Gallian Bond Leaders To Hold War Loan Rally
Gallia County reports a dinner rally at Grace Methodist Church Tuesday at 6 30 pm to promote the fifth War Loan Bond sale. About 250 attendees expected with Dr Charles E Holzer as presiding officer and E S Spear outlining plans to township ward captains and solicitors. The event raises funds for war financing and honors anonymous donors who funded the gathering.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist
Charles E. Holzer
E. S. Spear
Movable Booth Marks Fifth War Loan Drive in Gallipolis
A large booth with a huge thermometer will travel through Gallipolis business districts for the Fifth War Loan Bond Sale. Paul Jarvis heads the Merchants Committee which underwrites booth costs and sales staff. Four young women staff the booth distributing literature and sale materials daily.
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Gallipolis
Merchant's Committee
Paul Jarvis
Merchants Committee
District Home Council Meet in Jackson to Open Tuesday
Twenty four Gallia County women will join more than a hundred attendees for the District Home Council meeting in Jackson on Tuesday. Miss Anna Ethel Edwards will give the welcome address, with business led by Meigs County's Mrs. Amy Chase. The program theme is Building for a Better Tomorrow.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
District Home Council
Jackson
Clara Belle Motter
Anna Ethel Edwards
Meigs County
Amy Chase
J. P. Schmidt
Ohio State University
Hocking
Athens
Vinton, Meigs
Appeals Court Rules In Cadmus Rural School Cases
The Court of Appeals ruled Friday in Gallipolis on two Cadmus Rural School District cases. Glenn Wiseman won a writ of mandamus requiring a continuing teaching contract. Jake Miller’s writ was refused for lack of county superintendent recommendation.
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Gallipolis
Court of Appeals
Board of Education
Cadmus Rural
Glenn Wiseman
Jake Miller
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
New patients at the Holzer Hospital include Mrs. Henry E Holzapfel Wells ton Mrs. Gertrude Halliday Pt Pleasant Mrs. Truman Jenkins Blackfork John Buskirk Hogsett W Va Mrs Earl Denney Pome roy Miss Macel Thomas Pt Pleas ant Mrs Robert Brandebury Chesapeake Albert Houstine Wellston Mrs Sarah Rice Patriot James Hoffman Swan Creek Thomas Lewis Thurman Harry Dilcher Pt Pleasant
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Henry E. Holzapfel
Wellston
Gertrude Halliday
Pleasant
Truman Jenkins
Blackfork
John Buskirk
Hogsett
W Va
Earl Denney
Pomeroy
Macel Thomas
Pt Pleasant
Robert Brandebury
Chesapeake
Albert Houstine
Sarah Rice
Patriot
James Hoffman
Swan Creek
Thomas Lewis
Thurman
Harry Dilcher
Pt. Pleasant
Mrs Sheets Joins Husband in San Francisco
Mrs. Ernest Sheets has joined her husband in San Francisco, remaining there while he is stationed, and will be with her brother Hal Burger of the U S Coast Guard. She previously worked at Walgreens Club Store. Mrs Alfred Clark traveled to Charleston to be with daughter Betty Mae after an operation for acute appendicitis at St Francis Hospital.
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Gallipolis
Ernest Sheets
Marie Burger
San Francisco
Calif
Hal Burger
U. S. Coast Guard
Sheets
Walgreen Club
California
Charleston
Alfred Clark
Betty Mae
St. Francis Hospital
Mrs Edith Spear Takes Post at State Institute
Mrs Edith Spear has been appointed to a position at the State Feeble Minded Institute at Orient and began her duties last week.
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Gallipolis
Edith Spear
Orient
Bible Schools Open Today
In Gallipolis the annual Vacation Bible Schools begin today at First Baptist and Grace Methodist churches. Classes run for two weeks with Saturdays off, led by Grace Methodist supervisors and a team of eight assistants. Activities include Bible study linked to crafts stores and nature appreciation, plus world friendship and supervised recreation.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist
Grace Methodist
Carroll LeFavor
Janet Booth Robinson
Mary Tanner Morris
John Halliday
Ellen Westerman
W. Scott Westerman
Leota Vornholt
Katie Brumfield
Buckeye Building and Loan files foreclosure suit
Gallipolis Buckeye Building and Loan Co sues Lena Johnson and Emzie Johnson for 712 due on a Feb 20 1940 note. The note is secured by a mortgage on thirty acres near Mercerville and the plaintiff seeks foreclosure and sale of the property.
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Gallipolis
Buckeye Building and Loan Company
Lena
Emzie Johnson
Mercerville
Searls Family Receives Purple Heart for War Service
Mr and Mrs J A Searls of Ryger announce their son Pearl has been awarded the Purple Heart for injuries in Italy. Pearl reports he was wounded twice but not seriously and is the youngest of four Searls brothers in the armed forces.
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Gallipolis
J. A. Searls
Ryger
Pearl
Italy
Mrs. Searls
New Haven Garden Club Holds Hartford Area Meeting
The New Haven Garden Club met at Mrs. W. H. Newton’s Hartford home with joint hostesses Mrs. W. T. Stone and Mrs. N. O. Wein. New officers elected at the May meeting include Mrs. S. H. Fadley president and Mrs. W. T. Stone vice president. The program featured Flowers in Poetry and support for three English orphans. A letter from horticulturist Dorothy Biddle was read. plans to invite her speaker later this year were discussed. Refreshments were served to numerous members and guests.
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Point Pleasant
New Haven Garden Club
W. H. Newton
Hartford
Newton
W. T. Stone
N. O. Wein
S. H. Fadley
Lloyd Roush
Fred Batey
H. Juhling
Ray Proffitt
Fadely
Friends of the Land
Huntington
Louis Brumfield
Dorothy Biddle
R. L. Clark
New Haven
Fadley
Paiey
Harry L. Dyer
John Hart
A. D. Hume
Hugo Juhling
Herman Layne
Charles Ohlinger
W. R. Proffitt
Bert Roush
Ottie Roush
Lew Roush
L. J. Ruttencutter
Fowler Funeral Rites Held Sunday in Point Pleasant
Funeral services for William Milo Fowler aged 69 were held from his Mt. Vernon Avenue home Sunday afternoon. He died suddenly Friday in a downtown business office. Rev. F. H. Capehart led the service assisted by Rev. C. G. Billups. Pallbearers were his nephews Everett Sutton Samuel Sutton Virgil Sutton Ross Love Joseph Higgins and William Thomas.
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Mt. Vernon Ave
William Milo Fowler
F. H. Capehart
C. G. Billups
Mr. Fowler
Everett, Samual
Virgil Sutton
Ross Love
Joseph Higgins
William Thomas
Gardens Are Promising in Mason County
Mason County agent C C Anderson says victory gardens urban and rural look better than in the past two years. He cautions that easing ration regulations could dull interest and urges continued home grown food efforts. He promotes straw mulch to suppress weeds and lists alternatives such as grass clippings leaves and hay for mulch.
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Point Pleasant
C. C. Anderson
Victory Gardens
Mason County
Mr. Anderson
Fall from horse kills 3-year-old in Mason County
Donald Hall aged 32, son of Roxie Hall of Sand Ridge Road, fell from a horse at the Russell Oshel Farm at 3 15 Sunday afternoon and died instantly from a fractured neck. Dr Roy W Eschenaur, county coroner, attributed the death to a neck fracture at the base of the brain. The boy, living with his mother and her three children on the Oshel farm since her husband’s death three months ago, was mounted on the horse as Mr Oshel led it. He did not see the fall but heard the boy strike the ground and stopped at once. The body was taken to Arnett mortuary. He is survived by his mother, a sister Helen eight, and a brother Sam eleven.
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H. W. Cherrington
Atty
R. A. Finsterwald
Athens
F. W. Wheeler
Toledo
Columbus
Charlotte Cornwell
Chamber of Commerce
Kenneth Morgan
Ohio Wesleyan University
John Morgan
James Thomas
Niles
H. B. Thomas
Raymond Pope
Camp Breckinridge
Edgemont Drive
Pope
Kentucky
Ruth Thornily
Clara Thornily
Laura Tomlinson
Dayton
F. J. Webb
Riverton
Inlaw
Arnold Dickerson
Cecil Thivener
U. S. Navy
Philadelphia Navy Yard
J. Blazer Wetherholt
U. S. Naval Air Force
Winnie
Cape May
N. J
Eleanor
Marietta
Gallia County
Paul Baird
Jimmy
Brecksville
Osa Baird
W. W. Meador
Hinton
W. Va
Alice Richmond Hunter
Clara Richmond
Ruth Miller
Catherine Morrison
Tom Runnells
Holzer Hospital
St. Mary's
Edward Thabhet
William Thabet
Jerry Evans
Washington, D. C
Ohio State University
Washington
Ensign Jack Gills
Gerald Gills
Cleveland
J. E
Gills
Charles B. Stevers
Lewis Stevers
Metta Herbert
Stevers
J. H. Jenkins
Delphos
Richard F. Wood
L. C. Cowden
Fort Sill
Oklo
Cpl. Wood
U. S. Army
David White
California
James Lafferty
New York
Capt. White
Julia Deepping Watts
Audrey Pindle
Edward Robinson
Janet Booth
Highland Park
Ill
J. W. Kershner
Olive Wilson
C. H. Wilson
Scotty Gardiner
Wilson
Leah Wilson
Byrd Rose
Tom Popp
Carrie Stack
Charleston
Harry Kent
Kerr's Station
Eureka
Earl Mills
Elizabeth Farley
Nitro
Clyde Kuhn
O. €. Zimmerman
Florence Kirbs
Chicago
Elza Scott
Cheshire
Point Pleasant
Donald Hall
Roxie Hall
Sand Ridge Road
Russell Osher
Roy W. Eschenaur
Oshel
Leg Fracture Patient Hospitalized After Fall at Hogsett
J L Buskirk of Hogsett, 65 years old, broke a leg when he fell from the door of his corncrib. He is at Holzer Hospital and resting well after being taken there by Mervin Chapman.
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Point Pleasant
J. L. Buskirk
Hogsett
Holzer Hospital
Buskirk
Mervin Chapman
Local Pageant Guests Listed For Event
Miss Lara Atkins and Miss Florence Atkins headline a guest list that includes Mrs. E, A. Smith, Mrs. Shank, Mrs. Clark and daughters, plus other attendees awaiting announced details.
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Lara Atkins
Florence Atkins
E., A. Smith
Shank
Clark
Mrs Minnie H Riffle Buys Six Room House and Lots
Mrs Minnie H Riffle purchased a six room residence with two lots on Jefferson Ave from the heirs of O B Yeager. Ruper L Kayser represented the Yeager heirs. Earlier, Mrs Riffle and heirs sold an 80 acre Robinson District farm to Harold and Olive H Carder, who took possession Friday.
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Point Pleasant
Minnie H. Riffle
Jefferson Ave
O. B. Yeager
Ruper L. Kayser
Yeager
Lee Moore Seriously Ill At Holzer Hospital
Local friends report the serious illness of Lee Moore at Holzer Hospital. A Mason County native and former New Haven school principal, Moore moved to Gallipolis to work as a cashier for the Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. and has been employed at the ordnance works since early 1942.
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Point Pleasant
Lee Moore
Holzer Hospital
Moore
Mason County
New Haven
Gallipolis
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
Ordnance Works
Roush Sues for Divorce from Mary Duncan Roush
Howard Russell Roush filed for divorce from Mary Duncan Roush. Married July 21, 1943, he returned to his military post two days later and is now in the British Isles. He alleges no return or contact since leaving.
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Point Pleasant
Howard Russell Roush
Mary Duncan Roush
Roush
British Isles
Point Pleasant Man Arrested for Intoxication
Hamilton Stewart Jr of North Point Pleasant was arrested over the weekend on a charge of intoxication by Policeman C. Yeager.
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Point Pleasant
Hamilton Stewart, Jr
North Point Pleasant
C. FE. Yeager
Autos Collide At 12th And Viand Street
Two cars collided at the intersection of 12th and Viand Streets around 6 PM Friday. Alvin Adkins drove south on Viand Street as Mrs. I A Blain from Gallipolis Ferry ran east on 12th Street. passengers included Mrs. Blain and Mrs. C P Stout. Both cars were damaged but no injuries reported. Mayor Krodel and police investigated the scene.
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Point Pleasant
12Th
Viand Sts
Alvin Adkins
Viand St
I. A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Blain
C. P. Stout
Krodel
Hallanan Re elected National Committeeman in West Virginia
Hallanan of Charleston wins a fifth term as Republican national committeeman at Huntington meeting. Mrs. Frances Stubblefield of Charleston elected national committeewoman. Dr. H. D. Hatfield defeats Sen. Revercomb for chair of delegation. Speakers include Don Ebright and Dave Gideon. West Virginia’s Austin V. Wood named to resolutions committee.
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Point Pleasant
Walter S&s. Hallanan
Charleston
Huntington
Frances Ogden Stubblefield
Chicago
H. D. Hatfield
U. S
Chapman Revercomb
Hatfield
Don Ebright
Ohio
Dave Gideon
Hallanan
Revercomb
D. Boone Dawson
Jim H. Shott
New State
Tom Clovis
Parkersburg
Stubblefield
New
Vaught Memorial Ladies Aid Plans Play Direction
In Point Pleasant the Vaught Memorial Church Ladies Aid met with president Mrs. C. F. McCulloch. An Invasion Day prayer was read by Mrs. R. H. Gibson. The aid will stage a future play directed by Mrs. Bernice Brown. Secret sisters were named and Mrs. Rose Henderson to host next. Attendees included Mrs. Peek and others from Charleston. The Women’s Society of Christian Service meets at Henderson Methodist Church at 8 pm to plan church painting and improvements.
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Point Pleasant
Vaught Memorial Church
Kanawha
C. F. McCulloch
R. H. Gibson
Bernice Brown
Rose Henderson
K. A. Peek
Charleston
Brown
Bessie Atkinson
J. S. Henderson
Nettie Miller
Sadie Jeffers
Lida Gibson
Lena Burks
Betty Ann McCuloch
Phyllis Henderson
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Henderson Methodist Church
Absent Delegate Alters Nantucket Convention Attendance
Seventeen of eighteen delegates elect attended the session with only Cousin Abe Lilly of Charleston missing due to legal work. The discourse emphasized plain speaking and direct address, paralleling Horace Greeley in style while shaping the convention’s early course.
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Horace Greely
Abe” Lilly
Charleston
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John Thomas Griffin II
Addie Sloan
Miami
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Orville Cunningham
W. L. Reese
Salt Lake City
Utah
Reese
Audrey Kisor
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Barbara Kay
Carol Anne
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Normandy
W. M. Fowler
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PEPSI
Pepsi-Cola Company
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N. Y
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
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Plymouth
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Chrysler
Major Bowes
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