New Roads Approved In Greenfield And Guyan Townships
Gallia County commissioners authorized two new roads in Greenfield and Guyan Townships after reviewing petitions. The Greenfield route runs from Pokepatch Church to the county line, about three quarters of a mile, with rights of way granted and no objections. The Guyan road from Rocky Fork Road north through lands of Hineman and Halley spans about 70 rods, rights of way granted and no objections. Additional actions include $5,000 for maintenance, $200 and $100 for brush cutting, gravel allotment for Lew Suthers Road, sewer cleaning on Vanzant Road, and an engineer’s estimate for a new Macedonia Road bridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Greenfield
Guyan
W. Emmett Slagle
Greenfield Township
David Lewis
Pokepatch Church
Lewis
J. Smith
Estell Fife
Carl Coker
Lawrence County
David H. Lewis
Morgan Hammond
Evan Clarkson
Glenville Halley
Guyan Township
Rocky Fork Road
Charles H. Hineman
Green Township
R. A. Pitchford
Lew Suthers
Seldon Moore
Ira Baird
Vanzant
Wesley Chapel
Cheshire Township
FE. N. Leonard
Macedonia Road
John H. White
Harrison Township
Student patrol begins directing traffic at Gallipolis school
Gallipolis reports a student patrol started duty Monday directing traffic around school buildings under the guidance of City Patrolman Carl Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stuaent Patrol
Carl Allen
Marriage License Issued in Gallipolis
A marriage license was issued to Curtis Oxyer a miner and Dorothy Thomas both of Cheshire in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Curtis Oxyer
Miner
Dorothy Thomas
Cheshire
Relief for itchy pimples and skin irritations ad
When skin is irritated with pimples and itching, this ad promotes a 35c box of Peterson's Ointment. It claims rapid soothing relief for red blotches and skin blemishes and notes use for itching of feet and between toes.
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Peterson
Barcus Dies at Daughter’s Home in Gallipolis
Thomas J. Barcus 76 died on the porch of his daughter’s home in Gallipolis Route 2 shortly after noon Tuesday after returning from picking beans. Coroner reports coronary thrombosis. Survived by wife Elvira Whitaker. five children and three brothers. Funeral services Friday at Mina Chapel with burial there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Thomas J. Barcus
Paul Foster
Barcus
Clarence Roush
Elvira Whitaker
Chambersburg
A. E. Sibley
Cheer Leaders Are Selected for Gallipolis Team
Four new cheer leaders were chosen at the outdoor assembly on the Gallipolis football field bleachers Friday morning. They are Anne Melton Char lene Robinson Jimmie Smith and Danny Caldwell. They will assist Vivian Allison Leah Thompson Barbara Cardwell and Jane Anne Notter. A Gallipolis Blue Devils football plays demonstration was included.
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Gallipolis
Anne Melton
Charlene Robinson
Jimmie Smith
Danny Caldwell
Vivian Allison
Leah Thompson
Barbara Cardwell
Jane Anne Notter
Gallipolis Blue Devils
Divorced Couples Ask Marriage Permits
Two marriage licenses were issued in Gallipolis within a day to couples who had previously divorced. Basil Triplett, Columbus coal dealer, and Beatrice Triplett of Rio Grande. John R. Bennett, Paden City, W Va, U S Army, and Ona H. Bennett of Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Basil Triplett
Columbus
Beatrice Triplett
Rio Grande
John R. Bennett
Paden City
W.va
U.S. Army
Ona H. Bennett
Civil Docket Date Set for October 1
Gallipolis Judge Lewis C Warden set the civil docket for October 1 at 10 a.m. Attorneys in the cases will be ready to dismiss continue or request trial dates. The docket lists an extraordinary 269 cases according to the judge.
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Gallipolis
Lewis C Warden
River Traffic Report from Gallipolis to Eureka Locks
River traffic on the Ohio and Kanawha rivers includes vessels passing Gallipolis locks at Eureka nine miles below with gauges at 18.4 and 11 feet and rollers at 7 feet. Notable passages include Bruce, Ogram, Dawson, Sullivan, Calvin Verity, Ductillite, Titan, Ne ville, Reid, Hatfield, William Penn, Price, Patriot, Cook, Criss, and Dolle at various times. Kanawha gauge fell to 1.72 feet with several down and up passages at Winfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Eureka
Ohio River
Bruce
Ogram and Dawson
Sullivan
Calvin Verity
Liz
Sardis
Titan
Little Hocking
Neville
Ravenswood
Reid
Hatfield
Vanceburg
William Penn
Huntington
Price
Maysville
Patriot
Augusta
Kanawha
Cook
Winfield
Criss
Dolle
Custodian Claims Quick Deer Sighting? Squirrel Kill Stuns Court
Gallipolis reports John Norman, a courthouse custodian, fired one shotgun shell to kill three squirrels during the opening morning of hunting season. The feat drew attention at the courthouse and district outdoors circles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Norman
Court House
Trial Is Mistake
Lawrence Boggs of Gallipolis 23 tested a .22 rifle Sunday and shot off the tip of his left front finger. The safety was not on.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lawrence Boggs
Guests Entertained in Gallipolis Weekend
Mr and Mrs Donald Cadot and daughter Judy and Mrs Lydia Pleukarp from Columbus were weekend guests of Miss Nan Deardorff who hosted a dinner Sunday also entertaining Police Chief and Mrs Chester A Leaper.
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Gallipolis
Donald Cadot
Judy
New Haven Rooms Reported Available
POINT PLEASANT Workers in New Haven can find room and board in town and nearby homes, says Mason County Bank assistant cashier Ottie Roush. He notes earlier reports that all accommodations were taken are inaccurate.
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Point Pleasant
Ottie Roush
Mason County Bank
New Haven
Roush
Pt Pleasant Social Roundup Weekend Visitors
Pt Pleasant residents report visits and weekend trips to Cincinnati and Columbus. multiple couples and single residents, including the Bartow Jones, S Chandler Wilhelm, Roush, Brown, Beaver and Stewart families, plus Misses King Stewart Bowles and others, traveled, hosted, or called on friends in Leon Cincinnati Charleston Columbia and Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bartow Jones
S. Chandler Wilhelm
Cincinnati
Harry D., Roush
John E. Brown
Grant Beaver
Carrie
Kathryn Beaver
Douglas Beaver
Warren Stewart
Madalie Stewart
Lida Smith
Leon
George Sayre
New Haven
Katherine King
Point Pleasant
Dencil Cossin
O. C. Cossin
Carl Cossin
Columbus
Billy Day Cossin
Washington, D. C
Betty Bowles
Charles McClure
Charleston
H. L. Thompson
Anna Mauck
Mary Patterson
Richard M. Peek
Lexington
Washington and Lee
Walter A. Windsor
Ingleside
J. J. Lovell
William P. Cherrington
Gallipolis
James K. Thomas
Berry and
Kay, Jr
A. H. Roseberry
Old Town Creek
John Piatt
Co- Columbus
Lee Pratt
Main St
Clyde Tallman
John William Steenbergen
Columbia, Tenn
Contractors Prepare To Surface Highway on Route 33
POINT PLEASANT Anderson Inc contractors surface six and seven tenths miles of Route 33 from New Haven to Brinker Hollow using bituminous macadam. Work has started at Brinker Hollow and continues to Graham Station with materials arriving by barge.
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Point Pleasant
Anderson, Inc
New Haven
Brinker Hollow
Graham Station
Last Rites Conducted For Rupert Kayser
Last rites for Rupert L. Kayser were conducted in Point Pleasant with a large out of town family gathering. Daughters Mrs Crandall of Newport News Virginia and Mrs Joyce Doolittle of Galveston Texas attended, along with relatives from Handley Chesapeake St Albans and Neosho.
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Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Kayser
W. E. Crandall
Newport News
Joyce Doolittle
Galveston
Texas
J. FE. Martin
Handley
Jesse Burgess
Chesapeake
W. Va
Florence Burgess
Charleston
Blanche Johnson
Charles Johnson
Harold Johnson
Ethel Holmes
Mary F. Holmes
St. Albans
Mary Hailey
Neosho
Neb
Crandall
Doolittle
Speeding Charge Filed Driver Fined $5
Gallipolis report states Charles H. Wildermuth aged 24 of Pomeroy was fined $5 and costs by Mayor Horton Brown in Middleport after speeding arrest by the State Highway Patrol. James E. Walters, 27, of Bidwell, was fined $5 and costs in municipal court for operating a vehicle in unsafe mechanical condition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles H. Wildermuth
Pomeroy
State
Highway Patrol
Horton Brown
Middleport
James E. Walters
Bidwell
Fines Assessed Against Four Persons in Gallipolis Court
Municipal court in Gallipolis fined Esta LaHen age 10 and costs for intoxication and disorderly conduct. Thomas A. Thornton and Everett Cox each paid $5 and costs for intoxication. Marshall P. Beaver faced $50 and costs with six months suspension of his driver’s license for driving while intoxicated.
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Gallipolis
Esta LaHen
Thomas A. Thornton
Everett Cox
Marshall P. Beaver
Three Fined in Gallipolis Municipal Court
Cora Bow en Ted Helley and Stanley Berry faced fines in Gallipolis municipal court. Bow en was fined ten dollars and costs for assault. Helley and Berry were fined five dollars and costs for intoxication charges.
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Gallipolis
Cora Bowen
Ted Helley
Stanley Berry
Man Injured In Propeller Accident At Point Pleasant
Orville Rimmey a 27 year old Plants Place clerk was seriously injured at the Fourth Street Wharf when struck by propeller blades of a Piper Cub amphibian plane as he attempted to leave. The right shoulder was cut and the arm fractured. he was treated at Point Clinic then moved to Huntington Veterans Hospital. Pilot Ward from Jackson Ohio said to have invited the ride. no witnesses besides Rimmey and pilot. Aircraft reportedly belonged to Kanawha Flying School Charleston. Rimmey is WWII veteran and son of George and Mrs. Rimmey of Charleston Road.
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Point Pleasant
Orville Rimmey
Plants Place
Fourth St. Wharf
Point Clinic
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Roy W. Eschenaur
Rimmey
Kanawha Flying School
Charleston
George Rimmey
Charleston Road
Man Injured Loading Steel at West Virginia Ordnance Site
Guy W. Frazier, 36, of Coal Fork West Virginia, was seriously hurt when caught by a steel piece while crane-loading from the docks at the West Virginia Ordnance Works to a barge. He suffered fractures to the arm pelvis and several ribs plus facial lacerations and was taken to Holzer Hospital Gallipolis in serious but not critical condition.
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Point Pleasant
Guy W. Frazier
Coal Fork
W. Va
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Oberle-Jordre Co
Carbon Carbide Chemicals Corp
Charleston
Frazier
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis
Conservation Voting Sets Directors for Southwestern District
Election of directors for the Southwestern District Soil Conservation Service held Tuesday. Counties Mason Jackson Putnam form the district. M C Lewis Beech Hill and M C Parkins unopposed in Mason and Putnam. Holdover directors A R Roush Mason and Caroll Green Jackson. Three candidates ran in Jackson. results not known last night.
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Point Pleasant
Soil Conservation Service
Mason, Jackson
Putnam
M. C. Lewis
Beech Hill
Mason County
M. C. Parkins
Putnam County
A. R. Roush
Caroll Green
Jackson
Waste Paper Salvage To Be Made Sunday
POINT PLEASANT The quarterly waste paper collection will be made by Boy Scouts Sunday. Collection will begin at 1 p.m. and householders have been requested to place bundles of papers on the curb.
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Point Pleasant
Boy Scouts
Shadle in Hospital Serious Condition
Holzer Hospital treats H. E. Shadle owner of Mt. Vernon Farms a leading state producer. Friends reported yesterday his condition is serious.
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Point Pleasant
H. E. Shadle
Mt. Vernon Farms
Holzer Hospital
Davis Named Transportation Clerk at Camp Conley
James A. Davis of Huntington has been appointed transportation clerk with the 3664th National Guard Unit at Camp Conley. He arrived Monday to start his duties and has leased an apartment from Mrs. L. C. Somerville, planning to bring his wife and child next week.
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Point Pleasant
James A. Davis
Huntington
National Guard
Camp Conley
Discharges From Point Clinic Include Patient and Infant
Mrs. Elda Hall, a medical patient, was discharged from the Point Clinic Monday and returned to her home at Northup, Ohio. Mrs. Russell Priddy and infant son were also discharged.
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Point Pleasant
Elda Hall
Point Clinic
Northup
Ohio
Russell Priddy
Reverend to Attend West Virginia Methodist Conference
The Rev. Holly O. Shamblin planned to leave today for Clarksburg to attend the West Virginia Conference of the Methodist Church. The conference will close Sunday.
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Point Pleasant
Holly O. Shamblin
Clarksburg
West Virginia
The
Methodist Church
Don Coes Buy Bexley Home Near Columbus
The Donald Coes purchased a residence in Bexley, a Columbus suburb. They expect occupancy on October 1 but are unsure of their moving date.
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Point Pleasant
Donald Coes
Bexley
Columbus
Marriage License Issued in Point Pleasant Pair
A marriage license has been issued to Talmadge Edwin Stewart and Elpha Jane Rice, residents near Letart, Point Pleasant area.
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Point Pleasant
Talmadge Edwin Stewart
Elpha Jane Rice
Near Letart
Ice Cream Social at Fairview Church in Apple Grove
An ice cream social is planned at Fairview Church in Apple Grove for Friday evening. Residents are invited to attend and enjoy desserts, with proceeds benefiting church activities.
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Apple Grove
Fairview Church
Akron Auto Crash Claims Three Including Cleveland Man
Harmon Smith, 26, of Cleveland died yesterday at People's Hospital in Akron. He becomes the third fatality from an automobile crash reported a week ago, highlighting a deadly traffic accident sequence.
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Akron
Harmon Smith
Cleveland
People’s Hospital
Juke Box Salesmen Held After Vandalism
Three men claiming to be juke box salesmen for a Canton distributor were arrested in Wickliffe after a brick damaged a restaurant window. Police said the owner had been approached yesterday about installing a juke box from the same firm.
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Cleveland
Canton
Ohio
Wickliffe
Third Well To Be Drilled In New Jersey Area
POINT PLEASANT New Haven Gas Co has begun drilling its third well east of town along Route 33. The first well near the Ohlinger tract has been a satisfactory producer, the second on the T B Roush farm is a stronger producer, and the third will be drilled on the H R Fry farm about 1500 feet east of the second, on the south side of the highway.
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Point Pleasant
New Haven Gas Co
Corporation
Ohlinger
T. B. Roush
H. R. Fry
Club Names Chairmen and Officers for Senior Woman's Club
POINT PLEASANT appoint ment has been made of chairmen and vice chairmen of departments for the year. Mrs John William Kirk is chairman and Mrs Robert Finlay Thomas vice chairman of the civics department. Mrs Chester A Roush chairs music and art with Mrs J B Couch as vice chairman. Child welfare is led by Mrs John C Hutchinson. community service by Mrs Guy Morrison with vice chair Mrs John E Brown. Sanitation and health by Mrs Chris W Thornsley and vice chair Mrs A F Wilson. American homes by Mrs James Rayburn with Mrs Richard H Melrose as vice chairman. Gardens chair Mrs Bartow Jones with vice chair Mrs R W Echsenaur. Literature chaired by Mrs Mae H Rhoades with vice chair Mrs Bartow Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Woman's Club
John William Kirk
Robert Finlay Thomas
Civics
Chester A. Roush
J. B. Couch
Music and
John C. Hutchinson
Guy Morrison
John E. Brown
Community Service
Chris W
Local youths head to college from Point Pleasant
Nancy and Donald Rairden, children of Mr and Mrs George A Rairden, depart for Marshall College to begin study this week. Arnett Cossin, son of Mr and Mrs Theodore Cossin, enters his third year as an electrical engineering student at West Virginia University.
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Point Pleasant
Leon
Nancy
Donald Rairden
George A. Rairden
Marshall College
Arnett Cossin
Theodore Cossin
West Virginia University
New York Central seeks to discontinue Millfield passenger stops
legal notice announces The New York Central Railroad Company's application to discontinue regular passenger train stops at Millfield in Athens County Ohio and to abandon the station buildings. The Public Utilities Commission of Ohio schedules a public hearing at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time on Tuesday October 7 1947 at the Ohio Departments Building Columbus.
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Public Utilities Commission OF Ohio
New York Central Railroad Company
Millfield
Athens County
Ohio
Commission
Ohio Departments
South Front Street
Columbus
NEW York Cen’stral Railroad Company
C. P. Stewart
P. C. Hopkins
Notice of Sealed Bids for City Property in Athens Ohio
Sealed bids are invited at the Athens Ohio City Hall until 12 o clock noon October 16 1947 for one steel standpipe 18 feet diameter 75 feet high capacity about 110 000 gallons located on North Hill Athens Ohio. Bidder must pay cash and provide bond indemnifying the city against loss from removal. The city may reject any bids. George R Evans Director of Public Service Safety dated September 8 1947.
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Director of Public Service-Safety
City of
Athens
City Hall
Ohio
North Hill
Ohto
Public Service Safety
George R. Evans
Public Service-Safety
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Ford
Ford Parts
Beasley & Mathews, Inc
Fred R. Beasley, Inc
Nelsonville Ogg Motor CO
Glouster
T. J. Barcus
Rupert Kayser
Williamson Heater Company
Williamson Triplife
Paul R. Spitler
G. H. Martin & Son
Richland Ave
Shadle
Board of Education
Verna Maria Hixson
S. Congress St
Peter Edward Hixson
Francis D. White
Commissioners of Jurors
Hocking County
Common Pleas Court
Said County
Nelson DE Long
Dan Langley
Roy A. Andrews
Fourth Street
Moundsville
Clara Andrews
Court of Common Pleas
John W. Bolin
Altmans
Gauge
Pelzer Sheets
Pelzer
Alma
Sy National Guard
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