Shoe Factory Team Beats Eagles in Nelsonville
Brooks Shoe Factory defeated the Nelsonville Eagles 4 to 3 in a seven inning City Twilight League game in Nelsonville. Nelson pitched the Shoemakers to victory while Collins started for the Eagles. Meade Whyte manages the Shoe Factory and Ward Phillips leads the Eagles. The series aims to decide the league championship with a second game set for Sunday at City Playgrounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Brooks Shoe Factory
Nelsonville Eagles
Shoe Factory
Meade Whyte
Eagles
Ward Phillips
Nelson
Shoemakers
Collins
Vic Donahey Visits City to View Clay Firm
Former Governor Vic Donahey of Indian Lake toured the Donahey Clay Products Co. property in Nelsonville, the former Athens Brick Corp. He will join his sons in producing clay items including septic tanks and grave vaults, with production expected within 60 days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Vic Donahey
Indian Lake
Donahey Clay Products Co
Athens Brick Corporation
Jobs Church Plans Program for Homecoming
The Jobs Church schedules its annual homecoming on September 6 with a noon basket dinner and a programs to follow. All former citizens and friends of the Jobs are invited to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
JOBS
The
Mrs Hartley Will Teach in McArthur
Mrs Murray Hartley also known as Cathleen Saltz has a position as teacher at McArthur High School for the coming year. She attended a faculty meeting in McArthur earlier this week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Murray Hartley
Cathleen Saltz
McArthur High School
Corporal Allman Wrote Home From the Pacific
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Allman report a letter from their son Corporal Frederick Allman who is somewhere in the Pacific. He reports all well and his address may be secured from his parents. Corporal Allman was formerly stationed in Honolulu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Carl Allman
Corporal Frederick Allman
Pacific
Corporal Allman
Honolulu
Nelsonville Social Notes Move to Jefferson Island Visit
Nelsonville residents report cross state travel and family visits. Agnes Lehman of Nelsonville and her daughter Kathryn will spend two weeks in Jefferson Island Montana with Meredith Lehman and family. Lieut Clark Miller, killed in an Orlando airplane crash, is mourned by Mrs O P Bingman at his funeral in Canton. Glen Thomas, Mrs J A Maugans, and families also appear in this round of notices as relatives visit Marysville Toledo and Bronxville New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes Lehman
Nelsonville
Columbus
Kathryn
Jefferson Island
Montana
Meredith Lehman
O. P. Bingman
Canton
Clark Miller
Orlando
Fla
Miller
Deloris Lee
John Lee
Logan
Bingman
Glen Thomas
Ted
Larry
Marysville
J. A. Maugans
Willard Webb
Toledo
J. B. Preston
Preston
Webb
Harriett Preston
Bronxville
N. Y
Dies Thursday In Lancaster Nelsonville Station operator dies in Lancaster
Mrs. C. J. Atkinson, owner and operator of the Steamboat Filling Station on U S 33 east of Nelsonville, died Thursday night at a sister’s home in Lancaster after a period of ill health. Funeral arrangements await her husband’s return. he is a steamboat captain on the Ohio River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
C. J. Atkinson
U. S. 33
Lancaster
Ohio River
Matheny Rites to Be Held Saturday in Nelsonville
The body of Mrs. Mary Bays Rosser Matheny who died Wednesday night at Mercy Hospital Columbus was taken to her parents home on Short Street where friends may call. Funeral services will be held Saturday at 2 PM conducted by Rev. W M George. Burial will be at Green Lawn.
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Nelsonville
Mary Bays Rosser Matheny
Mercy Hospital
Columbus
Arthur Rosser
Short St
W. M. George
Greenlawn
American Legion Donates Jars to School Lunch Program
Lafayette Post of the American Legion purchased and donated 500 new half gallon glass jars to the school lunch program. The jars, supplemented by private donations, are expected to meet the season's needs.
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American Legion
Gallipolis
Lafayette Post
Bowling Green Cannery Mobilizes 104 Workers
Gallipolis reports 104 men and women sent to a Bowling Green cannery as tomato fields mature early. About 50 more are to depart Sunday, leaving courthouse campus at 7 a.m. by trucks. Surplus commodity HQ records enrollments with Hollis Isaacs handling notices, many workers formerly WPA employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Courthouse
Hollis Isaacs
WPA
Stores Veto Proposal For Longer Hours
GALLIPOLIS four merchants voted down proposals to extend hours beyond 9 am to 5 pm and to add Friday and Saturday night openings. Population growth prompted talk of staying open longer and six weeknights, but both ideas were rejected. Several grocers will keep nightly hours as before with some staying open past 9 pm.
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Gallipolis
Believers Love for Christ Service At First Nel sonville Methodist
The First Methodist Church in Nelsonville invites the public to Sunday worship at 10:30 with sermon by Rev. Wm. M. George on The Believers Love for Christ. Union services follow at 7:30 at the Church of Christ with the same pastor preaching Why I Have Chosen Christ.
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Nelsonville
Christ
First Methodist
Wm. M. George
Union
Church of Christ
Methodist Church
Six SERVICES HELD FOR ALBERTA SIX AT STOUT FUNERAL
Funeral services for Alberta Fay Six infant daughter of Mr and Mrs Ben Six were held Thursday afternoon at Stout Funeral Home conducted by Rev W M George. Burial followed at Mt Zion. She is survived by her parents one brother and three sisters.
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Nelsonville
Alberta Fay Six
Ben
Stout
W. M. George
Mt. Zion
Labor agents seek apple pickers in southwest Ohio
Labor agents from the southwest portion of the state seek apple pickers offering six cents per bushel plus room and board for possibly two months of work.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club Assumes Red Cross Duty in Gallipolis
Gallipolis Rotary Club members have taken over Red Cross duties to connect service members with their families. Clyde T. Mitchell will route messages to 33 club members for investigation and quick replies within 24 hours. The effort, growing as more men are called to service, will involve contact with families across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Red Cross
Clyde T. Mitchell
Auto Stamp Check Ended in Gallia County
A Gallia County survey by revenue men suspended the five dollar auto use stamp check. They plan a future inspection with a $25 fine for noncompliance. Libby Hotel hosted hearings where many were summoned to show stamp status. some purchased stamps. Post Office sells $4.59 stamps for cars bought since July 1. later stamps will be proportionally lower. Cars owned before July are to buy the $5 stamp. Offenders with other traffic arrests may face the extra $25 fine. Revenue men believe many local owners already hold stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Internal Revenue
Libby Hotel
Gallia County
Complete Plans for Blackout Monday in Gallipolis
Plans for Monday night practice blackout are complete. The civilian defense control room in the municipal building is equipped and wardens have their instructions and supplies. Officials urge residents to stay off streets during darkness and to park cars at the curb promptly.
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Gallipolis
Solomon C Halley Dies at 56 in Porter
Solomon C Halley, 56, former teacher and recent state hospital employee, died Thursday at his Porter home. Funeral services will be Sunday at 2 p.m. in Porter Church conducted by Rev. J. L. Stephenson, with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery. He is survived by his wife Cleo Blazer, three children, and six brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Solomon C. Halley
Porter
State Hospital
Porter Church
J. L. Stephenson
Mound Hill Cemetery
Cleo Blazer
Five Couples Apply For Marriage Licenses
In Gallipolis and nearby areas, five couples filed for marriage licenses. Kermit Phares and Rosemary Mace of Bergen West Virginia are 22 and 21 respectively, Walter Harrison and Hester Wandling are 32 and 31 from Liberty West Virginia, Percy E. Roach and Leona Alice Clark are 40 and 21 from Hartford West Virginia, John M. Priest and Monnie Lytton are 43 and 36 from Phillips West Virginia, and Charles Bright and Virginia Piercy are 26 and 21 from Gallipolis. Mrs Dale Stage and Miss Dorothy Lairson of Jackson Michigan visited Sayre, with Stage's children Monica and David returning with their mother for an indefinite visit.
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Gallipolis
Kermit Phares
Rosemary Mace
Bergen
W. Va
Walter Harrison
Hester Wandling
Liberty
Percy E. Roach
Leona Alice Clark
Hartford
John M. Priest
Monnie Lytton
Phillips
Charles Bright
Virginia Piercy
Buchtel
Dale Stage
Dorothy Lairson
Jackson
Mich
Reverend William M. George to preach at Concord Union Church
Nelsonville pastor Reverend William M. George will preach at Concord Union Church on Sunday afternoon at 2 30 o clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Wm. M. George
Concord Union Church
Complete Roster of Faculty With Election of Miss Morris
Gallipolis reports the board of education completed the high school faculty list by electing Kathryn Morris of Huntington as a commercial teacher. The roster includes principals Fred E. Tipton and Ben R. Evens with numerous teachers assigned to High and Washington School No. 1 and No. 2, plus staff such as a music supervisor, home visitor, secretaries, and a nurse.
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Gallipolis
Board of Education
Kathryn Morris
Huntington
Fred E. Tipton
Anne Bradbury
James Cating
Catherine Morrison
Normany. Johnston
Ruth Masters
Ruth Miller
Ruth Gillingham
Fulah Williams
Katherine Kircher
Harland Martin
Katherine Sheets
Woodrow Wills
Ben Bachus
Gerald Anderson
Charles Swanson
Lawrence Smeltzer
Washington School No
Ben R. Evens
Clara Mae Davis
Robin
Marshal Boggs
May A. Davis
Garnet McKean
Dorothy Roadarmour
Virginia Trout
Mildred Wise
Christina Fife
Elizabeth Carnes
Anna Wiseman
Elaine Fulton
Mildred Gilman
Garnet Stringfellow
Clara Worman
Washington No
Ruth Martin
Lola Mae Rupe
May Kelly
Osa Baird
Marie Meal
Isabel Boggs
East Gallipolis
Faye Alban
Jewell Burnett
Kananga
Arthur G. Cooper
George Gilmore
Mary Ellen Foster
U S Project Suspends Construction Work
Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative reports new construction halted with expected continuation during the war. Past notices promised wire releases that were countermanded. The utility has 202 miles energized serving about 1000 patrons, figures that could rise if adequate wire is secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative Office
Buckeye Co
Volunteers Speed Up Red Cross Dressings Drive
In Gallipolis the Red Cross intensifies effort to hit an August quota of 9000 surgical dressings with extra classes and planned six day operations. Over 100 women are enrolled and urged to recruit more volunteers, while transportation limits hinder county-wide participation.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
424 Families Receive Surplus Commodities
Gallipolis reports 424 families now receive surplus commodities including large families with up to 12 members. The list lists 43 one person units 82 two person units 38 three and four person units 97 five and six person units and 897 families of seven and above. Free clothing goes to direct relief recipients only and no home grown apples will be added due to harvest shortage.
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Gallipolis
Surplus Commodities Headquarters
Marine Engineers To Observe Ladies Night Dinner
The Marine Engineer's Beneficial Association will hold a ladies night dinner at Trinity Methodist Church starting at 6 45 this evening. The local group has 32 members with Bing Woodard noting his ongoing membership. Mrs. C. C. Spencer chairs the dinner committee with church women assisting.
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Point Pleasant
Marine Engineer's Beneficial Association
Trinity Methodist Church
Bing Woodard
C. C. Spencer
Aaron Davis Buys Gills Produce Co in Gallipolis
Gallia County Produce Co. manager Aaron Davis and associates purchase Gills Produce Co. at Third and Grape Streets. Davis will leave Gallia County Co. to take new duties. No connection between the two businesses. each will operate independently.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County Produce Co
Aaron Davis
Deserter Surrendered to Military Authorities
Walter M. Farley of Beckley surrendered to local officers August 18 and was taken to Columbus where he was turned over to Fort Hayes military authorities. Farley said he deserted from an Army post in California. Officer Tara Morrison accompanied him.
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Point Pleasant
Walter M. Farley
Beckley
Columbus
Fort Hayes
Farley
California
Tara Morrison
Farmer Injured In Tractor Turnover At Galli Polis
Prominent young farmer Ralph Lee of Gallipolis Ferry suffered a dislocated left hip and two broken ribs when a farm tractor he operated overturned Wednesday evening. He was examined at Point Clinic and his parents Mr and Mrs W A Lee of Gallpolis Polis visited him at the clinic yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ralph Lee
Gallipolis Ferry
Lee
Point Clinic
W. A. Lee
Galli- Polis
McCall and Brains Family Reunions Slated Sept 6
McCall family members plan a reunion on September 6 at Centenary. The Brains family will gather the same day at Ben Lomond in West Virginia.
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Gallipolis
McCall
Centenary
Brains
Ben Lomond
W. Va
Valuation Upheld in Mason County Ordnance Site Take
Federal commission finished the Gravely case valuing a 100 acre farm at 13200, higher than the government offer of 8500. Hearings move to Musgrave’s 378% acre tract related to Camp Conley, with further owners awaiting valuation as commissioners cite convenience and out‑of‑town attorney needs.
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Foint Pleasant
Federal District Court Commission
Ordnance Works
Benjamin F. Gravely
Elliott Northcott
Gravely
Charles G. Peters
H. L. Snyder
Charleston
C. G. P. Musgrave
Camp Conley
Northcott
Huntington
Lewis, Gravely and Musgrave
Commission
Lewis and Gravely
Plans to ban bank nights and midnight shows in Point Pleasant
Mayor B Walter Krodel announced a plan to ban bank nights at local theaters and stop midnight shows that draw 1000 to 1500 patrons at 2am. He described bank nights as gambling and said late shows create drunken, disorderly crowds and police strain.
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Point Pleasant
B. Walter Krodel
Krodel
Builders Awaiting Arrival of Materials
Walter Johnson of Johnson Construction Co says no prefabricated materials have arrived from Peru New York for the hundreds of homes under construction for war industry workers here. He notes seven carloads were dispatched by wire, while three carloads of roof trusses and local mill materials have reached the site and concrete piers have been poured for several houses.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Johnson
Johnson Construction Co
Peru
N. Y
State Employes Invest Heavily in War Bonds
State Department of Public Assistance reports its employees purchased War Bonds and Stamps at 92.7 percent, total for Dec 1 1941 to July 31 1942 at 71 413.85 dollars or 7.25 of payrolls. Mason County invested 1 232.15 dollars, and July participation reached 100 percent at 17.16 percent of salaries.
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Point Pleasant
State Department of Public Assistance
Mason County Department of Public Assistance
Fine Construction Firms in Mason Area
Charleston officials report two construction firms at the ordnance works were fined for boiler regulation violations. FE B Badger and Sons Co and Calvin and Collins pleaded guilty before Magistrate John G Miller and were fined 100 dollars each.
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Foint Pleasant
Charleston
Ordnance Works
FE. B. Badger and Sons Co
Calvin and Collins
John G. Miller
New Haven
Bandage Material Arrives for August Dressing Quota
Material for surgical dressings arrived this week and Miss Marguerite Asher led classes at the Junior High School Cottage yesterday after noon and evening. She will instruct other groups today from 2 to 5 pm and 8 to 10 pm. The material was expected earlier to meet the August quota of 7,200 dressings by month’s end.
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Point Pleasant
Marguerite Asher
Personal notices from Point Pleasant
Mrs. Sanford Rhoades returned home yesterday from Montgomery where she spent several days with friends and relatives. Mr. George Windon and sister Miss Ella Windon of Mason spent yesterday afternoon here shopping and visiting. The Rev. and Mrs. C G Billups spent yesterday in Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
Sanford Rhoades
Montgomery
George Windon
Ella Windon
Mason
C. G Billups
Huntington
Trial Blackout To Include Rural Areas
OCC official Walden F. Roush says the Monday night blackout will cover ten West Virginia counties including rural areas. Warning methods include telephones where available and steam whistles in several cities. signals come from Fort Hayes by police radio with yellow twenty minutes before, blue ten minutes before, and red four minutes prior to the start.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Walden F. Roush
OCC
West Virginia
Board Names Principal for Senior High
POINT PLEASANT The county superintendent announced that C. H. Withers of Hurricane West Virginia was named principal of Senior High School at Tuesday’s board meeting. Previously O. R. Karischoff of Spencer was offered the post but declined to take a job in insurance. Withers, a Mason County native, earned a master’s degree from New York University and has led Hurricane High School, moving here from that post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. H. Withers
Hurricane
W. Va
Board of Education
O. R. Karischoff
Spencer
Withers
Mason County
Kanawha
New York University
John Withers
College of Education
Hurricane High School
Pt Pleasant Hospital Bid Plans Reported
Emergency Office of Public Buildings will advertise for bids to build a 60 bed hospital in Pt Pleasant costing about 150000 dollars. Dr C F McClintic notes misconception about nearby war worker care and identifies the nearest hospital as Dr Holzer's in Gallipolis, with Marietta cited erroneously.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Emergency Office of Public Buildings
C. F. McClintic
State Health Department
McClintic
Marietta
Ray Simpkins Buys Samuel Eads Home
Ruppert L. Kayser real estate agency reports the sale of a four room house on an acre on Jericho Road to Ray and Iva Simpkins from Samuel and Dorothy Eads. Possession is set for about Sept. 10. Simpkins works at ordnance facilities. Eads was employed by West Virginia Malleable Iron Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Kayser
Ferrell and Mercer
Parkersburg
B. P. Stanley
Henderson
Shadie Bridge
Kanawha
Arawana Colley
Hill Cruiser Burns Following Explosion
A cruiser owned by Philip Hill executive director of the Point Pleasant Housing Authority burned at anchor on the Ohio River Thursday night after an explosion aboard. Hill and his wife used the boat as residence when in town. John Beatty of Charleston an housing authority inspector on board helped pump water from the hull and suffered severe burns to arms and legs. the vessel burned within seconds and was destroyed before firefighters could quell the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Philip Hill
Point Pleasant Housing Authority, Inc
Ohio
Beatty
Car Truck Collision in Henderson Injures Passenger
At the Route 2 17 intersection in Henderson a car driven by Mrs Frances Clark and a truck from Guyan Creamery Co Huntington collided Wednesday evening. Passenger Miss Doris Mays suffered minor facial cuts while Mrs Clark and the truck driver escaped injury. The car was badly damaged and the truck undamaged. State Trooper H C Williamson investigated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasanta
Frances Clark
Guyan Creamery Co
Huntington
Henderson
Doris Mays
Clark
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U.S
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Gills Produce Co
Farmer
Federal Commission
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Fine Construction Firms
Mason Area
Pt. Pleasant Hospital
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