Gallia County Army Deserter Captured Near Pataskala
Privates Stacey K Halfbill 24 from Poplar Ridge Gallia County and two others fled Fort Hayes Columbus and were retaken near Pataskala after a clash with state troopers. Halfbill’s brother Elmer was fined 100 dollars and costs. The trio seized a shotgun from a guard during the escape and were pursued across fields by officers and Army personnel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stacey K. Halfbill
U.S
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Hatfield
Halfhill
Gallia
Ora Halfhill
Poplar Ridge
Cheshire
Elmer Halfhill
Gallia County
Stacey
Clem Goddard
New Martinaville
W. Va
Raymond Thomas
Lima
Pataskala
Goddard
Thomas
Ft. Hayes
Mrs DeVault Dies at Canton in Canton Ohio
Mrs James DeVault age 85 born and reared in Gallipolis died in Canton last Sam ne and was buried there Tues aug ter of Sinnett and Claris sa Mary Hudlin DeVault leaves two other family members Miss Margaret Hudlin of this city and Mrs Helen McConnell of Springfield Ohio A daughter Mrs Harrison Williams of Canton also survives her Husband, a government contractor, died three years ago in Canton where they had lived for many years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James DeVault
Canton
Sinnett
Clarissa
Mary Hudlin DeVault
Margaret Hudlin
Helen McConnell
Springfield
Harrison Williams
DeVault
Williams
New Patients at Holzer Hospital
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Mrs. Hilah Shuler Hermann who gave birth to a baby girl Tuesday evening and Mrs. Harold Saple who delivered a boy at 8 PM. Louis Jean Colley, 2, is listed as a medical patient in fair condition alongside critical cases Water Blazer and Mrs. Garland Caudill. Discharged Wednesday were Mrs. Ella Leonard city and Mrs. John Mason Pt. Pleasant. Carl Daniels of Logan, W Va, left Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
John P. Hermann
Hilah Shuler
Old Kyger
Harold Saple
Henderson
W. Va
Louis Jean Colley
Russell Colley
Northup
Water Blazer
Garland Caudill
Ellaonard City
John Mason
Pleasant
Carl Daniels
Logan
Washington School Faculty Has Party
Twenty five members of the Washington School faculty celebrated the holiday season with games, an exchange of gifts, and carols in the music room. The event ended with a refreshment course prepared by committee chair Lola Mae Rupe and members Isabel Boggs, Kathryn Lutz Sheets, and Mae Kelly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Washington School
Lola Mae Rupe
Isobel Boggs
Kathryn Lutz Sheets
Mae Kelly
Holzer Nurses and Students Host Yuletide Party
Fifty alumnae and Holzer Hospital School of Nursing students gathered Tuesday at the former Gwinn House on Second Avenue for a Yuletide celebration. The student nurses organized a program with games readings and music, plus a grab bag and carol singing. Miss Spurlock presided and refreshments followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Gwinn House
Second Avenue
Native of Gallia Man Dies in Illinois
Gallia County native John M. Clark of Marseilles Illinois died suddenly. He was reared in Gallia County and left for Illinois as a young man. He was brother of the late Mrs. Henry A. Neal of Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ola S. Bostick
John M. Clark
Marseilles, II
Clark
Gallia County
Ilinois
Henry A. Neal
Gallipolis Student Named Finalist for Miss Ohio University 1944
Miss Louise Evans of Gallipolis, daughter of Mr and Mrs John Everett Evans, is among ten coeds nominated for Miss Ohio University 1944. The winning candidate will be crowned at the New Years Eve Dance at Ohio University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Louise Evans
John Everett Evans
Ohio University
Licensed To Marry William Flint And Efriam Ter Of Pliny
A marriage license was issued to William Flint 24 a soldier of Gallipolis son of George Flint and Margaret Carter 18 of Gallipolis daughter of Ephriam Ter and a native of Pliny West Virginia
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Flint
George Flint
Margaret Carter
Ephriam Ter
Pliny
W, Va
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Holiday Gatherings and Visits
Mr and Mrs C O Weissenburger plan a Christmas Day family dinner at the Lafayette Hotel Gallipolis with numerous relatives listed including Jason Weissenburger Tichnor Charlotte and Iles Hayman and others. Various residents are noted visiting or staying for the holidays or traveling to Columbus Cincinnati Charleston and Beale and Main Street events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. O. Weissenburger
Lafayette Hotel
Gallipolis
Jason T. Weissenburger
Childen
Tichnor
Charlotte
Harold Rare
Iles Hayman
C. N. Weissenburger
Erie, Pa
Clifton
Durfee
Howard Price
John Howard
Frank T. Cady
Walter A. Windsor
Anne
Jacqueline
Walter Mills Windsor
Weissenburger
Open house for Mrs. Sayre on Ohio River Road Sunday
Mrs. Harold Sayre will observe open house at her home on Ohio River Road Sunday afternoon from three to five o clock. Circle One of the Woman's Society of Christian Service met at Trinity Methodist Church Tuesday evening and prepared three Christmas boxes. A brief business session led by Miss Vera Fadeley listed attendees including Mrs. G B Woodard, Mrs. Blount, Flora Myers, Will Stortz, Roy Price, Stanley Johnson, Bessie Johnson and W A Grogg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harold Sayre
Ohio River Road
Circle One
Woman's Socery of
Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church
Busiess
Vera Fadeley
Miss Fadeley
G. B. Woodard
C. Blount
Flora Myers
Will Stortz
Roy Price
Stanley Johnson
Bessie Johnson
W. A. Grogg
Christmas Guests Fill Point Pleasant Homes
Sergeant and Mrs. Raymond L Spear prepare to arrive from Cambridge to spend Christmas with the Couch family. Relatives and friends including Mrs Richards Melrose, Mrs Victor Parks, and the Lewis sisters visit Charleston Huntington and Cincinnati during the holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Raymond L. Spear
Cambridge
James B. Couch
Viand St
Morgantown
Carl A. Gardner
Main St
Charles Steenber
Pittsburgh
Peter H. Steenbergen
Mickey
Luemma School
Cincinnati
B. H. Bragg
Oak St
Christine Johnson
Charleston High School
F. L. Johnson
Johnson
Charleston
Dale Casto
Miss Johnson
Howard Yerges, Jr
USNR
University of Michigan
Howard Yerges
Park Drive
C. ©. Parsons
William E. Parsons
University of Louisville
Charles H. Frye
M. D. Worley
Carl Bruestle
Lodge of the Order of the Eastern Star
Gallipolis
L. J. Heiner
Rutland
Palmer McConnell
E. E. Heiner
Robert Liter
Greensboro
N. C
W. J. Kenny
14Th St
Gretchen Kenny
Marshall College
Pat M. Wilson
Charleston Road
William Stone
Will H. Stone
Berry Hotel
Athens
Emroy Monroe
Coast Guard Merchant Marine Inspector Office
Torch Church Christmas Programs and Local Visits Field News
Rev Runnells conducted services at the Methodist Church on Sunday with a Christmas program by the school children and a candy treat funded by Ella Sawyer of New York City. The Baptist Church also had a morning program. Local residents including Rex Anderson family, Bessie Watson, Cyrus Jones, Alma Jones, Ruth and Woodrow Shafer, and the Martin family are mentioned amid influenza illness notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Runnells
Methodist Church
Ella Sawyer
New York City
Faye Criss
Ethel, Dixon
the Baptist Church
Rex Andersson
Parkersburg
Torch
Bessie Watson
Belpre
Lillie Watson
Arthur Romine
Howard Romine
Athens
Cyrus Jones
Alma Jones
Dean Stout
Navy
Iceland
Charlie Buckley
Joe
Mineral
Lee Buckley
Ruth Shafer
Woodrow
Akron
F. D. Shafer
George Bennett
Clarence
Rex Anderson
Martin
Mrs. Childers ill in Huntington with pneumonia symptoms
Mrs. Harry Childers of south of the Kanawha fell ill Tuesday in Huntington while visiting Miss Pisa Litz at the Hotel Frederick. A physician ordered rest in her hotel room as she recovers from a severe cold, with pneumonia symptoms suspected and no further developments yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Harry Childers
South of the Kanawha
Huntington
Pisa Litz
Frederick
Marriage License Issued For Burris and Gerlach
A marriage license was issued yesterday to Leonard Pirl Burris Jr. of Mason City and Velma Christine Gerlach of Letart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Leonard Pirl Burris Jr
Mason City
Velma Christine Gerlach
Letart
Party Cancelled for Hartsook Golden Wedding Anniversary
The celebration planned in Gallipolis for Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Hartsook of Vinton to mark their golden wedding anniversary has been cancelled due to a family illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. H. Hartsook
Vinton
Russian Pianist Prince George Chavchavadze Devotes to Moon Belt
Prince George Chavchavadze, a noted Russian pianist, follows a superstition by bowing nine times to the new moon each month and turning over coins in his pocket for luck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince George Chavchavadze
Tragic Death of Captain John Neal Carnes Recalled
Gallipolis reports word of Captain John Neal Carnes a flight surgeon killed in a plane crash likely at a Hawaiian air field on December 10. Dr. James Boyer of Hillsboro a former classmate in service conveyed the news noting funeral services and interment plans. The widow Ila Vere Benyon Carnes and infant son are with relatives as community tributes honor the late officer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John Neal Carnes
James Boyer
Hillsboro
Carnes
Hawaiian
Boyer
Ila Vere Benyon Carnes
Amsterdam
Yend
H. A. Carnes
Elizabeth
Marriage of Edythe Thompson to Dr. Joseph Kahn in Columbus
Miss Edythe Thompson daughter of Rev and Mrs Russell Woltz of Wilkesville married Dr Joseph H Kahn son of Mr and Mrs J E Kahn of Detroit in North Broadway Methodist Church Columbus at 130 pm on Sunday December 19. The couple plans to live in Monroe Michigan where Dr Kahn practices dentistry. The bride a registered nurse graduated from Holzer Hospital Nursing in 194? The ceremony included attendants Mary Helen McCormick and Sally Thaxton with John Peters as best man. A 35 guest dinner followed at Beechwold Tavern and a Mexico City honeymoon preceded the move to Monroe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Edythe Thompson
Russell Woltz
Wilkesville
Joseph H. Kahn
J. E. Kahn
Detroit
North Broadway Methodist Church
Columbus
Woltz
C. C. Wilcox
Vinton
Mary Helen McCormick
Sally Thaxton
John Peters
Monroe
Mich
Donald Wilcox
Robert Bean
Beechwold Tavern
Mexico City
Kahn
Holzer Hospital of Nursing
Glenwood Farmer Enters Race For Mason Co School Board
James H. Cremeans of Glenwood posts $5 candidacy fee with Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones for a long term seat on Mason County's school board. He has not filed the statement yet but will at the first opportunity. Three seats will be elected in 1944 with two nominees per vacancy and voters choosing three of six in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam A. Simmons
Point Pleasant
James H
Jim” Cremeans
Glenwood
Vernon Jones
Board of Education
Cremeans
Jones
Gilbert Rogers
Henderson
Henry White
M. R. Chapman
Hartford
Russell Starkey
Mason County
Kanawha
Boards of Education
Army Service Workers Will Be Honored at WV Ordnance Works
At West Virginia Ordnance Works in Point Pleasant on Friday December 24 Major Leland J. Culbertson will award the Emblem of Civilian Service to thirty five Army Service Force employees who have completed at least six months of satisfactory service. The ceremony recognizes dedicated workers from the Ordnance Department listed: N. Edwin Baker to John L. Yaeger with many names between. The emblem may be worn on the left breast or outer garment at all times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Army Service Force
Ordnance Department
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Leland J. Culbertson
War Department
N. Edwin Baker
Bernard Bettman
Clinton Booth
Emmet C. Borton
Rachel R. Borton
Carl L. Calvert
Emogene E. Crow
Ida O. Diehl
Betty Jane Frye
Helen M. Grubb
Donald L. Hopkins
William H. Howell
Dwight C Wetherholt
Doris J. Wheeler
Vera L. Wilde
Fannie V. Williamson
John L. Yaeger
Trial Runs For Army Tug On Ohio River Friday
An official of Marietta Manufacturing Co announced that trial runs for another Army tug will be held on the Ohio River between Hogsett Dam and Pomeroy this Friday. The local yard recently received a ten-ship order and is completing sets at six per month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Army
Ohio
Hogsett Dam
Pomeroy
Births Reported at Point Pleasant Clinic
The Point Clinic reports the birth of a daughter Dolores Ernestine to Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jesse Grimm of local. and a son weighing seven pounds to Mr. and Mrs. G. D. Mohr of Henderson. Both children were born Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point
Dolores Ernestine
Charles Jesse Grimm
G. D. Mohr
Henderson
Teachers Host Unusual Christmas Movie Party
North Point Pleasant and Central grade teachers treated about 600 pupils to a film program after lunch on Wednesday. Charley McCarthy played a detective in Friendly Neighbors, with 11 juvenile cartoons including a Mickey Mouse feature. Teachers praised exemplary pupil conduct throughout the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
North Point Pleasant
Charley McCarthy
Flu Increase Alarms Mason Schools Amid Holidays
Principal Robert H. Ferguson reports rising influenza at Mason Junior High as Christmas holidays to Jan. 3 begin. Students complain of illness while district health officer Major Buell notes no countywide spike in influenza and no unusual pneumonia rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Robert H. Ferguson
Major Buell
John Layne Ends Life at New Haven
James C. Layne discovers the body of his brother John A. Layne in a front bedroom at 10 a m. in New Haven. Layne had been ill and reportedly hanged himself. sheriff and deputy investigated. jury ruled death an act of self destruction. Layne about 65, never married, survivors include James C and Stant Layne in New Haven and a brother in Steubenville Ohio. Layne formerly worked at Superior Porcelain Co. until health failed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James C. Layne
Mason County Bank
New Haven
John A. Layne
Layne
Third and Railroad Sts
F. B. Lieving
Ernest Hesson
Justice of the Peace
John Miller
Lane
James C
Stant” Layne
Steubenville
Warner Frye
Superior Porcelain Co
Fires in Point Pleasant Spark Minor Blazes
Four fire calls were reported yesterday in Point Pleasant all deemed minor. The first occurred near Pleasant Street at 3 AM with a small flame in a floor area, possibly ignited by occupants. The second involved a bedroom fire upstairs at a Robinson residence on Lincoln Avenue, the third a brush fire between 23rd and 24th Streets later quelled, with firefighters extinguishing flames quickly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
M. Ler
Pleasant St
Hat Bers
Leon
Harrison Robinson
Lincoln Ave
23Rd 24Th Sts
Mason Men Go to Huntington Center
Nine Mason County men departed for Huntington yesterday for examinations at the induction center. Several are known to have been rejected due to pars age. Members of the Wo Club distributed coffee and nuts to the men as they prepared to board buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Huntington
Legislature weighs vote issue ahead of 1944 elections
Point Pleasant reports discuss Governor's possible extraordinary session to consider legislation enabling women to vote in the 1944 elections. A January call was contemplated after a plan to convene in January 3 was noted. House member George A. Raiden said he had not seen a proclamation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Legislatu
George A. Rairden
House of Dele
Taken to Schools Amid Salem and Grafton Detention
Sheriff Hesson took Mae Williams to the girls’ school at Salem and C Holcomb to the boys’ school near Grafton on Tuesday. Williams had lived in Pu County and in Ohio before coming here. Holcomb is a local boy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Mae Williams
Salem
C Holcomb
Ind
Grafton
Williams
Pu County
Ohio
Holcomb
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Athens Messenger
Gallia County Army
Fort Hay
Poplarbridge
Westinghouse Company of
U. S. Signal Corps
NEA
New Britain
U. S
Holzer
Ilnois
A. Horton Roseberry
Owens, Beal
Frederick Roseberry
James K. Thomas
Berry
James Kay
William Meade
Reba Beale
Juliet Smith
Jack Cochran
Circle Meats
Mrs. Childers
Gallipolis Social Notes
Jack Mills
Evans Heights
James Mills
Carl Nibert
Louis Preston
Robert Richards
Ida Fontana Cooney
A. Fontana
Miami
Florida
John J. Cooney, Jr
John C. Fontana
Aldo
BELL
Ohio Bell Telephone
W. G. Birch
Bertha Northup
Nina Ayres
Portsmouth
H. W. Cherrington
Marie Langdon
Northern Baptist Seminary
Edith Langdon
Vera Shaw
Grace Caufman
Walter Caufman
Tillie Denney
Newark
Minnie Slack
Clarence Root
Ruth Pfann
Toledo
Ray Quickle
Thelma Carter
Seaman
Jack W. Quickle
U. S. Navy
Iowa State University
Ames
Iowa
Carrie Shiers
Rio Grande
FE. E Myers
Court Street
Glenwood Farmer
Mason Co. School Board
Jim Cremeans
Mason Schools
John Layne
Mason
Huntington Center
Vane All
Athens, Ohio
Cation
Messenger
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