County Tire Quota Exhausted Early in Gallia Area
In Gallipolis and Nelsonville the county tire quota is exhausted due to a large number of defense workers eligible for purchases. The county rationing board meets weekly to review applications, with several requests approved for Wilson Brothers, Arbaugh, Whitmore, Coakley, Wolfe Brothers, city police, and others including veterinarians and miners transportation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
J. L. Webb
R. B. Stuart
James Newman
Wilson Brothers
William Arbaugh
Ira Whitmore
Lon Coakley
Wolfe Bros
City
Nelsonville Band to Hold Summer Concert Saturday Evening
The Nelsonville High School Band performs on the Central School lawn Saturday at 8 pm in a summer concert. It will be the last under director H. W. Seelbach who departs for Willard Ohio to supervise school music next term. Band Boosters Club will sell ice cream and home made cake during the concert.
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Nelsonville
H. W. Seelbach
Willard
Ohio
Athens Invites You 9 P M Saturday
Local notice invites residents to attend an event at 9 P M on Saturday with details promised on page 3. The brief directs readers to the continuation for full information and context.
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Zenners
Services Announced at Nelsonville Church of Christ
The Nelsonville Bible School opens at 9:30 a m at the Church of Christ with morning worship at 10:30 led by Rev L E Evans who will preach A Song in the Night The union evening service at the Presbyterian Church features music by the Presbyterian Choir The Rev L E Evans will deliver The Witness of the Church of Christ Choir rehearsal Tuesday 7 pm at the Church of Christ Mid week meeting Wednesday 7 30 pm conducted by William B Evans in the pastor's absence
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Nelsonville — Bible School
Church of Christ
L. E. Evans
Union
Presbyterian Church
Presbyterian Choir
William B. Evans
Eagles to meet Shawnee at City Playgrounds Sunday
Nelsonville Eagles will host Shawnee at the City Playgrounds Sunday afternoon with first pitch at 2 30. A Twilight League game between Eagles and Carson Hill is set for 6 o clock tonight.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Eagles
Shawnee
Eagles
Carpon Hill
Miss Elizabeth Kessinger Takes Euclid Teaching Post
Miss Mary Elizabeth Kessinger has accepted a commercial teaching position at Central High School in Euclid Ohio and will begin around September 1st.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Mary Elizabeth Kessinger
Central High School
Euclid
Kessinger
Three Teams Tie for Lead in Merry Mix-Up Bowling
In Nelsonville the B 19 Bombers defeated the Commandos to create a three way tie for first with the Commandos and Home Guard as the Merry Mix-Up League ends its ten week schedule next week. Joe Spray led the Bombers with 233 622 and a team high single of 792 while the Commandos and Home Guard posted solid totals.
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Nelsonville
Commandos
Home Guard
Joe Spray
Ogbee Sou
M. Pergrin
I. Horvath
D. Bumgarner
J. Spray
Picnic Draws Century-Old Presbyterian Sunday Group
About one hundred attended the annual Presbyterian Sunday picnic at Rising Park in Lancaster yesterday. The group left the church at 4 pm and returned about 9 pm with a basket supper at 6. Free coffee lemonade and ice cream bars were provided for children.
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Nelsonville
Rising Park
Lancaster
Sugar permits by mail aid for ill residents in Gallia County
Gallia County rationing board announces mail issuance of sugar purchase permits aimed at aiding ill or incapacitated residents. Applicants must submit a completed form with full answers, with canning sugar permits for pears peaches plums and grapes available through fall. Some repeat applicants have red notation for prior service. Price inventories must be posted in stores and on file with the board.
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Gallipolis
C. H. Switzer
Gardner
Third and State Sts
U. S. Employment Office Is Moved
GALLIPOLIS The U S Employment Office equipment was moved to Ironton yesterday and headquarters here will be closed indefinitely. County commissioners refused to pay further rent for quarters in the Park Central Hotel building. Ferry Dillon, in charge since opening, returns to the Ironton office.
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Gallipolis
U. S
Ironton
Park Central
Ferry Dillon
Wolfe descendants hold 22nd annual reunion in Logan
Nelsonville notes the 22nd annual Wolfe family reunion at Rachelmacher Park Logan on Sunday Aug. 16 with a picnic dinner and program expected to draw many descendants. Also listed are visitors in Columbus Cadiz and Keesler Field with Lawrence Williams in the Air Corps station hospital for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Edington
Orris Thacker, Sr
Columbus
E. J. Kessinger
Mary Elizabeth
Cadiz
John Williams
Lawrence
Station
Keesler Field
Miss
Air Corps Technical School
Nelsonville
Christopher Wolfe
Rachelmacher Park
Logan
Son in New York bound for West Point sail date advised
Mrs. Virginia Ritchie of Buchtel is informed her son Howard, currently in the navy, is in New York and will soon sail aboard the USS West Point.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Virginia Ritchie
Howard
Navy
New York
Us.s. West Point
Holzer Graduation Set for Sept 6 at Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing will hold commencement the week of September 6. Eleven nurses will receive diplomas with most under contract to practice locally or elsewhere. A freshman class starts in September. a third instructor, Miss Priscilla Franz of Pomeroy, joins the faculty to assist Principal Mrs. Clarence Root and Miss Melba Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Priscilla Franz
Pome‘roy
Clarence Root
Melba Baker
Franz
Guards in Distinctive Uniforms at Marietta Shipyards
Report from Gallipolis states guards at the Marietta shipyards in Point Pleasant wear uniforms distinct from regular military, under Chief Grover Hite. Caps, blouses, trousers, and shoes are Oxford gray with the pilot wheel emblem, black trim, and pockets for tools. Officers wear Sam Browne belts and silver badges. the non military unit follows army style and discipline.
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Gallipolis
Marietta
Point Pleasant
Grover Hite
Marietta Co
Sam Browne
Army
Thivener Native Harrison Boggs Dies
Thivener native Harrison Boggs died yesterday at his son’s home in Coal Grove Lawrence County. A widower he is survived by ten sons and daughters. Funeral services planned Sunday at one o clock in Bethlehem Church.
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Gallipolis
Thivener
Harrison Boggs
Coal Grove
Lawrence County
Boggs
Bethlehem Church
Local diving and swimming program set for tonight
Gallipolis announces a local diving and swimming program at the city pool tonight starting at 7:30. All entrants are local residents.
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Gallipolis
Surprise party marks 75th birthday at Rees home
Mr and Mrs John D Rees near Rodney hosted a Sunday dinner for his 75th birthday with family presents and a long list of attendees including Ann Samuels 82 D Ellis Evans 80 D D Rees 72 Evan D Rees 70 and many others from Gallipolis. A large afternoon crowd stopped by the Rees home to greet the celebrant.
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Gallipolis
John D. Rees
Rodney
Rees
Finley Richards
L. M. Evans
M. P. Loy
Huntington
Ann Samuels
D. Ellis Evans
D. D. Rees
Evan D. Rees
Fred Echelmeyer
Lillian Masters
Margaret Ann Davis
Newton Davis
George Wood
Bob Rees
Evan E. Rees
Harry W. Dexter
Swain Family Reunion Held at Bladen Home
The annual reunion of Mrs. Emma Swain's family was hosted at Bladen Sunday on her and son Dale's property. Most siblings attended. two sons Stanley and Herbert were absent. Attendees included Clarence Carter of Gallia Bert Finley Cremeens Ralston Haffelt Elwin Finley Francis Hill John Waugh Woodrow Jackson and their families.
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Emma Swain
Dale
Bladen
Stanley
Herbert
Clarence Carter
Gallia
Bert Finley
Jennings Cremeens
Ralston
Marable Haffelt
Elwin Finley
Francis Hill
John Waugh
Woodrow Jackson
Thomason Family Reunion Honors Navy Pharmacist Mate
Daniel Thomason Navy medical corps pharmacist mate from Seattle is on furlough with his parents in Bulaville. A family gathering Tuesday at Roy Elliott’s home brought together all seven Thomason children for the first time in years, with relatives including the Lockado Day and Harvey families and others attending.
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Daniel Thomason
Medical Corps of the Navy
Seattle
F. E. Thomason
Bulaville
Roy Elliott
Thomason
Harold Lockado
Ercel Day
George Harvey
Eliott
Local Social Notes Mention Moves and Visits Across States
Mrs. George Grace travels to Fort Riley Kansas with Miss Madelaine Campbell for a visit while Don Rees hosts her in Camp Chaffee Arkansas. Hazel Hine returns to Mt. Pleasant Iowa after a vacation with the Ecker family. Margaret Ecker visits Dayton with Harvey Miles. Norene Long returns to Cincinnati to train as a nurse at Christ Hospital. Charles McGinniss and Betty Bean relocate from Cleveland to live with Leo and Betty Bean, as he takes a job at West Virginia Ordnance Works. Ed Barker and family visit V. O. Benson in Columbus. Gomer Phillips and Evelyn Ann visit relatives in Tiffin.
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George Grace
Bess Evans
Fort Riley
Kan
Madelaine Campbell
Don Rees
Camp Chaffee
Ark
Hazel Hine
Mt. Pleasant
Iowa
C. L. Ecker
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Leo C. Bean
Ed Barker
Columbus
V. O. Benson
Gomer Phillips
Evelyn Ann
Tiffin
Service Roll To Be Dedicated At Rio Grande College
Gallipolis report notes a 6 by 12 foot color display listing 45 local service members on the Rio Grande College campus with a white background eagle cruiser and airplane flight as main image. The roll will be dedicated Saturday afternoon with ceremonies. Leo Mossman of Holzer Hospital becomes editor of the Ohio Hospital Pharmacists Association publication, a group of about 200 members.
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Gallipolis
Claude Miller
Rio Grande College
Holzer Hospital
Leo Mossman
Ohio Hospital Pharmacists’ Association
Betz Farm Sale Reported in Patriot to Rice
Gallipolis realtor Willard Crover reports the sale of Tim Betz's 140 acre farm at Patriot to B Fred Rice of this city.
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Gallipolis
Willard Crover
Tim Betz
Patriot
B. Fred Rice
Patrolman Glenn Pedicord Transfers to Gallipolis Post
State Patrol announces the transfer of Glenn Pedicord to the Gallipolis post from Cambridge. A former Glouster resident, Pedicord joins the local force.
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Gallipolis
Glenn Pedicord
Cambridge Post
Glouster
Coal dealer Miss Myers marks 40 years in Gallipolis
Virginia Myers, an octogenarian coal merchant, celebrates four decades at her First and Spruce Street office. Daughter of Capt. James Myers, she has a long local history, taught eight years, and once ran several mines in the Cheshire fields. She shows no plan to retire.
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Gallipolis
Virginia Myers
First
Spruce Sts
Miss Myers
James Myers
Second Avenue
Grape Street
Cheshire
Small Tarzan Unhurt in Prank Neck Rope Incident
Gallipolis reports four year old Mickey Hardway son of Mr and Mrs Howard Hardway wrapped a clothesline pendant around his neck and jumped from a tree stump. He escaped injury besides a burned neck from the rope chafe.
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Gallipolis
Mickey Hardway
Howard Hardway
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Pt. Pleasant
June Preston Voile
Elizabeth Davis
Joe B. Davis
Russe Starrett
Hayden
Royal Mounted Patrol
Wanda McKay
Lloyd Bridges
Columbia
Lynn Bari
Alan Car
Sheila Ryan
Don
William McGous
20Th Century-Fox
Three Stooges
Dick Tracy Vs
Whitmores
Holzer
Gallipolis Social Notes
Esther Tre
Tiss
South Court Street
Athens, Ohio
Betz Farm
Tarzan
Logans
Quick
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