Mason County revives talk of new courthouse plan
In Point Pleasant Mason County moves toward a new courthouse site at Sixth and Viand with private sale of western lots. A $20,000 wartime levy funds a second story, but costs rose. Officials favor regular and possible special levies with voter approval to cover the rest. Prosecuting Attorney J. G. F. Johnson is credited with the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Messenger
Sixth and Viand
Main St
J. G. F. Johnson
County-Wide Family Life Institute Outlined
Gallia County ministers outlined a four day county wide family life institute at a Rotary Club meeting. The program centers on education, counseling, and democratic family practices led by Grace Sloan Overton and supported by local leaders and organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Farmers Hotel
L. A. Donnally
Linson H. Stebbins
Stebbins
Edwards H. Dickinson
Dickinson
American Association of University Women
Donnally
Grace Sloan Overton
Paul Reynolds
Family Life Institute
Grange
Scouts
Gallia
Kiwanis
Rotary and
Business and
Professional Women’s Club
Parent-Teacher Association
Institute
Robert Jenkins
Edwin Higgins
Charles B Lott services set in Gallipolis
Charles B Lott 79 of 1154 Second Ave Gallipolis died at home early Tuesday. Born in Millwood West Virginia he moved to Gallipolis in 1896 and married Carrie Switzer in 1898. He worked about 20 years as an attendant at Athens State Hospital and was known for furniture repair. Surviving sister Mrs William Moore. Funeral Thursday 2 pm at Waugh funeral home with Rev L A Donnally officiating. Interment Pine Street cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Waugh
Charles B. Lott
Second Ave
Millwood
W. Va
William E
Mary Jane Rand Lott
Leon
Carrie Curtis Switzer
Athens State Hospital
William Moore
Millcreek Rd
L. A. Donnally
Pine St
Vets Elect Officers In Gallipolis
Loren Fraley of 1156 Second Ave is chosen commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars at a Tuesday night meeting. He succeeds W L Ingerick. New officers include Vance Reese senior vice commander George Lemley junior vice commander John V Wilson quarter master Elmer E Caldwell captain John E Halliday judge advocate and Homer Sowards surgeon. Warner Halley elected trustee for a three year term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Loren Fraley
Second Ave
Veterans of Foreign Wars
W. L. Ingerick
Vance Reese
George Lemley
John V. Wilson
Elmer E. Caldwell
John E. Halliday
Homer Sowards
Warner Halley
Basketball Dinner Honors Athens and Gallia Academy Co-Champs
The Downtown Coaches will host a March 31 dinner at Farmer's Hotel to honor Athens and Gallia Academy High schools as co-champions. Judge William H. Jones leads the group with M Harold Brown arranging a speaker. Each varsity team will receive a pottery basketball with their names in gold. Tickets are limited to 100 to attract true basketball enthusiasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Athens
Gallia Academy
Farmer's Hotel
William H. Jones
M. Harold Brown
Farm Loan Administrator Named for Gallia Meigs Vinton
Joseph R. Brandt has been appointed supervisor for the Farmers Home Administration serving Gallia Meigs and Vinton counties. He and his wife Ruth and children Ive Jr. and Linda Rebecca will move here after resolving housing. Brandt is an Ohio State University graduate and WWII Air Corps veteran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Joseph R. Brandt
Farmers Home Administration
Gallia
Meigs
Vinton
Mr. Brandt
Ohio State Employment Service
Ruth
Ive, Jr
Linda Rebecca
Carroll
Ohio
Ohio State University
Air Corps
Defendant Gets Warrant in Gallipolis Case
Oscar Clark released on a $100 peace bond after assault with intent to kill charges. Clark then obtained a similar peace warrant for Bert McGuire, who signed the original warrant and helped arrest Clark. Clark charges McGuire with threatening him with a club on his property. hearing set before Justice Maurice Grover on Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Oscar Clark
Bert McGuire
McGuire
Clark
Maurice Grover
Court Suit Filed Over Grover Estate in Gallipolis
John E. Halliday, guardian for Henry A. Smith, sues Hazel Grover administratrix of L. Raymond Grover estate in common pleas court for 625 dollars for well drilling services and four tons of hay. total claim 775 dollars with 150 dollars acknowledged in the suit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John E. Halliday
Henry A. Smith
Common Pleas Court
Hazel Grover
L. Raymond Grover
Rotary nets funds for high school scoreboard
Gallipolis Clarence Waugh Rotary Club finance chair says the minstrel show by Meigs county Izaak Walton league raised 306.22 for the high school athletic board. The club had donated a 1500 electric scoreboard and the balance due now stands at 294 dollars. His announcement drew applause from Rotarians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clarence Waugh
Rotary Club
Izaak Walton League
Meigs County
High School Athletic Board
Waugh
Kiwanis Chairman Keeps Them Guessing at Gallipolis
Gallia County history and current events were the focus as Carroll Singer, program chairman, led a Tuesday night meeting at the Lafayette Hotel with a true or false contest that kept Kiwanians guessing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Carroll Singer
Lafayette Hotel
Singer
Gallia County
Holzer Hospital Notes Admissions and Births
GALLIPOLIS Admissions include J. S. Louck city Arthur Grueser Minersville Edward Dickinson Rio Grande Miss Clara Dunbar city Mrs Lucy Hamilton Wellston Mrs Edward Anderson Wellston Births to Mrs Glen Lanier Bidwell a daughter to Mrs Charles Clark Henderson W Va a daughter Discharges Mrs Willard Richard Sharon Claar Robert Pierce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. S. Louck
City
Arthur Grueser
Minersville
Edward Dickinson
Rio Grande
Clara Dunbar
Lucy Hamilton
Wellston
Edward Anderson
Glen Lanier
Bidwell
Charles Clark
Henderson
W. Va
Willard Richard
Sharon Claar
Robert Pierce
Marriage Licenses Issued in Gallia Probate Court
Worthy Siders aged 29 of Henderson West Virginia and Josephine Rutherford 23 of city received a marriage license. A second license went to John R. Ayers 25 of Parkersburg and Maye P. Sandy 21 of city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Worthy Siders
Henderson
W. Va
Josephine Rutherford
City
John R. Ayers
Parkersburg
Maye P. Sandy
River Traffic Gallipolis Locks See Varied Readings
Dams are up to 18.3 feet at Gallipolis with 25 feet at the rollers while Kanawha Falls shows 3.94 feet and falling. Locks reports list boats at Gallipolis and Kanawha River ports including Jefferson Craig and Dawson departures and arrivals, with additional craft such as Dixie Heekin Creighton Martin Bruce and others moving through the district today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kanawha Falls
Jefferson
Craig
Dawson
Kanawha
Marmet
Kenna
Winfield
Dixie
Heekin
Creighton
Martin
Bruce
Progress
Donald Z
Omar
Peace
Ernestine
Hurley
Advance
The
Republic of Pittsburgh
Market break in at Evans Super Market on Jackson Ave
City police investigated a Monday night break in at Evans Super Market on Jackson Avenue. Four juveniles involved. thieves took three flashlights pencils pens and candy.
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Point Pleasant
Evans
Jackson Ave
Fire Season Nears Protectors Listed In Mason County
A. A. Smith announced the spring fire season runs March 20 to May 20. Burning permits are required within 300 feet of forest land and valid for 48 hours. Permits may be secured from Smith, Conservation Officer Miles Durst, or local forest protectors across Mason County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
A. A. Smith
Buffalo
J. F. Dunn
W. E. Fletcher
J. W. Wallis
Apple Grove
C. M. Hill
Russell Sturgeon
Ashton
Guy Sullivan
Capehart
Oscar Jordan
Cottageville
James Cain
Elmwood
Andrew W. Beattie
Evans
G. E. Lunsford
Fraziers Bottom
Peter L. Hughes
B. B. Pearson
Gallipolis Ferry
L. E. Chapman
A. D. Meadows
Glenwood
Dan Tucker
Grimms Landing
W. M. Crawford
W. W. Duncan
Hogsett
R. Gibbeaut
W. M. Hill
Leon
Lester Adkins
Oris Bumgarner
J. B. Eden
Fred Kaylor
H. D. Polssey
Ray Rickard
H. M. Weaver
A. H. Rhodes
Letart
B. B. Bond
Mason City
Amos Carpenter
Milton
Kennard Kimberling
Nat
Clayton Shuler
Ray Wears
Pliny
Wesley Johnson
Byron P. Roush
C. E. Stalnaker
Charles Stephenson
Leo Sayre
Kenneth Birchfield
Buron Myers
B. M. Plants
Everett Williamson
South Side
Murray City Social Notes Focus on Local Visits and Funerals
Murray City society items note Arthur Thomas's funeral in Taylorville Indiana with his Thomas family once local residents. The PTA met February 28 with a play by seventh and eighth graders. Numerous visits span Columbus Detroit Haydenville and Buchtel as residents host relatives and friends over weekends and holidays.
Birthday dinners and visits dot Reedsville social notes
Mr and Mrs Stanley Mills hosted a birthday dinner for Mrs Mills nephew James Argubrite with guests including Chester Mundry Peggy Wilson Lillian Crislip Duane Mills Ronald Dillon and Jerry Childers. Belpre residents Mr and Mrs August Kibble and son Steve visited H E Kibble family. Delbert Barber had surgery in Parkersburg hospital. Parkersburg pair Floyd and Rex Emrick visited relatives. William Wallace of Henderson WV visited his parents. C A Barnett with family returned from St Petersburg Fla and Louisville Ky. Nelma Chevalier returned to Lancaster after two weeks here with her mother. Patricia Nordine and Audrey Cornforth missionary workers reside in the Methodist parsonage with Rev E P West and wife Lucy Kibble.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Emrick
Emrick
Delbert Barber
Parkersburg
Rex Osborn
Washington
W. Va
L. M. Mayes
Robert Wallace
Henderson
Lee Wallace
C. A. Barnett
Wilmer Knight
St. Petersburg
Fla
Louisville
Roy Fick
Nelma Chevalier
Lancaster
Minnie Chevalier
Patricia Nordine
Audrey Cornforth
E. P. West
Lucy Kibble
Arraignment Set for Gallipolis Man in License Case
Archie Hatfield, 28, of Gallipolis Route 2, was arrested by the State Highway Patrol for driving without a license and is to be arraigned Wednesday in municipal court.
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Gallipolis
Archie Hatfield
State Highway Patrol
Union to Meet Friday in Point Pleasant Hall
Carpenter's local 1159 will hold a special meeting Friday at 7 30 p m in the hall at 2017 Main St Point Pleasant with union officials presiding and notices issued to members.
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Point Pleasant
Carpenter’s Local 1159
Main St
Prattsville Local Notes Include Hospitals and Visits
Wayne Moore is at Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus for observation and treatment after major surgery last year. Mr and Mrs Paul Daugherty spent Sunday with Mrs Charles Morris in Columbus. Mrs Morris has returned home after surgery at Doctors Hospital and is reported in good condition. Doris Mace Junior Thompson and the Maces spent a Sunday in Chillicothe. Mr and Mrs Cash Zimmerman of Rutland and Cecil Mace of Columbus visited Mr and Mrs James Mace. John West in Fort Knox spent a few days with his parents Clyde and Mrs West. Christena Ogle, recently enlisted in the women's air force, is at Bellvue Illinois per a letter to her parents Fred and Mrs Ogle. Mr and Mrs Forrest Dearth were guests of Mrs Dearth’s parents Frank and Mrs Coe. Edna Dearth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Campbell
Columbus
Mary Campbell
Mike Toth
Mary Sabo
John
Joe Archer
Charles Crooks
George Archer
Frank Hillyer
Toledo
Oscar Hillyer
Wayne Huston
Martha Huston
Steve Leslie
Detroit
Walter Lauriskey
Murray
PTA
Ruth Macky
James Shuttleworth
Robert Anders
Clarence O’rourke
Bert Anders
Anders
Junior Anders
Ruth Alice Tignor
Leslie Grubb
Haydenville
Betty Sabo
Karl Furniys
William Bord
Matt Bord
Jay Huston
Charles Russel
Buchtel
Howard Craft
Prattsville
Wayne Moore
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Moore
Paul Daugherty
Charles Morris
Cash Zimmerman
Rutland
Cecil Mace
James Mace
John West
Fort Knox
Clyde West
Christena Ogle
Women’s Air Force
Bellvue
Ill
Fred Ogle
Forrest Dearth
Mrs
Frank Coe
Miss Edna Dearth
Local residents visit relatives across Ohio towns
Wesley Godfrey and Helen Drake visited D C Parsons with others from Pennsville. F S Miller visited Mrs Harold Harris while Wagoner family spent a day in Cleveland with Ruth Gadd Ballard. Leonard Smith visited Victor in Canton and Jeannie Newsom in Carrollton. Ray Williams from Orrville visited Anna Mercer. Laverta Abel, nurse at White Cross Hospital, spends a three week vacation at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsville
Wesley Godfrey
Helen Drake
D. C. Parsons
F. S. Miller
Harold Harris
FE. S. Wagoner
G. D. Wagoner
Alva
Cleveland
Ruth Gadd Ballard
Harold Hill
Shadyside
George Niceswanger
Leonard Smith
Victor
Canton
Jeannie Newsom
Carrollton
Ray Williams
Orrville
Anna Mercer
Laverta Abel
White Cross Hospital
Olda van Fossen
R H Poore Dies at Home in Point Pleasant
Robert Harless Poore 56 of 427 Viand St died at home Tuesday from a heart attack after a year of health decline. A Kanawha Maple Mfg Co night watchman, he leaves a wife Sarah Elizabeth Poore two sons James H. Poore Charles R. Poore and Robert L. Poore two daughters Emma Frances Poore and Katherine Virginia Miller a sister Mrs Emma Ferrar and several relatives. Funeral services are set at Gibson Church at 10 a.m. Thursday with burial in a Fraziers Bottom area cemetery Route 50-20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert Harless Poore
Viand St
Poore
Kanawha Maple Manufacturing Co
Sher
Tiny Poore
Fraziers Bottom
Emma Ferrar
Nitro
Sarah Elizabeth Poore
James H. Poore
First St
Charles R
Robert L. Poore
Emma Frances Poore
Katherine Virginia Miller
Bancroft
Gibson Church
Pt Pleasant Personal Notices Roundup
Local residents report travels and visits. Eric Wood returns to Springfield Mass after a family visit at 706 Main. Hugh Bruestle goes to Parkersburg after visiting his mother at 122 Highland Ave. Bonnie Caudill and Mrs Norman Bartlett visit Miss Annabelle Lee at Miami College in Point Pleasant. Betty Hamilton attends funeral in Missouri and visits her mother at 2005 Main. Mrs. Robert Sutton returns from Holzer Hospital. Reba Beale, Mrs Windsor, and Jacqueline Windsor visit Huntington. Capt Howard Garland returns to Str. Advance in Cincinnati after six weeks at home. Local men attend Ford Hack Party at Izaak Walton League in Logan. Mrs A H Roseberry spends week with James Kay Thomas in Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Wood
Springfield
Mass
Main St
Hugh Bruestle
Parkersburg
Carl Bruestle
Highland Ave
Bonnie Caudill
Norman Bartlett
Fourth St
Annabelle Lee
Point Pleasant
Miami (Fla.) College
Betty Hamilton
Falcon, Mo
Martha Rachel McDaniel
C. D. Black
Robert Sutton
Mt. Vernon Ave
Holzer Hospital
Reba Beale
Walter A. Windsor
Jacqueline Windsor
Huntington
Howard Garland
Gallipolis Ferry
Cincinnati
John Carpenter
Reese Williams
Bill Williams
Bill Brantly
Roy Ball
Ralph Allen
Sherman Osborne
Logan
A. H. Roseberry
James Kay Thomas
South Hillis
Charleston
Morrison Mentioned As Clerk Candidate
POINT PLEASANT deputies discuss T L Morrison as a possible candidate for clerk of the County Court to be filled in the 1950 election.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrison
Point Pleasant
T. L. Morrison
Farm Women’s Club Plans Quarterly Meet
Farm Women’s Club will hold its quarterly meeting Friday at 7:30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Garland Mohr in Gallipolis Ferry. Co hostesses will be Mrs. Ogden Stevens, Mrs. George Yester, and Mrs. Howard Garland.
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Point Pleasant
Reserve To Elect Gallia Meigs Officers In Pomeroy
The Gallia Meigs Reserve Officers Association will meet at the Legion hall in Pomeroy at 8 p.m. on Thursday. Officers will be elected during the session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia-Meigs Reserve Officers Association
Legion Hall
Pomeroy
Nephew in Hospital After Appendectomy Admission
Mrs. John Carpenter of Seventh Street reports nine year old Richard Ervin Plymale nephew of Mr and Mrs Ervin Plymale of St Albans was admitted to a Charleston hospital on Monday for an appendectomy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Carpenter
Seventh St
Richard Ervin Plymale
Ervin Plymale
St. Albans
Charleston
Mrs Martha McDaniel Rites Planned Today
Last rites for Mrs Martha Rachel McDaniel who died Monday in Pinecrest Sanitarium were to be held this afternoon at Heights EUB Church with Rev H O Shamblin presiding. Burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Pallbearers invited: Robert Greer Klein Erwin Aaron Bright Jack Mallette Worthy Jones James McLean.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Martha Rachel McDaniel
Pinecrest Sanitarium
Heights Eub Church
H. O. Shamblin
Lone Oak Cemetery
Robert Greer
Klein Erwin
Aaron Bright
Jack Mallette
Worthy Jones
James McLean
Arraignment Planned in West Virginia Cattle Rustling Case
Rustling case involves Jack Dalton Hughes and Harry Thacker with grand larceny over a Hereford bull taken from the Mrs. C. P. Stout Farm at Ben Lomond last December. The bull traced to Catlettsburg Ky market, purchaser to be identified. If alive, animal will be repossessed and returned to owners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jack Dalton Hughes
Huntington
Mason County
Hughes
Harry Thacker
Wayne County
Swim
Toral Morrison
Morrison
Philadelphia
Wayne
Set
D. G. Wilfong
R. C. Dilley
State Police
Catlettsburg
Assistant Manager Moved from Point Pleasant to Ashland Kentucky
POINT PLEASANT. French Bailey assistant manager for several months at the G C Murphy Co store here has been transferred to the Ashland Kentucky store and asked to report there next Monday morning. Walter E Selby manager notes the Ashland store is among the newest largest and best equipped in the region. Mrs Bailey employed by the local selective service board will not move until school closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
French Bailey
G. C. Murphy Co
Ashland
Walter E. Selby
Point Clinic Admits Patients and Births Reported
Point Pleasant W V Dowell of Red House was admitted for surgery and Mrs O M Powell of Vinton admitted for medical treatment. The clinic reports the birth of a daughter Nora Dee to Mr and Mrs Berfitt Jordan of 2312 Mt Vernon Ave Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. B. Dowell
Red House
Point Clinic
O. M. Powell
Vinton
Nora Dee
Berfitt Jordan
Mt. Vernon Ave
AAUW Discusses United Nations At Pleasants Chapter Meeting
The AAUW Pleasants chapter met at 1001 Viand St. to discuss the United Nations with talks on structure and UNESCO progress. A nominating committee was named for an April 11 meeting at Mrs. Ohlinger’s in Pomeroy. Individual members and guests attended, and two UN films were shown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
American Association of University Women
Grant Stanley
Viand St
L. C. Somerville
Nelson A. Park, Jr
James E. McComb
Clifford Dunn
Dorothy Meredith
Edward Ohlinger
Pomeroy
United Nations
Garrett Green
A. Keith McClung
Unesco
Reva Nelly
Huntington
O. L. Easley
Green
Dunn
McClung
McComb
Judson Brake
Ray Proffitt
J. E. McComb
Carroll Casto
Cary Howsard Rayburn
G. E. Mitchell
Paul S. Thomas
Harold Senf
John W. Kirk
Stanley
Somerville
Park
Bank Improvements Reported Satisfactory
Mason County Bank cashier Ottie C. Roush says alterations and extensions to the banking room over the past year are proving entirely satisfactory. He estimates the bank can now handle about four times as many customers as in the original quarters and is well placed to benefit from business growth tied to the Philip Sporn power station and mining operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ottie C. Roush
Mason County Bank
New Haven
Philip Spornpowege
Notice of Partition suit in Athens County Ohio
Elizabeth Totman petitions the Court of Common Pleas of Athens County Ohio for partition of real estate in three tracts including 40 acres in Lot 3 Section 9 and 19 acres more or less in Section 13, plus Lot 8 in Broadwell Village. Theodore White is named as defendant and must answer by April 30, 1949, or judgment by default will be entered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theodore White
Cineco
West Virginia
Elizabeth Totman
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Ohio Company
Aaron Ogg
Broadwell
Also Mentioned on This Page
A. Simmons
Charles Lott
Vets
Dick Turner
Humphrey
Grover Estate
Joe Doakes
Joe
New York
George F. Ryan
Murray City Social Notes
Murray City
Charles Shaffer
Gordon James
New Straitsville
Arthur Thomas
Taylorville
Thomas
Reedsville
R. H. Poore
Farm Women’s Club
Martha McDaniel
Kentucky
AAUW
Wm. Parker Walker
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