Take Action At Meeting Saturday
The board of education met Saturday night to place teachers for the next term, with few changes expected. Donald Fogle Song was chosen principal of Wahama High School in Mason City, succeeding Manford Blessing. 179 teaching positions exist, 164 filled, 15 remaining in the districts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam A. Simmons
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Foint Pleasant
Donald Foglesong
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Wahama High School
Mason City
Manford Blessing
Foglesong
Ohio University
Athens
Steenbergen
Iherma
Arbuckle
Beech Hill
Bernice Anderson
White Pine
Lena Bowles
College Hill
George Dalton
Dunlavy
Dave Dunn
Hartzell
Viola’ Grover
Verndale
Pearl
Hereford
Smoky Bottom
Loretta McComb
Byrd
M. Grace Dayton
Clendenin
Watterson
Elton Arrington
Sizemore
Amanda Caudill
Buckle
Helen Cobb
Calhoun
Audrey Dabney
Mt. Union
Vausie Hanes
Valley Ridge
Vivian Simms
Pine Grove
Cordelia McHenry
Stevens
Helen Stevens
Myrtle
Hazel Sturgeon
Wyoma
Kittrell Windon
Woods
Workers Needed At Winfield Dam
Hoff Wiley of the U. S. Engineer Office recruited laborers and skilled workers for overhauling Winfield Dam and docks on the Kanawha River. The notice lists numerous districts and many named individuals, including principals and workers across COLOGNE, COOPER, GRAHAM, HANNAN, LEWIS, ROBINSON, UNION, WAGGENER districts, with sites at Point Pleasant, Beale, Eight Mile, and Hollow sections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winfield Dam
Point Pleasant
Hoff Wiley
U. S. Engineer Office
Kanawha River
Mason Club Camp Ends in Point Pleasant After Five Day Session
A successful five day 4-H club camp at the Recreation Center near South Side closed Saturday. Sixty plus leaders and 138 club members attended, with a wide program from nature trails to animal judging. Mrs. Virginia Parsons supervised food service with support from Pioneer Farm Women's Club members, while awards honored long service and achievements among leaders and youths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
South Side
L B. Boggs
Clifford Dunn
Gallia County
Marjorie Bell
Cabell County
Hattie Jordan
Marie Hager
Elsie Fowler
C. C. Anderson
Donald Lines
Glenn Grubb
P. A. Sayre
McKinney
G. C. Smith
Vivian Knapp
Irene Fowler
Billy Lewis
Raymond Lieving
Knapp
Lena Jones
Marie ‘Hager
Lydia Gibson
Clarence Blessing
Louise, Sommer
Elise Fowler
Léssie Sleeth
Mason County Farm Bureau
Sagamore
Charles McCulloch
Dottie Jean Lewis
Ardra Hoaschar
Charles Hoschar
Russell Holland
Betty van Meter
Eva Lee Frye
June Rice
Harriette McCausland
Rosanna Frye
Charles Bright
Ernest Kay
Anna Belle Lee
Jackie Jewell
Dorothy Blessing
Janet Stanley
Betty Jane Beckelheimer
Henry Kay
Linda Rulen
Virginia Yester
Vernon Rogers
Billy McCoy
Junior Gerlach
Ray McConshay
Nina Mathews
Irene Beard
Ruth
Lewis
Virginia Parsons
Orville Sommer
Milton Lewis
Carl Parsons
Charles Foglesong
Pioneer Farm Women
Point Pleasant Personals Update From Local Visit
Charles Steenbergen of Pittsburgh visits Point Pleasant with his parents Mr and Mrs Peter H Steenbergen of Main St. Delbert Staats and Clyde McDermitt return from a Lipshur County fishing trip. John Cullen John Blessings and Ivan Bush of Letart plus M R Chapman of Hartford were among up river men in town on Saturday. Mrs H E Somerville expected home today from Holzer Hospital where she has ailment patient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Steenbergen
Pittsburgh
Peter H. Steenbergen
Main St
Delbert Staats
Clyde McDermitt
Lipshur County
John Cullen
John F. Blessings
Ivan Bush
Letart
M. R. ‘Chapman
Hartford
H. E. Somerville
Holzer Hospital
Jas Crandall Rites Today
Jas Henry Crandall 80 retired farmer of the Kanawha River area died Sunday at home. Born Sept 2 1864 in Monroe County Ohio he moved to the area as a boy. Surviving children include Mae Donohoe Hester Brown Genevieve Ruby Wesley Pearl Clarence James Other Grandall. sisters Mrs Sophia Jidden Mrs Stella Sayre. brothers W O Crandall Homer Wesley. Funeral at Viand St home 1:30 Tuesday officiated by Rev A H Perkins with interment Walker Chapel Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James Henry Crandall
Kanawha River
Monroe County
Ohio
Marietta
Fannie Bell Matthews
Chilren
Mae Donohoe
lLogan
Hester Brown
Buffalo
Genevieve Crandall
Huntington
Ruby Crandall
Wesley Pearl Crandall
Gallipolis
Clarence James Crandall
Akron
Viand St
A. H. Perkins
Walker Chapel
Rites and Visits Highlight Wilkesville Weekly
Local obituary notes Mrs. Rachel Kessler, widow of Pearl Kessler, dies in Canton and is brought to Wilkesville for the funeral. Family and friends, including DeVaults and Fitzpatricks, host and attend various gatherings, furloughs, and visits throughout the area with several relatives from Columbus Grove City and Wellston. Military mentions include overseas service and medical discharge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Rachel Kessler
Pearl Kessler
Canton
A. L. DeVault
E. L. Fitzpatrick
Marion
Joseph Kahn
Monroe
Mich
R. H. Waltz
Edith
Baby
Paul King
Columbus
J. E. Strong
Set
Harley Strong
Strong
Harold Bausch
Grove City
Betty Fitzpatrick
Lloyd Crabtree
Waverly
John Shilling
Kent Campbell
Mr. Crabtree
Crabtree
Bernice Crabtree
Ishmel Crabtree
Chillicothe
Elmer Patrick
Lawrence Milhoan
Margaret Bell
Middleport
Dorothy Weyand
Logan
Fresnyterian Church
Eugene Campbell
War Department Release Now at Athena and Ohio
The War Department releases a new film On To Tokyo shown today at Shine's Athena Thea ter and the Ohio Theater. The film features Generals Marshall Eisenhower Arnold Somervell Stilwell and answers key public questions about Pacific and European troop rotations ship usage and expected victory time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Tokyo
Shine
Athena
Ohio Theater
Marshall
Eisenhower
Arnold
Somervell
Stilwell
Pacific
U. S
Europe
Japan
Mason Man Given Term in Jail
Mason Man was arraigned before a local magistrate in Point Pleasant on a concealed weapons charge and given the minimum six month sentence in county jail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason
Point Pleasant
Messick
Jocal
Fire destroys dairy truck near Crown City
Gallia Dairy truck and trailer burned Sunday after plunging from an embankment below Crown City. Driver Carl Welzel escaped with minor burns and bruises. Company official blamed a mechanism failure as the truck left the road and rolled about a hundred feet before ignition. Trailer had been bought only two weeks ago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Spring Hill
Crown City
Carl Welzel
Huntington
Social Notes: Luncheon Bridge for Stevers Family Guests
Mrs Charles B Stevers hosted a luncheon bridge at Island View Inn for 28 guests including her daughter in law Mrs Lewis B Stevers and Captain Stevers. Prizes went to Mrs Robert Sheets for high bridge and Miss Nancy Bean for second. Mrs Claude Miller led rook. Out of town guests included Mrs Sta Vere Carnes of Amsterdam and Petty Officer 1c Nara Tracy from Washington with WAVES. Barbara Jasherman accompanied Tracy from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles B.stevers
Lewis B.stevers
Captain Stever
Island View Inn
Robert Sheets
Nancy Bean
Claude Miller
Sta Vere Carnes
Amsterdam
Capt
John W. Carnes
I c
Nara Tracy
the Waves
Washington, D. C
Lena Tracy
OHE
Washington
Columbus
Tracy
Barbara Jasherman
Truck Burns City Sunday and Suspect Held in Custody
A man believed to be the suspect in a disruptive incident on Washington School grounds was taken into custody Saturday night and jailed as investigators probe the Fourth Avenue and Cedar Street complaints. A woman named Pevola Sprouse of Guvan Tenshin paid a $13 fine for shoplifting in municipal court Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Oak
Washington
Fourth Avenue
Cedar Street
Pwa
Pamyenget
Aintinder
Pevola Sprouse
Guvan Tenshin
Iia Municipal Court
Motro Auto Stores Names New Manager James Snederker
James Snederker, newly named manager of Motro Auto Stores, returns from a brief visit to his Coshocton home. Anné Bradbury is home after two weeks in Chicago with cousin Susana Lupton. Mrs. Harold Austin’s Susana Lupton hosts the visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Snederker
Motro Auto
Coshocton
Anné Bradbury
Chicago
Harold Austin
Susana Lupton
Guy Seashores
Jacksonville
Fla
Ela
Garnette Lupton
W. D. Kelton
Wierton
W. Va
Dan Kelton
W. B Lucas
Greensburg, Pa
John Halliday
Meeting Cancelled by West Virginia Farm Bureau at Jackson's Mall
The West Virginia Farm Bureau meeting scheduled for August six seven and eight at Jackson's Mall in Atg was cancelled due to transportation and alion difficulties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West, Virginia
Farm Bureau
Jackson's Mall
Takes Post as Clerk In Probate Court Gallipolis
Mrs Betty Pitchy ford Hobstetter is the new part time clerk in the office of Probate Judge John W Howell, taking the place of Miss Charlotte Liesd who recently left for a City Loan Corporation position. Mrs Hobstetter and her young son have returned to Gallipolis while her husband William T Hobstetter is serving overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Betty Pitchyford Hobstetter
Probate
Judes
John W Howell
Charlotte Liesd
City Loan Corporation
Hohstetter
William T Hohstetter
Pomary
Book Shop Is Sold Monday
GALLIPOLIS The Downtain Printings Company has bought the Book Shop owned and operated the last eight years by Miss Bess Wetherholt. Change of ownership and management became effective Monday morning. The new owners plan to expand the Book Shop's office supply department and eventually combine it with the company's printing business. The Book Shop, distributor for sales tax stamps since 1939, will continue as is under new management. Miss Irene Kelimica, WAVES veteran, remains as assistant to Miss Wetherholt, with Cinde Aliichell directing affairs of both concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Downtain Printings
Bess
Wetherhol
Tes
Diibuting
Irene Kelimica
Bee Fece
Wetherholt
Cinde Aliichell
Downtain Company
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Minas Rga
Procter
G. I
PCA
Donna
Oscar Wilde
Lawford Laraatatae
Thetr Ass
Ted
Tein Preston
Oster
Estran
Sin-wor-tue
Valley of Decision
Oyer
Eva Mae Woods
Beale
Bonnie Yester
Henderson
Louise Sommer
Genevieve Butler
Helen Hope
Evelyn Kelly
Lois Sheline
Harriette Matthews
Cologne
Wood
Bonnie McDade
Bug Run
Bacyle Buckalew
Mr. Flower
William H. Durst
Hill
Lula Jividen
Franklin Hall
Lona Jones
Leon
Claire Ona Burdette
Lyda Smith
Luella Keefer
Juanita King
Cooper
Howell Dorothy Atkinson
Goldye F. Hart
Mae Kaylor
Ada Allen
Orpha Ohlinger
Bertha Jenkins
Esther MacKnight
Alice G. Smith
Mildred Chapman
Broad Run
Ethel Grimm
Grace S. Brown
Hannan
Champion Rose
Audrey Meadows
Beech
Pees Zola Duncan
Town Hall
Mila Irvin
Glenwood
Finley Cremeans
Victory
Edrie Hutchinson
Helen
Alton Jordan
Russell McCoy
Jess Lee Toler
Langston
Letilla Sawyers
Ordnance
Laura Caldwell
Mabel Bilessing
Mildred Ball
Geraldine McCoy
Opal
Mildred Bumgardner
Trene Brooks
Central
Gretchen Kenny
Eunice Hesson
Louise Parsons
Helen Poling
Elizabeth Pullin
Margaret Francis
Rachel Somerville
Iva Wise
Jessie Ruth Hunter
Robert Ferguson
Mary Jean Burdette
Thelma Dunkle
Gertrude Halliday
Bernice Huddleston
Madelynn Brown
Dorothy Poling
Marion B. Sayre
Alice Somerville
Jane Porter
Evelyn Green
L. C. Somerville
Virginia Levine
Emma Wise
Rudolph Rogers
Selior High School
C. H. Withers
Emma Clark
Eunice Beller
Sidney Boggess
Edna Burdette
Leta Foglesong
Garrett Green Berfitt Jordan
Cary H. Rayburn
M. M. Sanders
Mandellen Skene
Garnette Tillis
Robinson
Mason Club
Harry S. Truman
Col. L. Curtis Tiernan
Potsdam
Tiernan
Truman
Crandall
Kessler
Logan Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St. Logan, Ohbe
Gallia Dairy
Gallipolis Social Notes
Gallipolis Briefs
Howard Camp
Athens Pharmacy
Spinet
Starr
Keak Store
North High Street
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
B&o
IMF
Baltimore & Ohio
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