Underage Registration Issues Highlight Mason County
Mason County Selective Service reports under aged youths registering for the draft. Miss Jean and Miss Rice note falsified ages used to obtain beer and other privileges. State HQ advises proof of age, birth certificates may be required, with weekly lists of new registrants to aid cancellation of unlawful registrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miss Jean
Mason County Selective Service Board
West
Miss Rice
Focal Board
Gallia Sailor Receives Bronze Star for Iwo Jima Valor
Pharmacist's Mate 2 Baker E. Brown of Gallia County Ohio earned the Bronze Star Medal for heroism on February 20, 1945 at Iwo Jima. He volunteered to aid two wounded Marines despite heavy sniper fire, guiding rescue parties and treating casualties while under fire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Baker E. Brown
Racecoon Idland
Morris Brown
Anise Baker Brown
Fourth Marine Division
United States
Iwo Jima
Brown
United States Naval Service
September Draft Calls To Double in State
POINT PLEASANT Inductions into the military are to double in September compared to August with pre induction calls rising accordingly. Miss Rice notes many under age attempts to join by deception and lists July registrants none believed under 18. Names include Claude Blessing Apple Grove and others in Point Pleasant Letart Henderson and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charleson
Arpuckle
Glenn Buffmen
Letart
Word
Ashton
Floyd Allen Blake
New Haven
Thomas Osborn Kaylor
Virgil Hiawatha McCoy
Henderson
Russell Thomas Byus
Lawrence Lorrain Patterson
Billy Sunday
Gallipolis Ferry
Oliver Donal Mattox
Weade Henry Bennett
Nat
Raymond Douglas Neville
Second St
William Arvastak Leport
Paul Junior Perry
Lincoln Ave
Millard William Halatead
Raymond Andrew Stewart
West Columbia
Centenarian Natives Honor 106 Year Old Widow Patterson
Mrs. Lo vina Patterson died at 106 years 1 hour 38 days at her grandson Bert Patterson's home in Wyoma. Funeral Saturday at Wyoma Church, burial in church cemetery. Survived by four sons two daughters 49 grandchildren and 96 great grandchildren. Brother James Jake Sherman Thomas and sister Rosa Cline Barten Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lovina Patterson
James W. Patterson
Wyoma
Bert Patterson
Church
Chapman Mortuary
Henderson
Rosa Cline
Gallipolis Ferry
Barthenn Logan
Moves Part of House On Trailer Truck
Virgil Fike of Mason City moved the ell of the Harold Haynes residence on a huge trailer truck to Mason City yesterday. He runs a trucking business moving hard to move structures. He previously hauled over 100 homes from ordnance works reservation to barges on the Ohio River. He has relocated several dwellings to Mason City for renovation and sale or rent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Virgil Fike
Mason City
Harold Haynes
Main St
Fike
Mason County
Ordnance Works
Ohio River
Ohio
Ohio. ‘ Mr. Fike Has Also Moved A Number of Dwellings From the Ordnance Works
Mr. Fike
Average Wages of Miners in June Reported
West Virginia coal miners earned an average $257.71 in June from 107,968 workers, part of the state’s largest industry. May figures show 99,793 employees at $263.31, while June 1944 data lists 110,332 workers at $250.90. Overall mining, steel, chemical, and related manufacturing employed 346,134 people with total wages of $70,190,110.97.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Workmen's Compensation Commission
Mason Native Dies Thursday
Mason native Mrs Barbara Miller Schirmer died Thursday afternoon at 2 thirty at her home 7115 Main Street. Funeral services will be held Sunday at 2 from Fogiesong Funeral Home in Mason City with Rev Monroe Bush Jr. Burial will follow in Somerville Cemetery on Ohio Ten Mile Creek near West Columbia. Survived by husband Dr J R Schirmer and daughter Peggy Jo Schirmer Purdue University. Born 1888, she lived in Mason County all her life and earlier resided at Hollywood on Kaylong Route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foint Pleasant
Carolyn Barbara Miller Schirmer
J. R. Schirmer
Main St
Thursdey
Fogiesong
Mason City
Monroe Bush, Jr
Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church
Somerville
Ohio
Mason County
Schirmers
Haliwood
Kaylong
Oscar Knopp
Dessert-bridge party hosts and social notes in Point Pleasant
Miss Harriet Lewis hosted a dessert-bridge at her Seventh Street home with three tables. Prize went to Mrs. William Gygax, second to Mrs. Casper Meadows Jr. Social items list several attendees and visitors. Also notes repairs at Hogsett Dam and dredging status in the Ohio River from the U. S. Engineer Office Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Harriet Lewis
Seventh St
Miss Lewis
William Gygax
Casby Meadows
Lewis
Gygax
Meadows
Gill Ball
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Cintitrinati
Virginia Lewis
Florence Krodel
Richard M. Peek
Patricia Ingraham
Charles Henry Stone
Raymond Spear
Alice Marie Frye
Joan Jewell
Hogsett Dam
Ohio River
U. S
Huntington
Office Relocation Plans At Rhodes Building Sixth St
Motorist fined for driving without license and Mrs Swint sentenced to 20 days in jail with $50 fine on a Wayne County warrant. Homer Swint leaves for Wheeling to attend the wedding of Miss Eliza Depson and Mr Benjamin Sovint Jr in separate events in Braxton and Kanawha counties. Electric power company moves office from State Theater Building to Rhodes Building as wiring work proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polst Pleasant
Appalachian Electric Power Co
State Theater
Rhodes
Sixth St
Materjst
Point Pleasant
Homer
Brown
Eaa
Wayne County
Ward Swint
Wheeling
Eliza Depson
Benjamin Sovint, Jr
Swint
Braxton
Adolph
Price of Grape Wine Price Cut Announced
OPA said grape wine ceiling price will drop 15 to 25 cents per bottle effective April 1 1946. Earlier cuts for processors sales averaged about 25 percent effective December 31 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
OPA i
Further Loss of Farm Help Should Be Halted
Joseph W. Fichter, master of the Ohio State Grange, urged at a district grange meeting that further drainage of necessary farm labor must stop at once to protect crops. He cited a seven percent fall in acres planted this year versus 1944 due to labor shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
UPI
Joseph W. Fichter
Ohio State Grange
Fichter
Grange
Tour of China Boosts Hopes for End of War
Lt Gen Albert C. Wedemeyer, after a 5,000 mile tour of six Chinese provinces, says he feels more optimistic about a speedy end to the war against Japan. Lt Gen. William H. Simpson, former U S Ninth Army commander, accompanied him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chungking
Albert C. Wedemeyer
Japan
William H. Simpson
W U. S. Ninth Army
Europe
China Theater
Mason County Financial Statement Shows Cash Balance and Taxes
Mason County financial statement for 1945 lists a $22 162.65 balance in Sheriff Ernest Hesson’s hands after outstanding orders of $83 576.38 are paid the balance would be $18 586.27. A $10 000 courthouse annex building fund was moved from the general fund. Total taxes collected were $68 062.17 with utility taxes near $22 000 and $32 000 by the sheriff from other taxpayers. Officials salaries and fees total several thousand dollars across the county and circuit clerks offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Tyne
Ernest Hesson
Cot Court
WE. Hesson
J. E. Watterson
To Be Army Nurse Douds Heads Overseas
Mrs Slabel Douds, a Horzer tal School of Nursing graduate, left Wednesday to report to Fort Knox for Army Nurse Corps duty. She has been with her parents Mr and Mrs E N Morehouse while awaiting service in the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Slabel Douds
Horzertal School of Nursing
Fort Knoy
Ary
Cary
Masters Plan for Europe Outlined by Big Three
The Big Three draft a master plan detailing reparations, with 25 percent sequestered for Russia and equivalent value in Western goods. Poland's provisional government is recognized with promises of free elections, while borders shift to transfer German lands westward. War criminals to face swift justice, and Southeastern Europe ex-Axis satellites reassessed under Allied control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Poland
Truman
Attlee
Stalin
Warsaw
Germany
Pomerania
Silesia
Brandenburg
East Prussia
Koenigsberg
Reich
Netherlands
Swift
Sare
Europe
Romania
Bulgaria
Hungary
Gallia Solon Honored By State Patrol
Col. George Mingle announced that Rep Craig D Slagle of Gallia County and Otto S Sharp of Vinton County were the only two state legislators awarded honorary commissions in the State Highway Patrol. The honors recognized their leadership in enabling 100 new patrolmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George Mingle
State Highway Patrol
Craig D. Slagle
Gallia County
Otto S. Sharp
Vinton County
Vesper series slated at Rio Grande college campus
The Rio Grande Community Council announced August vesper services on the college campus each Sunday afternoon with invitations to nearby churches. Speakers include Rev. Clayton A. Pepper on August 3, Rev. Francis W. Glenister on August 12, Dr. Bland L. Stradley on August 19, and Rev. Charles G. Baird on August 26. Also noted an operator license exam by state police with three of five failing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande Community Council
Clayton A. Pepper
Ohio Baptist Convention
Francis W. Glenister
Rio Grande College
Bland L. Stradley
Ohio State University
Charles G. Baird
Episcopal Churches
Gallipolis and
Pomeroy
Six Gallia Youths Attend FFA Camp in Carroll County
Six members of the State Future Farmers of America from Gallia Academy High School travel to Camp Carroll near Leesburg Ohio for a conservation oriented program this week. Led by Vocational Agriculture Instructor Joseph W. Clark, the group includes Jack Russell James Craft Merrill Roce Harold Drummond Eddie Roush and Edgar Halley. State Conservation Department staff such as Bill Windsor A R Harper Hayden Olds Bob Hines Sam Lennon Walter Lauffer Charles Reese Bill Rath and George Robey assist with the camp activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Future Farmers of America
F. FA
Leesburg
Carroll County
Gallia Academy High School
Joseph W. Clark
Camp Carroll
Jack Russell
James Craft
Merrill Roce
Harold Drummond
Eddie Roush
Edgar Halley
State Conservation Department
FFA
Bill Windsor
A. R F. Harper
Hayden Olds
Bob Hines
Sam Lennon
Walter Lauffer
Charles Reese
Bill Rath
George Robey
Rotary May Meet in Gallipolis Next Year
Clyde Mitchell secretary of the Gallipolis Rotary Club announced that Rotary International district assembly may meet in Gallipolis in July 1946. Mitchell and Vice President Tom Agee attended the district meeting in Columbus, where eight to ten past district governors and current governor William A Miller voiced approval of holding the 1946 convention in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clyde Mitchell
Rotary Club
Rotary International
Tom Agee
Columbus
Deshier Hotel
Wm. A
Bill Miller
Kenia
Mitchell
Gallia Soldiers Home Together After 26 Months Overseas
Harold Lee Davis and Fgt. William Charles Hanniger, Gallia locals who served together from North Africa to Germany, arrived home for a thirty day leave after 26 months overseas. Davis is the son of Mr. and Mrs. G. Ernest Davis, Hanniger is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hanniger, the town’s mail carrier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold Lee Davis
William Charles Hanniger
North Africa
Sicily
Italy
Corsica
France
Germany
Camp Atterbury
Ind
Sergeant Davis
G. Ernest Davis
Hanniger
Charles Hanniger
Gallipolis Church Services This Week
Gallipolis churches announce Sunday schedules with First Baptist led by J Edward Hakes Luther. Grace Methodist led by W Scott Westerman. Presbyterian by Theodore Valenti will skip August services. St Peter's Episcopal by Rev Charles G Baird conducts communion next Sunday. Paint Creek Baptist under Foster L Covington Jr plans 300 member drive and August camp meeting. Church of the Nazarene led by Vernon Shafer lists classes and services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist
J. Edward Hakes
Hakes
God
Grace Methodist
W. Scott
Westerman
Ip. m
First Presbyterian
Theodore Valenti
ST. Peter's Episcopal
Charles G. Baird
Baird
Paint Creek
Foster L. Covington, Jr
Hester Hill
B.Y.P.U
Mary Price
Henry ‘Desa
Covington
Garfield Avenue Church OF Christ
Church OF the Nazarene
Vernon Shafer
Morris Elliott
Book Money for Mason County Free Textbooks
The state department of education allocated 1539 dollars to Mason County for free textbooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
State Department of Education
Mason County
Condition Improves for Gallipolis Patient
Andrew Martin, formerly gravely ill at Whit Cross Hospital in Columbus, is reported to be improving after a week of treatment. The bulletin came Thursday as his condition eased and recovery appeared near.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Andrew Martin
Whit Cross Hospital
Columbus
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Athens Messenger
Gallia
Pacific
Baker Brown
Holland
E. Whitmore
D. 8
Nelsonville
Wolves
Aris
Jane Prazee
Jimmy Hoyo
Robert
Dennis Morean
Dame Clark
Raymond Massey
Alan Male
Angtee
Nutty Pry
Robert Florey
Tom Ty
Auer
Henya
D. Tobischute
Mre
Kenneth Warrick
Frank Grell, Jr
Fort Dodge
Iowa
Ida Wertz
Darlene Breeden
Boyn
Iowa Boys’ Training School
Eldora
Mason
Rowan
Carol
Philip
Wyandotte
Mich
John T. Barnett
Jericho Road
Paul Gorrell
Park Drive
Mae Fowter
Rudolph Perezin
WE. Kirk
Hogsett
Kirk
Mason County Farm, Bureau
Haymond H. Robey
Spencer
H. L. Robey
Kayjong
George Garener
Chicago
W. H. Gardner
Windy City
Erie
Marjorie Norton
Robert Nichols
B. E. Sammer
Leon
P. E. Fleming
Highland Ave
Ernest Rector
Park
China
Gallia Solon
State Patrol
Rio Grande
Paul F. Thomas
Hickok
J. D. Adamson
Mea Nelsonville
Rotary
Beaco
THE
F. J
Beasley CO
Earl Gothard
Iimoes
Ruchtel
Fabien
Martin's Day
Fort St
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