Funeral for Gallipolis City Official's Wife Held Tuesday
Mrs Lora Bing Carl wife of City Auditor Arthur W Carl died Saturday at 549 First Ave Gallipolis after a heart illness Funeral services set for Tuesday at 1 pm Entsminger Funeral Home with Rev Baird officiating Burial in Gravel Hill Cemetery Cheshire Ohio She is survived by husband daughter Helena Milair of Cortland NY grandson Alan Milair brothers J Ed Bing Dana Bing and Harry Bing and sister Mrs Harrison Gee Cincinnati Columbus and Cheshire ties listed
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Gallipolis
Lora Bing Carl
Arthur W. Carl
First Ave
Carl
Helena Milair
Cortland
N. Y
Alan Milair
J. Ed Bing
Cheshire
Dana Bing
Bakersfield
Canf
Harry Bing
Columbus
Harrison Gee
Entsminger
Baird
Episcopal
Gravel Hill Cemetery
Soldiers Koontz Missing in North Africa. Clagg Wounded
Mrs Jessie Clagg reports Pvt Shelby F Clagg has been seriously wounded in North Africa and is improving. Pvt John William Koontz, 22, is listed as missing in action in North Africa since February 2, per a war department telegram to Mr and Mrs William G Koontz of Morral Ohio. A letter from the commanding officer confirms Clagg’s improving condition and authorizes a five word telegram to his mother.
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Gallipolis
William G. Koontz
Morral
War Department
John William Koontz
North Africa
Jessie Clagg
Shelby F. Clagg
Nurses Convention Switched to Columbus
The Ohio State Nurses Association moves the state convention from Cincinnati to Columbus. It will run May 13 to 15 at the Deshler Wallick Hotel with streamlined wartime programs. District officers meet May 13 evening. officers start May 14. about 1,500 registered nurses are expected for the April issue release.
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Gallipolis
Ohio State Nurses’ Association
Cincinnati
Columbus
Deshler-Wallick
Elizabeth P. August
R.N
Ohio Nurses Review
Ohio
Mrs. Mary Saunders Rites Held Today
Mary Saunders aged 65 died at 10 30 Saturday at her daughter Mrs Ogie Haskins home on Lower River Road Born near Ledta daughter of Perry and Augusta Myers. She was twice married to John T Saunders and C M Saunders both deceased. Survived by two daughters Mrs Jessie Phillips and Eural Saunders both of Springfield Ohio a son Charles Saunders of Gallipolis and a daughter Fay Sargent of Huntington West Virginia Funeral services were at two oclock Monday at Skey Chapel near Lecta.
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Gallipolis
Mary Saunders
Ogie Haskins
Lower River Road
Ledta
Perry
Augusta Myers
John T. Saunders
C. M. Saunders
Haskins
Jessie Phillips
Eural Saunders
Springfield
Charles Saunders
Gallipolis, and A Fay Sargent
Huntington, W
Skey Chapel
Lecta
Half Inch Rainfall Reported in Gallipolis Area
Gallia County and Gallipolis received more than half an inch of rain Saturday, with total precipitation reaching three quarters of an inch when Friday night’s melted snow is added. Charles Lanier, chief engineer of the Gallipolis waterworks pump station, cites the measurements.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Charles Lanier
War Worker Dies in West Virginia Plant
Hillis Dillon aged 52, a West Virginia Ordnance plant worker, died at his Huntington home Friday. He is survived by his sister Mrs Jessie Deep Ping of Gallipolis, his wife four sons a daughter two brothers and two sisters.
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Gallipolis
Jessie Deepping
Hillis Dillon
West Virginia
Huntington
Widow Donates Flag To Gallia Legion Post
Gallia widow donates her late husband Richard D Woodrum World War veteran killed in Detroit February 24 and the 5x9 flag will be flown over the Honor Roll of service men in the park according to Legionnaire Bert Elliott
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Gallipolis
Bert Elliott
Richard D. Woodrum
Detroit
Legion
Daughter Born to Mr and Mrs Malcolm in Washington
A six pound daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Richard Malcolm of Washington DC on February 28. Mrs Malcolm formerly Mildred Alexander daughter of Mr and Mrs Harry Alexander 756 Third Ave. was employed by Mrs O O Mc Intyre for several summer seasons.
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Gallipolis
Richard Malcolm
Washington, D. C
Malcolm
Mildred Alexander
Harry Alexander
Third Ave
O. O. McIntyre
Gallipolis Social Notes Bulletin of Local Weddings and News
The Gallipolis social column reports a double ring ceremony at the Cline home with Mrs Shirley Baker now Mrs. Baker as bride. Corporal Baker to Camp Pickett Va will return March 11. Local residents relocate for war work and new births are noted among Gallipolis families.
School Bus Drivers Protest Slow Pay
Morgan Township school bus drivers planned a strike to protest eight months of unpaid salaries. County Superintendent A B Bradbury said the district uses a single transportation fund for both teachers and drivers, so pay has been pro-rata and portions of salaries for both groups remain unpaid.
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Gallipolis
Morgan Township
A B. Bradbury
Bradbury
Several Admitted To Holzer Hospital
Two new patients were admitted to Holzer Hospital Friday night James Mahaffey Wilkesville medical and Mrs Daisy Davis Wellston fair condition also admitted were Jack Albert Davis 15 months Elma Sheets Bidwell R D 2 Charmis Davis Rio Grande Pearl Reynolds Point Pleasant Jack Johnson 6 Mercerville Route and Ed Filson Point Pleasant Mrs George Woodyard Crown City admitted Friday night
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
James Mahaffey
Wilkesville
Daisy Davis
Wellston
Jack Albert Davis
Elma Sheets
Bidwell
R. D
Charmis Davis
Rio Grande
Pearl Reynolds
Point Pleasant
Jack Johnson
Merriman Johnson
Mercerville
Ed Filson
George Woodyard
Crown City
Lieut Odet Montesi To Speak at Rotary Club
Gallipolis Rotary Club will meet Tuesday at six pm at Island View Inn. Clyde Mitchell leads the program after dinner with Lieut Odet Montesi as the speaker and three other Navy officials as guests.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
Island View Inn
Clyde Mitchell
Lieut
Odet Montesi
Navy
Red Cross Supplies Mailed in Gallia County
Gallipolis reports Red Cross supplies have been mailed. Secretary Miss Catherine Hayward urges workers to canvass their territories at the earliest possible date.
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Gallipolis
Catherine Hayward
Red Cross
Nelsonville Post Office to Close Saturdays at Noon
Beginning Saturday March 13 the Nelsonville Post Office will revert to the former schedule and close at noon on Saturdays. There will be one city mail delivery on Saturday mornings. Similar steps are being taken by virtually all offices according to Postmaster J B Preston.
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Nelsonville
J. B. Preston
Plead Guilty On Unsafe Operation Charges
Two unsafe operation of motor vehicle charges filed by the State Highway Patrol were heard by Mayor Herman Ogg. Thomas Allen Taylor of Nelsonville was fined $10 and costs and Robert Patton of Columbus was fined $15 and costs. Frank Brown of this city was fined $5 and costs on a plea of guilty to intoxication.
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Nelsonville
State Highway Patrol
Herman Ogg
Thomas Allen Taylor
Robert Patton
Columbus
Frank Brown
The Comsock Lode Nevada mined vast wealth in silver
The Comsock Lode in Nevada earned a global reputation as a rich silver mining center. Reports claim nearly $1,000,000,000 in gold and silver had been taken from this single mine, underscoring its extraordinary output.
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Comsock Lode
Nevada
Four Arrests Reported by State Patrol Over Weekend
GALLIPOLIS four arrests by the State Highway Patrol over the weekend include Henry Tarter of Gallipolis a taxi driver found guilty of driving while intoxicated fined 25 dollars and costs and ordered to spend five days in county jail. William Norman Jr of Vinton pleaded guilty to drunken driving fined 25 dollars and costs with license suspended six months. Russell Bucklew of Kaylong West Virginia posted bond to appear before the mayor of Pomeroy. Grandville Blanton of Gallia pleaded guilty to driving without a license and was fined five dollars and costs.
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Henry Tarter
Gallipolis
Tarter
William Norman, Jr
Vinton
William Jane's Court
Russell Bucklew
Kaylong
W. Va
Pomeroy
Grandville Blanton
Gallia
Dance Fellows Basketball Friday in Point Pleasant
A Parish House dance followed the Ravenswood Point Pleasant basketball game at the nasium. Sponsored by the Young People's Fellowship Group, it drew many attendees with music from recordings and listed a long roster of registrants from Point Pleasant and nearby towns.
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Point Pleasant
Ravenswood Point Pleasant
Nasium
Young People’s Fellowship Group
Carolyn Noble
Faye Sutton
Nancy Ferguson
Annette Lewis
Jackie Lawson
Betty Lee Taylor
Anita Henderson
Ttie Thomas
Carol Krodel
Anne Wartenburg
Lila Jean Wallace
Patty Ingraham
Grage Almquest
Ruth
Ralph Weethee
J. C. Pauley, Jr
Robert Harper
Joe Middleton
James Lovell
Okey Roush
Local
Luther Brumfield
Loren Miller
Jim Leaper
James Faulkner
Homer Walter
George Foster
Dean Carter
Richard Gorby
Manning Wetherholt
Gallipolis
Regrets That Ration Office Did Not Burn
Mason County War Price and Rationing Board Chairman John E. Brown recalls a fire that destroyed the Mason County Health Department office. A stranger remarked the ration board office across the street would have been a better target, Brown notes at his own expense.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
John E. Brown
Mason County War Price and Rationing Board
Mason County Health Department
Ration Board
Mrs. Rogers 68 Dies in Hamley Run
Myrtie Rogers aged 68 died Saturday at a son's home in Hamley Run Nelsonville. She leaves husband James and five sons Ernest Ruth Carl Sherrodsville Ohio James overseas with U S Army Oscar at White Sulphur Springs West Virginia plus two brothers. Funeral at Oak Grove Church Tuesday at 3 pm with burial in Greenlawn. FriendsMay call at Stout Funeral Home Nelsonville until the funeral hour.
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Nelsonville
Myrtie Rogers
James Rogers
Ernest Rogers
Hamley Run
Ernest
Hamley
Ruth
Carl
Sherrodsville
Ohio
James
U. S. Army
Oscar
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Oak Grove
Ossman
Greenlawn
Stout
Mason County group plans to continue lunch program Next year
Mason County sub committee on school lunches met at the board of education to outline plans for continuing school lunches after the WPA program ends. Miss Dorothy Watkins presided, with County Superintendent Walden Roush outlining board cooperation for the remainder of the year. Members present included Miss Watkins and several county officials and aides.
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Mason County Group
Point Pleasant
Mason County Nutrition Committee
Board of Education
Dorthy Watkins
Walden Roush
Watkins
Martha Atkinson
Margarite Asher
Alice Roach
D A R Luncheon Highlights Citizenship and Honored Members
About 75 members and guests attended the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter D A R luncheon at the Presbyterian Church social rooms. Mrs. O S Montesi spoke on Glad To Be a Citizen and introduced student delegates while charter members were honored in a brief ceremony.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
Presbyterian Church
O. S. Montesi
Montesi
Navy Yard
Jugoslavia
United States
Marie Martin
Ruth Bell
Bell
Marion Foglesong
Marilyn Jewart
Minnibel Nibert
Colonel Lewis
Nannine Bordon Hogg
Charlotte McCulloch Steenbergen
Jennie Murdock Newton
Hartford
Mary McCulloch
Elizabeth Hardin Hogg
Lilly
Elizabeth Hardin) Hogg
H. C. Deardorff
Buford
Hunting
Arthur Higgins Funeral Held Today
Arthur Imes Higgins 75 of Point Pleasant died at the Point Clinic after a long illness. Funeral services were held at Heights Mission with Miss Josie Smith in charge and burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. He was born near Mt. Alto, worked as a machinery salesman, then night watchman at Marietta Manufacturing shipyards, retired recently. Survived by wife Isabelle Hyatt, children William, Thomas, Argo, Oran, Marggie Crawford, Lillian Bernard, Maude Rice, Mildred Rice, brother Frank Higgins, 19 grandchildren and two great grandchildren.
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Point Pleasant
Arthur Imes Higgins
Point Clinic
Heights Mission
Josie Smith
Lone Oak Cemetery
Mr. Higgins
Mt. Alto
Harvey
Maggie Higgins
Letart
Higgins
Henderson
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Isabelle Hyatt
William and
Thomas Higgins
Argo Higgins
Louisville
Oran Higgins
Bidwell, C
Marggie Crawford
Lillian Bernard
Maude Rice
Mildred Rice
Aliquippa
Frank Higgins
Charleston
Former Vinton County School Man Dies
Ernest L. Byrnes 74 formerly of 2055 Waldeck Ave. died Friday in St. Petersburg Florida after a fall caused a fractured hip. He was superintendent of Vinton County schools retiring ten years ago and former president of Buckeye State Secretarial College. Survived by two sons Robert W. and Lt. Col. Forrest E. Byrnes a brother Bert Byrnes sister Mrs. Ethel Freeman and three grandchildren. He served overseas in World War I with the YMCA and was a member of the McGuffey Society Indianola Methodist Church.
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Columbus
Ernest L. Byrnes
Waldeck Ave
St. Petersburg
Fla
Minnie
Ohio Northern University
Vinton County
Buckeye State Secretarial College
Two Daughters Born in Point Pleasant Area
The Point Clinic records two births: a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Cottrill weighing 7½ pounds born Friday, and a daughter for Mr. and Mrs. Albert Keffer of Leon weighing 6½ pounds born Saturday.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Ir Cottrill
Aljbert Keffer
Leon
Spencer Funeral Held Today
Spencer Louis son of Mr and Mrs Fred Spencer died Saturday after a three week illness. Born May 20 1928 he attended Point Pleasant schools and is survived by four siblings. Rev F H Capehart will conduct the services and burial is in Suncrest Cemetery.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis Ferry
Louis Spencer
Fred Spencer
Ralph
Paul Spencer
Mary
Carrie Spencer
F. H. Capehart
the Heights United
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Highlights Weekend Gatherings
Mr Robert H Ferguson hosts a dinner at the Ferguson new home in County ob Addition honoring the birthday of his daughter Miss Nancy Foy A theater party will follow Guests of Mr and Mrs Mary Chapman of Henderson at 4 weekend included Mr and Charles Green and Mr and Ma E W Early Columbus and Mrs Edward Green Gailig 0 Mrs Harry Childers spent the weekend with friends in Charleston Mrs Charles Judson of Huntington spent Friday night here with her aunt Mrs T E Blessing en route home from Cincinnati and Covington where she visited relatives Ed L Filson suffered a felony and was returned to Holzer hospital Saturday for further treatment Pt Pleasant J Caufman of South Side employed on Silver Bridge became suddenly ill while on duty Friday night A few hours later his condition improved and he was thought to be out of danger
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Charles McGinness
Betty Bean
Baby
Huntington
W. Va
McGinness
Ordnance Works
South Point
Alice V. Keeler
Gallipolis
W. Harvey Miles
Dayton
E. Wayne Sams
Athens Messenger
Thomas A. Dobbins
Charles Faust
Martins Ferry
Corp
Freddie Baker
Scotty Westerman
Ohio Wesleyan University
Rey
W. S. Westerman
Paul O'Brien
Columbus
Orlando
Florida
Paul O’brien
O’brien
John O'Brien
Scott Westermans
Frank Feely, Jr
Joan Westerman
Westfield
N. J
Curtis Harrington
Thelma Davis
Harrington’s
G. Ernest Davis
Holzer Hospital
Hollis Harrison
Virginia Eggleton
C. H. McKenzie
James Ralph
Toledo
Point Pleasant
Robert H. Ferguson
Fergson
County
Nancy Foy
Mary Chapman
Henderson
Charles Green
E. W. Early
Edward Green
Gailig
Harry Childers
Charleston
Charles Judson
Hantford
T. E. Blessing
Cincinnati
Covington
Ed L. Filson
Holzer Aspital
J. Caufman
South Side
Silver Bridge
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Ohi
Lora Bing
Solomons
Destroyers
Nv Eereleerredy
Wiktiene
Japan
Bismarck
Shelby Clage
Gallia Legion
Mrs
Royal Norwegian Women’s Naval Auxiliary Corps
England
Gallipolis Social Notes
Paul Cline
Corporal Baker
Camp Pickett
Miss Rose
John Rose
Jessie Leaper
Albert Pierce
Clifford Harrison
J. H. Sheppard
Patterson Field
Sheppard
Jason
Lieut. Odet Montesi
Rotary
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WPA
D.A.R
Arthur Higgins
Spencer
Sonja
Leatherneck
A.W.O.L
Love
Lew Ral Cie
Sonja Honie
John Payne
Bruce Humberstone
Administrator's Sale
John W. Lane
Henry W. Cherrington F. G. Musgrave
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