Rotary Speaker Foresees Turkey Enters War at Gallipoli
Simon Michael Davidian of Lima Ohio told about 300 at Washington School Auditorium that Turkey will join the United Nations to defend the Dardanelles and that peace overtures may come through the United States and Great Britain. He cited Soviet Russia as peacemaker and noted church attendance stats in the United States.
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Gallipolis
Washington School
Simon Michael Davidian
Lima
Ohio
Gallipolis Rotary
Institute of International Understanding
Soviet Russia
United States
USA
Davidion
Russia
United Nations
Japan
Great Britain
Turkey
Davidian
Dardanelles
Buffalo
H. W. Wetherholt
R. Lloyd Pabst
Rio Grande College
Houck Rites Will Be Held Thursday
Funeral services for Mrs Lena Houck will be held Thursday afternoon at 1 o'clock in the German Ridge Church. Rev. James M. Lane will officiate and burial will follow in the nearby cemetery. She died Sunday night at Mt. Vernon Avalon Sanitarium after being taken there. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Fred Pope. her mother was Ethel Myers, sister of Lt Myers and Elva Myers of this city.
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Gallipolis
Lena Houck
Mt. Vernon
German Ridge
James M. Lane
Houck
Avalon Sanatorium
Fred Pope
Ethel Myers
Lt. Myers
Elva Myers
Meeting Delayed as City President Ill
The Gallipolis City Commission meeting set for Monday night was postponed due to illness of president Raymon T. Allison who remains at home and is not expected in his office until later this week.
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Gallipolis
City Commission
Raymon T. Allison
Albert Sheets Reported as German Prisoner of War
Mrs. Virgie Halley received a War Department notice Tuesday stating her brother Albert M. Sheets has been missing in action for weeks and is now identified as a German prisoner of war.
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Gallipolis
Virgie Halley
War Department
Albert M. Sheets
Moch Giles Are To Head Fund Drive
Gallia County selects Joe Moch of First National Bank and Albert Giles of OPA as co chairs for the 1944 Red Cross War Fund Drive. Laverre Lovett and Robert A. Ruland named alternates. Nominating committee proposed joint management due to potential drafting. Treasurer Rannelis reports loans of 190 to soldiers and 25 to civilians with a 429.24 expenditure and 51.30 receipts leaving 2652.29 on hand. Knitting chair Mrs Beall notes 32 Navy sweaters sent. Miss Hayward reports home service totals and servicemen messages, furloughs, and assistance with compensation and military forms.
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Gallipolis
Joe Moch
First National Bank
Albert Giles
O.pa
Gallia County
Red Cross Executive Committee
Grace Methodist Church
Laverre Lovett
Robert A. Ruland
Robert Rannells
Mra W. Pres Beall
Catherine Hayward
W. Scott Westerman
Rannelis
Treasury
Beall
Navy
National Headquarters
Nist
Charles Wigner
Red Cross
Miss Hayward
Home Service
Army
Gridders To Be Honored At Banquet
Gallipolis Blue Devil football banquet set at 8 o clock Wednesday evening at the Methodist Church. Lettermen from 1943 and the 1944 captain will be announced by Coach Marshall Boggs. Elmer Caldwell to act as toastmaster with Carroll Widdoes of Ohio State as guest speaker. Turkey dinner, group singing led by Rev W Scott Westerman, piano by Carroll LeFavor. 150 to 200 attendees expected.
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Gallipolis
Blue Devil
Goon
Methodist Church
Marshall Boggs
Elmer Caldwell
Boggs
Carrol Widdoes
Ohio State University
W. Scott Westerman
Carrol LeFavor
Pastor Speaks on Pearl Harbor Attack Anniversary
Gallipolis Rotary Clubs host a Tuesday dinner at Island View Inn marking the Pearl Harbor attack anniversary with Rev Cecil V Marley delivering a preparedness talk. Simon M Davidson attends the third Institute of International Understanding session, and Rev Walter D Kallenbach, a noted blind evangelist, is also a guest.
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Gallipolis
Pearl Harbor
Kev
Cecil V. Marley
Gallipolis Rotary Clubs
Island View Inn
Simon M. Davidson
Institute of Internatonal Understanding
Gallipolis Rotary Club
Walter D. Kallenbach
Episcopal Rector Delivers Memorial Address for Elks
Gallipolis Elks Lodge held its annual memorial services Sunday afternoon with Rev. Charles G. Baird Episcopal rector delivering the address. Exalted Ruler H. W. Dexter presided as the ritual work proceeded. A musical program was performed by Mrs. H. B. Ekker and Miss Mary Syler.
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Gallipolis
The
Elks Lodge
Charles G. Baird
Episcopal
H. W. Dexter
H. B. Ecker
Mary Syler
Marriage license issued in Gallipolis for Lehman and Talbert
Probate Court issued a marriage license Tuesday to Joe Lehman 42 of Nelsonville and Gladys Talbert 31 of Glouster.
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Gallipolis
Joe Lehman
Nelsonville
Gladys Talbert
Glouster
Amateurs Are Blasted By Hemisphere Probers
A Congressional committee returning from a tour of U S military bases in Central and South America said the good neighbor policy produced mutual benefits but blamed bungling tactics by amateur goodwill emissaries for hurting American standing. They urged early planning for postwar commercial relations with southern countries.
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Washington
U. S
Central
South America
Western Hemisphere
Lichens Depend on Two-Partner Alliance for Growth
The text describes a symbiotic relationship between a green alga and a fungus, forming bright colored lichens on rocks. Each partner relies on the other to grow in such environments, as neither could thrive alone.
Miss Withers Wins County Declamation Contest
Gallia County jurors at St Peter's Episcopal Church award Miss Lydean Withers the county title with subject Blue Birds or Bombers. Miss Elaine Lear gains runner up honors in the Grace Methodist and county events. Withers advances to the district contest for possible state scholarship eligibility.
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Gallipolis
Lydean Withers
Prince of Peace
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Elaine Lear
Grace Methodist Church
Miss Withers
Blue Birds
Charles G. Baird
St. Peter’s Church
Frankie Dunbar Caldwell
William P. Cherrington
War Fund Mounting in Gallia County
Otis Drummond, National War Fund chairman for Gallia County, reported $6,825.48 of the county quota of $13,000 is in the bank with more funds ready. He urged township chairs to hold fund events this month and aimed to complete the drive by year end.
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Gallipolis
National War Fund
Gallia County
Otis Drummond
Mr. Drummond
Drummond
Real Estate Broker License Filed by Col. H B Ecker
Col H B Ecker filed his license after passing the state broker examination. The license was filed Tuesday with the Clerk of the Courts in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Col
H. B. Ecker
County Agent Loses Her Ration Books
Gallipolis reports ration books stolen from the car of Miss Clarabell Motter County Home Demonstration Agent between five and six Tuesday evening. She parked in front of H. W. Wetherholt on First Ave and found the glove compartment ransacked on return.
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Gallipolis
Clarabell Motter
Motter
H. W. Wetherholt
First Ave
Mass To Be Said for Aldo Fontana
GALLIPOLIS Requiem High Mass for Aldo Fontana U S Army killed overseas on Oct 31 will be said at Saint Louis Catholic Church by Rev Father Charlies Ryan on Thursday at 8 30. Telegram from War Department confirms death. Fontana last visited home Christmas 1941. He trained at Sheppard Field Texas and Tampa Florida. He was a technician fifth class who landed with the first Allied invasion troops in North Africa.
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Gallipolis
Aldo Fontana
U. S. Army
Saint Louis Catholic Church
Charlies Ryan
War Department
Aldo
Sheppard Field
Texas
Tampa
Fla
North Africa
Ireland
Shipyard Rally to Honor Workers in Pt Pleasant Thursday
Miss Florence Kirk Metropolitan Opera soprano will direct singing at the Marietta Manufacturing Co rally in the Pt Pleasant shipyard Thursday at 430 PM. The event includes a program by the Fifth Corps Area Army Band a singing contest with prizes and certificates for perfect service records. Over 2000 workers will attend with 1000 gym seats reserved for company employees and families.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Florence Kirk
Metropolitan Opera
Dr. Brown
Hongkong University
Fifth Corps Area Army Band
Miss Kirk
Dorothy Blake
Dennis Lilly
Charles Walburn
Plant
Army Band
Heck Plans To Open New Grocery Store On Main Street
Leslie Heck said yesterday he hoped to open his grocery store on Main St Friday. He has stock bought and stored in another building. Painters are finishing the interior of the former Grown Grocery Co room to be used by the Heck store.
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Point Pleasant
Leslie Heck
Main St
Grown Grocery Co
Heck
Funeral services for James Wray held in Ashton
Funeral services are held this afternoon at Ashton for James Monroe Wray who died at his home in Point Pleasant on Monday at age 85. He was a longtime resident of the area and leaves family in the community.
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Point Pleasant
Ashton
James Monroe Wray
Tobacco auction opens in Huntington with top prices
Point Pleasant reports the tobacco auction opened in Huntington yesterday with limited offerings selling at high prices. A basket brought 53 cents a pound as Mason County producers typically sell at the Huntington market.
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Point Pleasant
Huntington
Mason County
Red Cross Sets Up Disaster Group in Mason County
POINT PLEASANT The Mason County Red Cross Disaster setup continues with J C Pauley named county disaster chairman to meet with sub chairmen and officers. The group will form seven to eight communities with a skeleton structure and appoint committees including Heslop Koenigsberg Watkins Roush Easley Ferrell Tillis Kincade and Weisensburger.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Red Cross
Helen J. Marks
National
J. C. Pauley
Llth
Viand Sts
Pauley
J. T. Weissenburger
R. J. Heslop
Max Koenigsberg
Dorothy Watkins
Walden F. Roush
O. L. Easley
J. A. Ferrell
Garnette Tillis
Ernest Kincade
C. H. Withers
Margarite Asher
Holly Simmons
Game Protector Returns From Lewis County Service
Huff man a game protector in the area reports from Lewis County where he performed special service during the deer season. He notes limited farmer cooperation with wardens as farmers favor killing the deer while deer eat crops such as corn and turnips. Farmers cannot kill deer outside the season and rely on hunters for help in reducing deer numbers.
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Point Pleasant
Ea Huffman
Lewis County
Huffman
Sam Waggoner Recovering After Local Hospital Surgery
Sam Waggoner, manager of the Jackson plant of Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co., underwent a routine operation at Holzer Hospital Monday evening. He is making a good recovery, according to his parents Mr and Mrs G B Waggoner of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
J. Sam Waggoner
Jackson, O
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Holzer Hospital
Local visitors and patients noted in town
Mrs Stephen K Vaught returned from Charleston where she visited her sister Mrs E Huston Halstead a recent bride Miss Janet McCulloch of Washington is a guest at the McCulloch home 1002 Main St while on vacation Eber Nott of Main St is a patient in Holzer Hospital
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Stephen K. Vaught
Charleston
E. Huston Halstead
Janet McCulloch
Washington
McCulloch
Main St
Eber Nott
Holzer Hospital
Young Soldier Awarded Purple Heart at Point Pleasant
James McComb, reported wounded in the Italian campaign, has been awarded the Purple Heart. His step-mother, Mrs. Lora McComb, said he is expected to return to the United States later this month, though she has not heard from him in two weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James McComb
Lora McComb
United States
Veterans Of Sicily Guests at Philadelphia Dinner
Veterans Payne and Copenhaver, wounded in Sicily, visited Philadelphia guests of Mr and Mrs William H Rardin after attending the Honor Roll ceremony at the ordnance works. They aid the Mason County War Fund drive aiming to raise the remaining 2000 of the 8500 quota. They will stay through Thursday and assist in soliciting donations.
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Payne
William Gipentavast
Philadelphia
Jefferson Blvd
Ordnance Works
Bardin
Ashford General Hospital
White Sulphur Springs
Mason County
Sicily
Copenhaver
King
War Fund Committee
Former Mail Carrier Given Three-Year Probation
Corby Rudolph Weethee a former rural mail carrier from Gallipolis Ferry pleaded guilty in Huntington Federal District Court to taking 66.02 dollars from money orders sold on his route. He was released from service about a year ago and worked as a taxi driver in the city until a recent move to Charleston.
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Point Pleasant—Corby
Rudolph Weethee
Gallipolis Ferry
Federal District Court
Huntington
Charleston
Officials Meet in City Monday Night
City officials and county board members gathered Monday night in Point Pleasant for a routine session. The meeting was held without the mayor, who was ill at home, and the state superintendent had not yet appointed a Lucent or to Russell Starkey. Attendees included President Ropers, White, Burdette, and other council members J. B. Couch, R. Harden, and Dr. E. McMillin. City Clerk Ba.
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Point Pleasantcy
Cil
Russell Starkey
Ropeers
White
Burdette
J. B. Couch
R. Harden
E. Mc
Wm. G. Darst
C. H. Quillin
I. A McMillin
Tregurer Musgrave
Unig
Surgical Patients Attend Point Clinic Recall
Mrs Morgan of Leon and Mr ne Earlewine of Point Pleasant Route 2 underwent major surgeries at the Point Clinic yesterday. Mrs Charles Stephenson of route 2 was discharged following her procedure.
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Point Pleasant
Morgan
Leon
Ne Earlewine
Point Clinic
Charles Stephenson
Route 2
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