Two Groups of Registrants Leave Nelsonville for Fort Hayes
Nelsonville area registrants from Athens County Selective Service Board No 2 depart by special buses for Fort Hayes Columbus for induction and preinduction examination. The induction group will begin basic training. preinduction examines eligibility with home return if disqualified. several named men listed. A ministerial association representative presented New Testaments to those called. Pvt John A Figgins reported arrived in France. others noted arriving home from the South Pacific.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Athens County Selective Service Board No 2
Armed Forces
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Gordon Randolph Hickman
City Ministerial Association
Orin Hayes Groves
Frost Rt
Lloyd George Elliott
Chestnnut St
Leonard Wood Breeze
Amos Alfred Barnhart
Athens
John A. Figgins
France
John Riley
War Time Sugar Valued as Souvenir by Collector
Mrs. Jacob Hawk of Circle Hill preserves a one pound sack of substitute war sugar from 1918 as a World War I memento. She bought it at Russell Store in Beaumont on February 25 1918, the sack still bears the date. The brownish sugar has been stored in a trunk and was later tied to Mr Russell now employed at the Athens Court House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Jacob Hawk
Circle Hill
Hawk
Russell
Beaumont
Court House
Athens
Flood drives evacuation as Ohio River nears crest in Point Pleasant
Flood waters rose past 43 feet prompting evacuations of homes and businesses in Point Pleasant. Army and Coast Guard crews moved goods from danger zones while rowboats sat ready as forecasts warned the crest near 50 feet by Friday. Auxiliary meeting notes record plans to buy draperies for a recreation center and a new member welcome.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Army
Coast Guard
Enilan
Iweather
Sixth St
Viand
Greenbrier
Ohio
Fourth St
Circle 2 Women Study West of the Date Line
Mrs Nori man Foss hosted Circle 2 of the Women's Society of Christian Service at her home on Tuesday night. Mrs Gregg led the devotional, and the group studied West of the Date Line for mission work under Mrs Raymond Spear. Desserts were served to Mrs A W Gregg, Mrs Raymond Spear, Mrs Richard Startzman, Mrs Donald Getty, Mrs Grover Childress, Mrs C L Head, Mrs I G F Johnson, Mrs Leverett Roush, Mrs R H Ferguson, and Miss Vera Fadeley and Miss Mary Hellems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Noriman Foss
Circle 2
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Gregg
Raymond Spear
A. W. Gregg
Richard Startzman
Donald Getty
Grover Childress
C. L. Head
I.G.F
Masons Plan Regular Meeting Tonight
Haybrow Council No 119 R and S S M will hold a regular meeting at the Masonic Temple tonight at 7 30 oclock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Welsonville
Haybrow Council
Masonic Temple
War Plants To Continue During Flood At Point Pleasant
War plants in Point Pleasant will keep peak production despite flooding. West Virginia Ordnance Works and Marietta Manufacturing Company say workers can access food lodging and transportation at the plants. Dewey A Windsor president of the local shipyard says production should not be hindered unless flood levels exceed expected crests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Brown
The
Ordnance Works
Dewey A. Windsor
Move Phones In Mason Flood Areas
Telephones were moved from homes and businesses in Mason flood zones as waters rose. Over 150 lines were shut down in flood order while new circuits were added to handle increased traffic at the Red Cross center and other posts. Seven operators worked through the night, some thankful for the building they could reach by hoist through windows of the old exchange nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Red Cross Center
Exchange
Disaster Committees Set Up in Mason County
Red Cross Disaster Chairman Ernest Kincade said his committee is fully manned and operating. Virginia Roth, national field representative, arrived to supervise Red Cross services. The Eleventh Street headquarters will be open 24 hours. A food committee will ensure no one goes hungry. Committees cover all flood areas with vice chair Mrs. John Steenbergen and office assistant Mrs. Howard Yerges at the Country Club and Motor Mart, while the exchange remains well above the flood at 2018 Mt. Vernon Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Red Cross
Ernest Kincade
Virginiia Roth
American Red Cross
Eleventh St
Mason County
John Steenbergen
Howard Yerges
Country Club
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York Township
Cs Enameat
Chester Woodrum
Earnest Bernard Linton
Stewart
Eon Emerson
Bobo
George Wallace Misner
Coolville
Earl Kenneth Rutter
Poplar St
Howard Barber
Carbondale
Walter McCray
High St
Paul Clifton Hatch
Frost
Elmer Frederick Gulley
Robert William Kapple
Guysville
Edward Clarence Johnson
Adams St
Worley Edward Baughman
Albany
Wilbur Francis van Meter
Lloyd Franklin Washburn
Coalville
Gene Irwin
Glouster
Denver Nelson Stump
Arthur Edward Gilbreath
Myers St
Roy Glenn Jr
Terrace St
Charles Gilbert
Kennard
Charleston
W. Va
Leonard Goft Figley
Akron
PRAHA
Ohio River
American Legion Auxilliary
Lorena Shifler
James McComb
Josie Dunn
Laura McComb
Emmett Fowler
E A Masters
W. 5. Waldie
Frank Henson
Lorena Shiflet
R. L. McGuffin
She
Davenport
Cable
Rio Cable
Fancy Santos
Union Made
California
Lac
Far
Cables
Mason
Motor Mart
Main Street
Mt. Vernon Avenue
Groves
Groves Defender
Miles
Luxor
Dunditiok
Dergen
Jergen
S. S
Johnsons
Bae
Uae
Bett
Mate Eg Sian
the Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea CO
Delhi
A&p
Bokar
Wilson
Nabisco
Whitebank Speedy
Sunnyfield
Ann Page
Ibs
Pka
Wren Lye
Washington
Louisiana
Florida
Dor
AGP
Salt Lake
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