Mason County Grand Jury Indicts Ten in Ripley Court
Judge W. F. Boggess convened circuit court in Point Pleasant. grand jury, chaired by Virgil Hereford, returns ten indictments including Cyrus Leport Jr for aiding Judson's escape and Judson's guilty plea for auto theft and break in. Other indictments cover burglaries, non support, and probation for Timberlake and Yonker. high divorce actions are granted and custody rulings set. Prosecutor Bardin urges press restraint on report details.
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Point Pleasant
W. F. Boggess
Ripley
Ber
Lewis H. Miller
Ben Miller
Parkersburg
Boggess
Virgil Hereford
Foreman
W. H. Woods
G. A. Windon
Fisher Sayre
W. H. Johnson
C. M. Custer
Bardin
Cyrus Leport,Jr
Austin
Mason
Judson
Leport
Hartford
Wheeling
Bellaire
Akron
Hesson
Morrison
Coyner
Young
Peat Ieineiyrte
A. L. Sehon
Homer ‘Hesson
Owens Badgley
Willard Hesson
Goldren’ Cremeans
Joe Williams
Harry Meadows
A. E. Hutchins
Collis Timberlake
Kathleen Yonker
New Haven
Timberlake
Miss Yonker
Mason County
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Travel Reports
Social items from Gallipolis cover a Lafayette Hotel luncheon for Daughters of the American Revolution guests. Notables attend and Miss Madelyn Nunn is a house guest. Other notes include members hosting and speaking engagements, plus local residents traveling to Chicago and Florida for family, military or reunion events.
Two Newborns Reported at Point Clinic Gallia County News
At Point Clinic in Pleasant Miss Irma Fridley underwent minor surgery yesterday. A daughter weighing seven and a half pounds was born Monday to Mr and Mrs Bryant Greenlee at the clinic. Another girl named Violet Elizabeth weighing seven pounds arrived at 8 am to Mr and Mrs Gordon McCarty of Pliny. V E Day sparked public reflection as President Truman announced the end of the European War. Mrs Carrie Kraus observed her eighty fifth birthday in Bidwell on May 4 with radio greetings from WLW. The Gallia County items note numerous residents visiting, traveling, and returning from duty, with highlights including Manning Wetherholt home on leave and various local engagements.
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Gordon Thivener
East Gallipolis
Howard Thivener
South -Pacific
Ree
Pacific Coast
Thivener
Johnson
Columbus
Mia
Truman
Carrie ‘Kraus
Bidwell
WLW
Ruth Lyons
Kraus
Gallipolis
Clara Belle Motter
Wharton
Wayne Booth
Cleveland
Jividen
Long Beach
Calif
Margaret B. McCormick
Hamden
Luther
Donnally
Miss. Loma
Bing
Hobart Nicholson
Ka Echelmeyer
Rudolph Eemeyer
Bladeane Lloyd
Gal Hill
MecConn Ig
Ville
Sunda
Leonard
Edmeyer
Rocky Sanatorium
Eleaine Baum
JJ. Blazer Wetherholt
Cape May
N.J
Gallia County
Robert Bartholomew
Uests
Oak Ridge
Tenn.s
Bartholomew
Randall Warden
James ‘Taylor
Edith Smith
Ohio State Nurses Association
Holzer Hospital
Robert Richards
Rew RP
McCarley
Clay Township
Spurgeon Freed From German Prison Camp
Gallipolis report says Bill Spurgeon former Gallipolis Clinic and Holzer Hospital technician was released from a German prison camp on April 14 his mother in New Lexington confirmed he had been missing in action and is now accounted for بمدينة
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Gallipolis
Bill" Spurgeon
Holzer Hospital
New Lexington
Pitte Ie
Grand Jury Session Opened in Gallipolis
Judge Lewis C. Warden impaneled a grand jury in Gallipolis as county offices and businesses observed V E Day. The panel named W. W. Sigler foreman will reportedly sit for two full days to dispatch the number of pending cases.
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Gallipolis
Lewis C. Warden
W. W. Sigler
Son Loren Fraley in Paris General Hospital
Mrs. John Fraley learns her son Loren Fraley is at General Hospital in Paris for a check up and treatment. He served with General Patton's Third Army but is not a battle casualty.
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Gallipolis
John Fraley
Loren
General Hospital
Paris
Patton
Third Army
Legal Publication Ordered in Mason County
At the Monday meeting a court directed the publication of public legal notices in two newspapers with opposing politics. The Point Pleasant Daily Register and the Point Pleasant Citizen will publish these notices as required. Both papers are in the Ogden chain in West Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
Lourt
City to deed 4820 sq ft plot for veterans burial
Gallipolis approves a 4820 square foot extension at Mound Hill Cemetery for American Legion Lafayette Post to inter honorably discharged veterans. Co Manager Clementi notes selling subdivided lots at regular prices could have fetched about 2200.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette
American Legion
Mound Hill Cemetery
Clementi
Null Rites Planned for Ida May Null on Thursday
Mrs. Ida May Null age 72 died Tuesday at her home near Mt. Zion Church in Walnut Township. She was the wife of Samuel Null and survived by four children Lola Sander Port Orchard Wash Golda Belville Lecta Virgie Graham Van Wert Ohio and Samuel McNull Newark Ohio with seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren. Funeral services set for 2 o clock Thursday afternoon at Walnut Ridge Church.
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Gallipolis
Ida May Null
Mt. Zion
Walnut ‘Township
Samuel Null
Lola Sander
Port Orchard
Wash
Golda Belville
Lecta
Virgie Graham
van Wert
Ohio
Newark
Walnut Ridge
Church
State Policeman To Return Stolen Car
Sgt. Paul F. Thomas and Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison traveled to Halifax New Mexico to reclaim a car owned by Delbert Staats County Superintendent of Schools and to recover one of three youths charged with the theft. Staats rode home in the recovered vehicle. Local officers said two other youths, Lloyd Wall and Chek-William It was hot Jeanne, were arrested in the case.
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Point Pleasant
Paul F. Thomas
State’ Police
Toral Morrison
Halifax
NM. C
Delbert Staats
Lloyd Wall
Jeanne
Fraser Commends Loyal Force at TNT Works
Fraser praises the loyal force at the West Virginia Ordinance Works during World War II. He emphasizes immediate readiness to destroy hazardous devices and vows the offensive against Japan will not be delayed.
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Fraser
TNT
West
Virginia
Virginia Ordnance Works boosts war effort against Japan
The announcement reports increased wartime capacity at West Virginia Ordnance Works as Major Fraser notes stronger production against Japan. General Chemical Defense Corp operates the plant and seeks workers to meet explosive needs for final victory, urging continued dedication from all war workers.
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Virginia
Fraser
St. O
Germany
Japan
Géneral- “Chemical, Defense Corporation
West Virginia Ordnance Works
V E Day Quiet in Point Pleasant War Center
V E Day was the quietest in Point Pleasant with few people about and city schools closed at 2 pm. Federal offices stayed open while the county and state centers marked the day. Miss Tiet Hayes of Gallipolis Ferry had tonsil surgery at Point Pleasant Clinic. patients Larry Neat Toral and 0 De Sayre from Grimm Landing were discharged.
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Point 'Pleasant
Point Pleasant
Paniity
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Tad's
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Nelsonville
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