Three-Time Army Deserter Arrested in Gallipolis
Stacey K. Halfhill, described as a three time deserter from the U S Army, was arrested Saturday afternoon in Gallipolis by Sheriff Hatfield after a struggle with Halfhill's brother G C Halley who was deputized. Halfhill, inducted July 1 1941, had been in hiding since August in Camp Stewart Georgia and the hills of Gallia County while authorities awaited a federal representative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stacey K. Halfhill
U. S. Army
Hatfield
Halthill
Camp Stewart
Gallia County
City
Lafte
Halfhill
G. C. Halley
Stewart Endorsed by Gallia GOP for Bricker Taft Jenkins Jones Hummel
Gallia County Republican Executive Committee backed Stewart for president and pledged support for Bricker Taft Jenkins Jones and Hummel for renomination. Rumor links Dann O Taber to a May primary bid for Secretary of State, with a noted past role at the New York World's Fair and Ohio Highway Department PR.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stewart Gallia County
Republican Executive Committee
John W. Bricker
U. S
Robert A. Taft
Thomas A. Jenkins
Tom Jones
Edward J. Hummel
Dann O. Taber
American Federation of Labor
Taber
Ohio
State Highway Department
Two Divorce Actions Filed in Mason
Two divorce suits were filed in Mason County. Rena Gibbs accuses Paul Gibbs with desertion claiming they never lived together. Gibbs is stated to be in the Army and the couple’s home is listed in Mason City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Point Pleasant
Handy
Clifton
Rena Gibbs
Paul Gibbs
Gibbs
Mason City
Gallia Hunters to Attend Opening Deer Season
Claude Miller and Junior Simmons travel to Scioto County to join J. M. Kratzer of the State Highway Patrol at his country place for the season opener. Other parties depart Monday include How ard Hardway Norris Carter Monroe Gatewood Jim Wetherholt with Hector Steele and Ed Sibley with Ned Bachus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Claude Miller
Junior Simmons
Scioto County
J. M. Kratzer
Scipto Unty
Howard Hardway
Norris Carter
Monroe Gatewood
Jim Wetherholt
Hector Steele
Ed Sibley
Ned Bachus
Waste Paper Collection Starts Today in Gallipolis
City children will collect waste paper as part of a nation wide campaign. Papers are to be placed on curbs for pickup by trucks. Depots will be at local school buildings with a temporary roofed enclosure at Washington School grounds and the Academy Field ticket building serving the high school. Collections occur each Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Washington
Academy Field
Auto Crash Causes Power Outage in Gallipolis
Henrietta Darnell of Gallipolis County drove on Route 7 near the Silver Bridge early Sunday striking an Onto Power Company pole, breaking it and demolishing the car. The driver suffered minor injuries and Gallipolis faced a power loss lasting about thirty minutes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Henrietta Darnell
Silver Bridge
Onto Power Company
Speedy Building Start Urged in Postwar Era
John B. Blandford Jr of the National Housing Agency urged rapid new housing construction as manpower and materials permit, claiming potential output of one to one and a half million houses annually. He said millions of Caenan dwellings exist nationwide and asked for urgency in postwar housing. Filoyd B Griffin of Spencerville announced his candidacy for Republican state auditor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John B. Blandford, Jr
National Housing Agency
Speec Ennee Seo
Ida Fontana Weds Ensign John J. Cooney Jr in Ohio Church
In Gallipolis Miss Ida Fontana daughter of Mr and Mrs A Fontana married Ensign John J Cooney Jr of Providence RR 1 at St Agathas Church Upper Arlington. The ceremony featured pastel blue crepe outfits and orchids with a reception at the Fontana home and a later tropical honeymoon stop in Miami Florida aboard the couple’s travel wardrobe and bouquet toss for Miss Marge Moore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ida Fontana
A. Fontana
City
John J. Cooney, Jr
Providence, RR. 1
St. Agatha’s Catholc Church
Upper Arlington
George Ken
John McBride
Thomas Igel
Columbus
Gardenias
Homer
Miss Moore
Miss Bean
Mia Fontana
Scioto Country Club
John C. Fontana
Miami
Fila
Ensign Cooney
Baum Marten
Marge Moore
David Kelton
Lancaster
Ohio
Juanita
Ensign Kent Hodell
Kingsville
Tex
Ensign
Miss Kelton
Lancaster High School
St. Mary's Hospital School of Nursing
Huntington
W. Va
Lancaster City Hospital
Ensign Hodell
University of Cincinnati
U. S. Navy Air Corps
W. D. Kelton
John Frazier
Gallipolis Social Notes and Engagements Highlight Local News
Gallipolis social items detail a wedding at Grace Methodist Church with Lt Dan Miller and Barbara Wheeler as key figures. The report also notes engagements, Army and Navy postings, and local visits including Mrs. Flora Hott's trip to Chesapeake and John Rue’s Mayo Clinic update.
Virgil Blevins Hosts Vilma Gabrielli’s Fifteenth Birthday
Mrs. Virgil Blevins entertained Vilma Gabrielli’s friends at her home on Friday evening. The party featured games and dancing with guests including Yeanger Barbara Woods Lonnie Safford Frank Hamilton Leon Saunders Bobby Harrison Juanita McKean Garland Folden and Jimmy Betz.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilma Gabrielli
Virgil Blevins
Vilma
Dance Yeanger
Barbara Woods
Lonnie Safford
Frank Hamilton
Leon Saunders
Bobby Harrison
Juanita McKean
Garland Folden
Jimmy Betz
Allied Leaders Plan Enduring Peace Beyond War
The conference sketches a postwar framework with no territorial gains, self government rights, and a freed seas principle. Stalin meets with Roosevelt and Hopkins amid tight security as allies aim to restrain Nazi power, with talks on economic collaboration and disarmament forthcoming.
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Geom
Molotov
Harry L. Hopkins
Stalin
Russia
Teheran
Stalingrad
Time Is Set For Drives on Hitler's Fort
Washington reports describe Teheran talks outlining Allied invasion plans for Europe and the timing of offensives. Weather could allow a late winter or early summer start with combined strikes from East West and South to force German dispersal and defeat. Churchill and Roosevelt toasted during a celebratory dinner as newsmen note the Tehran meeting may have surpassed prior Moscow discussions.
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Washington
Teheran
Britain
United States
Russia
Europe
Tle
Belgium
Churchill
Roosevelt
Cairo
Moscow
Social Notes From Mineral Area Gathering
A Mineral city social page item notes 22 attendees at a Sunday gathering. Mrs. Harry Swart is ill with scarlet fever. The writeup includes stray phrases about Earth’s distance and a century reference, with limited readable names and places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wood
Caughter
Biece Hayes Columbes
Harry Swart
Fifth Service Band To Appear At Ball At Shipyard
Local residents will hear the Fifth Service Command Army Band at Point Pleasant shipyard next Thursday December 9. Army musicians will stay overnight and perform a concert at the Junior High School Auditorium for workers. Miss Lucy Monroe will sing before disabled service members in Cleveland before the rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Fifth Service Command Army Band
Jason
T. Weissenburger
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Army
Weissenburger
Lucy Monroe
Cleveland
Miss Monroe
War Veterans To Visit Mason Plant For Dedicatory Ceremony
Two World War II veterans and former ordnance works employees will be guests of honor at the dedication of the Plant Honor Roll Board at West Virginia Ordnance Works in Point Pleasant. The 4 p.m. event December 7 will include music by the Middleport High School Band and brief addresses by Major Leland Culbertson, plant manager C M Brown, and Prosecuting Attorney William H Bardin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Ordnance Works
Leland J. Culbertson
C. M. Brown
Middleport High School
Frank T. Cady
Christ Episcopal Church
Major Culbertson
Brown
William H. Bardin
Heck Buys Grocery Stock in John Brown Closure
John E Brown, longtime grocer at 510 Main St, closes shop after nearly 40 years. He sells stock to Mr. Heck who plans a grocery opening on Sixth St and operates a skating rink on Viand St. Heck also acquired Tiny’s Cut Rate at Third and Main, then sold it back to Odus Burris the next day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Main St
John E Brown
Heck
Sixth St
Viand St
Tiny
Main Sts
Odus Burris
Burris
DAR Projects Discussed by Mason Group
Mason group of the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR held a December meeting focusing on a business session. The buddy bag project reported 50 bags nearly ready for delivery with plans to fill pockets with soap razors notebooks candy gum and other small items soldiers may want. A long list of members attended including Mrs Meade Mrs Tallman Mrs Roush and several others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
D.A.R
William Meade
Meade
Clyde Tallman
Olin Roush
Marion Fogelsong
Homer Martin
Carl Gardner
Ora P. Biddle
C. ©. Weissenburger
Louis Bateson
John William Steenbergen
O. W. Lusher
Eunice Beller
L. C.somerville
John J. Dower
C. O. Durfee
Nelson A. Park
Cary Howard Rayburn
Harold Sayre
William Steenbergen
Mary McCulloch
Garnette Tillis
Robert H. Ferguson
Community Leaders Meet in Mason County
Sixteen Mason County Agricultural Adjustment Association committeemen elected county officers for the coming year. Riley F. Gibbs was chosen chairman with P. E. Roush as vice chair and H. A. Johnson as secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Agricultural Adjustment Association
Riley F. Gibbs
P. E. Roush
C. F. Buckle
South Side
J. F. Wheaton
Upland
E. W. Sims
Apple Grove
H. A. Johnson
Letart
W. E. Kirk
Hogsett
Raymond Smith
Gallipolis Ferry
Russell Starkey
Glenwood
James Cain
Elmwood
Riley Gibbs
L. B. Bennett
Nat
B. P. Roush
J. C. Parsons
H. J. Forth
Fraziers Bottom
Walter Johnson
H. A. Hartley
Leon
H. E. Crump
Henderson
H. J. Sayre
James M. Crump
Hartford
Emanuel Wears
Pliny
Haller Held in Mason County on Theft Charge
State police arrested James Haller in Huntington and brought him to Mason County Jail. He is held pending a hearing likely today. Warrant charges theft of 75 dollars from Meigs Grocery Co. livery truck. robbery said to have occurred in Mason County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James Haller
Huntington
Mason County
Haller
Meigs Grocery Co
Ripley Official Is To Enter Naval Service
Mr and Mrs Donald Ferguson and daughter Colleen of Ripley visited relatives in Point Pleasant. The Ripley man serves as Jackson County clerk but resigns to join the Navy and heads to California for training. Mrs Ferguson will act as county clerk for her husband until the war ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Donald Ferguson
Colleen
Ripley
Robert H. Ferguson
Park Drive
Jackson County
Navy
California
Ferguson
Few Pumpkins Seen in Markets This Season
Market reports from Point Pleasant note pumpkins are scarce this season with limited availability. Vendors indicate prices hover around five cents per unit, and sales occur only through direct negotiations with growers.
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Point Pleasant
Ers
New Phone Directories Distributed in Point Pleasant Area
New telephone directories were distributed in Point Pleasant and nearby areas detailing that about 500 receiving sets connect with the exchanges in Point Pleasant and New Haven, Mason, and Arlee. The listings cover rural tracts along the Ohio River to Le Grove and G Landing, with advertising confined to back pages and organized alphabetically by classification.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
New Te
P, Pleasant
New Haven
Mason
Arlee
Henderson
Ohio
Appr
Christmas party at McCulloch home in Point Pleasant
The Presbyt Sunday School class met at 1002 St with hosts Mrs William Steegen and Miss Mary McCy. Members sang Christmas songs, heard Luke’s gospel story, and voted to donate to Davis-St Orphanage in Lewisburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Shine
Presbyt
McCulloch
William Stee
Mary McCy
Chalmers McCy
St. Luke
Mountain Mission
Davis-St
Lewisburg
Bers
Bateson
John William Sibergen
Loula Lewis
Raymond Allen
George Sp Ger
James A. Adie
Nina Sullivan
Clyde Tal
Charleston
Bess Sulli
Cary Howard Rayburn
Homer Fisher
le Pratt
McCutchen
Margaret Lewis
Local Residents Note Hospital Visits And Recoveries
Saturday trip for business and friends as families report hospital stays and recoveries. Mr and Mrs T E Blessing with sister Mrs cil Blessing of Letart returned home from St Josephs Hospital Parke after treatment. Mrs Dwight of Letart back home recovering from a serious operation. Mrs Walter A Windsor and daughter Miss Anne Windsor home from Rochester Mayo Clinic where Windsor was a patient. Mr and Mrs James M of Hartford spent several days with relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William McKean
Knoxville
Tenn
Ivg Frost
Chicago
Atty
Hollis C. Johnston
Mra Johnston
John Morgan
Mra R. W. Lewis
Oak Hill
C. R. Niday
Verne Niday
Cincinnati
Flora Hott
First Ave
Chesapeake
John Rue
Rochester
Minn
Rue
Mayo Clinic
T. E. Blessing
Cil Blessing
Letart
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parke
Dwight
Walter A. Windsor
Anne Windsor
Windsor
James M
Hartford
Medical Patient Transfers and Admits Noted in Brief
A patient from Leaves Point Clinic in Point Pleasant was moved to the home of Mrs. Emmett Biffle at Ory Chapel yesterday. Mrs. Paul Jones of 2313 Seat Ave was admitted for surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Earlett
Frank
Emmett Biffle
Ory Chapel
Paul Jones
Seat Ave
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Athens Messenger
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Dec
Saturda
FBI
Stewart
Gallia
City of Light
Funny Business
Hershberger
UleDy
Pennsylvania Society
Bricker
Roy D. Moore
Canton
John Galbreath
Bear
A. A. Hoppingarner
Dover
Evert Addison
J. J. Flanagan
Toledo
John D. Zook
Urbana
Gallipolis Social Notes
Dan Miller
Scott Westerman
Grace Methodist Church
Barbara Wheeler
Alfred Ingerick
Dorisa
Kenneth Wheeler
Fred Wheeler
Gallia Academy
Miller
Officers’ Training School
Hattie Martin Miller
Hugh Miller
Jefferson
Elinor Deopping
Betty Jean McHenry
Mrs. Culbertson
Texas
Mas
Vyaechieslay Molter
Hitler’s
Earth
Ems
Jae Wr Cestury
Ball
Mason Plant
John Brown
Spencer Draft Board
DAR
Mason Group
Naval Service
Leaves Point Clinic
Vicks VapoRub
Vicki Watronal
Suntlaw
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