Ten Year Old Boy Sues Officials for 25000 Damages
Cris Wolfe, suing for his son Edison Wolfe, a 10 year old boy, claims negligence by Meigs County officials and Sutton Township trustees over dynamite caps stored at John Bailey's store near Morning Star. Edison allegedly lost sight in one eye, three fingers and the thumb, and suffered severe injuries and disfigurement in an explosion during a playground incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Umbroy
Common Pleas Court
Cris Wolfe
Eaison R. Wolfe
William Smith
Irving Karr
W. A. Compton
Meigs County
N. A. Roush
Glenn Roush
William Carnahan
Sutton Township
John Bailey
Nease
Morning Star
Emily Wolfe
Donald Shrader
Lucille Shrader
Edison Wolfe
Markers Placed to Clear View of Civil War Memorial
Five trees on the monument lot at Second and Mulberry in Pomeroy have cardboard markers for removal. Local men prefer to stay unnamed but aim to remove the trees so the Civil War Memorial is not obscured. Ownership is uncertain. authority would lie with the now-disbanded Meigs County Monumental Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Second and
Mulberry Avenue
Meigs County Monumental Association
Amy L. Whaley
Missionary Society Meets at Church of Christ
In Middleport on September 18 the Missionary Society of the Church of Christ gathered in the lecture room. President Miss Etta Gaskill led the devotional, with Mrs Pearl Graves as program leader. The group discussed the evening’s topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
The
Missionary Society of the Church of Christ
Etta Gaskill
Pearl] Graves
Local residents and visitors frequent Bainbridge area
Miss Fell the home economics teacher from Bainbridge rooms with Mrs. James Souder and will bring her mother later. W. E. Melvin the new superintendent and several teachers are Ohio University graduates. Various families and out-of-town visitors, from Parkersburg and Syracuse, travel through town, with several trips to Charleston Columbus Wheeling and Sprigg.
Claim for 15000 Not Yet Settled In Meigs County
A Meigs County claim for 15000 for personal damages from a 1931 automobile wreck near Crown City was heard by the Ohio Sundry Claims Board in Columbus. Norma B. Dean, widow of Harris N. Dean, seeks damages alleging dangerous highway conditions and unsafe fencing. The board has not ruled, and any payment would require legislative action next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Ohio Sundry Claims Board
Columbus
Harris N. Dean
Sumner
Jacob
Dean
Crown City
Norma B. Dean
James Collier
Ironton
Gallia County
A. W. Sherwood
Marietta
State Highway Department
Sundry Claims Board
Crown City Bridge
Huntington
P T A To Meet At High School
Middleport will host a Parent-Teacher Association meeting after school on Wednesday at the high school. President Mrs. William Bradford said plans for the coming year's work will be made at the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Parent
William Bradford
Hyatt Funeral Held
Middleport on Rutland Road hosted the 12 30 service for Mrs Robert Hyatt with Rev F I Gardner of the Middleport Church of Christ officiating The procession then went to Marietta for burial where many local friends joined the family for the graveside rites
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Robert Hyatt
Hyatt
Rutland Road
Bradbury
F. I. Gardner
Court approves private sale of estate property and allocates heirs
The court confirms a private sale of part of John L. Wion estate personal property and orders other salable items sold at appraised values. It lists estate values, debts, and net figures, allocates inheritances to four heirs, notes inheritance tax for the Wion heirs, and rules Josephine Fisher’s estate exempt from tax. It also admits a will for George Crawford, sets a debt hearing date, and orders Eli Rife administrator to sell within market value and report in 10 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John L. Wion
James W. Wion
Wien
Della Chidister
George W. Wion
Emma Barrickton
Josephine Fisher
George Crawford
Henry Bechtold
Sherman Miner
Eli Rife
He Breaks Down and Buys an Automobile
POMEROY September 13 Hart Stanbery president of the Pom eroy National Bank finally buys a car after years of resisting personal auto use. The 1925 Model T Ford cost $20 and he expects to use it mainly for hunting trips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Hart Stanbery
Pomeroy National Bank
Wyatt G. Plantz
First City Bank
Stanbery
Covert Picnic Draws Meigs County Residents
Coverts Gather at Lake Alma near Wellston for annual Covert picnic. An athletic program featured a ball game between Covert's Jumbos and Mechanics, won 7 to 6. Four hundred twenty cases of pop and 85 gallons of ice cream served to guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Meigs County
Lake Alma
Wellston
Covert
Upturn in Coal Towing Activity on Ohio River Ports
Gallipolis report from Captain Fred Hornbrook on the Steamer Liberty notes rising coal towing activity in the Pittsburgh Wheeling Districts. Coal travels to steel plants along the Ohio and Monongahela Rivers as production likely increases, with steel moving to southern markets. Many towing steamers from Carnegie Jones & Laughlin Wheeling Steel idle for over a year, leaving river workers unemployed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio River
Gallipolis
Fred Hornbrook
Liberty
Pittsburgh
Kanawha
Wheeling
Ohio
Monongahela
Louisville
Memphis
New Orleans
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Helena
Ark
Baton Rouge
Natchez
Pittsleigh
Steubenville
Carnegie, Jones and Laughlin
Wheeling Steel Corporatio
Jail’s Neatest Guest Leaves for His Home
John Powell a 14 year old boy from the Masonic Home at Parkersburg was found wandering near Long Bottom. He was brought to Meigs County Jail where he kept his trousers neatly creased. A phone call tied him to his Parkersburg supervisor and he was sent home by bus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Tracy
Meigs County
John Powell
Parkersburg
Long Bottom
Richmond
I. E. Miller
Masonic
John
Miller
Miss Shumaker Hosts Honor For Florence Smith On Departure
Miss Janet Shumaker entertained Monday night in honor of Miss Florence Smith who will leave this week for Cincinnati to enter Western College. Henry Rasp, visiting his son-in-law and daughter Mr and Mrs Philip Meier in Columbus, returned home Sunday. Dr Paul C Bauman and son of Portsmouth were weekend visitors in Pomeroy. Miss Louise Hartung visits at the home of Mr and Mrs Wallace Smith Spring Avenue. Miss Kathryn Huber of Gallipolis spent the weekend with her mother Mrs Lena Huber and family. Miss Genevieve Ohlinger, after a visit with friends in Charleston, has returned home on Mulberry Avenue. Duane Davis, Frank Titus, and
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Fell
Bainbridge
James Souder
W. E. Melvin
Ohio University
Miss Minor
R. B. Laughead
Alex Boso
W. A. Baso
Parkersburg
W. Va
Carl Lallance
Ralph
Syracuse
R. C. McBride
South Fifth Avenue
Paul Leonard
Nallen
J. D. Bryan
Chicago
J. E. Harley
Kansas City
Kan
W. E. Bryan
Henry Kaelin
Columbus
Claude Fleming
J. C. Fisher
Charleston
Mr. Fleming
Jacksonville
Fla
C. C. Washington
Paul C. Jones
Robert Washington
Sprigg
H. E. Thomas
Ruth
Pt. Pleasant
Thomas
B. F. Gibbs
J. B. Downing
Charles Singleton
R. F P. Downing
Milton Osborne
Johnson
Kathryn Monahan
Wheeling
Monahan
Max Lambert
Jep Swisher
Heslop Russell
Huntington
Edith Russell
Leland Welch
C. N. Welch
Main Street
Welch
R. M. Sherman
North Fourth Avenue
Walnut
Janet Shumaker
Florence Smith
Cincinnati
Western College
Henry Rasp
Philip Meier
Paul C. Bauman
Portsmouth
Pomeroy
Louise Hartung
Wallace Smith
Spring Avenue
Kathryn Huber
Gallipolis
Porter Pleads Guilty in Beer Manufacture Case
W. T. Porter of Eureka was arrested Sunday afternoon by county and city officials for manufacturing beer. He pleaded guilty before Mayor A. J. Stormont and was committed to Gallia County Jail for failure to pay a $300 fine and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. T. Porter
Eureka
A. J. Stormont
Gallia County
Local Steamer Mate Transferred to Fort Stanton Hospital
Captain William McKean of Gallipolis, a veteran towboat mate on Pittsburgh and Kanawha River steamers, has been moved from Pittsburgh Marine Hospital to the United States Marine Hospital at Fort Stanton Mexico after months of illness. He last sailed on the Union Line Steamer Sam Craig.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William McKean
Pittsburgh
Kanawha
Pittsburgh Marine Hospital
United States Marine Hospital
Fort Stanton
Mexico
McKean
Union Line
Sam Craig
Priestly property on Second Avenue to receive major repairs
A 64 year old three story brick building on Second Avenue, known as the Priestly property, will be pointed up, new sills installed, and general improvements made to store fronts. Work began yesterday by Sherd Dale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Second Avenue
Priestly
Sherd Dale
Residents and visitors frequent Wellston area events
James Simpson spent Sunday in Wellston. Douglas Jennings left for Cairo for employment. Arthur Rosenbaum of Butternut Avenue attended a Jackson political meeting. Mr and Mrs William Griffith returned to Columbus after visiting Freda Fauber of Mulberry Avenue. Frank Meier visited relatives. The Simpson Methodist Church Missionary Society met Monday night with a potluck supper and program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Jennings
Cairo
Arthur Rosenbaum
Butternut Avenue
Jackson
William Griffith
Columbus
Freda Fauber
Mulberry Avenue
Frank Meier
Missionary Society of the
Simpson Methodist Church
Pomeroy Residents Involved After Auto Wreck
Pomeroy on September 13 reports an unusual event from a Sunday night automobile collision near Zanesville. In the Tracy family car led by Otho Tracy son of Sheriff A Tracy were Mr and Mrs Otho Tracy of Milport and Mr and Mrs Roy Tracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Zanesville
Otho Tracy
A. ©. Tracy
Middleport
Roy Tracy
Holzer Hospital Notes from Gallipolis
September 13 report from Holzer Hospital lists J. C. Lenhart of Parkersburg undergoing an operation. Also noted are operations Monday for Mrs. A. Lawrence of Kananga and Mrs. C. Coopland of St. Louis, sister of Mrs. Harley Bovie, plus admission of Miss Hannah Evans of Thurman. Mrs. Walter Steel and baby from McArthur were dismissed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
J. C. Lenhart
Parkersburg
A. Lawrence
Kananga
C. Coopland
St. Louis
Harley Bovie
Hannah Evans
Thurman
Walter Steel and Baby
McArthur
Two suits filed in Gallipolis common pleas court
Sheppard Lewis sues Elizabeth Haynes Lewis whom he married in 1926 for gross neglect of duty claiming he was forced to sell his property and furnishings moved from his home in Gallipolis. Freda Meals seeks divorce from Arthur Meals alleging desertion with the last sighting at his parents’ Sunbury home in January 1932.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Sheppard Lewis
Elizabeth Haynes Lewis
Ronervert
W. Va
Freda Meals
Bidwell
Arthur Meals
Defendant
Sunbury
Two Children Escape Injury After Auto Collision
In Athens a rear impact by a car owned by Martin L Zwilling of Zanesville sent Junior Tracy partially through the windshield, head first, but he escaped with no serious injury. His mother, seated in the back, was cut above the left eye by flying glass as the Tracy vehicle suffered heavy damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Martin L. Zwilling
Zanesville
Junior Tracy
Roy Tracy
Tracy
Surprise birthday party honors Mrs. Carr in Rutland Township
A Sunday gathering at John and Mrs. Carr’s home in Rutland Township Meigs County marked the seventy ninth birthday of Mrs. Carr. Seven children attended from Wellsville Cleveland home nearby Akron and other locals brought gifts. Emerson of Akron was absent. Dinner was served at noon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Saxton
Middleport
C. B. Cash
Athens
Arizona Governor Hunt Seeks Eighth Term in Democratic Primary
George W. P. Hunt, 73, seeks an eighth term as Arizona governor. He leads the Democratic primary as registration favors Democrats by about four to one, with a long political career including state legislature and constitutional convention service. He has been repeatedly on ballots across 40 years and previously defeated only once in a governor bid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phoenix
Ariz
Arizona
George W. P. Hunt
Hunt
Missouri
Funeral for Ira White Held at Epworth Church
Ira White World War veteran died in the U S Veterans Hospital after two weeks of illness and a year of poor health. He served in Co F and worked at Gallipolis Furniture Factory. He leaves a wife and five children Floyd Helen Mary Margaret Leo and Anna May. Burial followed at Mound Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Epworth Church
Ira White
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
White
Co. F
Yellowtown Council celebrates 31st anniversary
Gallipolis reports the Yellowtown Council 145 of the Jr. O. U. A. M. marked its 31st anniversary with a lodge meeting and banquet. About 150 attendees included out of town speakers Congressman Thomas A. Jenkins R A. Cox Millersburg C state manager of the beneficiary division E B Brown Ironton and John Roberts William Roberts. H T Ribble of Portsmouth attended as a guest. Several charter members joined the lodge gathering and families of members attended the banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Yellowtown Council
Thomas A. Jenkins
R. A. Cox
Millersburg
John Roberts
William Roberts
E. B. Brown
Ironton
H. T. Ribble
Portsmouth
Frank Bashore Dies At Kanauga Monday
Gallipolis Ohio reports the death of Frank Bashore 57 at Kanauga after months of illness. A marine and stationary engineer for 25 years he served as chief engineer on the Betsy Ann and worked on the towboat E R Andrews and Otto Marmet among others. His last job was at Gallipolis Furniture Plant. He leaves a wife and three children, with services planned Wednesday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Frank Bashore
Mony Noon
Kanauga
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
E. R. Andrews
Kanawha River
Bashore
Otto Marmet
Union Line to shift from steel to coal towing on Monongahela
Rivermen report Union Line steamers C. W. Ttt J. W. Ayres and Sam Craig will withdraw from the Pittsburgh and Memphis steel towing trade to enter Monongahela coal towing. A large tipple near Brownsville will enable coal to be moved to a new Monongahela River terminal and shipped by rail inland. The steel towboats are among the Ohio River’s most powerful, with Gallipolis boilers built by Charles Arthur.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Line
Gallipolis
J. W. Ayres
Sam Craig
Pittsburgh
Memphis
Monongahela
Brownsville
Monongahela River
Charles Arthur
Ohio River
Barn Burns in Guyan Township Destroyed Farm Equipment
Gallipolis reports a barn on Hib Porter’s farm in Guyan Township burned yesterday afternoon likely from sparks from burning leaves and trash. All machinery and contents were lost. Insurance of 1500 dollars covered. Porter, who had left to eat lunch, discovered the fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hib” Porter
Guyan Township
Porter
G E Kitchen Savings Push Now Through Spring
A local sales pitch urges buyers to shop for G E appliances now to save dollars before spring. The ad highlights easy savings and invites customers to visit the store today for demonstrations and pricing.
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