Gallipolis Education Board Sets Up Funds For City Schools
Gallipolis board of education approved 128428.50 in appropriations for the city schools at a regular meeting. Personal service covers 91639 for teachers salaries with related costs and 79500 in various line items including supplies, maintenance, and debt service. Superintendent Higgins projected 1944 receipts at 137784.32 with an expected year end balance of 9355.82. Leave of absence granted for Mildred Gilman and Carl Nibert named regular substitute.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Board of Education
E. E. Higgins
Mildred Gilman
Carl Nibert
Leslie Blough
State Engineer To Visit Gallia County for Consultation
Gallia County to host Virgil Overholt OSU water drainage and housing engineer for two days of farmer consultations. Miss May Kelly vacancy filled by Gallia Academy High School science teacher. Superintendent Higgins cites city schools state foundation grant of 86,139.80 covering elementary and high school enrollments and transportation costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Everett G. Royer
Virgil Overholt
Ohio State University
Gallia County
Gallia Academy
May Kelly
Higgins
DAR Thanked For Gifts To Service Men
Gallipolis notes honor Lincoln and Washington birthdays as French Colony Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution meets at Island View Inn. A hospital “buddy bags” letter of thanks is read, three new members welcomed, and a talk on American music highlights WWI service, with a Valentine refreshment course.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lincoln
Washington
Daughters of the American Revolution
Island View Inn
Norah Condee
Elias Wetherholt
M. T. Epling
Fletcher General Hospital
Cambridge
Ohio
Woodmen Canteen
C. S. Benedict
H. W. McHenry
Harry K. Mills Jr
W. N. Hayward
CaBelle Walker
Ira Swisher
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis takes in new patients including Dr. E L McElfresh 74 of Point Pleasant admitted Tuesday morning Paul Edward Smith 5 of Middleport treated Monday night with fair condition Mrs Ezra Williams 812 First Ave city admitted Monday night Miss Mabel Dean 1026 Ninth Ave Huntington medical patient with good condition six month old son of Mr and Mrs Bryan Parr Racine committed Monday afternoon for medical treatment B C Grover 67 Cheshire employed at Hobson shops surgical patient Herman Rutt 66 carpenter 19 Vine Street city also a surgical patient
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
E. L. McElfresh
Point Pleasant
Paul Edward Smith
Middleport
Fair
Ezra Williams
First Ave
City
Mabel Dean
Ninth Ave
Huntington
Bryan Parr
Racine
B. C. Grover
Cheshire
Hobson Shops
Herman Rutt
Carpenter
Vine Street
Gallia County inductees pass pre-induction tests in Huntington
In Huntington eighty seven men reported for pre induction physicals and all but fifteen were accepted. Physicians called the group the finest yet reported and noted strong results from the examination conducted Monday.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Huntington
Wedding of Miss Janet Booth and Edward F. Robinson in Grace Church
Miss Janet Booth and Second Lieutenant Edward F. Robinson wed at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis with a detailed ceremony. The bride, escorted by her father, wore a white dress and carried a white Bible. Lt Robinson is assigned to Ardmore Oklahoma, with plans for a honeymoon in Baldwin New York and a later return to Jackson schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Janet Booth
Edward F. Robinson
Grace Methodist Church
W. Scott Westerman
Mary Louise Mohr
Manning Wetherholt
Lieut. Robinson
Edward W. Robinson
Baldwin
Long Island
New York
Oberlin College
Robinson
Hondo Field
Exas
U. S. Army Air Corps
Ardmore
Okla
Jackson
Local social notes and engagements in Gallia County
Gallipolis residents host AAUW meeting with Miss Ruth Thom as speaker and poet Miss Thomas presenting selections from Flint and Fireflies. Engagement announced for Betty Jean White to James Talbert Barlow, with both families named. A sixteenth birthday party for Billy Gooderham featured many guests and cake. Colleagues and relatives travel and visits noted, including Columbus and Huntington connections.
County Home Council Sets Friday Meeting at Grace Church
Gallipolis officials announce an all day County Home Council gathering at Grace Methodist Church starting 10:30 a.m. Officers for 1944 will run the meeting and a noon pot luck lunch is planned. Leadership includes Elizabeth Love as president K H Butler as vice president and Ella Rothgeb as secretary treasurer. A knitting class and Valentine gift exchange are on the morning agenda. In the afternoon W Scott Westerman will speak on South American education religion and home life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Home Council
Grace Methodist Church
Elizabeth Love
K. H. Butler
Ella Rothgeb
W. Scott Westerman
South America
Boatman Rites Held at Bidwell
Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie Coughenour Boatman were held at 2 o clock Wednesday at the Bidwell Methodist Church with Rev J L Stephenson presiding. Burial followed in Gravel Hill Cemetery beside her husband Arthur Ellison Boatman. She died Sunday night at her daughter Mildred Finleys home in Cincinnati. Pallbearers included Wymond Bradbury Fred Mack Lowell Glassburn Sheriff Filmer E Hatfield Col H B Ecker and Charles T Robinson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cheshire
Lowell Glassburn
Bidwell
Filmer
E. Hatfield
H. B. Ecker
Charles T. Robinson
Russell Fillinger Wounded in Action
Mr and Mrs Ferry Fillinger learn their son Russell was wounded in action in the European theater on January 5. No further details were released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Fillinger
Gallipolis
Ferry Fillinger
Russell
Capehart Is Last To File for Mason County Primary
Capehart, Republican, is last candidate to file for Graham District committeeman in Mason County. His certificate was mailed. The first filer in 1943 was Jim Cremeans of Hannan District for member of the non partisan board of education.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Harry S. Capehart
Graham
Jim Cremeans
Hannan
Board of Education
More Marriages Are Reported in Mason
POINT PLEASANT Marriage license applications have been coming in at a more rapid rate since Feb 1. Three have been issued in the first eight days, close to the monthly average. The first was to Lieutenant Richard M Peek and Miss Anne Park Windsor. The second to William Rollins Buffington and Sarah Heath Covert, both of Point Pleasant. The third to Walter Lawrence Fried of Fullerton Kentucky and Lenora Kathleen Lozier of Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Richard M. Peek
Anne Park Windsor
William Rollins Buffington
Sarah Heath Covert
Walter Lawrence Fried
Fullerton, Ky
Lenora Kathleen Lozier
Miss Sovine Hired as English and Vocal Music Instructor
Miss Virginia Sovine, Marshall College graduate, has been employed as English and vocal music instructor at Senior High School. She succeeds Mrs. Lavina Jackson who recently resigned. Sovine majored in music and minored in English at Marshall.
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Pont Pleasant
Virginia Sovine
Marshall College
Miss Sovine
Lavina Jackson
Miss Levine
Marshall
Charleston Rector To Speak in City
The Rev. Harry S. Longley rector of St. John's Episcopal Church Charleston will address the Kiwanis Club at 6 30 PM Thursday in the Masonic Hall. His talk topic is Checking Our Prejudices.
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Point Pleasant
Harry S. Longley
St. John's Episcopal Church
Charleston
Kiwanis Club
Masonic Hall
Longley
Local Resident Passes Pre-Induction Exam Ahead of Service
Relatives note Mr. Matthews has passed his pre induction physical and expects to be called for military service soon. Mrs Arnold Dickerson and sons visited Riverton Ky and relatives in Ashland. Weekend guests at H E Shoemaker home included Eunice Hall Ragland WV Alice Murphy Columbus and Eudora Ward Columbus along with Sgt Orville Shoemaker Ardmore Army Air Base Ardmore Okla. Mr and Mrs J H Williams Columbus returned after a weekend with Edith Niday and Flora Williams.
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Matthews
Arnold Dickerson
Riverton
Ashland
H. E.shoemaker
Eunice Hall
Ragland
W. Va
Alice Murphy
Eudora Ward
Columbus
Sgt
Orville Shoemaker
Ardmore Army Air Base
Ardmore
Veterans of Pacific War Speak at Mason Bond Rally
Two Marines who served in the Southwest Pacific will speak Saturday afternoon from a court house yard platform near Mason. Citizens National Bank will open after the Marines at 2 PM for war bond sales and stay open while buyers arrive. The Fourth War Loan drive in Mason County stands just short of half its quota with under a week to reach the target by February 15.
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Point Pleasant
Southwest Pacific
Citizens National Bank
Lincoln
War Department
Charleston
C. 9. Weissenburger
Mason County
Band Formed At Junior High By Director
POINT PLEASANT The organization of a band, including 12 Senior High School students and 40 from Junior High, has been completed by Mr. P. E. Burt, director. The group spans grades 7 through 12 with many students listed by instrument type and name.
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Point Pleasant
P. E. Burt
Martha Capehart
Nancy Eaton
Betty Jane Forbus
Vivian Knapp
Ruth Lewis
Betty Love
Beatrice Nelson
Bonnie Oldaker
Laura Rickard
Margaret Scantlin
Lilly Faye Staats
Cornet
Bob Bright
Bertram Dunn
Doris Gibbs
O. T. Hall
Patricia Keister
Frankie Lucas
Ruth Ellen Noble
Charles Osher
Dorothy Pancake
Douglas Randolph
Billy Riffle
Harold Rulen
Vernon Sceantlin
Edwin Schul
Herbert Sullivan
Beatrice Whalen
Harold Sayre
Billy Lewis
Evelyn Parsons
Virginia Yester
Elise Anne Bardin
Wanda Lee
Alice Anne Roush
Howard Cole
Joanne Somerville
Larry Elliott
Bill Lewis
John Lewis
Paul Monroe
Jerome Sayre
Keith Sayre
Virgil Scantlin, Jr
James Daugherty
Robert Thompson
Jim Ferguson
Charles Edgar Fowler
Daryl Jenkins
Attilia Modula
Robert Thomas
Paul Wood
Mary Zuspan
Burdette Enters State Denominational Race and Reed Runs
Burdette files for Democratic nomination for commissioner of agriculture and E Ray Reed of Clay County files for Republican nomination for secretary of state. Burdette, Mason County native, has worked in the state house in Charleston for over a decade. Reed, who sought reelection, will run in the primary for both posts and must choose in the fall if nominated for both.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Joe F. Burdette
E. Ray Reed
Clay County
Burdette
Mason County
P. T. Burdette
Ohio River Road
State House
Charleston
Reed
City Council Holds Routine Meeting in Point Pleasant
The February city council session in Point Pleasant focused on routine matters including payment of monthly bills. Carrie Patterson sought special police protection for a beer venue on Saturday nights and offered to cover costs. Parking was banned on the west side of Viand Street between Second and Fourth Streets. Mayor Krodel presided with councilmen Cheesebrew, Durst, Quillin, McElfresh, Couch, McMillin, Riffle, Harden, and Densil Durst present.
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Point Pleasant
Carrie Batterson
Viand St
Second
Fourth Sts
Krodel
Claude Cheesebrew
W. G. Durst
C. H. Quillin
Dr. E. McElfresh
J. B. Couch
L. A
Home Nursing Work Starts in Senior High School
Red Cross sponsored home nursing classes organized at Senior High School in Point Pleasant with about 40 members. Miss Watkins from the health center is lead instructor, assisted by Miss Garnette Tillis and Mrs. Leta Foglesong.
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Point Pleasant
Red Cross
Club Organized at Senior High School in Point Pleasant
A new speaking and dramatic club is organized at Point Pleasant Senior High School with Betty Sutton as president, Donald Lines as vice president, and Betty Lee as secretary-treasurer. The group will sponsor readings, poetry interpretation, debate and oration with public appearances planned after finalizing its program.
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Point Pleasant
Betty Sutton
Donald Lines
Betty Lee
Lambda Chi Omega pledges prepared for initiation in March
Mrs. F. C. Long Jr presided at a bi weekly Lambda Chi Omega sorority meeting in the Moose Club ladies lounge. Seven pledges were instructed on membership requirements and will be initiated early in March. Hostesses listed include Mrs. B W Krodel and Miss Virginia Lewis. A list of refreshments providers followed the pledge service. After a vacation, the Married Ladies Bridge Club will resume weekly meetings Thursday at 2 PM hosted by Mrs. C O Weissenburger on Jefferson Boulevard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
F. C.long, Jr
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Moose Club
Isabella Grubb
Jean Rice
Wilma Ball
Lucille Getty
Georgia Sayre
Hortense Bell
Pauline Pullin
Legion Chief Speaks Before DAR Chapter
National Vice Commander C. E. Boothe of the American Legion spoke at the Col onel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR meeting at The Mansion House on the proper use of the flag. Delegates Garnette Tillis and C O Weissenburger were named for the second war progress conference in New York City starting April 14 with alternates listed. The March meeting will study The American Indian under Mrs Ernest Kincaide, and the luncheon will celebrate the chapter’s forty fourth anniversary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. E. Boothe
American Legion
Charles Lewis
D.A. R
Mansion House
Garnette Tillis
C. O. Weissenburger
Tillis
A. Keith McClung
Hartford
Ora P. Biddle
Weissenburger
S. Chandler Wilhelm
Harold Sayre
Ernest Kincaide
Stone Family Visit From Athens Delights Gallipolis
William Stone arrived yesterday from Athens C to visit his parents Dr and Mrs Will H Stone. T L Morrison was a visitor in Gallipolis yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Stone
Athens
Will H. Stone
T. L. Morrison
Gallipolis
State Makes Ready To Send Out Ballots
West Virginia begins functioning under the new law as candidates file early and tickets are prepared. Election officials must print and mail ballots by February 19. Royal Shannon Robins requests a Democratic primary ballot to be mailed to APO 942 Washington DC, with expected arrival in two weeks. Circuit Clerk Jones notes higher ballot printing bids than in prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Congress
West Virginia
Royal Shannon Robins
Camden Ave
Washington
D. C
Jones
Board of Ballot Commissioners
Walkout at Yards Quickly Settled
Jason T. Weissenburger said a 125 painter walkout at the shipyard was settled after a conference of workers and company officials. The men returned to work in sympathy with two discharged for not complying with a rule to stay 15 minutes after the day to clean machines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jason T. Weissenburger
Marietta Manufacturing Co
County Teachers Urged to Report War Bond Sales
Letters from the office of Superintendent Bachtel are sent to all county teachers urging them to report war bond sales by Saturday. The appeal emphasizes timely accounting and supports the broader war effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bachtel
Keller Real Estate Closes 2303 Jefferson Ave Sale in Point Pleasant
Keller Real Estate reports the sale of 2303 Jefferson Ave in Point Pleasant. Seller represented by Rupert L. Kayser. buyer Homer Fellure, West Virginia Malleable Iron Co. employee. Captain W. H. Reynolds sold the Shiflet Main St. property to Fred Shiflet’s Middleport business interests.
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Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Kayser
Jefferson Ave
W. H. Reynolds
Homer Fellure
Fellure
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
Captain Reynolds
Shiflet
Main St
Fred Shiflet
Middleport
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A&p
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the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company
Army Center
Gallipolis Social Notes
American Association of University Women
Ruth Miller
Catherine Morrison
First Avenue
Ruth Thomas
Miss Thomas
Arthur White
Vinton R. D
Betty Jean White
James Talbert Barlow
Ernest Barlow
Hughes-Walgreen Drug Store
Economy Taxi Cab Company
Billy Gooderham
Crown City
Charles Lee Stevers
Lester Stevers
Louise Williams
Donald Williams
Doris Williams
Betty Swindler
Trula Swindler
Adrien Swindler
Juanita Sheets
Juanita Shaw
Leon Shaw
Geraldine Pinkerman
Naomi Bradbury
Joyce Bell Houck
Betty Swain
Bert Glenn Saunders
Billy Smith
Paul Saunders
Ralph Lee Sheets
Billy Houck
Marlin Houck
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Mary Rose Fisher
Burdell Bradbury
Jack Saunders
Joe Bradbury
John Henry Jr
Junior McGuire
Erma Lou Pinkerman
John Paul Sheets
Eloise Gooderham
James Gooderham
James Shaw
Hillis Pinkerman
Oakley Fisher
James E. Saunders Jr
Paul Shaw
Marlin Neal
Lawrence Sheets
Mack Williams
Harley Wells
Mr. Wells
N. Howard Foster
Saidor
New Guinea
Capehart
Mason
Saturday Night Orchestra
Tad
Tad's
Carbondale
Kimberly Road
Legion
Bessie Mattox
Somerville
Shepherd's Hospital
Peterson
Ady
Gem Pharmacy
Your Prescription Drug Store
K. of P. Bldg
Nelsonville, C
C. D. Shafer Co
Nelsonville
Keller
Ferguson
Majestic
Eson
Warren Dail
Albert Duchens
Lowes
Wreete
Oberon
Geo. Sanders
Laird Seeger
the Lodger
Ring of Good Fellowship
Coca-Cola Company
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Pat High
Coca-Cola
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