Former Gallia Countian Serves on U S Destroyer O Bannon
Judson Unroe a Gallia County native and 17 year Navy veteran served aboard the destroyer O Bannon which arrived on the west coast after 14 months in the South Pacific. The crew fought in five major engagements and helped sink a Japanese battleship three cruisers and three destroyers. Unroe, machinery superintendent at the O Bannon’s construction, has relatives in the area and a wife and daughter living on the Ohio River above Huntington.
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Gallipolis
Judson Unree
Gallia County
United States
West Coast
South Pacific
Unroe
Guyan Township
U. S. Navy
Bath
Maine
Wilbert Unroe
O.H.E
Clarence Hineman
Grown City
Lawrence Unroe
Eureka
Lewis
Judson Unroe
Ohio River
Huntington
John Unroe
New York Central Railroad
Vinton Ave
Judson
Boys Admit Burglary Attempts in County
Gallia County authorities rounded up three boys, aged twelve to fourteen, for burglary attempts at Gallia Rolling Mills and other offenses. The youths confessed to minor misdeeds and will face an early juvenile court hearing before Judge John W. Howell.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Portsmouth
Leaper
Hatfield
Everett Saunders
John W. Howell
Doctor Leo C. Bean Listed In Good Condition
Dr. Leo C. Bean, hospitalized at Holzer for pneumonia, has been in the hospital two weeks and is reported in good condition for the first time in several days.
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Gallipolis
Leo C. Bean
Holzer Hospital
County Recorder Lucille Rees Injured in Fall
Gallia County Recorder Lucille Rees fractured and dislocated her right shoulder in a fall at her home Thursday night.
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Gallipolis
Lucille Rees
George Morrow Dies At Home In Gallipolis
George Morrow aged 59 died at his Eastern Avenue home Thursday night after 18 months of declining health. A West Virginia native, he is survived by wife Naomi Willis and four children including George Morrow Jr now overseas. Funeral arrangements are pending at Entsminger Funeral Home for Sunday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
George Morrow
Eastern Ave
Entsminger Funeral Home
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Farewell Gatherings
Mrs Blanche France hosted a farewell party for Mrs Leonard Cooper as she leaves Gallipolis for California, with Mrs Gus Frye and others attending. A Progressive Bible Class meeting at Grace Methodist Church featured Emerson studies and songs, followed by refreshments. George Thomas of Vinton announced the marriage of Evelyn to Lt Quentin E Cadd in Columbus January 11. Rio Grande College hosted a farewell for Rev and Mrs R Lloyd Pabst with a chicken dinner and parting gift, then village friends offered best wishes.
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Gallipolis
Blanche France
Gus Frye
Leonard Cooper
Lincoln Brown
Robert Foster
Frank Woods
Charles Yeanger
Will Cox
Frank Brothers
Iva France
Joe Miller
Ezra Spear
Margaret Walker
Frye
France
Margaret FE. McCormick
Emerson
Grace Methodist Church
John Morgan
Harriet Davis
Margaret Olney
Lehr Davies
C. E. White
Garnet Stringfellow
Sherman White
C. W. Lanier
Walter Wise
Rio Grande College
R. Lloyd Pabst
Rio Grande
Cleveland
Pobsts
Betrothal announced at Island View Inn bridge night
Miss Charlotte Cornwell hosts a bridge club gathering at Island View Inn where corsages concealed in tally cards reveal her engagement to Coast Guard petty officer William V. Brown. High scores went to Mrs. Robert Hardesty, with Miss Mary Virginia O'Brien second and Mrs. Ned Hamilton consolation.
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Charlotte Cornwell
Island View Inn
Miss Cornwell
William V. Brown
Coast Guard
Walter Brown
Columbus
Robert Hardesty
Mary Virginia O'Brien
Ned Hamilton
Cornwell
Marvin Cornwell
Marie Ingels Cornwell
Chamber of Commerce
College of Commerce
Bowling Green
Point Pleasant
Owensboro, Ky
Revival of Scout Activities in Point Pleasant District
Eighty Mason County men gathered at the Ordnance Works cafeteria to launch a new phase of Boy Scout work in Mason County. Judge H. Clay Worth urged youth development through Scouting as a community asset. The district elected officers for the year and set a 1944 goal of ten troops with E. D. Brown presenting the plan and H. E. Katschke highlighting the need to inspire boys toward improved lives.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Ordnance Works
H. Clay Worth
Cabell County Common Pleas Court
Huntington
Walden F. Roush
Harry Sayre
T. Stribling
Paul S. Thomas
L. H. Putz
Harryl. Dyer
Richard Startzman
Ward E. Gamble
C. G. Billups
Blaine Bell
J. D. Spiggle
Frank C. Long
Harold E. Somerville
Tri-State
W. A. Gregg
Paul S&s. Thomas
Putz, Dyer and Stearns
Elwyn Bull
Dennis Lilly
Joseph Buffington
Russell Capehart
Lloyd Roush
Harry Layne
Raymond Stewart
Charles Bechtle
E. D. Brown
H. E. Katschke
George Simmons
L. A. McMillin
D. W. Rothgeb
L. E. Capehart
W. E. Gamble
Floyd Rothlisberger
W. H. Bardin
John K. Giles
Garrett Green
G. H. Overholt
George G. Somerville
Ernest Kincade
C. G. Bauerle
J. M. Glass
J. C. Pauley, Sr
Joe Buffington
John T. Roberts
G. R. Newton
S. C. Moustin
George Skene
Chalmers F. McCutchen
Charles L. Bechtle
Holly Simmons
Elmer Grueser
John W. Kirk
F. W. Ingraham
Milton L. Miller
E. J. Somerville
G. W. Sprenger
E. H. Hawkes
Ham Johnson
Elwyn M. Bull
Jack Rogers
Clifford Dunn
Rev
William Meade
C. O. Weissenburger
Mason City
R. L. Capehart
C. Bletner
L. J. Ruttencutter
Dallas Yeager
B. K
Hartford
A. K. McClung
H. Eldon Waltz
William C. Stearns
New Haven
Lester Ohlinger
Harry ©. Layne
J. L. Stewart
Herman Layne
H. L. Dyers
C. Caudill
Henderson
Co. I. Stetson
Elyria
Ohio
Douglas Roush
Graham Station
H. Albrecht
W. Va
Windsor Wedding Sets February Ceremony in Pt Pleasant
Invitations announce the Windsor family wedding of Miss Anne Park Windsor to Lieutenant Richard M. Peek at Christ Episcopal Church on Tuesday February 1 at four o'clock with a reception in the parish house. Matron of honor is Mrs Harold Sayre and maid of honor Jacqueline Windsor. bridesmaids include Mrs Charles E Holzer Jr Jane Eschenbrenner Harriet Lewis Marjorie Bauerle Bridget Strollings. Best man is Mr Charles A Flynn. A pre nuptial party is planned at Mrs Bartow Jones Jefferson Boulevard home at six thirty Tuesday evening.
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Point Pleasant
Windsor
Anne Park Windsor
Frank T. Cady
Christ Episcopal Church
Miss Windsor
Harold Sayre
Jacqueline Windsor
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Cincinnati
Jane Eschenbrenner
Columbus
Harriet Lewis
Marjorie Bauerle
Bridget Strollings
Madison
W. Va
Richard M. Peek
Lincoln
Neb
Charles A. Flynn
Phoebus
Miss Geraldine Bennett Receives Gifts While Hospitalized
Point Pleasant Junior High teachers and students have given 13 year old Geraldine Bennett many gifts to be opened daily during her stay at Holzer Hospital. The gifts follow a December 31 accidental shooting caused by her brother. Bennett’s condition remained not as well as Friday.
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Point Pleasant
Geraldine Bennett
Holzer Hospital
Miss Bennett
Principals To Meet In Mason County Association Session
The Mason County Elementary Principal's Association will meet at Central School on Wednesday January 19 at 7 30 p m. Miss Bertha Jenkins principal Hartford Elementary School will lead the discussion on supervision.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Central School
Bertha Jenkins
Hartford
William Coleman Dies at 75 in Arbuckle District Home
William Coleman 75 died at his Big Sixteen Creek Arbuckle District home last week. He was a retired farmer and is survived by two sons.
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William Coleman
Point Pleasant
Big Sixteen Creek
Arbuckle
Coleman
Funeral Held for Charles Ingraham in Penn Yan
Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Ingraham attended the funeral of his father Charles Ingraham age 73 in Penn Yan New York. He had been healthy until a paralytic attack two weeks prior. The service was at Arch Thayer Funeral Home and burial followed in the family plot at Penn Yan Cemetery. He owned a farm near one Finger Lake region and was a longtime grape grower whose strain aided American wine. Survived by wife and two sons Ray Ingram of Rochester and F W W Ingraham an executive at the shipyard.
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Point Pleasant
F. W. Ingraham
Penn Yan
N. Y
Charles Ingraham
Rochester
Point Plaucast Junior High Triumph Over Poveroy Juniors
Point Plaacast junior high defeated Poveroy's juniors on home floor 21 to 18. The visitors stayed close, prompting Coach Siders to keep his starting lineup in until the final buzzer. A rematch is scheduled on the Pomeroy floor before season's end.
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Point Plaacast
Poveroy
Siders
Junior High
Pomeroy
Charley Smith Taken Ill En Route to Huntington Hospital
Former police chief Charley Smith was taken to St. Marys Hospital in Huntington after falling ill while visiting his daughter Mrs. Earl Willis in Catlettsburg. He has been indisposed for weeks due to a recent arm injury from a fall.
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Point
R — Co
Charley” Smith
St. Mary's Hospital
Huntington
Catlettsburg
Earl Willis
Mrs Gilbert Files as Democrat Candidate for Mason County
Mrs Maud Duke Gilbert announced as candidate for Democratic Committeewoman in Hannan District becoming the first Democrat to file for Mason County office in the upcoming primary election.
Rhodes Rites Held in Cologne District Funeral
Funeral services for Wilson Rhodes of Franklin Hall community Cologne District were held Friday at Cherry Grove with burial in the cemetery there. He was about 80, survived by his wife and several children.
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Rhodes
Point Pleasant
Wilson Rhodes
Franklin Hall
Cologne
Cherry Grove
Senior Woman's Club Holds January Meeting
The Senior Women's Club met in the Presbyterian Church social rooms in Point Pleasant with Mrs. George Sprenger presiding. Reports showed $18.75 raised for war bond purchases from holly and mistletoe boutonnieres and $741 in Christmas Seal receipts toward a $750 quota. The club plans two film showings on January 27, will invest proceeds in war bonds, and authorized a $10 gift to the infantile paralysis fund.
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Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
George’ Sprenger
Walden F. Roush
Health and Sanitation Department
Roush
John Brown
Bond Drive Head Called For Induction
Gallia County war bond drive leader E S Spear receives notice that his pre induction medical exam is set for Monday in Huntington. He resigns from the drive and a request is made for deferment to aid the current drive at a rally in the Gallinolis Theatre on Saturday January 29 with John J Rowe and war heroes as speakers.
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Gallipolis
E. S. Spear
Huntington
C. E. Holzer
Gallia County
War Finance Committee
H. W. Wetherholt
Spear
Selective Service Board
Gallinolis Theatre
John J. Rowe
Fifth Third Union Trust Co
Cincinnati
Webb family leaves for Tampa shipyard painter tale
Mrs H A Webb and children depart Point Pleasant for Tampa Florida to join husband Bill Webb a shipyard painter. Webb a native of Athens Ohio has lived in Point Pleasant and Charleston and decorated the new State Theater. Also noted are visits by Charles and Gomer Green and a birthday gathering for Edward Green in Gallia Ohio.
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Point Pleasant
H. A. Webb
Tampa
Florida
Kanawha
Dandy Mitchell
Eastham
Kanawha Five Mile Creek
McCausland
Mason County
Charles Green
Columbus
Mervin Chapman
Chapman
Edward Green
Green
Gallia
Gomer Green
Lancaster
Numerous Real Estate Deals Reported in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis the Willard Grover and Son Agency lists several recent property transfers. Wade and Reva Evans sold eight acres with house and filling station near Rodney to John Bateman and wife who plan a general store and filling station business. Anna Plymale King sold her cottage on First Avenue near the Ice Plant to Virginia L. and Franklin Cox for about two thousand one hundred dollars. Sixty one acres of mineral rights near Vinton were sold to David Klingensmith of Eureka who intends to sink a coal shaft. The Myerses own the land involved in this sale.
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Gallipolis
Willard Grover and Son
Wade
Reva Evans
John Bateman
Eno
Rodney
Batemans
Anna Plymale King
Virginia L
Franklin Cox
First Avenue
Col. Ecker
Vinton
David Klingensmith
Eureka
E. E. Myers
Red Cross Receives Materials for 50000 Surgical Dressings
Materials have been received by the Red Cross for making more than 50,000 surgical dressings for the armed forces. The workroom at the Red Cross headquarters on 11th Street will be open to volunteers from 1 30 to 4 p m on Monday Tuesday Thursday and Friday weekly. Mrs Gordon C Jackson chairs the project committee.
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Point Pleasant
Red Cross
11Th St
Gordon C. Jackson
Principal resigns at Leon Grade School
C. S. Bailey, principal of Leon Grade School, resigns effective February 25 at the end of the fifth month. Bailey, who came to Leon from Bluefield, cites limited advancement opportunities as the reason for his departure.
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Point Preasant
C. S. Bailey
Leon
Bailey
Bluefield
Robert Ray Spencer Born to Local Carl Spencer Family
A son weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces was born Friday to Mr. and Mrs. Carl Edward Spencer of Point Pleasant. The newborn was named Robert Ray Spencer.
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Point Pleasant
Carl Edward Spencer
Robert Ray Spencer
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Evelyn
Quentin E. Cadd
U. S. Army Air Force
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George Cadd
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Tom
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J. W. Rhoades
Delbert C. Staats
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Ben Franklin
Charles H. Frye
Victor E. S. Park
Harry Godfrey
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L. G. O’harra
Harry Wendleken
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Jean Haynes
Pige Bell, Jr
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Snodgrass
Richardson Baking Company
Marietta
Glouster
Bond
Hawkinson Tread Service
Logan, Ohio
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Fran A. Morrison
Himeeig
Morrison
House of Delegates
Hickory Chapel
Orah B. Rice
Robinson District
Cleek
Prj
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Rardin Bros
Athens, Ohio
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Norwich
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