Bartow Jones Files Candidacy for State Commissioner
Bartow Jones of Point Pleasant, dairyman and business leader, filed for the Republican nomination for state commissioner of agriculture in Charleston. He leads Mason Putnam Jackson Kanawha Lincoln counties farm groups and heads the Dairymen’s Cooperative Sales Association. Jones, 34, runs 220 gallons of milk daily and helped organize several farm bodies with strong Mason County backing.
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Point Pleasant
Bartow Jones
Charleston
Messenger
Jones
Mr. Jones
Dairymen's Cooperative Sales Association
Mason
Putnam
Jackson
Kanawha
Lincoln
West Virginia Livestock Auction Market Association
Point Pleasant Livestock Sales Co
Mason County Farm Loan Association
State Dairymen's Association
Cabell
Wayne
Ohio-West Virginia
Tri-County Chamber of Commerce
Gallia
Meigs
Captain Hite Reelected Leader of County Rod and Gun Club
Captain G. C. Hite was chosen president of the county rod and gun club for the sixth term at Point Pleasant. Frank Filson became vice president, Walter O. Rice secretary, with John VanMatre, Ernest Hesson and Toral L. Morrison named to key committees.
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Point Pleasant
G. C. Hite
County Rod and Gun Club
Frank Filson
Walter O. Rice
John VanMatre
Ernest Hesson
Toral L. Morrison
Miss Mary Lou Stewart Plans Fort Riley Wedding
Miss Mary Lou Stewart daughter of Mrs Etta Stewart of West Columbia leaves Monday for Fort Riley Kansas to marry late Earl Scarberry in training there for the Cavalry Private Scarberry is son of Mr Abraham Scarberry of First Street Point Pleasant
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Point Pleasant
Mary Lou Stewart
Etta Stewart
West Columbia
Ft. Riley
Kansas
Earl Scarberry
Cavalry
Scarberry
Abraham Scarberry
First St
Rector Pleased by New Deal's Demise
In a weekly parish bulletin Rev. Frank T. Cady of Christ Episcopal Church in Point Pleasant condemns the New Deal as dead and harmful, comparing it unfavorably with the Old and Square Deals and calling for a new, foolproof program.
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New Deal
Point Pleasant
Frank T. Cady
Christ Episcopal Church
January Term Of Court Ends In Mason
Mason January term of circuit court closed with little business. The divorce case Agnes Capehart versus Frank Capehart Jr dominated Friday, with alimony and child custody decided. Capehart ordered to pay weekly support and provide housing and utilities. Remaining docket items included dismissals and docket retirements after settlements and commissions.
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Point Pleasant
Agnes Capehart
Frank Capehart, Jr
Capeharts
New Haven
Lewis H. Miller
Chambers
Wen
Mayes Made Captain in Army Transit Service
Maurice A Mayes of Henderson has been promoted from lieutenant to captain in the war department transit service. He has served at Huntington Chicago and Nashville and was recently transferred to Brooklyn New York. His wife Nancy Hite and Mrs. Mayes are visiting Captain Mayes in New York.
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Ttses
Pleasant
Maurice A. Wt
George R. Mayes
Henderson
War Department
Military Postal Service
Huntington
Chicago
Nashville
Brooklyn
N. Y
Mayes
Nancy Hite
New York
Soldier Vote Adds Interest To West Virginia Election
West Virginia lawmakers push a bill to let soldiers sailors and marines vote in the 1944 primaries and general election. Filing closes Feb 5 for candidates, with independents likely to enter. Republicans nominate for governor Funkhouser and Dawson. primary funding debated, counties to cover costs.
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West Virginia
Sam A. Simmons
Point Pleasant
Walter S. Hallawar
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Panhadle
D. Boone Dawson
Charleston
Tom Townsend
Mason County
Social Notes Highlight January Club Meet and Teas
Senior Woman's Club holds January 14 meeting at 2:30 in the Presbyterian Church social rooms with a sanitation and health program led by Mrs. Walden F. Roush and others. Songs by the senior high girls chorus and a Central Grade School playlet are planned. A Congregational dinner for Christ Church Guild is set for Monday at the fish house, chaired by Mrs. William Meade. Key social attendances and upcoming nuptial courtesies accompany a flurry of local visits and influenza illnesses.
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Point Pleasant
The
Presbyterian Church
Walden F. Roush
P. E. Fleming
Gerald Musgrave
Bess Rice
Jean Haynes
Bertha Condee
Paul F. Thomas
Somerville
C. O. du
Christ Church Guild
Fish House
William Meade
Guild
Co. Moustin
Meade
T. Stribling
F. W. Ingraham
J. J. Lovell
G. H. Overholt
8. Chandler Wilhelm
L. J. Culbertson
Howard Yerges
W. F. North, Jr
Dallas
Texas
Juliet Smith
Grace and
Mabel Gibbons
Mason Marriages Are Slowed Again
Officials in Point Pleasant welcome Probate Judge John Howell of Gallia County announcing a five day waiting period for marriage license applicants. Previously West Virginia required three days and hundreds of Mason Countians crossed to Gallipolis for quicker licenses.
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Point Pleasant
John Howell
Gallia County
West Virginia
Gallipolis
Whittingtons Change Residence Plans
Whittingtons alter move plans from Boomer to Arizona. Mr Whittington and son Jack travel to Arizona to scout housing while Mrs Whittington and daughter Dottie visit relatives in Point Pleasant. Mrs Flora Myers assists as they await Mr Whittington’s housing report.
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Point Pleasant
Boomer
Arizona
C. G. Wageon
Mr.ittington
Jack
Winger Daughter Recovers From Influenza Illness
Mr and Mrs E C Winger report their daughter Evalee Winger of Washington has recovered from influenza. She works in the Office of War Information.
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Point Pleasant
E. C. Winger
Evalee Winger
Washington
Winger
Office of War Information
Nationally Known Lecturer To Appear In Gallipolis
Dr. D. Leigh Colvin, WWI captain and noted lecturer and author, will speak at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis on Thursday evening January 27. The Gallipolis Ministerial Association brings him to discuss "Liquor and War." Colvin authored The History of Prohibition in the United States, described as a comprehensive authoritative study.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
D. Leigh Colvin
Grace Methodist Church
Rodgers Farm Sale Triggers Local Home relocations
Movements ripple through Gallipolis as Mr and Mrs Oscar Rodgers relocate from Route 35 near the County Home to a new farm on Route Their departure sets off a domino of housing changes. Mr and Mrs John Strong move to 727 First Avenue, the vacated residence now filled by Mr and Mrs Hoke Robinson. The Robinsons sold Upper River Road property to Mr and Mrs Raymond Sheline who occupy it. The Sheets occupy the Shelines Third Avenue home, with the lower Merriman double house at 449 Third Avenue to Mrs Virgil Martin. Harold Dailey moves to 75 Cedar Street, swapping with the Swishers who relocate to Florida. The Daileys sold their Chillicothe Road home to Mr and Mrs Fennimore Johnson, who relocate from a Thivener area farm.
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John Strong
Rodgers
First Avenue
Hoke Robinson
Robinsons
Upper River Road
Raymond Sheline
Wyman E. Sheets
Shelines
Third Avenue
Public
Merriman
Third Ave
Sheets
Virgil Martin
Osa Baird
State Street
Harold Dailey
Cedar Street
Harry Swisher
Florida
Daileys
Chillicothe Road
Fennimore Johnson
Thivener
Gallia Native Named Ohio State University Campus Police Chief
James Luther Beck, a Gallia County native and son of the late Leonard Beck, was named chief of campus police at Ohio State University to succeed the retiring William North after 35 years on the campus. Beck's wife Bernice Witham of Gallipolis has passed away.
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Gallipolis
James Luther Beck
Ohio State University
William North
Gallia County
Leonard Beck
Bert Rose
Grape Street
Bernice Witham
John Rue
Body of Youth Buried at Grafton
The body of 14 year old Donald Eugene McCartney who died after an accidental shooting at his Greer Creek home was sent Friday to Grafton the McCartney family former home for services there.
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Point Pleasant
Donald Eugene McCartney
Greer Ceen
Grafton
MecCarta
Whittingtons Move to Arizona for Daughter’s Health
Mrs Flora Myers of Southwest Point learns her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs G C Whittington of Boomer have left for Arizona to reside. They decided to move on recommendation of the family physician due to their seven year old daughter Dottie’s ill health.
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Point Pleasant
Flora Myers
City
G. C. Whittington
Boomer
Arizona
Whittingtons
Dottie
Point Pleasant Clinic Births Reported
Mrs J T Mayes of Henderson is a patient at Point Clinic. A daughter weighing 6% pounds was born Friday to Mr and Mrs Dale Jiiden of n. A son Robert Irwin Jr weighing 8% pounds was born Friday to Mr and Mrs Robert Irwin Spears of Viand St.
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Point Pleasant
J. T. Mayes
Henderson
Point Clinic
Dale Jiiden
Robert Irwin, Jr
Robert Irwin Spears
Viand St
Patty Lou Smith Admitted To Holzer Hospital
Eleven year old Patty Lou Smith of Hartford was admitted Friday to Holzer Hospital with a serious illness. She had previously been a patient there before Christmas. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. O. B. Harper of Viand Street.
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Point Pleasant
Patty Lou Smith
Nard A. Smith
Hartford
Holzer Hospital
Miss Smith
O. B. Harper
Viand St
Three Gallia Brothers Meet On South Pacific Island
Gallia County scene as three Brown brothers Ernest Wayne and Merrill all in Seabees meet in Guadalcanal after months in the South Pacific. Wayne and Merrill briefly join the same detachment before being split to Bougainville while Ernest remains on Guadalcanal. Elaine Brown mailed fruit cakes and Easter loaves to the trio with notes of Christmas hope.
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South Pacific Island
Gallipolis
Earl Brown
Lower River Road
Brown
Ernest
Wayne
Merri
Seabees
South Pacific
Guadalcanal
Bougainville
Merrill
Mrs. Brown
Gallipolis Social Notes and Weddings Report
Gallipolis society notes cover Emanon Club games at Mrs. Ruland’s Fourth Avenue home with four tables and prize scores. The Raike Davidson wedding in Cleveland is noted, plus club hostess duties for Philomathean and other local gatherings. Addresses, transfers, and service letters highlight community life and recent movements of residents and families.
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Gallipolis
Robert Ruland
Emanon Club
Fourth Avenue
William Bayer
Paul Jarvis
Russell Smith
Katherine Lutz Sheets
Selwyn White
Helen McNealey
Harold Brown
Max Bunce
Ruland
Local News Notes From Gallipolis and Cedar Falls
Miss Ellen Gurnette enters Naval Training School at Iowa State Teachers College Cedar Falls to earn petty officer rating after yeoman course. Liberty ship launch at Bethlehem Fairfield Ship Yards in Baltimore marks 300th vessel this year. Engagement announced for Phyllis Lucille Diles of Middleport and Pfc. Charles F Ju den of Racine. Cpl. Elmer Paul Fife returns from Los Angeles Army center for furlough to visit family. Mrs. Minamyer of Ath- continues.
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Friedas
Susan Raike
Raymond E. Davidson
Parkwood Asbury Methodist Church
Cleveland
Miss Raike
Rio Grande College
Ohio University
Bidwell-Springfield
Elyria
Western Rserve
Davidson
Buffalo
Niagara Falls
Ellen Gurnette
Eva M. Gurnette
Mill Creek Street
Naval Training School
Yeoman
Iowa State Teachers’ College
Cedar Falls
W. C. Hoffman
Gallipolis R. D. 1
Baltimore
Bethlehem’ Fairfield
Hoffman
Everett Hoffman
Phyllis Lucille Diles
Middleport
Pfc
Charles F. Jiiden
Racine
Harold W. Wetherholt
Standard Oil Company
Gallipolis
Elmer Paul Fife
Los Angeles
Calif
William Fife
Elmer Fife
Upper Second Avenue
Rosa Viars
William Vance
Huntington
Cpl Fife
George Minamyer
Ath
Navy Man Is Sent To New Battleship
Gallipolis reports Mrs. Anna Canaday received a letter from her son Marshall Canaday a Navy gunner showing his transfer from the U S S Idaho to the U S S South Dakota He served on the Idaho for five years calling it a second home and notes letters home have become infrequent since active duty began.
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Gallipolis
Anna Canaday
Marshall Canaday
Navy
U.S.S. Idaho
U. S.S. South Dakota
Idaho
Gallia Coach and Athletes Enter Service
Gallia Academy High School Coach Marshall Boggs will report to Huntington for pre induction physicals. He will leave the district after exams, with physical education classes ending. The basketball season will be finished with Harold Brown and Charles Swanson coaching. three players Kenneth Irion Denver Wallace and Raymond Clark will also leave for pre induction examinations.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy
Marshall Bogs
Huntington
Boggs
Board of Education
Harold Brown
Charles Swanson
Kenneth Irion
Denver Wallace
Raymond Clark
Capt Halliday Sent to Mississippi with Family
Captain John E. Halliday has been moved from Oklahoma to Laurel Mississippi. He has rented an apartment there and his wife Mrs Halliday and children Tom and Anne will travel Tuesday to join him. They expect to stay about two months.
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Gallipolis
John E. Halliday
Oklahoma
Laurel
Miss
Naval Officer To Speak to Students At Gallia Academy High
Gallipolis Lieut Frank W Ladd a naval procurement officer from Cincinnati will describe the Navy V-5 officer pilot training program to the senior class and graduates of Gallia Academy High School on Monday afternoon according to principal M H Brown.
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Gallipolis
Frank W. Ladd
Naval Procurement Office
Cincinnati
Navy
Gallia Academy High School
M. H. Brown
Probate Court Notes of Gallia County
Gallia County probate notes report a will admission filing for Elmer G. Chamberlain and appointment of Garland Caudill as administrator with a 12000 bond. Inventory for Cora E. Hix filed and set for hearing. Nellie Brown Sigler, wife of Hayes Sigler, adjudged mentally ill and transported to Athens State Hospital by Sheriff Hatfield.
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Gallipolis
Elmer G. Chamberlain
Garland Caudill
Emily F. Caudill
Cora E. Hix
Nellie Brown Sigler
Hayes Sigler
Near Kyger
Athens State Hospital
Mrs Childers Visits Mother Sick With Pneumonia
Mrs Harry Childers of south of the Kanawha went to Hewitt on Friday to see her mother Mrs Emily Virginia Mynes who was ill with pneumonia but believed to be out of danger.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Childers
the Kanawha
Hewitt
Emily Virginia Mynes
Stock Market Mixed as Traders Await Policy Cues
In New York a Saturday session saw scattered gains and some dividend stock strength while leaders struggled. Investors eyed next week’s presidential message to Congress and potential war developments. Overall market activity was light as traders waited, with broad stock value rising by over 2.5 billion dollars in December and transfers around 300,900 shares.
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NEW York
Congress
Stock Exchange
Armour
Grain and Produce Prices Across Markets
Cleveland reports consumer graded eggs large AA 48 large 44 medium AA 35 medium A 34. Live poultry base ceilings set by OPA for farmers and wholesalers include broilers fryers roasters light capons 28 1-10 lb heavy capons 6 lb and up 31 6-10 fowls 246-10 stags and old roosters 206-10 geese 256-10 ducks 25. Chicago Butter firm receipts 285 303 eggs 9 005 weak specials 41 39y extras Y 3842 % 37 standards 36 Cincinnati Bees wholesale graded extra No 1 2 37 extra No 3 434 standards 35 current receipts 36 consumer grade A large whites browns 42 mediums whites browns 36 grade B large whites browns 38 mediums whites browns 24.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Cincinnati
Semester exams begin at Senior High School
Senior High School began semester examinations Friday, set to run through mid week, according to Principal With ers.
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Point Pleasant
Withers
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Livestock Market News
Livestock markets show hogs steady to higher on limited receipts with top at 13.90 for 200 to 300 lb butchers. lighter weights under 150 lb steady to lower. Cattle and calves mostly steady. sheep and sows mixed with lambs at 14.25 to 15.25 for choice grades.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Memorial notice for Ina Ola Smith Robinson of Athens Ohio
Ina Ola Smith Robinson born December 9 1871 near Amesville Ohio died January 2 1944 in Athens Ohio after a fifty four year marriage to W D Robinson. She leaves eight children Golda Easler Nita Pulchder Pearl Headley Dwight E Robinson Roy W Robinson Alma Rauch and Alice Mas Robinson, plus a husband two sisters one brother ten grandchildren and five great grandchildren. The message includes verses and condolences from Lincoln National Life Insurance Co representative A L Dern and notes her joining The First Christies Church of Athens 50 years ago. Her family mourns the loss and recalls a devoted mother and partner.
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Ina Ola Smith Robinson
Edmond Smith
Amesville
W. D. Robinson
Golda Easler
Ohio
Nita Pulchder
Amlin
Pearl Headley
Columbus
Dwight. Robinson
Athens
W. E. Clark
Christies Church
H. M. McClain
Church
Robinson
A.ll Dern
Lincoln National Life Insurance Co
Fort Wayne, Indiana
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