Clark Names Centers for War Project
Gallia County United National Clothing Collection centers announced by Chairman Joseph W. Clark include Gallia Academy High School Washington Lincoln and many schools and local businesses such as Post Office dry cleaners churches and stores. Donors are urged to bring bundles to these centers promptly with woolen knitwear stockings and mittens especially desired.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
United National Clothing Collection
Joseph W. Clark
Gallia Academy
Washington
Lincoln
Fast Gallipolis
Kanauga
U. S. Post Office
Clark's
Frazier-Frye Dry Cleaners
Grace Methodist Church
First Baptist Church
Rio Grande
Centerville
Cadmus
Bidwell- Porter
Bidwell Post Office
E. L. Cottrell
Porter
Vinton
Hartsock’s
Vinton Motor Company
Cheshire
Mercerville
Addison
Bulaville
Kyger
Eureka
Crown City
Centenary
Cremeens
Northup
Mina Chapel
Rodney
Gallia
Little Bullskin
Claylick
Eno
Bethel
Mooney
Hickory Grove
Bert Ross
Bladen
Swan Creek
Perry Rural
Mudsoc
Mudsoc Church
Oy Clark
Crown City Man Dies After Illness at Home
Crown City resident Thomas Jeffer son Haner aged 74 died Saturday at his daughter Etha Hammond's home in Huntington after an extended illness. Funeral services were held at 2 PM today at Crown City Methodist Church, with Rev Oma Williams officiating and burial in the townhouse cemetery near Crown City. Survivors include another son Thomas J. Haner of Huntington and daughters Mrs Irene Long and Mrs Josephine Kemper of Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Thomas Jefferson Haner
Crown City
Etha Hammond
Norway Ave
Huntington
Crown City Methodist Church
Oma Williams
Thomas J. Haner
Irene Long
Josephine Kemper
Glover Rites Held Today
Funeral services for John Glover 65 who drowned in the Ohio River while on duty as watchman for Epling Sand and Gravel boats were held at Eureka Methodist Church. Burial at Clay Chapel cemetery. Survived by wife Eva May Williams Glover and children Winnie Meadows Mabel Hunt Sam Glover Louise Barcus Clara Belle Ward.
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Gallipolis
John Glover
Ohio River
Epling Sand & Gravel Company
Earl Creameens
Eureka Methodist Church
Clay Chapel Cemetery
Mr. Glover
Eureka
Epling Company
James Morrow
Chestnut St
East Gallipolis
Eva
May Williams Glover
Winnie Meadows
Dunbar
W. Va
Mabel Hunt
Lower River Road
Sam Glover
Columbus
Louise Barcus
Bladen
Clara Belle Ward
Vinton
Student Is Honored at Morris Harvey College Convocation
Donald Rutherford, son of Mr and Mrs James Rutherford of Gallipolis, was among students honored at a special convocation by Morris Harvey College at St Marks Methodist Church in Charleston WV on April 4. He has been working toward his master's degree while teaching at Oleatt near Charleston.
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Gallipolis
Donald Rutherford
James Rutherford
Morris ‘Harvey College
St. Marks Methodist, Church
Charleston
W. Va
Oleatt
Hartford Personal Mention and Local War News
Mervin Chapman undertaker is building a filling station at the junction of Letart Falls Route 17 and Redmond Road near Edward Miller. Pvt. Sherman Miller, missing in action with the Third Army in Germany, is the son referenced. Many local families and servicemen are noted visiting, Easter services held at Hartford Methodist Church, and several residents reported wounded or ill serving in World War II with mentions of malaria in New York, Manila, Burma, and the South Pacific.
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Point Pleasant
Mervin Chapman
Letart Falls
Redmond Road
Edward Miller
War Department
Kanawha
Chapman
Pvt
Les Miller
Pvt. Miller
Third Army
Germany
Alberta Alexander
Darrell Roush
Tar
Ralph Webb
Richard Rousn
Earl Grimm
Wayne Woodyard
Washington C.H. I
H. B. Grimm
Ray Mc‘Dade
Wilma McDade
Columbus
James Shamlin
Cheshire
Bert Grimm
Robert Gray
Chester
Darrell Sayre
Army Air Corps
Hjll. Sayre
Bart Miller
Irene
Opal Miller
Carl Cooper
Hartford
Brooks
Bertha Bauldin
Parkersburg
Earl Lewis
Allen Lewis
Fairview
Nettie Edwards
Lester Ray Roach
Ralph
Ray Roach
Charleston
Navy
South Pacific
Philippines
Solomons
H. Roush
Sarah
Roush
Leonard McDaniels
Cpl McDaniels
New York
Guam
Sara Jones
Gallipolis
Loretta McDaniels
Ruth
Haere
Geneva Roush
Tax Collection Shows Growth in Gallia County Sales Tax
Gallia County sales tax receipts for the first quarter of 1945 totaled 15432.21 dollars, per State Treasurer Don Ebright. The report notes an increase of 32690.45 dollars versus the same period in 1944. Week ending March 24 registered 2007.42 dollars, down from 4291.22 dollars a year earlier.
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Gallia Gallipolis
Gallia County
Don Ebright
Gallipolis Social Notes Surprise Wedding and Gatherings
Mrs Frances Lynn announces the marriage of Bettie Lynn to Pic Wayne Benning in Madison Avenue Baptist Church parsonage with Reverend Cuthrell officiating. Private Berning returns from 23 months in the Aleutians and is stationed at Camp Howze Texas. Social notes recount Easter Star inspection at Oak Hill Chapter and a pre ceremony dinner in Masonic Hall. Gallia County figures attendances include several local families and community members at meetings and visits across Gallipolis and nearby towns.
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Gallipolis
Frances Lynn
Bettie Lynn
Wayne Benning
Howard Baker
Cleveland
Madison Avenue Baptist Parsonage
Cuthrell
Aleutian Islands
Camp Howz
Texas
Anna Stevers
Order of Easter Star
Oak Hill
C. M. Yeanger
H. W. McHenry
Marianna
Betty Jean
Edith Hutsinpiller
Wayne Lutz
Zenia Shaw
Grand Jury bound William Keels over on non support charge
Magistrate J. H. Kate bound William Keels over to the grand jury on a non support charge. Keels was arrested in Columbus where he is employed, and furnished a $300 bond before being released.
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Gallipolis
J. H. Kate
William Keels
Grand Jury
Keels
Columbus
Bashan Birthday Dinner Highlights Local Family Ties
A birthday dinner honoring Sirs. Pierson took place at Mr. and Mrs. Albert Pierson home on Sunday. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Mike Bentz and families and others from Pomeroy and nearby towns. Easter visitors and relatives from Portsmouth Parkersburg East Liverpool and Chester were mentioned in social notices across Bashan and surrounding communities.
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Rawlin Torrence
Nelson Torrence
Tuppers Plains
Paul Orr
Pennsylvania
L. J. Morehead
Parkersburg
Maxine Monday
East Liverpool
Lee
Oliver Bailey
Kathleen Torrence
Audrey Bailey
Pomeroy
Rethia
Burtnett Rites Held After Passing at Mason City
Mrs Laura Alice Burtnett born November 23 1869 Scioto County Ohio died Saturday en route to Point Pleasant after heart condition. She married William Blessing in 1891 and later W J Burtnett in 1895. Funeral services at Heights United Brethren Church followed by burial in Suncrest Cemetery with family ties across Mason City Point Pleasant Shreve Cincinnati and Beaverdale.
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PUNT -_PLEASANT
Aura
Alice Burtnett
ofia_sténada
Te Blessing
Mason City
Point Pleasant
Burtnett
Gordon Blessing
Mrs. Burtnett
Laura Alice Bland
Scioto
County
William B. Blessing
C.E. Blessing
Mamie Wallace
Shreve
R. Blessing
Elizabeth Boucher
Beaverdale
Glenn C. Rainey
Cincinnati
Pennsylvania
W. J. Burtnett
Wilmore
Boucher
Heights United Brethren Church
Pel. Maude
Suncrest Cemetary
Four Cases Heard in Mason Court Pleasant
William Cecil Daily John Junior Elias and Raymond Stewart all from Mason City faced court for gasoline theft from Henry Coal Co. Stewart, a juvenile, was placed with a child welfare agent. Elias and Daily received jail time and fines for operating a motor vehicle without a license. Ernest Hill was released after charges were withdrawn.
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Mason
Court Point Pleasant
William Cecil Daily
John Junior Elias
Raymond Stewart
Mason City
Henry Coal Co
Stewart
Ida Stanley
Department of Public Assistance
Elias
Daily
Ernest Hill
Charleston Road
William Pearson
Hill
Named Secretary At High School
Miss Phyllis Henderson daughter of Mr and Mrs Herbert Henderson of Henderson has been appointed secretary at Senior High School by the board of education. She succeeds Miss Betty Lewis who resigned to take a sheriff's office job. Henderson, a senior, will work part time through term end. John Barnett president of the county court returned home from Holzer Hospital on Jericho Road. his daughter Mrs Paul Gorrel of Pari Drive said he probably would return for surgery soon.
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Gallipolis
Alice Bradbury
Gallia County Tuberculosis 'Association
Marietta
Parkersburg
W. W. Jackson
Rose Curry
Elizabeth Shough
Dayton
Evlah Williams
C. W. Booth
Columbus
Harry Lupton
Martha Ann
Chicago
Harold Austin
Susannah Lupton
Tim Rees
Henrietta Davis
Patriot
Perry Township
Kenneth Betz
Mary Aos Cornell
Los Alameda
Calif
Naval Base
Pomer Pleasant
Phyllis Henderson
Herbert Henderson
Henderson
Board of Education
Betty Lewis
Sheriff's Office
Hospital
Point -Pleasant
John Barnett
Jericho Road
Holzer Hospital
Paul Gorrel
Pari Drive
Soldiers of Mason County Learn of Death in Pacific War
In Point Pleasant Mason County, Pvt. Peter E. Schultze, son of Mrs. Alta May Schultze, Route 2, Point Pleasant, is reported killed in action in the Pacific theater. Pvt. Howard E. Roush, son of Mrs. Bertha Roush of Hartford, is wounded in action in the same theater.
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Mason County
Point Pleasant
Mason Penne Peceae
T-5
Peter E. Schultze
Alta May Schultze
Route 2
Bertha Roush
Hartford
City Clerk Ball Absent From City Building and Sunday School
City Clerk Ball failed to report for work at the City Building yesterday and was noted as absent from Sunday School. Ball, a former Mason County sheriff, has served as city clerk for two years while also active in Sunday school work at Heights United Brethren Church. Also listed: Mrs. Thomas Duncan underwent major surgery. Mrs. Charles Warner admitted for surgery. Tom Higgins and Luaile Houghton charged after minor surgery. Mrs. A H Taylor discharged. Hyre of Charleston heads to Cleveland Clinic for treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Ball
Camden Hogg
Mason County
Point” Pleasant
Thomas Duncan
Hogsett
Point Clinic
Charles Warner
Battalé
Tom Higgins
Luaile Houghton
A. H. Taylor
Gallipolis Ferry
He A. Bosley
Pioneer Women Story Wins Praise At April Meeting
Mrs Bat Towodnes hosted Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter D A R in April with a tale of two frontier American women who escaped capture and walked fifty miles home. Mrs Jones spoke well as vice regent Mrs McClung, away in Florida, observed opening remarks. A clothing drive for the needy was announced as Mason County’s quota neared 50,000 pounds. A Morgantown state regent letter was read, and a cotton-dress contest yielded first place to Edna Cox of Point Pleasant High School. Mildred Abbott and DeEtte Dunbar of Mason City placed second and third. Attendees included numerous local ladies and gentlemen.
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Lety
Anna Lee Tallin
Homemakers
Fdna.Cox
Point Pleasant
Mildred Abbott
DeEtte’ Dunbar
Wahama High
Mason City
Ora P. Biddle
Milton
L Miller
Robert #. Ferguson
Mary Long
Mandellen Skene
Point Pleasant Area Crash Not Injuring Driver
A report from Point Pleasant states a vehicle wreck injured no one. The driver was able to return to Point Pleasant, and the incident involved the area near a plant with minor damage and beer mentioned in the description. The exact details are unclear due to fragmentary source text.
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Ivas Et “S
Divorce filed for Hale former Jesse Hale in Columbus area
A divorce action has been entered for Hale formerly Jesse E. Hale. The couple were married in Columbus and have since separated, with Hartford noted in filings.
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Pleasant
Hale
Jesse E. Hale
Columbus
Hartford
Cooked a Fine Dinner Then Threw It to Dog
A lady described in Nelsonville’s Betts Cut Rate ad claims she used to toss her own meals to her dog during illness. She reports swelling easing, constipation ending, and restored appetite after taking a medicine named ERB-HELP containing 12 herbs.
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Betts
Nelsonville
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Letart
Ernest Ashley of
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Et J. Ashlee
Harry Gibbs
Herbert R. Gibbs
Manila
William Jenkins
Henry Jenkins
Galdia Hartley
James Richard Hartley
Lewie Stone
Helen Cook
Morgan Jenkins of
Baptist Sunday School
Graff
Collumbus
Jacob Phillips
William Turnbull
Richard Turnbull
J. H. Smith
James MacKnight
Son
Redmond Norris
Marysville
Ohio
J. Irs
Payt Webb
Way Department
Newton
Alig
Ruccell
Frances Webb
Burma
L. EB. McClung
Albert Hill
Rupert
Dale
Cecil Hill
East Liver la
K. McClung
Joe Hill
Betty Ann Roach
Gallipolis Social Notes
Lone To Peet
Kenneth Frazier
Grape St
Muffet
Shirley ‘Temple
Anno
George Semple
Yime
Sergeant Agar
Titan Agar
Beverly. Hills
Oakley Oakley Insurance
Nelsonville, Ohio
At Point Clinic
Clinig Point Pleasant
Lotty” Hyre
Ohio River Road
Ts. Harry. D. Coyner
Ohio St
Dickie
Barbara «Barr
Yy Dt . Johnsson
Simmy Iarles
Wayne 'Gar
Shirley Thomas
Bul
Phyllis Anne Bos Jey
Fron
Baltimore
Housewares
Amie Quinard
Etoile DE Hollande
E.G. Hill
Poinsettia
Bea
Dame Edith Helen
Miss Rowena Thom
F. K. Druschki
K. A. Victoria
Macredys
Johanna Hill
Roslyn
Squer Therese
Condessa DE Sastago
Hoover
Elberfelds i Pomeroy
Hilleary Shoe Hospital
Straitsville
McQuadé Bar
Cher
Oxfords
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