Nine Trials Set for January Term in Circuit Court
Witnesses are summoned for nine criminal cases to be tried next month when Judge Lewis H. Miller opens his third six year term in the Fifth Judicial Circuit on January 2. Defendants include Collis Timberlake and others in theft, burglary, forgery, and manslaughter cases with most under bond.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Collis Timberlake
Kathleen Yonker
Robert Carr
Virgil Eugene Hudson
Golden Caste
William R. Sprouse
Okey Taney
Denver Meadows
Frank Gill
Donald McCartney
Mason County
Patricia Carol Sayre Dies at Gallipolis Ferry
Mrs. Paul Sayre of Gallipolis Ferry reports her three month old daughter Patricia Carol died in her sleep Christmas night. The infant’s father is serving in the Navy. The petit jury has been summoned for the second day of the term.
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Point Pleasant
Paul Sayre
Gallipolis Ferry
Patricia Carol
Sayre
Navy
Petit Jury
900 Ordnance Employes Work on Christmas
More than 900 turkey dinners with trimmings were served at the General Chemical Defense Corporation plant cafeteria on Christmas Day. President H. C. C. Ingraham of New York City organized the event, with shifts served from 8 a. m. through 5 p. m. Production staff, some ordnance workers, and plant executives attended. Howard Farrell, director of industrial relations, called it possibly the largest Christmas dinner in the region.
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Point Pleasant
General Chemical Defense Corporation
H. C. C. Ingraham
New York City
Defense Corporation
General Chemicals Co
Ordnance Works Organization
The
Chemicals Corporation
Howard Farrell
Mrs Diana Eckard Suffers Hip Injury at Beech Hill
Beech Hill resident Mrs Diana Eckard suffered a hip fracture from a kitchen fall while alone from Saturday night until Christmas day. Neighbors found her after nearly three days in bed, she has lived alone for 12 years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Diana Eckard
Beech Hill
Licensed To Marry In Point Pleasant
Marriage licenses issued to John Shirley and Carrie Belle Boggs of South Side and to Man ford Workman and Gertrude Hale Martin of Point Pleasant. Applications filed by Robert Dale Williamson of South Side and Agnes Almina Beaver of Leon. Chief Dispatcher C H Quillin said telegraph service over B and O and New York Central lines was nearly normal with trains mostly on schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Shirley
Carrie Belle Boggs
South Side
Manford Workman
Gertrude Hale Martin
Robert Dale Williamson
Agnes Almina Beaver
Leon
C. H. Quillin
Baltimore and
Ohio
New York Central
Local resident admitted for observation at Holzer Hospital
Mrs. T. F. Yost of 201 High St. was taken to Holzer Hospital yesterday by Earl Arnett for medical observation after a noncritical incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
T. F. Yost
High St
Holzer Hospital
Earl Arnett
Rody Harden Dies Tuesday At His Home
Point Pleasant city councilman Rody Marshall Harden died at 1:45 P.M. Tuesday at his Shore Avenue home after a heart condition. He had served three terms on the council and worked 15 years as a foundry foreman at West Virginia Malleable Iron Co. Funeral arrangements were not complete. He was active in the Eagles, Jr. O U A M, Moose, Boy Scouts, Heights United Brethren Church and Republican politics. He is survived by his wife Marie Rodgers Harden and children Anna Louise Durfee Patricia Marie, Rody Marshall Jr and Harry Nicholas, plus a brother, half siblings, and other relatives.
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Point Pleasant
Rody Marshall Harden
Shore Ave
Harden
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
The
Iron Company
Krodel
Hardin
Order of ‘Eagles
O.U.A.M
Loyal Order of the Moose
Boy Scouts Organization
Heights United Brethren Church
Mr. Harden
John A. Harden
Jennie Markley Harden
Marie Rodgers Harden
Anna Louise Durfee
Columbus
Patricia Marie Harden
Rody, Marshall, Jr
Harry Nicholas Harden
Roy A. Harden
Pittsburgh
Harry Ketter
Mt. Vernon
Roy Thomas
Louise Kidd
Ripley
Four Mason County Men Wounded in Action
Four Mason County servicemen were among 78 reported wounded in action in the European theater. The list includes Pvt. Clarence F. Chapman and Charles F. Chapman of Gallipolis Ferry Pfe, Edwin F. Hudson of Letart, and Pfc. Lewellyn W. Roush of New Haven, with family identifications noted. Eldred F. Spurlock of Glenwood is also listed as Pfc. Spurlock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Clarence F. Chapman
Charles F. Chapman
Gallipolis Ferry
Pfe
Edwin F. Hudson
Iva M. Hudson
Letart
Lewellyn W. Roush
Dewey Roush
New Haven
Eldred F. Spurlock
Steve Spurlock
Glenwood
New Books Contributed To Library During Book Week
Pomeroy and Meigs County groups donated many new titles to the Public Library to mark Book Week. Donors include American Legion Auxiliary, Boy Scouts Troop 47 and 49, Central PTA, Chamber of Commerce, Civic Club, Daughters of America, Girl Scouts, PTA groups, Mary Martha League, Meigs County Ministerial Association, Order of Eastern Star, Pomeroy Council of Church Women, Pomeroy Garden Club, Pom eroy Lodge No 164 F and A M, Shakespeare Club, Sugar Run PTA, Twilight Garden Club, Women’s Guild, and Women’s Christian Temperance Union. Books cover a wide range of topics and are now available at the library.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
American Legion Auxiliary
West Point
U. S. Military Academy
Boy Scouts
Scott
Central Pta
Sutie
Austin
Georgie
Bright
Roddy
Chamber of Commerce
Bennett Cerf
Civic Club
Southmayd
Daughters of America
Daughters of Union Veterans
Green Dolphin Street
Girl
PTA
Baruch and
Cokesbury
Mary Martha League
Federated Church
God
Jesus
Mary Jones
Meigs County Ministerial Association
Smart
Order of Eastern Star
Brave Men
Ernie Pyle
Pomeroy Council of Church Women
Clinchy
Pomeroy Garden Club
Norman Angell
Pomeroy Lodge
Quarles
Glover
Shakespeare Club
Jaina
de la Roche
Sugar Run Pta
Bird
Winnie—the Pooch
Milne
Twilight Garden Club
DeVoto
Colonel Effingham
Fleming
Women's Guild of Federated Church
Papa
Porter
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Lin Yutang
Stuckey divorce filed on grounds of extreme cruelty
Marvin Stuckey sues Luella Stuckey for divorce citing extreme cruelty. The couple married in 1938 and have two children.
Rites Held for Former Gallipolis Patrolman Gibbs
Robert D. Gibbs former Gallipolis city patrolman died after a four month illness Funeral service took place at Entsminger Funeral Home under Knights Templars auspices Pallbearers from the order included L L Stone Reuben Wood Charles B Stevers W W Sigler H W McHenry and C M Yeanger Gibbs born July 8 1882 in Hartford West Virginia moved to Gallipolis 1901 worked at the Ohio Hospital for Epileptics Married Elva Simms 1910 and had one daughter Mrs Harold Campbell Gibbs served as a Republican county central committee member from Second Ward A and was never defeated in elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert D. Gibbs
Entsminger
Knights Templars
L. L. Stone
Reuben Wood
Charles B. Stevers
W. W. Sigler
H. W. McHenry
C. M. Yeanger
Mr. Gibbs
Hartford
W. Va
Archibald
Martha Humphrey Gibbs
Ohio Hospital
Elva Simms
Crown City
Harold Campbell
Gibbs
Second Ward
Juveniles Charged With Break-In At Mrs Bugg Store
Four youths aged sixteen fifteen and eleven were held by Cheif of Police Leaper and deputies after allegedly breaking into Mrs Clara Bugg's Eastern Avenue store Monday night. One boy confessed to taking ten packages of chewing tobacco two loaves of bread and two bottles of milk to a vacant Kanauga house. Other items were reported missing but denied. Police also filed intoxication charges against two arrestees and one sheriff's deputy.
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Gallipolis
Clara Bugg
Eastern Avenue
Cheif
Leaper
Sheriff's Office
Kanauga
Christmas Program at Bidwell Porter High School
A Christmas program at Bidwell-Porter High School on December 22 featured the seventh grade handling duties. It included a Bible reading, vocal solos by Imogene Walters and Robert Eugene Sprague, Billy Fanning in a play Three Kings of Bethlehem, duets by Doris Walters and Marie Bush, readings by Robert Phillips, and a piano solo by Robert Eugene Sprague. Each class presented their home room teacher with a gift after singing carols.
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Bidwell-Porter
Bidwell-Porter High School
Imogene Walters
Robert Eugene Sprague
Billy Fanning
Doris Walters
Marie Bush
Robert Phillips
Cadet Glenna Rummel Leads Salvation Army Bible Study
Cadet Glenna Rummel of the Salvation Army Officers Training College New York City visiting Pomeroy for a holiday vacation will conduct a Bible Study class at the local Salvation Army tonight at 7 30 p.m. All are welcome. Cadet Rummel is a former Envoy active in Pom eroy Salvation Army.
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Pomeroy
Glenna Rummel
Salvation Army Officer’s Training College
New York City
Salvation Army
Rummel
Pomeroy Salvation Army
POMEROY Rocksprings Grange Meeting Hosted by Hemlock Grove
Hemlock Grove Grange will meet with Pomeroy Rocks prings Grange hosting Friday evening. Rocksprings members are asked to bring sandwiches and pie to the event.
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Pomeroy — Rocksprings Grange
Hemlock Grove Grange
Rocksprings Group
Gallipolis Social Notes Brides and a Navy Sailor Marry
Gallia Academy High School alumnus Karl Hudson Hatfield and Miss Hope Adams were wed December 22 in Los Angeles at the bride’s home. Hatfield serves as Shipfitter Second Class in the U S Navy after training in California and duty in the Atlantic and Pacific. Also noted, Staff Sergeant James P. Cating and Miss Ruth Vandenburg married December 21 in Newark, New Jersey, with Cating a 1942 Gallia Academy graduate and nurse student Mrs. Cating at Newark City Hospital visiting in Gallia area.
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Gallipolis
Karl Hudson Hatfield
Shipfitter
Sheriff
FE. Hatfield
Hope Adams
Los Angeles
S. E. Adams
South Irole St
U.S. O
Atlantic
Pacific
Gallia Academy
Wentworth Military Academy
Missouri
James P. Cating
J. Ernest Cating
Ruth Vandenburg
Newark
N. J
Des Jardins
Episcopal
Cating
Newark City Hospital
Gallia Academy High School
Huntington
Armed Forces
South Pacific
Frank Thomas Dies At Daughter's Home
Gallia County mourns Frank Thomas 4, who died late Monday night at daughter Anna Bostwick's home near Patriot after a four year illness. Survived by wife Levicy Wood and children Mrs. Bostwick Mrs. Clara Wooten of Orlando Fla and Hobart T of Springfield. Funeral Thursday at 2 pm at Old Pine Church with burial in the church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Frank Thomas
Anna Bostwick
Patriot
Thomas
Gallia County
Levicy Wood
Bostwick
Clara Wooten
Orlando
Fla
Hobart T
Springfield
Old Pine Church
Navy Seaman William Caufman Returns Home
Mr and Mrs Walter Caufman receive a Christmas telegram from son William who has just returned to the states after two years of service in the South Pacific. He is from Vallejo California and will be home soon. Chief Machinists Mate Caufman has served in the Navy 15 years.
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Gallipolis
Walter Caufman
William
South Pacific
Vallejo
Calif
Mate Caufman
Navy
Pfc George Stone Earns Bronze Star for Valor in France
Pfc George V Stone 21 son of Mr and Mrs J Armor Stone Bidwell 1 Gallia County received the Bronze Star for heroic action in France on September 13 1944 When his squad was pinned by enemy fire his burning ammunition truck he rushed to it and drove it to safety enabling his squad to withdraw and saving material His brother Pfc John Russell Stone also fought in the battle for the Philippines
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Gallipolis
George V. Stone
J. Armor Stone
Bidwell R. 1
France
Addison and
Cheshire High School
Pfe
John Russell Stone
Saipan
George W. Stone
Stone
Visits His Parents
First Lieutenant Laurence Bastiani and Mrs Bastiani arrived Christmas Day from Camp Atterbury Indiana for a brief visit at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Bastiani. Lt Bastiani plans to leave Thursday for Ft Lewis Washington and Mrs Bastiani will go to her parents home at Cambridge Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Laurence Bastiani
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Oscar Bastiani
Bastiani
Ft. Lewis
Washington
Cambridge
Point Pleasant Social Notes Highlights Town Visit Tidbits
Thornton Parsons of Parkersburg traveled through Point Pleasant after Christmas with his mother Mrs. Mary B. Parsons aged 92 and noted family longevity. Local social items include visits by Martha and Dorothy Sprenger of Charleston, care for C A Roush, and William relatives visiting from Madison and Pittsburgh.
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Point Pleasant
Martha
Dorothy Sprenger
Charleston
George Sprenger
Sprenger
Fourth St
Fannie Francis
West Columbia
C. A. Roush
Viand St
Nannie Johnson
Bellemeade
Charles Steenbergen
Pittsburgh
Peter H. Steenbergen
Marvin McElfresh
Madison
FE. F. McElfresh
Maggie Johnson
Jean Rice
Selective Service Board
Williamson
Doris Johnson
Point Clinic
Cold Weather Expected to Keep Ohio River Floods Down
Ohio River levels in central West Virginia are not expected to rise above moderate flood height as floods pass through the area. Cold weather is forecast to hold the river below flood stage at Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio
West Virginia
Robert Roush Rites Held Today in Graham Station
The body of Robert Roush died Christmas day at his Graham Station home was moved from Goylesong Mortuary Mason City to the family home for funeral services today. Burial will be in the Rickard cemetery. Roush a leading dairyman was son of Andrew Jackson and Almira Fry Roush born near Letart. Surviving are his widow Lucretia and children and several brothers and sisters with ties across Graham Station Letart New Haven and surrounding areas.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Roush
Graham Station
Goylesong
Mason City
Rickard Family
Mr. Roush
Andrew Jackson
Almira Fry Roush
Letart
Roush
New Haven
Lewis Roush
Virginia
G. L. Fry
Frances and
Sarah Elizabeth Roush
Route
Penetro salve recalls Grandma’s chest cold remedy
A nostalgic note links a grandma’s suet based rub to Penetro, a modern salve with mutton suet plus five active ingredients. The copy portrays Penetro as easing chest muscle tightness and chest congestion during cold season, praising its traditional inspiration and current use by mothers.
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Grandma
Penetro
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Wilson's Store
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C. D. Shafer Co
Nelsonville
Rody Harden
Arnett Funeral Home
Belgium
U. S. Army
NEA
Masons
Robert Gibbs
City
Bidwell School
Leadway Coffee
Gallipolis Social Notes
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Carmen Miranda
Phil Baker
Benny Goodman
Orch
Science
Metae
Nrar
Pfc
George Stone
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Parkersburg
Mary B. Parsons
Morgan Ridge
Cooper District
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Terkersburg Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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