Wellston Shooting Fatal. Wife Held in Jail
Eddie Thomas a 36 year old coal truck driver died at Holzer Hospital from a Saturday night gunshot in Wellston. His wife Mauda Thomas is jailed in Jackson County on the fatal wounding case. The shooting occurred in a car at Pennsylvania Ave and Broadway with a 38 caliber Colt revolver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Eddie Thomas
Holzer Hospital
Wellston
Mauda Thomas
Jackson County
Benson L. Owens
Thomas
Pennsylvania Ave
Broadway
Grant Smith
Owens
Vinton County
McArthur
Birthday Surprise as Read Family Reunites in Gallipolis
Jerrico Read returned from a visit with Mr and Mrs John Roberts to find a surprise birthday party hosted by her husband and friends at their Gallipolis home. Refreshments were served to gathered guests including Don Judy family and local residents. Mayor Edward Rickard of Mason announced Mason water service to Clifton in about three weeks and that sewer and water extensions on Anderson Adams and Third Streets plus Miller Street are about 30 percent done on the $32000 project contracted to Douglas Roush of New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Roberts
Jerrico Read
Frank Capehart
Park Drive
Don Judy
Edward and
Edwin
John A. Reese
Harold Campbell
Thomas Mills
Clyde Saunders
John A. Baker
Gallipolis
Fairchild
Columbus, Ohio
L. W. Getty
Norman Simpkins
Jimmie and
Billy Capehart
Mason
Clifton
Edward Rickard
Rickard
Wahama
Anderson
Adams
Third Streets
Miller St
Douglas Roush
New Haven
Second Fire Hits House Nearby Home Threatened
A vacant house at 304 Third St. suffered two fires on the second floor with attic damage. Firefighters found matches and furniture pieces linked to the blazes. A neighboring frame house occupied by Mrs. Rose Huddleston and her son Mike was at risk. Billy Huddleston Jr. was treated for injuries after jumping from a ladder. Ownership remained disputed among Pard Hudson Clarence Butler and State Senator Bartow Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Third St
Vernon Miller
Rose Huddleston
Mike
Billy
Sidney
Point Clinic
Miller
Pard Hudson
Park Drive
Hudson
Clarence Butler
Pleasant St
Bartow Jones
Butler
Jones
Franklin Commandery Schedules Conclaves
Point Pleasant report that Franklin Commandery 17 Knights Templar will hold a stated conclave Tuesday and a special conclave Friday at 7 30 p m at the local meeting hall A Super Excellent Masters Degree is set for Saturday in Ashland Kentucky Members of the Point Pleasant chapter may obtain petitions at the local chapter.
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Point Pleasant
Franklin Commandery
Knights Templar
Ashland
Thespians Win Fifth In Carnival
Point Pleasant High School thespians placed fifth among eight schools at the Marshall College event in Huntington. Montgomery High School won the one act play contest. Point Pleasant performers Jack Park and Beverly Clark earned judge recognition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Thespians Organization
Marshall College
Huntington
Montegomery High School
Jack Park
Beverly Clark
C. H. Withers
Point Pleasant High Dramatic Group
Don Ward
Kay Woolfitt
Joan Chambers
Ronald Butler
Danny Tennant
Marilyn Easley
Judy Romine
Joan VanHorn
Lowell Allen
Molly Kate Young
Mrs Edler Dies at 52 in Columbus Ohio
Mrs Elma Edler 52 died Sunday evening at St Anthony Hospital Columbus from a heart ailment. A Gallia County native and First Baptist Church member she lived at 360 F Long St Columbus She was born in Harrison Township Her husband Lester Edler survives with a daughter Mrs Dustin Vaneta Cox Pontiac Mich and a son Otis at home Funeral services are set for Wednesday 2 p.m. at Miller Funeral Home with Rev W H Greene officiating burial in Mound Hill Cemetery
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Gallipolis
Elma Edler
St. Anthony Hospital
Columbus
F. Long St
Gallia County
First Baptist Church
Edler
Harrison Township
Shannon Harrison
Elizabeth Ann Richard
Lester Edler
Dustin (Vaneta) Cox
Pontiac
Mich
Otis
Esta Vance
Gusta Holbin
Nora Swisher
Bidwell
Ruby Cochran
Portsmouth
Lorriema Irwin
Harry Harrison
Northup
Grover Harrison
Miller Funeral Home
W. H. Greene
Mound Hill Cemetery
Ex-Resident Edith Sayre of Leon Dies in Florida
A former Leon resident Mrs Edith Cain Sayre 40 died Sunday in Jacksonville Florida. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Jasper Cain of Buffalo West Virginia. Survived by husband Denver Sayre a school teacher and daughter Clara Jane 10. Funeral services tentatively set for Wednesday at Leon Baptist Church.
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Point
Pleasant
Leon
Edith Cain Sayre
Jacksonville
Fla
Jasper Cain
Buffalo
W.va
Denver Sayre
Clara Jane
Leon Baptist Church
Mason County Land Transfers
Pears and Bert Stanley transfer two lots in the Lewis District to Cleo Franklin Reynolds and Emogene Louise Reynolds. Gilbert E. and Rebecca Jane Pearson convey a tract in Clendenin District to Arnold Hatfield. Carl E. and Margaret Sturgeon Francis sell a lot in Lewis District to Elma P. Woods. Anna Staton and T. T. Hinkle transfer 51 acres in the Hannan District to Della Staton and Oscar B. Reynolds.
Minor Damage Reported In Route 327 Collision
State Highway Patrol reported only minor property damage after two cars sideswiped on Route 327 three and a half miles north of Winchester near the Keystone bridge. The drivers were Mrs. Juanita Miller of Oak Hill aged 28 and Roger L. Karr, 23, of Rio Grande.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Juanita Miller
Oak Hill
Roger L. Karr
Rio Grande
Winchester
Keystone Bridge
Chief Vernon Miller Family Home Resembles Hospital
At Chief Vernon Miller s home in Point Pleasant the family aids in nursing duties while Mrs Miller and children suffer from flu The household includes Johnny 2 Vernon Jr 4 Carolyn 5 Nancy Margaret 10 and Polly Ann 14 with the older girls assisting in care
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Miller
Births at Holzer Hospital notable list in notes
Holzer Hospital notes report births including a son for Mrs Rolfe Lee and a daughter for Mrs Karl Schaffenrath. Several new admissions and discharges are listed with names and hometowns such as Jackson Crown City Point Pleasant and Oak Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolfe Lee
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
Karl A. Schaffenrath
Jackson
Charles E. Farrar
Charles T. Staten
Morrah
Ohio
Ocie Ann Pearson
Crown City
Elmer Stover
Rodney
Emory Crawford
Mildred Miller
Oak Hill
Jacqueline Love
Henderson
Robert Eugene McCulloch
Point Pleasant
P. H. Hoover
Ewington
Linda Sue Williams
Benjamin Plancuff
Sandra Kay Knotts
Kerr
Joseph Edward Brown
Pomeroy
Ernest Belcher
Gallipolis
Walter A. Coker
Blackfork
William Reed
Addison
Patricia June Ball
John Ellis Blazer
Charles Henry Morrow
David H. Williams
Rio Grande
Charles Blanton
Cove
Ben Brown
Eddie Thomas
Wellston
Delbert Harris
Phoebe McClaskey
J. H. Blain
Phillip Senter
Albert Downey
Walter Coker
R. H. McCullock
Carl Price
Woodrow Byers
R. M. Switzer
Fred Marks
James L. Clark
Edward Kirker
Virginia Albright
Clyde Walter
Joseph Sonderman
Charles Sonderman
Walter Neal
Ruby White
Billy Jo Adkins
Guy Franklin
Rollie Haskins
Lula Morgan
Chester Jones
David Jones
George Morris
Hollis FE. Erwin
Russell Buckley
Farm Women Training Meet Held at County Office
Mason County farm women leaders led by Mrs John Kay conducted a training session on Understanding the People of Other Countries with Denmark as a focus for the upcoming Associated Country Women of the World meeting. A second session with 4-H Club agent Mrs Howard Foglesong and Mrs Milton Lewis covered club citizenship and 4-H chairmen duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Farm
John Kay
County Agricultural Extension Office
Denmark
Milton Lewis
Howard Foglesong
Oakley Faudree
Illahee
Ray Thompson
Leo Thompson
Avalanche
Fritz Wartenburg
Paul Pickens
Jerrico Homemakers
J. S. Black
Wohelo
Pauline Cunningham
Homer Johnson
Helping Hand
Rose Sterrett
R. C. Darst
Pioneer
Harold Lewis
Pocahontas
Lawrence Mattox
Registration Urged Again in Gallia County Election Board
Gallia County Board of Elections chairman Charles B. Stevers notes Democrats again push a registration resolution. Oscar Russell leads the measure with Reuben Phillips backing. Mark Burnett opposes alongside Stevers. When board votes split, the issue goes to the secretary of state. Democrats first proposed registration in summer 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles B. Stevers
Gallia County
River Traffic at Gallipolis and Kanawha Locks Falls as Tide Drops
River activity reports list vessels moving through Gallipolis locks and Kanawha River ramps with boats such as Talbot, Bayless, Resolute, Trade Winds and Titan showing up or down schedules. The river gauges indicate a continuous fall with upper at 17.7 and lower at 32.1 feet, Kanawha Falls at 5.90 feet and 144 feet at the rollers.
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Kanawha
Montgomery
Invader
J. Zubic
Price
Titan
Republic of Pittsburgh
Bruce
Reliance
New Orleans
Hatfield
Patriot
The
Creighton
Kanawha Falls
Orpah Rebekah Lodge No 210 Meeting Schedule
Orpah Rebekah Lodge No 210 to hold meeting Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. in the lodge hall on Fourth Street. Members urged to attend and discuss lodge affairs.
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Orpah Rebekah Lodge No
Fourth St
Mrs. H. E. Costen Hosts Bridge Club Meeting
Mrs. H. E. Costen of 196 Park Drive will host her bridge club on Thursday at 8 p.m. The event gathers members for an evening of card play at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. E. Costen
Park Drive
Bridge Club
Illahee Farm Woman's Club Hosts Quarterly Party
The Illahee Farm Woman's Club held its quarterly party at Mrs. I. V. Blain's Gallipolis Ferry home. Guests enjoyed canasta and refreshments served by the hostess and assistants Mrs. John Gill Mrs. Oakley Faudree and Mrs. Howard Daugherty. Attendees included Mrs. Ogden Stevens and Jackie Mrs. Garland Bostic and Ronnie Mrs. Garland Mohr Mr. and Mrs. Reginald Archer Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Austin and Dickie Mrs. C. P. Stout Mr. and Mrs. Howard Garland and children Charles Wayne Randall Mary Lou and Oxley Blain.
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Illahee
Dickie
C. P. Stout
Howard Garland
Charles Wayne
Randall and
Mary Lou
Oxley Blain
Local seniors attend Morgantown cage tournament
Six Point Pleasant High seniors—Frank Capehart Tommy Fisher Parky Gardner Bobby Bonecutter Sonny Gerlach and Billy Bardin—returned yesterday from Morgantown West Virginia where they took part in the state basketball tournament. Numerous weekend visitors and patients are listed from Leon and surrounding towns. Ed Kirker and J A Blain have returned home after medical stays at Holzer Hospital.
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Six Point Pleasant High
Morgantown
W. Va
Frank Capehart
Tommy Fisher
Parky Gardner
Bobby Bonecutter
Sonny Gerlach
Billy Bardin
Carroll Casto
Pleasant St
Denver L. Tolley
Massillon
Ohio
Dana Wright
Ohio River Road
Holzer Hospital
Grant Beaver
Leon
Wilbur Saxton
Thurman
John Folden
Jack
Alfred Folden
Jackson
Gladys Childs
Point Pleasant
Betty Keeter
Ambrosia
Sherman Beaver
Arnold Cossin
Columbus
Gerald Graham
Jimmy
Wanda
Rutland
Alfred Boles
Lyda Smith
W. O. Spurlock
Charleston
Mr. Spurlock
Ed Kirker
Holz
Beverly
Charles King
J. A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
First Fire Reported Near Point Pleasant
The early spring fire burned 12 to 15 acres of a 260 acre tract on the Kanawha River north bank owned by John McCausland. No homes were threatened. Fire started from train sparks and was subdued by midnight after efforts by Conservation Officer Miles Durst and Wilbur Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Here
Kanawha River
John McCausland
Miles Durst
Durst
Wilbur Jones
Illegal Coal Sale Charged Against Two
Bonds of 500 each set for an April 1 appearance before a local magistrate were posted Saturday by Ralph Rhodes and Junior Harris. They were charged with selling coal belonging to another person in a warrant sworn by H. H. Rayburn, Jerrico Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ralph Rhodes
Letart
Junior Harris
H. H. Rayburn
Jerrico Road
Spring Warmth Spreads Over Three Days in Point Pleasant
In Point Pleasant the weather turned springlike with temperatures rising over a three day span. Weatherman E C Winger logged 65 degrees on Friday 66 on Saturday and 78 on Sunday marking the first stretch of warm weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
E. C. Winger
Recovered From Flu She Contracts Measles
Miss Flo Robbins of Ohio River Road returned from Mason Clinic Friday with the flu and Sunday broke out with measles, signaling an apparent epidemic stage in the area along the Ohio River Road.
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Point Pleasant
Flo Robbins
Ohio River Road
Miss Robbins
Mason Clinic
Fourteen Arrested for Intoxication in Mason County Jail Visit
Fourteen people passed through Mason County Jail Saturday in a weekend police drive. Thirteen faced intoxication charges by city officers, one by state police for speeding. Bonds ranged from 13.50 to 14 dollars. two were released after posting. Speeder Robert Saunders, 18, of Middleport, was fined 25 dollars and costs. State Trooper Dilley cited 75 mph in a 50 mph zone on Route 62.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Harry Newell
Clarence A. Taylor
Mason
Randolph Priddy
Leon
Wallie Allen
Lawrence Mayes
Richard L. Grimm
Near Arbuckle
Woodrow Wilson Russell
C. A. Neville
Donald Beller
Robert Lee Saunders
Middleport
R. C. Dilley
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