to sell the vehicle for 25 dollars and is said to have taken it on a trial run without returning it
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Rees
Lexington
Owen Flardgrow
Rees Motor Company
Hardgrow
Clyde
Mrs George Minton Visits Gallipolis Friends
Mrs George Minton formerly Miss Virginia Wright of Gallipolis is visiting friends and relatives. She arrived with Miss Mary Tab it and Miss Margaret Tab it from Dayton after Fred Gordon of Dayton recovered from an appendicitis operation. They report his progress satisfactory.
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Gallipolis
George Minton
Virginia Wright
Mary
Margaret Tabit
Dayton
Fred Gordon
Jailing Crowd Grows in Gallipolis Town
Ten persons were held in Gallipolis city jail Sunday night, the largest crowd in weeks, with the majority charged with drunkenness.
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Gallipolis
River Notes from Gallipolis on Ohio River Traffic
The Ohio River stands at 11 feet pool level with a small rise forecast from Kanawha River. Fog delays river traffic daily. The steamer C. W. Talbott returned to Pittsburgh after delivering tank barges to Charleston and Huntington. The Greenbrier lighthouse steamer toured the upper rivers with winter light tender supplies. The Monongahela carried eight barges of steel products for Texas and Oklahoma oil fields and has been overhauled with new paint. Final distribution of the Queen City sternwheel packet is reported. the vessel is now a wharfboat in Pittsburgh and its crew wages are largely settled except for two captains. The Queen’s last trips were Pittsburgh to New Orleans routes. she sank on one voyage near Louisville Falls with no loss of life. The Queen’s first master was Robert R. Agnew, last master W Ed Dunaway. A new all steel dredge William Black is nearing completion at Pt.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Kanawha River
C. W. Talbott
Pittsburgh
Charleston
Huntington
United States
Greenbrier
Lighthouse Service
Lower
Ohio
Upper
Monongahela
Allegheny
Great Kanawha
Monroe
Doggie” Cross
William Pollock
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Stage Kitchen Is Prepared for Athens Shoppers
Mrs Harris promotes a stage kitchen displaying modern labor and time saving equipment and groceries from Athens merchants. The sessions target both thrifty housekeepers and affluent cooks with free recipes, demonstrations, and daily gifts including market baskets and dishes. Attendees who come daily gain bigger chances at the grand prizes from local merchants. Pleasant boat yard heads to Kansas City district for river work with a four-ship dredge tow. Kanawha coal and Pittsburgh steel moves downstream to Cincinnati.
Gates Leaves Hospital After County Car Wreck
Gallipolis deputy sheriff Howard Gates left Holzer Hospital after five days of treatment for injuries from a county car rollover during a pursuit of car thief Alva Sowards. Deputy Harold Wood and passenger Golda George were also treated. Newsom drove the wrecked car to Gallipolis as Sowards remained at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Howard Gates
Holzer Hospital
Harold Wood
Golda George
Wood
Carl Newsom
Funeral services for John E Saunders held in Gallipolis
Funeral services were held this afternoon for John E Saunders who died at the home of his stepson Eureka Sheets at Leaper. Surviving children include James of Lecta Calvin of Ashland Ky Joe M Thivener Elmer Thiv ener A A Saunders Northup Mrs William Oliver Gallipolis Route Mrs Delman Stewart Pt Pleasant W Va and Emory Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John 8. Saunders
Eureka Sheets
Leaper
James
Lecta
Calvin
Ashland
Joe M
Thivener
Elmer
A. A. Saunders
Northup
William Oliver
Delman Stewart
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Emory
Athens
Court of Appeals Upholds Switzer Damages Case
The Court of Appeals affirms a Common Pleas verdict for R. M. Switzer as ancillary administrator of Owens F. Roseberry estate in a fatal auto collision in Kanauga. Plaintiff sought damages for Roseberry death from the Payne defendants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
R. M. Switzer
Owens F. Roseberry
Re. C. E
Fred W. Payne
Roseberry
Kanauga
Calm Serene Friend of Gandhi Shares Life Philosophy
Miss Muriel Lester head of Kingsley Hall in London and follower of Gandhi spoke at a Methodist Church event about living a life of peace and non-violence. She described her simple dress and modest life as proof of her beliefs and urged others to seek God over worldly gain.
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Margaret Alcorn
Muriel Lester
Mahatma Gandhi
Kingsley Hall
London
Methodist Church
Methodist Episcopal Church
Bow
Jane Addams
Miss Lester
Bethany Council
Westminster Fellowship
Wesley Foundation
Columbus
Fellowship of Reconciliation
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Wilkesville News
Cooking
Pasini
Mr. Steppe
Blanche Chncl’ Chun
William Black
Gates Leaves
Alva Sowards
Sowards
Gandhi
Servetores
Signia
FORD
Bertha M. Harris
the Messenger Cooking School
No Eat
Ford Dealers
Nelsonvile
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