Gallia County Grand Jury Indicts 18 in Gallipolis
Gallia County Grand Jury returned 18 indictments after sessions Tuesday and Wednesday. Defendants include Clarence Shafer for failure to support a minor, Walter Burns for obtaining money by fraud, Theodore Washington Jr for breaking and entering, William Van Meter for robbery, Carl Beckett and Charles Leach for robbery and auto theft, Jess White for larceny, George Clench for stealing tires, and William Zornes for narcotics possession and concealed weapons. Beckett, Leach, Bowman, Price, and Betty Smith face additional charges tied to local crimes. Jury also recommended installing a separate jail heating plant due to inadequate current heating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Grand Jury
W. W. Sigler
Clarence Shafer
William Keels
Walter Burns
Theodore Washington, Jr
William van Meter
Carl Beckett
Charles W. Leach
Jess White
George Clench
Chames Deerfield
Gorge Leach
Dean Bowman
Marvin Price
Betty Smith
William Zornes
Laureen Shepard
Beckett
Leach
Carl Westfall
County Children's Home
City Corporation
Bowman
Price
E. L. West
Chauncey C. Smith Dies at Home Near Campaign Church
Chauncey C. Smith 62 died Thursday morning at his home near Campaign Church after months of illness from an organic heart ailment. Survived by widow Clara B. Butcher, a brother Morris of Marion Ohio, and sister Mrs. Alice Lyons of Columbus. Funeral 2 p.m. Sunday at Campaign Church with burial in Maddy Cemetery. Hold Alumni Banquet Set for May 19 in Bidwell High School building. Wendell Roush announces. Parents of graduates invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chauncey C. Smith
Gallipolis
Campaign Church
Samuel R
Cynthia L. Spires Smith
Clara B. Butcher
This County
Morris
Marion
Alice Lyons
Columbus
EB. C. Venz
Maddy
Bidwell- Porter
Bidwell
Wendell Roush
Pvt Robert L Sanders Wounded in Action
Private Robert L Saunders was seriously wounded in action April 17 in the Philippines according to War Department records. He entered service March 1943 and has served in the South Pacific for about 15 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert L. Saunders
Philippines
War Department
Sherley Saunders
Saunders
South Pacific
Sunday Church Services in Gallipolis Town
Gallipolis churches publish their Sunday schedules. First Baptist offers Bible School at 9 15 and morning worship at 10 30 with a sermon on The Kind of Mothers America Needs. Grace Methodist ends the day with worship at 10 and youth activities. Saint Peter's Episcopal holds 7 pm services except first Sunday.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist—Bible School
America
Hakes
Methodist
Church School
First Presbyterian
ST. Peter’s Episcopal
Church OF God
Third Avenue
Young People’s Meeting
Church OF the Nazarene
Gallipolis Mission
Mill Creek
Eulah Thorn
Henderson
W.va
Hold Funeral Rites For Mrs. Stewart
Gallipolis relatives and siblings from Gallia County Ravenswood West Virginia Camp Atterbury Indiana and Springfield gather for the funeral of Mrs. Charles Stewart formerly Nettie Wilson. Born and raised near Waterloo in Gallia County she died after a prolonged illness in Springfield. A Navy nephew Harold Thompson recently returned from the Philippines attended with his wife joining the trip from Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. Hobart Wilson
George
Ellis Ball
John B. Wilson
Camp Atterbury
Ind
A. S. Lunscomb
Ravenswood
W.va
Charles Stewart
Springfield
Stewart
Nettie Wilson
Gallia County
Waterloo
Harold Thompson
Navy
Philippines
Huntington
Jimmy Grube Dies in Columbus Hospital
Jimmy Grube son of Mr. and Mrs. John Grube of Grover Tort died Wednesday night in a Columbus hospital after a ten month illness from infantile paralysis. The Grube family is from Gallia County and many relatives were notified. funeral arrangements were not yet completed.
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Gallipolis
Jimmy Grube
John Grube
Pearl Niday
Columbus
Gallia County
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Local Gatherings
Neighbors gather at the Ecker home on Vine Court to celebrate Mrs. Alice Shaw's birthday with a potluck dinner. Another entry notes Pre-School Mothers' Club meets at Island View Inn with discussions on dependents and parenting. Also covered is a Lafayette Hotel birthday dinner for Miss Ethel Walter with a corsage and list of guests. Additional items list local residents' visits and brief travel notes, including military personnel and hotel guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alice Shaw
Emma Ecker
Ecker
Vine Ct
Paul Shaw
Jimmy
Mia
Anna Frye
Virginia Bell
Mary Rose Fisher
J. T. Hall
William King
Dora Tope
Harry Lupton
Martha Ann
John O’dell
Ella G. Lupton
Mabel
Ann Thomas
Elmer E. Hatfield
Horace Ecker
Shaw
Rena Plymale
Omar O'Dell
Herman Rutt
Johnny Ecker
Charles Webster
Island View Inn
Roger Denney
Selwyn White
Denny
Parent Magazine
White
Dorothy Baruch
Lafayette Hotel
Ethel Walter
Louise Henson
Carolyn Butterfield
Mary Pullins
Eva Northup
Elizabeth Davis
Myrtle Walker
Joan Mackenzie
Gail Russell
Helen Burnett
Marylou Stewart
Emaline Straight
Betty Jean Saunders
Eastern Star Holds Annual Inspection Across Chapters
Thurman Chapter of the Order of Eastern Star was inspected Wednesday night by Mrs. Anna G. Stevers deputy grand matron of the 24th district. The ceremony also took place in Wellston Tuesday and Waterloo last Saturday with the same official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Thurman
Order of Eastern Star
Anna G. Stevers
Wellston
Waterloo
Margaret Edwards
Howell Evans
Stevers
Elva Simms Gibbs
Edith Hutsinpiller
Elizabeth Roush
Virginia Bane
E. W. Edwards
Ethel Maud Young
Mae Wood
Hilah Lutz
Lola Mae Suiter
Elma Dexter
Winifred Knight
Moss Stella Arthur
Est McKnidht
Frances Jones
Esta Reeves
Wells’ Stow
Sievers
Merit
Charles Weaver
Emily Plymale
Louise Shaw
Divorce Action Filed In Common Pleas Court
Margery V. Jordan sues Vonley Jordan in Meigs County Common Pleas Court for divorce citing gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple, married in 1932, share one minor child. Also noted is a separate 1932 divorce in the same area involving Marie Lee and Melvin Lee, with custody of three children awarded to the mother. The Philippines name origin is traced to 1542 and 1565 in Spanish history.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mason Native Is Fatally Injured
Charles S Smith aged 38 died after a car crash in Charleston while driving home from his job at the government owned steel mill. He skidded on wet pavement, struck a bridge abutment and rolled, suffering a skull fracture. Surviving are his parents wife daughter two sisters and five brothers with funeral plans pending.
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Point Pleasant
Charles S Smith
Charleston
B. 5. Smith
Mr. Smith
Burlwell S
Margaret Biffle Smith
Bellemeade
Vida Ricket
Betty Jean Smith
Charleston High School
Charles Costello
Sacramento
Calif
Griff Durbin
Russell L. Smith
Akron, C
Landon W. Smith
Cincinnati
Denzil W. Smith
Alton
Clay and Duarwerd Smith
Thivener Reports For Reassignment
Fireman first class Harold Thivener USN finishes a 30 day leave after two and a half years in the South Pacific and travels to Columbus for reassignment accompanied by wife, daughter, and Thivener family. Family members return to Gallipolis. Mrs Thivener remains in Columbus if stay extends.
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Gallipolis
T c
Harold Thivener
U.S.N
South Pacific
Columbus
Sharon
H. C. Thivener
Pauline Johnson
Howard Thivener
East Coast
United States
Thivener
Bacon-Ham Problem Solved for Laniers
Otho Lanier of Beech Hill reports solving the pork-bacon-ham riddle for 1946 after a broad sow owned by him produced a litter of 14 pigs, 12 of which survive and thrive. He notes the large litter is timely though not record setting.
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Point Pleasant
Otho Lanier
Beech Hill
Hold Brown Rites at Heights United Church
Funeral services for Charles Wesley Brown 75 will be held this afternoon at Heights United Brethren Church with Rev F H Capenart in charge. Burial will be in Suncrest Cemetery. Genevieve Hall sues Woodrow Hall for divorce alleging cruelty married 1939 separated 1945. They have a five year old son.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Wesley Brown
Heights United
Brethren Church In
iRev
F. H. Capenart
Suncrest Cemetery
Genevieve Hall
Woodrow Hall
Idivorce
Sruelty
TNT Plant Sets Record Output on V-E Day Victory News
On V-E Day May 8 1945 General Chemical Defense Corporation reported a new single day production record for FNT at the West Virginia Ordnance Works. Major J D Fraser credited workers for the surge and noted the EB Star Award alongside tribute to the fighting forces and their sacrifices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
General Chemical Defense Corporation
J. D. Fraser
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Social Notes Highlight Local Bridge Club Hosts
Pt Pleasant reports Mrs Har daughter among attendees as Pvt and Mrs Old Sayre welcome guests at 1821 Jefferson Blvd. Rupert L Kayser Jr hosts Married Ladies Bridge Club with defense stamps awarded to Mrs Milton L Miller for high score. Guests include Mrs George H Overholt and Miss Rebs Beale. next meeting set for Mrs T Stribling. Birth news arrives: Rupert L Kayser and wife announce son weighing 74 pounds born Wednesday in Brunswick Maryland.
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Point Pleasant
Har
Old Sayre
Jefferson Blvd
Rupert L. Kayser, Jr
Kayser
Married Ladies Bridge Club
Milton L. Miller
George H. Overholt
Rebs
Beale
E. E. Helner
T. Stribling
C. 0. Weissenburger
Robert §. Meyer
Miller
Sayre
Main St
Rupert L. Kayser
Schanauieer Hospital
Brunswick
Langdon Funeral Held at Upland in Mason County
Funeral services for Charles Langdon age 57 were held Thursday afternoon at Palestine Baptist Church in Upland. The Rev O H Carder of Huntington officiated. Burial followed in Meadows Cemetery. Survived by wife Rose and five sons James O Lee Pearl Harvey Woodrow Langdon with US forces in Germany and at home. Attendants included Rev and Mrs Carder and daughter Aris Carder and Mr and Mrs Eldridge Sauer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Palestine Baptist
Upland
Charles Langdon
O. H. Carder
Huntington
Meadows Cemetery
Langdon
Mason County
State Road Commission
Rose Langdon
James O. Langdon
Lee Langdon
Germany
Pearl
Harvey
Woodrow Langdon
Six Men Will Enter Prison Next Week
Mason County Sheriff Ernest Hesson said prisoners sentenced to the state penitentiary may be admitted whenever brought to the institution. Six men from Mason are Homer Hesson, Raymond Badgley, James Hutchinson, Collis Timberlake, Cyrus Leport Jr., and Austin Mason Judson.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Hesson
Mason
Homer Hesson
Raymond Badgley
James T. Hutchinson
Collis Timberlake
Cyrus Leport, Jr
Austin Mason Judson
Ball Name Remains On Ballot In City Race
Citizens Party executive committee cannot strike C D Ball from the ticket as only he can order removal. Ball has been seriously ill and the party faces weak Democratic support as reelection efforts for Mayor Krodel gain a following.
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Ball
Point Pleasant
Citizens Party
C. D. Ball
Aiy
Krodel
Johnson Rites Will Be Held Sunday
Miss Margaret E. Johnson of Jefferson Blvd died Thursday evening at Point Clinic after a three week illness. The body is at Arnett Mortuary. Funeral from her home Sunday at 1 PM with Rev. P. F. Capehart officiating. Burial in Montgomery West Virginia. Born November 3, 1911 in Montgomery she was the daughter of Mrs. Johnson and the late Charles A. Johnson. She graduated Point Pleasant High School and attended New River State College in Montgomery. She was a member of the Methodist Church. There are no brothers or sisters, only the mother survives.
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Point Pleasant
Margaret E. Johnson
Jennieé Cottrill Johnson
Jefferson Blvd
Point Clinic
Arnett Mortuary
PF. H. Capehart
Montgomery
W. Va
Johnson
Charles A. Johnson
Point Pleasant High School
New River State College
Methodist Church
More Arrests In Auto Theft Case
State Trooper H D Coyner reports Sgt Paul F Thomas and Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison traveled from Halifax North Carolina to Jacksonville Florida where two other youths involved in the theft of Delbert Staats auto last Friday were arrested and held for Mason County authorities The car was recovered at Halifax and one suspect was arrested there Officers expect to return home Sunday.
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Point Pleasant
H. D. Coyner
Paul F. Thomas
Toral Morrison
Halifax
N. C
Jacksonville
Fla
Delbert Staats
Mason County
Parents Fail To Hear From Wounded Son
Mr and Mrs Okie Myers of 10th Street worry after not hearing from Pvt Darsel H Myers since a March 1 hospital note in France He was wounded around January 1 during the Belgian front in Gen Pattons Third Army His parents have sent weekly letters and cables to the hospital and to his commander without a response They also have two sons in the South Pacific and another who failed the pre induction physical test
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Okie Myers
10Th St
Pvt
Darsel H. Myers
France
Pvt. Myers
Belgium
Myers
Gen. Patton
Third Army
South Pacific
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Gallia County Grand Jury
Nelsonville
Buchtel Road
Robert L. Sanders
Zack
Martin
Port Street
Gallipolis Social Notes
Bette Faulkner
Army Nurses’ Corps
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Catherine Fish
Charles Burnette
Charles Martin
Athens
John Cunningham
Lincoln
Nebr
H. C. Cunningham
Major C. Brown
Davis Martin, Sr
Frances Beardsley
Cadetsburg
Libby Heel
Paul Cline
Luther Howard
Howard
Davis-Shuler
Wilbur McReynolds
Quartermaster Department
U. S. Army
Eastern Star
Common Pleas
Prince Philip
Philippine Islands
Islands
Philip
The
Jarman
Holland
Pak
Ig. Nels
TNT
Peter Bidzila
Donora
Ohio
S. C. Wilhelm
Walter A. Windsor
Richard M. Peek
Jacqueline Windsor
Bartow Jones
Harry D. Camp
Five Hundred
Nan McKinstry
Pittsburgh
N. A. Park
W. H. Morgan
E. E. Franklin
Park
Gertrude Halliday
Troyal
J.D. Adamson
Eagles Hall
Guy Leonard
Hillside Ramblers
C. E. Whitmore
U.S. Highway 35
Beaco
F. J. Beasley CO
Big Hity
Gloak Bes
Jan
the Hoosier Hotshots
Williams Slim Summerville
King Cole
Jimny Wakely
Oklahoma Cowboys
Zorro
Stee Kaepas Bettie Stince
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