Gallia County Organizes Fifth War Bond Drive
Gallia County opens the Fifth War Loan campaign with Dr. Charles E. Holzer as general chairman. County quota is 800000 with townships and city wards apportioned. Special committees, headquarters, and a preliminary rally are announced to mobilize volunteers for the open Monday, June 12 drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles E. Holzer
Gallia County
Addison
Cheshire
Clay
Greenfield
Green
Guyan
Harrison
Huntington
Morgan
Ohio
Perry
Springfield
Raccoon
Walnut
First Ward
Second Ward
East Gallipolis
Joe Moch
Frank Ghrist
Harry Maddy
Lehi Davies
Paul Jarvis
Jack Knight
al Giles
Ben Evans
Thelma White
Everett Royer
Clara Belle Motter
Lewis Warden
E. E. Higgins
Harold Brown
FE. B. Webb
Harry R. Hurn
J. S. Porter
M. F. Martin
Robert Ruland
Luther Dayton
John O'Dell
Frances Caldwell
Ira France
W. Scott Westerman
Francis Maryland Story
J. Edward Hakes
Charles B. Ryan
Charles G. Baird
Ted Waller
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Company
J. Paul Mossman
Lafayette Post American Legion
Rotary Club
Business and Professional Women's
Fes Spear
Time Extended for Court Filings in Vote Fraud Indictments
Attorney Perry J. Bailes and four Columbus residents face ten days to file memoranda opposing the quashal of indictments in Gallia County. They are charged with signing unauthorized names to requests for absent voters ballots. Bailes sought the county prosecutor nomination in May. The four co-defendants are former Gallia County residents now in Columbus: Lester W. Edler Bessie Cofer Vernon Miller and Hazel Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Perry J. Bailes
Columbus
Gallia County
Criminal Court
John R. King
Bailes
Atty. Bailes
Lester W. Edler
Bessie Cofer
Vernon Miller
Hazel Logan
Bomber Harold Smith Visits Gallia on Leave
Staff Sergeant Harold E. Smith arrived Friday evening for a three week leave to stay with his wife and her parents on the Lower River Road in Gallia County. He has completed 30 bombing missions over Germany and traveled from England. after Gallia he will rest in Miami Beach with his wife. He is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Grover Smith of Thivener.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold E. Smith
Clyde Saunders
Lower River Road
Germany
England
Gallia County
Smith
Miami Beach
Fla
Aged Gallia Resident Margaret J. Jones Dies at 76
Mrs. Margaret J. Jones 76, longtime Gallia County resident, died Sunday at her home in Cora after years of ill health. Survived by two sons Raymond and Paul Jones, with Raymond a Gallipolis post office clerk. Funeral services held at Old Pine Church Tuesday afternoon with Rev. C. W. Frye presiding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Margaret J. Jones
Cora
Gallia County
John J. Jones
Raymond Jones
Paul
Old Pine Church
C. W. Frye
Selectees of Gallia Depart For Service
Seventeen selectees and two inductees left by bus for Huntington Monday morning. Rev. R. P. McCarley led the ceremony in the court house foyer with Dr. R. A. Howell addressing the group. Refreshments were served by Rev. McCarley and helpers, as donations were announced by Rev. McCarley from several named supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. A. Loucks
F. E. Shaw
Golda McCarley
Elmer McCarley
Charles Campbell
Bryant to Stage Benefit Show in Gallipolis
Final arrangements set to bring Capt. Billy Bryant and his tent show to Gallipolis for a week of nightly performances. Proceeds benefit the American Legion Playground project. A committee from the Business and Professional Women and Lafayette Post 27, along with local Rotary members, works out details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Billy Bryant
Lafayette Hotel
American Legion Playground
Ethel M. Young
Anna Gates White
Business and Professional Women's Club
Clarence Masters
Otto S. Carter
Lafayette Post No
Gallipolis Clinic Adds Two Staff Members
The Gallipolis Clinic announces new hires nurse Dora Grieser of Third Ave and Jane Anne Deem in the electrical department. Deem recently graduated from Gallia Academy High School this year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Dora Grieser
Third Ave
Jane Anne Deem
Deem
Gallia Academy
Sewing Belles 4-H Club Holds Farewell Picnic
Tuppers Plains 4-H club met at Olive-Orange High School for a farewell picnic for a member. All members attended with one visitor. Guests included Mrs. Vietta Springer and Roy, Mrs. Ina Masser of Reedsville, and Betty Sue Werner. Nearby families and relatives were noted attending and visiting in Athens and Parkersburg during the weekend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tuppers Plains - Sewing Belles 4
Olive-Orange High School
Vietta Springer
Roy
Ina Masser
Reedsville
Chancey Werner
Betty Sue
Middleport
Daisy Alice Parris
Vinna Wooda
Harley
Athens
Vance
Millhone
Beverly
Parkersburg
Leste Blough
L. L. Keller
Woodrow Tippie
Columbus
Seven Men Are Called For Army Navy Duty
POINT PLEASANT The local selective service board called seven men for Army induction and one for the Navy. Army men depart June 10. Inductees include James Garland Smith Jack Propp Jr James Richard Hartley Jr Rodney Lewis Wamsley William F Brown Homer Franklin Bland and Ray Oldaker. Navy selectee Harry Spencer Franklin, a local colored youth, will leave June 13.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Selective Service Board
Army
Navy
James Garland Smith
Jack Propp, Jr
James Richard Hartley, Jr
Rodney Lewis Wamsley
Willam F. Brown
Homer Franklin Bland
Wooster
Ray Oldaker
Charleston
Harry Spencer Franklin
Marriage of Dorothy Lanier and John Supance at Grace Church
The wedding of Dorothy Ann Lanier and Corporal John O. Supance will be held Thursday June 8 at Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis. Rev. W Scott Westerman will officiate the open ceremony with Pauline Johnson Cook as matron of honor and William L Cook as best man. Lanier will provide nuptial music and a luncheon will follow for immediate families and a few guests at Island View Inn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William L. Cook
Pauline Johnson
Cook
Lanier
Grace Church
Stork Shower Honors Mrs J Edward Hakes at Church
Tanis Guild members hosted a stork shower at the First Baptist Church for the pastor’s wife Mrs J Edward Hakes. Guests completed a nursery rhyme and created an original drawing for a scrapbook. Carol Sue Haskins delivered a baby carriage with gifts from eighteen guild members and others. A refreshment course followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Edward Hakes
First Baptist Church
Tanis Guild
Local residents plan vacations and marriages amid family notices
Miss Hattie Cromley begins a three week vacation from Ohio Bell, with plans to stay at 505 Fourth Avenue and visit relatives near Bidwell and in Harrisburg. Mary Anne Plymale returns from Columbus after employment there. Eva Mildred O Dell marries Seaman Donald Ray Carruthers, now overseas, with Carruthers' Columbus roots and Gale Academy graduation noted. Others travel to Dayton, Athens, and Oberlin connections mark summer visits and family updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hattie Cromley
Ohio Bell Telephone Company
Fourth Avenue
Nelle Birch
Mr. Birch
Bidwell
Earl Cromley
Harrisburg
C. A. O'Dell
Eva Mildred O'Dell
Donald Ray Carruthers
Paul Carruthers
Columbus
Sophia Williams
Mercerville
Seaman Carruthers
Carruthers
Gallia Academy High School
O'Dell
Vine Street
Albany Social And Personal
Albany notes report a Pomo na Grange meeting delaying a Carrie Hall Club gathering to June 15 at Mrs. Maude Knowlton’s home. Albany 4 H Cooking Club formed at the high school May 29 with officers Beth Dailey Martha Lou Baughman Jean Bratton and Margaret Barnette and the group name The Kitchenettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Pomona Grange
Carrie Hall Club
Maude Knowlton
A. B. Allen
Howard Stanley
Beth Dailey
Martha Lou Baughman
Jean Bratton
Margaret Barnette
Ethel Beatty
Lucy Stack
William Munn
Dow Sanders
Home Economics
Albany Grange
State Grange
Georgian Nominated For Farm Credit Post
President Roosevelt nominated William Duggan of Georgia to be governor of the Farm Credit Administration. If confirmed, he would succeed A. Black whose resignation takes effect in March.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Ivy William Duggan
Georgia
Southern Division
The
Agriculture Adjustment Agency
Roosevelt
Farm Credit Administration
Senate
A. Black
Point Pleasant Clinic Names New Receptionist
Miss Betty Mayes daughter of Mrs J Williamson at 2002 Marquette Ave is employed as receptionist at Point Clinics. She is coached by Miss Christine Wamsley who has resigned and will leave Aug 15 for training at St Francis Hospital Charleston to become a registered nurse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Betty Mayes
J. ©. Williamson
Marquette Ave
Point
Christine Wamsley
St. Francis Hospital
Charleston
Boy Undergoes Operation At Holzer Hospital
Six year old Randall Garland son of Captain and Mrs Howard Garland 236 River Street is improving after an operation at Holzer Hospital several days ago. A bruise on his leg caused a bone infection and he has suffered through whooping cough influenza chickenpox and measles during the past winter and spring, according to his father.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Randall Garland
Howard Garland
River St
Holzer Hospital
New Bandstand Began On Courthouse Lawn At Point Pleasant
Construction started yesterday on a new bandstand for Point Pleasant with plans and materials supplied by the Carolina Lumber and Supply Co. The project leverages local resources to enhance civic spaces near the courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Carolina Lumber and Supply Co
Culbertson to Host Christ Church Guild June Meeting
Mrs. Lawrence J. Culbertson will host the Christ Church Service Guild for a June meeting on Wednesday afternoon. A picnic luncheon will be served on the Culbertson lawn in the ordnance works reservation at 1 30. Mrs. Culbertson asks all guild members to attend. Mrs. Nelson A. Park hosts the Five Hundred Club at The Willows on Jackson Ave this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Lawrence J. Culbertson
Christ Church Service Guild
Culbertson
Ordnance Works
Nelson A. Park
Five Hundred Club
the Willows
Jackson Ave
Local Social Notes Highlight Mason County Residents
Mrs. Bertha Filson hosts a long Main Street reception in Mon day drawing many friends. Former Mason County school superintendent now living in Hollywood Florida, she recently taught there despite retirement. Several visits, travel updates, and a Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary meeting close the social roundup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bertha Filson
Main St
Filson
Hollywood
Fla
Mason County
Florida
Births and discharges at Point Clinic
A daughter was born Saturday at Point Clinic to Mr and Mrs William Litchfield of Point Pleasant. Mrs Earl Whittington of Buffalo, a two week surgical patient, has been discharged. Mrs Golden Cosfin and infant daughter of Clifton were discharged. Mrs Kenneth A Peck of Charleston visited her sister Mrs George Gardner, a clinic patient, on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Litchfield
Point Clinic
Earl Whittington
Buffalo
Golden Cosfin
Clifton
Kenneth A. Peck
Charleston
George Gardner
Campaign Against Rats Urged at Point Pleasant Council
Point Pleasant council in the June meeting authorized monthly payments while a group led by Mrs. S Chandler Wilhelm Mrs. T Stribling and County Agent C C Anderson urged a citywide rat eradication campaign. Health department leadership and a conference with Major Oliver health officer were planned to devise a plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
F. G. Musgrave
S. Chandler Wilhelm
T. Stribling
C. C. Anderson
Oliver
S. C. Moystin
Moystin
Krodel
Ball
Musgrave
Cheesbrew
Durst
Quillin
McElfresh
Couch
Biffle
McMillin
Harden
Charleston Road
Wadea
Thabet
Chamber of Commerce Adopts New Constitution
A special meeting at the courthouse last night approved a new chamber constitution and by laws. The plan creates an 11 member board of directors. Holly H. Hudson and George G. Somerville were elected to expand the board from nine to eleven. The chamber will be incorporated as a non profit corporation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Holly H. Hudson
Point Pleasant Transportation Co
George G. Somerville
Somerville and
Mrs. Holderness Dies In California Sunday
Mrs. Jack Holderness formerly Lynn Lewis died Sunday afternoon at her La Jolla California home. She was the daughter of Mrs. W. D. Lewis and the late Mr Lewis of Charleston. She was remembered by Point Pleasant residents through visits to her aunt Mrs Julia D Beale. Funeral services and burial will take place in California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruplert L. Kayser
Anna Burgess
Chesapeake
W. Va
Norfolk
Navy Yard
Mason City
Cottageville
Vause Poage Smith
Huntington
Juliet Smith
Viand St
Sonja Jo Mayes
Maurice A. Mayes
Charleston
G. C. Hite
Dr. Shepard's Hospital
Harold Haynes, Jr
Chicago
Harold Haynes
Eighth St
Elmer Ebersbach
Harry Godfrey
Pomeroy
The
Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary
W. H. Morgan
Main St
Point Pleasant
Jack Holderness
la Jolla
Calif
Holderness
Lynn Lewis
W. D. Lewis
Mr. Lewis
Julia D. Beale
California
Sergeant Thabet on furlough from Canal Zone visit family
Sergeant Fred Thabet is home on furlough with his mother Mrs. N Thabet and brother and sister in law at 108 Jones Street after 31 months in the Canal Zone. He awaits re assignment. Weekend visitors include Billy Sigman A Ray Hall family Beckley Alice Thabet Huntington George Thabet Spencer James Thabet Gallipolis Edwin Thabet Toledo and more. Mrs James Thabet Mrs George Thabet and Mrs A Ray Hall are staying in town for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Fred Thabet
N. Thabet
Wadear Thabet
Jones St
Canal Zone
Thabets
Billy Sigman
A. Ray Hall
Alice Thabet
Beckley
George Thabet
Lorena Aborizka
Ferris Thabet
Huntington
James Thabet
Spencer
William Thabet
Gallipolis
Edwin Thabet
Toledo
Woman fatally struck by lightning in Cleveland garden
Mrs. Emela G. Lensing, 50, was killed when a lightning bolt struck her while she tended her victory garden in Cleveland yesterday. The tragedy was reported from local authorities and residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Emela G. Lensing
Victory Garden
Officers Installed by DAR at Last Meeting Until Fall
Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter D A R held its final meeting of the season at The Mansion House Tu Endie Wei Park. New officers elected in May were installed by Mrs. William H. Vaught with regent elect Mrs. A Keith McClung presiding. The program featured Fort Randolph Chapter C A R participation, readings, songs, and a war savings theme.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
D.A.R
Fort Randolph
Garnette Tillis
A. Keith McClung
Tu-Endie-Wei Park
William H. Vaught
Board of Management
Tillis
William Steenbergen
Ben Franklin
Silver Bridge
Ohio River
Vaught
McClung
William Meade
John William Steenbergen
Cary Howard Rayburn
C.A.R
Biddle
Olin Roush
Parky Gardner
Miles Epling
Lewis
Marie Martin
Carl Gardner
Martin
God Bless America
Gardner
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Gallia
Oakley
Nelsonville, Ohio
Bryant
Tuppers Plains
America
James H. Wilson
Optometric Eye Specialist
W. Wash. St. Ness
Rome
Gallipolis Social Notes
Akron
Bob Wolfe
U. S. Navy
Solomon's Branch
Alice Wolfe
Adeline Swinder
Crown City
Louis Miller
Chillicothe Road
Byron Bing
Joseph Donnally
Clarence Thivener
Kate Harrington
Des Moines
Iowa
Fred McConnell
Robert McConnell
Blanche France
Mary Anne Plymale
Robert Wolfe
Eugene Plymale
Baby of
Stanley Plymale
George Lear
American Legion Auxiliary
Elizabeth Shough
Dayton
Paul France
Marion
D. A. Beard
Wilson
Audrey Pindle
Highland Park
Edward Robinson
Wayne Booth
Social and Personal
Farm Credit Post
At Point Clinic
Health Department
THURS
Tarawa
Grantland Rice
DAR
Anna E. Simmerman
Mret Meade
Ray Proffitt
Milton L. Miller
O. W. Lusher
Robert Ferguson
Miss Lewis
Miss Martin
Sandra Sue Jones
Brereton Jones
Nancy Vaught
Logan, Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St. Logan, Ong
Spirgel
Hargrove
Robi. Walker
Donna Reed
Edmund Gwenn
Geo
Tobus
Coulouris
Faye Emerson
Dona Drake
Tim & Irene Ryan
Olive Blakewey
Carson
Demmis Worgan
Chas Rubgles
Frank Sumatra
Werner Bros Pictures
Lnc
WAR Activites
Motion
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