Festivities at Pomeroy Odd Fellows Outing Draw Crowd
Labor Day events by the Odd Fellows drew a large crowd at Pomeroy's Junior High Auditorium and Athletic Field. The program included a street parade led by the Springfield Orphans Home Band, speeches by I O O F officials, athletic contests topped by a 4 to 3 win for Pomeroy over Athens, a fire drill with a small blaze on the river bank, and a dance at the Odd Fellows Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Odd Fellows
Springfield
Charles T. Cross
Odd Fellows of
Athens
Main Street
Second Ward
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Mrs. Isabelle Roush Dies in Portland at 71
Isabelle Roush, 71, wife of Emory Roush and former chamber maid on the Hornet towboat, died at Portland at 3 15 Monday morning after long illness. She leaves no children. Emory Roush, once a steward on the Hornet No 2, is also in poor health. He had married Mary Hill first and sired a son, and was formerly a Syracuse boy from the Portland district.
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Pomeroy
Isabelle Roush
Emory Roush
Portland
East Liverpool
Ohio
Hornet
Sayre Rites Held for Letart Falls Man
John Sayre 23 died in Columbus after long illness. Funeral held Monday at Letart Falls cemetery. Survived by five sisters and one brother, all residents of Columbus and Akron. father John Sayre of Letart community.
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Pomeroy
John Sayre
Columbus
Letart Falls
Letart
Akron
Mrs Gaillard Parrish Dies After Weeks of Illness
Mrs. Gaillard Parrish 31 of Danville Ohio died Sunday night at Grant Hospital Columbus after a prolonged illness. Daughter of Mrs. Cora Roberts of Pomeroy she was born here and graduated from Pomeroy High School. Survived by husband two children Jack and Martha Ruth mother five brothers and one sister. Pneumonia and complications noted. Funeral Wednesday at 1 30 pm in Danville with burial nearby.
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Pomeroy
Gaillard Parrish
Danville
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Cora R. Roberts
Parrish
Beatrice Roberts
Pomeroy High School
Jack
Martha Ruth
Roberts
Clinton
John
Ted
Robert
Grant
T. A. Hennessy
Local Residents Attend Visits and Moves Across Town
W E Russell and nephew Dan L Farmer traveled to Columbus to visit the farmer’s sister Mrs George Swallow. Herbert Williamson and family left for Niles after a week with relatives in Rutland. Mrs Edith Russell improves at Huntington after a visit by Bennett Russell and family. Mrs C C Washington Sprigg W Va arrived for a week with Paul C Jones family and relatives. Nan Moore and daughter Elizabeth accompanied her home. G E Russell moved into J H Moulden apartment on North Second Street. James Murray and Will Murray returned from Long Bottom to Huntington. Effie Rice and son Frank visited Crown City for Labor Day with Russell Rice. Edith Schreiner returned from Columbus to spend Labor Day with her mother Leota Schreiner. Grace Sauvage, employed in Columbus, came to visit sister HarLama and family. Frances Kreager and C D Sharkey from Dayton visited Rev and Mrs F C Kreager South Sixth Avenue. Fullerton family from Lakeside Ohio came to visit L D McMaster. Frank Hoffman returned to Parkersburg after a week here. Naomi Owens, with Josephine Russell from Toledo, visited Columbus and returned with plans to stay here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. Russell
Dan L. Farmer
Columbus
George Swallow
Herbert Williamson
Niles
Rutland
Bennett Russell
Huntington
Edith Russell
Grant
South Fifth
Main Street
James Murray
Grant Street
Will Murray
Long Bottom
Effie Rice
Frank
Crown City
Russell Rice
Edith Schreiner
Labor Day
Leota Schreiner
Grace Sauvage
Har! Lama
Frances Kreager
C. D. Sharkey
Dayton
F. C. Kreager
South Sixth Avenue
Fullerton
Lakeside
Local visitors and family movements fill the week
A sequence of relatives and friends visit Columbus area households. J D Bryan from Chicago arrives for a week with his sister and her husband, while Mr and Mrs Harold Hubbard visit Akron with family. Several relatives travel to Dayton Columbus Huntington and Gulfport for visits and returns, and Dr T Jesse Jones from New York joins for a few days.
Bradbury Clan Holds Annual Reunion at Gallia County Fairgrounds
Bradbury family members gathered at the Gallia County Fairgrounds on Sunday for their annual reunion. Attendees from town included A. H. Bradbury, James Arnold and son Jim, B. B. Bradbury and son Charles Asa, Charles Wise Jr. and family, among others. About 125 relatives attended with many visitors. A noon chicken dinner preceded an entertaining program.
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Middleport
Bradbury
Gallia County Fairgrounds
A. H. Bradbury
James Arnold
Jim
B. Bradbury
Charles Asa
Charles Wise, Jr
McCullough Family Reunion Shifts to Meigs County
The McCullough reunion gathered Labor Day at Wolf's Grove on Eagle Ridge Meigs County with about one hundred attendees. Officers reelected were A E B McCullough president Ethel Freese treasurer and C J McCullough secretary. The group voted to meet again at the same location next year.
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Pomeroy
McCullough
Wolf's Grove
Eagle Ridge
Lancaster
Meigs County
A. E B. McCullough
Ethel Freese
McElhinny Rites Held in Middleport
Funeral services for Frank McElhinny 71 were held at Silver Run Methodist Church with burial in Cheshire Gravel Hill Cemetery. He died Saturday at his Leading Creek home after a long illness three days after his seventy first birthday. He is survived by his wife two daughters Ray McElhinny a sister and a brother seven grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Middleport
Frank McElhinny
Silver Run Methodist Episcopal Church
Cheshire Gravel Hill
F. I. Gardner
McElhinny
Leading Creek
Homer Jones
Edgar Wolfe
Ray McElhinny
Hannah Reed
West
O. N. McElhinny
Family visitors depart for Syracuse after weeks in town
Mrs Morris Carl and her children Junior and Louise left Union Avenue for Syracuse New York after a prolonged visit. Miss Nettie McBane of East Liverpool and Mrs Anna Henderson of Columbus state officers of the Rebekikes spent weekend at Jacob Roller home Mulberry Street. The Camers family and John Muller with William Young visited here last week and returned to Cincinnati. Jesse Brewster and wife came back from Cincinnati after attending the Ohio Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Frances Y from Cincinnati spent the weekend with her father Henry Youngs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris Carl
Junior
Sughter
Louise
H . Carl
Union Avenue
Syracuse
N. Y
Nettie McBane
East Liverpool
Anna Henderson
Columbus
Rebekakes
Mattie Reeves
Edgar
Covbus
George Camerer
Ohn Camerer
John Muller
Oul
William Young
Cincinnati
Jesse Brewster
Second Street
Ohio
The
Methodist Episcopal Church
Frances Y
Henry Youngs
Labor Day disturbances keep Meigs officers on duty
In Pomeroy and Middleport on Labor Day officers worked through the night and day after the Qualls family sparked a series of intoxication arrests. Violet Qualls was jailed after a party rumor. Mose and Rich Qualls followed with charges, and others including Wid Williams, Phil Edwards, Clarence Little, William McClain and Harold Hutton were detained on intoxication or public disturbance counts.
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Pomeroy
Qualls
Middleport
Violet Qualls
John Hawkins
William Robson
Meigs
Mose Qualls
Rich Qualls
Hawkins
Robson
Mid- Mleport
Lambert Family Relocates to South Fifth Avenue Apartment
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Lambert and relatives moved from Chester to the Edith Russell apartment on South Fifth Avenue. Lambert works for a local baking firm. Mrs. Lambert will teach at Bailey Run School, while her brother-in-law Mr. Knight teaches at Minersville and the sister will enroll in Middleport High School.
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Middleport
Glen Lambert
Edith Russell
South Fifth Avenue
Chester
Lambert
Bailey Run
Knight
Minersville
Middleport High School
Mrs Max Roller Heads to Cleveland for Vacation
Mrs. Max Roller left Sunday for Cleveland and nearby areas in the northern part of the state for a few days vacation. The trip is expected to take most of the week.
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Middleport
Max Roller
Cleveland
Confesses and Then Denies Murder of Brother and Girl
Loren Truesdale confessed to Lima police that he killed his brother Earl and Thelma Woods in May 1931 and disposed of their bodies in an abandoned quarry after a dance. He later repudiated the confession saying he was not in Lima that night, while his parents maintain his innocence.
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Ohio
Loren Truesdale
Lima
Earl
Thelma Woods
Loren
Bernard Roney
Hayes Party Enjoys Week at Indian Lake Resort
Mrs Walter Hayes and daughter Edna Maxine join Mrs Kellogg for a week at Indian Lake near Lima. They left Saturday to vacation on the shores of the large artificial lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Walter Hayes
Edna Maxine
Kellogg
Indian Lake
Lima
Burnell home hosts visitors from New York City and Columbus
Mrs. Charlotta Burnell and her nephew Morgan Jones of New York City have spent several days visiting the Burnell home in Middleport. Jones plans to visit relatives in Pomeroy while in the area and arrived in Middleport on Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charlotta Burnell
Morgan Jones
New York City
Columbus
Burnell
Jones
Pomeroy
Building New Home Near Letart Falls
POMEROY Sept. 5. C N Wagner former county superintendent of schools and long time county teacher is overseeing construction of a new home on his farm at Plants below Letart Falls. The Wagner family lives in Middleport and will move once the house is finished. He was succeeded as superintendent by C O Chapman on August 1 and plans to leave the teaching profession.
Principal Arrives to Lead Middleport High School
Martin W. Essex arrived from Ohio State University where he attended a 12 week summer term. He has been appointed principal of Middleport High School for the coming term beginning Monday September 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Martin W. Essex
Ohio State University
Middleport High School
Visits Near Newark By Young Snider Return Visit
Max Sanborn and Charles W. Snider traveled to Utica near Newark to see Rev. Morris, who drove the car involved in a May collision near Cincinnati. Snider, seriously injured in the crash, spent weeks in a Cincinnati hospital and remains partially recovered but much improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Max Sanborn
Charles W. Snider
Utica
Newark
Rev. Morris
Snider
Young Snider
Cincinnati
Local Notes Sighted Around Van Horn and Nearby Towns
Sand Rock residents report Dow Marquis visit with sister in Van Horn Texas. Howard Cross of Cleveland stayed with John Parmiter family. Miss Effie Huffman’s death shocks friends. funeral attendees from the area. Wilson Chapel M E Church women plan an ice cream social at Charles Moore home September 8. Levi Ogg ill. Many from this place attended Miss Huffman’s Chesterhill funeral. Dow and Athens visitors noted Friday. Fultz couple socialized with Grandstaffs. Frank Fultz visiting Ross County relatives. Mrs. Harley Ward remains ill.
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Dow Marquis
van Horn
Texas
Howard Cross
Cleveland
John Parmiter
Effie Huffman
Wilson Chapel
M. E. Church
Charles Moore
Levi Ogg
Chesterhill
Athens
Charles Fultz
Carl Grandstaff
Frank Fultz
Ross County
Harley Ward
Gallia County Draws Juries for September Term
Gallia County jury Commission drew grand and petit juries for the September term on Saturday. A special capital offense venue was drawn for the murder trial of Walter Boyd. Grand jurors include Margar et Kail, James Stewart, H. K. Kester, M. M. Drummond, J. L. Richards, F. H. Mills, and C. H. Jolly among others. Petit jurors include Robert Carter, Nora Haskins, Neil Worman, Ora Fox, Frank Dickey, Clare Smeltzer, Julia Bean, O. N. Roush, Morris Wickline, Amon Rutherford, Carl Gordon, S. E. Reed, Alice Clark, Bernard Mason, and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Walter Boyd
Margaret Kail
Addison
Herman Condee
James Stewart
John EB. Evans
Perry Township
Robert Carter
Greenfield Township
Nora Haskins
Guyan Township
Neil Worman
Ora Fox
John Hazlett
Frank Dickey
Clare Frank Smeltzer
Curtis Swain
Harrison Township
D. M. Beman
Raccoon Township
John Burkle
Huntington Township
Julia Bean
O. N. Roush
Cheshire
Morris Wickline
Clay Township
Amon Rutherford
Carl Gordon
Springfield
O. E. Albright
Walnut Township
S. E. Reed
Alice Clark
Bernard Mason
Howard Fellore
Carl Saunders
C. A. Troth
Miss Helen Gilbert Weds Lawrence Myers
Gallipolis notes Miss Helen Gilbert daughter of S E Gilbert and Lawrence Myers son of Mrs Clara Myers Reynoldsburg were married Sunday at Grace Methodist Church Rev J W Stone officiated with Virginia Lynch maid of honor and Gerald Branson best man Myers a 1928 Ohio Wesleyan graduate and longtime athletic director and football coach at Gallia Academy and Gilbert a 1930 Gallia Academy graduate reside at 141 Second Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Helen Gilbert
S. E. Gilbert
Lawrence Myers
Clara Myers
Reynoldsburg
Grace Methodist Episcopal Church
J. W. Stone
Virginia Lynch
Gerald
Detour on Route 7 Near Cheshire to Be Lifted Soon
Gallipolis Ohio September 6 Detour on Route 7 from near the C and O underpass into Cheshire will be lifted today or Wednesday Dirt over the new concrete is being removed traffic will use the old road for a few hundred feet until Kyger Creek bridge is finished Work progresses rapidly on the bridge
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Gallipolis
Cheshire
Kyger Creek
Sheriff sale sells 98 acre farm under six fifty an acre
A 98 acre farm in Raccoon Township near Centerville was auctioned at sheriff's sale for $636, far below its $950 appraisal. Glen Arrowood purchased the property on a partition and recovery suit brought by J. H. Williams Jr. against L. D. Blanton and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Raccoon Township
Glen Arrowood
Centerville
J. H. Williams, Jr
L. D. Blanton
Dinner speakers draw thousands to Legion event
Gallipolis, Sept 6. Congress man Thomas A. Jenkins of Ironton and Charles M. Hogan of Wellston along with Appellate Court Judge R J Mauck addressed a Legion bean dinner in City Park. The gathering drew several thousand people and complemented a sales day sponsored by local merchants.
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Jenkins
Hogan
Mauck
Legion
Gallipolis
Thomas A. Jenkins
Ironton
Charles M. Hogan
Wellston
R. J. Mauck
American Legion
Excursion of 115 on Tom Greene River Trip
The all steel packet steamer Tom Greene left Louisville Sunday on a Labor Day excursion to Charleston and Hawksnest West Virginia. Capacity crowd of 115 toured historic sites in Louisville and viewed mountain scenery from Charleston. Captain Tom Greene led the trip with assistance from his noted mother Captain Mary Becker Greene, a pilot and master.
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Tom Greene
Louisville
Charleston
Gallipolis
All Steel Packet
Hawksnest
W. Va
Mary Becker Greene
Baer Sues Mississippi Valley Barge Line for 310000
Carl Baer former vice president of the Mississippi Valley Barge Line and Gallipolis native, now in St. Louis, files in Gallipolis for 310000 in damages against the company and four board members. He claims 30000 due from salary shortfall and 60000 tied to stock transfer plus 200000 punitive damages. He previously sued for 55000 in St Louis.
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Gallipolis
Carl Baer
Mississippi Valley Barge Line
St. Louis
Clayton
Wade Childress
Frank C. Rand
August W. Johnson
Baer
Mississippi Company
Mr. Baer
Standard Unit Navigation Company
Mississippi
Louie Baer
Henking-Bovie Wholesale Grocery Company
Washington D. H
Mississippi Valley
Carl Jeffries
Charleston
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
Memphis
New Orleans
Three Couples To Wed From Gallipolis District
Three marriages are set as marriage licenses were issued by Judge J. S. Clark in Gallipolis. Lawrence Myers and Helen Gilbert of Gallipolis, Earl Coleman Coleman and Sybil Coleman of Gallipolis, and Ralph Deem of Glouster with Avelle Palmer of Cheshire obtained licenses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. S. Clark
Lawrence Myers
Helen Gilbert
Earl Cole
Charleston
W. Va
Sybil Coleman
Ralph Deem
Miner, Glouster
Avenelle Palmer
Cheshire
Real estate transfers in Gallipolis last week
Real estate transfers recorded include Mary F. Moore deceased to T. J. Moore for 2.12 acres in Springfield Township. G. Martt sells 47.65 acres in Clay Township to W. H. Martt. Ervin E. Brewer et al to David L. Jones for 80 acres in Greenfield Township.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary F. Moore
T. J. Moore
Springfield Township
Revival Visitors and Local Family News From Marion Area
Silver Ridge Rey and Mrs. Frank Roddy of Marion returned home after a two weeks revival service. Mildred Christy is recovering after tonsil removal at Dr Hartman’s Hospital in Parkersburg. Mr. and Mrs. Earnest Weber of Marietta visit. Weber helps paint the U B Church. Charles Betzing hosts Mr and Mrs Allie Fish family Charley Fish and Howard Fish. G W Christy family visit their sons James Floyd Vern in New Lexington. Hart Smith dined with John Pooler in Chester. Flora Marie Tuttle visits Mildred and Hazel Christy. Dorothy and Maxine Hawk visit grandmother Blanche Hessleton. L H Partlow and family visit Franklin Partlow of Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Fish
Alfred
G. W. Christy
James
Floyd
Vern
New Lexington
Hart Smith
John Pooler
Chester
Three Men Drown as Bridge Collapses in Rio Grande Flood
Three men are reported drowned when the International Railroad Bridge at Laredo gave way as the Rio Grande flood reached its peak. No identifications were made immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laredo
Tex
Rio Grande
Water Queen Show Boat Undergoes Repairs at Gardner Dry Docks
The Water Queen owned by Capt. Roy Myatt of Lowell is set for hull repairs at Gardner Drydocks Point Pleasant after a busy six weeks. The vessel will move to the Muskingum River canal at Lowell, ten miles above Marietta, soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Water Queen
Gardner Drydocks
Point Pleasant
Roy Myatt
Lowell
Muskingum River
Marietta
Undergoes Operation at Hospital for Acute Appendicitis
Emmett Walters of Bidwell D. 3 underwent an operation at Hbizer Hospital on Saturday for acute appendicitis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Emmett Walters
Bidwell
D. 3
Hbizer Hospital
Annual Wilson Chapel Homecoming Set for Sept 18
The third annual Wilson Chapel Church home-coming will be held Sept 18 with Arthur Hickman of Athens leading Sunday School. Rev Hubbel preached his last sermon of the conference year on Aug 21. Ethel King returned from a visit with Mrs. Glen Robinson in Athens. Mrs Minnie Colvin leaves for Pennsylvania to visit her daughter Mrs Charles Staley who is seriously ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maude Funk
Columbus
Hubbel
Ethel King
Glen Robinson
Athens
Arthur Fels
Ross County
Charles Fultz
Sam McClelland
Wilson Chapel
Arthur Hickman
Harvey Wood
Broadwell
Minnie Colvin
Charles Staley
Pennsylvania
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River Man
Mrs. Gaillard Parrish
Athens Ice & Storage Co
Save With Ice
Russell
J. D. Bryan
Chicago
J. B. Harley
Harold Hubbard
Marjorie
Gladys Hughes
JL. HB. Saunders
Ruth Saunders
Dea Hayes
J. A. Meadows
M. J. McCarty
C. W. Snider
C. H. Snider
J. Q. Marcum
Skidmore
Beulah Forguer
Ruth Thomas
Rutland Street
Milton Herbert
Scotts
McElhinnys
Gulfport
Lawrence McElhinny
T. Jesse Jones
Robert Jones
John Robert
Sara Jones
T. H. Davis
Harry
Alphonse With
Canton
BE. M. Harrah
W. P. Ohlinger
Bradbury Clan
Gallia Fairgrounds
Grove
Pomeroy Personals
C. N. Wagner
Boyd
Route
Silver Ridge
Flora Marie Tuttle
Mildred
Hazel Christy
Dorothy and
Maxine Hawk
West Shade
Blanche Hessleton
L. H. Partlow
Lucile Bailey
Franklin Partlow
Great Bridge Falls
General Electric
Southern
Nelsonville
Glouster
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