Three Barns Destroyed by Fire in Gallia County Storms
Gallia County suffered heavy loss as lightning sparked fires that destroyed three barns during Monday storms. Leslie Siders reported two barns lost on his Green Township farm, with 16 tons of hay 100 bushels of sacked wheat and equipment burned. A barn near Gallipolis Ferry W Va owned by Ben Henry also burned with hay and hogs lost.
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Gallipolis
Leslie Siders
Green Township
Siders
Ben Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
West Virginia
Courthouse Restrooms Get Updated Fixtures
Complete rest rooms at the Point Pleasant courthouse received new toilets and other fixtures during installation yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Arraignment of Joe Brown Delayed in Gallia County
Joe Brown charged with the murder of Leroy Mitchell had his arraignment postponed until Wednesday afternoon. Attorneys R. M. Switzer and Perry Batles requested the delay and Brown remains in Gallipolis city jail after being brought from Dayton.
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Gallipolis
Joe Brown
Leroy Mitchell
R. M. Switzer
Perry Batles
Brown
Dayton
Gallipolis Woman Joins WAVES for Navy Training
Mary Switzer daughter of Mrs C E B Johnson of 718 First Avenue will report for active duty with the WAVES in New York City. A Gallia Academy High School graduate she earned typing and shorthand certificates and worked as a stenographer before enlisting. Her brother George Switzer serves in the Army Engineers in the South Pacific.
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Gallipolis
Mary Switzer
C. EB. Johnson
First Avenue
Hunter College
New York City
Miss Switzer
Gallia Academy High School
Willard Grover & Son
Are Wedded Tuesday In Justice's Court
Gallipolis reports Edward Paul Roark detained on Virginia Dickey non support charge. In Magistrate Shato's court Roark agreed to wed. deputy escorted him for blood test at Gallipolis Clinic and the ceremony was performed in the magistrate's office before Roark left for Fort Hayes.
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Gallipolis
Edward Paul Roark
Virginia
Maxine Dickey
Share
Roark
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Shato
Miss Dickey
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Birthday Picnic At Jefferson Blvd
Mrs E club arrived for ex Bartow Jones picnic visit with Mrs Halliday. A birthday dinner for her husband and Mrs A Keith McClung of Hartford at the Jones home on Jefferson Blvd. Attending were the McClungs the Wilhelm family the Miller couple Dr. Holzer of Cincinnati Mrs Juhling of Hartford the Heslops the Schick siblings and Keith and Johnny McClung. Five Hundred Club to meet at Main St home with Edith Mercer of Corapolis as guest.
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Point Pleasant
E.club
Bartow Jones
Halliday
A. Keith McClung
Hartford
Jones
Jefferson Blvd
McClung
S. Chandler Wilhelm
Wilton L. Miller
Charles E. Holz
Gertrude Halliday
Five Hundred
Main St
Edith Mercer
Coraopolis
Clay Farmer Dies Monday in Clay Township
O A Patterson 72 a respected Clay Township farmer died Monday evening after a long illness. Survived by wife Gussie Sibly daughter Mrs Clyde Saunders and three grandchildren. Funeral 3 p m Wednesday at Saunders home with burial at St Nicholas Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
O. A. Patterson
Clay Township
Holzer Hospital
Gussie Sibly
Clyde Saunders
Saunders
St. Nicholas Cemetery
Mrs. Louks Dies Tuesday at 86 in Gallipolis
Margaret Louks aged 86 died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs. Parney Anderson's home after a three week illness. She was a daughter of Stephen and Mary Northup Cottrell and is survived by her husband Shannon Louks and a daughter. A sister Mrs. Henrietta Porter died last February. Funeral arrangements are set for Thursday with burial in Mound Hill cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Louks
Parney Anderson
Gallia 4-H Camp Plans Announced for August
Miss Clarabelle Motter Gallia County home demonstration agent outlines the 4-H Club camp to be held at Camp Keystone August 9 to 14 with attendees from Gallia Meigs Lawrence Jackson and Vinton Counties. Camp activities include fires vespers swimming softball nature hikes and crafts with a lifeguard on duty. C C Long assistant state 4-H leader will attend along with John A Slipher and Forrest Dean from Ohio State University.
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Gallipolis
Clarabelle Motter
Gallia County
Camp Keystone
Gallia
Meigs
Lawrence
Jackson
Vinton
Jackson-Vinton
C. C. Long
John A. Slipher
Forrest Dean
New Patients at Holzer Hospital
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Mrs Clara Dimick of Point Pleasant and Mrs Charles Westlake of Jackson who entered Monday night and had a daughter at 12 42 a m Tuesday. Bernard L Jarrett 23 Coast Guardsman in good condition, Mrs Alva Lane Gallipolis R D 1, Mrs Anna Higgins of Vinton, Mrs John Green of Bidwell as medical patients in good condition. Mrs Rearold Clark Neal Ave surgery and Bill Buffington Point Pleasant surgery.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Clara Dimick
Point Pleasant
Charles Westlake
Jackson
Bernard L. Jarrett
Coast Guardsman Medical
Alva Lane
Gallipolis R. D
Anna Higgins
Vinton
John Green
Bidwell
Rearold Clark
Neal Ave
Bill Buffington
Frye Family Plans Cincinnati Weekend Trip
Charles H. Frye and wife and their son Charles will visit Cincinnati next weekend to enjoy baseball. Recent guests at the Ferguson home were Mrs. J. H. Ferguson and sister Mrs. Robert Fletcher of Middlebourne, plus Mrs. Herbert Phillips of Clay City Illinois. Miss Mary Fry, a local telephone operator, is vacationing in Columbus Ohio. Mrs. E S Matheson leaves yesterday for El Paso Texas to visit friends.
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Point Pleasant
Charles H. Frye
Charles
Cincinnati
Robert H. Ferguson
J. H. Ferguson
Robert Fletcher
Middlebourne
Herbert Phillips
Clay City
Ill
Mary Fry
Columbus
E. S. Matheson
el Paso
Texas
Willing Workers and Peppy Workers Meet in July
Mrs. Clarice Knapp, 4-H club director at Point Pleasant, reports these club activities. The Willing Workers held their July meeting at Siloa m Church. the Peppy Workers met at Hopedale School with a program. Members present included Ruth Boles Mary Boles Evelyn Boles Vivian Knapp Dayton Shinn and others. A recent ice cream social at Concord Church cleared 30 to offset camp costs. A water well project at the Recreation Center received final inspection and a concrete cap was added. A Wide Awake Hustlers meeting at Evalee and Roseanna Frye's home covered clothing foods for fun and 4-H records.
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Point Pleasant
Clarice Knapp
4-H
Siloam Church
Hopedale School
Ruth Boles
Mary Boles
Evelyn Boles
Vivian Knapp
Dayton Shinn
Dollie Thornton
Beulah McDade
Kanawha Hustlers
Mary Lou
Meadows
Concord Church
C. Ball
C. C. Anderson
Hiram Knapp
Evalee
Roseanna Frye
Betty Hoschar
Betty van Meter
Marjorie McDermitt
Chester Johnson
Jack Johnson
George Crump
Miss Hoschar
Misses Frye
Mrs. Knapp
Two Divorce Suits Entered in Court
In Point Pleasant circuit court two divorce actions were filed yesterday. Landis Pearson sues Pauline Pearson for desertion since their 1939 marriage. Mae Leona Thomas sues Hoy O. Thomas for cruel treatment after a long unhappy marriage from 1913 to May 1943, with no children.
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Point Pleasant
Landis Pearson
Pauline Pearson
Mae Leona Thomas
Hoy O. Thomas
Rule Out Beer Sales Until 2 on Sundays
POINT PLEASANT The Mason County Beer Dispensers Association adopted a resolution against beer sales before 2 p.m. on Sundays at a meeting held here Monday evening. All county dealers are members, said D. E. Anderson, secretary treasurer.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Beer Dispensers Association
D. E. Anderson
Dog Bite Wound Develops Serious In Fourth Street Attack
Mrs George Sprenger of Fourth Street Point Pleasant remains confined at home with a worsening bite wound from a dog attack four weeks ago. The injury occurred as she was leaving the Helen Fruth beauty parlor.
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Point Pleasant
George Sprenger
Fourth St
Mason County Calls Up 100 Men for Army Examinations
Mason County boards mobilize one hundred men for final army examinations next Tuesday Aug 3. They will be sent to Huntington. Four transfers from other boards join the group. volunteers 11 selectees 89 residents of Point Pleasant plus rural route members. List names include Point Pleasant residents such as Joseph Greathouse Lewis Bass and many others across Mason Glenwood Henderson Mason and surrounding locales. Transferred from other boards include Dewey Plumley Glen Simpkins Sylvan Wallis and Jack Winston.
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Mason County Board
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Huntington
Frank August Cheesebrew
Alva Edward Luckydoo
Jesse Stanford Duncan
Howard Edgar Love
Harold Robert Clark
Glen Olin Holland
Ray Hiawatha Jones
Henderson
John Franklin Wheeler
Clifton
Louis Eugene Johnson
Hartford
Charles E. Rollins
Leon
Russell Edgar Barker
Glenwood
Joseph Brown
John J. Dower
Clifford Elmore
Herman William Bradshaw
Sidney Edgar Hudson
John Sterling Dunlavy
William Woodrow Thomas
Dewey Lafayette Mayes
Homer Varian Vickers
Archie Whitt
Clarence Danlee Daugherty
Tracy Clifford Bailey
Freerescue
John Howard Oliver
Alfred Porter Staats, Jr
William Mason Filson
Cecil Bradford Roseberry
Howard Finley Smith
Edgar Hill Tuckerman
John Woodrow Rain
Leslie Rubin Hesson
Glen Elson Jenkins
Wilbert Ferrell Wamsley
Paul John Flint
James Kirkman
Butler Tracy Hall
Mason
Carl James Roush
Harold Schwarz
Hogsett
Lewis Almond Persinger
Clemit Milroy Lines
William Glenn Burrows
Harold Eugene Bush
Kaylong
Guy Taylor
James Robert Rickard
James Harvey Morgan
Milton Burdette
Herman Hersal Shinn
Carl Chester Shinn
Roy Jackson Pierson
John Delbert Deweese
South Side
Houston Brannan
Orville Russell Williamson
Ashton
Wilbur Hill
William Henry Hughes
Earl Ashbell Hughes
Howard Elverson Holley
Letart
Pearl Grover Nease
Charles Leslie Rayburn
John Franklin Weigand
William Thomas Donovan
Kenneth Charles Weigand
Gallipolis
Charles Aven Brannan
Joe Dell Rulen
Granvel Venton Wamsley
New Haven
Walter Nathan Grinstead
Herman Lloyd Kirby
George Randall Capehart
Apple Grove
Charles William King
Brice Henley Chapman
Evans
William Brady Hill
Lewellyn S. Williams
West Columbia
Patrick J. Riley
Beech Hill
Charles Howard Lewis
Grimms Landing
Oscar Audis Craig
Cottageville
Ralph Osburn McDermott
Dewey Austin Plumley
Glen Oscar Simpkins
Sylvan Eugene Wallis
Jack Carlton Winston
County Agent Seeks Helpers For Farmers
County Agent C. C. Anderson urges farmers needing help and workers seeking farm jobs to file applications at the county office. He aims to recruit teen workers and notes an eight point plan to raise milk production, citing 140 billion pounds actual need in 1943 against a 122 billion goal.
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Point Pleasant
C. C. Anderson
Anderson
Lightning Strikes Home For Second Time At Gallipolis Ferry
Lightning struck the J. N. Wilson home at Gallipolis Ferry Monday evening for the second time in three weeks. Mrs. Neal J. Wilson was badly shaken and called her father Rupert L. Kayser, who brought her to the Kayser home on Jackson Ave. The husband, employed by the Monongahela and Ohio Dredging Co. at Ironton, was due to arrive last night.
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Point Pleasant
J. N. Wilson
Gallipolis Ferry
Neal J. Wilson
Rupert L. Kayser
Kayser
Jackson Ave
Monongahela and Ohio Dredging Co
Ironton
Rose Sells Farm Near Proctorville
C A Rose a ware merchant retires from farming and sells his Proctorville area farm. The property near Proctorville will move to Huntington with Mr and Mrs Rose living near their only child Mrs Eugen Py.
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Rose Sells
Proctorville
Point Pleasant
C. A. Rose
Proctoray
Marty Austin
May
Kanawha
Rose
Huntington
Eueng Py
Sale of 725 Third Ave estate ends as Mae Thomas buyer
Gallipolis Holtis notes the sale of the property at 725 Third Ave from the estate of the late Judge v White, with Mae Thomas listed as the buyer.
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Gallipolis
Holtis
Third Ave
Ate
V White
Mae Thomas
Thomas
Peterson's Fat Relief for Piles Ad Promises Quick Aid
An old advertisement urges immediate relief from piles using Peterson's fat formula. It claims cooling soothing effect and 35c per box or 60c for a tube, with money cheerfully refunded if not satisfied.
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Peterson
Area's Future Discussed by Civic Group
POINT PLEASANT Ohio W Va Tri County Industrial Association held a three hour meeting in the courthouse to discuss purposes and future steps. Directors from Gallipolis Middleport and Pomeroy planned to consult local groups before formalizing the association. Local advisory committee to meet this evening on forming a chamber of commerce and coordinating next moves.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio W. Va
Tri-County Industrial Association
Gallipolis
Middleport
Pomeroy
Bend
Mayor Krodel
E. Bartow Jones
H. B. Ecker
G. P. Bush
Edgar Ervin
W. A. Compton
Cc. S. Smith
Jones
Chamber of Commerce
No Grand Jury To Be Called in August
Judge Lew H. Miller notified Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones that the order summoning a grand jury for a special term on August 26 was canceled. A new date will be set later, and no jury had been drawn. The cancellation caused no inconvenience to local officials.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
Vernon Jones
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