Man Electrocuted at Ashland While Repairing Light
Gallia County man Cleaton Caldwell 35 of Bladen was killed Saturday evening at Reach Kentucky where he worked as a carpenter for Boney Construction. He believed the 119 volt current was off when it shocked him. He died at a nearby hospital after being rushed there. Caldwell, born in Gallia County, leaves wife Melissa and three children. Funeral set for Mercerville at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cleaton Caldwell
Bladen
Reach
Boney Construction Company
Ashland
Caldwell
Gallia County
Melissa Lewis
Mercerville
Mrs. Spencer Dies at Hon. After Ines
Louise Spencer of Point Pleasant dies after illness. Funeral at Christ Episcopal Church Tuesday at three with Frank T. Cad rector presiding. Surviving include son Hugh A. Barbee and other relatives. she was active in local social life and a former First Lady of Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Louise Spencer
Christ Episcopal
Frank T. Cad
Stain
William Messe
Lone Oak
Pa Denrers
Arg Patterson
William Steen
W. W. Rile Jr
C. Lewis, Jr
B.C
Spencer i
Drap Ann (Thompson
Borta
Pointent
McCulloch
Virginia
Hugh A. Barbee
Ins
Gallipolis Social Notes Hosts Weekend House Party
Mrs. Nellie Scarberry of Columbus and her sister Miss Eulah Williams hosted the Kill Kore Klub for a weekend house party in Gallipolis. Members who traveled to Columbus and back include Alma McCormick, Otto Carter, Anne Bradbury, Elmer Hatfield, Garland Gillingham, Catherine Morrison, Ruth Miller, and Charles Robinson. The sisters recently bought a new home and the gathering served as a house warming. Lt. Dan Miller received his commission two weeks ago at Fort Belvoir Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Nellie Scarberry
Columbus
Eulah Williams
Kill Kore Klub
Searberry
Alma McCormick
Otto Carter
Anne Bradbury
Elmer Hatfield
Garland Gillingham
Catherine Morrison
Ruth Miller
Charles Robinson
Scarberry
Patty
Social notes from Pomeroy and surrounding towns
Miss Betty Hoffner visits in Florida with William Lloyd Danner and returns to Ohio with him and Mrs. Danner. Norene Long arrives from Ironton for a two week nurse vacation. The Danner family from Troy Ohio hosts relatives and Mrs. Wade and daughter visit from Detroit. Returned visits include Baltimore and Cleveland trips, and a Washington announcement of Dorothy White’s marriage. Grandmothers attend celebrations as births and new positions are noted. Chicago opens the first planetarium May 10 1930.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Hoffner
Pomeroy
William Lloyd Danner
Lee Field
Florida
William Danner
Miss Hoffner
Norene Long
Ironton
Miss Long
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Raymond Danner
Mary
Jacqueline
Troy
Ohio
Alma Danner
Edward Wade
Shirley Ann
Detroit
Pertha Rawson
Harry Clendennin
Clarence Horner
Elizabeth Ann
Esther Gertrude
R. J. Collins
Baltimore
Mary Ewing
Cleveland
Chicago
Dayton
Barton Brooks
Dorothy White
Washington, D. C
U.S. Navy
Thomas G. Lewis
U. S. Naval Hospital
Philadelphia
J. Warden Lewis
Colonel Campbell
Campbell
Howard Neal
Line Neal
Nell Preston Beall
W. P. Beall
City
O. W. Lusher
Point Pleasant
James Lafferty
Lucille Deepping
Buffalo
N. Y
Jylia Watts
Grape Street
Betty Mae Clark
General Machinery Ordnance Corporation
South Charleston
W. Va
Burt Hanson
More Mason County youths accepted for Navy and Marine Corps
A Huntington induction list of 25 army recruits is followed by names accepted for the Navy and Marine Corps from Mason County. Navy selections include Frank Cheese brew, Louis Johnson, Russell Baker, William Higginbotham, Wilbur Hill, Pearl Grove Nease, William Burrows, William Thomas, Dewey Mayes, Tracy Bailey, and others. Marine Corps picks list William Hughes, Glen Jenkins, Charles Knapp, and Clifford Myers, among names.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Army
Huntington
Navy
Marine Corps
Frank August Cheesebrew
Louis Eugene Johnson
Russell Edgar Baker
William Herald Higginbotham
Wilbur Hill
Pearl Grove Nease
William Glenn Burrows
William Woodrow Thomas
Dewey Lafayette Mayes
Tracy Clifford Bailey
Freerescue
John Edward Oliver
John Woodrow Rainey
Lewellyn S. Williams
Orville Russell Williamson
Butler Tracy Hall
Sylvan Eugene Wallis
Bundle Day Set for November in Point Pleasant
At a Save the Children Federation meeting in Point Pleasant the group set Bundle Day for November 8 and 9. Residents with usable clothing are asked to donate via the nearest school. Roy Johnson and John W. Mace attended. new officers were named including Miss Garnette Tillis as chairman, Mrs. Ida S. Roush as secretary, and Mrs. H. Paige Bell as treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Save the Children Federation
Roy Johnson
John W. Mace
New York
Garnette Tillis
Ida S. Roush
H. Paige Bell
Cliff Cook Buys Farm at Mason
Cliff Cook, who sold his 100 acre Gra ham Station farm, has purchased the Ed Raybould farm at Mason. The 50 acre tract fronts the river and spans Route 62 to the hill between Mason and the Mason Pomeroy Bridge. Improvements include a modern home and a model dairy barn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Cliff Cook
Graham Station
Ed Raybould
Mason
Mason-Pomeroy Bridge
Mrs Lola Ervin Hollen Joins Local Shipyard Personnel
Mrs Lola Ervin Hollen formerly of Baltimore has taken a position in the personnel department at the Point Pleasant shipyard for the local defense effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lola Ervin Hollen
Baltimore
Miss Wallace Weds Jack Redmond in Sunday Ceremony
Miss Lida Wallace daughter of Mr and Mrs William H Wallace of Sand Hill Road and Mr Jack Redmond son of Mr and Mrs J B Redmond of Clifton were married Sunday at the Presbyterian Church Main Street in a double ring ceremony Rev Chalmers F McCutch en officiated. Music by Alexander Cruickshanks Jr included Sweet Mystery of Life and Oh Promise Me. The bride wore a white faille bodice with net skirt and carried her mother's prayer book and orchids. The couple will reside at 208 Delaware Ave Charleston after a short honeymoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lida Wallace
William H. Wallace
Sand Hill Road
Jack Redmond
J. B. Redmond
Clifton
Presbyterian Church
Main St
Chalmers F. McCutchen
Alexander Cruickshanks, Jr
Edith Dunn
Columbus
Beaumont
Texas
John Class
Hubert Donovar
L. L Pauer
Milan
Tenn
Visitor Robert Wallace Spends Time With Parents
Robert Wallace, a Merchant Marine member and Marietta shipyard alumnus, visits his parents on Monroe Ave. His twin brother Richard, also in the Merchant Marine and a Senior High star athlete, is nearby while brother Raymond trains with an airborne division in Orlando, Fla. He plans further visits before the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert Wallace
Merchant Marine
P. W. Wallace
Monroe Ave
Marietta
Richard
Raymond
Orlando
Fla
Veteran Attorney Hollis C Johnston Returns to Office
Gallia County bar dean Hollis C Johnston resumes active duty in his office after several months away for surgery. The piece notes Chicago established the first juvenile court in 1899.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hollis C. Johnston
Gallia County
Chicago
Mercerville Youth Struck by Automobile
Sixteen year old Robert Johnson of Mercerville was hit along Route 218 about a mile north of Mercerville by an unknown car. He was taken to Holzer Hospital with head injuries described as not serious. State Highway Patrolmen are investigating the Saturday morning accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hitskip
Robert Johnson
Mercerville
Holzer Hospital
Young Johnson
Plans for War Fund Drive In Gallia County
Gallia County War Finance Committee completed plans for the third war loan drive. The event runs September 9 to September 30. Dr. Charles E. Holzer chairs the merged committee, combining the Second Victory Loan and War Savings groups led by H. W. Wetherholt. Team captains will meet next Friday to receive dates quota details and issue types and to finalize team rosters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallia County War Finance Committee
Charles E. Holzer
Second Victory Loan Committee
Gallia
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Mrs. E B Selby Point Pleasant Ferne Eryort Gallipolis Mrs J F Wallace Vinton Mrs Pearl Perkins Wellston and Robert Johnson 16 Mercerville Discharged were Mrs Ella Irwin Route 1 Gallipolis Pearl Bradshaw and Shirley Hill ton silectomies Gallipolis Miss Lucille Smith Wellston Mrs Ralph Scott and baby Blackfork and Beverly Panner Gallipolis
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
E. B. Selby
Point Pleasant
Ferne Eryort
J. F. Wallace
Vinton
Pearl Perkins
Chase Group Meets For Aug. 5 Program At Ruth Circle
The Chase Ladies Circle of Ruth held an all day meeting August 5 at the home of Mrs. Emma and Florence Robinson with scripture by Mrs. Emma Robinson and talks on the Life of Moses by Maud Martin. Florence Robinson read Reader's Digest material and a letter from Corporal Raymond Lynch expressed thanks for a circle gift. Silk hose were donated for a salvage drive. Door prize went to Miss Doris Oberholzer. Thirty seven attended lunch. Next meeting planned at Mrs. Mark Jenkinson’s new home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chase
Ruth
Emma
Florence Robinson
Emma Robinson
Maud Martin
Moses
Reader's Digest
Raymond Lynch
Doris Oberholzer
Mark Jenkinson
Mabel Carbaugh
Edith Jenkinson
Belle Oberholzer
Grace Woodyard
Mary Chase
Vesta Robinson
Della Stanley
Lenna Oberholzer
Doris
Rosemary
Bessie Stanley
Carl Robinson
Bliss Woodyard
Albert Ellis
Robert Jones
Malta
Branch Woodyard
Athens
Grace Lynch
Lee Lynch
Lexington
Cleveland
J. L. Oberholzer
Pauline Woodyard
Bankruptcy petition filed for Precision Machine and Nut Mfg. Co.
Melvin Rahman doing business as Precision Machine and Nut Mfg. Co. filed for bankruptcy with secured claims of 16539.69 and unsecured of 32572.10. Back wages total 3175.39. A trustee will be appointed, property appraised, and sale advertised. County relief director named, several staff changes cited, and cost savings noted. Commissioner Meenan named assistant counsel in writ of mandamus suit. army deferment pending for Prosecuting Attorney Furgason. Marriage licenses issued. numerous realty transfers listed across New Lexington and Crooksville areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Lexington
Melvin Rahman
Precision Machine and Nut Mfg. Co
Joseph L. Meenan
John D. Davis
Meenan
John C. Furgason
Furguson
Perry County real estate taxes to date $52.00
County treasurer C. W. Norris reported 52 dollars paid so far this half. Tax books stay open until September 10. Perry County War Ration Board names N. P. Blatt as chair, with O. E. Hearing Rufus Dornbirer Ray McCann William Biard and J R Hull as members. Alfred B. Lucas sues Edna for divorce over alleged neglect. couple married August 31 1920 and have two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. W. Norris
N. P. Blatt
New Lexington
Perry County
Alfred B. Lucas
Edna
Dan Foster Promoted to Army Sergeant at Camp Adair
Dan Foster, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Foster, advances from private first class to sergeant at Camp Adair Corvallis Ore. His skip of the corporal rank is noted as evidence of exceptional work and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dan Foster
Fred Foster
Foster
Camp Adair
Corwallis
Ore
Only Two Arrests Reported by Patrol
Galliapolis The State Highway Patrol District office reports a quiet weekend with only two arrests. These were of drivers in Meigs County for failure to stop at a posted intersection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Meigs County
Gallia Visit By Columbus Residents
Mr and Mrs Ho bart Dillon of Columbus spent a few days with relatives in Gallia last week. Their daughter Mrs Harold Bowman and her son Keith stay in Columbus with the Dillons while their Dayton home is completed and Mr Bowman remains employed there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia Gallipolis
Hobart Dillon
Columbus
Harold Bowman
Keith
Dillon
Dayton
Bowman
Bridal Shower Honors Pt. Pleasant Woman
In Pt. Pleasant a bridal shower honored Miss Vera Fadeley at her sister in law’s home on Char Road. Guests included Mrs. A. E. Tulloh, Raymond L. Spear, Mrs. How Garland, and many others plus Lt. Samuel L. King of the Army Medical Corps. Also noted are visits from George W. Seville and Faye Blessing family and local residents. Approximately half of the pool of new passenger autos remaining under rationing has been released to purchasers through monthly quotas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Riam Fadeley
Vera Fadeley
Char Road
Fadeley
A. E. Tullohh
Raymond L. Spear
How Garland
J. B Couch
Harry Martin
Bessieson
Kathleen Brown
Louise Stone
Mary
Miss Fadeley
Marjorie
George W. Seville
Gallipolis
Faye Blessing
Steubenville
Blessing
Randall Connolly
San
Maureen Ann
Kersburg
P. Flemings
Highland Ave
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Montay
Callia County
Arden
Nealae
Palisades Park
N. J
Spencer
Ines
Gallipolis Social Notes
Dan Miller
Fort Belvoir, Va
Solomons
North Africa
U. S
Mason County
Navy and
William Henry Hughes
Glen Elson Jenkins
Charles William Knapp
Cliffor Andrew Myers
Pollina
Nelsonville
Citizens Central Bank
Nelsonville City
York Township
John H. Preston
Miss Wallace
Mrs. Redmond
Junior Woman's Club
Lambda-Chi Omega Sorority
The
Mr. Redmond
Wahama High School
North East Oklahoma Junior College
Miami
Okla
John Marshall
United States Supreme Court
His
Chase Group
Fannie Simpson
Pike Township
E. A. Davidson
New Straitsville
Edythe Butler
Crooksville
Ann Joseph
Shawnee
Simpson
Davidson
Sheeran
J. W. Hynus
Common Pleas Court
McGonagile
James W. Padgett
Dorothy Brown
Somerset
Thomas Wilson
Orpha Arnett
Merle Holcomb
Bremen
Valis R. Bolyard
Corning
Bernice Russell
Moxahala
M. W. Lucas
Warren E. Driggs
Denvertown
Leanne Fitzpatrick
James H. Schmotter
Ruth E. Grossman
Benjamin Judd
Lester Paxton
Rte 2
Florence Abraham
Rte
Bernard Jones
Elizabeth Lee
Anthony Tague
Charles Longseth
Richard Longseth
Clayton Township
Isabel Thome
C. W. Masterson
Bearfield Township
Dudgely Hedges
Nyal Berry
Ruth McGreevy
Dudly Hedges
Louise Downey
Byron A. Thomas
Ellen Lamb
Elizabeth Lamb Gano
Hurons Homestead
Frank Parker
L. A. Taylor
Bearfield
Joe Orecchio
Thelma Allard
Terrace
Harold Moore
P. L. Vanatta
Grandview Heights
Edward Hodgson
F. J
Beasley
Nye Chevrolet
Fayette Street
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