College Dean Speaks at Mason County Farm Bureau Meeting
The Mason County Farm Bureau held its annual membership gathering at the Junior High School gym and Heights EUB Church basement with W E Kirk re-elected president and L Lus tin as vice president. Dr Howard Van Landingham, West Virginia University agriculture dean, urged higher food production and discussed grassland farming and nutritional studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Farm Bureau
Heights Eub
W. E. Kirk
L. Lustin
Gerald Rood
Russell Oshel
Farm Bureau
Donnie Rayburn
Walter Johnson
F Irmers
The
Heights Eub Church
Mason County
C. P. Stout
F. H. Capehart
EUB
Howard van Landingham
College of Agriculture
Agriculture Experiment Station
West Virginia University
van Landingham
Three Hurt In Accidents On Highways
Three people were injured in weekend accidents on state highways. Richard Dow of Middleport suffered multiple injuries after his car left the road, struck a guard rail and overturned. Cedric Lewis of Oak Hill skidded on ice and rolled into a ditch near Route 35. Passenger William Myers of Columbus broke his left arm. Police also cited Joseph Wititoe of Wellston for driving while intoxicated and fined others for speeding and a defective muffler.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Richard Dow
Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Addision
Cedric L. Lewis
Oak Hill
Lewis
William N. Myers
Columbus
Joseph F. Wititoe
Wellston
Jackson
Earl Calvin Billup
Dayton
Kenneth W. Hyseil
Pomeroy
John Gillilan
Chester
Three Prisoners Taken To West Virginia Pen
Three prisoners were moved from the local jail to Moundsville State Penitentiary over the weekend. The inmates are Ray Bays Clarence Roosevelt Smith and Richard Taylor Van Matre. Smith and Van Matre received sentences ranging one to ten years. Bays is a probation violator.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
D. G. Wilfong
Toral Morrison
Moundsville State Penitentiary
Ray Bays
Clarence Roosevelt Smith
Richard Taylor van Matre
Smith
van Matre
Bays
Driver Held Innocent By Jury
In Point Pleasant the circuit court found Gus Fielder not guilty of driving while intoxicated after his arrest near a Hickory Chapel church supper. Defense says Fielder was intoxicated but not driving at the time. Jury members and other cases were listed. Judge Miller scheduled Walter Uell Fletcher for Jan 9 and issued capiases for Mont Gardner and William Patterson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gus Fielder
Fielder
Hickory Chapel
Samuel D. Littlepage
Petit Jury
Walter O. Rice
Frank Beard
Paul Henderson
Erva Conrad
Carl Frances
Robert C. Roush
C. E. Dowell
Dan P. Sayre
Frederick Casto
Olan Wolfe
Scott McDaniel
George Bennett
Lewis H. Miller
Walter Uell Fletcher
Freemont Gardner
William H. Patterson
Armstrong Rites Planned in Gallia County Obituary
Floyd Thomas Armstrong 41 died Saturday night in St. Francis Hospital Columbus. Services at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Claude Miller funeral home with burial in Pine Street Cemetery. Survived by wife Eleanor Wallace, daughter Marjorie Eleanor, son Joseph Lewis, and several siblings.
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Gallipolis
Floyd Thomas Armstrong
St. Francis Hospital
Columbus
Buck Ridge
Gallia County
George Armstrong
Nancy Washington Armstrong
Fifth Ave
George Bowes
Akron
Thurman
Newark
Ohio
Georgianna Reed
John Lewis
Otto Ennis
Eleanor Wallace
Marjorie Eleanor
Joseph Lewis
Claude Miller
D. L. Latham
Pine St
Mrs Thaxton Dies Aged 93 in Gallipolis
Mary Ann Thaxton 93 died at a son's home 10 Pint Street after marrying Robert S. Thaxton in 1876. Born October 26 1857 in Kanawha County West Virginia she moved to Gallipolis at 18 and left surviving relatives including grandchildren Sally Judy and Mary George plus John in Phoenix. Services at Campaign Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 p.m. with burial in the church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Mary Ann Thaxton
Virgil
Pint St
Kanawha County
W. Va
James H. Thaxton
Julia Ann Layne
Robert S. Thaxton
Thaxton
Louise Morgan
Charleston
Robert Thaxton
Holzer Hospital
Glen
Sally
Judy
Vinton
Clarence
Mary) George
Vernon
Kent
Ohio
John
Phoenix
Ariz
Thaxton School
Campaign Baptist Church
L. A. Donnally
Past Grands Club Meet Hosted by Mrs Lettie Jennings
The Past Noble Grands Club of Or pah Rebekah Lodge 210 will meet at 7:30 p.m. with Mrs Lettie Jennings of Fourth Street as hostess. Also the Anna M. Burt Mission Circle of Main Street Baptist Church will gather Tuesday at 2 p.m. in the church with Mrs Ervin Dement presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lettie Jennings
Noble Grands Club
Orpah Rebekah Lodge
Anna M. Burt
Main Street Baptist Church
Ervin Dement
Orpah Rebekah Lodge Meeting Date Set
Orpah Rebekah Lodge will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the lodge hall with members urged to attend the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orpah Rebekah Lodge
Sewing Circle Hosts Housemeeting at Heights Church
Mrs. Marcus McPaniel of Belle Meade hosted the Friendship Sewing Circle of the Heights EUB Church Friday night. Officers and committees were named for Sick and Flower, Entertainment, Plan-a-Work Day, and Publicity, with refreshments served to multiple members including Mrs. Elmer Ebersbach, Mrs. T. L. Morrison, and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marcus McPaniel
Bellemeade
Friendship Sewing Circle of the Heights Eub
T. L. Morrison
Elmer Ebersbach
Freda Rodgers
Odus Smith
Hale Blessing
Mac Sayre
T. F. Yost
Roy Blessing
Joseph Jewell
Harry Godfrey
Ernest Warner
Wyatt Biffle
Samuel Beller
Beverly
Thomas Jewell
R. W. Sayre
Mary Bryant
Georg Tillis
F. H. Capehart
City Police Report Three Weekend Arrests
City police arrested three men over the weekend. Franklin W. Bush and Charles Alexander jailed on intoxication charges, Junior Gardner on loitering. Bush and Gardner released on bond to the mayor. Alexander ordered out of town by Mayor John Clay Hutchinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Franklin W. Bush
Charles Alexander
Junior Gardner
Bush
Gardner
Alexander
John Clay Hutchinson
River traffic report from Gal lipolis and Kanawha district
Boats reported at Gal lipolis locks and Kanawha River stations with multiple vessels listed by name and times. Water levels show rollers out of the water, upper gauge 20.6 feet, lower 36.5 feet and Kanawha Falls 3.59 feet, with Point Pleasant at 31.93.
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Gallipolis
Manitou
Alice-George G
Kanawha
Semet
London
Leila
Winfield
Louisiana
Cornell
Ayres
Stevenson
Titan
Jones
Cook
Sullivan
Craig
Winnie Mae
Point Pleasant
Kanawha Falls
It's Scotland for Elopers Gretna Green Attracts Freeland
A historical note lists numerous residents and relatives from Gallipolis and nearby towns with many names and places. The piece ends by stating Gretna Green in Scotland as a favored elopement haven for Freeland couples.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretna Green
Scotland
Freeland
Two Men Arrested in Gallia County Home Looting
Sheriff reports two men were surprised looting a vacant but fully furnished home of Albert E. Miller near Gailia. Willard Lester McCoy, 30, Oak Hill, was arrested on three break in charges after the license of a roadside car tied him to the scene. Loot recovered included radios, clocks, blankets, clothing, and fruit jars. a mattocu was missing from the smoke house. The home has been unoccupied since Mrs. Miller'sdeath last August. Investigators seek two remaining suspects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Ehman
Carl Allen
Gordon Fisher
Willard Lester McCoy
Oak Hill
Albert E. Miller
Gailia
Hayden Miller
Holzer Hospital Receives ACS Reapproval
GALLIPOLIS The American College of Surgeons has again approved Holzer Hospital, continuing the line since 1926. Holzer, with 75 beds and 12 bassinets, is among 290 hospitals in the U S Canada and other countries meeting standards out of 6227 in this country. The program dates to 1918 with the goal of patient first care, requiring a competent ethical medical staff, regular staff conferences, complete patient reports, no fee splitting, and adequate diagnostic facilities including a lab and X ray.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
American College of Surgeons
Holzer Hospital
Holzer
United States
Canada
Sue
Bes
Civil Defense Meet Slated for Tuesday
Major Ed gar Scites, Charleston, will speak Tuesday at 7 30 p m on civilian defense to county group members and all interested persons. The meeting is set for the court house with Sheriff F A Morrison inviting attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Edgar Scites
Charleston
F. A. Morrison
Fine levied in Point Pleasant assault case
Justice of the Peace S. A. Simmons fined Archie Austin ten dollars and costs after a guilty plea to assault and battery. Charges against Oden Austin were dropped on the prosecutor's advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Justice of the Peace
S. A. Simmons
Archie Austin
Oden Austin
Deputy Returns Circleville Fugitive on Check Charge
Deputy Gordon Fisher brought Carey Wilson from Circleville on Monday. Wilson was held for local authorities. Sheriff George Ehman said Wilson is wanted on a check charge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gordon Fisher
Carey Wilson
Circleville
Wilson
George Ehman
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