Jury Joe Brown Held in Gallia County Murder Case
Gallia County jail houses Joe Brown a colored man charged with killing Leroy Mitchell 52 near Weavertown Gallia Sheriff E E Hatfield led the investigation Dolly Taylor white held on manslaughter bond 5000 who aided authorities Brown alleged to be married to a white woman and living on a small farm across Chickamauga Creek adjoining Anderson Robinson's land awaiting arraignment in Peace Justice Shate's Court
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Joe Brown
Leroy Mitchell
Brown
Peace Justice
Mitchell
Weavertown
Third Ave
Sycamore Street
Dolly Taylor
White
Chickamauga Creek
Anderson Robinson
Hold Eureka Man On Criminal Charge
Clem Famin, 60, of Eureka, was arrested Monday afternoon and placed in Athens County Jail on a charge of criminal assault on Betty Jane Hunt, 13. He faces arraignment Tuesday. the warrant was issued by the child's mother, Mabel Hunt. Also included is a public sale notice from the Athens County Probate Court listing multiple real estate tracts in Rome Township with coal rights and mineral reservations, set for August 1944 at public auction.
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Gallipolis
Clem Famin
Betty Jane Hunt
Mabel Hunt
Eureka
Probate Court
Athena County
Ohio
Athens
Rome Township
Secone
Eaid
Enpaid
John Grosvenor
Grosvenor
Henry Ose
H. Hibbard
Maine
Frank J. Heasley
Ogg
L. Stephens
Marietta
Ubbio
Fighth
Rome
Hadley Tabler
Jease Tabler, Jr
William Skinner
Jesse Tabler, Jr
County of
State of
Henry Hall
William Gahagan
A. le Cole
Sarah J. Flowers
Secion
Kilvert
Sand Rock
Ohio Fund Yar Company
Athens ‘County
J. G. Hope
A. L. Col
Birth day party for Charlies and Maridel Broyles noted
Gallipolis reports a joint birthday celebration for Charlies and Maridel Broyles hosted by Mr and Mrs Harold Broyles. Guests included Maurice Bane family Dorothy Wheeler Frances Wheeler Doris Cox Janet Brown Marion Bane Margaret Boggs Erma Boggs Kathryn Barcus Rebecca Barcus Pauline McCalla Murial McCalla Laura Baker Richard Bane Charles Berridge Billy Burke James Craft Luella Plymale Mary Anna Plymale Zelma Evans Paul Sheets and others. Refreshments followed games.
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Gallipolis
Charlies
Maridel Broyles
Harold Broyles
Maurice Bane
Dorothy
Frances Wheeler
Doris Cox
Janet Brown
Marion Bane
Margaret
Erma Boggs
Kathryn
Rebecca Barcus
Pauline
Murial McCalla
Laura Baker
Richard Bane
Charles Berridge
Billy Burke
James Craft
Luella
Mary Anna Plymale
Zelma Evans
Paul Sheets
Closing of Pine Grove School in Gallia County
Gallia County Board of Education met with full membership and approved routine bills. The State Department of Education ordered Pine Grove School house closed in the Ohio Rural School District, effective at the start of September. Pupils will be transported to other schools. County Supt. Bion Bradbury announced. Board members are Frank Harrison, Odel Northup, C. E. Harnson, W. E. Sheets, J. E. Saunders.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Miller Barton Family Reunion Set for August 15
The forty third annual Miller Barton families reunion will be at Vinton Civic Park in Vinton on Sunday August 15. Members and friends are invited to attend. Laud F Miller of Athens is president of the organization.
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Vinton
Miller-Barton
Laud F. Miller
Athens
Gallia Delgates Named to Tri-County Industrial Assoc
Gallia will be represented by Col H B Eck er and Gilbert Bush as delegates to the Ohio West Virginia Tri County Industrial Association meeting to be held Tuesday night in Point Pleasant. The appointment was made at noon Monday by Chamber of Commerce President Homer W Walter after two quorum failures by the Board of Directors.
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Gallipolis
Col H. B. Ecker
Gilbert Bush
Point Pleasant
Ohio-West Virginia
Tri-County Industrial Association
Chamber of Commerce
Homer W. Walter
Board of
Service Men Return. Local Families Welcome Troop News
Paul Craft returned to New Orleans after a sixteen day furlough with parents Mr and Mrs Hobart Craft. Charlies Dennett’s sister Robert Richards wounded in North Africa awarded Purple Heart. Birth announced for Wanda May to Dale Waugh and wife in Bladen area. father overseas, signal came from Iran. Jessie Clagg reports three sons in service with Pfc Shelby Clagg wounded Jan 26 in Rommel drive and Pvt Donald F Clagg injured at Drew Field. Second son Van Edward Clagg arrived safe overseas. Joe Voreh’s son Pvt George Voreh earns three medals. Lt Cleveland Milair visiting wife Helen Carl and son Allan in Cortland NY. J R Sarrett enlisted in Navy, training at Great Lakes.
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Gallipolis
Paul Craft
New Orleans
Hobart Craft
Charlies Dennett
Bidwell
Robert Richards
North Africa
Dale Waugh
Bladen
Wanda May
Iran
Jessie Clagg
Pfc
Shelby F. Clagg
Rommel Drive
Pvt
Donald F. Clagg
Drew Field
Tampa
Fla
Coral Gables
van Edward Clagg
Clagg
Camp White
Oregon
Los Angeles
Joe Voreh
George Voreh
Cleveland Milair
U.S.N.R
Philadelphia Navy Yards
Helen Carl
Allan
Art W. Carl
Cortland
N. Y
J. R. Sarrett
Two New Actions Filed in Court in Gallipolis
In common pleas court Elizabeth Norman sues for divorce from Wm H Norman after a 1923 Jackson marriage. She seeks child custody, part of a 65 acre farm in Raccoon and Huntington Townships, household goods, restraint on disposal of property, and $100 plus interest. A second suit, Fred Fulks v Leo Dickey et al, rests on a February 1928 Mercerville promissory note.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Elizabeth Norman
Wm. H. Norman
Jackson
Raccoon
Huntington
Fred Fulks
Leo Dickey
Mercerville
Lawrence Horner Dies in Steubenville
Lawrence Horner born and raised here rose to assistant vice president at Weirton Steel. He died Monday morning at Ohio Valley Hospital Steubenville after surgery last Saturday night. Survived by sister Mrs Chester Leaper and wife and son William. Funeral and burial in Steubenville Wednesday afternoon. He was nephew of Miss Nan Deardorff.
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Gallipolis
Lawrence Horner
Weirton Steel Company
Ohio Valley Hospital
Steubenville
Chester Leaper
William Horner
Lawrence
William
Woodlawn Rd
Walter Funeral Held in Gallipolis For 88 year old Sarah Walter
Funeral services were held in Gallipolis for Mrs. Sarah Walter 88 who died Saturday night at her home 74 Spruce Street after a long illness She was the widow of John W Walter a C and railroad foreman until his death on December 4 1939 She was born in Gallia County daughter of Adam Brucker and Barbara Lang Brucker both natives of Germany She is survived by a son Ira Walter of East Gallipolis two daughters Mrs Clara Byers at home and Mrs James Davis of Patriot a brother Adam Brucker of Thivener and four great grandchildren
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Gallipolis
Sarah Walter
Spruce St
John W. Walter
Walter
Gallia County
Adam Brucker
Barbara Lang Brucker
Germany
Ira Walter
East Gallipolis
Clara Byers
James Davis
Thivener
Aged Man Dies at Home in Gallia County
Gallia county obituary reports Alexander White aged 96 to 98 died Sunday at the home of the late David Halley in Guvan Township after a four week illness. Born in Lawrence County, he resided there 27 years and funeral was at Goodhope Church at 2:00 p.m. with burial nearby.
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Gallipolis
Alexander White
David Halley
Guvan Township
Mr. White
Lawrence County
Goodhope Church
Tri County Leaders Plan Postwar Industrial Effort in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant hosts the Ohio West Virginia Tri County Industrial Association directors from Point Pleasant The Bend Pomeroy Middleport Gallipolis. They will organize a postwar plan to keep war industries running and pursue peace time gains after the war.
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Point Pleasant
Induction Approved for Engineer Corps Members in Point Pleasant
A group of engineers including Homer Varian Vickers John Sterling Dunlavy Ray Hiawatha Jones Arthur Donald Sayre Carl Alexander Handley Jesse Stanford Duncan John Franklin Wheeler and Howard Edgar Love has been approved for induction into the Corps of Emergency Engineers in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Homer Varian Vickers
John Sterling Dunlavy
Ray Hiawatha Jones
Arthur Donald Sayre
Carl Alexander Handley
Jesse Stanford Duncan
John Franklin Wheeler
Howard Edgar Love
Corps of Emergency Engineers
Aids on Records in Assessor Office Rush
Mrs. Manford Blessing of Sand Hill Road assists in a last minute effort to complete records in the assessor office before a meeting of levying bodies to estimate next year's tax rates.
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Point Pleasant
Manford Blessing
Sand Hill Road
Health Associations Combine Meetings
A combined meeting of the Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association was held in the Gallia County Board of Health office. J Sherman Porter Jr presided with Mrs Hollis Wood as secretary. The group ordered current bills paid and discussed constitutional amendments awaiting quorum. A resolution passed unanimously urged the State Department of Health to require Patch Test before health certificates are issued to all food handlers.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Arrests Reported by State Highway Patrol
GALLIPOLIS The State Highway Patrol reports the arrest of Walter Hyatt Pt. Pleasant for a missing tail light and bond forfeiture of 10 dollars after failing to appear in Pomeroy court. Donley Addis fined 10 dollars and costs for reckless driving in Jackson County. Patrol issued 15 warnings for various violations over Saturday night and Sunday.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Walter Hyatt
Pt. Pleasant
Justice of Peace
Pomeroy
Donley Addis
J. A. Lesser
Jackson County
Mrs. Alice Jackson Dies After Stroke in West Virginia
Mrs. Alice Hawkins Jackson wife of Rev. Oscar F. Jackson died Monday evening at her son Gordon C. Jackson’s home in Point Pleasant after a three week illness from a paralytic stroke. Funeral services 2:30 p m Wednesday at Hale's Creek Baptist Church near South Webster Ohio with Dr. C G Billups officiating. Burial in South Webster Cemetery. Survived by husband Gordon C. Jackson president of West Virginia Malleable Iron Co and Bennett Jackson patent attorney on AT&T staff in New York City.
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Point Pleasant
Alice Hawkins Jackson
Oscar F. Jackson
Gordon C. Jackson
Ohio St
Hale's Creek Baptist Church
South Webster
C. G. Billups
Main Street Baptist Church
South Webster Cemetery
The
Baptist Church
West Virginia
Matheny Funeral To Be Held Wednesday
Funeral services for John Albert Matheny 35 will be held Wednesday at 11 am at Bethel Church. The farmer died yesterday in a Ripley hospital after a brief illness. Survived by his wife Liza Jene Herdman and mother Dora Ann Matheny, plus siblings Henry Roy Mary Lou Iva Sampson Herbert Julian Olmer, with military service records noted. Burial in Bethel Church Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
Bethel Church
John Albert Matheny
Ripley
Wilbur Baxter
Matheny
Dora Ann Matheny
John Matheny
Liza Jene Herdman
Henry Matheny
Roy Matheny
Mary M. Scantlin
Lou Warner
Iva Roush
Leon
Sampson Matheny
U. S. Army
North Africa
Herbert Matheny
U. S. Navy
Julian Olmer Matheny
Alaska
Cow Escapes Harm As Lightning Strikes Barn
During a brisk storm Monday morning a lightning bolt struck a locust tree near attorney F. G. Musgrave's cow barn by the shipyard. The tree was badly damaged but Old Bessie remained unharmed in her stall and was found contentedly chewing her cud later.
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Point Pleasant
F. G. Musgrave
Old Bessie
Quarterly Meeting Held by Methodists at Trinity Church
POINT PLEASANT The final quarterly conference of the Trinity Methodist Church was held Sunday night with Rev. T. M. Zumbrunnen presiding. Nominations for church officers were made for later election for the new conference year. The annual state conference is scheduled in Charleston in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
T. M. Zumbrunnen
Huntington
Charleston
Congregational Dinner at Presbyterian Church in Pt Pleasant
A Pt Pleasant congregational dinner will be held at the Presbyterian Church this evening at 6 o clock with members, friends and associates invited. C B Hearn of Nashville Tennessee will speak for the foreign missions executive committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
C. B. Hearn
Nashville, Tenn
Executive Committee For Foreign Missions
Florida vacation closes Long Beach beauty parlor
Mrs. Marcelline Bradshaw will close her beauty parlor August 1 to vacation in Florida with her sister Miss Joan Wilson. They will visit Miami and bring home Mrs. Paul D. Nease who has spent the summer with her husband Sergeant Nease U. S. A. stationed near Homestead. It will be the first shop closure in 11 years.
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Point Pleasant
Marcelline Bradshaw
Florida
Joan Wilson
Miami
Paul D. Nease
Nease U
Mrs Blake Dies At West Columbia
Mrs Anna Blake of West Columbia died at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg after a long illness. She leaves nine children including Ernest Stover of Jefferson Ave and daughter Mrs Reese William of 22nd St city.
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Point Pleasant
Anna Blake
West Columbia
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Ernest Stover
Jefferson Ave
Reese William
22Nd St
City
Infant son discharged from Point Clinic
Point Pleasant report states the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Schools was discharged Sunday. The week end admissions included Mrs. Macie McDade of Leon Mrs. Charles Nibert of Hogsett and Mrs. Vaughn Hawkins of Buffalo.
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Point Clinic
Point Pleasant
Clifford Schools
Macie McDade
Leon
Charles Nibert
Hogsett
Vaughn Hawkins
Buffalo
Gallia Farm Women Attend Tar Hollow Camp Program
Gallia County women, 35 strong, joined the Farm Women's Camp at Tar Hollow near Londonderry in Ross Hocking Forest. The event featured clothing care talk by Edith Barry, craftwork by Geneva Nolan, gardening by Victor Reis, devotionals, and an island dance interpretation by Brown. Overall 144 women camped, with Miss Motter noting Tar Hollow as the state group camp site.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Tar Hollow
Ross-Hocking Forest
Londonderry
Earl Brown
Maurice Bane
Charles Bane
Milford Evans
Anne White
Laura Reese
Stanley Evans
Merrill White
Esta Carter
Edith Spears
Everett Gills
T. A. Thomas
Mary Kennedy
Swan Creek
K. H. Butler
Clarence Irwin
Garner’s Ford
Wendell Roush
Mary Rhoades
Bidwell
Goldie McCarley
Luther Porter
Jessie Braley
Kate Clark
Ray Grover
Vinton
Charles Broughman
Wendell Evans
Ernest Blazer
Rio Grande
Edna Rickard
Ernest Irwin
John Irwinn
Garner's Ford
Joe Miller
Rodney
Garnet Kirby
Cheshire
Stanley Wood
Hayden Wood
Cora
Naomi Evans
County Board of Health
Clarabelle Motter
Gallia
Edith Barry
Ohio State University
Geneva Nolan
Meigs County
Victor Reis
O.S.N
Reis
Fairfield County
Woma
Mabel Westervelt
Bernard Br
Pearl Harbor
Hickam
Wal House
Brown
Hawaii
T. H
Anne Livesay
Hocking Forest
National Park Service
Dept. of Forestry
Motter
Hasten Construction of Super Market
Good progress on the Jackson Ave super market in Country Club Addition with foundation pouring finished. Bartow Jones says work will be rushed as weather permits.
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Point Pleasant
Jackson Ave
Country Club
Bartow Jones
Laura Caldwell to Receive B S Degree at Ohio University
Miss Laura Caldwell daughter of Mr and Mrs L L Caldwell 218 Main St will be awarded the bachelor of science degree by Ohio University at exercises to be held July 30.
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Point Pleasant
Laura Caldwell
L. L. Caldwell
Main St
Ohio University
Former Nelsonville Girl in Service
Sergeant De Marius Sanders Nelsonville's first WAC has been transferred to Athens to assist with recruiting in the district. She joined the Women's Army Corps last January and trained in Daytona Beach Des Moines then served in Youngstown Cleveland and the Mobile Recruiting Unit in northern Ohio. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs J L Sanders 417 Pleasantview Ave Nelsonville and was secretary to Prosecuting Attorney Carl Patterson in Coshocton before enlisting.
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Nelsonville
DeMarius Sanders
WAC
Army
Youngstown
Athens
Sanders
Women’s Army Corps
Daytona Beach
Florida
Des Moines
Iowa
Fifth Service Command
Cleveland
J. L. Sanders
Pleasantview Ave
Sgt. Sanders
Carl Patterson
Coshocton
One Reel Film At Nelsonville Church Tonight
A one reel motion picture showing the work of the Trailer Cathedral of the Episcopal Presbyterian Fellowship will be shown at the Presbyterian Church in Nelsonville tonight at 8 45. The film runs about 15 minutes and will be presented by Mr Ayers. The Trailer Cathedral is based at East Clayton this week. All interested are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Episcopal- Presbyterian Fellowship
Ayers
East Clayton
Buchtel Athlete Wins Obstacle Course Race
Charles Nutter of Buchtel High School won a cash prize by finishing an obstacle course in one minute 30 seconds. He is praised as a star athlete in football and basketball. Sponsored by Brigadier General O. L. Spillier.
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Buchtel
Charles Nutter
Frank C. Smith
Cpl. Nutter
O. L. Spillier
Nutter
Buchtel High Oe
Basketll
Nelsonville Private Fuller Returns Home
Pvt Ralph L Fuller son of Mrs Maggie Nahm of Nelsonville arrived home July 20 with an honorable discharge from the Army. Winston Salem N C leads Southern cities in factory product value except Baltimore Md.
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Nelsonville
Ralph L. Fuller
Maggie Nahm
Army
Winston-Salem
N. C
Baltimore
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Athens Messenger
Jesday
Dayton
Eureka Man
Gallipolis Social Notes
William Grant
Garnet Hutsinpiller
John Charles
Edith Hutsinpiller
Charles Hutsinpiller
Prestonburg
Orville Chambers
Indianapolis
Odessa Rinehart
Corp. Chambers
Middleport
Corporal Chambers
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Anna Simmerman
Lee A. Wolford
J. Donald Pollitt
Wolford
Pollitt
Marshall College
Douglas Wetherholt
H. W. Wetherholt
Camp Lazarus
Columbus
Delaware
Jimmie Martin
Andrew Martin
J. P. Martin
Clair Kimball
Mt. Crab
Clair
Tubby
Virginia Faye Worman
Gahanna
Nelle Worman
Thornton Dickey
John
Detroit
Allie Simms
Crown City
Eleanor Deepping
Margo Collins
Proctorville
Lillie Walker
Cedar Street
Mellora Thornton
Benny
Karen
W. Va
Ray McNew
McNew
Kroger
Tri-County Assoc
Galli C
South Pacific
Pacific
Henderson Field
Guadalcanal
Ohio-W. Va
Bend
Krodel
Meigs
Mason Counties
Engineer Corps
Aids On Records
Mrs. Jackson
Mness
Poskye
E. E. Franklin
Anna Burris
Holzer Hospital
L. O. Raskins
Railroad Ave
Mary Lee Robertson
Lucille Goode
James Morrison
Lennie
Edna Hussell
Sally Taylor
Thomas
A. E. Hussell
Caroline Gaskins
L. O. Gaskins
Shinnston
Howard Proffitt
Earl H. Arnett
A. E. Thomas
J. Sam Waggener
Betty
Jimmy
G. B. Waggener
Jefferson Blvd
Robert D. Oseland
Anne and
Mollie Wartenburg
Faye Coders
Jerome Collins
Nitro
Frank Perry
Virginia
Will Collins
Hogg St
Gallia Farm
Logan Monument CO
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Oakley and Oakley Insurance
Bennett Co
Hartman Dairy
Mrs. Hartman
de Strans
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