Gallipolis Methodists launch 125th worship drive
W Scott Westerman of Grace Methodist notes 125 years of preaching in Gallipolis. A goal of 6290 yearly budget will be funded by an Every Member Canvass from Sept 17 to 24, led by Charles Yeanger with A Lloyd C E Brumfield and Lehr Davies assisting. women join a new Society of Christian Service with circles and unified major meetings.
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Gallipolis
W. Scott Westerman
Grace Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Charles Ye
Betz Files Rehearing Request On Judge Petition
Robert M Betz has appealed to Gallia County Board of Elections for a further hearing on the validity of his petition as a candidate for municipal judge The board reportedly moved to disqualify Betz for failure to affix his signature to the declaration of acceptance of the nomination
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Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Gallia
Rio Grande Alumni Earn Masters Degrees at Ohio State
Three Rio Grande College alumni Charles Mossman Trevor Davis and Francis Burdell earned Master of Arts degrees from Ohio State University. Davis teaches at Oak Hill High School and Burdell is on the Rio Grande College faculty.
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Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Ohio State University
Charles W. Mossman
Thurman
Trevor I. Davis
Oak Hill
Francis W. Burdell
Rio Grande
Davis
Oak Hilligh School
Burdell
Sidewalk Drivers To Be Arrested by Police
Gallipolis reports several young men drive cars on the sidewalk from Third to Second Ave State St late at night. One arrest has been made and more will follow, says Chief John Fraley.
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Gallipolis
Third
Second Ave
State St
John Fraley
Huntington Granges To Hold Meeting In Vinton
Huntington Grange members will meet Wednesday at 8 p m in Vinton for the annual inspection. Juvenile Grange members will observe a similar program at the same time. Lunch will be served.
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Gallipolis
Huntington Grange
Vinton
Licensed To Wed In Three Counties
Marriage license applicants listed include Chris Eblin 19 and Ernestine Shifler 16 in Gallipolis Kenneth M Johnson 23 and Hattie Marie Dillon 21 in West Hamilton West Virginia Clifford J Bryan 27 and Ruth May 21 in St Albans WV.
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Gallipolis
Chris Eblin
Ernestine Shifler
Kenneth M. Johnson
Hattie Marie Dillon
West Hamilton
W. Va
Clifford J. Bryan
Ruth May
St. Albans
Gallipolis Social Notes highlights and society events
Forty friends host a housewarming for Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Slagle on Second Ave. Rock games honor Mrs. William McKnight and Harold Safford. Mrs. Clarence Brumfield and Carlos Niday win low. Mollie Louis visits from Lancaster. Alma Mc Cormick hosts a Mud Cat cruise. Kildare Klub prizes go to Anne Bradbury and Ruth Miller. French City Council Daughters of America marks 32nd anniversary with memorial for 42 deceased members. Zenia Shaw and Ethel Young travel to Columbus for a state officers meeting. district No. 3 fall conference planned in October in this city.
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Gallipolis
C. D. Slagle
Second Ave
William McKnight
Harold Safford
Clarence Brumfield
Carlos Niday
Garland Gillingham
The
Kildare Klub
Mollie Louis of
Lancaster
Anne Bradbury
Ruth Miller
Mexico
Catherine
Daughters of America
Margaret Tyler
Pribble Wilson
Columbus
Zenia Shaw
Sional Women’s Club
Ethel Young
Sunny the dog saves woman from attacking snake
Mrs George Wells of near Rodney says her family pet Sunny stopped a large snake from striking her. The dog placed itself between the woman and the reptile and stood guard until Mr Wells killed the snake.
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Snake
Gallipolis
George Wells
Rodney
Sunny
Bulaville Native Carmel Lane Dies in Columbus
Carmela Lane 23 daughter of Mr and Mrs Harrison Lane of Bulaville Addison Township died in Columbus after long illness. Relatives were notified Saturday. Funeral services will be held at the family home in Columbus Tuesday at 2 30 p m.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Carmel Lane
Harrison Lane
Bulaville
Addison Township
Sandusky Driver to Face Logan Court on Reckless Charge
After an accident on Jurgensmier Hill along U S Route 33 Saturday night a broadcast named Guy Cole of Sandusky for arrest. The vehicle is said to have struck Cecil Blosser of Rushville Route 1. Cole was taken into custody at Pomeroy by a Meigs County deputy sheriff. A reckless driving charge was filed in Magistrate Frank St. Clair's court.
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Logan
Jurgensmier Hill
U. S
Fickel Funeral Held In Logan Today
Logan reports the funeral for Harry Fickel age 41 held at Woodard Funeral Home at 2:30 PM with burial in Oak Grove Cemetery. Fickel died from injuries sustained in an automobile crash near Springfield a week earlier.
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Logan
Harry Fickel
Woodard Funeral Home
Oak Grove
Fickel
Springfield
Local Gossip Lists O'Brien Family Moves and Education Plans
Mr and Mrs Raymond H O'Brien and daughter Helen arrived from Decatur Georgia spent the weekend with Mrs O'Briens sister Mrs A P Kerr and then went to Athens Ohio where their daughter enrolled as a junior at Ohio University They will visit relatives in Ohio for two weeks Miss Joan Hoy traveled to Cincinnati to enter Sacred Heart Academy and sister Lillian leaves for St Louis to attend Sacred Heart College Mrs J J Lovell recently stayed with her daughter Mrs W P Cherrington before heading to Morgantown West Virginia to serve as housemother at the University of West Virginia
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Gallipolis
Raymond H. O’brien
Helen
Decatur
St. Louis
Sacred Heart College
Marysville College
J. J. Lovell
W. P. Cherrington
Morgantown
W. Va
University of West Virginia
R. A. Henderson
Paul
R. A. Jr
Geneva
Columbus
Logan
John C. Donahue
Donahue
Rudy Lortz
Clinton Webb
Larry Cochran
Ralph Webb
Don Skinner
Fred Hildebrandt
Robert Ralston
John Guess
James A. Brown
Western Falls Township
J. M. Lanner
Starr Township
Charles Patton
Laurel Run
John Landis
Floyd Moshier
Carbondale
Woodrow Blum
Jack Buntz
Curtiss
Newark
Cole
Curtiss Cole
Walter Evans
Carbon Hill
Martha Ann Kinser
Dallas Kinser
Grant Hospital School of Nurses
Phyllis Leonard
Ohio State University
Walter A. Leonard
Ray Dollison
Cleveland
Verle Dollison
Patterson Field
Dayton
Paul L. Dollison
North St
Leonard Seeks Regular Backfield Berth at Wesleyan
Leonard Albert Logan son of Mr and Mrs Walter A Leonard is bidding for a regular backfield role at Ohio Wesleyan this fall. He trained at Delaware for a week and returned home over the weekend. This is his senior year at the Methodist School.
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Logan
Albert Leonard
Walter A. Leonard
Ohio Wesleyan
Delaware
Methodist School
Hospital Admissions At Logan And Surrounding Areas
Mrs. Clarence King of Union Furnace was admitted to Cherrington Hospital Sunday for observation and treatment. Floyd Gardener of Logan entered the hospital Saturday for observation and treatment. John Fuller of Nelsonville returned home Sunday after a ten day hospital stay following surgery.
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Logan
Clarence King
Union Furnace
Cherrington Hospital
Floyd Gardener
John Fuller
Nelsonville
Hydrangea Blooms At Falls Township Home
A pink hydrangea at the home of Mr and Mrs James A Brown Falls Township produced 150 blooms in summer. The plant is kept in a large container stored in winter and kept outdoors in summer.
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LOGAN
James A. Brown
Falls Township
Cole Graduates From Embalming School
Maurice Cole son of Mr and Mrs Curtiss Cole North Spring Street completed studies at the Cincinnati School of Embalming. He graduated there Thursday. His parents attended the program in Cincinnati. He did apprentice work with E A Gutliph of Newark and has accepted a position with that firm.
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Logan — Maurice Cole
Curtiss Cole
North Spring St
Cincinnati School of Embalming
Cincinnati
E. A. Gutliph
Newark
Mrs Lester Woltz critically ill in Columbus hospital
Logan Mrs Lester Woltz of Bexley is critically ill at a Columbus hospital. She is the daughter of the late L A Ruble and sister of Mrs G Raymond Robinson of Mound Street. Mrs Robinson is at her sister's side. The Italian peninsula width note appears unrelated.
Sheriff Sells Property After Estate Auction
Residence at Fourth and Locust from the Lida Denney estate was bought by William McKnight for 7175, about 200 under appraisal. A corner lot at Fourth and Pine with an auto service station sold to Judge H W Cherrington for 1025.
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Gallipolis
Fourth and Locust
Lida Denney
William McKnight
Fourth and Pine
H. W. Cherrington
Young People to Send Gifts to Missionaries at Church
First Baptist Church youth groups present a Summer Christmas Tree program tonight. Gifts collected will go to a missionary family in New Mexico. The program features several musical numbers.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
New Mexico
Red Cross Knitting Class Planned at American Legion Hall
Red Cross knitting classes begin Wednesday at the American Legion Hall in Gallipolis with Ruth Thornsley teaching. The sessions will continue each following Wednesday for all willing to learn.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
American Legion Hall
Ruth Thornsley
Gallia County Farm Bureau Plans Field Day Parade Float
Farm Bureau members intend to attend the annual field day at the state fair grounds in Columbus Tuesday. The Gallia County organization will place a float in the parade.
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Gallipolis
Farm Bureau
State Fair Grounds
Columbus
Gallia Gount
House Fire Response In East Gallipolis
A fire alarm drew Gallipolis firefighters to the East Gallipolis home of Sam Medley on Sunday afternoon. The blaze caused little damage and was quickly controlled.
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Gallipolis
Sam Medley
Purchases Farm in Perry Township by Local Buyer
George Lear has purchased a 100 acre farm in Perry Township near Sidney Gillen who now resides in Portage Ohio. The transfer strengthens local agricultural ties as both men assume new farming responsibilities.
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Gallipolis
George Lear
Perry Township
Sidney Gillen
Portage, Ohio
Grand Jury Serpent Spirit?
Tanner Wood of Gallia County is named among residents chosen to serve on a federal grand jury convening in Columbus on September 23.
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Gallipolis
Columbus
Tanner Wood
Gallia
Harold Alter Receives Service Honor at Banquet
Harold Alter of Gibisonville completes ten years as a 4-H Club leader and receives a certificate of faithful service at a banquet held at the Southern Hotel in Columbus. Governor John W. Bricker addresses the gathering.
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Logan
Harold Alter
Gibisonville
Southern
Columbus
John W. Bricker
Laurelville Fair Draws Big Crowd and Notable Exhibits
Laurelville drew large crowds at the fall festival and farm show last week with Saturday’s crowd the largest. Farm exhibits returned for a second year and were more elaborate than in previous season, reflecting growing interest in the annual event.
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Logan
Laurelville
Old Survey Displayed at Courthouse in Gallipolis
A 12 foot paper scroll in the Gallipolis county engineer’s office shows survivor data for the Gallipolis Logan state road. Surveyed in summer 1820 by William Preston the document was filed Nov 29 with state authorities. The highway links court houses in Gallipolis and Logan and originally ran via McArthur through a sparsely settled region.
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Gallipolis
Logan
William Preston
Gallipolis-Logan
Ohio
McArthur
Chieftains Bremen Set Friday Practice and Return
Coach Tom Bender leads the Chieftains in final preseason drills after a multi day absence. Bremen visits Friday for a tuneup before the season opener, while injuries sideline Roy Kelch and Don Ringhiser.
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LOGAN
Chieftains
Tom Bender
Bremen
Roy Kelch
Don Ringhiser
Logan Briefs Include Visiting Families and Students
Local notes list visitors and guests in Logan from Columbus and beyond. Includes Hendersons from Columbus visiting Donahues, Lortzs from Columbus, Webb family hosts, and several area residents visiting relatives in Logan. Nurses Kinser and Leonard are noted as locals with ties to Columbus institutions.
Logan People Join In Hunt for Squirrels
A small army from Logan went into the woodlands of Hocking and adjoining counties for the opening of the squirrel season. License sales rose sharply last week and ammunition dealers reported busier-than-usual sales. County reports indicate ample mast and plentiful squirrels in some sections.
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Logan
Hocking
August Births Outpace Deaths in Logan and Hocking County
Logan and Hocking County recorded 30 births and 12 deaths in August. Logan had only three rural deaths, eight city births, 22 rural births, with 19 boys and 11 girls born. Named parents include Hiles, Rutter, Brown, Bell, Dup ler, Johnson, Johnson, Wells, Nihiser, Scott, Lattimer, Ringhiser, Patterson, Starr, Risch, Kindsor, Myers, Rheinscheid, Mowery, Toole, Young, Robinson, Smyers, Mohler, Coakley, Tolliver, Redick, Weaver, Mays, and Ebert.
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Logan
Hocking County
Floyd N. Hiles
John W. Rutter
Wallace E. Brown
Paul Bell
Dwight Dupler
Richard H. Johnson
Carl Johnson
James D. Wells
Clarence Nihiser
Virgil H. Scott
Pearl Lattimer
Kermit E. Ringhiser
William O. Patterson
Frank Starr
Kenneth Melvin Risch
R. R. Kindsor
Romant Myers
Arthur R. Rheinscheid
Otto R. Mowery
Robert L. Toole
Marcel
Lus L. Young
Harold E. Robinson
Frank J. Smyers
James J. Mohler
Woodrow Coakley
Lester Tolliver
Boyd Redick
Ilem C. Weaver
Phillip Mays
Lester W. Ebert
Archer Reports 310 Pupils for Laurelville
Logan Laurelville enrollment for the first week of school reached 310 pupils, Superintendent Joe L. Archer said Saturday. He has returned to head the district after a two year illness absence. South Perry enrolled 60 pupils as transport arrangements moved seventh and eighth graders to Laurelville, reducing South Perry to six grades.
Extension Service To Check Hybrid Corn Tests
Extension service will check hybrid corn seed plots in Logan and Hocking County farms during the week of Sept 21. Plots on J. M. Lanner Starr Township Wilbur Gordon Marion H E Walters Washington Elza Ringhiser Falls Merle McCune Marion Earl Delong Salt Creek Charles Daubenmier Marion and Roy Beery Falls feature eight hybrid varieties to determine the best for the area.
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Logan
Hocking County
J. M. Lanner
Starr Township
Wilbur Gordon
Marion
H. E. Walters
Washington
Elza Ringhiser
Falls
Merle McCune
Earl Delong
Salt Creek
Charles Daubenmier
Roy Beery
Miss Pond Remains in the Far East Despite Plan to Return
Relatives report Helen Pond who has lived in the Orient for years has chosen to stay in the Philippines after initially planning to return to the United States. She was in Shanghai and had been tied to a Tokyo hospital, and is the sister of Stanton Pond of this city.
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Logan
Helen Pond
Orient
Miss Pond
United States
Philippine Islands
Shanghai
Tokyo
Stanton Pond
Free Mattress Project Starts in Gallia
Preparatory to the program the first payments of 75 cents are being made to the county agent or township chairmen. A school of instruction will be held in Gallipolis likely Sept. 19 in a large Elks building room with demonstrations by Eunice Kocheiser of Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Elks
Eunice Kocheiser
Columbus
Delay Start of Work on Chickamauga Road
WPA postpones release of a flood escape road work order delaying starting. investigators reviewed reports of missing small tools valued at 130 dollars, which were returned before the inquiry began. resumption may not occur until Friday or the start of the next pay period.
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Gallipolis
WPA
Chickamauga
Candidate Invalidation May Be Protested
Gallia County election board will meet Tuesday at 2 p m in the courthouse to receive protests regarding invalidation of candidates who did not sign the certificate of acceptance when filing petitions on September 5. The dispute involves Robert M. Betz for municipal judge eight township trustees and 52 aspirants for the board of education.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
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