Gallia County Sheriff appoints two new deputies
Gallia County Sheriff E E Hatfield named J Everett Saunders merchant Mercerville and H B Wood of Gallipolis as deputies. Saunders assumed office Tuesday. Wood to take oath soon. Hatfield notes Wood previously served seven and a half years, and Hatfield has continued duties since his resignation.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. E. Hatfield
J. Everett Saunders
Mercerville
H. B. Wood
Saunders
Wood
Hatfield
Ohio Penitentiary
Morton Dickey
Fort Custer
Mich
Pobst to Leave Post at Rio Grande College
Dr. R. Lloyd Pobst resigns as president of Rio Grande College effective January 15. He will leave Gallia County to become associate executive secretary of the Cleveland Baptist Association.
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Pobst
Rio Grande
Gallipolis
R. Lloyd Pobst
Rio Grande College
Gallia County
Cleveland Baptist Association
Former Resident of Gallia County Dies
Belated word reports Rev. Harry Cheney of Portland Oregon died December 22 Funeral services and burial occurred there He was a son of Frank L Cheney and the last survivor of his family Brother of the late Mrs Anna Davis first wife of Alfred W Davis Survived by wife and three children Johnston Cheney California Ralph in Seattle and Rhoda in Oregon
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Gallipolis
Harry Cheney
Portland
Oregon
Cheney
Frank L. Cheney
Anna Davis
Alfred W. Davis
Johnston Cheney
California
Ralph
Seattle
Rhoda
Red Cross seeks volunteers for surgical drawing drive
Gallipolis reports an urgent call for volunteers from the Red Cross surgical drawing committee co chairs Joe Moch and Mrs Otto S Carter. They note dwindling attendance at last week's session despite prior interest to continue during the pre Christmas week.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Joe Moch
Otto S. Carter
Numerous Christmas Marriages Reported in Gallia Probate Records
Gallia County Probate Court records list sixteen marriage licenses issued in a few days, mainly yesterday afternoon. Couples include Grace E. Savage and Moms Fitzgerald, Wallace Reynolds and Betty Joe Carter, Clarence Mattox and Flossie Snyder Jordan, Warren Berry and Susan Rexroad, Lavern Arnold and Alice Thompson, James Saunders and Emma Johnson, Lester Harden and Juanita Hayes, G Morris Sebren and Wilma Sommer, Charles Bond and Margaret Pierce, Buell George Burnette and Margaret Northup, KR B Coburn and Mattie Snead, among others.
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Gallipolis
Grace E. Savage
Pt Pleasant
Moms
Fitzgerald
Browning
Portersville
W. Vawelder
Helen Whitt
Chesshire
Wallace Reynolds
Huntington
Betty Joe Carter
Porter
W. E. Carter
Clarence Mattox
Leon
Flossie Snyder Jordan
Warren Wayne Berry
Akron
Susan Doris Rexroad
Richwood
W. Va
Lavern Arnold
Nelsonville
Alice Thompson
Athens
James Saunders
Mercerville
James Everett Saunders
Emma Johnson
Crown City
Elijah Johnson
Lester Harden
Columbus
Juanita Hayes
Vinton
G. Morris Sebren
Pileasant
Wilma Rose Sommer
Charles Bond
Little Hocking
Margaret Pierce
Addison Buell
George Burnette
Marcus D. Burnette
Margaret Pearl Northup
Fred Northup
KR. B. Coburn
Beckley
Mattie Snead
Mrs. Caudill Dies Sunday In Gallia County
Mrs. Garlani Caudill aged 36 died Sunday night at Holger Hospital after a long illness. A lifelong resident near Raccoon Island, she was daughter of the late W. D. and Mrs. Boston. Survived by her husband a merchant and farmer and member of the Gallia County Selective Service Board and four children Eddie Jimmy Wayne Anita Marie. Also surviving are brothers and sisters Mrs. Stacy Harbour Mrs. Clara Chambers Ithamar J. Boston W. B. Boston Mrs. Myrtle Dewitt and Harry Boston. Funeral plans not announced.
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Gallipolis
Caudill
Holger Hospital
Raccoon Island
W. D
Boston
Gallia County Selective Service Board
Eddie
Jimmy
Wayne
Anita Marie
Stacy Harbour
Clara Chambers
Ithamar J. Boston
Bladen
W. B. Boston
Myrtle Dewitt
Harry Boston
Eureka
Gallia County youths begin Army induction at Fort Thomas
Nine Gallia County young men left Gallia for Fort Thomas Kentucky for Army induction. They were Howard C Brumfield John W Bradbury Dingus Banks Sherman J Eggers Earl E Hill Billy L Petrie D Carter Don C Rankin and D Bartels. Rev R P McCarley praised their dedication and pledged home front support as a Modern Woodmen camp committee offered coffee and cookies.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Fort Thomas
Howard C. Brumfield
John W. Bradbury
Dingus Banks
Sherman J. Eggers
Earl E. Hill
Billy L. Petrie
D. Carter
Don C. Rankin
D. Bartels
R. P. McCarley
Woodmen
Prominent Magazine Story Writer Louise Jewell Dies in Mississippi
Louise Pond Jewell, renowned magazine story writer, died at her Moorehead home after a brief illness. Born in Oberlin Ohio, she spent years in New York and earned mention in Who's Who. The article notes her literary prominence.
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Grenville
Miss
Louise Pond Jewell
Moorehead
Jewell
Oberlin
New York
Notice to Taxpayers Rates of Taxation in Athens County
Notice by John H. Preston Athens County Treasurer Ohio announces the tax rates on Real Estate Public Utilities and Personal Property for 1948 in Athens County For General County Fund and Local Purposes total county levy 2.20 mills with 3.20 mills for general county purposes and various funds as shown in the table Below.
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Athens County
John H. Preston
Athens Cou
Ohio
Fork County
General County
Coun Home Fund
Gallipolis Social Notes Wedding Ties Locals to Huntington
A Gallipolis wedding links Miss Mary Lou Adams formerly of Gallia now in Huntington with Cpl Earl Houck son of Mr and Mrs Jasper Houck Crown City. The December 22 ceremony was at the bride's mother Inez Adams home in Huntington with few relatives present.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
All Physician's Office
Huntington
Corporal Houck
Mererville High School
Jackson, Miss
Flu Epidemic Worsens in Mason County Warns Major Buell
Major Brian A. Buell, district health officer, reports a growing and more severe influenza pneumonia outbreak in Mason County. He notes higher fever, prostration, aches, lobar pneumonia, and spread via air passages and urges preventive measures at home, hygiene, rest, and medical care while opposing school closures.
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Mason County
Buell
Brian A. Buell
Beall
Health Department
Buel
Major Buell
Aged Mason Farmer Dies at 90 in Point Pleasant
Alonzo Carpenter age 90 died at route 1 Sunday. Services will be held at the Franklin Home tomorrow with burial in Suncrest Cemetery. He was a native of Ohio son of the late Mr and Mrs Alexander Carpenter. He moved to Mason County early in life and was a farmer. Survived by a daughter Mrs Walter Elder of Springfield Ohio and a son Frank Carpenter of this city.
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Lawrence Bastiani
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Oscar Bastiani
C. E. Johnson
Emile Beaumier
Mary Switzer
The
WAVES
New York
Sgt
George Switzer
Fort Belvoir
Nespicentans
Chesapeake
John Cheney Jr
Jack Cheney
Mary Anne Plymale
Columbus
Stanley Plymale
Lower River Road
W. P. Beall
Major Burtch Beall
Janet Booth
Jackson
C. W. Booth
Emmett Keeler
Keeler
Flora Leonard
James S. Clark
James W. Martin
Cincinnati
James A. Johnson Jr
Grace Irion
Philadelphia
U. S. Navy
Gordon Franklin
Bladen
Huntington
U. S. Veterans’ Hospital
Marion
Anne Thornton
Oberlin College
Rosalie Kruskal
Grace Caufman
Walter Caufman
Gladys
Raymond Pope
Camp Breckenridge
Point Pleasant
Alonzo’ Carpenter
Franklin Home
Suncrest
Carpenter
Ohio
Alexander Carpenter
Mason County
Walter Elder
Springfield
Frank Carpenter
Resident of Apple Grove Dies at 68
Coral Ellen Adams 68 died at her Apple Grove home last Friday. Services were held near her girlhood home in Wayne County. She was the daughter of the late Rev. and Mrs. Henry Carey of Wayne County. Survived by husband John H. Adams two daughters Le Mona Eastwood of Poca and Thelma Watterson of this city.
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Point Pleasant
Coral Ellen Adams
Apple Grove
Wayne County
Henry Carey
John H. Adams
Lemona Eastwood
Poca
Thelma Watterson
Home on furlough after two years for Corporal Krebs
Corporal Harry C. Krebs spends his first furlough at home in two years. He spent most of his time stationed in Puerto Rico and notes conditions there are not promising. He visits Mr and Mrs J O Shinn on North Main Street.
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Point Pleasant
Harry C. Krebs
Prto Rico
Kerbs
J. O. Shinn
North Main St
Local births and discharge at Point Clinic
Mrs. Mar Neal was discharged from Point Clinic after about ten days as a medical patient. A son weighing eight pounds was born Friday to Mr and Mrs Leonard Joseph Smith. Another son weighing 83 4 pounds was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Howard Killingsworth of Leon.
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Point Pleasant
Mar Neal
Point Clinic
Leonard Joseph Smith
Howard Killingsworth
Leon
Indiana Woman Dies in Fort Wayne Christmas Burial Held
Mrs. John Hawkins a Mason County native died in Fort Wayne Indiana on Christmas Eve. The funeral was held yesterday. A niece Mrs Walter Rice of 2119 Lincoln Avenue and city policeman C E Yeager are named as nephews in the notice.
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Point Pleasant
John Hawkins
Mason County
Fort Wayne
Ind
Walter Rice
Lincoln Ave
C. E. Yeager
Two Commissions To Meet Jointly Monday
Governor Bricker announced a joint organizational meeting for the blind and deaf school commission and the commission on mental patient care facilities to be held next Monday in the governor's office in Columbus.
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Columbus
John W. Bricker
Blind and Deaf School Commission
Commission
Holiday Guests From Covington Visit Myers Family
Two daughters were guests of relatives in McArthur over the holiday. Mr and Mrs Warren Myers hosted their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Richard Whitehouse of Covington Kentucky for the festive period.
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McArthur
Warren Myers
Richard Whitehouse
Covington, Ky
Somerville Sebrell Intertwine In Kanawha Valley Union
Mrs. Tom R. Somerville announced the December 24 Gallia wedding of her brother G Morris Sebrell and Miss Wilma Rose Sommer. Attendants were Miss Mary Elizabeth Somerville and Robert Lyle Pence. The couple plan a later home, with work and wartime conditions delaying full plans. The Sommerl and Sebrell families are prominent in the lower Kanawha Valley.
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Point Pleasant
Tom R. Somerville
Hogg Street
G. Morris Sebrell
Wilma Rose Sommer
Gallia
Mary Elizabeth Somerville
Robert Lyle Pence
Joy
Ilinois
Somerville
Sebrell
A. E. Sommer
South Side
Dayton
F. G. Sebrell
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Point Pleasant Personal Notes Holiday Guests and Visits
Miss Ruth Cavender of Charleston visited Samuel Park USNR and his mother Mrs. Nelson A. Park. Mr Park left for Charlottesville to resume training at the University of Virginia. Family and friends visited or returned home across Ohio, West Virginia, and Virginia with Christmas gatherings and travel notes.
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J. Everett Gills
Jack
U. S. Navy
Philadelphia
Harvard University
Gerald
Columbus
Gills
John W. Gills
Austin Gills
Wendell
Gage
U. S
North Africa
Point Pleasant
Ruth Cavender
Charleston
Samuel Park
USNR
Nelson A. Park
Jackson Ave
Park
Charlottesville Va
University of Virginia
Walter Dalrymple
Near Washington
O. A. Roush
Viand St
R. E. Liter
Greensboro
R. P. Liter
W. J. Kenny
Howard Yerges
Country Club Addition
Howard Yergers, Jr
University of Michigan
Yerges
George H. Overholt
Ohio River Road
Ellis Overholt
Portsmouth
Cleo Vaught
Washington
Edward Newell
Marjorie Newell
Max Koenigsberg
Jefferson Blvd
Myrtle Garrison
Huntington
Garrison
Donna Lou Hyre
W. S. Hyre
Bernard Rayburn
Clara Goodwin
Ohio St
Hinton
Arthur N. Goodwin
Bethesda
Robert Goodwin
William Smith
Edwin McKay
Mt. Lebanon
McKay
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Cincinnati
Ohio
Army Plans Greater Use of Bituminous Coal
The Solid Fuels Administration reports the Army will substitute bituminous coal for half of its domestic hard coal needs this heating season to conserve anthracite for civilian use. This action could divert about 150000 tons of anthracite to civilian use.
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Washington
The
Solid Fuels Administration Today
Army
SFA
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Galfia County
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Holzer Hospital
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Holzer
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