Gallia County Youth Missing in Action in Europe
Corporal Kenneth R. McCarley, 19, a Gallia County youth and Vinton High School alumnus, is reported missing in action in Europe. He trained at Jefferson Barracks and joined the service January 18, with brotherhood to Pvt Joseph W. Craig who shares the same fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Kenneth R. McCarley
Carley
Vinton High School
Robert Cornwell
Vine St
Joseph W. Craig
Ft. Thomas
McCarley
Ean Engineers
Craig
Gtant
Alio
Arthur Craig
Chatham Ave
Opal McCarley
Jefferson’ Barracks
Moreburg
Tenn
Mobile
Ann
Kenneth M
Marion
Mfe
Huntington
Alice
Glenn McCarley
Gerald
Carey
Ohio
Mrs. Cornwell
Thelma McCarley
Mary Smith
Kanauga
Resigns Post At the OHE
Mrs. Russell resigns after fourteen years as an attendant at the OHE in Gallipolis. She will join her husband at Homestead, Iowa, while Mr. Russell left the OHE weeks ago for health reasons and now works in the Florida East Coast Railway office at Homestead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Russell
Homestead
Florida East Coast Railway Company
Bradbury Speaks to Gallia Rotary on County History
Gallia County Superintendent H B Bradbury addressed the Gallipolis Rotary Club at Island View Inn. He described Gallia County formation, a treasurer resigning over a three dollar bill, a sheriff transporting a prisoner to Columbus, and the creation of Our House. Lovette presided. Everett Royer introduced the speaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H. Bion Bradbury
Galipolia
Columbus
Our House
L. L. Lovette
H. B. Thomas
Everett Royer
Holzer Hospital Notes From Gallipolis Listings
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Mrs. Non Gallipolis R D and Mrs. Ray Jeffers Braden who gave birth to a girl an hour and a half after admission. Other admissions include Mrs James C Burke Sycamore St surgical admits, Mrs A T Parker Ironton medical in good condition, Mrs Jasper Durst Middleport medical good, Mrs Wilson Marcum Waterloo medical good, Bobby Walker 4 Henderson medical fair, W H Norman Sr 72 Vinton medical good, George Schleppi 77 Vinton critical, Judith Cluff Middleport daughter of Dr Cluff tonsillectomy discharged, Mrs J W Chandler Esty good post operative night, Walter Blazer's condition critical.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis R. D
Ray Jeffers
Braden
James C. Burke
Sycamore St. City
Surgical
A. T. Parker
Ironton
Jasper Durst
Middlehs Medical
Wilson Marcum
Walter Blazer
Marriage Licenses Report From Gallipolis District
Marriage licenses issued over two days list Russell Blick 22 New York soldier marrying Maxine Bartlett 21 of Vinton. Sherman Grimm 21 and Elsie Wayland of Parkersburg. Clifford Maxwell Wheeler 25 and Anna Mae Woodworth 22 both of Vinton. Harold Warren 21 Jee and Ruth Helen Miller Gallipolis daughter of Elza. Jimmie Pierce 23 soldier Nelsonville and Marjorie Blair 21 present address Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Russell Blick
New York
Maxine Bartlett
Vinton
Sherman Grimm
Elsie Wayland
Parkersburg
Clifford Maxwell Wheeler
Anna Mae Woodworth
Vinton R. D
Harold Warren
Jee
Ruth Helen Miller
Elza Sitter
Jimmie Pierce
Nelsonville
Marjorie Blair
Fire extinguished at Henderson home by bucket method
Firemen were called to Henderson at noon Wednesday to extinguish a blaze thought to have been caused by a defective flue. The fire was put out by the bucket method before the truck arrived, at the home of Dan Bonecutter.
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Point Pleasant
Henderson
Dan Bonecutter
Coast Guard Overhauls River Patrol Boats at Lock 11
Coast Guard patrol boats at Lock 11 are being overhauled. The cabin type launches are operated by Coast Guard crews and maintained by them at the station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Coast Guard
Lewis Stevers Begins Internship in Columbus Hospitals
Dr. Lewis Stevers, fresh from Ohio State University medical college, starts internship at Children’s Hospital for six weeks then moves to University Hospital. He is commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U S Army along with his degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lewis Stevers
Charles Stevers
Ohio State University
Columbus
Children’s Hospital
University Hospital
U. S. Army
West Columbia Personal and Social Notes
West Columbia notes report deaths and social visits including Roy Harrison of Clifton who died suddenly at home, and many residents visiting relatives and friends across Pt Pleasant Crown City and Clifton. Also listed are new births Sharon Eileen Knopp born Dec 24 and local Army private Lemley Russell visiting family as the C C Slider Boat returns upriver for coal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West Columbia
Roy Harrison
Clifton
Nannie Johnson
Pt. Pleasant
Norris Sims
Crown City
Ray Barker
Sam Eads
Maud Hoffman
Ross
Kapp
Carl Francis
North Carolina
William Francis
Syracuse
Ohio
Fred Lewis
Guy Kerwood
Carl Knopp
Ross Kapp
Frank Knopp
Woodrow Foreman
Mason City
Sharon Eileen
Jim Shell
Gladys Riley
Pat Riley
Bill Cartwright
Pvt
Lemley Russell
U. S. Army
Ted Jr
Laurel Cliff Personalities and Holiday News at Laurel Cliff
The Laurel Cliff community shares Christmas and New Year updates. Local teacher-run events at the seat school drew attendees under Mrs Thelma Dill and Mrs Nellie Tracy. Families from Columbus Canton West Virginia and Congo visited relatives and spent Christmas at home. The local school closed for a week and the Health Club plans a January 10 meeting. Pvt Junior Schaefer received an honorable U S Army discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Maston Roberts
West Virginia
Walden Roberta
Mae Zimmerman
Herman Kasper
Canton
Cleo Conley
Pearl Parker
Clarence Hill
Congo
Arnold Snowden
Robert Neal
Bradbury
James Radford
Guy Cole
Laurel Clif Health Club
Junior Schaefer
U. S
Friday Is Date Of Clark Rites
Mrs. Ferne Fulton Clark 33 wife of Harold Clark of 19 Mill Creek Street died Tuesday night at Holzer Hospital after transfer from Grant Hospital Columbus. Survived by husband, parents, two children James and Barbara, three brothers and five sisters. Funeral at Church of the Nazarene Friday afternoon. Judge and Mrs. Henry W. Cherrington visiting Washington D C with daughter Mrs Harmon O'Brien and husband after leaving Huntington Tuesday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ferne Fulton Clark
Harold Clark
Mill Creek Street
Holzer Hospital
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Clark
Frank
Fulton
Cheshire
Addison Township
James
Barbara
Heber Fulton
Foster
Manhattan
Kans
Elva
Poulson
Montana
Alvin Smith
Pomeroy
Alva White
Carey
Ohio
David M. Jenkins
Dorothy Fulton
Church of the Nazarene
Northup Burnett Merges In Christmas Ceremony
Gallipolis notes announce Margaret Pearl Northup and Buell George Burnett wed at Grace Methodist parsonage Christmas morning. Reverend W Scott Westerman officiated. Bride Marg Marjorie Shoemaker and Homer Burger attended. Paul Northup at Great Lakes Naval Station missed dinner. Margaret a 1942 Ka Academy High graduate and Palace Market employee. Buell a 1940 Cadmus High School graduate helping on family farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. D. Burnett
Patriot
Grace Methodist Parsonage
W. Scott Westerman
Marjorie Shoemaker
Homer Burger
Paul Northup
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
McArthur Social and Personal Highlights of Holidays
Local society notes list numerous guests visiting from Athens Hillsboro Columbus Cincinnati and Dayton over Christmas week. Residents such as Miss Kathryn Coffman Seaman Max Howell Lt John Walker and others are noted with family homes and enlistment plans.
Funeral services for Richard D Deckard at Butler McGoy
Funeral services will be held Friday at 1 30 p m at Butler McGoy funeral home in Vinton for Richard D Deckard 86 who died at his home near Vinton Tuesday night He was the son of Charles and Cynthia Hale Deckard His wife Nellie Scott Deckard died in 1938 He is survived by two sisters Mrs Marion Rose and Mrs Lavinia Dickeson of Columbus Burial will be in Mt Taber Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lis
Butler-McGoy
Vinton
Richard D. Deckard
Charles
Cynthia Hale Deckard
Nellie Scott Deckard
English Club Hosts Guests For Washington Carver Talk
Mrs. Margaret B. McCormick welcomed three guests Mrs. Ellen Cherrington Mrs. Ben Bachus and Mrs. Robert Henke to the English Club on Tuesday evening. Miss Maye Davis led the program with an insightful review of the biography of George Washington Carver Rackham Holt and roll call noted each member’s favorite author. Dainty refreshments followed a social hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret B. McCormick
Ellen Cherrington
Ben Bachus
Robert Henke
Maye Davis
George Washington Carver Rackham Holt
Local residents return from visits to family and travel
Mr and Mrs Randall Erwin and daughters return to Grantaville W Va after visiting Mr Erwin's mother Mrs Mary Erwin. Seaman Frank Clark Wetherholt arrives on leave from Great Lakes Naval School meeting his parents in Huntington. Miss Nelle Shaw returns to Wilmington Del after visiting her sisters. Various other residents visit relatives in Huntington Columbus Parkersburg Coshocton and Covington Ga with plans and travel details noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Randall Erwin
Grantaville
W. Va
Nelle Shaw
Wilmington
Del
Crilla Stiverson
Raymond Butterfield
Margaret Hudlin
Helen McConnell
A. R. McConnell
Springfield
Ray Grover
J. W. Hartsook
Covington
F. E. Northup
J. O'Dell
Buell Burnett
W. E. O'Dell
Parkersburg
Martha Parsons
Curtiss-Wright
Columbus
Enid Parsons
Bidwell
Fred Hulshorst
Huntington
Bradley
Mae
Mayme Barrows
Robert Ruland
Coshocton
12 Year Old Glenwood Boy Killed in Sled Crash
Russell Tolliver age 12 of Glenwood died after a sled coasting into a tree at 3 30 Wednesday. He was carried by friends to a store then to Point Pleasant and to the board of education office where doctors declared him dead. No broken bones were found just a small scrape above the ear. Tolliver worked for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in maintenance south of Kanawha.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Russell Tolliver
Glenwood
H. Creemans
Point Asant
Charles Vaughn
Cremeans
Board of Education
Roush
F. C. Long
Roy W. Eschenaur
Mr. Tolliver
Clifton
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Kanawha
Personal notices from Point Pleasant and nearby towns
Mr. E. FE. Shriver returns to Morgantown after two weeks with daughter Mrs. William H. Bardin. Miss Elva Lathey of the agricultural adjustment administration is absent ill. Mrs. Beas Gygax visits relatives in Belle. Petty Officer Ralph Harper visits his mother Mrs. O. B. Harper and brother George Harper. stationed at Cleveland. Miss Katherine Evelyn McCullough, Monongalia County Girl Scout director, returns to Morgantown after Christmas visit with parents. Mrs. John William Steenbergen arrives from Camp Sutton N C where husband discharged from hospital after influenza attack. The wife is Wahama high school principal. Okey Comstock Roush and Frederick Jenkins entrain at Parkersburg for Hoboken N J. These lads are in V12 Naval training at Stevens Institute of Technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. FE. Shriver
Morgantown
William H. Bardin
Elva Lathey
Office
the Agricultural Adjustment Administration
Beas Gygax
Belle
Ralph Harper
Katherine Evelyn McCulloch
Monongalia
McCulloch
John William Steenbergen
Camp Sutton
N. C
Wahama High School
Okey Comstock Roush
Frederick Jenkins
Parkersburg
Hoboken
N. J
Uncle Sam
Stephens Institute of Technology
Board To Convene 1944 Education Board Meeting
POINT PLEASANT The 1944 meeting of the board of education will be held Monday afternoon at 1 30 in the office here. New member M R Chapman of Hartford may sit in for his first time since replacing Russell Starkey. Staff worry aloud about job security while teachers anticipate benefits from the state’s new continuous contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
M. R. Chapman
Hartford
Russell Starkey
Point Pleasant Pvt. Rupert Kayser Critically Ill at Fort Belvoir
Pvt Rupert L Kayser from Point Pleasant is critically ill with spinal meningitis in a Fort Belvoir Virginia hospital. A message received Tuesday night informed his father R L Kayser a real estate agent. the father left Wednesday to visit him.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Kayser
Fort Belvoir
R. L. Kayser
New Army Vessel Tested on Ohio River Near Pomeroy
An Army vessel, built by Marietta Manufacturing Company, conducted trial runs on the Ohio River between Pomeroy and Hoggsett dam. The trim gray sea-going craft is one of many under construction at the Marietta plant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Pomeroy
Hoggsett Dam
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Mason Bend Choir Shines In Local Christmas Programs
The Mason Bend Community Choir directed by Mrs. Nolan Swackhamer presented scenes in Mason Methodist Church New Haven Lutheran Church and Hartford Baptist Church between December 22 and 26. Esther Fink of Mason portrayed Mary with 22 singers delivering polished harmony under skilled direction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Mason-Bend
Nolan Swackhamer
Mason Methodist
New Haven
Hartford Baptist Church
Mary
Esther Fink
Swackhamer
Ray Proffitt
St. Matthew's
Ida
Yeager Deight
Marjorie Fadely
Lila Ruttencutter
Zirkle
Lucille Brown
Barbara Smith
Jo Smith
Florie Krauter
Wilma Beard
Geraldine Layne
Velma Roush
Base
Lynford Johnson
Reverend Waltz
Ralph Sayer
Charles Yeager
Robert Lieving
John Dyre
Morris Walker
Joe Amie
Bobby Lane
Bobby Stewart
Ralph Fink
Evelyn Proffitt
Leola Wolfe
Virginia Fadely
Dorthy Fink
Jean Thomas
Jean Roush
Open House Planned by Mr and Mrs Weissenburger
Mr and Mrs Co O Weissenburger will observe an open house New Year’s Day evening from 7 to 10 o’clock. Friends are invited to call. This is a yearly custom they have maintained for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Co .O. Weissenburger
Birth Announcement for Rodney Eugene Bush
Point Pleasant reports the birth of Rodney Eugene Bush eight pounds to Harold and Mrs Harold Eugene Bush of Hogsett on Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Rodney Eugene
Harold Eugene Bush
Hogsett
Soldier Listed as Missing in Mediterranean Area
Ray Mond E. Fowler of Point Pleasant is reported missing in the Mediterranean theater per a War Department release. he is the son of Mrs. Ora Fowler of Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Pfe
Raymond E. Fowler
Ora Fowler
War Department
Mediterranean
Ohio River Free Of Ice Says Riverman
Riverman Robert J. Heslop reports the Ohio River is clear of ice while the Allegheny carries up to seven inches of ice. Conditions are normal with a slight rise in the Ohio's rival river. He notes many boats from the upper Mississippi are diverted to Ohio River duty, adding to traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Riverman
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
Allegheny
New River
Robert J. Heslop
Weddnesay
Heslop
Upper
Mississippi
Ferguson Rites Held at Residence in Point Pleasant
Anna Staats Ferguson, 74, wife of H. C. Ferguson, died at 1:45 a.m. in a Charleston hospital after a fall at home on Kanawha Boulevard and pneumonia. Funeral services were held at her residence at 10:30 a.m. Surviving are her husband, three sisters in Charleston Seattle and Santa Rosa and two brothers in Charleston and Parkersburg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Anna Staats Ferguson
H. C. Ferguson
Charleston
Wash
Werbert Gladrow
Santa Rosa
Calif
H. H. Staats
Edgar Ry Staats
Parkersburg
Locally Built Towboat in National Geographic Feature
Point Pleasant residents felt pride when a locally built towboat appeared in National Geographic's December issue. The painting by Thornton Oakley from a series on American transportation includes 16 works on freight modes. the only named towboat shown is the MMC built Jason, depicted too light for balance with heavy loads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jason
Light Snow Falls in Ohio Valley With Varying Depths
Snowfall across the Ohio Valley ranged from a trace to four inches with Point Pleasant recording seven eighths of an inch. Residents noted a light snow while the river stayed at a normal stage and recalled a December flood from a year ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ohio Valley
Dawson To Run For Governor In West Virginia
Dawson, mayor of Charleston, plans to announce his Republican candidacy for governor of West Virginia early in 1944. He has served three four year terms as Charleston mayor and previously sought the governorship but lost in a year favorable to his party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
West Virginia
Dawson
Commonwealth
Eleven-year-old Patty Lou Smith hospitalized in Hartford
Little Patty Lou Smith, 11, daughter of Mr and Mrs Donald Smith of Hartford, was taken to Holzer Hospital Tuesday evening for medical treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Patty Lou Smith
Donald Smith
Hartford
Holzer Hospital
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C. O. Thomas
Ferne Thomas
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Cincinnati
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Fred Arnold
Cleveland
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Arch Oiler
Oiler
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Bush Black
Lexington
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Fort Benning
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Robert Rannells
P. O. Frye
John Clark
Greenfield
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Washington, D. CC
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Charles Chapman
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Portsmouth
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Wellston
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D. A. Radcliff
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Boston
Mass
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Athens
John Beckley
Camp Endicott
Rhode
Everettley
Entertains Club
Mason-Bend Choir
Ferguson
CME Et
Dr. Werner
CABLE
Nelsonville, Ohio
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Tad's
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Carbondale
Kimberly Road
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Long Island City, N. Y
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