Farm Bureau elects directors and reelects officers in Mason County
Fourteen directors from Mason County’s ten districts were chosen at the annual Farm Bureau meeting in the Moose Home. A. E. Sommer was re-elected president, with Charles Meadows as vice president, Isa bella Wilson as secretary, and Russell Oshel as treasurer. New directors include Asbuckle, Union, and other named members. Lyle Austin named director at large. Meal and program followed with E O Gregory and James Aldridge as speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
POINT _PLEASANT
Mason County
A. E. Sommer
Moose Home
Kirk
E. L. Withers
Cooper
J.C. Richard
Graham
Searberry
Adrian ‘Oshel
Dana Durst
Amett Roush
Union
Miss Wison
Waggoner
Jim Lewis
Hannan
Henry Powers
Meadows Lyle Austin
Toone
County Farm Women's Counsy
Gregory
State Farm Bureeau
William F. Gregory
James Aldridge
Cabell County Bur
Farm Bureau
Aldridge
U. S
Terry
Emory Roush
Ray Thompson
Adrian Lathey
Breaking In Also Charged To 2 Held in Car Theft
Huntington police held two 18 year old suspects, Paul Thompson and J Trent, after they admitted to breaking into Tiny drive in restaurant in Bellemeade Point Pleasant and stealing an automobile in Huntington. Officers found broken front door glass and determined the break in occurred between 1 and 3 am. Cigarettes and $90 in cash were taken. A Justice of the Peace issued warrants and action depends on Huntington authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Belle- Meade
Point Pleasant
T.L. Morrison
Paul Thompson
J .Trent
Morrrison
Thompson
Trent
Tiny's
Morrison
Justice of the Peace Act
Delegates Back Burdett for Governor in Parkersburg Meeting
About 100 delegates in Parkersburg reaffirmed support for Mason County’s Joe Burdett as Democratic governor nominee, backing his campaign with a drive to form local clubs and raise funds. Sheriff Charles A. Roberts attended, noting organizing efforts across counties.
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Point Pleasant
Parkersburg
Clarksburg
Mason Countty
Joe Burdett
Charles A. Roberts
Ing
Mason County
Burdett
Elkins
Peerea
Two-Car Crash Sends Three to Hospital in Gallia Ferry Area
In Gallipolis Ferry Route 2 collision at 12:30 pm, three injured passengers from one car including Betty Jane Whittington 29 and Ramona Lee Whittington 5. Lloyd Mayes 18 Huntington arrested for improper turn signal. Earlier, Donald Eugene Reuter 18 Pomeroy fined $2 for reckless driving after veering off Highway 62 1 north of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Holzer Pospital
Gallipolis Ferry
Betty Jane] Whittington
Hogsett Route 1
Ramona Lee Whittington
Mra
Whitington
Wiliam
Everett Hanshars
Hogsett
Rou Iriver
Tington
Lloyd Mayes
Huntington
Mayes
Wallis’ Store
Hanshaw
Donald
Eugene Reuter
Pomeroy
of the Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Initiation Held by Eagles Lodge at Gallipolis Meet
Gallipolis hosts 125 attendees including Eagles lodge principals and families for a District Four initiation with a chicken luncheon and meeting. Guests from Nelsonville Glouster Wellston Marietta and other communities attended. next meeting set for January at Nelsonville. A noted item mentions a block of platinum about the size of a pound of butter weighing roughly 22 pounds.
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Gallipolis
Otter
Eulogia
Aerie
Ohio
Maragan
Fell Bailey
Bill Donahue
Bellaire
Worley Giffin
Nelsonville
Eagles
Fathens
Jacksonville
Coring
Glouster
Marietta
Wellston
Arthur
R H Duncan Dies at 69 in Flat Rock
Robert Henry Duncan 69 of Flat Rock died Sunday at 7 30 am at his niece Mary Patterson's home in Sissonville after four weeks of illness the Mason County resident was born December 5 1896 in Russell County Virginia and was a retired farmer He was a step-son of the late Eliga McKinney and a member of Eckard EUB Church Surviving are two half brothers W L McKinney Flat Rock and John H McKinney Charleston Funeral will be Tuesday at Crow Funeral Home with Rev Ottie McKinney of Charleston officiating and Greer Cemetery Flat Rock burial Friends may call at the funeral home
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Point Pleasant
Robert Henry Duncan
Flat Rock
Mary Patterson
Sissonville
Russell County
Mason County
Eliga McKinney
Eckard Eub Church
W. L. McKinney
John H. McKinney
Charleston
Crow Funeral Home
Ottie McKinney
Buri Jal
Greer Cemetery
River Traffic Updates on Kanawha and Ohio Rivers
Readers record river gauges and boat movements across multiple rivers including the Ohio and Kanawha. Entries note measurements at Gallipolis Montgom y Pa Pomeroy Point Pleasant and London with times and vessel names such as Winnie Mae Cornell Stevenson Walter Becki ford Semet Island Creek and William Clark along with coal and chemical cargo indicators.
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Gallifolis
Suany
Chambersburg
Ohio River
Montgomny
Kanawha Falls
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
Ohio
Mr. Criss
Crane
Francis
Winnie Mae
Redge
Cornell
Stevenson
William Penn
Sohio State
Lucas
Thompson
Pat Supa
Sarah Kat
Atlas
Kanawha
London
Solvay
Pam
Gallipolis
Walter
Beckiford
Arthur Dyer
Ora D. I
Semet
Island Creek
F. Shearer
William Clark
Birth Told of Arron Scott Adkins in Columbus
Mrs. Asa Adkins of Columbus and her husband announce the birth of their first child, a son named Arron Scott, delivered at a Columbus hospital. The mother is the former Sally Burns, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harley Burns.
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POLWT
Our. Ang
Asa Adkins
Columbus
Arron Scott
Columbus Hospital
Adkins
Sally Burns
Harley Burns
Leon
Or and
Mey
Marmot Proctorville
Ohio
Helen Cossin
Mary Margaret Hill
Henry Hill
Point Clinic
Mary Margaret
Carl Parsons
West Columbia
Holzer Hospital
Viand St
Velva Mae Cossin
Clarleston
L. T. Cossin
Lena Crookham
Sheram Beaver
Willam Long
East Fultonham
Beav
Christmas Party and Gift Exchange at Gallia Riding Club
Members of the Gallia County Riding Club held a Saturday Christmas party at the 10 Grange hall. Guests enjoyed carols led by Marilyn Reese, a meat and dessert feast, and a gift exchange as Sergeant Everett Chamberlain presented travel slides from Niagara Falls to the Death March on Bataan.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Sergeant Chamberlain
Stella - Lemsey
Yale Activities Start At Rio Grande College
Yale activities at Rio Grande College in Gallipolis are underway with a week of music and community events. The college music department schedules chorus and trio performances, caroling, tea for instructors, and a Christmas program as the student body and faculty join in campus tours and offsite trips.
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10 Grande
Ine
Rio
Grange
Grande College
College Music de
R. Lyne
East Partment
Galipolis
Department
Jaw Association
Uo Grande
Scanton
Fac
Women's League
Gallipolis
Mary
Scanlon Profetan
Frances P. Hershman
League
Police Charge Driver After Collision With Truck
Police charged Wilbur E. McKnight of Charleston after a collision with a truck at Pine Street and Second Avenue on Friday. McKnight posted a $15 bond and forfeited it. the truck driver, Claude Dee of Salem North Carolina, was not injured and the big vehicle sustained no damage. Police said McKnight tried to pass on the right, causing heavy damage to his 1965 car.
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Claude Dee
Salem
N.C
McKnigat
North Carolina
Wiskly ‘Ave
Cedar
Parker
L.A. Dravns
Minersville
Slaule “E. "Winters
Billwell
Second Ave
Rio Grande Announces Fall Honor Roll At Rio Grande College
The Rio Grande College office led by John Mille released the fall term honor roll noting Donald Brisker of Oak Hill as the sole student with a perfect 4.0 average. Sixteen women and sixteen men earned grades of three points or higher, with numerous named honorees across various departments.
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Rio Grande College
John Mille
Donald Brisker
Oak Hil
Braker
Sagena Ine
Suds
Sau
Mietai
Beker Wilber Gheey
Margaret Jones
Kathryn Martin
Joan Rely
Pps Baur
Antea Woot
Gea Corey
Sack Gomer
Royenneth Libby
Murray Ay 'Bia
Ben’ Forbey
Oth Sturn
Gail Miler
Joanne Hay Fer
Mary Ans
Dials
David Jagrvel
Ralph Malling
Peat Keeley
Gloria’ Atwola
George Ervin’ Forrest
Weence
Infant dies in sleep from heart attack in Middleport
Ira Eugene Swisher aged infant in Cheshire Route 4 died in sleep at Middleport. Coroner Henry Ewing ruled heart attack as cause. Parents Gerald and Mary Henderson Swisher, visiting friends, found him two hours after onset. Funeral and burial plans noted. other local notices follow with community names and hospital updates.
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Iran
Eugene Swisher
Middleport
Henry Ewing
Meigs County
Cheshire
Gerald and
Mary Henderson Swisher
Ira Eugene
Nettle
Swisher
Ira Swisher
Twkindie-Wei
Iters
Nicsday
Ome Ridge Baptist Church
P. Satterbeld
Poplar Ridge Cemetery
Swishler
Gallipolis Driver Held on State Patrol Drinking Charge
Gallipolis News records a Gallipolis driver, William H. Jamerson, 44, of Vinton, jailed on a state patrol drinking charge after a one car crash at 1:25 am Sunday on Route 95. Earlier, a collision on Route 141 near Gallipolis involved Robert D. Nibert, 28, of Northup, and E. R. Wallace, 76, of Gallipolis. Police report speed and off road maneuvers, with additional fines and penalties for several motorists including John E. Harrison, 22, of Columbus and Northup, plus Mary M. Pega, 88.
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Gallipolis
State Patrol
Lodgea
William H. Jamerson
Vinton
Fle
Route 95
Jamerson
J. R. Holt
Halfemile West
Robert D. Nibert
Northup
Deven
R. Wallace
Wallace
Nibert
Charleston
John E. Harrison
Coumbuy
Ines
Lakeland
Leith J. Reynoll
Caasta Re Gethin
SG Justice of the Peasy
Jchnon
Revineld Auto Sheton
Columbus
Ana
jStashun
St" Dayton
Charter Roush
Westone
Ames
Chesiste
Mary M Pega
Sol Cove
Mawel
Rowe
Taseen
Tesye
Durst Rites To Be Tuesday At Church
William Henry Durst a 57 year old school teacher died of a heart attack Saturday in the office of Justice M Goodwin. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2 pm at Baiden Baptist Church with Rev D L Sayre officiating. Burial in church cemetery. Survived by wife Dollie a daughter Norma June two sisters four brothers and several nieces and nephews. Friends may call at the Jefferson Ave home.
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Otis Hassell
Mt. Alto
Arch
Akron
Stanley
White Fish
Mont
Fand Sidney
Wilber
Leon
Three Cars In Crash On Main Street
Three automobiles were in a collision on Main Street between Eighth and Ninth Sunday evening. No injuries were reported and damage was about 235 dollars. Vehicles driven by Alexander Cruickshanks Jr of 1814 Jefferson Ave and Dana Gatewood of Middleport, traveling north, collided when Gatewood passed Cruickshank, sending his car into a parked tubel backing into Otho Burdette in Lower River Gallipolis.
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Rumen Rupasant
Main Street
Alexander Cruickshanks, Jr
Jefferon Ave
Dana Gate- Wood
Middleport
Gate- Wood
Cruickshank
Otho Burdette
Gallipolis
Community Visitors Share News From Columbus To Nelsonville
Local notes report Mr and Mrs J A Ayers visiting Columbus while Mrs Fred Koon and daughter Eileen visited Mrs Koon’s daughter Mrs Clyde Bartimus in New Lexington. Numerous families from Murray City Nelsonville and Haydenville hosted or visited relatives including Wooten Anders Grubb Evans Hillyer Moody Thompsons and Penns. Astronomers describe the asteroid Arols as brick shaped about 15 miles long and five wide.
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J. A. Ayers
Columbus
Fred Koon
Eileen
Koon
Clyde Bartimus
New “Lexington
James Smith
Ars
Ruth Short
Elsie Evans
Rosalie
Lester Sonnell
Allen
Pat Dixon
Randy
Nelsonville
Junior Anders
Logan
Lester
Grubb
Tommy
Haydenville
Kate Anders
Lawrence Wooten
Ted
Gerald Wooten
Slmer Evans
Ben Hillyer
Johnnie Moody
Louster
Stevie
Arols
Three Youths Arrested On Tampering Charge
Three youths were arrested Saturday by the sheriff's department after a warrant for automobile tampering. Marshall, Bill Bonecutter, and James Dunlap are charged with breaking a glass and damaging an automobile owned by Jim Fife. They were released on bond for appearance before Justice of the Peace A. M. Good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fulnt Pleasant
Sheriff's Department
Marshall
Bill Bonecutter
James Dunlap
Jim Fife
Ec Intagie
Justice of the Peace A. M. Good
Holiday Store Hours Announced For Shopping Season
Stores set special hours starting now through Christmas with all divisions opening at 9 am and closing at 9 pm Monday through Saturday. On December 24 stores close early at 6 pm to accommodate shoppers.
Incomplete chain survey lays out parcel near Athens County
The text outlines a long land description from a deed record in Athens County, detailing multiple course bearings and distances to locate property along state routes, river meanders, and township lines. It references the Hocking River, County Deed Records, and a Hartman Subdivision, with measurements spanning hundreds of feet toward a northeast corner and various centerlines.
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Hawke
Galoiver Surey
Athens
Hocking
Kot
Norihen
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Nease
Mason
Federated Church of
Sion
By Galbraith
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Stella Saunders
Nancy Halley
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Secred
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Prus
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Backsburg
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Jack Richards
Robert Fay
Michigan
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Thomas E. Mills
Br. J. E. Smith
Cine Sinnatt
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Waco
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Maude Bryan
Mount St. Mary Howse
Daphne Janis Sanders
Ohio University
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Methodist
Calvin Sanders
Third ‘Ave
Young Women's Christian Association
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Evan Howard Evens
Gallipolisity
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Raccoon
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Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
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Hollister
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