Meigs Court Convicts Qualls in Shooting Case
In Meigs County, a petit jury finds Clarence Qualls guilty of shooting with intent to wound during a week long May term. Officers Robson and Tracy testified they were shot at while searching for Qualls’ brother Mose Qualls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meigs
Qualls
Man
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Clarence Quails
Lower Middleport
Pat
William Robson
Dana Tracy
Robson
Tracy
Mose Qualls
Clarence Qualls
Grand Jury
Absent 38 Years He Still Likes Pomeroy
W R Hecox of Grand Island Nebr visits Meigs County Pomeroy after 38 years recalling Bett Slaughter murder case and Pomeroy Bend miners strike of 1894. He praises local hills and views and recalls early residents while others visit for Labor Day events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
W. R. Hecox
Grand Island
Nebr
Meige County
Hecox
Bett Slaughter
E. C. Hecox
Prospect Hill
Cincinnati
General Custer
Pomeroy Bend
S. A. Dyke
Herbert
Thomas Edison
New Jersey
Mian Lena Grant
John Kaspar
J. W. Shaver
S. A. M. Moore
W. J. Pratt
B. F. Biggs
Mr. Hecox
West
East
Commissioners Approve Multiple Meigs County Road Funds
Meigs County Board of Commissioners met in Pomeroy and passed resolutions for road work across several townships. Allocations include 250 to grade Nease Hollow Road from Co. C Hill to Valley Bell School, 25 to clean Carmel Graveyard, 8 to surface a Rutland Township road, a new bridge on Little Fork Run Road, and 25 for grading and topping Silver Run Road. Labor for the work to come from heads of needy families. Grades from Orange Township to be sent to Columbia Township after completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County Board of Commissioners
Nease Hollow
Co. C. Hill
Valley Bell School
Carmel
Rutland Township
Little Forked Run
Orange Township
Columbia Township
Silver Run
Birthday Celebration in Honor of Eloise Cooper
Mrs. H. E. Cooper hosted a social evening in Middleport on September 7 to honor her daughter Eloise on her seventeenth birthday. Friends gave gifts while guests included June and Yolanda Dugard Margaret Lallance Fernand Faye Abbott Ruth Mossman Jessie Mae Edith Russell Pauline Helwig Elizabeth Russell Phyllis Horden Mary Martha Heines Virginia Sauer and Margaret Marshall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary and
Martha Heines
Virginia Sauer
Margaret Marshall
Foreclosure Suit Filed Over Wolf Property in Pomeroy
Hattie Bolin Wade Smith Guy A Smith and James A Smith sue Mr and Mrs Charles Wolf and others in common pleas court on a mortgage foreclosure action. Plaintiffs seek judgment for 1000 on a note given by the defendants, with others named as having some claim to the Wolf property.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Hattie Bolin
Wade Smith
Guy A. Smith
James A. Smith
Charles Wolf
Charlies Wolf
Queen City Makes 25th Round Trip on Ohio River Trade
Marietta reports the Queen City completing her 25th round trip in the Pittsburgh Cincinnati trade for the 1932 season. The palatial packet carries large freight cargoes and enjoyed a strong summer tourist trade. Captain W E Dunaway and Purser Fred M Hoyt note decks are loaded with shipments weekly and expect river transport to rebound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marietta
Queen City
Cincinnati
Upper
Ohio
W. E. Dunaway
Fred M. Hoyt
Ohio River
Captain Dunaway
Pittsburgh
Residents note steady recovery and social visits in town
Vernon Archer, six weeks post operation at Gallipolis hospital, recuperating at home in Rutland for two weeks and reported well. Mr Herman Beards left for Indian Lake as a representative of his auto insurance company and will return Thursday. Weekend guests included Mr and Mrs E W Schreiber of Huntington and Miss Juanita Bentz. Mrs Gertrude French and two grandchildren visited Edna Pebworth in Washington DC before moving to Athens.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vernon Archer
Gallipolis
Rutland
Herman Beards
Mon- Gay
Indian Lake
Automobile Insurance Company
E. W. Schreiber
Huntington
W. Va
Bessie Bentz
Alonday
Juanita Bentz
Miss Bentz
Gertrude French
French
Edna Pebworth
Washington
DD. C
N. J. Bing
Athens
Athens High School
Pebworth
Robbins
John Chase
Mary Tracy
Local Residents Share Visits and Travel News
Mrs. Julia Hobart of Lakeside Cleveland visits her son M. C. Hobart on Lincoln Street. Harold Schwartzwalder, son of the late Mr and Mrs Phillip Schwartzwalder, was buried Tuesday in Columbus. Mrs. Marion McGuire and brother William Muggina of Steubenville visit their parents on Lincoln Street. Howard Byers and sister Ruby embark on a western trip to Kenosha Wisconsin to visit Miss Myrtie Smith. Edith Klein and her mother depart for New York City where she works for the New York Central Lines. Mrs. Herbert Chambers and son Richard and Miss Hobstetter travel to Columbus for the circus and will visit relatives. Mr. Webb and family drive to Vinton for the week with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Hobart
Lakeside Cleveland
M. C. Hobart
Lincoln Street
Harold Schwartzwalder
Phillip Schwartzwalder
Middleport
Columbus
Marion McGuire
William Muggina
Steubenville
William Huggins
Howard Byers
Ruby
Kenosha
Wis
Myrtie Smith
Edith Klein
Eva Klein
New York City
New York Central Lines
Herbert Chambers
Richard
Hobstetter
Local residents visit and travel notes from weekend
A stream of visiting family and travelers fills the region. Dan and Mrs. Jones spent the weekend with Mrs. Ann Jones and Miss Alvira before returning to Columbus. Eva Klein and family visited Rocky Glenn Sanatorium where Eva Mas improved after a two week stay. Other trips include Dr. Boice and wife vacationing in Cleveland, Miss Eichinger transferring to Ohio University, and several locals heading to Rio Grande for teaching posts or residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Jones
Ann Jones
Alvira
Columbus
Eva Klein
Hilda
Edith
Frank Fugate
Eva Mas
Rocky Glenn Sanatorium
McConnelsville
Fugate
Klein
William Robson
R. EB. Boice
Cleveland
Evelyn Eichinger
Rio Grande College
Ohio University
Marjorie Morris
Revert
Robert Harris
Willis Aleshire
Rio Grande
Aleshire
Galle County
Virginia Leonard
Marion
A. A. Chappelle
J. G. Talbott
Francea Gorguch
Huntington
the Humphreys
South Sixth Avenue
Hooker Street
Labor Day
Nancy Reed
Parkersburg
J. B. Downing
H. B. Hobart
Akron
A. Calderwood
Nella Calderwood
Local Families Visit Over Labor Day Weekend
The text notes Mrs. Gravely and her relatives visiting, with daughter entering Holzer Hospital for training. Mrs. Suter and her son stay with her aunt Mrs. Stansbury and husband. The Traberts from Cincinnati visited family including Mrs. Gravely’s mother and sister.
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Ing
Holzer Hospital
Firestone Confident on Prosperity After Europe Trip
U F Har vey and Firestone the Akron rubber maker arrived in New York aboard the Majestic from Europe and predicted that higher commodity prices and rising stock values signal a return to prosperity. Firestone said the economy is adjusting to a normal level and that increasing stock prices reflect confidence and will boost business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
U.f—Harvey &. Firestone
Akron
Europe
Firestone
Postpone Trial for Cleveland Republican Leader
Trials of Maurice Maschke county Republican leader and five co defendants in an indictment charging embezzlement of 177000 from the county treasury were postponed to Sept 1.
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Cleveland
Maurice Maschke
Thacher Resigns From Ohio National Guard Post
Columbus Sept 7 Col Edward B Thacher of Circleville an engineer examiner in the state auditor s office announced his resignation from his commission in the 134th Field Artillery Ohio National Guard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Edward &. Thacher
Circleville
State Auditor's Office
134Th Field Artillery
Ohio National Guard
Asbury Church to Hold Regular Service This Week
Rev Gaylord Bogardus will lead the Asbury Methodist service after attending Ohio Conference in Cincinnati. Miss Maxine Lewis of Racine visited Miss Helen Grace Williams Sundey. Louis Flanagan returned from a week in Columbus. Paul Heyman Guy Gorby and Miss Gladys Crooke start Pomeroy Schools duties Monday. W B White to open Middleport school Monday. Rev T Boyd Gay to preach at Syracuse Presbyterian Friday after vacation. Mr and Mrs Van Johnson Marjorie Moore Mary Calkins and Paul Browning visited Louisville Saturday. Browning returned home Monday. Mr and Mrs Avery Roberts and son Marvin spent Sunday in Huntington with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norman Everham
Columbus
Wesley Koester
Dora Reuter
Katie
Wendell Roos
Naylor
Waldo Bartell
Louleville
Boyd Dilgard
Minersville
Stephen Goett
John Goett
Lincoln Hill
Goett
A. Eblin
John Eblin
Union Avenue
Emma Nemene
Carl
Cincinnati
Henry Munich
Edith Sisson
Geo. Stark
Herman Epplin
Marjorie Hanlin
Pittsburgh
Asbury Methodist Church
Gaylord Bogardus
Ohio
Maxine Lewis
Racine
Helen Grace Williarma Sundey
Louis Flanagan
Paul Heyman
Guy Gorby
Gladys Crooke
Pomeroy
White
Middleport
T. Boyd Gay
van Johnson
Marjorie Moore
Mary Calkins
Paul Browning
Louisville
Walter Kelch
Browning
Lillian Moore
Marjorie
Avery Roberts
Marvin
Huntington
Ernest Bartels
A. J. Karr
Clinton Arthur
Syracuse Woman's Foreign Missionary Society Meeting
The Syracuse Woman's Foreign Missionary Society met Friday with Mrs. Carl Duckworth assisted by Mrs. Harvey Holter. Mrs. Roy Homes led devotions and Miss Rachel Mills gave a reading. September meeting set at Mrs. Lillian Moore's home with officer elections planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse Woman's Foreign Missionary Society
Carl Duckworth
Harvey Holter
Roy Homes
Rachel Mills
Lillian Moore
Syracuse Public Schools
Homer Roush
New Brighton
Roush
Holieon Roush
Hartford
Thomas Edwards
Gallia County Fair Sets Race, Tug of War Plans for Week
Premium lists for the twenty second Gallia County Fair are printed and distributed. Races include county trot and pace with 30 purses and no entry fee, entries due Sept 19 with Eimer EB Hatfield. Harness races, pony race, team pulling contests, and a baseball tournament with 60 in prizes scheduled Sept 20 22 with entries due Sept 17 and supervised by Lewis Burdette Frank Bachus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
A. C. Safford
Eimer EB. Hatfield
Lewis Burdette
Frank Bachus
Athens Council Enacts Paving Plan for Four Streets
Athens City Council approves paving of East Athens Elmwood Place Lincoln Street Hudson Avenue and Shannon Avenue after residents on First Street petition for brick paving and shared cost. Charles E. Cameron replaces Fred Fenzel as at large council member. A survey will check brick availability for other thin material projects. Fred Beckler receives 2000 dollars for paving Court and President Streets. A cement sidewalk will be built along South Court Street in front of the Howard Johnson property. A letter honoring Fred Fenzel’s long service is ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Athens
Elmwood Place
Lincoln Street
Hudson Avenue
Shannon Avenue
Athens
Charles E. Cameron
Fred Fenzel
First Street
Walker and
Lancaster
Fred Beckler
Court
President Streets
Howard Johnson
South Court Street
Nurse Blanche Dunlap Ends Life In Chillicothe
In Chillicothe on September 7 Blanche Dunlap a 38 year old trained nurse shot herself. Authorities cannot determine a motive for her self inflicted death.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chillicothe
Blanche Dunlap
Washington No. 2 to Start 15 Minutes Earlier
Washington School Building No. 2 will begin classes 15 minutes earlier to fit nine teaching periods daily without extra staff. Students attend 40 minute periods while others run 45 minutes. Open Sept 12 with full sessions. enrollment expected at 1350 then rising to 1500. Principal Frank Swigert, wheelchair bound, continues teaching.
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Gallipolis
Washington School
Washington No. 1
Washington No. 2
Lutz
Frank Swigert
Schools Open In Gallia County As Districts Begin
Gallia County reports most schools open September 5 or 6 led by superintendent E W Edwards. Clay Township schools start next week while Gallipolis District Schools begin September 12 under separate jurisdiction. Marriage licenses issued to John W Crist and Lillian Rodgers of Gallipolis and to Walden Durst and Gay Carrier of Cheshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Clay Township
E. W. Edwards
John W. Crist
Beokeeper
Charleston
W. Va
Lillian Rodgers
Walden Durst
Miner
Cheshire
Gay Carrier
Von Gronau Flight Continues to Berlin Route
The German consulate reported Captain Wolfgang von Gronau and three companions will press on with their world flight from Tokio to Berlin via Shanghai Hong Kong Manila and Dutch Borneo.
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Manila
Wolfgang von Gronau
Tokio
Berlin
Shanghai
Hong Kong
Dutch Borneo
Auto Shipments by River Rising Through New Rates
Large shipments of automobiles began moving by river from Pittsburgh to southern points on the lower Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The American Barge Line routed cars from Glassport, with through rail and barge rates in effect since last Thursday and set to expand on September 19. Barge service from Glassport will depart Pittsburgh area on the tenth, twentieth and thirtieth monthly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Flymouth
Pittsburgh
Ohio River
Mississippi River
Glassport
American Barge Line
American
Inland
Plymouth
W. L. Berry
Duncan Bruce
W.W. C. Kelly
Wheeling
Parkersburg
Charleston
Cincinnati
Portsmouth
Vet Candidate In Blackwood Suffer Paralysis Stroke
Gallipolis reports Rev W H Griffith 91 former M E pastor and Civil War veteran and J K Blackwood Democratic candidate for Mason County clerk of the circuit court are both seriously ill at their Point Pleasant homes Blackwood is paralyzed by a stroke both men well known in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. H. Griffith
M. E
J. K. Blackwood
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Blackwood
Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing a Still in Gallia County
George Lilley of near Adameville changed his plea from not guilty to guilty before Mayor A. J. Stormont after arrest by Sheriff Charlies H. Swanson on a charge of possessing a still. He was fined 150 dollars plus costs and remanded to Gallia County Jail until payment. Petition for divorce of Amanda A. Smith against Charles H. F. Smith has been dismissed at plaintiff’s cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Lilley
Adameville
Charlies H. Swanson
A. J. Stormont
Gallia County
Amanda A. Smith
Charles H. F. Smith
Cleveland graduate Miss Pokorny joins Cadmus and Mercerville as music teacher
Sept 7 Gallipolis announces Miss Ame la Pokorny of Cleveland has joined the Cadmus and Mercerville schools as vocal and instrumental music teacher. She will split time between the two campuses and is a graduate of Ohio State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Amela Pokorny
Cleveland
Cadmus
Mercerville
Miss Pokorny
Ohio State University
Large Potato Crops Shipped by River to Pittsburgh
Movement of large potato crops from Letart Falls bottom farms in Meigs County has begun. The Steamers Queen City and Liberty carried over 5,000 bags totaling about 10,000 bushels to Pittsburgh for the week’s market, along with shipments of chickens and eggs from Gallia and Meigs Counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Letart Falls
Meigs County
Queen City
Liberty
Pittsburgh
Gallia
Meigs
Kanawha River
Henry C. Yeiser, Jr
Loretta Howard
Cincinnati
Louisville
New Albany
Ind
Howard
The
River Transportation Company
Yeiser
Hatfield & Campbell's Creek Company
Accident Victim Dies in Gallipolis Auto Crash
Earl Gregory of Radcliffe died from injuries after an automobile crash at Holzer Hospital. Theodore Bags of Gallipolis had his hip broken in the same crash and was moved to his home. Helen Arthur of Gallipolis underwent an appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore Bass
Miss Arthur
Gallipolis
Earl Gregory
Radcliffe
Holzer Hospital
Theodore Bags
Helen Arthur
Marine Hospital Notes Gallipolis Visitor Count
The United States Marine Hospital at Gallipolis reports four patients on Tuesday Capt John Mills of Maysville ferryboat operator Leslie Mayes of Cincinnati Charles Terrell of Pittsburgh and Dayton Heisel of Henderson West Virginia. Mayes and Heisel arrived from the Steamer Henry Yeiser Terrell from the Steamer Liberty. Mrs Millard Burdette, long time matron, returned home from Pittsburgh while daughter in law Mrs Raymond Burdette now oversees the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Hospital
Gallipolis
United States Marine Hospital
John Mills
Maysville
Leslie Mayes
Cincinnati
Charles Terrell
Pittsburgh
Dayton Heisel
Henderson
W. Va
Mayes
Henry Yeiser
Terrell
Liberty
Millard Burdette
The
Raymond Burdette
Miami University Dean Florence Kerr on Home Visit
Miss Florence Kerr dean of women at Miami University spends several days at her home before resuming work at Oxford after a summer in New York City attending Columbia University. Columbus attorney Columbus Fontana enjoyed Sunday and Labor Day with his father A Fontana and family. A son was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Reid. Miss Norma Horner spends several days in Detroit and Battle Creek Michigan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florence Kerr
Miami University
Oxford
New York City
Columbia Uiversity
Columbus Fontana
Columbus
A. Fontana
T. Reid
Norma Horner
Detroit
Battle Creek
Mich
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Howard Hughes
Sanborn Missionary Society of the First Baptist Church
James Murray
Grant Street
F. C. Kréeager
Leroy Lyons
Bridge Club
Dee Ward
Riverside Hotel
Contract Bridge Club
M. BD. Hartinger
Rebekah Lodge
Odd Fellows
Springfield
Grand State
C. D. Shafer CO
Pomeroy Personals
Charleston - Huntington Cross
Pomeroy BI Bend
Thacher
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
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Brown
J. B. Swanson
N. Court St
Syracuse
Clay Town
Pleasant
Stormont
Dona Delo
Chance
R. G. Montgomery
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