Leroy Swords, 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Swords, passed away in Baltimore from spinal meningitis. Born in Portsmouth, he worked at Baltimore shipyards and attended local schools. He is survived by his parents, several siblings, and a grandmother. Funeral services will be held at Long Run United Brethren Church.
Amidst the hustle and bustle of a real estate auction, where buyers eagerly eye properties and potential investments, there are often unexpected treasures waiting to be unearthed. Such was the case at a recent auction where the spotlight unexpectedly shifted from properties to history. Tucked away among the listings and bidding paddles were poignant relics …
Body, Recovered Today, Reveals Fire Swept To Cockpit “Richard T. Doyle, 34, son of the late Billy Doyle, famous major league baseball scout, lost his life about 6 p.m. Wednesday when the plane he was piloting caught fire and plunged into the Ohio River.” “An unidentified witness reported he saw Mr. Doyle in the water …
Home of City Patrolman Scene Of Knife Play After Lover’s Quarrel “Disappointment in love was blamed by police today for a suicide and attempted murder about 7 p.m. Saturday when Carl Royal, 32 of 913 11th st, died by his own hand and Miss Ruth Downes, 28, of 1215 11th st, suffered serious knife wounds.” …
“Lebern Tyree Sexton, 37, a Norfolk & Western Railway worker, died suddenly Monday at 12:45 at his home in Fullerton.” “Mr. Sexton had become ill at work and had stopped to consult a physician in Portsmouth before returning home where he died. Death was attributed to a heart attack.” “Mr. Sexton was born in Letitia, …
“Portsmouth retail stores joined thousands of others throughout the nation Wednesday in launching a month-long ‘Retailers for Victory’ campaign to sell war stamps and bonds.” “While airplanes ‘bombarded’ the city with leaflets urging public support of the ‘bargain sale’, all commercial sales were halted in retail stores from noon to 12:15 PM and only war …
“Two soldiers were arrested Sunday on charges of deserting the army and one faced an additional charge of escaping from the guardhouse.” “The gave their names as Raymond H Shover, 23, of Friendship, and Meddie Wilson Graley Jr., 21, of Clothier, West Virginia.” “Sheriff Earl C Brandel received a message from Camp Edwards, Massachusetts, to …
Today we began scanning a portion of the Kenyon-Kirkpatrick collection. This November 5th, 1944 letter from Henry Campbell Kirkpatrick, a soldier stationed near the Marine Corps Reception Depot Parris Island in Beaufort, South Carolina to his wife Sara Mildred Kenyon Kirkpatrick who resided at 2112 17th Street, Portsmouth, Ohio. The letter reads as follows: I …
From a Scioto County, Ohio, donor comes a set of military orders. This multi-page document orders those detailed in the document to report to Fort George Meade, Maryland, from the Infantry Replacement Training Center at Camping Blanding, Florida. Many of those troops would have been replacements for units who sustained losses during the invasion of …
“In the 60-day campaign for a 100 per cent turnover of inventories on hand May 1, auto graveyards in Scioto county started with 4228 cars on hand and sent 388 junkers to steel mills, providing enough scrap for 1,462 2000-pound aerial bombs or 14,460 .50-caliber machine guns, it was announced Saturday by Edgar J Arnstine, …