Gallia Academy Musicians Apply For Southeastern Festival
Gallia Academy concert band members have applied to join the Southeastern Ohio Festival Band meeting in Jackson on March 29. Rehearsals run 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. with a 7:30 p.m. concert.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
Southeastern Ohio
Jackson
Carlos D. Bradley
Janice Cating
Alice Mackenzie
Helen Wood
Jane Ann Notter
Patty Fife
Janice Folden
Marian Jeffers
Joan Bachus
Bonita Bane
Rachel Masters
Nancy Beard
Eileen Wallis
James Jarvis
Freda Mae Sheets
Peggy Pollock
Joan Shamblin
Jean Davis
Barbara Cardwell
LaDonna Ecker
Helen Folden
Loren Niday
Leon Maggied
Nora Carol Condee
Ronald Canaday
Arlen Saunders
Creighton Christ
Keith Thomas
John Epple, Jr
Jack Mink
Darrell Shahan
Betty Mackenzie
Joan Showers
Vivian Allison
Charlene Robinson
Freddie Wood
Louis Arnold
James Hackworth
Bob Condee
Donald Henshaw
Wayne Shaver
Fred Burdette
George Wilson
Joe Drummond
State to buy land near Camp Conley for experiment station
West Virginia plans to use its priority right to purchase land near Camp Conley in the ordnance works area for the agricultural experiment station. The Somervilles formerly owned part of the land. E. J. Somerville said the state would buy but details on the size were not known. The station has used part of the Lakin State Farm in recent years.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Camp Conley
Ordnance Works
E. J
George G. Somerville
E. J. Somerville
Lakin State Farm
Estates and accounts filed in Athens County probate court
Notices announce inventories and appraisements for multiple estates with hearings set for March 1 1947 and April 7 1947. It lists Jennie Badwell Mary Wilcox Finch Rex Flowers Mary A Green Charles Heck Hoyt Hoskinson C E Keller Charlies Loeffler William D Robinson Mary P Snow Flora Winters Charles O Young and others. Various executors administrators guardians and receivers must file exceptions by deadlines.
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Mary A. Green
Charles Heck
Hoyt Hoskinson
C. E. Keller
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Flora L. Winters
Charles O. Young
Athens County
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Ivan Bond
James J. Chutes
Delphia Josephine Bartlett
Edgar K. Crislip
Edgar K. Welling
H. L. Dunlap
Oscar Ellsworth Dunlap
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Floyd Fought
M. D. Hughes
Emma S. Grim
R. W. Finsterwald
Austin Hartley
Wyatt McDaniel
Almon G. Henry
Robert W. Hixson
Robert Hixson
Fannie M. Welch
John F. Newcomb
Isaac Wilson Company
Charley Woodyard
Howard T. Woodyard
John B. Woodyard
A. M. Thomas
Amos 0. Austin
Oprah B. Tignor
Clarence E. Badwell
Otis O. Bean
Oscar E. Chase
Mary Chase
Mary A. Copeland
Mary Agnes Copeland
Erma Faye Scott
Albert Dodson
Leo Douglas
Hellen Douglas
Gertrude Driscoll
William J. Driscoll
Lena Mathews
Sarah Ann Koker
Letha Ladd Cecil
Elma Alice Ladd
E. R. Walker
Carrie D. Larch
George Starr Lesher
Dorothy Siddons Lasher
Kathryn Virginia Poston
Edna Mae Poston
Beulah L. Robinson
JL. Eildon Robinson
L. Eldon Robinson
Gladys M. Bentz
John Leo Schuler
John P. Kelso
John Mason Warrener
Thomas Williams, Sr
Clyde Williams
Rosa Williams
Hale E. Williams
Circle One renames to Wesleyan Circle at Trinity Methodist
Pt Pleasant social notes report Circle One of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at Trinity Methodist Church changing its name to Wesleyan Circle following Esther Circle. Marcus Poffenbarger spoke on Financial Stewardship and read a poem titled The Worldly Church. Several members and guests are listed among refreshments and fellowship activities.
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Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church
Wesleyan Circle
Esther
Marcus Poffenbarger
Paul F. Thomas
Cc. C. Spencer
C. C. Stone
C. W. Reynolds
R. B. Oseland
J. B. Couch
Eunice Beller
Thomas
Reynolds
Shearl L. Edler
George E. Byus
Estelle Epple Shifler
P. E. Eleming
M. V. Shank
Four Births In Six Hours Are Reported
GALLIPOLIS Four babies were born within six hours at Holzer Hospital Tuesday night. They include two sons and two daughters born to families from Jackson Cheshire Gallipolis Ferry Racine and Crown City. Additional births and numerous admissions and discharges followed at the hospital in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Homer Crabtree
Jackson
Donald Thomas
Cheshire
Steele Fisher
Weilsto
Kenneth Hartman
Gallipolis Ferry
James Carpenter
Racine
Robert Green
Richard Oney
Raymond Holley
Crown City
Ed Garrett
James Lee
West Columbia
W. Va
Meredith Miller
Chillicothe
Walter Stiffler
George Whitmore
Harry Childers
Henderson
William Rankin
Pedro
Charles Henry McGarry
Thurman
John Bailey
Minersville
Herman Knigge
Oak Hill
John Ross
Max Jarrell
Bidwell
O. William Reese
Sam Lewis
Portland
William Fielder
W. E. Dole
E. T. McMillan
Bobby Carney
Elizabeth Swaney
Nellie Hughes
John Crew
Garnet Bryant
Harold Miller
Stanley Swick
Melvin Hood
Eugene Stevens
William Fisher
Paul Thivener
John Mays
Betty Humphrey
River Traffic At Gallipolis Locks Details River Tows
The Ohio River level fell .1 foot per hour to the Gallipolis locks with up and down passages reported for several boats including Duchtillite Hub bard and Dolle. Upstream passages listed Paragon Wheeling Talbott Sardis Bruce Dravo Printz Little Hocking Wishard Augusta and others while up and down boats were Peace Sewickley along the Kanawha with activity at Marmet Winfield and London.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Duchtillite
Hubbard
Dolle
Paragon
Wheeling
Talbott
Sardis
Bruce
Dravo
Marietta
Parkersburg
Printz
Little Hocking
Barrett
Wishard
Huntington
Greenbrier
Augusta
Sewickley
Kanawha River
Senet
London
Shirley
Marmet
Dan Sullivan
Calvin Verity
Cook
Winfield
Ivan Harris
Mrs Rose Uhrng Moore Dies in Birmingham
Funeral services and burial for Mrs Rose Uhrng Moore wife of Sherwood Moore were set for Birmingham Alabama today. She died in a Birmingham hospital Wednesday after the family left Gallipolis twenty five years ago where they ran a book store for generations. Mr Moore is an ornamental iron manufacturer in Birmingham. Mrs Bess Uhrig Perry and James W Wetherholt are her cousins.
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Gallipolis
Rose Uhrng Moore
Sherwood Moore
Birmingham
Ala
Athens Driver Fined For Missing Tax Receipt Card
L. V. Murphy, driver for Huffman Transfer Co. of Athens, was fined 25 dollars and costs by Justice of the Peace J. H. Shato on a charge of failing to carry an emergency tax receipt card. Merrill Harrison, a public utilities commission inspector, prefixed the charges.
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Gallipolis
L. V. Murphy
Huffman Transfer Co
Athens
Court of Justice of the Peace
J. H. Shato
Merrill, Harrison
Public Utilities Commission
Son in Concert Gillingham Performs With Denison Band
James M. Gillingham the son of Mr and Mrs Garland B Gillingham of 1100 Second Ave played in the horn section of Denison University concert band during its first formal program in six years on Thursday. He is a sophomore at Denison University in Granville.
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Gallipolis
James M. Gillingham
Garland B. Gillingham
Second Ave
Denison University
University
Granville
Conference at Cheshire Church Scheduled by Rev Speer
The Cheshire Methodist Church will hold a quarterly conference at 11 a m and a song fest at 2 p m with dinner at noon announced by the Rev J W Speer for Sunday services at the Cheshire church.
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Cheshire
Gallipolis
J. W. Speer
Cheshire Methodist Church
Farm Plan Filing Deadline Set For April 1
Gallia County AAA chairman Dan R. Wagoner announces April 1 as the closing date for most farmers to file their farm plans under the 1947 agricultural conservation program. A 30 day extension is available if farms changed hands or a new operator took over after March 1.
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Gallipolis
Dan R. Wagoner
Gallia County
AAA Committee
Holzer Nurse Director To Speak at Pomeroy
Charline Harner director of nurses at Holzer Hospital School of Nursing will speak at 8 45 am Monday at Pomeroy High School on opportunities for nurses and training entry requirements. She previously spoke at Oak Hill High School and Cheshire High School after postponements due to illness.
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Gallipolis
Charline Harner
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Pomeroy High School
Miss Harner
Oak Hill High School
Cheshire High School
Cheshire Man's Brother Dies in Huntington
Gallipolis Ohio Franklin F. Starcher 75 of Huntington died at home Wednesday. Brother of John Starcher of Cheshire. Franklin was a prominent Huntington realtor, dealing mainly in apartment and business properties.
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Cheshire Man
Huntington
Gallipolis
John Starcher
Cheshire
Franklin F. Starcher
Starcher
Bake Sale and Bazaar at Grace Methodist Church
Circle 3 of Grace Methodist Church announces a bake sale and bazaar starting at 9 a.m. Saturday at White's Flower Shop with Mrs. J. T. Hall as chairman. Dr. and Mrs. W. Lewis Brown plan to host his mother Mrs. H. J. Brown of Athens and Hunter Brown of St. Clairsville this weekend.
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Gallipolis
Circle 3
Grace Methodist Church
W.S.C.S
J. T. Hall
White’s
W. Lewis Brown
H. J. Brown
Athens
Hunter Brown
St. Clairsville
Cashier Harry L. Dyer Suffering Illness Confines Bank Officer at Home
Cashier Harry L. Dyer of the Mason County Bank in New Haven is confined to his home by illness. Mrs. Dyer said yesterday that he would not return to work this week.
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Dyer
Point Pleasant
Harry L. Dyer
Mason County Bank
New Haven
John C. Riffle 77 Dies at Robertsburg Home
John C. Riffle, 77, died Wednesday at his Robertsburg residence. Survived by wife Minnie. four daughters Ruth Hill of Charleston, Freda Atkins and Macil Craig of Robertsburg, Grace Henley of Tennessee. one son Nathan Riffle of Red House. sister Emma Gray of Chillicothe. brothers James of Leon, Isaac of Gallipolis, David of Chillicothe, Henry of Buffalo.
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Point Pleasant
John C. Riffle
Robertsburg
Minnie Riffle
Ruth Hill
Charleston
Freda Atkins
Macil Craig
Grace L. Henley
Tennessee
Nathan Riffle
Red House
Emma Gray
Chillilcothe
James Riffle
Leon
Isaac Riffle
Gallipolis
David Riffle
Chillicothe
Henry Riffle
Buffalo
Last Rites For Miss Virginia Behan Held
Miss Nora Withers of Martins Ferry Ohio attended the last rites for her aunt Miss Virginia Behan a 90 year old retired public school teacher. The service at Christ Episcopal Church was conducted by Rev Robert Finley Thomas with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Pallbearers were John Greer John E Brown Frank Sterrett R J Heslop Emerson Wilson and John G Aten Jr.
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Point Pleasant
Nora Withers
Martins Ferry
Ohio
Virginia Behan
Robert Finley Thomas
Christ Episcopal Church
Lone Oak Cemetery
John Greer
John E. Brown
Frank Sterrett
R. J. Heslop
Emerson Wilson
John G. Aten, Jr
Bulldozers Landscape George Sayre Land
George E. Sayre of New Haven uses two bulldozers to cut a high bank along Route 35, revealing his home and six acres of land he recently purchased and renovated. Sayre serves as a field representative for the state labor department, primarily inspecting weights and measures.
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Point Pleasant
George E. Sayre
New Haven
Sayre
State Labor Department
Four Wagon Mines Left In Mason County Probe
Clyde Ferguson of Kaylong, operator on Ten Mile Creek, says Mason County once had over twenty wagon mines but now only four remain. He notes most of his coal goes to the two state institutions at Lakin, the hospital and the industrial school.
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Point Pleasant
Clyde Ferguson
Kaylong
Ten Mile Creek
Mason County
Minor Hurts Suffered In Fall at Home
William B. McGuffin 87 of 405 First Street sustained minor injuries from a fall at home and is improving. His daughter-in-law Mrs. Robert F. McGuffin reports his father C. W. Swan, a patient at St. Margaret's Hospital in Pittsburgh after surgery, is also improving.
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Point Pleasant
William B. McGuffin
First Street
Robert F. McGuffin
C. W. Swan
St. Margaret's Hospital
Pittsburgh
Services Planned at Main Street Baptist Church
The Rev. Clark Tucker chaplain of the federal correction institute at Ashland Kentucky will conduct services at Main Street Baptist Church Sunday at 11 am and 730 pm Rev Tucker served in the Army as a chaplain during the recent war.
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Point Pleasant
Clark Tucker
Federal Correction Institute
Ashland
Main Street Baptist Church
Tucker
Divorce suit entered in Point Pleasant
Leroy Miller files for divorce from Lillian Burgess Miller in circuit court alleging desertion since 1944 after their 1943 marriage.
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Point Pleasant
Leroy Miller
Lillian Burgess Miller
Thim
Funeral in Clendenin for Lloyd Dilworth
Mrs. Robert Anthony and Mrs. C. R. Dawley attended funeral services in Clendenin on Monday for Lloyd Dilworth, the brother in law of Mrs. Dawley, who was killed in a highway accident the previous Friday. Jim Casto has returned to his towboat O. F. Shearer after illness. Carol Long has returned to Pittsburgh where he is employed.
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Robert Anthony
C. R. Dawley
Clendenin
Power Plant Grading Set for Next Monday
Marshall Williams of Huntington, a Veterans Administration representative overseeing Mason County on the job training, said grading for the Philip Sporn power station would begin next Monday at Graham Station. He noted many veterans likely to be placed on construction.
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Point Pleasant
Marshall Williams
Huntington
Veteran's Administration
Mason County
Graham Station
Philip Sporn
Williams
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