Evans elected Red Cross drive chairman in Gallia County
Ben R. Evans was elected chair of the annual Red Cross drive by the Gallia Chapter executive committee and will take over next March, succeeding Al Giles as district rental executive in Columbus. Evans has chaired rural drives the past two years, with quotas met or exceeded, and was a four year chairman of the Junior Red Cross. He is principal of Washington Had and a staff sergeant in the Ohio State Guard.
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Gallipolis
Ben R. Evans
Red Cross
Gallia
American Red
al Giles
Columbus
Gallia County
Giles
Evans
Gallipolis Soldier Wounded in Action
Pfc Remo Rocchi 22 eldest son of Mr and Mrs Rocchi has been wounded on battle fronts of Ice and Germany according to a War Department message received by his parents. The exact injuries were not disclosed but another source says he is seriously injured. His second son serves in the Coast Guard and was last heard from between Norfolk Virginia and Puerto Rico.
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Gallipolis
Remo Rocchi
Rocchi
Tion
Ice
Germany
War Department
Rocchis
Coast Guard
Norfolk
Puerto Rico
Burke awarded Bronze Star for meritorious service in France
Lieut. Col. Alvin L. Burke receives the Bronze Star for meritorious service in France covering Aug 6 to Nov 16. A West Point graduate, he is married with two children and resides at 447 Fourth Ave. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Alfred Burke near Bidwell.
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Gallipolis
Alvin L. Burke
France
Colonel Burke
United States Military Academy
West Point
Fourth Ave
Alfred E
Bidwell
Native of Leon Is Missing in Action
Gallipolis Ray Casto age 34 native of Leon West Virginia and local service station attendant was missing in action in Germany on Navy 22 according to word received here Monday Mrs Casto who before their marriage December 24 1939 was the former Mary Russell of Porter and their year old daughter Mary Faye live at 11 Winton Ave His mother Mrs Laura Keefer Casto widow of Perry Casto resides on Eastern Ave The last letter from the missing soldier to his family was dated November 16.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ray Casto
Leon
W. Va
Germany
Navy
Casto
Mary Russell
Porter
Mary Faye
Winton Ave
Laura Keefer Casto
Perry Casto
Eastern Ave
Inspection Of Guards Is Held Monday
Gallipolis hosts annual regimen tal inspection of Ohio State Guard Company L with 41 Guardsmen under Col Brannon in the Armory. Close order drill, individual honors go to Sgt J Emmett Morrison’s squad including George Short and Don Robinson. Complete personnel list provided, including Captain Craig Slagle, Lieuts Higgins and Haskins, and many sergeants and privates.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Guard Company L
Earl Brannon
Ohio State Armory
E. E. Higgins
Morris E. Haskins
J. Emmett Morrison
Brannon
George Short
Don Robinson
Jimmie Jones
Jacob Frazier
Herman O. Williams
P. W. Hirst
Columbus
Dennis Wallace
Craig D. Slagle
Robi
Rannells
Ben R. Evans
Howard S. Hardway
James W. Wetherholt
Frank A. Danner
James FE. Morrison
Charles A. Nuckles
Willard L. Thomas
Dennis
D. Wallace
Gilbert P. Bush
Robi. L. Mackenzie
Shelby F. Roberts
Augustus M. Steele
James C. Stewhart
Clyde A. Bradbury
Richard E. Carter
Dean T. Davis
John S. Dexter
William L. Kemper
Buell D. Hayes
Robert L. Long
Lewis C. Miller
Don K. Robinson
Lonnie Safford
Ralph Saunders
James L. Shaver
William G. Wall
Walter P. Plantz
Dan C. Black
Loren W. Blazer
Robert L. Condee
Kenneth L. Coder
Vern P. Crawford
Richard N. Cary
John R. Champer
Robert L. DeLille
Chester A. Dickerson
Jacob I. Frazier
Carlton D. Gallismore
John H. Hill
Ralph J. Jones
Lowell V. Johnson
Heber D. McCluskey
Gilbert L. Neal
Harold K. Petty
Curtis F. Merritt
Robert I. Shamblin
James N. Short
Lonnie W. Thompson
Paul H. Walker
Buck Deer Draws Gallia Countian in Scioto County Hunt
Gallia Countian Monroe Gatewood was the only local to down a buck during Scioto County’s opening hunt. Clerk of Courts How ard S. Hardway saw fourteen does. A paralyzed Scioto County hunter, carried four miles to a fox hole with lanterns and blankets, reportedly shot a deer near the Roosevelt Game Preserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Monroe Gatewood
Gallia
Scioto County
Claude Miller
Howard S. Hardway
Miller
Michigan
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Roosevelt
Clagg Wounded For Fifth Time Set
Gallipolis report names Staff Sgt. Shelby F. Clagg wounded in Germany on November 16. In a letter to his mother Mrs. Jessie Clagg he says a German bullet hit his left knee and was removed. He notes his campaigns in Africa Sicily Italy and France and that return to his company may take time.
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Gallipolis
Shelby F. Clagg
Germany
War Department
Jessie Clagg
Clagg
Set. Cragg
France
Veteran of Pacific Home on Furlough
Gunnery Sergeant Bruce W. Frye of the U S Marines, brother of Mrs. Robert Rannells, is spending a furlough with his sister’s family in Gallipolis before returning to Bremerton for further treatment. He served in European and Southwest Pacific campaigns, was wounded four times, endured thirteen sieges of malaria and was awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart, and Oak Leaf Clusters.
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Gallipolis
Bruce W. Frye
U. S. Marines
Robert Rannells
Third Avenue
United States Naval Hospital
Bremerton
Wash
Southwest Pacific
Frye
Stores Will Sell Bonds Avenger Day planned for Pearl Harbor anniversary
Gallia County officials announce a coordinated war bond drive with local merchants to boost Series E sales. Retail workers at multiple stores will earn a U S Treasury citation for selling 300 or more dollars in bonds. Sales credited to purchaser’s home district.
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Gallipolis
Spear
Gallia County
Pearl Harbor
War Finance Committee
United States Treasury Department
Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce
Gallipolis Department Store
Economy Taxi Company
Dan Thomas and Son Shoe Company
Evans Food Market
G. & J. Auto Parts
McKnight-Davies Hardware
Gallipolis Motor Company
Ratliff Hardware Co
Morris
Brown Furniture Co
Kerr Drug Co
Jack Knight's Dept
Sigler-Lanier Co
Haskins-Tanner Co
Fort Pitt
Specialty Shoppe
Empire Furniture Co
Brumfield-Thomas Co
Hughes Drug Co
Davis-Shuler Co
Altman Department
G. C. Murphy Co
Wilkesville Lodge Installs New Officers
Wilkesville area notes: W.S.C.S. meets at Mrs. John Shilling’s home on Friday Nov 24. Eastern Star officers installed including Louise Woltz as worthy matron and Hollis Grate as worthy patron. Also reports furlough for Pvt. Carl Martin, hospital update on Mrs. Daniel Sayre, two week school closure for scarlet fever, and Ardith Ann Davis of Columbus returning home with appendicitis.
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Wilkesville
W.S.C.S
Methodist Church
John Shilling
Fred Nelson
Joseph Kahn
Edythe Thompson
Monroe
Mich
Russel Woltz
Order of the Eastern Star
Louise Woltz
Hollis Grate
Jewell Strong
Lawrence Morton
Ruth Swisher
Anna Blore
Anita Grate
Shirley Peters
Marie Penn
Marshal
Blanche Penn
Grace Colwell
Adah
Elva Morton
Ruth
Dorothy Colwell
Ester
Lulu Miller
Martha
Evelyn Montgomery
Electa
Florence Parsons
Ardis Macomber
Sentinel
Everett Colwell
Carl Martin
South Pacific
Daniel Sayre
Holzer Hospital
Farmers Institute
Ardith Ann Davis
Columbus
Local hunter bags 200-pound deer on opening day
Landon Smith of Point Pleasant with local companions in Randolph County hunted out of Bitkins and killed a 200-pound buck on Monday, the opening day of the season.
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Point Pleasant
Landon Smith
Mr. Smith
Randolphounty
Bitkins
Christmas social notes from Gallipolis churches and clubs
Gallipolis social notes report a Grace Guild Christmas party at the Methodist Church with 50 members, a dinner led by W. S. C. S. chair Harland Martin, candles, a tree, and gifts for Worthington Orphanage. Also, the American Association of University Women held a Christmas program hosted by Mrs. Leo C. Bean featuring students and singers, and families hosted dinners for returning serviceman T. Sgt. Earl Mills and other relatives as guests and visitors.
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Gallipolis
Grace Guild
Methodist Church
Harland Martin
Worthington
Jack Mills
Mary Syler
Bean
Leo C. Bean
American Association of University Women
First Avenue
Harris Deepping
Carlene Niday
Betty Sutter
James Hackworth
John Epling
Patsy Haskins
Christ
Vivian Allison
Plan Affairs To Raise Band Funds At Point Pleasant
The Band Boosters meet to raise money for school band uniforms. A New Year’s dance and a tag day on December 23 are planned with Floyd Rothlisberger and Lawrence Capehart handling tag day duties. The dance committee includes Mrs. Harold Sayre, William Woolfitt, and Chester A. Roush. A bingo party may follow. proceeds from the next two high school plays will also go to the uniform fund. A planning meeting is set for Monday, December 18.
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Point Pleasant
Floyd Rothlisberger
Lawrence Capehart
Emory Monroe
Harold Sayre
William Woolfitt
Chester A. Roush
Withers
Messages to Japanese prisoners allowed through Dec 15
Gallia County Ameri can Red Cross secretary Miss Catherine Hayward said messages to Japanese prisoners may be sent until December 15 via Army postal service rather than cable. Any number of messages can be sent to a prisoner, but only one per person, though relatives may each send a message. A Celebes ladder is bamboo with toothholds cut in it.
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Gallipolis
Catherine Hayward
Gallia County
American Red Cross
Army Postal Service
Hayward
Clifton Climbers plan better 4-H work this year
Point Pleasant social notes report 4-H clubs outlining improved project work after reviewing past weaknesses. Pine Ridge Co-Workers will present a public program at Fadeley School on December 22. The Bacons Junior Leaders showcase enhanced activities at Senior High. 4-H leaders meet December 9 at 3 30 p.m. in the agricultural extension office, followed by a Christmas party. American Legion and Legion Auxiliary plan a Christmas gathering at the hall on Vland Street.
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Point Pleasant
Clarice Knapp
Clifton Climbers
Pine Ridge
Fadeley School
Bacons
4-H Leaders’ Association
Elsie Fowler
Agricultural Extension
Mason County Plant Tops Nation in Safety Drive
Major J. D. Fraser announced the West Virginia Ordnance Works is first in the government explosives plants division of the Army Ordnance Explosives Safety Contest. Since July 1 1944 its accident rate fell from 5.0 to 0.7, 95 percent below 1943 national industry level, crediting about half a million ordnance workers including many women.
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Point Pleasant
J. D. Fraser
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Army Ordnance Explosives Safety
General Campbell
Army Chief of Ordnance
Fraser
United States
Point Pleasant Junior Class Play Here Comes Charlie
The Point Pleasant High School Junior Class presents Here Comes Charlie a three act farce in the Junior High School Auditorium on Tuesday Dec 12 at 730 pm. The cast is praised for fitting each role with clever humor blending snobbishness hill billy comedy and refinement. Tickets are on sale.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant High School
Charlie
Urges Congregation To Hear Sermon In Pleasant Church
Peter H. Steenbergen chair of the Presbyterian pulpit committee announces a visiting minister will conduct the 11 o clock Sunday service on Dec 17. He urges the entire congregation to be present, noting this is the first sermon since July 1 after Rev Chalmers McCutchen left for Wytheville.
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Point Pleasant
Peter H. Steenbergen
The
Presbyterian Church
Steenbergen
Chalmers McCutchen
First Eran Church
Wytheville
Return of boilermaker agent to Point Pleasant
Paul D. Wedge business agent of the boilermakers local was returned from Nashville Tennessee after 30 days on a special assignment at the Nashville Bridge Co shipyard. He says difficulties centered on race issues and he promoted Negro locals while helping to ease tensions between workers and management.
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Point Pleasant
Paul D. Wedge
Nashville
Point Pleasant auto accident on Main Street injures man
Mr. Whittaker was struck by a car near the Lowe Hotel on Tuesday afternoon, suffering a head cut and receiving treatment at the Point Clinic. Driver Ben Roush was identified by Patrolman Curt Yeager and was not held.
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Point Pleasant
Whittaker
Main St
Lowe Hotel
Point Clinic
Curt Yeager
Ben Roush
Roush
New Mason Casualties Announced
The Riffle family learns Sgt Heber H Riffle was wounded in action in France on November 18. He was an infantry mortar gunner with Gen Patton s Third Army and was 19. His brother T Sgt Clell Riffle bailed out over Ploesti in 1943 and is in London. Other Mason Countians reported casualties include Thomas Patterson killed in the South Pacific and Randall Wamsley wounded in action. families could not be reached for details.
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Point Pleasant
H. S. Riffle
Lincoln Ave
War Department
Heber H. Riffle
France
Charles West
Akron
Riffle
Paris
Patton
Third Army
Clell Riffle
Ploesti
Roumainia
Belgrade
London
West
Hilda Marmette Riffle
Thomas Patterson
Samuel Patterson
Henderson
South Pacific
Robert Wamsley
Gallipolis Ferry
Route
Randall Wamsley
Patterson
Wamsley
Nobles Is Employed As Night Officer
City Council voted unanimously to hire Otis Nobles as Night Officer to replace Toral L. Morrison who will become deputy sheriff on January 1. Nobles, a former 1942 police member and recent plant protective force veteran, was elected Lewis District constable for a four year term and will hold both jobs. The council reviewed street lighting fire protection plans and heard the monthly financial report by Treasurer F G Musgrave with full attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Otis Nobles
Toral L. Morrison
Nobles
Lewis
F. G. Musgrave
New Haven Soldier Killed in Action
Sgt William H Perry of New Haven among 32 West Virginians reported killed in action in Europe. Pvt Lester A Chapman of Letart listed among 51 reported wounded in action in the same area.
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Point Pleasant
William H. Perry
Nannie Montgomery
New Haven
West
Gets Year in Jail In Lieu of Bond
POINT PLEASANT James Nowlin of Apple Grove was arraigned yesterday on a peace warrant before a local magistrate. After hearing witnesses the magistrate committed Nowlin to the county jail for one year for failing to post a $500 bond. Nowlin said he would serve the term in jail.
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Point Pleasant
James Nowlin
Apple Grove
Nowlin
Bond Rally To Be Held on Thursday Evening
The Sixth War Loan campaign announces a big bond rally will be held Thursday December 7 at 8 o clock in the courthouse. Chairman Roush invites the public and county committee members to attend. Speakers include two Italian campaign veterans. Staff Sgt William Mengerink and Lieut A F Butterstein are noted for Purple Heart medals. Roush urges residents to buy another 100 war bond on Pearl Harbor Day. STAYS IN BUSINESS reports J H Caudill, Arlee merchant for 45 years, not closing but selling his store as a going concern.
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Point Pleasant
Roush
Sixth War Loan Camepaign
William Mengerink
Veterans Hospital
Cambridge
A. F. Butterstein
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Mason Countians
Pearl Harbor
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Nelsonville
Walter Abel
Richard Morris
Marjorie Riordan
Sherman
Gallia Countian
Scioto
Pacific
Ruhr
Hernie
Great
Britain
Berlin
Reich
Hitler
Wilkesville Lodge
Large
Gallipolis Social Notes
Ruth Richards
T. Sgt. Earl Mills
Harry K. Mills Sr
Willam H. Walker
Mary Margaret Richards
R.N
Dickie
Nancy van Dyke
Virgil Hixson
Frank van Dyke
Athens
Cecil van Dyke
Betty
Myrtle May
Amenville
M. R. Allen
Lumbus
Mrs. Clair Wellington
Vinton
American Legion
the Legion Auxiliary
Vland St
M. J. Lilly
Upland
H. M. Moore
Ashton
Bradshaw
Charleston Road
Steve Buckram
Angers
F. B. Lieving
Herven Lieving
Kaylong
Herven, Jr
Toral Morrison
Helen Brown
Middleport
Rebekah Monroe
Inez Louise
Roma Wartenburg
Carl Morrison
Huntington
James Morrison
Robinson District
C. O. Weissenburger
C. O. Durfee
Erie
C. N. Weissenburger
L. C. Schauble
William H. Bardin
Ronald White
Hugh Curry
Tad's
Carbondale
Kimberly Road
Mason County
WVOW
New Mason
Leadway Coffee
J. H. Caudill
Arlee
Bellans
Gem Pharmacy
K. of P. Bldg
Coca-Cola Company
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Crome
Coca-Cola
Coke
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