More Candidates File For May Primary in Mason County
Friday filings in Mason County show Republicans seeking county clerk and county court seats plus a long term on the county board of education. Democrats nominate George E. Byus for county court Harry L. Krebs for sheriff C. D. Ball for county clerk and others for county committee.
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Sunday Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Mason County
Sam A. Simmons
Point Pleasant
John G. Aten
J. E. Watterson
Ashton
Hugh A. Curry
County Board of Education
George E. Byus
Mt. Vernon Farms
Kanawha
Harry L. Krebs
C. D. Ball
Dave Dunn
Park Lee
Arbuckle
Sevilla Ohlinger
Graham
Vanyla S. Holten
Lewis
Speakers Announced For State Lincoln Day Meetings
A trio of speakers will address Lincoln's Day events in West Virginia with U S Senator Edward H Moore of Oklahoma in Charleston Joe Martin of Massachusetts minority leader in the U S House at Wheeling and U S Senator Kenneth F Wheely of Nebraska at Huntington Republican National Chairman Harrison E Spangler will address a belated dinner in Fairmont on Monday Feb 14 and Raymond Funkhouser Republican candidate for governor will speak at Ripley on Lincoln's birthday
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
U.S
Edward H. Moore
Oklahoma
Charleston
Joe Martin
Massachusetts
House of Representatives
Wheeling
U. S
Kenneth F. Wheely
Nebraska
Harrison E. Spangler
Fairmont
Raymond Funkhouser
Ripley
Lincoln
Valentine Party Planned at War Plant
General Chemical Defense Corporation Em ployes Association will observe Valentine Day at a party Saturday evening Feb 12 in the plant cafeteria. Music by Bill Tweet and His Boys In Blue Orchestra from Charleston starts at 9 30. Prizes will be awarded for the best suggestion of the month with first prize a 25 war bond and other prizes war stamps.
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Point Pleasant
General Chemical Defense Corporation Employes Association
Bill Tweet
Boys In Blue Orchestra
Charleston
Clines Transferred To Northwest Post
H. W. Petersen succeeds William Clines as head of the industrial relations division of General Chemical Defense Corporation in Point Pleasant. Clines led the department for about two years and was loaned from General Chemicals Corporation before being recalled to Seattle. Petersen, now head, has been with the local company since operations began.
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Point Pleasant
H. W. Petersen
William Clines
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Clines
General Chemicals Corporation
Seattle
Wash
Petersen
Roane County GOP Considers Candidate Withdrawal
Roane County Republican Executive Committee chair William Ryan said State Senator E Ray Reed offered to withdraw to let Roane County present a candidate for his seat. In Point Pleasant Roy Coleman was arrested on intoxication charges and released the next day by the city police chief.
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Point Pleasant
William &. Ryan
Roane County
Republican Executive Committee
E. Ray Reed
Ryan
Point F Pleasant
Roy Coleman
Police
Jiiden
Coleman
War Plant Workers Meet High Bond Subscriptions
Petersen head of the industrial relations department of General Chemical Defense Corporation reports that plant employees have purchased 82 percent of the $50,000 Fourth War Loan quota. Indications show a substantial over subscription likely.
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Point Pleasant
H. W. Petersen
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Regulations for Election of Teachers Retirement Board
Mason County Schools Superintendent Forrest L. Bachtel reports the rules for annual election of a teacher member to the teachers retirement board. Nominations require petitions signed by at least 100 state teachers retirement system members and must be filed by March 20 with the board's executive secretary. Terms are three years, compensation is not provided, but expenses are reimbursed from the board’s fund. Mason County election committee members include Bachtel Evelyn L. Green and Ward E. Gamble.
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Point Pleasant
Forrest L. Bachtel
Mason County
Teachers Retirement Board
Richard E. Hyde
Forrest L.bachtel
Evelyn L.green
Ward E. Gamble
Central Elementary
Three Youths Admit Crime in Pleasants Case
Three youths Mil Mee Charles Rogers Jr Sid ney Huddleston pleaded guilty to assaulting Allen Clark of Union District. They were held to the grand jury with bonds set at 1000 each after confessing to authorities who arrested them Friday. The incident occurred Wednesday evening near the New York Central bridge as Clark sought directions to Arbuckle.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Rogers, Jr
Sidney Huddleston
Leach
Allen Clark
Union District
Clark
New York Central
Arbuckle
Seventh St
Crooked Creek
Bardin
Jiiden, Redman
Morrison
Boom in Florida Real Estate Hits Fort Lauderdale
Mr. and Mrs. Camden Hogg returned from Florida where they bought a home in Ft. Lauderdale and sold it profitably before returning to West Virginia. They visit Mr. and Mrs. Homer Fisher in Ohio River Road while deciding on living quarters. Hogg says the Florida boom is strong with rising real estate prices and high rents. Ginger ale was selling for 75 cents a bottle. An OPA representative attempting price control left Ft. Lauderdale after finding he could not.
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Point Pleasant
Camden Hogg
Florida
Ft. Lauderdale
West Virginia
Homer Fisher
Ohio River Road
OPA
Hogg
Musgrave Declines Run for Fifth Judicial Circuit
Attorney F G Musgrave announced he will not seek the Republican nomination for Judge of the Fifth Judicial Circuit. He cited careful consideration of his best interests and said he won’t run for any office at this time.
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Point Pleasant
F. G. Musgrave
Fifth Judicial Circuit
Cady Son Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in Army Medical Corps
The Rev and Mrs F T Cady announce their son Dr Joseph B Cady of the Army Medical Corps has been advanced from major to lieutenant colonel.
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Point Pleasant
F. T. Cady
Joseph B. Cady
Army Medical Corps
FiveYearOld Bobby Walker Home From Holzer Hospital
Mervin Chapman brought Bobby Walker age five home from Holzer Hospital Friday. He is a son of Mr and Mrs Jesse Walker of Salt Creek. He had been a patient nearly two months with a critical condition most of the time.
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Point Pleasant
Mervin Chapman
Bobby Walker
Holzer Hospital
Jesse Walker
Salt Creek
Local Clinic Reports Weekend Medical Visits
Mrs. Wan da Burris of Point Pleasant underwent an appendectomy at Point Clinic on Friday. Mrs. Clayton Lawsons, a medical patient, was discharged and returned home in the city.
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Point Pleasant
Wanda Burris
Point Clinic
Clayton Lawsons
Income Tax Guidance Form Clip for Tax Help
Clip and fill this handy income tax aid form to seek assistance from your internal revenue office. Present the completed questionnaire with government forms to your local income tax bureau. Red Cross appears as a related instruction point in the notice.
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Internal Revenue Office
Pleasant social notes from Point Pleasant bridge luncheon
Mrs C O Durfee and Mrs C O Weissenburger hosted a Friday bridge luncheon at 1 in Point Pleasant. Four tables played. defense stamps awarded to Mrs Bartow Connee and William Meade for high and second high scores.
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Point Pleasant
C. O. Durfee
C. O. Weissenburger
Bartowconee
William Meade
Durfee
A. Keith McClung
Hartford
Jones
Meade
Gail Faires
S. Chandler Wilhelm
Milton L. Miller
T. Stribling
J. T. Weissenburegr
Howard Vergers
Reba Beale
Oscar S. Kelley
F. T. Cady
Walter A. Windsor
Harold Sayre
Kanawha Area Personal Notes Highlight Local Moves
Mrs. Harry Childers and Mrs. Leonard Byls visit kin near the Kanawha while Emily Virginia Mynes recovers from pneumonia. Townsend enters the race for Kanawha County Intermediate Court judge. Robert Dials becomes Bryans supermarket manager after moving from Logan. Citing several relocations, shipyard and dredging workers, and furloughs, the column notes residents visiting Charleston New Haven Huntington Mason City and Panama deployments and a family trip for Pfc James Anderson Jr.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Childers
Leonard Byls
South of the
Kanawha
Hewitt
Emily Virginia Mynes
Mynes
John J. Dower
Charleston
Hillis ‘Townsend
Townsend
Kanawha County
Robert Dials
Park Drive
Bryans
Jackson Ave
Logan
W. Va
Leta Wilson
L. F. Collins
Milton
21St St
Eunice Beller
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Floyd Campbell
Mark Cleek
Ripley Road
Howard Proffitt
Lincoln Ave
Cleek
Neal Wilson
Ohio and Monongahela Dredging Co
Pittsburgh
J. W. Wilson
Gallipolis Ferry
Rupert L. Kayser
New Haven Friay
James Anderson Jr
Panama
Gardeners urged to start victory gardens with small fruit orders
Your first line of defense against hunger is a home garden. Start with reliable seed early tomatoes cabbage and peppers. Use shallow window boxes for 8-10 weeks then transplant to larger pots. West Virginia Extension promotes a Small Fruits Collection with listed plants and group ordering by county agents.
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West Virginia Extension Service
West Virginia
Catskill
Kayser Keeps Car Up To the Minute
Kayser, a Point Pleasant real estate dealer, decorates his car with Fourth War Loan posters pictures and slogans to promote war bonds. The campaign has drawn attention across the southwest region of the state and Kayser notes two of his sons serve in the Army.
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Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Kayser
Kayser
Mr. Kayser
Hartford Class Elects New Officers
The Hartford Ladies Bible Class at the Methodist Church elected officers at a Jan 28 meeting. Esther MacKnight became president with Bess Smith secretary and Helen Biffle treasurer. A birthday party for Jane Ann Kell highlighted activities alongside PTA, Red Cross hours, and local visits as residents moved and traveled.
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Hartford
The
Methodist Church
J. W. Kell
J. H. Rea
Millie Johnson
Nellie MacKnight
Lizzie Grusser
Bess Smith
Helen Biffle
Esther MacKnight
Edna Wayland
Margaret Stearns
Martha Newton
Bertha Jenkins
Syble Knight
Jane Ann
Patria Lerner
Virginia Johnson
May Zerkle
Dorothy Stone
Jane Ann Kell
Elzanna Johnson
Virginia Mae Johnson
Betty Smith
Ta Gean Duncan
Patty Lou Smith
Mary Janet Zerkle
Margaret Eakins
Patty Hartley
Patricia Lerner
Lucy Jane Bulmer
Betty Kelley
Sarah Kelley
Hartford Pta
Henry Knight
Girl Scout Troop
Nancy Sue Knight
Sarah Kelly
Betty Kelly
Elzana Johnson
D. Smith
W. C. Stearns
Red’ Cross
T. M. Johnson
Virginia
Middleport
Goldin Hartley
Mountain State Hospital
Charleston
F. A. Chapman
Parkersburg
Saint Joseph's Hospital
H. Elden Waltz
Wheeling
Walter Bulmer
Front Street
Knights
N. C. Wein
D. A. Smith
Chicago
Clendenin
Charles Johnson
Harriett Jane
Mason
Richard Johnson
Owen Roseberry
Karin
M. R. Chapman
Barbara Smith
Ruth Singleton
Withrow
Thomas Harris
Charles Judson
Benwood
W. Va
Harris
Ohio Valley Hospital
Cpl
Howard
Harry. Turnbull
Camp Wolters
Tex
Rogers
Huntington
Neaman Jackson
Logan
Perry Wise
Kent
Henry Jenkins
David Batey
Genevieve Collins
Columbus
Batey
James Batey
W. T. Stone
Child Mary Chambers Improved After Illness
Young Mary Jacqueline Chambers, age about two, is seriously ill at her aunt Mrs Nellie Ball's home from complications of flu and gall bladder trouble. Her condition was reported improved Saturday.
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Gallipolis
Mary Jacqueline Chambers
Nellie Ball
Alibi Block Planned in Gallia County Murder Trial
Attorneys for Joe Brown filed notice they will offer alibi evidence in the first degree murder case. The trial next Wednesday will consider the shooting death of Leroy Mitchell on July 8 near Sycamore Street. Brown and others may testify he was at his home across Chicamauga at the shooting time.
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Gallipolis
R. M.switzer
Perry J. Bailes
Joe Brown
Robert M. Betz
Leroy Mitchell
Brown
Mitchell
Sycamore St
Holzer Hospital
Chicamauga
Spruce St
Waste Paper Scrap Drive Is Success
Sheriff E. E. Hatfield announced that Cheshire School children collected 1700 pounds, Vinton 3225 pounds, and Bidwell 3675 pounds. He urged other county schools to contribute and said proceeds from the sale will be distributed to the schools.
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Gallipolis
E. E. Hatfield
Cheshire
Vinton
Bidwell
Hatfield
John Allen Rites Held On Sunday
John Allen aged 87 died at his Kananga home after bronchitis and pneumonia. Surviving are his wife, son Clyde and family, two daughters in Michigan and Kanauga, and a brother James in Liberty. Funeral services were held at Clyde Allen’s home and at Cross Creek United Brethren Church near Buffalo with burial in the cemetery.
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Gallipolis
John Allen
Kananga
Allen
Clyde
Charleston
da Rogers
Almont
Mich
Albert Allen
Kannauga
James Allen
Liberty
Sergeant Boggs To Get New Post
Sergeant Elmer C. Boggs left last week to report at Atlantic City New Jersey where he will be assigned to a new post. He had just returned from Sicily after a twenty day furlough with his wife Mildred Shelton Boggs and his parents Mr and Mrs W E Boggs. He had been overseas for fourteen months and this was his first leave in nearly two years of service.
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Max Allman
East
New York City
Allman Drygoods
New Jersey
John Webster
Wilmington
N. C
J. S. Webster
Eureka
Fred Myers
Rio Grande
C. W. O’brien
Harmon O'Brien
U. S. Navy
James O’brien
U. S. Army
Columbus
W. K. O’brien
Charles William O'Brien
White Cross Hospital
Seaman
Jack Adams
Thomas Adams
Alaska
Aleutian Island
Seaman Adams
Seattle
Wash
Boggs
Gallipolis — Tech
Elmer C. Boggs
Atlantic City
N. J
L. D. Warman
Lewis W. Casada
Science Hill
W. Clark Wilson
Lexington
Kentucky State Farm and Home
University
Donovan
Maxwell Place
Charles Payne
Hot Springs
Ark
Payne
Floyd Major
Garnet Cromley
Charleston
Major
A. R. Henke
Cromley
Clyde C. Ingels
Dean* Harris
Lucy Finch
David
D. A. Finch
Addison
South Pacific
Seaman Henking
Howard Henking
Madison
W. Va
Hayward Lyman
Ruth Ann
Portsmouth
Cadmus
Ruth Wood
Luman
O.hle
Navy Hospital
Lydia Wood
Tom Woodward
Omega
Patriot
Frank Wright
Ralph E. Angel
Camp Phillips
Kans
James
Cleveland Milair
Cortlandt
N. Y
Art W. Carl
Libby Hotel
Divorce Action Filed in Gallia County Case
Auda Church files a new divorce suit against Murray E. Church in Gallia County. The complaint seeks custody of five children, alimony, and a divorce after a previous dismissal.
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Gallipolis
Auda Church
Murray E. Church
Gallia Academy Band Concert Delights Gallipolis Audience
Nearly five hundred heard the Gallia Academy High School Band in Washington School Auditorium. Highlights included Ariane by Louis Boyer and a varied program with members named across sections from Piccolo to Timpani, plus Band Boosters Club leadership.
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Academy
Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
Washington School
Douglas ‘Wetherall
Janice Cating
Anna Jean Mitchell
Robert Harrison
Helen Wood
Elaine Lear
Mary Campbell
Robert Evans
Richard Carter
Earlene Saunders
Jonnie Lou Baker
Joan Yeanger
Vilma Gabrielli
Joan Epple
Gilbert P. Bush
Frank Danner
George Lear
Louis Boyer
Bluebeard
Social notes and visits in Gallipolis community life
Gallipolis social items note Mrs. Max Bunce hosting the Emanon Club with Mrs. John Carnes as guest. Valentine games and prizes. Other society items include Thursday Club with Litvinoff study, Eno Ladies Aid all-day meet with potluck, devotionals and a Lin ton reading. Various locals travel, military service, and family visits are chronicled with health notes and relocations.
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Gallipolis
Max Bunce
Emanon Club
John Carnes
M. Harold Brown
Helen McNealey
Boy Scouts to Attend Church for National Week
Gallipolis Scout Chairman Meyer Maggied announced observance of National Boy Scout Week opens today with city troops and Cubs attending morning worship at the First Presbyterian Church.
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Gallipolis
Meyer Maggied
First Presbyterian Church
Rex Lineberry Enlists in Navy Service
Gallipolis reports Rex Lineberry former Morris Five and Ten store manager is now in the Navy. Mrs Lineberry and the baby will live with her parents in Missouri while he serves.
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Gallipolis
Rex Lineberry
Morris Five
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Watterson
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Couch
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Musgrave
Cady
At Point Clinic
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RED Cross
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J. W. Rhodes
Order of the Eastern Star
G. B. Woodard
Jennie Stone
C. A. Jiiden
Mason City
Ruth Beatty
New Haven
Hallie Roush
Kaylong
Joseph Buffington
E. E. Buffington
J. B. Couch
Woodard
Jouis Bateson
Rhodes
Emma Burnside
Anne
Peek
C. E. Holzer
M. C. Byers
Louis C. Byers
Baltimore
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William Steenbergen
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Fourth Avenue
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Evans’ Heights
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Second Avenue
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M. T. Epling
W. N. Hayward
Grace Guild of
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AAU
Ruth Miller
Catherine Morrison
American Association of University Women
First Avenue
Ruth Thomas
Buz Sawyer
Fritz von Steuben
German Reich
Dot
Sweeney
BY Roy Crane
Gallipolis Social Notes
I. E. Halliday
R. M. Switzer
Litvinoff
AID Society
Wilda Rupe
Eno Ladies Aid
Thelma Ward
Linkton
Rhetta Reynolds
Boy Scouts
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