Nelsonville Revisits Sunday Closing for Licenses
Nelsonville council moves to second read an ordinance regulating Sunday closing hours for beer wine and liquor permit holders. The measure would require closures from midnight Saturday to midnight Sunday. Debates over legality and enforcement continue with public complaints about water bills also aired.
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Nelsonville
Nelson
Monks
Yea
Hawk
Shafer
John P. Kelso
Franklin County
Public Service Committee of Council
Ashby
W. A. Rose
the Nazarene Church
Earl Hilleary
Ohio
Aged Widow Ella Shaner Dies in Nelsonville
Ella Shaner age 82 widow of George Shaner formerly of Gloucester died today at her son George Shaner 541 Fairview St Nelsonville after a long illness. She leaves three sons J F Shaner Jackson Fred C Columbus and George plus 13 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. She was a Church of Christ member. Body moved to Warren Funeral Home. funeral plans pending.
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Nelsonville
Ella Shaner
George Shaner
Glouster
Fairview St
Bessie Mae
John Henry
J. F. Shaner
Jackson
Fred C
Columbus
George
Shaner
Church of Christ
Warren Funeral Home
Pastor L. E. Evans Speaks at Hyperion Club Meeting
The Rev. L. E. Evans of the Church of Christ addressed the Hyperion Club in Nelsonville on Saturday February 5 discussing Juvenile Delinquency and local conditions with emphasis on the county setup. Memorial tributes were read for Vita Whitmore as eighteen members and one guest attended.
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Nelsonville
L. E. Evans
Church of Christ
Hyperion Club
Fort St
J. H. McKiddie
W. H. Hyde
Oral Daugherty
Vita Whitmore
J. M. Hyde
Julius Fischer
C. G. Pritchard
Carrie Jacobs Bond
Bond Sales Survey Will Be Started
Nelsonville and York Township bond sales figures released by Mrs. Doris Pergrin show Nelsonville at 84 956 38 with ward totals and York Township at 975. A Feb 11 survey by high school students will check streets for missed households while homes with Fourth War Bond stickers will not be contacted.
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Nelsonville
York Township
Doris Pergrin
Blake Mechem
C. Roy Tomlinson
Charles Shaffer
D. W. Codding
The
Peoples Bank
Kimberly Helps NELSONVIL Theses Raise 6 Dollar Gift
Kimberly School in Nelsonville reports its unit donated six dollars to the National Infantile Paralysis Fund, announced today.
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Kimberly
Nelsonvil
Kimberly School
With Service Men of York District
The Rev. Ewart C. Bond of Lighthouse Tabernacle has a limited service chaplain assignment in the Fifth Air Service Command and holds an Army Reserve chaplain’s commission with captain’s rating. He may stay at his church through July 1. Also noted are transfers and home visits of several local service members including Donald Hopstetter, Donald Powell, Bill Powell, and Denver Frank.
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Ewart C. Bond
Lighthouse Tabernacle
Watkins and Poplar Sts
Fifth Air Service Command
Bond
Army Reserve Corps
Athens Bulldogs Face Nelsonville In Southeast Hoop Clash
Athens Bulldogs travel to Nelsonville to meet the Greyhounds on their home court in a Southeast league showdown. Athens aims to extend its lead after a season blemish at Logan, while Nelsonville hopes to snap a slump and test the defending champion Scarlet five. The junior reserves duel precedes the main game at 7 pm.
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Athens Bulldogs
Nelsonville
Greyhounds
Athens
Bulldogs
Scarlet Five
Nelsonville Gymnasium
Tour of Hospital for Veterans Visit Noted
Four Nelsonville members of the American Legion State Highway Patrol Auxiliary joined about 100 Auxiliary members from Athens and three other southeastern Ohio counties in a Sunday inspection tour of Fletcher General Hospital in Cambridge Ohio. The War Department extended the visit and the patrol provided an escort. Frank Keys Edward Carter Eugene Berry and Ernest Katzenbach attended. All are World War I veterans now touring facilities that compare care for veterans from both wars.
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Nelsonville
American Legion State Highway Patrol Auxiliary
Glenford Dugan Post
American Legion
Athens
Ohio
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
War Department
State Highway Patrol
Frank Keys
Edward Carter
Eugene Berry
Ernest Katzenbach
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Mrs Clarence Chapman North up admitted after late Sunday surgery. Lowell Ziegler 38 from He Grove a medical patient in good condition. William Geraldley nine months of Crown City Rt 1 brought for medical care with fair condition. Otis C Lewis 62 Kananga admitted Saturday in good condition. Tim Lewis brother recovering from hernia operation two weeks prior. Also Mrs L F Bauer, Mrs Floyd Lambert, Dr N R Gunn, and Mary McGowan listed among admissions. fatal accident report notes Wade McCoy 12 died after fall while at hospital. National Park system statistics show total acreage 21 613 543.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Clarence Chapman
Northup
Lowell Ziegler
He Grove
Ohio Fur Gas Co
William Geraldley
Alvord Halley
Crown City Rt. 1
Otis C. Lewis
Kananga
Tim Lewis
N. R. Gunn
Point Pleasant
L. F. Bauer
Floyd Lambert
Gallia
Wendell McCoy
Jackson
Dayton
James Terry
Cartwright
Middleport
Wesley Philliis
Ips
Wellston
Mary McGowan
Oak Hill
Grass fire near James Powell residence in Nelsonville
A grass fire in the Scott and Fairview Streets district near the James Powell residence prompted a Monday afternoon call to the fire department. The blaze was extinguished with no property damage reported.
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Nelsonville
Scott and Fairview Sts
James Powell
Nelsonville Social Notes Showers of local gatherings
Nelsonville events include the Presbyterian Missionary Society entertaining Mrs. H D Krieg of Cincinnati, a covered dish dinner, and social hour. Bernard Powell hosts a dinner for son Seaman Bill Powell on leave from the Great Lakes Naval Training Station with several guests. Church groups plan meetings at Fort Street homes with potluck and Valentine exchange planned.
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Seaman
Donald Powell
Bernard Powell
New York
Bill Powell
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Nelsonville
Presbyterian Missionary Society
E. J. Kessinger
H. D. Krieg
Cincinnati
Seaman Powell
This City
Henry Shivers
Jack and
James Grubb
Haydenville
Alexander Cruickshanks attend father's funeral in Virginia
Mr and Mrs Alexander Cruickshanks Jr returned from Washington where they attended the funeral of her father William Presley Money aged 79 who died January 29 at East Falls Church Virginia His services were at Lee Funeral Home Washington and he is buried in Glenwood Cemetery Money was a retired government employee.
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Point Pleasant
Alexander Cruickshanks, Jr
Washington
William Presley Money
H. M. Roberts
East Falls Church
Lee Funeral Home
Glenwood
Money
Concord Ladies Aid Society Meets for Auction and Election
Concord Ladies Aid Society will meet Wednesday at 7 30 P M at the home of Mrs Mervin Chapman in Henderson. Officers to be elected and members will auction articles given by the group with each member bringing a valued item. Mrs Harry Childers, president, asks all members to attend.
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Concord Ladies Aid Society
Mervin Chapman
Henderson
Aid
Harry Childers
Grass Fires Threaten Serious Loss in Mason County
Grass fires over the weekend threatened multiple sites in Mason County. At the West Virginia Ordnance Works a four hour battle by 100 firefighters stopped the blaze within 50 feet of key buildings after burning hundreds of acres. A separate fire on Mrs. Ethel Roush’s Letart route farm destroyed a barn, feed, hay, corn and livestock. Other blazes at the 20th Street Bowling Center rear and at 2409 Lincoln Avenue were contained before causing further damage.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Ethel Roush
Letart
20Th St
Lincoln Ave
Ordnance Works
Camp Conley
W. G. Wendt
Wendt
Route 62
Roush
Huntington Firm To Move Shelters From Area
Neighbor Gall and Leach Inc of Huntington have a contract to move 120 shelter units from this area to Camp Breckenridge Kentucky. Combined with 212 units bound for Clinton Tennessee this equals nearly half of the 700 units in the government shelter projects slated to be moved to other war industry centers.
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Point Pleasant
Neighborgall and Leach, Inc
Huntington
Camp Breckenridge
Clinton, Tenn
Northbound Train Delayed by Mishap in Point Pleasant
NORTHBOUND NEW YORK CENTRAL train from Charleston arrived 90 minutes late Monday morning due to several freight cars of a southbound train leaving the rails at Buffalo. Dispatcher C. H. Quillin at Union Station said the mishap caused the delay.
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Point Pleasant
New York Central
Charleston
Buffalo
C. H. Quillin
Union Station
Social Notes Of Hartford Highlights Local Travel and News
Charles MacKnight and Clarence Dailey departed for Akron on Sunday. Mrs W W Ashworth and children visit Huntington while Mrs Ashworth of Milton visits W W Ashworth. Jane Ann Stone joins U S Nurses Corps at Holzer Hospital as student nurse. Millard T Sisler state D A R regent visits Morgantown after touring southern chapters. Wilbur Stewart and Mrs John Aumiller attend the President's Birthday Ball in Point Pleasant. Mrs John S Aumiller and baby Johnny spent the weekend with Mrs Samuel Aumiller. Mary Margaret and Jacky Stewart visit grandparents Mr and Mrs Sam Aumiller.
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Charles MacKnight
Clarence Dailey
Akron
W. W. Ashworth
Huntington
Jane Ann Stone
U. S. Nurses Corps
Holzer Hospital
Millard T. Sisler
A. Keith McClung
Morgantown
D.A.R
Wilbur Stewart
John Aumiller
Point Pleasant
John S. Aumiller
Baby Johnny
Samuel Aumiller
Mary Margaret
Jacky Stewart
Mrs
Same Aumiller
Montana Tops States In War Bond Drive
Montana leads war bond sales with 90 percent of its fourth loan quota, and its E bond rate at 79 percent. In the drive’s last full week, subscriptions reached 10.752 billion dollars or 76 percent of the 14 billion goal. Minnesota shows 78.4 percent of its quota and 60.5 percent of E bonds. Ohio reports 77.4 percent and 45.7 percent.
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Washington
Montana
Treasury
Minnesota
Ohio
Neely Seeks Congress Nomination in Wheeling District
Governor Neely launches bid for the Democratic nomination in West Virginia’s First District. He faces no formal opposition and has a history of party leadership battles. Other contenders include J Blackburn Watts Robert L Ramsey and Clarence W Meadows. Rush D Holt stands as Neely’s chief rival in esta blished statewide influence. Holt’s fundraising and anti Neely track record boost his statewide appeal while Dawson supporters blame Neely for harming Funkhouser’s bid, a factor in Eastern Panhandle politics.
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Sam A. Simmons
Point Pleasant
Neely
Congress
Wheeling
Senate
Long
West Virginia
Rush D. Holt
J. Blackburn Watts
Kanawha County
Robert L. Ramsey
Follansbee
Clarence W. Meadows
Beckiey
Holt
United States
Kump
May Boone Dawson
Charleston
Dawson
Raymond Fun’houser
Funkhouser
Panhandle
War Mothers Club To Meet Friday Night
A special meeting of the War Mothers Club is set for Friday at 7 30 PM in the Courthouse. Service buttons will be distributed to Mason County mothers and wives who provide the name and address of a son or husband in the armed forces. If unable to attend, women may mail their details for a button.
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Point Pleasant
War Mothers Club
Mason County
Change Rules for Publishing of Lists in Huntington Draft
Mason County selectees notified for preinduction examination in Huntington February 10 ask why The Messenger did not publish the lists. Going forward only lists of those called up after examination will be published. Examined men join a pool from which the Army and Navy may call at any time.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Huntington
Army
Navy
War Vessels Seen on Ohio River
A destroyer escort vessel and a landing barge built near Pittsburgh passed down the Ohio River. Pontoons raised the destroyer escort about six feet. The ships drew considerable attention in the ship-conscious area as they moved along the river.
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Ohio River
Point Pleasant
Pittsburgh
Ohio
More Candidates File in Mason County
Three additional candidates filed for committee posts in Union District by mail. The filings reached Circuit Clerk Jones after office closure. The certificates were submitted by Mabel Tucker and Claudia M. Prunty, both Republicans, and Charles B. Tillis, a Democrat.
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Point Pleasant
Union District
Jones
Mabel Tucker
Claudia M. Prunty
Charles B. Tillis
Local Clinic Admissions and Birth at Point Clinic
Mrs William Jones of Route 1 and Robert Brothers were admitted to Point Clinic for surgery yesterday. Johnny Cook age ten from Gallipolis Ferry underwent foot surgery and Bonnie Duncan of Apple Grove had a surgical procedure. A daughter Barbara Ann weighing 80 pounds was born to Mr and Mrs Harold L Edwards locally.
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Point Pleasant
William Jones
Route 1
Robert Brothers
Point Clinic
Johnny Cook
Gallipolis Ferry
Bonnie Duncan
Apple Grove
Barbara Ann
Harold L. Edwards
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