Freshcorn Heads County Junior Red Cross Drive
L. D. Freshcorn is named chair of the new county Junior Red Cross committee. The program aims to enroll every school in the county by October with per school or pupil based subscriptions. The drive includes health safety and service education and a county fund to aid indigent children. A canvassing breakfast is planned for November 11 to launch the campaign.
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Gallipolis
Junior Red Cross
L. D. Freshcorn
Red Cross
Wayne Booth
Corps of Canvassers
Stanley Evans
Youth Arrested in Parole Violation Case
Clif ford Wheeler aged 25 was brought to Gallipolis court over the weekend on parole violation charges. He was ordered committed to the county jail until next Saturday and from there to Mansfield Reformatory unless court costs and other assessments are paid.
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Gallipolis
Clifford Wheeler
Mansfield Reformatory
Betzes Welcome Son in Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis reports the Betz family welcomed an eight pound son named for his father at Holzer Hospital Sunday. Both mother and baby are reported in excellent condition. Also, United Spanish War Veterans held their annual picnic at the Sowards residence Sunday, and Dr. Charles E. Holzer returned home by plane from Mayo Clinic in Rochester after a week there.
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Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Holzer Hospital
Homer W. Sowards
Charles E. Holzer
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Bride-To-Be To Wed In Fall
To Be Late Fall Bride is the daughter of Mrs. Simon Tweel. The bride-to-be is pretty and popular and employed as a book-keeper with the Luckoff stores. Mr. Tweel is described in the notice.
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Luckoff Stores
Mr. Tweel
Man Loses Arm After Nap on Rail Near Kanauga
Sylvester Craig a local Black resident chose a poor spot for a Sunday morning nap on a railroad track near Kanauga A New York Central passenger train crushed his left arm He was taken to Holzer Hospital where he remains hospitalized awaiting further care.
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Gallipolis
Sylvester Craig
Kanauga
New York Central
Holzer Hospital
Youths Severely Wounded In Saturday Crash
Gallipolis reports two 19 year old riders in a car goes off the road near Chickamauga Park and overturns. James Skidmore of Kerr is described as most seriously injured with partial scalp loss and a head wound. Wendell Bunce of Middleport also sustains severe head wounds with no broken bones.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga Park
James Skidmore
Kerr
Wendell Bunce
Middleport
Skidmore
Council To Discuss Cemetery Repairs
Logan City council will meet Tuesday night to consider legislation for repairing the Oak Grove Cemetery retaining walls. The bill will include plans for a new cemetery lot addition. New council member William Miller will attend.
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Logan
Oak Grove Cemetery
William Miller
Sheriff Leads Logan Men in Trap Shoot
Logan Gun Club members gathered in Hallsville Sunday for a trap shooting program. Sheriff Joe Farbeann led local shooters with 87 hits of 90. Jack Farbeann faltered in the match as Dr. Claude Lyon and William Woodard each won two events.
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Logan
Logan Gun Club
Hallsville
Joe Farbeann
Jack Farbeann
Claude Lyon
William Woodard
Main St. Repair Work Is Started
Work of laying brick on the E. Main St. improvement was started the latter part of the week. Two squares of this street are to be improved with the work starting at the Orchard St. intersection and going eastward. WPA labor is being employed.
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Logan
E. Main St
Orchard St
WPA
Logan P Sloan Celebrates 75th Birthday
Logan P Sloan of Hill Street marked his 75th birthday on Thursday. Sloan previously served Hocking County as recorder for two terms.
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Logan
P. D. Sloan
Hill St
Mr. Sloan
Hocking County
Baptists Set Rally Day Goal at 500
Gallipolis Baptists designate Sunday as Rally Day for the Sunday School with a goal of 500 attendees, with plans to exceed it. Sept Dean Davis leads a corps of officials and teachers preparing for the event.
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Gallipolis
Dean Davis
Lodge Plans Auction at E Main Street Hall
The D of A Lodge announces a meeting at their E Main Street hall Tuesday evening. Each member is asked to bring an article for the auction.
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D. of A. Lodge
E. Main St
Gli Amica Club reunion and Logan visits feature
Members and former members gathered at Cantwell Cliffs for a reunion and picnic dinner on Sunday. The group later met at the Hammon home for supper with Logan residents among the attendees. Birth announced for Floyd Beougher's daughter at Cherrington Hospital. grandparents listed.
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Gli Amica Club
Cantwell Cliffs
Logan
Claude Hammon
N. Mulberry St
Ralph Henry
New Lexington
Gifford Hull
Owen
Hobart Weltner
David
Danny
Larry Kauffman
Mildred Finch
Charles Bowman
Columbus
Jerry
Willard Lyke
Leah
Edward Jones
Frank Harden
Carl Frenier
Harry Thomas
Margaret Ann
Fanny Spears
Mildred Lehman
Floyd Beougher
Cherrington Hospital
Edward Slattery
Hill St
Bench Show Featured At Ohio Fox Hunters Meet
Logan hosts the Ohio Fox Hunters meet with a bench show opening Oct 29 at Logan High School Building. Derby dogs hunt first three days while whelped since Jan 1 1938 eligible. Last three mornings open to all dogs. boxing program planned for Monday night. Monday afternoon features a kids' pet parade led by Harry J. Stevenson.
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Ohio
Logan
Logan High School
Harry J. Stevenson
Car Owners To Receive Safety Tags
Gallipolis announces pink safety tags issued to home car owners during Fall Festival Week. The cards request compliance with safety regulations and courtesy to visitors, placed in parked cars or under windshields, per Chief John Fraley.
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Gallipolis
John Fraley
Eagles Plan Fall Dance and Show at Eagles Club
One of the season’s largest events will be a dance and floor show at the Eagles Club in Gallipolis on Wednesday October 4 for members and their families. A committee will hire a Columbus band and entertainers. Club quarters are nearly finished with room enlargements and new decorations.
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Gallipolis
Eagles’ Club
Order
Columbus
Eagles
Dr. Floyd Foust to Speak at Holzer Nurses Graduation
Gallipolis report notes Dr. Floyd Foust a Columbus pastor will be guest speaker at Holzer Hospital Nurses Training School graduation exercises. He substitutes for Dr. Roy Burkhart who suffered appendicitis and remains hospitalized in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Floyd Foust
Columbus
Holzer Hospital
Roy A. Burkhart
Upper Arlington Community Church
Seven Year Old Boy Enters Third Grade
Seven year old Joe Cox, son of Mr and Mrs Sumner Cox of Honey Fork, attends Union Furnace Grade School and keeps pace with older classmates in the third grade. He began his school work at age five.
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Logan
Joe Cox
Sumner Cox
Honey Fork
Union Furnace
Demonstration Meetings Planned for October
Two district home demonstration meetings are set in Hocking County next month with Oct 18 19 hosting a Kitchen School and Oct 27 featuring Program Planning. Ruth Stone home demonstration leader will oversee local arrangements.
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Logan
Hocking County
State Department
Ruth Stone
J P Canty Remains In Serious Condition
Mrs Elza Miller of Nelsonville Rt 3 was admitted to Cherrington hospital Saturday and will undergo major surgery today. J P Canty of Warner Ave remains in serious condition after a fall on the sidewalk in front of his home, with a possible skull fracture and advanced age contributing to the seriousness.
Get Fairgrounds Ready For Fox Hunter Meet
Fairgrounds undergoing renovations for Fox Hunters meet next month. Prisoners from the county jail carry out work including weed removal and cleanup. Baseball diamond backstop and dugouts removed. Horse barns and other buildings are being tidied up.
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Logan
Fox Hunters
Board Receives New Bigelow Petitions
Logan Hocking County Election Board received five supplemental petitions Saturday in support of the Bigelow pension plan. Signatures must be checked and the petitions returned to the secretary of State's office at once. On the first list 169 signatures were declared defective in Hocking County, about 30 percent of the total.
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Logan—Hocking County
Arrests After Saturday Dance Disturbance at Coonville
Sheriff Joe Farbearn arrested Charles Edgar and Roy Arnold after a disturbance at a Coonville dance Saturday night. They were jailed and will face charges of intoxication and disorderly conduct in Magistrate S. B. Whitehart's court today.
Teen Browned: Girl Leaves Hospital After Poison Attempt
Nineteen year old Bertha Pelphrey who drank iodine in city Park Friday attempted suicide. She was released from Holzer Hospital over the weekend and has returned to her Rio Grande home.
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Gallipolis
Bertha Pelphrey
City Park
Holzer Hospital
Rio Grande
Warrant Issued for Woman in Check Case
Gallia County lawmen seek a southern Gallia County woman described as a check passer. Spurious checks are said to come from multiple Middle South locales. A warrant for her arrest was issued this morning and a description will be released soon.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Middle South
Lonce
Condition of Wreck Victim Improves
Gallia Countys Mrs Charles F Davis 64 year old Addison resident in hospital after a auto crash Friday when the car she rode in collided with a telephone pole Her husband was driving the car and the injuries were not specified The report notes her condition has improved since admission to the local hospital
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Gallipolis
Charles F. Davis
Addison
W C T U Booth At Fall Festival
Gallipolis local chapter of the Women's Christian Temperance Union displays literature at the fall festival booth to promote the cause. Weekend marriage licenses issued to Lee King 28 and Ada Rollins 21 of Leon West Virginia Hollis Keels 21 Blackfork and Juanita Cofer 18 of Thurman.
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Gallipolis
The
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Lee King
Ada Rollins
Leon
W. Va
Hollis Keels
Blackfork
Juanita Cofer
Thurman
Fine Weather Attracts Tourists To Valley
Ideal Sunday weather drew a large number of tourists to the valley city. Logan residents also spent the day outside the city, and traffic in the scenic district was heavy as visitors from beyond the county visited sites showcasing the fall beauties of the area.
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Logan
Finn Hurt After Spike In Game At Logan Clark
Logan-Clark Finn of Buchtel suffered a spike wound to his right ankle during a Sunday baseball game against Maxville. Finn retired from play after being struck as Ross Summell slid into third base.
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Logan
Clark Finn
Buchtel
Maxville
Ross Summell
Finn
Suicide attempt by Miss Margaret Thevenin aged 19
Gallipolis reports a weekend suicide attempt by Miss Margaret Thevenin 19 who drank iodine in a North Kananga cafe. She was treated by a physician and later taken to her parents home on Portsmouth Avenue. The incident follows her recent filing of assault and battery charges against a local road contractor after a drinking party.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Thevenin
Kananga
Portsmouth Ave
Miss Thevenin
Intoxication Arrests Drop Cites City Morale Change
Gallipolis police chief says morale improves after a weekend with 18 intoxication arrests before Municipal Judge John Halliday. A following weekend saw 12 similar arrests. Court displayed a bushel sized container of bottles as evidence.
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Gallipolis
John Fraley
John Halliday
Woman Breaks Hip in Fall at Home
Miss Mae Entsminger, 78, is hospitalized with a broken left hip after a fall Saturday night at her home. She lives with her brother Fred J. Entsminger on Second Ave in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Mae Entsminger
Fred J. Entsminger
Second Ave
Dray Held for Grand Jury Over Baby's Support
Claude Dray is held to the grand jury by Magistrate F. E. Milliser on a complaint by Mrs. Dray that he refuses to contribute to their baby daughter's support. The Drays reside at Crown City.
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Gallipolis
Claude Dray
F. E. Milliser
Youth Burned in Fire Leaves Hospital
Thirteen year old Alva Drummond was moved from Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis to the home of his half brother Esco Sheets to continue convalescence. He was burned about the head and arms when he was caught in the burning family home near Mercerville a week ago.
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Gallipolis
Alva Drummond
Holzer Hospital
Esco Sheets
Mercerville
Local ex service men attend national Legion convention in Chicago
Quartet of Ga llipolis veterans George Lear Aaron Davis Craig Slagle and Everett Saunders travel to the National American Legion convention in Chicago. In 1877 a foot ball team of fifteen included nine linemen a quarterback two halfbacks a three quarter back and two fullbacks.
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Gallipolis
National American Legion
Chicago
George Lear
Aaron Davis
Craig Slagle
Everett Saunders
Aged Guyan Man In Critical Condition At Holzer
Gallipolis reports Gary Sheets a septuagenarian resident of Guyan Township and a Lincoln lookalike is in critical condition at Holzer Hospital after a week of treatment.
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Guyan
Gallipolis
Gary Sheets
Guyan Township
Abraham Lincoln
Holzer Hospital
Hornet Skyscraper Exhibit at Gallipolis Fall Festival
A unique display features a mammoth hornet nest measuring 18 inches, brought by Homer Baker and Stanford Brinker who were stung during handling. Swan Creek Grange inspection is scheduled for October 11 with a program in preparation.
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Gallipolis
Homer Baker
Stanford Brinker
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I. R. Goldberg
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Zenner’s Dept
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J. P. Canty
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