Nelsonville Knights of Pythias Elects Officers for Year
Valley Lodge 169 elected officers for the term starting July 1 with Charles Howell as chancellor commander Raymond Patton as vice chancellor Fred Wright master at arms John Monks prelate William Reese inner guard William Howe outer guard. Three candidates Robert Sowers Kenneth Snider and Billy Monks to be conferred as pages June 14 at 7 30 PM.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Valley Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Charles Howell
Raymond Patton
Fred Wright
John Monks
William Reese
William Howe
Robert Sowers
Kenneth Snider
Billy Monks
Nelsonville Tri Psi Sorority Formal Anniversary Dinner
Thirty three members attended a formal anniversary dinner for Tri Psi Sorority at the White House in Logan. Officers were announced and honored, with Miss Ruth Beckler toastmistress and prizes awarded to Mrs. Margaret Stalder. Ill members Ruth Kelch and Mrs. Lucille Long were commemorated with flowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Tri Psi
White House
Logan
Helen Washburn
Ruth Beckler
Margaret Stalder
Ruth Kelch
Lucille Long
Police Report Crash on Chestnut St in Nelsonville
Police report a two car collision on Chestnut Street near Grosvenor in Nelsonville between Wesley Hawk and Mrs. Margaret Riser. Both vehicles sustained front end damage after side swipe as they traveled east from the Clover Farm area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Wesley Hawk
Margaret Riser
Chestnut St
Grosvenor
Postponed Frasier Johnson Dishon Family Reunion
The annual Frasier Johnson and Dishon family reunion scheduled for June 19 at Rach elmacher Park Logan Ohio has been postponed for the duration. Association president is Mrs Artie Fisk of Nelsonville and secretary treasurer is Mrs Hiram Palmer of Logan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Frasier, Johnson and Dishon
Rachelmacher Park
Logan
Ohio
Artie Fisk
Hiram Palmer
Miss Max ine Stephenson visiting Nelsonville cousins
Miss Max ine Stephenson of New Plymouth is spending the week in Nelsonville with cousins Mrs Susie Wallace and Mrs Margaret Clark. The legal notice concerns heirs of Alex Kovach unknown to plaintiff and a May 22 1944 filing for sale of described real estate in Athens County Ohio including coal rights and mining privileges with surface damage waivers and rights reserved for telegraph telephone and power lines. The notice calls for defendants to answer by June judgment date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Maxine Stephenson
New Plymouth
Susie Wallace
Margaret Clark
Alex Kovach
Athens County
Ohio
Catine Ko
County of
Athen
State of
John Slater
Doe. M
Athens
Athena County
Aleo
Jon
Jom Wieba
Ieme
Eggs Reach England From Nelsonville Auction Crate
A crate of eggs from the Southeastern Ohio Egg Auction in Nelsonville arrived in England intact and labeled with the Nelsonville auction. Cpl. Calvin Lancaster reported soldiers usually receive dehydrated eggs overseas, but this crate proved to be real eggs and tasted fine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ohio
England
Cpl
Calvin Lancaster
H. E. Lancaster
Cook
Southeastern Ohio
Lancaster
Soldier and Bride Honored at Dinner
A wedding reception style dinner in Buchtel honored Staff Sgt. Charles Conley and his bride Florence McSpadden from Victoria Texas. Attendees included Conley family, Akron doctors, and local residents. The couple enjoyed a parade ride, serenade, ice cream and a large post-event gathering with numerous relatives and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Ralph Wilson
Charles Conley
Florence McSpadden
Victoria
Texas
Edward Conley
Nelsonville Rt. 1
Conley
John Conley
Charles Russell
Columbus
Albert Risco
Cleveland
James Edwards
Nelsonville Rt
William Russell
Mary McClelland
Millfield
Bill Tolliver
Ann Tolliver
Willard Hayden
Helen McCoy
William Bowers
William Smathers
Tom Curry
George Nye Funeral Set for Wednesday
Funeral services for former Nelsonville resident George Nye who died Saturday at his Willoughby home will be held Wednesday at 2 30 PM at Stout Funeral Home. The Rev W M George of First Methodist Church will conduct, with burial at Green Lawn.
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Nelsonville
George Nye
Willoughby
Ohio
Stout Funeral Home
W. M. George
First Methodist Church
Greenlawn
Holding Rehearsals For Children’s Day at Methodist Church
Practice for the Children’s Day program to be held at the Methodist Church next Sunday morning. Rehearsals are observed each morning this week at 9:30 o'clock at the church.
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Nelsonville
Man Pleads Guilty to Speeding In Nelsonville
John Russell Lott of Logan Route 3 pleaded guilty at the Nelsonville Mayor Miles Howe court after a Monday arraignment. He was fined $15 plus costs for driving 60 mph in a 35 mph zone, according to Patrolman Charles Thompson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John Russell Lott
Logan Rt. 3
Miles Howe
Charles Thompson
Lott
Cataract Operation Reported For Miss Louise Pearce In Columbus
Miss Louise Pearce of Nelsonville underwent a successful cataract removal from her left eye at White Cross Hospital in Columbus last week and is convalescing at her niece Mrs. C L Deyo’s home. The Rev William George and Mrs Susie Wallace visited her in Columbus on Friday. John Deer of Nelsonville, brother of Mrs. Harry Ball, is improving at Dayton Veterans Hospital after relocation there. Ed Howard and his wife report their son Floyd FE Howard has become a corporal and is stationed at Fort Riley Kansas. Mrs Amy Stephenson, formerly of Buchtel, is in Mercy Hospital Room 212 with a fractured hip and would welcome cards from friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Louise Pearce
White Cross Hospital
Columbus
C. L. Deyo
William George
Susie Wallace
Miss Pearce
John Deer
Harry Ball
Veterans’ Hospital
Dayton
Ed Howard
Floyd FE. Howard
Fort Riley
Kas
Amy Stephenson
Buchtel
Mercy Hospital
Gallia Woman Fined On Liquor Charge
Ada Green of Gallia was fined 75 dollars and costs by Municipal Judge William H. Jones for possession of illegal liquor. She paid the fine and was released Sunday after the arrest Saturday night during a state liquor inspection led by Chief Chester Leaper and patrolmen Ball and Niday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ada Green
First Ave
William H. Jones
War Bond Workers Selected in Gallia
Gallipolis officials announce ward and township War Bond workers named by Al bert G. Giles. City appointees include Mrs. Viola Plymale and Mrs. Hollis Wood in First Ward, Jack Knight in Second Ward, Alva C. Myers in Third Ward, L. L. Lovett in Fourth Ward. Township leaders cover a broad roster across Guyan to Morgan with multiple named chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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
Bible School Enrollment Encouraging at Local Churches
In Gallipolis 115 children enrolled at the vacation Bible School of First Baptist Church with Rev. J. Edward Hakes and a team of teachers guiding the primary and beginner groups. Grace Methodist reports eighty children joining a two week program featuring Bible study, world friendship, nature, music, and two choirs led by Mrs. Wester man and Mrs. Lefavor.
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
Earl 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 for Gallia County Victory Drive
Gallia County will be credited for Fifth War Loan bond purchases by residents and Marietta Manufacturing Plant workers at Point Pleasant. Plant officials plan an intensive sales push among about 2,000 employees to reach a $150,000 quota. Dr. Charles F. Holzer, chairman of the War Finance Committee, expects the county to hit its $800,000 goal in two weeks and a total bond sale of about one million dollars by campaign end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Marietta
Point Pleasant
KE. S. Spear
Marietta Company
Charles FE. Holzer
Fair family from Manassas in Gallia County
Mr and Mrs Hubert Fair and two daughters of Manassas Virginia are staying with Gallia County relatives. Mr Fair, son of Mrs Alva Grover of Addison, expects a call to service soon. Mrs Fair, formerly Bernetta Davis, and the children will remain with her mother Mrs Ernest Davis for the duration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Hubert Fair
Manassas
Gallia County
Henshaw Couple Return to Gallipolis for Home Purchase
Mr. and Mrs. Homer Henshaw, natives of Green Township now in Delaware, return to Gallipolis to reside. They have bought the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Judy at 115 First Avenue and will move in.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Homer Henshaw
Green Township
Delaware
Ed Judy
First Avenue
Allies Prepare New RAF Ground Push in France
Allied forces press toward Caen and Cherbourg Peninsula as German defenses bend under Allied air and naval bombardment. American units break into Cerisy forest and push toward St Lo while 10 000 plus enemy soldiers are reported captured.
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English Channel
Caen
St. Lo
BBC
Tilly-Sur-Seulles
Whch
Atlantic Wall
Carentan
Cherbourg
U. S
Texas
Nevada
Berlin
Winston Churchill
America
Dwight D. Eisenhower
George C. Marshall
Army
Ernest J. King
Henry H. Arnold
Air Force
Churchill
Jan Christiaan Smuts
Sir Alan Brooke
Imperial Staff
Bernard L. Montgomery
Father's Day Program Set At Orbiston
The Orbiston Union Sunday School invites fathers to attend Sunday School on Father's Day June 18 with an appropriate program in planning. Local notices mention many residents visiting relatives, military moves, and community events including a June 15 benefit party lunch sale and musical in Buchtel.
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Orbiston
Orbiston Union
James Wade
Lancaster
Ralph Campbell
Albert Yates
Harry Jeffery
Dayton
Carl Yates
Carolyn Yates
Cleveland
Delbert Campbell
Columbus
Clell Campbell
la Donna Poling
Alma Lucas
Nelsonville
Ladies Auxiliary
Buchtel
Buchtel Opera House
Grace Campbell
Garnet Evans
Sgt
Melvin Halliday
Italy
Clarence McCall
Robert McCall
Jack Bookman
New Philadelphia
Alice Glancy
Pearl Glancy
Local Briefs Highlight Community Movements and Visits
Miss Hilda Caldwell started at the State Hospital Huntington alongside her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Donald Dorman of Polkadot visited Gideon Brumfield and family. Mrs. L. A. Stivers traveled to Dunbar to see Paul Stevers and newborn Dorinda Rose born May 24. Mrs. Hilda Patterson left for Florida to visit Coleman Patterson in the air corps. Gideon Brumfield began work at Point Pleasant Naval Ordnance Plant. Robert McClure bought ground from Lawrence Hineman.
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 Italians
Cleveland event announces a four year Don S Gentile aeronautical engineering scholarship by the Grand Lodge of Ohio Sons of Italy in honor of Americas top fighter pilot in the European theater. Details of the award to be finalized after a banquet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Don S. Gentile
Grand Lodge of Ohio of the Sons of Italy
America
Capt. Gentile
Sam Taylor Resigns Mason County Justice of the Peace
Sam Taylor resigns as Mason County justice of the peace after serving in Lewis District as constable and later JP Bert Markey, tied with Taylor for second on the Republican ticket, appointed to succeed him and named as a nominee for November voters Markey sought a pistol carry permit with county clerk Vernon Jones noting no authority to issue permits and detailing state rules including eligibility and publication requirements The notice explains permit applications must follow state code and be submitted to the circuit court judge for consideration by qualified citizens of the state and county. officials such as constables police sheriffs and deputies are entitled to carry arms
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sam Taylor
Lewis
Markey
Circuit
Vernon Jones
Jones
Circuit Court
United States
Point Pleasant Socials and University Summer Enrollments
Local society notes list Mrs. Gretchen Kenny visiting her parents Mr. and Mrs. Pat Wilson in Charleston Road, Mrs. Kenneth Peck from Charleston visiting relatives, Miss Dorothy Billups with Miss Betty Jane Ashworth in Huntington, Miss Joan Parker's return from Marietta, and several others visiting in Parkersburg Charleston and Dayton. Also Dr. Frank C. Long Jr. attends an American Medical Association meeting in Chicago. Ohio State University summer term enrollments include Mrs. Frank Poling Mrs. Frank C. Long Jr Miss Lucinda Carmen Miss Emma Clark Miss Martha Lynn Rothgeb Miss Ruth Bell.
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
Marriage licenses issued in Point Pleasant area
Marriage licenses granted to Roy Smith and Emogene Pullins of Gallipolis Ferry and to Paul Addison Rickard and Mary Louise Fry of Kaylong. Price panel members named include Mrs W H Morgan and Leon S S Thompson, Point Pleasant, on the Mason County ration board. Royal Arch Masons to meet at the hall tonight at 8 o'clock.
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Point Pleasant
Roy Smith
Emogene Pullins
Gallipolis Ferry
Paul Addison Rickard
Mary Louise Fry
Kaylong
W. H. Morgan
Leon S.S Thompson
Mason County Ration Board
Masons
Royal Arch Masons
Seaman Alfred Arnold Returns on Leave to Gallia
First Class Petty Officer Alfred Arnold U S Navy arrives in Gallia on a 15 day leave from South America. He flew from Miami to Dayton then Jackson by bus to meet his wife Mrs. Arnold. It is his first home leave in two years and he has not met his eighteen month old son Charles Thomas Arnold, the first grandson of Helen K Arnold and John T Arnold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Alfred Arnold
U. S. Navy
South America
Arnold
Miami-Fla
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 section of Washington grows trees from its walls. Built in 1700 by Benjamin Stoddard, first secretary of the Navy, the extraordinary feature draws nearly every passerby who strolls by the residence.
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Halcyon
Georgetown
Washington, D. C
Benjamin Stoddard
the Navy
Charleston Couple Wed On Saturday in Point Pleasant
Miss Josie Rookstool and Mr. Alexander B. McCulloch, both of Charleston, were married at the groom’s home in Point Pleasant. The ceremony was performed by Rev. J. F. Baxter with greenery and lilies. The bride, a nurse, and groom, an employee at Carbide and Carbon, will reside in Charleston’s Mount Vernon Apartments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point. Pleasant
W. Va
Josie Rookstool
Alexander B. McCulloch
Charleston
McCulloch
Main Street
J. F. Baxter
Huntington
Presbyterian Church
Point Pleasant
Miss Rookstool
Alderson
John Rookstool
Mr. McCulloch
Christine Johnson
John McCulloch
Robert Lovell
Alderson High School
Kanawha Valley Hospital
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
Jms. Clevel Nixon
Johnson
Meades
Bostick
Miss Kessler
DuBoise
Virginia Pitman
FE. L. Daney
Dowell Roush
M. C. Byers
Mary and
Janet McCulloch
Baltimore
Officers Elected To Democratic Committee
POINT PLEASANT The Democratic county committee organized by electing Harry Layne of New Haven chairman and Mat Stribling of Ashton secretary treasurer. Layne has served two terms and works for the State Tax Department as a field deputy. Stribling is employed by the State Road Commission in Point Pleasant.
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 at Mason County Library Shelf
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
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
Point Pleasant Mrs Gertrude Halliday, a Junior High School instructor, was admitted to Holzer Hospital last Friday and underwent an appendectomy Saturday. Her condition is reported satisfactory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gertrude Halliday
Holzer Hospital
Plan Benefit Bridge at Christ Episcopal Church
The Service Guild of Christ Episcopal Church in Bridge Point Pleasant will host a benefit bridge at the parish house Friday evening June 16 at 7 30. Miss Juliet Smith serves as chairman of the arrangements committee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Church Service Guild
Juliet Smith
Point Pleasant tuberculosis association meeting set tonight
A county tuberculosis association meeting is planned this evening at the chamber of commerce office in the Bus Terminal Building. Mrs Windsor will host the Five Hundred Club and guests at Ingleside this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
The
County Tuberculosis Association
Chamber of Commerce
Windsor
Walter A. Windsor
Five Hundred Club
Ingleside
Jones Attends GOP Candidates Meeting in Parkersburg
Barton Jones, Republican nominee for commissioner of agriculture, joined a Parkersburg gathering of GOP nominees for state offices to compare plans against Democrats seeking the same post. He then went to Fairmont for business and planned to return home tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Barton Jones
Parkersburg
Jones
Fairmont
Rev McCutchen to Leave for Wytheville Pastorate
The Rev. Donald Neel of Huntington filled the pulpit at Point Pleasant’s Presbyterian Church at the invitation of Rev. Chalmers F. McCutchen who will leave after July 2 to lead First Presbyterian Church in Wytheville Virginia. McCutchen announced his wife and children will occupy the Wytheville parsonage early next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Donald Neel
Huntington
Presbyterian Church
Chalmers F. McCutchen
First Presbyterian Church
Wytheville
Neel
Union Theological Seminary
Richmond
McCutchen
McCutcheon
Miller Resigns from Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department
Stephen L. Miller resigned after over twenty years as a member of the Point Pleasant volunteer fire department. He noted the possibility of forming a separate volunteer unit in First Ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Stephen L. Miller
Also Mentioned on This Page
Howell
Red Cross
Medical Corps
Nea-Acme
Bert Brandt
Signal Corps
NEA
Nelsonville Social Notes
Mrs. Parks
Jean Parks
Theta Nu Club
Frank Betts
Watkins St
Lake Hope
Amy Jo Lightfoot
Betty Snackenburg
Nelsonville Ar
Rive
Gallia
War Loan Solicitors Committee
Albert G. Giles
Bible School
Crown City News
Mason County
OSU
Seaman
GOP
M’cutchen
Miller
James H. Wilson
Optometric
W. Wash. St. Ness
Oakley
and Oakley Insurance
Nelsonville, Ohio
Rainbow
Logan Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Logan, Ohio
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