Six of New Group Are City Residents
Nelsonville Ohio area draft board 2 notifies residents for screening tests as a preliminary step toward possible military service. The list includes Fred Jenkins 41 and 20 year olds such as John Carl Monks 21 Arthur Leslie Anderson 38 and Steve Danko 40 among others from Nelsonville Amesville Coolville Athens and surrounding towns. Tests are set for Thursday morning July 16 at 9 30 o clock at the local board in the American Legion building Nelsonville.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
Draft Board No
American Legion
Fred Jenkins
N. Harper St
John Carl Monks
Terrace St
Clinton Bateman
W. Franklin St
Albert Lewis Smith
Grosvenor St
Robert O. Drescher
Rudolph Clinton Bryan
Myers St
Afl
Kenneth Marshal Carman
New Marshfield
Leroy Wil Ha
Deanville
William George Pullins
Coolville
Charles Elmer Rife
Buchtel
Ralph Marion Davies
Athens Rt
Tony Bacanis
Elza Allen Linscott
Amesville
Floyd Olin Hartley
Athens
John Richard Border
Henry Martin
James Alfred Dye
Joseph Clinton Smart
Wilbur Lloyd Everett
Wilford Leroy Frash
Arthur Leslie Anderson
4-H Club Outing At Buckeye Lake In Nelsonville
Victory 4-H Club members from Nelsonville enjoyed a Sunday outing at Buckeye Lake arriving for Sunday School and church at Community Church led by Rev. C. F. Miller. The group included ten members and ten guests plus advisor Mrs. Arthur Ingram with plans for a semi monthly meeting at the advisor’s home on July 24 at 1 pm and a pot luck dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Victory 4-H
Buckeye Lake
C. F. Miller
Christina Stufflebean
Alberta Jeffers
Waveleen
Eva Keplar
Midge Ingram
Mary Fisk
Vina Stufflebean
Charles
Donna Wend
Norman Green
Arthur Ingram
Fay Warren
Margie
Reva
Georgia
Charles Wend
Jimmie
Max
Kirk Nolan
Sery
Ira Koon Dies At Doanville
NELSONVILLE Ira Koon age 0 died yesterday at his home in Doanville Funeral services set for Thursday at 3 PM at the family residence led by Rev Ben Awe He is survived by his wife Armanda a stepson Andrew Hall five grandsons Roy Arthur Clarence James and Donald Hall all of Deanville a great granddaughter Phyliss Ann Hall and several nephews and nieces
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ira Koon
Doanville
Ben Awe
Armanda
Andrew Hall
Roy Arthur
Clarence
James
Donald Hall
Deanville
Phyliss Ann Hall
Buchtel Housewives Register for Sugar
Buchtel residents can register for canning sugar at Mayor Wright's office. The schedule for the week of July 13 lists Wednesday evening 6 to 9, Friday 9 to 12 and 1 to 5, with a Sunday’s Messenger notice for next week’s schedule.
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Buchtel
Local To Meet Monday Auxiliary Election At School
Local No. 12 will hold a meeting at the school house on Wednesday July 15. Members are urged to attend as officers will be elected and a potluck lunch will follow.
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Longstreth
Rotary Honors J P Mossman At Meeting
Gallipolis Ohio Rotary Club honored J Paul Mossman with a glowing tribute. Mossman, a past president and former secretary, departs soon to become executive secretary of the Lakewood Chamber of Commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Edwin E. Higgins
J. Paul Mossman
Rotary Club
Mossman
Lakewood Chamber of Commerce
Homer Beckett
W. F E. Wiseman
Paul Mossman
Morris Haskins
Lavair
John Norman May Be Drafted as Stationary Engineer
John Norman, custodian at the courthouse, was summoned to the U S Employment office in Point Pleasant for interrogation on his qualifications as a stationary engineer. He completed an occupational questionnaire and is in readiness for an early call into service. Norman, with ten years as custodian, has a son, Arthur Norman, in Australia with the U S Air Corps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
U. S
Point Pleasant
John Norman
Norman
Arthur Norman
Australia
U. S. Air Corps
Examination results not yet received for civil service post
Ratings for applicants seeking the superintendent and ration at the Children's Home have not been received two weeks after testing. The board must annoint within 15 days after the civil service list is received, according to Mrs. H. Poe Bradbury, president of the home’s trustees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H. Poe Bradbury
Civil Service Board
Dr Dafoe Passes Through Gallipolis On Lecture Visit
Dr Roy Allen Dafoe famed as medical monitor for the Dionne quintuplets passed through Gallipolis yesterday en route to a lecture engagement in Huntington. He was accompanied by a driver and reportedly took a brief drive around the city and state hospital grounds.
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Gallipolis
Roy Allen Dafoe
Huntington
State Hospital
Picnic Planned by County Women's Home Council
More than 60 persons signified their intention to attend a picnic sponsored by the county Women's Home Council at Chickamauga Park this evening. The program includes games and recreation activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Women's Home Council
Chickamauga Park
Chain Store Ends Gallipolis Delivery Service
Evans Grocery Co. announces all delivery service at the Gallipolis store will end with Saturday's close due to transportation difficulties. Other grocery stores may take similar action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chain Store
Gallipolis
Evans Grocery Co
Reforestation in Gallia Falls Short of Normal
Gallia County reports only about half the usual trees planted for reforestation. Pollitt led with 5,500 trees, followed by the state hospital at 2,625, and officials include Mrs. Bossard, Lawrence Holliday, James Wright, and many Vocational Agriculture students with 100 to 200 trees each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. G. Royer
Gallia County
Joe Donald Pollitt
Swan Creek
State Hospital
Pollitt
Samuel L. Bossard
Laurence Holliday
Jamess. Wright
Paul Ball
Robert Brown
Lewis Daniels
Floyd H. Davis
Richard Davis
George Hamrick
Jack Hansen
Charles Howard
C. Y. Lakin, Jr
Glenn Lanier
Stanley Miller
Wayne Russell
Charles Smith
Wayne E. Thomas
Dennis Wallace
Kenneth Wells
James Woodard
Edna Hussell Visits and Local Dignitaries Stop
Miss Edna Hussell R N of Thomas West Virginia has returned there after visiting her parents Mr and Mrs A E Hussell of Sand Hill Road Capt Robert Walker of Huntington visited the Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association office Tuesday Mr and Mrs Jackson C Cochran and Mr Pete Bonebrake of Charleston have returned home after visiting Mrs Cochran s sister Miss Juliet Smith Main St Fred C Shirer of Wheeling special agent spent Monday at the Mason County Insurance Co office Dr and Mrs Elmer Lowry of Cincinnati have returned home after a brief visit with her parents Mr and Mrs S H McNeill of Hickory Chapel
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edna Hussell
R. N
Thomas
W. Va
A. E. Hussell
Sand Hill Road
Robert Walker
Huntington
Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association
Jackson C. Cochran
Pete Bonebrake
Charleston
Fred C. Shirer
Wheeling
Mason County Insurance Co
Elmer Lowry
Cincinnati
S. H. McNeill
Hickory Chapel
Thompson Rites Held Today in Gallipolis
Funeral rites for Pvt. Charles Thompson killed in an automobile accident at North field Illinois were held this afternoon at the Wetherholt Funeral Home. He is survived by his wife Dorothy Nimrichter and his mother Mrs. Hugh Miller. Officer Morrison arrested Vance Morrison on drunkenness charges on the access highway and he posted a $12 bond before release by Mayor Krodel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Thompson
Northfield
Wetherholt
Dorothy Nimrichter
Huntington
Hugh Miller
Worthington
Point Pleasant
Morrison
Vance Morrison
Krodel
Elected Delegates Named for State Convention
Bob Mc Guffin and James M. Crump were chosen as MAS on County Post American Legion delegates to the state convention to be held in Fairmont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bob McGuffin
James M. Crump
Mason County Post
American Legion
Fairmont
Ernest Sheets Dies at Home Rites Thursday
Mrs. Ernest L. Sheets aged 63 died at the family home after a long illness. Funeral rites will be held at 1026 Second Ave and at Mercerville Baptist Church with interment in the church cemetery. She is survived by her husband, daughters Mrs. Harold Smith and Mrs. Delmas Baughman, and sons Ronald and Robert Sheets, plus brothers Samuel John Charles and Stanley Saunders and sister Mrs. Noah McDaniel of Pittsburgh.
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Gallipolis
Ernest L. Sheets
Sheets
Second Ave
Mercerville Baptists Church
Samuel
John
Charles
Stanley Saunders
This County
Noah McDaniel
Pittsburgh
Nelsonville Social Notes: Birthday Dinner and Farewell Supper
Mr and Mrs Wiliam Keplar hosted a birthday dinner for their grandson Bill marking his fourteenth birthday. Guests included Rik Flowers and family, Elizabeth Traugh, Edd Dean, Wilbur McCollum and Bonnie Jo, who received many gifts. Mr and Mrs Samuel Levering held a farewell supper for Leslie Levering as he enters the U S Army. Attendees included Henry Levering family members, Orville Levering, Leslie Levering, and the hosts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Wiliam Keplar
Bill
Samuel Levering
Leslie Levering
U. S. Army
Henry Levering
Bonnie
Paul
Reggie
Orville Levering
Larry
Faithful Workers Class Picnic at Mrs Stewart Home
The annual picnic of the Faithful Workers Class of the Methodist Church will be held Thursday evening on the lawn at the home of Mrs. Nettie Stewart on Jackson Street at 6 o'clock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Methodist Church
Nettie Stewart
Jackson St
Canning Demonstrations Held in Mason Area
Canning demonstrations were held at the homes of Mrs. P. FE. Roush in Upper Flats on Tuesday afternoon and at Mrs. Cecil Livingston in Big Spruce today. A third demo is planned at Wohelo Club House in Ashton on Wednesday July 22 with Mrs. John Hanley, food preservation leader, assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
P. FE. Roush
Cecil Livingston
Big Spruce
Wohelo Club
Ashton
John Hanley
Viand Street paving nears completion in Point Pleasant
Contractors Stellhorn and Beightler lay the fourth and final slab on Viand Street from Fourteenth Street to Shadle Bridge. They have passed Seventh Street and expect completion in a day or two of good weather, excluding sidewalk work.
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Point Pleasant
Stellhorn
Circuit Court To Hold Special Term Monday
Circuit Court will hold a special term on Monday July 20 as announced by Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones and Judge Lewis H. Miller. The notice confirms the date and official supervision of the proceeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Circuit Court
Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
Lewis H. Miller
Legion Showdraw Draws Big Crowd in Mason County
Adjutant Guffin of the Mason County Post American Legion says about 10 000 paid admissions attended the Marks Shows sponsored at the county fairgrounds last week drawing large crowds and strong local interest.
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Point Pleasant
Bob McGuffin
Mason County
American Legion
Eagles Beat Carbon Hill In Loop Tilt
Nelsonville Eagles topple Carbon Hill 6 to 2 in a Twilight League game postponed to Tuesday night. Barstow led Eagles with a 3 for 4 showing, and Benny Harrison contributed at first base while holding Carbon Hill to three hits. Winnigman and Woodson starred in the field as Carlton Hill’s Batters struggled. Umpires were Woodson Mowry and Jones.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Eagles
Carbon Hill
Brooks
Logan
Barstow
Eagles
Bill Winnigman
Carlton Hill
Watkins
Bobo
Benny Harrison
Benny
Dayton
Bumgardner
Harrisonm
Ee Lendalsdcan Pacare
Aualety
McManaway
Woodson, Mowry
Jones
Descendants of Daniel Cody Plan Beverly Reunion
The Daniel Cody descendants reunion will be at Dodge Park Beverly Ohio on Sunday July 19. Dr A K Walker president announced the event joining the International Cody Reunion which has met in about 17 states. Ernest Cody international secretary treasurer and his wife from Ontario will attend along with other Cody family officers. Dinner at 12 30. All Cody blood relatives are invited to attend with food baskets and table service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Daniel Cody
Dodge Park
Beverly
Ohio
A. K. Walker
Bartlett
Muskingum Valley
Allison K. Walker
Buchtel
International Society
Cody
Ernest Cody
Ontario
Canada
Cody Famly Group
Flower Sale Prizes Are Awarded
Miss Mary K. Sharp oversaw a Flower Sale in Nelsonville for the National Brotherhood of Service for the blind and shut ins. Hazel Rush won first prize with $11.28, followed by Gyneth McKnight with $8.06 and Dorothy Shirley with $6.51. Additional prizes went to Donna Simonton $35.14, Helen Odenthal $4.94, Arn Orwiler $4.75, and Jerry Cavanaugh $4.69. movie passes were also given to other workers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
National Brotherhood of Service For the Blind
Mary K. Sharp
Hazel Rush
Gyneth McKnight
Dorothy Shirley
Donna Simonton
Helen Odenthal
Arn Orwiler
Jerry Cavanaugh
Rotary Club Speaker Herman Balthaser in Nelsonville
Herman Balthaser of Lancaster and former district governor spoke to the Nelsonville Rotary Club Tuesday evening. He summarized highlights from the Rotary International convention in Toronto and discussed features of the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Balthaser
Nelsonville
Lancaster
Rotary
Rotary International
Toronto
Canada
Jim Preston Named Taxis Society Head
NELSONVILLE The Taxis Society of the Presbyterian Church held its semi annual election last Sunday. Officers named include Jim Preston president Patty Huddy vice president Anne Preston secretary Nancy Krieg treasurer Rosemary Snackenburg pianist and program chairman. Next Sunday the society will host guest speaker Rev Stewart Stint Harrisburg Il.
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Nelsonville
Mrs. Margaret E. Stout Funeral Rites Held
Funeral services were held for Margaret Elizabeth Stout age 70 at 11 a.m. in Nelsonville. She died Monday at her niece’s home in Columbus. Burial followed in Obetz Cemetery. Survived by brother Fam Minch of Columbus.
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Nelsonville
Margaret Elizabeth Stout
H. S. Lyle
Hill Ave
Columbus
Obetz
Stout
Buchtel
Fam Minch
Mason County Ordnance Plant Schedule Rushed Ahead
West Virginia Ordnance Works reports progress on the new administration building and a revised schedule aiming to finish the plant two months early. Rain slows work but more workers are hired, peak employment reached, and production staffing underway under Western Chemical Defense Corporation. Only two minor auto accidents reported in past two weeks amid overall safety.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Camp Conley
C. Harold Blake
Uss.a
The
Ordnance Works
Western Chemical Defense Corporation
Mrs. Margaret Lutton Dies at Home in Flat Rock
Mrs. Margaret E. Lutton wife of D P Lutton died at her home in Flat Rock on Monday after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Greer Church this afternoon and burial followed in Greer Cemetery Cooper District. She was born May 25 1865 daughter of Oscar and Malinda Greer. Surviving relatives include her husband sister Mrs Flora Thomas Kanawha Eight Mile two brothers John Greer Gallipolis and George Greer Greer and niece Mrs Flo Smith. She lived her entire life in the community where she died.
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Point Pleasant
Margaret E. Lutton
D. P. Lutton
Flat Rock
Greer Church
Greer Cemetery
Cooper District
Sutton
Oscar
Malinda Greer
Flora Thomas
Kanawha Eight Mile
John Greer
Gallipolis
George Greer
Greer
Flo Smith
City
Bell Purchases Remaining Assets of Local Association
R P Bell bought the remaining assets of the Progress Building and Loan Association at a courthouse sale conducted by attorney E J Somerville for receiver O F Payne. The face value was about 13000, but Bell paid a small fraction and acquired mortgages judgments and accounts. He also recently bought a 1600 note from John Wood, receiver of the closed Point Pleasant National Bank.
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Point Pleasant
R. P. Bell
Progress Building and Loan Association
E. J. Somerville
O .F. Payne
Boy Injured When Wagon Collides With Truck
George Harper 11 of Gallipolis Ferry suffered a left leg fracture after his wagon coasting collided with a truck owned by Hugh Lewis and driven by J Hugh Farley. He was treated at the Point Clinic. State police investigated the accident, blamed blind spots from bushes along the road.
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Point Pleasant
George Harper
Cecil Harper
Gallipolis Ferry
Hugh Lewis
J. Hugh Farley
Point
Shuttle Train Plan Moves Forward in Point Pleasant
Efforts of Navy and Army officers to establish shuttle trains by the Baltimore and Ohio and New York Central Railways show progress. Railway officials have visited this week to review details and determine how many workers would use the service.
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Point Pleasant
Navy
Army
Baltimore and Ohio and
New York Central
Dredging Planned at Old Town Creek Harbor Mouth
The Monongahela and Ohio Dredging Co. seeks permission to dredge the harbor at the mouth of Old Town Creek and deposit about 250000 cubic yards of spoil along the riverbanks extending roughly 80 feet into the channel.
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Point Pleasant
Old Town Creek
Monongahela and Ohio Dredging Co
Republican candidate Ellis visits Point Pleasant for Fourth District nomination
Hubert 5. Ellis of Huntington toured Point Pleasant this week as a Republican candidate for Congress. He expressed confidence in securing the nomination and predicted the November election would surprise the Democrats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Hubert
Ellis
Huntington
Final Day for Registration of Mason Voters
Mason County voters have until July 21 to register for the August 4 primary. Emma Burnside notes 225 registrations since the last report, with hundreds possibly eligible yet unregistered. Registrars will hold sittings July 17 and 18 to register missed voters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Emma Burnside
John T. Simms
Charleston
U. S
Simms
Fayette County
Tax Commissioner
New Deal
W. Chapman Revercomb
Raymond J. Funkhouser
Shepherdstown
Johnn. Gillespie
Burnside
Pereson
Stogie Manufac ture Flourishes Near Point Pleasant
In POINT PLEASANT the wartime industries raise local wealth. Earl Mohr of Crab Creek reports unemployment vanishing as men work at shipyard or ordnance sites, boosting Mohr Brothers store despite recruiting for Mohr’s cigars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Earl Mohr
Crab Creek
Ordnance’ Works
Mohr Brothers
Mohr
Prisoners Aid in Highway Construction
At least two months after a prison camp opened at Ashton prisoners are working on Route 2 from Apple Grove to the Cabell county line. They quarry rock on the Mrs Nora Swisher farm at Crab Creek for the base of the ten mile highway section and are transported in a large bus from the camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Apple Grove
Cabell County
Ashton
Nora Swisher
Crab Creek
School staff re employed at Point Pleasant schools
The board of education re employed Mrs Far Kincaid janitor at Central Grade School Blaine Hill at Junior High James Schools at Senior High and Early McKinney at North Point Pleasant Grade Ivan Bush Rupert Rice and Loraine Rogers retained as repairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Far Kincaid
Central
Blaine Hill
James Schools
Early McKinney
North Point Pleasant
Ivan Bush
Rupert Rice
Loraine Rogers
Rodgers' Son promoted in Alaska Army post
Mr and Mrs Jerry Rodgers report their son Jerry Jr now holds the rank of Private First Class while stationed in Alaska.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jerry Rodgers
Jerry, Jr
Alaska
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Mason County Ordnance Plant
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