Stove Deal Is Settled by War Ruling
Mason County War Price and Rationing Board reported a seller refunded 12.02 to a buyer after an overcharge on a used coal heating stove. Price Panel Chairman Paul S. Thomas led the first panel hearing resulting in repayment. Public reminded that overcharges may be sued in Justice courts for up to 50 dollars or three times the amount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County War Price and Rationing Board
Paul S. Thomas
OPA
Justice of the Peace Court
Foglesong Rites To Be Held At Heights Church
Walter B. Foglesong 32 died after illness Thursday night at Marietta Manufacturing Co. shipyard. Survived by mother Mrs S A Foglesong and sister Miss Mary Foglesong. Funeral set for 3 PM at Heights United Brethren Church with Rev F H Capehart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Walter B. Foglesong
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Ohio St
Mr. Foglesong
Robinson District
Mason County
S. A. Foglesong
Mary Foglesong
The
Heights United Brethren Church
F. H. Capehart
Clark Home Damaged by Blaze Friday
Fire of undetermined origin damaged an unoccupied house on Main Street belonging to John Clark in Point Pleasant. Volunteers brought it under control in minutes. two adjacent buildings were slightly scorched. The interior had burned previously last summer and was not rebuilt. Ray mond Parsons and wife lived there during the prior fire and lost furnishings and canned goods. Firemen arrived within five minutes and used two water streams. The volunteer department has earned praise for its efficiency and equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Clark
Raymond Parsons
Tri-County
Marietta Workers To Be Given Exams
Marietta Manufacturing Co. and Dr Max Koenigsburg secured a three week loan of X ray facilities and doctors from the State Health Department to examine chest heart and lung conditions of all Marietta shipyard employees beginning Feb 29. The service is free and records will be kept in company files with follow up for those needing medical attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Max Koenigsburg
State Health Department
Lenten Season Begins Next Wednesday in Point Pleasant
The Rev. Frank T. Cady of Christ Episcopal Church publishes a pastoral letter noting the Lenten Season starts next Wednesday and lasts 40 days excluding Sundays. He says it is a time for spiritual housecleaning and shedding unnecessary practices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Frank T. Cady
Christ Episcopal Church
Major Oliver to take over health office duties in three counties
Mayor Ward L. Oliver, named to succeed Major Brian A. Buell as district health officer with headquarters in Point Pleasant, arrived recently and is acquainting himself with conditions in Mason, Reane and Jackson counties under his supervision. Oliver is a New York native.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ward L. Oliver
Brian A. Buell
Mason, Reane
Jackson
Major Oliver
New York
Mason's 4-H members win awards and plans
Mason County 4-H members receive recognition for projects. Mary Zuspan earns a $25 Sears war bond as a victory gardener, one of eight WV girls to win bonds. Milton Lewis Jr. gets a $25 Kraft Cheese Co. bond for the Standard Dairy Project. Eleanor Roush and Mary Beth Fowler receive Valentine corsages for 4-H work that earned a trip to the national club congress in Chicago. Junior Leaders Club conducts potato judging and sewing at Senior High. Mt Flower Skyscrapers host a pie supper on Feb 26 for club funds. Sunnyside American Leaders hear talks on Pack-A-Lunch and Clothing projects and adopt a penny-per-year age dues plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mary Zuspan
Kaylong
Sears, Roebuck and Company
West Virginia
Milton Lewis, Jr
Charleston Road
Kraft Cheese Co
Eleanor Roush
Mary Beth Fowler
Lovely Valentine
Farm Women’s Bureau of
National Club Congress
Chicago
Junior Leaders Club
Edwin Schul
Donald Sines
Betty Ann McCulloch
Eileen Sines
Billy Lewis
Isabel Rothlisberger
Betty Lee
Irene Fowler
Billy Biffle
Vivian Knapp
Howard Foglesong
Ruben McCoy
Wanda Lee
Mt. Flower
Sunnyside
Lucy Rice
Doris Mae Deweese
Four OClock Club hosts India themed meeting in Pt Pleasant
Mrs William Steenbergen and Miss Mary McCulloch hosted the Four O'clock Club at the McCulloch home on Main Street. Mrs Bartow Jones led a paper on Political Leaders of India. A Valentine flower arrangement brightened the dining room as dessert was served. Members present included Mrs William Meade and Mrs Jones among others. Also, Mr and Mrs John Brown visited her father Z B Rose in Huntington and attended a Mason City basketball game with friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Steenbergen
Mary McCulloch
Four O'clock Club
McCulloch
Main St
India
Bartow Jones
Steenbergen
William Meade
Jones
Carter Franklin
Emma Clark
E. E. Heiner
Peter H. Steenbergen
Hamilton Johnson
W. H. Vaught
John Brown
Z. B. Rose
Huntington
Mason City
Harry D. Roush
James Johnson
Mile Bumgarner
Ruth Walker
Mrs Lusher Heads to New Orleans After Illness
Mrs C W Lusher has recovered from a critical illness enough to leave for New Orleans to spend weeks with her daughter Mrs Robert Cutting who has stayed here since the illness and will accompany her south. Mrs Neil P Beall, another daughter, will spend days in Gallipolis with her mother in law before heading to Cleveland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
C. W. Lusher
New Orleans
Robert Cutting
South
Neil P. Beall
Gallipolis
W. P. Beall
Cleveland
Visit of Kroger cattle chief and son in Point Pleasant
Bateman of Apple Grove visited his son Buster Bateman of South Charleston and cattle superintendent for Kroger. They toured Cincinnati to see Kroger’s new bovine acquisition, a heifer bought for $15,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
R. W
Bateman
Apple Grove
Buster Bateman
South Charleston
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co
Gallipolis Promotes Its Oldest City Image on Match Pads
The Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce retail merchants committee distributes match pads to publicize Gallipolis as Ohio's second oldest city. Each two by three inch pad holds 40 matches and hails 1790 settlers, its river town view, Holzer Hospital photo, and depictions of Lafayette Hotel Gatewood Park and other local landmarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio
Ohio ‘River
Pittsburgh
Cairo
Holzer Hospital
Lafayette
Gatewood
O. O. McIntyre
Ohio River
Eureka Roller Dam
Meigs County Courthouse Transfers and Notices
In Meigs County records the county recorder noted numerous property transfers including Grover Salser to Raymond Ervin and Emma Salser to Pearl Ervin in Sutton and Syracuse parcels. Probate court listed Ruth Duerr named administratrix of Thomas E. Duerr estate and business continuation for James M. Boggess estate. Divorce suit Lola McNamee vs Lester McNamee filed for extreme cruelty. Marriages licensed for Millard Brickles and Esta Reeves and for Paul Craft and Norvine Egner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orange
E. F
Caryl H
Matlack
Clarence M
Mildred B. Headley
Donald A
Beulah Glaze
Bert
Carrie Bable
Middleport
Freda K. Holter
Jennie E. Allen
Frank C. Allen
Dorothy J. Wolfe
Isabel
Harold Carnahan
Louise
Wilmer Dailey
Bonnie F
Charles Theiss
J. E. Lyons
Charles E
Zana Withrow
Virginia Roush
Parcel
Minersville
Anne E. Pickens
Laura P. Brown
Carl R. Brown
Kenneth J. Wolfe
Sutton
Ruth Duerr
Thomas E. Duerr
James M. Boggess
H. M. Cross
George H. Cross
Millard Brickles
Downington
Common Pleas Court
Lola E. McNamee
Lester McNamee
Lola Sorden
Record stage play run grants long run for Uncle Tom’s Cabin
From 1853 to 1930 the stage play Uncle Tom's Cabin enjoyed a lengthy national run in America, marking it as one of the longest continuous engagements in theatrical history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Founders Day Program Set by Rio Grande PTA
Rio Grande PTA observes Founders Day Monday evening February 21 at 7 30 with a program themed The Adolescent and the Family in a Modern World Mrs Carrie North will lead group singing devotionals by Pearl Roush pledge of allegiance and a piano duet by Mary Trotter and Evelyn Easter Readings will be given by Helen Bur roughs Alice Cooper and Anne Ach A candle light playlet Burn Candles Burn directed by Bur roughs features roles Ideal Eve lyn Easter First Member Jessie Abbott etc final cast includes Evelyn Easter Mary Ann Evans Loretta Egbert Pearl Roush and others in a student skit about courage diligence and comradeship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Parent-Teacher Association of Raccoon
Rio Grande
Carrie North
Miss Burroughs
Ideal
Evelyn Easter
Jessie Abbott
Hope
Myrtle Whitt
Dorothy Murray
Mary Ann Evans
Evelyn Vaught
Don Plymale
Loretta Egbert
Pearl Roush
Mildred Raike
Bill "Ball
Kay Winters
Mary Trotter
Gallia County Men Sent to Army Camp
Fifteen Gallia County men depart from Ft. Thomas Kentucky to Infantry RTC Ft. McClellan Alabama under the draft call. Names include Ernest D. Hill Glen A. Luellan John H. Rathburn Lloyd O. Blake Willard D. Harbour John G. Casto Homer E. Chamberlain James A. Henson Forrest D. Hutchins Stanley R. Swick Glenn K. White Robert L. Spriegel Harry Stece James N. Webster Charles E. Mahan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Ft. Thomas
Infantry Rtc
Ft. McClellan
Ala
Ernest D. Hill
Glen A. Luellan
John H. Rathburn
Lloyd O. Blake
Willard D. Harbour
Crown City
John G. Casto
Ewington
Homer E. Chamberlain
Vinton
James A. Henson
Rio Grande
Forrest D. Hutchins
Stanley R. Swick
Glenn K. White
Many New Members Received by WCTU
At Gallipolis the Women’s Christian Temperance Union held a meeting with Mrs. F B Amsbury presiding. An instructor spoke on school film showings of The Pay Off shown at Gallia Academy High School Washington and Lincoln and Cheshire schools. About 1000 students viewed the film. A social hour followed with tea.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
F. B. Amsbury
Women's Christian Temperance
Gallia’ S Academy
Washington and
Lincoln
Cheshire School
Hall
Etta McCall
Virgie Lewis
Wahama Falls to Big Blacks in Close Clash
At Mason City Friday night Wahama Senior High lost to Point Pleasant High 31 to 28 in a hard fought game. The gym was packed with fans from Point Pleasant The Bend area and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant — Senior
Wahama
Mason City
Bend
Minstrel To Be Given Again Monday Night
Rutland audiences praised the Dixie Land Patriotic Minstrel, with proceeds going to the athletic association. The show features a chorus, quartet, solos by Jack Warner and others, dance numbers, a United Nations flag drill, and an entrancing finale led by Marcus Roush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Dixie Land
The
Athletic Association
Frank Will
Dayton Strickland
Pete Mees
Pat Lochary
Jack Warner
John
Sons Are Overseas Informed Of Deployment
Two Middleport homes received notices that servicemen are arriving overseas. Mrs. Rodney Sauer learned her husband Staff Sgt Rodney Sauer is ready for foreign duty, while Mrs. Tillie Buckley heard from her son Pfc Charles Buckley that he has reached New Guinea, a region noted for coconuts. The article also notes flag mullets as the origin of five pointed figures in flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middleport
Rodney Sauer
Tillie Buckley
Pfc
Charles Buckley
New Guinea
Gallia County Bond Sales Hit High Mark This Week
Gallia County surpasses its quota as Fourth Ward team led by L L Lovett reports 57599.50 in sales against 56920.00. County totals reach 468825.00 with a New York Central Railway Company allotment of 10000 in 7 8 per cent certificates and daily gains of 5193.75. Sales progress toward a county quota of 866000 with 90 percent subscribed by Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
L. L. Lovett
Treasury
New York Central Railway Company
E. S. Spear
Social Notes From Gallipolis On Club Meetings
Gallipolis residents report Emanon Club members at Avon D Lusk home for a fortnightly gathering with plans for a formal dinner at the Lafayette Hotel to mark the club birthday Miss Elizabeth Carnes leaves February 26 for Alexandria Va for Red Cross training and overseas service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Avon D. Lusk
Emanon Club
Grape Street
Lafayette Hotel
Elizabeth Carnes
Alexandria
Red Cross
Selwyn White
Daphne du Maurier
Go to Huntington For War Meeting
Representatives of the Red Cross and the American Legion including Mrs. Holly Simmons Harold E Somerville R L Price and R F McGuffin attend a rehabilitation school at veteran's administration headquarters in Huntington today to train staff to direct rehabilitation of 700000 discharged service members and millions more to come.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Red Cross
The
American Legion
Holly Simmons
Harold E. Somerville
R. L. Price
R. F. McGuffin
Veteran's Administration Headquarters
Huntinon
May Buy Bakery in Point Pleasant
Two groups of southern state businessmen visited Point Pleasant to inspect the Schneider Bakery property with plans to purchase it. The talks indicate possible sale negotiations may advance in the near future.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Schneider Bakery
Gallia County War Service Members Share News and Visits
Local service members and relatives from Gallia County share furloughs hospital letters and home visits. Howard Neal visits from California after desert maneuvers, while Billy Kuhn speeds home on furlough in California. Several families report sons in England North Africa and England with updates on transfers, training and newborns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard Neal
California
Desert
Vernon Kuhn
The
Seabees
Williamsburg
Mabel Porter
Porter
Sgt
Billy Kuhn
Judith Bates
Pfc
Herman FE. Bates
North Africa
Gallia County
Orville Kirby
Bates
Gallipolis
Chauncey E. Johnson
Crown City
Chauncey Everett Johnson
England
Sarah W. Robinson
Navy
Cattlemen Hear Talks By Experts At Gallia County Meet
About 175 cattlemen attended the Gallia County Hereford gathering at Grace Methodist Church in Gallia. Speakers included Paul Teegardin of Ashville, L P McFann of Ohio State University, and W D Click of Cabell county extending services. Tim Evans of Gallia Academy High School gave an Hereford talk. Bill Zipt of WOSU interviewed members for Farm & Home broadcasts to be aired Sunday and Tuesday or Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Grace Methodist Church
Paul Teegardin
Ashville
L. P. McFann
Ohio State University
W. D
Click
Cabell County
West Virginia Agriculture Extension
Tim Evans
Gallia Academy
Bill Zipt
WOSU
Briggs Kirby
Cheshire
C. L. Ritter Jr
Ralph Davis
Fred Beman
Stanley M. Shaver
Wendell Gills
Wosu Columbus
Fox Chase set by Raccoon Hunt Club in Gallipolis
The Raccoon Township Hunt Club will hold its annual fox hunt on Tuesday February 22 with hound casting at 8 am. The event is announced by Frank Allen of Rio Grande, club member and fox hunter. Club president is Dr Brinton J Allison of Oak Hill and secretary Ed Rainer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Raccoon ‘Township
Frank Allen
Rio Grande
Coal Hill Lodge
Centerpoint
Brinton J. Allison
Oak Hill
Ed Rainer
Mrs Ella Berridge Dies in Gallipolis Home
Ella Berridge of Gallipolis died at her Island Side home after several weeks illness. Born June 12, 1862, she was the youngest child of Isaac and Jane Cook. She married James C. Berridge, who died young, and held positions at Blairsville seminary, Pittsburgh hotels, Canton Courtland Hotel, and Tod Hotel in Youngstown before returning to Gallipolis in 1913. Funeral at 5 p.m. Sunday at Entsminger Funeral Home with Rev. Cecil V. Marley. burial in Pine Street Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ella Berridge
Island Side
Pittsburgh
Courtland
Canton
Ohio
Tod
Youngstown
E. C. Berridge
Miss Mayme
Entsminger
Cecil V. Marley
First Presbyterian Church
Pine Street
Bidwell-Porter School Activities in Brief
Bidwell Porter P T A met Monday with Rev Steele leading devotions. Programs included a piano solo Army Air Corps by Bobby Sprague and a talk by Rev Smith. Valentine Day exchanges were held for first seven grades. Donnie Denney and Ruby De Lille marked February birthdays. Basketball: Bidwell boys lost at Rio Grande 17 to 1, reserves won 14 to 12. Junior party loom in auditorium. farewell for Janet Smith moving to Columbus. Home Economics teacher Mrs Higgins ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bidwell
Rio Grande
Janet Smith
Columbus
Mary Higgins
Stocks drift with mild bids as Wall Street stalls
Selected special ties attracted mild bidding in Saturday’s brief stock market though many leaders were neglected at lower levels. Transfers ran about 350000 shares as offices operated on skeletal staffs before Washington’s birthday closing. Occasional gainers included International Harvester Columbia Gas and Douglas Aircraft while U S Steel Chrysler Santa Fe and Goodyear lagged. Government graded eggs and produce prices listed for various sizes and grades alongside regional egg and butter markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
NEW York
Wall
Chrysler
Santa Fe
N. Y. Central
Goodyear
Johns- Manville
American Can
New York Stocks Noon Prices Overview
The noon stock list shows prices and percent estimates for major issues including Am. Car and Fdy, Am. Rolling Mills, Youngstown Sheet and Tube, Am. Tel. and Tel, Anaconda, Atch T and S Fay Bald, Loco, B and O, Beth. Steel, Int. Harvester, Johns-Manville, Kroger, N. Y. Central, Procter and Gamble, Sears Roebuck, Stand. Ol N J, A. S. Rubber, Am. Smelter and Ref. and more, with varied percentage changes. Also included is a note on John Smith’s poison ivy anecdote from early colonial times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Am. Car
Youngstown
Atch T
Demrviragenscbeinaae Gh
Beth. Steel
Int
Harvester
Johns-Manville
Kroger
N. Y. Central
Tome Ok EE
Procter and Gamble
Bis Repub
Sears Roebuck
N. J
Cincinnati Livestock Market Report Highlights Hogs and Cattle
Hogs steady with good and choice 160 to 180 lb at 13.90 and 180 to 200 lb at 14.15. 1 week earlier uneven. butchers 160 to 300 lb up 5.52, 300 to 330 lb steady, over 330 lb up 1. Sows generally up 75. Cattle 100, calves 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Hog and cattle market report with varied weights and prices
Hog prices show movement from 160 to 180 pounds at 19.25 and 14.15 for heavier lots. Cattle receipts include 75 steers steady, 150 calves active at steady, 200 sheep active at steady. overall livestock unchanged beyond hogs and calves.
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Sunday Messenger
Athens, Ohi
Mason County Rationing Board
Roosevelt
Sergt
Monte Snyder
Gen. Watson
Lincoln Memorial
Foglesong
Clark
Marietta
Health Office
Mason’s
Meigs County
PTA
Gallia
WCTU
Big Blacks
Italy
U. S
Joe Scydlowski
New Britain
Conn
Gallipolis Social Notes
Sewing
First Baptist Church
Stella Saunders
Roseann Baker
Noah Carol Condee
Rosebud Baker
Woodmen Fund
Ella Condee
Norah Condee
Edith Swisher
Irene McClaskey
Cabelle Walker
W. N. Hayward
H. B. Ecker
Philomathean Club
Hazel Richard
Burma
Gordon Seagraves
Thurman
Hereford Cattlemen’s
Teegardin
David M. Beman
Business and Professional Women's Club
Horace Ecker
Mary Syler
Mildred Wise
Jessie Caldwell
Miss Syler
W. L. Robinson
Houston
Texas
Florida
Pvt
Wayne Johnson
Scotland
Cpl
Edwin Rose
Camp Breckinridge
Melanie Ann
Charles Sowers
Brunswick
Maine
Marion
H. W. Sowards
Kanauga
Raccoon Hunt Club
Bidwell-Porter
PITT
RGH
Cleveland Produce
Lextras
Nelfonville
John Smith
Pittsburgh Livestock
Buz Sawyer
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