Arraignment Postponed as Jurors Called in 1945 Courthouse
Arraignment for three indicted men was deferred by Judge Edgar Ervin with bonds set at 500 dollars each. Names and charges include Huffman neglecting a child, Deem operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated, and Donahew failing to stop after an accident. Grand and petit jurors were summoned for January 7. Also noted were marriages licenses issued to several couples and county offices reacting to year end, with tax books opening for January collection.
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Pomeroy
Edgar Ervin
Brady Franklin Huffman
Pearl Deem
Roy Donahew
David E. Stephens, Jr
Lesage
W.va
Rose B. Hogsett
Cabelt County
Fred Chapman, Jr
Point Pleasant
Marie Dursi
Middleport
Arthur Haley
Cleveland
Opaline F. Chapman
Claude R. Patten, Sr
Huntington
Mollie Young
Cabell County
Emmett Tippens
Columbus
Rosleen Loit
Clyde Milhone
Jack Rosenbaum Sees Rose Bowl Game
Jack Rosenbaum, son of Mr and Mrs Fred Rosenbaum of Pomeroy, a San Pedro California post office worker and Seaman First Class, attended the Rose Bowl on New Year’s Day after his name was drawn for a ticket. He spoke with his parents by Christmas call.
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Pomeroxy
Jack Rosenbaum
Fred Rosenbaum
Pomeroy High School
Sam
San Pedro
Cal
Seaman
Dr and Mrs Russell Holiday Visit in Bradbury
Dr and Mrs D A Russell have been holiday visitors with Dr Russell's parents Mr and Mrs Griff Russell of Bradbury. He has just been discharged from the Army after service including 32 months overseas in Africa and Italy. They plan to live in Lorain where he will head the X ray department at St Joseph Hospital. At a Chicago exam, Dr Russell was accepted as a member of the American Board of Radiologists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlepcri
A. Russell
Russell
Griff Russell
Bradbury
Africa
Italy
Lorain
St. Joseph Hospital
Chicago
American Board of Radwlos
Esther Gilmore
Cincinnati Bible School
Minnie Gillmore
Markle
Ind
R. C. Burton
Larry Nuil
H. J. Russell
S. Third Ave
Minersville
R. D
Val Reynolds
Megadore
Gerald Rupe
Patricia
Barberton
L. E. Reynolds
Val Edgar
Robert K. Scott
Lorado
W. Va
Delbert A. Russell
Ohio State University
Dan Farmer
Lynn
Blanche Carpenter
Dayton
David Farmer
Arthur Skinner
Harold Roush
Holzer Hospital
Reba Gosney
Columbus
Helen Patterson
Serling, O
J. W. Diddle
Henderson
W. H. Vaught
Sutc
Mersville
Robert Vaught
J. J. Lovell
Gallipolis
Wm.p. Cherrington
A. L. Rossiter
Detroit
Lloyd Cleveland
John and
Frank
Charleston
Frank T. Cady
Condition of Aged Woman in Critical State
Mrs Mary Radford aged mother of Mrs ZE D Hartin ger and Mrs Nora Scott is critically burned and in a more serious condition at Holzer Hospital with little hope of recovery. She was burned when her clothing ignited near an open grate. Her daughter Mrs Scott recently came from Texas to stay with her mother near Five Points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mary Radford
Ze.d. Hartinger
Nora Scott
Holzer Hospital
Colonel Wilfred Smith Returns From China Visit
Colonel Wilfred Smith recently back from China visits Athens where Mrs. Smith and their children joined holiday guests Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Ebersbach. Smith is set to receive discharge in February.
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Pomeroy
Wilfred Smith
China
Pomroy Mayor Reports A Very Quiet Week
Pomroy Mayor George Howell completed his first term and said the week was very quiet with arrests and trouble at a minimum. He added he hopes the old year does not go out like a lamb and come in like a lion.
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Pomeroy
George Howell
Meigs Schools To Resume Wednesday
Meigs County districts announce resumption of classes on Wednesday after influenza closures. Pomeroy High hosts pregame event with Pomeroy Purple Panthers versus Wellston Golden Rockets at 7 p.m. reserves, 8 p.m. varsity. Middleport PTA program Thursday features Hansel and Gretel operetta by younger students and The Greene Christmas by eighth graders.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomeroy High School
Pomeroy Purple Panthers
Wellston Golden Rockets
Middleport
Middleport High School
Hansel and Gretel
the Greene House
Former Meigs County Home Chief Dies
Funeral rites for Mrs. Anna Wood Goff were conducted at the Dyesville M P Church by Rev. Charles Bowen of Albany. Her late husband Pearl and her brother George G Wood were previously connected with the Meigs County Home where Mrs Goff served as superintendent and matron after his death. Interment followed at School Lot Cemetery.
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Dyesville
Anna Wood Goff
Dyesville M. P
Charles 3. Bowen
Albany
First Baptist Church
Carpenter
George G. Wood
Goff
Pearl
Meigs County
Mirs. Goff
Hold Holiday Party At Neutzling Home
POMEROY Christmas party for employes of the Aid for the Aged office was held at the home of Mrs. Ben TM Neutzling. The Yuletide decor and a turkey dinner opened the festivities. Guests included George Childs, Mrs. E Heiner, Mrs. James Clatworthy, Mrs. A Bingham, Mrs. Adria Sayre, Mrs. Gerald Wise, Jack Sharpnack, with Mrs. George Childs as a guest.
Pomona Grange meeting at Hemlock Grove Hall
Meigs County Pomona Grange will meet at Hemlock Grove Grange Hall in Hemlock on Friday evening January 4 at 8 30 p m Refreshments will be served and a program by the Pomona Grange Lecturer will be presented Also notes of local goodwill tell Harold Boggs received a Christmas telegram from his foster son Corporal Lionel Boggs stationed in Japan and Harold of the Middleport Department Store has returned after influenza illness
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Pomona Grange
Hemlock Grove Grange Hall
Hemlock Grove Grange
Middleport
BD. S&s
Harold
Cpl
Lionel Boggs
Japan
Christmas Social Notes in Middleport and Nearby Gatherings
Middleport hosts report the December WCTU meeting with 20 members and two guests, including Emma Waterman and Eva Simms. Also noted are Christmas parties hosted by Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Chase and a dinner for the Rupps, with a wide circle of relatives, travel, illness, and homecomings among local residents and friends in Columbus, Minersville, and Barberton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Lillian Leet
WCTU
Margarett Sauer
Lawrence Reed
Emma Waterman
Eva Simms
Miss Sauer
Arthur Lewis
Pearl Graves
Stieff
Pomeroy Social Notes Christmas Guild Gathering
Members of the Young Women's Guild of Federated Church enjoyed a Christmas dinner at the Mary Jane Coffee Shoppe Thursday evening. Afterward they visited Mrs. Roy Strickland’s home for social time with candies. Various local residents and guests are listed as attending or visiting during the holidays, including Lt. Don Miller and families. Mrs. Charles Radford has returned from Holzer Hospital after the birth of a daughter on December 22.
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GUILD
Young Women’s Guild of Federated Church
Mary Jane
Roy Strickland
F. ¥. Reed
Earl Witt
Cleveland
Ann Miller
Gallipolis
Edison Hobstetter
Don Miller
Washington, D. C
Harry Miller
Harrys Bowen
Hazel Bowen
Richard Neutzling
Sgt
Athens
Burma
India
Lincoln Hil
Theodore Reed
Agnes Reed
Akron
Max Sanborn
Sanborn
Hannah Dull
Albert Russell
Shirley Guinither
Columbus
Marguerite Meyer
Rirs
Lester Fauber
Ralph Poston
Logan
H. G. Waggoner
Darwin
Harrisonville
Clarice Waggoner
al Cuhna
Long Beach
Calif
Miss Swagner
Mr. Cuhna
Greets His Son At Christmas
Chief of Police and Mrs Walter Wolfe welcomed their son Pharmacists Mate Robert Wolfe home from two months service in the South Pacific. Chief Wolfe went to Columbus to meet him and Robert received an honorable discharge at Toledo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Walter Wolfe
Robert Wolfe
United States
South Pacific
Chief Wolfe
Columbus
Iis
Robert
Toledo
Mark Smith Rites Will Be Wednesday
Funeral services for Mark Wright Smith age 52 who died Sunday at his mother's home in Pomeroy will be held Wednesday at two in the afternoon at the Ewing Chapel with interment at Beech Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his mother a daughter Nellie Ellis of Toledo and four grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Mark Wright Smith
Ines Smith
Ewing Chapel
Beech Hill Cemetery
Ewing
Nellie Ellis
Toledo
Youth Held for Mason Grand Jury After Escape
Reginald Willis, who escaped from the Lakin boys' industrial school, was returned by Sheriff Hesson and Deputy Morrison from Kanawha County jail. He confessed to burglary at Point Pleasant Lumber Company, stealing hip boots, a raincoat, and money. Arraigned, he waived a hearing and was committed to Mason County jail awaiting the grand jury next week. Willis claimed age 16 though registration shows 18 and described harsh punishment at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Reginald Willis
Boys
Lakin
Wilks
Ma~son
Wills
Lakin School
Willis
Mason Goes Far Over In War Bond Sales
Mason County’s Victory Loan subscription climbed to over 650000 by Dec 28, surpassing the quota by more than 200000. Series E bonds reached 131007.50, about fifty percent of goal, as county officials expect final reports will swell totals. Chairman Walden F. Roush criticizes the E bond quota as a mistake given postwar unemployment and industry slowdown.
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Mason
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Federal Reserve Bank
Walden F.roush
Agen‘cies
Hunters Race For 1946 Hunt Licenses In County Clerk Rush
In Point Pleasant, about 100 people crowded the county clerk’s office to pay $2 for 1946 hunting licenses before the January 1 deadline. The rush was spurred by rabbit season ending January 5, said deputy clerk Mrs. G. Aten.
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Point Pleasant
Pt Pleasant Farm Women Clubs Meet This Week
Pt Pleasant district lists Anne Bailey Club Tuesday 2 30 Pioneer Tuesday 7 30 Hlahee Wednesday 1 30 Rhododendron Thursday 2 pm County agent Miss Virginia Parsons holiday at Parsons home and expected return by Wednesday.
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Foint Pleasant
Anne Bailey Club
Pioneer
Hlahee
Virginia Parsons
Lis
Shome
Parsons
W. Vi
Ordnance Works Shifts 305 Million in Property
Captain Vincent R. Huarte reports West Virginia Ordnance Works redistributed about 205 million dollars of excess non military property as of December 1 1945. Items include hospital and dormitory equipment, office furniture, and tools donated to schools and shipped to Army hospitals nationwide. RFC purchases via public sale follow after surplus declaration.
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Point Pleasant
Vincent R. Huarte
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Wer
War Department
Army General Hospitals
Crile General Hospital
Ashford General Hospital
Fletcher General Hospital
Continental United States
Army
West, Virginia Ordnance Works
RFC
Huarte
West ‘Virginia Ordnance Works
Reconnstruction Finance Corporation
Mason Tuberculosis Drive Passes Quota
Mason County Tuberculosis Association chair Charles Henry Stone Jr. announces the annual seal sale already surpassed the $340 county quota by a few dollars. About 300 people have not returned or paid for their seals, but additional remittances are arriving daily, signaling a very successful campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Henry Stone, Jr
Mason County Tuberculosis Association
Teachers Will Meet Wednesday Evening in Point Pleasant
January teachers gathering in North Point Pleasant Grade School starts at 7 30 pm Assistant Superintendent Manford Blessing announced The theme is social studies Group chairmen include Helen Bletner Yarl Randolph Esther Mae MacKnight and Leola Wolfe The principal’s group handles coordination Also noted Mrs Oral Eads and infant son David Allen to be discharged from Holzer Hospital to Jericho Road home.
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Point Pleasant
North Point Pleasant
Manford Blessing
Helen Bletner
Yarl Randolph
Esther Mae MacKnight
Ofth
Leola Wolfe
Hospital
Oral
Eads
David Allen
Jericho Road
Holzer Hospital
Christmas Guests and Social Roundup at Pt Pleasant
Pt Pleasant social notes report holiday guests at the C H Quillins including Mr and Mrs C R Reynolds of Akron Cpl and Mrs F W Quillin and son Franklin Jr Mr C R Pickrel of Columbus. Christmas dinner hosts and visiting relatives are noted with various travels and illnesses referenced. First New Year meeting of Christ Church Service Guild will be held at 2 30 pm Wednesday with Mrs J J Lovell presiding.
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Foint
C. H. Quillins
C. R Reynolds
Akron
F. W. Quillin
Franklin, Jr
C R Pickrel
Columbus
Letart
Reynolds
Quillin
Sarah Jane Johnson
Divernon, Jr
Christ Church Service Guild
J. J. Lovell
Hennosy Rites Will Be Held Wednesday
Mrs. Philip Hennosy Sr died Sunday night at the Mason Clinic after a long illness. Funeral services will be from St Josephs Catholic Church in Mason City at 10 oclock Wednesday morning with burial in the Catholic Cemetery there. Surviving are the husband two sons Philip Hennosy Jr of Point Pleasant and William Hennosy of Columbus two daughters Julia Hennosy at home and two stepchildren Mrs Elza Morgan and Clyde Hennosy of Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Philip Hennesy
Mason Clinic
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
Mason City
Philip Hennosy
William Hennosy
Columbus
Julia Hennosy
Elza Morgan
Clyde Hennosy
Charleston
Mason Public Offices Open or Closed for 1946 Advent
Mason observes Advent celebrations with public offices and many stores closed. Merchants use the day for uninterrupted invoicing as schools decide a December 21 to January 1 holiday. Attorneys prepare for the January circuit court term next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Circuit Court
Bridge Work Is Started By Railroad
Work on the new Baltimore and Ohio bridge is underway with slag dumped along the right of way between Route 35 and Pond Creek. A completed embankment will support rails for trains once about 1 250 cartloads are placed. The Crooked Creek bridge at Kingtown is deemed unsafe for heavy loads and is being reinforced after a broken brace was spotted, to prevent delays in steel delivery.
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Point Pleasant
Baltimore and Ohio
East Sixth St
Pond Creek
A. L. Neal
Old Town Creek
Crooked Creek
Kingtown
Darst
Mason clubs list weekly meetings in Point Pleasant
County 4 H agent announces Bright Star at Edna Durst home Tuesday 7 pm Hop To It at Janet Stanley Eileen Sommer leader Wednesday 1 30 pm Lana New Haven Corn Cobblers at New Haven School 7 pm Thursday Velma Roush leader The New Haven Corn Cobblers met Dec 27 at Lutheran Church in New Haven members built bird feeders and shared games and refreshments Miss Velma Roush leads the recently formed club Mrs Elise Fowler hosted Lucky Star and American Leader clubs with games instrumental and vocal music and refreshments
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lutheran
New Haven
Velma Roush
Elise Fowler
Lucky Star Club
American Leader Club
Charles Elliott Finds Billfold In Mud Sunday
Charles Eliott a Messenger carrier in First Ward found a billfold in mud on Third Street Sunday. It contained a social security card and papers indicating ownership by Charles T. Rice of Point Pleasant Route 2. The billfold was left at The Messenger office on Sixth Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Eliott
First Ward
Third St
Charles T. Rice
Sixth St
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Mrs. Russell
Howell
Meigs
Neutzling
Hemlock Grove
VOGUE
Pomeroy, Ohio
Middleport Social Notes
Clarence Chase
Rutland
Judson White
U. S. Navy
White
William Haptenstall
Clarence Rupp
Vera Russell
Austin Russell
Rupp
Afrs
Fred
Mirs. Vasez Churchill
Catherine Hennessy
C. M. Hennesy
M Churchill
Gordon Harris
Nicky
Hennesy's
Robert Harrises
Pomeroy Social Notes
Pomeroy Personals
Mark Smith
Charles Mulford
Robinson, Ark
Otto Mulford
Middleport Village
C. O. Fisher
Mason Grand Jury
Pt. Pleasant Farm Women Clubs
Ordnance Works
Mason Tuberculosis Drive
Mrs. Morgan
W. H. Morgen
Ernest Kincade
Laula Lewis
Reba Beale
Beale
Lewis
George
Mabel Love
George Sprenger
S. C. Wilhelm
Walter A. Windsor
E. EF. Heiner
Nora Somerville
H. H. Guthrie
William Meade
Morgan
Mason Public Offices
Colegroves
Middleport, Ohio
Quality Meats
Tokio
Tom Neal
Barbara Hale Keye Luke Mark Cramer
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Verybody
Jack Oakie
Peggy Ryan
Johnny Doy
Otte Kruger
Patrick, Che
Endvue Pomeroy Toysay Double Bill
Arkansas
Sumpterville
Dave O'Brien
Kay Aldridge
Charles Elliott
Loris Quinn Pullins
Ravenswood
Dahlia Faye Mate Tox
Leon
Homer H. Meredith
Marietta
Alfretta van Meter
Arthur William Danner
Ross County
Leota Weaver
Pearl Grover Nease
Tetart
Vada Ernetsine Weaver
Boca Gta Ear
Johnny wessMuKna
Sheffield
N.T.G
Barbara Hale
Florence Lake
Grady Sutton
Poste
Schall
Sid Bee
Rob
Brandin Joan Uitel
Eile Beyore
Shirley Temple
Kiss
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