Ohio State Guardsmen Examined in Gallipolis
Full list men from Company 1 Second Regiment Ohio State Guard received anti typhoid shots and physical exams Wednesday night in Gallia County courthouse courtroom. Captain Craig D. Stagie with Lieut Elein B Higgins and Second Lieut Morria Haskins oversaw enrollment. Doctors Shane and Foster conducted medical exams.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ohio State Guard
Gailia County
Gilbert Beard
Craig D. Stagie
Elein B. Higgins
Morria Haskins
Shane and
Foster
To Urge TNT Production Increase
Gallipolis officials and six members of the Ohio West Virginia Tri County Industrial Association will meet War Department ordnance officials in Washington to press for higher TNT output at the West Virginia Ordnance Works. They argue against waste in abandoning a $100 million investment and warn about bonds sales if proceeds fund defunct plants. The delegation includes Homer Walter Col H B Ecker Mayor B W Krodel Bartow Jones Edgar Irvin Ed Smith, with Smith and Walter linked to their Chambers of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Westirginia
Homer Walter
Col. H. B. Ecker
B. W. Krodel
Bartow Jones
Point Pleasant
Edgar Ervin
Middleport
Ed Smith
Pomeroy
Smith
Walter
Chambers of Commerce
Sam A. Simmons
Washington
H. B. Ecker
H. W. Walter
George G. Somerville
E. Bartow Jones
W. A. Smith
Charles E. Holzer
Stanley E. Evans
Jack Knight
E. S. Spear
T. A. Thomas
W. O. Compton
D. D. Shafer
R. L. Jacobs
Alfred Elberfeld
Frank B. Will
H. B. Kress
William A. Smith
Edison Hobstetter
W. G. Brown
B. H. Rawlings
Homer E. Cook
Harry R. Barnes
W. Clark
W. A. Compton
Ohio-W. Va
Tri- County Industrial Association
Congress
Navy Yards
Gallipolis Social Notes Update of local visits and engagements
Miss Mary Jane Brown visits relatives in Belmont County before seeking new work. Ted Westfall and Zada Williams plan June 30 nuptials in El Paso Texas with Sgt Carl Westfall as groom. Dr. and Mrs. Holzer and family spend a month in Gallipolis. Mrs. Forest Lakin departs for two weeks in Rittman. Lt John W. Frazier Jr visits Huntington relatives with his five children. Mrs. Wyman Stevens visits from Ashland. Mrs. Carrie Williams hosts daughters Nellie Scarberry and Eulah Williams in Columbus. Mrs. Paul Dickey from Drill spends time with aunt Mrs. Cowden and Dr. Cowden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Holzer Jr
Cincinnati
CE. Holzer
Gallipolis
S. C. Wiihem
Point Pleasant
Forest Lakin
Dorthy Hannnger
Rittman
John W. Frazier Jr
Huntington
John W. Frazier
Wyman Stevens
Ashland
G. E. Martin
Carrie Williams
Nellie Scarberry
Eulah Williams
Columbus
Paul Dickey
Drill
L. C. Cowden
Cowden
Real Estate Deals in Gallia County Reported
Four Gallia County properties change hands with the Bailey deed to Harold Coulter for 158.3 acres in Green Township at about 7000 dollars. Swisher transfers 40 acres in Morgan Township to Raymond Swisher. Northup deeds 158.3 acres near Noarth up to Paul and Odell Northup for around 7000 dollars. Jones deeds 9.15 acres in Raccoon Township to Clifton J. Paynter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Sarah J. Bailey
Harold Coulter
Green Township
Doe
Curts Swisher
Whfe
Raymond Swisher
Morgan Township
Charles A. Northup
Paul and
Odell Northup
Noarthup
Lewis Jones
Clifton J. Paynter
Raccoon Township
Mary Switzer Accepted by WAVES in Cincinnati
Mary Switzer daughter of Mrs C E Johnson 718 Fleet Ave Gallipolis Ohio was enlisted in the WAVES on Wednesday July 7 in Cincinnati She has returned to await orders to proceed to Hunter College New York City Switzer was impressed with the WAVES treatment in Cincinnati
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Switzer
C. E. Johnson
Fleet Ave
Cincinnati
Hunter College
New York City
Mise Switzer
Gallia County Woman Dies Tuesday in Gallipolis
Mrs Hettle Brindley Smith 69 died Tuesday afternoon at her niece Isabel Jones home in Gallipolis. Wife of Christopher Smith she leaves a son Pvt Lloyd J. Smith at Camp Gordon Ga and two nieces Isabel Jones and Isabel Shockey and nephew Sgt Charles W. Smith Camp Rucker Ala. Funeral plans to be completed after word from son. Body taken to Jeman's Mortuary Bidwell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mra Hettle Brindley Smith
Isabel Jones
Alvin Jones
Christopher Smith
Buck Ridge
Henry
Rachel Brindley
Pvt
Lloyd J. Smith
Camp Gordon
Isabel Shockey
Charles W. Smith
Camp Rucker
Ala
Jeman
Bidwell
Violator of Pool Rules Is Arrested
An 18 year old Gallipolis swimmer was jailed on Thursday while police sought about 20 other youths who swam nude at the city pool between midnight and 1 30 am. The youth, a Gallia Academy High School graduate and recent U S Army inductee on furlough, will face a Friday forenoon hearing before Judge William H Jones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia
Gallia Academy
U. S. Army
William H. Jones
Edwin E. Higgins
Will Make Regular Visits to Gallia
A Social Security Board representative from the Nelsonville Field Office will visit the Gallipolis post office at 1 p.m. on Thursday July 22 and on the third Thursday of each month thereafter. The change from twice monthly visits is due to wartime travel restrictions. The purpose is to collect retirement and survivor insurance claims, take applications for employee and employer numbers, and provide Social Security information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Social Security Board
Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance
Nelsonville
William W. Martin
Thursday Prices at Gallipolis Market
Prices at the Gallipolis Auction Produce Company for Thursday list beans from 1 to 1.60 per bushel cucumbers 2.75 to 3.35 cabbage 1.40 to 1.65 tomatoes 1.50 to 1.75 apples 2.50 to 2.75 per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallipolis Auction Produce Company
Ek E Brewer Sells 41 Acre Farm
Ek E Brewer of Bidwell sells his 41 acre farm near the Baptist Church in Springfield Township to James I Harless of Davin West Virginia. Willard Grover, real estate agent, handled the sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. E. Brewer
Bidwell
James I
Harless, Davin
W. Va
Baptist Church
Springfield Township
Willard Grover
Probate Court Notes Show Sales and Appointments in Meigs County
Meigs County Probate Court entries include orders to sell Mary Founds estate property, Ruth H Feiger named executrix for Philip Feiger will, guardianship bills approved for Clarence Folmer ward, various appraisers and attorneys paid, inventories filed, and final accounts approved in multiple estates including Bettie W Smith Dow Folmer and James M Bishop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Mary Founds
Percy L. Peoples
Ruth H. Feiger
Philip Feiger
Ruth
R. N. Larrimer
Industrial Commission
Roger Daniels
R. A. Kidd, Jr
Byron Bing
Elson McCullough
Manning D. Webster
Ruth Young
George W. Cooper
Ellen Holter
Edison Hobstetter
de Bonis Non
James E. Smith
Floyd A. Miller
Bettie W. Smith
Opal Dailey
Mary Walter
Addie EK. Maguire
James M. Bishop
James Bishop
Manning Webster
Lizzie Folmer
Dow Folmer
Navy Opens Aviation Branch to Women in WAVES
Navy invites women with instructional ability to join WAVES in Gallipolis. Recruits will train at Hunter College New York City and receive two weeks of simulation training in Detroit Michigan with the Jim Handy Corp. Pay starts at petty officer third class with full dental medical care food quarters and clothing. Promotions to chief petty officer possible up to 126 dollars. Call the Navy Recruiting Station Gallipolis for details. Recruiter: J Clair Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Navy
Hunter College
New York City
Jim Handy Corp
Detroit
Michigan
J. Clair Hall
Dinner Honors Son and Wedding Anniversary in Racine
Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan Sayre of Racine hosted a farewell dinner on Sunday July 4 for their son Brooks who was inducted into the Army. The event also marked the couple’s first wedding anniversary and included a birthday supper for Barbara Stose of New Brighton Pennsylvania. Brooks, the Sayres third son in service, was noted as serving overseas with Paul in Iran and Howard aboard a Norfolk Virginia mine planter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Sullivan Sayre
Brooks
Brooks Sayre
Little Barbara Stose
New Brighton
Norfolk
Ray Wilson
Paul
Columbus
Robi. Pickens
Jakie
Barbara
Henry Bentz
Douglas
Fred Zald
Eugene Forbes
Helen
Margie
Youth Fellowship Plans Camp Trip Luggage Drop
All girls and boys joining the United Methodist Church Youth Fellowship to Lancaster Camp Ground are asked to bring luggage and traveling packages to the Youth Chapel at the Bethany Building during Sunday School. A truck will transport the luggage and supplies to the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Lancaster
United Methodist Church
Bethany
Birth Announced for Son of Mr and Mrs McMurray
Mr and Mrs Wyllis McMurray of Cave Street announce the birth of a son weighing 7 pounds 6 ounces on Wednesday July 7 at St Joseph's Hospital Parkersburg. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Winn McMurray and Mrs John Phillips all of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Wyllis McMurray
Cave St
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
McMurray
Ohio Power
Sorority Initiation Prep At Moose Club
Lambda Chi Omega held written and oral tests for pledges at the Moose Club in Point Pleasant led by rush captain Mrs James Hall. Pledges must perform before sorority members with penalties for failure and formal initiation planned for the club. Hostesses on Sunday included Mrs Melvin Schmidt Mrs Wadear Thabet and Mrs Leon S Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lambda- Chi Omega
Moose Club
James Hall
Rush
Melvin Schmidt
Wadear Thabet
Leon S. Thompson
Bernice Wilt
Eleanor White
Margaret Parsons
Louise Evans
Alice Barr
Virginia Lewis
Richard H. Melrose
William F. Machir
Hansel Poling
Lida Wallace
George C. Harper
Edith Quillin
L. W. Getty
John Clay Hutchinson
Casby Meadows Jr
B. Walter Krodel
Pt Pleasent Social Notes From Pt Pleasant
Guests of Mr and Mrs T E Blessing at dinner included Cecil Blessing Sr and Ella Blessing Letart and Sergeant Cecil Blessing Jr Seattle who asked for a furlough extension. Mrs A L Rossiter left for Detroit after visiting here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
T. E. Blessing
Cecil Blessing
Ella Blessing
Letart
Cecil Blessing Jr
Seattle
Wash
Sergeant Blessing
Paul A. Blessing
Army Medical Corps
New Orleans
Middleport Personal Notices Highlight Local Travel and Visits
A string of visitors and returning residents fills Middleport scenes. Edison Bakers stayed with relatives in Nitro while C R Gilbert and Marie Erlewine returned to Springfield after holidays. Mrs E L Lambert and Marian visited Cleveland relatives. Marie Morarity Young accompanied Set Clifford Young to Columbus en route to camp. Surnames recur as families host in towns from Point Pleasant to Columbus and beyond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. R. Gilbert
Marie Erlewine
Springfield
Minnie Erlewine
E. L. Lambert
Marian Lambert
Cleveland
David Miller
Marie Morarity Young
Clifford Young
Columbus
Sergeant Young
Donna Ruth
Myrna Russell
Sidney Russell
Edgar Tuckerman
Point Pleasant
Doris Barker
Noel Hysell
Shirley Leonard
Marion
Civic Leaders Plan Washington Mission Over War Plant Use
A six man Mason Meigs and Gallipolis led delegation will travel to Washington to press for fuller use of the local war plants. The group aims to investigate why Navy yards and ordnance works operate below capacity and to recruit federal help, with local officials and rail firms coordinating in Washington. Ensign and Mrs Robert Cope announce birth of their son in Pomeroy with Walter Compton as grandfather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason, Meigs
Gallig
Pomeroy
Ensign
Robert Cope
Virginia Compton
Cambridge
Walter Compton
Copes
Koenig's New Son Pomeroy Born July First in Family
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Koenig welcomed Larry Elwood Pomeroy as their son on July 1. The newborn weighed 6% pounds, making him the second child after a sister named Delores Annalee. The Luhrig Rural School Budget will be on file at the next Luhrig School Board meeting, scheduled for 7 16, 1943, with George Francis serving as clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Larry Elwood
Arthur Koenig
Koenigs
Delores Annalee
Luhrig Rural School
Luhrig School Board
George Francis
Bids Sought for Coal Delivery to Luhrig School
Legal notice bids for 15 tons of No 6 screened coal to Luhrig School due by 6 p m July 16. George Francis Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Luhrig
George Francis
Public Auction Notice for Chauncey Real Estate in 1943
Sheriff of Athens County announces a public auction on July 12 1943 at 1 30 PM at the east door of the Court House Athens Ohio. The sale covers Inlots 11 12 Nye s Addition Inlets 8 9 George Harvey Nye s Addition and Inlets 642 643 645 Slater Poston Addition Chauncey with minerals excepted. Minimum bids listed per parcel with cash due day of sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George William Nye
A. D
Athens
Ohio
Dover
Inlotas
Nye
Chauncey
George Harvey Nye
Slater-Poston
Inlet
Common Pleas Court
Athens County
George Bateman
Thelma L. Risley
Elmer E. Jacobs
Shipyard Work Regarded Highly Satisfactory
Bob McGuffin adjutant of the American Legion Post reported from Washington that an Army officer familiar with Marietta Manufacturing Co. praised the shipyard work as highly satisfactory. McGuffin spent several days there on American Legion business and discussed production details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bob McGuffin
American Legion Post
Washington
Vegetable Planting May Be Continued to July Fifteen
Extension horticulturist T P Gray says planting of vegetables may continue to July 15 with beans and sweet corn suitable for late planting. Varieties include Fordhook Favorite Lazy Wife White Cranberry London Horticultural and Speckled Cranberry beans and Golden Cross Bantam Span Cross Bantam Lincoln corn. Tools to boost output include succession and companion cropping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
T. D. Gray
C. C. Anderson
London
Golden Cross Bantam
Span Cross Bantam
Lincoln
4-H Club Meets at Graham Station
The July meeting of the Senior Eureka 4-H Club was held at the Graham Station school with an Independence Day program including readings and flag demonstrations. Games on independence and the flag were played and plans for a later festival were made. Mt. Flower Skyscraper club raised 57.10 for community church improvements.
Births Reported at Point Clinic in Point Pleasant
The Point Clinic reports the birth of a daughter Pauletta June to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Bennett of Point Pleasant Wednesday weighing 7 pounds 34 ounces. It also notes the birth of a daughter Sandra Sue to Mr. and Mrs. Lester Nibert of Gallipolis Ferry at their home weighing eight pounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
The
Point Clinic
Pauletta June
Paul Bennett
Sandra Sue
Lester Nibert
Gallipolis Ferry
Work of Club Reported in Mason County
PT PLEASANT It was revealed at the first anniversary meeting the war mothers Emergency Club that the June membership drive had yielded 972.27 toward a 500 goal set by President Bill Higgins four weeks ago. Treasurer F. W. Ingraham reported annual receipts of 2 378.96 with additional 25 loan repayment and 64.99 in last night memberships bringing total to 2 467.96. Disbursements show 100 spent to two war mothers called to camp to visit hospitalized sons. The club financed 55 six month newspaper subscriptions for county boys in service. Five hundred memobooks cost 35.4. The honor roll book lists 1308 Mason County men and women. about 75 names will be added. The club plans to extend aid for emergencies and will sew flowers if a father or mother in service dies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PT Pleasant
War Mothers Emergency Club
Bill Higgins
F. W
Graham
Ingraham
United States
Coin House
Mason County
To Serve Supper by Woman's Society in Henderson
The Woman's Society of Christian Service will host a pot luck supper at 8:00 p.m. at Mrs. Loyal Wright's residence in Henderson. Members from other church groups are invited, and a silver offering will be collected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Chistian Serva
Loyal Wright
Henderson
Resignations at The Smoker Reported
Four employees named Lester Pullins Bob McGuffin Paul Smith and Odell Tharp resigned from The Smoker effective at the coming weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lester Pullins
Bob McGuffin
Paul Smith
Odell Tharp
Also Mentioned on This Page
Capt
Slagle
Gallipolis Social Notes
Mary Jane Brown
Maynard
Belmont County
George Westfall
Ted
Carl L. Westfall
Zada Williams
Dayton
Elpaso
Texas
Biggs Field
WAVES
Ek. E. Brewer
Judy
Chicago
Harvey Carlile
Bettie Smith
R. G. Webster
Hart Stanbery
J. C. Pickens
Grover Jenkinson
D.b.a
Pure Fuel Coal Company
Sara Parr
R. A. Martin
James Eugene Cooper
Frank
Bertha Fell
James Eugene Fell
Grover the Pure Fuel Oil Company
Jenkinson Et al
A. L. Rossiter
C. E. Holzer, Jr
James M. Crump
Hartford
Carrie Lynch
Getty Book and Novelty Store
Charleston Road
Carl Lynch
Holzer Hospital
Charles E. Hogg
Robert L. Hogg
Donald Coe
Edison Baker
Nitro
Robert Coats
Christine
Fleanor Souders
Coats
Jackie
Jack Taggard
Hugh Rousey
Jacob Young
Robert Caruthers
Clairton
William Beard
Ed. Bailey
Bashan
Freda Hawk
Darwin
Charles McNamee
Cpl
Don Dillon
Camp Shelby
June Pratt
Eugene Farley
Frank Knowles
Front St
Yerley
Henry West
East Liverpool
Knowles
John McKenzie
Denton
Max Lambert
State Highway Patrol
A George Swallow
David Farmer
Sherife
State of
Athens County Common Pleas
Alice M. Nye
Inlet No
4-H
Graham Station
Thei
Whitmores
Buchtel
Majestic
AIR Corps
NACIS
North
Africa
Pio
U.S
U.S Army Sula. Raed
Don” Bros. Pictures
Ing
War Activities Committee
Russell
Lucky
Hayden
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