Three Gallia County Men Start Prison Terms This Week
Three Gallia County men were moved to state institutions Monday evening. Howard and Richard Cole cousins and George Goody were escorted from Gallipolis after Howard and Goody faced convictions for church burglary and receiving stolen goods. An appeal from the common pleas judgment in the Goody case is filed to the court of appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Callipolis
Gallia County
Dickey
Lawrence Landay
Gallipolis
Howard
Richard Cole
George Goody
Johns Creek
Waterloo
Mansfield Reformatory
Flag Springs Church
Reformatory
Mansfield
Goody
Ohio State Penitentiary
Mary Holley
E. L. Riley
Ironton
Perry Bailes
Common Pleas Court
Court of Appeals
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights and Local Visits
Anna Zimmerman hosts the French Colony Chapter D A R meeting with three guests and welcomes new member Mrs. E R Wallace. WAVES enlistment talk by J Clair Hall, bridge shower for Barbara Fisher, prizes awarded, and various local visits and furloughs noted among Gallipolis residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Anna Simmerman
Daughters of the American Revolution
E. R. Wallace
J. Clair Hall
Brothers Home for Reunion on Sunday
Mr and Mrs Ross Harding hosted a Coast Guard family reunion as Walter E Harding from Brooklyn and Joe Warren Harding on a weekend visit joined the parents for a steak dinner. The gathering included Buell Hayes family and Joe Thompson relatives. The men also visited their ill grandmother Mrs C E Fife in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Ross Harding
Sam
Coast Guards
Walter E. Harding
Brooklyn
Joseph Warren
Joe
Buell Hayes
Grover
Glenn
Tommy
Joe Thompson
Lynn
Donna
Walter
C. E. Fife
Gallipolis
Gallia Health Board Passes Milk Code
Gallia County Board of Health approved a milk code regulating permits grading labeling transport placarding of restaurants and dairy herd inspections. Attendees included President Everett Massie J E Berry Mrs Anna S Evans and Lee Rose.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Committees Named by Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
The Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce named committees led by President Homer Walter with Retail Merchants chaired by Paul G. Jarvis and others. Industrial committee is headed by H B. Ecker with Charles Arthur and John McNealey among members. Public Relations chaired by H W. Wetherholt includes A C Safford. Agricultural committee led by Everett G. Royer includes John Evans. Membership chaired by L C Dayton lists Frank Wetherholt and others. State Program committee is Frank Christ with William Jones and Joe Moch. Civic Improvements chaired by E E Higgins includes Dr Otto Vornholt. Highway Improvements led by Homer Beckett with Dr C E Holzer. Transportation chaired by Stanley Evans includes Tom Mills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harry Maddy
Tom Agee
Homer Beckett
C. E. Holzer
E. W. Smith
Earl Moore
Stanley Evans
Tom Mills
George Lear
Judge A. J. Stormont Celebrates 19th Police Building Anniversary
Gallipolis veteran Judge A J Stormont aged 86 marks 19 years as an official in the Police Building. His career spans 22 years in the postal service six in waterworks teaching fifteen years of school work including Gallia County and Kansas he also served as mayor and municipal judge. He hopes to work one more year to reach twenty years in the police building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. J. Stormont
Stormont
New Patients Admitted To Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis lists new admissions including Mary Ann Ferguson 10 Point Pleasant surgery Mrs Samuel Lewis Portland surgery Mrs Paul Porter Middleport medical Gaylord Sayre 13 Leon W Va medical Mrs G A Barton Gallipolis medical Herbert Crawford Point Pleasant medical Mrs Carl L Calvert Gallipolis medical Clifford Coker 17 Blackfork medical Discharges for Tuesday and Wednesday include G G Fleming Middleport Miss Helen Fox Pt Pleasant Mrs Emil Kearns Jackson Mrs Neils Powell Middleport and Mrs Raymond Bodkins Pomeroy
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Mary Ann Ferguson
Point Pleasant
Samuel Lewis
Portland
Paul Porter
Middleport
Gaylord Sayre
Leon
W. Va
G. A. Barton
Herbert Crawford
Carl L. Calvert
Clifford Coker
Blackfork
G. G. Fleming
Helen Fox
Pt. Pleasant
Emil Kearns
Jackson
Neils Powell
Raymond Bodkins
Pomeroy
Driverheld for investigation after truck found near church
Gallipolis police blotter says a Dayton tagged truck was found parked near the Catholic Church and on Monday it stood near Laufers Mill. Charles Thomas Wilson of Dayton was apprehended for questioning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dayton
Laufers Mill
Charles Thomas Wilson
Williams Funeral Held This Afternoon
Funeral services are set for Mrs. Mary Williams 79 at Clifton Methodist Church. A lifelong county resident, she died Monday at the Mason Clinic after residing in the city for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mary Williams
Mason Clinic
Clifton Methodist Church
Point Clinic Births and Tonsillectomies Reported
The Point Clinic at Point Pleasant reports three births: a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Snyder locally, a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Jessie Rollins locally, and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Worthy Siders of Henderson at their home. Several tonsillectomies were performed yesterday including William and Jean Smith Dona Lou Kay Charles Osher Eileen Honaker Chris Bauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Wilbur Snyder
Jessie Rollins
Worthy Siders
Henderson
William and
Jean Smith
Dona Lou Kay
Charles Osher
Eileen Honaker
Gallipolis
Chris Bauer
Leon
Route 1
Ann Ferguson Recovering After Appendectomy
Miss Ann Ferguson ten year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Ferguson of South Park Drive underwent an appendectomy at Holzer Hospital Monday evening and is making a recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ann Ferguson
Robert Ferguson
South Park Drive
Holzer Hospital
Gallia Produce Market Draws Interest From Mason County Farmers
Local farmers watch the Gallipolis based produce auction project with interest as buyers from Cincinnati to Cleveland are anticipated. Promoter John A. Blain says consignments from farmers may be sold to the highest bidder, with separate lots for different commodities. If successful, similar markets may open in Point Pleasant and other rural areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
John A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Brain
John Smith
Three Suits Filed in Mason County Court
Three civil actions opened this week in Mason circuit court with original papers filed by Clerk Vernon Jones. Estate administrator R F Musgrave seeks 10000 damages from Ohio River Coal Co over the death of Charles Sayre when the towboat McBride hit a bridge pier near Cincinnati in February 1942. Oma Wiseman sues Fred Wiseman for divorce alleging cruelty and requests child support arrears of 40 monthly. Lloyd Roush and Herman Layne sue West Virginia Coal and Transportation Co for 7500 damages. pleaders not yet filed. company runs a West Columbia mine and boats between Minneapolis and Pittsburgh.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
R. F. Musgrave
Charles Sayre
Ohio River Co
Huntington
Sayre
McBride
Cincinnati
Oma Wiseman
Fred Wiseman
Lt McClain and Family Leave for Columbus
Lieutenant and Mrs W B McClain and daughter Verna Mae depart for Columbus where he will be stationed at a military post. The family has resided here for several months while he served as an Army inspector on ships built at the Marietta shipyard and were warmly welcomed by local society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. B. McClain
Verna Mae
Columbus
McClains
Army
Marietta
Kayser Moves Real Estate Office to Fifth Street Room
Rupert L. Kayser, local real estate dealer, has moved his office to a first floor room on Fifth Street directly opposite the Bus Terminal Building in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Kayser
Fifth St
Local Officers Arrest Two Men On Intoxication Charge
Officers Morrison and Noble arrested Ed ward Newman and Evan Brown in Point Pleasant on intoxication charges. Both were released to Mayor Krodel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Morrison and Noble
Edward Newman
Evan Brown
Krodel
Burdette and Fisher to Wed Friday Morning
A marriage license was issued to William Hutcheson Burdette and Barbara Mae Fisher. The couple will celebrate nuptials Friday morning in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Hutcheson Burdette
Barbara Mae Fisher
Officers of Lodge Are Installed In West Virginia
In Point Pleasant the Women of the Moose held a meeting in the River Street club lounge. Kathleen Lubee of Huntington assisted with installations, as officers elected in May were installed and a class of candidates initiated. The session included a buffet supper and a talk by Lubee on Moose affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Women of the Moose
Loyal Order of Moose
River St
Kathleen Lubee
Huntington
College of Regents
John Clay Hutchinson
Victor E. S. Park
Park
Hutchinson
B. Walter Krodel
S. C. Moustin
Stanley W. Harris
Alice Marie Frye
Carl Bruestle
George Sprenger
L. B. Hannaman
James Hall
Sentinel
Homer Martin
Argus
Cottrill Resigns as Agricultural Agent in Jackson County
D. L. Cottrill former local resident resigns as Jackson County West Virginia agricultural agent after eight years in the post. He and Mrs. Cottrill visited briefly this week and will pursue new plans, with the Cottrills maintaining a Kanawha Street home that is currently tenanted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
D. L. Cottrill
Jackson County
W. Va
Ladies Aid Society To Meet Thursday In Point Pleasant
Vaught Memorial Ladies Aid will meet with Mrs Herbert Henderson as hostess at her home south of the Kanawha Thursday at 7 30 PM. Concord Ladies Aid members and husbands invited. A potluck supper will be served and a silver offering for church improvement will be received. Concord Aid will meet this evening with Mrs Walter Sommer as hostess at her Beech Hill home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Vaught Memorial Ladies Aid
Herbert Henderson
Kanawha
Concord Ladies Aid
Concord Aid
Walter Sommer
Beech Hill
Two Arraigned Before Pt. Pleasant Magistrate
Walter Lane and his nephew William Lewis Ripley faced arraignment before a Pt. Pleasant magistrate. Lane admitted intoxication, paid fine and costs, and declined to prosecute Ripley who was charged with breaking and entering. Lane left after paying costs and asked for change from a $20 bill for Ripley.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Lane
William Lewis Ripley
Lane
Ripley
Judge Lew Miller speaks at Huntington Flag Day exercises
Judge Lew H. Miller of Mason County Circuit Court delivered the Flag Day address at Huntington ceremonies where Marshall College Army Detachment staged a retreat salute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
Mason County Circuit Court
Huntington
Marshall College
Miss Adams Aids 1942 Delinquent List Prep
Miss Frances Adams of Mason assists in the preparation of the 1942 delinquent list in the sheriff's office. The work is expected to be completed by the end of the month.
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Point Pleasant
Frances Adams
Mason
Bridal Shower and Bridge Party Honor Miss Fisher
Miss Bar bara Mae Fisher of Point Pleasant wed Mr William Hutcheson Burdette at her Ohio River Road home later this week. Guests at a Gallipolis Island View Inn event included Mrs Bert Hanson and Miss Judy Gaskins. A second Christ Church Guild bridge party raised funds for church improvements at S Moystin’s Viand Street apartment. The Young People Fellowship plans a Parish House dance at 8:30 p.m. with public invitations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Island View Inn
Barbara Fisher
Point Pleasant
Burt Hanson
William P. Cherrington
Charlotte Cornwell
Huntington
Gallipolis
Frank Haskins
Judy Haskins
Barbara Mae Fisher
William Hutcheson Burdette
Ohio River Road
Bert Hanson
Fisher
Bridge
Judy Gaskins
Dorothy Watkins
Virginia Lewis
Margaret Burdette
Edith Quillin
Hildreth Armstrong
Casby Meadows, Jr
James Hall
Homer D. Lowe
P. A. Sayre
Ben Tracy
John Clay Hutchinson
Edward Jackson
Frank Martin
Elizabeth Clark
Robert Lovell
Lance Ogden
Betty Burdette
Christ Church Guild
S. C. Moystin
Viand St
Moystin
George Garrison
George H. Overholt
Ronald White
Carl Gardner
B. Walter Krodel
Melvin Schmidt
V. B. McClain
Juliet Smith
Young People’s Fellowship of Christ Church
Woman's Auxiliary Meet at Old Town Farms Today
The Woman's Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church meets this afternoon with Mrs. C. C. Lewis at Old Town Farms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman's Auxiliary of
the Presbyterian Church
C. C. Lewis
Old Town Farms
POINT PLEASANT PERSONALS
Several residents are listed visiting family and returning home. Sidney Selby and son Jimmy returned to Steubenville after visiting W E Selby family. Vaughn Spencer and daughter Rita Jo vacationed with C C Spencer family in Charleston. Samuel Park from Blacksburg VA awaits Navy orders after Virginia Tech studies. Mrs Maggie Johnson hosted Mrs Marv in Madison. Mrs James K Thomas returned to Charleston after visiting Roseberry family. Carrie Somerville stayed with Nelson A Park family on Jackson Ave and showed improvement.
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Point Pleasant
Sidney Selby
Jimmy
Steubenville
W. E. Selby
Jackson Ave
Vaughn Spencer
Rita Jo
Charleston
C. C. Spencer
Seventh St
Charles B. Smith
Viand St
William Webb
Samuel Park
Blacksburg
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Marvin McElfresh
Madison
Maggie Johnson
Steenbergen
James K. Thomas
A. Horton Roseberry
Carrie Somerville
Nelson A. Park
Two Stolen Bikes Recovered in City
Gallipolis police recovered two bicycles stolen at Point Pleasant. Robert Mayes Jr 18 of Henderson West Virginia and a minor were arrested. The bikes were identified by Point Pleasant officials and returned to their owners in West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Robert Mayes, Jr
Henderson
W. Va
West Virginia
Gallipolis Rotary Drives Campaign for Soldiers Cigarettes
The Gallipolis Rotary Club launches a city wide drive to raise 500 for cigarettes to send to soldiers abroad. Donation jars will be placed in hotels and cigarette counters with civic groups urged to help. A Tag Day may raise funds with portable tags. Committee members include MacScott, Paul Jarvis and Robert Ruland.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Rotary Club
Island View Inn
MacScott
Paul Jarvis
Robert Ruland
Real Estate Deals Reported in City
Mr and Mrs Clyde Ingels bought the former Thompson family home at Third and Locust Streets from R P Thompson heirs. Last week the Ingels sold their Second Avenue home to Joe Pierotti. The property includes a lot with Locust and Third street frontages and a large two story frame house now occupied by A H Dean and family.
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Gallipolis
Clyde Ingels
R. P. Thompson
Thompson
Third and Locust Sts
Ingels
Second Avenue
Joe Pierotti
Third
A. H. Dean
General Chemical Corporation
Lodge Awards Pierce 50 Year Service Pin
GALLIPOLIS A 50 year pin was awarded to Albert Pierce by A C Safford spokesman for Morning Dawn Lodge No 7 F and A M Eureka. The ceremony occurred about 7 o'clock in the Eureka Masonic lodge hall as a tribute to Pierce who has been a member for fifty years.
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Gallipolis
Albert Pierce
A. C. Safford
Morning Dawn Lodge No. 7
A. M
Eureka
Masonic Lodge
Mr. Pierce
War Dads Chapter Formed in Gallia County
Gallia County organ gets underway as American War Dads elect John Steinbeck as temporary president and Bob Mackenzie as temporary secretary at a Lafayette Hotel meeting. Seven World War II veteran fathers attend, with aims to unite fathers in support of armed forces and postwar goals.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Steinbeck
United States
America
Ular
State Guard Quarters To Be Planned
Gallipolis plans for organizing the Ohio State Guard are under way. Captain Craig D. Slagle reports growth in enlistment, with Col. Earl Brannen and an architect to assist remodeling the Armory at Second and Sycamore Streets in the old Furniture Industries building.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Guard
Craig D. Slagle
Athens State Guard Company
Earl Brannen
Furniture Industries
Raymond Hoy
Second and
Sycamore Sts
Slagle
Marriage Licenses Issued Monday in Gallipolis
Gallia county issued licenses to Clair Spires 32 soldier Langsville and Esther Sergent 23 nurse Vinton. Also Earl Moore 31 soldier Nelsonville and Aileen Patton 26 aircraft worker Nelsonville.
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Gallipolis
Clair Spires
Langsville
Esther Sergent
Vinton
Earl Moore
Eugene Hankison
Nelsonville
Aileen Patton
Baptist Pastor Speaks at Rotary Club Meeting
Gallipolis guests heard Roy Edward Hakes pastor of Gallia Baptist Church speak on the postwar church world and universal peace with Christ’s return. G Sell of Cleveland Heights and Mr. Lucas, visiting Gallipolis for the summer, attended, Ira Swis arranged the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Roy Edward Hakes
Gapolis Baptist Church
Rotary Club
Is View Inn
Hakes
Ha G. Sell
Cleveland Heights
Mr. Lucas
Ira Swis
Native of France Arrested in Gallia
Molly Kilta, 32, a French national, was arrested Tuesday by Deputy U S Mahal on a charge of internal sedition. Officials say she entered illegally from Canada and has been visiting relatives in the United States. She is held at an institution in Anderson, West Virginia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Molly Kilta
Leon Budziak
U. S
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Athens Messenger
Gallipolis Social Notes
H. A. Kenner
Suzanne Dursten
Julia &. Conklin
Eli Isenberg
Jeremy
Mass
Joe Moch
Dale Coder
Chicago
Helen Miller
Ann
Howard Neal
Helen Bush
Garland Robinson
Camp Butner
N. C
Robert Robinson
Bidwell
R. B. Cornwell
Anne Hill
Nancy Bean
Parma
Brothers
NEA Service Inc
Gallia Health Board
At Point Clinic
Camp Breckenridge
Gallia
Mason County
Lt. McClain
Lubee
Margaret Louise Hyatt
Arma M. Morrison
Norma Sturgeon
Erma W. Buffington
Martha Miller
Bonnie Garrison
Josephine Hite
Doris Rexroad
Mary Louise Rexroad
Cottrill
Ladies Aid Society
Lodge
War Dads
U. S. Army
Brannen
Rotary
France
Ohio
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