Nelsonville Primary Yields Small Turnout in 1942 Vote
Nelsonville reported its smallest primary in 30 years with 1 108 ballots. Republicans led with 743 votes and Democrats 365 as Bricker topped governor candidates and Mechem won the state senate race in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John W. Bricker
Charles Stratton
Frank Minner
Charles E. Bolin
Perry Colegrove
Alfred Brown
George Banks
Dr. FE. LeFever
General Assembly
John P. Kelso
Clarence Kinsley
Joe Ferguson
Howard P. Michener
Harry PD
Knox
Stanley Mechem
Herbert A. Smith
James Newman
Sid Muller
Ed C. Evans
Emma Kelly
Nona Lane
Wesley Hawk
Joe Wien
Raymond Cook
C. FE
Hutchins
Alonzo Figgins
Hazel Verity
Grover Lewis
Frank Poston
Mahel Shafer
John C. Call
Matt Adkins
Hazel Coon
Flossie Crawford
Lavoptik Eyewash Promoted Across Drugstores
Advertisement claims Lay opuk eyelid relief with boric acid mixture and benefits for tired and itching eyes. Mentions 25 years of success and widespread use in drug stores.
Nelsonville Board Calls 16 for Examination Thursday
Athens County Selective Service Board No. 2 summons forty-five local men and one transfer to report for Army physical screening at 9 30 a m Thursday at the American Legion Building. The group includes Floyd Perry and thirty four others from Nelsonville and nearby areas with ages ranging from 20 to 57 and addresses in Nelsonville Logan Millfield and Athens among others.
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Nelsonville
Athens County Selective Service Board No. 2
American Segion
Army
Floyd Perry
R.F
Bardwell
Glenn Harold Woods
New Marshfield
Carl Arthur Gibson
Jackson St
Hugh Chester Scott
R.F.D
Hubert Clarence
Canal St
Poole Hugene Minear
Frost, O
Charles Olin Gwinn
Athens
Oren Miller
Macon
Columbus
Charles Kenneth Farmer
Athens R.F.D
Guy Hagedorn White
Guysville
Conrad Ator
Harold Ernest Miellmier
Sharpsburg
Homer Rowancus Kennedy
William Thomas Buchanan
Long Bottom
R. F
Floyd Wilson Misner
Millfield
John Thomas Huddy
Chestnut St
Nelsonvile
William Clarence Darnell
Thomas Windle Higgins
Poplar St
Pearl Alonzo Clark
Mineral, O
Gerald Hansel Driggs
Ralph Wendie
Adams St
Cyril Deivid Arnold
Stewart, O
Lowell Vath Lowery
Albany
Arthur Kenneth la Follette
John Vincent Brown
Fairview St
Thomas Davis
Railroad St
Logan
Ernest Howard ‘Thompson
Delmer Richard Woodyard
Shade
Henry Eliott
Don E. Shiveley
Edison St
Milan
Robert Clyde Saylor
Joseph Hyde Pedigo
Cross St
James Gail Frost
Coolville
Harry Colonial Church
William Harry Wolfe
G. D. Walbridge
Luther Montgomery Berry
John Edgar Fellem
Highland Ave
Ravenna
Paul F. Kettel
John Lenent
S. Washington Ave
John Halliday
Raymond Sargent Smith
Rex Alvin Smith
Amensville
Thomas Edward Nash
Joseph Keneth Evans
Jefferson St
George H. Prieman Jr
Columbus St
Bernard Thomas Linton
Lewis Vernon Powell
E. Columbus St
Carbon Hill downs Logan 6 3 in City Twilight League
Carbon Hill defeats Logan 6 to 3 to stay second in the City Twilight League. Chesser pitched effectively with ten strikeouts and led Carbon Hill at the plate with a double and two singles in four trips.
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Harry Westfall
Nelsonville
Carbon Hill
Logan
Chesser
HE Winigman
H. Woodson
Brook
McManaway
Garner
Ae Tee
Bushanga
ACHE
Wehch
Cea
Ake C. Woodson
Heee Ae
Copeland and
Friendly Six Club Bridge Night In Nelsonville
Nelsonville social notes report the Friendly Six Club entertained at Mrs. Joe Dewhurst’s Grover Street home with bridge and lunch served late. Next meeting slated at Mrs. Letha Hartley’s Jackson Street residence. Also noted are local personal visits including Mary Powell Hume visiting Canton and guests at a Hocking County cottage.
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Nelsonville
Friendly Six Club
Joe Dewhurst
Grover St
Bridge
Letha Hartley
Jackson St
Mary Powell Hume
Canton
W. T. Powell
John V. Wood
Hocking County
C. H. Harris
Athens
Florence Mulligan
Columbus
Fred Mulligan
Home-Coming at New Pittsburg Holiness Church
The public is invited to the home coming at the New Pittsburg Holiness Church next Sunday with Sunday School morning service and an afternoon praise service. Boy Scout Troop 65 meets Thursday at the Elks Home at 7 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
New
Pittsburg
Holiness Church
Carbondale Driver Fined in Mayor Ogg’s Court
William Arbaugh of Carbondale was fined 100 dollars and court costs for driving while intoxicated in Mayor Ogg’s court yesterday. The defendant paid the fine and costs and had his driving license suspended.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
William Arbaugh
Carbondale
Ogg
Arbaugh
Plan Church Picnic at Logan Park
Nelsonville Presbyterian Church invites Sunday School and church members to a picnic at Kachelmacker Park in Logan Thursday at four. Cars leave the church. contact Kenneth Orwiler or Percy Oakley Jr for transport. A games program and con tests will be offered. each attendee brings food and service while coffee drinks and ice cream are provided by the church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Presbyterian Church
Kachelmacker Park
Logan
Kenneth Orwiler
Percy Oakley, Jr
University Student Honored On His Twenty First Birthday
Bill Schively, a senior at Ohio University, celebrated his twenty first birthday with family and friends at his aunt’s lawn and private pool in Buchtel. The gathering featured swimming, a built in fireplace roast, and a large cake with 21 candles before dancing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Bill Schively
Port Schively
Ohio University
Harve Sayre
Vinton Baptist Church To Hold Annual Sessions
Rio Grande Baptist Association will meet August 22 23 at Vinton Church with theme The Ministering Church in a Stricken World Devotionals led by Hartsook and Quickle memorial service by Shiers sermon by Venz young peoples work campfire program and World Outlook session Sunday school service led by S N Rees devotionals by Burdell and Venz addresses by Morris Streeter Hobbs presiding and meals provided by host church.
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Rio Grande’ Baptist Association
Vinton Baptist Church
W. H. Hartsook
G. V. Quickle
Carrie Shiers
Winton Munity Park
Rio Grande
S. N. Rees
Vinton Church
Edward Dickinson
Francis Burdell
E. C. Ve
Scarcity of Men and Materials Halts Local Building Plan
In Gallipolis builders warn war labor drains core skilled craftsmen and materials for housing for defense workers. FHA mortgage loans arrived too late to help. Dr C E Holzer and others note no residences are currently under construction, vs a normal city average of about 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
FHA
C. E. Holzer
Frank Shaw
John Everett Evans
Homer W. Walter
H. B. Ecker
John Clendenin
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Selections From Local Life
A collection of social notices from Pt Pleasant records a wiener roast for Miss Margaret Thomas at Carrick's Dam near Gallipolis with attendees listed. It notes travels and visits including Baltimore for family illness, resignations, picnics at Illahee Farm Woman's club, and visits by Lt. Maurice Mayes in Chicago.
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Point Pleasant
Margaret Thomas
Carrick's Dam
Gallipolis
Alice Marie Frye
Florance Krodel
Harrett Lewis
Pauline McCulloch
Joe Ann Jewell
Fern Griffiths
Phyllis Ingraham
John Campbell
Jimmy Lovell
Steve Thompson
Harold Allman
Ed Wright
Newell Cooper
Tom Burdette
Chas. Stanley
Illahee Farm Woman's Club
Ralph Lee
Gallipolis Ferry
Mervin Chapman
Ogden Stevens
Earl Mohr
Reginald Archer
Philip Archer
John Blain
C. P. Stout
Mamie Gill
Mabel Gill
Annabell Lee
Jackie Archer
Lewis Francis Stationed at Fort Warren Wyoming
Mr and Mrs James Francis learn their son Lewis Jimmy Francis, inducted from Columbus on July 14, is now stationed at Fort Warren Wyoming. He has been assigned to the Quartermaster Training Regiment and reports cool nights with blankets and wool uniforms and wet weather with hail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
James Francis
Lewis
Jimmy) Francis
Columbus
Fort Warren
Wyo
Quartermaster
Local Miner Suffers Broken Foot in Friday Mine Accident
Vernon Covert of Jackson Street Nelsonville is confined to his home with a broken foot from a mine accident last Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Vernon Covert
Jackson St
War price board adds 50 tires for August workers
The war price and rationing board in Point Pleasant allocated 50 Grade 2 passenger car tires for war workers for August. After distribution, 300 tire applications remain on file under the ration rules. Also in Point Pleasant Delmer Stallings was arrested for drunkenness, and James F. Curtis was charged in Copper Hill, Tenn. with hearings deferred. In Gallia area A C Safford has attended to establish a record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Delmer Stallings
St. Albans
Morrison
James F. Curtis
Copper Hill
Tenn
Noble
Fiscal Estimates Prepared by Pt Pleasant Council
Pt Pleasant council met to prepare year end estimates for June 30 1943 with Mayor Krodel compiling data for the tax levy. Assessor Morrison delayed utility property values, reporting city values at 3 889 385 while noting lower tax income. Class 4 property fell to 682 600 from 1 102 600 in 1941, a 420 000 loss, with maximum city rate 38 cents per 100. Class 1 property rose to 1 157 040 from 791 870, rate 9 1/2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Krodel
Morrison
Present Tax Plans To Court In County Levy Discussion
Prosecuting Attorney William H. Bardin gathered data to present to the county court this afternoon as fiscal estimates are prepared. A three year levy is planned at maximum constitutional limits with a special debt liquidation levy. The $33,000 raise features four cent Class 1, eight cent Class 2, and sixteen cent Class 3 and 4 rates. Officials note tally discrepancies between Democratic and Republican sheets caused confusion in unofficial returns.
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Point Pleasant
William H. Bardin
Berdin
Work on Homes for War Area Started
John Francesa and the Kanawha Corp of Charleston began grading for streets and house sites on a 45 acre tract in Point Pleasant where 350 shelters for war workers will be built. Houses cannot be erected until grading is finished. The contract calls for completion in 120 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Francesa
Kanawha Corp
Charleston
Lambda Chi Omega Hosts Surprise Dinner for Mrs. Edwin Brown
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority held a surprise dinner at the Moose Club in Point Pleasant for Mrs. Edwin Brown, a recent bride. Patronesses included Mrs. Walter A. Windsor and others. Yellow and white decorations, bridge lamp gift, and two tables of bridge followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lambda Chi Omega
Moose Club
Edwin Brown
Walter A. Windsor
J. J. Lovell
B. Walter Krodel
Brown
Windsor
Lovell
Krodel
Betty Burdette
Parkersburg
James J. Hall
Frank C. Long
L. B Hannaman
William F. Machir
R. H. Melrose
Leon Thompson
William Filson
Edith Quillin
Four Deeds Filed in Clerk's Office
Four deeds for farms in the ordnance works reservation are recorded with Milton Burdette and wife on 70.6 acres for 8000 dollars J R Chattin and wife on 125 acres for 17200 dollars Carl F E Parsons and wife on 4.2 acres for 700 dollars and J W Biffle and wife on 11.5 acres for 756 dollars all deeds to the United States of America Mrs O B S Kelley hospitalized at Holzer Hospital after a stairway fall and shingles illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ordnance Works
Milton Burdette
J. R. Chattin
Carl FE. Parsons
J. W. Biffle
United States of America
Hand Injury in Pleasants County Car Door Accident
Dr. Frank V Butcher suffered a badly mashed right thumb this week when a car door shut on it. An examination at the local hospital indicated a possible injury with the wall of the facility remaining intact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank V Butcher
Lado Ize
Rule Clarifies Tire Rationing for Teachers in Mason County
James John son of the Mason County war price and ration board says new state rules clarify tire eligibility for public school officials and teachers. Certificates may be issued for retreads or recaps or obsolete passenger tires only when used for official duties or travel between schools and no other transportation exists. No certificate may go to officials whose duties are performed entirely at one school. In Mason County several officials and 400 to 500 teachers travel between schools for subjects like music and vocational agriculture and physical hygiene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PT. Pleasant
James Johnson
Mason County War Price and Ration Board
Johnson
Johnson Advances to Executive Secretary on Board
James Johnson, the first employee of the local ration board, is promoted to executive secretary. Mary Ellen Reynolds joins as clerk-typist, with Mrs. Glenn Sayre as first assistant. The board’s records are organized in larger Musgrave Building quarters, improving efficiency and openness. Johnson will post certificate lists at the front door for outside-hours access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James Johnson
Mary Ellen Reynolds
Glenn Sayre
Johnson
Musgrave
Rothgeb Car Stolen From Parking Place
Rothgeb's 1941 Oldsmobile sedan was stolen from in front of his home on Monday evening after the key was left in the switch. State and city police are searching for the car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
R Barhee Rothgeb
Point Clinic announces birth of Wilma Lea in Point Pleasant
The Point Clinic reports the birth of a daughter named Wilma Lea to Mr. and Mrs. Philip Leonard on Tuesday morning with a weight listed as 8% pounds. Jackson Edwards of Leon is a patient at the clinic for observation and treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point
Wilma Lea
Philip Leonard
Jackson Edwards
Leon
Tax Levy Totals For Education Board Plan
POINT PLEASANT The board of education met and prepared estimates for levies at 21.1 cents on Class 1 property 42.2 cents on Class 2 and 8.44 dollars on Classes 3 and 4. These levies expected to raise 86 676 plus 34 979 42 from miscellaneous income to fund a 352 669 42 education program for the year. State aid estimated at 231 014. Expenditures include 245 256 for instruction 25 950 for plant operation 30 075 for transportation and about 16 000 for administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Herb Recipe Claim for Biliousness and Digestion
An advertisement promotes a home herb remedy to relieve biliousness sour stomach indigestion loss of appetite gas and constipation effects. It uses one ounce of ZODEX Concentrate mixed with one pint of water and claims quick acting relief praised by hundreds and available from druggists.
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Ralph Elliott
Senate
Oral Daugherty
Thomas A. Jenkins
Congress
H. T. Phillips
Jenkins
Dr. Phillips
White
Common Pleas
Francis White
O. F. Rowland
Rowland
Solomon Islands
South Sea
U. S
NEA
Beaco
Beace
THE
F. J
Beasley CO
Amesville
Stewart
Nelsonville Board
Carbon Hill Downs
Nelsonville Social Notes
Elks
Plan Church
Logan Park
Bernadine Whyte
Bill Watkins
Tom Keating
Harry Evans
Jack Riley
Carrul Dennis
H. Sayre
Shirley
John Sayre
Joe Wagner
Alfred Seaman
Dick Rudolph
Mary Davis
Dale Stage
Dorothy Lairson
Flint
Mich
Ruth DeLong
Deanville
Commission
City Baseball Commission
City Hall
J. R. Branson
Wandewneth
Bacland
Baltimore
Gretchen Kenny
Kathrine Wilson
W., H. Morgan
Dorothy Watkins
Miss Watkins
Ralph Watkins
Mrs. Kenny
Miss Wilson
Anderson Wilson
Chemical
Edgewater Arsenal
Wisconsin
Casby Meadows, Jr
Maurice Mayes
Chicago
Nancy Howard
Lewis Francis
West
A. C. Safford
Council of Pt. Pleasant
Kelley
Holzer Hospital
Rothgeb
At Point Clinic
Education Board
Tad
Kimberly Road
JIN Five
America
C. D. Shafer Co
Majestic
Freddy Martin
Seen Murray
Gargan
Richard Saatwell
Joan Merril
Kelly Carlson
Sly
Basserman - Yi
Loti
March OF Time
U. S. Navy
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