Need Funds and Talent to Start Gallia War Drive
Gallia County seeks money and performers to launch the Fifth War Loan Drive opening June 12. Robert L. Rannells, chair, asks private contributors for funds, as government support covers only stationery and clerk salary. Paul Mossman arranges an entertainment program and seeks musicians, singers, and dancers to support the drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia
Gallipolis
Robert L. Rannells
Gallia County War Finance Committee
Paul Mossman
Rannells
Treasury Department
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights
Gallipolis column notes Mrs M T Epling and sons John and Miles attend Col Charles Lewis Chapter DAR affair in Point Pleasant. Grace Guild to hold annual picnic at Fortification Hill. Ohio returnees and local news on births, health, travels, and relocations among Gallia residents and families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
M. T. Epling
John
Miles
C. W. O'Brien
Anna Simmerman
Col
Charles Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
Point Pleasant
O’brien
Epling
Miles Epling
Grace Guild of
The
Methodist Church
Fortification Hill
Robert Cornwell
Ernest Davis Dies Suddenly in Gallipolis
Ernest H. Davis 71 retired mail carrier died Saturday evening at his home on upper Second Avenue after a heart attack as he and his wife prepared to go down the street. He had been in failing health but was well until the attack. Surviving: widow Caddie Wickham of Pomeroy. Dana Davis and Daphne Broyles of Baltimore. Bernetta Fair of Manassas. four grandchildren. Funeral at First Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 with Rev. J Edward Hakes, burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ernest H. Davis
Upper Second Avenue
Davis
Caddie Wickham
Pomeroy
Dana Davis
Daphne Broyles
Leonard Rites To Be Tuesday
Mrs. Mary Catherine Leonard, a native of Gallia County born October 2, 1862, died at the home of her nephew on Spruce Street. Services will be held at Entsminger Funeral Home at 2 o'clock Tuesday afternoon, with burial at Gravel Hill Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Catherine Leonard
Earl Mink
Spruce St
William and
Mary Kincaid Malaby
Gallia County
Entsminger
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Cheshire Property Is Given in Will
Mrs Nevada Brechtel's will probated gives ninety two acre Storys Run farm in Cheshire Township to granddaughters Nine Brown and Neva Ihle. A forty acre tract near Frecker farm goes to daughter Maggie Frecker with residual estate to granddaughters. Frecker named executrix. will dated June 29 1936. witnesses Hollis C Johnston and Frances W Wheeler.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J Lipolis
Nevadahtel
Storys Run
Cheshire Township
Nine Brown
Neva Ihle
Testatrix
Maggie Frecker
Frecker
Addison Township
Brown
Brechtel
Vand
Hollis C. Johnston
Frances W. Wheeler
Gallia County Jail Is Vacant Again
Frieda Blazer McGuire of Criner's Ridge near Mercerville was taken into custody Friday night by Deputy Sheriffs J. Everett Saunders and Hingeld Wood on assault charges against Ralph Cox. She posted a $300 bond and was released Sunday evening. Sheriff Hatfield reported that with her departure the county jail again became vacant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Frieda Blazer McGuire
Criner's Ridge
Mercerville
J. Everett Saunders
Hingeld Wood
Ralph Cox
Hatfield
McGuire
New President To Start Work June 7
Dr. Charles E. r announces Rev. F. W. McDermott, recently elected president of Rio Grande College, will arrive June 7 to begin duties. He is slated to assume the post June 1 and will be formally inaugurated in the early Fall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Inpolis
Charles E. R
Rio Grande College
F. W. McDermott
Gallia County Servicemen Listed in War Front Details
Local families report multiple Gallia residents in the armed forces. Lieut jg Brady Lee Mootz, recently promoted in the Naval Reserve after serving in Auckland New Zealand, and First Lieut Ben M Evans named physical training officer at Drew Field Florida are among those noted. Beatrice Day’s five sons serve in Navy and Army, with several already in Europe, Italy, Burma, and at camps in Florida. Corporal Earl E Casto and Pfc Robert Wetherholt are among others mentioned, as are Ensigns Marshall and Canady on leave from West Coast duties. Families from Vinton and Gallipolis R 1 share updates on service members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
J. G
Brady Lee Mootz
Auckland
New Zealand
United States Naval Reserve
J. W. Mootz
Supply Corps
Everett Evans
Vinton
Ben’ M. Evans
Drew Field
Tampa
Florida
Beatrice Day
Lester Lee Day
Columbus
Great Lakes
Charles Day
Ray
Italy
George
India-Burma
Harley
Grover Long
Texas
Gant Long
Cleo Chevalier
Jake Chevalier
U. S
England
Billy Fraley
Young Fraley
North Africa
Lulu Mayberry Fraley
Earl E. Casto
Amanda Crandall
Gallipolis R. 1
Robert Wetherholt
Mt. Ranier Ordnance Depot
Tacoma
Washington
East Liverpool
Gerald B. Canady
West
Anna Canaday
Ensign Marshall Canaday
Robert K. Canady
Portsmouth
Gallia Youth Ready For Aerial Service
Pvt. Jim Gillingham, son of Mr and Mrs G B Gillingham of Gallia, graduated from Fairchild Training Schools in New York. He completed a camera maintenance course under the Army Air Forces Technical Training Command and is now qualified to service aerial cameras in the fighting air force.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jim Gillingham
G. B. Gillingham
Fairchild Training Schools
New York
Army Air Forces ‘Technical Training Command
Gillingham
Fighting Air Force
Wounded Soldier Receives Medical Discharge
Robert Rutherford, long hospitalized in the states after injuries in combat duty in the Georgia Islands, has been granted a medical discharge and is at his father Thomas Rutherford’s home in East Gallipolis. He enlisted in early 1942 and served six months in the government hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert Rutherford
States
Georgia Islands
Thomas Rutherford
East
Lane Lawrence in serious condition after stroke
Friends in Gallipolis report Lane Lawrence is gravely ill following a stroke two weeks ago. The Lawrence family, former Gallipolis residents now in Urbana, note he is a patient at Champaign County Hospital. Patrolman Richard R. Queen of the Marietta division has been reassigned to Gallipolis, replacing Patrolman P D McCreedy who has joined the U S Navy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Lane Lawrence
Lawrences
Urbana
Lawrence
Champaign County Hospital
Galaia Gallipolis
Richard R. Queen
Marietta
State Highway Patrol
P. D. McCreedy
U.S. Navy
Mrs Long Named to Lambda Chi Sorority Juris Committee
Mrs. Frank C. Long Jr. was elected to the jurisdiction committee of Lambda Chi Sorority. She plans to attend installation ceremonies at the Hotel Gibson in Cincinnati on June 28, after her name was presented by the local chapter weeks earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Frank C. Long
Juris Nce
Lambda China Sorority
Point Pleasant Girl Joins State Gazette Staff
Miss Edna Jane Edwards daughter of Mr and Mrs L D Edwards of English Court Eng lish Court has employment as reporter for The State Gazette local weekly newspaper and is in charge of the office She will be a member of the senior class in high school next term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Edna Jane Edwards
L. D. Edwards
English Court
State Gazette
Edwards
Reedsville News Briefs Highlights Local Appointments and Visits
Community notices recall Rev. and Mrs. FE L Miller returning from Columbus after a Methodist Conference and Miller’s reassignment to the Chester charge. 4-H club and advisor meeting details in Pomeroy, Ravenswood Memorial Day mention, Parkersburg visits, family travels between Belpre Kent Kent Silver Ridge and Racine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reedsville
FE. L. Miller
Columbus
The
Methodist Church
Racine High Pupils Place In Tests
Fourteen Meigs County Racine students in Section II took district state scholarship tests on April 26. One student placed in state, seven district honors and two honorable mentions in various subjects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Racine
Pomeroy
Meigs County
IIT
C. O. Chapman
Selective Service Board
Gene Roush
Herman Carson
Roy Ervin
Robert Cleland
David Sayre
Mary Ellen Hayman
Lillian Mae Simpson
Blondena Taylor
Alice Gainer
Mary Spencer
Blendena Taylor
Eleen Cornell
Betty Lou Salser
Hazel Stobart
Rita Ann Johnson
Long Bottom Social Briefs Reflect Local Visits and Memorial Day Observances
Long Bottom notes list relatives visiting from Detroit Hartford Portland Parkersburg and Columbus with many Swan family members. Camp returnees and May gatherings mark the community scene along with graves visited at Sand Hill Cemetery and Civil War era markers. Memorial Day honors observed with flowers and flags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linnie Swan
Clara Swan
Detroit
E. W. Swan
Hartford
W. Va
Clarence Price
Patsy
W .C. Moser
Columbus
Harry Swan
Portland
J. A. Torrence
Bashan
S. R. Swan
Jean
June
Parkersburg
A. F. Swan
Charles Hensley
Ada Bissell
Lindsey Lyons, Jr
Georgia
Long Bottom Victory Cooks
Gladys Marks
Margery Wells
Phyllis Lawrence
Grace Cross
Joan Hawley
C. E. Lawrence
Phyllis
Sand Hill Cemetery
M. W. Stewart
John
East Palestine
W. D. Barton
Cleveland
Camp Dix
N. J
Elsie King
Visinet
Lottridge News Briefs Highlights Local Visits and Paintings
Mrs. Carson Boggs Jr. returned from Akron Tuesday. Clarence Swisher and Mt. Gilead pair visited E. W. Swisher. Saturday callers included T. A. Newsom and daughter Gene and George Sands of Stewart. Rev. John L. Morgan paints Lottridge A B Church and a room at L. H. Allen home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lottridge
Carson Boggs Jr
Akron
Clarence Swisher
Mt. Gilead
E. W. Swisher
T. A. Newsom
Gene
George Sands
Stewart
John L. Morgan
Lottridge A. B
L. H. Allen
R. M. Allen
Mrs. Allen
Eleanor
Mary Alice
Carthage
Bean
Wilkesville Social Notes Highlights Local Moves and Visits
Wilkesville residents note moves, visits, and family events. Homer Spires and wife relocate to the purchased property of Dora Long. Dorothy Hartley and Dora Long of Columbus visit. Pvt. Ernest Pierce, home on furlough from Michigan, spends time with his wife and children. A Sunday family reunion and picnic honors Joseph Kahn and Edith Thompson among relatives. Charlie Jones is hospitalized after a paralysis stroke. Emery Bishop visits his ailing mother while Oscar Mossman cares for her. Kentucky Betz and son participate in local care duties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Homer Spires
Dora Long
Dorothy Hartley
Dora Sayre Long
Columbus
Ernest Pierce
Michigan
Truman Phillips
R. H. Waltz
Joseph Kahn
Edith Thompson
Monroe
Mich
Mary Woltz
Evansville
Ind
T. V. McCumber
Thomas McCumber
Florida
Charlie Jones
Emery Bishop
George Bishop
Oscar Mossman
Kyrrl Betz
Mason Co. School Board Delays Teacher Placement
The Mason County Board of Education postponed teacher placements for the 1944 45 term until July 1 and wrestled with list changes. Judge Lewis H Miller and attorney statements frame the ongoing Walden F Roush suit over reinstatement as superintendent. The board kept two teachers off continuing contracts, renewed leaves, and hired J Marion Foglesong as buildings supervisor at 200 monthly with 40 travel. Bush salary was 150 and 25 expenses. Burt and Lewis to continue band instruction through vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Forrest L. Bachtel
Walden F. Roush
Lewis H. Miller
Roush
Gilbert Rogers
Rogers
J. Marion Foglesong
Ivan Bush
Letart
Foglesong
Bush
P. E. Burt
J. T. Lewis
Wahama High School
Burt
Collision on Route 2 near Glenwood ends in settlement
Charles Powers of Ashton and Fred Holley of Point Pleasant drove separate cars that collided on Route 2 near Glenwood Saturday night around 11. Occupants suffered only minor injuries. The drivers disputed damages until Sheriff F. R. Lieving intervened Sunday afternoon and arranged a settlement at the scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Powers
Ashton
Fred Holley
Glenwood
Lieving
Juveniles of Grange Are Organized in Meigs County
Columbia Grange held a Friday session with master Elizabeth Jordan. H E Starkey deputies organized a juvenile Grange with 16 charter members and elected officers led by Matron Mollie Powelson and Master Ruth Powelson. Memorial services honored deceased members and Gold Star services. Rural Life Sunday observance planned for June 4 and a membership contest concluded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia Grange
Elizabeth Jordan
H. E. Starkey
Meigs County
Mollie Powelson
Merle Galaway
Ruth Powelson
Lee Jeffers
Hazel Rupe
Keith Nelson
Lavern Jordan
John Starkey
Gene Jeffers
Mina Dudgeon
Chester Stewart
Grange
Carpenter
Death of Mrs Ida Starkey Ties Crown City to Huntington
Crown City reports the death of Mrs Ida Starkey of Huntington who was a frequent visitor and used Miss Etta Kearns’s home as headquarters. Notes mention visits by Janice Gorby and Susan to the Gorbys in Proctorville, Roberta Sheets visiting Cheshire, and Rev Julius Chandler arriving as new pastor for the Miller Crown City Charge. Wayne Holston is home on furlough. berry prospects look bright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown City
Ida Starkey
Huntington
Etta Kearns
Lewis Woodyard
The
Great Lakes
Janice Gorby
Susan
Harry Gorby
Proctorville
Roberta Sheets
Cheshire
Charles Henderson
Julius Chandler
Miller
GOP Parley Chooses Shott As Chairman In Charleston
The West Virginia Republican state executive committee elected Jim H. Shott chairman at the May primary meeting at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston. Mrs. Sarah Himerman became associate chairwoman, H. BE. Clovis vice chairman, Mrs. E. Wyatt Payne secretary, and FE. M. Tutwiler re elected treasurer. The panel named G. K. Ferguson director of Negro activities for the fall campaign and filled vacancies in several districts. U. S. Senator Revercomb and National Committeeman Hallanan spoke on the gathering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Republican State Executive Committee
Daniel Boone
Charleston
Jim H. Shott
U. S
Hugh Ike Shott
Bluefield
Robert H. C. Kay
Shott
D. Boone Dawson
Sarah Himerman
Cameron
Madalyn Bazzle
Keyser
H. BE. Clovis
Parkersburg
Carl CO. Schmidt
Wheeling
E. Wyatt Payne
Huntington
Andrew Northcott
LeSage
FE. M. Tutwiler
Mt. Hope
G. K. Ferguson
Ray Ritchie
Ravenswood
C. ©. Weissenburger
Point Pleasant
John Creech
West Hamlin
Merle Watkins
Grafton
Revercomb
Hallanan
Stone Roush wedding guests and local visitors
Miss Julia Burdette and Mrs. Douglas Rouse attended the Stone Roush wedding and stayed with friends. Visitors included Benjamin Franklin IV from Springfield Ohio, Miss Louise Stone of Holland, and many local residents visiting relatives, attending services, or spending weekends in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Burdette
Douglas Rouse
Huntington
Benjamin Franklin, IV
Springfield
Ben Franklin
Main St
Walter Johnson
Clendenin
Louise Stone
Holland
Will H. Stone
Sixth St
Miss Stone
Holland High School
Gail Faires
Morrison
Elmer Ebersbaugh
Lambda Chi Omega
William Steenbergen
Montreal
N. C
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Charlotte
John William Steenbergen
Mervin Chapman
Charleston
Lurkhart
Maudellen Skene
Marshall College
George B. Skene
Fivalee
Rosanna Frye
Kaylong
Sheriff
F. B. Lieving
Vause Poage Smith
Juliet Smith
D. J. Sheward
Galena
John C. Franklin
EF. E. Heiner
Lawrence Heiners
Rutland
Frank T. Cady
Holzer Hospital
Robert Goodwin
Baltimore
Clara Goodwin
Ohio St
George Powell
Nancy
Howard
Hinton
Boy Struck by Auto On Route 62 Sunday
Four year old Raymond Rainey son of Mr and Mrs Harold Rainey of Franklin Street Bellemeade was struck by a car on Route 62 near the C L Costen store at about 6 pm Sunday. He suffered head and facial cuts and bruises and was treated at a downtown doctor's office. The car was driven by Farry Durst. The child reportedly stepped onto the highway from behind a parked car.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Raymond Rainey
Harold Rainey
Franklin St
Bellemeade
C. L. Costen
Farry Durst
Two Mason County Boys Up for Future Farmer Honors
In Point Pleasant West Virginia two Mason County youths are recommended for major Future Farmers of America honors. James Lewis of Kaylong is set to receive the American Farmer degree joining two others from the state based on the 1000 member basis. Lewis, 19, is the son of Harold and Mrs. Lewis and a standout in 4 H club work. Gus Ruben Douglas Jr of Grimms Landing, son of the former sheriff and Mrs. Douglas, is among 31 boys nominated for the state farmer degree.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
West Virginia
Farmers’ of America
H. N. Hansucker
Charleston
James Lewis
Kaylong
Lewis
Harold Lewis
Gus Ruben Douglas, Jr
Gus Douglas
Grimms Landing
Ice cream business grows under Earl T. Roush in Point Pleasant
The Roush ice cream operation, started over 20 years ago by Earl T. Roush, has expanded from local trade to restaurants and retailers in The Bend, now serving customers in Point Pleasant and Henderson for the past three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Graham Station
Earl T. Roush
Bend
Henderson
Gold fish weighs a pound nine ounces found near Ka nawha Three Mile Creek
In Point Pleasant Gilbert Rogers of Henderson and George Nutter caught a gold fish weighing one pound nine ounces near the creek mouth and placed it in an aquarium. Nutter believes floodwaters may have carried fish from an outdoor lawn aquarium. Officers for the forthcoming year will be elected this evening at the Point Pleasant Chapter Order of the Eastern Star meeting, with initiation of candidates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gilbert Rogers
Henderson
George Nutter
Kanawha Three Mile Creek
Nutter
Mr. Rogers
Ohio
Point Pleasant Chapter
Order of the Eastern Star
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Gallipolis Social Notes
Charles Freese
Freese
Jimmie
Mary Jean
John Danner
Mr. Freese
Rawson & Randolph Dental Laboratory
Melvin Little
Catherine Montgomery
Kenneth Little
Larry Leo
John W. Galbreath
Grant Hospital
Mr. Galbreath
Garnet Miller
State Hospital
Nellie
Jette Rathburn
Albert Rathburn
James Irwin Rathburn
Billy McCormick
Harold Danner
Dayton
John FE. Danner
Helen Clark
Patriot
Denton
Teachers State College
Harry M. Miller
Frances Condee
Sandusky
Herman Condee
J. W. Turner
Jackson
Farnam Haskins
Col. Morris Haskins
C. M. Yeanger
Haskins- Tanner Company
Paul Williams
Baby
W. A. Curry
Williams
Lincoln
Neb
U. S Army
Charles Rathburn
Rathburn
Eulah Williams
Nellie Searberry
Lyle Beaver
Ella Irwin
Springfield Township
Chicago
Elizabeth Connelly
R. N
Gallia County Department of Public Health
Youngstown
Marianna McHenry
Athens
Ohio University
Charles McGinnis
Ill
Alice
J. G. Sehreck
Ernest Davis
Leonard
Vetor
Zemo
Gazette Post
Fifth Army
Rome
Ficers
C. E. Humphrey
Clyde Pickens
Belpre
Howard Hull Jr
Mary Alice Hetzer
Lucy Dye
Arthur Hetzer
Nancy Lee Chaney
Maggie Osborn
Arlie Marks
H. E. Kibble
Albert Wigal
Jackie
E. C. Bailey
Lottridge News
Wilkesville Social Notes
J. M. Foglesong
GOP
Boy
Future Farmer
Lee
O.E.S
Beaco
F. J
Beasley CO
Pepsi-Cola Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Pepsi-Cola Botting Co
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