Three GOP hopefuls address Point Pleasant rally at courthouse
In Point Pleasant a Republican rally drew three of four gubernatorial hopefuls, John D. Copenhaver Rush D. Holt and Judge J W Maxwell outlining their views and party platform at the county courthouse. Other candidates and local officials spoke on taxation education and state reform.
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Point Pleasant
John D. Copenhaver
Harleston
Rush D. Holt
J. W. Maxwell
Beckley
Carroll Casto
John E. Brown
Copenhaver
State Department
West Virginia
United States
Holt
State Road Department
the Conservation Commission
Republican Party
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Maxwell
Washington
Brown
Howard L. Bailey
Huntington
Congress
Will Neal
Frank Eaton
Supreme Court of Appeals
Kenneth W. Shaffer
R Sturgeon Found Dead In Point Pleasant Home
Oliver Robert Sturgeon 52 was found dead at his Sixth Street home Sunday by family returning from a visit. Dr Esch enauer attributed death to a heart attack. Survived by Grace Meadows Sturgeon wife, son James Oliver, daughter Mary Jo, four brothers and two sisters. Services Wednesday 2 p.m. at Ball Chapel. burial in church cemetery. Friends may call at brother Charles Ashton home after 5 p.m. Tuesday.
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Point Pleasant
Oliver Robert Sturgeon
R. W. Eschenauer
Mr. Sturgeon
Ashton
James and
Nancy Jane Sturgeon
Philip Sporn
Grace Meadows Sturgeon
James Oliver Sturgeon
Mary Jo Sturgeon
John
Charles
Ambrose
Plain City
Ohio
Frank
Grove City
Rachel Doss
Miss May Sturgeon
Fraziers Bottom
Ball Chapel
Church
Joe L. Wood Rites Tuesday at First Baptist Church
Funeral services for Joe L. Wood 40 who died in Atwood Kansas will be held Tuesday at 1 p m at the First Baptist Church in Gallipolis. He was born July 6 1912 in Couch West Virginia and moved to Gallipolis in 1921 later living in Kansas about ten years. Surviving are his wife formerly Madge DeWitt and his mother, among 10 children with three surviving brothers and sister Esther Wallace of Dayton and others. Burial will be in Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Joe L. Wood
Atwood
Kan
First Baptist Church
Mr. Wood
Couch
W. Va
Nettie Taylor
William H. Wood
Kansas
Madge DeWitt
River Traffic Report from Gal lipolis Locks and Kanawha River
Ships and tows moving through Gal lipolis Locks and Kanawha River ports listed with times and vessel names. Reports include Mc Elroy Advance Keystone Ernestine Solvay Durant Cornell Indiana Patsy Chattin Semet Robins Kenna Leila Sohio State Sarah Kate Keeley Aztec Cherokee Criss Jr Criss Atlas Titan Price Jefferson Louisiana and more with gauge readings and Point Pleasant figures.
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Gallipolis
McElroy
Advance
Keystone
Ernestine
Solvay
Durant
Cornell
Indiana
Patsy Chattin
Kanawha
Semet
London
Robins
Kenna
Winfield
Leila
Sohio State
Sarah Kate
Keeley
Aztec
Pioneer Farm Women’s Club Meeting Planned
The Pioneer Farm Women's Club will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m at the home of Mrs Louise Sommer to discuss club affairs and activities.
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Pioneer Farm Women's Club
Louise Sommer
Jerrico Homemakers Club Plans Thursday Meeting
The Jerrico Homemakers Farm Women's Club will meet Thursday at 7 30 p.m. at the home of Mrs. Virgil Burris on Jerrico Road for a local gathering.
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Jerrico Homemakers Farm Women’s Club
Virgil Burris
Jerrico Road
Lakin Sets Hospital Day Observance
Lakin State Hospital plans its fifth annual National Hospital Day on May 12 with activities at 12 20 p m. Dr S O Johnson says state health director N H Dyer will speak. A concert band softball refreshments and lawn movie will accompany performances by Douglas High School Band and West Virginia A Capella choir, plus hospital choir.
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Point Pleasant
S.,o. Johnson
Lakin State Hospital
N. H. Dyer
Douglas High
Huntington
Meywood Simpson
West Virginia
Weekend Patrol Reports Eighteen Arrests In Gallia County
State Highway Patrol logged 18 weekend arrests in Gallia County with four DWI charges. Suspects included Roland Fisher 49 Point Pleasant Burton De Wees 26 Dexter Route 1 and Ronnie Burdette 29 Charleston, all fined 50 dollars and costs and jailed five days with six month license suspensions. Sidney Collins 33 Pomeroy Route 1 faced grand jury binding on a $500 bond after pleading not guilty to a fourth DWI. Other arrests for speeding and misc violations produced multiple 10 dollar and 5 to 15 dollar fines plus costs.
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Gallipolis
State Highway Patrol
Roland D. Fisher
Point Pleasant
Burton Thomas de Wees
Dexter Route 1
Ronnie Marcus Burdette
Charleston
Sidney Eugene Collins
Pomeroy Route 1
Grand
Donald Eugene Booth
Huntington
Tracy A. Parsell
Columbus
William Tiston Walters
Daughters of the American Revolution Chapter Names Officers
Mrs. John Collins presided as the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter of the DAR announced new officers for the coming year at a meeting In Pt Pleasant. The slate includes regent Edward Biddle vice regent C A Roush chaplain Eunice Beller and other officers. Members heard Mrs A Keith McClung discuss the 61st Continental Congress in Washington and its policy stance on world government.
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The
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James McComb
Eldridge Sauer
Robert Ferguson
S. Chandler Wilhelm
Milton L. Miller
N. A. Park
William Meade
Edward McElfresh
John Collins
FE. Bartow Jones
J. G. F. Johnson
Louis Bateson
Tom Halliday
Howard Robey
John McCulloch
Forrest Nibert
Ben Franklin
Blanche Armstrong
Keith McClung
A. L. Rossiter
Ellen Howard
Mary McCulloch
William Steenbergen
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Birthday Party For Ronnie Dale Roush
Ronnie Dale Roush celebrated his second birthday with a party hosted by his parents Mr and Mrs Dale Roush on Marquette Ave Friday evening. The dining room featured a decorated cake and favors of balloons and candy for his playmates Billy McCormick and Mary Sue McCormick among others.
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Ronnie Dale Roush
Mrs
Dale Roush
Marquette Ave
Billy McCormick
Mary Sue McCormick
Women of the Moose Meet Tuesday Evening at Moose Home
The Women of the Moose schedule a meeting Tuesday at 8 p.m. at the Moose Home. Members are advised to attend and bring interim reports.
Community Weekend Visitors and Local Returns
Numerous residents and visitors are listed as spending weekends with relatives in Leon and surrounding towns. Names include the Parsons, Harris, Cossin, Burdette, Greenlee, White, Beaver, Mace, Kirker, Arnett, Pullins, Keener, Parkhill, Zumbro, Hogsett, Maddox, Pelley, Jones and others. A tonsillectomy was performed on Ned Jones at Holzer Hospital.
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Bobby Parsons
Reno
Nev
Lawrence Parsons
Letart
Lewis Harris, Jr
Dunbar
Charleston
L. T. Cossin
Leon
Ed Kirker
Pfaff and Smith
Lorain Cossin
Otis
Columbus
Earl Arnett
Viand St
Warren Arnett
New York City
Rodney Pullins
Jericho Road
C. E. Pullins
Bidwell
George Keener
Jerrcho Road
Calvin Parkhill
Jane
Judy
Albert
Robert
Alfred Zumbro
Dallas Beck
Grafton
Kenneth Keener
Randall Hogsett, Jr
Deborah
Rita
Huntington
Ora
Margaret
Karen
Sarah Keener
Pete Maddox
Fred Pelley
Connie Sue
Cindy
Ned Jones
Bartow Jones
Jefferson Ave
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Mrs. Maggie F. Taylor 70 Dies After Hip Injury
Maggie Frances Taylor 70 died 1:30 a.m. Sunday at Holzer Hospital from complications of a broken hip. Born May 26, 1881 in Monroe County Ohio, she was adopted by Loretta and John Hopper. Survived by eight children, many grandchildren and great grandchildren, and a sister. Funeral at Addison Methodist Church Wednesday at 1 p.m. with Rev. H. M. Smith. burial Reynolds Cemetery Addison.
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Gallipolis
Maggie Frances Taylor
Holzer Hospital
Monroe County
Ohio
Loretta
John Hopper
Emery Taylor
Addison
Archie
Sycamore
Maude Flewelling
Findlay
Norah Schario
Canton
Claude
Upper Sandusky
Nellie Shetler
Bertha Klein
Earl
Sandusky
Walter
James Swick
East Canton
Taylor
Addison Methodist Church
H. M. Smith
Reynolds Cemetery
Births and discharges at Holzer Hospital notes
Birth announcements list Mrs. Sam Littlepage Point Pleasant a daughter Mrs. William Proctor Racine a daughter Mrs. William Collins Pomeroy Mrs. Mina Doles Ray Thomas Allen Graham Jackson Robert C. McCoy Middleport Leroy Wyant Harrisonville O Claude Hale Wellston Charles R Simms Crown City Roger Lee Henderson Homer Moore Gallipolis Mrs Joe Ghiddens Point Pleasant Mrs Tilden Thacker Vinton Mrs Carl Pullins Pomeroy Robert Roach Waterloo Mrs Richard Bowles Bidwell. Discharges include Daniel Folden Basil Eads Mrs Samuel Willis Mrs Holden Thomas Ann Davisson Mrs Woodrow Branham Roger Watts Elsie Moore Mrs William Ellis Mrs Robert Layne Mrs G O Kuehn and baby Mrs Lawrence Foreman and baby Mrs J M Gaul Mrs Arch Worley A W Thorne Mrs Carrie Biffle Mrs James Morrison.
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Pomeroy
Mina Doles
Ray
Thomas Allen Graham
Jackson
Robert C. McCoy
Middleport
Leroy Wyant
Harrisonville
Claude Hale
Wellston
Charles R. Simms
Crown City
Roger Lee
Henderson
Homer Moore
Gallipolis
Joe Ghiddens
Point Pleasant
Tilden Thacker
Vinton
Carl Pullins
Robert Roach
Waterloo
Richard Bowles
Bidwell
Daniel Folden
Basil Eads
Samuel Willis
Holden Thomas
Ann Davisson
Woodrow Branham
Roger Watts
Elsie Moore
William Ellis
Robert Layne
G. O. Kuehn
Baby
Lawrence Foreman
J. M. Gaul
Arch Worley
A. W. Thorne
Carrie Biffle
James Morrison
Burns Rites To Be Tuesday In Gallipolis
Margaret Ann Burns 84 died Sunday at 10 a.m. at the home of her niece Mrs. Earl Vance in Bladen area. She was treasurer of Nazarene Church and its Sunday school and born May 11 1868 in Bladen Ohio Township. Burial at Pine Street Cemetery follows church services Tuesday at 3 p.m. with Rev. Vernon Shafer officiating.
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Margaret Ann Burns
Earl Vance
Millcreek St
Nazarene Church
Burns
Bladen
Ohio Township
John Wolfer
Elizabeth Canterbury
Morton
John McVey
Luke Burns
Vernon Shafer
Pine St. Cemetery
Driver and Fisherman Post Cash Bonds in Charleston and Point Pleasant
State police charged John Bordenschartz of Charleston with speeding and he paid a $15.50 cash appearance bond. Conservation Officer Miles Darst cited Carol Shinn for fishing without a license at 13 Mile Creek and she posted a $17.50 appearance bond.
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Point Pleasant
John
Bordenschartz
Charleston
Carol Shinn
13 Mile Creek
Miles Darst
Two Men Arrested For Meigs County Breaking and Entering
Gallipolis deputies and city police arrested two men Sunday night for Meigs County authorities. A charge of breaking and entering was to be filed, and a revolver plus a box of mismatched shells were found in their possession.
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Meigs
George Ehman
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