Meigs County Red Cross drives to hit 2,000 member goal
Pomeroy reports the Meigs County Red Cross roll call under way with a goal of 2,000 members and hopes to exceed by 500. R. W. Finsterwald leads the drive noting local funds only and voluntary groups sewing garments from federal material for distribution through the county Red Cross. Mrs Finsterwald serves as production chair organizing sewing groups and volunteers in each locality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Citisan
Meigs County
Red Cross
R. W. Finsterwald
Finaterwald
Meigs County Red Cross
R. W. Winsterwald
Lincoln Hill
Hartier
Finsterwald
Romine divorce suit leads list of actions in Pomeroy
John Romine Jr files for divorce from Dora Romine in common pleas court alleging gross neglect. Two other actions filed include a money judgment action by State Auto Insurance Co against Fred Guth and Sophia Whitlock doing business as Guth & Whitlock seeking 825 dollars with interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Dora Romine
John Romine, Jr
Common Pleas Court
State Automobile Insurance Company
Plaintiff
Fred Guth
Sophia Whitlock
Guth
School Attendance Holds At 98 Percent In Meigs County
Pomeroy November 14. Despite hard times attendance remains at an average of 98 percent, thanks to relief agencies supplying clothing and shoes and in some cases books. Tru ant officer William Matthewson notes poverty and destitution seen countywide and explains a rule: any child with suitable clothing away from home can attend school in that attire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
William Matthewson
Meigs County
Matthewson
Hilda Ohlinger Gives Postgraduate Organ Recital in Columbus
Miss Hilda Ohlinger, Pomeroy music teacher, presented a Sunday afternoon organ recital at First Methodist Episcopal Church in Columbus. She studied under Leila Brown Glenn and was supported by Dorothy Klingbell and Howard Moon, with a program featuring Becker, Massenet, Rimsky Korsakov, Macfarlane, Rubinstein, and Kindler. Friends awarded flowers including variegated chrysanthemum basket. a Pomeroy recital will follow at Peace Evangelical Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hilda
Ohlinger
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Columbus
Onger
Leila Brown Glenn
Capital University Conservatory
Mise Oblinger
Dorothy Klingbell
Howard Moon
Becker
Mises Oblinger
Massenet
Seaver
Mr. Moon
Atia
Bach
Rimsky-Korsakoff
Macfarlane
Miss Oblinger
Franz
Rubinstein
Klingerl
Gillette
Kinder
Miss Ohblinger
Norman Kleen
Marcella Owens
Peace Evangelical Church
Helen Zeiher
Marguerite Meier
Ohio River dredging contracts total 108000 awarded
War Department awards two dredging contracts in the Huntington District for the Ohio River, totaling 106000. Van Construction Co of Pittsburgh will dredge Sand Creek bar below Ravenswood, while Ohio River Dredging Co of Huntington will dredge channels below Dam 28. About 60 workers to be employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio River
War Department
Huntington
Moundsville
Ashland
van Construction Company
Pittsburgh
Sand Creek Bar
Ravenswood
Pomeroy
Oho River Dredging Company
United States
Wheeling
Cincinnati
Carrollon
Ohio
Brush Creek Island
Rome
Kentucky
Marietta
Irenton
Rome Beach
Americans Aggregrates Corporation
Urbana
Vevay
Ind
Kanawha River
Lighthouse Tender Greenbrier Heads for Cincinnati
The United States Lighthouse Tender Greenbrier headed downstream to Cincinnati for supplies and service. Based in Gallipolis, it furnishes winter provisions for light tenders in the Pittsburgh District and keepers on the Great Kanawha, Upper Ohio, Monongahela, and Allegheny rivers. Captain Leslie Hall commands the daylight vessel with Captain Lee Brugg as pilot, as it rarely operates on Sundays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greenbrier
Ohio Valley
Gallipolis
United States
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Great Kanawha
Upper Ohio
Monongahela
Allegheny
Gallipolis Island
Walker Bend
Ohio River
Leslie Hall
Ohio
Lee Brngg
Gallia Principals Plan 1992-33 Basketball Schedule
Gallia county principals from all high schools except Gallipolis met with County Superintendent E. W. Edwards to draw up a 1992-33 basketball schedule. The group also authorized Edwards to appoint three English teachers to arrange a Gallia County Debate League, the county lacking one for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
E. W. Edwards
Tt Ie
Edwards
Pine Street slabwork completed on upper side in Gallipolis
Concrete base for Pine Street is finished on the upper side by Bellefontaine Construction Company. One half of the street width is being poured along the full length of the thoroughfare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pine Street
Bellefontaine Construction Company
Steamer William Larimer Jones Heads Tow for Memphis
The Steamer William Larimer Jones of the Vesta Coal Company passed down Sunday for Memphis with a heavy tow of Pittsburgh steel products. The Titan, sister boat, is up from Memphis with empty steel barges for reload at Pittsburg. The Steel City heads for Cincinnati with steel products and tin plate to reship to Memphis and New Orleans. The J. D. Ayres also travels to Memphis with a large Pittsburgh steel tow. Two lockages were required to pass the tow through the locks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jones
Farir
Memphis
Gallipolis
William Larimer Jones
Vesta Coal Company
Pittsburgh
Titan
Pitta
Steel City
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Mississippi Valley
Campbell Line
J. D. Ayres
Union Line
Pittsburgh Steel
Probate filings in Gallipolis name Eureka man and estate
Will of George Gothard of Eureka was filed for probate Saturday. H W Cherrington appointed by Judge J S Clark as administrator of the Luther Devis estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Gothard
Eureka
H. W. Cherrington
J. S. Clark
Luther Devis
Steamer Tom Greene Repairs Set During Thanksgiving Week
In Gallipolis on November 14, Acme Boiler Packet Line manager Charles Arthur was sent to Cincinnati to inspect the steel steamer Tom Greene for boiler work. Repairs planned for Thanksgiving week will pause Greene Line service between Cincinnati and Louisville, with operations resuming the following week along with the Chris Greene in Huntington trade. Payroll data show $2,213.25 for county road work in the first two weeks of November, the smallest two week total since spring road construction began. fifty men were employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur
Queen City
Tom Greene
Gallipolis
Charles Arthur
Acme Boiler Packet
Greene
Cincinnati
Louisville
Greene Line
Chris Greene
Huntington
F. A Haskine
Real estate transfers and local social notes from Gallipolis
Real estate transfers recorded in the week ending Saturday include Carey B. Russell to BE. & Harmonk for 146 acres in Ellington Township and Edward B. Miller to Annse Miller for part of lots 231-251 in Gallipolis. Ada Rush to C. Fo Ward for a cemetery lot. Residents attend meetings and football games. Gilbert Bush plans to attend the National Ice Men's Association meeting in Pittsburgh. Several locals attend the University of Cincinnati Ohio University game, with many Gallia Academy football team members listed among attendees. Nan Deardorff visits. W. F. Crawford of New York and Mr and Mrs H. Leardorf of Huntington, are guests. Mrs. Walter B. Smoot and children visit Erie for the serious illness of her father in Holzer Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carey B. Russell
BE. & Harmonk
Eluetington Tiwnanip
Edward B. Miller
Annse
Miller
Galipolia
Ada Rush
C. Fo Ward
Cheertre
Peru
Harrington
Mary Harrington
Ohio Township
William &. Howe
Gilbert Hager
Addison Township
Gilbert Bush
Pittsburgh
Bhires Jones
Charleston
W Va
Washington and Lee West Virginia
Jane Ann Bovie
Alice Neal
Ohio State University
W. F. Crawford
New York City
H. Leardorf
Huntington W. Va
Erie
Paul Neigenfien
Hoizer Hospital
Mises Emma Richards
Rio Grande
Iva Brown
Mira Mabel Wilson
Kathryn Hawkins
Ruby Byers
Thelma Young
Margaret Russell
Columbia
Ohio State University-Pennsylvania
Miss Wilson
J. ©. Fisher
Zanesville
Clinton Fisher
Eloise Ralph
Ruth Thomas
Lincoln Street
Margaret Ralph
Penyan
Ralph
Walker
Huntington
C. T. Shumaker
Gravel Hill
Irving Spafford
Columbus
Fidward Spooner
South Fifth Avenue
Ralph Frecker
John Frecker
Grant Street
A. McCullough
Rashan
Elia Harry
Portsmouth
Frank Ryan
C. F. Davin
South Fourth Avenue
Mayme
Covert
Mary Ring
Luther Ramsey
C W. Ramsey Max Lambert
Jep Swisher
Dim Martin
Ohio State
Pennsylvania
A A Chappelle
Flora Talbott
Gertrude
Chappelle
Middleport
Jimmy Buchanan
Frank Fugate
MecConnelsville
Rocky Glenn Sanatorium
McConnelsville
Court to Hear Jackson Civil Suit This Week
Common Pleas Judge W. R. White will hear a civil case involving the city of Jackson in Jackson this week. Judge C. E. Peoples of Meigs County is expected to sit in for White on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas
W. R. White
Jackson
City of
C. E. Peoples
Meigs County
White
Gallipolis Court News Court Suit and Chattel Dispute
Gallipolis Motor Company sues John Perry on a February 5 1932 dog note for 150 with seven percent interest from August 1 1982. J L Betz appeals an $80 execution to William Bowen and asks for a hound dog returned as not part of chattels. Frank H Brown vs Ruby Rader judgment cites funds due from Centerville School board applied to prior Rader judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Motor Company
John Perry
J. L. Betz
Court of Justice
Leo Carter
William Bowen
Betz
Bowen
Frank H. Brown
Ruby Rader
Board of Education of
Centerville
Moore Earns GOP Endorsement for Gallia Deputy Vehicle Chief
Earl Moore won the Gal lia County Republican Executive Committee endorsement for deputy motor vehicle commissioner in Gallia County, defeating Emmett Keeler 15-14 on the fifth ballot. Other applicants were Ferry Dillon Ruby Plummer and Fred Payne. Moore, former automobile registrar, will have the endorsement referred to Secretary of State Clarence J. Brown for appointment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallapolis
Earl Moore
Gallia County
Republican Executive Committee
Emmett Keeler
Ferry Dillon
Win Peace Contests in Galipolis Declamation event
Charlotte Sprewel and Frances Dawson won bronze medals in Prince of Peace Declamation Contests at Grace Methodist Episcopal and First Baptist Churches. They advance to facing other Gallia County church reps on the first Sunday in December to decide the county winner. Spreigel’s piece judged best in the Methodist contest. Other contestants included Faye Alban and Laanice Fierbaugh. Dawson defeated Helen Pierson and Ethel Wilson at the Baptist service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charlotte Sprewel
Frances Dawson
Prince of Peace
Grace Methodist Episcopal
First Baptist
Galita County
Miss Spreigel
Faye Alban
Laanice Fierbaugh
Miss Dawson
Helen Pierson
Ethel Wilson
Hunters Apply for Licenses as Rabbit Season Opens
In Gallipolis on Saturday many residents sought hunting licenses at the Clerk of Courts office led by Margaret McCormick. Ross Sexton, a World War II veteran from Rodney, bought his first license since the war. Rabbit season starts Tuesday and other seasons for raccoon opossum skunk fox Hungarian partridge and ring-necked pheasant are also open. Mrs Ralston Johnston of Bladen was admitted to Holzer Hospital Saturday afternoon for treatment. Mrs Lea Brown of Gallipolia was discharged Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clerk of Courts
Margaret McCormick
Ross Sexton
Rodney
Ralston Johnston
Bladen
Holzer Hospital
Lea Brown
Gallipolia
Four West Virginia Men Face Robbery Charge at Racine
Four men from New Haven West Virginia Alvin Capehart Walter Rousa Raymond Ord and Elmer Grimm are jailed in Pomeroy for investigation of the November 4 attempted Racine Cross Store robbery. Two have confessed naming the others and described planning entering by breaking a window stealing a boat and fleeing after lighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Racine
Thehleves
West Virginia
Alvin Capehart
Walter Rousa
Raymond Ord
Elmer Grimm
Officera
Middleport Heads Attend Bottlers Convention In Cleveland
Local residents travel to Cleveland for the Bottlers Convention with accompanying visits in Oberlin and Columbus. Emma Richards visits Rio Grande. Mira Wilson leads students to Ohio State-Pennsylvania football game. several others travel for family visits, hospital stays, and university events.
Gallia County Candidates Must File Expense Accounts
Expense accounts for 21 county candidates and local organizations must be filed by Friday November 18 under state election laws, per George N. Boles the Gallia County Board of Elections clerk. Defeated candidates must list receipts and itemized expenditures alongside successful contenders. In other news the Panama Canal features several forts Sherman Randolph de Lesseps Amador Davis and Clayton for protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George N. Boles
Gallia County
Panama Canal
Sherman
Randolph
de Lesseps
Amador Davis
Clayton
Late Election Sidelights Highlight Pomeroy Meigs County Vote
Meigs County results spark talk of a GOP comeback and a school-triumph narrative tied to Pomeroy High School alumni Horton Brown R B Webster and A B Bingham. Observers note shifts in county offices and looming patronage contests for highway supervision and postmasterships amid Democratic turnover.
Presbyterian Men to Host Annual Rabbit Supper
In Middleport on Friday evening the Men's Bible Class of the Presbyterian Church will hold its annual rabbit supper in the church dining room. O. Stewart, class teacher, reports an interesting evening planned with a program featuring musical entertainment and contests after the supper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
The
Presbyterian Church
Stewart
Butler Save GO. P. Must Find Leaders Butler Save GO. P.
In New York on November 14 Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler urged the Republican party to reorganize under liberal leadership. He warned it may pass from existence unless youth seek constructive forward-looking direction and produce new strength for a future generation of public service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Republican Party
Nicholas Murray Butler
Republican Party of Tomorrow
Columbia University
Wall Collapse Buries Home. 18 Dead in Poland Brewery Incident
In Warsaw on November 14, a brewery wall collapse at Harler-Busch & Schiele Brewery buried a small adjoining wooden house. Eighteen people died and about twenty were injured as barley filled the debris and suffocated residents who were asleep. One dog, cat, and a squirrel survived amid the casualties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warsaw
Poland
Harler-Busch & Schiele
Death of Mrs. Edward Barker. funeral Tuesday
Name of Dewey Barker, oldest son, was omitted in the Sunday story about the death of Mrs. Edward Barker of 20 West State Street. Dewey Barker lives at the home. Funeral services for Mrs. Barker will be held at 10 30 o'clock Tuesday morning at the residence with burial in the West Asion Street Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dewey Barker
Edward Barker
West State Street
Buchtel People Hurt In Columbus Wreck
Five people were injured in a Columbus crash at Grant and Vernon Avenues yesterday morning. W A Brown and Fred Aire collided. Pauline Browen, Mr and Mrs Walter Farrell, and Mrs Dorothy Kinder were hospitalized with multiple injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Champion Avenue
Farrell
Kinder
Pauline Brown
Eve Charles Zanger
Edwards &J
Brown
Airs
Liberals Plan New Start After 1936 Setback
Chicago November 14 The Democratic landslide overturned plans for an immediate liberal party formation. Professor Paul H. Douglas of the University of Chicago, a liberal movement leader and former head of the Committee of 100,000 said the blueprint would be revived next spring. He had advocated a liberal party replacing the Democrats with a nucleus from the Socialist and Farm Labor movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Paul H. Douglas
University of Chicago
Douglas
Norman Thomas
America
Picture in Magazine Leads to Rearrest of Fugitive
In Kansas City on November 14, detective W F Puppen spotted a magazine photo of Ralph Short, a fugitive wanted by Utah authorities for attempted murder. Short, who escaped from Utah Penitentiary on December 17, 1930, confessed and faced return to Salt Lake City to complete a one to twenty year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
U.P
W. F Puppen
Ralph Short
Utah Penitentiary
Salt Lake City
Phippen
Short
Ralph
Utah
Salt Lake
Moving Concerns Buzz After Election in Washington
Moving firms rush to tap government movers after March 4, as a Civil Service Commission aide cites Roosevelt for the official list. A receptionist reports a caller from a long distance company asking for departing officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
UPI
Hoover
Civil Service Commission
Long Distance Overs
Roosevelt
Crime Conditions in Ohio Now Surveyed
A joint survey by the Ohio Institute of Columbus and the Johns Hopkins University Law Institute reports a comprehensive study of crime conditions in Ohio. The findings cover trends, contributing factors, and regional differences across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Columbus
Ohio Institute of Columbus
The
Law Institute of Johns Hopkins University
Ohio crime report system gains wide coverage
Under a grant from the Bureau of Social Hygiene New York the Ohio Institute has cooperated with police chiefs and sheriffs to establish uniform crime reports. London acts as a clearing house for the reports. About 94 percent of Ohio’s population is covered by the system which is in use in eight of ninety three cities and sixty three of the counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Bureau of Social Hygiene, Inc
New York
Ohio Institute
Poli
State Bureau of Crimina
London
Spent Liberally To Defeat Judge Allen
Charles B. Zimmerman Democrat of Springfield defeated for the long term on the Ohio Supreme Court. C Bolton Republican of Cleveland filed campaign expense statements with Secretary Clarence Brown. Zimmerman said he spent 124 and received nothing. Bolton said he spent 2000 of his own money in the Twenty-Second District race against Judge Florence KE Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Charles B. Zimmerman
Springfield
Ohio Supreme Court
C. Bolton
Cleveland
Clarence Brown
Zimmerman
Bolton
Florence KE. Allen
Personal crisis reports may lift life insurance rates
Hartford Nov reports show rising personal crisis data leading insurers such as Aetna Life Travelers Connecticut General and Hartford stock firms to study premium increases around 4 to 3 percent. Rates particularly target people over 49 as revenue declines and depression pressures blend with fewer policy privileges. Mutual life firms cut dividends about 25 percent earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford. Conn
Aetna Life
The
Travelers
Connecticut General Life
Hartford Stock Companies
Mutual Life Companies
Fasteeth Delivers Stable False Teeth With New Powder
A new delightful powder keeps false teeth from rocking slipping or dropping. It promises no pasty taste or feeling and gives perfect confidence all day. Available at Quick's Cut Rate or your druggist.
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets Advertises Liver Aid
An ad promotes Dr Edwards Olive Tablets as a safe liver booster to relieve sluggish liver symptoms such as pimples bad breath and fatigue. It claims the vegetable formula stimulates bile flow and serves as a substitute for calomel, urging readers to ask their druggist for the product.
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Oing County Red Cross
a@ Guth & Whitlock
Ray Smith
Ripley-Mason Road
Far Jacks
O. & Stansbury
M. Molden
KB. McCumber
P. A. Jiiden
Ft. J. Taylor
Fidelity and Guaranty Company
Baltimore
Hilda Olinger
Were
Dean’s
Deans Pilis
Court News
Moore
Irches
Arthur Covert
J. HM. Grate
George van Zant
Bottlers
Nora Guinther
W. G James
James
Oberlin
Roscoe Fowler
J. Beaver
William Stansbury
G. H. Stansbury
Horton Brown
R. B. Webster
Jinx
A. B. Bingham
Pomeroy High School
Middleport High School
A McCullough
Privaty Judge
J. &. Carleton
Meigs
Tom Jones
C ., Peoples
H. J. Blackmore
McCullough
St Ie
William Baum
Latin Township
A. F. Eiselstein
Eiselstein
Eiseltein W
G. P
Florence Smith
Ross Powell
Buchtel
Allen
Fasteeth
Logan
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