Gallia Democrats Plan Full May Primary Write-In Slate
Gallia County Democrats will present a full slate for county offices at the May 9 primary with candidates who are largely servicemen and a service woman. Unofficial ballots list write-in names for each office including Jack Knight for representative and Harmon O’Brien for probate judge among others.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
OHI Gallia
Democrats
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Democrat Executive Committee
B. Hood
General Assembly
Jack Knight
Court of Common Pleas
John E. Halliday
United States Air Corps
British Isles
Harry M. Miller
Harmon O'Brien
United States Navy
Henry W. Cherrington
Gallia
C. M. Bane
Joe Luikhart
Luikhart
James B. O’brien
Panama
Paul O'Brien
New Guinea
Woodrow Luman
Wac
Camille Swigert
Lloyd E. Niday
England
Bidwell Woman Receives Purple Heart Medal
Gallia county woman Mrs Owen Walters of Bidwell Route 1 receives the Purple Heart awarded to her brother Pic Howard C Sheets. Sheets was wounded in action in Italy and hospitalized there but later reported as recovered and released from hospital in a recent letter.
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Gallipolis
Owen Walters
Bidwell
Route 1
Pic
Howard C. Sheets
Italy
Gallia Flying Officer Is Missing in Action Over Germany
Second Lieut. Robert W. Gatewood is reported missing in action over Germany since April 11. The 1941 Army Air Corps graduate from Mercerville High School served as co-pilot on a bomber, likely aboard as pilot or co-pilot when last heard. He is one of eleven Gatewood siblings with ties to Crown City and nearby towns.
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Gallipolis
Robert W. Gatewood
Germany
Ernest Monroe Gatewood
Second Ave
Dunlop
Washington
D. C
Gatewood
Perry C
Emma R. Gatewood
Crown City
Mercerville
Army
United States
Army Air Corps
California
Rapid City
South Dakota
Ireland
E. M. Gatewood
City
Helen Moore
Marysville
Ruth Williams
William Gatewood
Columbus
Rowena Zen
Mumps Toll Hits Gallipolis School Staff and Students
In Gallipolis an mumps outbreak caused 120 pupils to be absent from Washington School and Gallia Academy High School. Several teachers were ill or absent. substitutes include Mrs. Coell Wetherholt for Miss Norma Johnston and others covering classes as the district manages the outbreak.
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Gallipolis
Washington
Isabel Boggs
Leslie Blough
Ruby Evans
Vivian Wood
Gladys. Lusher
Guyan Township
Virginia Wood
Ruth Martin
Harry Cameron
Gallia Academy High School
Norma Johnston
Coell Wetherholt
Gallia Academy High Names NHS Members At Assembly
Gallia Academy High School announced four students Patsy Haskins Dean Davis Lois Altman and Gilbert Bush chosen for National Honor Society at a special Thursday morning assembly. Walter Moseley filed for divorce from Catherine Moseley alleging adultery. The couple married in 193? and have four children.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Patsy Haskins
Dean Davis
Lois Altman
Gilbert Bush
Walter Moseley
Catherine Moseley
Local Shriners Attend Charleston Ceremonial
Sheriff F P Lieving Ernest Hesson and F JG Musgrave among Shriners from Point Pleasant at the spring ceremonial in Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Charleston
F P. Lieving
Ernest Hesson
F. JG. Musgrave
Gallipolis Church Services Show Summer Schedule
Church listings for Gallipolis cover First Baptist Grace Methodist First Presbyterian Church Church of God Gallipolis Mission Saint Peters Episcopal Church Church of the Nazarene Church of Christ Garfield Avenue Church of Christ in Christian Union Paint Creek Baptist AME John Gee Chapel outline Sunday School times worship services and youth meetings with dates and leaders where given.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
J. Edward Hakes
Earl Saunders
Grace Methodist Church
W. Scott Westerman
Clarence E. Brumfield
First Presbyterian Church
F. L. Shoemaker
Ohio University
Athens
William H. Jones
Church OF God
H. M. Smith
Allen Baker
Young Peoples
George A. Tipton
Rilla Stephenson
Saint Peters Episcopal Church
Charles G. Baird
Church OF the Nazarrene
Vernon C. Shafer
Church OF Christ
Garfield Avenue
Ted Waller
Church OF Christ IN Christian Union
Eastern Avenue
John Spires
Paint Creek
Irving
John Casey
Native of Gallia Dies in Columbus
Lester Stormont a native of Gallia County died Tuesday at his Columbus home Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 pm at Cook Funeral Home with relatives including L C Cooper J B Walter and Mrs Edith Walter traveling from Gallia County Mrs Stormont is the daughter of former county commissioner J B Walter and sister of Mrs Cooper In Gallia The Red Cross surgical dressings workroom at Rio Grandes closed for lack of material Mrs FE W Edwards chairwoman announced that workers will not be called until gauze arrives.
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Gallipolis
Lester Stormont
Gallia County
Columbus
Cook
L. C. Cooper
J. B. Walter
Edith Walter
Will Walter
Red Cross
Rio Grandes
FE. W. Edwards
Farm Women Meet At Bright Home
The Woh elo Farm Woman's Club met at Mrs. Harry Brights Hogsett Dam residence for a luncheon honoring Miss Martha Atkinson home demonstration agent who leaves May 1 for Ohio County and Mrs. Oscar S. Kelley who led a Red Cross nursing school at Sunnyside. Kelley named honorary member. gifts given.
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Point Pleasant
Wohelo
Harry Bright
Lockmaster
Hogsett Dam
Martha Atkinson
Ohio County
Oscar S. Kelley
Red Cross
Sunnyside
Wohelo Club
Kelley
Atkinson
Harry Nibert
John Hanley
Jay Keister
Melvin Cobb
Pearl Knapp
Helen Wallis
Ramona Fletcher
Harry Porter
K. P. Nowlin
Burt
Bright
Ann Cracraft
Charleston
Condition Improves for Leon Woman After Appendectomy
Mrs. E. L McKinney of Leon is recovering satisfactorily at Holzer Hospital after an appendectomy performed earlier this week.
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Point Pleasant
E. L McKinney
Leon
Holzer’ Hospital
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Engagements
Gallipolis notes record the Pre-School Mothers Club annual officer election led by Mrs. Robert Evans, plus a Grace Methodist Church welcome dinner for new members with the Women’s Society of Christian Service in charge. The item also lists engagements and marriages involving residents, military moves, and visits among families, including Sal ly Thomas to Charles Fallon and John F. Longs wedding, with several relocations and furloughs noted.
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Gallipolis
Robert Evans
Claude Miller
Harland Martin
Roger Denney
James Mills
Poe Crawford
Robert Cornwell
Ronald Compton
Robert Caldwell
Avon Lusk
Harold Brown
Grace Methodist Church
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Circle 7
C. D. Slagle
W. Scott Westerman
Japan Tops Foreign Subscribers to ACS Publications in 1941
Japan led all foreign countries in the number of subscribers to American Chemical Society publications in 1941, reflecting strong international engagement with the society’s journals and notices.
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Japan
American Chemical Society
Mason County May Primary Candidates Report Active in District
In Mason County the Republican race grows busier with D. Boone Dawson and Raymond J. Funkhouser seeking the gubernatorial nomination. Sheriff candidates Ernest Hesson Campbell W. Stevens and Blair Snodgrass campaign actively, while County Clerk John G. Aten seeks renomination. The House of Delegates field includes Keefer Rairden and Staats with Miller and Baker contesting for circuit judge. Democratic contests show little local activity though the governor race draws attention among Holt Meadows and Watts.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
D. Boone Dawson
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Ernest Hesson
Campbell W. Stevens
Blair Snodgrass
Hess
House of Delegates
Okey L. Keefer
George A. Rairden
Delbert Staats
Rairden
Leon
Wahama High School
Keefer
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
John M. Baker
Spencer
Miller
Baker
U. S
Rush D. Holt
Clarence W. Meadows
Raleigh County
Blackburn Watts
Kanawha County
Birthday party honors James Richard Humphrey sixth
Mrs. William Humphrey hosted a Wednesday birthday party at Mt. Vernon Ave for her son James Richard Humphrey turning six. Guests joined games and sang after cake with six candles. homemade ice cream followed. A long list of friends and relatives attended from the community. Junior Woman's Club plans an evening library meeting led by president Mrs. Joe Barr. J S Windon, a Mason City merchant, visited for business. Misses Ferguson and Ingraham plan a Pittsburgh weekend with Phyllis Ingraham. Lt. Alex Cruickshanks to report to Camp Rucker after leave with parents in Jefferson Blvd.
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Point Pleasant
William Humphrey
Mt. Vernon Ave
James Richard Humphrey
Joe Barr
J. S. Windon
Mason City
Nancy Ferguson
Patricia Ingraham
Pittsburgh
Phyllis Ingraham
Pennsylvania College For Women
Alex Cruickshanks
Camp Rucker
Ala
Alexander Cruickshanks, Jr
Jefferson Blvd
Kenna Plans Democratic Run for West Virginia Supreme Court Seat
Joe N. Kenna campaigned in Point Pleasant for the Democratic nomination to succeed himself on the state supreme court. The candidate, son of the late U. S. Senator Kenna, will complete a 12 year term December 31. Local attorney E. J. Somerville lauds Kenna as exceptionally capable.
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Point Pleasant
Joe N. Kenna
State Supreme Court
Judge Kenna
U. S
Kenna
Capitol
Washington
E. J. Somerville
Birth of Mary Sandra Holroyd at Hinton noted
Local friends of Private and Mrs Sam Holroyd of Hinton announce the birth of their first child a daughter Mary Sandra on April 23 at home passing cheers and wishes from the community.
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Point Pleasant
Private
Sam Holroyd
Hinton
Mary Sandra
Road Work Rushed On Route 17 In Mason County
State Senator Raymond Musgrave reports rapid surfacing work on Route 17 from east of Henderson to Buffalo. The 25 mile project uses stone base and bituminous macadam, begun last year with prison labor, and may take about two years to finish though some optimists expect completion in 1944.
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PO. Pleasant
Henderson
Buffallo
Raymond Musgrave
Putnam County
Pliny
Apple Grove
Cabell County
Mason County
Mason Teachers To Meet Saturday
Mason County Teachers Association will meet at 10 o clock Saturday morning in the Junior High School Auditorium. Final term report prep and vacation care of school property will be discussed. President Robert H. Ferguson will preside. Officers and delegates to the state education association fall meeting will be elected.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Teachers Association
Robert H. Ferguson
State Education Association
Point Clinic Birth And Patient Updates
Point Pleasant reports the birth of Janet Sue, a daughter weighing 6 pounds 3 ounces, Wednesday at the Jefferson Avenue home. Norman Badgley of Leon had a tonsillectomy at the clinic yesterday while Gertrude Lane of Kanauga and Mrs. Howard Miller were discharged as medical and surgical patients respectively. Garry Lowell, infant son of Mr and Mrs Carol Roush, was admitted for medical treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Janet Sue
Jefferson Ave
Norman Badgley
Leon
Gertrude Lane
Kanauga
Howard Miller
Garry Lowell
Carol Roush
Red Cross Nursing Course Completed at Point Pleasant
The Red Cross home nursing school conducted at the General Chemical Defense Corporation plant hospital under W H Burton has finished the course. Certificates will be presented to a list of 28 women including Florence Alexander Blanche Armstrong Mabel Blessing Edith Brown Erma Buffington Millie Bumgardner Billie Burgess Elsie Englehardt Bess Duncan Gladys Eaton Elsie Fowler Clarice Knapp Dulcie Love Clara Lewis Mary Park Ethel Rothlisberger Clarice Startzman Bethel Swint Rose Tracy Esther Vik Harriet Wallace Thelma Watterson Bessie Wilhelm Clara Woodyard Lennie Bruestle Venus Gamble Margaret Johnson Phyllis Kirk and Ethel Fleming. The class organized Feb 1 under Mrs William Meade, chairman of the Red Cross nursing program.
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Point Pleasant
Red Cross Home
General Chemical Defense Corporation
W. H. Burton
Florence Alexander
Blanche Armstrong
Mabel Blessing
Edith Brown
Erma Buffington
Millie Bumgardner
Billie Burgess
Elsie Englehardt
Bess Duncan
Gladys Eaton
Elsie Fowler
Clarice Knapp
Dulcie Love
Clara Lewis
Mary Park
Ethel Rothlisberger
Clarice Startzman
Bethel Swint
Rose Tracy
Yeanger Rites To Be Held Saturday
Private funeral services will be held from the home in Mason City for Mrs. Mary Louise Yeanger 88 widow of J S Yeanger. She died at her home Thursday and burial will be in Lone Oak Cemetery at Point Pleasant. She spent most of her life in Upper Flats Community with daughter Stella Sommerville Akron son W E Yeanger Middleport four brothers and a sister surviving two great grandchildren and four grandchildren. Her husband died New Year’s Day.
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Knoxville
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D. B. Swisher
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Gallipolis
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West Point
Alfred Burke
Porter
Watterson McKean
Fort Dix
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William Eblin
Dayton
Lee McKean
Eblin
W. M. Scott
Charlotte
Columbus
James Glendon Irwin
Camp Forrest
Sadie Burke
M. T. Epling
John Blankenship
Mae Epling
Charleston
The
Seabees
New Caledonia
Blankenship
West Virginia State Highway Department
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Mason City
Mary Louise Yeanger
J. S. Yeanger
Lone Oak Cemetery
Yeanger
Upper Flats
Stella Sommerville
Akron
W. E. Yeanger
Middleport
J. T. Fisher
Moone's Emerald Oil Promised Relief for Foot Pain
An advertisement proclaims Moone's Emerald Oil relieves burning itching and aching feet and ankles. It claims the product is easy to use non staining economical and backed by a money back guarantee with available at druggists nationwide.
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