Holzer Hospital Notes Births and Admits and Discharges
Birth notices list a daughter to Mrs. Donald Dalton Wells ton and sons to Mrs. Walter Fleming Buffalo W Va and Mrs. Robert Collins Jackson along with multiple admissions including Mrs. Russel Buckley Racine James Mosely Charleston W Va Frank Bobo Langsville and others. Discharges include numerous patients led by Mrs P B Wickline Mrs William Reynolds Patricia Yeager and several with children and spouses. The item notes George Washington bred the first mule in America and the King of Spain sent the first jack to this continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Dalton
Wellston
Walter Fleming
Buffalo
W. Va
Robert Collins
Jackson
Russel Buckley
Racine
James Mosely
Charleston
Frank Bobo
Langsville
Joseph J. Sullivan
West Virginia
Harold Lee Casto
Joseph A. Taylor
Leon
Edna Yvonne Taylor
Amos Davis
John R. Houck
Northup
E. B. Pickering
Kathryn Graham
Crown City
Jaymon Elliott
New Haven
George Washington
America
Spain
Two Columbus men fined for intoxication in Gallia County
Cecil Higginbotham and George Sampped of Columbus were fined $10 and costs each after a Gallia County incident led to intoxication charges. Both fines were suspended and open bottle counts dropped. Arrested by the Gallia County sheriff's office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cecil Higginbotham
Columbus
George Sammett
Justice of the Peace
Maurice Grover
Gallia County
Mason County Land Transfers
Multiple transactions record transfers of parcels in Mason County including co ownership in Point Pleasant and New Haven. Transfers involve private parties, Highway Commission parcels for Big Buzzard Road Beech Fork Road Deby Tumblson Road and Thirteen Mile Creek Road, with several additions in Union and Graham districts.
Three Injured as Truck Train Collides on West Jackson Bridge
On a six mile west of Jackson Route 35 one way bridge at 6 05 a m a large truck towing another truck and pulling a third collided with a car. Driver Miles Spencer 66 of Detroit and Joseph Sullivan 20 of Charleston W Va were injured along with two Charleston passengers. All were hospitalized. Local courts fined Miles Hall 48 Gallipolis 50 dollars plus costs for DUI and Adam Brandau 39 Jackson 20 dollars for reckless operation. Chesney Shand Gallipolis Route 1 was arrested for DWI with sentence five days jail and six month license suspension.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jackson
State Highway Patrol
Miles Spencer
Detroit
Joseph Sullivan
Charleston
W. Va
Charles Howley
Harold Lee Casto
Holzer Hospital
John William Hall
Adam Brandau
Chesney Shand
Spectacular Accidents Leave Three Injured
Weekend crashes on Route 33 near Letart and Hartford injure three people. Raymond Elliott, 22, is treated for possible head and chest injuries and pelvis fracture after a sideswipe and plunge off a hillside. Ernest Greene, 17, and John Gibbs, 22, suffer scalp contusion and head lacerations with back shock. all were treated at local clinics. Leroy Miller, 26, faces DWI after his sedan wrecked a house, crossing lawns and a wall. Harriet Wamsley, 41, is ticketed for unsafe passing in a Route 17 collision that damaged a truck carrying eight people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holzer Hospital
Ernest Leonard Greene
Hartford
Mason Clinic
John Gibbs
Leroy Miller
Route
Miller
Justice of the Peace
S. A. Simmons
Henderson
Harriet Wamsley
Oscar Harold Henry
Harry Dougherty
Henry
D. G. Wilfong
Car Upsets After Leaving Route 35
A 1946 car driven by Robert Coppess of Greenville Ohio left Route 35 near Gallipolis, overturned after 137 feet on a railroad track, then rolled 48 feet to rest against a telephone pole. Damages were about $2000. Coppess had minor injuries and paid $15 plus costs in municipal court for reckless operation. Sidney Craig of Point Pleasant was fined $15 and costs for no license and fictitious plates. Clarence A. Lawson Jr. of the U S Naval Air Station Columbus was apprehended on naval charges of being absent over leave and released to the Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Coppess
Greenville
Ohio
Coppess
Sidney Craig
Point Pleasant
Clarence A. Lawson, Jr
U. S. Naval Air Station
Columbus
Navy
Mason Farms Selected for August Employment Review Feature
Mason County farmers will be highlighted in the August issue of Employment Review, the West Virginia Department of Employment Security magazine. The edition, releasing August 15, focuses on Mason County agriculture and Point Pleasant history, marking the first county-specific feature. Names featured include Vernon, C. C. Lewis, Rolfe Lee, Lewis Hereford, Gus Douglass, and Clifford Carson. Editor C. P. Renick visited the local office on Sixth Street to edit the piece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Rolfe Lee
Lewis Hereford
Gus Douglass
Clifford Carson
C. P. Renick
Sixth St
Military wedding at Fort Meade bonds Ferguson and Baker
Corporal Lucian L. Ferguson Jr. and Wac Pvt Elvina A. Baker wed July 18 at Fort George Meade Maryland. The ceremony was in the post chapel with Chaplain Maj Howard E Huddell officiating. The couple plans to report to Fort Lewis and resume duties after furlough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lucian L. Ferguson Jr
Leon
Wac
Elvina A. Baker
Munich
Mich
Fort George Meade
Ferguson
L. L. Ferguson
Edwin R. Baker
Howard E. Huddell
Eilene Bance
Elaine Gildersleeve
Clara Geiger
James Bance
E. C. Flory
Johnny Stose
William Walker
Tean
Army
Lislie High School
Cpl. Ferguson
Fort Lewis
Washington
Pvt. Ferguson
Gallipolis Personal Notices and Legal Novice
Social notes list weekend guests and visits in Gallipolis with names such as Phillip Chen and the Wetherholt family along with other local and visiting residents. A legal notice states Mary Helen Shivley seeks divorce custody and support from Carl Shivley in Athens County Court with hearing set after July 25, 1950.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl Shivley
Liberty Street
Parkersburg
West Virginia
Mary Helen Shivley
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Woolley, Rowland and
Bridge- Water
Showboat Majestic Arrives in Gallipolis for Two Nights
The Majestic showboat towed by the Attaboy arrives in Gallipolis Tuesday morning for a two night stand. The program features the play Under the Gaslights and a vaudeville act with a famed candy sale. The Majestic, last of the inland white fleet, is run by Hiram College students under Captain T. J. Reynolds of Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Majestic
Attaboy
Billy Bryant
Price
T. J. Reynolds
Point Pleasant
Parole violator fined and jailed after extradition
Point Pleasant reports a West Virginia state prison parolee, Willard Long, 25, fined 25 dollars and jailed five days after returning from Ohio. Long crossed into Point Pleasant on July 3 amid a reckless driving inquiry and was extradited from Gallia County to Point Pleasant on July 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Willard Long
West Virginia
Ohio
Gallia County
Columbus
Long
River Traffic Report from Gallipolis Locks
Vessel movements at the Gallipolis and Kanawha River locks noted multiple up and down movements with times from 10:15 a.m. to 7:40 p.m. Dams in the district showed varied levels with Lock 22 up down and Lock 23 down. gauge readings included Gallipolis upper 18.0 lower 14.4 and Kanawha Falls 2.95 falling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jim Martin
Rowe
Ernestine
Alice
Jones
Semet
Kanawha
Shirley
Sullivan
Solvay
Marmet
Cook
Winfield
Neville
Drave
Wisherd
Titan
Keystone
Patriot
Ayres
Sohipan
Weir
Casablanca
Peace
Indiana
Kanawha Falls
Point Pleasant
The Sun and Earth Distance and Air Temperature
The sun blazes in the sky while Earth sits 93,000,000 miles away. Between them lies air with a temperature around 459 degrees below zero.
Vollborn Rites Today
Gallia County farmer Martin Vollborn 82 died at Holzer Hospital after illness dating to May 17. Survived by brother Dr. Albert Vollborn and sisters Miss Marie Vollborn Mrs Carl Ewing Mrs Herbert Waddell and Mrs William Williams. Funeral at Rodney Methodist Church with Rev L A Nihizer. Burial in Calvary Cemetery Rio Grande.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Martin Vollborn
Rodney Farmer
Holzer Hospital
Gallia County
Albert Vollborn
Altadena
Calif
Marie Vollborn
Carl Ewing
Rodney
Herbert Waddell
William Williams
Vollborn
Jennie Betz
Rodney Methodist Church
L. A. Nihizer
Rodney Methodist Charge
Calvary Cemetery
Rio Grande
Births and admissions list from Leon area notices
ADMISSIONS Jimmie Gordon son of Floyd Gordon Leon July 19 medical. BIRTHS A son James Morris Jr to James Wheeler 2314 Jefferson Ave July 19 clinic. A daughter Carol Ann to Norman Badgley Gallpolis July 20 clinic. A son James William to George Burdette Point Pleasant July 21 at home. A son James William to Jonnie Hoschar South side July 20 at home. RELEASES Mrs Earnest Casey and infant daughter Margaret Ann. Mrs Jessie Donahue and infant son.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jimmie Gordon
Floyd Gordon
Leon
Medical
James Morris, Jr
James Wheeler
Jefferson Ave
Carol Ann
Norman Badgley
Gallipolis
James William
George Burdette
Point Pleasant
Jonnie Hoschar
Southside
Earnest Casey
Margaret Ann
Jessie Donahue
State Road 7774 Easement Details in Union District
Notice describes proposed highway project 7774 by the State Road Commission of West Virginia in Union District along a 20 foot wide strip on each side of the center of section 581 Thirteen Mile Creek Road and adjacent areas. Transfers include Erna and J A Wilkinson and Anna Sayre to the State Road Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eileen M
Richard Thieman
Frances H
Martin Cox
English Court
Point Pleasant
George N. Capehart
Anna
J. C. Roush
S. A. Lewis
New Haven
Gladys Sayre
Stella Sayre
State Road Commission of
West Virginia
Big Buzzard Road
Union District
Beulah
Albert A. Badgley
State Road Commission
Beech Fork Road
Tacie Baker
Russell Wheeler
Russell Wheler
Mary E. B. Barbee
Mabel B
Peter H. Steenbergen, Jr
Capehart
Lewis
Mary W
Lloyd Roush
Mary
Robert Cooke
Layne and Roush
Graham
Hallie
Cylde Thomas
Essie Thomas
Arbuckle
Thena J. Smith
Deby Tumblson
Cooper District
Addie B. Greenlee
Thirteen Mile Creek Road
Erna and
J. A. Wilkinson
Anna Sayre
Marriage Licenses Issued To Shinn Lucas and Durst Keefer
James Keith Shinn of Bellemeade and Frankie Lou Lucas, both July 21. Carroll Cecil Durst from near Cottageville and Anna Louise Keefer of Leon, July 21.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Keith Shinn
Leon
Frankie Lou Lucas
Bellemeade
Carroll Cecil Durst
Cottageville
Anna Louise Keefer
Also Mentioned on This Page
P. B. Wickline
William Reynolds
Patricia Ann Yeager
Stanley Church
A. G. Fannin
Marvin Swann
Wayne Thornton
Morris North
Donna Cole
Edna Burdette
Wesley Rainey
Elmer Ruppert
Emory Perry
Frever Simpson
Chester Stewart
Joseph Taylor
John Miller
Harold Casto
Austin
R. C. Dilley
T. F. Yost
Raymond Elliott
Letart
Clyde Thomas Clark
Elliott
Clark
Mason Farms
Phillip Chen
Ohio University
H. W. Wetherholt Chen
Wetherholts
Douglas
Wayne Foster
James McMurrin
New Philadelphia
Tiny Jackson
San Antonio
Texas
C. A. Clendenin
Carl Lewis
Pemberville
Hollis Junior Rodgers
Majestic Theatre
Louis Cale Carrol
Sidney Sheldon
Berlin
Herbert Fields
Dorothy Fields
Robert Alton
George Sidney
Arthur Freed
The
Cussins & Fearn Co
LSA
Lowe
J. Key
Cypress Lawn
Florida
Mason
ATLAS
Collander
N. Court Street
Athens
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