Nelsonville Receives Honorable Mention for Traffic Safety
Nelsonville earns honorable mention in the All Ohio Traffic Safety Contest for Division 10 due to its traffic records last year. The award will be presented Aug 2 at the Nelsonville council meeting by state officials including division engineer Charles Ferguson and traffic safety engineer F C Smith with George E Shinn from public relations. Mayor Herman Ogg will accept the certificate on behalf of the city. Athens Logan and Gallipolis also received awards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
State High Department
Charles Ferguson
F. C. Smith
George E. Shinn
Herman Ogg
Dean Coakley Reported Ill With Malaria on Pacific Island
The Nelsonville family announces that Dean Coakley, stationed on a Southwest Pacific island, is ill with malaria fever. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Coakley and has been overseas fourteen months in a field hospital unit.
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Nelsonville
Dean Coakley
Southwest Pacific
Fred Coakley
Coakley
Gas on Stomach Relieved in Minutes by Double Your Money Back
A medicinal remedy promises rapid relief from gas, stomach pain, heartburn, and bloating. Doctors endorse active medicines that target symptoms, offering a money back guarantee if relief is not achieved in the stated time.
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Elress Piomark
Ron
Dennis Perry Receives Honorable Navy Discharge
Dennis Perry of Nelsonville has completed boat training at Great Lakes Naval Training Station and received an honorable discharge returning home.
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Nelsonville
Dennis Perry
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Rotary Chief Greeted by Entire Club
Nelsonville Ohio Rotary district governor Charles Evans of Chillicothe was welcomed by 100 percent attendance at a Nelsonville Rotary Club meeting Tuesday. Floyd Walker, local industrial arts teacher and Boy Scout troop scoutmaster, attended as a guest. Evans departs Thursday with a local contingent for military service. President Kenneth Orwiler presented a club gift.
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Nelsonville
Charles Evans
Chillicothe
Rotary
Nelsonville Club
Little House
Floyd Walker
Rotary Club
Kenneth Orwiler
Ration Books For Nine Lost En Route To Store
In Nelsonville a family of nine reported 27 ration books lost Tuesday while en route to a local grocery. The envelope containing books Nos 1 2 and 3 and others issued to Mrs Jeanette Williams and relatives disappeared after children paused at City Playground drinking fountain. Police investigate with possible non prosecution if returned promptly to the Ration Board office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Jeanette Williams
Ration Board
Selectee Honored at Church Party
Tuesday evening the Senior Christian Endeavor of the Church of Christ held a party in the church social rooms to honor Bob McNamee who departs for the Army on Thursday. The patriotic theme used gumdrop V shapes for placecards and a gift was given to Bobby the Endeavor. Folk games followed with refreshments served by Ila Jean Border and others. Margaret Warren, social committee chair, planned the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Bob McNamee
Bobby
Ila Jean Border
Betty Jean Ross
Leora Allen
L. E. Evans
Edna Mae Shaner
Marie Davis
Ella Jane Shaner
Helen Miner
Margie Warren
Charles Davis
Jimmy Pritchard
David Davis
Johnny Bob Jewett
Mary Jack Miner
Mrs. Warren
Margaret Warren
Nelsonville Social Notes
Nelsonville Presbyterian Missionary Society meets Thursday at 2 with Mrs. John Wood hosting and Mrs. Lloyd Evans reviewing The Church and Americas People. Naomi Circle of the W S of C S hosts Mrs Robert Kinney on Fort Street with Miss Merle Green leading devotions and Mrs Miles Howe reviewing. Personal mentions include travel to Detroit for Mrs Durward North and Mrs Anna Schloss, visiting relatives in Charleston, and Mrs Lillian Lee returning from Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John Wood
Presbyterian Missionary Society
Lloyd Evans
America
Kinney
Naomi
C. S
Methodist Church
Robert Kinney
Fort St
Merle Green
Miles Howe
Durward North
Anna Schloss
Athens
Detroit
Mich
Dave Peters
C. H. Newton
Charleston
W. Va
Frederick Kennard
Chas. Edington
Rebecca Rosser
Frederick
Chas. Kennard
Newtons
Lillian Lee
Columbus
Honor Sailor Son Nelsonville Navy Farewell Dinner
Mr and Mrs Garrett Hoch of 414 Poplar St host a farewell dinner for their son Harold before he ships to the Navy at Great Lakes. Attendees include grandmother Mrs L W Burt, uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs Edgar Burt and sons Lloyd and Keith of Athens, and sister Mrs Ralph Lovensheimer and daughter Keta. Happy Hollow School reunion set for Aug 1 with basket dinner and program. Mrs Thomas Riley rests post appendectomy in Cherrington Hospital Logan.
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Nelsonville
Garrett Hoch
Poplar St
Harold
Great Lakes
Navy
L. W. Burt
Edgar Burt
Lloyd
Keith
Athens
Ralph Lovensheimer
Keta
Happy Hollow
Courthouse Restrooms Get New Toilets And Fixtures
Complete renovations underway at the Point Pleasant courthouse rest rooms to install new toilets and fixtures yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
Veterans Aid Drive for Records in York Township
Nelsonville Glenford Dugan Post American Legion teams with the national body to collect used phonograph records for shipment to Army camps. York Township residents are asked to gather all records even if damaged and hold for a forthcoming collection date announced soon. Ed Carter heads the local Legion, urging repairs to restore records to first class condition.
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Nelsonville
Glenford Dugan
American Legion
York Township
Legion Post
Ed Carter
Clay Township Farmer Dies After Long Illness
Clay Township farmer O. A. Patterson, 72, a well known local figure, died Monday evening at Holzer Hospital. Survived by his wife Gussie Sibly, daughter Mrs. Clyde Saunders, and three grandchildren. Funeral at 3 p.m. Wednesday at the Saunders home, burial in St Nicholas Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
O. A. Patterson
Clay Township
Holzer Hospital
Gussie Sibly
Clyde Saunders
Saunders
St. Nicholas Cemetery
Mrs. Margaret Louks Dies at 86 in Gallipolis
Mrs. Margaret Louks 86 died Tuesday at her daughter Mrs. Parney Andersons home after a three week illness. She was the daughter of Stephen and Mary Northup Cottrell. Survived by husband Shannon Louks and daughter. Sister Mrs Henrietta Porter died last February. Funeral Thursday with burial in Mound Hill cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Louks
Parney Anderson
Gallia 4 H Camp Attended by County Members
Gallia County 4 H Club members from Gallia Meigs Lawrence Jackson and Vinton Counties will attend Camp Keystone from August 9 to 14. The program includes camp fires vespers swimming softball nature hikes crafts and life guard supervision with C C Long and John A Slipher assisting in nature work at the Jackson Vinton Road site.
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Gallipolis
Clarabelle Motter
Gallia County
Camp Keystone
Gallia
Meigs
Lawrence
Jackson
Vinton
Jackson-Vinton
C. C. Long
John A. Slipher
Forrest Dean
New Patients at Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis new patients include Mrs. Clara Dimick and Mrs. Charles Westlake who entered Monday night and a daughter born Tuesday at 12 42 A M. Bernard L Jarrett Coast Guardsman medical patient in good condition. Mrs Alva Lane Mrs Anna Higgins Mrs John Green medical patients in good condition. Mrs Harold Clark surgery. Bill Buffington surgery.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Clara Dimick
Point Pleasant
Charles Westlake
Jackson
Bernard L. Jarrett
Coast Guardsman
Alva Lane
Gallipolis R. D
Anna Higgins
Vinton
John Green
Bidwell
Harold Clark
Mason County Seeks 100 Men for Army Examinations
Mason County board calls up 100 men for final army examinations next Tuesday August 3 to be taken to Huntington. Eleven volunteers 89 selectees and 49 residents of Point Pleasant are listed plus transfers from other boards. Names include Point Pleasant residents in the call and several from nearby towns and rural routes.
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Mason County Board
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Huntington
Frank August Cheesebrew
Alva Edward Luckydoo
Jesse Stanford Duncan
Howard Edgar Love
Harold Robert Clark
Glen Olin Holland
Ray Hiawatha Jones
Henderson
John Franklin Wheeler
Clifton
Louis Eugene Johnson
Hartford
Charles BK. Rollins
Leon
Russell Edgar Barker
Glenwood
Joseph Brown
John J. Dower
Clifford Elmore
Herman William Bradshaw
Sidney Edgar Hudson
John Sterling Dunlavy
William Woodrow Thomas
Dewey Lafayette Mayes
Homer Varian Vickers
Archie Whitt
Clarence Danlee Daugherty
Tracy Clifford Bailey
Freerescue
John Howard Oliver
Alfred Porter Staats, Jr
William Mason Filson
Cecil Bradford Roseberry
Howard Finley Smith
Edgar Hill Tuckerman
John Woodrow Rain
Leslie Rubin Hesson
Glen Elson Jenkins
Wilbert Ferrell Wamsley
Paul John Flint
James Kirkman
Butler Tracy Hall
Mason
Carl James Roush
Harold Schwarz
Hogsett
Lewis Almond Persinger
Clemit Milroy Lines
William Glenn Burrows
Harold Eugene Bush
Kaylong
Guy Taylor
James Robert Rickard
James Harvey Morgan
Milton Burdette
Herman Hersal Shinn
Carl Chester Shinn
Roy Jackson Pierson
John Delbert Deweese
South Side
Houston Brannan
Orville Russell Williamson
Ashton
Wilbur Hill
William Henry Hughes
Earl Ashbell Hughes
Howard Elverson Holley
Letart
Pearl Grover Nease
Charles Leslie Rayburn
John Franklin Weigand
William Thomas Donovan
Kenneth Charles Weigand
Gallipolis
Charles Aven Brannan
Joe Dell Rulen
Granvel Venton Wamsley
New Haven
Walter Nathan Grinstead
Herman Lloyd Kirby
George Randall Capehart
Apple Grove
Charles William King
Brice Henley Chapman
Evans
William Brady Hill
Lewellyn S. Williams
West Columbia
Patrick J. Riley
Beech Hill
Charles Howard Lewis
Grimms Landing
Oscar Audis Craig
Cottageville
Ralph Osburn McDermott
Dewey Austin Plumley
Glen Oscar Simpkins
Sylvan Eugene Wallis
Jack Carlton Winston
Area's Future Discussed by Civic Group
POINT PLEASANT Ohio W Va Tri County Industrial Association directors held a three hour meeting in the courthouse to discuss purposes and plan next steps. Directors from Gallipolis Middleport and Pomeroy favored consulting local groups before formalizing the association. A local advisory committee would meet to consider forming a chamber of commerce and coordinate further efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ohio W. Va
Tri-County Industrial Association
Gallipolis
Middleport
Pomeroy
Bend
Mayor Krodel
E. Bartow Jones
H. B. Ecker
G. P. Bush
Edgar Ervin
W. A. Compton
No Grand Jury To Be Called in August
Judge Lew H. Miller notified Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones that he would cancel the order summoning a grand jury for a special term set for August 26. A new date will be set for the term. The jury had not been drawn and the cancellation caused no inconvenience to local officials.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
Vernon Jones
County Agent Seeks Farm Helpers and Milk Plan
County Agent C. C. Anderson urges farmers and job seekers to file applications at the county office. Teens are invited to help on farms while a statewide milk program targets 140 billion pounds in 1943, up from 122 billion, with eight measures to boost production.
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Point Pleasant
C. C. Anderson
Anderson
Lightning Strikes J N Wilson Home for Second Time
Lightning hit the J N Wilson home at Gallipolis Ferry for the second time in three weeks. Mrs Neal J Wilson was badly shaken and called her father Rupert L Kayser, who took her to the Kayser home. Her husband worked for Monongahela and Ohio Dredging Co. in Ironton and was expected to arrive last night.
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Point Pleasant
J. N. Wilson
Gallipolis Ferry
Neal J. Wilson
Rupert L. Kayser
Kayser
Jackson Ave
Monongahela and Ohio Dredging Co
Ironton
Proper dairy cow care boosts milk output says extension expert
G Heebink, dairy husbandman in the extension department, lists eight practical steps for higher production. They emphasize feeding 40 to 50 pounds of forage per cow monthly, providing ample silage, conditioning cows for freshening, offering good roughage, balanced rations, and rearing calves with less milk.
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G. Heebink
Extension Department
Sale of Late Judge White Estate at 725 Third Ave
Report of the sale of the estate of the late Judge White located at 725 Third Avenue to Mae Thomas. The notice notes court approval and the transfer of property rights as part of probate proceedings.
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Gallipolis
Third Ave
Judge White
Mae Thomas Tin" Thomas
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