Wright 79 dies suddenly in Gallipolis home
John W. Wright 79 of 162 Fourth Ave Gallipolis died Sunday at home. He served as a pilot on the ferryboat John W Lane for many years and retired about two years ago. Surviving are his second wife three stepchildren and siblings Eugene Wright James Wright and Millie Wright. Rev H M Smith conducted the 2 pm service at George J Wetherholt and Sons Funeral Home. Burial will be in Wright Cemetery at Nitro West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
John W. Wright
Fourth Ave
John W. Lane
Eugene W. Wright
James Stapleton Wright
Winfield
W. Va.l
Millie Wright
Nitro
H. M. Smith
George J. Wetherholt and Sons
Wright
Nitre
W. Va
Jury Drawn For September Term Of Gallia County Court
The jury commission in Gallia announces names for the September term. Grand jurors include Leola O Dell Watd Anderson Robinson Clarice Saunders Alta Stewart Goldie Hood Ervin Haner O W Thornam George Myers Ruth Mack Walter Lane Tennessee Edwards Keenfield Elza Deed Roy Beaver and others. Petit jurors list Lucille Branyon Ethel Robinson James A Plymale Dale Durkee Dorothy Langdon Ethel M Young Winifrede Knight Earl Carter Aaron Davis Ruth Roush Neal Miller Ruth Baylor T L Shaw C E Houck Charles Fisher Elva Warren Clarence Wilcox Ethel Ball Wilma Saunders Ralph Walker Freda Woods Leota Butler W F Feitman Bert Brown Sidney Stewart E O McCall Mary Boster J A Danner Garnet Russell Ray Morehouse Reba Cramer Pauline Hall L C Halley Arnie Childers Elza Chapman Naomi Grover Raymond Fisher Elmer Cofer Crystal Foster J G Watts Ora Rice Jennie Wood Margaret Thormes The jury commission members are Dr Elmer Jones and Earl Mink.
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Gallipolis
Julry Commison
Cour
Leola O'Dell
Watd
Anderson Robinson
Clarice Saunders
Alta Stewart
Goldie Hood
Ervin Haner
O. W. Thornam
George Myers
Vinton BR
Raccoon Township
Ruth Mack
Cheshire
Walter Lane
Addison
Tennessee
Mary Boster
J. A. Danner
Harrison
Garnet Russell
Ray Morehouse
Reba Cramer
Springfield
Pauline Hall
Ohio
L. C. Halley
Arnie Childers
Elza Chapman
Greenfield
Naomi Grover
Raymond Fisher
Morgan
Elmer Cofer
Raccoon
Crystal Foster
J. G. Watts
Ora Rice
Guyan
Jennie
Many Families Turn From Religion at Rural Conference
Gallipolis reports on a Conference of Bible Christian Churches at Rio Grande College. President McDermott warned against rural church decline but praised growing religious interest across Catholic Protestant and Hebrew groups. Leaders Seely McDaniel Willets and others led sermons and services. five local churches united for Sunday vesper services appealing to youth.
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Gallipolis
McDermott
Conference of Bible Christian Churches
Rio Grande College
Rurel
Seely
Columbus Grove
Ray Seely
Lawrence McDaniel
F. W. Glenister
Jesus
Ralph Kuether
Pomeroy
Harry Carr
Middleport
Trev
John Canode Af Carpenter
Larena Jenkins
O. L. Willets
Ohio Council of Churches
Willets
Ohia
Rossi
Unding
Ong
Geleration
Columbia Chanel
Carpenter
Gallipolis Social Notes Bride and groom wedding details
Reverend W Scott Westerman officiated the double ring marriage of Miss Jeanne Woodward and Ensign George Welden Davis at Grace Methodist Church with a large local gathering. A reception followed at the groom’s sister’s home on Portsmouth Road. The piece also notes further nuptial plans and a long social notes section detailing local residents’ movements and updates.
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Gallipolis
W. Scott Westerman
Jeanne Woodward
George Welden Davis
Ensign United States Naval Reserve
Grace Methodist Church
Stanley Lanier
Harris Poepping
A. H. Buckett
Ray Miller
Murphrysboro
George Woodward
Bobby White
Jerry Evans
Carolyn
Beverly Sawyers
Columbus
William J. McCormick l
Ensign Davis
N. A. Martin
Portsmouth Road
Martin
Tom Woodward
W. S. Davis
Murphysboro
Ill
Point Pleasant Choir Praised for Church Program
Trinity Methodist Church in Point Pleasant featured a well balanced choir under C. L. Head with Mrs. Henry K. Frye at the organ. The service highlighted works by Hayden Foss Macfarlane and Spear among others, drawing favorable remarks from congregants on rehearsal discipline and performance quality.
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Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
C. L. Head
Henry K. Frye
Hayden
Carl Gardner
Gathlee
Norman Foss
Eleanor C. Spear
Golde C. Roush
Will Co. Macfarlane
Mesdames Chestert A. Roush
Raymond L. Spear
Robert H. Ferguson
Wilion H. Bardin
Carl G. Gardner
B. E. Shifler
Mary E. Hellems
Vern B L. Fadeley
Alice Anne Roush
Elsie Ann Bardin
Messrs
Clyde B. McLane
C. C.spencer
C. L. Hend
James F Wolf Dies in Florida Services Planned
James F McComb learns of his grandfather James Franklin Wolf death in Winterhaven Florida on August 24. Burial will be in Manile Alabama beside his daughter Mrs Alda McComb. Wolf 82 native of Jackson County presided in Mason County for years and was an assistant lock master on Kanawha River from 1898 to 1910. Survived by grandson James F E McComb widow Ida Wolf Mobile two sons Warren Mobile Ernest Moss Point and daughter Mrs Fritz Akridge Mobile.
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Point Pleasant
James F.mccomb
James Franklin Wolf
Winsterhaven
Fla
Manile
Ala
Alda McComb
Janes
Wolf
Jackson County
Mason County
Kanawha River
Florida
James FE. McComb
Ida Woll
Mobile
Warren
Ernest
Moss Point
Fritz Akridge
Social Notes from Pt Pleasant and Nearby Visits
Miss Ruth Bell hosted a spaghetti dinner at her 22nd Street home with guests including Miss Lila Anderson Jacqueline Windsor Mrs Johnnie Monroe Barbara Jean Roberts and several military members. Local personals list Dr and Mrs Byers and sons visiting from Hyattsville and Baltimore plus multiple familiy and friend trips across Charleston Ashton Buckeye Lake Dover Apartments and Henderson with Navy discharge highlights and arrivals from St Louis Charleston Jericho Road and Gallia Ohio.
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Ruth Bell
22Nd St
Lila Anderson
Jacqueline Windsor
Johnnie Monroe
Barbara Jean Roberts
Isabell Rothlisberger of
Beckley
Martha Lynn Rothgeb
Robert Plants
Earl Thomas, Jr
John Lasley
Harry Jones
George Williamson
Dick Windsor
Harry Lasley
Point Pleasant
John M. Byers
Bobbie
Jackie
Hyattsville
McCulloch
Main St
M. C. Byers
Baltimore
Mary Eugenia McCulloch
Charleston
Alex B. McCulloch
Robert Powers
Bobby June
Mary Pat
Alice Louise
Ironton
O. Haveett
Buckeye Lake
Gail Wallace
the Powers
John J. Dower
Viand St
Powers
Navy
Pacific
Guy Yost
Stow
Yost
Dover Apartments
R. E. Anger
Edward Green
Gallia, O
Mervin Chapman
Henderson
Ben Franklin Confined to Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis
Ben Franklin Jr a longtime Point Pleasant merchant is a Holzer Hospital patient improving after a strep throat attack. Also admitted over the weekend were Elmer Niday engineer IOH E with a appendectomy. Betty Jane Boring nine medical patient in fair condition. Thomas Strother burns from a house fire. Clyde Alexander ambu lanced in. Otis Crookham 27 Leon for possible surgery.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Elmer Niday
H.E
Betty Jane Boring
Pomeroy
Ben Franklin
Point Pleasant
Thomas Strother
Walter Gore
Clyde Alexander
Vinton
Alexander
Otis Crookham
Leon
Foint Pleasant
Ben Frank'ne Jr
Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
Morgantown
Ben
Tommy
Athens
Electric Co Moving To New Offices In Point Pleasant
R G Calhoun office manager of Appalachian Electric Power Co Charleston is here to supervise transfer of records to the new local office in the Rhoades Building on Sixth Street. Mr Wise from Charleston handles office furniture placement and carpentry.
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Point Pleasant
R. G.calhoun
Charleston
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Rhoades Building
Sixth St
Wise
Tax Collection Progressing Well in Point Pleasant
Sheriff Ernest Hesson reported in Point Pleasant that delinquent dog and personal property tax collection is moving smoothly. In ten days since starting the experimental effort, several hundred dollars have been realized.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Dairy Barn Will Be Built at OHE and Other Postwar Projects
Bids are to be received this week for a $50,000 dairy barn at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics in Gallipolis, with a planned new dormitory and a $115,000 project for the Girls Industrial School at Delaware. The two postwar projects are under consideration by the War Department. Charles Koontz arranged funds and a Cooper District sale is reported, while a will for Theodore R. Moore has executors named and the theft of boats valued at $50 is under state police investigation.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Hospital
Delaware
State Institution
Charles Koontz
Cooper District
Theodore
Ted) R. Moore
Baines
Jake Moore
M. W
Exander
Leon
John Boats
Sgt
Thomas
Chil
Richard Allen
Moore
School Officials Attend Meeting in West Virginia Roundtable
POINT PLEASANT Assistant Superintendent Manford Blessing and Rural Supervisor Mildred Chapman returned from Huntington after attending a rural supervision roundtable. Supervisors from several counties heard from state department representatives and prominent college instructors about problems in education.
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Point Pleasant
Manford Blessing
Mildred Chapman
Huntington
State Department
Council Eliminates Labor Day Meeting in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant city council will skip the September meeting next Monday due to Labor Day. Mayor Krodel called for a meeting a week later on September 10, as announced by Clerk John E. Brown yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Krodel
John E. Brown
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