Court Convenes May 6 Juror Names Drawn for May Term
POINT PLEASANT The jury commissioners drew names to serve as jurors for the May term of Circuit court convening here May 5. Grand jurors include John Sommer Ar buckle District Mason Hughes and Robert Siders Clendenin Homer Graham Cologne Eiza Litchfield Cooper Richmond Riggs Edward Bumegarner Graham J. E. Gibson J A Barnett Hannan Byron Greenlee Sr Arian Hall and Guy McWilliams Lewis Harold Carder Robinson Gus Douglas Sr Union Walker and Carl Parsons Waggner. Petit jurors listed include Henry C White Clifford Carson Claude Lines Russell McCartney and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Circuit Court
John Sommer
Arbuckle
Mason Hughes
Robert Siders
Clendenin
Homer Graham
Cologne
Eiza Litchfield
Cooper
Richmond Riggs
Edward Bumegarner
Graham
J. E. Gibson
J. A. Barnett
Hannan
Byron Greenlee
Arian Hall
Guy McWilliams
Lewis
Harold Carder
Robinson
Gus Douglas
Union
Walker
Carl Parsons
Waggener
Henry C. White
Clifford Carson
Claude Lines
Russell McCartney
George W. Pauley, Sr
Roderic Ball
Ross Love
J. W. Johnson
Richard Sayre
Harlow Shelines
Brisel Knapp
Otto Reed
A. C. Grimm
Paul Roush
Cecil Bauer
East Ohio Church Program and County Bid Notice
An East program at the EUB Church is set for 7 30 p m in West Columbia. Athens County Commissioners invite sealed bids by May 1 1952 for heating and electrical work to remodel the Athens County Courthouse with specifications on file at the County Auditor and Architect Inscho Brand inscho Columbus Ohio.
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Athens County Commissioners
Board of County Commissioners
Athens County
Ohio
Court House
Athens
Athens County Court House
County Auditor
Court House Building
Inscho, Brand & Inscho
Fast Broad Street
Columbus
Yrson
4 H Club Meetings For Week Announced
Point Pleasant. The Vernon Stardusters 4 H Club meets Tuesday at 7 30 p m The Mountain Climbers 4 H Club meets Wednesday at 7 30 p m at a member s home A 4 H leaders association meeting is set for Saturday at 8 p m at the Point Pleasant High School home economics building announced by county agent John Jones
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Vernon Stardusters
Mountain Climbers
Point Pleasant High School
John Jones
Fine of $10 Assessed On Speeding Charge
Billy Young Lett was arrested by State Police on Route 17 Saturday and charged with speeding. Lett pleaded guilty to the charge before a local justice of peace and paid a fine of $10 and costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Billy Young
Lett
Justice of Peace
Woman of Moose to Hear Homemaking Program at Meeting
Mrs. Elizabeth Fisher, chairman, will present a program on Homemaking at the regular meeting of the women of the Moose. The gathering takes place at the Moose home Tuesday at 8 p.m. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Fisher
Women of the Moose
Moose
Easter party at Ordnance School hosts decorate eggs prize event
Homeroom mothers organized an Easter party for students with prizes for decorated eggs and refreshments. Weekend visitors included families from Morgantown and Huntington. Holiday guests at the Lewis home from Knoxville Nitro Kenova Akron joined Sunday dinners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Foglesong
Morgantown
Charles Foglesong
Charleston Rd
C. F. Buckle
Viand St
Walter Johnson
J. J. Johnson
Huntington
Milton Lewis, Sr
High, St
J. P. Riffle and Sons
J. E. Riffle
Knoxville
Freak Auto Accident Kills Ashton Resident
Ashton resident Drexel Dix on 31 dies in a freak auto accident while backing his 1941 car on a sharp curve near Eighteen Mile Creek Road. Sheriff and coroner determine a broken neck as the cause. he left behind a wife Irene Dixon and three children. Funeral arrangements set at Moore Chapel Church.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Sturgeon
Eighteen Mile Creek Road
Upland
Dixon
Frank Morrison
Toral Morrison
Ednad Gettles
Heck Funeral Home
Milton
Moore Chapel
Aston
Ray Egnor
Kenova
Nellie Swainson Dixon
Thomas Dixon
Navy
Irene Sturgeon Dixon
Russell Lee Dixon
Carol Ann
Archie Jane Dixon
Nellie Dixon
Maxine Jorgeson
Detroit
Mich
Joe Sanchez
Flagstaff
Arizona
Ruth Canterbury
Marion
Mildred
Cyclist Injured In Clay Route 17 Crash
Harry C. Smith 31 of Clay WV sustained multiple scalp lacerations a fractured right collar bone and a fractured left arm after his motorcycle hit a hole on Route 17 five miles east of Henderson. He was taken to Holzer Hospital in fair condition and rested well Sunday night as state police investigated.
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Point Pleasant
Harry C. Smith
Clay
W. Va
Henderson
Holzer Hospital
Smith
Columbus
Funeral Rites Held For Auto Victim Floyd Jacobs Jr
Funeral services were held at the First Mission household in Massieville Ohio for Floyd Jacobs Jr former Leon resident. Jacobs was killed Sunday morning in an auto accident near Bainbridge Ohio. Rev J P Keefer of Point Pleasant an uncle officiated the service. Burial was in Greenlawn Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
First Mission
Massieville
Ohio
Floyd Jacobs Jr
Leon
Jacobs
Bainbridge
J. P. Keefer
Greenlawn Cemetery
Leon Man Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
George Baxter of Leon pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated and was fined 50 dollars plus costs when arraigned before a local magistrate Monday. Baxter was arrested by state police Saturday night and sent to county jail in lieu of payment.
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Point Pleasant
George Baxter
Leon
Baxter
Ohio Spares Flood Aid From Columbus Depot
Columbus general depot began sending 136000 pounds of cots blankets tents and medical supplies to Nebraska Iowa flood areas. Air Force cargo planes fly mainly to Offutt AFB Omaha with some to Council Bluffs and Sioux City Iowa. A 124000 pound first shipment had already left.
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Columbus
Columbus General Depot
Nebraska-Iowa
Air Force
George Panisnick
Offutt Air Force Base
Omaha
Council Bluffs
Sioux City
Nebraska
Iowa
General Depot
Panisnick
Youths Judge Hereford Class at Apple Grove
Six 4-H boys judged three Hereford classes at Lewis Hereford farms in Apple Grove on Saturday. 4-H Club Agent John Jones led the event. participants included Virgil Burris Jr, Charles Thompson, Carl White, Robert Rimmey, Charles Stephenson and Gilbert Rogers.
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Hereford
Apple Grove
Point Pleasant
Lewis Hereford Farms
John Jones
Jones
Virgil Burris, Jr
Charles Thompson
Carl White
Robert Rimmey
Charles Stephenson
Gilbert Rogers
Births and Discharges at Holzer Hospital
List of new births in Gallipolis Jackson Point Pleasant Oak Hill and surrounding areas. Names include Mrs Richard Thomas Mrs Virgil Halley Mrs Chester Carter Mrs Paul Hammond and many others. Discharges include Dorothy Dungan Mrs John Evans Edith Clarke Robert Harden and numerous patients.
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Richard Thomas
Gallipolis
Virgil Halley
Chester Carter
Jackson
Jean
Charles Sheline
Point Pleasant
Emerson Sims
Oak Hill
Sarah J. Euler
Middleport
Charles Grimm
Kananga
Virgil Carter
Frank Yost
Arthur Beckett
Mattie Bushnell
Lakin
Martha Phillips
Vinton
John R. Thomas
Amos Alva van Meter
Waterloo
E. Elmer Jones
Paul Noel
Thurman
Harry Smith
Columbus
Ashby Hawkins
Turner's Station
J. D. Barnhouse
Wellston
Alva Wallace
Athalia
Ohio
Linda Tatterson
Helen Brown
Howard Farmer
Ray
Ralph Rhodes
Grimms Landing
W. Va
Hugh Stevers
Crown City
Dorothy Dungan
John Evans
Edith Clarke
Robert Harden
Kenneth Rainey
Erskin E. Womeldorf
Lonnie Thompson
Elmer Gardner and Son
Richard Grimstead
Doyle Sargent
Margaret McConnell
Joe Hutchinson
Pat Cummings
C. E. Wurts
W. C. Chapman
Dan Griffith
Langley Johnson
Cooper Strashaugh
Joe Young
Richard Kisor
Donald Lloyd
Clayton Johnson
J. G. Ellis
Wyatt Chadwell
Charles Grim
Carl D. Trotter
Youth groups hear call to duty at Gallia district meet
Rev. Phil Scott urged Hi Y and Tri Hi Y members to take charge of youth leadership while James W Johnson was elected president at the Gallipolis district gathering. 204 members heard a crucible of themes linking religion, world conflicts and civic responsibility as officers were announced and program closed with candle lighting.
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Gallipolis
Phil Scott
Farmers Hotel
James W. Johnson
Gallia Academy High School
Jimmy
Scott
Methodist
Rio Grande Large
Jay Abbott
South Point
Linda King
Etary
Bob Miller
Oak Hill
Johnson
America
Robert S. Lance
YMCA
Southern Ohio
Wellston
Ironton
Hi-Y
Tri-Hi-Yi
Richard Church
Gahs Group
Steve McKean
Margaret
Cars Damaged In Collision Near Mason-Pomeroy Bridge
A Route 33 rear-end collision south of Point Pleasant involved Leland L. Kirby 40 of New Haven and Sheridan Russell 32 of Mason. State police reported no injuries, no arrests, and both vehicles damaged. The 7:45 p.m. Saturday crash occurred as Kirby slowed to yield for a turn.
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Point Pleasant
Mason-Pomeroy Bridge
Leland L. Kirby
New Haven
Kirby
Sheridan Russell
Mason
Man Fined for Passing School Bus on Route 2
John Wogan of Southside paid a $10 fine and costs after pleading guilty to passing a school bus discharging pupils on April 10 Route 2. Bus driver was Harry Rainey.
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Point Pleasant
John Wogan
Southside
Harry Rainey
River Traffic at Gallipolis Locks and Kanawha River
Reports show multiple boats passing or moored at the Gallipolis Locks with times for Solway Ernestine Francis and others on the Kanawha River including Juanita Iron Duke Shirley Cook Kenna Semiet and more. Upper gauge 18.1 and lower 20.3 feet with Kanawha Falls at 2.76 rising or falling.
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Gallipolis
Solway
Ernestine
Francis
Kanawha
Juanita
London
Iron Duke
Shirley
Cook
Winfield
Kenna
Semiet
Quinn
Patriot
Sycamore
Price
Kanawha Falls
Birth at Point Clinic Named for Cary Canterbury Couple
Mr and Mrs Cary Canterbury of Gallipolis welcome a daughter born April 13 at the Point Clinic. The record also lists admissions for Mrs Henry Neal of Gallipolis Fer ry on April 13 Mrs Robert Fowler of Point Pleasant on April 13 and Mrs Riley Schwartz of Henderson on April 12 along with Addo Barr of Cottageville on April 12.
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Henry Neal
Gallipolis Ferry
Medical
Robert Fowler
Point Pleasant
Riley Schwartz
Henderson
Addo Barr
Cottageville
Cary Canterbury
Gallipolis
the Point Clinic
Church Painting Nears Completion in Point Pleasant
Remodeling and interior decorating of the Jordan Baptist Church in Point Pleasant are nearing completion with work continuing on the structure. The project covers exterior painting and interior finishes as congregants anticipate a reopening soon.
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Point Pleasant
Jordan Baptist Church
Boys Admit Mine Damage at Poplar Ridge Coal Co
Two boys aged 13 and 14 were called into juvenile court for damage at the Poplar Ridge Coal Co back of Cheshire totaling about 70 dollars. Deputy James Baldwin said they admitted derailing a mine car and using it as a stop, breaking a plate glass window, and damaging track scale weights. The foreman reported a motor and copper wire missing, but the boys deny theft.
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Gallipolis
Poplar Ridge
Paul Yeanger
Arrestees Held After Fluence Allegations In Gallipolis
Gallia troopers report Clifford H. Schiff age 48 of Oak Hill Route 4 and Edward Conley age 28 of Oak Hill detained after arrests for driving under the influence and intoxication. Both men held pending arraignment.
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Gallipolis
Clifford H. Shhiff
Oak Hill
Edward Conley
State
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