Red Cross drive aims for 12500 in Gallia County drive
Gallia County officials announce the annual Red Cross drive with a $12,500 quota, 300 below last year. Campaign runs February 26 to March 15, kickoff dinner February 24 at Grace Methodist Church. Local firms sponsor meals. volunteers from W.S.C.S. circle to serve, with district organizers ready to mobilize.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Red Cross
Ben R. Evans
Grace Methodist Church
Red Cross Treasury
Evans
Evans- Packing: Company
Jack Knight
Epidemic In Cincinnati Hospitals Raises Alarm
Health officials in Cincinnati monitor an outbreak of contagious enteritis among newborns at a major hospital. Nearby, local items note Mrs. J. V. Kapp and family moving from Holzer Hospital to their Mt. Vernon Avenue home, Dr. A. G. Arnett a Holzer patient, and various community notices including a Texas trip for Mas Lester Isner and routine hospital updates on Mr and Mrs Sprenger and other residents.
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Cincinnati
Aged Woman Dies at Home in Gallipolis
Gallipolis Ohio Mrs Valentine Swigert 83 died Monday at her Brandstetter Heights home after a two year illness. She was Sophia Marle Steinbeck before marriage to Swigert who preceded her in death. Lifelong county residents. Survived by two daughters Cora and Stella Swigert both at home, two sons Marcus Swigert local agent Standard Oil and Frank Fritz Swigert employed at Van delia. Funeral arrangements pending arrival of son Frank.
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Gallipolis
Valentine Swigert
Brandstetter Heights
Sophia Marlé Steinbeck
Mr. Swigert
Cora
Stella Swigert
Marcus Swigert
Standard Oil’ Company
Frank
Fritz
Swigert
Vandelia
Ohio
Husband of Former Gallia Girl Killed
Gallipolis residents receive news that Walter Wise, husband of a former Gallia girl, was killed in action January 5 during the German offensive in Belgium. Official notification reached January 23. Wise, from Albany, New York, went overseas early last fall. Mrs. Nelson K Moore, Buffalo, New York, the former Freda Ray, has lived with her parents in Buffalo since the marriage.
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Gallipolis
Walter Wise
Nelson K. Moore
Buffalo
N.Y
Belgium
Albany
N. Y
Moore
Freda Ray
Mrs. JoelRay
Buffalo, N. Y
Gallipolis Schools Have Sufficient Coal Supply
City School Superintendent Edwin E Higgins announces no coal crisis for Gallipolis Schools. Bins are full and supply will last several weeks despite heavy snow and frigid temperatures reducing attendance. heating plants operate normally.
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Gallipolis
Edwin E. Higgins
War Today Fierce Hun Fighting Still In Prospect
Dewitt Mackenzie notes German morale at a low ebb amid heavy fighting across Europe. Russians press from the Baltic to Hungary while Berlin evacuates and Munich becomes the center of resistance as the Reich confronts strategic collapse.
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Morales
Europe
Land
Germany
Reich
Berlin
Upper Silesia
Red
Munich
Reichswehr
Hitler
Baltic Sea
Hungary
East Prussia
Cadet nurses leave for six months at Cincinnati General
Fourteen junior class cadet nurses from Holzer Hospital School of Nursing prepare for six months of affiliation work at Cincinnati General Hospital starting February 4. Dr. Charles E. Holzer hosted a dinner at the Lafayette Hotel with cadets Lorraine Cartright Norma Donley Dorothy Ehman Alice Belle Edwards Jean Holman Mildred Talbott Annie Timmons Ruth Anne Mossbarger Opal Riffle Beatrice Spaulding Ann Wright and faculty Miss Hazel Richard Mrs. Ruth Pfann Root and Miss Loretta Franz in attendance.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Cincinnati General Hospital
Charles E. Holzer
Lafayette Hotel
Lorraine Cartright
Vinton
Norma Donley
Firebrick
Dorothy Ehman
Rio Grande
Alice Belle Edwards
Proctorville
Jean Holman
Mildred
Talbott
Annie Timmons
Racine
Louise Lambert
Candace Lewis
Jackson
Ruth Anne Mossbarger
Gage
Opal Edna Riffle
Leon
W. Va
Beatrice Spaulding
Ann Wright
Langsville
Miss Hazel Richard
Ruth Pfann
Root
Loretta Franz
Mason County Schools Keep Sessions Amid Snowfall
In Point Pleasant about four inches of snow fell Sunday night. Snow plows cleared main highways quickly, but some routes remained blocked. Principal Robert H. Ferguson said Junior High will stay in session despite weather. Many county schools had been disrupted since December 12.
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Mason County
Robert H. Ferguson
Rairden Proposes Salary Increase for County Court Members
Delegate George A. Rairden plans to introduce a bill during the present legislative session to raise county court salaries. The current pay is 25 dollars a month, the lowest in the state, while Calhoun County pays 45 dollars and Kanawha County 250 dollars monthly. County courts also receive 2 dollars per day of actual session. Mason County recently met twice weekly, with members drawing about 40 dollars monthly in salary and per diem.
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Point
Pleasant
George A. Rairden
Calhoun
Kanawha
Mason County Court
Conservation Chief Goes to Charleston
Floyd Rothlisberger district supervisor of the soil conservation service spoke in Kanawha County at Elkview High School and the Charleston courthouse. Invited by county agent T H McGavran, he is a longtime West Virginia conservation worker as Kanawha County voters prepare to decide next month on establishing a conservation district.
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Point Pleasant
Floyd Rothlisberger
Soil Conservation Service
Kanawha County
Elkview High School
Charleston
Rothlisberger
West Virginia
T. H. Mgavran
Arrest Riverman in Huntington on Alimony Arrest
Fred Wiseman, a Riverman and Tiger engineer, was arrested Sunday in Huntington by State Trooper Harry D. Coyner and Deputy Sheriff Oral Morrison. He is held in Mason County jail awaiting arraignment before Judge Lewis H. Miller in Ripley, with alimony arrears cited by his former wife under a divorce decree.
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Point Pleasant
Fred Wiseman
Huntington
Harry D. Coyner
Oral Morrison
Wiseman
Mason County
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
Audit underway as Mason arrives for annual county duties
Starts Mason Audit POINT PLEASANT W V 8S Dunkle veteran auditor of the estate tax commission office arrived yesterday to make the annual audit of the county board of education. He has performed this Gallipolis personals audit in former years. He has from Miss Sylvia Taylor local librarian praised the work of Miss Ian left Tuesday for Columbus to attend the Ohio State Librarians Association meeting. Seaman 1 C William Walter Brown stationed at Great Lakes Ill since his return from duty overseas spent a week end leave here with his parents Mr and Mrs L M Brown of the Clendinin anentmante paves inicesa. Sgt Edward Edelhlute was here from his station at Dover Del for a week end leave with his wife the former Marie Meadows Mrs Helen K Arnold proprietor of the Park Central Hotel was the guest of relatives near Pomeroy lever Sunday. Relatives here have learned that Mrs Emma Kerns is ill at the home of her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs O H Beaton Williamson W Va Mrs Kerns who will be ninety three years old next April was a life long resident of Gallipolis until a year ago when she went to reside with her daughter and family in West Virginia Mrs Alice Wall Taylor returned home Monday after spending the weekend with friends in Charleston Seaman Robert Ball stationed at Bainbridge Md was here over the week end with his wife and mother relatives
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Dunkle
Estate Tax Commission Office
County Board of Education
Gallipolis
Sylvia Taylor
Librar
Ian
Columbus
Hildreth Armstrong
Ohio State Librarians
Seaman
William Walter Brown
Great Lakes
L.M. Brown
The
Clendininanentmante
Edward Edelhlute
Dover
Del
Marie Meadows
Helen K. Arnold
Park Central Hotel
Pomeroy
Lever
Emma Kerns
O. H. Beaoton
Williamson
W. Va
Kerns
West Virginia
Alice Wall Taylor
Charleston
Robert Ball
Bainbridge
Census Takers Sought for Mason County Enro Ment
Vanhorn of Clarksburg with the Census Bureau is conducting a class for enumerators for the 1945 agricultural census in Mason. Only one candidate, C. W. Sommer of Beech Hill, attended the session, though ten enumerators are needed for ten magistral districts. Finding ten qualified volunteers may prove difficult in this busy area.
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iFarm
Mason Point Pleasant
Bernard
Union Seeks to Organize War Workers at plant
Paul D. Wedge of the International Brotherhood of Boiler Makers and Iron Shipbuilders says an effort is underway to organize General Chemical Defense Corporation employees at Point Pleasant. Posters circulated, workers responding, reviving a drive first tried two years ago at the explosives plant.
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Point Pleasant
Paul D. Wedge
International Brotherhood of Boilermakers and Iron Shipbuilders
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Wedge
Davis Home Damaged By Fire Near Airport
Gallipolis fire crews responded at about 8 30 Monday morning to a blaze in the lower floor of Jack Davis home near the airport. The fire was extinguished but a roof hole and substantial lower level and attic damage occurred.
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Gallipolis
Jack Davis
Is Granted Divorce In Gallipolis Case Details
Goldie Harrson was granted a divorce from Enos Harrison on cruelty and neglect grounds. Custody of the minor children awarded to the plaintiff, with Enos Harrison ordered to pay $45 monthly support. Case heard Saturday by Judge Lewis C. den War.
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Gallipolis
Goldie Harrson
Enos Harrison
Lewis C. den
Gallia County relatives visit Columbus pair and hospital updates
Mr and Mrs Tim Ross of Columbus spent the weekend with Gallia County relatives in Gallipolis. Fred Foster, recently in Holzer Hospital, is improving. Mrs Bernard Morgan remains in Point Clinic after a highway accident with injuries initially thought minor but later described as more serious.
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UL Lwu
Tim Ross
Columbus
Gallia County
Gallinolis
Fred Foster
Holzer Hospital
Pleasant relief ad touts PRU-LAX medicine
A vintage advertisement taunts stomach discomfort with Cascara and Senna laxative PRU-LAX. It promises gentle relief for constipation and related symptoms. The spot urges readers to ask for PRU-LAX at Athens Pharmacy in Athens Ohio with a money back guarantee.
900 Women Are Needed By Sylvania
Sylvania Electric Products Co will need 500 women for the local feeder plant with limited operations to begin February 5. This is 100 fewer than earlier reports. Some applications are already in, and there is strong local interest. Workers will enjoy specially favorable conditions.
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Point Pleasant
Sylvania Electric Products Co
BEC
Meatless Days To Be Discussed In Plan Discussed
POINT PLEASANT The community service panel of the war price and rationing board plans to discuss meatless days as part of the local wartime rationing program this evening. Rev. C G Billups chairs the panel with members Richard Startzman Debbert Staats Leon Putz Walden Roush Mrs Milton Miller Mrs Ross Filson and Chester Roush.
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Point Pleasant
War Price and Rationing Board
C. G. Billups
Richard J .Startzman
Debbert C. Staats
Leon H. Putz
Walden F. Roush
Milton L. Miller
Ross Filson
Chester A. Roush
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