31 Registrants Leave Nelsonville for Clarksburg Induction Tests
James Gibb Knight led 31 Athens County registrants from Selective Service Board No. 2 and three transfers on a 7:50 a.m. bus from the American Levens building to Clarksburg Center West Virginia for final examination before induction. Those passing will be sworn into the armed forces with options for immediate reception or one week furlough. Most will return home tonight with furlough privilege. This follows a prior Clarksburg examination last Friday.
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Nelsonville
James Gibb Knight
Raeaeeim
Athens County
Selective Service Board
American Levens
Army Center
Garrisborg
W. Va
Ee Ea Ae Clarksburg
Iest Saks NE Teatiah
Lewis Nutter Dies Today in Columbus
Nelsonville man Lewis Nutter aged 43 died in a Columbus hospital after a heart attack. Survived by wife Eunice, two children Jack and Barbara, father Henry Nutter of Nelsonville, sister Elizabeth Hallett of Nelsonville, and brother John of Columbus. Funeral arrangements at Stout Funeral Home.
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Nelsonville
Lewis Nutter
Columbus
Nutter
Eunice Nutter
Jack
Barbera
Henry Netter
Elizabeth Hallett
Nelsonvill
John
Columbes
Stout
Artor
Church Group Meets With Mrs Baugh in Nelsonville
Thirteen members of the Loyal Women's Class of the Church of Christ answered roll call at their monthly meeting held Tuesday evening at Mrs. Josie Baugh's home in Nelsonville. Miss Hyla Harold led devotions and Mrs. Fred Juniper chaired the business session. During social hour Mrs. Baugh and her sister Mrs. Allie Dilcher served refreshments.
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Nelsonville
Loyal Women's Class
Church of Christ
Josie Baugh
Hyla Harold
Fred Juniper
Baugh
Allie Dilcher
Quarterly Conference Set for First Methodist Church
Nelsonville notes the fourth quarterly conference of the First Methodist Church will meet Thursday evening. The pastor Rev. W. M. George announces the event at 7 53 o clock with Dr. Harry E. Bright superintendent of the Chillicothe district in attendance. All members of the official board are urged to attend.
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Nelsonville
First Methodist Church
W. M. George
Harry E. Bright
Lancaster
Chillicothe
Class To Meet at Shafer Home Friday
NELSONVILLE Willing Workers Class of the Church of Christ gathers Friday evening at 7:30 at the home of Mrs Lena Shafer on Poplar Street for a potluck supper and a sale fundraiser.
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Shafer Home
Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Lena Shafer
Poplar St
DAR To Meet With Miss Nixon Monday
Nelsonville report says the DAR will hold an Agri meeting Monday evening April 2 from 7 to 9 at the home of Miss Bertha Nixon due to church services through Holy Week Members with the program asked to note the date change and bring needed items
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Nelsonville
Elizabeth Zane Dew Charmer
Dar
Bertha Nixon
Nelsonville Native Arrives in North Africa
Franklin E. Fisk son of Mr and Mrs Ben Nett Flex of Nelsonville has arrived in North Africa. His parents have been advised of the dispatch and arrival.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Pastor Speaks on Loyalty at High School Assembly
Reverend L. E. Evans of the Church of Christ addressed students on loyalty to country Christianity and community values at a Nelsonville High School assembly last Friday. The program included recitations, scenes from Those Were the Days, musical numbers, and a pledge ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Nelsonyy
L. E. Evans
Church of Christ
America
Miss Lockhart
Craig Kinney
Mary Jack Miner
Donna Mallon
Roger Webb
Roland Mender
Susanne
Becky Rosser
Ruth Hannas
Vera Jo Pyle
Ada Jean Raine
Mary Lou White
Mary Lehman
Edith Cook
Elvira Thompson
Janet Bay
B. M. Pickens
Harley Hubble
Maxine Cope
Bride
Thursday Half Holiday Is Approved
In Gallipolis the Chamber of Commerce approved a summer closing plan by a unanimous vote at a Lafayett e Hotel meeting. Stores will close Thursday afternoons from 12 noon June 3 through August 19, and will stay open until 10 p.m. every Friday night all summer.
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Gallipolis
City Officials Set Monday Meeting Agenda in Gallipolis
City Commissioners met at the police station to appoint Chester Leaner as chief of police with bond approved by WW Sigler and Earl Moore. Mrs. Margaret Bradbury was named a member of the Board of Health for a five year term, succeeding Dr Ella G Lupton who resigned. Discussion covered a reservoir leak threatening Holcomb Hill and graves at Mound Hill Cemetery with repairs to be made if leaks occur. Laf ayette Post American Legion and PTA plan co sponsored summer playground project and Memorial Day honor roll board dedication in Public Square at 1 3 in the afternoon. Mrs A E Houstle of Columbus sent a communication about Nettie Lupton estate funds. Action referred.
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Gallipolis
Chester Leaner
WW. Sigler
Earl Moore
Margaret Bradbury
Board of Health
Ella G. Lupton
Bradbury
Holcomb Hill
Mound Hill Cemetery
W. M. Elliott
Stoup
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Summer Playground
the Legion
PTA
Eliott
Commismen
A. E. Houstle
Columbus
Sent & Communication
Nettie Lupton
Summer opening promised for Gallipolis pool
Gallipolis officials announce Memorial Day opening for the city pool with Coach Wooly Wille in charge. Assistants Boggs and Charles Swanson return. playground equipment funding is arranged with Kananga, labor provided by residents.
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Gallipolis
Gellivolis
Woodrow E. “Wooly
Wille
City Board of Education
Edwin ©. Higgira
Washington School
Boggs
Charles Swanson
Kananga
Wide Awake 4-H Club Reorganizes and Plans War Time Projects
The Wide Awake 4-H Club of Gallipolis will reorganize Friday April 9 at 7 PM at the Ohio Valley Grange hall with Mrs Earl Brown leading. A radio broadcast by Gov John Bricker will air Thursday at 12 15 PM on WCMI Huntington WV urging participation in State 4 H Club Mobilization Week April 3 10.
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Gallipolis
Ohio Valley Grange
Earl Brown
John Bricker
WCMI
Huntington
W. Va
Officers of Student Body Are Elected
GALLIPOLIS Election at Galla Academy High School chose Kenneth Irion as president and Mary Agnes Wells as vice president. The Dramatics Club will run Friday’s assembly under Miss Norma Johragn. A Friday night dance at the high school is planned under the Girl Reserves and Aeronautics Club with Miss Ruth Miller and Gerald Anderson. Registration for next year’s classes continues this week in the same rooms, Principal Brown announced.
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Gallipolis
Galla Academy High School
Kenneth Irion
Mary Agnes
Jo” Wells
Norma Johragn
Ruth Miller
Gerald Anderson
Brown
Holzer Hospital Notes in Gallia County
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Mrs Art Hamilton Coalton under observation Guy Larkin Middleport Rh D 1 admitted for observation Ivan Bevans Dayton machinist observation Jeon Saunders 16 son of C E Saunders Gallipolis admitted Monday for surgery Ruby Rice daughter of Cecil Rice Gallipolia surgery Discharged were Mrs Wylye Minton Pleasant Mrs Leonard Leach Wellston Mrs John Tope Oak Hill and Mrs Allan Dill Pomeroy
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Art Hamilton
Coalton
Guy Larkin
Middleport
Pleasant
Leonard Leach
Wellston
John Tope
Oak Hill
Allan Dill
Pomeroy
Return to Home After Illness in Parkersburg Funeral
The report notes influenza during a Parkersburg visit for the funeral of Mrs. Fleming's brother in law E. W. Rector. Pem Pieming returned home Monday and Mrs. Fleming came home after a two week absence. The article remarks photography is just over a century old.
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Point Pleasant
Parkersberg
Buchtel Senior Class Presents Mother-in-Law Play
Buchtel High School senior class will present a three act comedy titled Mother-in-Law on Friday evening April 9. The program begins at 7 30 oclock. Cast includes Art Armstrong Gerald Warren Peggy Armstrong Juanita Toliver Mrs Wilda Stover and others. The action unfolds in the Armstrong living room in a small midwestern town with additional attractions planned.
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Buchtel
Buchtel High School
Art Armstrong
Gerald Warren
Peggy Armstrong
Juanita Toliver
Wilda Stover
Clara Jean Glover
Sheila Stover
Shirley Skivers
Allen Armstrong
Stanley Lowe
Beaulah Hamtree
Betty VanBibber
Fred Webs
Harold Warren
Bernard Leadbetter
Bob Sheskey
Lora Bradley
Jean Delong
Rose Caldwell
Ruth Miller
Armstrong
Middle West
Point Rock Social Notes
Local observers attend the funeral of M S Holliday of Akron at Old Dexter church. Relatives from Akron Columbus and Athens visited. Families and friends lingered as they traveled for the service and afterward the Holliday kin returned home.
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W.R. Holcomb
Helen
Columbus
Carrie Webb
Newark
Ethel, Radekin
Joe Turner
Dannie
Rutland
Zella Rupert Ad
Theodore
Howard Bolton
Dayton
J. M. Bolton
Arlin Verigan
Springfield
Lovellen McLaughlin
Sandra
Even Morris
Clyde
Clayton
Evelyn Knapp
Athens
Lena Knapp
Curtis Young
Charleston
R. A. Blessing
Henderson Social Briefs Hauling Army Induction Planned
Henderson notices report Mrs. Lole Johnson hosted a dinner for Howard Ramey before his Monday departure for Fort Thomas Kentucky for Army induction. Guests included Doris Noble Kathryn Butcher Arawana Colley Mae Ramey Norma Ramey Frances Johnson Lole Edward Johnson George Johnson and others.
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Roberts
Arawana Colley
Mae Ramey
Point Pleasant
Horton Austin
Charleston
Rex Casey
Point Clinic
Pittsburgh
Betty
George Nutter
Gallipolis
Glen Sayre
Howerd Dougherty
Amagene Casey
Awen& Casey
Marsha Dee Daugherty
Gallia Red Cross War Fund totals $81939
Gallia County Red Cross War Fund totals 5199.90 announced by auditor Max Bunce Tuesday. Last 24 hours contributions were small. The drive's present amount is about 1500 short of the 10300 quota. Committeemen and officers praise the response and thank contributors, led by William Jones, chairman.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Max Bunce
Rebound for Herbert Yates after jail release
Herbert Yates once at the county jail on non support charges was freed at his wife’s request after a reconciliation. Mrs Yates had him arrested two weeks earlier and they left for Huntington to return to their former home.
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Point Pleasant
Herbert Yates
The
Ordnance Works
Suit filed to partition Letart acreage in Pickens case
A chancery suit was filed in circuit court by Albert S. Pickens against Mina Pickens and others. Attorney William H. Bardin said the action seeks partition of about one acre at Letart in which several heirs hold interests.
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Point Pleasant
Albert S. Pickens
Mina Pickens
William H. Bardin
Letart
Crawford Home at Point Pleasant Damaged by Fire
A Point Pleasant five room cottage owned by Mrs Leioa Proffit suffered fire damage Tuesday afternoon when a gas range ignited a blaze. Firemen arrived at 5 35 and within an hour had extinguished the flames restricting entry due to smoke. Neighbors reported the alarm. most furniture was saved though kitchen and dining room were destroyed. The fire confined to the rear of the house around Lincoln Ave. Mr and Mrs Crawford were away downtown when the fire started. Gas masks aided entry into smoke filled rooms. Insurance is believed to be held by the owner.
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Point Pleasant
Marvin Crawford
Lincoln Ave
Crawford
Leioa Proffit
Pianketn Pleasant Social Notes
Chi Omega sorority met at the Moose Club with Miss Edith Quillin elected president succeeding Mrs. Frank C. Leng Sr. who resigned to teach. Refreshments served to a list of members including Mrs. Wadear Thabet host. Other notes mention recoveries and travels of local residents and family news from Pt Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Lambda- Chi-Omega
Moose Club
Wadear Thabet
Edith Quillin
Frank C. Leng
Miss Quillin
Quillin
John Clay Hutchinson
L. B. Hannaman
George O. Harper
William F. Machir
Richard H Melrose
James Hall
Casby Meadows, Jr
New Quarters Sought for Local Gas Office
B. T. Dudding and E. B. Adkins of Charleston gas company visited Point Pleasant to search for new office quarters after a fire made the former space unusable. The current State Theater Building location is deemed too small for permanent use.
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Point Pleasant
B. T. Dudding
E. B. Adkins
Gas Company
Charleston
State Theater
Two Women Held for Intoxication Arraignment
Doris Payne of the ordnance works and Eloise Jones a local resident are held for arraignment in city police court for intoxication after arrest by Policemen Morrison and Noble.
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Point Pleasant
Doris Payne
Ordnance Works
Eloise Jones
Morrison and Noble
Whaley Improves After Critical Condition At Holzer Hospital
Point Pleasant Carlyle Whaley 84, a Holzer Hospital patient since early last week in critical condition, showed improvement yesterday easing concerns over his health and prognosis.
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Point Pleasant
Carlyle Whaley
Holzer Hospital
Farm Woman Stockpiles Food To Fight Shortage
Thrifty Mrs. W. D. Steel of near Roosevelt School on Ripley Road stores 1000 cans of food in a cellar as part of county nutrition efforts. Her farm yields milk beef cattle horses pigs and chickens. she plans adding 100 more chickens this year. Food details include fruits vegetables relishes meats and staples all home produced except peaches.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Nutrition Committee
W. D. Steel
Rosevelt School
Ripley Road
Young Casey Discharged From Army
Ernest Casey age 19 of Apple Grove has received an honorable discharge from the Army after passes at Huntington and Fort Thomas and discharge at Fort Riley due to an old arm injury. His family includes Thomas Jr at a California training site. the Casey household totals ten children. Mrs Casey, active in plans to grow food for the family, traveled to Point Pleasant on business.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Casey
T. W. Casey
Apple Grove
Huntington
Fort Thomas
Fort Riley
Caseys
Thomas, Jr
California
Casey
TNT
WSCS of Methodist Church Plans Sale
The Woman's Society of Christian Service at Trinity Church plans a rummage sale after the first preaching mission session. Miss Vera Fadeley, president, led the business period and was chosen as delegate to a religious conference in Fairmont on April 26.
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Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Trinity Church
Vera Fadeley
Fairmont
Fadiey
J. B. Couch
Ben Franklin
C. A. Roush
H. H. Pullem
Estelle Epple Shifler
Piera Myers
R. P. Bell
Henry Fry
G. B. Woodard
R. D. Oseland
D.L. Wilson
Mary Jo Blackburn
New Haven Officials To Appear in Court
An order in Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones's office requires New Haven town officials to appear in circuit court on May 3 to show cause why a peremptory writ of mandamus should not issue. Fabric Fire Hose Co. sues for 787.67 dollars plus 20.75 dollars court costs from 1939 fire hose supplies, with a 1941 May 13 judgment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Fabric Fire Hose Co
New Haven
Wahama Graduation Date Announced
Wahama High School in Mason plans a tentative commencement on May 12 with 44 diploma recipients. The class sermon is set for Sunday evening May 9 and Class Night will be held Tuesday evening May 11.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John William Steenbergen
Wahama High School
Mason
Visitation Plan Discussed by Methodist Church Group
Members of Trinity May Church, Point Pleasant, planned a Home Visitation Crusade with two person teams to visit homes citywide. The meeting featured Rev A E Tulloh explaining the crusade goals and methods, following a covered dish gathering at the church.
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Point Pleasant
Trinity May Church
A. E. Tullohh
Pittsburgh
Chambers McCy
Presbyterian Ch
Presbyterian Church
The
Heights United Bren Church
Point Clinic Birth Report At Henderson and South Side
At Point Clinic Mrs Casey of Henderson and Melvin Cobb of South Side underwent major surgeries yesterday. The clinic reports the birth of a son weighing 9 pounds to Mr and Mrs Roy Rayburn of Nauga.
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Point Pleasant
Casey
Henderson
Melvin Cobb
South Side
Point Clinic
Roy Rayburn
Nauga
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