Sailor Loses Hand in Home Shotgun Accident
Gallipolis Seaman 2-c Willard Fuestal 27 lost his left hand when a shotgun discharged while he demonstrated handling learned in Navy training. He was rushed to Holzer Hospital for amputation above the wrist after the Sunday midnight incident. He had just completed boot training at Great Lakes and was on nine day leave with a report due May 3. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Harry Fuestal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Willard Fuestal
Upper First Avenue
Great Lakes Naval Training School
Navy
Holzer Hospital
Gallia Academy Band Awards Staged In Memorial Night
Gallia Academy High School held its spring concert closing with award announcements by City School Superintendent E E Higgins. Certificates went to eighth grade recipients and high school bands including marching Gs and small Gs drum major Joy Judy, honoring Bobby Lee Harrison who died in an automobile accident a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
E. E. Higgins
Owen Boster
Thomas Bugge
Janice Cating
Vivian Allison
Dan Caldwell
William Dailey
James Danner
Harold Drummond
Jean Davis
John Epling
Miles Epling
Jane Haskins
Mary Lupton
Leon Maggied
Joanna Mills
Joan Shamblin
Betty Slack
Fred Woods
James Woodward
G's
Richard Carter
Johnny Lou Baker
Dan Black
Mary Campbell
Robert Condee
Earlene Saunders
Roseann Baker
Douglas Wetherholt
John Phillips
Helen Woods
Betty Mackenzie
Joan Showers
Joan Yeanger
Wilma Gabrielli
Barbara Woods
Keys
Robert Evans
Carlene Niday
Robert France
Gilbert P. Bush
Dean Davis
Patsy Haskins
Dan Bachus
Green Township Farm Sold to West Virginia Couple
Gallipolis Ohio reports Frank Nibert of Route 5 Bexley Ohio sold his 100 acre Green Township farm to Mr and Mrs Philip Leonard of Hogsett West Virginia who will take immediate possession. The former Henry Worman farm on Chillicothe Road near Hawk School features a six room house and other buildings unused for years according to Willard Grover who brokered the deal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Frank Nibert
Bexley
Green Township
Philip Leonard
Hogsett
W. Va
Henry Worman
Chillicothe Road
Hawk School
Willard Grover
Nurses Will Enter Hospital in West
Miss Dorothy Langdon and Miss Margaret Stanley, Senior Cadet Nurses, left for Seattle Washington to enter a United States Naval Hospital for four months training. They will return to graduate with their class from Holzer Hospital of Nursing in September.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dorothy Langdon
Margaret Stanley
Seattle
Wash
United States Naval Hospital
Holzer Hospital of Nursing
Swan Grangers Are Honored for Work
Galliapolis Swan Creek Grange received a National Grange certificate for excellent work in the past year. Forty members attended the Friday meeting led by Grange Master Ira Neal who presided over a potluck supper and a literary program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Swan Creek
National Grange
Ira Neal
Gallia Area Hospital Notes Highlight Local Admissions
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Leota Hawk of Pomeroy admitted early Saturday after surgery in satisfactory condition. 14 month old David Lee Matteson of Hamden admitted for medical treatment in fair condition. John L. Steele former Wellston mayor admitted Friday for treatment and back home Saturday. Mrs Kenneth Wyatt of Middleport Rhode Island admitted Friday afternoon and Saturday her condition was good after surgery. Mrs Charles Martin pneumonia patient since last week in fair condition. Others listed as good condition: C H Wilson local insurance agent, Mrs Hollis Whitt, Barbara Wood Gallia Academy student injured in last week auto crash, Mrs Ira Holmes city, Mrs Chauncey McKenzie Ewington. Leaving Saturday were Mrs Earl Dennison Crown City and Mrs Bernie Alma Manchester. Miss Margaret Davis Oak Hill and Miss Elizabeth Counts Gallipolis discharged Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Leota Hawk
Pomeroy
David Lee Matteson
Leland Matteson
Hamden
John L. Steele
Wellston
Kenneth Wyatt
Middleport
R. I
Charles Martin
C. H. Wilson
Western and Southern Insurance
Hollis Whitt
Barbara Wood
Gallia Academy
Bobby Harrison
Robert Simms
Ira Holmes
City
Chauncey McKenzie
Ewington
Earl Dennison
Crown City
Bernie Alma
Manchester
Margaret Davis
Oak Hill
Elizabeth Counts
Rev. McCarley Hs From Overwork
Rev. R P McCarley of Gallipolis has been ill at his Lower River Road home after a week of overwork. He chaired Woodmen of America coffee and doughnuts for departing inductees and led Kea Clay Township drives to exceed county quotas in War Fund and Cross programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
R. P. McCarley
Lower River Road
Woodmen of America
Kea Clay Township
McCarley
Miss Madge Swisher Dies Near Cheshire
Gallipolis reports Miss Madge Swisher aged 59 died at her Cheshire area home early Saturday from a heart attack. She worked as a clerk at Playford Denney's general store until 9 p.m. Friday. A daughter of Dean and Amanda Swisher, she lived with her sisters Annett Knight and Hazel Swisher. Funeral at Cheshire Baptist Church Tuesday at 2:30 p.m. with Rev. Ralph Zandel officiating. burial Gravel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Madge Swisher
Cheshire
Dean
Amanda Tricker Swisher
Annett Knight
Hazel Swisher
Miss Swisher
Cheshire Baptist Church
Ralph Zandel
Gravel Hill Cemetery
George Meal Dies Suddenly at 68 in Thivener
George Meal 68 of Thivener died suddenly of a heart attack Friday evening after spraying his orchard. He was a lifelong resident, never married, and survived by two brothers and two sisters. Funeral services were held Monday at St Nicholas Church with burial in the church cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Meal
Thivener
Cora Reed
Leonard Meal
St. Nicholas Church
Jennings Cremeens
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Nursing Moves and Visits
Miss Mildred Beard earned a diploma from the Jewish Hospital Nursing School in Cincinnati and has worked in Gallipolis and Columbus. Several social contacts are listed including visits by Mrs. Nellie Scarberry, Mrs. Flora Leonard, Mrs. Will Gibbons, Lieut. Melba Baker, Mrs. Virgil Martin, and Susannah Lupton. Robert McMaster returns to the Sampson naval base after leave. The column also notes transfers to Holzer and a patient move from Holzer Hospital to Gallipolis Ferry and a hospital trip to Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mildred Beard
Jewish Hospital Nursing School
Cincinnati
Columbus
D. A. Beard
Mildred
Nellie Scarberry
Carrie Williams
Eulah
Flora Leonard
J. N. Martin
Will Gibbons
New Plymouth
Minnie
Stella Arthur
Melba Baker
Army Nurses Corps
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Ohio
Daisy Baker
Virgil Martin
Edwin Irgens
Portland
Harold Austin
Susannah Lupton
Chicago
Harry Lupton
George Williams College
Robert McMaster
Sampson
N. Y
McMaster
Raymond Jones
F. F. Darling
Margaret D. Carter
Betty Faulkner
Holzer Hospital
Burh Hood
Roger
Charlotte Hambrick
Charleston
Mr. Hood
Auto Store Damaged By Fire and Water
A fire alarm at 4 p.m. Sunday summoned the Gallipolis Fire Department to Jack's Auto Store at 49 Court Street where burning trash in the rear lot ignited a fire. Chief Walter Wise said damage to stock and fixtures would be considerable as the metal ceiling carried water through the room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
City Fire Department
Jack's Auto Store
Court Street
Walter Wise
Seek Licenses To Wed in Gallia County
Gallia County couples seek marriage licenses including Stephen Blankenship 23 of Gallipolis and Elva Bosworth 18 of Putnam County West Virginia, plus Garland Saunders 24 Huntington and Marie Jones 18 Gallipolis. Also Russell Greene 26 Jackson and Georgia Langdon 26 Addison. John A Blain recalls Mayo Clinic treatment in Rochester Minnesota before returning home to Gallipolis Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stephen Blankenship
Elva Bosworth
Putnam County
W. Va
Garland Saunders
Huntington
Marie Jones
James
Lola Edler Jones
Neil Avenue
Russell Denver Greene
Jackson
Georgia Edith Langdon
Addison
Ernest and
Edith Swisher Langdon
Extradition Sought For C L Oliver
Prosecuting Attorney William H. Bardin has sent preliminary papers to the Governor in Charleston and will petition Governor Bricker of Ohio for extradition of C L Oliver on a non support charge. Oliver was arrested last week in Chillicothe and refused to go without extradition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William H. Bardin
Neely
Charleston
Bricker
Ohio
C. L. Oliver
Oliver
Chillicothe
Lawson Visits Mason To Meet Voters
Edgar C. Lawson former Mason County resident and former state auditor 1929 1933 campaigned Saturday in Point Pleasant for the Republican nomination for state treasurer. Lawson once owned a farm now part of the ordnance works reservation and has led an insurance business in Charleston overseeing a state agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Edgar C. Lawson
Mason County
Lawson
Ordnance Works
Charleston
Reynolds arrested on peace warrant in Point Pleasant
Elza Rey Reynolds of Smith Street was arrested Saturday evening on a peace warrant by State Trooper Coyner and will be arraigned today in a justice court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Elza Reynolds
Smith St
Coyner
Mason Board Begins Absentee Ballot Mailings for May Primary
Mason Board of ballot commissioners starts mailing civilian absentee ballots on April 29 with May 5 as the final mailing date. About 200 soldier ballots have been mailed from Mason County and some returned. Soldiers may vote at the circuit clerk office this week if they apply in person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Ballot Commissioners
Parkersburg
Mason County
Circuit Clerk
Bakery Is Sold to W. H. Gross
The Schneider bakery and residence on Fourteenth Street in Point Pleasant sold at public auction by trustee Raymond Musgrave. Bids started at 12 500 and rose to 14 330, selling to W. H. Gross, Ohio Street grocer. The sale included the Schneider home fronts Viand Street and bakery building linking to Ohio Street. The brick property is well equipped and valued by a local businessman at no less than 30 000 to replace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Schneider
Fourteenth St
Raymond Musgrave
W. H. Gress
Ohio St. Grocer
Gress
Pete Schneider
Viand,St
Ohio St
Local Social Notes From Pt. Pleasant Club Functions
Mrs Glenn Sayre and Mrs Melvin Schmidt were elected delegates to the state convention of junior women's clubs in Charleston this week. The Mason County Public Library project drew discussion of financing and a new finance committee chaired by Mrs George O Harper. A handkerchief shower honored Mrs R D Oseland on her birthday with about thirty guests. War Mothers Club plans a meeting at the Genese Legion Hall. Emma Forth left her clerk position for ordnance works nearer home. The note lists several visits and transfers across Pt Pleasant and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Glenn Sayre
Melvin Schmidt
Charleston
Mason County
Joe Barr
H. Paige& Bell, Jr
George O. Harper
Bell
Federation of Junior Womens Clubs
R. D. Oseland
Stanley Johnson
H. D. Wartenburg
Jefferson Blvd
Mrs. Oseland
Emma Forth
George
Ella Windon
Mason City
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Ordnance Works
Bertha Nobles
Monroe Ave
Aces Elmore
England
G. C. Hite
Maurice Mayes
W. C. Nebbergall
Sonja Jo Mayes
Tommy Nebbergall
St. Albans
W. C. Bowie
Bill
Clifton Forge
George Tillis
Frank Biffle
Huntington
Herman Kearns
Chillicothe, O
Audrey Blessing
Sixth St
Three Attend Public Health Conference at Daniel Boone Hotel
Major Ward Oliver district health officer Miss Dorothy Watkins county health nurse and J D Spiggle district sanitarian travel to Charleston for a public health conference at the Daniel Boone Hotel The meeting opens at nine this morning and runs through Wednesday with six states and the District of Columbia represented Dr Milton H Kronenberg from Chicago will speak The conference ends with a Wednesday dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ward Oliver
Dorothy Watkins
J. D. Spiggle
Charleston
Daniel Boone Hotel
District of Columbia
J. E. Offner
Milton H. Kronenberg
Chicago Health Department
Miss Nancy McCulloch Weds Cleveland Heights Groom
Nancy Richardson McCulloch daughter of Charles Edward McCulloch and Mrs McCulloch married Charles Adam Meyer of Cleveland Heights Ohio in The Chapel of the First Presbyterian Charleston. Dr Wallace M Alston officiated with music by Mrs Spear and organist Mrs Hoover. A reception followed at the Meyers Staunton Avenue home with family and friends from Point Pleasant Morgantown Hagerstown and San Antonio among attendees. The couple plans residence at 5198 Staunton Ave Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Nancy Richardson McCulloch
Charles Edward McCulloch
South of the Kanawha
Charles Adam Meyer
Adam Meyer
Cleveland Heights
Mr. Meyer
First Presbyterian Church
Charleston
Wallace M. Alston
Raymond Spear
Ava Maria
John Hoover
McCulloch
Jean McCulloch
San Antonio
Texas
Katherine Evelyn McCulloch
Hagerstown
Pauline McCulloch
W. F. Brondyke
Morgantown
E. H. Foote
L. A. Ferris
F. Q. Brown
R. W. Bayrer
A. A. Tieche
Beckley
James B. Couch
Jean Roush
Fred Brown
Ralph Bayrer
Willis Brondyke
Smilax
Baby
Meyer
Mason County
Point Pleasant High School
Bowling Green (Ky
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Case School of Applied Science
Cleveland
E. I. du Pont de Nemours
Belle
Staunton Ave
Harry D. Roush
John E. Brown
Tuning Rites Will Be Held At Addison
Helen Tuning, 74, of Addison, died Saturday at Holzer Hospital after a thrombosis followed diabetes. She was last of the Tuning siblings, survived by two nieces. Former O H E employee and Addison postmistress from 1934 to 1941. Services in Addison Methodist Church Tuesday at 3 30 with burial in Addison Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Helen Tuning
Holzer Hospital
Addison
William and
Mary Keister
L. H. Nelson
Maude Reynolds
Fourth Ave
Earl Wilkins
Vivian Tuning
Norfolk
Rutter
Dallas
Texas
J. P. Tuning
Huntington
Addison Methodist Church
Julius Chandler
Central School Pupils Present Fairyland Operetta
Central Grade School pupils staged The Cobbler of Fairyland in the Junior High School auditorium Friday evening. Miss Maudellen Skene directed and coached the performance which drew a large audience of parents and community members. The tale, set in the Kingdom of Make Believe, featured Donald Higginbotham Don Ward Nancy Vaught Joe Carper Billy Jordan Joan Van Horn Lois Jean Hill Betty Rader Carolyn Foglesong and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Central
Maudellen Skene
Kingdom of Make-Believe
Donald Higginbotham
Don Ward
Nancy Vaught
Joe Carper
Billy Jordan
Joan van Horn
Lois Jean Hill
Betty Rader
Carolyn Foglesong
Phyllis Knapp
Parky Gardner
Joan Chambers
Jack Park
Frank Riffle
Peggy Jo Stone
Patsy Treadway
Bobby Eschenaur
Paul Siders
Phyllis Sheets
J T Clench Seeks Hawk Jump Trap During City Visit
Glenwood man J T Clench visited Point Pleasant on business and sought a jump trap to catch hawks that prey on his chickens. The trap is a steel-free design placed atop a pole, preventing hawks from lighting on a spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J.T. Clench
Glenwood
Messenger
Clonch
Heck Grocery Installs Vegetable Crisper in Town
The Heck grocery in Point Pleasant completed a vegetable crisper, the only machine of its kind downtown and likely in the county. It will keep greens cold and clean to prevent waste. Saturday plans call for a small bakery in the adjoining room between the store and Thompson drug store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Heck Grocery
Heck
Thompson Drug Store
Roush Attends State School Meeting in Parkersburg
Mr and Mrs Walden F Roush and son Walden Bennett return from Parkersburg where he attended the annual meeting of the state school superintendents association. Fifty three of the 55 counties in the state were represented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Walden F. Roush
Walden Bennett
Parkersburg
State
Haughton Returns Home From Charleston General
Mrs H D Haughton former patient in Charleston General Hospital was returned to her home at 2217 Mount Vernon Avenue yesterday by E E Franklin The update notes she had been in hospital for several weeks and has now returned home
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
H. D. Haughton
Charleston General Hospital
Mt. Vernon Ave
E. E. Franklin
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M. Rankin
Swan Grangers
Gallia Area
McCarley Hs
Gallipolis Social Notes
Mervan Chapman
Emmett Webb
Charles Raymond
Gallipolis Ferry
Lieving
Blessing
Raymond Hite
Long Beach
Calif
Shere Khan
U. 8S. Army
K-9 Corps
San Carlos
Buttons
Hite
George E. Sorrell
War Dog Center
Gallia County
John A Blain
Mayo Clinic
Rochester
Minn
Mason
Mason Board
W. H. Gross
Elmer Grueser
R. C. Kirby
Harper
Sayre
Bernadine Haynes
War Mothers Club
Genes Legion Hall
Richard M. Peek
Walter A. Windsor
Lieutenant Peek
Army Air Corps
Lincoln, Nebr
Boise
Idaho
Nancy McCulloch
J. T. Clench
Grocer
Khachnr Roller-Koater
Betts
Nelsonville, Ohio
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