Dead of All Wars Honored in Gallipolis Area
Memorial Day services honored all wars at Pine Street Cemetery with Judge Lewis C. Warden delivering the address. Flowers were placed on graves by grade school children as hundreds attended. Daughters of Union Veterans paid tribute to Hannah A. Maxon. WWI veterans held services at Mound Hill, while the Gallipolis pool opened despite cool weather drawing about 200 swimmers. Season tickets surpassed expectations. Charles Swanson to manage with lifeguards Katherine Lutz Sheets and Donald Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pine St
Common Pleas
Lewis C. Warden
Hannah A. Maxon
Daughters of Union Veterans
American Legion
Mound Hill Cemetery
City
E. E. Higgins
Charles Swanson
Katherine Lutz Sheets
Donald Robinson
Musicians To Entertain Kiwanis At Moose Hall
Local musicians perform this evening for the Kiwanis Club at Moose Hall in Point Pleasant. A trio led by Mrs Chester A Roush and Mrs Raymond Spear along with Carl Gardner will present selections. A following club members quartet including Chester A Roush C D McGarry Milton L Miller and C L Head will close with a solo by Mr Head and group singing directed by Mr McGarry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Kiwanis Club
Moose Hall
Chester A. Roush
Raymond Spear
Carl Gardner
C. D. McGarry
Milton L. Miller
C. L. Head
Lasley brother freed by Russians and a straggler nabbed
Elizabeth Lasley learns her brother Pvt John Lasley, a German POW since July 26, 1944, was liberated by Russians and sent across the Elbe to join American forces. Lewis Le land Sturgeon, a naval base straggler from Little Creek, Va., was arrested at his Lewis Street home and will be turned over to naval authorities in Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Elizabeth Lasley
Pvt
John Lasley
Elber River
Lewis Leland Sturgeon
Naval
Little Creek
Otis Noble
Lewis St
Huntington
Bo Noble
Bridge Surveyors Ordered Off Kanawha Right of Way
Ordered off the Kanawha bridge site survey in Henderson after an adjoining land owner claimed trespass. Zepp and staff, awaiting records exam as county clerk’s office was closed. Brave cold prompts pool plunge at Junior High opening. Kiwanis Club sponsor Rev. C. G. Billups leads life saving team from Senior High with Coach Sanders and helpers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
H. C. Zepp
Baltimore and Ohio
Kanawha
Henderson
Pool Point Pleasant
Kiwanis Club
C. G. Billups
Sanders
Jimmy Werrell
Lily Faye Staats
Mary Tien Gerlach
Sons Return Home for Bert Roush Family
Bert H. Roush of Addison reports both sons wounded in separate actions have returned to the States. Pfc John Roush arrived in New York, arm in a cast, after being wounded on the western front and may be sent to a hospital before home. Pvt Gilbert Roush reached Newport News May 24 and was sent to Louisville, Ky, for treatment of a shoulder injury in Italy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bert H. Roush
Addison
John Roush
New York
Gilbert Roush
Newport News
Louisville
Italy
Point Pleasant
State Road Commission
Silver Bridge
E. H. Edelblute
Marie Mea
Cordows
Dover
Del
Pand
E. A. Neff
Jaeque
Max Bunce
Springfield
Martin
Son County
Vrs Neff
OPA
Jerry Evans
Hillside Tavern
Cincinnati
Mason City
Stanley Evans
Robert
Camp Miles Standish
Mass
Robbin Lois
Holzer Hospital
Evans
Jewell Waters
Charles Hanniger
Miami
John Lusher
Mercerville
John Supance
Dorothy Lanier
Eaton
Stanley Lanier
Charles V. Ward
H. L. Swick and Son
Cumberland
H. W. Cherrington
More Gallia Men Freed From Prison
Gallia County relief spread as news arrives that Tommy Fife, once listed missing in action on the Western Front, is safe and returning to the United States. Tech Sergeant Robert Fellure, long reported a Nazi prison internee, sends word of liberation and soon a letter will follow. Fellure joins brothers Orlyn in Italy and Donald in the U S Navy in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Forrest Fife
Columbus
Tommy
Tech
Robert Fellure
William 1 Fellure
Northup
Fellure
Asi
Armed Services
Cpl
Orlyn Fellure
Italy
Donald
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Paint Toll House Gallipolis Social Notes
Gallia County social items report a joint birthday celebration for Edler and the return of Mrs Edler’s half brother Albert Monroe Sheets from Europe as a German prisoner for 19 months plus weekend visits and travels of local residents including Petty Officer David Metcalf on leave from Okinawa, Mildred Nibert’s advancement, and several weekend visitors and family news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mouth Avenue
Edler
Albert Monroe Sheets
Europe
Sadie Hanes
Columbus
Rebecca Sowards
Myrtle Lafon
Robert Adkins
Huntington
Howard Jones
Garland Saunders
Morris Brown
Evelyn
Wade Wooten
Pearl Edler
Heart Brown
Mae Baker
Henry Gothard
David Metcalf
Okinawa
Gallia County
Pacific
Nibert
S. C. Nibert
Italy
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THE
Athens Messenger
Tanding
Ross P. Bullard
Decatur
Ill
Sparky
Coast Guard
Felber
Pennant Sedden
Pennant Capital
Felb
Paizep
Clorox
Corox
Babel
Gallipolis Social Notes
Charlee Féler
Ports
Anne May
Clifford Durst
Count Board of Education
City Council
United States
John Adams
John Quincy Adams
Benjamin Harrison
William Henry Harson
James Madison
Zachary Taylor
Theodore
Franklin Roosevelt
Claes Mortensen van Rosenvelt
Gargantua
Weani
San Diego Zoo
Clover Farm
Clover Farm Stores
Skinner
Prunes
Clover Farm Grocers
Clover Farm Milk
V.rox
Orange Juice
Clover Farm Grapefruit
Wallavore
Texas
U.S. No
Lee
Trait Nevers
Patie Shear
Concord
Bexley
Mrs. Lane
Olives Plain Clover Farm
Ted
Shu
Cama
Aie Og
FRESE
Sunnyfield
Mello-Bitche
Whitehouse M
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