Howe Defeats Ogg in Nelsonville Republican Mayor Primary
Nelsonville voters chose Dr. Miles H. Howe over Mayor Herman Ogg by an unofficial 199 vote margin in the Republican mayoral primary. Victor Oakley led Democrats with 139 votes for mayor amid low Democratic turnout.
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Nelsonville
Miles H. Howe
Herman Ogg
Victor Oakly
George Bateman
Dr. Howe
Howe
Ogg
Roger Scott
Blake Mechem
Scott
Mechem
Philip B. Weller
Kenneth Orwiler
Weller
Orwiler
Wesley Hawk
W. H. Glenn
Hawk
Glenn
City Hall
Pre School Clinic Set for Thursday in Nelsonville High
The annual pre-school clinic runs Thursday Aug 12 from 8 30 am to 4 30 pm in the high school health office. All entering kindergartners must present a health certificate. free certificates available if examined tomorrow. If not, parents must arrange their own physician exam and vaccination records for opening day. Dr W H Hyde city health commissioner and school physician leads the clinic with Mrs Tessie Cavanaugh and other doctors and nurses.
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Nelsonville
W. H. Hyde
Tessie Cavanaugh
Reverend Ralph Parks Speaks at Rotary Meeting
Nelsonville report shows Rev Ralph Parks rector of the Waynesville Episcopal Church visiting his parents and addressing Rotary Club members about extra curricular youth minister efforts. Donald W Codding welcomed as new member. Bernard Carter Camp Hood Texas and Miller Wilson attended as guests. Foster Day and Wm Cohan pleaded guilty to quarreling in Mayor Herman Ogg's court and were fined ten dollars plus costs.
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W. T. Anderson
Frank Huddy
Burley Blair
Wm. Raybould
Raybould
Blair
W. Monks
Gerald Nelson
Harry Askworth
Victor Oakley
Cecil Shafer
E. F. DeVore
Ralph White
John P. Kelso
S Keplar
Edward Newton
Wm. Powell
Walter Tigner
Nelsonville
Ralph Parks
Episcopal Church
Waynesville
Ralph W. Parks
Donald W. Codding
Rotary Club
Harry Raden
Bernard Carter
Camp Hood
Texas
Miller Wilson
Foster Day
Wm. Cohan
Herman Ogg
Nelsonville Social Notes
Small tables adorned the Knight home lawn for a Circle of Ruth and Fidelis Class picnic at the Presbyterian Church on Aug 10. Thirty attended, with Miss Helen Chappie leading devotions and guests Sue McCray and Janet Rundaquist visiting from Reynoldsburg and Richmond, Indiana.
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Nelsonville
James Knight
Circle of Ruth
Fidelis
Presbyterian Church
Knight
Helen Chappie
Sue McCray
Reynoldsburg
Janet Rundaquist
Richmond
Indiana
Cecil Shafer
Tom Sheppard
John Saltz
Carrie. Cox
Margaret Johnson
Willing Workers Sunday School Class Meeting Aug 13
Nelsonville notice that the Willing Workers Sunday School Class of the Church of Christ holds a business meeting Friday evening August 13 at the home of Mrs. Mary McCullums. All members urged to attend.
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Nelsonville
Willing Workers
Church of Christ
Mary McCullums
To Elect Officers MONDAY Ladies' Auxiliary Local No 12
A meeting of the Ladies Auxiliary Local No 12 is held Monday at the school house. Officers will be elected and picnic plans discussed. Members are asked to attend and refreshments will be served.
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Ladies’ Auxiliary
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Local Postwar News
Gallipolis residents share greetings as Mrs. William H. Walker hosts Dickie Walker’s fourth birthday with friends and favors. Cpl John H Harrison Jr visits family, while Rev Cecil V Marley travels and attends defense seminars. Soldiers and relatives appear across Ohio, Tennessee, and Florida as families reunite and news from the community unfolds.
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Gallipolis
William H. Walker
Dickie
Ruth Richards
Alaska
Mary
Ruth
Jimmie
Jackie Mills
Jan Wheeler
Harriet Rayburn
Barbara Lutz
Bill
Jack Brown
Johnnie Thomas
Jimmie Sims
Billie Saunders
Paul
Eugene Rees
Frank
Dick Goff
Phillis White
Eleanor Kay
Jack Richards
Martha Mossman
Freddie Compton
Local 3905 Secretary Election Meeting in Nelsonville
Royal Hart acting secretary of Kimberly Local announces the monthly meeting will be held at the I C C F Hall Nelsonville Saturday Aug 14 at 1 00 pm All members urged to attend as election of secretary and hospital committee will be held due to mine idleness.
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Nelsonville
Royal Hartman
Kimberly
Nelsonville Servicemen Update From Area Parents
Max Bennett of Nelsonville has enrolled in the Merchant Marine and will attend basic schooling at Sheepshead Bay New York. He is the son of Mr and Mrs J W Bennett of Nelsonville Route 2 and formerly ran the Nelsonville Pure Milk Co. Pfc Charles I Hellyer has returned to Patterson Field Ohio after visiting his mother and sister in Nelsonville and a sister in Gloucester. Foster Day of Fort Knox Kentucky is on a brief leave with his parents in Nelsonville.
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Herbert Leyshon
Philadelphia
R. R. Stalter
Harry Hall
Columbus
Noah Fillinger
James Fri
Barbara
New York
Fri
W. H. Parks
Creola
Esther Dorst
Dayton
Mary A. Dorst
Paul Silcott
Newton Falls
Ohio
Freda Hellyer
Billy Keating
Cpl
Jacob Chevalier
Clark Chevalier
Nancy Smith
Luther Smith
Memphis
Tenn
Chevalier
Tennessee
83Rd Infantry
Alfred W. Davis
Gordon Green
Charleston
Louisville
F. E. Brininstool
Mannington
W. Va
Davis
F. O. Plymale
Major Langley Plymale
J. V. Stone
Delphos
Garfield Ave
Ruth Fiske
Chauncey
James Danner
Holzer Hospital
Minnie Arthur
W. C. Gibbons
New Plymouth
John Burkle
Camp Edwards
Mass
Steve Burkle
Adamsville
Joe Donnally
Toledo
Donally
Elmer Jones
Charles Bower
Dessie Russell
Cincinnati
Charles Evans
Johnie Lou
Rosann Baker
John Baker
Garfield Avenue
Cleveland
Youngstown
Pfc
Howard Layne
Camp Forrest
Charles Layne
Bladen
Grant Wray
Garland
England
Wrays
Otis L. Wray
Mt. Ranier Ord
Depot School
Tacoma
Wash
Nelsonville
Max Bennett
Merchant Marine
Sheepshead Bay
Mr. Bennett
J. W. Bennett
Nelsonville Pure Milk Co
Charles I. Hellyer
Patterson Field
Fairfield
Virginia
James Keating
Glouster
Foster Day
Fort Knox
B. C. Day
Point Pleasant
J. E. Thrash
Parkersburg
Mt. Vernon Ave
G. J. Johnson
Mason Construction Co
Freemont Miller
Upland
Huntington
Board of Education
O. B. Harper
Donald A. Smith
Hartford
Flora Richards
Pomeroy
Elaine Harper
Somerville
J. D. Spiggle
Floyd Rothlisberger
Isabelle
Faye
New Martinsville
Delbert Staats
M. J. Lilly
Roanoke
J. H. Woodyard
Wheeling
Woodyard
Eagles Plan Benefit Game in Nelsonville Meeting
Eagles members elected a new applicant to membership. A cigarette fund shortfall prompted plans for a benefit baseball game to raise money for boys in service. Interested players should contact Ward Phillips in Nelsonville. Robert Green, district deputy, spoke on membership.
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Nelsonville
Eagles
Ward Phillips
Robert Green
OPA Urges Tire Dealers to Report Grade III Stock
Civil defense advice urges dealers holding Grade III tires to notify local boards and inventory stock to aid essential wheel movement. Authorities warn against relying on newspaper talk and stress newspapers’ role in distributing war-related information while sugar regulations may loosen as shipping improves.
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OPA
Catfish Catch Delights Nelsonville Officer and Family
Patrolman "Zuko" Thompson fished on the Muskingum River with his son and brother Fred. He returned Sunday with a 30 pound catfish and several smaller fish. He voted on Tuesday and plans a return engagement at the Muskingum River camp this morning.
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Nelsonville
Zuko” Thompson
Fred
Muskingum River
Partition order in Thorton versus Lane real estate case
Real estate partition ordered for the C. C. Thorton v Walter Lane et al case. Appraisers named F. C. Christ W. W. Sigler and C. T. Robinson. Properties include the Nevins home and the Eagle home on Second Ave owned by the late Capt. John Lane.
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Gallipolis
C. C. Thorton
Walter Lane
F. C. Christ
W. W. Sigler
C. T. Robinson
Old Nevins
Eagle
Second Ave
Capt. John Lane
Civic leaders tour West Virginia Ordnance Works plant
About 100 Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce and Rotary Club members will tour the West Virginia Ordnance Works production area in Point Pleasant this evening. Major Leland Culbertson and plant manager Harry S. Bowen invite the groups for a pre tour meeting in the cafeteria to view the acid TNT box factory sellite toluene farm magazine area and other departments. Officials say production will continue with moderate increases and expect no major employment rise, noting the plant has a strong production record.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Magazine
General Chemical Defense
Washington, D. C
West Virginia Ordnance Works
TNT
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Hob o party and local meetings
Pt Pleasant West Virginia social page reports a informal hob o party at Beech Hill hosted by Mr and Mrs Walter Sommer with guests in old clothing and kitchen sack refreshments. Also itemizes numerous local residents and two hospital transport notices.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Walter Sommer
Beech Hill
R. C. Harrison
Mervin Chapman
C. W. Sommer
Mae Messick
Nannie Snodgrass
R. L. Burks
O. J. Byus
Loyal Wright
George E. Byus
Floyd Rothlisberger
Reba Meadows
Barbara Jiiden
Leon
Phyllis
Local Health Notes From Point Pleasant
Miss Vera Cornell of Pliny admitted to Point Clinic for observation and treatment. Frank Capehart and his son Jimmy return from Parkersburg after Jimmy underwent a tonsil operation.
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Point Pleasant
Miss
Frank Capehart
Jimmy
Parkersburg
Vera Cornell
Pliny
Point Clinic
Mrs Davis Evans Honored At Lambada Chi Omega Shower
A handkerchief shower for Mrs. Davis W. Evans was held during a bi weekly Lambada Chi Omega meeting at the Moose Club social rooms. Hostesses were Mrs. Joe Barr Mrs. James Hall and Mrs. L B Hanna Mann. Mrs. Evans leaves the city with her husband to live in Tennessee after 15 months here while he worked at the ordnance works.
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Point Pleasant
Davis W. Evans
Lambada Chi Omega Sorority
Moose Club
Joe Barr
James Hall
L. B. Hannaman
Evans
Tennessee
Ordnance Works
Davis
Hall
Hannaman
Barr
Melvin Schmidt
William F. Machir
Richard H. Melrose
Virginia Lewis
Edith Quillin
John Clay Hutchinson
Hansel Poling
Jack Redmond
Wadear Thabet
Casby Meadows, Jr
Leon S. Thompson
Boy Scout Leader Plans Monday Activities in Point Pleasant
Fragmented OCR notes show a Boy Scout leader organizing Monday events in Point Pleasant. Names such as Blain Bell, Je r gett, L. H. Putz, and others appear amid board of education references and local civic figures.
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Point Pleasant
Monda
Educatio
Blain Bell
Tyling
Gett
Buxton Rites Held in Mason County
Funeral services for Mrs. Bessie Emma Buxton of Mason County will be at the Presbyterian Church this afternoon. She died in Charleston at age 70. Burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Survived by son Walter and daughter Beryl Combs, Ravenswood and Charleston, plus sister Belle Shockey.
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Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
Bessie Emma Buxton
Charleston
C. G. Billups
Chalmers F. McCutchen
Lone Oak Cemetery
John E. Brown
Carl Gardner
F. G. Musgrave
George G. Somerville
John G. Aten, Jr
Vernon Jones
Buxton
Ravenswood
John L
Nannie McLaughlin
Beryl B. Combs
Walter S. Buxton
Fred H Buxton
Belle Shockey
Buxtons
The
Baptists
Order of the Eastern Star
Krodel
13Th and
Viand Sts
Recovering Residents Improve After Illness and Lightning Strike
Mrs. Neal J. Wilson and Mrs. Joyce Doolittle, now recovering at their parents' home on Jackson Ave, had been ill with shock from a lightning strike at Gallipolis Ferry and acute yellow jaundice respectively. Mr. Wilson returned to Ironton to resume work with the O and M Dredging Co.
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Point Pleasant
Neal J. Wilson
Joyce Doolittle
Rupert L. Kayser
Jackson Ave
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Acireale
Catania
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Tyrrhenian Sea
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Vissini Roguso
Mediterranean Sea
Jone
Vibo
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Pizxo
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Ionian Sea
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Nelsonville Social Notes
L. R. Kelch
Boston
Sam M. Pastor
Herman L. Pastor
Judy
Roy D
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Marcia
Camp Zaleski
Ohio State Guard
Pastor
Gallipolis Social Notes
Omar Fowler
Fowler
I. D. Harrison
C. E. Harrison
Avanelle
Glenna
Dorothy
Carol
Sarah
Claude Evans
Marlene
Juanita
Mervin Harrison
Stanley
Elmer
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Cpl. Harrison
John H. Harrison
Lancaster
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Cecil V. Marley
Concord
Marley
Wooster
Wooster College
Knoxville
Virgil Martin
D. C. Priestley
York
Sarge
Nelsongili
Point Pleasant Tody
West
Barbee Rothgers
Mr. Rothgeb
C. O. Weissenburger
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Crescent Carbon Company
Lampblack
Ernest Hesson
Spencer
Harley Brunner
Spencer State Hospital
Brunner
Davis Evans
Mason County
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Jefferson
Oria Love
Oral Burris
Ferry
Harley Ris
Detroit
Draggins
Tad
Tad's
Carbondale
Kimberly Rat
C. D. Shafer
Nelsonvid
Majestic
Tonigh
Thursda
Richard Arlen
Arline Judge
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