Gas Rate Is Considered By City Officials
Nelsonville council members and elected officials observed the final regular meeting at City Hall. Two new laws were read for first consideration: fire department staffing and a gas rate ordinance linked to a Public Utilities Commission negotiation. The gas bill proposal sets 1 dollar for the first 1 000 cu ft and 53 cents per thousand after, replacing the older tiered system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
City Hall
Miles Howe
H. E Wilson
Earl Hilleary
Wesley Hawk
Charles Shafer
John P. Kelso
Public Utilities Commission
W. T. Peterson
Herman
Mrs. Minda Nutter Dies at 79 in New Straitsville
Mrs. Minda Nutter 79 widow of John Nutter died Monday afternoon at her home in New Straitsville where she had lived many years. Survived by children Bessie Pargeon Estle Bowen Goldie Griffin Lillian Wahl Dott Denney Maude Denney Porter Nutter James Nutter. Funeral Thursday at 1 p.m. at Old Straitsville Baptist Church with burial in Gore. Family may view at son James Nutter's home anytime.
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Nelsonville
Minda Nutter
John Nutter
New Straitsville
Bessie Pargeon
Shawnee
Estle Bowem
Columbus
Goldie Griffin
McCuneville
Lillian Wahl
Zanesville
Dott Denney
Maude Denney
Porter Nutter
Mansfield
James Nutter
Old Straitsville Baptist Church
Gore
New Straitaville
Mettler to Speak at Church Meeting
Nelsonville report says Lt. Harry A. Mettler of the U S Navy will be guest speaker at the Presbyterian Brotherhood gathering this evening at 6 40 at the church. A supper will be served. California ranks third among oil producing states behind Texas and Oklahoma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mettler
Nelsonville
Harry A. Mettler
U.S. Navy
Presbyterian Brotherhood
California
Texas
Oklahoma
Buddies in Mine Caught by Fall
Nelsonville report of James Largent and James Harkless trapped by slate fall at Carbondale Mine Monday afternoon. Largent suffered severe abdominal injuries and was taken to Cherrington Hospital in Logan after initial treatment. Harkless endured a broken ankle and was later sent home.
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Nelsonville
James Largent
James Harkless
New Plymouth Rfc
Carbondale
Largent
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Harkless
Bert Shannon Funeral Held in Willoughby
Bert Shannon age 62 of Willoughby Ohio died at Lake County Memorial Hospital in Cleveland Thursday morning. He had lived in Willoughby 14 years and previously in Nelsonville. He worked for Ohio Rubber Co at Willoughby. Survived by wife Gertrude Knowles of Nelsonville and five children Helen Blackford Ernest Albert Wilford in Hawaii. burial in Willoughby after funeral Saturday. Attending from Logan were Albert Shannon and family.
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Nelsonville
Bert Shannon
Willoughby
Ohio
Lake County Memorial Hospital
Cleveland
Ohio Rubber Co
Gertrude Knowles
Helen Blackford
St. Louisville
Ernest
Mentor-on-the- Lake
Albert
Logan
Wilford
Armed Service
Ira Dawley Dies at Home in Carbon Hill
Ira L. Dawley age 83 died this morning at the home of his daughter Mrs. Bertha Mundy in Carbon Hill. His wife Dora preceded him in death. Survived by another daughter Mrs. Bessie Martin of Smithfield Ohio and sons Everett Dawley Columbus Ivor New Straitsville Stanley Amanda. brothers Howard Don Dawley Carbon Hill Roy Jacksonville. sisters Irene Steenrod Detroit Dora Fiegel Portland Elsie Chutes Logan Effie Clark Carbon Hill. Funeral arrangements are not complete.
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Nelsonville
Ira L. Dawley
Bertha Mundy
Carbon Hill
Dora Dawley
Mundy
Bessie Martin
Smithfield
Ohio
Everett Dawley
Columbus
Ivor
New Straitsville
Stanley
Amanda
Howard
Don Dawley
Roy
Jacksonville
Irene Steenrod
Detroit
Dora Fiegel
Portland
Ore
Elsie Chutes
Logan
Effie Clark
Scouts Chiefs Meet Tonight in Nelsonville
An all Scoutmasters Scout ers Junior leaders and commit teemen of Nelsonville meet at Troop 64 Eagles Building W Washington St this evening at 730 to discuss leadership issues and the 1944 Nelsonville Scouting program. District leader R Dalrymple and Parkersburg field executive Mr Carter will attend. Citizens urged to be present.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Boy Scout Movement
Eagles
W. Washington St
R. Dalrymple
Carter
Parkersburg
Nelsonville Social Notes
Nelsonville social items report two church class Christmas parties with gift exchanges capped at 25 cents. The Faithful Workers Class meets Thursday December 9 at Mrs. C. G. Kreppel’s home for their annual Christmas gathering. Also noted is a dinner honoring Mrs. Charles Ringhiser and Sgt Nelson DeVol at the DeVol home with family guests present.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Wilma Gardner
Fort St
Faithful Workers Class
The
Methodist Church
C. G. Kreppel
W. Columbus St
James Evans Injured At Kimberly Mine
James Evans of Poplar a is hospitalized in Logan after a fall from the hoppers at Kimberly Mine on Mov 30. He suffered a fractured vertebrae from a 14 foot fall onto his head and shoulders. He will be placed in a cast Wednesday. Mrs Evans has kept vigil at his bedside since the accident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
James Evans
Cherrington
Logan
Kimberly Mine
Nelsonville Elks Oyster Supper Tonight Meeting
Nelsonville Elks host an oyster supper tied to the regular meeting this evening at 7 30. All members are asked to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Elks
Marine Sgt DeVol visits Nelsonville parents
SGT Nelson R DeVol stationed at a Marine base in New River North Carolina and his wife visited Sunday at the home of his parents Mr and Mrs Will DeVol in Nelsonville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Ringhiser
Nelson DeVol
New River
8. C
Will DeVal
Nelsonville
Athens
Ralph DeVol
Robert Warren
Jill
Will DeVol
Wanda Ringhiser
Nelson R. DeVol
N. C
Will! DeVg
Carbondale Resident Lorena Hoak Dies at 80
Lorena Hoak aged 80 widow of Michael Hoak died Monday afternoon at her Carbondale home. She left five daughters including Ella Dunlap and Margaret Crowe and three sisters and two brothers. Funeral arrangements are not complete and friends may visit daughter Mary Powers in Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Lorena Hoak
Michael Hoak
Carbondale
Ella Dunlap
Margaret Crowe
Mary Powers
Effie Landis
Akron
Myrtle Petrie
Barberton
Mary Ray
Ella Brown
Michigan
Elizabeth Penny
Columbus
Spencer Nichols
Andrew Nichols
Athens
Madison St
Gallia County Selectees Join Huntington Center Trip
Gallia County sends forty six men to Huntington for the center duty. The January quota requires ninety two men. Names listed include Emory Dacus Bartels Charles Clench Cecil Phillips and twenty more with ranks and local ties naming multiple residents.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Huntington
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 8. 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
Oe Eggers
Harold E. Eakman
Stover
Denver C. Cox
Paul E. Tope
Howard
Brumfield
R. Denver Hutchins
Joseph Daniel Carter
Vance J. Saunders
William M. Race
James Francis Luellen
Noah Dale Houck
Forrest Jennings Cremeens
Marlin R. Sheets
Daniel Wagoner
Jack H. Owen
Charles Glenn Rose
Glenn C. Roberts
James Noah Webster
Stump Pleads Guilty in Nelsonville Court
Sylvester E. Stump of Carbondale pleaded guilty at arraignment in Mayor Herman Ogg's court in Nelsonville. He was fined five dollars plus costs for intoxication.
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Nelsonville
Sylvester E. Stump
Carbondale
Herman Ogg
Buchtel Service Club Plans Christmas Party
The Buchtel Service Club will meet Wednesday at 7 30 in the school auditorium. Plans will be made for a Christmas party.
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Buchtel
Buchtel Service Club
Ool
Reverend Frank Noel to Speak at Nazaren church
In Murray City the Rev. Frank Noel, pastor of Nazaren e Church at The Plains, will be the speaker Friday evening. Service begins at seven o clock slow time with Rev Miss H W Tatwain as pastor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Frank Noel
The
Nazarene Church
the Plains
H. W. Tatwain
Murderer’s Row shells Vila stronghold in New Georgia Island clash
Marine unit nicknamed Murderer’s Row blasted the Vila garrison on Kolomban gara Island with 35 days of heavy artillery. Marines and Army crews used captured Japanese binoculars to direct fire, targeting ammunition and supply dumps, batteries, and bivouac areas in a forceful assault shaping the campaign.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wiliam S. Frank
Washington D. C
Marine Corps
Associated Press
New Georgia Island
Murderer’s Row
Vila
Kolombangara
Munda
New wartimedry campaign falters cites postwar shifts
Alfred McClung Lee of Wayne University tells the American Sociological Society that prohibition efforts stall in the present war due to factors missing from World War I. He points to rise of motion pictures and radio personalities, demagogues, waning fundamentalist belief, and national leaders replacing old gospel figures.
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New York
American Sociological Society
Alfred McClung Lee
Wayne University
Detroit
Mich
Lee
Society
Jradio Af
Office of War Information
Sodom
Gomorrah
Marietta To Issue Checks For Back Pay
Labor union leaders say the Marietta Manufacturing Co. will distribute between 600 and 800 additional checks before Jan 1 to cover back pay from June 22 1942 to Jan 11 1943 during the unsettled 1942 strike. Representatives met with the War Labor Board in Washington and were told back wages at about 17 cents an hour are owed to several hundred employees. Most of the 600 to 800 slated to receive back pay are no longer employed by the company.
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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 To Local Governments
State Auditor Simms announced distribution of first half utility taxes totaling 4.1158 million dollars to local governments. Mason County will get 30000 dollars and Point Pleasant 1500 dollars, with Henderson Leon Mason Hartford and New Haven also sharing in the funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Simms
Mason County
City of
Henderson
Leon
Mason
Hartford
New Haven
Hope To Secure Plant in Mason Area
POINT PLEASANT It was said yesterday that the outlook continues encouraging for the location here of a branch plant of one of the country's best known industrial concerns. It develops there is competition and this area will have to put forward its best arguments to show its advantages.
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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 Wednesday under the rotation policy. Meetings have previously been held in Pomeroy, Middleport and Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ohio-West Virginia
Tri-County Chamber of Commerce
Pomeroy
Middleport
Gallipolis
Trinity Methodist Church Turkey Dinner Tonight
Women of Trinity Methodist Church will serve a turkey dinner in the church dining room this evening from 5 to 17 o'clock. The public is invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
Former Prisoner of Japs Speaks at Mason Co Shipyards Rally
Dr Wenzel Brown formerly English professor at the University of Hongkong will speak at a Mason County shipyard rally Thursday evening. The event honors employees with Devotion certificates for no time lost in the quarter ending Nov 30. Florence Kirk replaces Lucy Monroe for the singing. About 2500 workers plus guests expected. Fifth Corps Area Army Band will perform and a concert follows at the Junior High School Auditorium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. O. Weissenburger
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Wenzel Brown
The
Universe of
Hongkong
China
Brown
Florence Kirk
Monroe
Kirk
Metropolitan Opera
New York City
Dr. Brown
Miss Kirk
Marietta
Fifth Corps Area Army Band
Columbus
Oliver Funeral Held in Henderson for 43 Year Old Mrs. Oliver
Services for Mrs. Golda Oliver were held privately at Chapman Funeral Home in Henderson. The 43 year old Dayton Ohio resident died after a long illness. She was born in Mason County and survived by her mother Wanda and three children Wanda, James and Newton Oliver. She leaves two sisters and two brothers with another brother having died recently in California. Burial followed at Steenburgen Cemetery Gallipolis Ferry.
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Point Pleasant
Golda Oliver
Chapman
Henderson
Joe Keefer
Steenburgen
Gallipolis Ferry
Oliver
Dayton
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 faces a warrant for stealing $75 from Edgar Tuckerman of Middleport. The hearing was adjourned to 10 am Thursday on motion by Prosecuting Attorney William Bardin to allow investigation. Haller released on $1,500 bond. Mrs. Haller aided in arrangements.
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Point Pleasant
James Haller
Huntington
Edgar Tuckerman
Middleport
William H. Bardin
Haller
Gas Lease Workers Arrive in Mason Area
Mason area greeted Hope Natural Gas Co. lease men w H Hamilton from Charleston and W White from Clarksburg. They reported the firm still holds leases on Kanawha Eighteen Mile Creek mainly in Union District and came to renew a lease from Rupert Ray of Kanawha Street and his sister Mrs Freeman of Huntington. Ivan Morford of Spencer with the estate department paused en route to Dayton and Cincinnati on company business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
H. W. Hamilton
Charleston
Willard White
Clarksburg
Hope Natural Gas Co
Hamilton
Kanawha Eighteen Mile Creek
Union District
Rupert Ray
Kanawha St
Mrs. Freeman
Huntington
Ivan Morford
Spencer
Dayton
Cincinnati
Farm Meetings To Be Held Tonight Across County
Farm Bureau and County Agent Anderson sponsor 22 local meetings at 7 30 this evening to discuss greater food production. The sessions will include singing, spelling bees and other diversions. Mayor Krodel ill at home since Friday hopes to return today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Farm Bureau
Anderson
Krodel
West Virginia Po Heads Toward a Fueled Governor Battle
West Virginia politics heats up as commentators foresee a hard fought Republican governor nomination between Funkhouser and Dawson. Democrats study Neely’s next move after resigning the U. S. Senate seat in 1940 and consider strategies for 1944. The puzzle is whether Neely stays active or seeks another office as party factions mobilize.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam A. Simmons
Will Funkhouser
Dawson
Neely
West Virginia
West
Senate
Bead Oe
Chapman Rever
United
Kilgore
Nee
Funkhouser
Sq Evening Post
Recan
Houser
Can
Point Pleasant Social Notes
Mr and Mrs William H Bardin entertained their bridge club at Jefferson Blvd. Dinner preceded play with guests including Mr and Mrs Jason T Weissen burger and other couples. Irma Kennedy of Nelsonville Ohio was a weekend guest of Mrs Clarence Brown. C B Cornwell, Holzer Hospital patient, is slowly recovering after a second operation. Leslie Heck and wife traveled to Charleston for today’s business.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 in County Woods
Mason County hunters report several bucks killed in Pocahontas and Mercer counties. James G. Riffle of Leon killed a six point, Olin Riffle and Harvey Martin each took a five point, while Robert Wilson of Arbuckle went empty handed. Other party members and area residents logged deer in the past week in the eastern state's mountains. Thornton Burgess and William Lyons also added deer in Pocahontas and Mercer counties respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Uck
Occupy New Home South of Kanawha
The C R Dawleys from LeSage have moved into a new home on the 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 law student at Duke may join around Dec 19 for the holidays. They keep the 179 acre LeSage farm and will continue operations there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. R. Dawleys
LeSage
Cabell County
Boyer Farm
Kanawha
Ohio River
Huntington
Mason County Men Take Screen Tests at Local Draft
About 120 Mason County men were tested yesterday for the draft. Examiners included Dr. C. W. Petty of Hartford Dr. R. F. Bryant of New Haven Dr. Frank Long Jr. and Dr. Max Koenigsberg locals assisted with the examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. W. Petty
Hartford
R. F. Bryant
New Haven
Frank Long, Jr
Max Koenigsberg
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Monument Co
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Ira Dawley
Nelsonville Social Notes
Logan Hospital
Arn
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America
Pacific
Gallia
Murray
U. S
Mason Co
Thursby
Mason Area
Deer Hunters
Nature
Patriot
Oakley and Oakley Insurance
Wi Co
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