Grand Jury Indicts 27 in Mason County Court
The Mason County Circuit Court grand jury returned 27 indictments on Tuesday against 24 people, 17 misdemeanor and 10 felony counts. The panel has issued 43 indictments this term, the most in nearly a decade, with jurors dismissed to March 1 and defendants to report Thursday at 9:30 a.m. for arraignment. Felony charges include forgery, breaking and entering, larceny, and multiple felonious assaults among others. Misdemeanor counts include assault and battery, trespassing, public nuisance, contributing to delinquency of a minor, and false testimony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Grand
John William Greene
Huntington
Russell Johnson
Fred Roberts
Sandusky
Mickey Brown
Mason
Joseph T. Dobbs
Philadelphia
Farmers Hardware
Roger E. Jones
Dale E. Sollberger
Timmy Kimes
Jackson County
Lyle Moore
Thomas Talani
Russell Robbins
Break-Ins Reported At 3 Spots
Point Pleasant State police investigated three break ins on Monday night. Floyd Caste Store on Gunville Road was broken into with about $100 missing. Beale School Gallipolis Ferry entered through rear door with under $1 taken and freezer lock tampered with. Sunnyside School Apple Grove broke in through south door with a radio worth 39, $50 in March of Dimes money, $4 in change and ice cream bars missing.
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Point Pleasant
Gunville Road
Beale
Gallipolis Ferry
Sunnyside
Apple Grove
Grand Jury Calls Probe Into Club 51 Operations
Mason County Circuit Court grand jury recommended to the Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission an investigation into Club 51 for alleged rule violations. The panel cited evidence of nonmembers gaining access to facilities and suspected sale of memberships to juveniles. It also condemned using incarcerated jail prisoners as trustees and their unfettered freedom on Point Pleasant streets.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Circuit Court
Alcoholic Beverage Control Commission
Club
Grand Jury
Mason County
Births And Admits At Holzer Hospital News
The Rev and Mrs Ralph W Burwell Gallipolis welcomed a son. Admissions include Sharon M Johnson Gallipolis Homer J Mercer Jackson Mrs Clifford Dewey Rhodes Gallipolis and others from Gallipolis Racine Point Pleasant Ironton Oak Hill Rutland and more. Discharges list multiple patients including Paul Beards Debbie Caldwell Rebecca Mays and others.
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Ralph W. Burwell
Gallipolis
Sharon M. Johnson
Homer J. Mercer
Jackson
Clifford Dewey Rhodes
Ray Junior Roush
Racine
Robert William Neal
Henderson
Roy A. Hendricks
Fred Facemire
Darrell D. Jones Jr
Bellville
W. Va
Donald A. Lamburt
Marie D
Point Pleasant
Cornelius W. Meeks
Kitts Hill
John Wayne Scotty
Norwood
Paul Beards
Debbie J. Caldwell
Ezra H. Darnell
C. Kenneth Johnson
Stanley E. Jones
Rebecca A. Mays
Theodore R. Melrose
Paul W. Morgan
Rhea
Brian Rollins
Donald E. Roush
Car! O. Six
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes Admits List
Hospital notes from Pleasant Valley record admissions for Loraine Rogers Henderson Mrs Ray Sullivan Point Pleasant Mrs Leslie Hughes Glenn Sayre Wiley Bonds.
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Pleasant Valley ‘Hospital
Loraine Rogers
Henderson
Ray Sullivan
Point Pleasant
Leslie Hughes
Glenn Sayre
Wiley Bonds
Rio Grande Student Scotty Injured in College Wrestling
John Wayne Scotty 19 a Rio Grande College student was admitted to Holzer Hospital Monday with a left knee injury from wrestling in the college gym. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John P Scotty of Norwood.
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Gallipolis
John Wayne Scotty
Rio Grande College
Holzer Hospital
Scotty
John P. Scotty
Norwood
Divorce Granted in Point Pleasant Custody Ruling
Janet Ann Burris is awarded divorce from Virgil Franklin Burris Jr by Judge James Thompson. Custody of their one child granted to the mother with $50 monthly child support and $150 monthly alimony. In New Haven WSWS of the Bachtel EUB Church met with nine members. Rev Mrs Asheah Miller led the program.
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Point Pleasant
Janet Ann Burris
Virgil Franklin Burris Jr
James Thompson
New Haven
WSWS
Bachtel Eub Church
Asheah Miller
Saxophone Invention Attributed To Antonine Sax Around 1840
The saxophone is reported to have been invented circa 1840 by Antonine Sax. The claim highlights Sax as the instrument’s originator and places the creation in the early 19th century, reflecting historical accounts of its development.
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Antonine Sax
Syracuse Notes Reflect Local Visits and Family Trifts
Syracuse News Notes reports numerous social visits and family gatherings. Rev. and Mrs. Karl Custer hosted dinner guests for Mrs. Custer’s birthday, including grandchildren and relatives from Racine Plants Plants. Leonard Bass and Everett Levacy attended funeral services in Columbus for Clara Levacy. James White and Joe Wesney visited relatives in Mason and Columbus respectively. Bruce McKenzie and Evelyn Stowe hosted relatives in Columbus, with additional weekend visits noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syracuse
Karl Custer
Jerry Powell
Racine
Carl Duckworth
Cochocton
Leonard Bass
Everett J Levacy
Levacy
Clara Levacy
Columbus
James Robert White
Dunbar
Agnes White
Rose Schwarz
Mason
Bruce McKenzie
Evelyn Stowe
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Herman Holcomb
Russell Leach
Mike Genco
Herman Holcolm
Rancel Jiiden
Herman Stephens
Bellemeade
Walter Stephens
Leon
Danny Lee Cottrill
Steve Fisher
Marshall Waybright
Earl Wayne Kincaid Jr
Harry Lucas
Melvin Road
West Columbia
Leo Calandros
Bobby Gene Stover
James Duncan
Harvey Price
Gary Bowen
Ashton
Denny Bush
Steve Huddleston
Worthy Leach Jr
James Hall
Herman
Larry Plants
Club 51
Holzer Hospital News
Sax
Syracuse News
Margaret Cottrill
Joe Wesney
James Quick
Richard Roush
Rittman
Kroger
The
Kroger Co
Athens
Nelsonville
Glouster Kroger
Kroger Buttercraft Wheat Bread
Star-Kist Tuna
Pillsbury
Page & Kroger
Trevor
Kroger Brown & Sei Rolls
Spotlight Bean Coffee
Wagner Fruit Drinks
Home Pride
Royal Viking
Eatmore
Geneva
Rich
Don, Phan
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