Bus Service Between Gallipolis and Point Pleasant Planned
Chamber of Commerce officials report a new bus link between Gallipolis and Point Pleasant may begin Monday. A meeting Tuesday night in the Lafayette Hotel, led by Stanley Evans, included a Huntington Ohio River Bus Co representative and a General Chemical Co transportation chief. Initial plans call for daily 6:30 pm departures from Gallipolis Park to carry workers from nearby shipyards, with fare discussions to follow and a bus station to provide ticketing and information.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Ity
Huntington
General Chemical Co. Ie
Gallipolis Tter
Ind Tnt
Bus Company
Ohio
Wetherholt Appointed War Bond Chairman
Wetherholt named county chair for wartime savings bond drive as congestion prompts a broad transportation plan. He plans to form committees and secure trucks and other conveyances to ease routes to the Plum Brook Ordnance Plant and nearby TNT facility. Officials note traffic jams threaten safety with about one death daily. a ferry between Cheshire and the plant is discussed but details await.
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Gallipolis
H. W. Wether
Holt
Toad
Gov
Plum Brook
Ravenna
Cheshire
Miss Carroll Victim of Downtown Taxicab Accident
Point Pleasant worker Miss G Carroll, 22, sustained a fractured hip and multiple injuries when struck by a taxicab on Main Street Tuesday evening. She was taken to Holzer Hospital after the impact as witnesses reported the cab ran over her. The driver, Paul McDaniel, was not detained after an investigation by Sgt. Paul F. Thomas and other officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Paul Gygax
Main St
Williams To Speak At Legion Rally In Gallipolis
Oak Hill resident Rossiter Williams will be principal speaker at tonight's American Union civilian defense rally in Gallipolis as post headquarters host the event with refreshments planned for attendees.
Athena Bill Seeks Staggered Hours At Shipyards
Officials discussed probable staggered work hours at the shipyards and TNT plant to spread labor. The plan includes company operated buses from Huntington to New Haven and discouraging use of employee cars to limit highway traffic amid limited parking at the West Virginia Ordnance Works and shipyards.
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Untington
New “Haven
Usig
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Riggs Family Welcomes Betty Jean in Ohio Wedding
Betty Jean Riggs of Lower River Road will wed James Lowthian of Cleveland at 4 30 Saturday afternoon. Rev Wade Radford of Pleasantville will officiate in the Riggs home setting with immediate family present. The bride is a local high school and Office Training School graduate now employed in Columbus. Lowthian, an Ohio State graduate, works in Cleveland and the couple will live at 260 East 82nd Street.
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Ernest J. Riggs
Lower River Road
Betty Jean
James Lowthian
Cleveland
Wade Radford
Pleasantville
Clay Chapel
Riggs
Office‘Training School of
Columbus
Happy Home Club Meets as Local Divorce Case Emerges
Alva Laneaine Rife files for divorce from Sybil French in Gallia County alleging desertion and gross neglect of duty. The couple, with four children, resided on Georges Creek in Addison Township. Proceedings mention a family home and concerns over the marriage. The Happy Home Club gathering noted prior to the case included members Belle Fulton Vera and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Happy Home Club
Belle Fulton
Vera
Meda Mink
Minnie Bunce
Mabel ‘Thaxton
Marle ‘Thomas
Margaret Carpenter
Bes
Carpenter
Georges Creek
Addison Township
Lane
Addie May
Jen
Two Held for Adultery and Told To Leave County
Grandson born and travel tale frame a local note as two residents face adultery charges. Hope Campbell and Roger William Costa named in the case as common pleas court orders suspensions and workhouse sentences conditioned on leaving the county.
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J. E. Matthews
Russel Youns
Opera Restaurant
Rotary Club Hears FHA Representative
Gallia County farmers and families benefit from Farm Security Administration aid as organizer George Crooks of Columbus reports 110 farm family clients and 2,798 farms with 1,885 operators earning 800 dollars or more. Incomes average 342 dollars, with 220 dollars per family in supplements, helping farmers avoid WPA relief and establish steady livelihoods amid reorganized groups meeting periodically to discuss common problems.
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Gallipolis
George Crooks
Columbus
State Department of the Farm Security, ‘Administration
Rotary Club
Lawrence Holliday
FSA
Gallia County
Crooks
Gulia County
Students Asked To Write on War Effort
Gallipolis reports Superintendent EE Higgins asks seventh and eighth grade students to write letters about how they will support the war effort. The message encourages identifying personal contribution and plans during vacation to aid the nation in World War II.
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Gallipolis
EE. Higgins
Germany
Japan
Italy
Tam
Gallia Fire Loss Estimated at 8866.15
Fire department reports damage to multiple structures with loss estimated at 8866.15 dollars. Fire safety equipment and alarms are noted, with 14 firefighters responding to the incident. No major injuries recorded.
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Gallia
Walter Wine
State Department
Buliingy
Silver Bridge Tickets Sold at Half Price
Allipolis presents a chamber of commerce effort to buy $1000 in Silver Bridge tickets at half price for members at cost. Already $500 in tickets are distributed to John Moot, Stanley Evans, Horace Conde, Gilbert Bush, Russell Surette, Carson Niday, Emerson Evans, John Morgan, Homer Walter, and Fred Foster. Remaining tickets will go to other members. defense workers may buy under a similar arrangement through recognized organizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Pestiday
State Road Commission
Charleston
John Moot
Stanley Evans
Horace Conde
Gilbert Bush
Russell Surette
Carson Niday
Emerson Evans
John Morgan
Homer Walter
Fred Foster
I ‘Defense
Annual Faculty Party To Be Held April 23
Faculty members and wives will meet for the annual spring party at the high school on the night of April 23. Committees include Betty Kratz George Blackburn Eulah Williams Elizabeth Breinig Elizabeth Shough Richard Downs Ruth Miller CC Byers. Music by Catherine Morrison Norma Henston prizes and male members will provide refreshments.
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Gallipolis
Betty Kratz
George Blackburn
Eulah Williams
Elizabeth Breinig
Elizabeth Shough
Richard Downs
Ruth Miller
CC. Byers
Catherine Morrison
Norma Ehnston
Licenses to marry issued in several towns
In Gallipolis a batch of licenses was issued listing Gather Parrish, Dreama Duncan, Russell Souders, Anna Dewitt, Ernest Schafer, Dorothy Worstell, William Farley, and Regina Dell Sweehey among others. At the half month 60 licenses to wed were issued, hinting at another record month ahead.
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Gallipolis
Parrish
Westerville
Dreama Duncan
Eureka
Russell Souders
Anna Dewitt
Gallia
Ernest Schafer
Dorothy Worstell
Marietta
William B. Farley
Regina Dell Sweehey
Shady Springs
W. Va
Spanish Club Meets Every Tuesday Evening
The Spanish study club in Gallipolis meets on Tuesday nights, alternating between members' homes and a monthly dinner. Members include Alma McCormick Ruth Miller Catherine Morrison Norma Johnston Eulah Williams Betty Krata Ruby Jenning Ruth Gling. Monthly trips to Huntington confer with Prof Juan Fors, Marshall College.
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Gallipolis
Spanin
Alma McCormick
Ruth Miller
Catherine Morrison
Norma Johnston
Eulah + Williams
Betty Krata
Ruby Jenning
Ruth Gling
Huntington
Point Pleasant
Juan Fors
Ing
Mason County
Marshall
W. Va
John Brewer
Ray
Weaver
New Haven
Gs" Cook
Graham Station
Glenwood
Change in Gallipolis Barber Shop Hours
Gallipolis barber shops have extended Friday night closings from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday nights from 7:30 to 8 p.m. Opening hours remain 8 a.m. Other businesses will observe Friday closing at 8 p.m. and Saturday close at 10 p.m.
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
Birth of Philip Stephen Vance and furlough visit
Mrs Andrew Vance announces the birth of a son Philip Stephen and mentions a daughter Mollie Don Haskins. Soldier stationed at Fort Eustis Val spends an eight day furlough with wife and parents Mr and Mrs W Masking. Hollis Walters of Weirton WV visits on business. Austin Johnson of Middleport and Mrs Eugene Plymale of Huntington visit. husband leaves Tuesday for Norfolk VA to be inducted into the navy.
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Andrew Vance
Jewell Gibson
Tchard Stephen
Mollie Don Haskins
Fort Eustis
Val
Hollis Walters
Weirton
W. Va
Austin Johnson
Middleport
Eugene Plymale
Huntington
Norfolk
Navy
Three Chosen for Buckeye Boys State
Gallipolis selects three high school junior boys Scott Westerman Kevin Folden and Roy Maddox by faculty vote to attend Buckeye Boys State in mid June at Wesleyan University Delaware program sponsored by American Legion Department of Ohio Expenses for the trio will be covered by the Rotary Club American Legion and the Legion Auxiliary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buckeye
Gallipolis
American Legion
Department ‘of Ohio
Columbus
Wesleyan University
Delware
Scott_ Westerman
Kevin Folden
Roy Maddox
Harlan Northup
Tom Agee
Tom Robinson
John Lupton
Eawin Elliott
Paul
High School Assembly to Feature Band Music
Gallipolis notes a Friday morning assembly presenting band and oral numbers under directors Elizabeth Shough and Richard Downs. C. C. Byers, principal, is invited as assistant chairman for a Zanesville meeting later this month to evaluate the high school and three junior schools.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Shough
Richard Downs
Spencer Man Opens New Hotel at Mason
Spencer Man from Me West, formerly of Spencer, Wa. Va., bought and remodeled a building near Mason Pomeroy Bridge into a hotel for defense workers with accommodations for 26. Red Cross Movies Shown At P T A Meeting in Point Pleasant featured future war scenes and stories told by Central Grade School pupils. Mrs. Stanley Johnson presided and guided the evening’s program. Henry Oliver arrested in Gallipolis on intoxication charges after a truck incident last night.
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West
Spencer
J. Wartin
Red Cross
P.T.A
Point Pleasant
Central Pta
Central Grade School
U.S
Ffth
Stanley Johnson
Iwoare
Gallipolis
Henry Oliver
Merrit
Oliver
Gallipolis Receives 32717 From February Realty Tax
Gallia County disbursed 32717 as its February realty tax settlement to municipalities and incorporated villages including Greenfield and Guyan, with totals reaching 553000 across the state. The county ranked fifth in Ohio for tax distribution, per county authorities.
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Ament
Tnm Cae
Eer
Ty Acaer OH Cares
Bera
Renee Ake
Egetans
Paare Ee Gases
Gic Funda
Acool Po
Greenfield
Gallia
Pt Pleasant Area Social Notes and Local Visits
Pt Pleasant residents share club meetings and sorority reports. Junior Woman's Club gathers at Christ Church Parish Hall with music department under James Hall and others. Omega Sorority members plan a meet near Viand Street with Marthe Long reporting on the Parkersburg convention. Easter dance for Mason County Public Library proceeds discussed. Visits include Mrs Jacob Watts of Divernon and Mrs H Quillin of Highlawn Ave. Local hospital notes list Rupert J. Kaysr, Blain Bell, and others.
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An. W. A Litennieia
Montgomery
Real Entate
Christ’ Church
Department of Mu Ie Hfrs
James Hall
Imcanes de Moe Hal
Mas
Lewis
Minn
Betty Lewis
Carter Lr Preachioy
CF Stout
Ben Lomond
amixie-Chi Omega _ Sorority
Sen
Marthe
Viand Sty
Sirs Long
Parkersburg
Mason County
Divernon
T Het
Harry’ Bronnwan
West ‘Columbia
H. Quillin
Highlawn Ave
Rupert J. ‘Kaysr
Holzer Hoepial
Blain ‘Bell
Lastevile
Washington, D.C
Pringle
Merce
George Byan
Henderson
McMillan
Charleston
Harry Childers
Marie
Ruth Ellen Byan
Wil Heat
Nelson “Eddy
Metropolitan Oper
Huntington
Mra
Carl ‘Taylor
Holzer Hoaptal
David Messick Dies After Long Illness
David Na tan Messick 48 of Henderson died at Holzer Hospital after an operation. Foreman of ship fitters at Marietta shipyards for 23 years, he married Mae Henry in 1912 and they had a son Garland. Survived by wife, son, daughter-in-law Catherine, sister Ethel Boyster, Huntington. brothers John Messick Point Pleasant and Raymond Messick Gallipolis. Funeral Friday at 2:30 p.m. in Henderson Cemetery.
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Wuint Pleasant
David Natan Messick
Henderson
Holzer Hospital
Mr. Messick
Hendson
Theate J. W
Flora «Birchfieldessick
Marietta
Mae Henry
Garland Messick
Messick
Catherine Messick
Ethel Boyster
Huntington
John Messick
Point Pleasant
Raymond Messick
3Allipolis
Sugar Regist ration Aims To Start In April
Merchants and growers are urged to register by April 2 with state coordinator Cart Bachmann. The campaign seeks to curb hoarding by limiting purchases to under 14 pounds of sugar per person. James Johnson of Sanaa requests a weekly update on the status and pace of registrations across the region.
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Hele
Persne Hattag
Hugar
Ee ‘Uiary
James Johnson
T- S
Sana
Death notices Mrs Margaret Adkins of Wheeling
Relatives learn of the death of Mrs. Margaret Adkins age 78 of Wheeling on Monday afternoon. Funeral services were held in Wheeling and the body will be buried Thursday at Lone Oak Cemetery beside her husband John M Adkins who died in 1935. She was formerly Grayson Kentucky and after marriage lived in Point Pleasant for years, in the furniture business, building a Main Street store later occupied by E E Franklin. The family moved to Wheeling and ran a roofing business now carried on by their son John Adkins Jr. Three grandsons John M Adkins III Alban B Adkins and Wilbur Adkins are also mentioned along with other relatives.
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Point Pleasant
Margaret “Adkins
Wheeling
Wheelng
Lone Oak
John M. Adkins
Main’ St
E. E. Franklin
John “Adkins
Asset Td 'By
Charl Adkins
Marietta Mai
May Move Store From Stone Building on Sixth Street
Furniture dealer Harry Joyce said yesterday he would move his store from the Stone Building on Sixth Street to another Lincoln Avenue location. Lowell Wingett of Pomeroy posted a $150 bond for his appearance in court when called.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Joyce
Yestrday
Sixth St
Lincoln Ave
Umaven
Lowel Wingett
Pomeroy
John H. Lewis Dies At Point Pleasant
John H. Lewis 69 colored man died at home on 7th Street at 12 10 Tuesday morning after illness begun last Thursday. Funeral services will be at Arnett Funeral Home Thursday at 2 30 p m with Rev R W Sawyer officiating. burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Born in Meig County Ohio he moved to Point Pleasant as a youth and served as custodian of Trinity Methodist Church. Survived by his wife Christine Jones Lewis. son John Lewis Jr at home. daughters Mrs Emmoles of Local, Mrs Lillian Lee of Columbus, and Mrs Esther Belle Iilmore of Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John H. Lewis
7Th St
Arnett Funeral
R. W. Sawyer
Lone Oak Cemetery
Mr. Lewis
Mel County
Ohio
Port Pleasant
Trinity’ Methodist Church
Laws
Christine (Jones) Lewing
John Lewis, Jr
Emmoles
Lillian Lee
Columbus
Esther Belleilmore
Gallipolis
First Aid Class To Hold Weekly Sessions
A new first aid class meets Tuesday evenings at Christ Church Parish House in Junt Pleasant. Successive sessions will be held on Thursday evenings each week. The instructor is Mr Clifford Roberts and the Senior Woman Club is sponsor.
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Christ Church Parish House
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