Camp Perry Visit Planned By Gallipolis Guards
Gallipolis Company L Ohio State Guard heads to Camp Light near Zaleski for a week of training starting July 1 with drills in rifle marksmanship tent pitching and equipment checks. The contingent will then mobilize with the Second Regiment at Athens and proceed to Camp Perry for rifle and pistol courses and demonstrations. Mascots Jimmy Danner and Eugene Wetherholt will accompany the unit.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Company L
Ohio State Guard
Camp Light
Zaleski
State Armory
Second and
Sycamore
Craig D. Slagie
Camp Light Nexr
Athens
Vinton County
Camp Perry
Adjutant General
Pancoast
Os.g
Jimmy Danner
Frank Danner
Eugene Wetherholt
James Wetherholt
Camps Light
Perry
Richard Dabney Returns From Prison Camp
GALLIPOLIS The first Gallia County boy reported missing in action in Europe in 1942 is home after more than nine months. Richard C Dabney arrives on furlough to spend time with his parents Mr and Mrs R C Dabney Bidwell and relatives. His plane was shot down over Holland and he and crew hid before being captured by Nazis.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Richard C. Dabney
R. C
Dabney
Bidwell
Holland
Dabbney
Rural Letter Carriers Meeting Set July 1
Rural letter carriers from Ohio's 10th District will gather Sunday July 1 at Vinton Civic Park Ohio. State President H Roy Ellis requested the meeting with a picnic dinner at 12 30 followed by a short business session in preparation for the state meeting.
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Gallipolisin
H. Roy Ellis
Ohio
Vinton
Civic Park
Ethel Young Expands Real Estate Holdings in Gallipolis
Miss Ethel Young has acquired two additional properties in Gallipolis. She purchased a five room cottage with a three car garage at 10 Pine Street from D A Beard, adjoining the A E Tope residence. She also bought a cottage on First Avenue below Locust from Mrs Everett Brown, occupied by Foster Champer and family.
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Gallipolis
Ethel Young
D A. Beard
Pine St
A. E. Tope
Miss Young
Everett “Brown
First Ave
Locust
Foster Champer and
Analysis proves filter sand still usable in Gallipolis
The State Health Department reports its analysis shows the local water works filtering sand meets requirements and no new sand is needed at present. City Manager Stewart A. Clendinen announced Saturday after receiving the notice from the state department.
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Gallipolis
State Department of Health
Stewart A. Clendinen
State Department
Fontana Confectionery Blaze Causes Minor Damage
GALLIPOLIS The Fontana confectionery awning was found on fire at two o clock Sunday morning. Firemen quickly quelled the flames with only slight damage. The large plate glass suffered cracking from the heat while the awning burned and charred.
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Gallipolis
A. Fontana
Stolen car report filed by Gallipolis resident
James G Pethtel said his automobile was taken after 9 o clock Thursday night from its Third Ave parking spot. Local Ohio State Nurses Association members attending a Marietta district meeting included Hazel Richard Ruth Pfann Root Lt. Marret Engle Ruth Arnolds Dorothy Dickerson Rita Frazier Mary Walker Pearl Hatfield Jim Neomi Evana.
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James Pethtel
Gallipolis
James G. Pethtel
Third Ave
Ohio State Nurses Association
Marietta
Hazel Richard
Ruth Pfann Root
Marret Engle
Ruth Arnold Rds
Dorothy Dickerson
Rita Frazier
Mary Mary Walker
Pearl Hatfield
Jim Neomi Evana
County Jail Empty First Time Since October
Gallia County Sheriff E E Hatfield reported Sunday that the county jail has had no inmates since October making it the first time in months the jail has been empty. The sheriff noted no cells are occupied as of the latest count.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Youths Win Honors In Future Farmers Contest
GALLIPOLIS The Gallia chapter of Future Farmers of America will receive a Bronze Award and a 20 check from the Sears Roebuck Foundation for outstanding work boosting home farm food production. Vocational teacher Joseph W Clark announced. Top seven chapters earned gold ratings and $50 apiece while next seven earned silver.
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Gallipolis
Future! Farmers of America
Sears-Roebuck Foundation
Joseph W. Clark
Future Farmer
F. FA
Groveport
Canal Winchester
Minster
Chuckery
Derby
Van
Chester News Notes Highlights Local Veterans and Events
Chester residents share updates on returning service members, furloughs, and medical discharges. Local church groups meet as families host visitors, with scattered notices of travels, retirements, and funeral attendance. Several residents vacation in Columbus and nearby towns, while community members care for relatives and participate in Daughters of America events.
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Dinner Guests In Pleasant Evening
Mr and Mrs Merrell visit Mrs James Couch and her parents in St. Gray. A 6 o'clock dinner gathered friends including Mr and Mrs Charles Meyers of Charleston, Mr and Mrs James Wolverton of Palm Beach. Mr and Mrs George Merrill of East Aurora W Y and Mr and Mrs Charles Henry Stone Jr with Mrs Raymond Spear attended. Wolvertons depart for home today. Miss Maye Biffle visits and Mrs Anna Liggett stays with relatives in Park Drive. Lucille Porter earns master of education at UC. Various visitors from Huntington, Marietta, and Kanawha County attend gatherings and plan trips to Randolph and Tucker counties.
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Point Pleasant
Raymond Spear
Meyers
Wolverton
C. E. McCulloch
Kanawha
Wolvertons
Walter Rice
Randolph
Tucker
Izhey
Blackswater Falls
Mary McMahanan
Mary
Frances de Spain
Elizabethtown
Lenore Jividen
Huntington
Jividen
Betty Reiker
Hoyt Jividen
Lucille Porter
Lena’ Porter
Hogsett
University of California
Ark
C. E. Blessing
Hartford
Dorothy Sprenger
Charleston
George Sprenger
Land
Sprenger
Miss Sprenger
Laula Lewis
Virginia
Harriet
Max ‘Harrah
Chester
John W. Kimberling
Nmsi-E
Pensacola
Fila
Randall Hogsett
McCord Funeral To Be Held Thursday
Tentative plans set for the funeral of Mrs. Nannie McCord at 10 o clock Thursday morning from Franklin Funeral Home. The Rev. A H Perkins will officiate. She died in Los Angeles Friday morning, a native of Point Pleasant and daughter of the late H G Neuse and Rebecca Somerville Nease. She was cousin to George F Somerville E J Somerville Nora Sonieaville and Mrs Jessie Mossman of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Nannie McCord
Franklin
A. H. Perkins
George F
E. J. Somerville
Nora Soniacville
Jessie Mossman
Mason Youths Appear Before Judge Miller
Two youths William Miller and Harry Mayers faced Judge Lewis H. Miller in Ripley over stealing a portable telephone pay station from Point Pleasant Livestock Co. Miller was sent to Pruntytowns industrial school while Mayers received probation and must report to the state child welfare director. Also in Point Pleasant a Friday marriage united Gottlieb G Reitmire and Victoria Dobroski. Two weekend arrests for intoxication occurred, with Ethel Flinn and Francis Scott taken into custody by local deputies and patrolmen.
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Point Pleasant
William Miller
Harry Mayers
Point Pleasant Livestock Co
Lewis H. Miller
Ripley
Miller
Boys’ Industrial School
Pruntytown
Mayes
Ide Stanley
State Department
Morrison
Sgt
Thomas
Coyner
Catherine Price
EWO
Hesson
Yeager
Ethel Flinn
Noble
Francis Scott
Storys Run Briefs
The young son of Rev and Mrs Noel Herrmann is ill with pneumonia and their daughter injured. Delia Smith of Charleston WV visits her grandparents Mr and Mrs Gus Brechtel. Geraldine Ward works at Reynolds Dairy Shoppe. Burdell Black and Earnest Black visit. PFC Gene Swart spent days with wife Gertrude Abbott Swartz and was recently returned to the States. Anna Ward visited family. Carroll Mathewe and Kathryn Fife joined Mrs Deloris Farley and others. Mrs C P Durst and Mrs Charles Ward visited with Mrs Anna Wet and Mrs Wesley Ward.
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Noel Herrmann
Wil
Delia Smith
Charleston
W. Va
Gus Brechtel
Geraldine Ward
Reynolds Dairy
Burdell Black
Leading Creek
Earnest Black
Gene Swart
Gertrude Abbott Swartz
Swartz
Anna Ward
Osborne Farley
Carroll Mathewe
Mise
Kathryn Fife
Deloris Farley
Middleport
C. P. Durst
Rutland
Charles W. Ward
Columbus
Anna Wet
Wesley Ward
Mrs. Biddle First To Cross Shadle Bridge
The clipping notes Mrs Ora P Biddle rode in the first toll paid crossing of Shadle Bridge in July 1931 with H E Shadle and others. The inaugural crossing occurred at 6 am, and a celebratory breakfast followed. A Labor Day 1931 ceremony featured Congressman Robert L Hogg and Gov. W G Conley. The piece recalls the bridge’s opening and prep for a free passage celebration on July 4.
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Point Pleasant
Ora P. Biddle
Shadle Bridge
H. E. Shadle
Sh Dite
B. Walter Krodel
Biz2'e
Mason Farmers Eligible to Buy Government Property at Camp Conley
In Point Pleasant area on July 26 at Camp Conley, West Virginia Ordnance Works, an auction will offer surplus farm tools and hardware. Only local Mason County farmers may bid, with John McNeill as auctioneer and farm women serving lunch. The sale is run by the U.S. Department of Commerce Office of Surplus Property.
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Point Pleasant
Camp Conley
West Virginia
Department’ of Commerce
County Agents Will Depart in Summer
COUNTY AGENTS C C Anderson and Mrs Clarice Knapp will stay in office until after the annual 4 H camp at the Recreation Center. The camp is set for mid July, usually held late summer or early fall. They had tendered resignations effective June 30.
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Point Pleasant
Sunday School Group To Meet Wednesday
Mason County Sunday School Association will meet Wednesday afternoon June 27 at 2 o'clock in Trinity Methodist Church to elect a successor to the late C D Ball who led the association for over 25 years. Rev F B Edworthy called the meeting as general secretary for the state organization. Mr C C Anderson urged all ministers district officers and others interested in Sunday school work to be present if possible.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Sunday School Association
Trinity Methodist Church
C.D. Ball
4. B. Edworthy
C. C. Anderson
Mason County
Lack of Rainfall Encourages Farmers
Mason County farmers grew optimistic after a week with rain on only one day. Ground dried enough by Thursday to allow cultivation of crops and most corn was completed by Saturday evening. Some planned to work through Sunday as hay and wheat harvests must proceed without delay.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Bankers Meet In Parkersburg Aimed At Farm Prosperity
A Parkersburg gathering of rural and urban business leaders sponsored by the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce and related groups drew many bankers and farmers. C W Bailey of Clarksville Virginia urged all out production while French Miles of Morgan Town urged farmers’ rights to production limits. The meeting, at the Parkersburg Elks Club, featured Bailey as principal speaker and included remarks on cooperation with farmers.
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Point Pleasant
C. C. Lewis
Citizens National Bank
Parkersburg
Ship of
West Virginia Chamber
Parkersburg Board of_ Commerce
Agricultural Development Committee
West Virginia Bankers Association
Lewis
C. W. Bailiey
First
National Bank of Clarksville
Venn
French Miles
Morgan
Town
West Virginia
Farm Bureau
Bailey
Elks Club
Mason Man Fined For Striking Wife
Bai ley local contractor was ordered to pay a $25 fine and costs after a trial before a local magistrate on a charge of assault and battery brought by his wife Mabel Bailey of Country Chad Addition. The evidence showed Mrs. Bailey followed him in a car with another woman to the other woman's Burdette Addition home, where an altercation occurred. Bailey admitted striking his wife and said he slapped her. He gave bond for an appeal to the circuit court.
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Point Pleasant
Bailey
Trisl
Mabel Bailey
Chad Addition
Gallia Woman Seeks Custody of Child
Mrs. Della Brewer of Gallipolis asked for a warrant against her husband after he allegedly took their three year old son William Grady Brewer to the other side of the river. Prosecutor Bardin said custody matters rest with the circuit court and no crime was shown. Also, a state health inspector approved the local swimming pool water system and filtration as excellent.
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Point Pleasant
Della Brewer
Gallipolis
William Grady Brewer
State Health Department
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Charles Eiselstein
Germany
Clayton Allen
M. H . Allen
Chester Road
Ladies Aid of
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Curtis Wolfe
Chester Council of Daughters of America
Pomeroy
F. K. Ridenour
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Wolfe
Proyd Ridenour
Gus Stout
Stout
Raymond Eiselstein
Janice Sue
Floyd Ridenour
Ella Osborne
Janet
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Richard van Meter
Youngstown
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Henry Keichinger
Texas
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Harry Lodwick
Cincinnatti
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Victor Will
Ernest. Knight
B. K. Smith
Lucile
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Donald Myers
Elma Smith
Howard Knight
Washington, D.C
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Nelsonville
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Claes
Ped Artokyy
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Meaea
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Marianas
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Marcus
Caroline IS
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Trus
BP Ree Ore
Marshall
Solomon
Tad
Tarawa
Saipan
Iwo Jima
Okinawa
U.S
Mason
Gottleib George Reitmire
Mason City
Victoria Dobroski
Cleveland, O
Frank T. Cady
Christ Episcopal Church
U. S
Campamp Conley
Lowe Brothers
Love Brothers
Emily
Carpenter Howe. Co
Chase
Beaco
F. J
Beasley Co
Pepsi-Cots Bottling Co
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