Tavern Brawl Injures Owner as Violence Flares in Middleport
In Middleport, tavern owner Frank Vroman pledges action to curb violence after a brawl near a lower city tavern. Neva Little Frazier allegedly struck Chief Ray McClure during a police arrest of her brother Golden Little, who was sentenced to 30 days in Meigs County Jail by Councilman Vroman.
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Middleport
Frank Vroman
Horton Brown
Neva Little Frazier
Ray McClure
Golden Little
Lower Middleport
Meigs County
Vroman
Little
Justice of the Peace
L. B. Higgins
Justice’s Court
Clifford Frazier
Nellie Barsotti
Frazier
Brown
Barsotti
Carl Barsotti
Tennessee
Rest Home Resident Dies Sunday Morning
George French, aged resident of the Randolph Rest Home near Guysville, died early Sunday morning. The body was brought to the Ewing Funeral home in Pomeroy. Funeral arrangements will be announced later. Survivors are not yet known.
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Pomeroy
George French
Randolph Rest Home
Guysville
Ewing Funeral Home
Pomeroy Carroll Teaford Taken To Dayton Veter Ans Hospital
Carroll Teaford of Syracuse was transported by Ewing ambulance to the Veterans Hospital in Dayton on Monday evening for medical care.
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Pomeroy
Carroll Teaford
Syracuse
Veterans Hospital
Dayton
Ewing Ambulance
Meigs AAA Community Elections Set for December 19
The annual AAA community committee elections will be held in Meigs County Thursday December 19 with polls open 12 noon to 9 pm Farmers vote in their own township. Ballots for township committees will be cast at multiple township polling places and the 1946 performance and wheat acreage reports will be completed at the voting site by the Community Committee.
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Pomeroy
AAA
Meigs County
Bedford Township
Darwin
Chester Township
Chester Town Hall
Columbia Township
Columbia Town House
Lebanon Township
Great Bend
Letart
Olive
Two Middleport Residents Treated After Week Injuries
Two local persons sustained injuries within the week. Wilbur Pierce cut his hand severely in a saw at a lumber mill. Harold Rice, a local high school student, suffered a head injury while playing football and will be confined to bed for a week or more.
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Middleport
Wilbur Pierce
Harold Rice
Gallia Weatherman Reports Warmer Gallipolis Monday
Gallipolis saw brighter skies and a few hours of sun as southwest breezes lifted daytime temperatures to the 50s. The warmth stood in marked contrast to last year’s snowy date when Gallipolis recorded two below zero as the official low.
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Gallipolis
Judge Fines Gallipolis Man
Gallipolis John Martin was fined 46 dollars plus costs in Municipal Judge Jones court on Monday for assaulting Patrolman Harry Dickey during an arrest on Court Street Saturday evening. Dickey reported being struck in the face but not injured. Martin paid the fine and was released from city jail. Cecil Ray Bolick of Huntington West Virginia posted a 15 dollar bond after speeding arrests at Eastern and First Avenue to appear in municipal court later.
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Gallipolis
John Martin
Jones
Harry Dickey
Court St
Dickey
Martin
Cecil Ray Bolick
Huntington
W. Va
Eastern
First Ave
Santa Claus Workship Lights Pomeroy High Lawn Display
Pomeroy Meigs Countians pause along Main Street to admire a Christmas display at Pomeroy Senior High School built by Aaron Zahl's manual training class. A life sized Santa moves with elves, a jack in the box, a rocking hobby horse, and painted toys. William Mayer designed motion, Bill Lehew wired, Roger Walker crafted toys, and W A Smith planned the display.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Main St
Pomeroy Senior High School
Aaron M. Zahl
Santa Claus
Santa
William Mayer
Bill Lehew
Roger Walker
W. A. Smith
Eddie Blake Stricken by Mumps in Mild Epidemic
Middleport reports Eddie Blake, son of Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Blake Jr., as the latest mumps victim in the ongoing mild epidemic. Joe Bailey, a Yellow Jacket basketball team member, also ill with chicken pox.
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Middleport
Eddie Blake
Joe Bailey
Yellow Jacket
Gallipolis Council Approves Third Avenue Resurfacing
Gallipolis council meeting adjourned due to Dr. Allison’s absence as they retroactively approved resurfacing on Third Avenue Locust to Cedar and accepted a Ford Sales Co bid for a new police car. L. P. Cavett Co. continues street resurfacing work delayed by gravel shortages. Also recorded is a 52 acre land transfer in Raccoon Township from Everette E. Nutter to Lena Nutter.
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Gallipolis
Allison
Third Avenue
Locust
Ceadar
Ford Sales Co
L. P. Cavett Co
Lockland
Gallia
Gallia County
Raccoon Township
Everette E. Nutter
Lena Nutter
Names of Holzer Hospital Admits Listed in Gallia County
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis admitted a list of patients on Monday and Sunday including Mrs. Russell Scott Northup Mrs. George Fowler Gallipolis Mrs. Dean Miller Jackson Mrs. Herbert Peoples Wellston Miss Ada Norman Rio Grande Mrs. Benson Jones near Oak Hill George Stewart Pomeroy and Mrs. William Davis Jackson Route 1 Also admitted were Mrs. Monroe Deal Ashton W Va John W Compton Clifton Mrs Nellie Barsotti Middleport I E Knapp Point Pleasant David Dean Woodruff four months Coalton Hugh Gentry Coalton Albert Frazier Addison Danny Karr Jr Racine Route 1 Mrs Fermin Boring Radcliff and Mrs Theodore Boring Radcliff Recent additions include Dr G A Barton Amos Barnhart Mrs Eugene Deevers John Weber Wellston Mrs Robert Massie Northup Mrs Robert McMaster Gallipolis Mrs Sara Clarkson Jackson and Rosena Colley Jackson.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Russell Scott
Northup
George Fowler
Dean Miller
Jackson
Herbert Peoples
Wellston
Ada Norman
Rio Grande
Benson Jones
Oak Hill
George Stewart
Pomeroy
William Davis
Route 1
Monroe Deal
Ashton
W. Va
John W. Compton
Clifton
Nellie Barsotti
Middleport
I. E. Knapp
Point Pleasant
David Dean Woodruff
Coalton
Hugh Gentry
Albert Frazier
Addison
Danny Karr, Jr
Racine
Fermin Boring
Radcliff
Theodore Boring
G. A. Barton
Amos Barnhart
Eugene Deevers
John Weber
Robert Massie
Robert McMaster
Sara Clarkson
Rosena Colley
Two births reported in Gallipolis
A daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Robert Massie Northup at Holzer Hospital on Sunday. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Dean Miller Jackson on Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Robert Massie
Northup
Holzer Hospital
Dean Miller
Jackson
Driver Arrested for Intoxicated Driving in Gallipolis
Melvin H Powers 38 of Jackson was arrested Sunday by the State Patrol on an intoxicated driving charge. He was fined and costs at arraignment before Mayor Pritchett. Also noted Jackson reports opening an animal nursery at the Melbourne Zoo for children to learn animal care.
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Gallipolis
Melvin H. Powers
Jackson
State Patrol
Pritchett
Melbourne Zoo
Gallia County Woman Granted Divorce Saturday
Emma I. White was granted a divorce from Glenn K. White in Gallia County Common Pleas Court Saturday on grounds of extreme cruelty and gross neglect of duty. Custody of the minor child awarded to Emma I. White. The couple married at Cattlesburg, Kentucky, May 23, 1936.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County Common Pleas
Emma I. White
Glenn K. White
Cattlesburg
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W. Main
Rest Home
Meigs Aaa
Logan Monument Co
Couron
Joseph H. Shard
Frank R. Larimer
Logan Monument Company Memorial Consultants
Logan Monument
George C. Shaw
Hocking Valley Hospital
Main Street
Logan
Gallia Weatherman
Altma
Altmans
Mousier YT
Court
Second St
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