Four Held in Gallipolis in Narcotics Case
Four suspects were arrested by Sheriff Hatfield and City Patrolman Bill Ball at a local drug store while buying twenty four morphine tablets on a physician prescription. Names given were Thomas Lunsford Evelyn Priest Joseph Booth and Robert Elswick. Authorities linked them to gas coupon thefts and believe they are part of a tri state narcotics ring. Booth said he served a year and Elswick two years in narcotics hospitals. Elswick used crutches and Lunsford had a leg injury from a prior shooting.
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Gallipolis
Hatfield
Bill Ball
Thomas Lunsford
North Third St
Ironton
Evelyn Priest
California
Joseph S. Booth
Riverview
W. Va
Robert
Tri-State
Ohio
Kentucky
West Virginia
Booth
Elswick
Lexington
Lunsford
Kuhn Funeral to Be Held Friday in Gallipolis
William J. Kuhn 87 died Tuesday at his Green Township home. Funeral services will be Friday afternoon at Centenary Church with Rev. Earl Cremeens presiding. Burial at Mound Hill Cemetery. Born in Clay Township in 1858 he spent his life in the county and married Helen Kinder in 1881 who died in 1942. Surviving sons Charles and Earl reside in the county.
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Gallipolis
William J. Kuhn
Green Township
Centenary Church
Earl Cremeens
Mound Hill Cemetery
Mr. Kuhn
Clay Township
Helen Kinder
Charles
Earl
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Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Club Activities
Gallipolis news highlights Lieut. Camille Swigert's home visit before transfer to California, a Columbus outing to see Helen Hayes, and the Gallia Council Daughters of America annual inspection with new member initiation and exemplary work. English Club meets with literature quotes, a review of The Life of George M. Cohan, and a postmeeting dessert social.
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Gallia
Daughters of America
Edith Wakeley
Marietta
Ryger
Cora Hall
Marie Houck
Ethel Burdette
Wakefield J
Houck
Pribble Wilson
Alma Danners
Mildred Wise
Pleasant Social Notes and Personal Updates
Pt Pleasant updates cover a Monday dinner at 1200 Main St hosted by Lucky Clover 4-H Club members and mothers, plus a movie screening by Floyd Rothlisberger. The guest list features many local ladies, with a long roster of attendees and minors noted. Military and local notices list Pvt Charles Stover, Seaman Charles Bush, and Lt Camille Swigert on leave or overseas duty, plus a hospital recovery update for Mrs P T Hoshenki. Boy Scout Cub Pack 253 announces a 7:30 p.m. meeting at the junior high building.
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Point Pleasant
Home Economice
Main St
Lucky Clover 4-H Club
Floyd Rothlisberger
U. S. Soil Conservation Office
Knapp
Point Pleasant Persoals
Charles Stover
U. S. Army Air Corps
West Columbia
Seaman
Charles Bush
Ollie Bush
Henderson
Harold Bush
New York
Camille B. Swigert
S. P. Black
WAC
Camp Claiborne
Lt. Swigert
Swigert
P. T. Hoshenki
Park Drive
St. Mary’s Hospital
Huntington
Scout
McGary
Red Cross Meeting at New Haven
Red Cross workers from Hartford to Letart meet at New Haven Lutheran Church to discuss the war fund drive starting March 1 and aim to exceed the quota in four days. War fund workers from Lakin to Mason will gather at Mason City grade school gym at 7 30 pm Friday with John Glass, 1945 War Fund chairman, present and showing a Red Cross film to boost the effort.
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Point Pleasant
Red Cross
New Haven
Hartford
Letart
War Fund
Lakin
Mason
Mason City
John Glass
Red Cross War Fund
Blood Donors Needed In Mason Co
Blood donors are needed in Mason County to meet the Red Cross quota. Twenty volunteers will be transported to Huntington around February 28 or March 1. Call Gail Faires or Mitton Miller or Holly Simmons to volunteer. Eligibility: ages 21 to 61, no malaria jaundice or tuberculosis, weight over 110 pounds.
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Point Pleasant
Maeson County
Red Cross Itas
Gail Faires
Plunteer
Huntington
Wullen
Wounded Officer Visits Gallipolis in Furlough
First Lieutenant Thom Rue, returned two weeks ago from France after shrapnel injuries to his head, arrived in Gallipolis Tuesday night to visit his parents and grandmother. He will report to Valley Forge Hospital near Philadelphia after a two week furlough for surgery to remove shrapnel and restore vision. His wife Velma, formerly Velma Dilton, joined him after visiting Chesapeake with Hobart Dilton.
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Gallipolis
Thom Rue
States
France
John Rue
Lena Rue
Seryne
Rue
Valley Forge Hospital
Philadelphia
Velma Dilton
Hobart Dilton
Chesapeake
Walles Foyce
Jim Tuesdas Tugh
Mason Countians Attend Meeting at State Capital
Mason County residents joined a West Virginia Senate Finance Committee hearing in the state capitol chamber to urge more funding for education. Rev Billups led local support along with Mrs John W Kirk Miss Francis Sterrett Howard Price John Glass and Robert Ferguson. The gallery was packed as 30 citizens from across the state sought a chance to speak. Local representatives described it as the largest, most attentive audience in recent memory and felt it energized a quiet legislative start.
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Mason County
Senate-House Finance Committee
Senate Chamber
West Virginia
C. G. Billups
John W. Kirk
Francis Sterrett
Howard Price
John Glass
Robert Ferguson
Mountin
Commonwealth
Cabell County
Monongala
State Federation of Womans Clubs
Boone
Billups
Returns to Gallipolis From Pacific Area
Chief Petty Officer William Caufman arrives in Gallipolis for his first home visit in two years after duty on the West Coast and in the South Pacific. He stops in Cincinnati to see sisters Dr Grace Caufman and Mrs Dan Case. Mrs Caufman learns her brother Earle Sommers of the Seabees has arrived in California and will soon visit his home near Point Pleasant. Sommers has two children in the Army.
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Gallipolis
William Caufman
Walter Caufman
West Coast
South Pacific
Grace Caufman
Dan Case
Cincinnati
Caufman
Earle Sommers
The
Seabees
California
Foint Pleasant
Mr. Sommers
Miss Ella Davies Dies in Gallipolis
Gallipolis Miss Ella A Davies age 76 who lived with her niece Miss Lucille Rees county recorder died at their home 517 Second Ave Tuesday after long illness bedfast last two weeks Funeral service by Rev Theodore Valenti at home Friday with burial in Tyn Rhos Cemetery Born November 5 1869 in Tyn Rhos She is survived by sisters Mrs Mary Jones Thurman Evan W Davies Van Wert Jenkin W Davies Vendacia O and Mrs Amy May Fellows Saginaw Mich Dan O Davies preceded in death last August
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Thurman
Evan W. Davies
van Wert
Vendacia
Amy May Fellows
Saginaw
Mich
Dan O. Davies
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