Weekend traffic toll rises with injuries and a fatality
Four people were injured in a collision at Route 75 and Route 140 near Oak Hill when a car hit a guard rail and culvert. Driver Pearl L Parks, 66, was arrested for failing to yield. Charles Alfred Cain, 26, was not injured. Other injured include William Parks, Lillith Cain, and Katherine Elkins. A second crash on Route 35 near Jackson injured drivers Charles Howard Rywart, 45, and passengers Jeff Poff, Dolly Stewart, and Mrs Poff with head and knee injuries. Benny Mullins, 9, was struck while selling seeds on Eastern Ave. Edmund Arrington drove to help Mullins after the incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Hill
State Highway Patrol
Pearl L. Parks
Charles Alfred Cain
North Kenova
Ohio
William Gaines Parks
Lil
Rywart
Allen Creek
W. Va
Jackson
Jeff Poff
Charleston
Mrs. Poff
Dolly I. Stewart
South Charleston
Benny Mullins
Eastern Ave
Edmund Arrington
Cheshire
Arrington
Mullins
Lawrence Holliday
Bulaville Road
Docket of Court Cleared as Saddle Case Is Decided
In Mason County Circuit Court Judge Lewis H. Miller cleared the docket with a verdict for defendant William Hart in the saddle ownership dispute valued at 95 dollars between George Van Matre and Hart. Other actions included dismissals, continuances, and sentences for local defendants, plus a divorce and child support order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
Mason County
William Hart
George van Matre
E. H. Bissell
Dale Jiiden
E. S. McDaniel
Eugene Hay
Marysville
Ohio
Bluefield Supply Co
P. H. Vernon
Truckers Recognized For Safety At Point Pleasant Meeting
The Point Pleasant Transportation Co held its second annual safety meeting and dinner at the American Legion Hall. Fred Eberle of the State Department of Education spoke on safety and the progress of 50 years in transportation. Sixteen drivers received safe driving awards. two-year awards went to Delcie Willett, Fred Stone, Elmer Jones, Lowell Gothard, Walter Friend, Richard Dow and Kenneth Keener, while one-year awards went to W. H. Jones, Elmer Ohlinger, Critton Hundley, Joe Anderson, W. W. Jones, James L. Watterson, Merl Harshbarger, Eugene Harshbarger and Raymond Adkins. Cash awards went to Russell Hartleben and Mary Nell May for top monthly volume.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Transportation Co
American Legion Hall
Fred Eberle
State Department of Education
Department of Teachers’ Training
Charleston
Cliff Robinson
Market Service, Inc
Delcie Willett
Fred Stone
Elmer Jones
Lowell Gothard
Walter Friend
Richard Dow
Kenneth Keener
W. H. Jones
Elmer Ohlinger
Critton Hundley
Joe Anderson
W. W. Jones
James L. Watterson
Mer! Harshbarger
Eugene Harshbarger
Raymond Adkins
Russell Hartleben
Mary Nell May
Huntington
Columbus
Notice of probate action and stockholders meeting in Athens Ohio
Leta M Leachman of Parkersburg West Virginia is notified that Edith Meek surviving spouse of Lewis Meek deceased filed a petition in the Probate Court of Athens County Ohio seeking purchase of real estate in Rome Township Athens County Ohio. The notice also covers a stockholders meeting of The Athens County Savings and Loan Company in Athens Ohio on January 17 1950 at 1 30 PM to elect directors and conduct business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leta M. Leachman
Maple Street
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Edith Meek
Lewis Meek
Athens County
Ohio
Rome Township
Federal Creek
Pd Eli Brooks
Joseph Shirley
Pee Eney
C. C. Meek
Columbus and Southern Cue Electric Company
Athens County Savings and Loan Company
Athens
Householder
Additional Poems Published by High School Students
Editor notes poems by high school students that won national recognition. Poems include They Call It Charm by Anne Marie Harrison, Winter in the Air by Bonna Jean Lee, Christmas Gifts by Mary Frances Prunty, Last Rose of Summer by Mary Jo Carrick, and My Country I Love by Mary Maynard. published in the Messenger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunday
Anne Marie Harrison
Bonna Jean Lee
Mary Frances Prunty
Mary Jo Carrick
Egypt
United States
Mary Maynard
Prisoner Dies in Mason County Jail Blamed on Heart Ailment
William Greer, 50, was found dead in the lower cell block of Mason County Jail. Coroner Edna Gettles ruled out foul play and attributed death to an acute heart condition. Sheriff Morrison said Greer had been jailed Saturday night for intoxication and showed no prior illness. Prisoners reported he became ill during the night and collapsed in the corridor around dawn. Time of death is estimated between 6 and 7 am. The body was taken to Franklin funeral home pending relatives from Columbus, Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Greer
Mason County
Edna A. Gettles
F. A. Morrison
Greer
Here
D. M. Harshbarger
Franklin Funeral Home
Columbus
Ohio
Central PTA Meeting Highlighted by Ruth Hunter Program
Pt Pleasant notes report the Central PTA meeting on Tuesday at 7 30 pm with Ruth Hunter a teacher and her fourth grade pupils leading the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
PTA
Ruth Hunter
Mountain Climbers 4-H Club Meeting Notice
The Mountain Climbers 4 H Club will meet at Beale School on Wednesday at 7 30 p m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mountain Climbers 4-H
Beale School
Mrs Eupice Beller Hosts Ruth Bible Class Event
Mrs Eupice Beller will host the Ruth Bible Class of Trinity Methodist Church on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eupice Beller
Ruth
Trinity Methodist Church
Mason County Land Transfers In Waggener and Arbuckle Districts
Gora C and Lena Noble transfer to Edward A and Gudrun E Schaekel in Waggener District. C D and Mary L Kessinger convey 10 acres with half an acre reserved in Clendenin District. Emma H Burnside sells Lot 25 Country Club Addition in Lewis District to Fred P Schroeder. Franklin Real Estate Co transfers a lot with mineral rights reserved to Jack W and Glenna M Frey in Graham District. John A and Millie Blain convey 48.9 acres with right of way in Arbuckle District to Kerr Blain. John A and Millie Blain to R O Blain 220 acres in Arbuckle. Blain to Ruth Mohr 47.8 acres with right of way reserved plus 1.3 acres in Arbuckle. Blain total 266 acres in Arbuckle. Blain to Dorothy Manley Kerr Blain R O Blain Hester Lee Stella V Mohr and Ruth Mohr two and one fourth acres in Waggener District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gora C
Lena Noble
Edward A
Gudrun E. Schaekel
Waggener
C. D
Mary L. Kessinger
Bernard F. Kesinger
Clendenin
Emma H. Burnside
Fred P. Schroeder
Country Club
Lewis
Franklin Real Estate Co
Jack W
Glenna M. Frey
Graham
John A
Millie Blain
Kerr Blain
Arbuckle
R. O. Blain
Ruth Mohr
Dorothy Manley
Hester Lee
Stella V. Mohr
Two
Waggener District
Five Men Arraigned Over Weekend In Point Pleasant
Police court bonds and fines were assessed on five men weekend. Joe Anderson of Ripley posted 20 dollars and costs for intoxication. Delmar Gardner of Point Pleasant faced intoxication and fighting charges with bond set. Lewis L. Sturgeon near Pliny posted 10 dollars and costs for fighting. Two Letart men were fined 10 dollars and costs for intoxication. William Jordan and John Franklin Weigand were arrested at an inn near Letart. James S. Finley of Pliny faced a withdrawn intoxication charge with bond of 25 dollars returned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Joe Anderson
Ripley
Delmar Gardner
Lewis L. Sturgeon
Pliny
Letart
D. G. Wilfong
R. C. Dilley
William Jordan
John Franklin Weigand
James S. Finley
Lakin Players Stage Comedy at State Hospital
Lakin State Hospital recreation hall hosted a three act comedy The Wrong Professor by the Lakin Players. Cast all Lakin employees included Dorothy Megginson James Evans Hattie Toler Hazel Steele Earnestine Walker Kathryn Gainer Leon Davenport Fletcher Brooks James Hall William Jackson Dr James Bell and Margaret Taylor with production staff F E Winston Natalie Jackson Ann Brown Earl C Rickman Mae Ligon Geneva Webster and Charlotte Campbell. Plans hint at future performances in Portsmouth Ohio Huntington and Welch West Virginia with a Wahama return requested and a West Virginia State College dance recital tentatively set at Lakin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
LAKIN
Lakin Players
Lakin State Hospital Recreation Hall
Point Pleasant
Wahama High School
Recreation Club
Portsmouth
Ohio
Huntington
Welch
W. Va
Wahama
West Virginia State College
Dorothy Megginson
James M. Evans
Hattie M. Toler
Hazel H. Steele
Earnestine Walker
Kathryn Gainer
Leon Davenport
State Experiment
Power Outage Near Point Pleasant Hits 30 Miles
Power service in the Point Pleasant area paused about 30 minutes Sunday morning for substation maintenance. John V. Mann of Appalachian Electric Power Co. said repairs affected roughly 30 miles surrounding Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John V. Mann
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Mann
Malay Officer Kills Rampaging Elephant
A Malay District Officer in Kedah State killed a rogue elephant known as the biggest tusker with a stumpy tail. The animal had eluded many hunters and terrorized villagers, destroying over a thousand coconut trees and sugar cane crops and pulling down several huts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Penang
Kedah
Freezing Rain On Bridge Halts Traffic
Freezing rain froze Shadle Bridge in Point Pleasant causing one accident and a half hour of traffic delay. A truck and trailer slid crossways on the Henderson approach around 8 30 a m. A pedestrian slipped on the ice but was not injured. The truck remained undamaged and moved on as conditions thawed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Shadle Bridge
Acre
Russell Ott
Henderson
Nott
Relatives of Sheriff Leave for Charleston
Mrs. Laura Ehman and Mrs. Carrie Ehman, mother and sister in law of Sheriff George Ehman, left for Charleston home Sunday after several weeks in Gallipolis. Mr. and Mrs. Albert Ehman and Mrs. George Ehman took them home and returned to Gallipolis Sunday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Laura Ehman
Carrie Ehman
George Ehman
Charleston
Albert Ehman
Holzer Hospital Notes Admissions and Discharges
Hospital notes list admissions on January 13 to January 15 for patients including Harry D. Childers Gallipolis and Kathie M. Buckland Mason with multiple others. Discharges on January 15 include Robert White and several named patients and accompanying family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry D. Childers
Gallipolis
D. C. Zimmerman
Andrew Long
Coalton
Herbert Manley
Wellston
Albert Kuhn
Oak Hill
James Caldwell
Crown City
Robert Leasure
Elmer Sayre
Henderson
Clyde Burnette
Kananga
Kathie M. Buckland
Mason
Robert Dale White
Northup
David Delbert Roush
Bidwell
Ella Clayton
Willa Mae Anderson
Charleston
Alvin Russell
Vinton
Asa Russell
Columbus
Lynas Harrison
Robert White
Mary Karr
Frank Allen
Lester Rayburn
Arthur Henson
Charles Jenkins, Jr
Donald Gardner
Wilbur Wines
Edward Pratt
Mitchell Stewart
Geneva Barcus
Charles Keller
Wade Dudding
Clyde D. Burnett
Zita Ann Nieri
William Trapp
Neil Conners
William Vaught
Joe B. Melton
Henry Doss
Forest Group Honors Holzer for Conservation Efforts
Dr. Charles E. Holzer Sr. received an honorary life-time vice presidency from the Ohio Forestry Association on Friday night. Prof. Paul Sears of Oberlin College also was honored. Holzer pioneered conservation in southern Ohio and helped found the Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress, linking flood control with soil conservation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer
Ohio Forestry Association
Paul Sears
Oberlin College
Doctor Holzer
Ohio
Ohio Valley Conservation and Flood Control Congress
Oak Hill Man Fined Sentenced to Jail
Oak Hill Route 3 resident Oral Martin, 26, arrested on a driving while intoxicated charge, fined $50 and costs, five days in jail, and six months license suspension by Judge William H. Jones. Harry C. Meadows, 53, of Dyer Ohio, fined $100 and costs by Mayor Floyd Holberg for DWI. Robert E. Johnson, Bladen Route 1, fined $5 and costs by Judge Janes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Oral Martin
Oak Hill
William H. Jones
Harry C. Meadows
Dyer
Ohio
Floyd Holberg
Wellston
Robert E. Johnson
Bladen
Janes
Broken Door Injures Tavern Operator in Cheshire
Mrs Corabell Russell operator of the Merry Go Round tavern Cheshire had several stitches taken in a hand Saturday night Sheriff George Ehman reports. She was ousting a patron and cut her hand on a glass protruding from a door broken previously. Mrs Russell was treated at Meigs General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Corabell Russell
Cheshire
George Ehman
Russell
Meigs General Hospital
River Traffic at Gallipolis Locks and District Vessels
River traffic reports list boats passing through the Gallipolis locks with times for Ran kin Bruce Wood Lehigh and Kanawha River movements including Advance Shirley and several other vessels. The district records arrivals and departures with vessel names and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rankin
Bruce
Wood
Lehigh
Kanawha River
Winfield
Shirley
Peace
Creighton
Patriot
Price
Kenna
Titan
Sohio State
Jones
Rand
Indiana
Cornell
Brother Improves in New York Home Return
Mrs. Sidney A. Stewart of Kananga reports Clark Wethee's condition improved enough for his return to Erin New York from Arnot Ogden hospital Elmira New York. A minor accident involving Billy Saunders 24 of Lower River road and James Miller 22 of Waterloo was reported by police Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Sidney A. Stewart
Kananga
Clark Wethee
Erin
N. Y
Wethee
Arnot
Ogden Hospital
Elmira
Billy Saunders
Lower River Road
James Miller
Waterloo
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Clarence Cheesbrew
Holzer Hospital
Karen Louise
Cheesesbrew
France
Spain
Grecian Isles
Italy
India
Pepsi
America
Pepsi-Cola Bottling CO
Pepsi-Cola Company
New York
Clifton
Harry Goodnute
Rod Earich
Ohio University
Earich
Goodnite
Donald William Gardner
Gallipolis Ferry
Holzer
Athens, Ohio
American Woolen Mills
Ramer
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