Seven indicted by Gallia Grand Jury arraigned in court
Gallia County Common Pleas Court heard arraignments for seven indicted individuals last Saturday with more to be arraigned today. Francis LaRue of Middleport pleaded guilty to failure to support his three minor children and was placed on three years probation, ordered to pay costs and $18 monthly to the clerk for maintenance. Clyde and Alex Sheets of near Mercerville pleaded not guilty to cutting Kenneth Lambert with intent to kill and posted $400 bonds each with attorney Lewis C. Warden appointed. Shoreman Reese pleaded not guilty to moving a mortgaged car from the county. bond set at $300. Philip Rayburn of Addison pleaded not guilty to petit larceny with $200 bond. Herbert Evans pleaded not guilty to malicious destruction of lumber valued at $100. William Jones appointed to defend. Scott Mosman charged with driving while intoxicated pleaded not guilty and released on $300 bond. Clarence Siders, previously sentenced, placed on probation and now employed at Rodney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grand Jury
Common Pleas
Francis LaRue
Middleport
Rgger
John Howell
LaRue
Clyde
Alex Sheets
Mercerville
Kenneth Lambert
Lewis C. Warden
Shoreman Reese
Gallia County
R. M. Switzer
Perry J. Bailes
Philip Rayburn
Addison
Bailes
Herbert Evans
Oscar Baird
William Jones
Scott Mossman
Clarence Siders
Rodney
FSA To Study Gallia County Dairy Needs
Gallia County dairy situation will be studied Tuesday night at 8 in the county courthouse basement office of County Agent Everett G Royer. E Ray Bailey Rural Rehabilitation supervisor asks if dairy cows with production left are being slaughtered, and if cows or heifers could raise milk production with feed available. All committee men are urged to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Farm Security Administration
Everett G. Royer
E. Ray Bailey
Mr. Bailey
Deckard Rites Held at Bidwell M E Church
Funeral services this afternoon at 2 for Mrs. Lillian J. Deckard widow of George W. Deckard who died after a cerebral hemorrhage and a later attack. Burial in Fairview Cemetery. Rev. J. L. Stephenson and Rev. J. F. Brown officiated. Born 1862 at Porter she was the last surviving of 11 children. Survived by daughter Mrs. Georgia Leonard and granddaughter Miss Georgiana Leonard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bidwell M. E
Lillian J. Deckard
George W. Deckard
Bidwell
Fairview
J. L. Stephenson
J. F. Brown
Porter
Robert
Mary M. Guen
Deckard
Georgia Leonard
Georgiana Leonard
Two Properties Sold In Gallipolis And Perry Township
Martin Wollburn sold a property in Rodney Isaiah Gates Addison area to Minnie Fowler. Addison resident Gates sold 74 acres near Cora in Perry Township to Craig D Slagle. Consideration was around 2000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Martin Wollburn
Minnie Fowler
Rodney
Isaiah Gates
Addison
Craig D. Slagle
Cora
Perry Township
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Club Elections
The Gallipolis social section notes a Progressive Bible Class session at Grace Methodist Church with a review of Look To The Mountain by Le Grand Cannon Jr. and a California visit account. Janet Brown becomes president of the Wide Awake 4-H Club at the Ohio Valley Grange Hall, with officers named and next meeting planned for April 15. A potluck supper is scheduled at the Rio Grande Methodist Church with a silver offering to be collected. Local notices include Libby Hotel manager John Clendenin in Columbus on business and relatives of Sgt. Jack Wetherholt visiting Gallipolis, along with updates on W. Henry Gardner and St Paul O’Brien households.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
le Grand Cannon Jr
8. L. Bossard
Anna May Wemeldorff
California
Ben Bachus
Janet Brown
Wide Awake
Ohio Valley Grange Hall
Mary Francis Wheeler
Zelma Lee Evans
Erma Boggs
Mary Jo Henry
Parl Brown
Rio Grande
John Clendenin
Libby
Columbus
Jack Wetherholt
Mitchell Field
Long Island
N. Y
Paul Wetherholt
George Wetherholt
Bess Wetherholt
W. Henry Gardner
Urbana
John O'Brien
St Paul O'Brien
Ames-Bern
Robert Meseher
Clair Parsons
Bob Cray
Jago
Ch Calentine
Jery McKinley
Paul Linscott
Albert Keirns
Amesville 4-H
Dorothy Meschher
Joan Eddy
Peggy Ashcraft
Katleen Webster
Leona Faye Zarley
Lureng Mesehher
Graig Webb
Mildred Newburn
Methodist Church
Ann Hodgen
Akron
Vincent
Hodgen
Chesterhill
Amesville
Euphemia
Masonic Hall
Henry
Athens
Mary Lee Thompson
Riley Thompson
Max Heston
Johnny Bill
Will Heston
Paul Masters
Glen McGrew
Clyde Gibson
John Eckard
Elaine
John Sheffield
Jean Bruce
John Cominsky
Oren Wolfe
Chilren
Army
Real Estate Sales Reported in Gallia Meigs Counties
Willard Grover reports recent real estate deals in Gallipolis and Meigs County. Frank Dwight buys a 125 acre farm near Pt Rock with buildings, possession April 20. C L Thomas sells an 80 acre farm near Dexter to Norvell Morton of Charleston WV, possession immediate. Minnie Fowler sells 49 acres in Raccoon Township near Rio Grande to Ray H Siford of Charleston WV, possession within 30 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Willard Grover
Willard Grover & Son
Frank Dwight
Ray Halliday
Pt. Rock
Meigs County
C. L. Thomas
Dexter
Norvell
Morton
Charleston
W. Va
Minnie Fowler
Raccoon Township
Rio Grande
Ray H. Siford
Births and discharges at Holzer Hospital week end
Patients admitted included Mrs William Reed Addison medical, Mrs Oxcar Shuff Oak Hill surgery, Mrs Edward Jackson Pt Pleasant gave birth to a son Saturday morning at 9 18, Mrs Beman Fish Gallipolis stenographer at Holzer medical, Ralph Kern Beaver surgery, Mrs George Kenny Pt Pleasant gave birth to a son at 12 30 pm Friday, Mrs Paul Williams Northup gave birth to a daughter at 9 25 pm Friday. Discharges included Mrs William Tate W Columbia West Virginia, Mr Vernon Donahue Letart Falls, Mrs Stanley Simms Gallipolis, Mrs Leonard Kardes and baby Pt Pleasant, Mrs Corbet Emmett and baby Wellston, Leon Saunders Gallipolia, Ruby Rice Gallipolis, Mrs Talmadge Craddolph Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
William Reed
Addison
Oxcar Shuff
Oak Hill
Edward Jackson
Pleasant
Beman Fish
Ralph Kern
Beaver
George Kenney
Paul Williams
Northup
William Tate
W. Columbia
W. Va
Vernon Donahue
Letart Falls
Stanley Simms
Leonard Kardes
Corbet Emmett
Wellston
Leon Saunders
Gallipolia
Ruby Rice
Mrs. Talmadge Craddolph
Chest Clinic Planned by Gallia Health Office
Gallia County announces a chest clinic Tuesday at 12 30 PM in the courthouse basement, inviting anyone with lung symptoms to attend. County health nurses report smallpox vaccination in schools concluded last Tuesday with 671 vaccinations administered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallia Health Group Holds Monthly Meeting
The Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association met this afternoon at 2:30 in the Gallia County Department of Public Health office in the courthouse basement. Executive secretary Mrs. Alice Bradbury said all officers and executive committee members along with board directors were requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rites for William Terry Are Held
Funeral services were held Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Gallipolis for William Terry who died at his daughter's home. Burial followed at Mound Hill Cemetery with Reverend J. E. Hakes officiating. In a separate item, Bennie Manns pleaded guilty to intoxication on April 9 and was fined five dollars plus costs, with partial payment made and remaining due April 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist
William Terry
Mamie Masters
Mound Hill Cemetery
J. E. Hakes
Bennie Manns
Name Change Granted in Gallia County Case
Judge John Howell of the Common Pleas Court granted Irene Warr’s petition on Saturday to change her name to Irene Kidder. The ruling reflects a formal legal adjustment of record in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Howell
Common Pleas Court
Irene Warr
Irene Kidder
Robbery and theft tales clog Gallipolis Police logs
Gallipolis police report a break in at Gino's with $36 stolen from cash. a bicycle, a red Firestone with white tires, was reported missing. A collision on Route 7 damaged two cars. an assault charge hearing is set for Judge William Jones. A boat stolen at Kanauga was recovered with Lew Clark and son George named as occupants. the youth confessed to theft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gino
John Epling
Delbert Fisher
Kanauga
Clark
Five Arrests Reported By Highway Patrol
GALLIPOLIS The State Highway Patrol reported five arrests over the weekend. Buddy Grover Rogers Jr of Waxhaw North Carolina was arrested Saturday night for allowing an unlicensed minor to drive. he appeared before Municipal Judge William Jones Sunday and was fined $5 with costs suspended. Robert E Shover arrested for speeding before Mayor Steel in Wellston Sunday, fined $10 with costs. Lenard Wyatt of Jackson was fined $10 with costs for operating without a license before Mayor Steel. John W Ervin of Vinton was fined $10 with costs for driving without a tail light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Buddy Grover Rogers, Jr
Waxhaw
N. C
William Jones
Robert E. Shover
Steel
Wellston
Lenard Wyatt
Jackson
John W. Ervin
Vinton
Paul Edward Ferguson Listed Missing in Action
Gallipolis reports Paul Edward Ferguson missing in action. Seaman first class in the U.S. Naval Reserves, he enlisted last August and will be 21 next June. His parents Mr and Mrs Homer P Ferguson and two sisters await further word from the Navy Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Paul Edward Ferguson
Homer P. Ferguson
U. S. Navy
U.S. Naval
Navy Department
Albany Social And Personal
Albany Grange held its April meeting in the Grange Hall with retiring president Pherice Win Rett introducing officers Maude Knowlton Melva Radcliffe Katharine Rickey and electing Elta Miller as chaplain The luncheon was potluck May meeting at Mrs Dow Sanders home. several local residents and relatives shared visits with service members and guests from McArthur Columbus Huntington and Dayton areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Carrie Hall Club
Albany Grange
Grange Hall
Pherice Win Rett
Elta Miller
Maude Knowlton
Melva Radcliffe
Katharine Rickey
Eva Sander
Miller
Olive Baughman
Marshall
Lola Springer
Dow Sanders
Allender Home Sold to Bert Stanley in Point Pleasant
B H Allender and wife sold their eight room brick house on Jefferson Blvd to Bert and Pearl Stanley of Henderson. The Stanleys leased it to Mr and Mrs Howard Price. Built about six years ago, it has a full basement and automatic hot air heat, on a 60 by 450 foot lot. Transaction handled by A E Thomas of Hutchinson Thomas Real Estate Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
B. H. Allender
Jefferson Blvd
Bert
Pearl Stanley
Henderson
Stanleys
Howard Price
A. E. Thomas
Hutchinson-Thomas Real,Estate Agency
Point Pleasant Land Suit Ends With $58,000 Verdict
In Huntington, a federal court verdict favors Point Pleasant Development Co. over the government in a condemnation case for 45 acres at North Point Pleasant. The land, valued at $1,300 per acre, was taken for a defense workers shelter project. 350 shelters are near completion. The government saved about $13,000 from the commission’s value, while the road commission seeks about $100,000 for highways within the ordnance works area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
District Court
State Road Commission
Ordnance Works
Lewis W Ball heads to Fairmont for permanent departure
Lewis W Ball will leave today to move away permanently. He has secured a fireman job on the Baltimore and Ohio division between Fairmont and Keyser and plans to dispose of his shop while keeping his Jackson Avenue home. Mrs Ball will follow after the school term. He cherishes memories of Ohio riverboat whistles and can identify most captains by sound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lewis W. Ball
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairmont
Keyser
Ball
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Lowe Hotel
Jackson Ave
University Women Meet With Mrs Somerville
Point Pleasant Chapter of American University Women will meet Monday evening April 19 with Mrs L C Somerville as hostess at her Viand Street home. Mrs Chalmers F McCutchen, education department chairman, will direct the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American University
L. C Somerville
Viand St
Chalmers F. Mce Cutchen
Wallace Jr. Returns to Post After Furlough
Pvt William Wallace Jr stationed at the desert training camp Fort San Luis Obispo Calif returns to his post after a furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs W H Wallace of Sand Hill Road. He has been assigned to the ordnance department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Lasch
Alberquerque
N. M
E. H. Lasch
McArthur
Lasch
Carl J. Morris
Lawrence Morris
Camp Edwards
Mass
Ft. Meade
Frank Radcliffe
Columbus
Earl Caster
Huntington
Harold Cunningham
Pomeroy
Paul Springer
Dayton
E. V. Springer
William Cline
Frances Cline
A. D. Cline
Point Pleasant
William Wallace, Jr
Fort San Luis Obisto
Calif
W. H. Wallace
Sand Hill Road
Ordnance Department
Beech Hill Substitutes Return to Duty in Henderson
Mrs Olin Roush of Henderson concluded five weeks teaching as substitute at Beech Hill. Regular teacher Mrs Bernice Anderson has recovered from illness and returned to duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Olin Roush
Henderson
Beech Hill
Bernice Anderson
Point Pleasant Birth For Pvt Thivener Family
A son weighing nine pounds was born Friday to Pvt. and Mrs. Chester Thivener of Gallipolis at the Point Clinic. Pvt. Thivener is stationed at Fort Myers Florida. Raymond Plants was released to Mayor Krodel on a charge of intoxication Saturday and placed in custody by Policeman Curt Yeager.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Chester Thivener
Gallipolis
Point Clinic
Thivener
Fort Myers Fla
Raymond Plants
Krodel
Curt Yeager
Simpson Methodist Church Officers Plan Evening Meeting
Officers and teachers of Simpson Methodist Church will meet this evening at the church. The gathering will begin with a potluck supper followed by a business session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomerkoy
Simpson Methodist Church
Women's Club Holds April Meeting in Point Pleasant
Mrs. George W. McAlpin of Charleston led the Senior Woman's Club April gathering with a talk Is It Any Thing to Us? covering food rationing war service, and the fact that one in four workers is a woman. The Girls' Glee Club performed under Lawrence Capellanti. Corporal Maxine Goswick spoke on WAAC roles. The club approved a $5 Red Cross donation and deferred officer elections to the May meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George W. McAlpin
Charleston
Girls’ Glee Club
Lawrence Capellanti
Maxine Goswick
WAACS
Waldo Allen
Robert Ferguson
Red Cross
J. G. F. Johnson
McAlpin
Ferguson
Johnson
Goswick
Allen
Ben Franklin
Elmer Ebersbach
W. J. Kenny
Harry Godfrey
W. E. Allen
Clarence R. Schneider
C. G. Bauerle
Carl G. Gardner
F. W. Ingraham
Howard Yeager
G. B. Skene
C. G. Billups
S. C. Moustin
Milton L. Miller
Louis Bateson
A. E. Tulloh
Leading Mason Stock Men Misplaced in Gallia County Tale
A Columbus paper with a Gallipolis date line implies Mason County beef producers are Gallia Countians. It lists Sandy Lewis market 1,000,000 pounds this year, W. A. Lee 300,000, John Blain and Alex McCausland 100,000 each, Oakley Arrington 50,000, John W. Lane 120,000, and C. C. Lewis 200,000, noting Lane died a few months ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Columbus
Gallipolis
Mason County
Gallia
W. A. Lee
John Blain
Alex McCausland
Oakley Arrington
John W. Lane
C. C. Lewis
Spurlock Returns to Lead State Farm Operation
Spurlock arrives to take over as manager of the state's large farm at Lakin after a period away at the Institute. Dr. Eugene J. Youngue, superintendent of the state hospital at Lakin, notes the recall came too late for this year’s production, which should have been planned and much of the work done in winter months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
A. C. Spurlock
Institute
Lakin
Eugene J. Youngue
11th St Building and Lot Sold to Musgrave
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Burdette and Elmer Hokanson sold the lot on 11th St between the railway and the street to C. G. P. Musgrave. The one story frame building, formerly a combination residence and restaurant, fronts 120 feet on 11th St with an average width of 82 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Stuart Burdette
Elmer Hokanson
11Th St
C. G. P. Musgrave
Aei
Llth St
Mason Girl To Go to Huntington Public Speaking Contests
Miss Ana Bell Lee of Gallipolis Ferry and Mason High School is headed to Morgantown next Saturday to represent Huntington district in the state public speaking contest after winning extemporaneous speech. Principal C. H. Withers guides the department, and his pupils have shown progress. The Mason team earned one first and two second places in the district event. she will be joined by Principal Withers and classmates Ruth Bell and Florence Buell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Anabell Lee
Ralph Lee
Gallipolis Ferry
Morgantown
Huntington
Lee
C. H. Withers
Withers
Ruth Bell
Florence Buell
Pt Pleasant Area Personal News Roundup
Miss Christian Johnson music director in Charleston schools spent the weekend with her parents at 1209 Viand Street. Mr and Mrs Ray Gill and children from Huntington visited their relatives Mr and Mrs D T Wartenburg on Ninth Street. Co G P Musgrave at Viand Street and Pvt Estil Coleman of Huntington spent days with his sister Mrs Ralph Raike in Henderson. Rush Hovey of Liverpool West Virginia visited his nephew Gilbert Plants at 2109 Main Street during a illness. Billy Stone, working in New York City, returned there after a weekend with his parents Dr and Mrs W H Stone on Sixth Street. Co G Bauerle treasurer of Marietta Manufacturing Co left Saturday for Philadelphia on business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christian Johnson
Charleston
F. L. Johnson
Viand St
Ray Gill
Betty
Louise
Peggy
Huntington
D. T. Wartenburg
Ninth St
Clyde Tallman
Co. G. P. Musgrave
Estil Coleman
Ralph Raike
Henderson
Rush Hovey
Liverpool
W. Va
Gilbert Plants
Main St
Billy Stone
New York City
W. H. Stone
Sixth St. Co
G. Bauerle
The
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Philadelphia
Mrs Bertha Filson Plans Florida Trip After Term
Mrs Bertha Filson former Mason County superintendent and the only woman elected to a county office will depart after the term ends for Hollywood Florida to search for residence property and spend the summer with her sister Mrs Helen Zeiher. She will dispose of her Viand Street home but may retain other local real estate. Her daughter Miss Eleanor Filson who works at the Capital in Charleston visited over the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bertha Filson
Mason County
Hollywood
Fla
Helen Zeiher
Pomeroy
Filson
Viand St
Senior Class Plays To Have Several Showings
POINT PLEASANT Every Family Has One Senior Class play will be shown at a 1 30 matinee on Wednesday April 28 and again at 8 15 Thursday evening April 29 in the Junior High School Auditorium. Mrs Clarence R Schneider director says rehearsals continue and the cast has the play well in hand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clarence R. Schneider
Ames-Bern Cage Teams Are Honored
Amesville community honors 4-H clubs and cage teams with awards and guest speaker Thor Olson of Ohio University. Senior boy gift envelopes, a Pearl necklace for the senior cheer Mary Smith, and multiple officers named for the Boys and 4-H clubs as over 250 books were collected for service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesville
Ames
Thor Olson
Ohio Univers
McAfee
R. Phillips
Mary Smith
Red Cross
Webster
Galen Meseher
J McKinley
Louis Howard
Ch Jones
Billy Bryson
Jack Sm
Tommy Bircher
Buster McCollen Martin
George Chap
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Athens Messenger
Ohio
EE Enemas
Aranday
Gallia Grand Jury
Cour
Burma
Center
Mills Bros
OPA
Tunisian
Rommel
Tunisia
FSA
Bidwell M. EE
Gallipolis Social Notes
Stella Arthur
Guy Smith
Anna May Womeldorf
Craig Slagle
Gallia Health
Highway Patrol
Social and Personal
Albany Personals
Bert Stanley
North Point Pleasant
University
Somerville
Mason
Spurlock
Musgrave
Florida
Nelsonville
Marti Serry
Foot Vallee
Curtis Bermmardt
Serwen Mey
Welter Deleon Merman Peneme
Melvin Pronk
Warner Bros. Triumph
LKA
Claude A
Neg Per Bonitag
Owsos
Irving Raf
LA Robinson
Hiuaac
Max Sune
Hure
Lethi Jerer
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