Mason County Boy Fatally Hurt in Traffic Accident
Charles Craig, Robertsburg boy, was fatally injured Sunday when he was struck on the running board of a car overturning on Arbuckle Creek road. The 1930 Ford, driven by Harold Tucker, overturned with no other injuries to occupants. Craig died shortly after at Rayne Mortuary. Tucker lacks an operator license and faces possible arraignment. investigation by Sheriff Ernest Hesson and State Trooper Harry D. Coy continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Craig
Robertsburg
Harold Tucker
Jimms Landing
Ose
Tuckers
Meme
Arbuckle Creek
Buss
Tucker
Craig
Ernest Hesson
Harry D. Coyre
R. W
Sam H. Bardin
Oung Craig
Cecil Craig
Roberts
Brown Arrested on Wayne County Warrant and DWI
Jayne County warrant issued on Brown after a Saturday arrest by state trooper Coyner and Deputy Morrison. Brown pleaded guilty to driving while intoxicated before a local magistrate, received 60 days in county jail, chauffeur’s license suspended six months. A road-check revealed license revoked, leading to a warrant for his arrest. Police had halted his speeding car and warned him to present the license card.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coyner
Sher- Morrison
Jayne County
Bunty
Rown
Ity
Wayne County
T Ken
Ecard
Brown
Road Commission
Hartford Publishes 45 Financial Statement
Hartford officials publish a financial statement for the year ending June 30 1945 showing a balance on hand of 593.45 dollars and expenditures of 910.41 dollars. West Virginia law requires publication by all municipalities. Walter Bulmer recorder signed the statement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Hartford
West Virginia
Mason County
Walter Bulmer
Recorder
New Stadium Lighting System Is Completed in Point Pleasant
The city celebrates the completion of the Senior High stadium night lighting with a Tuesday evening program. A flag pole will be raised as Dewey A. Windsor flips the switch to light the stadium, followed by a softball game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Senior High Stadium
Dewey A. Windsor
2.7 Inches Of Rain Falls In 24 Hours
Rainfall in Point Pleasant over 24 hours ending Sunday morning reached 2.7 inches. The heaviest downpour began Saturday around 8 AM with 1.65 inches in an hour. Storm sewers failed, streets flooded, but overall damage described as slight. Farmers welcomed the rain after dryness. Local showers refreshed Mason County, with Glenwood area noted as light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Glenwood
Pleasant social notes and personals from Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant reports the Music Guild of the local Presbyterian Church organized with a full slate of officers and committees. Also listed are multiple social notes about residents visiting family, travel plans, hospital stays in Rochester Minnesota and Columbus and Hartford area, new hires at local stores, and family health updates from Ohio Street to Lake Erie vacation plans and shipyard roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
The
Jocal- Presbyterian Church
J. W. Shawkey
Laula Lewis
James A. Adie
Howard Proffitt
Hamilton Johnson
R. G. Morrison
Shawkey
John William Steenbergen
Proffitt
R. L. Hogg
Chicago
William B. Hogg
Columbus
C. E. Hogg
Viand St
Mary Patsterson
C. E. Hoge
Mayor Ny Clinic
Rochester
Kanawha St
Joan Somerville
Gress Grocery
Gordon Hall
George H. Overholt
Mt. Vernon
Carolyn Vaught
Betty Jane Mortis
Edward Newells
Lake Erie
Overholt
Bessie Jacobson
William Smith
Ohio St
Smith
GI Universities Open In Europe With Army Support
Shrivenham in Wiltshire hosts Shrivenham University a new Army run school for GIs offering free college for up to 4000 at a time while stationed in Europe. A second campus will open in Biarritz mid August with about 300 courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Jameson
Shrivenham
England
U.S. Army
Wiltshire
Europe
Shrivenham University
Biarritz
Sorbonne University
Paris
United States
Paul W. W. Thompson
Alliance
Neb
Army
Thompson
Nurses Redeployment Program Announced
Paris reports the Army chief surgeon announced a redeployment program for United States Army nurses. More than 40 percent of the 17,948 nurses in the European theater volunteered for further overseas service. Among those in Europe, 2,800 will go directly to the Pacific, 2,500 to the Pacific via the United States, and 1,300 will remain in the Army of Occupation in Europe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
United States Army
Army
European
Europe
Pacific
United States
Army of Occupation
Fined in Court and Local Social Notes of Kanauga
Kanauga reports an ice cream sale on church grounds netting 75 dollars to enlarge the church, sponsored by Class No. 3 taught by Mrs. Mabel Deem. A real estate deal closed between the Shaws and the Lees, with the Shaws moving near Gallipolis. Various local residents are noted visiting, traveling, and returning from service or work, with brief mentions of marriages, relocations, and Army veteran status.
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Barbara
Huntington
John Raike
Charles DeWitt
Carl Roush
Charleston
J. H. Ables
Granville
Lin
Coln
Wade
Eli Birchfield
Bob
William Birchfield
Alice Perry
Powhatan
Parkersburg
Columbus
Jesse Woodward
George .Sheets
C.G. Houck
O.H.E
Inez Vance
Ed Vance
Gladys
Albert Spencer
Henry Spencer
Middleport
Pic
Charles Halley
Mamaroneck
John Hailey
Hailey
T. P. Stone
Reynolds
Nina Harris
Kate Butts
Nancy Weethee
Athens
Deserter Is Held in County Jail in West Columbia
Deserter Homer Bland, an Army man serving a ten year term at Fort Knox, was captured near his West Columbia home by Sgt. Paul F. Thomas and Trooper Harry D. Coyner after a week of pursuit. He is held in Mason County jail awaiting prison instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Homer Bland
Fort Knox
Paul F. Thomas
Harry D. Coyner
West Columbia
Mason County
Bland
Thomas
Coyner
Hesson
Morrison
Sgt. Thomas
William L. Smith Rites Held This Afternoon
William Leslie Smith 49 died Saturday in Huntington Veterans Hospital. Funeral from Wallace Smith’s Kanawha Street home this afternoon with Rev. Mary Henderson of Gallipolis presiding. Survived by brothers Campbell and Wallace Smith and sister Mrs. Julia Thomas. American Legion to perform graveside rites at Lone Oak Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
William Leslie. Smith
Wallace Smith
Kanawha St
Mary Henderson
Gallipolis
Andrew
Hortense Glover Smith
Columbus
Campbell
Julia Thomas
American Legion
Lone Oak Cemetery
Shakespeare Provides Plenty Of Laughs for U.S. Troops
Stratford upon Avon hosts American GI detachments in Shakespeare courses as part of Army redeployment. Canadians Australians and New Zealanders join discussions led by British council officials. About 30 Americans weekly attend five plays with luncheons, paying $6.50 to participate. GI Jim Larzelere and Seymour Fishing praise longer courses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Romney Wheeler
Hal Boyle
Stratford
Upon -Avon
Memorial Theater
British Council
American Red Cross
Officers’ Club
Red Cross
Pfe
James Larzelere
Buffalo
Brooklyn
Lottridge News Notes and Local Visits
Local social notes record numerous Sunday and weekday visits across the Lottridge area. Families including Boggs Young McBee and Davis circle, with extended gatherings in Athens Belpre Amesville and Ripley, plus funeral attendance for Newton Russell.
Reedsville Notes Highlight Local Visits and Birth
Reedsville sparse notes show cadet nurse Mary Ellen Heiney and family guests from Toledo and New Lexington visiting A A Hetzer. Circle of visitors includes J O Roedel and others from Dor Schaeffer, Pomeroy, at C R Kimes Lockview Cottage. Local births and hospital stays noted with families in Columbus and Parkersburg, plus relatives visiting and returning residents.
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Reedsville
Mary Ellen Heiney
Toledo
Elza
Robert Heiney
New Lexington
A. A. Hetzer
J. O. Roedel
Dor Schaeffer
Ernest Duerr
Pomeroy
C. R. Kimes Lockview Cottage
Ruth Moore
J. €. McCloskey
Columbus
Ethel Packard
Fred Coleman
Iris Bering
T. Hbering
Katherine Wallace
Children’s Hospital
David Smith
Navy
Ida. Kibble
Tal Mr
Charles Crislip
Rome Sandy
Parkersburg
C. W. Buckiey
Alice Bradstrom
A. C. Stewart
G. S. Kimes
Dennie Powell
Hartman Hospital
Blada Bibbee
Betty Larkins
Hockingport News Notes Highlights Local Visits
Sgt. Arthur Ice returns home from Camp Atterbury for a 30 day fur lough to his parents Mr. and Mrs. Logan Ice. Visitors include Mrs. Alvin Blake and son moving to Coslville, Mrs. Annie Foster and Mrs. Gertrude Welling at the Medleys, Mrs. Lawrence Crawford and children from Columbus with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Charles Cowdery, and Jeff Watson’s family at Porterfield. Dora Bell Giffin of Elizabeth W V and grandfather W T Matheny host. A Floyd Cain hog died after falling over rocks.
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Hockingport
Arthur Ice
Camp Atterbury
Logan Ice
Alvin Blake
Coslville
Glen, Blake
Annie Foster
Gertrude Welling
Orvel Medley
Lawrence Crawford
Columbus
Charles Cowdery
Roy Rose
Sid McIntyre
Jeff Watson
Porterfield
Clarice Medley
Marietta
Dora Bell Giffin
Elizabeth
W.va
W.T. Matheny
Floyd Cain
Attorney General Rules on Gallia School Issue
The Ohio Attorney General ruled the Gallia Township Board of Education legal after it reversed a bid sale for Pine Grove and reopened the school. Ernie Day had bought the structure, but the board ordered his payment returned. Day reportedly refused. The county prosecutor sought the AG opinion and the county school superintendent said the Pine Grove School cannot reopen this fall without Education Department approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio Township Board of Education
Pine Grove
Hugh S. Jenkins
Ernie Day
Day
Robert M. Betz
B. Lewis Jones
Fine Grove
State Department of Education
Gallipolis Personal News Highlights Visitors and Returns
Cpl Mark Tanner visits six day furlough with grandparents Mr and Mrs V A Tanner after completing training in Laredo Texas and plans to report back. Miss Beverly Sawyer arrives from Columbus to stay with her aunt Mrs Tom Woodward. Mrs Margaret Carter returns from Cincinnati after a week with relatives. Charles William Hanniger, overseas three years with the 407th Ord Motor Maintenance, telegraphed of arrival in New York and expects to return home soon.
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Cpl
Mark Tanner
V. A. Tanner
Laredo
Texas
Beverly Sawyer
Alva Sawyer
Columbus
Tom Woodward
Margaret Carter
Cincinnati
Charles William Hanniger
407Th Ord
New York
Charles Hanniger
Communists Revive Party Browder Out in Split
New York reports the Communist Party of the United States resumes activity after a 14 month break. Delegates disband the Communist Political Association once led by Earl Browder, who did not vote. Browder is expected to be succeeded by William Z. Foster amid a dispute and Browder opposition pledge.
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New York
Communist Party of the
Browder
William Z. Foster
Chester Social And Personal Chester Social And Personal
Sgt Ralph Gillilan, a B 24 gunner, returns to the US from Europe and rests with his parents. His wife from Canton is visiting. Mrs Howard Knight hosted relatives including John Richt. Roy Calvert and sister Myrta of Guysville visited. Clyde Calvert and guests from Columbus stayed with Hannah Cleland. Dinner honors for Mr and Mrs Clayton Allen with guests from Akron and Columbus. Meigs County Experiment Farm outing attended by C N Jones. East Fultonham hosts and serenade for Clayton Allen and bride Clarice Cleland.
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Chester
Ralph Gillilan
Ebert
Gillilan
Canton
Howard Knight
John Richt
Roy Calvert
Myrta Calvert
Guysville
Clyde Calvert
Calvert
L. Michael
Charles Kimes
Casper Benson
Columbus
Hannah Cleland
Guy Summerfield
Roy Christy
Clayton Allen
Robert Allen
Akron
M. H. Allen
Donald Matlack
Shirley Summerfield
Summerfield
Christy
C. N. Jones
Meigs County Experiment Farm
East Fultonham
Clarice Cleland
Two Divorces Granted New Suit Is Filed
Gallipolis decrees grant two divorces in separate cases. Dorothy Burns is divorced from Walter Burns for gross neglect while he is an Ohio penitentiary inmate, with Dorothy retaining custody of four children and Walter ordered to pay 12 per week. Foster A Little and Effie Little divorce on neglect grounds, each party to have custody of one of their two children, Foster to pay 45 monthly for the child in Effie’s custody. Odis McCormick seeks divorce from Grace McCormick, married November 27, 1944, with no children.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Ohio
Dorothy Burns
Walter Burns
Foster A. Little
Cheshire
Effie Little
Odis McCormick
Grace McCormick
Fireley Bradbury Home Fire Doused by Gallipolis Firefighters
Gallipolis city firemen answered a noon Saturday alarm at 1016 Second Ave. to a smoke filled house after Mrs. Clyde Bradbury returned from shopping. Firemen used chemicals to extinguish the blaze from an electric refrigerator. Only slight damage to the residence was reported, with the refrigerator badly damaged. Mr. Bradbury serves in the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clyde Bradbury
Second Ave
Bradbury
U. S. Navy
Major Halliday Visits Family Near Columbus
Major John E. Halliday, stationed at Fort Dix New Jersey, spent the weekend at home with his family in Gallipolis after arriving by plane from Columbus. He traveled with his brother in law Harry M. Miller who joined him Thursday night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halliday
Gallipolis
John E. Halliday
Fort Dix
N. J
Co|lumbus
Harry M. Miller
Sugar for civilians amid military procurement cut
Secretary of Agriculture Anderson said military sugar purchases are reduced by 38,680 tons to ease civilian shortages in eastern distribution channels. He stressed this does not increase total civilian allotment, but reallocates to improve civilian availability without expanding overall supply.
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Army
Washington
Anderson
Six To Represent Church At Camp
First Baptist Church in this city will send six representatives to boys and girls summer camps near Stroudsburg Pennsylvania, sponsored by the Young People’s Church of the Air. Participants Marsland Berridge Jim Saunders George Wilson Charlene Robinson Earlene Saunders and Anna Mae Halley lead the outing. Camps Shadowbrook for boys and Pinebrook for girls lie in the Pocono Mountains. Activities include daily Bible lessons swimming boating an overnight hike exploration trips camp fires and Stunt Night with crafts and Indian lore opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
Stroudsburg
Young People’s Church of the Air
Marsland Berridge
Jim Saunders
George Wilson
Charlene Robinson
Earlene Saunders
Anna Mae Halley
Pocono Mountains
Shadowbrook
Pinebrook
Gallia Farm People Plan Camp Period
Gallia Gallis County farm men and women will camp this year at Camp Oye in Portsmouth. Men go August 18 and 19, women August 24 to 26. The shift from Ross Hocking was needed because the prior camp limited Gallia groups to 25 each. Last year 36 men and 49 women attended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallis County
Camp Oye
Portsmouth
Ross-Hocking
E. G.royer
Andrew Martin Is II of Pneumonia in Columbus
GALLIPOLIS The condition of Andrew Martin ill of pneumonia at White Cross Hospital Columbus was reported improved Saturday His parents Mr and Mrs J P Martin were called to Columbus last week because of his serious illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Andrew Martin
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
J. P. Martin
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Bellemeade
Bobby
Peck
Helcub
Paw F. Thopital
Bittsburgh
Earn
William L. Smith
Marshal Henri Philippe Petain
U.S
Lottridge News Notes
Amesville
Bruce Diacoan
Glenn Brummage
Scott Snodgrass
R. M. Allen
Carrie Gainer
Glenn Gaston
Rexall Boggs
Robert
Lilie Davis
Raymond Boggs
Belpre
Fred Warner
Ronald
Aylmer Ackley
C. D. Swartz
John Chevalier
John Depoy
Hulda
Kelley
Carl McDaniel
McDaniel
Newton Russell
Ira
Bessie Robinson
Paul Robinson
Charles Robinson
Linda
Lee Gaston
Hockingport News
Gallia
Marcia Davenport
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Henry King
Lamar Trott
Hen Pieters
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