Re Appraisal of County Real Estate Scheduled
Gallia County commissioners order a county wide real estate re appraisal to begin in about 30 days. Colelayer Trumble Co of Dayton will perform the six year evaluation for tax purposes with a 27 cent coal bid awarded to Roy Heilman and road return approved to local landowners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Board of
Gallia County Commissioners
Colelayer-Trumble Co
Dayton
Jackson County
Meigs County
Lawrence County
Charles W. Bodimer
John Cole
Gallia
Cole
Harry M. Wilcox
Thomas F. Daniels
James Boggs
Ohio
Roy Heilman
C. T
Bennie Prett
Perry Two
Three Chimneys To Rise At Chesire Ohio Valley Plant
A $1 750 000 contract will fund three 580 foot tall chimneys at the Ohio Valley Electric Company installation in Cheshire. The M W Kellogg Company and Pullman Incorporated subsidiary will build reinforced concrete chimneys weighing 9000 tons each with a 250 000 gallon condensate water tank and a bomb shelter in the base. Construction begins next month and should take nearly two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio Valley Electric Company
Cheshire
M. W. Kellogg Company
Pullman Incorporated
William F. Legge
Carpenter Carpenter Family Visits and Reunion
Mr and Mrs 8 E Grady of Cincinnati visited the Woodyard home along with Urban Lash Ida Bolin Claude Chase and Curtis Thompson of Fort Gay Virginia They visited Crabtree Mee Knight and Ed Marshall families in Columbus Lancaster and West Hamlin A Woodyard reunion was held at Dale Dye home led by Mrs Westina Crabtree
Hospital Discharges Names List of Patients
Holzer Hospital notes discharge a group of patients including H. H. Porter Mrs. William Tice Harold Tanner Mrs. Owen Dailey Mrs. Clarence E. Johnson and daughter Mrs. Jack Propp Delbert Fisher Worthy Siders Jr Mrs. Burton McGhee Richard Presley Lewis Saunders Mrs Merle Collins Barbara Johnson and Mrs. Earl Walton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Porter
William Tice
Harold Tanner
Owen Dailey
Clarence E. Johnson
Jack Propp
Delbert Fisher
Worthy Siders, Jr
Burton McGhee
Richard Presley
Lewis Saunders
Merle Collins
Barbara Johnson
Earl Walton
Brannon Returns to Gallipolis Radio Staff
James Brannon of Rio Grande ends with the Pennsylvania Railroad in Columbus and reenters the announcer staff of the Gallipolis radio station, restoring his on air duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Brannon
Rio Grande
Pennsylvania Railroad
Columbus
Eight Die In Crash Near Port Clinton
A car and a truck collided on Ohio 2 Friday, killing eight people. The crash occurred in Port Clinton area, with authorities not naming those involved in this brief report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clinton
Ohio
Former Gallipolis minister reminisces at First Presbyterian
In Gallipolis Ohio the Rev Lewis Weber Gishler told the First Presbyterian congregation that religion must be lived to be meaningful. He recalled seven years at the pulpit from 1934 to 1941 and discussed what religion yields. The event included the church’s new organ and Mrs Harley Bovie's accompaniment for the choir led by A Kimball Sutter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lewis Weber Gishler
First Presbyterian Arca
Muncie
Ind
First Presbyterian Church
Old French City
Mr. Gishler
H. B. Thomas
Gishler
Cecil V. Marley
U. S. Navy
Navy
Theodore Valenti
Linson H. Stebbins
Harley Bovie
A. Kimball Sutter
Community notes from New Straitsville gathering and local events
A New Straitsville dinner for Rebekah lodge members and guests occurred at Nellie Shuttleworth home with prizes awarded to Mrs Heid Mrs Neal Mrs Forester and guest prize to Mrs Frasure. Local births illnesses and visits were noted along with WSCS activities and band performance at the Ohio State Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Rebekah
Nellie Shuttleworth
Anna Frasure
Anna Mae Lanning
Loretta Beck
Eliza Neal
Dorothy Love
Elizabeth Walters
Ruthann Forester
Edna Rawlins
Myrtle Wallace
Sarah Rawlins
Josie Stobbs
Hazel Heid
Ethel Wade
Heid
Neal
Forester
Frasure
Carl Fink
Martha Sue
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Robert Stuffs
E. Fink
WSCS
Grace Sines
Ona Dell Wilson
Margaret Call
Gladys Lines
Josie McDonald
Beulah Mathews
Pearl Backus
Evelyn Hillis
Ethel Burgess
David Womack
Columbus
Marion Foster
Lottie Jewett
Frank Spicer
Logan
Harold Smith
Texas
Laura Warner
Blanche Grandy
Hemlock
Iva Dishon
Clarency Heinzy
Barberton
WSCS Meets With Eleven Members and Guests at Hall
The WSCS gathered at the community hall with 11 members and three guests, added one new member, and arranged exhibits for the Farmers Institute to be held this fall. An all day meeting with Mrs Effie Torrence is planned for Sept 16, the kitchen was cleaned and hot lunches organized.Visitors from New Martinsville WV including Mr T B Williams and Mrs Paul Headley and Cheryl visited Mrs Williams sister Mrs Grace Louden as Mrs Bettie Frederick sustained a fractured arm in a car crash. Mrs Anna Swan and daughter Mrs Geneva Yates visited relatives in Middleport.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Long Bottom
WSCS
Farmers Institute
Effie Torrence
T. B. Williams
Paul Headley
Cheryl
New Martinsville
W. Va
Williams
Grace Louden
Bettie Frederick
Anna Swan
Geneva Yates
Middleport
Linnie Swan
Fellowship described by archdeacon at St. Peter's Parish
Archdeacon Thornberry of Cincinnati defines parish fellowship as a broad, honest gathering of people each with a total self on display. He lists many roles from fathers to clerks and notes all are entangled in the world. He urges broader racial understanding as God made us brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church
David R. Thornberry
Cincinnati
Episcopal
Thornberry
Willkie
Community Picnics and Visits Highlight Hartford Area News
Hartford hosts annual picnic at Portland with officers teachers and Hartford Methodist Sunday school members. A New Haven Garden Club Park family picnic honors Mrs Kell and Mrs Wayland. Attendees include Rev W I Fiber Morgan town and many McKnight families and others. James Fiber enlists in the U S Army for Fort Knox training. Additional notes cover a Hartford Baptist Sunday school picnic, hospital surgery for Mrs Emil Knight, a Hartford Ohio marriage, and various family visits and reunions across New Haven Syracuse Steubenville Akron East Liverpool and Fort Worth areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Hartford Methodist Sunday School
Portland
J. W. Kell
Arthur Wayland
New Haven Garden Club
W. I. Fiber
Morgantown
George Mc Knight
Sharon Ruth
New Haven
William Mc Knight
Elizabeth Grueser
Jacob Phillips
D. A. Smith
Hugo Juhling
A. K. McClung
Earl Hoffman
Mary Aumiller
Stephen Howard
Vernon Grinstead
Lewis Stone
Harry Grimm
Marilyn
Carolyn Dotson
Patty Lou Smith
Mary Margaret Board
Irma Mae Grinstead
Maxine
John McCoy
Alexander McClung
Fort Worth
Texas
W. T. Stone
Nicky Johnson
F. S. Batey
Carl
Harry Gibbs
C. A. Rockwell
Pamela
Chester
W. Va
Akron
Ohio
C. O. Crow
St. Albans
Bernhart Lerner
New York City
George Turnbull
East Liverpool
Paul Laurent
Lansing
J. M. Crump
James McKnight
Charles McKnight
Esther McKnight
Huntington
Faye Blessing
Steubenville
T. E. Blessing
Audrey Blessing
George A. McKnight
Addie McKnight
Earl Hofffman
William McKnight
Truck kills tot in driveway incident in Ohio
An oil truck backed over 19 month old Ronald Retcher in a driveway at his home in Defiance Ohio on Friday. The tragedy occurred as the child played near the vehicle outside the residence. Authorities are investigating the manner of the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Defiance
Ohio
Ronald Retcher
Grid Dressing Room Project Gains Speed
Gallia Academy High School linebackers and fans will see dressing rooms built at Memorial Field with volunteer labor. Mahlon Radeker graded site and Dennis Wallace to finish. Jack Mills to supervise footing and recruit labor. W A Sayers to pour and level floors. The Fourth Ave side near Cedar St was fixed as location. Maurice Bane’s school board committee chose the site. Funds raised mainly by Downtown Coaches Club President Louis L Preston with $4200 pledged of $4600 goal. public donations welcomed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Memorial Field
Mahlon Radeker
Dennis Wallace
Gallia Academy High School
Radeker
Wallace
Jack Mills
W. A. Sayers
Fourth Ave
Cedar St
Locust St
Maurice Bane
H. B. Thomas
Edwin E. Higgins
Washington
Principa
Marshall D. Boggs
Louis L. Preston
Downtown Coaches Club
Preston
C. (Mac) McGin
Robert M. Richards
D-T Club
John FE. Halliday
Irwin Folden
Charles A
Ike) Rathburn
D-Ts
Halliday
Elizabeth Booton Barnes Weds Preston Pumphrey in Manhasset NY
Mrs Ira Welker Booton of Delaware Ohio announces the marriage of Elizabeth Booton Barnes to Preston Hubbell Pumphrey in Manhasset New York last Saturday. The bride, formerly a professor and editor at Ohio Wesleyan University, will reside at 99 Longview Road Port Washington New York after next Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ira Welker Booton
West Central Ave
Delaware
Ohio
Elizabeth Booton Barnes
Preston Hubbell Pumphrey
Manhasset
N. Y
Pumphrey
Ohio Wesleyan Univerity
Longview Road
Port Washington
Jim Porter
the Messenger
Residents and visitors gather in regional reunions and visits
Mr and Mrs A Chapman Par Sons and children returned from a four day trip to the Great Smokies staying in Greenville and Gatlinburg Tenn Mrs B A McKitrick of Vinton visited her sister Mrs Frank Corinne Farrar of Jackson after Farrar spent time in Vinton Art Farrar formerly a sports writer in the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League now at a Columbus paper Nell Worman of Gahanna visited the L Huards Charles B Rife and Mrs Rife hosted in Columbus Louis Brading and Arthur Brading of Chattanooga were guests of Mrs O O McIntyre gatewood family reunion at Farmers Hotel 40 guests luncheon Mrs J E Pritchard of Dallas former Galipolis resident visiting sister Mrs Charles Greene and brother Charles King also visiting son John I Pritchard of Huntington Helen Chaffee and son John weekend visitors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Chapman Parsons
Great Smokies
Greenville
Gatlinburg
Tenn
B. A. McKitrick
Vinton
Frank
Corinne) Farrar
Jackson
Art Farrar
Como St
Columbus
McKitrick
Louis Brading
Arthur Brading
Chattanooga
O. O. McIntyre
Stanley Lanier
Ralph Dillon
Coraopolis
Gatewood
Farmers Hotel
J. E. Pritchard
Dallas
Texas
Galipolis
Charles Greene
Charles King
John I Pritchard
Huntington
Helen Chaffee
John
Rutland Community Notes and Visits Highlight Local Socializing
The Rutland Methodist Church Choir and Bible Study Class enjoyed a party after rehearsal at the parsonage with hot dogs and fruit punch. Local residents hosted guests and travelers including the Mutchlers of Rutland and Athens, the Chases of Columbus, and the Jeffries family. Several couples planned trips to Indianapolis and visits to relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Robert Linter
Giles
J. W. Jeffries
Gladys Johnston
Oral Lowery
Hebron
Don Spires
Don
Ernest
Columbus
Ernest Harrison
Laura McC
Virgil Baskels
Cumberland
Pearl Brogden
Logan
Marilyn Turner
Carpenter
Gerald Violet
Chester
Bart Rawlings
Pomeroy
Carlos Snowden
Clara Phillips
Zanesville
Roy Grimes
East Fultenham
Betty Siders
Laurel Cliff Visitors and Local Moves Noted
LOCAL NOTES describe visits by Rev and Mrs Leroy Hyett of Dayton and various Diehl family members including Ivan Diehl and Lewis Diehl visiting in Athens and Buckeye Lake. Funeral for Mrs Otho Radford held in Cincinnati. Mollohan family relocates from Thomas Parker property to a farm in Tuppers Plains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Laurel Cliff
Lewis Waugh
Leroy Hyett
Dayton
Ivan Diehl
Charles Diehl
Lewis
Georgia Diehl
Athens
Pearl Parker
Otho Radford
Cincinnati
June Hoffner
Scotty
Texas
Lew Diehl
Lewis Arvin
Buckeye Lake
Paul Archer
James Mollohan
Thomas Parker
Tuppers Plains
Rotary Returns To Service Theme For Gallipolis Club
Gallipolis Rotary hosts District Governor Dr. Nicholas Holmes of Chillicothe who says the club will emphasize service this year and will receive the Ohio state award at the next convention. Dr. Oscar W. Clark Jr. presides as Holmes outlines Rotary work, marking the 25th anniversary observance and noting Dr. T. C. Jenkins relocates to Franklin College Indiana. Marshall D. Boggs wins the pair of rabbits for a missed meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rotary
Nicholas Holmes
Chillicothe
Ohio
Gallipolis Rotary Club
Farmers Hotel
T. C. Jenkins
Franklin College
Indiana
Marshall D. Boggs
Mineral residents share news from Lima to New Marshfield
Mrs. C B Buckley visited Lima for Gerald McWhorter's funeral and kept in touch with Miners. Kenneth Shingler awaits U S Army induction and plans Texas training while staying with grandparents George and Mrs. Shingler. Ohio State Fair attendance included Helen Swaim Dixie Hunter and Norman Saylor. Dale Saylor led a Waterlo o Game Preserve fowl exhibit. Gerald McWhorter of Lima, longtime Mineral resident and World War I veteran, died. services at New Marshfield Christian Church. Charlotte Riley Edwards welcomed a daughter at Shelter ing Arms Hospital. Oscar Robinett of Frankfort visited New Marshfield friends. Mr and Mrs C V Hester visited Mrs Flossie Green in Nelsonville. William Sickles Ruth Sickles and crew from Barberton visited the Shinglers. George Sickles and Mrs Sickles also visited. A new garage is being built by M G Woods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. B. Buckley
McWhorter
Lima
Ohio
Gerald McWhorter
Kenneth Shingler
George Shingler
U. S. Army
Texas
Helen Swaim
Dixie Hunter
Norman Saylor
New Marshfield
Dale Saylor
Waterloo
C. V. Hester
Flossie Green
Nelsonville
William Sickles
Ruth
Barberton
Shingler
George Sickles
Sickles
M. G. Woods
Polio Cases Hit Record In County
Gallia County reports 18 poliomyelitis cases this season with two non-paralytic cases, none of which caused panic. Dr. William F. Ashe notes strong county control and cites $10,250 spent with expected total $20,000. March of Dimes goal set at not less than $16,000. Committees expanded for 1954 drives, new commercial and women’s activity groups formed. Attendees include Dr. Ashe Carl French Mrs Omar Zimmerman Ruth Maddy and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Children’s Or University Hospital
Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
National Foundation For Infantile Paralysis, Inc
William F. Ashe
Carl French
Ned Hamilton
Dr. Ashe
Omar C. Zimmerman
Ruth Maddy
Donald Warehime
Marcus J. Magnussen
Hamilton
Dwight C. Wetherholt
Book Review on Bourbon Democracy of the Middle West
Rio Grande College scholar Dr. Eugene C. Murdock reviews Horace S. Merrill’s Bourbon Democracy of the Middle West 1865 1896 in the Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly. He questions Merrill’s thesis while praising research and cites broader postwar economic atmosphere shaping progress. Murdock will review Wayne Cole’s America First: The Battle Against Intervention in the October 1953 Quarterly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rio Grande
Eugene C. Murdock
Department of Social Sciences
Rio Grande College
Horace S. Merrill
Middle West
Ohio State Archaeological and Historical Quarterly
Merrill
Murdock
Wayne Cole
America First
the Quarterly
Wright fined in Gallipolis for passing on yellow line
Richard Wright 29 of Detroit was fined 10 dollars plus costs in Gallipolis Municipal Court over Labor Day weekend on a State Highway Patrol charge of passing on the yellow line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Richard Wright
Detroit
Shelton kinfolk mark Ohio reunion and Chauncey Brotherhood anniversary
Seventy seven descendants of Albert Shelton gathered on the Andrew Shelton hilltop farm near Gallia Greenfield Township to tour a tall 80 foot pine and a five foot thick poplar. Grover Shelton of Winston Salem described the forest pine as nearly extinct in Ohio and the group noted the landmark trees. The gathering included most of Albert Shelton's children with Otto Shelton of Los Angeles and Mrs Don Altenbaugh of Toledo absent. In Chauncey the County Men's Brotherhood of Churches of Christ and Christian Churches marks its twelfth anniversary with a hymn sing led by Fred Lee Tom and a guest sermon by Rev E C Trayor of Zanesville. County vice president George Barrows will preside at a brief business session. attendance goals were set toward a county goal of 150 for the social hour at the parish house.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Albert Shelton
Andrew Shelton
Gallia
Greenfield Township
Grover Shelton
Winston-Salem
N. C
Ohio
Otto Shelton
Los Angeles
Don
Jennie Esta) Altenbaugh
Toledo
John
Varina) Bandy
Delaware
Goff
Donna) Johnson
Alliance
Heston Shelton
Chauncey
W. G. Davis
Typhoid Carrier Found In Gallipolis
Gallipolis municipal board of health met to address typhoid carrier control after four local cases since newcomers arrived months ago. The session in the city hall reviewed nuisance complaints and heard reports with Dr N Howard Foster and others present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Commission
Portsmouth Road
Mound Hill Cemetery
Danner
John Everett Evans
Evans Heights
Joseph Stiles
Jacob Wineberger
Hedgewood Drive
J. Roy Bartlett
Raymon T. Allison
A. F
Gus) Frye
John Morgan
Otis Drummond
Perry Bailes
W. Lewis Brown
City Board of Health
Gallipolis
Municipal Board of Health
Omar C. Zimmerman
Polio
Polio Group
N. Howard Foster
Charlotte Cremeens
Lawrence Bastiani
John O. Frazier
Mary Akers
Wayne Phillips
Baptist Picnic At Bailey's Lake Draws Local Turnout
Baptist Sunday School members held an annual picnic at Bailey's Lake. Am arillo residents A2C and Mrs. Eddy Stobart arrived after a 15 day furlough with their parents. Several families planned travels or visits to Harrisburg Blawnox Racine Pomeroy Forked Run Lake while painting projects and fishing trips continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antiquity
The
Baptist Sunday School
Bailey's Lake
Eddy Stobart
Amarillo
Texas
Arthur Sobart
Guy Shuler
South Dakota
Roland Glenn
Harrisburg
Blawnox
Oval Diddle
Jerry Powell
Racine
James Sayre
Pomeroy
Bernard Diddle
Forked Run Lake
Pearl Beards
Richard Curtis
Baptist Church
Richard Wolfe
Bryan Harris
Reedsville
Frank Buck
Palestine
Elizabeth
W. Va
Past Chiefs Entertained by Mrs Wallace Evening
Mrs Clara Wallace entertained the Past Chiefs Club Friday night as officers for the year were elected Ola Atkins became president Elizabeth Canter vice president Beatrix Rosser secretary and Verna Marquis treasurer Eight members and three guests shared refreshments Prizes went to Bess Jones and Beatrix Rosser high score to Margaret McHarg
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Clara Wallace
Chiefs Club
Ola Atkins
Elizabeth Canter
Beatrix Rosser
Verna Marquis
Taylor Ridge Church Picnic at Memorial Park
CHAUNCEY The Taylor Ridge church and Sunday school plan their annual picnic in Memorial Park at Glouster after the morning service. They invite Greens Run Church and Sunday school to join in the visit and picnic. After dinner, games will be led by the recreation committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Taylor Ridge
Memorial Park
Glouster
Greens Run
Chauncey Personals Weekend Visits From Ohio Kin
Chauncey Niles Brooks of Urbana visited Friday with Mrs. Elizabeth Canter. Lucille Butterworth and Barbara and Irene Jackson of Columbus visited S. D. Jackson. Dan Johnson and Rob ert Smith called on Mrs. Melvin Hoar and her new baby in Columbus. Arthur Triplett and his wife hosted his brothers Carol Birge and Frank Caldwell with Zanesville and Caldwell ties. The four brothers attended a Wightstown homecoming with sister Zina Lewis of Athens joining the Triplett household for the weekend. Homer Omen and Billy spent time with Mrs. Omen’s mother in Portsmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey — Niles Brooks
Urbana
Elizabeth Canter
Lucille Butterworth
Barbara
Irene Jackson
Columbus
S. D. Jackson
Dan Johnson
Robert Smith
Melvin Hoar
Arthur Triplett
Millfield
Arthur
Wightstown
Zina Lewis
Athens
Homer Omen
Billy
Daughter Is Born At White Cross Hospital
Mr and Mrs Melvin Hoar of Columbus announce the birth of a daughter at White Cross Hospital on September 4 Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Dan Johnson Chauncey and Mr Mrs Walter Hoar Orleans nd
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey
Melvin Hoar
Columbus
White Cross Hospital
Dan Johnson
Walter Hoar
Orleans
Entertainer Chauncey Brookins to Perform for Millfield Needle Club
Olive Brookins will entertain the Millfield Needle Club Thursday night in a local community event. The program features a light social gathering with Brookins performing and engaging the audience.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CLUB
Chauncey
Olive Brookins
Millfield Needle Club
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Gallipolis Social Notes
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