Gratitude dinner for Nelsonville service men planned
A prominent Nelsonville business man will host a turkey dinner at First Presbyterian Church on Tuesday July 24 at 6 30 PM to honor discharged service men and those on furlough or convalescent leave. Guests will include Nelsonville and area veterans, with organizers urging attendance and noting contact points for headcount.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
First Presbyterian Church
Lloyd Evans
Roland Pierce
Max Linton
Picnic Planned by Nelsonville Church Group
Circle No 4 of the W S C S of the Methodist Church will hold a picnic Thursday evening July 18 at 6 30 oclock at the home of Mrs Clarence Keil Jey West City Limits All members have been requested to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
W.S.C.S
The
Methodist Church
Clarence Keil Jey
West City Limits
Prominent Eye Comfort Remedy Promoted in Ad
An advertisement extols Cavontik and Ata Soothes for inflamed eyes and irritated lids. It claims relief for itching burning and sticky sensations, touts long term success, and mentions Lamptik totes with Byr-cup included, available at druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ata
Thos Sands
Ady
Traveling Cathedral Visits Valley Area
The Traveling Cathedral, a Wayside Fellowship of the Episcopal and Presbyterian Churches, returns to the Hocking Valley. Captain Earl Estabrook of New York City leads the fellowship this summer with services at East Clayton Schoolhouse beginning 6:30 PM for children and 7:30 PM for the main service. Neighbors are invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welsonville
Episcopal
Presbyterian
Hocking Valley
Earl Estabrook
New York City
East Clayton School
Nelsonville Eagles Hear Director Praises and Plans
Robert Green district director praised the local Aerie at the Eagles meeting for backing the new membership drive. The next district gathering is set for Glouster on Aug 72, and Nelsonville’s degree team will run a special initiation there on Sunday July 22. Percy Lowery and his orchestra will play at the Eagles Hall in Nelsonville Saturday night July 21 from 2 to 11. Public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Robert Green
The
Eagles
Glouster
Percy Lowery
Eagles Hall
Giants Win Despite Rally By Yanks
NELSONVILLE Giants hold off late Yank rally to win 8 3 in Junior Twilight League action. Clarence Woody allows five hits in five innings but Giants’ defense and hitting crumble late as Yanks score two in the seventh before two final groundouts end the game.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Giants
Clarence Woody
Vaughn
Covert
Traugh
Bruce
Blair
Figgins
Standall
Arches
Bateman
Fick
Tyo
Woody
Parks
McMannis
Bryan
Oakley
Ib Ao
Jewett
Shafer
Deering
Smathers
Dresher
Gianis
Yanks
Nelsonville Personal News and Service Notices
Nelsonville social notes list Miss Audrey Ailes of Cleveland visiting with Miro and Mrs Ammas Ailes. Fayetteville Pall guest of her brother. Wall Burnell and family. Thomas Schulte Jr arriving for a Wednesday visit. two Schulte brothers in military service with Corporal Rodney overseas. Bill Schulty stationed in California. The Birthday Club marks its fourth anniversary at Mrs. Walter Lanning’s home with a prayer dinner and calling hours Thursday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Audrey Ailes
Cleveland
Miro
Ammas
Ho O
Mr. Schutty
Rodney Schulte
Moveats
Bill Schulty
Tet
California
TOO Weed
Nelsonville
Birthday Club
Pomeroy Social Notes: Donny West Birthday Party
Mrs. Helen West hosted a Saturday party from two to four for her son Donny on his eleventh birthday. Guests played games then enjoyed refreshments and gifts. Attendees included Esther Ash, Mary Neutzling, Katherine Friley, Billy Barnett, Marion Bennett, Charles Johnson, George Nesselroad, Betty Jamersinger, Janet Nesselroad, Richard Friley, Frank Sisson, Eden Janet Nesselroad, Jackie West, and Donny Ralph West. The note also reports the birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Sweeney of Amsterdam.
Service Men and Local Social Notes From Pomeroy
60 day leave returning POW Sgt John C Monks to Miami for reassignment with his wife joining him there. Pvt James G Hardman Jr and family visit Ft Belvoir then return to Miami Beach after leave. Pvt David Wallace returns to Miami Beach after 62 day leave and German imprisonment. Pvt Alfred Burns Evans arrives from Camp Atterbury for 30 day leave with parents and wife. they go to Miami Beach later. Miss Mary Grimm visits Lancaster week end with Pomeroy group. Pomeroy personals note numerous locals visiting, traveling, and hosting relatives across Ohio communities. birth announced for Frances Louise Baker in Holzer Hospital.
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John C. Monks
Germany
Miami
Fla
Monks
James G. Hardman, Jr
Ft. Belvoir
David Wallace
Gerald Wallace
Miami Beach
Judith Ann
Wallace
States
Alfred Burns Evans
Nelsonville
Camp Atterbury
Ind
James Evans
Lancaster
Mary Grimm
Columbus
Bittersweet Barracks
Camp Ground
Pomeroy
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Grimm
Business College
Margaret Jean Bryant
Institute
Point Pleasant
John Goeli
Tommy
Albert Wippel
H. E. Costen
Ohio River Ra
J. R. Blick
Huntington
J. B. Couch
Main St
Elizabeth Pauley
J. C. Pauley
Knoxville
Tenn
Pauley
Harry Grimm
Eugene
Wheeling
R. B. Somerville
Holzer Hospital
Elmore Mossman
Jessica Marguerette
Indianapolis
Jessie Mossman
Justine Johnson
Johnson
Mossman
J. Wallace Burdettes
Trinity, Methodist Church
A. H. Perkins
George G. Somerville
Baker
Zertha Rodgers
WACS
Hunter College
New York City
Jerry A. Rogers
Ohio St
S. C. Wilhelm
McCul- Loch
Robert H. James
Alex B. McCul- Joch
John McCul- Joch
Charleston
Wanda Vostic
Alderson
McCulloch
John McCulloch
David James
A. Black
Ashton
Henry White
Carl Parsons
Hallwood
Leona Treadway
Patsy
Anne
Clara Proffitt
Service Men From Hocking Area Reunite Across Fronts
A rugged string of notes details GIs and families from Hocking area. Bob Bryan and Pvt Gray Barnes shared a day in the Philippines while Ernest P. Smith and Charles I. Smith, sons of the State Highway Superintendent, met in Munich after three years apart. Charles was wounded in France last December and now wears the Purple Heart with his unit. Other families report furloughs and overseas service, including Wayne Hardy from Texas, Te boundaries changing, and S Sgt Pho Francis telephoned his wife Martha Tran sel from Boston en route home from Germany. Curtis Cole and Eddie Cole, with medical corps service in England, visited Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Bryan
O. H. Bran
Second Street
Gray Barnes
Philippines
Ernest P. Smith
Charles I. Smith
Soc Smith
N. Mulberrs St
Munich
Germany
Siew
France
Smith
South Pacific
Marion Fo
Navy
California
Wayne Hardy
J. Hardeman Walker
Muenece
New Caledonia
Carl Harden
Horder
Yeoman Harden
Pho Francis
Martha Transel
Boston
Youths Charged With Destroying Property in Mercerville
In GALLIPOLIS two boys were turned over to Sheriff Hatfield by a probation officer after Juvenile Court Judge Howell learned they damaged Otha Belville's property at Mercerville. They caused destruction to tomato crops chickens and eggs of the Sompiainant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Otha Belville
Mercerville
Hatfield
Cecil Halley
John W. Howell
New Traffic Light Planned for Pt Pleasant Free Bridge
Chief Hoyt Jividen urged installing a stop light at Viand Street and Second Street due to heavy traffic and rising crash risk on the Viand and Second Street approach. Magistrate Harry Daugherty noted traffic on Route 17 will rise as the Henderson area road network expands, shifting flow away from Route 35.
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Pt. Pleasant Free Bridge
Polst Pleasant
Hoyt Jividen
Viand St
Second St
Shadle Bridge
Viandj
Jividen
Harry Daugherty
Henderson
Point Pleasant
Charleston
Kanawha
Iha River
Pt Pleasant Hayride Birthday Celebration In Social Notes
Miss Elizabeth Lasley entertained friends Sunday evening for her birthday with a hayride through rural areas, meeting at her home and receiving gifts. Guests included Mrs. James Morrison, Miss Jo Ann Kapp, Thommy Thomas, and many others before a picnic lunch. Nearby social items note visits by the Comstock and Howard families, local personal visits, baptisms, hospital lists, and regional notes, including mahogany source mentions Costa Rica to Panama.
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Point Pleasant
Elizabeth Lasley
Lasley
Miss Lasley
James Morrison
Jo Ann Kapp
Thommy Thomas
Betty Williams
Betty Lou Bell
Betty Purdum
Jenine Glass
Patty Wartenburg
Tommy Rose
Eugene Haynés
Jack Smith
Jack Kuffner
133 Year Old Home Destroyed in Henderson Fire
The Hutchinson Home in Henderson, a 133 year old brick house built in 1812 and boyhood site of Robert and John Hutchinson, burned Tuesday morning discovered by Shorty Murphy. Firefighters lacked water after a porch roof collapsed onto a cistern. the structure, uninhabited for a year, stood at the confluence of the Kanawha and Ohio Rivers and had housed McCausland employees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Hutchinson
Henderson
Shorty Murphy
Alex McCausland
Pliny
Robert
John Hutchinson
Mr. McCausland
Hutchinsons
Kanawha
Ore
McCaustand
Lambda Chi Omega To Hold Rummage Sale
Members of Lambda Chi Omega Sorority met at the Moose Club lounge in Point Pleasant to plan a rummage sale and discuss raising funds for the Mason County Public Library assistant position. The group noted the recent dance grossed $1 and reported on the Lake Cheweva state convention near Charleston with several officers and a guest from Indianapolis.
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Point Pleasant
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Moose Club
Mason County
Lake Cheweva
Charleston
William Filson
Gill Ball
Lean S. Thompson
Clean Sayre
Richard H. Melrose
Jacken Wilt
George O. Fisher
Clayton Pullins
L. W. Getty
Donald Getty
Brown
Edith Quillin
Elmore Mossman
Indianapolis
Bridge Across Kanawha to Be Largest Project
A Baltimore and Ohio Railroad official says the Kanawha river bridge between Point Pleasant and Henderson will be the largest bridge project in the system in recent years and is not expected to be finished before 1948.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Kanawha
Henderson
Racine Bible School Comes So Close
Racine hosts Daily Vacation Bible School conducted by Methodist and Baptist churches for two weeks with 45 enrolled. Commencement at the Baptist Church drew many parents for the final worship and closing exhibit of primary and junior handwork. Certificates for faithful attendance and books for perfect attendance were awarded. teachers included Rev. and Mrs. Shelton, Rev. McCarley, Mrs. Maxine Philson, Mrs. Gretta Simpson, Miss Lara Sayre, Miss Selma Neigler, and Mrs. Dorothy Davis.
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Racine
Methodist
Baptist Churches
Baptist Church
Shelton
McCarley
Maxine Philson
Gretta Simpson
Lara Sayre
Selma Neigler
Dorothy Davis
Meat Supply Ample For Those in Line
In Point Pleasant on Tuesday and Friday lines stretched less as disillusionment faded. Fewer than 50 people queued for small meat quantities. by morning they found meat in refrigerators and counters, with late arrivals surprised at the ample supply.
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Point Pleasant
Tuppers Plains Social Notes
Tuppers Plains notes record church and social visits from Mrs. R. L. Burson and Mrs. Catherine Woode with Athens guests, local relatives in East Liverpool, and townsfolk visiting friends. Recurring mentions include residents from Tuppers Plains, Marietta, Columbus, and Philadelphia area, along with service members on furloughs and a Thimble Club gathering at the Methodist Church.
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Tuppers Plains
R. £. Burson
Catherine Woode
Ann Fethecolf
Athens
C. BE. Woode
Lilly Swart
Guysville
Charles Woode
Clair
Alfred
Mason County Men Ordered for Pre Induction Physical
Miss Jean Rice said the Mason County selective service board mailed orders to 43 men to report at the Community Building on Viand Street at 7 15 a m Monday for pre induction physical examinations to be sent to Huntington for screening.
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Point Pleasant
Jean Rice
Selective Service Board
Mason County
Viand St
Dus
Huntington
Funeral attendance for Buford Warren in Huntington
Mrs HL Ellis of Wheeling accompanied by her daughter Mrs A B Adkins of Ohio St attended funeral rites in Huntington for her brother Buford Warren. Mrs Ellis spent Monday there with her daughter and family before returning home.
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Point Pleasant
HL. Ellis
Wheeling
A. B. Adkins
Ohio St
Huntington
Buford Warren
Fisher Buys Used Furniture Business in Point Pleasant
Homer Fisher radio dealer acquired the used furniture firm of C. B. Black at 512 Main Street. Black, a building contractor, had run the business since 1944 and occupied the room there for several years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Homer Fisher
C. B. Black
Main St
Fisher
Black
Peterson's Ointment Piles Relief Ad
Buffalo druggist created an ointment for piles 40 years ago. It gave quick cooling and astringent relief and spread nationwide. Ask your druggist for a 35c box or 6c tube with applicator. Money back if not delighted with relief.
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Buffalo
Peterson
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James H. Wilson
Nelsonville Citizens Bank Bldg
Leadway Coffee
C. D. Shafer Co
Valley Area
Great Lakes
Hamonic
St. Clair River
Port Edward
Ont
Canadian National Railroad
Northern Navigation Company
Pomeroy Social Notes
Sisson
Eden Janet W
Nesselroad
Jackie West
Donny Ralph West
Paul Sweeney
Amstersterdam
Sweeneys
Sweeney
Emmy Lou Keeline
Blanche Keeline
W. Main St
York
Martin Ebersbach
Edgar Ebersbach
Martin Hotel
Elaine Gutmann
Sandusky
Elmer
Gutmann
Windows Shire
FE. B. Badger & Sons Construction Co
Marilyn Diddle
Edgar Ervin
Mary Hagan
Letart
Robert Heslop
Calvert
Red Anchor Department
Cambridge
William Anderson
Gaheston
Texas
Helen French Lewis
Middleport
Jeanne Hundley
Jon Lann
Carl Baker
Frances Louise
Lows Rethel
Charles Baker
Gaihpolig
J. B. Howard
Mt. Hope
William Comstock Howard
Washington, D. C
Comstock
Howard
W. H. Howard
First St
Costa Rica
Cuba
Guatemala
Haiti
Honduras
Mexico
Nicaragua
Panama
Lambda Chi Omega
Racine Bible School
Point Pleasant — County
Steenbergen
Blessing
Hildreth Armstrong
Board of Education
Jackson's Mill
Tad's Bar
Carbondale
Kimberly Road
Elberfelds
Elberfeld
Social Notes
Bertha Reed
Mabel Kim
John Tall
Maristta
Alice Parr
iErie
Pittsburgh
Twila Brooks
Baltimore
Ray Dartt
Phoenix
Ariz
Robert Dotson
Edith Wakley
Marietta
Carl Parker
Morgan Jand
Wilton Shaw
Portsmouth
Mary Shields
Don Green
Sergeant Green
C. H. Green
Green
Paul Green
Luzon
Sgt
Lowell Green
Hawaiiian Islands
Thimble Club
William Baker
Carrie Ba
Bette
Eveready Mini
Associated Radio
Main & Sycamore Pomeroy
Beaco
F. J. Beasley CO
Catalina
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