Ironton Stockholders Liable Double Under Loan Co Decision
Gallia County judge William R White ruled that 185000 dollars of Home Building and Loan Co capital was diverted when stockholders shifted paid up stock into certificates of deposit becoming creditors. The ruling adds 185000 dollars to assets and makes stockholders and directors subject to double liability. Locals, investors and directors in Trenton and Gallia County stand to gain or lose under the decision.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William R. White
Ironton
Home Building & Loan Co
State Building and Loan Department
White
State Banking Department
Trenton
Gallia County
Lawrence County
Legion Halloween Party Planned at City Park Esplanade
The American Legion hosts its annual Halloween party on Saturday night at the Sec ord Ave esplanade of the city park. More than two dozen costume prizes are offered and Legionnaires will supervise as hundreds attend the festivities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
American Legion
Secord Ave
Legionnaires
Committees For Farmers Meet Set In Gallipolis Event
Gallia County committees announced for the Bidwell Porter Independent Farmers Institute event on November 4 and 5. Names listed include Miss Grover Miss Pierson Rev J L Stephenson Rev Tracy Martindale and many others covering singing invocation music resolutions nominations posters hospitality finance exhibits publicity and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bidwell-Porter Independent Farmers’ Institute
Miss Grover
Pierson
J. L. Stephenson
Tracy Martindale
Sisson
Neal
Glassburn
J. L. Coleman
R. C. Dabney
Floyd Clark
Grover
Wise
Henry Norman
Borden
Emma
Eight Rio Grande Grid Men End College Careers
Eight Rio Grande football players will end their college careers in Gallipolis as they face Bluffton in the Homecoming game. The list includes Griffiths Walke Wiseman Pickens Middleport Snook Wheelersburg Petruzzi New Lexington Greene Jackson Barney and New Boston. Only Wilson remains as a returning back with Snook Petruzzi and Greene gone from the backfield. The right side of the line loses Barney and Griffiths but freshmen show promise for next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Bluffton College
Griffiths
Walke
Oak Hill
Wiseman
Waterloo
Pickens
Middleport
Snook
Wheelersburg
Petruzzi
New Lexington
Greene
Jackson
Barney
New Boston
Rio
Lyne
East Gallipolis Woman Seeks Second Divorce
Mrs. Minnie Lillie Mooney of East Gallipolis asks divorce from Myron Mooney for a second time on grounds of infidelity. She seeks alimony, custody of their one child, and a court restraining order to bar visits to her home. the couple remarried on August 4 after a prior divorce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Minnie Lillie Mooney
Myron Mooney
East Gallipolis
Former Publisher Jil in Charleston Highlighted in West Virginia Scene
Gallipolis reports Mrs. Livia Simpson Poffenbarger, longtime publisher at Point Pleasant, is critically ill at her Charleston home after a paralysis stroke. She is active in Republican circles and the Daughters of the American Revolution. Lewin G. Davis in Holzer Hospital is in serious condition after a stroke of paralysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pt. Pleasant
Livia Simpson Poffenbarger
Charleston
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Lewin G. Davis
Holzer Hospital
Grandson of Kanauga man dies in West Virginia crash
Rush McComas 21 grandson of Mr and Mrs Gilbert Hager of Kanauga was killed in an auto crash near Hamlin West Virginia and buried there Tuesday. Hearing set for guardianship of Emmett P Thompson aged resident of Little Kyger on November 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gilbert Hager
Kanauga
Rush McComas
Hamlin
W. Va
Emmett P. Thompson
Little Kyger
Fire Water
Mrs. John Johnson driving on slippery Fourth Ave lost control and hit Constable J H Shato’s parked car. Shato’s vehicle struck a fire hydrant, breaking it and spraying water. the Johnson car caught fire despite hydrant spray, prompting a fire department call. Both cars were badly damaged. Johnson was uninjured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Johnson
Fourth Ave
J. H. Shato
Johnson
Mrs. Thaxton Honored With Birthday Fete
In Gallipolis on Sunday October 24 a large gathering at Mr. and Mrs. W H Thaxton home celebrated the 80th birthday of Mrs Mary A Thaxton. Dinner was served at noon and many relatives and friends traveled from Charleston Grove City Hilliards and Gallia County to share the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. H. Thaxton
Mary A. Thaxton
Harry Thaxton
Carl
William McDaniel
Eleanor
Albert Young
Rachel Young
Wilda Estep
J. A. Thaxton
Guy Thaxton
Roy Caldwell
Otis Thaxton
Freda
Cora Ewing
Grove City
James McCall
William McCall
Ida Viars
Emmett Edwards
Hilliards
Paul Zwayer
Joan
David Zwayer
Dorothy Bynner
Gallia County
Edwin Thaxton
Dorothy
Claribel Thomas
Canterbury
Earl Cheatwood
John McLeish
Fannie Rulen
Howard Rife
Stanley
Mary Fern Rife
Carl Rife
Vera Ballard
Tom Denney
Ernest Carpenter
Betty
Vera Fulton
Stacy Baird
Ira Baird
Donald Strausbaugh
I. N. Strausbaugh
Perry Thaxton
Harley
Est
Raymond Lyman
Paul Haskins
Hollis Queen
Virgil Benson
Fred Hulshorst
Ted Keller
Kanauga Social And Personal roundup of visits and events
Kanauga social notes list guests and visits from Ottawa Topeka Columbus Athens and Gallipolis. Families such as the Weethees Daughertys Adams and Stewarts appear with travel and hosting details. Revival services announced for November 10 at the local church. Emerson Clinger moves to Sandusky and Maudelle Smith visits from Gallipolis. Mrs. Sam Giles is ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kanauga
Stanley Weethee
Ottawa
Kan
Cecil Weethee
Topeka
Lowe
Toledo
Nannie Weethee
S. A. Stewart
Homer Daugherty
Charles
Walter Schoonover
Portsmouth
Paul Burns
Roy Adams
Huntington
Harry
Bukenwilder
Bonnie Earhart
Columbus
J. F. Butts
Nina
Athens
L. A. Stewart
E. Comstock
Dean Chapman
Pomeroy
R. D
William Cheap
Ashland
J. H. Harrison
Gallipolis
Verne Berridge
Nannie Rothgeb
Evelyn
Gilbert Beard
H. N. Snider
Walter Schoogover
Emerson Clinger
DeWitt
Sandusky
Maudelle Smith
Cheshire
Owen Black
Pliny
W. Va
Sam Giles
Toledo Woman Improves After Crash Trap in Gallia County
Mrs. Delores Berryman, 39, of Toledo, is improved at Holzer Hospital after an auto crash that broke her left hip and ankle. Her companion, Mrs. Frank Mozucha, 44, died at the hospital from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Delores Berryman
Toledo
Holzer Hospital
Frank Mozucha
Hold Higgins Rites On Thursday Afternoon
Gallia County obituary notice for Thomas Higgins 81 of Platform near the Gallia Lawrence line. He is survived by his wife and several married children. Funeral services planned Thursday afternoon at the Old Baptist Church on Greasy Ridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ira Elliott
Northup
Thomas Higgins
Platform
Gallia-Lawrence Line
Old Baptist Church
Greasy Ridge
Social Notes From Gallipolis Headlines Local Visits
Gallipolis social items list weekend and extended visits from Columbus Orrville Detroit and Westerville relatives. Birth of Ralph Eldon Harrison in Huntington. weddings and engagements noted including Claude Dray and Estella Caldwell license. Grand Chapter Eastern Star meeting in Cleveland referenced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co.e.s
H. B. Pierson
Worthy
Roy Shoemaker
Loren Stone
Reuben Wood
Ethel Young
Grand Chapter Order of Eastern Star
Cleveland
Edith
Mabel Corn
Thurman
George Broyles
Gallipolis
Harold Broyles
Bernard
Claude Dray
Raymond Dray
Clipper Mills
Estella Caldwell
Emmett Caldwell
Crown City
Schools Close For SOE Meet In Gallipolis
Gallipolis City schools and all county schools will close Friday to allow teachers to attend the Southeastern Ohio Educational Association sessions in Athens. The county plans a large delegation to stay for both days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Southeastern Ohio Educational Association
Athens
Kin Pays Fine to Save Man From Workhouse
Gallipolis report says Ney Swango of Bidwell paid a $50 fine and costs for driving while intoxicated. Officers were ready to take him to the Columbus workhouse when relatives covered the payment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Courtney Swango
Bidwell
Columbus
Future Homemakers Initiation Set by Rio Grande Chapter
Gallia County's Future Homemakers' Association at Rio Grande plans initiation of several new members over the weekend. Miss Marie Harris, home economics teacher, is the adviser. The club contributed a prominent float and handicraft exhibits to the Fall Festival parade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rio Grande
Future Homemakers’ Association
Marie Harris
Rio Grande School
Elkins Faces Second Charge In Gallia County
James Elkins, brought from Middletown, is jailed on a non support charge with $500 bond. Sheriff Hatfield reports Elkins is also wanted in Indiana on grand larceny charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Middletown
James Elkins
Hatfield
Elkins
Indiana
Baptist Aid for Rio Grande Plan
W A Lewis president of Rio Grande College addressed the Baptist State Convention in Columbus outlining a college forward movement and self-help program. He appealed for church financial support while Rev W T Packer dean of men led a devotional service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Baptist State Convention
Columbus
W. A. Lewis
Lewis
W. T. Packer
Statue of Queen Elizabeth Stands Outside Fleet Street Church
A single statue of Queen Elizabeth exists in London and is placed outside a church on Fleet Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Queen Elizabeth
London
Fleet St
Death linked to rabid dog bite in West Virginia child
Four-year-old Carl Roberts Sanns of LeSage West Virginia, across the Ohio River from Gallia County, dies Tuesday. doctors attribute his death to a bite from a rabid dog received a month earlier. He is one of ten children of Mr and Mrs John M Sanns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carl Roberts Sanns
LeSage
W. Va
Ohio River
Gallia County
John M. Sanns
Remarkable Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store Patent Remedy Ad
An old Athens Ohio ad promotes PRESCRIPTION Q-623 claiming instant nerve relief and dramatic results. It urges readers to buy a bottle at Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store located at 9 W Union St Athens Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quick's Cut Rate Drug Store
Athens, Ohio
Entertains Guests And Births Mentioned In Community Notes
Entertaining Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. H. Wilson and family along with Mr. and Mrs. M. N. Peters and three sons of Huntington, Miss Mildred Kilgore of Ashland, and Rev. Lillian Fetters of Sciotoville. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Rice on October 22 at the grandparents Cecil and Mrs. Rice. Mrs. Eva Langley returned to Columbus after visiting her daughter Mrs. F. O. Plymale. Ex-resident Mrs. C. J. Britton, with her sister, visited on the way to Williamsburg and Virginia. The aircraft industry faces a severe shortage of skilled craftsmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Ruddell
Mr. Ruddell
Columbus
Daisy Glassburn
Elizabeth Grover
J. W. Reynolds
Orrville
F. R. Atkinson
Bidwell
A. W. Kerns
Floyd Boster
Detroit
T. A. Thomas
J. Harley Cloud
Belville
L. M. Thomas
Ashland
Hollis Harrison
Virginia Eggleton
Huntington
Ralph Eldon
St. Mary’s Hospital
Lew Pritchett
Ira Swisher
Otto Gilmore
Los Angeles
F. A. Haskins
A. R. Fox
A. J. Tomlinson
Ed McCormick
Loma Bing
Robert Thomas
Anna Simmerman
Portsmouth
Louise Scott
Sara Louise
Maridel Myers
Lesta Myers
Gallipolis
Gerald Coy
Jackson
Greenup
State Highway Department
Coy
Otterbein College
Westerville
Garnet Whiting
Rodney
Ladies’ Aid
Miss Whiting
Ohio Hospital For
Co. H. Wilson
M. N. Peters
Mildred Kilgore
Lillian Fetters
Sciotoville
Clarence Rice
Cecil Rice
Eva Langley
F. O. Plymale
C. J. Britton
St. Louis
S. C Kiser
Piqua
Williamsburg
Virginia
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Gallia
Legion
Jil In
Thaxton
Higgins
Bedsfordshire
England
Gallipolis Social Notes
Paul Northup
Madge Elliott
F. E. Northup
Charles Phillips
Susie Rothgeb
Neva
Baptist Aid
Rio Grande Plan
W. Union St
Flannelette
Taylor's
Vic
Weston's Delicious
Jersey
Rayon
Schine's
Athena
Ohio
Sohio
the Standard O1 Co
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