New Surgical Dressing Class To Be Started in Nelsonville
A new surgical dressings class will begin Wednesday morning June 30 at 8:30 in Nelsonville at the Sled Cross rooms. Mrs. K L Hamill announces the program as an experimental morning class to be continued if successful, with night and Thursday sessions also ongoing and quotas for dressings doubled across communities.
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Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio
Nelsonville
Wednesda
Mre. K. L. Hamill
Crow
Uruel
Girl Scout Leaders Plan Summer Meeting Changes
Nelsonville troop leaders met at Little House with Mrs. Corwin Cookson presiding. All troops except Troop 3 suspend meetings over summer while Troop 3 led by Ruth Beckler and Dana Barber will meet twice monthly. The session was the final until September. Ruth Beckler named secretary of a successor group replacing Adeline ay.
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Nelsonville
Little House
Corwin Cookson
Ruth Beckler
Dana Barber
Adelineay
Lewis Wright wedding tied to Mt Vernon kin
Nelsonville couple announces the marriage of their son Cpl William E Lewis to Miss Bernice Wright of Mt Vernon Ohio The couple wed in Mt Vernon on Friday June 11 with Rev Lewis of the Methodist Church officiating Cpl Lewis is stationed at Camp Van Dorn Mississippi A social was held June 10 at the Lewis home Guests included Mrs Thelma Ralston and several family members Also noted an executive meeting of the Woman's Society of Christian Service at 48 E Franklin St Nelsonville on Thursday at 1 30 PM with quarterly reports to be presented
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Nelsonville
Guy Lewis
Thelma Ralston
Dale
Trent
Bernice Wright
Mt. Vernon
Freda Allard
Zanesville
Dewey Ruscoe
Joe
Cora Ellis
Ruth
Mary
Jean Lewis
Nelsonville Rt. 2
Nannie Phillips
Logan
Junior Dalton
Martha
Woman's Society of Christian Service
The
Methodist Church
Julius Fischer
E. Franklin St
Civilian Defense Council Warns on Ration Stamp Abuse
Mrs Parker urges citizens to reject lax handling of ration stamps and avoid black markets. She cites OPA rules requiring stamps be presented in person and explains proper disposal, stamping recaps, and recording license numbers when using gasoline coupons.
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Parker
Sniffen
Nelsonville
OPA
Dairy Herds In Gallia County Begin Tuberculin Tests
The State Department of Agriculture started tuberculin testing for 105 commercial dairy herds in Gallia County. County appropriations funded the county’s share of the testing costs, and Royer notes health inspection requires testing every three years.
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Gallipolis
State Department of Agriculture
Gallia County
Everett G. Royer
Royer
Gallipolis Police Blotter Report
Gallipolis officers report recent incidents including theft of local photographer Max Tawney's car parked on Court Street with keys inside. Garfield Blazer jailed for drunk and disorderly conduct and later transferred to county jail. Raymond Swisher fined five dollars plus costs for intoxication at 12:15 am Sunday.
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Gallipolis
Max Tawney
Court Street
Garfield Blazer
Raymond Edmond Swisher
Swisher
Robert Terry Leslie Dies in Hospital
Gallipolis Ohio native Robert Terry Leslie 75 Rush Kentucky telegrapher for 40 years died Friday night in a Huntington hospital. He retired ten years ago due to ill health. Survived by wife two sons two daughters a brother James of Springfield and a sister Mrs Jlinnie Tyree Ashland.
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Gallipolis
Robert Terry Leslie
Rush
Huntington
Gallia
Ohio
Leslie
Andrew Leslie
James
Springfield
Jlinnie Tyree
Ashland
Gallipolis Social Notes Patricia Cooperrider and Julian Leet wed
Miss Patricia Cooperrider daughter of Mr and Mrs L K Cooperrider married Julian F Leet U S N R son of Mr and Mrs Kline Leet Sunday at 430 PM in First Congressional Church Columbus Ohio The bride a Rio Grande native and Ohio State graduate belonged to Delta Gamma Sorority Delta Omicron Browning Dramatic Society and Mortar Board The groom also Ohio State graduate and Phi Mu Alpha is stationed at U S Navy Pre Flight School Iowa City They will reside in Iowa City after July 1
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Gallipolis
Patricia Cooperrider
L. K. Cooperrider
Julian F. Leet
Kline Leet
East Cleveland
First Congressional
Columbus
Boynton Merrill
Rio Grande
Ohio State University
Delta Gamma _ Sorority
Delta Omricon
Browning Dramatic Society
Mortar Board
Leet
Ohio State
Phi Mu Alpha
National
U. S. Navy
Iowa City
Iowa
Soldier Harold E. Smith Promoted to Sergeant
Telegram to Mrs. Evelyn Saunders Smith says Pfc Harold E. Smith has been promoted to sergeant and is stationed in Salt Lake City Utah. He was formerly at Panama City Florida.
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Evelyn Saunders Smith
Pfc
Harold E. Smith
Salt Lake City
Utah
Panama City
Fla
Janet Bailey Piano Recital at Grace Methodist Church
Miss Janet Bailey presents a group of pupils in a piano recital at Grace Methodist Church Friday at 8 o clock. All interested are cordially invited to attend.
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Janet Bailey
Grace Methodist Church
Local residents and service members visit Columbus and nearby towns
Mrs C C Ingels and companions spent Monday in Columbus. Charles Brown recently joined the Navy and reports to Miami University for training. Carroll Lefavor and son Jimmy vacation with relatives in Glouster and Coshocton. Dwight Wetherholt family hosted Sunday guests including Mrs Don Strawn and son Corporal David Strawn on furlough from Camp McCain Mississippi.
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C. C. Ingels
H. P. Bradbury
Earl Mauck
J. H. C. Bovie
Columbus
Charles Brown
Navy
Miami University
Oxford
Carroll Lefavor
Jimmy
Glouster
Coshocton
Dwight Wetherholt
Carolyn
Wether
Nelsonville Personal News Notes Local Visitors And Birth Announcement
Ensign Roger Wolfe and Mrs Wolfe from Washington D C visited Nelsonville with their parents. Jerry Lee Hl of Dayton and Miss Mable Evans hosted visitors. Sgt Nelson R DeVol and family from North Carolina spent time with relatives in Nelsonville. Judith Irene Kettell was born June 21 in Columbus to Mr and Mrs Richard Kettell with grandparents in Dayton and Nelsonville.
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Roger Wolfe
Wolfe
Louise Rice
Washington, D. C
Jerry Grimm Jr
Jerry Lee Hl
Dayton
H. E. Cramner
Clarence Shockley
West Virginia
Alice Evans
Logan
Marybelle Evans
Haydenville
Mable Evans
Nelson R. DeVol
Marines
North Carolina
DeVol
Nelson DeVol
Kenneth Smith
Tommy
Athens
Robert Warren Sr
Jill
This City
Wanda DeVol
Columbus
Richard Kettell
Ohio
Judith Irene
Philip DeLong
George Kettell
Nelsonville
O. R
Kettell
York Township rummage sale thanks contributors
The York Township Service Club expresses gratitude to all who contributed to the rummage sale held Friday and Saturday. Special mention is given to Mrs Bateman, owner of the building, for her generosity and support of town projects by offering her space as a display room.
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Nelsonville
York Township
Rummage Sale Planned by Metholdist Youth Fellowship
Nelsonville church group schedules a rummage sale at the Batie building on Hocking Street Wednesday June 30. Proceeds fund travel and lodging for youth to attend Summer Institute at the Lancaster Camp grounds.
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Nelsonville
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Batie
Hocking Street
Lancaster
Circle to Meet NELSONVILLE Circle No 3
Circle No 3 of the WS of CS led by Mrs Bess Bland meets Wednesday at 8 PM with Mrs Miles Howe Mrs Henry Lancaster reviews the study book and Mrs Stella Betts serves as devotional leader Troop 63 Boy Scouts hold a Wiener roast Wednesday at Central School Building at 7 PM boys to bring wieners and buns
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Nelsonville
WS of CS
Bess Bland
Miles Howe
Henry Lancaster
Stella Betts
Boy Scouts
Central School
WAVES Radiomen Training Information Plied at Gallipolis
Recruit training at Hunter College New York City selects WAVES for radiomen during initial enlistment. Trainees then go to Miami University Oxford or University of Wisconsin Madison for radio instruction before assignment to a naval base. In Gallipolis the Navy Recruiting Office offers details via Recruiter J Clair Hall.
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Gallipolis
Hunter College
New York City
Miami University
Oxford
University of Wisconsin
Madison
Navy Recruiting Office
J. Clair Hall
Navy
Apple Harvest Starts in Gallia County
Gallia County reports beginning Apple harvest on Janes orchard with about 20 high school boys assisting. County Agent Everett G Royer notes wheat harvest under way though orange stem rust and scab found in grain and winter killing reduced this year's yield.
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Gallipolis
Janes
Everett G. Royer
Gallia County
Mr. Royer
New Patients at Gallipolis Hospital
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Velma Rayburn a two year old from Point Pleasant for treatment Mrs Ray Hinton of Athens for surgery Mrs Walter Lane age 18 of Gallipolis for medical care Mrs Dennis Arthur of Pomeroy who gave birth to a daughter at 6 27 am Sunday Herbert Banks of Racine for observation Mrs Frank Washington of Gallipolis for surgery Mrs John Utsinger of Rutland for surgery Mrs Glade Jones of Gallipolis for surgery Mrs C Hindly of Mildport for surgery Mrs Thomas Mitchell of Eno for observation Mrs George Gerlack of Letart W Va for surgery Mrs Guy Cole of Pomeroy RD 1 for surgery Morris Elliott and child of Gallipolis were Monday's only discharges
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Little Velma Rayburn
Point Pleasant
Ray Hinton
Athens
Walter Lane
Dennis Arthur
Pomeroy
Herbert Banks
Racine
Frank Washington
John Utsinger
Rutland
Glade Jones
Gall
Marriage License Issued To Gowell and Horner
A marriage license was issued Monday to Troy Gowell 29 of Ravenswood West Virginia a farmer and Mary Horner 24 of Cheshire Route one daughter of John Horner. The ceremony date and venue were not provided in the notice.
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Gallipolis
Troy Gowell
Ravenswood
W. Va
Mary Horner
Cheshire R.D
John Horner
Lamb da Chi Omega Outing to Cora Ohio
Pt. Pleasant note covers a Sunday Sorority outing by Lamb da Chi Omega. The group motored to Cora Ohio for swimming in Raccoon Creek then dined at Spaghetti House on Ohio River Road. Attendees included Mrs. Casby Meadows Jr and several couples with children.
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Point Pleasant
Lambda-Chi Omega
Cora
Ohio
Gallipolis
Raccoon Creek
Spaghetti House
Ohio River Road
Casby Meadows, Jr
Carl Blankshine
Richard H. Mélrose
James Hall
Paul Parsons
L. W. Getty
Frank C. Long, Jr
Ronald White
Karin
Melvin Schmidt
Ronnie
Wadear Thabet
Johnny
Virginia Lewis
Forest Clark
Edith Quillin
Christian Basis of a Just and Durable Peace Address
The Lewis District Sunday School Convention at Main Street Baptist Church heard C H Withers speak on Christian Basis of a Just and Durable Peace. Officers were reelected with L A McMillin as president and P H Steenbergen as vice president. Department heads include Vernon Jones school administration and Miss Garnette Tillis young people division.
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Lewis District
Main Street Baptist Church
C. H. Withers
L. A. McMillin
P. H. Steenbergen
L. L. Caldwell
Vernon Jones
Josie Smith
J. B. Couch
Garnette Tillis
Bertha Filson
Florida
Bessie Johnson
Holly Simmons
Temperance
Goldie Pratt
Inez Barnette
Local social roundup notes visits and guests in Arlington and nearby towns
Mrs Paul Robertson returns to Arlington after days with sisters in Vi and St Mrs Norman McCallum and daughters visit Pomeroy guests include Mrs Cary Howard Rayburn and Mrs Charles Gloeckner and daughters in Huntington guests of Mr and Mrs Clay Parsons Louise Stone returns home after Holzer Hospital operation family in Sixth St Mrs Edward Bohn visits Huntington for medical advice improving Ruben Douglass son of Gus Douglass of Grimms Landing spends day on business in town weekend visits by Ray Gill William Thomas and families from Huntington Vic Park Jr visits Charleston Nancy Dunn from Charleston stays with Jacqueline Windsor Ingleside J E Howard Mt Hope comes for daughter Nancy Howard visiting Fairfax Hall alumnae of Fairfax Hall Waynesboro Va Mrs George O Comstock First St Mrs E C Waggener shops in Gallipolis and more weekend guests and relatives.
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Paul Robertson
Arlington
Florence and
Ella Howard
Cary Howard Rayburn
Vi and St
Norman McCallum
Margaret
Mary
Pomeroy
Clay Parsons
Country Club Addition
Parsons
Charles Gloeckner
Carolyn
Janet
Sandusky
George O. Harper
Chicago
Furniture Mart
Louise Stone
Holzer Hospital
Will Stone
Sixth St
Edward Bohn
Huntington
Hubbard
Ruben Douglass
Gus R. Douglass
Grimms Landing
Ray Gill
William Thomas
Ross Filsons
Jefferson Blvd
Vic Park, Jr
J. C., Gunno
Charleston
E. C. Waggener
Gallipolis
Samuel Chadwick
W. H. Morgan
Main St
Lawrence Heiner
Rutland
E. E. Heiner
John McCulloch
Ashton
William Steenbergens
Nancy Dunn
Gallipolis Man Fined for Unlicensed Minor Driving
James Israel Jackson of Gallipolis was fined $10 and costs in Mayor J L Steele's Wellston court for allowing an unlicensed minor to operate an automobile.
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Gallipolis
James Israel
Jackson
J. L. Steele
Wellston
Marvin Nott Held by Mason Co Grand Jury in Roush Death
Marvin Nott charged with murder in the death of Ben Roush was arraigned and pleaded not guilty. He waived a hearing and was ordered held in the county jail until the September circus court term. Attorney L L McClure said bail may be sought before Judge Lewis H Miller at a Wednesday special term.
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Point Pleasant
Marvin Nott
Ben Roush
Nott
Circus Court
L. L. McClure
Lewis H. Miller
Jones
Miller
Moose Picnic Set for Sunday at Miller Hill
The Moose Club will hold its annual picnic Sunday afternoon on Miller Hill east of Point Pleasant. A 12 o'clock lunch kicks off a day of games including horseshoes and softball with diversions for women and children. about 500 members, wives and children are expected.
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Point Pleasant
Moose Club
Miller Hill
Marriage License Issued for Wagner and Chapman
A marriage license was issued yesterday to William Wagner 21 of Pome roy and Alberta Chapman 16 of Mason. Judge Lewis H. Miller ordered the county clerk Aten to waive the three day waiting period and issue the license immediately. Wagner is a soldier on furlough.
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Point Pleasant
William Wagner
Pomeroy
Alberta Chapman
Mason
Lewis H. Miller
Aten
Wagner
Baker Hotel Lease Surrender Ends Charleston Interest Control
Manager Vickers of the Baker Hotel formerly the Phoenix announced that the lease held by Charleston interests has been surrendered to E Bartow Jones owner. He said he is winding up the business and will leave here after July 1.
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Point Pleasant
Vickers
Baker Hotel
the Phoenix
Charleston
E. Bartow Jones
Heat Destroys Potatoes Raising Crop Loss in Town
Heat wrecks the potato crop around Point Pleasant with vines blighted and dying. For 12 days temperatures stayed above 90 degrees, peaking at 95 on Sunday, pushing yield to about half normal.
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Point Pleasantit
Point Pleasant Labor Supply Adequate in WV
Associated Press dispatch from Washington reports Point Pleasant among eight West Virginia communities where the labor supply will remain adequate. Other towns listed are Charleston Clarksburg Morgantown Huntington Parkersburg and Wheeling.
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Point Pleasant
Associated Press
Washington
Point Pleasent
West Virginia
Charleston
Clarksburg
Morgantown
Huntington
Parkersburg
Wheeling
Prosecuting Attorney S K Vaught Dies in Montgomery
Stephen K. Vaught, Mason County prosecuting attorney from 1933 to 1937, died yesterday afternoon in a Montgomery hospital after a long illness. Funeral plans were announced, and scouts who recently arrived to assist in county operations will depart July 7 for New York City for a national training school before returning August 5 to resume duties.
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Point Pleasant
Stephen K. Vaught
Mason County
Montgomery
Brown
Yy County
New York City
National Tral School
Funeral Attendant Returns From Services in Maine
Neal, of Maine, returned Sunday from Huntington where he attended rites for his sister-in-law Mrs. Neal Engle. She died Thursday from a heart condition. Survived by husband Edwin Neal and daughter Betty Burke Neg. She had been a school instructor at Marshall College and later ran a private school with assistants.
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Neal
Maine
Huntington
Engle Neal
Hog Tong Steele
Edwin Neal
Betty Burke
Moe
Mag
Marshall College
Weekend Guests at Childers Home
Spending the week end at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Childers south of the Kanawha were Sergeant and Mrs. Gordon Stutler of Huntington the guests of Miss Marie Childers Mrs Edith Ashworth and Mr. Ernest Judith of St. Albans Mr and Mrs Geary Hughes and son James of Hollywood California and Mrs Elsie Litz Hotel Frederick Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Childers
Kanawha
Gordon Stutler
Huntington
Marie Childers
Edith Ashworth
Ernest Judith
St. Albans
Geary Hughes
James
Hollywood
Calif
Elsie Litz
Frederick
Wedding of Elizabeth Chestnutt to Dr R A Marshall at Farner Tenn
Mrs C W VanMatre Miss Jean Haynes and Miss Mae Haynes attended the wedding of their niece Elizabeth Chestnutt to Dr R A Marshall in Farner Tennessee last Wednesday and returned with their sister and mother of the bride Aurelia Chestnutt. Mae Haynes and Mrs Chestnut will stay several days with local sisters and visit girlhood friends before returning home.
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Point Pleasant
C. W. VanMatre
Jean Haynes
Mae Haynes
Elizabeth Chestnutt
R. A. Marshall
Farner
Tenn
Aurelia Chestnutt
Chestnut
Henderson hosts Roush family dinner group
Mr. and Mrs. Olin Roush and Mrs. C. E. Roush of Henderson entertain Mr. and Mrs. Chester A. Roush and their children Chester Roush Jr Okey Comstock Roush and Miss Alice Ann Roush at dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Olin Roush
C. E. Roush
Henderson
Chester A. Roush
Chester Roush
Okey Comstock Roush
Alice Ann Roush
Neal improves at Holzer Hospital expects midweek home
Point Pleasant resident A L Pete Neal has been a patient at Holzer Hospital since last Friday. His condition is improved and he is expected to return home at midweek.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
A. L
Pete” Neal
Holzer Hospital
Roush Sons Enter Navy Careers and Tech Programs
Point Pleasant report notes Roush Jr. and Okey Cy Roush, sons of Mr. and Mrs A Roush, are on active duty in the U S Navy after July Monday. The former will study chemical engineering at Georgia Tech, while the latter in the V-12 program will enter Stevens Tech at Hoboken N J.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Roush, Jr
Okey Cy Roush
U. S. Navy
Georgia Tech
Chemical England
Jens Tech
Hoboken
N. J
A. Roush
First St
Mt Zion services draw large crowd at Crab Creek church
C G Billups preached at Mt Zion Baptist Church Crab Creek south of Kanavy to a large group. George Dabney of South Site admitted to Point Clim for surgery. Earl Arnett returned Mrs William Wey to her home from Holzer Hospital in Bellemeade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. G. Billups
Mt. Zion Baptist Church
Crab Creek
Kanavy
Point Pleasant
George Dabney
South Site
Point Climterday
Earl Arnett
William Weley
Bellemeade
Holzer Hospital
Child Hangs Self With Belt In Cincinnati Incident
A report from Cincinnati states that 13 year old Thomas burn accidentally hanged himself using a belt attached to a towel rack in a tragic incident. The event prompted police and medical responders to respond at the scene. Authorities described it as a suicide attempt resulting in death.
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Cincinnati
Thomas Burn
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