Annual Area Leader Is Speaker At Gathering
The Gallipolis district annual Boy Scout dinner at the Methodist Church drew 150 attendees including Scouts and their families. Tri State Area Executive H. E. Katsche lauded Scouting and honored Edwin “Pete” McCormick with the Silver Beaver award for longtime service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Methodist Church
Kenneth Welker
Gallia
Welker
Hoke Robinson
Tri State
H. E. Katsche
Katsche
Edwin
Pete” McCormick
Edwin McCormick
Boy Scouts
Gallia County
Congress
McCormick
Patie
Rome-Canaan Schol Diewiet
County of Athens
KP. A. Audiese
Dlenarl Ohio
D Arnold
Board of Education
Balchipts General Fund
Bond
General Fond Boni Retirement Fund
General Fund
Issereee Bund Retirement Fund
Revene
Jinard
Total Foundation
Fpro- Haim Witu de
Ks S
Uister's
Lmploves
Arrests Reported By Gallia Officers
Gallia officers report several cases from Monday night and Tuesday morning. Virgil Eads, a World War II veteran, fined $10 and costs for assault and battery after allegedly knocking down and kicking Bob Rutherford. John Lemly, 55, fined $59 and costs for failing to stop at a intersection of S Route 35 and State Route 160. Jacob Ball case continued for leaving a motor vehicle on a state highway. Al and Landis Parson arrested for drunkenness after a fight on State Route 7 below Cheshire. case to be heard later.
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Gallipolis
Justice of the
Heenan Shate
Virgil Eads
Eads
Bob Rutherford
Second Ave
William H. Jones
John Lemly
Jacob Ball
Lemly
Ball
Hatlweld
Point Pleasant
Landis Parson
Cheshire
al Financial
Board OF Edication
Trimble Township
Dietrich
URES
Suyledl Leh
Wiltl Aluvesuce
Teomral
Tvl Lewal Levs Boni
Mrs Myers Dies at Home Monday Night
Mrs Clara Manning Myers 78 died Monday night at her home on upper Second Avenue Gallipolis She was daughter of the late Jacob and Elsie Saunders She is survived by her husband Cyrus Myers a son F L Sheets Cincinnati a brother aad Saunders Chillicothe and several sisters Funeral services were held Wednesday morning at 12 o'clock at the Nazarene Church.
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Gallipolis
Clara Manning Myers
Upper Second Avenue
Jacob
Elsie Blessing Saunders
Cyrus Myers
F. L Sheets
Cincinnati
Aad Saunders
Chillicothe
The
Nazarene Church
Riggs and Bastiam Depart Serving Years Near End
GALLIPOLIS-Lient Jake Riggs has been discharged in San Antonio and plans to join Ohio State University to resume engineering studies after serving on Pacific islands. Capt Laurence Bastiam arrives on terminal leave from San Francisco and will be discharged April 22 after four years in the service. he visited his parents in Gallipolis with his wife and child.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
LI E. Z
Jake) Riggs
Air Service
San Antonio
Texas
Ernest J. Riggs
Riggs
Ohio State University
Laurence Bastiant
San Francisco
Calif
Columbus
Oscar Bastiam
Francis D White
Sadie J. Reeeeers Morison
Trimbte
Ohio
Alva Point Pleasant
Shoei
Piape
Timble
Mens County
Ernest Massone
Kanawha
Torever
D. E
Brawley
Kanawha Coun
Francis D. White Ty
Aaid
Anniversary of PTA Founding Observed in Gallipolis
Washington School P T A marked the 49th anniversary of the National Congress Parents and Teachers with a Founders Day program. Mrs Keith Sutter serves as president of the Washington PTA.
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Gallipolis
Washington
P.T.A
The
National Congress
Keith Sutter
Washington BT. A
Gallia Rotarians Welcome Guests at Tuesday Meeting
Gallipolis Rotary Club met Tuesday night at Island View Inn with four Business and Professional Women’s Club guests Anna Gates White Edith Hutsinpuler Zena Shaw and Hortense Epting to promote ticket sales for the Ananta program featuring an Eskimo speaker at Washington Auditorium on March 5 A high school girls sextet provided music and new member Myer Maggied was welcomed. memorial services for Gene Spear were led by Earwin Higgins.
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Gallipolis
Katie Brumfield
Barbara Cardwell
Judy Robertson
Pat Dayton
Gladys Reese
Janet Haskins
Vivian Allison
Earwin Higgins
Gene Spear
Gene
Ralph Wall Killed in Unusual Fall on Third Avenue
Ralph A. Wall, 35, died after falling backward on a sidewalk in Gallipolis Monday evening. Found by Alva Myers and Luther Massie around 7:45 p.m. on Third Avenue near the Sherman Berridge home. Wall, born December 1, 1890 in Lockport, was formerly with a carnival troupe and later lived in Park Central apartments. Survived by second wife Marie Mulholand Short and two stepsons Flosh and John Short. Funeral Thursday at 2 p.m. at Elias Wetherall Funeral Home with burial at Pine Street Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Ralph A. Wall
Third Avenue
Sherman Berridge
Third and
Alva Myers
Luther Massie
Wall
Lockport
Ievere Tones
Park Central
John Johnsons Billard Academy
Marie Mulholand Short
Flosh
John Short
Elias Wetherhall
Pine Street
Health Campaign Discussed by Gaia County Group in Gallipolis
The Ga ia County Tuberculosis and Health Association met in Gallipolis with County Superintendent Lewis B. Jones. They approved the Joint Committee on Tuberculosis in Ohio plans and discussed a United Gallia County Health Campaign modeled after the Community Chest to consolidate charitable drives. Attendees included Mrs Elmer Hatfield Mrs Kenneth Frazier Mrs L C Dayton Mrs Ann White Miss Martha Cousins F W McDermott Mrs Alice Bradbury Miss Ann Hill Harold Brown E E Higgins Miss Naomi Evans William Browning Mrs Goldie Ward and Mrs Earnest J Riges.
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Gallipolis
Gaia County
Cemetery Trustees Appointed at Centenary Cemetery Meeting
In Gallipolis a Saturday afternoon gathering at the Empire Furniture Store formed a nine member board to oversee Centenary Cemetery. E. G. McCall was named president with H. L. Fellore as vice president and H H. Hulshorst as treasurer. other trustees include Joe Sharp Eugene Blazer Godell Northup and Elbert Graham.
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Gallipolis
Empire Furniture
Centenary Cemetery
E. G. McCall
H. L. Fellore
H H. Hulshorst
Joe Sharp
Eugene Blazer
Gdell Northup
Elbert Graham
Body of Mason County Man Found in Kanawha River
The body of Robert Ashbell Jones 25 was found near the north shore of the Kanawha about a half mile east of Leon at 11 30 a m by Charles Dowel of Leon The man fell from the hurricane deck of the rowboat Charles R Hook near Winfield on December 1 about 20 miles from the find site Identification was made by Maurice Jones and Gilly Grimm Sheriff Ernest Hesson and State Trooper H D Coyner directed recovery Funeral arrangements were set with service at Henderson Methodist Church conducted by Rev Tommy Kinnaird Burial in Green Bottom Cemetery.
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Foint Pleasant
Robert Ashbell Jones
Kanawha
Leon
Charles Dowel
James
Charles R. Hook
Winfield
Maurice Jones
Gilly Grimm
Jones
Ernest Hesson
H. D. Coyner
Leone Jones
Henderson
George W. Jones
Huntington
U. S. Engineer Corps
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Maurice
George, Jr
Dale Jones
Wesley Jones
Iindiana
Eloise
Maxine
Betty
Chapman
Tommy Kinnaird
Hogsett
Henderson Methodist Church
Green Bottom
Cabell County
High Prices at Point Pleasant Livestock Sale
At Point Pleasant Livestock Sales Company market last Saturday slaughter hogs hit the ceiling at 14.75 dollars. Forty six horses sold with top prices near 201 dollars, fat sows 14.70, pigs 6.25 to 10, shoats 11 to 22.50, steers 11.40 to 16.90, heifers 10.90 to 16.85, fat cows 11 to 12.70, canners 6.50 to 9, bulls 12.70, top veal calves 18.40, and a few lambs at 14.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason Pastor Leads Red Cross Drive in Mason County
The Rev. William Meade, fresh from directing an infantile paralysis foundation fundraiser, is named chairman of the Red Cross drive targeting about $8,000 in Mason County. The campaign runs through March, appointed by vice chairman William A. Woolfitt after G. G. Patterson resigned.
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Foint Pleasant
William Meade
Infantile Paralysis Foundation
Red Cross
Mason County
Meade
William A. Woolfitt
G. G. Patterson
Wiley Coleman Jr Dies in Army Training
Wiley Coleman Jr age 18 died at Fort Lewis Washington on Monday from pneumonia. He enlisted January 14 and trained at Fort Lewis. Funeral plans await arrival of his body at Chapman Funeral Home Henderson. He is survived by his parents Wiley and Bessie Coleman two sisters Violet Ruby Betty and a brother Donald.
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Point Pleasant
Wiley Coleman, Jr
Fort Lewis
Wash
Wiley
Bessie Ellen Coleman
Beech Hill
Chapman Funeral Home
Henderson
Young Coleman
Donald Coleman
Juanita Richmond
Violet, Ruby and
Betty Coleman
Local Driver Arrested After Car Leaves Road
A car driven by Jason M. Sturgeon left the road near Letart and stopped on the Baltimore and Ohio track. Sturgeon and two others were slightly injured. he was arrested for driving without an operator's license, pled guilty, and paid a $25 fine plus costs.
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Point Pleasant
Jason M. Sturgeon
Trocal
Letart
Baltimore and Ohio
Sturgeon
Robert Wamsley
Frances Gonecutter
H. D. Coyner
C. A. Hehle
Senior Woman's Club Plans Spring Luncheon and Style Show
Pt Pleasant social notes report the Senior Woman's Club home economics department meeting at Mrs James B Couch’s home to plan a spring luncheon and style show for March with farm women clubs invited as guests. Birth announced for Katherine Kerr to Mr and Mrs Oxley Blain of Gallipolis Ferry with Blain and Turner families as grandparents.
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Point Pleasant
James B. Couch
Viand St
Farm Women’s Clubs
Couch
Robert H. Ferguson
W.E Alien
C. G. Arnett
Carl Bruestle
Rayment Chambers
John J. Dower
Homer Fisher
P. £. Fleming
Norman Foss
Cc. W. Gasken
Leonard Gaskins
Donald Getty
Roy Greenler
Claude Hawer
Justin Johnson
C. C. Lewis
Elmer Martin
Edward McElfresh
H. H. Pullem
F.C. Scholz
R. E. Somerville
George Sprenger
C. C. Stone
Paul S. Thomas
Homer Varian
Marsin Wartenburg
Blanche Armstrong
John J. Chase
Vern Filson
Bertha Reed
Mollie Roush
Katherine Kerr
Oxley Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Holzer Hospital
Blain
Lelia Turner
Mason City
John A. Blain
H. Cotton Turner
Mason Cite
Barnett Rejects Bond Over Deputy Sheriff Constable Issue
Barnett refuses a bond offered by Constable Morrison stating the sureties were satisfactory. He cites a letter from the state tax commissioner challenging the deputy sheriff and constable holding by one person. Morrison continues duties and relies on a former Attorney General opinion approving the dual offices.
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Point Pleasant
John Barnett
T. L. Morrison
Barnett
Morrison
Aswell
Howard B. Lee
William H. Bardin
Mason County
4-H Club Meet Ends With Project School
Last week the 4-H club meetings concluded with a project school at Roosevelt School on Ripley Road. Clubs represented included Tip Top Point Pleasant Lucky Star Charleston Road American Leaders Ripley Road Eagle Flyers and Bright Stars with projects in clothing potato gardening food livestock poultry home beautification care of children and handicraft. Instructors were Virginia Parsons C C Anderson A F Wilson Elsie Fowler and Marjorie Bell. Meetings continue this week at various homes and schools around Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Roosevelt School
Ripley Road
Tip Top
Lucky Star
Charleston Road
American Leaders
Eagle Flyers
Eagle School
Bright Stars
Baden Ridge
Virginia Parsons
C. C. Anderson
A. F. Wilson
Elsie Fowler
Marjorie Bell
Climbers
I. A. Blain
Hillbillies
Hattie
Nancy Webb
Upper Flats
Sunnyside Warhawks
Sunnyside
Morning Star
West Columbia Wildcats
West Columbia
Carolyn
Earl Fogiesong
Ail American
Earl McCoy
Dairyman Casto Seeks Refund Over Delayed Tractor
Levi Casto of Sand Hill Road planned to buy a tractor from a dealer in another city but chose to pause the order after a Jan 1 delivery failure. He decided to return to horses for spring plowing due to unreliable power, citing favorable weather as a window to switch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Levi Casto
Sand Hill Road
Smith Rites Held Here This Afternoon
Miss Lilian Smith, born Point Pleasant 1868, died in Columbus Monday. She lived in Point Pleasant until 1932, then with niece Mrs. Robert Gossenz. Funeral from Arnett Funeral Home with Rev. J.T. Cady officiating and Lone Oak Cemetery burial. Pallbearers: Van Matre, Somerville, Brown, Stribling, Dr. McEstresn, Heslop, Dr. Butcher, Aten.
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Point Pleasant
Lillian Smith
Columbus
Messenger
Robert Gossenz
Enos Smith
Fifth and
Main Sts
Carrick Drug Company
Arnett Funeral Home
Island St
Gossenz
Chester Fish
Navy
Frederick Smith, Jr
Fred Smith
M. M. Laidley
Long Island
Arnett Aierai
City Council Holds Secrecy Meeting in Point Pleasant
City officials gathered for a special meeting Monday evening to hear a communication from Mayor B Walter Krodel. Details were not disclosed as access was limited to city officials, sparking curiosity about the purpose and propriety of the secrecy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Anct
B. Walter Krodel
Mor gan Fined For Underweight Beans And Sugar Packages
John Morgan of Gallipolis pleaded guilty before a local magistrate on Tuesday to selling beans and sugar in packages not weighing as marked. He paid a $10 fine plus costs. The investigation was led by George E Sayre.
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Point Pleasant
John Morgan
Gallipolis
George E. Sayre
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