Seven Gallia County Schools to Hold Thursday Talk
Principals and coaches from Cheshire Vinton Bidwell Cadmus Mercerville Centerville and Rio Grande plan Thursday night meeting with County Superintendent H B Bradbury to draft a county basketball schedule and discuss other athletic activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
H. B. Bradbury
Cheshire
Vinton
Bidwell
Cadmus
Mercerville
Centerville
Rio Grande
Mrs Dexter To Head Dinner At High School
Mrs Elma Dexter will be general chairwoman of the Business and Professional Women's public dinner and card party at Gallipolis High School on Thursday Oct 28 Assistants include Mrs Pearl Hatfield Nellie Ball Margaret Carter Stella Arthur Bess Wetherholt and Ethel Wheeler Proceeds aid indigent school children club work Hostesses for November are Mrs Jesta McKnight Viola Woodward Rita Frazier Susan Henke and Pearl Hatfield.
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Gallipolis
Elma Dexter
Pearl Hatfield
Nellie Ball
Margaret Carter
Stella Arthur
Bess Wetherholt
Ethel Wheeler
Jesta McKnight
Viola Woodward
Rita Frazier
Susan Henke
Nebo Cemetery Clean Up Fund Tops $1000 in Gallia County
The Nebo Cemetery Association reports over $1000 raised to improve Nebo Welsh cemetery with ground leveling grass seed sunken, tombstones straightened, and foot markers lowered. About $350 has been spent. goal is $35000 for perpetual care. A meeting for donors and supporters is set at Nebo Church on Saturday Oct 23 at 1 30 to appoint directors and trustees. A similar effort at Tyn Rhos Cemetery is noted as a proven success.
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Gallipolis
Nebo
Nebo Church
Gallia County
Tyn Rhos
Massie Returns Home From Hospital After Attack
Gallia Countys Robert Massie, a victim of an alleged blackjack assault on Vine Street Gallipolis, has been released from Holzer Hospital to his home in Sand Hollow Green Township. His hearing is seriously impaired. Frank Rader of Gallipolis is charged with assault with intent to kill and is held in the county jail on 5000 dollars bond.
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Gallipolis
Vine St
Robert Massie
Holzer Hospital
Sand Hollow
Green Township
Massie
Frank Rader
Gallipolis Stove Co. At Full Capacity
Gallipolis Foundry and Stove Co. reports it is running at full capacity on stoves and parts. Dr. C. F. Holzer, head of the company, notes operating at peak output from the Second and Spruce Street facility.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Foundry & Stove Co
Spruce Sts
C. F. Holzer
Infant Burned When Teakettle Breaks at Home
Gallipolis reports an infant son of Mr and Mrs John Call suffered severe burns at the Swan Creek home in Clay Township when a teakettle on the stove spilled hot water after the handle broke. Doctors believe the child will recover.
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Gallipolis
John Call
Swan Creek
Clay Township
Warrant Refused In Gallipolis Gun Wound Case
Gallipolis officers refused to issue a warrant for Bid Clench on a leg shooting charge. Jacob Bush, who treated the victim at Holzer Hospital, found the wound to be flesh. Clench, a coal truck driver and township trustee candidate, remains at large.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jacob Bush
Clench
Fairgrounds
Bush
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis Township
Ernest Weaver Dies in Marion
Ernest Weaver former Gallipolis resident dies at his Marion home. He worked as a cigar maker. His wife is Miss Barker sister of Mrs. Howard Harding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ernest Weaver
Marion
Miss Barker
Howard Harding
McCail Released From Holzer After Throat Wound
J Reuben McCail left Holzer Hospital on Wednesday and went home to Mercerville. He suffered a severe throat wound when struck by the fan blades of an automobile.
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Gallipolis
J. Reuben McCail
Holzer Hospital
Mercerville
Marriage of Hamilton Dale in St Marys West Virginia
Gallipolis notes report Hamilton Dale and Miss Clara Dale united in marriage in St Marys West Virginia on Oct 2 1936 with Rev A B Minnameyer officiating A luncheon at Lafayette Hotel featured pink and white decor. guests included Miss Myrtle Chapman of Huntington and Miss Erma Smith of Pomeroy.
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Gallipolis
Hamilton
Clara
Babe) Dale
St. Marys
W. Va
A. B. Minnameyer
The
Presbyterian Church
Charlotte Danner
Lafayette Hotel
Myrtle Chapman
Huntington
Erma Smith
Pomeroy
George Hamilton
Cincinnati
W. S. Dale
Miami University
Marriage of Wickline and Evans announced in Rio Grande
The couple Maxine Wickline of Rio Grande and Joel Evans of Oak Hill wed in early spring. Bride attended Rio Grande College where both were students. Evans is a teacher at the Kitchen School near Gallia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maxine Wickline
Rio Grande
Joel Evans
Oak Hill
David Wickline
Evans
Rio Grande College
Kitchen
Gallia
Metcalf and Fulks Wed in Huntington Ceremony
Carl Metcalf of Huntington and Miss Mildred Fulks daughter of Mr and Mrs Grover Fulks Crown City were married Tuesday October 12. Metcalf a civil engineer with the State Highway Department of West Virginia, they will reside in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Metcalf
Huntington
Mildred Fulks
Grover Fulks
Crown City
Metcalf
State Highway Department of
West Virginia
Marriage Unites Edgar Jarrett and Thelma Scarberry in Belle
Edgar Raymond Jarrett of Belle West Virginia wed Thelma F Ernestine Scarberry daughter of Mr and Mrs Marion Scarberry of Gallia County. Reverend H M Smith of the Church of God officiated at the Manley home with relatives Clifford Manley and Agnes Smith present. Jarrett works on the new dam nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Gills
Gallia
Floyd Gills
United States Navy
West Coast
M. A. Cahoon
Richmond
Ind
Willard Gills
Maumee
Dan Rees
Fred Gills
Marietta
J. E. Gills
Edgar Raymond Jarrett
Belle
W. Va
Thelma F Ernestine Scarberry
Marion Scarberry
Gallia County
H. M. Smith
Church of God
Virgil Manley
Clifford Manley
Agnes Smith
Jarrett
Here
Mary Frances Caldwell Weds Francis Coughenour in Columbus
Mrs Marguerite Caldwell announced the marriage of her daughter Mary Frances to Francis Coughenour of Milford Center. Rev H H Wilbur read the ceremony in Columbus on Sept 4. The groom's parents are Marlow and the couple will reside in Columbus. Mrs Stanley Huntington and two friends traveled to Columbus to hear Madame Kirsten Flagstad in Memorial Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Caldwell
Columbus
Mary Frances
Francis Coughenour
Milford Center
H. H. Wilbur
Grace Methodist Church
Coughenour
Marlow Coughenour
Stanley Huntington
Dorothy Titus
Lois Fasig
Kirsten Flagstad
Memorial Hall
Ironton BusI Club 11th Birthday Honor Guests
Mrs. Margaret D. Carter Mrs. E. E. Hatfield Mrs. J. W. Mootz Mrs. Ira Swisher and Miss Ethel Young attended the Ironton Business Club 11th birthday celebration at the Hotel Martin in Ironton on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret D. Carter
E. E. Hatfield
J. W. Mootz
Ira Swisher
Ethel Young
Ironton Business and Professional Women's Club
Marting
That City
Huntington Grange Halloween Party Planned in Gallipolis
Huntington Grange members will attend the next meeting on Saturday night October 23 bearing gingerbread pumpkin pies and cider for a Halloween party. Mrs FE Painter announces a Highway Safety program with a state highway patrolman to give a safety demonstration and talk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Huntington Grange
FE. Painter
Gridders to Visit Gallipolis for Marshall Game
Ohio University football plans a trip to Huntington to face Marshall College on October 30. The squad will stay the night before at the Lafayette Hotel in Gallipolis, preparing for the more than 80 mile journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio University
Huntington
Marshall College
Lafayette
Ex Gallia Man Roland Edwards Dies in Cleveland
Roland Edwards of Cleveland died Wednesday at age 57. Born near Thurman in Gallia County, he graduated from Rio Grande College in 1902 and lived in Cleveland for years. He is survived by wife Bess Nye and two sons David E. and Jon Abram Edwards. funeral services set for Friday with relatives from Oak Hill expected.
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Gallipolis
Roland Edwards
Cleveland
Abram
Ann Rowlands Edwards
Thurman
Gallia County
Rio Grande College
Edwards
Bess Nye
David E
Jon Abram Edwards
Richard Edwards
Roland
Oak Hill
Gallipolis Rotary hears judge on Present Day Taxes
Judge Henry W. Cherrington spoke to the Gallipolis Rotary Club on Present Day Taxes Tuesday night. Announcement noted Morris Haskins and Jack Knight with wives will attend the International Rotary Convention in San Francisco next May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Henry W. Cherrington
Gallipolis Rotary Club
Morris Haskins
Jack Knight
International Rotary Convention
San Francisco
Auto shop retrieves cow from well. animal dies after rescue
In Frederick Oklahoma an auto service used a wrecker and chain hoist to lift a cow trapped in a well. The cow reached the surface and died for unknown reasons. The item ends with a safety warning to watch for pedestrians and vehicles when exiting a garage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederick
Okla
Athens Air Taxi Service Publicized At Municipal Airport
Rail time card notes an Airtaxi air service at Athens Municipal Airport with sunrise to sunset flights and through airline connections. It lists departures from Athens at 10 46 am 12 30 pm and other times to North and West with connections to T and W A and AA at nearby main airports.
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Athens Municipal Airport
Athens West
Baltimore & Ohio
Diplomat
Sereemser Econ
Nations Limited
National Limited
Chesapeake & Ohio
NEW York Central South
NEW York Central North
Coolville Notes and Community Happenings
Community events include a masquade party by Future Farmers of America and Future Homemakers of America at the auditorium with Agnes Terrill in charge. Farm Bureau Group 4 meets at the Brandeberry home. Various visiting relatives and church activities are reported from Coolville and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coolville
Farmers of America
Homemakers of America
Agnes Terrill
Farm Bureau
Adam Brandeberry
Ireland
E. J. Williams
Richmondale
W. D. Miller
Jacksonville Pastor and Wife Are Honored by Congregation
About fifty people gathered in the M. E. Church on Friday evening to honor Rev. and Mrs. R. S. Lawrence and Miss Doris Lawrence. The program included songs, prayers, duets, talks, and instrumental numbers, followed by candle-lit refreshments in the church dining room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jacksonville
M. E
R. S. Lawrence
Doris Lawrence
God of Our
Rutland Plans Annual Homecoming With Game and Dinner
Rutland High School will host its annual home-coming Friday at the school. A 2:30 football game pits Rutland against Chauncey, followed by a public dinner served by the parent teacher association. Nearby residents and families visited or stayed with locals over the weekend, including Wendell Diehl visiting West Alexandria, Kenneth Michael and Harold Rice in Springfield, and other relatives gathered around Mrs. Alma Brown and Mr. Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Rutland High School
Chauncey
Parent
Wendell Diehl
West Alexandria
Frank Utsinger
Kenneth Michael
Harold Rice
Springfield
Charles Kennedy
Charles Kennedy Had As Their Guests On Friday, Mrs. Kennedy
Murray City
Kermit Brown
Marvin Davis
Akron
Alma Brown
Mary Stiles
Carpenter
Carl Reeves
Russell Sloman
Gallipolis
Drunk Drivers Fined $50 Each in Gallipolis Court
Aubrey Smith and Mary Berry appeared before Judge W R White in the Common Pleas Court on intoxication while operating a motor vehicle charges. Both were fined $50 and Smith's driving license was suspended for six months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. R. White
Common* Pleas Court
Aubrey Smith
Mary Berry
Pleasant Valley
Smith
Four Gallia Cases Come Before Court of Appeals
Gallia Court of Appeals in session Wednesday considered four cases. One involved the State of Ohio versus Ann Childers charged with setting a shotgun trap in Greenfield Township that severely wounded Dan Earl Wagner, then 15. Other docket items include Board of Education of Guyan Township v T E Daniels et al custody matter, Carl Russell v Sylvia Russell custody, and Robert Moore v David Mehl workmen's compensation dispute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Court of Appeals
State of Ohio
Ann Childers
Greenfield Township
Dan Earl Wagner
Board of Education of
Guyan Township
T. E. Daniels
Carl Russell
Sylvia Russell
Robert Moore
David Mehl
Workman
Dream of Former Gallia County Women Fails To Materialize
In Gallipolis three aged sisters Mrs. Carroll Mrs. Rose Holtz and Miss Lulu Gibbs hoped to earn a living with seven trained dogs. Columbus Humane Society officers impounded the dogs due to lack of food and lack of licenses. The dogs were housed at the society shelter after a brief visit to their former home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franklin Cox
Virginia Rupe
Paul Myers
Ben Evans
Eugene Spear
Cleveland
Masonic Grand Lodge
Dorothy Rinehart
New County Hospital
Ironton
Odessa Rinehart
W. L. Troth
David Fravel
Galena
Frank Radekin
Westerville
C. C. Mack
Charles Mack
Columbus
Lloyd Hamilton
Walter Wise
Alva Bing
Woman's Home Missionary Society of the
Cheshire
Rachel Davis
Delaware
Jane
Maye Davis
James Danner
Chauncey
H. C. McCormick
Gallia County
Somerset
Kate Rowley
Akron
Elizabeth van Zandt
Marian
Howard Neal
Gallipolis
Colonel Campbell
Cincinnati
A. R. Johnson
Margaret
Lottie Shuler
Alice Reinwald
Eric
William H. Needham
Williamson
W. Va
R. M. Switzer
Gordon Walker
Chillicothe
John McNealey
Emma _ Richards
Rio Grande
Columbus Humane Society
Ella Carroll
Rose Holtz
Ed Holtz
Lulu Gibbs
Henry Gibbs
Second Ave
The
Humane Society
Broadwell Social and Personal News Notes
Broadwell hosts church service with Rev Bartoe presiding. Local residents visit ill neighbors and attend family gatherings. Several trips to Athens and Nelsonville for meals and birthday dinners noted among Oggs, Whites, Parsons, Sprouse, and Williams families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broadwell
Bartoe
Laura James
John Barrows
Stewart
Leonard Ogg
Herman Ogg
Nelsonville
Joseph Conant
Ed Williams
Arthur Conant
Eva Bolis
Ellis Run
Louis Sutton
Haga Ridge
Ralph Young
Amesville
Frank Parsons
Henry Parsons
Chesterhill
Millard Dunfee
West Virginia
John Sprouse
Albert Ogg
Jacksonville
Rufie White
Viola Tuttle
Athens
Ernest White
Billy
Lisle White
Bobby
Shirley
Scott White
Bert Roberts
Pennsville
Lotie
Evalina Brill
Keith
Oscar James
McConnellville
Lester White
Claire Nice
Cutler
William Morgan
George Smith
Merriman Moch Carnes Buy Second Ave Building
A purchase by A K Merri man Joe Moch and Hubert Carnes secures the building on Second Ave near Court St that formerly housed Matt Reid’s dry cleaning business and is now run by Steve Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. K. Merriman
Joe Moch
Hubert Carnes
Second Ave
Court St
Matt Reid
Steve Clark
Gallipolis Young Farmers to Elect Officers Thursday
The Gallipolis Young Farmers' Association meets in the school agriculture building to elect officers. C. D. Luttrell is instructor and George Tope serves as president. Meetings are open to all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Young Farmers’ Association
C. D. Luttrell
George Tope
Fruit Crops Of Syracuse Near Peak
SYRACUSE influenza sickens Robert Flanagan. The Syracuse apple and pear crop is at its peak this week. Local social notes include Miss Thelma Young visiting Donald Holter and several residents moving or hosting gatherings at homes in Pomeroy and Syracuse.
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Syracuse
Robert Flanagan
Thelma Young
Pomeroy
Donald Holter
Leon Roush
Carl Duckworth
Thomas Scott
Laurel Cliff
Fannie DeWolf
Asbury M. E. Church
F. A. Shumway
Twilight Garden Club
Day (Harper) Hysell
Shumway
Norman Grueser
Mary Karr
Dana Hysell
A. M. Roberts
College Road
Eleanor Karr
Wyoming
Cincinnati
Irving Karr
Clarence Naylor
Syracuse P.T.A
Irene
Parkersburg
Bette Davis Stars in That Certain Woman at Athena Theater
Bette Davis appears Thursday and Friday in That Certain Woman a Warner Bros. melodrama directed by Edmund Goulding. Henry Fonda co leads with a cast including Ian Hunter Anita Louise Mary Phillips Hugh OConnell and Donald Crisp in a Chicago gangster tale centering on a widow amid tribulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ian Hunter
Anita Louise
Donald Crisp
Edmund Goulding
Prmare
Warner Bros
Bette Davis
Athena Theater
Chicago
Bette
Miss Davis
Henry Fonda
Mary Phillips
Hugh O’connell
Shoemaker Death Reported to Family in Washington
Gallipolis reports G E Shoemaker died suddenly in Washington D C from indigestion. His wife Mrs G E Shoemaker and son Robert of Cheshire are called there. Other children Mrs Lawrence Badd and Erma Shoemaker of Freedom Pa. Funeral arrangements not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
G. E
Robert
Cheshire
Washington, D. C
Lawrence Badd
Erma Shoemaker
Freedom
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Mrs. Dexter
Nebo Cemetery
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Gallipolis Social Notes
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Bridge Club
Libby Hotel
W. B. Taylor
Roma Simms Corn
Jackson
Harold Wetherholt
N. A. Martin
C. W. Booth
A. O. Vornholt
Mildred Harrison
Northup Ladies Aid Society
Bessie Berridge
Lulu Cremeens
Sylvia Fowler
Maye Shoemaker
Martha Saunders
Mary Boster
Mrs. Kent
Nettie Sheets
Rotary
Coolville and Troy
Epworth League
Bessie Randolph Eaton
Monteith
Iowa
J. W. Kincade
Elza Morris
Ora
Flatwoods
Meigs County
A. B. Saunders
Ralph Chevalier
Pratt
D. W. Brill
Mary
Sharpsburg
A. Z. Penrose
Emory Keller
Freda
Darth Keller
C. E. Keller
E. M. Daugherty
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Jess Dunlevy
Beverly Kay
Carl Heck
William Heck
Von
Phyllis
Muncie
Noble Grands Club
Minnie Hallam
Frank Dunlevy
Richard Guinther
Charles Guinther
Theo Hopkins
J. L. Altman
Elizabeth Murer
John Baird
Byron Shirkey
Anna Shirkey
E. C. Shirkey
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Maureen O'Sullivan
Walter Pidgeon
Rita Johnson
Emme
Hotel Lafayette
Dick Wiley
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