Nelsonville Firefighters Save Wrecked Trailer From Destruction
Nelsonville firemen responded to East Canal Street Monday evening to save a large semi trailer truck loaded with coal. The truck owned by a Springfield man and driven by Ralph E. Wilson of Springfield was badly wrecked after a collision near Second and Canal streets. Gasoline ignited during extraction with an acetylene torch, but damage was not serious. Wilson escaped injury.
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Nelsonville
Canal St
Second and
Canal Sts
Dana Winden
Springfield
Ralph E. Wilson
James Cope
Harper
Second Sts
Second St
Wilson
Social Security Protection Need Grows for Self-Employed
The Social Security Board urges extending coverage to self-employed farmers operators and professionals in its Congress report. William W. Martin notes 10 to 11.7 million self-employed exist and many are older with dependents. Wartime changes have hit small businesses and many have left self-employment. protection cannot be maintained without law changes after the war.
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Nelsonville
Social Security Board
Congress
William W. Martin
Martin
Mr. Martin
Keels Funeral Held for Amanda Keels in Gallipolis
Amanda Keels, 77, died Sunday afternoon near Penial 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 two great great grandchildren. Funeral services were held Tuesday at Black Fork Church with burial in its cemetery. Dr Leo C Bean’s condition at Holzer Hospital was reported as good Monday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Amanda Keels
Penial
William Keels
Pine Street
Converse Keels
Third Avenue
Black Fork Church
Leo C. Bean
Holzer Hospital
Holzer
Gallipolis Social Notes Bridge Betrothal and Local Happenings
Announcement of the marriage of Miss Betty Henke to Lieut. Samuel B Shaw in Washington D C on January 13 with family present. Details of families and associations follow plus notes on club activities and local residents including military personnel and their postings.
Marriage of Marie Burger and Ernest Sheets In Grace Methodist
Miss Marie Burger and Ernest Sheets United States Navy were married at Grace Methodist parsonage at 2 pm Sunday by Rev W Scott Westerman. The bride, daughter of Mr and Mrs P H Burger of Bidwell R D, worked at Walgreens. The groom, son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Sheets, is on thirty day leave. They will spend two weeks in Huntington then return for the rest of his leave. Mrs Sheets plans to stay in town after he returns to duty.
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Shaw
Norman
United States Army
Walter Godwin
Godwin
Patuxent River
Henke
Ohio Wesleyan University
Phi Beta Kappa
Mortar Board
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
F. & R. Lazarus Company
Columbus
Northwestern
Graduate
Price Administration
Chicago
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
General Aircraft Corporation
Long Island
N. Y
Navy
Patuxent River Naval Air Station
Maryland
OPA
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 Officers for 1944
The married couples group met at Mr. and Mrs. Albert D. Giles home in Northup. Officers elected were Jack Knight president H R Mustard vice president and Mrs Giles secretary treasurer. Dr Paul Foster presented colored slides of scenes from New Orleans Arkansas and Gallia County for entertainment.
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First Presbyterian Church
Albert D. Giles
Northup
Jack Knight
H. R. Mustard
Giles
Paul Foster
New Orleans
Arkansas
United States
Gallia County
Ed ward Green Celebrates 65th Birthday at Home
The sixty fifth birthday of Ed ward Green was observed Saturday at his home near Gallia. Attending were his children Mr and Mrs Mervin Chapman of Henderson West Virginia Mr and Mrs Charles Gr of Columbus and Mrs Gomer Green of Lancaster.
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Edward Green
Gallia
Mervin Chapman
Henderson, W. Va
Charles Gr
Columbus
Gomer Green
Lancaster
School Absentees Rise After Reopening in Gallipolis
GALLIPOLIS The city schools reopened Monday with higher attendance than last Tuesday when closure was ordered by the City Board of Health. All teachers were on duty except Miss Mae Kelley ill at home and Miss Mildred Gilman unable to be in class. Absentees: Washington School 115, Gallia Academy High 40, Lincoln 12, Kananga 8, Maple Shade 7.
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Gallipolis
City Board of Health
Mae Kelley
Vinton
Mildred Gilman
Washington School
Gallia Academy High School
Lincoln School
Kananga
Maple Shade
First Galia County marriage license after wait period issued
GALLIPOLIS The first Galia County license issued after the five day wait period was granted Saturday to M. P. Grover, 47, a Bidwell farmer, and Mae McCutcheon, 57, of Bidwell Route 2. A license Monday went to James Carpenter, 21, a soldier from Point Pleasant, and Aline Bumgarner, 21, of Bidwell, with the wait suspended for the serviceman per Judge W. Howell’s policy.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
M. P. Grover
Bidwell Farmer
Mae McCutcheon
Bidwell Rt. 2
James Carpenter
Point Pleasant
Aline Bumgarner
Bidwell
W. Howell
Nelsonville Seaman Writes Home on Pacific Duty Reunion
Nelsonville native Robert Bardain, a seaman first class in the U S Navy Air Force, writes from the South Pacific about a pleasant surprise. He and Max Howard met Ted and Calvin Juniper from Nelsonville, visiting a carrier. Bardain notes mail from the States remains slow and undelivered.
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Nelsonville
Robert Bardain
U. S. Navy Air Force
South Pacific
Henry Bardain
Max Howard
Max
Ted
Calvin Juniper
Juniper
Harley Juniper
Bob
Woman's Club Dinner Meet at School in Nelsonville
The Business and Professional Woman's Club held a back to school dinner in the High School Home Economics Department. Miss Pauline Fierce, Mrs. Frank Knox, and Mrs. Lucile Long headed the dinner committee.
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Nelsonville
Business and Professional Woman's Club
Pauline Fierce
Frank Knox
Lucile Long
Clifford Brown
Dix Powell
Frances Bennett
Ellen Burnell
Ruth Kelch
Willene Edwards
June Carter
Anna Mae Voight
Lena Huddy
Vergene Bumgardner
Marie Hoskins
Hoskins
Cleo Whitmore
Nelsonville Birthday Club Meets With New Member
The Birthday Club gathered at Mrs. Katie Lanning home on Thursday night. Members present included Lillie Wallace Marl Thompson Betty Wallace Kathleen Wallace Minnie Whitmore June Hashman Ruth Smith Dorothy Staley Elizabeth Dickerson Edith Mathey Elizabeth McKay Chauncey Sylvia Wallace. Mrs. Jean Carpenter attended as visitor and joined as a member. A mystery friend gave each member a present. Next meeting set for Feb 10 at Minnie Whitmore’s home. CLASS TO MEET The G T Club plans a Thursday meeting at Mrs. Jack Whyte’s home with members bringing sandwiches and a covered dish.
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Nelsonville
Katie Lanning
Lillie Wallace
Marl Thompson
Betty Wallace
Kathleen Wallace
Minnie Whitmore
June Hashman
Ruth Smith
Dorothy Staley
Elizabeth Dickerson
Edith Matheney
Elizabeth McKay
Chauncey
Sylvia Wallace
the Plains
Jean Carpenter
G. T. Club
Jack Whyte
St. John St
Church Circles Schedule and Local News Notes
Naomi Circle of the Methodist Church sets 8 pm meeting at 259 Fort Street hosted by Mrs. R. R. Stalter. Mrs. Lillian Lee hosts Business Girls Class of the Church of Christ with devotions by Mrs. Arlene Powell on race discrimination and a 12-member refreshment. WSCS Circle 5 meets Thursday at Mrs. Bess Higgins’s home led by Mrs. Thomas Spencer. Mrs. Noah Fillinger recovering after major surgery in Grant Hospital Columbus. Pvt. Paul Oakley returns from Tennessee maneuvers for a 12 day furlough with parents before reporting to Camp Butner North Carolina.
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Naomi
The
Methodist Church
R. R. Stalter
Fort St
Lillian Lee
Church of Christ
Arlene Powell
Lee
Ws.c.s
Bess Higgins
Thomas Spencer
Noah Fillinger
Grant Hospital
Columbus
Paul Oakley
Tennessee
William Oakley
Camp Butner
N. C
Last Day Nearing To Buy Licenses
Nelsonville residents are warned that Thursday January 20 is the final day to obtain dog licenses before a one dollar penalty is added. York Township clerk Jetty Barrows urges owners to secure the license to avoid the fee.
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Nelsonville
Jetty Barrows
York Township
Mason War Worker Admits Driving Car That Killed Hartford Mayor
William Mohler 21 a Mason War worker pleaded guilty to striking James A. Hanna former Hartford mayor with an automobile and fleeing the scene He said he became confused and frightened after the collision Mohler a Ohio native had lived in Mason City two months while employed at the ordnance works He was held to the next grand jury with bond set at 1000 He has a wife and two children
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Point Pleasant
William Mohler
James A. Hanna
Hartford
Mohler
Ohio
Mason City
Ordnance Works
Hanna
Knapp Rites Set For Wednesday In Point Pleasant
Funeral for Earl B. Knapp 66 will be at Franklin Funeral Home at 2 30 Wednesday with Rev. W A Gregg of Trinity Methodist Church officiating. Burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Survived by three daughters, a stepdaughter, two brothers, and former Buffington Market meat department manager. He died of a heart attack after illness beginning Saturday.
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Point Pleasant
Earl B. Knapp
Franklin
W. A. Gregg
Trinity Methodist Church
Lone Oak Cemetery
Knapp
Gibbs House
Mr. Knapp
Leon
Samuel
Alice (Smith) Knapp
Pittsburgh
Emma Johnson
F. W. Schendel
Audubon
N. J
M. M. Ashby
Charleston
Walter Kober
Baden
O. F. Schendel
Beaver
Charles Knapp
Vernon Knapp
Battle Creek
Mich
Buffington Market
22Nd St
Lodge, Jr. O. U. A. M
County Home Inmate Moved to Spencer State Hospital
Warren Caldwell, held at the county jail and county home, was moved to Spencer State Hospital yesterday by Sheriff F B Lieving and Deputy T E Blessing. Caldwell had struck another inmate with a lump of coal, causing serious injury, explaining he could not make the man hear due to deafness. Officials described him as eccentric but not dangerous after months in custody.
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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 demanding stretch with Winfield likely beatable, and a tough Friday game at home against Wahama High School’s White Falcons. Mason City opponents have pushed Point Pleasant hard in recent years, and the team has won five straight games.
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Point Pleasant
Big Blacks
Winfield
Wahama High School
White Falcons
Mason City
River Engineer Russell Stone Ill in Pittsburgh Hospital
Russell Stone, renowned Point Pleasant river engineer and city native, has been seriously ill at Sewickley Valley Hospital in Pittsburgh since Sunday. Mrs. Stone reports his condition is hopeful for recovery after a sudden illness that broke his previously excellent health.
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Point Pleasant
Russell Stone
Sewickley Valley Hospital
Pittsburgh
Social Notes From Point Pleasant War Time Visit
Mrs Casby Meadows Jr visits her parents on Sixth Street as her Air Corps husband trains near Illinois and may be sent overseas. Huntington visitors include Mrs Peter Steenbergen and Mr and Mrs Hamilton Johnson. Woolfitt ill with influenza at 110 Parke Drive. Green and Early families return from Columbus and Gallia to visit Mervin Chapmans. Cornwell back from Holzer Hospital improving and at Lowe Hotel. Deardorff hosts in Huntington while Hogg recovers from influenza. Ross Filson in Cincinnati for a few days and Robert Rice back to Army camp after furlough with Mrs Rice on Viand Street.
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Peter H. Steenbergen
Hamilton A. Johnson
Huntington
William Woolfitt
Parke Drive
Charles Green
FE. W. Early
Columbus
Edward Green
Gallia
Mervin Chapmans
C. B. Cornwell
Holzer Hospital
Mrs. Rice
Viand St
Rayburn Rites Set For Wednesday In Point Pleasant
Last rites for J Emray Rayburn will be held at 11 oclock Wednesday at Franklin Funeral Home with Rev Chalmers McCutchen of the Presbyterian Church officiating. Burial at Lone Oak Cemetery will be followed by a Mason County American Legion ritual at the graveside conducted by Post No 23 pallbearers. Rayburn, a Point Pleasant native born March 15 1894, died Monday after an 18 month illness. He served in World War I and was active in the American Legion. He worked in cleaning and tailoring after the war and led the state employment office here until 1940. He later worked at Marietta Manufacturing shipyard until health declined. He is survived by his mother wife Rhoda Burdette of Charleston four brothers and a sister.
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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 dinner at the Lafayette Hotel, Gallipolis to honor principal Mrs. John William Steenbergen after her appointment as assistant superintendent of Mason County schools. Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Edward Ohlinger and others who presented a corsage to the honoree.
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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
Three file for party committee posts in county race
Three candidates filed yesterday with Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones for party committee seats. Asa F. Nicholson, Republican, seeks Waggener District. E. W. Collins, Republican, aims for Union District. and R. B. Cain, Democrat, runs in Union District.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Asa F. Nicholson
E. W. Collins
R. B. Cain
Union
Local births and patient at Point Clinic noted
Point Pleasant Bellemeade resident Gil lian is a patient at the Point Clinic for observation and treatment. Mrs Dale Jiiden and infant daughter were discharged home at Leon. A son, Raymond Alvin, weighing 70 pounds, was born Sunday to Mrs and Mrs Raymond Willard Casto of Leon.
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Point Pleasant
Cal Gillian
Bellemeade
Point Clinic
Dale Jiiden
Leon
Raymond Alvin
Raymond Willard Casto
Breaks Arm in Fall at Robinson District Home
R. D. Fog lesong, superintendent of the county home and farm in Robinson District, suffers a fracture of the arm after falling on an ice coated walkway off the porch several days ago.
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Point Pleasant
R. D. Foglesong
Robinson District
Moose Will Give Dance As Benefit
The Loyal Order of Moose lodge hosts a Saturday ball at the Junior High School gym in Point Pleasant to aid the infantile paralysis fund. Proceeds go to the national treasury. Rev. William Meade chairs the drive with Mrs. Ida C. Stanley directing the program. Local groups Kiwanis Rotary and the Senior Woman's Club back the event. Music by the Gill and Schadell Orchestra of Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Loyal Order of Moose
William Meade
Mason County
Ida C. Stanley
Kiwanis
Rotary
Gill and Schadell
Charleston
Tillis Leases Home to F L Bachtel in Point Pleasant
Garnette Tillis rents the 1001 Viand Street residence to F L Bachtel county superintendent moving his family from nearby to reside with his wife and share in the community. The home economics instructor is noted as Pom. A Buckle commuter is also mentioned in related notes.
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Garnette Tillis
F. L. Bachtel
Point Pleasant
Yynette Tillis
Viand St
Tendent
Eroy
Tilly High Schools
Ae See
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