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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Sep 16, 1941
Page
9
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Rio Grande Baptist Association gathers in Gallia County at Poplar Ridge Church Cheshire Township for a two day convention. Five churches participate including Rio Grande Calvary Campaign Vinton and Harris. Rev Donald Hobbs presides with Rev C A Tulga and Rev R Lloyd Post among speakers.
No information has been received from Zanesville WPA offices about resuming work on the Chickemauga bridge road in Gallia County. Officials say work may not start before Friday the beginning of a new pay period. Supervisors state all is ready to resume after a month’s cessation. Workers ordered to report will be selected by the Zanesville office.
GALLIPOLIS Proceeds of the sale of two properties belonging to the late Miss Lida Denney amounting to $8200 are ordered divided by the court. Included are court costs of $430.50. Shares are $647.45 each to Homer and Rae en, $971.18 each to Guy Ippens and Ruth Schwab, $485.60 each to Elbert Stowers and Arna McCleary, and other named beneficiaries including Kate C. Oliver, Etta Williams, Laura Duffery, Tillie Denney, Harry Denney, Julia Curry.
Thelma Jane Coy four months old daughter of Mr and Mrs Guy Coy of Morgan Center died during the weekend. Funeral services were held Monday. The Coy family includes eight other children.
Gallipolis reports 496 students enrolled, two hundred ninety six in district, twenty fewer than last year. Class officers and cheerleaders are being selected at the high school with completion expected this month. Boy Scout leaders and others plan a meeting at the Methodist Church at 7 30 pm Thursday to discuss future troop activities. Charles Perrault, creator of Cinderella and Red Riding Hood, was born 300 years ago.
Gallipolis social page reports Esther Jane Allen of Point Pleasant to wed Burt Hanson elder son of Mrs Fred Hanson. Wedding planned for October. Hanson a local high school graduate who attended Miami and Ohio Universities. Esther Jane trained in business at Charleston School of Commerce and works at Mason County health clinic. Esther Jane is well known among local younger set.
James Arnold son of Mr and Mrs Charles Arnold of this city received cuts to face and head and an arm injury when the car carrying Carl Mock and Bob Sinnott wrecked near Lithopolis early Sunday morning. The vehicle was badly wrecked.
While in Columbus on a Sunday, Mr and Mrs Kenneth R Fitzgerald and their son Kenneth Spannow enjoyed an airplane ride. It marked the boy’s first flight.
Gallia County commissioners at mid month meeting ordered condemnation suits against Ernest Spear and Edna Love for Chickamauga and Chillicothe Road projects. They allotted 6000 dollars for road maintenance for Septem ber and October, ordered gravel on Brumfield Road White Oak Road and Northup Patriot Road, and authorized coal purchases of 4000 and 2500 bushels for the courthouse and children's home at 10 dollars 90 cents per hundred.
Gallipolis high school unveils a nine game football schedule. Home games host Wellston on Sept 26, Pomeroy Oct 17, Jackson Oct 24, and Point Pleasant Nov 14 all at 8 p m. Away contests travel to Ironton Sept 19 Athens Oct 3 Middleport Oct 10 Logan Oct 31 and Nelsonville Nov 7.
Six month old Logan Lester Lee Pittman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Truman Pittman, died at home Monday. He leaves two brothers Walter Eugene and Marion Richard and sister Augusta Adora. Grandparents are Mr. and Mrs. Marion Pittman and Mr. and Mrs. John Cox. Funeral 1:30 Wednesday at Leonard Funeral Home with Rev. M. Casto. burial in Union Cemetery.
Logan Ohio man Elza Taylor sues the Ohio Industrial Commission to resume participation in the compensation fund after his claim was disallowed. He says a 1929 coal mining injury at Coonville Coal Co. left him eligible, and he requests a hearing to grant continued benefits.
Dr. Lewis Chiger of Columbus will speak at Kiwanis Ladies Night about conditions in Austria and his experiences during the Nazi invasion while residing in Vienna. Dr. Chiger’s talk follows program directors Logan Dr. M. H. Cherrington and Warren Bright.
Pioneer Youth Group of Hocking County will join Athens County for a picnic on Sunday September 21. The event marks continued cross county collaboration between young community groups.
About fifty pastors from Nazarene Churches in southeastern Ohio met in Gallipolis today with Rev. V. C. Shafer and local church members hosting. Shafer, recently transferred from Wellston, is noted for boosting Sunday School attendance. The program runs through the day and includes a night session.
Gallia County Women s Home Council will meet Wednesday at 11 am in First Presbyterian Church. A brief business session precedes a covered dish lunch. Miss Ann Sterling will discuss fall and winter dress styles, and E G Royer will show pictures of council activities. A tentative winter program and revival of a women s chorus are planned. membership is open to all county women.
H W Carman purchases the Addison residence of Mr and Mrs Clair O Hara and will move in immediately. He has sold a residence near the county home to Von Thompson of Porter.
Gallipolis enforces physical examinations for couples marrying under new Ohio rules. Minimum daytime fees total 15.50 with 24.50 after nightfall. exam and certificate cost nine dollars per couple, doubled for nights and holidays. License and certificate 3.50. magistrate fee 3. Gretna Green status persists for West Virginia couples due to waived waiting period in Ohio. Licensing may surpass 30 in the month.
John Mc Nealey completed three handmade ladder back rocking chairs in fiddle back maple. The splendid examples of workmanship will be displayed for the first time at the fall festival in Gallipolis.
Gallia County native Mrs. Nannie Dyke Potts, 76, died in Logansport Indiana from injuries after a fall at home on September 2. She is survived by her sister Mrs. Ida A. Spires and brother R. O. Dyke, both of Vin ton.
Marriage permits issued to Elmer C. Harper 23 and Sylvia Slack 22 Frame West Virginia Clyde A. Vance 52 and Mary Virginia Bryant 27 Columbus Connie M Saunders 18 Lansing Michigan and Wanda Gail Myers 16 Gallipolis indicate the status of these unions in the region.
Graveside services were held at Mound Hill Cemetery for Mrs. James Jackson 76 who died Sunday at her Charleston home. She is survived by a sister Mrs. Henry Tyler who lives in this city.
A nine month old girl, child of Mr and Mrs Dew ey Walker near Vinton, died Monday of intestinal influenza. Funeral services were held this afternoon at Brush Church. The family includes two sons aged 15 and 17.
J. Sherman Porter, who had his right leg amputated at Holzer Hospital ten days ago due to an infection, has been discharged and sent home to Rio Grande.
Rotarians in Gallipolis hear George Blackburn, newly employed coach, discuss high school football this evening.
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