Canton Man Fatally Hurt At Hocking County Mine
Logan P O Snelienberger of Canton, about 42, was fatally injured at a Union Furnace strip mine Monday while operating a shovel. A broken pin pinned him under heavy equipment, crushing hips and legs. He died from shock and loss of blood after emergency care. His body was taken to Heinlin Funeral Home and later Canton for services.
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LOGAN
P. O. Snelienberger
Canton
Union Furnace
Heinlin
Logan Farm Census School Planned in Logan
Logan county residents learn of a farm census school to be held at the courthouse, three day sessions January 17 18 19. Enumerators are sought with volunteers paid and schooling provided. focus on training for farm census duties and qualification for taking the census.
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White
Ember
Clarence Matheny
Haggdenville
John Connor
Lew Riggs
Ed Kemper
Edgar Paul
M. H. Cherrington
Rudolph Hankison
Henry Dague
Lew Graham
John Connors
Gallipolis Soldier Baxter Walker Missing in Germany
Cpl. Baxter Walker, of Gallipolis, has been missing in action in Germany since December 17, the War Department informed his mother Mrs. Lillie Walker. He served with the 106th Division after arriving in England in November. A 1942 Gallia Academy High School graduate and former drum major, he had earlier run the Columbus Dispatch Agency in Gallipolis. His twentieth birthday is February 1. He is a half-brother of Forest and Stanley Folden and Mrs. Melbra Thornton.
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Gallipolis
Baxter Walker
Germany
War Department
Lillie Walker
Cedar St
Young Walker
England
Gallia Academy High School
Welker
Walker
Columbus Dispatch Agency
Forest
Stanley Folden
Melbra Thornton
Jackson
Elbert Elick Missing In Action During Belgium Duty
Mrs. Elbert Elick received notice from the War Department that her husband Sergeant Elbert Elick is missing in action as of December 17 while serving in Belgium with the medical corps. He is a Logan native, a 1940 Logan High School graduate, and previously worked for Goodyear Aircraft in Akron.
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Logan
Elbert Elick
War Department
Set. Elick
Belgium
Medical Corps
Elick
Catherine Mundy
A. J. Fee
Bowen St
Logan High School
Goodyear Aircraft of
Akron
Waltonians to Meet in Logan Thursday
The Izaak Walton League Logan chapter will hold its meeting on Thursday January 11 at the Elks home in Logan. Dinner is at 6 30 with a business meeting to follow. Roast pig will be served. B V Wright is secretary of the Logan chapter.
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Logan
Izaak Walton League
Elks
B. V. Wright
Hocking Fair Leaders To Attend Meeting in Columbus
Logan officials will attend a two day meeting in Columbus. W. H. Mowery president and Rev. Carl Wilson treasurer lead the Logan delegation along with Grace Harsh Arlie Brimner Mason Holloway and James R. Smoot to discuss fair activities and junior fair programs.
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Logan
Ohio
Columbus
W. H. Mowery
Carl Wilson
Grace Harsh
Arlie Brimner
Mason Holloway
James R. Smoot
New Store Manager Victim of Accident
Logan Mr. Robert Levhner, soon to manage the Cussins and Fearn Store in the Francis Building on W Hunter St, was injured Monday when a saw slipped. He was treated by a local physician and the store opening is planned in the near future.
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Logan
Robert Levhner
Cussins and Fearn
Francis
W. Hunter St
Lottridge News Notes Highlights Local Holiday Visits
Mrs. Nathan Sutton and grandson return home from Stewart after Christmas with Merle Bowers family on the Chapman farm. Lt. Glenn Swisher, briefly home for holidays, returns to Columbus for transfer. Harvey Bernard family and Althea Whaley group visit George Bernard on Dutch Ridge. R. M. Allen family with Otis Wade and Mary Alice visit John Archer home. Oden Johnson of Athens visits John W. Barnhill. Eleanor Allen spends time in Athens for work. Velma Persons and Charmin Snodgrass visit in Athens. Fred Hooper family of Athens visit Iva Robinson home. Glenn Gaston of Athens spends time with his parents. Carson Boggs Sr. family learns their son Sgt. Carson Boggs Sr. is missing in action in Belgium.
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Lottridge
Nathan Sutton
Stewart
Merle Bowers
F. W. Chapman
Glenn Swisher
E. W. Swisher
Columbus
Harvey Bernard
Max
Dayton
Althea Whaley
Vern Bernard
Marilyn
Guysville
George Bernard
Dutch Ridge
R. M. Allen
Otis Wade
Mary Alice
John Archer
Naomi
Oden Johnson
Athens
John W. Barnhill
Eleanor Allen
Velma Persons
Charmin Snodgrass
Fred Hooper
Patty
Iva Robinson
Glenn Gaston
Lee Gaston
Carson Boggs
War Department
Carson Boggs, Sr
Belgium
Hocking service men and families noted in local arrivals
Local notices list service members and relatives visiting or on leave. Sgt Carl Hoskins and family connections in Columbus and Logansport appear, with promotions, transfers, and overseas postings mentioned. Chaplains and officers are referenced alongside returned soldiers from Fort Knox and Fort Jackson, plus a Paris purchase via Garrison cap and turquoise brooch details.
Two Logan Soldiers With Patton's Forces
Logan men Sergt. Donald Juffliard and Pfc. Dale Engle are reported to be with General Patton's relief force at Bastogne Belgium. Juffliard serves as radio man in a reconnaissance unit and Engle as assistant driver of a tank with the Fourth Armored Division. An article by Jack Bell described the division's entry into Belgium and the H Division's experiences.
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Logan
Patton
Bastogne
Belgium
Donald Juffliard
Mary Katherine Adcock
Dale ‘Engle
Winifred Engle
Fourth Armored Division
Set
Hilliard
Pfc
Engle
Jack Bell
Middle West
Fourth Armored
Hdivision
Two Couples Are Licensed To Marry In Logan
Licenses to wed were issued at the Probate Court last Saturday to two couples. Paul Nathanial Lanning, 31, coal miner of Glouster, and Virginia May Mashman, 21, at home, were married by Magistrate Frank St. Clair with the bride’s mother and Mrs. Virgie Belt as witnesses. Lonnie Cecil Boges, 22, laborer of Boggs, Logan, and Geneva Belle Lutz, 18, at home, Logan, daughter of Mr and Mrs Atwood Lutz, also secured a marriage license.
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Logan
Atwood Lutz
All Quotas Met in Latest Bond Drive
POINT PLEASANT Mason County campaign chairman Walden F Roush announced from the Richmond Federal Reserve Bank that all quotas in the Sixth War Loan were met Bond sales to individuals reached 343000 with minor oversubscription and total bond sales hit 85628350 about 29 percent above the 627000 quota Roush praised campaign members for their hard work and success
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Point Pleasant
Walden F. Roush
Mason County
Richmond Federal Reserve Bank
Roush
Woodard To Head Point Pleasant Business Men
Point Pleasant chamber of commerce elects a 14 member initial slate by mail with a runoff to select seven to form the board. The board will pick the executive secretary and run the chamber. Buckhannon urged civ development and noted a new Ohio River Bus Co office and garage will relocate to Point Pleasant, with chamber backing.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Homer Smith
G. B. Woodard
L. W. Getty
C. A. Roush
Walden F.i' Roush
Walter Biuckhan
Huntington Chamber of Commerce
Buckhannon
George Wright
Leonard Sandworth
Ohio Valley Bus Co
Ohio River Bus Co
Dunkle
Baker
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Sandworth
Huntington
New Haven
Spencer
Gallipolis
Evans Super Market
Jackson Ave
Henderson Soldier Wounded in Action
Mrs. Minnie Snodgrass of Henderson received a War Department telegram stating her son Private First Class George Michael Snodgrass was slightly wounded in action in Belgium on December 22. Two other sons serve abroad and a son-in-law in the Army Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Nannie Snodgrass
Henderson
War Department
George Michael Snodgrass
Belgium
Snodgrass
Maurice Snodgrass
Philippines
le Madison Snodgrass
South Pacific
Norman Snodgrass
Chesapeake Bay
Laurence Mc Neal McKibben
Army Air Corps
Flood wall plans advance in council meeting
January city council session approved continuing with flood wall plan based on prewar designs. A committee was formed to draft resolutions on the death of Councilman Harden, with no successor named. A Jackson Avenue catch basin was ordered to drain heavy rainfall runoff near Senior High School.
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Point Pleasant
F. G. Musgrave
Cheesebrew
Biffle
Durst
Rody M. Harden
Harden
Jackson Ave
Krodel
Musgrave
Ball
Claude Cheesebrew
C. H. Quillin
W. G. Durst
J. B. Couch
E. McElfresh
Telephone Company Reports Heavy Blizzard Damage
POINT PLEASANT Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co itemizes storm losses from the December 11 blizzard. The figures include 500 poles and 900 cross arms broken, 1,500 miles of wire damaged beyond reclamation, and in some spots a 12 inch ice coating on the wires.
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Point Pleasant
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Federal Homes To Have Repair Work
Government agency plans extensive repairs on more than 300 dwellings it owns in Country Club Victory Heights and Burdette additions. Built in 1942 and 1943 these homes need repairs due to weather and tenant misuse.
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Point Pleasant
Country Club
Victory Heights
Burdette
Teachers Sought for Two Rural Schools in Graham and Arbuckle
The Board School upper room in Graham District and the one room Shadle School in Arbuckle district lack teachers. Superintendent Staats said Mrs Ethel Grimm received a leave recently and Mary Rose Sebrell resigned from Shadle. No replacements have been found.
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Point Pleasant
Board School
Graham
Shadle
Arbuckle
Staats
Ethel Grimm
Mary Rose Sebrell
Shadle School
Big Blacks Beat Poca High in Friday Basketball Game
Point Pleasant team the Big Blacks defeated Poca High School 39 to 13 on Friday night in the second basketball game of the winter schedule. The next game is set for Friday afternoon against Sandyville High School. A historical note claims New York was discovered by Ver Tazano in 1524 and rediscovered by Henry Hudson in 1609.
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Point Pleasant
Big Blacks
Poca High School
Poca
Sandyville High School
New York State
Ver Tazano
Henry Hudson
Produce Company Has Annual Meet
Gallia County Produce Company held its annual stockholders meeting at Grace Methodist Church Monday at noon with over two hundred attendees. Five new directors were elected to three-year terms: James Simms, George Wood, Richard Edwards, F. L. Northup, John A. Blain. Hollis Wood was named to a two-year term to succeed his late father Allen Wood.
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Gallipolis
Gall Na County
Grace Methodist Church
James Simms
George Wood
Richard Edwards
F.L. Northup
John A. Blain
Hollis Wood
Allen Woad
Gallipolis Plans Waste Paper Drive Next Thursday
Gallipolis schools will conduct a waste paper drive next Thursday morning if weather permits. Principal Ben R. Evans of Washington School announced the plan on Monday and said details of student organization will be announced Wednesday.
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Gallipolis
Ben R. Evans
Washington School
Heights United Brethren choir hosts social gathering
Janet Capehart Fay McDaniel and F H Capehart Sr led a monthly Heights United Brethren Church choir meeting in the church social rooms with business, games and refreshments. Attendees included Rev F H Capehart J A Ferrell Charles Foglesong J Milton Lewis and many local residents.
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Point Pleasant
Janet Capehart
Fay McDaniel
F. H. Capehart
Choir of Heights United Brethren Church
J. A. Ferrell
Charles Foglesong
J. Milton Lewis
C. D. Ball
Blain Bell
Della Long
Oma Smith
G. R. Newton
Ann Plants
John S. Evans
Hale Blessing
Sonny
Jimmy
Billy Capehart
Betty
Warren McDaniel
Ruth Bell
Martha Lynn Rothgeh
Naida Gaskins
Jo Ann Gaskins
Native of Mason Dies at Pliny
Mrs. Margaret FL Farley aged 88 died Monday at 9 30 a m at the home of her nephew Earl Burk in Pliny Funeral rites will be held Wednesday at 2 p m from Union Church with burial in the church cemetery She was a native of Mason County and is survived by four nephews and two nieces.
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Point Pleasant
Margaret FL Farley
Earl Burk
Pliny
Chapman Funeral
Henderson
Uneion Church
Church
Farley
Manson County
Carmen /ee Burk
Baltimore
C. L
William Jordan
C. Debener
Olga Long
Apple Grove
Paper Collection Set for Jan 28 in Mason County
Mason County sets January 28 as the next waste paper collection date. Organizers acknowledge 30 days of poor weather hinders salvage work but stress the ongoing paper shortage is as severe as ever and only collection drives may improve the situation.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Engagement Announced in Gallipolis Social Notes
Mrs. Mary Lea Wetherholt of Marietta announces the engagement of her younger daughter Eleanor Josephine to Ensign John Everett Gills Jr. of Gallipolis. No definite date set due to his active duty in the South Pacific. Gills was in his junior year at Ohio State prior to enlisting in 1943, trained at Harvard, and completed naval training at Harvard. Eleanor Josephine, a Marietta College senior, is the daughter of J Blazer Wetherholt, a World War I veteran serving as Chief Airplane Mechanic at Cape May New Jersey. The notes also mention local visits and health updates, including Jette Rathburn’s misfortune while in Huntington, Mrs. Helen Russell and Mrs. Lorena Miller returning from St. Petersburg, Florida, young Thomas Richard Dickerson visiting Charleston, and several Gallipolis residents visiting or recovering at Holzer Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Mary Leaper Wetherholt
Marietta
Eleanor Josephine
John Everett Gills, Jr
J. E. Gills
Gills
South Pacific
Ohio State University
Berea College
Navy
Harvard University
Miss Wetherholt
Gallia Academy High School
Marietta High School
Marietta College
J. Blazer Wetherholt
U. S. Navy
Cape May
N. J
Iss Jette Rathburn
Huntington
Albert Rathburn
Helen Russell
Lor
Rena Miller
St. Petersburg
Fla
Mar! Darling
Thomas Richard Dickerson
Arnold Dickerson
Charleston
Leroy Lester
Charles Emmerts
Chillicothe
Emmerts
Margaret Blckle
Ironton
Alice Donnally
Jessie Donnally Howell
Holzer Hospital
Stroud Kuhn
Jower
Harry Hughes
Spokane, Wash
Hughes
Fireman Raymond Rainey Wounded in December Action
Gallipolis Facebook reports Fireman Raymond Rainey U S Naval Reserve was wounded in action on December 20. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Raymond V Rainey of Gallipolis Route 1 formerly of Fort Pleasant. Rainey enlisted last March.
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Gallipolis
Raymond Rainey
U.S. Naval Reserve
Raymond V. Rainey
Gallipolis R. 1
Ft. Pleasant
Young Rainey
Ransacked Sehon Home Probed by State Police officers
Sheriff Hesson and state police investigated the 15 room Sehon home near Hartford after a Sunday ransacking. Drawers were emptied and trunks dumped while beds were stripped. A curator reported a "considerable sum" in a safety box and a "small sum" on deposit awaiting appraisal. Ed Pierce was admitted in critical condition to Holzer Hospital after a transfer by Mervin Chapman.
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Point Pleasant
Hesson
Andrew L. Sehon
Hartford
Morrison
Boone
Harry D. Coyner
State Police
Sehon
F. G. Musgrave
County Court of
Mason County
New Haven
Ed Pierce
Henderson
Holzer Hospital
Mervin Chapman
Mr. Pierce
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
New admissions at Holzey Hospital include Van Aldridge a 45 year old coal loader from Waterloo Mrs Stacy Baird of Gallipolis R I a recent patient returned Sunday in good condition Mrs Walter Bunce of Middleport a medical patient admitted Sunday in good condition Mrs Stanley Donnally of Bladen Mrs James Carsey of Pleasant welcomed a daughter who lived briefly Mrs Richard Gormley and baby discharged to Middleport Monday Mrs Charles E Boothe of Pomeroy reported a good post operative night Mrs Jessie Donnally Howells condition listed as fair Monday Located names include Miss Winifred Lloyd Thurman R 2 David Saunders Welliston and Thurman Swaney Jackson.
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Gallipolis
Holzey Hospital
van Aldridge
Waterloo
Stacy Baird
Gallipolis R. I
Walter Bunce
Middleport
Stanley Donnally
Bladen
James Carseyipi Pleasant
Richard Gormley
Charles E. Boothe
Pomeroy
Jessie Donnally Howell
Winifred Lloys
Thurman R. 2
David Sauders
Welliston
Thurman Swaney
Jack
Gallia Soil Conservation District to elect five supervisors
Gallia County Agent Everett G. Royer announced that petition blanks for nominating candidates for the five member Gallia Soil Conservation District board are available in his courthouse office. Petitions must be signed by twenty five Gallia County land owners and returned by January 22 with the election set for February 10. Mrs. Frank L. Jones injured her hand at home on Second Avenue while handling an electric washing machine on Monday.
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Gallipolis
Everett G. Royer
Board of Supervisors
Gallia
Frank L. Jones
Second Avenue
Bowel Cleaning Claim For Erb-Help Medicine
A man reports dramatic health improvements after taking ERB-HELP claiming his stomach intestines and bowels were thoroughly cleansed. He says headaches vanished skin eruptions dried up and he feels entirely different. ERB-HELP contains 12 herbs and Athens Pharmacy promotes it.
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Athens
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Lottridge News Notes
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Pottery St
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Fort Jackson
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Corp
Lester McManaway
Holland
Paris
J. H. Wilkinson
Telephone Company
Produce Company
Foint
F. W. Ingraham
Washington, D. C
C. W. van Matre
James Booth
Parkersburg
C. H. Quillins
Highland Ave
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