Local Court Fines For Public Drunkenness In Gallipolis
Ray Kirby of Point Pleasant was fined 50 dollars in municipal court for intoxication and causing trouble at the hospital. Alva Amos of the city and Dale Minnis of Morgan Center were each fined five dollars for intoxication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ray Kirby
Point Pleasant
Byudge Med Basy
Janes
Kirby Anneter
Alva Amos
City
Dale Minnis
Morgan Center
Full Mason County schools to run nine months this term
Mason County will operate a full nine month term for 1949 50 superintendent Robert H Ferguson announced. He noted previous years required state aid to finish terms and outlined expected additions including vocational agriculture at Wahama and an extra band instructor while stressing economical administration will keep the system in the black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Robert H. Ferguson
Ferguson
State Board of School France
Charleston
Oard of Education
State Board of School Finance
Summers County
Party honors Polly Ann Filson bride elect
Mrs. Marvin Wartenburg hosted a Friday night party in Windsor Court for her niece Polly Ann Filson, fiancé to Carl Thomas Adkins. Pink and white gladioli decorated the rooms, a heart shaped cake carried the inscription Babe and Polly, and guests included numerous Filson family members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Marvin Wartenburg
Windsor Court
Polly Ann Filson
Carl Thomas Adkins
Babe
Polly
Marshall College
Ross Filson
Artenburg
Walter A. Windsor
Miss Filson
William Filson
Verne Filson
Homer Martin
Ray Gill
Huntington
Fritz Wartenburg
H. D. Wartenburg
James E. McComb
Elza Martin
Thomas Walters
Stanley Johnson
Rs. C. C. Spencer
John Adins
Virgil Adkins
Robert Adkins
Kenneth Holland
Filson
Two Minor Highway Crashes Reported in Mason County
Weekend crashes on Route 62 near the traffic circle left Robert McDaniel with facial and body lacerations after his car overturned several times. A second collision at Thirteen Mile Creek Bridge involved Walter Reed Taylor and Thomas William King with $100 damage and no injuries. Local magistrate to hear charges against Walter Reed Taylor for defective equipment. Richard Eugene Icenhower and George Henry Young face intoxication related charges after arrests by state police. Bonds posted by all.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Robert McDaniel
Middleport
McDaniel
Set. D. G. Wilfong
Wilfong
Thirteen Mile Creek
Leon
Thomas William King
Sidney
Ohio
Walter Reed Taylor
Taylor
Richard Eugene Icenhower
George Henry Young
Mason City
Icenhower
Young
R. H. Baker
L J. Young
Henry Howell
West Virginia Guard completes prefield training for Kentucky encampment
The largest peacetime WV National Guard unit, the 3664th Ordnance Maintenance Company based in Point Pleasant under Captain Frank W. Haught, wraps armory drills and prepares a 290 mile convoy to Fort Knox Kentucky for the second postwar field training encampment. Lt. John W. Wright Lt. Richard R. Tatters on Lt. William C. Safford Lt. Fred P. Schroeder Lt. James O. Roseberry and WO (jg) Daniel A. Nickell Jr. accompany the group as they bivouac in Morehead and continue to Fort Knox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Fort Knox
Kentucky
3664Th Ordnance Medium Maintenance Company
Frank W. Haught
Morehead
John W. Wright
Richard R. Tatterson
William C. Safford
Fred P. Schroeder
James O. Roseberry
Daniel A. Nickell, Jr
Man arraigned on stabbing charge in Point Pleasant
Marvin Leport was arraigned Saturday on a charge of stabbing William Graham of Leon with intent to kill. He was held to the next grand jury with a $1000 bond. The alleged stabbing occurred two weeks ago and the hearing was delayed as Graham recovered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Marvin Leport
William Graham
Leon
Graham
Mason Native John A Fisher Dies at 86 in Point Pleasant
John A. Fisher of 1722 Jackson Ave Point Pleasant died Saturday after a seven month illness. A retired farmer he lived in the county most of his life born November 21 1862 in Mason County. Survived by widow Sally M Pickens Fisher three daughters Lolo Lewis Uhla Lawson Ruth McManus four sons Homer Clarence Clyde Pear two brothers Robert Fisher George Fisher last rites at Heights EUB Church Tuesday at 2 pm with Rev F H Capehart officiating burial in Suncrest Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
John A. Fisher
Jackson Ave
Raynes
Heights Eub Church
F. H. Capehart
Suncrest Cemetery
Mason County
Henry and
Mary Jane Helper Fisher
Sally M. Pickens Fisher
Lolo Lewis
Uhla Lawson
Charleston
Ruth McManus
Old Greenwich
Conn
Homer Fisher
Clarence Fisher
This Place
Clyde Fisher
Middleport
Pear Fisher
Bucyrus
Robert Fisher
Argonia
Kansas
George Fisher
Fisher
EUB Church
Levy Plan Clarification Proposed for Mason County Schools
Mason County superintendent Robert H. Ferguson urged that any levy or bond proposal include exact spending locations and amounts, plus per thousand cost to each taxpayer. He noted state funds of 185000 may flow with matching, and cited West Virginia counties funding school buildings by popular vote. Citizens push Mason County Board to call a special election to address building needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert H. Ferguson
Mason County
Ferguson
West Virginia
Mason County Board of Education
Wellston Man Is Second Crash Victim
Edgar Long of Wellston, 29, died at Holzer Hospital after a car crash on Route 75 near Wellston. The driver, George Perkins, 45, also died en route to the hospital, and Oscar Robert Perkins, 24, sustained a compound fracture of the right ankle. Long, married with two children, worked for Buckeye Mining Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Edgar Long
Harley Long
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Long
Route 75
George Perkins
D. R. Warehime
Gallia County
Oscar Robert Perkins
Buckeye Mining Co
Holzer Hospital Notes Gallipolis Admissions and Births
Admissions include Ralph Young Norman Poet ker Jackson John McCleish Porter Paul Owen Rodney Mrs. Fred Kerns Gallipolis Route 2 Marrell Riffle Hamden Caroline Montgomery city Mrs Otis Pitchford Patriot Miss Mary E Roush Point Pleasant Mrs Emma Brabham Bidwell P W Machir Point Pleasant Mrs William Barnett Wellston Robert Brown Jackson Sue Eben Arnold Pomeroy Robert EK Myers Oak Hill Mrs Robert Downard Wellston Mrs Arthur Taylor Jackson Von Hartley Kananga Mrs Carl Halli Crown City William E Smith Point Pleasant Mrs Olive Young city Births Mrs Homer Whaley Jackson son Discharges include Mrs Charles Burt Margaret Kay Booth Mrs Harry Reapp O Bard Mrs Harold Ghearing Mrs Elizabeth Cox Donald Neal Lloyd Bartlett Roy Jackson Ruth Proffitt Clarence Canode Mrs Griff Durbin Miss Mary Roush Archie Angel Mrs P C Coleman Mrs Delbert Frazee Marrell Riffle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ralph Young
City
Norman Poetker
Jackson
John McCleish
Porter
Paul Owen
Rodney
Fred Kerns
Marrell Riffle
Hamden
Caroline Montgomery
Otis Pitchford
Patriot
Mary E. Roush
Point Pleasant
Emma _ Brabham
Bidwell
P. W. Machir
William Barnett
Wellston
Robert Brown
Sue Eben Arnold
Pomer
Homer Whaley
Charles Burt
Margaret Kay Booth
Harry Reapp
O. Bard
Harold Ghearing
Elizabeth Cox
Donald Neal
Lloyd Bartlett
Roy Jackson
Ruth Proffitt
Clarence Canode
Griff Durbin
Mary Roush
Archie Angel
P. C. Coleman
Delbert Frazee
Car Turns Over On Wet Pavement Injures Boy
A Rio Grande driver 40 Alice Demell lost control on wet Route 75 south of Jackson injuring 12 year old Bryan Demell with lacerations to the forearm. A series of other Saturday and Sunday patrol reports note multiple traffic incidents and fines for license and speeding violations across the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alice Demell
Rio Grande
Byran Demell
Jackson
David Swisher
Columbus
John Sisson
Cheshire
Sisson
Justice of the Peace
Maurice Grover
Fiza Vickers Knotts
Cottageville
W. Va
Highway Patrol
Thurman
Wendall George
Vinton
Grover
Chauncey Cron
Pedro
Weekend guests of Dr and Mrs Bossard visit region figures
Weekend guests included Dr Bossards brother and sister in law Jesse Bossard from Meadville Pennsylvania, John Chaffee of Columbus, a government worker visiting his grandmother Mrs Martha McCormick, Byron Bodimer of Confluence Pa, Claude Miller and his mother Mrs Della Bodimer of Eureka. Fred Die and Claudie Miller plan to return with the Bodimers for a Cumberland Maryland visit. Children also travel to Cumberland. Miss Candace Lewis Miss Jean Holman Miss Dorothy Ehman and Mrs Joseph Harding left on a ten day vacation to New England and Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Bossard
Dr. Bossard
Jesse Bossard
Meadville
Penna
John Chaffee
Columbus
Martha McCormick
Byron E. Bodimer
Confluence
Claude Miller
Della Bodimer
Eureka
Freddie
Claudie Miller
Abandoned 1994 Dodge Found In Gallipolis
Gallipolis police found an abandoned 1994 Dodge sedan on First Ave near Sycamore St early Sunday. Two boys were seen leaving the car which won t run and may be stolen. ownership could not be confirmed as Dayton records were not yet available. The vehicle was towed to Queen s Motor Sales for storage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Ave. Aleve Sycamore St
Columbus
Niday
Dayton
Queen's Motor Sales
Insurance Agency Buys Casualty Firm In Gallipolis
Gallipolis The Robinsons Davis Insurance Agency has purchased John Ropeter's casualty insurance business. Ropeter will continue to handle life health and accident insurance. Miss Mary Stewart, the pean secretary, will become associated with the Robinson-Davis agency.
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Mason
Phil Lilly
Bluefield
John Sandy
Cairo
S. A. Simmons
Blanche M. Bartlett
Main St
Lee Minichan
H. Fergusons
Park Rive
Kor
John Fisher
Leslie Cron
Waterloo
Virgil Taylor
Newport
Gallipella Locks
The
Refiance
EF D. Kenna
Ernestine
Solvay
Kanawha
Marmet
Sullivan
Criss
Winfield
Jim Martin
Laughlin
Jefferson
Peace
Dolle
Neville
Sohio State
Mark Twain
Heekin
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Athens, Ohio
Ours Saves Seed
Ucts
America
United States
Robinsons
Jim
Atima
Southeastern
Athens, Ohto
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