Nelsonville Council Prepares Last Regular Meeting of Year
Nelsonville City Council, two years into its current term, will hold its final regular meeting tonight before the new council takes office in January. Five current members attend while President W. T. Anderson recovers from illness in Grant Hospital.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Nelsonville Council
Nelsonville
Gerald Nelson
Walter Tigner
Tigner
Nelson
Reublican
Repub- Rene Ican
Herman Ogg
Arthur Kennedy
George Bateman
Prest
Council Ogg
W. T. Anderson
L. Keplar
William Raybould
William Powell
Burley Blair
Frank Huddy
Grant Hospital
Mary L. Brooker 74 Dies at Daughter's Home in New Philadelphia
Mrs. Mary L. Brooker 74, former Longstreth resident, died Friday after illness at daughter Mrs. Alice Perkins home in New Philadelphia. Survived by three daughters and two sons with 15 grandchildren and five great grandchildren. Funeral Tuesday at 1 pm at Longstretch home conducted by Rev. L. E. Evans Church of Christ. Burial at Buchtel.
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Nelsonville
Mary L. Brooker
Longstreth
Alice Perkins
New Philadelphia
Peter Brooker
Flossie
Fred
Agnes
Hilber
Perkins
Mable Justice
Lancaster
Mary Smart
Toledo
Raymond Brooker
Charles Garlinger Dies at Buchtel
Charles Garlinger, 65, longtime Buchtel resident, died Saturday night at his home after a brief illness. Services will be held Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the residence, with burial at Greenlawn. He leaves wife Ella Garlinger, sister Ella Lewis of Buchtel, and brothers Thomas of Canton and Joseph of Smithfield.
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Nelsonville
Charles Garlinger
Buchtel
Greenlawn
Ella Garlinger
Ella Lewis
Thomas
Canton
Ohio
Joseph
Smithfield
Miller Rites Held At Plains Church
Funeral services for Sandra Lee Miller two and one half year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Garth Miller were held this afternoon at 2 o clock at the Methodist Church at The Plains. Burial was at West Union Street Cemetery in Athens.
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Nelsonville
Sandra Lee Miller
Garth Miller
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
the Plains
West Union St
Athens
Ciocco Pleads Innocent in 65 MPH Charge in Nelsonville
Samuel William Ciocco pleaded innocent after an arrest affidavit charged him with driving 65 mph in a 50 mph zone. A hearing before Mayor Herman Ogg resulted in a guilty finding with a $15 fine plus costs paid.
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Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Samuel William Ciocco
Herman Ogg
Ciocco
Mrs Shafer Hosts Hyperion Club Meeting
Mrs. Cecil Shafer hosted the Hyperion Club in Nelsonville with a business session voting a donation to the Pan American Scholarship Fund. Attendees reported on the Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs conference in Columbus, December 1, and Charles E. Poston spoke on Vatican City. Tea was served at the end.
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Nelsonville
Cecil Shafer
Hyperion Club
Pan- American Scholarship Fund
Ohio Federation of Women's Clubs
Columbus
John V.wood
Charles E. Poston
Vatican City
Helen Largent
C. G. Pritchard
Service Men of York District Update on Navy Transfers
William Howard Ritchie seaman second class U S Navy has been moved to Brementon Washington Navy Yards for special instruction before sea duty His mother Mrs Virginia Ritchie reports Ritchie served 16 months on convoy duty with seven overseas trips His mother works in Columbus and her other son Pvt Claude Ritchie is overseas with the Army Another son Pte John Call and James Call are on furlough with their parents Gerald Forbes sailor second class now with Amphibious Forces training at Solomon Island Maryland awaiting assignment to an S C I boat
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William Howard Ritchie
U.S. Navy
Virginia Ritchie
Buchtel
Brementon
Wash
Navy Yards
Seaman Ritchie
Gerald Forbes
Thomas Forbes
U. S. Navy
Solomon Island
Maryland
S.C.I
Christmas party moves to Hyde home in Nelsonville
Nelsonville notes report the Martha Class Christmas party at Miss Blanche Moorehead will be held at Mrs. J M Hyde Fort Street with Miss Moorehead assisting. Loyal Woman's Class of Church of Christ meets Tuesday at 7 30 pm at Mrs Mary Rays home on W Washington Street for a Christmas exchange.
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Nelsonville
Martha
Methodist Church
Blanche Moorehead
J. M. Hyde
Fort St
Miss Moorehead
Church of Christ
Mary Ray
W. Washington St
Christmas party by Past Matrons and Patrons at Tri Pi Sorority
Past Matrons and Past Patrons Association of the Eastern Star holds its annual Christmas party and dinner at the Tri Pi Sorority apartment Wednesday evening December 8 at 6 30. Reservations or regrets must be phoned to Mrs Wesley Hawk or Mrs Clarence Washburn by noon Tuesday.
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Association of the Eastern Star
Tri Pst
Wesley Hawk
Clarence Washburn
Chesser Family Visits Son Studying for Graduation
Rev and Mrs Carroll Chesser of Nelsonville R F D 2 travel Friday to Madison Wisconsin to visit son Pfc Lloyd Wayne Chesser in Truax Field hospital Ward 210. He has passed his test and will graduate December 20 as radio operator.
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Carroll Chesser
Nelsonville
R.F.D
Pfc
Lloyd Wayne Chesser
Truax Field Hospital
Madison
Wis
Gallipolis Social Notes Bride and engagements highlight
Miss Helen Wheeler wed Lieutenant Deal Miller at Grace Methodist Church with only attendants. The couple will spend ten days furlough in Gallipolis before Miller's transfer to Jefferson Missouri. Also noted are upcoming engagements, local visits, and church group gatherings including Major Culbertson’s talk on Rededication of Ideals.
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Helen Wheeler
Deal Miller
Scott Westerman
Grace Methodist Church
Barbara Wheeler
Alfred Ingerick
Doris Jones Wheeler
Kenneth Wheeler
Fred Wheeler
Gallia Academy High School
Columbus
Lieut. Miller
U. S. Army
Gallia Academy
Officers’ Training School
Hattie Martin Miller
This City
Hugh Miller
Jefferson
Allied Leaders Agree Upon Plan To Crush Garni Forces
The article reports on Allied plans and principles from the Tehran conference with Roosevelt Churchill and Stalin. It outlines the Atlantic Charter aims including self government, free seas, and disarmament, and notes Stalin’s visit and security concerns amid saboteur fears in Iran.
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Roosevelt
Churchill
Teheran
Preadent Roosevelt
Stalin
Molotov
Harry L. Hopkins
Russia
Iran
Stalin-grad
Sta- Nov
Crus
Time Is Set For Drives on Hitler's Fort
Report on Teheran conference details timing for final offensives against Continental Europe. Invasion could start late winter or next summer with Balkan or Southern France routes considered. Churchill Roosevelt Stalin celebrated at Churchill's 69th birthday dinner as Moscow and Cairo observers noted widened gaps bridged.
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Washington
Teheran
Britain
United States
Russia
Germany
Europe
Balkans
France
Belgium
Italy
Churchill
Legation
Stalin
Roosevelt
Cairo
Moscow
Mineral social notes highlight local visits and events
Social notes from Mineral show visitors from Newark Athens and Albany RD. Irene Ely joins Mrs Goodwin for a week in Mineral. Local families host gatherings at the Ely and Bailis homes. Ruthie Swart ill with scarlet fever. One sentence notes church attendance and a distant earth line remark.
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Emmitt Brooks and Sons
Ernest Ely
Chillicothe
Arnold Goodwin
Newark
Irene Ely
Adrian Whaley
Athens
Florence Wood
Ramona
Orland Ely
Errett Carmen
Hattie Reeves
Alice
L. W. Younkin
Ira Emmitt Brooks
Ft. Hayes
Columbus
Methodist Church
John Davis
J. P. Snyder
Ray Bailis
Albany RD
Ruthie Swart
Harry Swart
Fifth Service Band To Play At Point Pleasant Shipyard
Local residents will hear the Fifth Service Command Army Band at the shipyard next Thursday December 9. The band will perform a concert at the Junior High School Auditorium after overnighting there. Miss Lucy Monroe will sing at the rally for disabled service men in Cleveland prior to the shipyard event.
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Point Pleasant
Fifth Service Command
Army Band
Jason T. Weissenburger
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Army
Weissenburger
Lucy Monroe
Cleveland
Monroe
War Veterans To Visit Mason Plant For Dedicatory Ceremony
Two World War II veterans wounded in overseas action will be guests of honor at the Mason Plant Honor Roll Board dedicatory ceremony at 4 00 p m on December 7. Major Culbertson plant commander and C M Brown invite all veterans and employees to attend the half hour event. The program includes Middleport High School Band music an invocation by Rev Frank T Cady and brief addresses by officials and the veterans. The visitors will tour the plant meeting groups of employees in various areas.
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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 of John Brown
F. Leslie Heck purchased the equipment and fixtures of Brown Grocery Co at 510 Main St. John E. Brown closed the store Sept. 1 after more than 40 years in business. Heck planned to reopen with a stock of groceries later in the week and also previously operated a Sixth Street restaurant and a Viand Street skating rink. He recently bought Tiny's Cut Rate grocery at Third and Main from Odus Burris and sold it back the next day.
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Point Pleasant
F. Leslie Heck
Brown Grocery Co
Main St
John E. Brown
Heck
Sixth St
Viand St
Spencer Draft Board Reports Low December Quota
POINT PLEASANT The Roane County Spencer draft board reported only 59 men eligible for the December quota of 116.
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Point Pleasant
Roane County
Spencer
DAR Projects Discussed by Mason Group
Mason Group of Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR held a December meeting focused on a business session. A report by Mrs. William Meade showed 50 buddy bags nearly ready for delivery with plans to fill pockets with soap razor blades notebooks candy gum and more for soldiers.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
D.A.R
William Meade
Meade
Clyde Tallman
Olin Roush
Marion Fogelsong
Homer Martin
Carl Gardner
Ora P. Biddle
C. O. 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 gathered in Point Pleasant on Saturday elected officers for the coming year. Riley F. Gibbs was named chairman with P. E. Roush as vice chairman and H. A. Johnson as secretary treasurer.
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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
Theft charge lands Huntington man in Mason County jail
State police arrested James Haller in Huntington Saturday evening and held him in Mason County Jail awaiting a likely today hearing. A local magistrate issued the warrant charging Haller with stealing 75 dollars from Edgar Tuckerman of Middleport who drives a Meigs Grocery Co. delivery truck. The robbery reportedly occurred in Mason County.
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Point Pleasant
James Haller
Huntington
Mason County
Haller
Edgar Tuckerman
Middleport
Meigs Grocery Co
Ripley Official Is To Enter Naval Service
Mr and Mrs Donald Ferguson and daughter Colleen of Ripley visited in Point Pleasant with his brother and sister in law Mr and Mrs Robert H Ferguson of 152 Park Drive They note he is Jackson County Ohio county clerk recently commissioned an ensign in the Navy and will depart for California for training His wife will fill the county clerk post for her husband until the war ends.
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Point Pleasant
Donald Ferguson
Colleen
Ripley
Robert H. Ferguson
Park Drive
Jackson County
Navy
California
Limited Pumpkin Supplies Reported in Markets
In Point Pleasant farmers note pumpkins are scarce this season with prices around five cents per pound and sales mainly via direct negotiations. Growers say the crop is easy to cultivate here but market availability remains tight.
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Point Pleasant
New Phone Directories Distributed in Region
New phone directories were distributed in Point Pleasant and surrounding communities. The listings show about 500 served in Pleasant, 160 in New Haven Mason and 33 in Arlee. The directory covers nearby areas along the Ohio and Kanawha rivers up to G Landing with back-page advertising arranged alphabetically by applications.
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Point Pleasant
Pleasant
New Haven
Mason
Arlee
Henderson
Tarn
Ohio
Ple Grove
Kanawha
G Landing
Christmas Time Party At McCulloch Home
Point Pleasant Sunday School group met at 1002 St with Mrs William It een and Miss Mary McCu hostesses for a Christmas time party. They read the Gospel story of Luke and sang old carols. Business time raised funds for the Davis St Orphanage in Lewisburg.
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Point Pleasant
Shine
Presbyt Sunday School
McCulloch
William Iteen
Mary McCu
Chalmers McCut
St. Luke
Mountain Mission
Davis-St
Lewisburg
Bers
Bateson
John Williambergen
Loula Lewis
Raymond Allen
George §Ger
James A. Adie
Missma Sullivan
Clyde Tal
Charleston
Bess Sulll
Cary Howard Rayburn
Homer Fisher
Lee Pratt
McCutchen
Margaret Lewis
Hartford visitors and hospital recoveries noted
Of Hartford, several Saturdays were spent on business and with friends. Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Blessing visited his sister Mrs cil Blessing of Letart who returned home from St Joseph's Hospital Parke after surgery. Mrs. Dwight of Letart also left the hospital and is recovering from a serious operation. Mrs Walter A Windsor and daughter Miss Anne Windsor returned from Rochester Minnesota where Windsor was a Mayo Clinic patient. Mr. and Mrs James M. C.
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Knoxville
Tenn
Ira Frost
Chicago
Hollis C. Johnston
Johnston
John Morgan
R. W. Lewis
Oak Hill
C. R. Niday
Verne Niday
Cincinnati
Flora Hott
First Ave
Chesapeake
John Rue
Rochester
Minn
Rue
Mayo Clinic
Hartford
T. E. Blessing
Cil Blessing
Letart
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parke
Dwight
Walter A. Windsor
Anne Windsor
Windsor
James M. C
Leaves Point Clinic Patient Admitted for Surgery
A patient identified as Mrs. Paul Jones of 2313 J Ave was admitted to the clinic for surgery. The report notes a transfer of Mrs. Frank from the clinic to the home of Mrs. Emmett Biffle of Ory Chapel yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Hnett
Frank
Emmett Biffle
Ory Chapel
Paul Jones
J Ave
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