Gallipolis City Commission approves new five year gas contract
The Gallipolis City Commission signed a five year contract with Ohio Fuel Supply Company patterned after a 1940 agreement. Rates tilt slightly under current levels for four years then rise modestly in year five. Gas will come directly from Roane Jackson field wells in West Virginia. Other actions included drafting a local building code and bidding soda ash lime and gasoline for the year. Manpower shortages were noted with several city workers ill or entering service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio Fuel Supply Company
City Commission
Chillicothe
F. W. Phillips
Phillips
L. L. Lovett
Roane-Jackson Field
West Virginia
Ohio
Switzer
Clendinen
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Ashland Oil and Refining Company
Sheldon
Carlill and Bedfast
Cecil Thievener
Harry van Sickle
Earl Gothard
Mound Hill Cemetery
Veterans’ Hospital
Huntington
Bond Selling Lagging in Gallia Area
Gallia County bond sales total just over $300 000, about 30 percent of the quota for the Fourth War Loan Drive. War Finance Committee members believe hundreds of potential buyers have not been called on, and an intensive canvass will be made to complete the countywide effort.
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Gallipolis
E. S. Spear
War Finance Committee
Mr. Spear
Eat
Gallia County
Brewers Will Move to Rutland Village
Gallia County news: E S Brewer who sold his Springfield Township farm near the Old Brick Church last fall will relocate with his family to a sixteen acre Rutland village property owned by Rev Roy Tillis. The move is set for March 1 and the deal was arranged by Willard Grover and Son Agency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. S. Brewer
Springfield Township
Rutland
Roy Tillis
Mother of Gallipolis Man Dies in Alabama
Mrs. George W. Cowan, mother of J. H. Cowan of Grape Street, Gallipolis, died Monday night at her Stevens Alabama home after a long illness. Cowan had left Gallipolis Saturday for Stevens where his wife had cared for his mother for six weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
George W. Cowan
J. H. Cowan
Grape St
Stevens
Alabama
Florida air corps member attends Bidwell funeral
Jack Finley from Miami Beach Florida arrived by train through Cincinnati to Bidwell to attend the funeral of his grandmother Mrs Arthur E Boatman. He came from his air corps base at Miami Beach and was met by friends at the Cincinnati terminal.
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Gallipolis
Jack Finley
Air Corps
Miami Beach
Florida
Bidwell
Arthur E. Boatman
Cincinnati
Red Cross Drive Opens February 26 in Gallia County
Gallia County will launch its annual Red Cross Drive on February 26 with a noon luncheon at the First Presbyterian Church for solicitors and department chairmen. Al Giles, drive chairman, said the luncheon marks the start of the push for 12800 dollars for the Gallia County drive.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Gallia County
First Presbyterian Church
al Giles
Giles
Miss Carnes Accepted for War Service
Miss Elizabeth Carnes has been tacitly accepted for Red Cross service after interviews in Alexandria Virginia. She will train at American University and report to Washington February 28 for placement as a staff assistant in recreation with overseas duty hoped for. Her brother, Capt John Carnes, was killed in Hawaii in 1943.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Carnes
American Red Cross
Carnes
Alexandria
Washington
American University
Miss Carnes
Hubert Carnes
Eleanor Neal Carnes
Ohio University
Capt
John Carnes
U. S. Army Air Force
Hawaii
GOP Leaders Will Meet in Jackson
A GOP meeting of six county Republican chairs and secretaries from the Tenth District is called by Nora Atkinson and Earl Mauck. The Feb 12 session at the Cambrian Hotel in Jackson will endorse two delegates and two alternates to the Republican National Convention. Robi M. Betz of Gallia plans to attend.
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Gallipolis
Republican Central and
Tenth
Nora Atkinson
Earl W. Mauck
Republican State Central Committee
Cambrian Hotel
Jackson
Gallia County
Robi. M. Betz
Holzers Leave To Be Gone for Two Weeks
Dr and Mrs C E Holzer depart for a two week vacation with plans to stay at Malabar near Mansfield over the weekend and then head to Cincinnati. Dr Holzer will join Mrs Holzer in Florida visiting Christine Holzer Harvey in Daytona Beach and Dick Holzer at Lakeland.
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Gallipolis
C. E. Holzer
Louis Bromfield
Malabar
Mansfield
Gallipolis Church Schedules for Sunday Worship
Gallipolis churches list Sunday worship times Bible schools and youth programs at Grace Methodist First Baptist First Presbyterian St Peters Episcopal Gallipolis Mission Church of God Church of Christ in Christian Union Garfield Ave Paint Creek Baptist and John Gee Chapel. Keys include 9:15 or 9:30 Bible school 10:30 worship services and evening services 7:30 with variations by church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
W. Scott Westerman
Church School
C. E. Brumfield
First Baptist Church
J. Edward Hakes
Earl Saunders
First Presbyterian Church
Cecil Marley
William H. Jones
St. Peter's Episcopal Church
Charlies G. Baird
Arch School
Mill Creek
Billa Stephenson
George A. Tipton
Church of God
H. M. Smith
Allen. Baker
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Eastern Avenue
John Spires
Church of Christ
Garfield Ave
Carl Burrows
Paint Creek Baptist Church
Francis Maryland
Bible School
Hicker Hill
George Gilmore
Goldie Hogan
Elbert McGhee
A.M.E
John Gee
C. J. Irving
John
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Local News
Opal Nichols and Samuel Curry, United States Marine Corps, wed by Justice J. H. Shato. Curry to report to Quantico. Nichols formerly of Mercerville worked at OHE. St Peter’s Episcopal Church renews wardens and vestry. several members serving in the war. Lucille Smith visits Richmond to meet newborn nephew James Eugene Smith. Local engineers attend Columbus convention. Gableman family connection via Jean McCormick. Everett Hoffman Jr returns to Baltimore after visit. Ada Davis hosted by Maye and Jane Davis.
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Gallipolis
Opal Nichols
Samuel Curry
United States Marine Corps
J. H. Shato
Mercerville
O.H.E
Curry
Wilbur W. Curry
Parris Island
S. C
Quantico, Va
Lucille Smith
Richmond
Eugene Smith
James Eugene Smith
E. N. Leonard
Columbus
The
Ohio Engineers
George Gableman
U. S. Army
Earl McCormick
Washington, D. C
Gableman
Jean McCormick
Cleveland
Paul Mossman
Mossmans
Lakewood
Chamber of Commerce
Everett Hoffman, Jr
Bethlehem Shipyard
Baltimore
Jane Davis
Fourth Ave
Ada Davis
Youngest OBrien leaves on furlough for foreign service
Lieut. James O'Brien on a 15 day furlough left Thursday to report for foreign service. He is the youngest son of Mrs. C. W. O'Brien and had been at Fort Benning Georgia where his wife Roberta Cornwell was with him. The Royal Neighbors held a January February birthday party Thursday evening with a Valentine season observance and refreshments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James O'Brien
Foreign Service
C. W., O'Brien
Fort Benning
Roberta Cornwell
Mason 4-H clubs plan new projects and events
Mrs. Clarice Knapp leads Mason 4-H circles with plans for baby chicks seeds shrubs pigs calves and tools. Mountain Climbers credit Mrs. Canterbury for growth while Early Bird Club forms from Bird Willing Workers and Eight Mile Workers stage a play and school cleanup. The Hill Climbers prepare for a Lincoln's Day party amid a noisy Australian laughing kingfisher alarm clock.
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Point Pleasant
Clarice Knapp
Knapp
J. D. Canterbury
Ivalee Wears
Virginia Wears
Louise Litchfield
Genevieve Adams
Juanita Spence
Pine Ridge
Junior Canterbury
Canterbury
Kathleen Honaker
Vonna Mae Burris
Keith Cox
Robbie Lewis
Eileen Honaker
Dottie Lewis
June Caudill
Virginia Cox
Anita Camp
Bernadine Sayre
Gloria Gibson
Dallas Caudill
Dorothy Lewis
Eight Mile
White Oak School
Mrs. Knapp
Lou Emma Fowler
Cilla Jean Powers
Justine Lilly
Phyllis Powers
Doris Jean Duffer
Cleora Taylor
Bobby Powers
Randall Chapman
Miss Lupton Visited By Her Friends
Miss Garnette Lupton who had been ill at her Vine Street home for weeks received a pleasant Wednesday visit from Parkersburg friends. In attendance were Mrs. W. W. Jackson and sister Mrs. Rose Curry and Mr. and Mrs. Ball. The Ball couple lived in Shanghai 18 years where he worked as a banker. Mrs Ball returned to the United States at the war’s start, while Mr Ball was repatriated on the Gripsholm voyage.
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Gallipolis
Garnette ‘Lupton
Vine St
Parkerssburg
W. W. Jackson
Rose Curry
Ball
Shanghai
China
C. O. Weissenburger
Parkersburg
Harold E. Somerville
Charleston
Rena Rainey
Marie Arthur
Charles Barr
Winfield
Harry Childers
Kanawha
C. M. McCray
Princeton
McCray
Kirksville College of Osteopathy
Kirksville, Mo
Married Ladies Bridge Club Meets in Point Pleasant
The POINT PLEASANT club gathered at Jefferson Blvd home of Mrs. C. O. Weissenburger with guests Mrs. E. Bartow Jones Mrs. George H. Overholt and Mrs. W. H. Morgan. Mrs. Morgan won the high score prize and Mrs. C. N. Weissenburger of Erie Pa. assisted. Next week Mrs. S Chandler Wilhelm, 1902 Jefferson Blvd., hosts at 2 PM Friday.
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Point Pleasant
Ladies Bridge Club
C. O. Weissenburger
Jefferson Blvd
E. Bartow Jones
George H. Overholt
W. H. Morgan
Tol Stribling
S. Chandler Wilhelm
E. E. Heiner
Walter Windsor
Robert S. Meyer
Morgan
Roosevelt Name Sought On Wisconsin Ballot
Thomas King a Democratic national committeeman says nomination papers are circulating to place President Roosevelt on the Democratic presidential preference ballot in Wisconsin on April 4.
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Oconomowoc
Wis
Thomas King
Roosevelt
Wisconsin
Veterans To Apply For Special Pay
POINT PLEASANT Adjutant R F McGuffin said yesterday that blanks for applying for muster out pay are on hand at the local American Legion post. The filing is for men discharged from the forces since the start of the present war.
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Point Pleasant
R. F. McGuffin
American Legion
Scout Rally Planned for Next Monday in Point Pleasant
Mason County Boy Scouts organize a rally at 8 PM in the Junior High auditorium. E. D. Brown says the program aids the district scout effort with C. H. Withers delivering the principal address on Why Scouting. Moving pictures and performances by Scouts and Dennis Lilly are on the bill. Harold E. Somerville invites Cubs to attend, including a new Christ Episcopal Church Pack.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Boy Scouts
E. D. Brown
Withers
Brown
Dennis Lilly
Marietta Troup
Harold E. Somerville
Christ Episcopal Church
Four O Clock Club and Local Society Notes
Pt Pleasant community social items include the Four O Clock Club meeting hosted by Mrs William Meade with talk on The Fabulous Feudatories and guest Mrs Robert Cutting from New Orleans sharing Australia insights. Concord Church Ladies Aid elected officers at a Henderson gathering with an auction. Christ Church Service Guild planned a church dinner. local residents, influenza recovery, and Dr C M McCray arriving for osteopathic duties in Princeton noted.
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Point Pleasant
Four O'Clock Club
William Meade
Main St
William Steenbergen
India
Robert Cutting
New Orleans
Australia
Cutting
Steenbergen
Louis Bateson
Peter H. Steenbergen
John William Steenbergen
Hamilton A. Johnson
William H. Vaught
Concord Church Ladies Aid Society
Mervin Chapman
Henderson
George E. Byus
Chapman
O. J. Byus
Harry Childers
Childers
Australian ant can hold 1100 times its weight in jaws
An Australian ant can hang by its feet and grasp with its jaws a load 1100 times its body weight. By comparison a 150 pound man would need to bite and hang by his toes to support about 82 percent of a ton.
More Than 50 Mason Men Go to Center For Tests Thursday
A group of more than 50 Mason County men traveled to Huntington for pre induction examinations on Thursday. Two departing buses failed en route with one running out of gas and the other suffering mechanical trouble, so many men arrived by private cars or with local volunteers. Reverend C G Billups offered a short inspirational talk and coffee doughnuts and cigarettes were provided. Names of those going include Dec McKinney L W Getty William Adkins Harry Bonecutter Richard Cook Glenn Sayre Cecil Huddleston James Selby Charles William Durst Harry Ray Sayre Robert Earl Grant Carter Franklin Edward Jackson Miller and many others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Huntington
C. G. Billups
Dec McKinney
L. W. Getty
William Adkins
Harry Bonecutter
Richard Cook
Glenn Sayre
Cecil Huddleston
James Selby
Charles William Durst
Harry Ray Sayre
Robert Earl Grant
Cecil Everett Clench
Henderson
Harry Knopp
Pete Booth
West Columbia
Mrs. Lydia Wilson Dies at Home of Her Son in Henderson
Mrs. Lydia Henderson Wilson of Gallipolis Ferry died Thursday morning at her son Lou Wilsons home in Henderson after a months illness and injuries from a fall. Funeral services by Rev. R G Ellis and Rev. W A Gregg will be held Sunday at 2 PM from the Henderson home, with burial in Henderson Cemetery. Born July 11 1858 in Mason County she was the daughter of Samuel Bruce and Lydia Henderson and wife of Joseph Wilson. Surviving are four sons J N Wilson Lou Wilson Charles Wilson and Otto B Wilson a brother J S Henderson six grandchildren and four great grandchildren. She belonged to the Methodist Church and was active in religious work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lydia Henderson Wilson
Gallipolis Ferry
Lou Wilson
Henderson
Wilson
Mason County
Samuel Bruce
Lydia George Henderson
Joseph Wilson
J. N. Wilson
Charles Wilson
Otto B. Wilson
Huntington
J. S. Henderson
Reed Withdraws from State Senate Race in West Virginia
State Secretary confirms Reed E Ray of the Fourth District withdrew as a candidate to succeed himself before filing for the Republican nomination for secretary of state. The move leaves Harlan Staats of Ripley unopposed for the senatorial nomination.
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Point Pleasant
E. Ray Reed
Harlan Staats
Ripley
Garden soil advice for Pleasant location and manure use
A garden should sit on deep sandy or silt loam soil near the house and well drained. Add manure, about twenty tons per acre, preferably in fall and plowed deep to improve air, drainage and water retention. If soil is sour apply lime at two tons per acre and use a 5 10 10 fertilizer at around 1000 pounds per acre before planting.
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Point Pleasant
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