Gallia County selectees sent to Huntington for pre induction
Gallia County again sends a group to Huntington for pre induction physical examinations. A total of thirty eight men reported Monday morning while sixty seven who passed earlier were authorized to depart by bus. Names include John Hawkins Cheshire Floyd Wesley Casto Rt 2 Cheshire Paul G Jarvis 1744 Court St Gallipolis and others from Gallipolis Crown City Cheshire Bidwell and nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Huntington
John Hawkins
Cheshire
Floyd Wesley Casto
Rt. 2
Paul G. Jarvis
Court St
James Francis Nelson
Second Ave
Marvin Harold Robinson
Crown City
French Vaughn Trout
Ae Ae McKinley Miller
Patet
Eugene Stirling Spear
Third Ave
Wallace Edward Saunders
Charles Mille Kemper
Paul Eugene Martin
Owen Dolph Swick
Vinton
Harold Henry Hood
Buell Henry Boston
Orville Odell Holley
de Arthur Pinnell
Bidellon
Vance Campbell
Marion Lawrence Rife
Glenn Scott Rupe
Ernest Richard Trivener
Northup
Charlies Mason Long
Russell Eugene Olford
Marvin Warren Thomas
Stanley Rosse Cox
Lincoln &I
Lawrence Edward Shafer
Alva Bernard Lene
Rt. 1
Howard O'Dell Neal
Rt. 3
Bidwell
Robert Lee Caldwell
Evans Heights
Oscar Leslie Beck
Waterloo
Marty William Gilmore
Addison
Theodore Cecil Saunders
Carroll Fugene
Patriot
Forest Ellinwood Collins
Star Route
Billy Houck
Bladen
Brant Roscoe McKown
Donald Frederick Shelton
Gal
Rose To Head Gallia Group
Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association elected Lee Rose of Ohio Township as president of its board of directors at the semi annual meeting in the Gallia County Court House. Rose teaches at Clipper Mills schools and represents Clay Township on the board. Mrs. Stanley Wood and Mrs. Wendell Roush were named vice president and secretary respectively, with the next meeting planned for March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County Tuberculosis and Health Association
Lee Rose
Ohio Township
Court House
Rose
Clipper Mills
Clay Township
Gallia County
Tuberculosis and Health Association
Keels Funeral Held for Amanda Keels 77
Mrs. Amanda Keels 77 of near Penial died Sunday afternoon from influenza complications. She leaves seven children including William Keels of Pine Street and Converse Keels of Third Avenue, 45 grandchildren, 68 great grandchildren, and 2 great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Black Fork Church with burial in the cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Amanda Keels
Penial
William Keels
Pine Street
Converse Keels
Third Avenue
Black Fork Church
Doctor Bean in Holzer Hospital Reported Improving
Gallipolis doctors report Dr. Leo C. Bean, seriously ill at Holzer Hospital for two weeks, is described as improving and in good condition Monday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Leo C. Bean
Holzer Hospital
Holzer
Bettty Henke weds Lieut Shaw in Washington ceremony
Announcement notes the marriage of Miss Betty Henke and Lieut Samuel S Shaw United States Naval Reserves in Washington on January 13. The bride, long connected with Ohio Wesleyan Northwestern and Chicago OPA teams, will join Shaw at Patuxent River Maryland after a Chicago return. A second item reports Mrs Mae Smeltzer hosting Rio Grande Book Review Club with May Fulton presenting Taps for Private Tussy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Betty Henke
Adolf R. Henke
Samuels. Shaw
United States Naval Reserves
Washington, D. C
Thomas E. Boorde
Samuel H. Shaw
Ew London
Conn
Ruth Olive
Arlington
Mass
Shaw
Norman
United States Army
Walter Godwin
Godwin
Patuxent River
Henke
Ohio Wesleyan University
Phi Beta Kappa
Mortar Board
Northwestern University
Evanston
F. & R. Lazarus Company
Columbus
Northwestern
Price Administration
Chicago
Lieutenant Shaw
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
General Aircraft Corporation
Long Island
N. Y
Navy
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Maryland
OPA
Mae Smeltzer
Rio Grande Book Review Club
May Fulton
Jesse Stuart
Smeltzer
College Science
Marriage of Marie Burger and Ernest Sheets at Grace Methodist
Miss Marie Burger and Ernest Sheets United States Navy wed at 2 PM Sunday at Grace Methodist parsonage. The bride is the Burger daughter of Bidwell residents, employed at Walgreens. The groom, son of local residents, is on thirty day leave, spending two weeks in Huntington before returning to duty. Mrs Sheets plans to stay in town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Burger
Ernest Sheets
United States Navy
W. Scott Westerman
Grace Methodist Parsonage
P. H. Burger
Bidwell R. D
Walgreens
Isaac Sheets
Huntington
First Presbyterian couples group elects 1944 officers
The married couples group met at Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Giles home for a business session. Officers elected for 1944 were Jack Knight president H. R. Mustard vice president and Mrs. Giles secretary treasurer. Dr. Paul Foster showed color slides of scenes from New Orleans Arkansas and other U S sites including Gailla County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
First Presbyterian Church
Albert D. Giles
Northup
Jack Knight
H. R. Mustard
Giles
Paul Foster
New Orleans
Arkansas
United States
Gailla County
Ed ward Green Celebrates 65th Birthday at Gallia Home
The sixty fifth birthday of Edward Green was observed Saturday at his home near Gallia. Attending were his children Mervin Chapman and wife of Henderson, West Virginia, Charles Green and wife of Columbus, and Gomer Green wife of Lancaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Green
Gallia
Mervin Chapman
Henderson, W. Va
Charles Green
Columbus
Gomer Green
Lancaster
Navy Dental Technician On Leave Heads To Rhode Island
Robert Mackenzie Jr. U S Navy on leave will depart Wednesday for duty in Rhode Island. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Mackenzie and is in training as a dental technician. Judge Howell attends probate judges meetings in Columbus while Judge Cherrington presides. Mrs. Marzella Wall Denney travels to Fort Sill for her husband’s serious illness. Cpl Harold C Harrison, Paratrooper, visits from Fort Benning with his family. Miss Martha Parsons visits from Columbus to see cousin John Randall Ellis on leave from Fort Lauderdale. Miss Jewell Burnette, teacher in Chillicothe, spent the weekend at home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Mackenzie
U. S. Navy
Rhode Island
Robt
Navy
John W. Howell
Columbus
Ohio Probate Judges’ Association
Common Pleas
William P. Cherrington
Howell
Marzella Wall Denney
Fort Sill
Ohlo
Wayne Denney
Harold C. Harrison
U.S
Fort Benning
Herman Harrison
Martha Parsons
Curtiss-Wright Corp
John Randolph Ellis
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
John D. Ellis
Bidwell
Jewell Burnette
Chillicothe City
School Absentees Are Still Noted
GALLIPOLIS The city schools reopened Monday with higher attendance than the prior Tuesday when closures were ordered by the City Board of Health. All teachers were on duty except Miss Mae Kelley and Miss Mildred Gilman. Absentees: Washington 115, Gallia Academy 40, Lincoln 12, Kanauga 8, Maple Shade 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
City Board of Health
Mae Kelley
Vinton
Mildred Gilman
Washington School
Gallia Academy High School
Lincoln School
Kanauga
Maple Shade
First Gal l i a County marriage license after wait period
GALLIPOLIS The first license issued after the five day wait in Gallia County was granted Saturday to M P Grover 47 a Bidwell farmer and Mae McCutcheon 57 of Bidwell Rt 2 The same five day wait was suspended for James Carpenter 21 a soldier of Point Pleasant and Aline Bumgarner 21 of Bidwell due to an announced policy of Judge John W Howell to permit military cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
M. P. Grover
Bidwell Farmer
Mae McCutcheon
Bidwell Rt. 2
James Carpenter
Point Pleasant
Aline Bumgarner
Bidwell
John W. Howell
Aged Gallia Man Dies Late Monday
Gallia County obituary for John H. Bodimer 91 of Rio Grande area died Monday evening at daughter Mrs. W. E. Myers home. Born in Pennsylvania he lived there until marriage but resided in Gallia County for over six decades. Surviving children include George Pittsburgh Gilbert Mrs. Jessie Taylor Mrs. Harriett Lane Roy Chicago Chester Huntington and Mrs. Myers, plus many grandchildren. Funeral arrangements not yet made.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John H. Bodimer
W. E. Myers
Rio Grande
Pennsylvania
Gallia County
Bodimer
Elizabeth Trowbridge
George
Pittsburgh
Gilbert
Jessie Taylor
Harriett Lane
St. Louis
Roy
Chicago
Chester
Huntington
Myers
Charles
Claude Miller
Fred
Northup to Head Gallia County School Board
Northup was elected president of the Gallia County Board of Education at the County Superintendent’s office in Gallipolis. Bert Jones became vice president, with Glenn Powell joining as a board member. The group set the monthly meeting date for the third Saturday and approved transferring pupils and territories under a new biennial district organization plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Odell Northup
Gallia County
Frank Harrison
Bradbury
Mrs Martha Baker Dies at Gallia Home
Mrs Martha Sigler Baker a lifelong Gallia County resident died at her home near Mina Chapel after a two week illness. She was eighty four and married Louis Baker in 1890 who died in 1908. Surviving are her children Mrs Earl Brown Genevieve Baker Bessie Minameyer of Athens Charles and John Baker, thirteen grandchildren two great grandchildren and brother John Sigler of Parkersburg. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at Centenary Church with interment there. Friends may call at George J Wetherholt Funeral Home after 1 pm Tuesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Martha Siger Baker
Gallia County
Mina Chapel
Louis Baker
Earl Brown
Genevieve Baker
Bessie Minameyer
Athens
Charles
John Baker
John Sigler
Parkersburg
Centenary Church
George J. Wetherholt
New Patients at Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis lists new admissions including Mrs W W Phillips Waterloo surgical patient and Benjamin Napper 65 Wellston medical with fair condition. Also Mrs Charles Love Point Pleasant Mrs George Jenkins Syracuse Harry Miller 24 Middleton worker at West Virginia Ordnance Plant admitted for surgery William Walton 5 Wellston admitted for surgery. Walter Blazer city remains fair after six weeks. George Evans and Alva Road discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
W. W. Phillips
Waterloo
Benjamin Napper
Wellston
Medical
Charles Love
Point Pleasant
George Jenkins
Syracuse
Harry Miller
Middleport
W. Va
Ordnance Plant
William Walton
Walter Blazer
City
George Evans
Paducah
Alva Road
Virgil Roberts Enlists in Marine Corps Leaving for Induction
Virgil B. Roberts, 17, a 1943 high school and West Virginia University student, left for Charleston for Marine induction. He follows brother Aviation Cadet John M. Roberts, recently moved from Chapel Hill to a new training post in Peru Indiana, in a Roberts family military service to report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John T. Roberts
22Nd St
Virgil B. Roberts
West Virginia University
Charleston
John M. Roberts
Chappel Hill
W. C
Peru
Indiana
Pig crop sets record in Ohio despite slight drop in field crops
Ohio's fall pig crop last year reached a record high for the state, while field crop production edged below 1942's peak, the Ohio cooperative crop reporting service announced today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Ohio
Ohio Cooperative Crop Reporting Service
Columbus Lawyer Files for Republican Attorney General Nomination
Columbus attorney Dale Stump secured nominating petitions from the Secretary of State to run as a Republican candidate for attorney general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbus
Dale Stump
Mason War Worker Admits Driving Car That Fatally Struck Hartford
William Mohler, 21, Mason City worker, pleaded guilty to hitting James A. Hanna former Hartford mayor with an automobile and leaving the scene. He told the magistrate he became confused and frightened, citing Army discharge for a nervous condition. He is held for the next grand jury with $1,000 bond. Mohler is married with two children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Mohler
James A. Hanna
Hartford
Mohler
Ohio
Mason City
Ordnance Works
Hanna
Knapp Rites Set for Wednesday in Point Pleasant
Funeral services for Earl B. Knapp will be held Wednesday at 2 30 p m from Franklin Funeral Home with the Rev W A Gregg of Trinity Methodist Church officiating. Burial will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery. Knapp 66 died Sunday of a heart attack after illness starting Saturday. He lived at Gibbs House and previously worked as a meat department manager at Buffington Market. He leaves three daughters and a stepdaughter, plus two brothers. He was a longtime Point Pleasant resident and a former Pittsburgh resident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Earl B. Knapp
Franklin
W. A. Gregg
Trinity Methodist Church
Lone Oak Cemetery
Knapp
Gibbs House
Mr. Knapp
Leon
Samuel
Alice
Beaver
Charles Knapp
Vernon Knapp
Battle Creek
Mich
Buffington Market
22Nd St
Lodge
C. A. Dee
Inmate Taken From County Jail to Spencer State Hospital
Warren Caldwell was moved from the county jail to Spencer State Hospital by Sheriff F B Lieving and Deputy T E Blessing after striking a fellow inmate with a lump of coal. Caldwell said the other man was deaf, explaining the act. He had lived at the county home and jail for several months and was described as eccentric but not dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Warren Caldwell
Spencer State Hospital
F. B. Lieving
T. E. Blessing
Caldwell
Tough Schedule Ahead For Big Blacks
Point Pleasant Senior High School's Big Blacks face a tough slate with tough games including a Friday at home against Wahama High Schools White Falcons. The Mason City lads have beaten Point Pleasant in past meetings and won five straight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Big Blacks
Winfield
Wahama High School
White Falcons
Mason City
Russell Stone Ill in Pittsburgh Hospital
Russell Stone, a renowned river engineer and native of Point Pleasant, has been seriously ill at Sewickley Valley Hospital in Pittsburgh since Sunday. Mrs. Stone reports his condition is serious but improving, noting his prior strong health before the sudden illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Russell Stone
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Pittsburgh
Social Notes From Pt Pleasant War Time Guests and Illnesses
Mrs Casby Meadows Jr visits her parents in Pt Pleasant while her Air Corps husband nears overseas duty.Visitors in Huntington include Mrs Peter Steenbergen and Mr and Mrs Hamilton Johnson. William Woolfitt sick with influenza at 110 Park Drive. The Green families from Columbus and Gallia, O spent weekend with the Mervin Chapmans. C B Cornwell home from Holzer Hospital improving and at the Lowe Hotel. H C Deardorff and Garnette Tillis host guests. Mrs Charles E Hogg recovering from influenza. Ross Filson and wife travel to Cincinnati for several days. Robert Rice returns to Army camp after furlough with Mrs Rice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter H. Steenbergen
Hamilton A. Johnson
Huntington
William Woolfitt
Park Drive
Charles Green
E. W. Early
Columbus
Edward Green
Gallia
Mervin Chapmans
C. B. Cornwell
Holzer Hospital
Lowe Hotel
H. C. Deardorff
Garnette Tillis
Charles E. Hogg
Ross Filson
Cincinnati
Robert Rice
Rayburn Rites Will Be Held Wednesday
Last rites for J Emray Rayburn will be held at Franklin Funeral Home at 11 AM Wednesday with Rev Chalmers McCutchen presiding. Burial at Lone Oak Cemetery. American Legion Post 23 will conduct graveside rites. Rayburn died Monday after an 18 month illness. born March 15 1894 in Point Pleasant. WWI veteran and longtime Mason County resident survived by mother wife Rhoda Burdette and four brothers and a sister.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. Emray Rayburn
Franklin
Chalmers McCutchen
Presbyterian Church
Lone Oak Cemetery
Mason County
American Legion
Rayburn
Mr. Rayburn
Mary E. Rayburn
John Rayburn
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Rhoda Burdette
Charleston
Raymond Rayburn
Cabel Rayburn
Frank
Joe Rayburn
Steubenville
Bessie Grogan
Wa hama High honors principal at Mason dinner
The Wa hama High School faculty in Mason hosted a January 6 dinner at the Lafayette Hotel Gallipolis to honor Mrs John William Steenbergen newly appointed assistant superintendent of Mason County schools She received a corsage from guests including Mr and Mrs Edward Ohlinger Mr and Mrs Pearl Williams Mr and Mrs William Woolfitt Mrs Clyde Tallman and students Frances Dillard Lucinda Carman Ruth Icenhower Dorothy Russell John Roy McGinnis and Eugene VanSickle
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MASON
Wahama High School
Lafayette Hotel
Gallipolis
John William Steenbergen
Mason County
Steenbergen
Edward Ohlinger
Pearl Williams
William Woolfitt
Clyde Tallman
Frances Dillard
Lucinda Carman
Ruth Icenhower
Dorothy Russell
John Roy McGinnis
Eugene VanSickle
Candidates File for Party Committee Posts
Three candidates filed yesterday with Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones for party committee posts Asa F Nicholson Republican for Waggener District E W Collins Republican and R B Cain Democrat for Union District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Asa F. Nicholson
E. W. Collins
R. B. Cain
Union
Local Births and Discharges Reported at Point Clinic
Bellemeade resident Gil lian treated at Point Clinic for observation. Mrs. Dale Jiiden and infant daughter discharged to Leon home. Raymond Alvin Casto weight 70 pounds born Sunday to Mrs Raymond Willard Casto of Leon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Cal Gillian
Bellemeade
Point Clinic
Dale Jiiden
Leon
Raymond Alvin
Raymond Willard Casto
Breaks Arm in Fall at County Home
R. D. Fog lesong, superintendent of the county home and farm in Robinson District, fractures his arm after falling from a perch onto an ice coated walk several days ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
R. D. Foglesong
Robinson District
Moose Will Give Dance As Benefit
POINT PLEASANT The Loyal Order of Moose lodge sponsors a benefit ball at the Junior High School gym Saturday night January 29 to aid the infantile paralysis fund with all proceeds going to the national treasury. Rev William Meade chairs the campaign with Mrs Ida C Stanley organizing the program. Local support comes from Kiwanis Rotary Clubs and the Senior Woman's Club. Music by the Gill and Schadell Orchestra from Charleston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Loyal Order of Moose
William Meade
Mason County
Ida C. Stanley
Kiwanis
Rotary
Gill and Schadell
Charleston
Garnette Tillis Legg House Moves to Bachtel Property
Garnette Tillis Legg leases 1001 Viand Street to County Superintendent F L Bachtel who will move his family to the home near Arbuckle around February 1. The home economics instructor at Mary High Schools will reside with her father John Tillis in the same residence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Seagrave Group of Women’s Union Meet at Capehart Home
Seagrave Group of the Woman's Union will meet this evening at 2125 Jette Ave, the home of Mr. Yerence Capehart. Members are invited for seven o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dow Seagrave
Woman's Union
Yerence Capehart
Jette Ave
Point Pleasant
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Merritt Hartsook
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Virgil Roberts
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