Four Taken By Their Own Request
Ten Mason County men are called for induction on September 11 by Miss Jean Rice. Report at 8:00 a.m. in Room 3 at Haynes Building. transport by bus to Huntington. Four previously inducted volunteers listed. names include Noble Rice and Taylor Rice of Point Pleasant, Bauer and O’Neil of Leon. Other selectees named from Point Pleasant, Gallipolis Ferry, Westerville, Pomeroy, Henderson. Office hours set for weekdays 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.. Saturday closure noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Jean Rice
Selective Service Board
Haynes Building
Huntington
Jack Earion Noble
Charles Taylor Rice
Christopher Harve Bauer
Junior' O'Neil
Miss Rice
Selective Service
Jordan to Confer With Dr Holter in Gallipolis
Allen Jordan of Portsmouth, executive secretary of the Ohio Valley Conservation and Food Control Congress, visited Gallipolis on Thursday to confer with Dr Charles Holter founder and first president of the organization. He prepared an answer to Peter Edson's syndicated article on the TVA dated August 3, and it will be released soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Allen Jordan
Portsmouth
Ohio Valley Conservation and Food Control Congress
Charles ©. Holter
Peter Edson
TVA
Prisoner Reimburses Sheriff for Trouble
Sheriff Ernest Hesson received a $45 check Thursday from Clifford Knotts, an inmate at Moundsville, with a brief note saying he tried not to disappoint trusted others. Hesson paid $125 for information and $20 for a Paducah trip while Knotts fled, later caught in Kentucky. Knotts had stolen a car and, after release, was sentenced here to life for auto theft under the habitual criminal act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Clifford Knotts
Moundsville
Knotts
Hesson
Paducah
Kentucky
Seaman Spriggs Ill From Tuberculosis In Pacific
Mrs. W. H. Reynolds learns her son William W. Spriggs Seaman 2c is critically ill with pulmonary tuberculosis at U S Fleet Hospital No 11 and cannot be moved to the United States. Capt D M te Green USN Medical Corps says any change will be promptly reported. Spriggs has served on the cruiser St Louis in the Pacific for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W.H. Reynolds
Main St
Navy Department
U. S. Fleet Hospital No. 11
William W. Spriggs
United States
D. M. Te Green
Medical Corps
USN
Spriggs
St. Louis
Pacific
Minnie Gibbs Rites Held on Thursday
Minnie Gibbs widow of R S Gibbs of Jacklittroit Mich had funeral rites Thursday at the Episcopal Cathedral in Point Pleasant with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Pallbearers included George Somerville Emery Frye George Witldon Ray Roush and William Rayburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. C. Bowie
Point Pleasant
Minnie Boggess
G. ¢. Hite
Viand St
de Gibbs
R. S. Gibbs
Jack-ltroit
Mich
Ave
Episcopal Cathedaterian Church
Two Escape Injury When Car Overturns
Two men escaped without injury when the car they rode in failed to negotiate a curve on a hill between Vi and St. and Jefferson Blvd. It plunged over the fill, turned over, and landed at the bottom. Earl A. was the driver. The occupants said they were from Pennsylvania visiting relatives in the New Haven area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
St. and
Jefferson Blvd
Earl A. A.M
John Gee Chapel
Roorer
Pennsylvania
Mary Lou Henderson
John Casey
Penn
Sylvania
New Havenship
Interest in Property Noted in City Area
In Point Pleasant there is interest in downtown real estate with buyers vying for town business landmarks. It is too early to determine if trades will proceed from current negotiations.
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Point Pleasant
Price Control Rules Enforced by Gallia Ration Board
Gallia County Chairman A. K. Merriman announced strict price control rules effective immediately. Merchants violating provisions face hearings with fines as low as $25 and consumers may sue for triple the overcharge. Six local merchants were summoned last Monday over syrups, flour, milk, onions, and corn. noncompliant cases move to district enforcement. The board reports broad merchant cooperation and notes offices will shift to a Monday–Friday eight-hour schedule, closing Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. K. Merriman
Gallia County
Galha County
Merriman
Church Group Plans To Hold Picnic For Rev. Gishler
Gallipolis reports the Women's Association of First Presbyterian Church will host a church lawn picnic Monday evening to honor Rev. Lewis Gishler, former pastor, arriving Sunday afternoon to spend several days and deliver the sermon at a special service. He left Gallipolis in 1940 to lead the First Presbyterian Church in Muncie Indiana.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist
J. Edward Hakes
Earl Saunders
Walter W. Keisler
City Mission
Huntington
Grace Methodist
W. Scott Westerman
Church School
L. L
First Presbyterian
Theodore Valenti
Valenti
Lewis W. Gishler
Peter's Episcopal
Charles G. Baird
Church OF God
H. M. Smith
Alien Baker
Church OF the Nazarene
Vernon Shafer
Morris Elliott
Church OF Christ
Garfield Ave
Ted Waller
Women's Association of
First Presbyterian Church
Lewis Gishler
Gishler
Gellipolis
Muncie
Indiana
Burrette family recounts recovery after gas stove blast
Miss Jewell Burnette returned from Conn eaut to be with sister Mrs Vernon Matthews, burned in a cook stove explosion. She stayed until able to assist another sister Mrs John Will in Middleport who had major surgery at Holzer Hospital. The three daughters of Mr and Mrs Elmer Burnette.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jewell Burnette
Conneaut
Vernon Matthews
Miss Burnette
John Will
Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Elmer Burnette
Gallipolis Soldier Returns From Europe Visit
Captain Robert Shaw returned to the United States with his wife and young son Bobby after two years in Europe. They arrived in Gallipolis to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank L. Shaw, after coming from Camp Atterbury Indiana and Columbus last week. The group’s homecoming follows his service in Europe and prior arrival in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Robert Shaw
States
Europe
Bobby
Columbus
Frank L. Shaw
Capt. Shaw
Camp Atterbury
Ind
United States
Koenig
Canton
Nola Fox
Eplings Plan To Move Back to Gallipolis
Mrs. M. T. Epling and three sons will move back to Gallipolis around Sept. 1 after living in Point Pleasant. She wants her sons to attend Gallipolis schools and notes residing on this side complicates management of her sand and gravel business. Her dredge on Gallipolis Island is reducing the island's size as sand and gravel are scooped for local construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
M.T. Epling
Gallipolis
J. D. Bryan Injured When Struck by Auto
J. D. Bryan of Glenwood was struck by a car in the business area Thursday evening near the taxi station. He suffered bruises and was taken to a local physician's office where examination found no fractures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. D. Bryan
Glenwood
Bryan
Bateson Removed to Veterans Hospital After Fall Injuries
Louis Bateson who fell from the roof of his home on Ohio River Road suffered multiple rib and pelvis fractures over ten days ago. He was moved Wednesday from Holzer Hospital Gatli polis to the veterans hospital near Huntington by Earl H Arnett. He is slowly recovering.
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Point Pleasant
Louis ‘Bateson
Ohio River Road
Holzer Hospital
Gatlipolis
Veterans Hospital
Huntington
Earl H. Arnett
Bateson
Office to move to new building on Jackson Ave
Mrs Ella Davis secretary for Ohio Valley Bus Co says the local office will relocate from Terminal Bailing to the new Jackson Avenue building soon. Manager C G Jones plans to bring his family from Huntington in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Juella Davis
Ohio Valley Bus Co
Jackson Ave
C. G. Jones
Huntington
Victory Dance at American Legion Hall in Point Pleasant
Homer Alexander's band will play for a Victory Dance this evening from 9 30 to 12 30 o'clock at the American Legion Hall on Viand Street. Men in uniform will be honor guests of the Legion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Homer Alexander
Amercan Legion Hall
Viand St
Legion
Pimple Remedy Promises Overnight Clear Complexion
An advertisement touts a product named Mleerex claiming pimples vanish by morning with no risk and a money back guarantee. It urges readers to visit a local clinic in Letsart and mentions endorsements by Earl H. Artc hett and John F. Blessing, a Mason County schoolteacher of nearly fifty years.
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John F
Kleerex
Siessing
Letart
Earl H. Artc*hett
Blessing
Mason County
McNealy Honored For Long Service At Athens Luncheon
John C. McNealy of the Gallipolis division of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric was honored for 40 years of service at a Berry Hotel luncheon in Athens. He received a diamond-centered service pin from J. B. Poston, with other longtime employees: Rowena Stormant 35 years, Lewis Persinger, Frank Brothers, Lee Halley 25 years, Paul McNealy 20 years, and George Lumsey and Eddie Watts five years.
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Gallipolis
John C. McNealy
Manac
Gallipoli
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Berry Hotel
Athens
J. B. Poston
C&s
Ole
Rowe
Former Resident of Gallipolis Is Dead
SALLIPOLIS Mrs J H Wagner longtime resident of this city died Sunday at Chattanooga Tennessee gained word here Thursday Mrs Wagner left about a year ago to live with her brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs Ellsworth Bean in Chattanooga Her husband and son Paul Wagner both deceased ran an independent grocery for years where the A P Super Market now stands The Wagners owned and lived in the former C W Henking property on the 600 block Fourth Avenues One daughter Mrs Thelma Canade y of Dayton survives
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sallipolis
J. H. Wagner
Chattanooga
Tenn
Fourth Avenues
Thelma Canadey
Dayton
Visit in Gallia GALLIPOLIS Guests at the old Jones home
Gallia county notes report Mrs A P Kerr and Mrs Margaret Drummond hosting guests at the old Jones homestead last week. Niece Miss Helen O'Brien of Atlanta and Mr and Mrs W D Henderson of Wichita visited. Mrs Henderson and Mr Henderson departed for Scott Field to see son Bob in the Army Air Force before returning to Kansas. Miss Q'Bnen left for Charleston then Cincinnati with a plan home in the southland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
A. P. Kerr
Margaret Drummond
John Jones
Helen O'Brien
Atlanta
W. D. Henderson
Wichita
Q’bnen
Charleston
Cincinnati
Southland
Henderson
Scott Field
Bob
Army Air Force
Kansas
Switzer Leaves for Chicago to Join Architect Bertram Weber
Robert M Switzer Jr returns from England where he served with the Eighth Air Force. He travels to Chicago to join famed architect Bertram Weber, a longtime acquaintance. Switzer married an English girl during his England stay. she cannot join him yet due to military restrictions, but hopes to reunite in the fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert M Switzer, Jr
R. M. Switzer
England
Eighth Air Force
Fnday Morning
Chicago
Bertram Weber
Switzer
States
Greene Makes Stop On Gordon C. Greene Cruise
Gallipolis reports the steamer Gordon C. Greene paused Thursday morning on its way back to Cincinnati after the final summer cruise to the Ohio and Kanawha region. The packet announced a Labor Day trip from Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gordon C. Greene
Cincinnati
Ohio and
Kanawha
Business Places Plan Half-Holiday in Gallipolis
The Jacay Chamber of Commerce committee announced that stores and business places will close at noon Thursday to grant employees a short week half holiday.
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Gallipolis
Jacay
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Hester Hill
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Servie
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