Nelsonville York Township Bond Drive Yields Early Strong Response
Readers learn Fourth War Loan Drive results from Nelsonville and York Township. Ward by ward totals show large contributions with total Nelsonville city at 22,480.45 toward an 98,294 quota, and York Township at 2,100 toward 26,102. Early response praised. bonds available at local banks and post office.
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Nelsonville
York Township
Doris Pergrin
Blake Mechem
Ward
C. Roy Tomlinson
Charles Shafer
D. W. Codding
E. L. Koehler
Nelsonville City
Peoples Bank
First National Bank
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Nelsonville Home & Savings Assn
Post Office
Mre
J. L. Webb
Methodist Services Are Announced
Nelsonville church notices list Sunday events at First Methodist including Bible School at 9 30 supervised by Floyd Pence worship at 10 30 with Rev William M George sermon The Foundation of Our Gospel Youth Fellowship at 6 p m and evening worship at 7 p m with The Hand of God in the Affairs of the World Also funeral services for Mack Showalter set for Saturday at 1 p m at Chauncey Methodist with Greenlawn burial.
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Nelsonville
First Methodist Church
Floyd Pence
Wm. M. George
Mack Showalter
Chauncey Methodist Church
Greenlawn
Episcopal Services Planned for Sunday in Nelsonville
In Nelsonville Epiphany Episcopal Church will hold Holy Communion at 9 30 a m on Sunday January 23 the third Sunday after Epiphany The celebrant will be the Reverend Robert G Purrington from Good Shepherd Church Athens.
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Nelsonville
Epiphany Episcopal Church
Robert G. Purrington
Good Shepherd Church
Athens
City Trucks Will Aid in Collection
Nel sonville announces a waste paper drive for Saturday January 22 with city trucks and school students canvassing the streets. Citizens are urged to place ready tied or boxed paper on porches by 7 a m and gather brown wrapping paper cardboard newspapers and magazines for salvage.
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Nelsonville
Crusade for a Transformed Life at Church of Christ
Nelsonville church opens a seven week Crusade for a Transformed Life with a nine thirty Bible School and 10:30 worship. The Rev L B Evans delivers the opening sermon on A Transformed Church. Evangelist Rev Joseph P Daab leads two week end crusade Feb 28 to Mar 12. Personal visitation campaign under George Barrows and others aims to re enlist members and attract unaffiliated readers. armed service letters read during evening services. Public invited.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
L. B. Evans
Joseph P. Daab
First Christian Church
McArthur
George Barrows
Leonard B. Melching
S. Steenrod
Glen Tharp
Cooley Named Manager of State Liquor Store 202
Nelsonville W L Cooley of this city has been appointed manager of State Liquor Store No. 202 in Nelsonville, succeeding John Reed who resigned. Don A Fisher, director of the State Department of Liquor Control, made the appointment. Cooley has worked as clerk at the local store since last May, after a year as Athens store clerk. Roger Scott of this city serves temporarily as part time clerk at the local store.
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Nelsonville
W. L. Cooley
John Reed
Don A. Fisher
State Department of Liquor Control
Cooley
Athens
Roger Scott
Service Men of York District News
Friends have received notice from Staff Sgt. and Mrs. Mac B Wright of the birth of a seven pound son Jan 18 in Mc Allen Texas. Pfe George Huddy has arrived safely somewhere in North Africa. Meade Whyte Seaman 3c completed his boat training at Great Lakes Naval Training School and is spending leave with wife family and relatives.
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Mac B. Wright
Elsie Warden
Nelsonville
McAllen
Texas
Pfe
George Huddy
North Africa
Mrs. Huddy
Meade Whyte
Great Lakes
Hampton Funeral for Andrew Clinton Hampton
Funeral services for Andrew Clinton Hampton will be held on Saturday at 2 p m at the family residence on Fairview with friends welcome to call. Burial will follow at New Straitaville.
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Hampton
Nelsonville
Andrew Clinton Hampton
Fairview
New Straitaville
Nazarene Services at Nelsonville Church
The Church of the Nazarene on Adams Street Nelsonville announces Sunday programs led by Rev. W A Rose with Sunday School at 9 30 a m in charge by Supt William Winigman and preaching at 10 30. Mrs Anne Morris of Ironton Ohio will lead the evening service followed by the organization of a WFM Society.
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Nelsonville
Church of the Nazarene
Adams St
W. A. Rose
William Winigman
Anne Morris
Ironton
Ohio
W.F.M. Society
Newtons purchase former Shaner property on Mill St
Mr and Mrs Arthur Newton have purchased the former Shaner property on Mill Street and plan to occupy it after remodeling. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Marthe Cole of Frost Ohio R 1 is appointed administratrix of the estate of Charles C Cole deceased late of Frost R 1 Athens County Ohio Creditors must file claims within four months or be barred. Dated January 12 1944 PRANCIS D WHITE Probate Judge of said County 1-14-3900
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Paul Shafer
Athens County
Ohio
Potter-Webb
Athena
Nellie
James Karich
Frances
King
Foster K. Cornwell
James EB. Davia
Dow
John J. Wooley
William A. Matheny
Ashcraft
W.wa
Ed A
Nelsonville
Arthur Newton
Shaner
Mill St
Marthe Cole
Frost, Ohio
R. 1
Charles C. Cole
Frost
R. I
Prancis D. White
Athens Sealed Bids Sought for 1942 Four Door Sedan
The Director of Public Service-Safety of Athens Ohio invites sealed bids by 12 noon Central War Time February 5 1944 for one new 1942 four door sedan deluxe or super deluxe with six or eight cylinders. Bids must name all bidders partners include a bond or 10 percent certified check to guarantee bid performance. Rejection of any bid reserved. Dr N Johnsen rector. Dated January 15 1944.
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Roneotes
Iteormance
Fog and Ice Slow Traffic in Mason Co
Heavy fog and a glaze of ice covered highways in Mason County causing late arrivals for workers and several cars leaving the road. No serious injuries reported though a car overturned at a embankment and others stopped in ditches. The fog extended across western and central West Virginia, following two prior foggy nights.
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Point Pleasant
Mason City
Ordnance Works
West Virginia
Club Activities Reported in Mason
Unclear report from Mason notes Uncle Sam's Winners 4-H Club January meeting at Glenn and Denver Thompson home with readings and songs and refreshments for Kaylor Roush and others. Mountain Climbers Club at Beale school with Patsy Yester in charge. gifts given to ill member. Warner Yankees reported progress on projects and donated a food basket to a sick person.
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Point Pleasant
Patsy
Virginia Yester
Lois
Delores Nibert
Wanda
Betty Lee
Sanders
Human Fly Returns to Climb Local Buildings for Legion Fund
Johnny J. Woods the human fly will perform on Main Street at 7 30 this evening climbing the Morrison Store Building at Point Pleasant to raise funds for the American Legion cigarette fund. He is scheduled to climb Wahama High School at Mason City on Monday January 24 at 7 o clock for the same cause.
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Point Pleasant
Johnny J. Woods
Point Pleasant National Bank
American Legion Post
Morrison
Main St
Bob McGuffin
Legion
Woods
Wahama High School
Mason City
Legion Fund
Injured Student on Road To Recovery
Geraldine Bennett aJericho Road junior high pupil seriously hurt when a gun accidentally discharged at home on December 31 was reported well on the way to recovery at Holzer Hospital yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Geraldine Bennett
Jericho Road
Holzer Hospital
Tad Bonecutter Held to Grand Jury on B and E Charge
Harry Tad Bonecutter waives a hearing on breaking and entering the J. W. Coleman residence on Main Street and is bound over to the next grand jury in May 1942. Magistrate sets bond at $500.
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Point Pleasant
Harry
Tad” Bonecutter
J. W. Coleman
Main St
Point Pleasant Woman Admitted For Observation
Mrs Clyde Roberts of Point Pleasant was admitted to Point Clinic yesterday for observation and treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Clyde Roberts
Point Clinic
Dog License Sale In Gallia Large Total 2605
Gallia County Auditor Emmett Slagle reports 2605 dog licenses sold by Thursday. Beginning Friday January 21 a 1 dollar penalty, plus the license fee, will be charged for tags not obtained by the deadline.
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Gallipolis
Emmett Slagle
Mrs Oscar S Kelley Hosts Tea for Windsor-Peek Nuptials
Mrs Oscar S Kelley of 1908 Jefferson Blvd. held a tea honoring Miss Anne Park Windsor prior to her marriage to Lt Richard M Peek of Lincoln Nebraska at Christ Episcopal Church on Tuesday Feb 1 at 4 pm. The room featured white chrysanthemums and narcissus with silver bowls and vases, tall tapers, and figurines including a bride, a soldier, and an Army chaplain. A plane replica hung from the chandelier to honor Lt Peek's Army Air Corps service. Handkerchiefs were presented to the bride-to-be with white ribbons and a bouquet motif. Guests included Mrs Windsor and Mrs Overholt among many others.
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Point Pleasant
Oscar S. Kelley
Jefferson Blvd
Anne Park Windsor
Richard M. Peek
Lincoln, Neb
Christ Episcopal Church
Peek
Army Air Corps
Windsor
Charlotte Faye Weissenburger
Jason T. Weissenburger
Kelly
George H. Overholt
Walter A. Windsor
C. O. Weissenburger
Gordon Jackson Reported Resting in Martinsville
Gordon C. Jackson, president of the West Virginia Malleable Iron Co., is in Martinsville Indiana for an extended rest after overwork. He is accompanied by Rev. C. G. Billups, who has returned home. George M. Overholt, ill since early 1943, plans to move to Martinsville once he can secure reservations. Overholt has long served as a shipyard superintendent.
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Point Pleasant
Gordon C. Jackson
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
Martinsville
Ind
Jackson
C. G. Billups
Billups
George M. Overholt
Mr. Overholt
Farmers Flock to Mason Tax Office for Income Returns
Scores of Mason County farmers visited the internal revenue office at the courthouse this week. Never before have so many farmers needed to file income tax returns or pay to the federal government. Most express ease, reflecting a good year.
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Point Pleasant
Internal Revenue Office
Court House
Mason County
Club Service Will Be More Important
Mrs Clar ice Knapp 4 H club agent says production and conservation were emphasized at the agricultural extension conference in Morgantown last week. Delegates were told the task for this year is greater than for 1943. Others from Mason County included C C Anderson county agent and Miss Martha Atkinson home demonstration agent.
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Point Pleasant
Clarice Knapp
Morgantown
Mason County
C. C. Anderson
Martha Atkinson
Flying Mechanic Is Home on Furlough
Bobby McDaniel a Navy Air Force flying mechanic visits his parents Mr and Mrs R F McDaniel. He recounts two ocean flights and a crash landing injury endured during a prior aircraft accident while in service.
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Point Pleasant
Bobby McDaniel
Navy Air Force
R. F. McDaniel
Drought Persists Across Mason District Farmers Alarmed
Mason County farmers report a drought that began last August and has persisted, leaving soil powdery and surface dry. Farmers continue hauling water for livestock as conditions worsen across the district.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Four File To Take Part in Primary
Four persons filed yesterday for election to district committee posts in the forthcoming primary. Three Democrats are J Wallace Burdette for Lewis district Pearl L Roush for Waggener and Minnie Bell Stover for Union. Ora Cartmill Gibbs filed for Republican Graham District.
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Point Pleasant
J. Wallace Burdette
Lewis
Pearl L. Roush
Waggener
Minnie Bell Stover
Union
Ora Cartmill Gibbs
Graham
Hudson ill with influenza not pneumonia
Point Pleasant report clarified that Holly Hudson does not have pneumonia but influenza, ongoing since before Christmas. He is improving.
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Point Pleasant
Holly Hudson
Hudson
Local Notes On War Service And Community Happenings
James J. Hall a Great Lakes pharmacist’s mate spends 15 days with wife at Highland Ave. Hooty Hill replaces janitor duties at Junior High while Blaine Hill is ill. Captain and Mrs. Stone visit East Aurora relatives. Families travel between Columbus Cleveland and New Orleans for shopping and care. Dr. H. S. Barr and son Robert Barr visit, yeoman Barr on first furlough in two years. Dana Bradshaw of City Water Works ill. Mrs. Bradshaw and others with ill mother Mrs. O. W. Lusher at 700 Main St. influenza worsens. Dr. Capehart attends Otterbein College trustees meeting. Mrs. Capehart and Mrs. Bailey accompany. Women of the Moose plan a 7:30 PM meeting with guest Mrs. Lessie Wentz.
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James J. Hall
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
East Aurora
N. Y
George Merrill
John E. Brown
Harry D. Roush
Columbus
H. S. Barr
Charleston
Robert Barr
Hugh J. Barr
Joseph Barr
Yeoman Barr
Pacific Area
Dana Bradshaw
City Water Works
Seventh St
Bradshaw
Neil P. Beall
Cleveland
Robert Cutting
New Orleans
O. W. Lusher
Main St
Lessie Wentz
Huntington
School Enrollment Completed in City
Second Semester enrollment at Senior High School is completed and normal operations resume except for the vacancy left by Mrs Edward Jackson who resigned after failing to secure child care during school hours.
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Point Pleasant
Edward Jackson
Church To Dedicate Service Flag Sunday
Nelsonville church plans to dedicate a service flag Sunday January 23 at 10 30 a m. The Nelsonville branch of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints invites all service men and women and the public to attend at the Jackson and Harper Streets church.
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Nelsonville
Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
Jackson
Harper Sts
Engagements Mark Gallipolis Social Notes
Gallipolis announces the engagement of Freda Fay Gilmore to Lieut. John R. Felker of Toledo after her studies and current posting in the State Highway Department. Felker, a Denison University graduate and Navy officer, previously worked with Jenision-Wright in Toledo. Near-future wedding planned. also noted is the engagement of Marvel Nel Spires to Sgt. Robert R. Durant of the U.S. Army, with Spires nursing at Holzer Hospital School and City Hospital Akron, Durant stationed at Camp Maxey Texas.
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Gallipolis
R. O. Gilmore
Lower River Road
Freda Fay
John R. Felker
Luther Felker
Floyd Street
Toledo
Kappa Sigma Fraternity
Navy
Felker
Jennison-Wright Corporation
Miss Marvel
Navy man Henry W Johnson weds Anna Mary Novak in small ceremony
Mrs Maurice Wickline and Thornton Johnson announce the marriage of their brother Henry Warren Johnson United States Navy to Miss Anna Mary Novak of New York City. The ceremony was at 4 30 PM January 5 with a reception at the bride’s parents home for the wedding party and close friends. Johnson, eldest son of the late Curtis and Clara Broyles Johnson, joined the Navy in February 1941 and has been away almost two and a half years. The news brings pleasure to friends and relatives in Gallia County.
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Maurice Wickline
Thornton Johnson
Henry Warren Johnson
United States Navy
Anna Mary Novak
New York City
Curtis and
Clara’ Broyles Johnson
Navy
Gallia County
Tech Sgt Elmer E Boggs Ends Sicily Tour On Leave
Tech Sergeant Elmer E Boggs returns from Sicily and North Africa to spend a twenty day leave with wife Mildred Shelton and his parents. A crew chief on a transport plane he has 800 flight hours overseas and holds the Air Medal and Oak Leaf Cluster. Upon leave he reports to Atlantic City for reassignment.
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Tech
Elmer E. Boggs
Sicily
Mildred Shelton
H. Bion Bradbury
W. E. Boggs
Boggs
North Africa
Atlantic City
Local Families Share News From Home Fronts
Mrs Charles F Brown of Brown s Furniture Store attends the annual Furniture Show in Chicago with her mother Mrs J W Figgins of Columbus Also Mrs Amanda Crandall welcomes her son Pfc Earl E Casto on a thirteen day furlough from the 665th Tank Destroyer Battalion Camp Hood Texas Mrs Lula Fraley reports a Christmas note from her son Pfc William Fraley hospitalized in England after North African and Sicilian service Mrs John Carnes and son visit from New Amsterdam Ohio with Capt Carnes family H A Carnes Miss Elizabeth Carnes and Alex Cubbage, seriously ill with pneumonia, showing signs of improvement at the Tauber home in Bidwell
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Charles F. Brown
Brown
Chicago
J. W. Figgins
Columbus
Amanda Crandall
Pfc
Earl E. Casto
Pvt
Casto
665Th Tank Destroyer
Camp Hood
Texas
Lula Fraley
William Fraley
England
John Carnes
New Amsterdam
Ohio
Capt. Carnes
H. A. Carnes
Elizabeth Carnes
Alex Cubbage
E. N. Tauber Pees Bidwell
Nelsonville Social Note Surprising Birthday Party For Mrs Brunston
Mrs. Linnie Brunston was honored at a surprise birthday gathering on January 19. Guests included Harry Thomas and many local residents, with group singing and a two course lunch. Edith Walker and Edith Haydenville were among those mentioned. gifts were sent from absent relatives.
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Nelsonville
Chapman
Delbert Thompson
Long
Lon Lawrence Walker
Brunston
Earnest
Kenneth
Oran Miller
Bell
Springfield
Edith Haydenville
Birth Announcement for Don Simonton Family
Mr and Mrs Don Simonton of the city announce the birth at Cherrington Hospital on Tuesday January 18 a seven and one half pound baby. The fellowship groups of the church will host a supper on Sunday January 23 at 515 pm. Rev Wi Ward speaks January 23 at First Baptist Church at 3 pm and Sunday school starts at 2 pm.
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Don Simonton
City
Cherrington Hospital
M Dist
Nelsonville
Wi Ward
First Baptist Church
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