Gallipolis Ferry Man Dies In Route 17 Crash
Shirley Earl Wright 26 a Gallipolis Ferry farmhand and father of three dies in a Route 17 car tractor crash three miles south of the Mason County line Wright was a passenger in Le Wears car. Wears 39 suffered facial lacerations. The Roadway Express tractor trailer was driven by Jack Weddington of Winston Salem NC. Wright born at Raymond City Putnam County. Surviving include wife Virginia Hill Wright three children Scott Allen Shirley Lee Melinda Lou a brother David Wright and sister Mrs Eugene Birchfield. Funeral services set for Tuesday 2 p.m. at Kelly Creek Church of God with burial in Clark Cemetery. Friends may call at Cook-Pauley Funeral Home Nitro.
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Gallipolis Ferry
Shirley Earl Wright
Gallipolis
Mason County
Putnam County
Wright
Lee Wears
Wear
Jack Weddington
Winston-Salem
N. C
Rolfe Lee Farm
Raymond City
Putnam
Earl Anderson Wright
Virginia Hill Wright
Scott Allen
Shirley Lee
Melinda Lou
David Wright
Eugene Birchfield
Rutland
Kelly Creek
Temporary Postmaster Appointed At Point Pleasant
Robert E. Peoples 55 of 103 English Rd will be installed as acting postmaster of the Point Pleasant Post Office on Dec 27 by Huntington postal inspector Robert C. Coons. He serves until a permanent postmaster is named and succeeds Okey Burdette who retires after over 30 years. Mr Peoples is married with five children and is a Mason County tax department chief deputy. He attended Ohio University and Ohio State University and belongs to the Lions Club.
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Point Pleasant
Robert E. Peoples
English Rd
Tax Department of
Mason County
Robert C. Coons
Huntington
Peoples
Ann Burris
Pomeroy High School
Ohio University
Ohio State University
Lion's Club
Okey Burdette
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Update
William Lloyd Rollins Rob ertsburg Mrs Lacha Duncan Apple Grove Joey Bartley Point Pleasant Mrs Alma Deweese Leon Mrs T R Melrose Point Pleasant Dismissed William F Bryan Ashton
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William Lloyd Rollins
Robertsburg
Lacha Duncan
Apple Grove
Joey Bartley
Point Pleasant
Alma Deweese
Leon
T. R. Melrose
Christmas parties at two clubs in Point Pleasant and Leon
Registered Professional Nurses Club hosts a Christmas party and gift exchange Monday at 7 30 p.m. at 2814 Birch Ave with co hostesses and Yule tide music. Leon Home Demonstration Club meets Tuesday at 6 30 p.m. at Leon School for a Christmas party and potluck dinner with a dollar donation for the community building fund.
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Point Pleasant
Professional Nurses Club
Thomas C. Jennings
Birch Ave
Douglas Miller
Harriet Smith
Leon
Leon Home Demonstration Club
Leon School
Youth 7 in critical condition after one car crash
Seven year old Joey Dale Bartley of 1411 Lewis St. is in critical condition at Pleasant Valley Hospital after a Sunday morning crash on Camp Conley Road. His 14 year old brother Larry and another 14 year old passenger were treated and released. Deputy Shaffer cites Bartley for driving misconduct despite describing the vehicle travel of 248 feet after a 15 mile per hour swerve.
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Joey Dale Bartley
Lewis St
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Larry Bartley
Larry
Eugene Williams
Point Pleasant
Don C. Shaffer
Young Bartley
Camp Conley Rd
Jean Bartley
Shaffer
Bartley
Cluster Clark Chapman
Athens Route 3
Chapman
Loetta Faye Jeffers
West Columbia
Holzer Hospital News Briefs Reach Local Families
A long list of birth announcements from Holzer Hospital names many families in the region. Entries include Cun ningham of Middleport a son Wright of Gallipolis a daughter Lawson of Minersville a daughter Hively of Patriot a son and numerous relatives across Gallipolis Point Pleasant Wellston Jackson and other towns.
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Raymond Cunningham
Middleport
Eugene Wright
Gallipolis
Glen Lawson
Minersville
James Hively
Patriot
Attorney to speak on effects of women’s service on juries
Attorney William H. Bardin will address the Point Pleasant Branch of the American Association of University Women on the effects of women's service on juries. The 7:30 p.m. meeting occurs in the Appalachian Power Auditorium with hostesses listed. Point Pleasant residents faced local law matters include Marvin Bennett Jr in Mason County jail for probation violation and John Alvan Byus 48 arrested on a drunk charge awaiting arraignment before Judge James Thompson.
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Point Pleasant
William H. Bardin
American Association of University Women
Appalachian Power
Douglas Rouse
Eugene Sterrett
Grant Stanley
Judith Burdette
L. G. Mohr
Marvin Bennett Jr
Mason County
John Alvan Byus
James Thompson
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Trinity Methodist Church
Robert FE. Peoples
Belk
N. Court St
William F. Bryan
Ashton
Home Demonstration Club
Coalton
Allen Coheen
Holzer Hospital
Peniel Rd
Woodrow Mace
Mace
Holzer Hospital News
Joseph Wilson
Zora Slayton
Lana K. Williams
Jackson
Delbert Brickles
Albany
Fred Davis
Leo Sayre
Verl Tuttle
Tuppers Plains
Leonard Carmon
Pedro
Paul D. Downard
Wellston
Allen R. Goheen
Charles Taylor
Davie Wayne Stamper
Charles Alexander Sr
Gerald Ault
Peggy Barrett
Dennis Briles
Clara Bugg
Robert H. Burson
Earl L. Gibbs
Samuel Guido
James Haning
Edgar Hodges
L. Roger Hudson
Harold Lakin
Walter Lambert
Clifford A. Leifheit
Donald McDade
John D. McKenzie
Harry Murray
Mattie Porter
Catherine Rhodes
Roger Ritchie
Cecil Wamsley
Lois Derisfield
Rawson Wireman
Dwight D. Woods
Engineering Associates
South Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Wooster
Korotron
Big Yank
Oshkosh B’gosh
Casey Jones
Eralls
Workingmen’s
Mahaffey’s
Imperial
Kmitchemaid
W. State St
Athens
Tel
Sohio
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