Nelsonville Eagles Plan Saturday Night Floor Show
Nelsonville Eagles announce a floor show and dance at the Eagles Hall on Saturday night Feb 19 from 9 to 1. A chicken dinner followed the Tuesday meeting that saw 125 members present and nine new applicants elected. Ray Ashby received the January Blue Ribbon. The February membership drive honors the local lodge secretary with initiation set for Feb 29.
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Nelsonvill.e
Eagles
Ray Ashby
George Bateman
Athens County
Willard Brown
Eagles Hall
Mooney Funeral Set For Friday In Nelsonville
Funeral services for John S. Mooney who died at his daughter Mrs. Carl Coakley 267 Oak Street will be held Friday at 2 p m at the Coakley residence conducted by Rev W M George of First Methodist Church Burial will be at Greenlawn Friends may call at the Coakley home anytime
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Nelsonville
John S. Mooney
Carl Coakley
Oak St
Coakley
W. M. George
First Methodist Church
Greenlawn
Democrat Party
First Presbyterian Church
C. C. Sharp
Lena Steck Anderson
Frank Anderson
Isonville
Fred
Columbus
Clarence
Athens
Lloyd Evans
Scott St
Brownie Troop Craft Dolls for International Party
Brownie Troop No. 4 meets Saturdays at Little Scout House led by Miss Betty Snackenburg with Mrs. C. E. Blair as assistant. The girls are making dolls representing allied countries to be displayed at the international friendship party on Friday evening February 25.
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Nelsonville
Little Scout House
Betty Snackenburg
C. E. Blair
Fire Chief Windon Injured in February Fire
Nelsonville fire chief Dana Windon remains in fair condition at Cherrington Hospital Logan after a ladder fall while fighting a blaze on February 8. Friends report steady improvement as doctors monitor his status.
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Nelsonville
Dana Windon
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Friends Report
Service Men of York Updates and Local Reassignments
Lt Robert Stalter son of Mr and Mrs Ben Stalter Nelsonville has completed an interneship at Ford General Hospital Detroit and is now stationed with the Army Medical Corps in Porto Rico his wife and baby accompanying him. Aviation Cadet Robert G Jack son of Mr and Mrs C A Jack Nelsonville is training as bombardier at Ellington Field Texas. Seaman First Class Harold E Hoch has returned to his base in New York after a five day leave with parents Mr and Mrs G M Hoch. Charles Kerns son of Mrs Anna Kerns Nelsonville recently enlisted in the Navy and left Feb 11 for Great Lakes Naval Training Station Illinois. he is 18 and was a Troop 64 Boy Scout for three years.
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Robert Stalter
Ben Stalter
Nelsonville
Ford General Hospital
Detroit
Army Medical Corps
San Francisco
Porto Rico
Stalter
Robert G. Jack
C. A. Jack
Ellington Field
Texas
Harold E. Hoch
U. S. Navy
New York
Mrs
G. M. Hoch
Charles Kerns
Anna Kerns
Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Great Lakes
Ill
Charles
Troop 64
Boy Scouts
Floyd Bennett Field
Bobo
Lee Scott
Lincoln
Neb
France
West Indies
South America
Pioneer Mine Union Leader Dies At Home In Nelsonville
Nelsonville confirms the death of Anderson a longtime United Mine Workers pioneer elder of the First Presbyterian Church and Democrat city councilman. Born March 28 1875 in Lawrence County he moved to Nelsonville in 1906 worked in mines married Lena Stack in 1910 and led local labor improvements. Funeral Friday at 2 pm at the First Presbyterian Church with burial at Green Lawn.
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Aeee Anderson
Nelsonville
Scott St
First Presbyterian Church
United Mine Workers of America
Mr. Anderson
William and
Jane Hunley Anderson
Lawrence County
Lena Stack
Knights of Labor
United Mine Workers
Anderson
York District Well Over Top In Bond Drive
Nelsonville reports show the Fourth War Bond Drive exceeded targets with $104,947.11 raised. Ward leaders include Blake Mechem $22,796.02, C Roy Tomlinson $31,790.53, Charles Shafer $30,982.07, and D W Codding $19,378.49. York Township totals $25,900 though they have surpassed their quota of $26,843 via Athens.
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Nelsonville
Doris Pergrin
Blake Mechem
C. Roy Tomlinson
Charles Shafer
D. W. Codding
York Township
Athens
Nelsonville Social Notes
Social items from Nelsonville report a WSCS meeting postponed due to illness. The M M Club plans a Friday gathering with potluck at Mrs Gladys Pierce Poplar Street. The Golden Rule Sunday School Class will meet Thursday Feb 17 at Mrs Mildred Franks home with hostesses and a program by Mrs Lillian Butts and Mrs Esthe Kinneer.
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Hartley-Fisher Circle
WSCS
The
Methodist Church
M. M. Club
Gladys Pierce
Poplar St
Mildred Frank
Marie Glenn
Annabelle Davis
Lillian Butts
Esthe Kinneer
Seaman Janice Cornell Visits Parents on Leave
Janice M. Cornell seaman second class spent a 24 hour leave with her parents Mr and Mrs W Cornell in Thivener. It was her first visit home since she joined the WAVES last September. She is stationed in Washington D C.
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Gallipolis
Janice M. Cornell
Jim Crow Is Gone A Beloved Gallipolis Crow Dies
In Gallipolis Jim Crow the friendly black crow who roamed Vine Street to Washington School for four years is dead. Found as a hungry fledgling, he learned to speak and greet children each morning then pilfered milk and mail with playful antics. A hawk is suspected as the cause after he vanished last week.
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Bess Wetherholt
Gallipolis
Jim Crow
Black Crow
Vine
Washington School
Boyd Thomas
First Avenue
Thomas
Jim
Fourth Avenue
Jand
Mrs. Thomas
Mr. Thomas
World Day of Prayer Observed Across 50 Nations
Nelsonville set to observe World Day of Prayer on February 25 with two to three pm services at the Methodist Church. The event spans 50 countries, from Fiji to St Lawrence Island, uniting Christians in prayer for personal and national welfare. Collections aid migrants Indians and women’s colleges in the far east.
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Nelsonville
Fiji Islands
St. Lawrence Island
Arctic Circle
Ohio
United Council of Church Women
United States
Far East
Canada
Gallia Woman Heroine of Wreck in Colorado
Mrs Paris Young of Gallia County a trained nurse aided 33 serious injury victims after a bus collided with a transfer truck in the Rocky Mountains Colorado. She suffered bruises herself and tended a passenger whose jugular vein was cut before returning home trailing bloodstained clothes and a hotel bed rest.
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Bladen
Paris Young
Gallia County
California
Rocky Mountains
Colorado
Washington Lincoln students plan paper drive Thursday
Washington and Lincoln School pupils from fifth to eighth grade will conduct a waste paper drive Thursday, weather permitting. Collections start at 8:30 with residents asked to have paper ready, after a previous drive yielded over ten tons.
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Gallipolis
Ben R. Evans
Washington School
Washington
Lincoln
Morehhan
Local Ohio Produce Co. Banquet Attended by Jackson Leaders
Jackson Gallipolis employees and members of the Ohio Produce Co. were among attendees at a banquet held Monday night at the Cambrian Hotel in Jackson. The largest delegation came from the area and included Mr. and Mrs. L. L. E. Myers, Mr. and Mrs. Knox Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Cotton, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kraus, Mrs. A. L. Lloyd, Earl Tawney, and Elmer Simmons.
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Gallipolis
The
Ohio, Produce Company
Cambrian Hotel
Jackson
Land
Ll. E. Myers
Knox Williams
Ed Cotton
Harry Kraus
A. L. Lloyd
Earl Tawney
Elmer Simmons
Social notes and local movers in Pt Pleasant
Mrs. William F. Machir hosted the Monday Evening Bridge Club at the Moose Club social rooms with Mrs Edwin L. Brown taking high score and Mrs Richard H. Melrose second. Guests included Mrs L W Getty Mrs Melvin Schmidt and Mrs William Filson while members featured Mrs Victor E B Park Mrs Melrose Mrs Brown Mrs Max Koenigsberg and Mrs Machir. Attorneys J D Savage and S L Flougnoy of Charleston were in town on business along with Mr and Mrs James T Edwards of West Columbia. Miss Bessie Mattox returned from Charleston after a threat operation and cannot yet resume work. Mrs Raymond Musgrave, a surgical patient at Camden-Clark Hospital Parkersburg, will be discharged and spend the week with sister-in-law Mrs Charles Musgrave in that city. State Senator Musgrave plans to bring his wife home for the weekend. Walter Buxton of Charleston visited on Appalachian Electric Power Co business. he is a former Pt Pleasant resident and brother of F H Buxton. Mr and Mrs James Newman Jr of Beech Hill are moving to Huntington. Burger returned Sunday from Chicago after a week away. Mr and Mrs Leonard Gaskins are remodeling their Jericho Road home they recently bought from Rev. and Mrs A H Perkins.
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Point Pleasant
William F. Machir
Moose Club
Edwin L. Brown
Richard H. Melrose
L. W. Getty
Melvin Schmidt
William Filson
Victor E. 8. Park
Melrose
Brown
Max Koenigsberg
Machir
J. D. Savage
S. L. Flougnoy
Charleston
James T. Edwards
West Columbia
E. J. Somerville
Bessie Mattox
Raymond Musgrave
Camden-Clark Hospital
Parkersburg
Charles Musgrave
Musgrave
Walter Buxton
Appalachian Electric Power Co
F. H. Buxton
14Th St
James Newman
Beech Hill
Huntington
Marietta Purchasers Help Mason County Reach Bond Quota
Mason County exceeded its Fourth War Loan quota with purchases totaling 725825 dollars. Marietta Manufacturing and its 200000 dollar bond buy, along with 150000 dollars from employees, pushed county results past the 675500 dollar goal. C O Weissenburger noted E and G bonds before March 1 could boost the over subscription and future tax implications. Four thousand bonds were sold over the counter at Citizens National Bank, aiding the effort.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Mason County
C. O. Weissenburger
Fourth War Loan Committee
Congress
Weissenburger
Citizens National Bank
Mason County Scout Rally Attracts Hundreds In Mason
About 300 people attended the Mason County Boy Scouts rally at the Junior High School auditorium. Principal C H Withers urged Americans to stay true to the Scout oath and law and warned against inner decay. The event featured flag bearers from New Haven and Marietta Troops, a color march, songs, and a two hour program with films and remarks by Scout Executive E D Brown.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Boy Scouts
C. H. Withers
America
Withers
Great Republic
Walden F. Roush
C. G. Billups
Robert H. Ferguson
Senate
New Haven
Marietta
E. D. Brown
Lilly
Gregg
Population Decline Shown in Mason County and West Virginia
Department of Commerce figures show West Virginia's population fell 8.9 percent from 1,901,723 in 1940 to 1,723,355 in 1943 with 54 counties shrinking. Kanawha rose to 224,174 while Wirt County dropped under 5,000 to 4,935. Mason County declined from 22,270 to 20,630 amid statewide losses.
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Point Pleasant
Department of Commerce
Washington
West Virginia
Kanawha
Wirt
Mason County
Roane
Putnam
Jackson
Clay
Calhoun
Seniors Honored at City Church Reception in Pleasants
A reception at Presbyterian Church in Point Pleasant honored ten Senior High School students connected to the armed forces or soon to join. Attendees included five guests in the receiving line with faculty and class sponsors arranging a Valentine themed program of music, refreshments, and games.
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Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
Robert Sutton
Clarence Rainey, Jr
Troy Sayre
Charles Rawson
Kenneth Moore
Robert Harper
William Smith, Jr
James Sturgeon
Robert Lee Thomas
Hillis Faudree
C. H. Withers
Cora Mae Yeager
Genevieve Raike
Betty Lou Lutton
Louise Waugh
Mary McCulloch
Emma Clark
Edna Burdette
Levine
Manford Blessing
Victory Garden Seed Bed Tillage Tips
Garden Hints explains how weed seeds are exposed and destroyed during seed bed preparation for victory gardens. It notes that tillage introduces air that nurtures microorganisms aiding organic matter breakdown and stresses choosing tillage tools by garden size soil type and operation intensity.
New Haven Garden Club Hosts February Meeting in Hartford
Mrs. Aene McClung and Mrs. W C Stearns hosted the New Haven Garden Club at Mrs Hugo Juhling's Hartford home. The ritualist service opened, a war bond purchase was voted, five members registered to donate blood in Athens Ohio, and plans for a bird house contest and a March war stamp prize were announced.
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Point Pleasant
Aene McClung
W. C. Stearns
New Haven Garden Club
Hugo Juhling
Hartford
Bert Roush
Roscall
W. C. Stearn
Blood Bank Committee
Athens
Virginia Cavendish
State Garden Club
West Columbia
Graham Station
Bird House
R. A. D. Hume
W. T Stone
Herman Layne
Ray Proffitt
War Mothers Club issues service buttons at Point Pleasant
The War Mothers Club gathered at the American Legion Friday night drawing 50 to 75 attendees who received service buttons. Several new members joined and those missing buttons were invited to write to designated Point Pleasant members with their service details. The next meeting is set for March 7.
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Point Pleasant
War Mothers Club
American Legion B
William Mallette
William Woods
Pt. Pleasant
Lee Platt
Stewart Burdette
Dave Wilson
Complete Tax Returns In Two Districts
POINT PLEASANT Assessor Frank Morrison said deputies R O Dabney for Clen jdenin and William Ball for Coop er had completed returns for their districts and had reported to the office. Deputies for Robinson Graham and Union districts expect to complete returns this week. No deputy for Lewis District. if needed, outsiders will be called in to assess Lewis property.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Morrison
R. O. Dabney
Clenjdenin
William Ball
Cooper
Vengeens
Robinson
Graham Land Union
Lewis
Divorce Action Filed by Husband in Point Pleasant
Laudermilt of Point Pleasant files a divorce suit against Sallie Laudermilt now residing in Columbus Ohio. He accuses cruelty and desertion stating they wed in 1907 and had eleven children, six of whom are dead. one son serves in the military and the rest are married and left home, except the 17 year old who stays with his mother.
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Point Pleasant
Hoerbey
Laudermilt
Ber
Tre Court
W. Sallie Laudermilt
Columbus
Moter
Tug Reveals Speed On Trial Runs Near Hogsett Dam
A tug observed by POINT PLEASANT RIVERMEN yesterday tested speed during trial runs along the river between Hogsett Dam and Pomeroy. Built by Marietta Manufacturing Co.
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Point Pleasant
Rivermey
Hogsett Dam
Pomeroy
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Peterson's Ointment Promise Relief for Eczema
An advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a remedy for eczema itching pimples red blotches and related irritation. It claims satisfaction guaranteed with a money refund if not delighted and notes effectiveness for itchy feet and cracked skin between toes.
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Peterson
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York
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F. J
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York District
Bond
Nelsonville Social Notes
Gallia
Burger
Chicago
Leonard Gaskins
Jericho Road
A. H. Perkins
Marietta Co
Mason
City Church
Jean Faudree
Charlotte Williams
Martha
Casby Meadows, Jr
Miss Burdette
Kathryn Sue Gibson
Eloise Cadle
John H. Hutchinson
John Clay Hutchinson
Edith Quillin
Edwin Gibbs
Betty Lewis
Mae Rainey
Nancy Snodgrass
Murl Sums
Helen Baxter
Violet Cossin
Evelyn Boles
Harold I. Sayre
Douglas Randolph
Mary Kathryn Vinson
Betty Jo Priddy
Howard Foglesong
Virgil Scantlin, Jr
Tug
Speed
Eczema
Saturday Night Orchestra
Tad
Tad's
Carbondale
Kimberly Road
Milas
C. D. Shafer Co
Majestic
Edgar Kennedy
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