Gallipolis City Schools Close for Christmas Vacation
Gallipolis city schools announce a Wednesday morning program at Gallia Academy High School featuring a combined pageant and play about Christmas past and wartime Britain. Highlights include devotions by Jonnie Lou Baker, a trio singing Jahm's Lullaby, and wartime London imagery. Room 200 earns the Scholarship Plaque for the second time, listing top students across grades. The Washington School seventh grade to present The Nativity. Schools reopen January 3.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
America
Great Britain
Jonnie Lou Baker
Jahm
Katie Brumfield
Gladys Mae Reese
Louise Pickens
London
Room 200
Eleanor Ball
Marilyn Burdette
Dorothy Burnett
Elizabeth Bush
Doris Cox
Pat Dayton
June Anne Halley
Betty Mackenzie
Marianna Null
Betty Lou Shoemaker
Joan Shower
Richard Smeltzer
Wanda Spurlock
Judy Wetherholt
Eileen Blazer
Janet Brown
Mary Campbell
Nevolene Cremeens
Marcus Grube
Neligene McKean
Woodrow Holbein
Maxine Powell
Earline Saunders
Mary Frances Wheeler
Barbara Woods
Lois Altman
Dean Davis
Anna Haskins
Pat Haskins
Muriel McCalla
Dorothy Melton
Jimmie Northup
Edwin Stanley
Merrill Rose
Jean Anderson
Lucille Bugg
Barbara Danner
Emma Louise Echelmeyer
Tim Evans
Elaine Lear
Charles Neal
Opal Roush
Leon Saunders
Eugene Steele
Washington
Convict Held Pending Extradition From Gallia Prison
In Gallia County, Harold McCabe refused to go back to Moundsville Penitentiary without extradition papers after guards arrived seeking his return. Patrolman Bill Ball detained him when he could not produce selective service identification, prompting his confession of an escape from a West Virginia penitentiary where he served two to ten years for automobile theft. Extradition papers are expected this week.
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Gallipolis
Moundsville
Harold McCabe
Pace
Chester Leaper
McCabe
Bill Ball
West Virginia
Hamrick Accepted For Army Service
Gallipolis Ohio Hamrick a former Ohio State University grid star and long time Vinton County Agriculture Extension Agent has been accepted for service in the U S Army He is the son of Mrs Ellis Hamrick of near Rodney and the late Mr Hamrick who served two terms in the State General Assembly representing the county
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Gallipolis
Charles FE. Hamrick
Ohio State University Grid
Vinton County
U. S. Army
Ellis Hamrick
Rodney
Hamrick
State General Assembly
Native of Gallia Dies at Oak Hill
George 8. Drummond, a Gallia County native and longtime resident of Jackson County, died at his Oak Hill home Friday at age 77 and was buried there Sunday. He was born at Patriot, son of William and Elizabeth Tope Drummond, and is survived by three sons and four daughters.
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Gallipolis
George
Drummond
Gallia County
Jackson County
Oak Hill
Mr. Drummond
William
Elizabeth Tope Drummond
Patriot
Betz Funeral Will Be Held In Gallipolis
Mrs Elia Woolweaver Betz aged 84 died at her daughter Mrs Emmett Mossmans home in Jamestown Ohio She was born in Gallipolis a life long resident daughter of David and Evelyn Board Conrad Survived by husband Basil Betz another daughter Mrs John King Lanaster brother Lon Woolweaver city employed at O H E Funeral services at Geo J Wetherholt Funeral Home at one oclock Tuesday with burial at Pine Street Cemetery
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Gallipolis
Elia Woolweaver Betz
Basil Betz
Emmett Mossman
Jamestown
Ohio
David
Evelyn Board Conrad
John King
Lancaster
Lon H. Woolweaver
City
O. H
Presents for Home Wards Are Sought
Max Bunce of the Gallia County Health Department asks for gifts for the Gallia County Children's Home notably athletic equipment such as bats gloves and baseballs. Donors may drop items at 345 Third Avenue for delivery on Christmas Eve.
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Gallipolis
Sanatarian
Max Bunce
Gallia County
Gallipolis Red Cross Work Resumes
Gallipolis The Red Cross surgical dressings group led by Mrs. Joe Moch and Mrs Ot S Carter resumed work in the Masonic Hall with sessions from two to four on Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons and seven to ten Wednesday night. Volunteers are urged to report to complete December’s quota of 30 000 dressings now that materials have arrived.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross Surgical Dressings
Joe Moch
Otto S. Carter
Masonic Hall
Patrol Called for Highway Accident
State Highway Patrolman P D McCreedy reports only one automobile mishap over the weekend. A car driven by Raymond Dray of the Lower River Road was struck by William Brumfield's car Route 1 Gallipolis when Dray attempted to turn at a side road one mile north of Thivener. The Brumfield car was badly damaged but no occupants were hurt.
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Gallipolis
P. D. McCreedy
Raymond Drayl
Lower River Road
William Brumfield
Sear
Drayl
Thivener
Brumfield
Cheney Fall of Dayton to Wed. Dec. 15 in Gallipolis
Gallia Academy alum Ena Belle Cheney marries James Fall of Dayton with ceremony in Gallipolis. Fall, an electrical engineer at Patterson Field, and Ena Belle will remain in Dayton for her Air Forces Command work. Local notes also cover Christmas gatherings at First Presbyterian and English Club, plus multiple holiday visits and travels of residents and relatives.
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Gallipolis
John Cheney
Ena Belle Cheney
James Fall
Dayton
Air Forces Command
Gallia Academy High School
Fall
Patterson Field
Aged Mason Native Dies In Toledo
Funeral rites for Mae Pullin McHaffie 87 will be at 10 Tuesday from Franklin Funeral Home with burial in Suncrest Cemetery. Native of Mason County she died in Toledo Ohio Saturday morning and will arrive in Charleston this evening. Survived by sons Raymond Huntington Roy Toledo. niece Mrs Earl Cavender and nephews Roy Thompson and Leo Thompson of Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Mae Pullin McHaffie
Franklin Funeral Home
Suncrest
McHaffie
Toledo
New York Central
Mason County
Charles E. Pullin
Ambrosia
Olive
Chapman) Pullin
Raymond McHaffie
Huntington
Roy McHaffie
Neice
Earl Cavender
Roy Thompson
Leo Thompson
Charleston
Christmas Party Scheduled by Point Pleasant Chapter
Following the Eastern Star meeting at Ma sonic Temple the Point Pleasant Chapter will hold its annual Christmas party at 7:30 pm Gifts will be exchanged and refreshments served Russell Starkey of Glenwood was here on business Saturday Miss Audrey Blessing and Mrs Pear Sturgeon visited Hartford yesterday Mrs Frank Bennett was moved from the home of her daughter to the Point Clinic for treatment Mrs Kenneth A Peck is in Charleston to visit her daughter Sylvian Fisher of Ohio River Road She planned to move to Florida but chose Charleston instead
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Watts
Artie Watts
Miss Mary
Millie Watts
Point Pleasant
Order of the Eastern Star
Masonic Temple
Russell Starkey
Glenwood
Audrey Blessing
Pear Sturgeon
Hartford
Frank Bennett
Earl H. Arnett
Emmett Biffle
Hickory Chapel
Point Clinic
Kenneth A. Peck
Charleston
Sylvian Fisher
Ohio River Road
Peck
Florida
Former Shipyards Watchman Dies in Point Pleasant
Funeral services for James G. Ryles were held at the Point Pleasant Mission Church with Miss Flora Haskett and Rev. J. P. Keefer directing. Ryles died Saturday at his Madison Ave home after a paralytic stroke on December 7. He was a Putnam County native who moved to Point Pleasant in 1916 and spent 20 years as a night watchman at the shipyard. he is survived by his wife Nettie, a daughter Maude Roberts, three grandchildren and five great grandchildren. He attended the Mission Church.
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Point Pleasant
Flora Haskett
J. P. Keefer
Point Pleasant Mission
James G. Ryles
Madison Ave
Lone Oak
Ryles
Putnam County
Nettie (Gillispie) Ryles
Maude Roberts
Mission Church
Episcopal Pulpit Filled by Rev Marley at Saint Peters
In Gallipolis the Rev Charles G Baird of Pomeroy could not fill the Saint Peter's Episcopal Church pulpit Sunday evening due to illness. The service was conducted by Rev Cecil V Marley, pastor of the First Presbyterian Church.
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Gallipolis
Charles G. Baird
Pomeroy
Saint Peter’s Episcopal Church
Cecil V. Marley
First Presbyterian Church
Santa Is Coming to Navy in Big Way
The Navy reports 7,479,988 Christmas packages were forwarded to sailors on duty at sea and overseas via fleet post offices in New York City and San Francisco from Sept 15 to Dec 1. No data exist for gifts mailed to personnel on duty within the United States.
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Washington
Santa Claus
Navy
Fleet Post
New York City
San Francisco
United States
Local residents note holiday visits across town
Xenia spent the weekend with family while Ruth Steinbeck arrives from Toledo with her two children to spend holidays with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Steinbeck. Petty Officer Richard R Chambers of Norfolk VA and his wife return to base after a ten day leave with his father W F Chambers in Eureka. Miss June O'Dell, nurse student at White Cross Hospital Columbus, visits two weeks with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. O A O'Dell. Mrs. H H Henking leaves for Madison WV to spend holidays with son Howard Henking and family. Mr. and Mrs. E N Tarrier of Bidwell visit Gallipolis on Sunday.
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Margaret Ecker
Pleasantville
N. Y
Glorianna Foster
Miami University
Fred Foster
Reuben Wood
Oxford
Julia Agnes
Herman A. Burnett
Camp Suitt N.C
Ed Burnett
Nelle Boring
Detroit
Dorothy Wheeler
Christ Hospital
Cincinnati
Earl Wheeler
Leroy Betz
Avalon Gardner
Mississippi
Betz
New Mexico
Russell South
Xenia
Lyman Lockwood
Ruth Steinbeck
Toledo
John Steinbeck
Richard R. Chambers
U. S. Navy
Norfolk
W. F. Chambers
Eureka
June O'Dell
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
O. A. O’dell
H. H. Henking
Madison
W. Va
Howard Henking
E. N. Tarrier
Bidwell
Gallipolis
Time Card Timetables In Eastern War Time Adjustments
The document lists train times in EWT one hour ahead of state time and instructs subtracting one hour from each time. Entries include No 4 Diplomat Daily No 44 Daily Except Sunday and No 12 Daily, with arrivals and departures such as 11:06 a.m and 1:04 p.m. for various routes. It references West Bound National Limited and Chesapeake and Ohio schedules with listed times like 9:38 p.m 4:00 a.m 6:53 a.m and 3:36 p.m during daily or Sunday exceptions.
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E.W.T
Diplomat
Athene
Athens
National Limited
West Bound
Dun
Chesapeake & Obo Mo
Bungay
North Pound
Army Pilot Killed After Funeral Party Flight Crashes
Lieutenant R E Duclos who piloted the Lawson Field plane carrying airmen to a Point Pleasant funeral for Sergeant Woody Johnson on November 28 died after a crash at Lawson Field on December 4 and in hospital on December 10. A letter from Staff Sergeant Joe Kroupa details the events and tributes in the post chapel.
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Point Pleasant
R. E. Duclos
Lawson Field
Fort Benning
Woody Johnson
A. E. Thomas
Sixth St
Joe Kroupa
Gallipolis
Kroupa
Duclos
Thomas
Lieut
al Turi
Goshen
N. Y
Duke
Sergeant Cobb Takes Mason Patrol Command
Sergeant C. R. Cobb of Charleston is reassigned by the department of public safety to head the Mason patrol, succeeding Sergeant C. S. Wilson who retired due to illness. The note also mentions Duke’s request for thanks for hospitality during a visit, and Lieutenant Duclos’s flight leadership for the funeral transport arranged at Lawson Field by Lieutenant Shattuck.
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Point Pleasant
C. R. Cobb
Charleston
Department of Public Safety
C. S. Wilson
Duke
Duclos
Lawson Field
Shattuck
J J Hamilton Dies Saturday At Bellemeade
J J Hamilton retired carpenter died Saturday afternoon at his daughter Mrs Walter Rhoades Bellemeade after a paralytic stroke three days earlier He was born January 9 1859 in Jackson County Kentucky Surviving four daughters two sons a brother and a sister Funeral services planned in Berea with Earl H Arnett transporting the body He belonged to Berea Baptist Church.
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Point Pleasant
John J. Hamilton
Walter Rhoades
Bellemeade
Berea
Earl H. Arnett
John S
Lucinda (Morris) Hamilton
Mary E. Hameta
Rhoades
Mamie Anderkin
Lillian Sinclair
Staunton Va
Mattie Berkimer
Olivet
Mich
Ray Hamilton
Cincinnati
John Hamilton
Dayton
James Hamilton
Mee- Kee
Martha Brockman
Sand Gap
Berea Baptist Church
Condition of Miner Reported Critical
John Cunningham is reported in critical condition at Holzer Hospital after an injury Thursday in a state fall at a mine operated by West Virginia Coal and Transportation Co near West Columbia. Cunningham resides in West Columbia and is a miner.
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Point Pleasant
John Cunningham
Holzer Hospital
Cunningham
Virginia Coal and Transportation Co
West Columbia
Central School Room Swept By Fire in Sand4
Fire gutted the central school room this afternoon after extensive damage from a possible electrical defect. Window frames burned, ceiling holes appeared, and the blaze reached the second floor before extinguished. Mrs. John J. Dower Jr. reported the alarm after seeing burning paper. Mrs. Ernest Hesson, the teacher, tended the scene as books and furniture suffered.
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Point Pleasant
Central School
John J. Dower, Jr
Ernest Hesson
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Gallipolis Social Notes
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