Where The Waters Mingle
Four decades bring change to Gallia Academy High School’s 1921 graduates as 28 of 40 members attend a 40 year reunion at the Farmer Hotel. Atty. William H. Bardin organized the event with many attendees traveling from distant states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia Academy High School
Farmer Hotel
Atty
William H. Bardin
Point Pleasant
Bardin
California
Grace ‘Caufman
Cinsati
Atty. Bardin
Rosalie West
Kananga
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital
A list of births includes daughters for E. Ray Finley and Jack Griffin of Gallipolis and a son for Argyle L. Deeter of Reedsville Route 1. Numerous admissions are noted from Gallipolis to Wellston and other nearby areas with names, routes, and towns. blood usage reported as six pints Sunday and one pint Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Griffin
Gallipolis
Argyle L. Deeter
Reedsville
Priscilla Class Meets at Methodist Church in Straitsville
The Priscilla class met Tuesday night in the church basement with Margaret Edwards and Amy Lanning as hosts. Devotions were given by Anna Frasure and several members attended including Gwen Eberts Nellie Dixon Edna Rawlins and Myrtle Wallace among others. Lunch followed hosted by Edwards and Lanning with Mills assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Priscilla
Methodist Church
Margaret Edwards
Amy Lanning
Anna Frasure
Gwen Eberts
Nellie Dixon
Edna Rawlins
Myrtle Wallace
Isabell Lawson
Minnie Strawn
Jean Williams
Gertrude Mills
Bertha Pierce
Gladys Lines
Edwards
Lanning
Mills
WSCS
Ann Cheetham
Della Arnett
Erma Pierce
Peggy McQuade
Arnett
Cheetham
Gordon James
Margaret Walcott
Columbus
Rachel Witz
New York
Jean Shaffer
Clara Wiant
Sheep Tour Of Gallia County Friday
Gallia County hosts a sheepman tour Friday with stops at 1 p.m. at Marable Haffelt’s Clark Webster Road farm in Clay Two and 2 45 p.m. at Dan Davis’s Patriot Cadmus Road farm in Perry Two. Ralph Grimshaw of Ohio State University will speak at both sites about summer flock management pasture care parasite control and exhibit preparation for the Gallia County Junior Fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
4-H Club
NEXT STOP DAWSON CREEK BOYS HEAD FOR ALASKA
Gallia Academy High School graduates Mike Mills and Jimmy O Dell depart in a station wagon with a canoe on top for a 5000 mile trip to Alaska. They will travel via Canada into Dawson Creek Alberta reach Fairbanks and return by mid August. They plan to camp fish and cook along the Alaskan Highway with months of planning behind them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Alaska
Mike Mills
Harry K. Mills, Jr
Locust St
Jimmy O’dell
Merrill O’dell
Belmont Dr
Canada
Montana
Dawson Creek
Alberta
Fairbanks
Northup Man Is Fined for Reckless Operation
Gallipolis Judge William H. Jones fined Clifford Mooney 22 of Northup Route 1 fifteen dollars and costs for reckless operation. Robert L. Gilmore 43 of Wheelersburg forfeited a twenty dollar bond for permitting an unlicensed minor to operate a motor vehicle. Four others were fined for intoxication including Carl Westfall 56 of Vinton and Elmer Swink 35 of China Grove North Carolina each ten dollars and costs. Chris Anderson 33 and Andrew P. Bryant 62 of Gallipolis each fifteen dollars and costs. All were arrested by city police.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Clifford Mooney
Northup
Robert L. Gilmore
Wheelersburg
Carl Westfall
Vinton
Elmer Swink
China Grove
N. C
Chris Anderson
Andrew P. Bryant
Marines on goodwill cruise visit South Africa
Two ships of marines from Camp Lejeune North Carolina cruise South Africa under a Department of State program to foster US relations with newly independent African states. Marine Cpl. George W. VanSickle from Point Pleasant Route 1 serves with a marine company aboard SOLANT AMITY II.
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Ships of Marines
Camp Lejeune
N. C
South Africa
Department of State
America
Independent States of Africa
Solant Amity II
Marine
George W. VanSickle
Dell VanSickle
Point Pleasant
Mason Family News and Illness Update
Mr and Mrs John Gilbert and family of Blacksburg Va visited Mrs Gladys Gilbert in Mason W Va last week. Angela Carson eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs George Carson of Mason was home from Holzer Hospital where she recovered from chickenpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
John Gilbert
Blacksburg
Gladys Gilbert
W. Va
Angela Carson
George Carson
Holzer Hospital
Music Is the Harmony of Being
A reflective line by Mary Baker Eddy asserts that music embodies harmony within existence, linking artistry to inner peace and spiritual equilibrium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Baker Eddy
William McClain and Elizabeth Jackson Wed in West Virginia
William Joe McClain aged 29 of Parkersburg and Elizabeth Jane Jackson aged 22 of Point Pleasant obtained a marriage license. Fred Lee Thomas of West Virginia and Richie Dane Bailey aged 21 of Liberty, West Virginia are listed with the license action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy E. Peart
Wayie J. King
Morris S. Bailey
Raymond L. Newman
Elizabeth Thomas
Thomas E. Cremeens
Donald R. Argubrite
David A. Woodyard
Jeddie G. Kennedy
Margaret Davis
Ronald J. Smittle
Alonzo E. Howell Jr
Daniel W. Dawson
Fred A. Shifler
William J. Exline
Kenneth H. DeLong
Charles F. Vroman
Bobby L. Richie
Donald L. Riegel
William J. Ritchie
Carmen J. Scrubbie
William Joe McClain
Parkersburg
Elizabeth Jane Jackson
Point Pleasant
Fred Lee Thomas
Given
W. Va
Richie Dane Bailey
Liberty
W.va
Dabney Graduates From Wireman Course at Camp Lejeune
Twenty nine men complete the field wireman course at the Atlantic Fleet Marine Force Communication School Camp Lejeune N C Marine Lance Cpl George O Dabney son of Mr and Mrs George R Dabney of South Side is among the graduates
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Atlantic Fleet Marine Force Communication School
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Marine Lance Cpl
George O. Dabney
George R. Dabney
South Side
Point Clinic Discharges Two Patients
Mike Barnette of Cheshire and Verna Robinson of Point Pleasant were discharged from the Point Clinic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Barnette
Cheshire
Marriage License Issued to Gallipolis Pair
Henry Patterson, 21, of Cheshire, and Marie Coulson, 16, of Gallipolis, were issued a marriage license.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Henry Patterson
Cheshire
Marie Coulson
Driver Cited Fined After Auto Accident in Point Pleasant
Bob Long, 19, Rochester PA, formerly Gallipolis, cited for driving without a license by Trooper C. L. Yost. He paid a $10 fine and costs after arraignment. Two car crash at Routes 17 and 2 left no injuries. Clarence Johnson, 53, Point Pleasant, Route 2, involved. A second Route 2 crash north of Point Pleasant injured 10-year-old passenger Charles Pullins with a minor chin cut.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bob Long
Rochester
Gallipolis
C. L. Yost
Justice of Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Long
Clarence M. Johnson
Yost
Charles Pullins
Loris Quinn Pullins
Leon Route 2
Alice Blatt
Huntington
Pleasant Valley Hospital Notes
Michael J. Miller of Berea and Mrs. D W Dewitt of Bidwell are listed among hospital notes. Others include John P Sayre of Point Pleasant and Mrs Ray Barr of Leon with entries for Barbara Brown and Nancy Jordan of Point Pleasant and Buffalo resident Glen Weaver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael J. Miller
Berea
D. W. Dewitt
Bidwell
John P. Sayre
Point Pleasant
Ray Barr
Leon
Charles Staats
Robert L. Spears
Nancy Jordan
Buffalo
Glen Weaver
New Haven
Paul North
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant Celebrates 98th Birthday in West Virginia
Point Pleasant in West Virginia marks its 98th birthday as a state holiday and stands two years shy of a centennial celebration in a year noted as a legal holiday.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Changes Plea To Guilty In Driving While Intoxicated Case
Shelby Harris Blake withdrew a not guilty plea and pled guilty to driving while intoxicated in circuit court. Indicted by the May grand jury, Blake faces sentencing on June 30. A separate civil action, Nibert versus Mutual Benefit Health, was continued due to illness, and a road condemnation case against Verna and Jean Daton was settled out of court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Shelby Harris Blake
Blake
Leslie F. Nibert
Mutual Benefit Health and Accident Association
Verna
Jean Daton
Plants Reunion Set for Mason County Campgrounds
Reunion planned in Point Pleasant as relatives and friends gather Sunday June 25 at Mason County 4-H Campgrounds South Side. Picnic dinner to be served at noon.
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Mason Coun
South Side
Bond Placed At 12000 For Couple In Forgery Case
Rex Tanner 27 and Elmer Wheeler 18 waive to the grand jury on three more forgery counts in Mason County. Bond set at 1500 per count totaling 12000. They remain jailed. Other arraignments include William Wirt Hamilton for reckless driving 25 fine and costs. Charles Rhodes James Withrow and Torrs A Williamson for intoxication or speeding with small fines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rex Tanner
Meigs County
Elmer Wheeler
Leon
Justice of Peace
A. M. Goodwin
Mason County
Goodwin
William Wirt Hamilton
Charles Rhodes
James Withrow
Torrs A. Williamson
Kimes Serves With Korean Division
Army Specialist Four Thomas M. Kimes of Hartford W Va has arrived in Korea and serves with the first Cavalry Division 82nd Artillery Battery A. The 22 year old Wahama High School graduate from Mason joined after duty at Fort Knox Kentucky.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas M. Kimes
Kenneth K. Kimes
Hartford
W. Va
Korea
82Nd Artillery
Kimes
Fort Knox
Wahama High School
Mason
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Mary Hyre
Her
Rosalie
W. G. Scarberry
Anna Bradbury
Lawrence Smeltzer
Eulah Williams
H. W. Walter
Marietta
Florence Kerr
Oxford
Merrill Daviis
Katherine Herriman Yoder
Evan Plymale
Harry Holmes
Elmer Caldwell
Ivan Brothers
France
Wilma Laer Paden
Dade City
Fla
Charlie Robinson
James Paul Mossman
Youngstown
Hilda Sheets Long
Minnie Agnes Wells Wylie
Albert Dade
Delaware
Ohio
Earl Neal
Washington, D. C
Mabel Sowards Deem
Holly Hill
Marion van Zant Fynn
Meltone
Mildred Haskins Gilmore
van Nuys
Calif
Anna Haworth
Alma Tawney Milhone
Holzer Hospital News
E. Ray Finley
Gary L. Westmoreland
Cottageville
Charles S. Arthur
Jackson
Jennings B. Clay
Hurricane
Charles B. Swanson
James H. Caufman
Henderson
Harry Fields
Earl I. Howell
Herbert E. Rose
Racine
Robert E. Major
Middleport
Wendell E. Grate
Rutland
Paul A. Roush
New
Haven
Anna Marie Bodimer
Sharon L. Scott
Chester F. Rutan
Debra K. Friar
Orin W. Hana
William E. Cray Jr
Wilkes
Ville
Jennifer L. Cray
Wilkesville
Earl Kuhn
Gallipolis Fureka
Ora S. Martin
Wellston
Joseph D. Hayman
Long Bottom
Tammy L. Hammond
Donald A. Ellis
Barbara E. Gay
William E. Plants
John W. Bechtle
N. Straitsville
New Straitsville
Laurence Geary
Sandusky
William Rawlins
Lester White
Florida
Logan
John and
Charles Shaffer
Murray City
Anna Abram
Robert Lines
Richard Parker
Billy
Harmon
U.S. Air Force
Central Press
Mrs. Charles Yeager
Dabney
Wireman
Verna Robinson
Pleasant Valley Hospital
Barbara Brown
Point Pleas
Bond
T. M. Kimes
Point Pleasant — Army
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