Unopposed Democrat Barbara Daniel in Athens Fourth Ward primary
In Athens Barbara Daniel faces no opposition in the Fourth Ward Democratic primary. Republican candidates Brad Davis and Charley Laughlin have no major differences and plan limited campaigning before the May 4 election. Both men run with strong local ties and emphasize public service and business experience.
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Tom Price
Messenger
Athens
Fourth Ward
Barbara Daniel
Brad Davis
Charley Laughlin
Incumbant Davis
Laughlin
Davis
West Virginia
Ward 4
Reedsville Youth Linked To Thefts
State police continuing the theft probe that has uncovered 25 stolen vehicles and led to five arrests. A 17 year old from Reedsville was among those arrested. The case spans five West Virginia counties and two Ohio counties, sparked by a stolen tractor found on a Jackson County farm. Arrested include Robert Postlewait of Capri Car Sales Parkersburg and George and Jack DeBerry of Sardyville Jackson County plus Gary Frazier of Parkersburg.
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Ripley
W. Va
Jackson County
Here
West Virginia
Ohio
Wood County
Robert Postlewait
Capri Car Sales
Parkersburg
George and
Jack DeBerry
Sardyville
Gary Frazier
Eight Arrested By Mason County Officers Over Weekend
Eight persons were arrested by Mason County law officers over the weekend. Robert Eugene Jones, 19, of Point Pleasant, was charged with petit larceny. State police arrested seven others, five for intoxication, including Arley F. Patterson 31 Henderson Golden Campbell 59 Leon James S. Lowery 53 Eugene Jackson Lowery 57 and Wilford M. Tisdale 48 all of Charleston. Others were Orville Likens 47 Henderson driving while intoxicated and expired inspection sticker and Thomas C. Harvey 55 address not given driving while intoxicated.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Robert Eugene Jones
Arley F. Patterson
Henderson
Golden Campbell
Leon
James S. Lowery
Eugene Jackson Lowery
Wilford M. Tisdale
Charleston
Orville Likens
Thomas C. Harvey
GSI Acres Burn Sunday Fire Extinguished by Gallipolis VFD
A seven acre grass fire on Gallipolis State Institute land was extinguished Sunday night by the Gallipolis Volunteer Fire Department. The alarm came in at 7 40 p.m. from a GSI switchboard operator. The fire started in a wooded area at the hilltop and the cause remains unknown.
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Gallipolis
Driver Cited After Crash Near Mason Pomeroy Bridge
Homer S. Hill, 31, Middleport, was cited for driving left of center and leaving the scene after his car sideswiped Edward J. Wagner, 47, Racine Route 1, at 9 15 p m Saturday on Route 62 near the Mason Pomeroy Bridge. No injuries were reported.
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Mason
Mason- Pomeroy Bridge
Richard Ohlinger
Homer S. Hill
Middleport
Edward J. Wagner
Racine
Wagner
Elizabeth Oakes Smith dies at 90 in Little Hocking
Elizabeth Oakes Smith 90 of Little Hocking died on arrival at Marietta Memorial Hospital. She taught in Washington County and belonged to the Little Hocking Universalist Church and Palmara Sola Community Church. Surviving relatives include two sisters and a brother. services Thursday at 2 p.m. at White Funeral Home Coalville with burial in Rockland Cemetery.
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Little Hocking
Elizabeth Oakes Smith
Marietta Memorial Hospital
Newbury
Silas Bent
Bettie Wells Oakes
Little Hocking Universalist Church
DAR
Marietta
Marietta Academy
Buchtel College
Washington County
Palmara Sola Community Church and Womens Club
Bradenton
Fla
Fowler
Gallia County
First Baptist Church
Northup Missionary Society
Claude
Beatrice) Evans
Gallipolis
Chauncey
Mervin Harrison
Charles
Dorothy) Steger
Bessie Berrige
Kananga
Marshall
John
First Baptist Church Building Fund
Harry Cole
Ferrell
Arlene) Angels
Wayne
Jim
Carol) Henson
Pickerington
Junior
Toledo
Harold Lee
Circleville
Bill Comer
Everett Cardwell
Vinton
McCoy
Terry Angels
Mt. Tabor
Walter Evans Jr
Crown City
Evans
Semet-Solvay Co
Ashland
Walter Evans Sr
Gladys Jenkins Evans
Masonic Lodge
Elizabeth Louallen
James
Lynette) Saiders
Reky Allen Evans
Air Force
Keesler Air Force Base
Miss
Herman Sims
Eureka
Curt Clark
Ridgecrest
Calif
Waugh-Halley-Wood
Joseph Chapman
Ohio Valley Memory Gardens
Logan
Laura S. McCormick
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Nelsonville
Hocking County
Matilda Dennis Culberson
New Zion United
Clydus Hicks
Wilford
Florence
George
Icel) Smothers
Sugar Grove
William
Helen) Adock
Maxville
John McCormick
John Culbertson
George Hicks
Samuel McCormick
Heinlein
Oak Grove
Four nabbed after armed robbery at Chat N Chew
Ma se County officers apprehended two men 21 and 18 and two 21 year old adults plus a juvenile after the Chat N Chew Tavern on Route 62 in West Columbia was robbed. Orville Williams Jr Gary Saunders and Drema Tatum were identified in voluntary statements.
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Chat ’N Chew
Route
West Columbia
Orville H. Williams Jr
Gary M. Saunders
Drema D. Tatum
Huntington Route 1
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Susan Martin
Williams
Saunders
Ripley
Mason County
Billy Ray Ohlinger
Mason
Marion Rayburn
Ohlinger
Rayburn
New Haven
Robert Uhs
Justice of the Peace
Bob Peoples
Tatum
Justice of the Peace Court
Area Death Notices from Gallia County Ohio
Death notices for Sylvia M. Fowler 75 Gallipolis Omar J. Fowler died 1954. James R. Jeffers 74 Pomeroy. Ella R. Scott 72 Wayne Michigan formerly Vinton. Walter Evans Jr. 46 Crown City. Laura S. McCormick 67 Logan. Muriel West Shannon 69 Ft. Lauderdale. Obituaries cite births, spouses, children, and funeral details with locations in Gallia Meigs Vinton and Logan areas.
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Vinton
Ella R. Scott
Wayne, Mich
Annapolis Memorial Hospital
Wayne
Scott
Evans Scott
Frank and
Joretta Deckard Perkins
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E. State Street
Medical Center Pharmacy
the Messenger
Gaylord Ray
Stimson Avenue
Fred James
Charley Cochran
Ohio University
Chillicothe
Laughlin Music Co
National Guard
Ken Steinhoff
First United Methodist Church
W. Columbus
W. Canal Streets
C. G. Johnson and Sons
Columbus
George Lovell
Roy Ballard
Reedsville
GSI Acres
Mase County
Sylvia M. Fowler
Second Ave
Holzer Medical Center
Holzer Hospital School of
James R. Jeffers
Pomeroy
Pomeroy Route 3
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Meigs County
Ethel
Robert
Syracuse
Thelma Gilmore
Ewing
Amos Tillis
Riverview Cemetery
Laura
McCormick
Muriel West Shannon
Ft. Lauderdale
Charles and
Elizabeth West
James Shannon
Harry
Daytona Beach
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