Elks South Central District Meet at Nelsonville Lodge
Ohio Elks Association district officers will join the South Central District gathering at Nelsonville Lodge No. 543 in Nelsonville on Sunday January 16. Registration at noon, district meeting at 2 pm, ladies entertainment at 4 pm, dinner at 6 pm, and a skit by Ruth Beckler.
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Thens Messenger
Athens
OHI Elks
South Central District
Nelsonville
Ohio Elks Association
South Central
Nelsonville Lodge
Nelsonville Elk
J. J. Hagans
Columbus
Ruth Beckler
Elks
Robert Dunkle
Chillicothe
Elks Association
Ray W. Davis
Circleville
G. O. Bruce
Jackson
John Debo
Portamouth
Elka Varman State Association
John C. Call
Edward L. Murphy
Gilbert Smith
Thomas O. Lax
Sheldon Powell
James E. Powell
Earl Hilleary
Esquire
D. M. Sheffield
Benjamin Kirkendall
Tom Riley
Tyler
E. R. Baker
John E. Johnson
Trustees
Service Men of York District Share Homecoming News
From Italy last week came a box of native goods sent to grandparents Mr and Mrs John Windle Nelsonville and other relatives by Cpl Walter W Chapman with an infantry command after months in the Mediterranean. Items include a bed spread a clock gloves handkerchiefs and a billfold. Sgt Edward Gibson stationed at San Antonio Texas returns for a furlough to his mother. Pfc Don Sanders arrives for a 10 day furlough with his parents at Camp Claiborne Louisiana where he serves with the 84th Division Band. This is his first furlough home since last May.
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Italy
John Windle
Nelsonville
Walter W. Chapman
Cpl. Chapman
Mediterranean
Sgt
Edward Gibson
San Antonio
Texas
Don Sanders
J. L. Sanders
Camp Claiborne
84Th Division
Woodson Family Attends Columbus Funeral
Mr and Mrs Cecil Woodson Mrs Hope Woodson and family Mrs Beatrice Jones Mrs Goldie Brunston and Mr Clinton Chapman attended the funeral service for their brother Harry Woodson in Columbus The burial took place at Greenlawn Cemetery in Columbus.
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Nelsonville
Cecil Woodson
Hope Woodson
Beatrice Jones
Goldie Brunston
Clinton Chapman
Columbus
Harry Woodson
Greenlawn Cemetery
Bateman Farm in Eno Area Is Sold
John Bateman and wife sell their 140 acre farm at Eno to Ballard Eastman of Ashland Kentucky. The property known formerly as the John Roush farm features a modern house with electricity and conveniences. Eastmans take possession March 1 after the sale handled by Willard Grover Agency.
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Gallipolis
John Bateman
Eno
Ballard Eastman
Ashland
John Roush
Eastmans
Willard Grover
Native of Green Township Buried in Delaware
Gallia County native John Campbell of Green Township, buried in Delaware, after living in Toledo. He is survived by his wife, two sisters Miss Lydia Campbell of Gallipolis and Mrs. Mary Negley of Delaware, and a brother Lot Campbell. a sister went to the service.
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Gallipolis
John Campbell
Green Township
Gallia County
Delaware
Toledo
Lydia Campbell
Mary Negley
Lot Campbell
Couple Granted Marriage License Without Waiting Period
Probate Judge John W. Howell issued a license to Everett Marcum a 21 year old sailor from Kenova West Virginia and Pauline Stevens, 18, from Cheshire, Kentucky, waiving the five day wait for license to wed.
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Gallipolis
John W. Howell
Everett Marcum
Kenova
W. Va
Pauline Stevenson
Cheshire
van Lear
REPORT OF CONDITION OF THE ATHENS NATIONAL BANK
The Athens National Bank of Athens reports its condition as of December 41, 1943 to the Comptroller of the Currency. Assets include government obligations, notes, and deposits, with deposits totaling 2,682,130.19 and total liabilities and capital figures disclosed.
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Athens National Bank
Athens
Obie
Dcc
Federal Reserve Bank
United States
Real Estate Deals Reported in Gallia
Transfers recorded Saturday show Floyd Mooney and wife selling 19 acres in Ohio Township to Raymond Bush. Daniel D. Edwards and others sell a right of way in Greenfield Township to the Ohio Fuel Gas Company.
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Floyd Mooney
Raymond Bush
Ohio Township
Daniel D. Edwards
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Greenfield Township
Mercerville Youth Wounded in Italy Receives Purple Heart
Henry Beaver of Mercerville reports his son Dale is in a North African base hospital after being wounded in the Volturno battle in Italy and awarded the Purple Heart. Brother Marshall serves in the South Pacific. The note recalls a 1914 gas attack wind aiding Allied forces at Ypres.
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Gallipolis
Henry Beaver
Mercerville
Dale
North Africa
Battle of the Volturno
Italy
Marshall
South Pacific
Record Tobacco Price Paid to W. P. Myers
W P Myers of Rio Grande leads Gallia County tobacco growers with one half acre yielding 968 pounds sold to Maysville for 521 dollars 82 cents, 53 90 per hundred. J W Martin of Sand Fork averaged 53 44 for his crop, previously the county high.
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Gallipolis
W. P. Myers
Rio Grande
Maysville
J. W. Martin
Sand Fork
Gallia County
Aged Bladen Man Arrested in Gallia
Frank Cox, 81, was arrested at his Bladen area home on a peace warrant in Gallia. He was released on a $100 bond by Justice Shato after a dispute with his son over property rights, prompted by the son’s wife seeking law intervention. Longest railway line from Riga to Vladivostok exceeds 6,800 miles.
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Gallipolis
Frank Cox
Bladen
Justice Shato
Pilgrim Holiness Church Opens New Carbondale House
Nelsonville’s Pilgrim Holiness congregation in Carbondale reports a new place of worship funded with 3000 dollars during construction and repairs, starting with only 50 dollars in the building fund. Pastor Rev. Earl Wachenschwanz says the project is debt free thanks to fair in God and confidence in friends. The church credits multiple organizations and individuals including Nelsonville Lumber Co and Bardin Lumber Co for materials, Athens Co and Marietta Paint Co for support, local unions for cash, and others for donations and labor, ending with sincere gratitude to all contributors.
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Nelsonville
Pigrim Holiness
Carbondale
Earl Wachenschwanz
Nelsonville Lumber Co
Bardin Lumber Co
Athens
Athens Co
Marietta Paint Co
Marietta
Carbondale Mine
Coonville Mine
Coonville
Oral Daugherty
Bert Allbaugh
Oscar Prater
Vernon Kelly
Bernard Inman
Henry Todd
Clem Thompson
Pearl Stanley
Granville Crow
Harry Dust
Allen Coe
Albany
William Arbaugh
Mike Whalen
Sanford White
Nelsonville Social Notes
Henry Hale and Mrs. Steward attended the funeral in Wellston for Mrs. John Steward who died at 87 at her Wellston home. She is survived by one son. Burial was in Wellston.
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Nelsonville
Henry Hale
Wellston
Hale
John Steward
Fort Thomas Couple Visiting Parents Over Weekend
Major and Mrs. Lowell Burnell of Fort Thomas Kentucky were weekend guests of Mrs. and Mrs. Will Burnell, the former’s parents.
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Lowell Burnell
Fort Thomas, Ky
Will Burnell
Veterans To Meet At Legion Building
Glenford Dugan Post American Legion holds a regular meeting at the Legion building Tuesday evening January 11. All members requested to be present.
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Legion Building
Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan Post
American Legion
Returns From Trip To Deep South
J. H. Cowan and Mrs. Cowan were called to Stevenson Alabama last week by the critical illness of his mother. They returned to Gallipolis early Sunday morning. Mrs. Cowan remained with her ailing mother whose condition is unimproved. Rev. Cecil V. Marley accompanied them to Concord Tennessee then returned with Mr. Cowan. Mrs. Kate Baxter of Athens Tennessee came back with them to help at home during the absence. Driving was hazardous with icy roads from Tennessee.
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Gallipolis
J. H. Cowan
Cowan
Stevenson
Ala
Cecil V. Marley
Cowans
Concord
Tenn
Kate Baxter
Athens
Damage Action Filed In Gallia Courts
A common pleas suit in Gallia County seeks 5100 damages from Chillicothe Jackson Coach Co. for injuries suffered by H S McClure and his wife in a bus accident between Rodney and Rio Grande on Oct 13 1942. The petition alleges head back and hip injuries from the overturning bus against a bank.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas Court
Rodney
Rio Grande
H. S. McClure
Charleston
Chillicothe-Jackson Coach Company
Chillicothe
Huntington Woman Held in Gallia Jail
Mrs. Evelyn Miller of Huntington West Virginia was arrested in a local drugstore Sunday morning by Sheriff Hatfield on a narcotics charge. She is held in the Gallia County Jail awaiting federal authorities. The 46 year old has a prior three year term in Alderson Reformatory for the same offense.
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Gallipolis
Evelyn Miller
Huntington
W. Va
Hatfield
Gallia County
Taylor
Women’s Reformatory
Alderson
Ingraham Father Paralyzed prompts Penn Yan visit
Point Pleasant F. W. Ingraham of Marietta Manufacturing Co was called to Penn Yan New York Saturday due to the erratic condition of his veteran father Charles Ingraham who suffered a paralytic stroke.
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Point Pleasant
F. W. Ingraham
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Penn Yan
N. Y
Charles Ingraham
Former Mason School Board President Questions Legality
Gilbert Rogers, former Mason board president, contends his July 1 1942 election may be illegal and that much done since is similarly suspect. He cites 134000 in checks for salaries, supplies, and other expenses, plus a Lanham Act bonus of 6119.05 and federal contracts linked to a new grade school building.
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Point Pleasant
Gilbert Rogers
Board of Education
State Department of Education
State Budget Commission
State Tax Commissioner
Rogers
L. L. Caldwell
Roger
Caldwell
The
Supreme Court
Russell Starkey
Starkey
Jones Relatives and Nepotism in Local Politics
A local discussion questions nepotism as Jones plans to run for state office while his wife and two children are mentioned. The piece notes tradition of home folks gaining patronage in offices and recalls past county nominees and long time influence, suggesting family ties and local connections affect candidacy. References to Bartow and Brereton imply county politics and departmental entry timing.
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Point Pleasan
Georg Poffenbarge
L. C. Somervilie
Eral
Jones
Bartow
Sandra Sue
Brereton
Hesson Files For Sheriff in Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson resigned as chief deputy sheriff after 11 years to run for sheriff and filed his candidacy with Circuit Clerk Jones on Saturday. He canvassed the situation, said he is pleased with the outlook, and noted pledges of support he has received.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Jones
Hesson
Food Outlook Gloomy County Agent Reports
County Agent C. C. Anderson presents a bleak weekly view of the national food situation. He notes protein supply at 92 percent of last year, feed grains at 85 to 90 percent per animal unit, and 146 million tons of feed grains, eight million below 1942.
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Point Pleasant—County
C. C. Anderson
Commodity Credit Corporation
Anderson
Hartford Postmaster Loses Other Leg
POINT PLEASANT Frank A. Chapman, postmaster at Hartford, is a patient in St. Joseph's Hospital where he underwent an operation last Thursday for amputation of his leg. The other leg was amputated a few years ago. Mr. Chapman is ill with diabetes.
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Point Pleasant
Frank A. Chapman
Hartford
St. Joseph's Hospital
Chapman
Aged Farmer Injured in City Street Slip
E M Jeff Eckard, a Robinson District farmer aged, suffered a hip fracture after a fall on Main Street. Bystanders carried him to Dr E McElfresh and he was moved to Holzer Hospital. Eckard planned to winter in St Petersburg Florida, as in previous years. Several others fell as light snow slickened sidewalks Saturday afternoon.
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Point Pleasant
E. M
Jeff Eckard
Robinson District
William H. Davis 51 Riverman Dies in Riverton
William Henry Davis a Riverman aged 51 died at his home 417 First St Sunday afternoon. The body was taken to Arnett Mortuary for funeral arrangements. He was born in Kanawha County son of George and Mary Davis and survived by his wife three sons five daughters and three brothers. In Tont Pleasant Mrs Crump of Hartford is improving after two weeks of influenza.
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Point Pleasant
William Henry Davis
First St
Arnett Mortuary
Mr. Davis
Kanawha County
George
Mary (King) Davis
Big Blacks To Meet Poca Tuesday Night
POINT PLEASANT The Big Blacks will play Poca High School basketball at the Junior High School Gymnasium Tuesday night. Poca has won several games this season and Coach Sanders expects a hard game. After a near win over Vinson High Tigers in Huntington last Friday the Big Blacks are confident they can win.
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Point Pleasant
Big Blacks
Poca
Sanders
Vinson High Tigers
Huntington
Point Pleasant AAUW Plans January Meeting
Pt Pleasant branch of the Association of American University Women will hold the January meeting this evening at the home of Mrs L C Somerville on Viand Street. Hosts are Mrs Somerville Mrs Cary Howard Rayburn and Mrs Charles Ohlinger. The program features a review of war books by Elizabeth Pecker Margaret Burdette Garrett Green and others.
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Point Pleasant
Association of American University Women
L. C. Somerville
Viand St
Somerville
Cary Howard Rayburn
Charles Ohlinger
Elizabeth Pecker
Margaret Burdette
Garret Green
William H. Bardin
Marion Foglesong
Florence Howard
Four Oclock Club studies India at Mrs Vaught home
The Four oclock club held a weekly India study meeting hosted by Mrs. W. H. Vaught at her Main Street residence. Afterward a dessert course was served to members and guests including Mrs. William Steenbergen Mrs. Hamilton A. Johnson Mrs. Peter Steenbergen Mrs. H. E. Somerville Mrs. Louis Bateson Mrs. William Meade Miss Emma Clark Miss Mary McCulloch Betty Berry attended as a guest. Mr and Mrs Heard Proffitt plan to move from Lincoln Avenue to an apartment in the Morrison Department Store Building. Mrs Proffitt manager of the store will attend a Morrison executives conference in Charleston this week.
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India
Four O'Clock Club
W. H. Vaught
Main St
William Steenbergen
Hamilton A. Johnson
Peter Steenbergen
H. E. Somerville
Louis Bateson
William Meade
Emma Clark
Mary McCulloch
Betty Berry
Heard Proffitt
Lincoln Ave
Morrison Department Store
Funeral for 19 Month Old Eileen Cline Held in Point Pleasant
Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at Wyoma Church for Eileen Cline aged 19 months of Columbus. Burial followed in Cline Cemetery. She was the daughter of Mr and Mrs Gus Cline, former Mason County residents. The body lay at Chapman mortuary until the service.
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Point Pleasant
Wyoma Church
Eileen Cline
Columbus
Cline
Gus Cline
Mason County
Chapman Mortuary
Headed for Scene of Action Overseas
Lieut Paul Gorrell is believed aboard ship bound for a foreign war theater. Mrs Gorrell has returned to the home of her parents Mr and Mrs J L Barnett of Jericho Road after a visit with her husband at Fort Dix N J.
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Point Pleasant
Paul Gorrell
Church Group To Meet This Evening
Following the congregational dinner at Christ Episcopal Church parish house this evening at 6 15 vestry men will be elected and reports will be heard from church organizations.
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Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church Parish House
Teacher seeks leave from duties at Senior High School
Mrs La vina Jackson English teacher at Senior High School requests release from duty for the remainder of the term. The school board has not acted on her request. Titanium ninth commonest element on earth's surface was MD years ago.
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Point Pleasant
Lavina Jackson
Earth
Three State Official Candidates Again
Democratic state officials in Point Pleasant announce intent to seek re election with Auditor Edgar Simms, R. E. Talbot, and Superintendent of Schools Trent as implied contenders. Governor Neely not seeking another term. Attorney General James Kay Thomas undecided though he would draw support if he enters the race.
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Point Pleasant
Edgar Simms
R. E. Talbot
Neely
Eral James Kay Thomas
Air Corps
Thomas
Desertion Charge Ties Byus to Mason Jail
Byus is held in Mason County Jail on a desertion charge connected to his army service. Arrest followed a request by military authorities and notes Byus lived on Jericho Road before entering service.
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Mason
Point Pleasant
Byus
Ficeman Toral L. Morrison
Jericho Roa
Funeral attendance in Point Pleasant for Mrs Culloch widow of Dr Culloch
Mrs Culloch widow of Dr Culloch and sister of C E McCulloch was attended at last rites on Saturday in Point Pleasant by the son and other relatives.
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Point Pleasant
C. E. McCulloch
Loch
Dr Culloch
Man
False Teeth Powder Promises Comfort and Fresh Breath
An ad touts FASTEETH, a sisal acid powder, claiming it keeps dentures firm and allows easy eating and speaking. It promises no gummy taste or mouthfeel and suggests adding a sprinkle to plates for better breath. Available at drug stores.
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