Legion Will Sponsor Program in Gallia County Memorial
American Legion Ohio Director Harvey Cheney will be the principal speaker at memorial services for Gallia County World War I dead, held February 17 in Washington School auditorium. The program includes music, invocations, eulogies, solos, and the pledge, with 60 of 75 veteran families invited by Lafayette Post.
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Gallipolis
American Legion
Ohio Department
Harvey Cheney
Lafayette Post
Washington
Gallia County
Elmer E. Caldwell
Caldwell
Gallia Academy
Carlos
D. Bradley
Jim Danner
Advancement of the Colors
Color Guard
O. G. Lyte
Harris Doepping
W. Scot
Westerman
L. G. Marchi
Star and Stripes
Iwo Jima
Katie Brumfield
William H. Jones
Otis Drummond
H. B. Ecker
Frank J. Lyons
Solo
Invictus
Carlos Bradley
J. L. Richards
Creighton Ghrist
Harold Drummond
O. G. Lyle
J. Edward Hakes- Caldwell
Marchi
Will Discloses Wife, Children Share Estate
Widow and five children are equal beneficiaries in the estate of the late Dr A G Arnett. Will admitted to record in county clerk's office. Notice also lists appointment of Oscar Andrews of New Marshfield as administrator of Jerome A Mace estate with four month creditor claims period.
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Francis D. White
Gallia County Red Cross Drive Announced
Gallia County Red Cross annual drive chairman Clyde Mitchell announced Elmer E Caldwell as Gallipolis city chairman and Rev F W Glenister as township chairman. The county quota of 6500, half of 1945 apportionment, will run March 1 to 15. The war is never over for the Red Cross, he said, with a county slogan, and a workers meeting was planned to finish arrival plans.
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Gallipolis
Clyde T. Mitchell
Gallia County
Red Cross
Elmer’ £. Caldwell
F. W. Glenister
Mitchell
Wedded in Gallipolis Saturday
Miss Charlotte Cornwell and William V. Brown wed in Grace Methodist Church Gallipolis with a church ceremony at 10 30 am The couple planned to honeymoon in St Louis and settle in Clinton Ky Brown discharged from the Coast Guard and a local Chamber of Commerce secretary Cornwell's sister Mrs O'Brien and Judy Haskins served as attendants The celebration followed with a wedding breakfast at the Lafayette Hotel and a spinster dinner for the bride's sister prior to the ceremony
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Gallipolis
Charlotte Cornwell
William V. Brown
Grace Methodist Church
J. Scott Westerman
Harold Campbell
James O'Brien
Frank Haskins
Marvin Cornwell
James O’brien
Judy Haskins
Walter J. Neary
Lawrenceburg
Ind
Brown
Lafayette Hotel
Waller Brown
Columbus
Joan Rodgers
Frankfort
Mrs. O'Brien
Mr. Brown
Presbyterian Women Hold Monthly Dinner Meeting in Gallipolis
The Presbyterian Women's Association held its regular din ner meeting Friday night with sixty five members in attendance. Mrs Ned Eachus Circle prepared the dinner under chairwoman Mrs Harry Lupton. Albert Merriman fresh from overseas service gave a piano program and Mrs Frank E Wetherholt discussed the missionary work African Logs detailing daily life in the country.
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Presbyterian Women's Association
Ned Eachus
Harry Lupton
Albert Merriman
Frank E. Wetherholt
Burnett Named to County Election Board
Gallipolis Mark D. Burnett of Walnut Township won appointment to the county election board after a third ballot majority by the Republican County Executive Committee. He succeeds Heber Boster of Green Township as party unity sought to prevent further primary candidate endorsements and avoid central committee fights. The meeting in Probate Judge Howell’s office was led by Judge Lewis C. Warden with several local officials in attendance. Leonard W. Lee of Henderson pleaded guilty to intoxication and paid fines after arraignment by a local magistrate with state police Sgt. Paul F. Thomas noting the arrest.
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Gallipolis
Mark D. Burnett
Walnut Township
Republican County Executive Committee
Heber Boster
Green Township
Boster
L. J. Reynolds
Cheshire
Burnett
Howell
Lewis C. Warden
Robert M. Betz
Robert M. Betz, Judge Howell
Joel D. Miller
Stanley Huntington
Henry McClung
Point Pleasant
Leonard W. Lee
Henderson
Paul F. Thomas
State Police
Amesville social notes highlight showers and meetings
Amesville community notes list a church bridal shower for Mr. and Mrs. Joe Walton on Feb. 2 at the bride’s grandfather Lewis Morris’s home, a PTA meeting with film and pot luck on Feb. 19, and a Young People’s Group worship service Feb. 3. Teachers Raymond Wiley and Grace Manigold fill vacancies. many residents travel or reunite with family, including Allen Jago’s return from overseas and Allen’s discharge anticipated in February.
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Amesville
Esther
Methodist Church
James Mescher
Joe Walton
Lewis Morris
Wallan
Edyth Mescher
Parent-Teachers Association
Julia White
The
Jean McAfee
Bliss Nellie Wooley
Carol Gardner
Raymond Wiley
Athens
Ames-Bern High School
Jessie Lortz
Eva Benedum
Grace Manigold
Albert White
Veral
Margarie
Robert White
Helen Brill
Columbus
Nathan Lochary
Arthur Jago
Allen
United States
Maxine Johnson
Lydia Mae
Phyllis Jester
Fred Wilson
Emma la Pre
Stewart, Fla
W. L. Heston
Florida
Fred Barrett
Parkersburg
Max Keirns
J. F. Linscott
Paul
Merchant Marine
Edwin LaVelle
Alaska
George Fleming
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Lawrence Quinns
Ernest
Birchfield
Linda
Ralph Bennett
Ralph Watt
Heron
Fannie Matteson
Laurine Mesecher
Readings Club Hosts Evening on Religions in China
Mrs Cary Howard Playburn hosted the Reading Club on Viand Street with Mrs Garrett Green presiding. New members Mrs A Fay Wilson and Mrs C L Head were welcomed as the group discussed Religions in China based on China in the Sun by Randall Fould. Rayburn was assisted by Mrs Paul Robertson in serving refreshments to club members and guests. Mr and Mrs Raymond Spear were honored at Trinity A Methodist Church for a dinner ahead of their move to Weirton to take new employment.
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Point Pleasant
Cary Howard Playburn
Viand St
Garrett Green
A. Fay Wilson
C. L. Head
China
George B. Sheng
Randall Fould
Rayburn
Paul Robertson
Washington, D. C
Skene
Green
Sanford Rhoades
Emma Burnside
Mae Rhoades
Eugene Starrett
C. S. Anders
Mandellen Skene
Bessie Johnson
Raymond Spear
Trinity
Weirton
Carbondale Personal And Social Notes
Carbondale social notes report visits and moves of local residents. Ogan visited sister Dora Lowry. Week-end visitors to George Barber included Mildred Barber, Janet, Charlotte and Carolin Barber, and Kimberly. Grover Davis moved his family from Kimberly to Hocking. Dodds family moved into Francis Stump house. Anna McDaniel and daughter visited Worth Cox and Ben Gabriel. Funeral services for Raymond Lightfritz held at the Methodist Church drew large attendance. Athens Greece faces newsprint shortage prompting tabloid size from Monday.
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Carbondale
Winfield Ogan
Powhatan
Dora Lowry
George Barber
Mildred Barber
Howard Cly
Columbus
Janet
Charlotte
Carolin Barber
Kimberly
Grover Davis
Hocking
Harry Dodds
Francis Stump
Anna McDaniel
Worth Cox
Ben Gabriel
Methodist Church
Raymond
Lightfritz
Kanawha Dairy Buys Bruestle Property
Kanawha Dairy acquired the Bruestle property on Fifth Street between the dairy plant and the Ohio River. Sellers Frank and Carl Bruestle, local meat dealers, conveyed a 123 foot deep lot with a six room dwelling. The dairy plans a boiler house cream receiving station and truck parking on the remaining area. The Rothgebs own Kanawha Dairy and have extensive interests in Gallipolis Middleport and Peimeroy while also operating an ice cream factory and holding works in Middleport and distributing to nearby Ohio towns.
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Point Pleasant
Kanawha Dairy
Bruestle
Fifth St
Ohio River
Frank
Carl Bruestle
D. W. Rothgeb
Gallipolis
Middleport
Peimeroy
Ohio
Services Today for Mrs. Mary Harmon
Mrs. Mary Jane Harmon eighty died Saturday at her son Charles Harmon’s Lincoln Avenue home after a five year illness. Funeral services were held at the Church of Christ in Christian Union led by Rev. P. J. Keefer, with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. She was the daughter of James Leport and Mahala Leport of Mason County. Her husband Henry died in 1927. Surviving are three sons Charles M. Harmon Lawrence and Douglas Harmon, two brothers James Leport and Moses Leport, eight grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.
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Point Pleasant
Mary Jane Harmon
Charles M. Harmon
Lincoln Ave
Arnett
Church of Christ In Christian Union
P. J. Keefer
Lone Oak
Lawrence
Douglas Harmon
James Leport
Henderson
Moses Leport
Mrs Henrietta Garland Dies at Kanauga
Mrs Henrietta Garland 88 died Friday in Kanauga at her daughter Mrs A W Pullins home. She survived by son John W Eckard of Columbus a sister Mrs Jennie Teksbury Route 2 and a brother C L V Jackson of Leon. She was a Mason County native.
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Point Pleasant
Henrietta Garland
Kanauga
A. W. Pullins
John W. Eckard
Columbus
Jennie Teksbury
Route 2
C. L. V. Jackson
Leon
Mason County
Fifteen Day Furlough For Pvt Norman L McBraver
Has word that Pvt Norman L McBraver left Fort Lewis Washington last Saturday for a 13 day furlough at home before sailing to Japan. He is the grandson of Mr and Mrs H Nida of The Plains Ohio and plans to spend part of his leave with them. FILE COURT ACTION. POINT PLEASANT A suit to enforce a judgment entered by an out of state court was brought in circuit court Saturday by F S Hughes assignee versus Oran Hughes.
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Point Pleasant
Mary McBraver
Eighth St
Norman L. McBraver
Fort Lewis
Wash
Japan
Pvt. McBraver
H. Nida
the Plains
F. Ss. Hughes
Oran Hughes
Coast Guardsman Struck By Car in Point Pleasant
Coast Guard Repair Unit Fireman Wallace Lynn Hamilton suffered a dislocated left shoulder and multiple bruises when struck by an automobile Saturday evening on Viand Street in Point Pleasant. Levi Casto of Sand Hill Road was the other driver. Sgt. Paul F. Thomas investigated. Hamilton, who arrived in November and married Betty Jo Miller, was moved to his sister-in-law’s home after treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Wallace Lynn Hamilton
Coast Guard
Lock Eleven
Viand St
Levi Casto
Sand Hill Road
Paul F. Thomas
Hamilton
Betty Jo Miller
David Frazier
WN. Park Drive
Salcon
Pleasant Personal News From Pt Pleasant
Dr and Mrs J R Schirmer return home after visiting relatives in Oklahoma. Clifford Stalnaker joins wife Peggy Sheline and daughter Enolia Lee after wartime service in Europe. He aims to finish civil engineering studies. Miss Mary Edith Bush visits Rev and Mrs Billups. Pvt Homer Martin Jr of the Signal Corps spent the weekend with his parents in Pt Pleasant. Attorney Robert L Hogg of Chicago visits his mother at Holzer Hospital. Mrs Hoge ill with shingles. Mrs Mac Rhoades to Indiana for a month with relatives. Mrs A A Mayes and Mrs A C Nebbergal visit sister Mrs W C Bowie in St Albans. Capt G C Hite of the local rod and gun club and others attend Sportsmen League meeting in Charleston.
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J. R. Schirmer
Oklahoma
Clifford Stalnaker
Peggy Sheline
Enolia Lee
Europe
Engineer Corps
Mary Edith Bush
Huntington
C. G. Billups
Baptist Parsonage
Homer Martin, Jr
Signal Corps
Warrenton
Homer Martin
Robert L. Hogg
Chicago
Holzer Hospital
Hoge
Mac Rhoades
Indiana
A. A. Mayes
A. C. Nebberga
W. C. Bowie
St. Albans
G. C. Hite
Rod and Gun Club
C. W. van Maire
Ray Greenler
Sportsman's League of
West Virginia
Charleston
Truck Driver Held After Collision With Train
William Cartwright of West Columbia was arrested Sunday by Sgt. Paul F. Thomas and Troopers for likely driving while intoxicated after backing a company truck onto the Baltimore and Ohio right of way in West Columbia. A passenger train from Kenova to Pittsburgh struck the tailgate, breaking two or more windows of a coach and dislodging a hand rail. railroad officials asked the state police to investigate.
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Point Pleasant
William Cartwright
West Columbia
Paul F.thomas
Harry D. Coyner
C. A. Hehle
Cartwright
West Virginia Coal and Transportation Company
Baltimore and Ohio
Kenova
Pittsburgh
Set
Paul F. Thomas
State Police
Sheriff Arrests Two Over Week End
Sheriff Ernest Hesson and Deputy Toral Morrison arrested Bernard Snodgrass on a non support warrant based on a complaint by his wife Mrs Artie Snodgrass. They also arrested Roy Mullins of Charleston Road on a warrant charging destruction of property belonging to V W Turner.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Toral Morrison
Bernard Snodgrass
Artie Snodgrass
Roy Mullins
Charleston Road
V. W. Turner
Six Persons Held On Intoxication Charges in Point Pleasant
Six individuals were arrested Saturday night for intoxication, the largest such group in a recent weekend. Chief Hoyt Jiiden and Patrolman Yost detained Shelly Harry William Plants and Dorothy Neville, while Patrolmen Yeager and Yost arrested Margaret Neal and Arnold Bush, and Sheriff Ernest Hesson with Deputy Morrison took Wilbur Jenkins into custody.
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Point Pleasant
Hoyt Jiiden
Yost
Shelly Harry William Plants
Dorothy Neville
Yeager
Margaret Neal
Arnold Bush
Ernest Hesson
Morrison
Wilbur Jenkins
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Legion
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
Charles McDaniels
Sams Sadie
John W. Bolin
Gilbert Bond
Roam MG
Perkins Hall
Harvard University
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Jell
Helen Bond
Court of Common Pleas
Oeattr
Helen Bord
Woolley
Rowland
Elmer OQ. Pettit
Blanche Pettit
Clement
Wright
Mary A
John W. Bowers
John Bowers
Bowers
Martha Bowers
Wilson
Ilgon
Leroy W. Iso
Leroy Wased
Joulsa A. Tauss
Leroy W. Taussig
United States of America
United Sta District Court
Mell G. Underwood
United States District Court For
Southern District of Ohio
Federal Building
United, States OF America
Byron, Harlan
Southern District of
Gallia County Red Cross Drive
Gallipolis Social Notes
County Election Board
Clinion P. Anderson
Harry Hennessey
Armour & Company
Kansas City, Kan
Amesville Social Notes
Greece
Berry Hotel
Bidg
Seind
RE. McCammon
Mary Harmon
Wallace Hamilton
Virginia Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church
Charles Frizzell McGee
Clifton Forge
Uva
Aah
Etro
National Brands Sales Corp
Regular Army
Army
Nscome
Tse
U.S. Army
Guardian OF Victory
Civil Service Room
P. O. Bidg
Athens, Ohio
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