Abandoned CCC Buildings In Gallia County Still Reserved
Gallia County Agriculture Society treasurer A C Safford reports WPA Ohio will not turn over CCC camp structures to the fairboard. The buildings are to be used on WPA projects in Gallia County, not sold or given to the society. Removal options are uncertain, with suggestions to relocate near Raccoon Creek for a county community center unlikely due to WPA rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County Agriculture Society
CCC
A. C. Safford
Carl Watson
Works Progress Administration
Ohio
Safford
WPA
Gallia County
Fair Board
Watson
Raccoon Creek
Gallia Road Projects Employ 75 Man Crew
About 75 county workers are grading and laying lime and gravel on Gallia County roads to finish a $186,000 WPA project before machinery shifts to the WPA division. Morgan Township roads near completion, work shifts to Huntington and Raccoon. Lime comes from WPA quarries on Scott Lambert farm and Willard Grover quarry. Price quarry serves Walnut Township. Star Cher farm quarry to open for Greenfield Township. Gravel from Gallipolis and Eureka yards is used on Harrison, Clay and Addison roads with 4000 yards from the Kananga pit for Cheshire Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
E. N. Leonard
Morgan Township
Huntington
Raccoon
W.P.A
Scott and Lambert
Morgan
Willard Grover
Bidwell
Walnut Township
Price
Starcher
Greenfield Township
Eureka
Harrison, Clay
Addison
Kananga
Cheshire Township
Ladies Aid Dinner Marks Grace Church 40th Anniversary
Gallipolis October 27 marks Grace Methodist Church Ladies Aid Society 40th anniversary with a 6 pm potluck in the church dining room. President Mrs. Viola Plymale organizes a program recounting the society history with music and humorous sketches. No fundraising is planned. The event commemorates the society founded on October 27, 1897.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ladies’ Aid Society
Grace Methodist Church
Viola Plymale
Grace Church Aid Society
Ladies Aid Society
Gallia County schools report no contagion after quarantine
Gallia County schools, including Cadmus, have reopened after a weeklong scarlet fever quarantine. Nurse Margaret Jones warns fall sores are the current major illness across rural schools, with infant fatalities possible. Ammoniated mercury salve and soap do cleaning. schools may receive treatment supplies. Helen Basinger, a flood nurse from Lima, assists but has a fractured foot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Margaret Jones
Miss Jones
Gallia
Boards of Education
Helen Basinger
Lima
Lecta Quilters Meet In Myers Residence
Lecta Quilters gathered at the home of Mrs. Celia Myers in Gallipolis on October 20. Members listed include Iva Harrison Hazel Myers Nancy Saunders Lillie Myers Ruth Houck Esta Hamilton Nola Massie Bernice McMahon Edith Sheets Anna Massie Bessie Kingery Zenia Massie Goldie Belville Mary Massie Alberta Martt Flora Myers Clara Saunders Clarice Myers Mabel Brammer. Visitors were Ida Null Margaret Notter Hazel Saunders Avenelle Harrison Lowell Belville Merrill Kingery Homer Myers Earl Sheets C. E. Harrison. A noon dinner was enjoyed. Anna Massie and Lucille Harrison received towels as birthday gifts. Next meeting will be at Nancy Saunders’ home on November 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lecta
Celia Myers
Iva Harrison
Hazel Myers
Nancy Saunders
Lillie Myers
Ruth Houck
Esta Hamilton
Nola Massie
Bernice McMahon
Edith Sheets
Anna Massie
Bessie Kingery
Zenia Massie
Goldie Belville
Mary Massie
Alberta Martt
Flora Myers
Clara Saunders
Clarice Myers
Mabel Brammer
Ida Null
Swan Creek Grange Hosts Halloween Supper Program
Swan Creek Grange announces a Halloween supper and a traveling service to the host Grange during a Friday night meeting on October 22 led by Ohio Valley Grangers presenting the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Swan Creek Grange
Ohio Valley Grangers
Composer of Jazz
A word puzzle clue list with horizontal and vertical entries about music terms. The grid references various musical roles, instruments, and terms, including notes, scales, and composer related hints.
Mink Death Held death by own action
Gallipolis detectives conclude John H. Mink 52 of Addison Township died by self inflicted pistol shot after a night at the Gallipolis Fall Festival and a stop at New Villa restaurant. Neighbors observed no warning and Mink had mood fluctuations. burial followed at Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire. Pallbearers named Byron Bunce Earl Gordon Deffie Swisher H E Shaver George Kail James Swisher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John H. Mink
Addison Township
W. Lewis Brown
John Howell
E. E. Hatfield
Brown
Mink
New Villa
Cheshire
Little Rgger
Tom Carman
Deffie Swisher
Gravel Hill
Little Kgger
Byron Bunce
Earl Gordon
H. E. Shaver
George Kail
James Swisher
Wedding Licenses Still Show Gain in 1937
Gallipolis reports a steady stream of marriage licenses in 1937 with more than one issued daily. Names include Robi Patton and Mary Jo Keating of Nelsonville, Willard Wilson and Anna McIntosh of Pomeroy, and others from across Ohio and West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. S. Clark
Robi. Patton
Mary Jo Keating
Nelsonville
Willard Wilson
Anna McIntosh
Pomeroy
Jack Hanshew
Bertha Puckett
Maplewood
W. Va
Albert Mossbarger
EvaBelle Wilson
Pedro
Burnett Little
Middleport
Maxine Might
Cheshire
Glenn Bugg
Amanda Lee Messick
Mason County
Jesse Jinks
Amanda Berridge
James Robert Johnson
Elizabeth Ann Willis
Cambridge
Frank Cooper
Mary Mae Ejisnaugle
Heeley
Paint Creek Baptist Church to Mark 103rd Anniversary
Gallipolis. The Paint Creek Baptist Church founded in 1834 will observe its 103rd anniversary Sunday October 24. The program includes sunrise prayer service and morning sermons by Trustee George Gilmore and Deacon Shepherd Lewis, with Rev. George Sagen preaching at 2:30 and the Paint Creek Choir singing spirituals. At 7:30 the pantomime The Old Rugged Cross will be presented with remarks by Rev O P Wright and Judge W R White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Paint Creek
George Gilmore
Shepherd Lewis
George Sagen
First Baptist Church
Old Rugged Cross
O. P. Wright
W. R. White
Paint Creek Church
D. R. Reed
Gallia Democrats Plan First Public Address Meet
Gallia County Democratic Club with 150 members will hold its initial meeting at Woodman Hall Gal lipolis Saturday at 8 o clock Ed Edwards of Rio Grande president announces. Rev M W B Stump of Lancaster former Bidwell Methodist minister will speak with talks by local members and musical numbers on the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Democratic Club
Woodman Hall
Ed Edwards
Rio Grande
M. W. B. Stump
Lancaster
Bidwell
Gallia Native Lucretia Sims Radahaugh Dies
Gallia County native Lucretia Sims Radahaugh, 58, of Walnut Hills Jackson, widow of Frank Radahaugh, died at home after long residence there. Survived by father James Sims. siblings Emerson Sims Centerpoint John Sims Portsmouth Mrs Lewis Edwards Oak Hill Mrs Finley Thompson Rio Grande Mrs James Long Centerpoint Mrs Peter Strucatenth Cincinnati. Burial in Jackson Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Centerpoint
Gallia County
Lucretia Sims Radahaugh
Walnut Hills
Jackson
Frank Radahaugh
James Sims
Emerson Sims
John Sims
Portsmouth
Lewis Edwards
Oak Hill
Finley Thompson
Rio Grande
James Long
Peter Strucatenth
Cincinnati
Jackson Cemetery
Gallipolis Man Charged With Warehouse Burglary
Clarence Lawson age 30 of Chatham Avenue East Gallipolis is held in Gallia County Jail on a breaking and entering charge for the Evans Grocery warehouse burglary during the night of October 5. The rear door lock was broken and substantial merchandise was stolen. Other arrests are reported imminent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clarence Lawson
Chatham Ave
East Gallipolis
Gallia County
Evans Grocery
Gallia Post Office Locks Doors After Inspector Visit
Gallipolis post office tightens security after two inspectors warn of 32 robberies and attempted robberies at federal buildings. Guards patrol day and night, clerks watch entrances, and licenses of suspicious cars are recorded. Heavy pistols near clerks and tear gas in the vault are cited as safeguards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. K. Merriman
Scouts Receive $50 Gift From Elks Lodge
Gallipolis scouts celebrate a $50 donation from the Elks Lodge to support local scouting efforts and youth programs. The gift boosts activities and community outreach led by the Boy Scout organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
The
Elks Lodge
Williams Brothers Sent to Mansfield Reformatory
Fred and Eugene Williams, brothers, brought from Athens on auto theft charges, were taken to the Mansfield Reformatory Wednesday by Deputy Sheriff Wood and Constable Shato.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fred and
Eugene Williams
Athens
Ernest H. Davis
Mansfield Reformatory
Wood
Shato
Swan Creek Little Theater Halloween Party
Gallipolis residents gather for a Halloween party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. William Davis at Bladen on Tuesday evening October 26.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Swan Creek
Little Theater
William Davis
Bladen
Tuppers Plains Social Notes Highlight Local Visits
Mrs. Charley Smith and family hosted dinner with Parkersburg visitors. Relatives from Cincinnati and Columbus traveled to see J. C. Donovan Jr. and others while several locals welcomed guests over the weekend.
Zaleski Brief Social Notes
Local social notes from Zaleski feature Miss Madge Pilcher visiting Ohio relatives, Lucile and Hazel McKibben in Columbus, and revival meetings at the M E Church. Moves include Ted Loper family arriving from Dunbar and Elmer Ansel selling property as he relocates to Liverly. Arthur Woodall, 28, dies after months with brain tumor. services held in Wilkesville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zaleski
Madge Pilcher
Taylorsville
Ohio
Louisa Hamilton
Lucile McKibben
Columbus
Luther McKibben
Hazel McKibben
Elmer Reeves
Madison Church
Flora Dill
Ruth Davis
Murray City
William F. Dorgan
Ted Loper
Dundas
John Andrews
Loper
Blazer
Clara Read
Arthur Johnson
Willis Graham
Nancy Houghland
Wellston
Cora Nichols
Elmer McKibben
Emma Vansky
J. G. Deeds
Carroll
H. E. Ansel
Mr. Ansel
Liverly
Ansel
Arthur Woodall
Wilkesville
Evangelist John Sowards to Lead Services at St Nicholas Church
Announcement states services will be held at St Nicholas Church Saturday evening and Sunday led by Evangelist John Sowards from Huntington. The notice emphasizes a spiritual gathering and outreach by the visiting preacher.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
St. Nicholas Church
Evangelist John Sowards
Huntington
Alameda's Century Plant Sparks Bloom After 30 Years
In Alameda California Miss Lillian C Wagner's century plant from Mexico has burst into full bloom after only thirty years defying its expected century bloom cycle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alameda, Calif
Alameda
Lillian C. Wagner
Mexico
Mounted Police Back in Memphis Traffic Role
Memphis could revive mounted police after a two year gap. Commissioner Clifford Davis says a single mounted officer can move twice as much traffic as a foot patrol, prompting renewed consideration of patrolling on horseback.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis. Tenn
Memphis
Clifford Davis
Taylor Ridge Resident Is Honor Guest
Dora Heffken celebrated her 78th birthday as honored guest surrounded by family and friends in Taylor Ridge. Grandchildren and great grandchildren joined in with cakes and flowers illustrating a close community gathering in Millfield and surrounding areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taylor Ridge
Dora Heffken
Garrett
Russell Coey
Akron
Heffken
Mary McVay
Harrietsville
Henrietta Heffken
Millfield
Fred McVay
W. D. Coey
Russell
G. E. McVay
William Mallett
Stafford
Ruth McVay
Athens
Fred Leake
Greens Run
Henry Heffken
Betty
Henrietta
Corylh
Leo Heffken
John
Ray Leake
Nancy Kay
Lannie
Glouster
Glenn McConkey
Ronnie
Harold Blower
Fred Heffken
Jean
June
Billie
Elmer Davis
Sherley
Jacksonville
Maude McGee
Trimble
George Daft
Baltimore
John Davis
William Gaskella
Rolland Mulpas
Columbus
George Gaskella
Grant Hospital
Josephine Eddy
Marie Bulstrom
Lancaster
Pat Bulstrom
Bob Tusson
Lillie Mae Hooper
Joseph Hooper
Lewisville
John Hooper
Kathryn Poole
Russell Poole
Harle McGee
Ervin Carter
Carl Welling
Garnett Bernard
Roy Strausbaugh
St. Francis Hospital
Robinson Ambulance
Strausbaugh
Bill Bulstrom
Phyllis
Charles Martin
William Werner
John Wenger
Charles
Mont Davis
Albany Route 1 News and Personal Notes
Local notes from Albany Route 1 report residents attending events and visiting relatives. S R Knowlton and O Hooper joined the national dairy and horse show in Columbus. Several families, including the Scotts Gilhams Nichols and Foughts, traveled to Lancaster Fair and hosted gatherings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
S. R. Knowlton
Orland Hooper
Columbus
Sam Scott
Roy Gilham
Willie Nichols
Lancaster
G. W. Collins
Ed McVay
Pearley West
Arthur and
Eloise
Richard Fought
Athens
Floyd Fought
Byron Phillips
Byron
Jack Adams
Glouster
Edna Turner
Bate Turner
Keith Scott
Dale
Selby Cloud
A. Z. Minear
Uriah Judy
Marshfield
Chester West
Illinois
Dover Grangers To Present Home Talent Play
Chauncey Dover Grange No 2646 met to plan a home talent play to raise funds. A tentative cast will be reported next meeting. Halloween masquerade party set for Oct 26 with preparations noted. November meeting to include degree work and officer elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Dover
Grange
Chauncey K. of P
Pearl Hanning
Opal Beckley
Ruth Beckley
Kate Johnson
Grace Stalder
Betty Jane Courtney
Gloria Hintz
Dorothy Goodson
Clarence McCafferty
Clarence Mullins
Charles Sweeney
Charles Sweeney, Jr
Dan Johnson
Bingmans Entertain At Corn Husking Bee
Mr and Mrs Everett Bingman hosted an old fashioned corn husking at their Vore Ridge country home Saturday night. A bonfire followed with wieners marshmallows and music by the Jackson and Johnson families. Guests included Chauntey residents and relatives from Athens Albany The Plains and Vore Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Everett Bingman
Vore Ridge
Andrew
Albert Jackson
Homer Johnson
Paul Porter
Burg Johnston
Richard
Andrew Jackson
Margaret Marie Jackson
Frances Hanning
Adele Burritt
Millie Osborne
Chauntey
Floyd Shafer
Robert Harvey
Florence
Marjorie Harvey
William Reefer
Athens
Bill Noble
Albany
McDonald
the Plains
Dane Osborne
Ballot Errors Noted in Dover Township Election
A typographical error appears on sample ballots circulating in Dover Township stating two trustees will be elected for a two year term instead of one. A second minor issue corrects the middle initial of a township clerk candidate.
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Chauncey
Dover Township
Hooper Ridge Notes Sunday School and Visits
Hooper Ridge Bible School meets each Sunday at 10 am. Plans are under way to paint the church roof. Visitors include Mr. and Mrs. Don Kasler and Mr. and Mrs. Hammond Kasler, and several regional relatives and neighbors. The funeral of Mrs. Doyl Wagoner was held at Amesville with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hooper Ridge—Bible School
Don Kasler
Hammond Kasler
Oliver Kierns
Lancaster
Irvin Wolfe
Jackie
Athens R. 1
H. A. Wolfe
S. L. Keirns
Eleanor
Esther
William Dean
Athens
Charles Eddy
Nedra
Glouster
O. E. Eddy
Westerville
Eddy
Jennie Calentine
Frank Dunlevy
Jacksonville
Doyl Wagoner
Kathryn Woolley
Charleston
W. Va
W. E. Thompson
Amesville
Bette Davis Stars in That Certain Woman at Athena
Bette Davis appears to new heights in the Edmund Goulding drama That Certain Woman at the Athena theater. Henry Fonda co stars with Ian Hunter Anita Louise Donald Crisp and others in a tale of a widow who overcomes scorn to find business success and love amid Monte Carlo London Paris and New York locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette Davis
Athena Theater
Bette
Edmund Goulding
Henry Fonda
Ian Hunter
Anita Louise
Donald Crisp
Hugh O’connell
Mary Phillips
Herbert Rawlinson
Monte Carlo
London
Paris
Variou
New York City
Mrs Bricker Returns From Washington D C
Chauncey postmaster Mrs Charlotte Bricker returned Sunday from Washington where she attended the National League of District Postmasters convention. She represented Ohio postmasters and will report at the Ohio Convention next Spring. The Chauncey office was led by Assistant Postmaster Denver Bricker during her absence with help from Mrs Stella Martin. Bricker was joined by Margery Thomas who vacationed in Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Charlotte Bricker
Washington, D. C
National League of District
Bricker
Myrtle Grant
Grove City
Clarence Wilcox
Hilliards
Ohio
Denver Bricker
Stella Martin
Chauncey Area Personal Notes Mention Visits and Illnesses
Chauncey Glenn Murray visits Richmond sister Mrs. Andrew Jackson. Mrs. Eugene Spurbeck of The Plains shows slight improvement after illness and plans tonsil removal and thyroid test in Columbus. Mrs. Lizzie Barber of Nelsonville guests of F. M. McHarg in Lower Plains. Shafer guest of sister Mrs. Harry Moore. Rev. James A. Larmer of New Lexington preaches at The Plains with planned next Sunday service. Mrs. Addie Warren funeral attended by Marcia Johnson and Dorothy Stalder of Chauncey. Warren died in Florida. Jackie Lee Johnston born to Earl Johnston and wife in Sheltering Arms Hospital. Albert Mees and daughter Gertrude visited Chauncey guests of Paul Shay family in Jacobs Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Glenn Murray
Richmond
Ind
Andrew Jackson
Eugene Spurbeck
the Plains
Spurbeck
Columbus
Lizzie Barber
Nelsonville
F. M. McHarg
Lower Plains
Dorothy Stalder
Addie Warren
Troy Baptist Church
Warren
Florida
Jackie Lee
Earl Johnston
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Atberts
Albert Mees
Gertrude Mees
Pomeroy
Paul Shay
Jacobs, Ave
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Gallia County Fairgrounds
Federal Projects Watson
Myers Residence
God of War
Ion
Gallia Democrats
U. S
United States
Brussels
Norman H. Davis
Washington
Stanley K. Hornbeck
Ambassador Davis
Pierrepont Moffat
Charles E. Bohlen
Robert T. Pell
Tuppers Plains
Charley Smith
Inlaw
Barmore
Parkersburg
Belle Keller
Charles Donovan
Jo Ann
Margaret Rose Donovan
E. E. Parker
J. C. Donovan, Jr
Ina Springer
Herold Keller
Donald Keller
Neda Keller
Freda
C. C. Reed
Vesta
Lois
Chester
Vietta Springer
Ina
Elvin Shields
Pennsylvania
George Shields
Harley Linthicum
Barber
Paul Brooks
A. A. Bahr
Bertha Reed
Pt. Pleasant
Edith Baker
Roy
Dana Hoffman
Bill Chapman
Frank Welch
Belpre
Clyde Caldwell
Garland
Howard Caldwell
Miss Aldrich
Dick Tracy
Dover Grangers
Bingmans
Hooper
Athena
Mrs. Bricker
Washington D. C
Henry
FONDA
Anitat
Louise
Max Steiner
Warner Bros
Oman
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