Campaign Kickoff for 1944 polio drive in Gallia County
Gallia County launches its annual National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis drive led by Robert M. Betz, Gallipolis County Prosecutor and polio survivor. A week long campaign January 24 to 30 appeals for donations, with funds sent to treasurer Harry Maddy at Ohio Valley Bank Gallipolis Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
W National Foundation For
Robert M. Betz
National Foundation
Crippler
Harry Maddy
Ohio Valley Bank
Ohio
Bond Sales in Gallia Lagging
Gallia County Fourth War Loan Drive chief Spear said in five days $94,000 in war bonds were sold, averaging $19,000 daily. The quota demands $34,000 daily to reach $866,000. Included is $5,300 from the Columbus office of the Ohio Fuel Gas Company. Spear urges solicitors to push sales now to meet the target.
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Gallipolis
E. 8
Spear
Gallia County
Columbus
Ohio Fuel Gas Company
Joe Browns Trial Set For February 9 In Gallipolis
In Gallipolis the murder trial of Joe Brown for Leroy Mitchells death was reset for Wednesday February 9. Judge William P. Cherrington announced the new date with Judge James Collier of Ironton to preside. Mitchell died after a July 8 shooting on railway tracks above Sycamore Street.
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Gallipolis
Joe Brown
Leroy Mitchell
William P. Cherrington
James Collier
Ironton
Mitchell
Sycamore St
Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital Admits Several New Patients
Tim Lewis a 66 year old Gallipolis sheet metal worker was admitted early Sunday and operated for a strangulated hernia and is in satisfactory condition. Dr N R Gunn a 55 year old Point Pleasant dentist and Emery W Webster a 64 year old Point Pleasant teacher were admitted Sunday afternoon. Gunn is in good condition and Webster is in fair condition. Mrs Frank Wiseman of Waterloo was admitted for medical care and Dr Lev an continues to improve from a long illness. Three year old Mary Wheeler operated on for appendicitis is in fair condition. Walter Blazer city resident is recovering and may be sent home Tuesday after seven weeks in hospital. Others leaving the hospital Tuesday include Mrs J R Johnson Mrs F E Kerr city Mrs Warren Lux Middleport Mrs Robert Erwin Jackson and Warren J Elliott Point Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Tim Lewis
N. R. Gunn
Point Pleasant
Emery W. Webster
Frank Wiseman
Waterloo
Levan
Mary Wheeler
Walter Blazer
City
J. R. Johnson
F. FE. Kerr
Warren Lux
Middleport
Robert Erwin
Jackson
Warren J. Elliott
Farmer Named Chief Engineer at Seneca Hotel Columbus
R. M. Farmer, formerly an engineer at the West Virginia Ordnance Works for fifteen months, will become chief engineer and maintenance superintendent at the Seneca Hotel in Columbus starting February first. His family will remain at their country home near Gallipolis. two sons serve in the Marine Corps.
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Gallipolis
R. M. Farmer
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Seneca Hotel
Columbus
Ordnance Plant
Re Eee Holzer
American Legion
la Post
Farmer
Mrs. Farmer
Merchant Marines
Gallipolis Social Notes Update of reunions and engagements
A Gallipolis social page recounts a family reunion at Mr. and Mrs. J A Johnsons Cedar Street with sons in the Navy and relatives from Chicago Columbus and Knoxville. It notes a forthcoming engagement of Ensign Marjorie Homewood Dean to Ensign John Raymond Schumacher and various returns from duty and visits around Ohio and New York.
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Gallipolis
J. A. Johnson
Cedar St
Navy
Steve Johnson
Jacksonville
Fla
J. A. Johnson Jr
Solomons Branch
Anthony Waldenmair
Chicago
William Cook
Columbus
William McKean
Grace Linon
Waldenmair
Mr. Cook
Mr. McKean
Knoxville
Archie H. Dean
Montclair
N. J
Ensign Marjorie Homewood Dean
Us.n.j
Ensign John Raymond Schumacher
U.S.N.R
Raymond E. Schumacher
Jackson Heights
L. I
Ensign Dean
St. Lawrence University
Canton
WN. Y
Ensign Schumacher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy
N. Y
Harvard
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Dean
West Virginia Ordnance Works
New York
General Chemical Company
Local Social Notes Highlight Visits and Returns
Mrs. C F Brown returns from Chicago Furniture Show and Market. Mrs. George Bush and daughter Jane visit Ra cine with her parents Capt W E McDade. Mr and Mrs John Morgan visit Oak Hill relatives. Robert Sheets U S Navy from Rhode Island visits family. Cpl James Hanson Fort Knox Ky spends days here with Mrs Frances Hanson. Miss Emma Richards returns from Chesapeake visit. Wayne Amsbury and family visit with A Steele and Edward Thompson family.
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C. F. Brown
Brown
Chicago
George Bush
Jane
Racine
Bush
W. E. McDade
Stanley Evans
Harry K. Millis, Jr
John Morgan
Oak Hill
Robert Sheets
U. S. Navy
Rhode Island
Edward Thompson
Ensign Thompson
Sol
Jones Interment Set At Thurman For S J Jones
Steve J. Jones age 70 died Sunday in Columbus. He was a son of the late John S. Jones of Thurman and never married. Surviving four brothers Thomas J Van Wert M J Jones Enoch J Jones of Pennsylvania and Elias J Jones of Thurman Rt 2. Body arrives and funeral set at Thurman Presbyterian Church 2 30 Wednesday with burial in Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Steve J. Jones
Columbus
John S. Jones
Thurman
Thomas J. van Wert
M. J. Jones
Enoch J. Jones
Pennsylvania
Elias J. Jones
Thurman Rt. 2
Presbyterian Church
Samuel Whilding
Hill Cemetery
Licensed To Marry In Gallia County
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Ray Morehouse 55 a carpenter and Esther Smith Morehouse 52 both of Gallipolis Ohio. The five day waiting period was waved as this is their second marriage. They formerly lived at Bidwell.
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Gallipolis
Ray Morehouse
Carpenter
Esther Smith Morehouse
Bidwell
Mason County Woman Injured In Fall At Home
Mrs. Melissa Hellems is confined to her Mason Place residence after a stair fall at home. She sustained cuts and bruises. Miss Mary Hellems, secretary of the Mason County Insurance Agency, stays at home to care for her mother until recovery.
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Point Pleasant
Melissa Hellems
Mason Place
Birth at Point Clinic Delivers Welcomed Daughter
At Point Clinic in Bellemeade Kyle Gillian a patient was discharged yesterday. A daughter weighing six pounds ten ounces was born yesterday afternoon to Mr and Mrs Eugene Martin locals.
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Point Pleasant
Kyle Gillian
Bellemeade
Point Clinic
Eugene Martin
Condition Improves For Scotty Hyre At Home
Hyre has recovered sufficiently from recent illness and travels today to Adrian to spend a month with a brother while recuperating.
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Point Pleasant
W. S
Scotty” Hyre
Adrian
Two Admit Robberies in Gallipolis
Two men in Charleston have confessed to burglaries of three local businesses in Gallipolis early last Thursday. Sheriff Hatfield reports more loot recovered, a third party involved, and links to car thefts in Charleston and other areas.
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Gallipolis
Charleston
Gallia County
E. E. Hatfield
Democrats Plan Mason County Ticket Selections
Mason County Democrats met to discuss candidates for county offices in the general election. Possible sheriff contenders named include Harry Krebs and Ernest Kincaide. discussion also covered county clerk, with Co. D. Ball mentioned as a potential candidate for county court clerk.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Harry Krebs
Democratic Party
Big Blacks Ready for Huntington East Showdown Tonight
Senior High School's Big Blacks host Huntington East tonight in a likely tough game. Two subsequent home games loom: against Sandyville Thursday at 2 45 and Ravenswood Friday evening, with 700 local fans backing them after last Friday's win over Wahania.
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Point Pleasant
Huntington East
Sandyville
Ravenswood
Parkersburg
Wahania
Missionaries' Son Flies to Down 12th Japanese Plane
Robert Hanson, the India born first lieutenant from Newtonville Massachusetts and son of Methodist missionaries, downed his 12th Japanese aircraft off New Britain during a raid on Rabaul. He piloted a Corsair against Zeros attempting to intercept the Mitchell bombers attacking Vunakanau airfield and watched one failure crash in St George channel. Hanson had previously downed five Zeros on January 14 at Rabaul and three attacking planes near Bougainville last November 1. In the raid, South Pacific forces shot down 15 planes for certain and three probables.
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New Georgia
Solomons
Robert Hanson
New Britain
Newtonville
Mass
Rabaul
Vunakanau
St. George Channel
Hanson
U. S
Bougainville
South Pacific
Iowa Republicans Favor Bricker Over Dewey in Iowa
Secretary to Gov Bricker Robert L Barton reported from Des Moines that Iowa Republicans are divided between Bricker and Thomas E Dewey for the presidential nomination with little support for Willkie. Barton said Iowans praised Bricker and want to see more of him after a two day conference of young Republican clubs.
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Columbus
Robert L. Barton
John W. Bricker
Iowa
Bricker
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Barton
Des Moines
Spirit of Jaheo Associates Bomber Named by Army Air Forces
Cleveland war plant officials said a new Liberator four motor bomber has been named Spirit of Jaheo Associates by the United States Army Air Forces under a treasury plan to honor extra war bond buyers. Jaheo Associates purchased 532868 in war bonds in 30 days in addition to their 15 percent payroll deductions to cover the plane cost, announced President William S. Jack.
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Cleveland
Jack and Heintz, Inc
Cleveland War Plant
Spirit of Jaheo Associates
United States Army Air Forces
Treasury Department
Jahco Associates
William S. Jack
Red Cross Handles Military Welfare Inquiries
Inquiries on servicemen safety welfare or location may be made through Red Cross when families cannot reach them by jetters or cables through normal channels.
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Red Cross
Homes in Country Club Addition to be sold Feb 17
Legal notice by L L Cunningham and James S Wade trustees for Buckeye Savings and Loan of Bellaire Ohio states 73 dwellings in Country Club Addition will be sold at public auction at the Mason County Courthouse front door on Thursday Feb 17. Homes built by Country Club Homes Inc starting 1942 with 25 year mortgages. payments vary from about 22 to 30 dollars monthly.
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Point Pleasant
L. L. Cunningham
James S. Wade
Buckeye Savings and Loan Company
Bellaire
Country Club Addition
Mason County
Country Club Homes, Inc
Federal Emergency Housing Bureaus
Burdette Addition
Wood County Bank
Parkersburg
Stearn
4 H Leaders Training Sets Sessions in Mason County
Wilma Beyer state girls 4 H club leader will assist in two leader training meetings in Mason County. The first at West Columbia School Thursday at 7 30 p m and the second at Henderson School Friday at 7 30 p m. The Red Mud Stickers held a Life Enrichment program focused on nature study with plans for hot lunch and 4 H record work. Roosevelt American Leaders split club members into tribes to boost points amid county camp traditions. Golden Sunset Workers met in January at Woods School with readings and songs.
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Point Pleasant
Wilma Beyer
Mason County
West Columbia
Henderson School
Roosevelt
Golden Sunset Workers
Woods School
Baptist Young People’s Union Elects Officers
Bertram Dunn is president Betty Jane Forbus vice president and Martha Lee Capehart secretary of the Baptist Young People’s Union elected at a Sunday meeting. The group meets Sundays 6 30 to 7 30 at Main Street Baptist Church under Mrs Dixie Adkins supervision.
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Point Pleasant
Baptist Young People’s Union
Bertram Dunn
Betty Jane Forbus
Martha Lee Capehart
Main Street
Dixie Adkins
Harper Couple Back From Chicago Furniture Mart Trip
Mr and Mrs George O Harper returned from a week in Chicago where they inspected and purchased merchandise at the Furniture Mart They said Chicago hotels were crowded and they saw the stage show Oklahoma Attorneys George G Somerville and F G Musgrave were in Huntington yesterday.
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George O. Harper
Chicago
Furniture Mart
Oklahoma
George G. Somerville
F. G. Musgrave
Huntington
Victory Garden Seed Picks For Mason County 1944
Mason County Agricultural Agent C C Anderson lists recommended Victory Vegetable Varieties for small and larger plots. Seed buyers should seek purity and germination guarantees and arrange seed purchases early. Varieties span tomatoes to watermelons including Break-O-Day tomatoes and Kentucky Wonder beans, along with many regionally noted escapes.
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C. C. Anderson
Mason County
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Rutgers
Chantenay
Danvers
Kentucky
Marion
Jersey
Wakefield
Wisconsin
Coppenhagen
Grand Rapids
Wonderful
California
Davis
Detroit
Crosby
Golden Cross
Golden Cross Bantam
Stowell’s Evergreen
Malcolm
Fordhook Bush
Ebenezer
Mrs. Anderson Plans Move to Newport News Virginia
Mrs. Sylvia Anderson of Charleston will relocate to Newport News, Virginia after Feb. 1. She works as secretary to Major John Palmer at Hampton Roads Boatyard and previously worked with Somerville and Somerville in Charleston. Her daughter Jacquelyn, who trained at Kanawha Flying School, is awaiting WASPS placement and will also move to Newport News in about a month.
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Point Pleasant
Sylvia Anderson
Charleston
Newport News
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WACS
India
WAC
Helen Conn
New London
Sally Dean
Battle Creek
Mich
WAAF
Margaret Maude
London
Eng
Delhi
Elizabeth Lutze
Sheboygan
Wis
Gallia
Gallipolis Social Notes
Albert Ingels
Hal
Clyde C. Ingels
West Coast
Cincinnati
Omons
John Will
Jewell Burnette
Mildred Brown
Chillicothe
Joe Moch
Lynn
Seisenberg
Gerald Gills
J. E. Gills
Fourth Ave
Jones
At Point Clinic
Bricker, Dewey
Jaheo Associates
NEA Telephoto
Italy
OWI
Country Club
Ohio Loan Company
PEAS
Alaska
Laxton
Progress
Alderman
Nott's Excelsior
Guernsey
Bliss Triumph
Nancy Hall
Bloomdale
Virginia
Rocky Ford
Jenny Lind
Georgia
Mrs. Anderson
Glenwood
Nora Crawforg
Finley Cremeanss
Verndale
Arbuckletrict
E. W. Webster
Holzer
American Tropics
Nature Ag
Doan
Oakley and Oakley Insurance
Nelsonville
CABLE
Nelsonville, Ohio
Athens County
John H. Preston
General County
County Home Fund
Childrens Fund
Indigent Soldier's Fund, Blind Fund, A. D. C
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