Gallipolis Mourns War Loss of Aldo Fontana at 24
Aldo Fontana, 24, killed overseas October 31, as telegram from War Department reaches his parents Mr. and Mrs. A Fontana of Columbus. The twin brother of Ida Fontana who married Ensign John J. Cooney Jr. Aldo had served in the Army Air Corps after attending Notre Dame and George Washington University.
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Gallipolis
Aldo Fontana
War Department
John C. Fontana
Columbus
A. Fontana
Ida
John J. Cooney, Jr
Fontana
Aldo
Ida Fontana
Notre Dame University
George Washington University
U. S. Army Air Corps
North Africa
Salerno
United Nations
Cooney
Resignation of Teacher Is Announced
Gallipolis city board meets at Washington School. Charles Yeanger named clerk pro tem as A S Lloyd ill. Home Economics teachers at Washington School and Academy High School resignations are accepted. Aldeth Robinson advances to Washington School position. Vacancy to be filled temporarily amid staff reorganization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
City Board Ofeducation
Washington School
Charles Yeanger
A. S. Lloyd
Lavonia Clark Bunce
Katherine Kircher Downing
Academy High School
Aldeth Robinson
E. E. Higgins
Discharges and birth at Point Clinic
Mrs. Fred Holley and Mrs. W. A. Taylor, surgical patients, were discharged to their homes in Point Pleasant. Wayne Sayre, son of Lincoln and Nat Sayre, also discharged after a month as he recovers from a leg fracture after a car strike in Robertsburg. A daughter, Vera Anne, weighing 10 pounds 12 ounces, was born to Mr. and Mrs. Kenner Eugene Butcher at the clinic on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Fred Holley
W. A. Taylor
Point Clinic
Wayne Sayre
Lincoln Sayre
Nat
Robertsburg
Vera Anne
Kenner Eugene Butcher
Scarlet Fever Reported in Gallia County
Gallia County Public Health reports a new scarlet fever case in Mercerville. Five cases are now under quarantine in Gallia County.
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Gallia
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Department of Public Health
Mercerville
Gallia DAR Social Notes Host Gift for Ellis Island
Gallipolis chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution met at Mrs. Frank Wetherholt’s First Avenue home. Members brought gifts for the Ellis Island Christmas box. Lieut. Commander Odo S. Montesi of the U S Coast Guard spoke on National Defense. Eighteen members and guests attended the program and tea.
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D.a.r.’S
Columbus Weekend Social Figures Attend Legion Events
Mr. and Mrs. George Lear attended the American Legion Auxiliary conference and a Deshler-Wallick banquet for the National Commander. Several Columbus residents were there for family visits, military postings, and local events including births and hospital stays.
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George Lear
Columbus
American Legion Auxiliary
Lear
Eighth District
Deshler-Wallick
Legion
Cheshire Farm Sold to John W Coleman at Cheshire
J J Eads and L D Eads sold an eleven acre Cheshire farm to John W Coleman of Point Pleas ant. The tract includes a twelve room double house and stamps show about 2100 dollars. Mrs Addie Smeltzer sold her seven room Neil Avenue house to Joshua Kraus and wife via Willard Grover Agency.
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Gallipolis
Jesse J. Eads
Laura D. Eads
Cheshire
John W. Coleman
Point Pleasant
Addie Smeltzer
Neil Avenue
Joshua Kraus
Kraus
Marietta Mfg
Willard Grover
Gallia County Selectees Headed to Huntington Center
Gallia County sends forty six men to Huntington for duty as the January quota of ninety two is set. Listed volunteers include Emory Dacus Bartels Charles Clench Cecil Phillips Aaron Day John William Bradbury Clark Franklin Thompson and others from Gallia. The tally seeks additional enlistments to meet the month’s target.
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Emory Dacus Bartels
Charles Clench
Cecil Phillips
Aaron Day
John William Bradbury
Clark Franklin Thompson
Lewis Amos Bean
Ray Edward Sowards
Edward Samuel Kerr
Carl Jackson Stampleton
John William Goldin
Charles Queen
Homer Earl Chamberlain
Robert S. Rees
William Lindsay Cook
Marvin Frederick Carter
Reed Sturgeon
David Chester Wray
Paul Edward France
Thurman Russell
Don O. Rankin
Dingus Banks
William L. Petre
Earl Edward Hill
Donald Leo Slagle
Sherman
Timken Rites Held Tuesday
Gallipolis Charles L. Timken 48 died suddenly at his home in Ewington after a cerebral hemorrhage. He was born in Ewington and lived there most of his life with several moves. Survived by wife Clara Louise Wears of Putnam County West Virginia a daughter Roberta and two sisters Mrs Omar O Dell Gallipolis and Mrs Oscar O Dell Nitro West Virginia. A Mason he was a plasterer last with OHLE. Funeral at Ewington Methodist Church with burial at Vinton Memorial.
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Gallipolis
Charles L. Timken
Ewington
Columbus
Huntington
Clara Louise Wears
Putnam County
W. Va
Roberta
Young Wife Dies Sunday in Mt. Vernon Sanatorium
Mrs. Lena Mae Houck, born May 30 1922, died Sunday night at Ava lon Sanatorium Mt. Vernon Ohio after being taken there last Wednesday. Survived by husband Lusher Houck four brothers Lieut Raymond Pope Carl Paul and Walter Pope. Her mother Mrs. Fred Pope is recovering from a major operation at Holzer Hospital. Funeral arrangements have not been completed.
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Gallipolis
Lena Mae Houck
Avalon Sanatorium
Mt. Vernon
Lusher Houck
Houck
Fred Pope
German Ridge
Holzer Hospital
Raymond Pope
Camp Breckinridge
Carl
Baltimore, Md
Paul
Walter Pope
Murderer’s Row Marines hammer Jap garrison on Vila island
Staff Sergeant William S. Frank reports U S Marines nicknamed Murderer’s Row pummeled Vila on Kolombangara with long range rifles and 20 power Japanese binoculars used in forward observation. The barrage, in coordination with Army artillery, forced evacuation of the Japanese stronghold after shelling Munda two months earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William S. Frank
Washington D. C
Marine Corps
Associated Press
New Georgia Island
Murderer’s Row
Vila
Kolombangara
Munda
Wartime dry campaign doomed by modern media shift
New York reports that Dr. Alfred McClung Lee of Wayne University says prohibitionists will fail in the present conflict due to factors absent since the last war. He cites the rise of motion pictures, radio personalities, and national figures as undermining old gospel leadres and the wartime saloon stigma.
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New York
American Sociological Society
Alfred McClung Lee
Wayne University
Detroit
Hich
Lee
Dr. Lee
Office of War Information
Sodom
Gomorrah
Marietta To Issue Checks For Back Pay
Labor leaders say Marietta Manufacturing Co will distribute 600 to 800 back pay checks before New Year’s Day covering June 22 1942 to January 11 1943. Representatives met with the War Labor Board and federal agencies which authorized back wages about 17 cents an hour for hundreds of workers not yet paid. many are no longer employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Jason T. Weissenburger
Paul Wedge
Frank H. Capehart, Jr
Washington
War Labor Board
WLB
Wedge
Utility Taxes To Be Distributed In West Virginia
State Auditor Simms announced the first half distribution totaling 4,115,825. Mason County will receive 30,000 and Point Pleasant 1,500. Henderson Leon Mason Hartford and New Haven are among Mason County municipalities sharing the tax proceeds.
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Point Pleasant
Simms
Mason County
City of
Henderson
Leon
Mason
Hartford
New Haven
Hope To Secure Plant in Mason Area
POINT PLEASANT authorities say the Mason area remains hopeful for a branch plant from a major national company. Competition exists and the locality must present its strongest advantages to secure the location.
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Mason
Point Pleasant
Business Group To Meet in Mason
Directors of the Ohio West Virginia Tri County Chamber of Commerce will meet in Point Pleasant for the first time under rotating meeting policy. Meetings previously were held in Pomeroy Middleport and Gallipolis. Women of Trinity Methodist Church will serve a turkey dinner in the church dining room this evening from 5 to 7 oclock. the public is invited.
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Point Pleasant
Ohio-West Virginia
Tri-County Chamber of Commerce
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Trinity Methodist Church
Former Prisoner to Speak at Mason Co Shipyards Rally
Dr Wenzel Brown former English professor at the University of Hongkong will give a talk at a Mason Co shipyard rally Thursday evening. The event honors employees with Devotion certificates for no time lost in the quarter ending Nov 30. Florence Kirk of the Metropolitan Opera replaces ill Lucy Monroe for the singing duties.
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Point Pleasant
C. O. Weissenburger
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Wenzel Brown
University of Hongkong
China
Brown
Hongkong
Florence Kirk
Monroe
Miss Kirk
Metropolitan Opera
New York City
Dr. Brown
Marietta
Fifth Corps Area Army Band
Columbus
Oliver Funeral Held for Mrs Golda Oliver at Henderson
Mrs. Golda Oliver of Dayton Ohio died after a long illness at age 43. Services were private at Chapman Funeral Home Henderson with Rev Joe Keefer officiating. Burial followed in Steenburgen Cemetery Gallipolis Ferry. She was the daughter of Warren Fadley and Mrs Dan Bonecutter. Survivors include her mother a daughter Wanda and two sons James and Newton Oliver all of Dayton. Two sisters Jessie Roush Marion Ohio Opal Williamson Indiana and two brothers John Fadley Knoxville Tenn Newton Fadley Gallipolis Ferry. Another brother Harry Fadley died recently in California.
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John Newton Davis
Columbus
John E. Jones
Wellston
Holzer Hospital
Hazel Kerr
C. M. Kerr
Burt Hanson
Curtiss-Wright Corp
H. E. Houck
Second Ave
Orland Houck
Annabelle
U. S. Naval Reserve
Navy Department Administration
Washington D. C
Eugene Spear
Naida Jean
C. M. Gearhart
Nancy
Spears
Jane Murdock
Dayton
Eddie Kerr
David W. Beard
D. A. Beard
U. S. Marines
Parris Island
Carpenter
F.c. Earl Boswell
Seabees
Camp Peary
Boswell
Bellaire
John Lloyd
A. S. Lloyd
Sioux City
Iowa
Bruce Lloyd
Baltimore
Harley Wells
Lloyd
Larry
Leonard Ball
A. Fontana
Marge Moore
Frederick Stone
Mary Virginia O'Brien
Fontana-Cooney
Point Pleasant
Golda Oliver
Chapman
Henderson
Joe Keefer
Steenburgen
Gallipolis Ferry
Oliver
Warren Fadley
Dan Bonecutter
Gallipolis
Mason County
Wanda
James
Newton Oliver
Jessie Roush
Marion ,O
Opal Williamson
Indiana
John Fadley
Knoxville, Tenn
Newton Fadley
Harry Fadley
California
Haller Hearing Set For Thursday In Theft Case
James Haller of Huntington facing a warrant for stealing 75 dollars from Edgar Tuckerman of Middleport. The hearing was adjourned to 10 a m Thursday after Prosecutor Bardin sought time to investigate aspects of the case. Haller released on 1500 bond. Mrs Haller arranged his release.
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Point Pleasant
James Haller
Huntington
Edgar Tuckerman
Middleport
William H. Bardin
Haller
Gas Lease Workers Arrive in Mason Area
H. W. Hamilton of Charleston and Willard White of Clarksburg, lease men for Hope Natural Gas Co., visited Mason yesterday to renew a lease from Rupert Ray of Kanawha Street and his sister Mrs. Freeman of Huntington. Ivan Morford of Spencer from Hope’s title department paused briefly en route to Dayton and Cincinnati on company business.
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Point Pleasant
H. W. Hamilton
Charleston
Willard White
Clarksburg
The
Hope Natural Gas Co
Hamilton
Kanawha Eighteen Mile Creek
Union District
Rupert Ray
Kanawha St
Mrs. Freeman
Huntington
Ivan Morford
Spencer
Hope's Title Department
Dayton
Cincinnati
Farm Meetings Planned in 22 Localities This Evening
Farm Bureau and County Agent Anderson sponsor neighborhood meetings in 22 localities at 7 30 tonight to boost food production and provide entertainment such as singing and spelling bees. Mayor Krodel, ill at home since Friday, hopes to return to office today.
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Point Pleasant
Farm Bureau
Anderson
Krodel
West Virginia Political Po May Start To Boil Soon
West Virginia politics heats as year end approaches with talk of Funkhouser vs Dawson for the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Democrats study Neely’s plans after resigning the Senate seat in 1940, while Revercomb’s 1944 upset reshaped state power.
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West Virginia
Sam A. Simmons
Will Funkhouser
Dawson
Neely
West
Senate
Charleston
Chapman Revercomb
Genera
Kilgore If
Funkhouser
Latt Evening Post
Repucan
Point Pleasant Bridge Club Host and Local Social Notes
Mr and Mrs William H Bardin hosted their bridge club Saturday night at their Jefferson Boulevard home. Dinner preceded play for guests including Jason T Weissenburger E Bartow Jones Paul S Thomas and the Bardins. Irma Kennedy of Nelsonville Ohio visited Mrs Clarence Brown. C B Cornwell recovering after a second operation at Holzer Hospital. Leslie Heck and wife were in Charleston for business.
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Point Pleasant
William H. Bardin
Bridge Club
Jefferson Blvd
Jason T. Weissenburger
E. Bartow Jones
Paul S. Thomas
Bardin
Irma Kennedy
Nelsonville
Clarence Brown
Lincoln Ave
C. B. Cornwell
Holzer Hospital
Leslie Heck
Charleston
Deer Hunters of Mason Have Luck
Deer hunters in Mason County report success in the eastern mountains with several deer taken this past week. James G. Riffle and Olin Riffle both of Leon plus Harvey Martin of Wicher are credited with five and six point bucks. Robert Wilson of Arbuckle missed this round. Thornton Burgess and William Lyons also scored in Pocahontas and Mercer counties respectively, among many Mason County participants.
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Point Pleasant
James G. Riffle
Leon
New York Central Railroad
Olin Riffle
Harvey Martin
Wicher
Robert Wilson
Arbuckle
Pocahontas County
Thornton Burgess
William Lyons
Mercer County
Harry R. Wells
Monro Chase
John Glass
Buck Fruth
Bear King
Earl Mines
Buddy Salaz
Victor Wiggins
Sidney Fadley
Mason City
Delmer Pullins
Charleston Road
Cleon Cadle
Pat Wilson, Jr
Anderson Wilson
Mason County
Occupy New Home South of Kanawha
The C R Dawleys relocated from LeSage to a new 830 acre former Boyer Farm south of the Kanawha. Mrs Dawley arranges furniture as husband rounds up cattle that escaped. Their daughter Leah Virginia Dawley a Duke law student will visit on Dec 19 for the holidays. They keep the 179 acre LeSage farm and will continue operating it. The new property lies on bottom land between the highway and the Ohio River in front of Huntington's upscale suburb.
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Point Pleasant
C. R. Dawleys
LeSage
Cabell County
Boyer Farm
Kanawha
Ohio River
Huntington
Mason County Men Take Screening Tests
About 120 men from Mason County underwent the screening test in Point Pleasant yesterday. Examiners included Dr. C. W. Petty of Hartford Dr. R. F. Bryant of New Haven Dr. Frank C. Long Jr and Dr. Max Koenigsberg local.
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Point Pleasant
C. W. Petty
Hartford
R. F. Bryant
New Haven
Frank C. Long, Jr
Max Koenigsberg
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Monument Co
Servel
Gallipolis Social Notes
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Phillips
Mr. Phillips
Charles F. Phillips
Marguerite Franklin
Pearl Harbor
America
Pacific
U. S
Mason Co. Shipyards
Mason Area
Deer Hunters
Trouhey
Dean
Patriot
Oakley and Oakley Insurance
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