Local residents attend Supreme Shrine session in St Louis
POINT PLEASANT Mr and Mrs Frank J Kart and Mrs John T Roberts joined more than 8500 attendees at the Supreme Shrine session in Kiel Auditorium St Louis during the past week The women helped install officers on Thursday Mrs Capehart and Mr Capehart hold White Shrine ranks Mrs Roberts leads the Mary Shrine of Jerusalem at Middleport Others from the Point Pleasant area included Mrs John H Reese and Miss Ethel Maud Young Gallipolis and Middleport respectively Mrs Roberts hosted as a guest of Mrs Victor Powell and the Capeharts were dinner guests of Mr and Mrs J T Weissenburger and visited local former residents
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Frank J. Kart
Park Drive
John T. Roberts
Jericho Road
Supreme Shrine
St. Louis
Kiel Auditorium
Capehart
Lafayette
Roberts
Mary Shrine of
Final Plans For Armed Forces Day In Point Pleasant
Final plans were discussed by the armed forces committee at the city building for the May 19 parade. Walden Roush will contact area schools for pupil participation. the Ordnance School band and a bicycle brigade will join units from the National Guard Coast Guard Red Cross and saddle horses. The march will form at 10 a.m. at Junior High and start at 11 a.m. with a route down Main to Third to Viand and back. Civic groups may enter floats. A May 17 dinner at 6 15 p.m. at the Moose Home is planned with toastmaster Mayor John C. Hutchinson Lt Col C. V. Knipp and S. D. Littlepage to speak. Window displays are arranged by downtown merchants. the liberty bell from last week’s Gallipolis parade will be here and DAR will decorate it. An Armed Forces Day dance follows at the Moose Home 9 30 p.m. to 1 a.m. with Hayes Dixieland Band providing music. The meeting was presided by H H Harmon with several local residents in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Armed Forces Committee
Grover Hite
Walden Roush
Ordnance School
National Guard
Coast Guard
Red Cross
Hite
Lis
Main St
Third
Viand
Armed Forces
Moose Home
Co. G. Billups
Doris McMillin
Nellie Henson
Mary Hyre
John C. Hutchinson
C. V. Knipp
S. D. Littlepage
B. W. Krodel
Liberty Bell
Gallipolis
Daughters of the American Revolution
American Legion Post
Hayes Dixieland Band
Huntington
H. H. Harmon
McMillin
Hyre
Donald Smith
Billins
Clyde Tallman
D. G. Wilfong
W. E. Dunn
Krodel
Emory Hawkes
Delbert Plants
R. J. Kronberger
Edward Swint
Junior High to Stage The Sentimental Scarecrow Thursday
Junior high students will present The Sentimental Scarecrow Thursday at 7 p.m. in the school auditorium under director Mrs. Virgil W. Siders. The fantasy features 25 seventh and eighth graders in roles led by John Chapman as the scarecrow with several musical and Romani dances and a full chorus directed by Mrs. L. C. Somerville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Virgil W. Siders
Rachel Field
John Chapman
Lina
Margaret Starcher
Peggy Ann Rutherford
Lois Somerville
Richard Ellis
Terrell Reynolds
Nina Siders
Murl Pickens
Mrs. L. C. Somerville
Garnett Stalnaker
Judy Morrison
Erma Wooten
Christine Osher
Elizabeth Love
Nancy Bass
James Bush
Marvin Dawson
Larry Legg
Jon Call
Thomas Holstein
Loretta McDaniel
Carol Machir
Peggy Rutherford
Charles Smith
Virgil Burris
Keith Terry
Betty Jones
Mary Tennant
Judith McGuffin
Delores Carlisle
Lois Lee Merritt
Jean Smith
Emogene Cline
Reba Clair Sheline
Mary Rainey
Shirley Mayes
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Wedding of Charlotte Morrow to Pvt Herdman
Mrs Pearl Morrow announces the marriage of her daughter Charlotte Eileen Jones to Pvt Luther Herdman of Buffalo. The ceremony occurred Saturday at Henderson tabernacle with Rev D Black officiating. Reception followed at the bride’s parents home with a four tier cake and a bridal party including maid of honor Clinton Hesson and bridesmaids Junior Bush and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pearl Morrow
Lincoln Ave
Charlotte Eileen Jones
Luther Herdman
Ray Herdman
Buffalo
Henderson Tabernacle
D. D. Black
Harlow Shelmnes
Clinton Hesson
Junior Bush
Roger L. Morrow
Herdman
Ushera
John Carr
Athens
Virgil Roberts
Point Pleasant High School
Sylvania
Buffalo High School
South Charleston
Leonard Miller
Winfred Thevain
Velma Neal
Carl Ord
Thelma Brown
Holt Named As Marshal Of Hartford
Hartford council recently re appointed James Holt as marshal of Hartford for two years after considering three other applications. Officials newly elected were inducted. Bill Fields as mayor James M Crump as recorder Emil KnightHarry GrimmHarry GibbsIsaiah G Buddy Gibbs as councilmen. Harry Grimm reappointed treasurer and Mayor Fields named ready supervisor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartford
James Holt
Bill Fields
James M. Crump
Emil Knight
Harry Grimm
Harry Gibbs
Isaiah G
Buddy Gibbs
Fields
Road Repairs Declared Emergency On BuJnville Porter Road
Gallia County commissioners approved an emergency repair declaration for the BuJnville Porter road and ordered force account work by the county engineer. The road likely will be blacktopped, per an unofficial source. They projected at least 425 from a Monday public sale of graders a truck oil drums junk and old office furniture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bujnville-Porter
Births at Holzer Hospital list many new arrivals
Holzer Hospital Notes records numerous births with names and origins across Jackson Wellston Oak Hill Pomeroy Crown City and Gallipolis areas including Mrs Edwin Ritchie Mrs Andrew Scarberry Walter Stewart H Hyre Wade G Kirkpatrick and many others. The list spans multiple towns in West Virginia and Ohio with infants and mothers named or identified by husband or household.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Ritchie
Jackson
Andrew Scarberry
Walter Stewart
Thurman
H. Howard Hyre
Ripley
W. Va
Wade G
Kirkpatrick
Oak Hill
Lowell Martin
Oak Hil
Ovid Walker
Wellston
Michael Evans
Clyde Preece
Chattaroy
West Virginia
George Brit
Northup
Colleen Jones
Blackfork
James A. Thompson
Gallipolis
Andrew Pickens
Elsie Greenwood
Carl Edward Knox
Ray
Ohio
Charles Lee Stevers
Patty Blessing
Point Pleasant
Pearl Cordell
Vinton
Harry Lodwick, Jr
Ches
Eddie Kincaid Celebrates Eighth Birthday at Central School
Eddie Kincaid was honored on his eighth birthday with a party in the third grade room at Central School. His mother Mrs Wayne Kincaid assisted by teacher Mrs Eunice Beller and Mrs Nellie Henson served ice cream and cake to four students and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddie Kincaid
Central School
Wayne Kincaid
Eunice Beller
Nellie Henson
Married Ladies Bridge Club Meeting Planned
The Married Ladies Bridge Club will meet Thursday afternoon with Mrs. EF. E. Heiner on Main Street for an afternoon session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
EF. E. Heiner
Main St
New Officers Elected for Methodist Youth Fellowship
Vaught Memorial Church elected new officers for the conference year on Sunday evening. Bob Sumner is president, Phyllis Melton vice president, Jimmy Thorn secretary treasurer, and Linda McWilliams reporter. Advisers include James H. Lewis and several church members. A church party is planned for May 21, and a $5 quota was set to support the Methodist Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Vaught Memorial Church
Bob Sumner
Phyllis Melton
Jimmy Thorn
Linda McWilliams
James H. Lewis
Raymond Adams
Guy Melliams
Robert Sumner
Mary Margaret Melton
Methodist Fund
Weekend Visitors and Moves Highlight Local Notes
Mrs. Millard Crookham and daughter Hilda Leon return from Ohio to join weekend guests Mr. and Mrs. Worthy Miller and others at Lincoln Avenue. Other items include families visiting Huntington for a band parade, moves to New Haven Henderson and Newark, a hospital stay for Tommy Sauer, and a pneumonia illness delaying his Ordnance School studies. Seaman Lynn Freeman returns to Philadelphia after visiting Hogsett family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Millard Crookham
Hilda
Leon
Bruce
Leon Thompson
Tommy
Marlene
McCulloch Road
C. W. Adkins
Huntington
Dana Bradshaw
Sonya Jo Mayes
Bryson Lowe
Cora
Kenneth
John Reynolds
Newark
Ohio
Erwin Willams
Columbus
Marvin Dawson
English Road
John M. Roberts
John
Danny
Binghampton
N. Y
Roberts
John Roberts
Jericho Road
Morgan Smith
Madison Ave
Owens Roseberry
Viand St
New Haven
Pauline Bair
Henderson
Ronald Kent
Point Clinic
Opening of May term court sees little activity
In POINT PLEASANT the opening day of the May term of circuit court saw minimal proceedings. The grand jury remained in session, with members including John Lewis, Raymond Smith, Guy Burdette, K. F. Ride Nour, Ralph Mahoney, Arnold Watterson, H. J. Holley, Robert Crump, Marion J. Foglesong, R. T. Blessing, Bliss Wilson, Dolph Hill, George Musgrave, Everett Sayre, Frank Capehart and Mark Shifler. Condemnation commissioners were named, and a motion to set aside a verdict against the board of education was denied. Trials scheduled include Kelly Meadows for breaking and entering, Lawrence Earl Clench for grand larceny, H. D. McKinney for impersonating an officer, Victor Turner for illegally carrying a weapon, and Robert Frederick Chattin and Harry Carry Roush for grand larceny in a copper wire theft case involving other inmates at Moundsville penitentiary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Lewis
Raymond Smith
Guy Burdette
K. F. Ridenour
Ralph Mahoney
Arnold Watterson
H. J. Holley
Robert Crump
Marion J. Foglesong
R. T. Blessing
Bliss Wilson
Dolph Hill
George Musgrave
Everett Sayre
Frank Capehart
Mark Shifler
Lewis H. Miller
Vausie Hanes
Board of Education
Kelly Meadows
Lawrence Earl Clench
H. D. McKinney
Victor Turner
Robert Frederick Chattin
Harry Carry Roush
Moundsville
Cheshire Man Fined, Sentenced to Jail
GALLIPOLIS Burgin Bean 59 Cheshire was sentenced to county jail Monday in municipal court on a charge of driving while intoxicated owed 50 dollars and costs and had his driving rights suspended for six months. Roderick Leo Newell 25 Parkersburg was fined 10 dollars and costs for crashing a stop sign and Roy Boster Gallipolis 5 dollars and costs for intoxication. Shelby Leon Barnett Given W Va forfeited a 10 dollar bond for driving left of center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Burgin Bean
Cheshire
Roderick Leo Newell
Parkersburg
Roy Boster
Shelby Leon Barnett
W. Va
River Traffic at Gallipolis and Kanawha Locks Report
River traffic across the Gallipolis and Kanawha districts lists multiple boats with rise or fall movements from morning to evening on the Galpolis locks and Kanawha River. Notable vessels include the E Hatfield, Louisiana, Manitou, Kee ley, Solvay, Guadalcanal and Keystone with varied times and directions. The Ohio River level shows a steady fall with rollers at Gallipolis and gauge readings at upper 18.2 and lower 19.7 feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Galpolis
E. Hatfield
Rowe
Kenna
Louisiana
Leila
Manitou
Pete
Kanawha
Keeley
Marmet
Solvay
Winfield
Cook
Stevenson
Montgomery
Ayres
Keystone
UBS
Dorothy
Bob S
Nemicolon
Forsythia
Guadalcanal
Pioneer Virginia
Alice
Dolle
Pittsburgher
Ohio River
Kanawha Falls
Point Clinic Notes Admission and Discharge
Paul Riffle of Point Pleasant was admitted for a ton sillectomy. Mrs. Frank Ellison of Point Pleasant was discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Riffle
Point Pleasant
Man Fined and jailed in Point Pleasant case
Jeff Porter was fined $50 and costs and sentenced to 60 days in jail by a Point Pleasant magistrate on a charge related to intoxication. He was sent to the county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jeff Porter
Divorce Filed in Gallipolis for Marjorie French
Marjorie French filed for divorce from James A. French in common pleas court at Gallipolis Route 1. The couple married in 1989 in Gallipolis and have two children. She cites gross neglect and extreme cruelty as grounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Marjorie
French
Addison
Common Pleas
James A. French
District Meeting Set By OUAM at Hall
District Eight meeting to be held Saturday night at the local hall on Main Street. Junior Order of United American Mechanics to host with Rueben Gaskins as the local councilor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Order of United American Mechanics
Rueben Gaskins
City School Construction Bids Set For June 8 Opening
Gallia County board agrees bids for new Washington school addition and a south Gallia Academy High School building will be opened June 8 after architect Frampton completes estimates in about 10 days. The board also considered Lincoln school’s future, with petitions for a new fireproof building and staffing, while preparations for a spring bond issue and summer budget proceed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William R. Frampton
Frampton and Bowers
Huntington
Frampton
Washington School
Gallia Academy High School
Lincoln School
Lincoln Grade School
Board of Education
Also Mentioned on This Page
Holt
Holzer Hospital
Edgar White, Jr
John Joseph Watts
Pomeroy
Monty Dale Watts
Gideon Fowler
Crown City
Gallipolis Ferry
McKinley Rowe
George Miller
William Lanier
Cora Watts
Herbert Giles
Benjamin Jones
Chauncey Johnson
Pamela Bovie
Eliza Riegel
Loren Mercer
Jimmy Tucker
Loren Callahan
F. Smith
Gerald Farrar
Fred Houck
Ruth Wood
Seth Smith
Donald Herdman
E. L. Nease
Doris Plants
Harry Norton
Roderick Gist
Pearl Marks
Harold Fisher
John Dower
Edward Evans
Bridge Club
MYF
Frank Ellison
Ouam
Hall
Washington Grade School
C. R. McGinness
City Recreation Commission
Joe Woods
George Corbin, Sr
Uoes Philly ThiriGs
Beguiling
Altmans
Venice
A. Misty Dreamer
Wal
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