Avenger Day War Bond Drive Set In Gallia County
Gallia County War Finance Committee plans a December 7 1944 drive for War Bonds marking the Pearl Harbor anniversary. ExecutiveSales Manager E S Spear urges all Gallia Countians to buy bonds to support servicemen, noting 2400 plus in service and over thirty sacrifices. Bond purchases strengthen the effort and are a safe government investment. Volunteers will staff banks and issuing agencies. buyers should act by noon. County progress shows $299,644.25 of a $712,000 quota.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County War Finance Committee
Pearl Harbor
E. S. Spear
Gallia County
Spears
Gallia County Board Reports Annual Home Findings
Gallia County commissioners and county children's home trustees met at the Home to review the trustees annual report and hear State Building Inspector recommendations. The session listed 28 children on January 1, 1944, with 12 admitted during the year and 34 remaining at year end including work and adoption figures. the farm reported $893.90 sent to the general fund and stocks of canned beef and various produce prepared for winter use.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
County Children’s Home Trustees
Ebersbach, Pomeroy
Chauncey Johnson
Charles Boster
Wilf Tod Haskins
Margaret Bradbury
A. P. Miller
Frank Plymale
Harry Morgan
Ora Gilmore
Gallia County General Fund
Home
Musgrave: Putnam recount adjourned to Dec 11 deadline
State Senator Raymond F. Musgrave said the Putnam County vote recount is adjourned until Monday December 11. Ballots from half the precincts have been checked with no material changes in several offices. The contest for a seat on the non partisan board of education has been dropped.
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Point Pleasant
Raymond F. Musgrave
Putnam County
Board of Education
Musgrave
Fire at 751 First Avenue stops with minor damage
Gallipolis city firefighters were summoned to the home of William S Maxwell at 751 First Avenue just after 1 30 a m Tuesday a blaze was found between two first floor room partitions. Defective electrical wiring was blamed and the fire was quickly put out with only slight damage.
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Gallipolis
William S. Maxwell
First Avenue
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Announcements
Gallipolis Western district Order of Eastern Star hosts annual school of instruction with about 65 in attendance. Mary Jean Cornell and Kenneth H. Betz announce marriage, ceremony at the bride’s home with family witnesses. Notables include Peggy Rathburn resuming work post appendectomy, Legion Auxiliary officers in Columbus, and local moves among residents and military families. Several locals travel, recoveries noted, and Lib rary staff expand housing.
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Gallipolis
Order of Eastern Star
Twenty
Anna Stevers
W. L. Cornell
Mary Jean
Kenneth H. Betz
United States Navy
Harry Betz
Rev
J. D. Craft
Denver Keenan
T. M. Betz
William D. Corneil
Betz
Tuppers Plains News Notes
Mrs. C. E. Woode returns from a week in Delaware Dayton and Danville W Va. Mr. Miller of Chester preaches at the Methodist Church Wednesday. Herman Kim and son Charles visit Marion with Paul Chase family. Cox leaves for Fast Liverpool to visit relatives and others to join later by wife. M J Hopkins family of Dayton guests of Woode. Bertha Reed returns to Point Pleasant after weeks here. Myrtle Frost and granddaughter Geraldine Leahy visiting. Emory Keller of Columbus visiting Belle Keller. Charley Osborn moves into former Hardway property. Alice Dean at Bashan with Guess Stout. H T Dotson and Mollie Shields in Park Monde.
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Tuppers Plains
C. E. Woode
Delaware
Dayton
Danville
W. Va
McPherson
Joe Clare Millhone
Belpre
Clyde Millhone
Miller
Chester
Herman Kim
Charles
Marion
Paul Chase
Emory Keller
Columbus
Belle Keller
Charley Osborn
Hardway
Alice Dean
Bashan
Guess Stout
H. T. Dotson
Mollie Shields
Park Monde
Albany Grange and Associated Groups Social Notes
Albany Grange held a program led by lecturer Mrs Winnifred Hooper with a dozen speakers and songs. The Albany WSCS elected officers for the coming year and the Wednesday Club plans a December 6 meeting. A silver tea fundraiser for the McGranor Fund is planned by the Albany Community Garden Club on December 8.
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Albany
Albany Grange
Winnifred Hooper
Fern Hooper
Maude Knowlton
Ann Stack
Owen McVey
Thelma Robinson
Albany Wscs
Irene Wingett
Etta Bean
Jessie Cline
Norma Gillogly
Esther Dailey
Blanche Cline
School Expansion To Be Discussed In Gallipolis
Gallipolis city school board meets tonight to review post war expansion plans. Architect George Walker from Walker Norwich and Templin will discuss the Lincoln School building and the new recreational center along with a vocational agriculture building and other improvements in the expansion program.
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Gallipolis
City Board of Education
George Walker
Dayton
Architects
Walker, Norwich, and Templin
E. E. Higgins
Lincoln
Market Building on Second Avenue Sold
GALLIPOLIS the two story brick Puritan Market building on 756 Second Ave below Pine Street has been purchased by Joe Pierotti. The lot measures 176 by 40 feet with an alley to Pine Street. The Market is run by Henry McClung. the McClung family occupies the second story apartment. Purchase price was said to be $0,000.
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Gallipolis
Puritan Market
Pine Street
Second Ave
Joe Pierotti
Feker and Myers
Irmo Newton Radekin
Columbus
Point Pleasant Business Men Urge Shadle Bridge Toll Free Prospect
The Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce plans to send a delegation to Charleston to press state officials on removing tolls from Shadle Bridge across the Kanawha. The bridge carries more than $400,000 in outstanding bonds, and only four intra state Kanawha River bridges remain toll bridges. Residents of Mason, Kanawha and Fayette Counties view this as discrimination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Kanawha
Fayette
Just for Fun party at Junior High School noted
Point Pleasant highlights the Just for Fun party at the Junior High School Thursday at 8. It is a courtesy to the Senior Woman's Club. Jane Farwell of West Virginia University will speak. A son, John Thomas Kirk, was born to Dr and Mrs John W Kirk on Holzer Hospital Sunday night at 11 30.
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Point Pleasant
Jane Farwell
West Virginia University
John Thomas Kirk
John W. Kirk
Eighth St
Holzer Hospital
Point Pleasant Personal Notes On Weekend Visits
Mr and Mrs George A Wilson of Charleston spent Sunday with his parents Mr and Mrs Pat M Wilson of Charleston Road. Rev and Mrs Ottie McKinney of Charleston were guests of Mr and Mrs Garry Roach of Henderson over the weekend. Mrs Lemuel J Heslop of Dayton visited the Heslops then went to Charleston to visit her son William Heslop and family.
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Point Pleasant
George A. Wilson
Charleston
Pat M. Wilson
Charleston Road
Ottie McKinney
Garry Roach
Henderson
Lemuel J. Heslop
Dayton
Heslops
William Heslop
Local hospital release returns two figures home
Mervin Chapman reports Dr. J. W. Diddle and Mrs. Earl Austin have been discharged from Holzer Hospital to their Henderson homes. Mrs. Austin is recovering from blood poisoning illness. Dr. Diddle is improved after a heart attack but advised to stay at home and rest for at least 30 days.
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Point Pleasant
Mervin Chapman
J. W. Diddle
Earl Austin
Henderson
Holzer Hospital
Garden News Notes from the Garden-Jinkens Slush er
Regional society notes list visitors and familie s from Springfield Athens Guysville Columbus and Harrisonville. Names include Slusher Wingett Coen Buck Meighen Weatherbee Cunningham Gabriel Perry Johns Fulrod Swartz Smith and others. Several residents spent time with relatives and attended gatherings at homes and in Albany Columbus and Harrisonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jinkens Slusher
Springfield
C. F. Slusher
Jean Wingett
Pratts Fork
Carol Coen
Athens
H. C. Buck
Ray Wingett
C. A. Meighen
Story Coen
Co. L. Goldsberry
Allen Weatherbee
Ward Cunningham
Line
Guysville
G. E. Coen
Irene Gabriel
Pfc
John Gabriel
Columbus
Coen
Shirey
Dale Perry
Ferrel Johns
Melva Coen
Albany
William Fulrod
Alfred
Otto Swartz
William Smith
Harrisonville
Dr Long To Head Health Department In Mason County
The Mason County court approved appointing Dr Frank C Long Jr as head of the county health department. No salary provision or budget was set, with past local funding by small general expenses and travel paid by the board of education. State and national health aid had supported the post but recent withdrawal leaves the position unfunded.
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Point Pleasant
Frank C. Long
Mason County Health Department
Emma Burnside
Board of Education
State
National Health Departments
National Health Department
State Department
Old Moore Property Sold to New York Buyer at Mary Moore Farm
John A. Blain of Gallipolis Ferry sold 90 acres of bottom land at Crab Creek mouth in Clendenin District to Lyle Austin of 22 East Second Street New York City for about 12000 dollars. The land is part of the Mary Moore farm Blain bought two years ago at a court sale for Miss Moore estate settlement. Austin, a Mason County native, visited relatives with his wife and plans to retire in a few years, build a modern home on the farm, and move back to Mason County. They returned to New York Friday. Austin has run a business in New York for several years.
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Gallipolis
Peggy Rathburn
Whelan Studios
Holzer Hospital
George Lear
Eighth District American Legion Auxiliary
Columbus
Claude B. Parker
Athens
Parker
Jack
Bill Brown
W. Lewis Brown
Cpl
Chesney L. Shand
Camp Bowie
Texas
E. E. Justice
Justice
Upper River Road
Samuel Curry
U. S. Marines
Quantico
W. W. Curry
H. W. Wether
Point Pleasant
John A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Crab Creek
Clendenin
Lyle Austin
Second St
New York City
Mary Moore
Mr. Blain
Miss Moore
Mr. Austin
Mason County
New York
Austin
Blain
Jones Buys Into Market at Hillsboro
Jones announces a new partnership with Long, West and Company of Cincinnati to purchase Hillsboro, C., Livestock Sales Co. He owns half the stock, with the Cincinnati firm holding the remainder. The market began well under the new management, serving a rich agricultural area. Long, West and Company are long established at Union Stock Yards in Cincinnati.
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Point Pleasant
Bartow Jones
Long, West and Company
Cincinnati Livestock Brokers
Hillsboro, C
Arrest of Apple Grove man on peace warrant in Point Pleasant
Chief Hoyt Jividen arrested James A. Nowlin of Apple Grove yesterday on a peace warrant issued by a local magistrate. Jividen said Nowlin attacked Lester Pullin, a downtown restaurant owner, on a street several days ago.
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Point Pleasant
James A. Nowlin
Apple Grove
Hoyt Jividen
Jividen
Nowlin
Lester Pullin
Revival Continues At Henderson Church In Point Pleasant
The revival meeting at Henderson Methodist Church in Point Pleasant moved into its fourth week last night with strong attendance and growing interest reported by organizers.
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Point Pleasant
Henderson Methodist Church
ARE TO MARRY POINT PLEASANT
Application for a marriage license has been made by Lester Elias Leport and Louise Lewis, both of Beech Hill.
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Point Pleasant
Lester Elias Leport
Louise Lewis
Beech Hill
Woman's Society of Christian Service Meets Tonight
The Woman's Society of Christian Service will meet this evening at 7 30 in the social rooms of Trinity Methodist Church. The gathering aims to discuss community service and church activities.
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Point Pleasant
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church
Point Pleasant Transport Co Adds New 28ft Trailer
The Point Pleasant Transportation Co. received a 28 foot Graham trailer Monday and expects another soon. President Barton Jones said the new equipment ranks among the firm’s modern assets as business grows. The Columbus to Charleston route via Portsmouth and Huntington is popular with shippers, and Huntington’s new terminal is handling more goods than expected since its opening.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Transportation Co
Graham
Barton Jones
Jones
Columbus
Charleston
Portsmouth
Huntington
Sheriff to Close Office December 18 for Handover
Sheriff Lieving announces office closure from Dec 18 to year end to enable him to settle accounts and hand over books, papers, and funds to successor Ernest Hesson, who takes office Jan 1, 1944. The current cash balance exceeds year end projections due to tax payments and state utility tax receipts. remaining delinquent lands will be offered for sale Dec 11 at the courthouse door amid high redemption activity.
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Point Pleasant
Lieving
Condition Improves for Burdette Addition Woman
Mrs. Carl Smith of Burdette Addition was admitted to the Point Clinic Sunday after swallowing lysol. She showed marked improvement yesterday and is continuing under medical care.
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Point Pleasant
Carl Smith
Burdette Addition
Point Clinic
Birth Announcement for Patty Fowler in Leon
A daughter named Patty Sayre Fowler was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Fowler of Leon. The newborn weighed seven pounds six ounces and joins the family.
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Point Pleasant
Patty Sayre Fowler
Lawrence Fowler
Leon
You're Not Too Old To Feel Young Ad for Tromone pills
An advertisement addresses middle aged men worried about vitality. It promotes Tromone a vitamin hormone blend claimed to renew zest and pleasures of youth. The message urges following directions on Inbel and notes Tromone is sold by Gallaher Drug Company and druggists nationwide.
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Inbel
Gallaher Drug Company
Ady
Lieutenant Brooks Held Prisoner by Hans in War News
Mrs. 3 R. Brooks of Point Pleasant, a Central Grade School teacher, was notified that her husband, Lieutenant Brooks, is a German prisoner of war. He was shot down over the Adriatic on Sent 13, rescued minutes later, and later reported missing in action over Austria on Oct 13. He previously worked at the local shipyard and is a Virginia native.
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Point Pleasant
R. Brooks
Brooks
Adriatic
Austria
Virginia
Reynolds Sues For Divorce From Edith Reynolds At Mason County
John Reynolds, a soldier stationed at Camp Gordon in Augusta Georgia, filed for divorce from Edith Louise Martin Reynolds in Mason County circuit court. The couple married in 1942 after he entered military service and lived briefly at a California camp. No children were reported.
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Point Pleasant
John Reynolds
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Hay
Edith Louise Martin Reynolds
Mason County Circuit Co
California
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Avengers
Gallia
Logan
Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Ohio
Gallipolis Social Notes
Edwin Maddy
Buckeye Rural
Cooperative Corporation
St. Louis
C. O. Betz
E. C. Waugh
Leyte
P. I
Coast Guard
Albany Social Notes
Chauncey van Dyke
Dale Warner
Cletus Johnson
William and
Robert Dixon
Wilbur Baughman
Worley
S. R. Knowlton
Frank Radcliffe
E. H. Lasch
Florida
James Turner
Neva Schupach
West Virginia
T. H. Morgan
Betty Gilham
Ed Brooks
Cora Brooks
Lu Stanley
Aleutian Islands
Mary Frances Gillogly
SPAR
William Gillogly
Sgt
Connor
Miami
Fla
Maude McPherson
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Frances Cline
Bliss College
Christine Ayler
Cincinnati
Albany Community Garden Club
E. W.baughman
McGranor
Clyde Bowers
Nashville
Tenn
Harry Rabin
Chicago
Orra Bowers
Anita Knowlton
Ralph Bratton
C. B. Bowers
C. R. Brown
Vance Springer
Lamar
Great Lakes
Albany Friends
Springer
Margaret Mathiolt
Becky Jo
Alabama
H. W. Tedrow
Hamden
William Cline
Sidney Russell
Glouster
Harley Russell
Sidney Parker
Second Avenue
Oakley
Shadle Bridge
Garden News
Dr. Long
Old Moore
Hillsboro
Lieut
Hans
Dean Ion
Doan
James H. Wilson
Citizens Bank Bldg
Nelsonville, Ohio
Greer Walter Garson
Pidgeon
Mrs. Parkington
Skelton Eleanor
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