Former Nelsonville official dies in Logan
George William Pearce 73 of 503 Poplar St Nelsonville died suddenly Sunday afternoon at his sister’s home in Logan while visiting. A weighmaster, longtime Methodist Sunday School secretary treasurer, city auditor and Nelsonville council member, he was active in Knights of Pythias. Survived by three sisters and seven nephews nine nieces. Funeral Wednesday at Pearce residence conducted by Rev W M George. Burial Green Lawn. Friends may call.
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Nelsonville
George William Pearce
Poplar St
J. L. Harburger
Logan
Louise
Pearce
Snake Hollow
Methodist
Valley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Harburger
Robert Stephenson
Middleport
W. M. George
Methodist Church
Greenlawn
AmesBern Cage Teams Honored at Amesville PTA Event
Amesville PTA honored the Ames Bern cage teams with a potluck on Thursday. C O Gibson hosted the toast and a musical closing. Thor Olson of Ohio University spoke as guest. Awards were given to a team, reserve team, and leaders by Coach McAfee. Senior gifts included a billfold and a pearl necklace. The event drew over 80 attendees and featured a Junior Red Cross book collection.
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Amesville
Ames P.T.A
C. O. Gibson
Thor Olson
Ohio
Unive
McAfee
R. Phillips
Mary Smith
Red Cross
Webster
Galen Meseher
McKinley
Louis Howard
Jones
Billy Bryson
Jack
Tommy Bircher
Buster McGlen Martin
George Chap
Red Cross drive totals announced in Carbondale
Mrs Ralph Williams reports Carbondale Red Cross fund collection of 135.08 with the Miners Union contributing 100 and townspeople and school children 35.08. Many local families and visitors were noted in the weekend visits and social calls across Carbondale, Lancaster, Prattsville, Athens and nearby towns.
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Carbondale
Ralph Williams
Red Cross
Miners Union
Gerald Williams
Schenectady
N. Y
James Pollock
Elmer Stevenson
Mansfield
Ralph Devol
Nancy Sue
Nelsonville
Elizabeth Starrett
Ralph Jewett
Lancaster
Ola Kemper
George Stump
Miles
Jacob Stump
Eleanor Gifford
Cincinnati
Roger Williams
Judy
Airs
Rita Williams
Chester Lowry
Gene
Prattsville
Darrell Ulbrich
J. O. Ulbrich
Athens
Madeline Starrett
Lorraine Jewett
Nora Bray
Ada Kennedy
New Marshfield
Grace Treadway
Mar! Lowry
Dora Collins
O E S Final Plans for Inspection in April Meeting
Nelsonville Eudora Chapter 72 O E S sets final inspection plans at its regular April meeting Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the Masonic Temple. A rehearsal for officers is planned. Mrs Grace Hutchinson district deputy grand matron from Dexter will inspect Thursday evening April a dinner at 6 PM honors Mrs Hutchinson.
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Nelsonville
Eudora
O.E.S
Masonic Temple
Grace Hutchinson
Dexter
Nelsonville BPW Club Dinner Meeting at Colonial
The Business and Professional Women's Club of Nelsonville will hold its dinner meeting on Tuesday at 6 15 PM at the Colonial venue.
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Nelsonville
Business and Professional Women's Club
Colonial
Fer Bateman Family Return From Newton Falls Visit
Mr and Mrs Fer Bateman and their son Bernard Earl have returned to their Newton Falls home after spending a week with her parents Mr and Mrs Lenzy Johnson on Jackson Street.
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Nelsonville
Fer
Bateman
Bernard Earl
Newton Falls
Lenzy Johnson
Jackson St
Gallipolis Social Notes From Grace Methodist meeting
The Progressive Bible Class met at Grace Methodist Church for a social session with a review of Look To The Mountain by Le Grand Cannon Jr read by Mrs. S. L. Bossard. California trip experiences were shared by Mrs. Anna May Womeldorf followed by a refreshment hour.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
le Grand Cannon Jr
S. L. Bossard
Anna May Womeldorff
California
Ben Bachus
Real Estate Sales Reported in Gallipolis Area
Willard Grover Realty reports multiple Meigs County transactions including Frank Dwight purchasing a 125 acre farm near Pt. Rock with possession April 20, C L Thomas selling an 80 acre farm near Dexter to Norvell Morton of Charleston, and Minnie Fowler selling 8 9 acres in Raccoon Township near Rio Grande to Ray H Siford with possession within 30 days.
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Gallipolis
Willard Grover
Willard Grover & Son
Frank Dwight
Ray Halliday
Pt. Rock
Meigs County
C. L. Thomas
Dexter
Norvell Morton
Charleston
W. Va
Morton
Minnie Fowler
Raccoon Township
Rio Grande
Ray H. Siford
Births and admissions at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis
Admission week list includes Mrs. William Reed Addison and Mrs. Oscar Shuff Oak Hill with surgery. Births: a son to Mrs. Edward Jackson Pt Pleasant at 9 18 am Saturday. a son to Mrs. George Kenny Pt Pleas at noon Friday. a daughter to Mrs. Paul Williams Northup at 9 25 pm Friday. Discharges include Mrs. William Tate W Columbia and others in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
William Reed
Addison
Oscar Shuff
Oak Hill
Edward Jackson
Pleasant
Beman Fish
Ralph Kern
Beaver
George Kenney
Paul Williams
Northup
William Tate
W. Columbia
W. Va
Vernon Donahue
Letart Falls
Stanley Simms
Leonard Kardes
Corbet Emmett
Wellston
Leon Saunders
Ruby Rice
Mrs. Talmadge Craddolph
Potluck Supper at Rio Grande Methodist Church
A potluck supper will be served Monday evening promptly at 6 30 at the Methodist Church in Rio Grande. Each family is asked to bring a dessert and a covered dish. A silver offering will be taken.
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Rio Grande
Local residents feature in weekend travels and visits
John Clendenin manager of the Libby Hotel was in Columbus on business. Sgt Jack Wetherholt from Mitchell Field Long Island arrived to stay with his grandmother and aunt. W Henry Gardner of Urbana returned home from a Gallipolis visit. Mr and Mrs John O'Brien are home from Columbus after visiting their son Paul O'Brien in St Paul’s home.
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John Clendenin
Libby Hotel
Columbus
Jack Wetherholt
Mitchell Field
Long Island
N. Y
Paul Wetherholt
Gallipolis
George Wetherholt
Bess Wetherholt
W. Henry Gardner
Urbana
John O'Brien
St Paul O'Brien
Gallia Health Office To Hold Chest Clinic
Gallia County Public Health announces a chest clinic Tuesday at 12 30 PM in the courthouse basement office. Open to anyone with lung trouble symptoms. County nurses report smallpox vaccination in schools completed last Tuesday with 671 vaccinations administered.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Gallipolis Health Group Holds March Meeting
The Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association met this afternoon at 2 30 o clock in the Gallia County Department of Public Health office in the courthouse basement. Executive secretary Mrs Alice Bradbury said all officers and executive committee members as well as the board of directors were asked to attend.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Rites for William Terry Held at Gallipolis
Funeral services were held Sunday at the First Baptist Church in Gallipolis for William Terry who died at his daughter's home Mamie Masters. Burial followed at Mound Hill Cemetery with Reverend J E Hakes officiating. Bennie Manns pleaded guilty to intoxication and was fined five dollars plus costs. He paid two dollars and was released until April 14 to pay the balance. Irene Ward won a name change to Irene Kidder in Common Pleas Court on Saturday.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
William Terry
Mamie Masters
Mound Hill Cemetery
J. E. Hakes
Bennie Manns
John Howell
Common Pleas Court
Irene Ward
Irene Kidder
John Gathers Wounded in North Africa
Nelsonville Pfc. John E. Gathers, awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action on the African front February 22, has been slightly wounded in action March 30, according to a telegram to his mother Mrs. Elizabeth Gathers. He serves in a medical detachment and has been overseas about a year, with reports to follow.
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Nelsonville
John E. Gathers
Elizabeth Gathers
Adjutant General
Washington, D. C
Pfc
North Africa
Gathers
War Bond Drive Urges Heavy Civilian Tax Payment
Mrs Parker Sniffen urges all Americans to support the Second War Loan Drive aiming for 13 billion dollars. Cites Collier's weekly piece Inflation in One Easy Lesson by Harry Sherman, warns inflation could ruin democracy and victory, calls for higher federal taxes and strict government economizing to back the war effort.
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Parker
Sniffen
Collier's Weekly
Harry Sherman
Hitler
Rhodes Services To Be Held Tuesday
Funeral services for Mr. Bunyan S. Rhodes who died Saturday at his High Street home will be held Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at the Christian Church in New Marshfield. Rev. L. E. Evans will conduct the service. Burial follows at New Marshfield. Friends may call at Stout Funeral Home until the hour of the service.
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Nelsonville
Bunyan
Rhodes
High St
Christian Church
New Marshfield
L. E. Evans
Stout
William Pancake Pleads Guilty in Nelsonville Court
In Nelsonville, William Pancake of Deanville pleaded guilty at a Sunday arraignment before Mayor Herman Ogg for intoxication. He was fined five dollars plus costs. In Murray City, the Worth While Sunday School Class of the Methodist Church plans a Tuesday April 13 meeting at 5:45 p.m. in front of the high school.
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Nelsonville
William Pancake
Deanville
Herman Ogg
Murray City
Worth
The
Methodist Church
Albany Social And Personal In Albany Grange April Meeting Recap
The Albany Carr ie Hall Club of Albany Grange held its April meeting at the Grange Hall with retiring president Pherice Wingett introducing new officers Maude Knowlton president Melva Radcliffe vice president Katharine Rickey secretary and Elta Miller chaplain. A potluck luncheon followed and May plans note the meeting at Mrs Dow Sanders home. Also updates include Sgt Leslie Lasch visiting from Albuquerque on furlough and Lt Carl J Morris visiting grandparents after transferring to Ft Meade.
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Janet Brown
Wide Awake
Ohio Valley Grange Hall
Mary Francis Wheeler
Zelma Lee Evans
Erma Boggs
Mary Jo Henry
Fur Brown
Albany
Carrie Hall Club
Albany Grange
Grange Hall
Pherice Wingett
Elta Miller
Maude Knowlton
Melva Radcliffe
Katharine Rickey
Eva Sander
Miller
Olive Baughman
Marshall
Lola Springer
Leslie Lasch
Alberquerque
N. M
E. H. Lasch
McArthur
Lasch
Carl J. Morris
Lawrence Morris
Camp Edwards
Mass
Ft. Meade
Frank Radcliffe
Columbus
Earl Caster
Huntington
Harold Cunningham
Pomeroy
Paul Springer
Dayton
E. V. Springer
William Cline
Frances Cline
A. D. Cline
North Point Pleasant land suit ends by jury verdict
Federal Judge in Huntington presided as jurors awarded Point Pleasant Development Co. $58,000 for 45 acres taken for a defense workers shelter project near North Point Pleasant. The land valued about $1,300 per acre, with prior offers and commission assessments varying from $800 to $1,600 per acre. The government saves roughly $13,000 overall on the award, and only the state road commission’s highway claim remains unsettled for about $100,000.
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Point Pleasant
District Court
State Road Commission
Ordnance Works
Lewis W Ball Leaves for Fairmont to Work as Fireman
Lewis W Ball will leave today to work as a fireman on the Baltimore and Ohio division between Fairmont and Keyser. He will dispose of his shop but keep his Jackson Avenue home as Mrs Ball will follow after the school term. Ball nostalgically misses the Ohio riverboat whistles and can identify most captains.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis W. Ball
Baltimore and Ohio
Fairmont
Keyser
Ball
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Lowe Hotel
Jackson Ave
University Women Meet With Mrs Somerville
Point Pleasant chapter of the American University Women will meet Monday evening April 19 with Mrs L C Somerville as hostess at her Viand Street home. The education department chaired by Mrs Chalmers F McCutchen will conduct the program.
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Point Pleasant
American University
L. C. Somerville
Viand St
Education Department
Chalmers F. McCutchen
Wallace Jr. Returns to Fort San Luis Obispo Post
Pvt. William Wallace Jr. arrived back at Fort San Luis Obispo California after furlough with his parents Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Wallace of Sand Hill Road. He is assigned to the ordnance department.
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Point Pleasant
William Wallace, Jr
Fort San Luis Obisto
Calif
W. H. Wallace
Sand Hill Road
Ordnance Department
Roush Recovered as Substitute Teacher at Beech Hill
Henderson substitute teacher Mrs. Olin Roush has completed five weeks of work at Beech Hill. Mrs. Bernice Anderson, the regular teacher, has recovered from an illness. A son weighing nine pounds was born Friday to Pvt. and Mrs. Chester Thivener of Gallipolis at the Point Clinic. Thivener is stationed at Fort Myers Florida.
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Point Pleasant
Olin Roush
Henderson
Beech Hill
Bernice Anderson
Chester Thivener
Gallipolis
Point Clinic
Pvt
Thivener
Fort Myers Fla
Raymond Plants Charged With Intoxication Released to Mayor
POIWi runas r-Raymond Plants was released to Mayor Kro del on a charge of intoxication Saturday. He was taken into custody by Policeman Curt Yeager.
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Poiwi Runas R
Raymond Plants
Krodel
Curt Yeager
Simpson Methodist Church meeting opens with potluck supper
The workers and teachers of Simpson Methodist Church will gather at the church this evening. They will start with a potluck supper followed by a business session.
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Pomrnuri—Woirkers
Simpson Methodist Church
Women's Club Holds April Meeting
Mrs. George W. McAlpin of Charleston was the principal speaker at the Senior Woman's Club April session in Point Pleasant. She discussed Is It Any thing to Us referencing rationing, war service, salvage, and that one in four workers in industry is a woman. The Girls' Glee Club performed while Corporal Maxine Goswick of the WAACS spoke on the group's war role. The club approved a $5 Red Cross contribution and deferred the annual officer election to May the final meeting before the fall season.
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Point Pleasant
George W. McAlpin
Charleston
Girls’ Glee Club
Lawrence Capellanti
Maxine Goswick
WAACS
Waldo Allen
Robert Ferguson
Red Cross
J. G. F. Johnson
McAlpin
Ferguson
Johnson
Goswick
Allen
Ben Franklin
Elmer Ebersbach
W. J. Kenny
Harry Godfrey
W. E. Allen
Clarence R. Schneider
C. G. Bauerle
Car G. Gardner
F. W. Ingraham
Howard Yeager
G. B. Skene
C. G. Billups
S. C. Moustin
Milton L. Miller
Louis Bateson
A. E. Tulloh
Leading Mason Stock Men Misplaced
A Columbus paper with a Gallipolis date line wronglyplaces Mason County beef producers as Gallia Countians. The article lists major local beef producers including Sandy Lewis marketing about one million pounds, W A Lee three hundred thousand, John Blain and Alex McCausland one hundred thousand each, Oakley Arrington fifty thousand, C C Lewis two hundred thousand, and notes John W Lane died recently.
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Point Pleasant
Columbus
Gallipolis
Mason County
Gallia
W. A. Lee
John Blain
Alex McCausland
Oakley Arrington
John W. Lane
C. C. Lewis
Spurlock Returns to Lead State Farm at Lakin
Spurlock arrives to resume duties as manager of the state farm at Lakin after returning from the Institute. Dr. Eugene L. Youngue, superintendent of the state hospital at Lakin, notes the recall came late for this year’s production and that much work should have been planned in winter months.
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Point Pleasant
A. C. Spurlock
Institute
Lakin
Eugene L. Youngue
atLakin
llth St Building and Lot Sold to Musgrave
Mr. and Mrs. Stuart Burdette and Filmer Hokanson have sold the lot on llth St between the railway and the street to C. G. P. Musgrave. The one story frame building on the lot has been used as a combination residence and restaurant. The lot fronts 120 feet on llth St with an average depth of 82 feet.
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Point Pleasant
Stuart Burdette
Filmer Hokanson
Llth St
C. G. P. Musgrave
Mason Girl To Go To Huntington
Miss Ana bell Lee of Gallipolis Ferry, a Mason High senior, will travel to Morgantown next Saturday to represent Huntington district in the public speaking contest after winning the extemporaneous speech at the district level. The state winner earns a four year university scholarship. Principal C H Withers, new head of the public speech department, accompanies Lee and two classmates, Ruth Bell and Florence Buell, with several local pupils showing strong progress in the district meet.
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Point Pleasant
Anabell Lee
Ralph Lee
Gallipolis Ferry
Morgantown
Huntington
Lee
C. H. Withers
Withers
Ruth Bell
Florence Buell
Pt Pleasant People At A Glance
Miss Christian Johnson music director in Charleston schools spent the weekend with her parents Mr and Mrs F L Johnson 1209 Viand St. Mr and Mrs Ray Gill and children Betty Louise and Peggy of Huntington visited her parents Mr and Mrs D T Wartenburg Ninth St. Mrs Clyde Tallman of Charleston visited her father Co G P Musgrave Vi and St Py t and Mrs Estil Coleman of Huntington spent days with his sister Mrs Ralph Raike Henderson. Rush Hovey of Liverpool WV was guest of his nephew Gilbert Plants 2109 Main St who has been ill. Billy Stone employed in New York City returned there after a brief visit with his parents Dr and Mrs W H Stone Sixth St. C G Bauerle treasurer of Marietta Manufacturing Co left Saturday for Philadelphia on a business trip.
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Christian Johnson
Charleston
F. L. Johnson
Viand St
Ray Gill
Betty
Louise
Peggy
Huntington
D. T. Wartenburg
Ninth St
Clyde Tallman
Co. G. P. Musgrave
St. Pyt
Estil Coleman
Ralph Raike
Henderson
Rush Hovey
Liverpool
W. Va
Gilbert Plants
Main St
Billy Stone
New York City
W. H. Stone
Sixth St
G. Bauerle
The
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Philadelphia
Mrs Bertha Filson Leaves for Florida
Mrs Bertha Filson former Mason County superintendent of schools and the only woman elected to a county office plans to depart after the term to Hollywood Florida to shop for residence property and spend the summer with her sister Mrs Helen Zeiher formerly of Pomeroy Her daughter Eleanor Filson employed at the Capital in Charleston visited over the weekend
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Point Pleasant
Bertha Filson
Mason County
Hollywood
Fila
Helen Zeiher
Pomeroy
Filson
Viand St
Senior Class Plays To Have Several Showings
POINT PLEASANT Every Family Has One Senior Class play will be shown at a 1 30 matinee on Wednesday April 28 and again at 8 15 Thursday evening April 29 in the Junior High School Auditorium. Rehearsals continue and the cast has the play well in hand according to director Mrs Clarence R Schneider.
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Point Pleasant
Clarence R. Schneider
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