98 Candidates File for Mason County May Primary
Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones reported 493 collected from 98 candidates filing by last midnight. Key races include Republican challenges to George A. Rairden for House of Delegates and a burst of county Board of Education filings, with Democrats lacking any county offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Okey Keefer
Delbert C. Staats
House of Delegates
Vetern
George A. Rairden
Board of Education
Clarence Blessing
M. R. Chapman
Edgar Baxter
J. H. Cremeans
William Meade
Hugh A. Curry
Otis S. Young
W. F. Bryan
Roy Taylor
R. L. Nelson
T. L. Miller
Gilbert Rogers
Henry White
Jason T. Weissenburger
Virgil M. Siders
H. A. Barnett
Democratic County Committee
William H. Bardin
Ernest Hesson
Blair Snodgrass
Campbell W. Stevens
Harry L. Krebs
John G. Aten
Rody M. Harden
C. D. Ball
Frank A. Morrison
Okey I. Keefer
Oley H
Veteran River Man Dies in Mason County at 80
Funeral rites for William Stanley age 80 are held at his Ohio River Road home with Rev. Frank T. Cady officiating. He was born June 20 1863 in Henderson and moved to Point Pleasant six years ago. Survived by wife Georgia Oliver, two sons Moten and Herbert, a daughter Erma Wright, a sister, two brothers, a grandson and great grandson. He was a licensed steamboat engineer since 1898 and longtime river worker. He died after two heart attacks, the second at his home. Burial in Suncrest Cemetery with pallbearers S C Wilhelm, B K Krodel, Elmer Martin, Howard Stone, R J Heslop, G B Woodard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Stanley
Ohio River Road
Frank T. Cady
Christ Episcopal Church
Suncrest Cemetery
S. C. Wilhelm
B. K. Krodel
Elmer Martin
Howard Stone
R. J. Heslop
G. B. Woodard
Mr. Stanley
West Virginia
Henderson
George Madison
Kanawha
Jonah
Lucy
Jones) Stanley
Georgia Oliver
Moten Stanley
Herbert Co. Stanley
Erma Wright
Harry
Bert P. Stanley
Blanche Oliver
Charleston
Edward Jackson
Lovalee
Alma Jean Stanley
Charles William Stanley
Jason Edward Jackson
Henderson Methodist Church
The
Loyal Order of the Moose
Marine Engineers’ Beneficial Association
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
Holzer Hospital reports new admissions including Robert Rawlings 37 of Middleport admitted near midnight Friday with injuries from an accident. Lincoln Call Bladen and R. C. Walker Kananga admitted 11:30 PM Friday. they welcomed a son Charles Johnson Jackson. Evelyn Davis Oak Hill had a good postoperative night. Others Mrs D A Bears 1110 Second Avenue surgical. Mrs George Emerick Portsmouth medical. Mrs Carl Knapp Jackson medical in good condition. Mrs Harry Beahrs Kraeroy Homer Halley Aston WV and Mrs Mary McGowan Oak Hill listed as fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Robert Rawlings
Middleport
Lincoln Call
Bladen
R. C. Walker
Kananga
Charles Johnson
Jackson
D. A. Bears
Second Avenue
Surgical
George Emerick
Portsmouth
Carl Knapp
Evelyn Davis
Oak Hill
Harry Beahrs
Craeroy
Homer Halley
Aston
VW. Va
Mary McGowan
Returned to Kanawha Point Pleasant
Trooper Harry Coyner returned Joe B. Kiser a parole violator from Paintsville Ky to Kanawha County last Friday. Notice of appointment W D Witham of Glouster Athens County Ohio appointed Administrator of the Estate of John C Merry deceased late of Dover Township Athens County Ohio. Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated January 27 1944. 18 D White Probate Judge of said County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli A. Spaulding
New England
Probate Court
Athens County
Ohio
Athens
Ohio Company
William Jackson
O. L. No
O. L
Rome Township
Newland
John Ackley
Said County
Newene
Ora
Ashcraft
Biing, Deceared
Kowland
Kanawha Point Pleasant
Harry Coyner
Joe B. Kiser
Paintsville
Kanawha County
W. D. Witham
Glouster
John C. Merry
Dover Township
D. White Probave Budge
Roush Fights Ouster In Court Case
In Point Pleasant attorney F G Musgrave served notice for Walden F Roush to court to seek reinstatement as county school superintendent. Board rejected the request by a 3 to 2 vote after dismissing Roush January 3 and hiring Forrest L Bachtel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
F. G. Musgrave
County Board of Education
Walden F. Roush
Musgrave
Scott
Ducker
White
Rogers
Roush
Caldwell
Burdette
Chapman
Forrest L. Bachtel
M. R. Chapman
Russell Starkey
Supreme Court
Starkey
Bachtel
Miller Interment In Gill Cemetery Saturday
Interment of a Mrs. Miller of Ripley was held Saturday afternoon at Gill Cemetery near Hickory Chapel. She was the former Mrs. Tom Van Mater and a resident of Mason County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Miller
Ripley
Gill
Hickory Chapel
Tom van Mater
Mason County
Firealarm at Roy Coleman home in Point Pleasant
Fire department was called to North Point Pleasant Saturday afternoon to tackle a blaze in the rear of the Roy Coleman home. The fire was subdued with little difficulty. The note mentions sparrows causing extensive annual damage to buildings globally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
North Point Pleasant
Roy Coleman
Mason Principals Will Meet Friday Supper Meeting
Mason County Elementary Principals Association schedules a supper meeting at Peenees School Friday February 11 at 7 00 p m Dr John Davis Williams president of Marshall College will speak All elementary principals urged to attend Leola E Wolf secretary
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Elementary Principals Association
Peenees School
John Davis Wiliams
Marshall College
Leola E. Wolf
Pt Pleasant Area Personal News Briefs
Pt Pleasant residents share week end visits with relatives in Ohio and Pittsburgh. California and Illinois trips recounted for McNaughton and Smith families. Hospital updates include George Harper and Dr N R Gunn enhancing recoveries. Morrison store manager Mrs Proffitt tours New York City buyers. Musgrave recovering at Camden Clark Hospital. D W Burns critically ill in Huntington. Major Buell transferred to Portsmouth by U S health department.
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Dan McNaughton
Point Pleasant
George Sprenger
Laula Lewis
Smith
California
Sacramento
West
John Wotherspoon
Donald
Country Club Addition
Pittsburgh
P. T. Hofhenke
Alice
Ilinois
George O. Harper
Holzer Hospital
N. R. Gunn
Howard Proffitt
Morrison
New York City
Raymond Musgrave
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
D. W. Burns
M. J. Fetty
Fourth Ave
Huntington
Fettys
Brian A. Buell
Portsmouth
U. S. Health Department
Gallipolis Enters All-Ohio Traffic Safety Contest 1944
Gallipolis has enrolled in the All-Ohio Traffic Safety Contest for 1944. City Manager Stewart A. Clendinen urged cooperation among government agencies civic groups and citizens to promote traffic accident prevention and wartime transportation conservation. Gallipolis earned honorable mention in 1942 and 1943 awards will be announced after March 15.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stewart A. Clendinen
Ohio
Call Firemen Six Times in Single Day
Gallipolis firemen battled six grass fires in as many hours on Saturday, with no major property damage due to swift responses. Alarms came from Everett Reed’s, Fenimore Johnson’s area, near the old Fair Grounds, Sheldon Wise’s, and the Hughes place behind Kanauga’s New York Central station, all cited as wind driven blazes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Walter Wise
Everett Reed
First Avenue
Fenimore Johnson
Brandstetter Heights
Old Fair Grounds
Sheldon Wise
Upper Second Avenue
Hughes Place
New York Central
Kanauga
Mrs. Nuckles Dies After Prolonged Illness in Gallipolis
Mrs. Thomas Allen Nuckles aged 56 died at her home on lower Fourth Avenue after a long illness. A West Virginia native, she lived in Gallipolis over forty years and was formerly Queen Victoria Lunsford. Survived by husband four children Florence Skidmore Ravenna Charles A. Nuckles Edith Pridemore Lawrence USMC Quantico two brothers Charles Lunsford Columbus H Mason Lunsford Lackawanna N Y sister Mrs Elizabeth Thacker Hurricane WV. Funeral by Rev J Edward Hakes at First Baptist Church Tuesday at 2 pm with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Thomas Allen Nuckles
Lower
Fourth Avenue
West Virginia
Queen Victoria Lunsford
Florence Skidmore
Ravenna
Charles A. Nuckles
Edith Pridemore
Akron
Lawrence
U. S. Marine Corps
Quantico
Charles Lunsford
Columbus
H. Mason Lunsford
Lackawanna N. Y
Elizabeth Thacker
Hurricane
W. Va
J. Edward Hakes
First Baptist Church
Mound Hill Cemetery
Craft Funeral Held Today in Gallipolis Ohio
Mrs. Louisa May Craft died after eleven weeks illness at her home in Craft Place Gallipolis born Navy 1869 lifelong county resident daughter of William Allen King survived by her husband George E Craft in his 89th year and five children Warner Craft Thalma Goodwin Maryanne DeRolph Dorothy Conrad Albert Craft services conducted Monday at George J Wetherholt and Sons Funeral Home with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Louisa May Craft
George E. Craft
Craft Place
Burkhart Lane
Army Planes Dropping Mail To Front Lines
Washington report says Army planes drop soldiers mail directly to front lines. Captain John Halliday returns home for a first visit in thirteen months from Laurel Mississippi, plans to travel to Columbus then Lakeland Florida with family joining in St Petersburg for the winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halliday
Washington
Frank Walker
House Appropriations
Post Office
Gallipolis
John Halliday
Laurel
Miss
Columbus
Lakeland
Florida
92 Year-Old Former Seneca County Auditor Dies
Lee Nigh Swander, a 92 year old longtime auditor of Seneca County and active Democratic figure for more than six decades, died yesterday.
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Tiffin, O
Lee Nighswander
Seneca County
Marriage of Janet Booth and Edward F. Robinson set for Feb 8
Gallipolis social notes announce the engagement of Janet Booth and Lieut Edward F. Robinson with a February 8 ceremony at Grace Methodist Church. Rev W Scott Westerman to officiate. wedding luncheon planned at Lafayette Hotel. Robinson recently earned navigator wings in the Army Air Corps after Oberlin College.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clinton Wayne Booth
Janet
Edward F. Robinson
E. W. Robinson
Baldwin
Long Island
N. Y
Grace Methodist Church
W. Scott Westerman
Carter Brumfield
Manning Wet
Dinner honors John Rose and Sgt Freddie Baker’s furlough
Miss Gusta Rose hosted a Thursday dinner for her father John Rose on his eighty first birthday and her nephew Sgt Freddie Baker home on furlough. Guests included Mr and Mrs Charles Rose and daughter Janet, Mrs Jessie Leaper, Mrs Paul Cline of Columbus, Sgt and Mrs Freddie Baker and John Rose. The Bakers and Mrs Cline soon returned to Columbus Friday night. Sgt Baker planned to return to Camp Campbell Ky on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gusta Rose
John Rose
Sgt
Freddie Baker
Charles Rose
Janet
Jessie Leaper
Paul Cline
Columbus
Sgt. Baker
Lovell Baby Born In Charleston At Holzer Hospital
Mr and Mrs Robert Lovell of Charleston announce the birth of a son at Holzer Hospital on February 3 The mother Emma Lou McCormick is the former Mrs Emma Lou McCormick The baby is named Robert Graham Lovell Jr and is the couple s second child
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Lovell
Charleston
Holzer Hospital
Miss Mildred Gilman Leaves for Phoenix on Sick Leave
Miss Mildred Gilman, a Washington School teacher, left Monday for Phoenix Arizona seeking health relief after six weeks illness with partial hospitalization. Mrs Carl Nibert fills her third grade position during the absence. Mrs Howe McCormick hosted a buffet supper for her son Billy on Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mildred Gilman
Washington School
Phoenix
Ariz
Gilman
Carl Nibert
Sgt Dabney Missing Over Germany During World War II
Gallipolis reports Staff Sgt. Richard C. Dabney, radio operator and gunner on a Flying Fortress, has been missing in action over Germany since December 22. He entered service October 19, 1942, arrived in England in early December, and is a graduate of Bidwell Springfield High School and Ohio State University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Richard C. Dabney
Germany
War Department
R. C. Dabney
Bidwell
Dabney
England
Bidwell- Springfield High School
Ohio State University
Romance of Long Ago Ends in Death in Los Angeles
Tennessee White and Joseph F. Hutton, once sweethearts 45 years ago, wed after both spouses died. The ceremony was performed by Superior Judge Thurmond Clark on Friday. Saturday morning the 69 year old bridegroom died.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Tennessee White
Joseph F. Hutton
Thurmond Clark
Soldiers Urge Recruits of WAC In Feb to March Drive
Maj. Gen. James L. Collins, commanding general of the Fifth Service Command, urged all soldiers under his command to recruit a WAC during the period of February 15 to March 15. The call aims to boost enlistments and strengthen service capacities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
James L. Collins
Fifth Service Command
WAC
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