Gallia County Grand Jury Reports 13 True Bills
Gallia County grand jury completed its investigation and sent a report on Tuesday afternoon. Thirteen true bills were returned from 29 cases with 32 witnesses examined. Indictments named George Casey and Charles Messick for grand larceny. Clem Saxton for pointing firearms. John Richards and James West for burglary. Charles Poiter for larceny. John Richards for auto theft. Wade Taylor for assault and battery. Lewin Davis Charles Long George White and Sherman Dudley for non support. Several held after grand jury proceedings were not indicted. The panel remains in session awaiting court call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Casey
Charles Messick
Clem Saxton
John Richards
James West
Charles Poiter
Wade Taylor
Lewin Davis
Charles Long
George White
Sherman Dudley
Roy Johnson
Stanley Watts
Chauncey Thivener
Howard Rose
Noah
Stant
H. G. Twyman
Lee King
Dewey Wilcoxen
Lester McGuire
Susan Blazer
Jean Denney
Wendell Wellington
John Hall
Carl Nibert
Derman
Curtis Swick
Waugh and Wickline Named County Postmasters
The Senate confirmed Oral V. Waugh as postmaster at Bladen and E Dana Wickline as postmaster at Rio Grande in Gallia County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waugh
Wickline
Gallipolis
Senate
Gallia County
Oral v. Waugh
Bladen
E. Dana
Rio Grande
Gallipolis Social Notes
Mrs Clyde Fellure and daughter Mildred entertained the Northup Missionary Society last week. The all day meeting drew 12 members and 28 guests with quilting and crafts in the forenoon. Luncheon followed, then a roll call scripture verse, readings by Essa Sheets Pearl Jones Retha Foster and Mary Frances Rose, and a closing Lord s Prayer. November meeting will be with Miss Mittie Amsbury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clyde Fellure
Mildred
Saiety
Mittie Amsbury
Nettie Sheets
Essa Sheets
Pearl Jones
Retha Foster
Mary Frances Rose
Ten Divorce Suits Filed This Month In Gallopolis
This month records ten divorce suits in Gallopolis. Notable cases include Juanita Tartar versus Henry Tartar alleging cruelty with alimony and restraining provisions. Also John H. Devault sues Patricia for gross neglect after their Aug 1937 Denver marriage. Clara Belle Little sues Golden X. Little for neglect and cruelty filed through a next friend. James A. Steinbeck on 30-day leave from LST 29 unit in the Pacific is mentioned in passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Fourth Ave
San Francisco
LST 29
Gallipolis
Pacific
Juanita Tartar
Henry Tartar
East Gallipolis
John H. Devault
Patriciamente
Okinawa
Denver
Colo
Clara Belle Little
Amy B. Thompson
Golden X. Little
Army Men to Enroll Recruits Oct 22 at Courthouse
Three Army sergeants will be at the Point Pleasant courthouse all day Monday October 22 to enrol recruits. Boys 17 may enlist with parental consent, as well as older men. Enlistments may be for one year eighteen months or two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Petersons Ointment advertised relief for piles
An early 20th century advertisement claims over a million dollars yearly is spent on pile remedies. It promotes Peter sons Ointment as soothing and cooling with fast relief in minutes, selling for 35 cents a box or 6re in a tube with applicator, with a money back guarantee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterzon
Peterson
Gallipolis Personal News Highlights Visitors and Travels
Lieut Com. and Mrs. 5. F. Shaw visit Mrs. Henke in town before reporting to the west coast. Jessie Unroe from Battle Creek visits her parents. Betty Jo Camp Huber and young son stay with in-laws in town. Mrs. James Johnson returns from Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Porter and two sons visit Mrs. Porter's parents. Mrs. James S. Clark plans two weeks’ vacation in Columbus Oxford and Cincinnati. Jessie Caldwell resumes duties at Ohio Produce Co. Lydia Coyle visits cousins Leota and Margaret Shuler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
F. Shaw
A. R. Henke
Shaw
Flushing Field
N. Y
Jessie Unroe
Percy Jones General Hospital
U. S. Army
Battle Creek Mich
John Unroe
Charles Huber Jr
Betty Jo Camp
Athens
Charles Huber
James Johnson
Chicago
Navy
J. S. Porter
520 Gallia Men Discharged Since V-1
GALLIPOLIS Discharge of 33 Gallia County service men were reported to the local Selective Service Board during the week preceding October 11. They are: Lester Joseph Jackson, Donald E. Haskins, Albert Merriman Jr., Daniel D. Rees, Robert W. Goff, Horace D. Cremeens, John E. Straight, Hobart W. Trout, Ray J. Rothgeb, Bert Bodimer, Albert Neal, David R. Mitchell, William F. Vance, Gilbert E. Daniels, Stanley M. Ward, John A. Wood, James C. Hook, Lester L. Clark, Ernest C. DeWitt, Raymond Shato, Andrew N. Myers, Eli Evans, Kenneth M. Worman, Alphaeus W. Shaffer, Marvin L. Noulan, Elbin A. Chapman, Lloyd W. Helrich, Forrest D. Clark, William E. Willis, Grover G. Johnson, Robert C. Lane, Richard Caldwell and Milfred S. Sheets. County Recorder Lucille Rees reported that 150 discharges were filed in her office Monday making a total of about 520 since the end of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County Service
Local Selective Service Board
Lester Joseph Jackson
Donald E. Haskins
Albert Merriman Jr
Daniel D. Rees
Robert W. Goff
Horace D. Cremeens
John E. Straight
Hobart W. Trout
Ray J. Rothgeb
Bert Bodimer
Albert Neal
David R. Mitchell
William F. Vance
Gilbert E. Daniels
Stanley M. Ward
John A
Marshall Boggs Returns To Teaching Post
Gallipolis city school superintendent E. E. Higgins announced that Marshall Boggs, recently discharged from military service, will resume as science teacher for seventh and eighth grades on October 25. Boggs will not coach football this season but will join the basketball and spring sports coaching staff. Mrs Gladys Sheets Lusher resigns to take a new post, her husband Capt Charles Lusher placed on Army inactive list.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. EL. Higgins
Marshall Boggs
Daytona Beach
Boggs
Welch Convalescent Hospital
Charles Swanson
Higgins
Boges
Gladys Sheets Lusher
Capt
Charles Lusher
Army
Marriage of Miss Charlotte Redmon and Prof Herman Bennett
Announcement records the wedding of Miss Charlotte Redmon of Clifton West Virginia to Professor Herman Bennett son of Mrs Edward Bennett Sr and the late Edward Bennett. The ceremony occurred October 11 at Church of Christ Columbus with limited attendees. Bennett’s brother Cpl Edward Bennett recently earned the Congressional Medal of Honor and was wounded in action. Additional society notes list visitors, moves, health updates and local engagements including navy and air force service members and college connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Charlotte Redmon
B. J. Redman
Clifton
W.va
Herman Bennett
Edward Bennett
Church of Christ In
Columbus
Pfc
Henry Searberry
Bennett Home
Jin Columbus
Ohio Bell Telephone Co
Mary Jane
R Pie. Bennett
Cpl
Camp O'Reilly
Dorothy Stewart Transferred to New York Store
Dorothy Nelle Stewart, daughter of Attor ney and Mrs. O. H. Stewart, has been moved from Cleveland to New York City by the Stoufte Corporation. The dietitian is now at Fifth Ave. restaurant and stayed with relatives Miss Sara Jones and Dr. T Jesse Jones of Riverside Drive until housing found. Also in New York are cousins Mrs. William Brown Sally Ervin and Mrs. Jack Dresser, former Helen Davis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Dorothy Nelle Stewart
O. H. Stewart
Cleveland
New York City
Stoufte Corporation
Stewart
Fifth Ave
Sara Jones
T. Jesse Jones
Riverside Drive
New York
William Brown
Sally Ervin
Edgar
Plan Funeral Rites For John R. Cook
John R. Cook, 75, died at his home on East Main Street Tuesday morning. He is survived by a daughter Mrs. Van Reese and a brother Frank Cook of Loveland Ohio along with several nieces and nephews. His wife died three years ago. Funeral services are set for Friday at 230 PM at Finsterwald Funeral Home. Burial will be at Beech Grove Cemetery. Friends may call at any time at the funeral home.
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Pomeroy
John R. Cook
E. Main St
van Reese
Frank Cook
Loveland
Ohio
Cook
Finsterwald
Beech Grove
Plan Meigs Junior Red Cross Roll Call
Ivan R. Barnhart field representative of the Junior Red Cross for Ohio visited Meigs County to promote activities in this department. Miss Wilma Roush Meigs County chairman completes plans for the annual Roll Call to be held November 1 through 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan R. Barnhart
Junior Red Cross
Ohio
Wilma Roush
Meigs County
Native of Gallia Co Dies in Springfield
Arnold J. Dillon age 45 city manager of Springfield died Tuesday in Springfield after a heart attack. Born in Gallia County he was principal of a Springfield school for seventeen years before being named city manager in 1940. Survived by wife father A L Dillon Crown City and brothers Ferry Dayton and Orin Dillon. Funeral services and burial set for Friday afternoon in Springfield.
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Gallipolis
Arnold J. Dillon
Springfeld
Gallia County
Springfield
A. L. Dillion
Crown City
Ferry Dillon
Dayton
Orin Dillon
Marriage Licenses Issued in Meigs County Probate Court
Noah Bowen 67 Gallipolis and Della Canterbury 4 Pomeroy listed along with John Reed 27 Little Hocking and Betty Norman 22 Reedsville in Meigs County Probate Court license records.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Noah Bowen
Gallipolis
Della Canterbury
John Reed
Little Hocking
Betty Norman
Reedsville
Season Is Success VINTON Boys' Softball Team
Vinton Rural team finished the season with wins over Lorenz of California and Richland, and losses to Joly and Wogan. Jolly, a former B-17 pilot, and Mrs. Bidwell attended. Players now prep for basketball, with first game against Albany on Oct 26.
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Vinton
Pomeroy
St Beward
Vinton Rural
Joly
Jolly
E. N
Tawary Vt
Lorenz
California
Bidwell
Mary F. Wogan
Racine RD
ETO
Wikesville
Richland
Lwilkesville
Albany
Licensed to Marry Pomeroy in Meigs County Probate Court
A marriage license was issued to Luther Smith age 26 of Rutland and Mary Caldwell age 20 of Middleport in Meigs County Probate Court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Luther Smith
Rutland
Mary Caldwell
Middleport
Meigs County
Big Blacks to Meet Poca Team on Friday Afternoon
POINT PLEASANT Senior High School's Big Blacks will play Poca there on Friday afternoon. The game will be called at 2 o'clock. It is expected a considerable group of local fans will attend the game.
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Big Blacks
Point Pleasant
Hears News of Death of Mrs Carrie Smallwood in Indiana
Mrs Hoyt Jiden learned by telegram of the death of her cousin Mrs Carrie Bennett Smallwood of Wabash Ind on Monday Funeral services are set for Thursday in Wabash She was born in Mason County daughter of the late Isaac F and Dimmie Miller Barnett Survived by husband Vaughn Smallwood a son a sister and a brother with numerous Mason County cousins listed The deceased had been ill several months
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Hoyt
Jiden
Carrie Bennett Smallwood
Wabash
Ind
Smallwood
Mason County
Isaac F
Dimmie Miller Barnett
Vaughn Smallwood
Louise Rager
North Manchester
Miller Barnett
J. L. Barnett
Hickory Chapel
Jiv, Iden
Jerry A. Rodgers
Vern Ward
Charleston Road
Ordnance School PTA Meets Thursday in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant report notes the Ordnance School Parent Teacher Association will meet in the school building at 7 30 p m Thursday evening. Lydia Rose sues for divorce from Jack Rose in Henderson, married 1938 separated 17 Sept 1945 with two children ages six and four. Mrs Rose accuses husband of cruelty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Parent- Teacher Association
The
Ordnance School
Lydia’ Rose
Jack Rose
Henderson
Officers of Vinton Rural School Named
RADCLIFF Class officers of the grades and high school of Vinton Rural are Sixth President Doris Wells vice president Beatrice Malone secretary Wilda Wells treasurer Glen Jeffers news reporter Paul Riley Seventh President Magnolia Lowe vice president Janice Pendleton secretary treasurer Dollie Eberts news reporter Louelmia Weright aete Y Liglith President Semmie Comtings vice president Harlan Jeffers secretary treasurer Richard Price news reporter Betty Adkins Ninth President Delbert Perry vice president Harry Murry secretary Harry Norton treasurer Race Harder news reporters Clement Molihan Duane Lowe Tenth President Gene Wright Vice president Roger Fain secretary treasurer Thelma Shennifield news reporter Ruth Jean Emrich Eleventh President Alice Price vice president Jack Jeffers secretary treasurer Robert Hagerty Twelfth President Kenneth Price vice-president Richard Hagerty secretary treasurer Olen Cooper
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radcliff
Thhe
Vinton Rural
Doris Wells
Beatrice Malone
Wilda Wells
Glen Jeffers
Paul Riley
Magnoliah Lowe
Janice Pendleton
Dollie Eberts
Louelmia Weright
S' Aete Y Liglith
Semmie Comtmings
Harlan Jeffers
Robert Hagerty
Kenneth Price
Richard Hagerty
Olen Cooper
September Report by Clerk of Common Pleas
POMEROY September report from the Clerk of Common Pleas lists: 141 certificates of title totaling 105.75, 18 lien notations 5.40, 7 memo certificates 1.75, 172 applications and affidavits 43, 11 certified copies 172.35. Meigs County receives 130.05 and the State of Ohio 42.30.
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Pomeroy
Clerk of Common Pleas
Herman Beards
Meigs County
State of Ohio
Pt Pleasant Personal Notices Highlight Local Visits
Mrs A G Arnett and Mrs Earl y H Arnett visited friends in Huntington Tuesday. Bartow Jones was in Charleston on business Tuesday. William C Yeager, son of Patrolman Curt Yeager, arrived from Denver after four and a half years in the Army, with Canal Zone time and Pacific coast service. He was Mason County’s first draftee to enter service. Mrs Laula Lewis and kin Miss Virginia Lewis and Mr Francis Anderson spent Saturday with friends in Huntington. Anna Ruth and Cora Mae Yeager of Athens Ohio visit their father Patrolman Curtis E Yeager. Miss Betty Jane Ashworth of Huntington, home economics teacher at Wahama High, spent the weekend with Miss Dorothy Billups of Main St. Mr and Mrs George McAlpin of Charleston were weekend guests of her sister Mrs George B Skene. Mrs E E Heiner is visiting friends in Huntington. Mrs Herbert King and children go to Morgantown to visit her sister Miss Garnette Tillis of Vi and St. Miss Tillis joined after attending D A R meetings in Washington and a state gathering in Elkins. Miss Louise Stone of Oxford Ohio spent the weekend with her parents Dr and Mrs Will H Stone.
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A. G. Arnett
Early H. Arnett
Huntington
Bartow’ Jones
Charleston
Wiliam C. Yeager
Curt Yeager
Denver
Col
Canal Zone
South America
Yeager
Mason County
Laula Lewis
Virginia Lewis
Francis Anderson
Anna Ruth
Cora ‘Mae Yeager
Athens
Curtis E. Yeager
Betty Jane Ashworth
Wahama High School
Dorothy Billups
Main St. Y
George McAlpin
George B. Skene
Jefferson Blvd
E. E. Heiner
Herbert King
Morgantown
Garnette Tillis
Vi and
Tillis
National Society
Whites Lease Building for New Flower Shop in Vinton
Florists Mr and Mrs Sherman White have leased the two story building at 314 Second Ave and plan to open a flower shop there about November 1. The building, above the Lafayette Hotel, was owned by Dr J S Webster and formerly housed the Catalina restaurant. The Whites will keep their Garfield Ave greenhouse open. A benefit program is set for Thursday evening Oct 18 at the High School Auditorium under National War Fund chair J Hagerty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallirvlis
Sherman White
Second Ave
Vinton
A. J. Hagerty
The
National War Fund For
Vinton Township
Lack of Help Delays School Lunch Plans
Point Pleasant plans to start a school lunch program at Junior High on November 1 may be delayed. Home economics instructor Miss Garnette Tillis cannot hire a cook or helper at the offered wages of 20 and 12.50 dollars. Fifteen cent lunches would serve about 135 pupils who currently bring lunches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Garnette Tillis
Bell assists on water system installation at farms
Waldo E. Bell newly joined the extension department staff and is helping with farm and home improvements. He recently visited homes at Upland Sunnyside and in the Upper Flats to advise on installing water systems and bathrooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Waldo E. Bell
Upland
Sunnyside
To Sell Dairy Herd Farm Equipment in Mason County
POINT PLEASANT W VA Oct 24 Bec ker of Gallipolis Ferry advertised a dairy herd sale including about two head of cows and heifers plus dairy equipment and home farm implements. Levi Casto and John Osher recently sold dairy stock. Difficulty in securing efficient help is blamed for dairy sales. Milk prices improve and feed is plentiful in Mason County.
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Point Pleasant
Becker
Gallipolis Ferry
Levi Casto
Sand Hill Road
John Osher
Mason County
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Carbondale
Kimberly Road
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Gallia
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Essington
Calder
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Waldo Byers
Edgar Vale
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U. S. Navy
0. Hindy
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Lawrence Hartinger
Beech St
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Hayes
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Tom W. Jones
Third Ave
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USMC
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Edgar Allensworth
Susan Allensworth
Ohioo State University
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Homer Barcus
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