Colored Soldiers Terrorize Gallipolis Miners Early Sunday
Gallipolis police rounded up about 40 to 50 soldiers from a convoy of 150 camped on the fairgrounds. The group terrorized residents on Third and Pine streets, entered the home of Julia Williams, damaged property, and attempted to kidnap occupants before being returned to camp by four in the morning. Narrows down to police actions and civilian distress amid an overnight disturbance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Third
Pine Sts
John Fraley
Leaper
Holmes
Gibbs
North Carolina
Julia Williams
Third St
Olive
Williams
Lillie May Winston
Portsmouth
Apples Displayed At State Festival In Gallipolis
An exhibit showing 26 apple varieties including Rome Beauty was designed by William Cook at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics. The state hospital owns 55 acres of orchard with an 18000 bushel crop harvested by epileptic patients and staff. Much crop is stored, made into delicacies, or shipped to other state institutions on exchange.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
State Office
Columbus
William Cook
State Hospital
Rome
Day of the Pen Dist Col Che for Oer Wil
A fragment notes an event labeled Day of the Pen with Col and Che involved in a local observance. Details are unclear but imply a regional ceremony or dedication.
Funeral Services Held For Mrs Might
GALLIPOLIS Following her death in Holzer Hospital Saturday funeral services were held at Alice this afternoon for Mrs Samuel Might age 73. Mrs Might was formerly Miss Ella Braley and she was born at Rutland. A son Harry Might lives in Springfield and a daughter Mrs Opal McCarley at Alice. A brother Leverette Braley lives in Glouster.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Alice
Samuel Might
Might
Ella Braley
Rutland
Harry Might
Springfield
Opal McCarley
Leverette Braley
Glouster
Conference to be addressed by AAA head in Columbus
Galfia Countians plan to attend a state wide conference in Columbus Wednesday on increased food production for national defense. R M Evans of Washington DC will address the gathering as AAA administrative head. Emmett Slagle AAA county chairman notes rising interest among local residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
AAA
Emmett Slagle
Columbus
R. M. Evans
Washington, D. C
Mrs Parker Admitted After Light Stroke at Holzer
Mrs. E. W. Parker was admitted to Holzer Hospital Saturday after a light stroke of paralysis. She has long suffered from arthritis.
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Gallipolis
E. W. Parker
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis Social Notes
Mrs. W A Lee hosted a Friday dinner and card party for neighbor Mrs. Walter B McCormick prior to her and her husband’s winter move to Salisbury Maryland. Attendees included Mrs. J A Lupton and others. gifts were exchanged for the honored guest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. A. Lee
Walter B. McCormick
John Kugn
Salisbury
J. A. Lupton
John R. McCormick
E. E. Myers
S. M. Bossard
Viola Plymale
Hattie Vicars
Lena Dillon
Safford House Warming and Birthday Celebrations
Mr and Mrs Harold Safford hosted a house warming with many friends in their new home. Nine tables were engaged in rock. A handsome gift and refreshments were provided by guests. Mr and Mrs Donovan Allen of Buffalo visiting Mr and Mrs Frank Allen of Rio Grande to celebrate the fathers birthdays. A family dinner was held Sunday and a reception ran from 2 to 4 PM.
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Harold Safford
Mrs. Safford
Donovan Allen
Buffalo
N. Y
Frank Allen
Rio Grande
Wedding of Dr Robert Brown Shaw to Miss Virginia Weiss
Invitations issued for the wedding of Dr Robert Brown Shaw son of Mr and Mrs Frank L Shaw to Miss Virginia Weiss daughter of Dr and Mrs William Weiss of St Louis Mo on Saturday evening Nov 8 at Tyler Place Presbyterian Church St Louis A reception will follow at the Coronado Hotel Dr Shaw a Marietta College graduate and Ohio State University dentist will reside in Bexley He and his bride will attend with Dr and Mrs Santarella of Columbus Also noted are military transfers and social visits including Lieut Eckford Hodgson to Barksdale Field and Mrs Hodgson returning to Louisville.
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Robert Brown Shaw
Frank L. Shaw
Virginia Weiss
William Weiss
St. Louis
Tyler Place Presbyterian Church
Coronado Hotel
Shaw
Marietta College
Ohio State University
Bexley
Pomeroy Man Forfeits Bond in Gallipolis
Eugene Collins of Pomeroy forfeited a $20 bond after a drunken and disorderly arrest in Gallipolis. A separate impersonation of an officer charge was filed but not pressed.
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Gallipolis
Eugene Collins
Pomeroy
Walter Bates Dies in Steubenville at 76
Walter J. Bates age 76 died in Steubenville. His body will arrive in Logan tomorrow. He leaves two daughters Ruth Owings and Lucille Shank of Steubenville and a son Clark of Painesville. He was brother to Wesley Bates of Columbus William P. Bates of St. Petersburg Fla and Mrs Lowell Dawley of Logan. Funeral at Leonard Funeral Home Tuesday at 1 pm with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery.
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Logan
Steubenville
Walter J. Bates
Mr. Bates
Ruth Owings
Lucille Shank
Clark
Painesville
Wesley Bates
Columbus
William P. Bates
St. Petersburg
Fla
Lowell Dawley
E. Second St
Leonard Funeral Home
Oak Grove Cemetery
Truck Driver Held By Logan Authorities
Logan Indiana youth case: truck driver Rich mond resident Fred Stover faces juvenile court today before Judge E L Ewing after Saturday Route 33 arrest by Sheriff Floyd Duffy and Officer Alfred Campbell. Charge likely contributing to the delinquency of a minor. more serious charge possible. The 15 year old girl is from Gore.
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Logan
Fred Stover
Richmond
Ind
E. L. Ewing
Floyd Duffy
Alfred Campbell
Gore
Straitsville Junior Carnival Set for Oct 22
NEW STRAITSVILLE The Junior Class Carnival will be held Wednesday Oct 22 in the high school gym. Games and prizes will be offered and a one act play The Lamp Went Out will be featured.
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New Straitsville
Leffler Family Relocates to Canton
Mr and Mrs Gilbert Leffler and family move to Canton with household goods sent on Saturday Leffler held a seat on the city council for two years representing the First Ward and has been employed there for months, visiting home weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Logan
Gilbert Leffler
Canton
Leffler
First
Device Rings School Bell At Union Furnace
Logan local Elmer Anthony, custodian, built an automatic bell system for Union Furnace using a washing machine motor. He activates the device by pressing a button, causing the bell to ring. Previously he repurposed old machinery into an ice cream freezer, attracting a film crew from an agricultural company to photograph the device for county schools.
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Logan
Union Furnace
Elmer Anthony
Anthony
Judge Issues Three Marriage Licenses
Judge E L Ewing issued three marriage licenses on Saturday. Leslie Arthur Allibaugh, 20, a miner of Carbondale, to Doris Helen Buckley, 18, of Mineral. Kermit Linscott, 26, welder of Columbus, to Ava Jean Robbins, 22, inspector of Columbus. Ralph Anderson McDonald, 34, furniture worker of Logan, to Louise Anna Woods, 28, housekeeper of Logan.
Union Furnace Holds Cross Country Run
Union Furnace High School held a two mile cross country practice led by coach Max Bunce. Harold Summel won in 10 minutes 16 seconds, followed by Kenneth Holdren 10 37, Williard Wells 10 42, Dick Anderson 11 02, and Don Smith 11 03. ten runners listed. The top five will represent the school at the district meet in Springfield on Oct 25.
South Logan Youth Returns to Shelby
Robert Phillips of South Logan returns to Camp Shelby Mississippi after a stay with his parents Mr and Mrs Clarence Phillips of South Logan He is a member of Company G 166th Infantry Lancaster His brother Donald serves in the Navy over two years highlighting state service and maneuvers in Louisiana.
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Logan
Clarence Phillips
South
Robert Phillips
Camp Shelby
Miss
166Th Infantry
Lancaster
Maneuvers
Louisiana
Donald
Navy
Visits Injured Brother At Wooster Saturday
Thomas Chilcote and Irvin Chilcote from Union Furnace Starr Township visited their brother David Chilcote in Wooster on Saturday. David had chest injuries from an earlier week automobile wreck but was improving.
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Logan
Wooster
Thomas Chilcote
Union Furnace
Irvin Chilcote
Starr Township
David Chilcote
Logan Youth Home On 15-Day Furlough
Private Howard Tody Columber of Ft. Sam Houston Texas, a member of the 23rd Regiment of the Second Division, enjoys a first furlough home after seven months in service. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Earl Columber of Culver Street South.
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Logan
Howard “Tody” Columber
Ft. Sam Huston
Texas
23Rd Regiment
Earl Columber
South
iCulver St
Betz Plans Write-In Campaign for Gallipolis Judge
Robert M. Betz conducts a city wide write-in bid for Gallipolis municipal judge after being denied a November ballot spot for signing the acceptance petition. His rival is William Jones. Both recently admitted to law practice. Betz is former county representative and current Republican committee chair. Both candidates campaign vigorously.
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Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Betz
County Board of Elections
William Jones
Jones
Perry County Court Notes Tells September births and deaths totals
September reports show Perry County health office recording 43 births and 25 deaths, bringing year to date to 305 births and 210 deaths, versus 16 more births and 16 fewer deaths a year earlier. Probate confirms Alfred Green estate realty sale in Hopewell and lists wills, divorces, prison appearances, and marriage licenses with local areas and names.
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New Lexington
County Health Office
Alfred Green
Hopewell Township
Edward Breeze
Pettit
Common Pleas
Eliza J. Beard
Madison Township
Carl and
Rolland Beard
Carl Beard
L. B. Beard
Lillian Garey
Rolland E. Beard
Somerset
J. R. Beard
Charles W. Beard
Columbus
Mary Ann Moore
East Fultonham
Earl W. Miller
Delaware
C. W. King
Rolland D. Brown
Miller
Buckeye Lake
Willis Bowen
Chapel Hill
Zeke Gail
Corning
C. J. Studer
Bowen
Tom Pickett
Chauncey
Six Mile Turn
Dorothy Hann
Ernest Hann
Greenup
Paul Martin
Mary B. Showers
Stanton B. Sowers
Common Pleas Court
Lilian M. Rose
Edward Rose
Zanesville
Herbert Heel
Lancaster
Margaret Souslin
Merrett Bartimus
Gladys Holcomb
Delbert Peacock
Glouster
Helen Self
Shawnee
Guy Joseph Dew
Elizabeth Alexander
Crooksville
Gerald Smith
Perry
Genevieve Williams
Andrew Harry Davis
Jean Kathleen Hamrick
Seth William Rauch
Ruth Esther Tucker
Rolland George Leasure
Betty Lee Green
Lincoln Brown Et al
Hazel B. Rodgers
Harrison Township
Carl R. Bennett
Irene E. Bennett
Russell Thomas
Bertha Thomas
Wolfe Addition
Junction City
Catherine McQuaid
Jesse R
Ross S. Underwood
Inlet
Mary R. Sherman
Peter Summel
McCormicks Addition
Maxville
John R
Verne Petruzzi
Kate Cox
Nina M
Collison
Lot No
North Addition
Vaccination Plans Target 800 Pupils in County
Gallipolis reports 800 rural pupils to be vaccinated for smallpox within weeks and nearly as many for diphtheria. No contagious diseases in the county. Seven typhoid cases in city and county are convalescent with no deaths.
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Gallipolis
Pobst Delivers Keynote at Fayette County Baptist Assembly
President R. Lloyd Pobst of Rio Grande College spoke at the Fayette County Baptist Association annual convention at Good Hope Church near Washington D. C. His entourage included Helen Fern Patterson 1941 Homecoming Queen Helen Fern Williams and Raymond Hively. Williams sang several solos with Patterson on piano.
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Gallipolis
R. Lloyd Pobst
Rio Grande College
Regular Customer Returned to Prison
Eugene Nibert a 44 year old Gallipolis resident who has spent nearly 20 years in the penitentiary on various charges was returned to that institution today. He pleaded guilty Saturday to pointing firearms and carrying concealed weapons stemming from a threatening attack in City Park several months ago.
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Gallipolis
Eugene Nibert
Nibert
Trespasser Suffering Shotgun Wounds In Weekend Incident
In Gallipolis near Pt. Pleasant Virgil Rice an alleged trespasser was shot and taken to Holzer Hospital with shotgun wounds. Oden Lewis, charged with shooting Rice, is held at Pt. Pleasant jail. Rice is described as not seriously injured.
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Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant
Virgil Rice
Holzer Hospital
Oden Lewis
Rice
High Grades In Tests Are Announced
Gallipolis announces top scores in civil service exam for city patrolmen. Thomas Adams Admiral Dewey Sallaz and F. L. Coder led the list, with board members T. S. Berridge S. B. Huntington and F. C. Christ conducting the assessment. City Manager John Gwinn has not announced any appointments.
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Gallipolis
Thomas Adams
Dewey Sallaz
F. L. Coder
City Service Board
T. S. Berridge
S. B. Huntington
F. C. Christ. Adams
Sallaz
Lafayette Post
American Legion
John Gwinn
Women's Clubs Back Half-Mill Levy For Pine Street Cemetery
Gallipolis civic groups plan a Tuesday night meeting at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. N. Hayward to organize a campaign supporting a half-mill tax levy for Pine St Cemetery improvements. A house to house canvass and distribution of literature are anticipated.
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Gallipolis
W. N. Hayward
Pine St
Eureka Man Listed As Kearny Crewman
A Gallia County sailor Delmer Archer son of Mr and Mrs Byron Archer of Eureka is reported on the U S Destroyer Kearny torpedoed off Iceland Friday He has served 13 months The others are Charles and Harold Neal sons of Mr and Mrs Clyde Neal of this city
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
U. S
Kearny
Iceland
Delmer Archer
Byron Archer
Eurkea
Charles
Harold Neal
Clyde Neal
Clerk To Receive Absentee Ballots In Gallipolis
The election board passed a resolution authorizing the clerk to receive absentee ballot applications from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays only, with no Sunday service.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Youth Charged With Home Invasion Stealing Purse
Kenneth Hysell a 12 year old from third street near Cedar is charged in police court with entering Municipal Judge John Halliday s home and taking a purse containing three ten dollar bills Chief of Police John Fraley recovered 9 15 when he arrested the youth The boy was released with order to repay and return more of the funds
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Hysell
Third
Cedar
John Halliday
John Fraley
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Sela
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W. Union
Your Penslar Drug Store
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Lawrence Haner
Russell Bixby
Barbara
Huntington
Robert McCormick, Jr
D. L. Griffith
Margaret Alice
Ned Deletombe
Philadelphia
L. W. Burnett
Carl Byers
V. J. Niday
Charles Sigler
Mill Creek St
Berridge
Herbert Evans
Hodgson
Eckford Hodgson
Bowman Field
Barksdale Field
Shreveport
Laurence Kemplar
Albert Merriman
Chicago
Arthrec Humpfield
Toledo
H. H. Vornholt
George Sagen
Ton Jon No
Ton Jon Health
Quick's
Union St
Walter Bates
Straitsville
South Logan
Shelby
Perry County
Pres. Pobst
Eureka
Athens Pharmacy
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Tin
Matthew Luckiesh
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Columbus & Southern Ohio Electric Company
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