Nelsonville to Have City Dog Pound for Wandering Canines
Nelsonville plans a city dog pound at City Hall, ready for occupancy by Tuesday. Mayor Herman Ogg announces enforcement of the new ordinance prohibiting dogs from running at large from March 1 to December 1. Stray dogs will be impounded for three days and owners notified. unclaimed dogs will be disposed of. The order aims to protect Victory Gardens.
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Nelsonville
City Ll
Herman Ogg
Victory Gardens
Honor Service Men Sunday At Church
At Church of Christ in Nelsonville three men added to the Honor Roll of Service Men were named James Ashworth Darwin Cunningham and Frank North. A memorial was held for Seaman James Birtcher missing after action at sea. Pastor L E Evans spoke of longing for his safe return and prayed for him. Sergeant Robert Slitcher and his wife attended the evening service with brothers Walter and another in service unable to attend.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Blrtcher
L. E. Evans
Navy Department
Jimmy
Robert Slitcher
Westover Field
Mass
Walter
Miner Returns Home From Army To Resume Old Work
Nelsonville residents greet veterans Calvin Lanning and others once discharged from the U S Army. Lanning returns to Mine 25 at Chauncey to resume his former occupation. His son John of Dayton visited, and fellow veterans Luther Skivers and E J Bateman are noted among recent discharged servicemen.
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Nelsonville
Calvin Lanning
Nelsonville Rt. 2
U.S. Army
Chauncey
John
Dayton
Luther Skivers
E. J. Bateman
Evans Will Speak To Doanville PTA
Doanville PTA meets at 7 tonight in the Community House with Rev John Lloyd Evans speaking on Victory Gardens and Mrs Cecil Shafer discussing Red Cross work. Susie Thompson and Betty Warren will sing a duet and a potluck will follow.
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Doanville
Doanville Pta
John Lloyd Evans
Victory Gardens
Cecil Shafer
Red Cross
Susie Thompson
Betty Warren
Plan Church Benefit at St Patrick's Church Buchtel
St Patrick's Church in Buchtel will hold its annual benefit party and lunch at the Parish Hall on Wednesday March 17. The event opens at 8 o'clock wartime time, with sale of soup sandwiches pie and cake from 5 o'clock. Special prizes will be given during the evening. Committee in charge includes Mrs. Mary M. Grimstead Mrs. Mary J. Colbert and Mrs Zalenski.
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Buchtel
St. Patrick's Church
Mary M. Grimstead
Mary J. Colbert
Zalenski
Order on Mail For Overseas Is Modified
Nelsonville reports a Post Office Department change relaxing overseas mail rules. Citizens may now send packages up to eight ounces by first class mail to soldiers without requests, at three cents per ounce. Items like watches pens eye glasses remain restricted under prior rules unless authorized by the soldier and commanding officer. The change covers only first class and eight ounce packages.
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Nelsonville
Post Office Department
J. B. Preston
Mrs. Casey Dies Saturday In Columbus
Emma Casey age 82 longtime Nelsonville resident died Saturday evening at her Columbus home. Funeral services will be Tuesday at 2 PM at Stout Funeral Home Nel sonville with Rev. W. M. George officiating. Burial at Green Lawn. She is survived by daughter Neva Farmer and son Charles of Columbus and brother Madison Price of Cleveland. The Price family were longtime Nelsonville residents.
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Nelsonville
Emma Casey
Columbus
Stout
W. M. George
Methodist Church
Greenlawn
Neva Farmer
Charles
Madison Price
Cleveland
Price
Three Fined in Court of Mayor Nelsonville
In Nelsonville Herman Ogg court Charles Leroy Haynes Edna Mae Haynes Chauncey Haynes pleaded guilty Sunday to intoxication. Each fined five dollars and costs after Saturday arrests by city police. Junior King Dalton charged with unsafe operation fined ten dollars and costs. A chimney fire at Custer Wend M E Sr home prompted a fire department call with no damage.
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Nelsonville
Charles Leroy Haynes
Edna Mae Haynes
Chauncey
Herman Ogg
Junior King Dalton
State Highway Patrol
Custer Wend
M. E. Sr
Red Cross Workers Seek Cooperation in Buchtel
Residents of Buchtel who have not yet contributed to the Red Cross War Relief drive are urged to send donations within three days. Contributions may be sent to the local solicitor in each district or to Mrs Winifred Shirley in Buchtel or Mrs Flossie Whitmore in Bessemer.
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Buchtel
Red Cross
Winifred Shirley
Flossie Whitmore
Bessemer
Exline Rites Will Be Held Tuesday
Mrs. Helen Exline 39 former Deanville resident died Saturday at Mt. Carmen Hospital from a throat infection. She operated a Columbus beauty parlor and belonged to the Hairdressers Guild of Ohio. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at St Andrews Church Nel sonville. Burial will be Greenlawn. She leaves three sons, a sister, and five brothers.
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Nelsonville
Helen Exline
Albert Exline
Columbus
Deanville
Mt. Carmen Hospital
Hairdressers’ Guild of
Ohio
Stout Funeral Home
St. Andrews Church
William Kelly
Greenlawn
Clayton
Leonard Canter
Jack Williams
Averill Yates
William G
Harold
Virgil
Elmer
the Plains
Arthur Yates Chauncey
Nelsonville Birth Signals Local Family News
Nelsonville social notes report the birth of Carol Ann to Pfc and Mrs Harold Lehman of Zanesville at Good Samaritan Hospital Zanesville. Various locals including Gilbert Smith Jr Alonzo Figgins Rex Clark and Pvt Albert Fugitt are mentioned visiting or staying with relatives in Nelsonville with several returning from trips or furloughs and Pfc Harold Lehman listed as stationed at Camp Rucker Alabama. News recounts weekend visits and illness of Minnie Lanning with others noted across Nelsonville and nearby Glouster Amesville and Zanesville.
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Nelsonville
Pfc
Harold Lehman
Zanesville
Good Samaritan Hospital
Carol Ann
Charles Shivers
James Lehman
Gilbert Smith, Jr
Indianapolis
Gilbert Smith
Alonzo Figgins
Dayton
Almeda Dempster
Marjorie
Elgin Lanning
Amesville
Minnie Lanning
Rex Clark
U. S. Navy
Ted Clark
Albert S. Fugitt
Jennie Fugitt
Gertrude Pride
Glouster
Grace Kelch
Charles Skivers
Canal St
Camp Ruckers
Ala
Cross Home at Eno Destroyed by Fire
Gallipolis reports a Saturday blaze destroyed Walter Cross and his family home at Eno. A few household articles were saved while much currency was lost and nearly all the family's clothing disappeared. Four year old Audra Bell lost all her clothing except night garments.
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Gallipolis
Walter Cross
Eno
Audra Bell
Hall To Interview All Interested in Navy
Gallipolis residents interested in the Navy WAVES or SPARS will be interviewed by J. Clair Hall USNR at Portsmouth sub station from 10 to 3 on Wednesday.
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Hall
Navy
Gallipolis
WAVES
SPARS
J. Clair Hall
USNR
Portsmouth
Four Men Are Arrested by State Patrol
Gallia County four men faced fines and court dates after State Patrol stops Saturday night and Sunday. Jackson residents were fined $5 and costs for a car with inadequate brakes and a driver without a tail light, Earl Dunn. Luther Shoemaker of Route 2 was fined $15 and costs for speeding, kept in jail overnight due to bond issues, bond later increased and license suspended for three months. William Sheets of Bidwell was charged with speeding. hearing set for Monday at 8 p.m. with $15 bond posted.
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Gallipolis
Jackson
Squire J. A. Leser
Earl Dunn
Luther Shoemaker
Shoemaker
William Sheets
Bidwell
Sheets
Gallia Victory Fund Begins Second Drive
Gallia County Victory Fund Committee met to plan the second victory bond drive starting April 12. Speaker Douglas K. Fuller urged support as Dr. C. E. Holzer named Joe Moch Col. H. B. Ecker and E. S. Spear as general sales managers with six others to recruit solicitors for an $840,000 April goal.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Morgan School Board Buys Two More Buses
H Bion Bradbury, Gallia County superintendent, announced Saturday that the Morgan Rural Board of Education has purchased two more school buses to be used Monday, bringing the total owned to three.
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Gallipolis
H. Bion Bradbury
Gallia County
Morgan Rural Board of Education
Holzer Hospital Admits New Patients and Birth
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis reports Sunday admissions including Mrs Wilda Coleman from Columbia West Virginia for observation and Mrs Virgil Sutton from Point Pleasant West Virginia for surgery Monday morning. A baby boy was delivered by Caesarean on Saturday afternoon to Mrs Morris Grover.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Wilda Coleman
Columbia W. Va
Virgil Sutton
Point Pleasant
W. Va
Morris Grover
Two Cars Involved in Minor Clash at Pure Oil Station
Kenneth Rose and Burl Lanier were in a minor collision Sunday in front of the Pure Oil Station on Second Ave Gallipolis. One car was parked as the other approached the station and the rear bumper of the moving car hooked the parked car causing slight damage.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Rose
Burl Lanier
Pure Oil
Second Ave
Carbondale Social Briefs Highlight Local Weekend Activity
Miss Mildred Barber of Columbus visits her Carbondale relatives as townspeople host weekend guests including Mr. and Mrs. John Landis and families from Logan, Floyd Moshier, and Wilbur MacDonald. Army and Navy service members visit with families while local youths prepare for a March 24 senior scholarship test and a recent Marine wedding is noted among residents.
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Carbondale
Mildred Barber
Columbus
George Barber
John Landis
Woodrow Blum
Logan
Floyd Moshier
Wilbur MacDonald
Ralph Williams
New Marshfield
Eileen Lowry
Donald Lowry
Agnes Crain
Francis Bodkins
Ralph Jewett
George Spires
Gallipolis
Ola Kemper
Juanita
Lancaster
Charles Hankinson
Alva Johnson
Clyde Prater
Calvin Mace
Guy Adams
Albert Stanley
Stanley
Dayton
Richard Williams
Nelsonville High School
Girls Friendly Club
Paul Lowry
Homer Prater
Army
Robert Dishong
Navy
Eleanor Gifford
Marve Brooks
William
Marines
Elsie Stright
Hubert Ely
Helen France
Nelsonville
Bret France
Chester Lowry
John Mecum
Charlies Kennard
Jacksonville
John Kennard
Trimble
Mayr Kennard
New Marshfield Rt
William Brown
Red Cross War Fund Drive Starts Across Mason County Today
Mason County launches the Red Cross War Fund drive as delays are cleared. J C Pauley says all sections will begin collecting, with Rev Chalmers McCutchen as treasurer and Dr John Kirk assisting. Groups include the Merchants Association Rotary Kiwanis and women’s clubs. Local contributions noted from Standard Oil of New Jersey and Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone. Campaign aims to meet the county quota before March 31.
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Red Cross
Mason County
Point Pleasant
Red Cross War Fund
J. C. Pauley
Chalmers McCutchen
John Kirk
The
Merchants Association
L. B. Hannaman
W. S. Selby
Joseph Buffington
G. L. Bechtle
Rotary Club
John Glass
W. G. Carpenter
A. E. Tulloh
Leon S. Thompson
Kiwanis Club
L. W. Getty
C. G. Billups
Ernest Kincaide
R. H. Ferguson
Lida Wallace
Martha Atkinson
William Higgins
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Carl Lynch
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
H. L. Goodell
Navy Yard
U. S. Engineers
Ordnance Department
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Chespeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Pauley
New Haven
Mason
Merchants’ Association
Morgan County Court Notes McCONNELLVILLE cases settle and assets listed
Morgan County court notes show two cases of Chester H. Minding as administrator against H. H. Welch settled and dismissed. Inventory returns in the Evalyn Worthington estate valued at 10,970.83 with real estate 3,000 and government bonds among the principal personal property. Probate actions authorize transfer of William Fleming real estate. M M Richardson gift to nephew Wilkes F. Richardson recognized. Marriage licenses issued to Cecil E. Kincaid and Carrie Scott Kincaid and to Julia Trout Christen. Recorder's Office deeds and affidavits recorded for properties in Chesterhill, York, Meigsville and related leases and transfers.
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McConnellville
Chester H. Minding
H. H. Welch
Center Two
J. A. Wood
C. J. Schofield
Johns
Patterson
Evalyn Worthington
Marion
William Fleming
M. M. Richardson
Wilkes F. Richardson
Cecil E. Kincaid
A. M
Carrie Scott Kincaid
Julia Trout Christen
D. W
Kathryn Maud Dutro Trout
Recorder's
Bessie E. Patterson
Ano
B. P. Hammond
C. E. Glass
Chesterhill
Earnest B. Nutter
Anna C. Nutter
York
Meigsville
Harold A. McFerren
Marietta plant boosting war work ships for U S Navy
A visiting Army party and West Virginia Ohio reporters toured Marietta Manufacturing Co at Point Pleasant. Chief Warrant Officer Locke said the yard is producing rapidly, converting mine planters to tugs and arming some hulls, with Spurgin near duty. The plant, privately owned under a government contract, has grown from river boats to ocean going tugs aiding coastal defense.
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Robert B. Moran
Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Kaiser
W. J. Locke
U. S. Army
Ohio River
Robert van Ness
Robert Brown
J. S. Deutschle
Uncle
Seven Seas
Weisenburger
Mason County
W. Va
Meigs
Gallia
Spurgin
Locke
W. B. McClain
W. F. Robertson
Marietta
Pleasant Social Notes Unite Miss Ball and Sgt Workman
Miss Char lesanna Lee Ball daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles D Ball of Kanawha Street married Sergeant Edgar M Workman at her home Saturday morning Read vows Rev F H Capehart The bride wore blue and pink roses The groom in uniform They left for a brief wedding trip in Ohio Mrs Workman is a Marshall College alumna and former Theta Rho member Also notes local social events and a long list of personal visits and engagements around Pt Pleasant including readings and club plans.
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Point Pleasant
Charlesanna Lee Ball
Charles D. Ball
Kanawha St
Edgar M. Workman
Camp Crowder
F. H. Capehart
Ohio
Marshall College
Theta Rho Sorority
Marietta Manufacturing, Co
Workman
Columbus
Earl H. Arnett
Parkersburg
Milton L. Miller
Washington
Mary Jane Burdette
West Virginia University
Guy Burdette
Leon
Mabel Lucille Stewart
Charleston
Warren Stewart
Homer D. Lowe
Ben ‘Tracy, Jr
J. Sanford Rhoades
Mae Rhoades
Huntington
Carl Hayman
E. H. Burdette
C. T. Bettinger
Nelson A. Park
Jackson Ave
Dan M. Hope
Pittsburgh
Gallipolis Ferry
Hugh Juhling
Norfolk
Edgar M. Smith
Route 1
Seaman Smith
Off icers Make Four Arrests Over Week End
Four arrests occurred over the weekend in Point Pleasant and nearby towns. Mabel Buck of Richwood was released by Mayor Krodel after intoxication charges. W S Mossman of Cheshire faced a $5 fine on lunacy warrants. Ernest Knapp of New Haven was jailed on a lunacy warrant for assaulting his father and was deemed mentally deranged after examination. Herbert Vanhouse of Leon was released after doctors found him sane.
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Point Pleasant
Mabel Buck
Richwood
W. Va
Morrison and Noble
Krodel
W. S. Mossman
Cheshire
Sam Taylor
Ernest Knapp
New Haven
Lieving
Hesson
Knapp
Grant Knapp
Drs. McElfresh
Arnett
Herbert Vanhouse
Leon
Washington Funeral Held In Huntington
Funeral services for Miss Alice Washington, former Mason County resident, were held in Huntington Sunday afternoon. Attending were cousins Miss Nora Somerville and Mrs. Jessie Mossman along with relatives from Fayette County and Charleston. Surviving siblings include William Washington of Fayette County, Robert Washington of Middleport O, Mrs. William Powell of Charleston, and Villa Washington of Huntington.
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Point Pleasant
Alice Washington
Mason County
Huntington
George G. Somerville
Nora Somerville
Jessie Mossman
Miss Washington
William
Martha Washington
Weg Columbus
George Washington
William Washington
Fayette County
Robert Washington
Middleport
William Powell
Charleston
Villa Washington
Lowe Hotel Undergoes Repairs About Renovations
POINT PLEASANT extensive improvements underway at the Lowe Hotel including resetting the marble stairway after forty years of service repainting all interior and exterior woodwork refinishing floors repairing or replacing window casements and frames and basement entries. When finished the hotel will resemble a new building though the stone and brick walls show some discoloration from years of use.
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Point Pleasant
Lowe
Greenlee Rites Held At Baptist Church
Rites were held at Main St Baptist Church for Miss Minnie Greenlee who died at home 2207 Mt Vernon Ave. She was born in Mason County June 0 1879 to the late Hezekiah and Sofa Greenlee. Survived by a sister Miss Mary Greenlee, she was a devout member of the Baptist Church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Minnie Greenlee
Mt. Vernon Ave
Main St. Baptist Church
C. G. Billips
Mason County
Hezekiah and
Sofa (Beard) Greenlee
Mary Greenlee
Greenlee
Baptist Church
Point Clinic Discharges Three Local Patients
Wallace Hall, who worked in a local war industry, was discharged from the Point Clinic and returned home to Kentucky. John Rice of Flat Rock and Mrs. Charles Stephenson of Route 1 were admitted for observation and treatment this week. Greenland is described as 46 times the size of Denmark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Wallace Hall
Point Clinic
Kentucky
John Rice
Flat Rock
Charles Stephenson
Route 1
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Plan Church
U. S
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Joe
Nelsonville Social Notes
Cross
State Patrol
Gallia Victory Fund
Morgan School Board
Carbondale Social Briefs
Great Britain
Russia
U.S. Pro
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Middle East
Astralia
New Erland
India
China
Edward Stettinius, Jr
Morgan County Court
Theyre Producing
Frank C. Long, Jr
Viand St
E. Bartow Jones
Leo Bean
Long
Franklin Quillin
Ben Tracy
Lowe Hotel
Greenland
Denmark
Marjorie Reynolds
Virginia Dale
Walter Abel
Mark Sandrich
Irving Berlin
Claude Binger
Elmer Rice
Paramount Picture
Superman
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