Pobst Speaks at Mercerville as 15 Gallia County Grads
Dr R Lloyd Pobst president Rio Grande College delivered the commencement address Tuesday night at Mercerville High School where 15 students graduated. The graduates were Doris Williams Thelma Wallace James Houck Bill Houck James E Saunders Jr Warren Sheets Leo Davis Louise Williams Buford Houck Betty Swindler Bobby Halley Leo Halley Billie Smith Bobby Swain and Doris Waugh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
R. Lloyd Pobst
Rio Grande College
Mercerville High School
Doris Williams
Thelma Wallace
James Houck
Bille Houck
James E. Saunders
Warren Sheets
Leo Davis
Louise Williams
Buford Houck
Betty Swindler
Bobby Halley
Leo Halley
Billie Smith
Bobby Swain
Doris Waugh
Mrs. Bert Roush Dies at 63 in Gallia County
Mrs. Bert H. Roush, 63, of Addison, died Tuesday morning at Holzer Hospital from complications. She married Bert Roush August 1, 1900, by Judge A. S. Ripley of Patriot. Survived by eight children including Mrs. Howard Walker Akron and Gilbert Roush Addison. sons in the U. S. Army Gilbert and John Roush. sister Mrs. Scott Mossman Cheshire. seven grandchildren. Funeral by F. J. Entsminger with arrangements incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bert H. Roush
Addison
Holzer Hospital
Roush
Thomas Henry
A. S. Ripley
Patriot
Howard Walker
Franklin Churchill
Akron
Clarence Roush
Charles Adkins
Middleport
Gilbert
John Roush
U. S. Army
Clarence Casey
Edna Roush
Scott Mossman
Cheshire
F. J. Entsminger
State Patrol Closes Roads As River Rises
Gallia region reports Route 7 at Proctorville Route 325 on both sides of Vinton and Route 141 at Cadmus shut due to high water. Steamer Island Queen cancels Gallipolis excursion on April 22 because Ohio River is high.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Proctorville
Vinton
Cadmus
Ohio River
Car Looting and Missing Items Reported in Gallipolis
Gallipolis police blotter notes U id Broyles reported his parked car looted near Mootz's Bakery with missing work plugs a jack oil two gallons and Hamburg hat. Officers later investigated a possible infant death call at White's place and a Tuesday morning Buick crash injuring Virgil Halley's car after a suspected intoxicated driver fled, with license matching a Patriot resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Uid
Broyles
Mootz
White
Peck
Fourth Ave
Virgil Halley
Halley
Patriot
New Patients Admitted at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis
New patients admitted to Holzer Hospital include Mrs Frank Wamsley of Pleasants Pleasant West Virginia and several others from W Va and Oak Hill with observations and medical needs. Discharges include Raymond Casey of Pt Pleasant and Mrs Virgil Lutton of Pt Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Frank Wamsley
Pt. Pleasant
W. Va
Roy C. Shafer
W. Charleston
William Carey
Jackson
Joan Snyder
Oak Hill
J.C. Tillis
Arbuckle
W. Ve
F. A. Carraci
Wellston
Mary Morris
Gallia
Marshall Linn Keel
Vernon Keel
Raymond Casey
Pleasant
W Va
Virgil Lutton
Gallipolis Social Notes Celebrate Birthday and Club Elections
Gallipolis events include a surprise birthday party for a local magistrate and jeweler Mr. Robert Queen at the Queen Bee Hotel. Gallipolis Business and Professional Women's Club meets at Island View Inn electing Miss Anna Mae Evans as president and installing officers led by Miss Ethel Young. The group marks its eighth birthday with a cake and donates 10 to the Red Cross War Fund plus buys a $100 U. S. War Bond from the Girl Scout fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Queen
Queen Bee
Anna Mae Evans
Vinton
Zenia Shaw
Island View Inn
Ethel Young
Miss Evans
Thelma White
Byrd Rose
Ethel Wheeler
Florence Ecker
Mabel Thomas
Mary Syler
Ann White
Ruth Richards
Business Seasion
Red Cross War Fund
Girl Scout Fund
Two Gallia County Properties Are Sold
Anna S. and Stewart A. Clenden sold about 97 acres in Raccoon Township and six Harrisburg lots to A. L. Morris for around 3000 dollars. Eli and Myrtle Hix sold near Addis on the road to Bullville to Cecil Daugherty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Anna S
Stewart A. Clendenin
A. L. Morris
Raccoon Township
Harrisburg
Eli
Myrtle Hix
Cecil Daugherty
Addison
Bulaville
Patriot Grange Plans Open Meet Thursday
GALLIPOLIS an open meeting will be held by Patriot Grange Thursday evening April 22 to which the public is invited. There will be a special program illustrated pictures explained by County Agent Everett G Royer and recreation in charge of Mr Roger and Miss Clara Belle Motter home demonstration agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Patriot Grange
Everett G. Royer
Roger
Clara Belle Motter
Floyd Simmons Buys Rathburn Apartment
Floyd Simmons and wife Ida purchase the two story brick business and apartment building at 502 Second Ave from Jette and Mary Rathburn for about 4500 dollars. Ground floor houses Oonemy Cleaners owned by Simmons. family resides in the second story apartment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Floyd (Junior) Simmons
Ida
Jette
Mary Rathburn
Second Ave
Oonemy Cleaners
Mr. Simmons
Harrisonville Man Dies in Hospital
M. J. French, a 62 year old farmer from Harrisonville Meige County, died at 4 45 Tuesday morning at Holver Hospital after being admitted shortly after midnight Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrisonville
Gallipolis
M. J. French
Farmer
Meige County
Holver Hospital
Carbondale Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Carbondale social notes record marriages and furloughs for Pvt. Roy Mace and Betty Beveridge, plus a long list of weekend visits. Families from New Marshfield Athens Nelsonville Coonville and Sydney appear among guests and relatives. The item lists miles of social calls, mainly at homes of Stumpf, Albaugh, Stanley, Taylor, and Lowry families, with several children ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Rome Mace
Roy Mace
Camp Beale
Calif
Betty Beveridge
New Marshfield
Mace
Leo Kennard
Dora Hoak
Landis
Gladys Huston
Marjorie
Floyd Moshier
Woodrow Blum
Logan
R. A. Morris
Marlyn Sue
Barbara Sue
J. O McCoy
Athens
Lena Blackford
Agnes Drain
George Stumpf
Miles
Junior Taylor
Conell
Coonville
John Stanley
Miles Stump
Byron Barber
Edward Gabriel
Charles Stump
Bert Albaugh
Mont Lowry
Jerald Albaugh
Jerald
Nelsonville
Charlies Stimel
Maureen Jewett
Inez Stump
Chester Lowry
Gene
Barberton
Emma Lowry
Price Mutter
Bert Tremaine
Harl Chesser
Newark
Jewett Home
Charles Russell
Turnie Russell
Cathellen
Guy Barrows
Zanesville
Goldie Stallings
Mason City Hill
Roger Williams
Judy
Sydney
Ralph William
Donald Mace
Albany
Halley Rites Will Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs. Brodie Halley of Thivener will be held Thursday at 2 p.m. at Mina Chapel. The 55-year-old widow died Tuesday after a long illness. She is survived by her husband, a daughter Mrs. Rachel Stover of Gallia County, two sons Clarence of Gallia County and Raymond Halley of Barboursville West Virginia, plus several siblings. Rev. Earl Cremeens will officiate and burial will follow in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mina Chapel
Brodie Halley
Thivener
Anna Ward
Chesapeake
Ezra Cornell
Johnstown
Sheridan
Michigan
Frances North
Sherman
W. L. Cornell
Earl Cremeens
Church Cemetery
Dexter Social And Personal Notes From Local Dexter
Dexter residents report property purchases in Columbus and moves to Canton and Newfoundland. Snow flurries lingered through last week while families note illnesses and deaths including Dette Davis and Caddie Dennison. Local visits span Rutland Athens Columbus and Vandalia with many relatives described at midweek events.
Pleasant Valley Social and Personal Highlights
Mrs. Bessie Pugh spent Sunday with daughter Mrs. Vivian Coates in Chase. Georgia Kilpatrick of Columbus visited Mr. and Mrs. Edward Brooks, with Cora Brooks of Albany also staying at the Brooks home. Earl Hanning of Pearl Chapel joined Mr. and Mrs. Howard Brooks for Sunday. Ella Wood visited daughter Mrs. Kete Brooks Friday. Arthur Goodin spent Sunday with Mrs. Ida Hanning of Athens. Lennie Jewel of the Marines in Norfolk, Va. stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Edward Pugh. Edward Pugh and two children visited Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Laziman of Athens Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pleasant Valley
Bessie Pugh
Vivian Coates
Chase
Georgia Kilpatrick
Columbus
Edward Brooks
Cora Brooks
Albany
Brooks
Earl Hanning
Pearl Chapel
Howard Brooks
Ella Wood
Kete Brooks
Arthur Goodin
Ida Hanning
Athens
Lennie Jewel
Marines
Norfolk
Edward Pugh
HerbertLaziman
March Flood Forecast for Mason Area on Ohio River Rise
The Ohio River topped 40 feet at Point Pleasant with a predicted crest near 43.6 feet. Local river expert Robert J. Heslop, though ill, expects the March flood to follow three winter floods in 1942 43, affecting only a few First Ward homes and marking a rare multi flood season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Ohio
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Robert J. Heslop
Heslop
Pittsburgh
First Ward
Lad Rescued From Driftwood in Ohio
Charles Bates Jr living with his parents at the ordnance works trailer camp was rescued from driftwood on the Ohio River Monday evening. Sergeant Thomas of the state police and Charles Bechtel, a Main Street merchant, pulled him from the wood in a skiff. They took him aboard a Coast Guard cutter and brought him to port. The rescue occurred more than a mile downstream from the initial drift wood point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Bates, Jr
Ordnance Works
Ohio
Thomas
State Police
Charles Bechtle
Main Street
Coast Guard
State Theater Heads Hold Routine Meeting
State Theater directors met yesterday and reported only routine business. President H. H. Hudson said the company organized about a year ago and aims to finish the new theater by July 1 to avoid priority delays. The venture is described as prosperous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
State Theater
H. H. Hudson
Flood Threat to Ashton Prison Camp Triggers Evacuations
Prison laborers at the Ashton camp were moved to the Charleston jail to escape advancing floodwaters. They had been relocated in late December and again in mid March, marking the camp’s third evacuation in four months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ashton
Charleston
Firefighters Quell Point Pleasant Truck Blaze
Point Pleasant firemen battled a blaze that started yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock threatening to destroy a Point Pleasant Transportation Company truck. No injuries reported. Damages were confined to the vehicle and surrounding area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Transportation Company
Mrs Virgil Sutton Returns Home From Holzer Hospital
Mrs. Virgil Sutton, a surgical patient at Holzer Hospital in Point Pleasant, was discharged and returned to her Lincoln Avenue home yesterday by Earl H. Arnett. Dry ice can be used to distinguish genuine diamonds as it causes them to speak when touched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Virgil Sutton
Holzer Hospital
Lincoln Ave
Earl H. Arnett
Woman's Society Class Discusses Charity and Faith
In Trinity Church activity Pt Pleasant features a Bible lesson titled Will a Man Rob God with Miss Bessie Johnson as program chair and Miss Marion King citing Morley’s Ghost. Vera Fadeley presides. refreshments served to a list of church members and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Trinity Church
Bessie Johnson
Marion King
Morley
Dicken
Vera Fadeley
A. E. Tullohh
H. H. Pullem
Shaw Funeral Services Held Monday
Funeral services for the Rev. and Mrs. H. Howard Shaw were conducted at Trinity Methodist Church with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Attending were Shaw’s relatives from Florida and Ohio, including E L Keesey E H Varian and extended family. The couple were killed last Thursday in Parksley Virginia when their car was struck by a train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
H. Howard Shaw
E. L. Keesey
E. H. Varian
C. R. Keesey
New Smyrna Beach
Fla
Shaw
H. G. Kinsey
Ralph E. Poster
Cleveland
J. Newell
Marion, O
C. M. Mayhugh
C. E. Finch
Parkersburg
J. H. Snooks
Edgar B. Keesey
Charleston
Ross N. Filson
Jefferson Blvd
O. B. Harper
Viand St
Keesey
Varian
Florida
Ben Franklin
H. D. Wartenburg
Edgar Keesey
John E. Brown
Two Mason Men Buy Barber Shop in Point Pleasant
F. E. Windon, ex county court member, and Loyal A. Wright, river pilot, purchased the Lewis Ball barber shop equipment in Point Pleasant. They engaged Aymond Bartee of Huntington as manager, who started yesterday and plans to hire two more barbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
F. E. Windon
Loyal A. Wright
Lewis Ball
Aymond Bartee
Huntington
Bartee
Point Clinic reports surgeries and a birth in Point Pleasant
John Marshall of Route 2 had an appendectomy at Point Clinic yesterday. Mrs. Melvin Cobb of Apple Grove was discharged after surgery. Mrs. Paul Crump of Buffalo and Mrs. George Adkins local, and Myrtle Sue Rhoades, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rhoades, had tonsil removals yesterday. A son Bennett Lee, 7 pounds 12 ounces, was born to Mr. and Mrs. B. E. McClanahan of Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Marshall
Route 2
Point Clinic
Melvin Cobb
Apple Grove
Paul Crump
Buffalo
George Adkins
Myrtle Sue Rhoades
Harry Rhoades
Bennett Lee
B. E. McClanahan
Sixth St
McCabes Leave for Baltimore for New Work
Mr and Mrs Elwood McCabe residents for several months while he worked for General Chemical Defense Corporation depart for Baltimore where he has new employment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Plasant
Elwood McCabe
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Baltimore
MacKnight Family Honors Son on Army Air Corps Furlough
Mr and Mrs William MacKnight entertained with a family dinner Sunday at their home in honor of their son George Adam who has been on furlough for 10 days and is stationed at Middletown Pa with the Army Air Corps He returns to his station Monday Attending were Mr and Mrs Doyle MacKnight Ruth Norman Helen Louise Hayman and others from Wheeling Hartford Huntington Catlettsburg and Huntington with Esther Ernestine Huffman Mary Wein Lizzie Grueser and the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dexter
G. B. Davis
Columbus
Clyde Davis
Worley Davis
Newfoundland
Caddie Dennison
Dennisons
Pvt
Mary Kathryn
Rutland
Carol Pickens
Pomeroy
Dora Romine
Frank Nelson
Salem
Roy Ogden
J. F. Bowles
M. L. Vale
Canton
Thomas Shiflet
Nitro
W. Va
L .W. Thomas
Old Dexter
Iva Weaver
Athens
Bruce Smith
Harold Smith
H. C. Smith
Max Smith
Dette Davis
Vandalia
Mr. Davis
Homer Davis
Salem Center
Wilkesville
Harrisonville
W. R. Halliday
Elsie
Danny
Howard Dennison
J F. Bowles
Ray Halliday
Point Rock
Maggie Chaney
Lyle Chapman
Wade Halliday
Dyesville
Set
Loyal Folden
Patterson Field
Dayton
O.hle
Gallipolis
Homer Marchington
Charles Campbell
Midway
Mittie Nelson
Don Morgan
Morgans
Ella Nelson
William Gillogly
Albany
Ray Nicholson
Richard Adkins
William MacKnight
George Adam
Middletown
Army Air Corps
Doyle MacKnight
Ruth
Norman
Helen Louise Hayman
Wheeling
Norman Wein
Arthur Wayland
Esther MacKnight
James MacKnight
Charles
Ernestine Huffman
Mary Wein
Liziie Grueser
Hartford
Nellie May
Addie MacKnight
Huntington
John Hudson Smith
Cattletsburg
Hartford Easter Sunrise Service Plans
A union Easter Sunrise Service will be held 6:30 to 7:30 Sunday at the Hartford Methodist Church with Rev. Waltz delivering the message. Hartford Baptist Church and Davies Grove Baptist Church announce Sunday School times and worship, including a Lord's Supper observation after the sermon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
Waltz
Hartford Baptist Church
Davies Grove Baptist Church
Raham Baptist Church
Charleston Victory Spurs Republican Momentum in Point Pleasant
Supporters of mayoral candidate B W Krodel claim the Charleston win signals a GOP trend in Point Pleasant, a normally Republican stronghold. Southern States Co operative Co announces discontinuance of delivery service on 11th Street, Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Southern States Co-operative Co
11Th St
Bus Service Extension Reaches War Plant Complex
Lines extended service to Conley and the West Virginia nance Works after state approval. First day ridership exceeded expectations while fares to Camp Conley and the main offices of the chemical company were set at 15 and 25 cents respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conley
West Virginia
Nance Works
State Public Service Commission
Tw Lines
Camp Conley
E. B. Badger and Songs Co
Ch Cal Company
Ch Company
Mason Men Assist in Charleston Election Victory
Mason men Holly Hudson and Richard H Me aided in Charleston Missouri during the election. They worked for Mayor D Boone Dawson a Republican who won a four year term by more than 4000 votes over Jackson Savage a Democrat. The men say their help contributed to part of Dawson's large margin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Holly Hudson
Richard H. Me
Charleston
D. Boone Dawson
Repulican
Jackson Savage
Dawson
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Athens Messenger
Gallia County High School
Pobst
Mercerville
State Patrol
Castor
Brazil
U. S
Gallipolis Social Notes
Queen
D. R. Warehime
Vance Rees
Forest Luckett
Billie Hawley
Robert F. Ruland
Floyd Simmons
Rathburn Apartment
Lon Ibet
Carbondale Social Notes
U. S. Army Air Forces
NEA
Maxwell Field
Ala
Lad
Flood
R. D. Oseland
James B. Couch
Mary Hellems
Miss King
Johnson
Ellen Lou Brown
Fadeley
J. W. Rhoades
Emma Burnside
Reading Club
M. T. Epling
Lambda-Chi Omega _ Sorority
Moose Club
William Filson
Lida Wallace
L. W. Getty
James Hall
L. B. Hannaman
B. W. Krodel
Frank C. Long, Jr
William F. Machir
Richard H. Melrose
Hansel Poling
Wadear Thabet
Leon S. Thompson
Edith Quillin
At Point Clinic
War Plant
Tad's
Tad
Kimberly Road
Rene i
America
C. D. Shafer
Aparece
Brian Donley
William Holdem
Ellen Drew
Montagu Love Peet
Mal Mowat
Terner
Poe Panaekest
Andrew
Donald Duck
Isle Lair
Pat
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