Group Policies Made To Cover All Properties
Gallia County officials clarified a jumble of long standing insurance on county properties. Auditor Emmett D. Keeler and commissioners standardized coverage from 7000 to 157000 for buildings valued at 191000, adopting a group policy including courthouse infirmary jail and more with wide coverage and unified payment. Only three Ohio counties had such group insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Emmett D. Keeler
Jerry Grover
Elijah Johnson
Walter Davis
Keeler
Works Progress Administration
County Home
Ohio
Loss in School Total Is Seen
Gallipolis city district enrollment fell 22 students from last year. Washington School alone dropped 62, as dam projects drew workers away. Washington had 899 students last year and 37 this term. Kananga down six to 52. Maple Shade up one to 27. Lincoln up to 103. Gallia Academy High up 37 to 492. Totals: 1511 this year, 1533 in 1935, 1520 in 1934.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Washington School
Kananga
Maple Shade
Lincoln
Gallia Academy High School
Gallia Countian Wrongly Jailed Says Mine Owner
M C Hobart of Red Bird Mines in Meigs County says Andy McKee of Addison was wrongly jailed in Pomeroy for lacking a Public Utility License. Hobart notes McKee held other licenses and that the disputed license would cost 100 dollars. McKee, hauling a 3000 pound generator within city limits, was fined 25 dollars and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
M. C. Hobart
Red Bird
Meigs County
Gallia
Andy McKee
Addison
Pomeroy
Hobart
McKee
Webster Home Sold in Waterloo Sheriff Sale
Chester D Hall purchased the former home of Dr J B Webster at Waterloo for 1154 1 in a sheriff's sale held Saturday in a partition suit Chester D Hall vs Sherman A Hall and others The eleven room house sits on 11 acres of bottom land with mineral rights excluded A second tract of 260 acres offered for sale received no bids It was valued at 2560 and could have sold for about 1707 It will be re appraised
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chester D
Hall
Nine Dollars Raised At Addison Pie Social
The Georges Creek Grange Mall hosted a stunt program and pie social Thursday night. Sponsored by the Addison WPA recreation committee, nine dollars were cleared with a single pie auction bringing 70 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Georges Creek Grange Mall
Community Recreation Committee of
Addison
WPA
Legion to Nominate Officers at Wednesday Meeting
The American Legion post urges all members to attend as officers for the coming year will be nominated and elected at the meeting on Wednesday night, September 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galaapolia
American Legion Post Heroe
Cane Making Hobbyist Emza Haskins of Crown City
Emza Haskins, 57, of Crown City Gallia County, calls cane making a hobby. He digs cane roots in summer shapes the crook tops and hand crafts walking sticks in a cottage workshop. once a Gallia County teacher he later farmed in southern Ohio and now pairs cane work with hunting and tool repair. His son Romeo trains as Hoover Sweeper Company field manager in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emza Haskins
Crown City
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Haskins
Ohio
Emma Haskins
Rio Grande College
McGuffey
Charles Dickens
Emza
Hoover Sweeper Company
Columbus
Chicago
Tryouts and speeches at Gallia Academy High
Gallia Academy High School held a Friday assembly with devotional led by Marie Meadows and remarks by Howard Sheets and Principal Carl Byers. Coach Laurence Myers previewed football season as four cheer squads demonstrated skills. Elections set for next Friday with three Student Council tickets introduced by managers and campaign speeches given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Frriday
Marie Meadows
Howard Sheets
Laurence Myers
Carl C. Byers
Gertrude Collins
Mary Margaret Corn
Charlotte Cornwell
Archie Priestley
Grace Wilson
Catherine Faulkner
George Roberts
William Wilson
Howard Waters
Mrs Dickinson to Speak at Gallipolis Republican HQ
Mrs Agnes Dickinson Columbus attorney and former Ohio assistant attorney general will return to Gallipolis Friday night October 9 to address at Republican Headquarters near Second and Locust Streets. The event is hosted by the Republican Women's Club with both men and women invited. an outdoor public address system may be used if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Agnes Dickinson
Columbus
Ohio
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Republican
Second and Locust Sts
Harry R. Hurn
Republican Executive Committee
Gallia County
Dickinson
Irene Erwin Named Substitute for Governor’s Secretary
Miss Irene Erwin daughter of Mrs V B Erwin and former Regatta beauty queen was chosen to substitute for Gov Martin L Davey’s secretary while the secretary was ill Erwin works for the State Tax Commission
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Irene Erwin
V. 8. Erwin
Martin L. Davey
Erwin
State Tax Commission
Rio Grande College Acquires Varney House for Girls Dorm
Gallia county trustees buy the old Varney house on Main Street in Rio Grande for a girls dormitory. The remodeled building will house 21 girls and a house mother, joining Davis Cottage which houses 24 girls. The new dorm is fully reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Varney
Main St
Rio Grande
Davis Cottage
Land Owner Sues Railway Over Right of Way Expansion
Rinaldo Swisher filed a Saturday suit against Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company in Cheshire Township. A temporary injunction prevents the railroad from extending its right of way or tearing down woven wire fencing to bring the line within 40 feet of a dwelling, threatening to encroach from the center line on both sides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rinaldo Swisher
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Cheshire Township
Eagle Badges Awarded at Grace Methodist Church
After morning services at Grace Methodist Church Scoutmaster Hawi Mc Cormick awarded Eagle badges to John Gwinn. The Boy Scout troop attended in a body and Ed Maddy is the only other Eagle Scout in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Hawi McCormick
John Gwinn
Ed Maddy
Gallia county to send 34 men to Camp Meigs
Gallia County will enroll thirty four men to enter Camp Meigs CCC near Pomeroy Friday October 2 at 7 am. Enrollment includes Bert Bodimer Jake Cline Hobart Eskew Leo Facemire Darrel Gallimore and others with alternates listed for Gallipolis Patriot Bladen Vinton Waterloo Mercerville Raccoon Island Bidwell Cheshire Crown City Ryger and Gallia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Camp Meigs
Ccc
Pomeroy
Logan Furniture Factory
Bert Bodimer
Jake Cline
Hobart Eskew
Leo Facemire
Darrel Gallimore
Howard
Kirby
Mike Maniskas
Luther Sigler
Daniel Sigman
Peadward G. Swanson
James A. Bailey
Henry Bright
Patriot
Carl Day
Clyde Eblin
Denver H. Houck
Russell EB. Rosa
Gomer F. Smith
Bladen
Oscar Frye
Rodney
William Glenn
John C. Mitchell
Byrdie H. Jeffries
Noble E. Russell
Vinton
Earl W. Harrison
Waterloo
Verne FE. Harrison
Mercerville
Straughter P. Hiles
Raccoon Island
Ferdie G. Jones
Leonardl. Moore
Leroy C. Westfall
Bidwell
Jasper O. Lynch
Frank Veith
Cheshire
Walter F. Pinkerman
Donald W. Shafer
Crown City
Paul E. Rathburn
Ryger
Emmett F. Rees
Gallia
Marcus R. Burns
Willard M. Feaster
James Sheline
Richard Smith
Galipolis
Ten Extra Tickets To Be Voted in Gallia County
Gallia County voters to receive ten extra voting districts for November. Eight districts consider a three mill school levy, one votes on an $18,000 bond for a fireproof school building, and one precinct decides local option on beverages. Greenfield Cheshire Harrison Green and Gallipolis City precincts renew three mill levies. Springfield Township votes on local option alcohol.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Raccoon
Guyan
Walnut
Greenfield
Cheshire
Harrison, Green
Vinton Village
Springfield Township
Baldwin Becomes Supervisor at Holzer Hospital
Miss Mary Baldwin, a Holzer Hospital graduate, is named supervisor of the operating room at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis, filling the vacancy from Roma Corn Taylor’s resignation. Alta Radford, also a Holzer graduate, is appointed assistant operating nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Baldwin
Holzer Hospital
Roma Corn Taylor
Miss Baldwin
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Alta Radford
Holrer Hospital
Houcks Return to Springfield After Visit
Gallipolis notes say Mr. and Mrs. Asa Houck of Springfield visited here then returned home Saturday night. Mrs. Houck stayed. Mr. Houck went back to Springfield Monday where he is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Asa Houck
Springfield
Elizabeth Chapel Ladies Aid hosts ice cream and cake sale
Home made ice cream and cake will be sold by the Elizabeth Chapel Ladies Aid at a local Friday night event on October 2 at the Lodge Hall in Yellowtown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elizabeth Chapel Ladies Aid
Lodge Hall
Yellowtown
Warren man injured after fall at cousins’ home stairs
Mia Mayme Mack ey of Warren sustained severe bruises when he fell down the back stairs at the home of her cousins Misses Mayme and Nellie Bell in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mia
Mayme Mackey
Warren
Misses Mayme
Nellie Bell
Robes for Edward Coronation Cost Nearly One Million
The robes for Hrikeh peers and peeresses at King Edward's coronation next year will total about 1 million dollars. Robes cost 423 dollars each and coronets 90 dollars, driving the expense for royal apparel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Hrikeh
Edward
Gallia dairy herd tests show top producers in county
Gallia County reports from the Dairy Herd Improvement Association show GALLIA livestock with the highest milk and butter fat yields. G. W. Casto of Alice owns a cow producing 1335 pounds of milk monthly, while Charles E. Williams and Son between Rodney and Rio Grande own a cow yielding 49.9 pounds of butter fat monthly. James Simms of Eno leads small herds with 496 pounds of milk and 24 pounds of butter fat per cow monthly. Mrs. Ellis Hamrick of Rodney heads a 15 cow herd at 550 pounds of milk and 27.8 pounds of butter fat per cow monthly. Ball also covers Washington and Gallia counties and checks Meigs County figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. G. Casto
Alice
Charles E. Williams
Rodney
Rio Grande
Bernard Ball
Herd Improvement Association
Dairy Herd Improvement Association
Gallia County
R. R. Starbuck
James Simms
Eno
Association
Ellis Hamrick
Ball
Washington
Gallia
Meigs County
Vinton Trio Wins WPA District Amateur Contest
Gallia welcomes the Vinton Trio Ethelyn and Laura McGhee and Ruth Quickle who took first in the adult WPA district amateur contest at Athens for their vocal performance You Can’t Pull the Wool Over My Eyes. Thirty eight acts from eight counties competed. Adalaide Burnette and Charles Rice Gallipolis were the youngest contestants singing The Wedding of Jack and Jill. Mrs Margaret Bradbury WPA field supervisor and Mrs Carrie North Rio Grande recreation supervisor attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vinton
Ethelyn
Laura McGhee
Ruth Quickle
Athens
Adalaide Burnette
Charles Rice
Jack and
Jill
Margaret Bradbury
WPA
Gallia County
Carrie North
Rio Grande
Albany Social Notes Highlight Local Church and Civic Events
Albany briefs recount the Ladies Aid Society meeting at the Methodist Church with new officers and a Toledo conference report The Baptist Missionary Society met with devotionals led by Mrs Close A civic club organized by 409 young people at Mrs Ayler s home with officers named Activities include an October Weav er Chapel celebration and a PTA meeting at Albany Consolidated School all scheduled in September and October.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Ladies Aid Society of the Methodist Church
Ballinger
Ohio
Toledo
Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Chaddee
Close
Luckett
Eva Farris
Middleport
Hunter Macfarian
E. C. Porter
Athens
State Hospital
Denver McVay
F. H. Ayler
Ballenger
Walters
Laurence Goodwin
Elmo Scott
Mary Francis Gillogly
Althea Ballenger
Ayler
Methodist Social Room
Weaver Chapel
Bishop Weaver
P. E. Wright
Albany Consolidated School Pta
Harrisonville Social Notes and Local Visits
Clyde Clair and Dale Giles of Springfield visited local families including the Lamps and Clark households. Mrs. P. W. Winn returned home after an appendicitis operation. Numerous relatives from Iowa Ohio and Columbus visited. A Bradbury couple Leola Bolin and Charles Gilmore married. Local fairs prizes were awarded. Meigs County Fair results list winners. Homer Welsh and son Jim lost two sheep to dogs in a week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Clyde
Clair
Dale Giles
Springfield
Frank Giles
Earl Clark
Roy Lambert
Athens
Lambert
Salem Center
P. W. Winn
A. H. Hatfield
Lawrence
Florence
Red Oak
Iowa
Columbus
Leola Bolin
Charles Gilmore
Bradbury
Mildred Quivey
Verna
Darwin
Albert Quivey
Wilbur Warner
Near Flora
Emmet Mayhugh
Earl Genheimer
Bunker Hill
Peyton
Ray Wilson
Woodrow
Francis Stoker
Betty Lou Daniels
Zanesville
Lena Mae Jordan
Everett Turner
Lutchie Stacey
Felix Alkire
Clair Waggoner
Canter’s Cave Park
Texaco Company
Meigs County
Dana Turner
Frank Gibson
John Jewell
Earl Knight
Mr. Knight
Chester
Willing Workers
Lake Alma
Betty Blackwood
Francis Knopp
Rosalie Carr
Reba Dye
Billy Knopp
Raymond Wilson
Owen Cottrill
Lorene Wilson
Evelyn Wilson
Ivan Cottrill
Bessie Cottrill
Clayton Waggoner
Jackson Waggoner
Rolland Chase
Elizabeth Lambert
Phyllis Chase
Eva Townsend
Maxine Wilson
Margaret Whaley
Charles King
Charles Archer
Homer Welsh
Jim
Mineral Notes Highlight Community Happenings and Visits
Helen Martin enters Ohio University while sister Ollie Bell returns from Barberton and enrolls at Waterloo Consolidated High School. NYA supervisor Orland Ely hosts a vegetable soup supper. Illnesses include Ira E. Brooks and others. Local improvements surface with new kitchen, paint, and church steps. Carbondale project shifts here and B&O Railroad pedestals delivered. residents visit Buckeye Lake.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Helen Martin
Cash Martin
Ohio University
Athens
Ollie Bell
Barberton
Waterloo Consolidated High School
New Marshfield
Orland Ely
NYA
Co. E. Wolfe
Columbus
Ira E. Brooks
Lafe Lynch
Mary Clark
John Taylor
Lu Ella Wise
Libby Burson
Shade
William Shepherd
J. M. Higgins
Cavanaugh
Lloyd Shingler
George Shingler
James Sickles
Verle Sickles
Violet Baughman
Anna Mae Shingler
Bery Burr
William Jackson
Charles Brooks
E. G. Gibson
Dave Stephenson
M. E. Church
Co. O. Gibson
Ralph Gibson
Pauline
NPA Mineral-Carbondale
Hewitt's
Raccoon Creek
Carbondale
E. W. Carmen
B and O
Margery Fry
Everett Elliott
Buckeye Lake
Greendale Social Briefs
Greendale notes Melroy Ward, Murray City chosen pastor at Pilgrim Holiness Church for the year. Local visitors include Starr, Thompson, Arnett, and Blosser families. Lloyd Arnett leaves Oct. 1 for China with the Marines. Mrs. Hill called to Jackson County for ill father. Several residents attend events in Logan and Gore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rudolph
Lloyd Arnett
China
Walter Hill
Jackson County
Earnestine Courtney
Gore
Clarence Cozad
Logan
Richard Balch
Pontiac
Mich
William Drayton
E. G. Lockhart
Kenneth Smith
Beverly
Mia
Everett Schneider
Pomeroy Social Notes Highlights Weekend Visits and Moves
Local society page lists residents and visitors across Pomeroy Ohio and surrounding towns. Families from Huntington Portsmouth Columbus Gallipolis Parkersburg Cleveland and Athens spend weekends with kin and friends. several travel for study, hospital care, or church events. The One Won One Class met at J Q Rice with plans for winter work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Baptist Church
J. Q. Rice
E. Main St
Rice
Bentley Peoples
Middleport Visit and Local Courtesies Quickly Noted
Middleport residents and relatives gathered for weekend visits with family in Oreton Huntington and Columbus. Notables include Mr. and Mrs. C Q French and sons Owen and Ralph Curtis with Mrs. Ebert, Mrs. Frank Fugate of Pomeroy visiting Mrs. E V Klein who is improving, and Howard Delp of Columbus visiting J C Fisher and Will Murray of Huntington with their families. Arnold Hughes and family from Toledo visited Minersville. Frank Gunther and grandson spent Sunday in Huntington. Sanborn Missionary Society of the Baptist Church meets tonight with Mrs. Paul Smart on Lincoln Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio University
Athens
Malcolm Hartley
Mr. Hughes
Myrtle Danewood
Tuppers Plains
Frances Martin
O.H.E
Gallipolis
Roy E. Tracy
Spring St
Carl Griffith
Columbus
Myrtle Griffith
Lois Ann
Campbell
Louise Forbes
Forest Run
Edna Bartels
Nye St
Lena Hoeflich
Willis Hill
W. F. Reed
Hobart
Cleveland
Chauncey Shumaker, Sr
Chauncey Jr
Ohio State University
Edward Schreibe
Elias Ball
Letart
Charles Dow
Rose Hill
Charles Lawrence
Long Bottom
Marcella
Virginia Compton
Boston
Mass
Radcliff College For
Allen Keller
Darien
Miss Tracy
Roy Tracy
Middleport
C. QO
French and Sons
Owen
Ralph Curtis
Oreton
French
Ebert
Frank Fugate
Pomeroy
E. V. Klein
Howard Delp
J. C. Fisher
Sixth Ave
Will Murray
Huntington
James Murray
Grant St
Arnold Hughes
Toledo
Jacob Hughes
Minersville
Frank Gunther
Sanborn Missionary Society of the Baptist Church
Paul Smart
Lincoln St
Chester Team Wins From Parkersburg In Close Game
In the first of five games between Chester and Parkersburg Viscose, Chester won 3 to 1. Quillen pitched for Chester as the teams played a tight contest from start to finish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Chester
Parkersburg Viscose
Quillen
Transient Arrests Reported by Local Police
John Edwards a transient was arrested Saturday by Police Chief Dana L. Tracy for suspected intoxication after consuming rum. Emory Haggy was arrested Sunday night by Night Patrolman Walter Wolfe on an in intoxication charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
John Edwards
Dana L. Tracy
Tracy
Edwards
Emory Haggy
Walter Wolfe
Jos McKenzie Dies at 71 in Pomeroy
Joseph McKenzie age 71 died at his home on Thomas Fork Saturday. He leaves his wife and several children. Funeral will be held Tuesday afternoon at Mt. Olive with burial in Mt. Olive Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Joseph McKenzie
Thomas Fork
Mt. Olive
Tea bushes planted in Kazakhstan experiment
Tea has been planted this year in Kazakhstan as an experiment and the bushes are developing normally in Moscow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Kazakhstan
Transfer of Public Utility Certificate in Ohio
Fred A. Wemmer files to transfer Certificate 2020R to Edwin F. Carey and Raymond B. Pence. Carey and Pence seek to acquire and adopt schedules on file. Vehicles: one 144 ton Ford V-8 and one 14 ton Chevrolet truck. Hearing details available from the Public Utilities Commission of Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred A. Wemmer
Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Androperty
Edwin F. Carey
Aymond B. Pence
Raymond B. Pence
Columbus
Ohio
Freda. Wemmer
Jacksonville
Lancaster
Beginners Band Class Meets Saturday Afternoon
POMEROY announces a beginner band class at the High School Saturday at 2 o clock for boys and girls to start instrument study. It is not for current band members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Konrad Scholl
Portland Social Notes Span Weekend Visits and Dinners
The Portland brief lists numerous weekend visitors and gatherings. Rev. O Reilly returns from Toledo M E Conference to serve next year. Local families hosted dinners and guests from Chester Columbus Huntington Parkersburg Athens Pittasburgh and Pomeroy with several travelers and a remark on horseback riding history.
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Countian
Webster Home
LEGON
Edna Ervin
Pali
Aeolus
Atlantic
Azores
City Island
N. Y
S. S. Schwabenland
Greendale Social Briefs
Pomeroy Social Notes
Herman Scholl
Kenneth Grueser
Homer Jacobs
J. E. Conover
Barbara Ann
Elizabeth McNally
Clarleston
Fred Langletz
Geneva Duerr
Ernest Duerr
Cincinnati
Ollie Folmer
Richard Campbell
Ada Mae
Parkersburg
Jos. McKenzie
Russia
Portland
O'Reilly
M. E
William Warner
J. B. Hayes
Hilah
Beulah
Clifford
Warner
Ward Hayes
Grace
Eileen
Betty Warner
Evelyn Cook
Charles Lee
Maxine
Mary Jo Swan
Marvin Swan
Marietta
Gile Hammet
Harry Swan
Gayle Price
Somerset
Gerald Ours
Mary Louise McDade
Jeff Haney
Pittasburgh
Alice Adams
Alberta Foughty
Doctor McCullough
Bashan
Wilma Henderson
Thomas Dale
Brilliant
Nelson Cross
Belleville
William Fulton
William Howard
J. M. Cross
Thomas Gorrell
Alice Watson
Robert Cross
Alonzo Custer
A. C. Price
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