Sylvania plant workers organize under CIO in Point Pleasant
At Huntington, representatives from Sylvania Bleatrical Products Co. appeared before the National Labor Relations Board regarding local plant organization. Attending were Virginia Smith, Izetta McDaniel, and Nedra Tripp with manager C. W. Announcement states the United Electrical Workers of CIO leased a room at 13 Main St for headquarters and social use. UEW will collect desks and decor. WLB panel previously recommended higher wages, better seniority, improved insurance, and other concessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sylvania Blavtrical Products, Co
National Labor: Relations’ Board
Huntington
Virginia Smith
Izetta McDaniel
Mise
Nedra Tripp
United Electrical Workers of the
CI0
Main St
UEW
WLB
Altoona
Sylvania
Pay Tribute to Roosevelt at Pay Tribute ceremony
POINT PLEASANT An eulogy for President Roosevelt was read in a public address at Virginia Oni nance. At 4 o'clock Saturday afternoon workers observed a tribute of silent prayer for the dead Chief Magistrate. Loudspeakers were placed throughout the plant area for use on any occasion and workers gathered at the edge of the General Chemical Defense Corporation plant. Obedient to the tribute, all stood in the rain during the exercises which were concluded by Star Spangled Banner and other activities were stopped. One-hour program on the public address system Sunday evening featured Major J De Fraser reading the order of General An to the Army. The remainder of the period was given to solemn music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Roosevelt
St Virginia
General’ Chemical Defense
Order
Fraser
Point Pleasant Personal Notes and Meetings
Point Pleasant people and visitors are listed in this rural area update. J A Ferrell attends a meeting in Jackson's Mill about rural electrification with state leaders. Mrs Blanche Bartlett of Charleston visits her sister Mrs Simmons in Point Pleasant. others travel between New Haven Gallia and Charleston for family, work, or medical matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Ac Ferrell
Appalachian ‘Electric’ Power Co
Jackson's Mill
Blanche M.° Bartlett
Charleston
Lund
Sam ‘Simmons
Mainl
Army Bomber Named By Raymond Wooten
GALLIPOLIS. The Gallipolis Special, an Army bomber named by M Sgt John Raymond Wooten crew chief, has been among those striking at the Reich during the current Berlin blitz. Wooten, son of Mr and Mrs Robert Wooten Thivenet, had flown more than 16 missions when last heard from him. He entered the armed forces Feb 27, 1941, served in North Africa, then England, and is now on the German front. Wooten has three brothers in service Gordon in the Marines in the Pacific Edgar an engineer also in the area and Pvt Billy the youngest in a Texas training camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolig
John Raymond Wooten
Reich
Berlin
Wooten
Robert Wooten
Thivenet
Armed Forces
Tee
England
MS Wooten
Gordon
Pacific
Edgar
Pvt
Billy
Texas
Vansickle Rites Held in Point Pleasant
Mrs. Mary Katherine Vansickle died Friday night at 2407 Lincoln Ave in Point Pleasant after a long illness. Funeral services were at the home with Miss Flora Haskett of Point Pleasant Mission in charge, assisted by Rev. J. R. Keefer. She was a Graham Station native, married J. E. Vansickle in 1920, and lived in Point Pleasant. Survived by three daughters, four sons, two sisters, three brothers, and three brothers in Point Pleasant. Pallbearers named Dell Vansickle, Turner Leslie Rayburn Philip Rayburn Ray Manly and Henry Vansickle. A member of Heights United Brethren Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mary
Katherine Vansickle
Lincoln “Avés
Flora Haskett
Mission
J. R. Keefer
Vani
Graham Station
J. E. ‘Vansickle
Anna Turner
Oma Vansickle
Freda Newell
Route 2
Lonnie
J.rayburn
Charleston ‘Road
Dunlap
Thomas
Milton
Charles Selby
Dell
Vansickle
Turner
Leslie
Rayburn
Philip Rayburn
Ray’ Manly
Henry’ Vansickle
Heights
Victory Gardens Rise in Glouster and Vicinity
A casual survey in Glouster and nearby areas shows many victory gardens emerging this June. Plowmen spent ten days turning over soil and preparing beds for lettuce onions carrots peas and other vegetables. Local observers warn meat supplies will drop next year increasing vegetable demand and back-yard gardens can greatly aid the food supply by boosting home harvests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Tolr
Ralph Gatchel in Postal Division in Belgium
A fragment from a letter mentions Ralph Gatchel serving in Belgium in the Army postal division. He sorted packages and found one for Dick Morris, who then met with him. The note directed his parents to their son’s location, indicating he recently was in Belgium and now in the 100th ip in Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Ralph
Gatchel
Belgium
Postal
Army
Germany
Trimble Lodge Meeting Set for This Evening at 7:30
Trimble Lodge No. 557 F and A M O announces a meeting this evening at 7:30. The master requests all degree team members to be present for the Mason degree to be conferred.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Trimble Lodge No
A. MO
Three New Contributors Named to Glouster Red Cross Fund
A list of three previously unpublished donors to the Red Cross drive in Glouster includes Past Noble Grands Club of Glouster contributing 5 dollars, B. R. Angle giving 5 dollars, and K of P Lodge in Glouster contributing 83 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Red Cross Fund
Noble Grands Club
B. R. Angle
P. Lodge
Glouster Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
Glouster notes list Mrs John M Bryson and Shirley Roberts joining family in Jersey City for a three day pass visit, while Kathleen Roberts and Mildred Winkle family connect with relatives in Zanesville and Newark. Betty McAfoose returns to Akron to visit her brother in Glouster as area residents host guests from Akron and Newark. A Junior Progressive Study Club gathering is announced at Margaret Dunlevy’s home at 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John, M. Bryson
Jersey City
N. J
Shirley
Kathleen’ Roberts
Zanesville
Ira Stansberry
Vane Roberts
Glouster
Mildred Winkle
Nancy
Linda
Smart
Newark
Miss Winkle
Pajasita
Rey
A. G. Winkle
Betty McAfoose
Akron
T. D. McAfoose
William
Louis’Trasin
Harry Trasin
Bobby
Margaret Dunlevy
I. O'Chocr
Entertains Club Hosts Merry Matrons at Park Drive
Mrs J G F Johnson presided Friday night over the Merry Matrons Bridge Club at her Park Drive home in Point Pleasant. High score went to Mrs Bartow Jones. Other members included Mrs Donald A Smith Mrs Gail Falres Mrs Robert H Ferguson Mrs H E Somerville Mrs Harold Sayre Mrs Jason Ty Weissenburger Mrs William H Bardin and the hostess.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J.g-F. Johnson
Merry Matrons Bridge Club
Park Drive
Bartow Jones
Donald A. Smith
Gail. Falres
Robert H. Ferguson
H. E. Somerville
Harold Sayre
Jason Ty “Weissenburger
William H. Bardin
Jones
Glouster CSO Advances To Semi Monthly Meetings
Glouster CSO members gather in American Legion Hall for a memorial program honoring President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Agnes Clark and others speak as new officers and a biweekly meeting cadence is adopted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster Cso
Granddaughter Undergoes Operation in Columbus
Mrs Rainey Trimble and Ernest Thomas’s daughter Marcia Lou Thom Tas underwent surgery at St Anthony's Columbus on Friday. Rainey Trimble traveled to Columbus to assist in caring for her granddaughter as soon as she is able to leave the hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glouster
Marcia-Lou ‘Thom Tas
Ernest Thomas
Ger- Rainey
Mrs Davis Hostess for Progressive Study Club Meeting
A meeting of the Senior Progressive Study Club is announced for Tuesday evening at 8:30 at the home of Mrs. Roy Davis on Spring Street. The event invites members to gather for discussion and planned activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis
Glouster
Roy Davis
Spring St
Bidwell Man Wins Award In Gallia Fox Hunter Show
Bidwell man Tope o Bidwell won best sword prize at the fifth annual Gallia County Fox Hunters Association show held at Gallia Academy High School gym. Victory owned by E Sughn of Jackson was best hound. Judge Ben Dial presided. ceremony by Hosey Wick. The seventh annual field trials began Saturday at Morton's Woods with 72 hounds. master of hounds Burton Thorne of Parkersburg with judges George Keith Tip Trainor Stanley Glassburn Parker Sheets Bob White Anthony Murray. Trials run Saturday and Sunday. dogs judged on hunt, trail, speed, drive and endurance. Breakfast was served by Mt Zion Methodist Church women. committee listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ciadde
Tope O. Bidwell
Gallia County
Fox Hunters’ Association
Gallia Academy
Duxe
E. Sughn
Jackson
West Virginia
Ben‘Dial
Wellstan
Hosey Wick
Morton's Woods
Burton Thorne
Parkersburg
Iere George Keith
Tip” Trainor
Stanley Glassburn
Parker Sheets
Bob White
Anthony Murray
Thorne
Mt. Zion
George Keith
W. H. Schwartzwalder
Harry Kent
Ed Matthews
Charles. Moore
Mossman resigns from Ohio Valley Bank for Chamber post
J Paul Mossman assistant cashier at Ohio Valley Bank resigns to become assistant secretary of the Chamber of Commerce in Binghampton NL Y. Earl Boyer, longtime cashier of Vinton Banking Company, will assume Mossman’s duties May 15. Mossman, Gal lipolis native, returns after a stint in Lakewood and plans to move with wife Alice Margaret McCormick to Binghampton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J.paul Mossman
Ohio Valley Bank
Chamber of Commerce
Binghampton
Nl‘ Y
A.K . Merriman
Earl Boyer
Vinton Banking ‘Company
Mossman
Boyer
Lakewood
Alice Margaret McCormick
Gallipolis Personal Notes of Local Residents
Gallipolis residents share a roundup of weekly separations and visits. Teachers Margaret Olney and others travel to Beverly Columbus and Washington Street while relatives welcome and host guests in town. Local service members and families, including Lt. Miller and Burt Hanson, are mentioned with travels to Columbus Indianapolis and Maryland.
Local Social Notes and Minor Injuries Across Gallia County
Mayo White and Elise Butz are noted in New York connections as families visit. Parkersburg hosts Ray Campbell kin while James B. Walker visits from Cleveland. Paul Stewart and Mills children return from Bidwell with grandparents while parents travel. June O Dell, nurse, stationed at Louisville’s Nicholas General Hospital. Barbara McNeal sustains a head injury from a fall at Junior High with no skull fracture found.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mayo White
Robert White
Elise Butz
New York City
Ray Campbell
Parkersburg
Frederick Stone
Madelaine Campbell
James B. Walker
Cleveland
Cabelle Walker
Paul Stewart
New Lexington
Diane
Andy
Freddy Mills
Fred K. Mills
Bidwell
California
Columbus
Gallia “County
Bidwell-Porter
June O'Dell
White Cross Hospital
Nicholas
Fall Point Pleasant
Barbara’ ‘McNeal
George McNeal
Ohio River Road
National Farm Leader Gives Address Friday
GALLIPOLIS The annual Farm Bureau dinner at Grace Methodist Church Friday night drew 150 attendees. Murray Lincoln, national farm leader, outlined postwar farm plans. New directors elected were Austin Gills and Clarence Irwin. James Richard Glenn Diller spoke on organization aims. Rio Grande quartet performed. Wounded in action: Pfe Payton N Pyles, son of Charles Payton, of Gallipolia Fer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Farm Bureau
Grace ‘Methodist
Murray Lincoln
National Farm Leader
Austin Gills
Clarence Irwin
Farm Bureas
James Richard Glenn Diller
Rio Grande Quartette
Carrie North
Ro«sena Wiseman
Virginia Fadeley
Mildred Jenkins
Also Mentioned on This Page
Syl ‘Apa
Ms. Ie
CIO
Point Pleasant Personals
Inkele
Capital
New Haven
Crump
Hartford
John Clay Hutchinson
Colgate University Midshipman's
New
Iréne Doff
Cottageville
Mervin “Chapman
Edward Green
Gallia
C. D. Ball
Holzer Hospital
Emory Proffitt
Lincoln Ave
Floyd Rothlisberger
Beckley
Charles Wamsley
Franklin Wamsley
Josephine. Wamsley
J. Wamsley
Christine Johnson
St. Francis' Hospital
Raymond Wooten
Ralph. Gatchel
Entertains Club
Harry §. Longley
St. John's Episcopal Church
Kiwanis Club
Point Pleasant Ray
Greenler
G. C Hite
Harry D
Coyner
Toral Morrison
C. W_ Yan- Matre
Harry. B. Lewis
Kansas City
Cpl
John Lewis
Ar Department
John
Lewis
Violet
Sam
Pryt
James
Pic
George
Altright
Agnes. Clark
Ion’ Hall
Franklin“D
Riley
Salerae
Pell
Marcella T
Agnes iClaxh
Miter
Harry
Virgil Brooks
Lewis Jan. ‘Nice
Ernest’ “Birdiss
Wast
C.S
Ayn Clark
Christman
Iia
Clark
Beatrice “Buchman
Kenneth
Kempton
Pia
Vand
Trish Dullaby
Tord
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
Athens
Bidwell Man
J. Paul Mossman
Margaret Olney
Beverly
Ewesh Williams
Ruth Miller
Catherine Morrison
Maye Davis
June
Washingston
D. H
Chester Wiseman
Sis
J. C. Stewart Vandaunt
Lottie Anderson
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Raymond Mossman
Indianapolis
James Miller
Hamden
Lorena Miller
Lieutenant Miller
Frank Dickey
Morten Dickey
Burt Hanson
Naval
Solomon Branch
J. _Sheil Loucks
Orlando
Fla
John P. Bradley
Louise Holzer
San Antonio
C. O. Bradley
Foreign’ Service
Woodrow Holbein
Portsmouth
John C.butz
Jack Bernard
New York
Point Pleasa
West
UICK
Berry Hotel
RK. E. McCammon
Mgr
Plymouth
Dodge
DeSoto
Chrysler
Dodiga
Chrysler Carperation
Paris
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