Gallipolis Ahead of Election with Campaigning in Full Swing
Candidates for city and county boards of education and township offices press for votes two weeks before election day. Anti Bigelow Amendment groups push to defeat the county plan while Bigelow pension supporters canvass doors. PTAs promote a three mill levy for schools as turnout rises and a $3.50 daily pay for trustees sparks countywide scramble. Absentee voting is limited. polls open in two weeks with heavy interest expected.
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Gallipolis
Cincinnatian
Bigelow Pension Plan
Election Board
Court House
Fugitive Bush Reports Heads Toward California
Fred Bush the 22 year old escapes prisoner from the county jail and is said to be driving toward California with two companions. Sheriff Hatfield has alerted Ohio counties to intercept him after he fled the jail following a struggle with Turnkey Grant Long. Bush was jailed for theft and assault. his brother in law Ed Teters is jailed as an alleged confederate.
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Gallipolis
Fred Bush
California
Hatfield
Ohio
Bush
Grant
Ed Teters
Gallia County Women Attend Athens Tea
A group of Gallia County women will attend a tea Tuesday at the home of Mrs. Nora W. Atkinson in Athens. Mrs. Atkinson, Tenth District Republican Committeewoman, is well known in the city and county through involvement with several social and fraternal organizations.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Nora W. Atkinson
Athens
Three Arrested for Entering Clubhouse
Gallipolis officers report Luther Sigler Elmer Rose and John Lane aged 16 confessed to breaking and entering the local golf course clubhouse. All are held on bond in county or city jail with stolen shoes and golf balls recovered.
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Gallipolis
Luther Sigler
Elmer Rose
John Lane
Elks Plan Inspection at Gallipolis Lodge
Annual inspection of the Elks Lodge in Gallipolis will be conducted this evening by Harry F. Foehr of Portsmouth. Initiation, lunch, and a social hour are on the agenda in the club rooms.
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Gallipolis
Elks’ Lodge
Harry F. Foehr
Portsmouth
Flaker Transferred as WPA Engineer Replaced by Saunders
James Flaker, WPA engineer with offices in the Courthouse, is transferred to Jackson County. Lester Saunders will take his place in Gallipolis in a similar capacity.
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Gallipolis
James Flaker
WPA
Jackson County
Lester Saunders
Three Arrested in Gallipolis on Intoxication Charges
Law enforcement reported a quiet week end with three individuals placed in city jail on intoxication charges. Sheriff’s officers noted no calls or arrests during the period.
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Gallipolis
Saunders Seeks Divorce Over Three Year Absence
Gallapolis James Saunders files for divorce from Lillie May Saunders alleging wilful absence for more than three years in county court action.
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Gallapolis
James Saunders
Lillie May Saunders
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Club Meetings
Social calendar with Ladies Bible Class at Mrs. Ernest Cating’s home and Grace Methodist Women’s Society gathering. Talks included California churches and Grapes of Wrath, with new members welcomed and violin numbers performed. Also updates on residents visiting Dayton Marietta Columbus and changes of address and travel by local families.
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Gallipolis
Ernest Cating
Presbyterian Church
Osa Baird
K. G. Kirkendall
Ingerish
Frank Bell
California
Heather
Little Church of Flowers
Anna Morgan
Women's Home Missionary Society of Grace Methodist Church
F. W. Shane
Margaret McCormick
Richard Southwick
Cc. T. Mitchell
Mary Coughenour
Victor J. Niday
Raccoon Perry Greenfield Home Council Meeting at Wellbornes
The Raccoon Perry Greenfield Home Council gathered Friday evening at Harlan and Esta Wellborne’s Route 554 home. Twenty five members from eleven families discussed community problems led by Fred Conrad on cooperative medicine and hospitalization. Refreshments followed supervised by Mrs Hayden Wood. Next meeting set with Mrs Anna G White hosting on November 17.
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Raccoon-Perry-Greenfield Home Council
Harlan
Esta Wellborne
Fred Conrad
Farm Bureau
Hayden Wood
Anna G. White
Local social notes detail gatherings and visits in Meigs County
Members of the Chambersburg Ladies Aid Society hosted Mrs. Jennie Dewitt for a Thursday afternoon get together with a 31-person luncheon and a miscellaneous shower for her daughter. Other items include Halloween themed nursing dinner by Mr. and Mrs. Ash McGhee, a rock club card game won by Mrs. A S Lloyd, Denison University visit by Gillingham party, and various travels and moves among local residents.
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Chambersburg Ladies Aid Society
Jennie Dewitt
Clarence Fisher
Ash McGhee
Holzer Hospital
Bradbury
Meigs County
Dr. Claude B. Parker Slightly Improves in Ohio Hospital
Dr. Claude B. Parker is slightly improved at Holzer Hospital after a cerebral hemorrhage. His wife is Grace Gist of Athens. Parker previously served as a staff physician at the state hospital in Athens.
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Gallipolis
Claude B. Parker
Holzer Hospital
Grace Gist
Athens
Parker
A P Kerr Appointed State Banking Examiner
Gallia County Republican Executive Committee endorses A P Kerr of Gallipolis for appointment as state bank examiner under Samuel Squire Superintendent of Banks. Kerr, a former local bank cashier, receives the state post. Ira Spurlock pleads guilty to non support and is remanded to jail on $200 bond by Judge W R White.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Republican Executive Committee
A. P. Kerr
Samuel Squire
Kerr
Ira Spurlock
W. R. White
Veterans Attend Marietta Conference in Honor of Service
Members of the local post Dis abled War Veterans attended a conference in Marietta on Sunday. The gathering focused on veterans’ services and community outreach, with participants sharing experiences and resources.
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Gallipolis
Post
Marietta
Logan Gridder Praised by Columbus Press for Theatermen Guard
Columbus papers laud Kerwood Durant of Logan as guard for the Theatermen football team. Durant, son of Mr and Mrs George Durant, is a former Logan High School star now employed in Columbus.
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Logan
Columbus
Kerwood Durant
Theatermen
Durant
George Durant
Driving Tests Held at City Hall by State Patrol
Fourteen applicants attended a driving test at city hall conducted by Patrolman R L Greider of the Athens state highway patrol station. Most received driving rights while a few were denied due to insufficient experience.
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Logan
R. L.greider
Athens
Karshner Rites Held for Local Farmer John Karshner
Funeral services for John Karshner retired local farmer were held Sunday afternoon at Adelphi with the Rev. Paul C. Scott in charge. Many relatives and friends attended. Burial took place in Adelphi Cemetery.
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Logan
John Karshner
Adelphi
Paul C. Scott
Haul Water for Livestock Across Drought Hit County
Rural residents face hardship as long drought drives hauling of water for livestock. In Gallipolis area people visit city mains to fill cream cans for drinking and cooking as streams largely dry up.
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Gallipolis
Eight Couples Get Marriage Licenses in Gallia Region
Weekend license issuances list eight couples led by James M. Jones and Effie Violet Fisher near Charleston and four other pairings. The slate includes Stanford Denney and Sarah Ward Thomas of Belmont County, Frank Constosti and Lucille Butcher, Claude Lines and Eva Bostic, James White and Lena Smith, Marshall Gothard and Ernestine Henry, Edward Engel and Margaret Wears, and Earl Garrett and Bessie Landers, with ages noted for each party.
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Gallipolis
James M. Jones
Effie Violet Fisher
Charleston
Stanford Denney
Rutland
Sarah Ward Thomas
Belmont County
Frank Constosti
Lucille Butcher
Pomeroy
Parkersburg
Claude Lines
Eva Bostic
Leon
W. Va
James White
Long Bottom
Lena Smith
Chester
Marshall Gothard
Ernestine Henry
Crown City
Edward Engel
Margaret Wears
Southside
Earl Garrett
Bessie Landers
Ellensville
Thrice Stolen Shoes Are Thrice Returned
In Gallipolis Fred Wheeler the local golf course superintendent had his golf shoes stolen three times this year from the clubhouse. Each time Chief John Fraley captured the robbers and returned the shoes to Wheeler with thanks from the officer. The cycle has become a local custom.
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Gallipolis
Fred Wheeler
Wheeler
John Fraley
Election Board Canvasses Petitions for Civil Service Referendum
Logan Hocking County Election Board met Saturday to canvass six supplemental petitions backing the civil service revision referendum. They contained 208 signatures. seven were found insufficient and removed. The board reported the results to the secretary of state.
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Logan—Hocking County
Police Probe Emery Dust Vandalism to Car
Charles Wilburn reported his auto motor filled with emery dust. The offense occurred Friday and was discovered Sunday. Logan police are investigating the incident.
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Logan
Charles Wilburn
Wilburn
Funeral for Mrs Catherine McDaniel Held at Concord
The Concord Church hosted relatives and friends for the funeral of Mrs Catherine Earich McDaniel who died Monday at her son Carl’s near Coolville after a three year illness. Rev Martin of Glouster Church of Christ led the service with a quartet and Paul McAtee on piano.
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Millfield
Concord
Catherine Earich McDaniel
Carl
Coolville
Martin
Glouster Church of Christ
Mildred Russell
Edward Eiss
Jessie Sayers
Betty Antle
Paul McAtee
Ladies Aid Society
M. E
Elsie Misners
Ralph McKibben
Sugar Creek
Fielden Willis
Nelsonville
Clarence Willis
T. M. Keirns
Hooper Ridge
O. F. Boudinot
Minnie Dusz
Jacksonville
Ida Williams
Hazel Dusz
Carbondale
Hugh McCune
Oscar Atkinson
M. J. Gardner
Morristown
Gardner
George Howard
States
M. A. Howard
Ervin Wolfe
Strouds Run
Eve
Wolfe
Hoopers Ridge
E. P. McDaniel
North Liberty
Ind
Barbara Brown
C. M. Boudinot
Ridge
Grandson Improves. Holzer Returns Home
Following improvement in the condition of his young grandson Richard Harvey at Bethlehem Pennsylvania, Dr. Charles E Holzer returned home Sunday. Mrs Holzer remains there several days.
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Gallipolis
Richard Harvey
Bethlehem
Charles E. Holzer
Former Straitsville Resident Margaret Hess Dies in Columbus
Mrs. Margaret Malloy Hess, 61, of 70 Twelfth Ave Columbus, died of a heart attack yesterday. Widow of Romas Hess, she was born in New Straitsville and lived in Columbus 20 years. Survived by two daughters, a son, six grandchildren, four brothers, and three sisters. Funeral at Holy Name Church Tuesday 8:30 a.m. burial in New Straitsville.
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Columbus
Margaret Malloy Hess
Twelfth Ave
Hess
Romas Hess
New Straitsville
Winfield E. Kinney, Jr
Loyal Mortley
Mrs C W Graham Undergoes Major Operation
Logan News from Columbus reports Mrs C W Graham underwent a major surgical operation last week. She was taken to White Cross hospital for treatment after the operation was advised. Mrs Graham is the wife of the Reverend Graham who served as local pastor for two years until a recent conference assignment to Columbus. She has undergone a major operation before.
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Logan
Columbus
C. W. Graham
White Cross Hospital
Graham
Wrist Fracture Sustained By Logan Youth
Homer Wolfe fourteen? Correction: 15. Logan boy Homer Wolfe aged 15 son of Mrs Mabel Wolfe Fourth Street fractured his right wrist while swinging on a cable swing at a cabin near Logan on Sunday afternoon.
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Logan
Homer Wolfe
Mabel Wolfe
Fourth St
Harrisonville Halloween Carnival At High School Gym
Harrisonville High School hosts a Halloween carnival with cake walk fortune telling masked parade fishing pond door prize and contests to raise funds for library books. Local social notes include club meetings honor rolls and weekend visits amid a Meigs County community event wrap.
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Harrisonville
Harrisonville High School
Merle Knopp
Ruth Alkire
Hazel Clark
Earl Knight
Daniel Ackley
Owen Cotterill
Calvin Epple
Joan Finlaw
George Ackley
Edna Warner
Betty Buchanan
Elmer Finlan
Evelyn Glaze
Evelyn Warner
Loretta Glaze
Betty Ellis
Eugene Reeves
Virginia Welch
Carl Turner
Francis Foley
LaVerne Chase
Stanley Beal
Bobby Joe Hull
A. T. Stacy
Emory Stacy
Little Hocking
William Rosette
Powhatan
W. Va
E. R. Carr
Rosette
Kathleen Ash
Kenneth Welsh
Carolyn Mae
Ballinger
South Bloomfield
Homer Lee
M. E
Frank Gibson
Proctorville
Meigs County
Births and social rounds fill Hockingport notes
The Hockingport column reports the birth of an 8 12 pound girl named Wilma Juanita for Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Crawford born Oct 16. It lists visits from Guy Gregg, Bertie Chevalier family, Louis Stewart, George Bean, Rev. Dean and others, church activities, a Valley Music Club formation, and local residents traveling to Parkersburg.
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Blanche Blair
Hocking River Road
Louis Stewart
Parkersburg
E. L. Davidsons
George Bean
Athens
Route 1
Neff Norman
Mary Parker Messenger
Little Hocking
Dutton Farm
Methodist Church
Dean
Joseph Bailey
Earle Cowdrey
Hilda Randolph
Cowdrey
Clifford Fisher
Hilltop
Lewis Humphrey
J. L. Shepherd
Edith Humphrey
James W. McLaren
Otto Hoisington
Russell Bailey
Coolville
Hilda Cowdrey
Belpre
Lawrence Crawfords
Valley Music Club
Edwin Lee Davidson
Earle Humphrey
Earlene Humphrey
Reedsville
Lewis Humphreys
Davidson
A. C. Stewart
Arnold Wheaton
Charley Cowdrey
Rockland
Alfred Dumper
St. Cloud
Fla
Roy Stewart
Paul
Dr. Holmes’ Hospital
E. L. Davidson
Heatherly
Hockingport
Mitchell Davidson
Kean
Clarksburg
W. Va
Dramatic trial on liquor traffic staged at local church
Several hundred people attended a Sunday evening dramatic trial at the Methodist Church conducted by the Methodist Board of Temperance with local church cooperation. George Young Hammond, a Hollywood man, led the performance which featured 21 local cast members and claimed a factual basis.
Logan Club Receives $150.54 Return from Stamps
The Hocking County Christmas Seals Club is listed among groups getting over $100 from the state treasury for cancelled sales tax stamps. They surrendered stamps bringing a return of $150.54. more were taken to Columbus for which a check had not yet been received.
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Logan
Hocking County Christmas Seals Club
Columbus
Five Tons of Limestone Collapse Bridge on Vinton EnO Road
A truck carrying five tons of limestone caused a bridge collapse on the Vinton EnO road during the weekend. No injuries were reported and the county plans repair work on the structure.
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Gallipolis
Vinton-Eno
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Anti-Bigelow Group
Elks Plan
John W. Lane
Gallipolis Ferry
Flaker
New York
Franklin Laws Hutton
Barbara Hutton Haugwitz- Reventlow
Irene Curley Bodde
Wall Street
Gallipolis Social Notes
Society
P. A. Foulke
Pennsylvania
Ray Campbell
John Rees
Homer C. Brown
George Maze
Third Ave
Second Ave
Park Central Hotel
Jack Hendricks
Montana
Porter
Hendricks
William Large
Home Council Meets
Mrs. Davies
G. B. Gillingham
Jim
Granville
Denison University
Tommy Fife
Harold
Margaret Davis
C. M. Yeanger
Hobart Wilson
Richmond
Eastern State Teachers
William
Ray Grover
Vinton Road
J. W. Hartsook
Covington
W. H. Fife
Elmer Fife
Addison
Cheshire
J. C. Myers
Fifes
Frank S. Fulton
Lois Fasig
Virginia
Karshner
Grandson
Holzer
Straitsville
LO. O. F. Temple
N. R. Goldberg
Optometrist
Worstell Bldg
N. Court St
Zenner’s Dept
Hockingport Social Notes
Logan Club
Wood Farm
Perry Township
George Wood
Thomas Wood
Raccoon Creek
Waterloo Bridge
Sohio
the Standard Oil Company
Mof
Fred C. Sanders
Terie Crrw Loan ND Guaranty Company
N. Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Tae la
Carpenter Maytag Co
Glouster
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