Avenger Day War Bond Drive Set In Gallia County
Gallia County War Finance Committee plans Avenger Day on December 7 1944 to boost Sixth War Loan sales. Executive manager E S Spear urges Gallia Countians to buy bonds to support troops, noting over 2400 locally in service and more than thirty sacrifices. Bond sales total at day’s report reach $29964425 toward a $7120000 county quota.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County War Finance Committee
Pearl Harbor
E. S. Spear
Gallia County
Spears
Gallia Home Board submits annual report at joint meeting
Gallia County commissioners and county children's home trustees met at the Home to hear the 1944 yearly report. Trustees chair A P Miller and member Frank Plymale reported 28 children in care at year start with 12 admitted and 7 returned to families. Funds from farm products totaled 893.90, with stockpiled canned beef and assorted produce for winter.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
County Children’s Home Trustees
Ebersbach, Pomeroy
Chauncey Johnson
Charles Boster
Wil] Tod Haskins
Margaret Bradbury
A. P. Miller
Frank Plymale
Harry Morgan
Ora Gilmore
Gallia County General Fund
Home
Musgrave Announces Putnam County Recount Adjourned
State Senator Raymond F. Musgrave said the vote recount in Putnam County was adjourned to Monday December 11. Ballots from half the precincts have been checked with no material changes for 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
Firemen Called to First Avenue Home
Gallipolis firemen responded to a blaze at 751 First Avenue the early Tuesday hour discovering fire between partitions on the first floor. Investigators blamed defective electric wiring and reported the fire was quickly extinguished with only slight damage.
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Gallipolis
William S. Maxwell
First Avenue
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights District Eastern Star Meet
Gallipolis Chapter hosted the twenty fourth district for the annual school of instruction with about 65 attendees though four chapters were unrepresented. Mrs Anna Stevers presided over the initiatory degree and the instructional program, followed by social hour and refreshments. Other local notes include a marriage announcement for Mary Jean Cornell to Kenneth H Betz, a Navy petty officer, with brief witness details and plans after leave, plus various community updates on residents and travels.
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Gallipolis
Order of Eastern Star
Twenty
Anna Stevers
Tuppers Plains News Notes
Mrs. C. E. Woode returns from a week in Delaware Dayton and Danville W V. Mrs. McPherson and daughter Mrs. Joe Clare Millhone of Belpre were Sunday supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Millhone. Mr. Miller of Chester preached at the Methodist Church Wednesday. Herman Kim and son Charles came home from Marion where they visited Mr. and Mrs. Paul Chase. Cox left for Fast Liverpool to visit relatives and will be joined by his wife. M. J. Hopkins and children of Dayton were visitors of Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Woode. Bertha Reed returned to Point Pleasant after a weeks visit. Myrtle Frost and granddaughter Geraldine Leahy of East Shade are visiting here. Emory Keller of Columbus is visiting Belle Keller. Charley Osborn moved into their new property from Mr. Hardway. Alice Dean is visiting Bashan with Guess Stout. H. T. Dotson and Mollie Shields in Parkersburg Monday.
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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
Cox
Emory Keller
Columbus
Belle Keller
Charley Osborn
Hardway
Alice Dean
Bashan
Guess Stout
H. T. Dotson
Mollie Shields
Parkersbyng
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
Jessie Cline
Margaret Mathiolt
Becky Jo
Alabama
Worley Cline
Ray Johnson
Kathleen
Elizabeth Johnson
L. W. Johnson
Grove City
G. B. MacDaniels
White Cross Hospital
O. D. Dailey
H. W. Tedrow
Hamden
William Cline
Sidney Russell
Glouster
Harley Russell
Wilbur Baughman
Sidney Parker
Osborn
Charles Parker
E. M. Baughman
Order of Eastern Star
Malta
Albany Grange notes highlight Thanksgiving program and meetings
Albany Grange hosted a lecturer led program with songs and poems and a white elephant exchange. Albany WSCS elected officers for the coming year and other clubs planned December meetings and community events benefiting servicemen with a silver tea and material drives.
School Expansion To Be Discussed In Gallipolis
Gallipolis city education leaders move the board meeting to tonight with architect George Walker from Walker Norwich and Templin present to discuss post war expansion. Plans include a new Lincoln School building a new recreational center a vocational agriculture building and other improvements for Gallipolis schools.
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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 structure occupied by the Puritan Market on Second Ave below Pine Street at 756 has been purchased by Joe Pierotti. The lot is 176 by 40 feet with a rear alley to Pine Street. The Market is run by Henry McClung and the McClung family occupy the second story. Purchase price was about 9500 dollars.
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Gallipolis
Puritan Market
Pine Street
Second Ave
Joe Pierotti
Feker and Myers
Irmo Newton Radekin
Columbus
Point Pleasant Men Seek Toll-Free Shadle Bridge
Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce plans to send a delegation to Charleston to press state officials, including the road commissioner, to free Shadle Bridge on the Kanawha of tolls. The bridge carries over $400,000 in outstanding bonds, with four Kanawha River toll bridges remaining. Residents of Mason, Kanawha and Fayette counties see discrimination in tolls.
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Point Pleasant
Mason
Kanawha
Fayette
Just for Fun party tops Point Pleasant social calendar
Point Pleasant social notes highlight a Junior High School event to honor the Senior Woman's Club with recreation specialist Jane Farwell from West Virginia University slated to speak. A birth is recorded at Holzer Hospital for Dr. and Mrs. John W. Kirk of Eighth Street. Local visits include Charleston residents George A. Wilson and Ottie McKinney with Henderson hosts.
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Point Pleasant
Jane Farwell
West Virginia University
John Thomas Kirk
John W. Kirk
Eighth St
Holzer Hospital
Diddle and Mrs Austin Return Home from Hospital
Mervin Chapman has sent Dr. J W Diddle and Mrs Earl Austin home from Holzer Hospital in Henderson. Mrs Austin is recovering from blood poisoning illness. Dr Diddle is improved after a heart attack but should 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 Journal
Garden notes recount visits and social travel in Ohio communities. Jinkens Slusher of Springfield stayed with his parents, while Miss Wingett of Pratts Fork visited Miss Coen. Athens visitors included Buck Wingett Meighen and Story Coen. Thanksgiving guests at the Coens included Irene Gabriel and Gilbert Coen family from Columbus.
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Jinkens Slusher
Springfield
C. F. Slusher
Jean Wingett
Pratts Fork
Carol Coen
Athens
H. C. Buck
Ray Wingett
C. A. Meighen
Story Coen
C. L. Goldsberry
Allen Weatherbee
Ward Cunningham
Line
Guysville
G. E. Coen
Irene Gabriel
Pfc
John Gabriel
Columbus
Gilbert Coen
Shirley
Dale Perry
Ferrel Johns
E. Coen
Melva Coen
Albany
William Fulrod
Alfred
Otto Swartz
William Smith
Harrisonville
Dr. Long To Head Health Department
Mason County appoints Dr. Frank C. Long Jr as head of the health department with no salary provision in the budget. The county court has relied on general funds and school board travel expenses, with state and national health aid having funded the director previously, now withdrawn.
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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 Bought by Austin in West Virginia
John A Blain of Gallipolis Ferry sold 90 acres of bottom land at Crab Creek mouth in Clendenin District to Lyle Austin of New York City for about 12000 dollars. The land is part of the Mary Moore farm Blain bought at a court sale to settle Miss Moore's estate. Austin, a Mason County native, visited relatives and friends, then returned to New York. He plans to retire in a few years, build a home on the farm, and move back to Mason County.
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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 reveals he and Long, West and Company of Cincinnati acquired Hillsboro Livestock Sales Co. early in the fall. The local man holds 50 percent of the stock with the Cincinnati group owning the rest. The market started well under new management and serves a rich agricultural area. Long, West and Company are the oldest firm at Union Stock Yards in Cincinnati.
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Point Pleasant
Bartow Jones
Long, West and Company
Cincinnati Livestock Brokers
Hillsboro, C
Apple Grove man arrested on peace warrant in town
James A. Nowlin of Apple Grove was arrested yesterday by Chief Hoyt Jividen on a peace warrant issued by a local magistrate. Jividen stated Nowlin attacked Lester Pullin, a downtown restaurant owner, several days ago.
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Point Pleasant
James A. Nowlin
Apple Grove
Hoyt Jividen
Jividen
Nowlin
Lester Pullin
Revival Meeting Heads Into Fourth Week at Henderson Church
POINT PLEASANT attendance and interest at Henderson Methodist Church revival services remain strong as the meeting enters its fourth week, with observers noting continued good turnout last night.
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Point Pleasant
Henderson Methodist Church
Leport and Lewis Apply for Marriage License
In Point Pleasant an application for a marriage license has been filed by Lester Elias Leport and Sylvia Louise Lewis, both residents of Beech Hill.
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Point Pleasant
Lester Elias Leport
Sylvia Louise Lewis
Beech Hill
Woman's Society meets at Trinity Methodist Church tonight
The Woman's Society of Christian Service will gather this evening at 7 30 in the social rooms of Trinity Methodist Church. Members from Point Pleasant are urged to attend as a social and planning session is planned for the evening.
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Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church
Point Pleasant Transport Adds 28 Foot Trailer
The Point Pleasant Transportation Co. received a 28 foot Graham truck trailer on Monday. Another similar trailer is expected soon as the firm expands to meet growing business. A Columbus to Charleston via Portsmouth and Huntington route attracts shippers in both terminals and along the line. The Huntington terminal is handling more goods than anticipated since its opening weeks ago.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Transportation Co
Graham
Barton Jones
Jones
Columbus
Charleston
Portsmouth
Huntington
Sheriff to close office December 18 in handover
POINT PLEASANT A notice on the sheriff's door announces closure from December 18 to year end as Sheriff Lieving prepares to turn over books papers and funds to successor Ernest Hesson who takes office January 1 1944. The current balance exceeds future obligations due to tax payments and a state utility tax payout. Remaining delinquent land parcels will be sold December 11 at the courthouse. Redemptions are unusually high.
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Point Pleasant
Lieving
Point Pleasant Woman Improves After Lysol Ingestion
Mrs Carl Smith of Burdette Addition was admitted to Point Clinic after swallowing Lysol and showed marked improvement by yesterday afternoon.
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Point Pleasant
Carl Smith
Burdette Addition
Point Clinic
Daughter Patty Sayre Fowler Born in Leon
A daughter, Patty Sayre Fowler, was born Sunday to Mr and Mrs Lawrence Fowler of Leon. The child weighed seven and a half pounds making a happy arrival for the family.
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Point Pleasant
Patty Sayre Fowler
Lawrence Fowler
Leon
Tromone for Middle aged men boosts vitality and mood
A vintage advertisement touts Tromone a medical formula combining vitamins and hormones claimed to renew vigor zest and enjoyment for middle aged men. It urges following the label directions and notes Gallaher Drug Company and druggists as suppliers.
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Gallaher Drug Company
Ady
Lieut Brooks Held Prisoner by Hans in World War II
Mrs John R Brooks of Central Grade School learns her husband Lieutenant Brooks Army Air Force is a German prisoner of war after being shot down on September 13 and later reported missing in action over Austria on October 13 He previously worked at a local shipyard and hails from Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
John R. Brooks
Brooks
Army Air Force
Thendmatic
Austria
Virginia
Reynolds Sues for Divorce in Mason County Circuit Court
John Reynolds, a soldier stationed at Camp Gordon Georgia, filed for divorce from Edith Louise Martin Reynolds in Mason County circuit court. They wed in 1942 after he joined the military and lived briefly at a California camp. no children are reported.
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Point Pleasant
John
Reynolds
Camp Gordon
Augusta
Edith Louise Martin Reynolds
Mason County
California
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Avengers
Gallia
Biccaiani
Rth
Logan
Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Ohio
Gallipolis Social Notes
W. L. Cornell
Mary Jean
Kenneth H. Betz
United States Navy
Harry Betz
Rev
J. D. Craft
Denver Keenan
T. M. Betz
William D. Cornell
Betz
Peggy Rathburn
Whelan Studios
George Lear
Eighth District
American Legion Auxiliary
Claude B. Parker
Texas
E. E. Justice
Justice
Upper River Road
Samuel Curry
U. S. Marines
Quantico
W. W. Curry
H. W. Wetherholt
Douglas
Wetherholt
J. F. Joiden
Racine
Sylvia Taylor
Goldin Taylor
Alice Donnally
Jessie Howell
Locust St
Edwin Maddy
Buckeye Rural Electric Cooperative Corporation
St. Louis
C. ©. Betz
E. C. Waugh
Leyte
P. IL
Coast Guard
Albany Social Notes
Albany Grange
Winnifred Hooper
Fern Hooper
Maude Knowlton
Ann Stack
Owen McVey
Thelma Robinson
Albany Wscs
Irene Wingett
Etta Bean
Norma Gillogly
Esther Dailey
Blanche Cline
Chauncey van Dyke
Dale Warner
Cletus Johnson
William
Robert Dixon
Worley
S. R. Knowton
Frank Radcliffe
E. H. Lasch
Florida
James Turner
Neva Schupach
West Virginia
T. H. Morgan
Betty Gilham
Ed Brooks
Cora Brooks
Lu Stanley
Leona Nichols
Emma _ Jones
Clara Gillogly
Denver McVey
Jack Connor
Second Avenue
Oakley
Nelsonville, Ohio
Shadle Bridge
George A. Wilson
Pat M. Wilson
Charleston Road
Ottie McKinney
Garry Roach
Lemuel J. Heslop
Heslops
William Heslop
Garden News
Dr. Long
Old Moore
Hillsboro
Lieut
Hans
Doan
James H. Wilson
Citizens Bank Bldg
Greer Walter Garson Pidgeon
Mrs. Parkington
Skelton
Eleanor Powell
Susu
Kelly
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