Three Men Arrested On Burglary Charge
Three men Floyd Everett Hughes 89 Floyd Lee Barnhart 40 both of Gallipolis Ferry and William Edward Plumley 21 of Glenwood were picked up by Mason County Sheriff Troy Huffman and Deputy Jack Pyles Friday on burglary charges. Bond set at 2000 each. Other Mason County arrests include Michael Lee Neal 18 Point Pleasant intoxication, Pearl McDermitt Jr. 20 intoxication, Thomas Matthew Stewart 22 Cheshire Route 2 intoxication and property damage, Homer Fletcher 48 Fraziers Bottom driving while intoxicated, and a 16 year old West Lumbia Route 1 juvenile incorrigible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Voint Pleasant
Mason County
Troy Huffman
Jack Pyles
Floyd Everett Hughes
Floyd Lee Barnhart
Gallipolis Ferry
William Edward Plumley
Glenwood
Michael Lee Neal
Point Pleasant
Pearl McDermitt Jr
Thomas Matthew Stewart
Cheshire
Sheriff's Department
Homer
Fletcher
Fraziers Bottom
Sheriff’s Department
Blood Test Machine Put Into Service At Holzer Medical Center
GALLIPOLIS The Coulter Counter Model S is now in use at Holzer Medical Center. The $35,000 instrument analyzes seven basic blood parameters every 40 seconds with a 20 second sample throughput. Roger Hines and Joseph Wilson returned from training in Florida and praise the system as swift accurate and cost saving for patient testing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Medical Center
Roger Hines
Joseph Wilson
Coulter Electronics Company
Hialeah
Florida
Holzer
Family Night Dinner Slated By Class 12
Middleport reports from Heath United Methodist Church as Class 12 Circle plans a family night during Family Life week. Lent themes include purple color symbolism and devotional readings. other program segments feature patriotic readings and poems. Members note donations for shut-ins, lunch program funds, and an upcoming Lenten breakfast event. A heritage England tour may be offered to historical society members. Death of former member Mrs Valeria Tompkins noted. Miss Bess Sanborn hospitalized with a broken shoulder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Circle
Heath United Methodist Church
Glenn Lambert
Nellie Zerkle
Jack Bechtle
America
Norman Wayland
Shutins
L. W. McComas
Robert Harris
Nan Moore
Trinity United Church of Christ
Moore
England
The
Historical Society
Valeria Tompkins
Bess Sanborn
Veterans Memorial Hospital
John Ketehka
James Criswell
James Euler
McComas
Herman Haddox
Mason Man Found Guilty Of Assault
Lyle Sheets of Point Pleasant was found guilty of unlawful assault by a Mason County jury after about 90 minutes of deliberation. He faced charges connected to the stabbing and wounding of John Sturgeon outside a Main Street bar last month. The jury, with foreman Resor Tarbett, deliberated from 3:35 p.m. to 4:22 p.m. The Wildwood Garden Club meets Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Mrs. Kenneth Harris’s home with assistant Mrs. Karl Grueser.
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Point Pleasant
Lyle Sheets
Mason County
Sheets
John Sturgeon
Samuel Littlepage
Mike Shaw
Grace Brown
Lawrence R. Rice
Hugh Jordan
Herbert D. Webb
Golden Hazrett
Bernice Bays
F. W. Stevens
Johnnie Logan
Violet Pyles Clifford Eckard
Goldie Thomas
Resor Tarbett
Foreman
Wildwood Garden Club
Kenneth Harris
Karl Grueser
Woman Hurt On Way To Hospital
Gallipolis Ohio Mrs Russell Wilson 36 listed in satisfactory condition at Holzer Medical Center after falling from a Mayhew ambulance en route to the hospital on Route 35 two miles north of Gallipolis. She suffered a head injury and multiple body lacerations.
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Gallipolis
Jackson Routes
Russell Wilson
Holzer Medical Center
Women’s Auxiliary Convenes in Rutland for Jitney Supper
Rutland Village hosts a routine meeting of the Women’s Auxiliary at the firehall. They plan a March 18 jitney supper at Rutland Elementary School and future projects. They will buy plastic eggs for the annual Easter egg hunt in the village park. The traveling prize was won by Mrs. Bill Brown. prizes and refreshments were provided by listed members. The next meeting is March 16 with Mrs. Kenneth Michaels supplying the prize and Mrs. Dick Foley the refreshments. Nearby attendees and bake sale praise noted. Pomer cury Janice Lee Racine petitions for divorce from Louis Lee in Meigs County Common Pleas Court, Elyria, Ohio.
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Rutland
Larry Edwards
Bill Brown
Bill Gaddis
Kenneth Michaels
Dick Foley
Howard Birchfield
Merle Davis
Bruce Davis
Bill Williamson
Bob Miller
Jerry Eads
Maxine Dyer
Bob Bishop
Williams to Speak at Legion Dinner in New Haven
Hershel Woody Williams of Barboursville, West Virginia will be the featured speaker at the Smith Capehart Post 140 American Legion dinner in New Haven on March 15. The event observes the 52nd American Legion anniversary and welcomes post and auxiliary members with spouses. Williams served in the Marine Corps from 1943, fought in Quam and Iwo Jima, earned the Purple Heart and Medal of Honor, later worked with the Veterans Administration since 1946, and was Vietnam service award recipient. The dinner begins at 6 30 p.m. at the Post House.
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New Haven
Hershel
Woody” Williams
Barboursville
W. Va
Veteran Administration
Huntington
Smith- Capehart
American Legion
Williams
Veterans Administration
Fairmont
Marine Corps
Quam
Iwo Jima
U. S. Marine Corps Reserve
South Vietnam
Post House
Intoxication Case Ends In Hung Jury
In Mason County Circuit Court Judge James Thompson presided as the State’s intoxication case against Thomas Holley ended with a hung jury. The panel of jurors listed includes Lawrence Rice Naomi Price Resort Tarbitt John R. Engel Lois Bumgardner Marie Chapman Johnnie Logan John A. Henry Herbert Webb Okey Watterson Golden Hazlett and Vallie Toney.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Thomas Holley
Mason County Circuit Court
James Thompson
Lawrence Rice
Naomi Price
Resort Tarbitt
John R. Engel
Lois Bumgardner
Marie Chapman
Johnnie Logan
John A. Henry
Herbert Webb
Okey Watterson
Golden Hazlett
Vallie Toney
Property Owners Elect Water Board Officials
Tuppers Plains Chester Water District elected officers at a recent meeting with ballots enclosed in monthly bills. Lindsey Lyons, original member, re elected trustee with term to Dec 31 1973 and serving as board president since Jan 1 1971. Delmar Baum is vice president Carl Barnhill Blackstow and Gene Yost are board members. Albert Martin hired as Operator and Supervisor of the Treatment Plant and distribution system. Martin to oversee treatment and softening and testing per Ohio Department of Health. emergency contact 992-5920 is Pomeroy. Other staff include Raymond Boatright and George Sellers as maintenance and meter men.
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Tuppers Plains
Tuppers Plains - Chester
Delmar Baum
Carl Barnhill
Blackstow
Gene Yost
Albert Martin
Condor St. Pomeroy
Meigs Water Co
Martir
Oho Department of Health
Martin
Pomeroy
Raymond Boatright
George Sellers
Three Injured In Gallia County Two Car Crash
Gallipolis patrol reports a two car collision at Route 35 and Route 160 in Gallia County. Clarissa Higgenbottom, 18, Buffalo West Virginia, and Flossie Mullins, 65, Vinton, were involved as Mullins turned west. Three injured include Mullins and two Higgenbottom passengers, Patty Johnson 18 and Roberta Egg 18 of Parkersburg. Mullins cited for being left of center.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Larry Higgenbottam
Buffalo
W. Va
Flossie Mulins
Vinton
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Mason
Meigs County
Western Reserve Mutual
Wonder Mills
Atwens
Women’s Auxiliary
Pomerkuy
Janice Lee
Racine
Hershel Williams
Legion
Water Board
Shank
T&s
Glouster
Athens
Sugar
Mae Letla
Tami
Regitter
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