Army and Navy Take All Men Sent Aug. 1 from Nelsonville Area
Eight of nine area men reported for induction at Fort Hayes on Aug 1 were accepted by the Army and assigned for training. one was taken by the Navy. Of the pre induction group, 14 were accepted for general service and one for limited service. Names include Arthur Blackford, Liod Harvey Merrick, Austin Barker Cope, and several others from Nelsonville Stewart Amesville and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Athens County
Selective Service Board No. 2
Armed Forces
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Army
Navy
Arthur Clayton Blackford
New Marshfield Rt
Liod Harvey Merrick
Stewart
Austin Barker Cope
Adams St
George Howe Lash
Lancaster Ave
Melvin Edgar
New Marshfield
Michael Earle
Coolislie Forest
Glen Metcalf
Guysville
Wayne Woodrow Hines
Amésville
Isha Hanning
W. Canal St
Earl Lee Flowers
Russell Victor Cole
Frost Rt
Albert Cecil Keirns
Millfield RL
Irritated Eyelids and Eye Care Mentioned at Drug Store
Fragmentary notes mention irritated eyelids and eye care products at a drug store. The readable text references soothing relief and eye comfort items amid noisy, garbled phrases.
Chief J Cope Issues July Arrest Report
Nelsonville records show 46 cases heard in Mayor Miles Howe’s court for July. Police Chief James Cope notes 28 arrests for intoxication and others include reckless driving four, improper load four, no driver’s license one, disturbing the peace three, quarreling and lighting three, operating a game of chance one, resisting an officer one, speeding one, and profane language on city streets one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Miles Howe
James Cope
Nelsonville Social Notes Highlights Local War Returnees
Mr and Mrs W C Tignor host a family dinner honoring Clarence and Carol Tignor returning from overseas with their sons and families present. Clarence, who served in the Philippine Liberation and Asiatic Pacific, earned three bronze stars and 95 points before discharge. Nearby notes cover local visits, greetings, and a Rainbow Class meeting set for Thursday at 7:30 with Mrs Sanford West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
W.C. Tignor
Clar‘ence ‘Tignor
Carol Tignor
Patton
Clarence Tignor
Earl Paxson
Bob
Kenneth Turner
Zanesville
Dan Smith
Columbus
Jim
Dresden
Edward Howe
Eudie
Belle Louignor
Gladys Perrigo
Giants Beat Yanks 13-7 in Junior League thriller
Nelsonville reports the Giants ended a two game slide by routing the Yanks 13 to 7. Yanks led 3 0 in the third before Giants exploded for seven runs in the home half then added three more across the fifth and sixth. Yanks rallied for three in the top of the seventh but fell short.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Yanks
Giants
Reds
Shafer
Tye
Oakley
Woody
c _ McMannis
Ross
Thompson
Bryan
Bishop
Parks
Vaughn
Bruce
Blair
Fick
Standall
Figgins
Adams
Sheaky
Bateman _ White
Forbes
Pomeroy Social Notes and Local Visits Highlight Community
Pomeroy events feature Betty Beards and Louise Bartels in a contest loss with winners Lizzie Jennings and Dora Beards. Solo by Liza Sue Terrell and performances by Martha Terrell, Mrs Kathryn Hess, and Mrs John Terrell. Mrs Legar received many gifts for birthday celebrations on Nye Ave. Daughters of America council met at LO.O.0. Hall with guests from Florida. Otto Schoenlein returns visiting Detroit area. Ed Howell Jr announces birth Dorothy Louise. Various residents mentioned: Grover Orr, Mary. William Reinhart and Milard Wildermuth. David Bitters ill. Navy inductee Robert Kloes. Gardner family reports from Oak Harbor and overseas service. Eleanor Smith returns from Toledo. Dayton Strickland Jr and Pandora visit. Mrs Marcia DeLay returns from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
US Bec Rhe
Betty Beards
Louise Bartels
Lizzie Jennings
Dora Beards
Liza Sue Terrell
Martha Terrell
Kathryn Hess
John Terrell
Pomeroy
Mary Anni
Legar
Nye Ave
J Plant
Terbarthday
Nomantimer
Grover Orr
Mary
Bexley
Paul Frisch
Elizabeth Titus
Cincinnati
E.R. Titus
Lincoln Hill
Robert Kloes
Herman Kloes
Monkey Run
Great Lakes
U. S. Navy
Robert Gardner
Geneval Williamson
Bobby Phil
Oak Harbor
Whidby Island
Washington State
Phil Williamson
Petty
Eleanor Smith
Richard Maier
Toledo
S.set
Dayton Strickland, Jr
Pandora
Johnny Strickland
John Genheimer
Cleveland
William Heines
Marcia DeLay
Columbus
John Smith
Eila Qullins
Five Elected to Eagle Membership in Nelsonville
Nelsonville Eagles elect five new members at a regular meeting. The group votes to donate monthly to the Service Men's Canteen to be housed at the Legion building. An Aug night dance at Eagles Hall features Andy Shaw and his band with a door prize portrait drawn from the winner’s photo. Dancers may submit another photo for a second prize. Orion Flesher, formerly Huntington High School head French, is ill and hospitalized. his sister Brown learns he may be moved to Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Ville
Eagles
Legion Building
Andy Shaw
Eagles Hall
Andy
Middleport
Huntington
Flesher
Huntington High School
Florida
Chesapeake
Bible School Ends In Mt Zion District
Mt Zion Bible School concluded Friday night August 3 with a program led by teacher Mrs Emma Farr. Tumor Class children made purses slippers aprons and footholders while Primary Class crafted books and dolls. Attendance reached 16 with Shirly Johnson Jack Jean Ray Mary Edwards Anna Wollett Betty Robey Jane Campbell Carl Bob Virginia Thornton Jane Hobe Cranders and Betty Sue Saunders among those present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Mt. Zion
Equipment Business Opens in Pomeroy
POMEROY Mr and Mrs Arthur Corwin and son Roger of Millfield were Sunday guests of Mr and Mrs A R Tedrow Mulberry Ave Mrs Tedrow and Mrs Corwin were former school friends at Ohio University Athens Mrs M Paul Tedrow and baby Joyce Paulette have returned to Erlanger Ky where they are residing for the duration Cpl M Paul Tedrow of the USMC is now stationed at Okinawa with the 7th Marine Division
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Arthur Corwin
Roger
Millfield
A. R. Tedrow
Mulberry Ave
Tedrow
Corwin
Ohio University
Athens
M. Paul Tedrow
Joyce Paulette
Columbus
Erlanger
Cpl
USMC
Okinawa
7Th Marine Division
Miss Wilma Roush Returns to County Superintendent Office
After a month off Miss Wilma Roush secretary to County Superintendent OQ Chapman resumes duties. The County Superintendent’s Office in the Court House has been redecorated this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Licensed To Marry In Hocking County
LOGAN A marriage license was issued Tuesday Aug 7 to John Thomas Taylor Jr 22 Nelsonville dairyman son of Mr and Mrs John Taylor and Andrey Jean Smart 21 at home Mallfeld daughter of Mr and Mrs Elmer Smart. COONVILLE 52c Lorenzo Dow Thiess who has been here on 11 day furlough to visit his father Mr Albert Thiess and relatives left Sunday to report in California. US 2c Thies has been stationed on the SS Greiner in the South Pacific 10 months. Pvt Georgie BD Thiess spent weekend with his father. NELSONVILLE Set Gerald Warren son of Lt and Mrs George Warren Deanville is now a member of the 473rd Infantry Regiment in all. Warren has been in the army for 22 months trained at Camp Fannin Texas and overseas 16 months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
S. R. McDowell
City Electric Light Plant
Columbus
W. D. Wolfe
Bertha Lane Bowers
Logan
Willis Frampton
Thelma
Trendale
McDowell
Lancaster
James Cope
Cope
Mrs
Watson Cope
Pearl Pierce
Zanesville
John Thomas Taylor
Dairyman
John Taylor
Andrey Jean
Smart
Hone
Mallfeld
Elmer Smart
Coonville
Lorenzo
Dow Thiess
Albert ‘Thiess
California
Greiner
Pacific
Georgie
Thiess
Gerald Warren
George Warren
Deanville
473Rd Infantry Regiment
Warren
Camp Fannin
Texas
Soft Drink Output in Ohio Shrinks Amid War Shortages
In Columbus a severe sugar shortage cuts Ohio soft drink output by about ten percent this year. Miss Mars Lou Marlay, secretary of the Ohio Brewers Association, notes 200 million bottles reduced from 1941 levels and sugar supplies slashed to 50 percent of the 1941 quota. Also reported is a funeral for Major Billy Brooks Southworth, son of Cardinals manager Billy Southworth, held in Columbus after a February plane crash in New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Billy Brooks Southworth
Flushing Bay
New York
Southorth
Billy Southworth
St. Louis Cardinals
Parking Lot Plans Considered in Gallipolis
Gallipolis engineers submit parking lot plans for riverfront near Public Square. Bartlett estimates 13 847 50 with macadam or 7 715 50 without. Commission favors future building without macadam. financing via gasoline tax discussed. A separate measure asks voters to extend Pine Street Cemetery maintenance half mill for three more years, with about 2 500 annually from city valuations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
River Front
J. Roy Bartlett
City Commission
Bartlett
Raymon T. Allison
Stanley Saunders
N. Howard Foster
Allison
Pine Street
Stewart A. Clendinen
Returns to States From Pacific Area
Gallipolis Radarman 1¢ Bill Wilson U S N arrived on the west coast after more than a year in the Pacific Theater of War. He hoped to see his wife and son but telegraphed his parents that his ship would not be in port long enough. His wife in Boston could not leave their three year old ill son Jackie. It was hoped he might travel east by plane for a brief visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Bill Wilson
West Coast
W. Hobart Willson
James Eggleton Granted Honorable Army Discharge
James F Eggleton, wounded in the German offensive and in the South Pacific, has received an honorable discharge from the Army. He returned home Monday for the first time in five years of service. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Eggleton of 1071 Second Ave. Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
South Pacific
James F. Eggleton
John W. Eggleton
Second Ave
City
Three Brown Brothers Return from South Pacific Service
Wayne Brown and his parents welcome him home after a 30 day leave following 28 months in the South Pacific. His brothers Ernest and Merrill Brown also served in the same theater and each spent similar lengths of time, with multiple relocations while serving in different outfits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wayne Brown
South Pacific
Earl Brown
Ernest
Merrill
Wayne
Fishing Trip Among Group Heads to Georgian Bay Canada
Dr H B Thomas ind oson Jimmie Hubert AL Carnes Bill Chambers Eureka Ham Johnson Pt Pleasant join a two week fishing trip in Georgian Bay Canada. Hubie Carnes left Sunday to join the group which departed earlier this week. CLASS TO MEET MIDDLEPORT Philathea Women of the Church of Christ meet Thursday evening at the church with Mrs C L Roush as president and Mrs Harry Mills as hostess chair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H B, Thomas
Oson
Jimmie
Hubert AL Carnes
Bill Chambers
Eureka
Ham” Johnson
Pt. Pleasant
Georgian Bay
Canada
Hubie
Carnes
Middleport
Philathea
Church of Christ
C. L. Roush
Harry Mills
Teachers In Gallipolis Get Pay Hike For Next School Year
Gallipolis city school board approved a roughly 240 dollar raise for teachers for the coming year and increased other staff salaries by 5 to 15 dollars monthly. Fifteen dollar boosts went to the superintendent secretary Jeanne Jones Dart and several district staff. Five dollar raises were given to a group of janitors and support staff. The swimming pool will close August 22 for the season. Transfers of farms into the Gallipolis district were approved pending Rural Board release and final processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Board of Education
Jeanne Jones Dart
Mary Frances Coffey
G.a.hs
Anne Hill
Lola R. Sultor
Robert Henke
Kinzey Hill
Tom
Hill
Frank Washington
Kinsey Hill
Ollie Williams
James Rutherford
Lula Lawrence
Opie Isley
Sally Mitchell
James Morgan
Charles Hamilton
Mary Lanthorn Cornwell
Clay Township
Captain Denney Receives Flying Cross for WWII Service
Captain Chester N. Denney of Bidwell earns the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters along with the Pacific Theater ribbon with a battle star. He completed 95 combat missions as a P-40 and P-51 pilot with the 14th Air Force, credited with destroying three enemy planes and possibly four, and has recently returned to the United States assigned to RAF Redistribution Station No. 4 at Santa Ana Army Air Base California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chester N. Denney
Denney
Bidwell
14Th Air Force
States
Santa Ana Army Air Base
California
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Mrs. Donald Pullen of Pt Pleasent who gave birth to a son Monday evening and Jane Borrer of Le Tart along with Mrs. Vinna Lambert of Pt Pleasent and Mrs. Frank Dempsey of Ray WV as surgical cases. Miss Ruth Broyles operated for appendicitis had a good night post operation. Several residents were discharged Tuesday including R G Webster of Pomeroy and others from Wells ton and nearby areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Webster
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Zella Midkiff
Hem. Block Grove
Newberry Tackett
Thurman
Floyd Hollberg
Baby
Charles Leach
Mildred Sowers
Wellston
New Laboratory Technician Named at Gallipolis Clinic
Mrs. Charles McGinnis, Betty Bean, named the new laboratory technician at the Gallipolis Clinic. Miss Frances Hamblin resigned last week to take similar work in Parsons, West Virginia. Mrs. McGinnis and daughter Pat arrived from Miami, Florida after visiting Ensign McGinnis at the naval base.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles McGinnis
Betty Bean
Gallipolis Clinic
Frances Hamblin
Parsons
W. Va
McGinnis
Pat
Miami
Fla
Ensign McGinnis
Naval Base
Peterson's Ointment Promises Quick Relief From Skin Irritations
Many stories claim pimples and blemishes ruin romances. The ad touts Peterson's Ointment for itching pimples eczema and red blotches plus tired feet and cracks between toes. Money back if not delighted after one application. 35¢ at all druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
Feterson
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Army and Navy
Hiram Dow Antie
Amesville
Darrious Worder
Charles Edward Estep
Albany
James Emory Allen
William Sid Hart
Stewart Richard Thomas Fouty
Clayion Moore Lee
Oak St
Marian
Curtis Ellsworth McPherson
Harvey Leroy Wintade
Lyle Naymond Gainer
Charles Paul Hibbard
James Benson Preston
Washington St
Paul Eugene Williams
Shade
Wegal
Everett Hewlett
Wralier Sanborn
Miles’ Howe
Sanborn
Ml Drug Store
Reginald D Gardiner Nnises
Paramount
Was Asther
Helen Walkel
J. Cope
Nelsonville Social Notes
N. B Edington
Cuyahoga Falls
Joe Keller
Dayton
John Edington
Paul Hudson
Wol Hurson
Scott Wyeth
Thornville
Buckeye Lake
Worral Southandy
James Blackford
Ethel Methaniel
Pfe Delmar W South
Foster Jordan
Rowland Newnan
McArthur
Margie Rosser
Army Air Corps
Pfe
Rosser
Air Force
Oakland
Cal
Rainbow
Sanford West
Madison St
James H. Wilson
Nelsonville Citizens Bank Bldg
Leadway Coffee
C. D. Shafer Co. Athesb
Nolponville
Marjorie Bong
Richard S. Bong
Superior
Wis
Major Bong
America
Burbank
Calif
Pomeroy Social Notes
Daughters of America
Theodorus Council
Lo.o.0. Hall
J. L. Clark
Otto Schoenlein
Detroit Mich
Pomeroy High School
Schoenlain
Capital University
Lutheran Mutual Life Insurance Company
Detroit
Ed Howell, Jr
Holzer Hospital
Dorothy
Louise
Ed Howell
Lee Johnson
Racine
Eagle
Bible
Orion Flesher
Hocking County
Italy
Commission of City
Pacific Area
James Eggleton
Tad's Bar
Carbonrale
Kimberly Road
C. N. Denney
Flying Cross
Mrs. McGinnis
Associated Radio
Main & Sycamore Pomeroy
Hickok
Pomeroy Bend
Meigs Pomeroy
THE
Cheaters
Joseph Schildkrau
Billie Burke
Eugene Pallette
Ona Munson
Fluth Terry
Robert Livingston
David Holt
Triple Bill
Bill Eliott
Little Beaver
Charles Bickford
Irene Rich “the Black Arrow
Smeth Wigsboralt and
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