Recreation Center Fund To Be Started For Gallipolis
Gallipolis civic leaders announce proceeds of Billy Bryant tent shows will go to a fund to purchase and operate a recreation center owned by the Gallipolis City Board of Education. The project, backed by the American Legion Rotary Club and the Business and Professional Women, envisions baseball and football facilities with several softball diamonds. The school board has not yet acted but is urged to take charge to keep the venture non profit and public. Captain Bryant asks no guarantee. first $350 to go to tent owner and sponsor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Billy Bryant
Board of Education
Charles E. Holzer
Gallia Flier Leonard Warman Jr. Dies in New York Flight
Lieutenant Leonard Douglas Warman Jr. was killed in an airplane accident near Northampton New York Saturday. He was the son of Mr and Mrs L D Warman of near Rio Grande Ohio and a Rio Grande High School and Rio Grande College alumnus. He received his wings at Aloe Field Texas last March and married Rosemond Grace Dunbar of Tulsa Oklahoma. The body arrived with his widow and escort Lieut Rufus H Moore and will be at the Entsminger Funeral Home Rio Grande. Funeral services set for Calvary Baptist Church Rio Grande at 2 pm Thursday conducted by Rev Donald Hobbs and Rev Russell Barbour with Lafayette Post American Legion assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Leonard Douglas Warman Jr
Northampton
N. Y
L. D. Warman
Rio Grande
Rio Grande College
Warman
Aloe Field
Victoria
Texas
Rosemond Grace Dunbar
Tulsa
Oklo
Rufus H. Moore
F. J. Entsminger
Calvary Baptist Church
Donald Hobbs
Chicago
Russell Barbour
Lafayette Post
American Legion
Wilkesville 4 H Club Holds Second Meeting at Advisor’s Home
The Merry Stitchers 4 H Club of Wilkesville met at advisor Mrs Edith Campbell’s home on June 7 with all members present. Patty Grate joined the club and plans include attending 4 H Camp. meetings set for the first and third Mondays each month with upcoming sessions involving Margaret Spires and Bonnie DeVault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilkesville
Merry = Stitchers 4-H Club
Edith Campbell
Patty Grate
Margaret Spires
Bonnie DeVault
Children Will Swim Free on Tuesday
Gallipolis Swimming Pool manager Coach Charles Swanson says every Tuesday from 1 to 4 p.m. all school children will be admitted free. The program aims to encourage local youth to use the facility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Swanson
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights Local Reunions and News
Gallipolis notes cover a family reunion at J Everett Gills log lodge on the A R Johnson farm in Lawrence County with Ensign Jack Gills and Gerald Gills among attendees. Also reported is the marriage of Lieut Wilson K Boyles Jr to Anabel Gordy at West Point and church youth group picnic led by Manning Wetherholt at First Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. Everett Gills
A. R. Johnson
Lawrence County
Ensign Jack Gills
U.S.N
Gerald Gills
Cleveland
M. A. Cahoun
Jimmy
Richmond
Ind
Dan Rees
Fred Gills
Grace Methodist Church
Manning
Douglas Wetherholt
First Ave
Gilbert Bush
H. W. Wetherholt
Clyde Mitchell
W. S. Westerman
Hoy Family Summer Movements Include Wentworth Cadet
Charles Hoy and siblings resume summer at home and abroad with Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington Missouri for Charles. Joan Lillian and Judy Hoy travel from Secret Heart Academy Cincinnati and a St Louis school to stay with relatives in Huntington this summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hoy
Raymond Hoy
Wentworth Military Academy
Lexington
Joan
Lillian Hoy
Secret Heart Academy
Cincinnati
Judy
St. Louis
Huntington
Birth of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Walter M Lane
Announcement from Holzer Hospital reports the birth Sunday of a daughter to Mr and Mrs Walter M Lane. The mother is Lorena Hill, daughter of Mr and Mrs Austin Hill of Locust Street, and the father serves in the Navy over SAS. The Mossman family from Indianapolis visited Holzer Hospital to see J W Mossman, still a patient, while Paul Mossman and his wife recently returned from Lakewood and reside with Earl McCormick’s parents at Fairfield.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter M. Lane
Holzer Hospital
Lorena Hill
Austin Hill
Locust St
Navy
SAS
Raymond Mossman
Indianapolis
Paul Mossman
J. W. Mossman
Lakewood
Earl McCormick
Fairfield
Sunday Guests and Summer Visitors in Local Notices
Sunday visitors included Mrs. Elizabeth White and granddaughter Kathleen Crowder of Charleston. Miss Margaret Olney returned to work as bookkeeper at Gallpolis Auction Produce Market. Miss Ruth Fiske of Chauncey will spend summer here with Mrs. Danner and her three sons. Lieut. Paul A. Thomas visits en route to Edgewood after duty in the South Pacific. Pte. Carl Dale Askewie is home on furlough from Camp Davis North Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. T. Epling
Elizabeth White
Kathleen Crowder
Charleston
Margaret Olney
Beverly
Gallipolis
Alfred Newell
Granby
Mass
James Danner
Ruth Fiske
Chauncey
Danner
F.G. Royer
Clara Belle Motier
Camp Ross-Hoecking
Nancy Bean
Parma
Lea C. Bean
Paul A. Thomas
J. A. Thomas
First Ave
Chemical Warfare School
Edgewood
South Pacific
Hollis Whitt
Alva Roush
Carl Dale Askewie
Camp Davis
N. C
Gallia Woman Fined On Liquor Charge
Ada Green of Gallia I be fined seventy five dollars and costs after a state liquor inspector visit led to her Saturday night arrest. Chief Chester Leaper and Patrolmen Ball and Niday assisted in the case. Green was released Sunday after paying the fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ada Green
First Ave
War Bond Workers Selected in Gallia
Gallia county selects ward and township chairmen for the War Bond committee. City appointees include Mrs. Viola Plymale and Mrs. Hollis Wood in the First Ward and Jack Knight in the Second Ward. Township leaders span areas from Guyan to Morgan, with numerous named chairs across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallia
Gallipolis
Viola Plymale
Hollis Wood
Jack Knight
Alva C. Myers
L. L. Lovett
John Lusher
Guyan
Oscar Elliott
Walnut
Ernest Wiseman
Raccoon
Margaret Coughenour
Cheshire
Earl Boyer
Huntington
K. H. Butler
Ohio
Homer Mossman
Springfield
Jennings Cremeens
Harrison
Clyde Sanders
Clay
Stanley Wood
Perry
D. Co. Priestley
Green
W. Emmett Slagle
Greenfield
Ed Bing
Addison
Leslie Brewer
Roy Thaxton
Morgan
Bible School Enrollment Begins at Local Churches
At First Baptist Church in Gallipolis one hundred fifteen children enrolled in vacation Bible School. The primary group is led by Rev. J. Edward Hakes and several helpers, while beginners and junior departments have named teachers. Grace Methodist Church reports eighty enrollees with Bible study led by Mrs. Wester man and Mrs. Lefavor, plus world friendship, nature, music, and two choirs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
First Baptist Church
J. Edward Hakes
Dean Davis
Claude Evans
Carol Christie
Janice Carter
Louise Samples
Raymond Gooch
Emerson Evans
Dorothy Strong
Joan Dobbins
Karl Saunders
Bert Elliott
Vada Samples
John Coffman
Edward Tope
Leslie Brewer
Paul
Grace Methodist Church
W. Scott Westerman
Carroll Lefavor
Mary Tanner Morris
Ellen Westerman
Westerman
Janet Booth Robinson
W. Lewis Brown
John Halliday
Bond campaign forecast boost for Gallia County sales
Gallia County will credit purchases of Fifth War Loan bonds by local residents and Marietta Manufacturing Plant workers at Point Pleasant. Plant officials plan an intensive drive among about 2,000 employees to hit a $150000 plant quota. Dr. Charles F. Holzer says the drive should reach the $800000 county quota within two weeks and total county sales may hit one million dollars by campaign end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Marietta
Point Pleasant
F. 8. Spear
Marietta Company
Charles FE. Holzer
To Enter Service Gallia County Visit
Mr and Mrs Hubert Fair and two daughters of Manassas Virginia are in Gallia County for an indefinite stay with relatives. The husband is the son of Mrs Alva Grover of Addis on and expects a call to service soon. Mrs Fair, the former Bennetta Davis, and children will remain with her mother Mrs Ernest Davis for the duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hubert Fair
Manassas
Gallia County
Henshaws Return to Gallipolis Buy Home on First Avenue
Mr and Mrs Homer Henshaw natives of Green Township move from Delaware after two years and will reside in Gallipolis occupying the Judy home at 614 First Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Homer Henshaw
Green Township
Delaware
Ed Judy
First Avenue
Allies Build Up For New Attacks In France
Allied forces press toward Caen and St Lo as German divisions oppose with heavy armor. 14 or 15 German divisions, about 250,000 men, are in action. Carentan captured opens access to Cherbourg peninsula area. over 10,000 prisoners taken, including some Japanese soldiers, as Churchill's party observes beachhead action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Channel
Caen
Carentan
Cherbourg
U. S
Texas
Nevada
Berlin
Winston Churchill
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Ernest J. King
Henry H. Arnold
Air Force
Churchill
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Alan Brooke
Father's Day Program Set At Orbiston
ORBISTON The Orbiston Union invites fathers to attend Sunday School on Father's Day June 18 with an appropriate program planned. Local reports note visits and travels among residents including James Wade and family in Lancaster, Denny Camp in Dayton, and Carl Yates leaving for Navy duty June 12.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orbiston
Orbiston Union
James Wade
Lancaster
Ralph Campbell
Albert Yates
Harry Jeffery
Dayton
Carl Yates
Carolyn Yates
Cleveland
Navy
Delbert Campbell
Columbus
Clell Campbell
la Donna Poling
Alma Lucas
Nelsonville
Ladies Auxiliary
Buchtel
Buchtel Opera House
Grace Campbell
Garnet Evans
Melvin Halliday
Italy
Clarence McCall
Robert McCall
Jack Bookman
New Philadelphia
Alice Glaney
Pearl Glancy
Clarence O'Rourke
Murray City
Elizabeth Roberts
Jane Roberts
Fred Banfield
Donald Campbell
William Robinson
Jake Jones
Billy Roberts
Crown City News Briefs
Miss Hilda Caldwell started work at the State Hospital in Huntington where her mother also works. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Caldwell and graduated from Rome Rural High School this spring. Gideon Brumfield began work at the Naval Ordnance Plant in Point Pleasant. Robert McClure bought ground previously owned by Lawrence Hineman. Mrs L A Stivers visited in Dunbar to meet her son and his family who welcomed a daughter Dorinda Rose born May 24. Mrs Hilda Patterson left for Florida to visit her son Coleman Patterson in the air corps. Mr and Mrs Donald Dorman of Polkadot spent Sunday with Gideon Brumfield and family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crown City
Hilda Caldwell
State Hospital
Huntington
Leslie V. Caldwell
Rome Rural High School
Donald Dorman
Gideon Brumfield
L. A. Stivers
Dunbar
W. Va
Paul Stevers
Dorinda Rose
Dorothy
Hilda Patterson
Florida
Coleman Patterson
Air Corps
Naval Ordnance Plant
Point Pleasant
Robert McClure
Lawrence Hineman
Gentile Scholarship Established by Sons of Italy
The Grand Lodge of Ohio of the Sons of Italy announces a four year Centile Gentile scholarship toward an aeronautical engineering degree in honor of America's top fighter pilot in the European theater. Announcement was made at a banquet for Capt. Gentile. award details are pending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Don &. Gentile
Grand Lodge of Ohio of the Sons of Italy
America
Gentile
Sam Taylor Resigns as Mason County Justice of Peace
Sam Taylor resigns as justice of the peace for Mason County after serving as Lewis District constable and then JP. Bert Markey is appointed to succeed Taylor and is named as a nominee for the next November election. The article notes permit rules for carrying pistols and who may apply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Taylor
Mason County
Markey
Point Pleasant
Lewis
Circuit
Vernon Jones
Jones
Circuit Court
United States
Local Social News Highlights From Point Pleasant Area
Mrs. Gretchen Kenny visited her parents in Charleston Road while Mrs. Kenneth A. Peck and Dorothy Billups stayed with Huntington and Marietta friends. Dr. Frank C. Long Jr attends American Medical Association meeting in Chicago. Numerous Charleston and Huntington guests join Mrs. Childers party near Kanawha. Mrs. Paul F. Thomas returns from Cumberland with Julia Vincent. Ohio State summer enrollments include Mrs. Poling Long Carmen Clark Rothgeb Ruth Bell. Marriage licenses issued for Roy Smith Emogene Pullins and Paul Rickard Mary Fry Kaylong. W H Morgan and Leon S S Thompson join Mason County price panel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gretchen Kenny
Williamson
Pat M. Wilson
Charleston Road
Kenneth A. Peck
Charleston
Dorothy Billups
Betty Jane Ashworth
Huntington
Joan Parker
Marietta
W. S. Waldie
Parkersburg
Frank C. Long, Jr
American Medical Association
Chicago
Harry Childers
South of the Kanawha
Lee Thomas
Dorothy
Columbus
Elise Litz
John Horton
Patsy
Jack
Dayton
Marie Arthur
Charles Barr
Winfield
Childers
Thomas
Paul F. Thomas
Shirley
Cumberland
Julia Vincent
Point Pleasant
Ohio State University
Frank Poling
Lucinda Carmen
Emma Clark
Martha Lynn Rothgeb
Ruth Bell
Roy Smith
Emogene Pullins
Gallipolis Ferry
Paul Addison Rickard
Mary Louise Fry
Kaylong
Masons Meet Tonight at Point Pleasant Hall
Royal Arch Masons will convene this evening at 8 o'clock in the Point Pleasant hall for a routine lodge session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masons
Point Pleasant
Royal Arch Masons
Seaman Alfred Arnold Visits Gallipolis on Leave
First Class Petty Officer Alfred Arnold U.S. Navy returned to Gallia on 15 day leave from South America. He arrived Sunday evening by plane from Miami then bus to Dayton and Jackson where his wife met him. This was his first home leave in two years and he had not met his eighteen month old son Charles Thomas Arnold, grandson of Mrs Helen K. Arnold and John T. Arnold of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alfred Arnold
U. S. Navy
South America
Arnold
Miami-Fia
Dayton
Jackson
Charles Thomas Arnold
Helen K. Arnold
Park Central Hotel
John T. Arnold
Pomeroy
Trees Grow in Housewalls at Halcyon House
Halcyon House in the Georgetown area of Washington attracts many passersby as trees grow out of its walls. Built in 1700 by Benjamin Stoddard, first secretary of the Navy, the strange growth draws curiosity and local attention.
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Halcyon
Georgetown
Washington, D. G
Benjamin Stoddard
the Navy
Charleston Couple Wed On Saturday
Miss Josie Rookstool and Mr. Alexander B. McCulloch, both of Charleston, married at the groom’s home in Point Pleasant. The ceremony was led by Rev. J. F. Baxter. Attendants included Mrs. Robert Lovell. reception followed. couple to reside in Charleston. Each fiancé’s background and schooling noted along with occupational details.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Josie Rookstool
Alexander B. McCulloch
Charleston
McCulloch
Main Street
J. F. Baxter
Huntington
Presbyterian Church
Rookstool
Alderson
John Rookstool
Mr. McCulloch
Christine Johnson
John McCulloch
Robert Lovell
Alderson High School
Kanawha Valley Hospital Nursing School
University of Pennsylvania
United States Rubber Company
Institute
Point Pleasant High School
Presbyterian College
Clinton, S. C
Pi Kappa Phi
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corporation
Mount Vernon Apartments
Quarrier St
John F. Ryan
Stanford Burtless
Clevel Nixon
Johnson
Meades
Bostick
Miss Kessler
DuBoise
Virginia Pitman
E. L. Daney
Dowell Roush
M. C. Byers
Mary and
Janet McCulloch
Baltimore
Officers Elected in Point Pleasant Democratic Committee
Point Pleasant Democratic county committee elected Harry Layne of New Haven as chairman and Mat Stribling of Ashton as secretary treasurer. Layne has served two terms as chairman and works for the State Tax Department as a field deputy. Stribling works for the State Road Commission in the Point Pleasant office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Democratic County Committee
Harry Layne
New Haven
Mat Stribling
Ashton
Layne
State Tax Department
Stribling
State Road Commission
New Books Arrive at Mason County Library Shelves
New titles added to the Mason County Public Library include Fair Stood the Wind for France by Bates Lost Island Hall Case of the Crooked Candle Gardener Lost Week End Jackson Bedford Village Allen Here Is Your War Pyle Razor s Edge Maugham Ten Years in Japan Grew These fresh arrivals expand the library s fiction and history sections with notable authors and varied topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Public Library
France
Bates
Hall
Gardener
Jackson
Bedford Village
Allen
Pyle
Maugham
Japan
Mrs Gertrude Halliday Undergoes Appendectomy
Mrs Gertrude Halliday an instructor at Junior High School was admitted to Holzer Hospital last Friday and underwent an appendectomy Saturday. Her condition is stated as satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gertrude Halliday
Holzer Hospital
Benefit bridge at Christ Episcopal Church planned
The Service Guild of Christ Episcopal Church in Pleasants Point will host a benefit bridge at the parish house on Friday evening to raise funds. Miss Juliet Smith chairs the arrangements committee and directs preparations for the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church Service Guild
Juliet Smith
Point Pleasant county tuberculosis association meeting
A county tuberculosis association meeting is scheduled this evening at the Chamber of Commerce office in the Bus Terminal Building. Mrs Windsor hosts the Five Hundred Club and guests at Ingleside this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
County Tuberculosis Association
Chamber of Commerce
Windsor
Walter A. Windsor
Five Hundred Club
Ingleside
Jones Attends Meeting of GOP Candidates
Barton Jones the Republican nominee for commissioner of agriculture was in Parkersburg yesterday for a meeting of the party nominees for state offices. The gathering aimed to compare plans for opposing a group of Democrats seeking the same office. Jones then went to Fairmont for business and planned to return home this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Barton Jones
Parkersburg
Jones
Fairmont
Rev McCutchen to Leave Parsonage for Wytheville Post
The Rev Donald Neel of Huntington filled the pulpit at Point Pleasant Presbyterian Church as Rev Chalmers F McCutchen prepares to depart after July 2 for a new pastorate at First Presbyterian in Wytheville Virginia. Mrs McCutchen and the children will move into the Wytheville parsonage early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Donald Neel
Huntington
Presbyterian Church
Chalmers F. McCutchen
First Presbyterian Church
Wytheville
Nee
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
McCutchen
McCutcheon
Miller resigns from Point Pleasant volunteer fire department
Stephen L. Miller, a member for over twenty years, announced his resignation from the Point Pleasant volunteer fire department. He noted a possibility that a separate volunteer unit could be formed in First Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Stephen L. Miller
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Alex Kovach
Athens County
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Liz
Bextion
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Seid Gran Tor
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Wesigna
UNIO
Hoger J. Loner
Mreinngr
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Gallipolis Social Notes
Wilson K. Boyles
Anabel Gordy
Charles Gordy
West Point Military Academy
West Point
Lieut. Boyles
Wilson N. Boyles
Boyles
Gallia Academy
United States Military Academy
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Nea-Acme
Bert Brandt
Signal Corps
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War Loan Solicitors Committee
Albert G. Giles
Bible School
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St. Lo
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Tilly-Sur-Seulles
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Crown City News
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James H. Wilson
Optometric Eye Specialist
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GOP
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Miller
C. E. Whitmore
Oakley
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Nelsonville, Ohio
Rainbow
Tee
Ee Ae
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Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
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