Local Vegetable Market Urged for Gallia County Growers
A Gallipolis group via the Gallipolis Chamber of Commerce plans a local vegetable market to serve Meigs, Mason, and Gallia counties. County agent Everett Royer says it will save time, aid small growers, and boost wartime food production as children help with farming. Ohio State ag marketing specialist Charles Houck will speak Tuesday at 8 PM in the county extension office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Roger
Gallia
Charles Houck
Ohio State University
County Agriculture Extension Office
Court House
Service Men of Gallia Unite in Brief Home Leaves
Gallia area servicemen are listed with furloughs and returns. Lt Isa dore Miller of Urbana, son-in-law of Dr. and Mrs. L. E. Smith, is home from Fort Bragg after medical corps training. Lt Miller recently finished a Washington course. Stanford Brinker of Addison returned to Camp Claiborne after visiting family. Kenneth Worman, Chief Petty Officer, is on leave from California. Pfc J C Burke serves with American troops in North Africa per wife Virginia Steele and parents. Pfc Maurice Grover, at Madison Wisconsin with the Air Corps, enjoys a ten day furlough and attends Truax Radio School.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Isadore Miller
Urbana
L. E. Smith
Ft. Bragg
N. C
Miller
Medical Corps
Washington, D. C
Stanford Brinker
Addison
Camp Claiborne
Kenneth Worman
U.S.N
California
J. C. Burke
North Africa
Virginia Steele
Alfred Burke
Maurice Grover
Madison
Wisconsin
Air Corps
Truax Radio School
John H Hawker Burial at Vega
John H. Hawker age 82 died Thursday evening at his Vega area home and was buried at Vega Cemetery. Retired farmer, he had lived with his nephew John T. Hawker and family. Surviving are his parents John and Catherine Hawker and two grand-nephews in service Floyd Hawker in North Carolina and John Cecil Hawker in Texas. He belonged to the Eagles Lodge in Jackson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John H. Hawker
Vega
Hawker
John T. Hawker
John
Catherine Hawker
Cpl
Floyd Hawker
North Carolina
John Cecil Hawker
Texas
Eagles Lodge
Jackson
Vinton Juniors Present Play Small Town Romeo March 18
Gallipolis March 18 junior class members of Vinton High will present their class play Small Town Romeo at the town hall. Cast includes Scott as Joe Stanford Kessel as Betty Braxton McClaskey as the meanest man in town Casto as the town constable Perkins Painter as Aunt Sarah Twyman as Bud Williams along with Radcliffe Chasteen Fitch and Alexander. Admission is twenty cents for adults and ten cents for children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Vinton High
Town Hall
Junior Scott
Joe Stanford
Maxine Kessel
Betty Braxton
Robert McClaskey
Jim Casto
Sly Perkins
Anna Painter
Sarah
Lloyd Twyman
Bud Williams
Harold Radcliffe
Virginia Chasteen
Lucille Fitch
June Alexander
Cross Home at Eno Destroyed by Fire
Gallipolis reports a Saturday fire destroyed Walter Cross and family home at Eno. A few household articles were saved while much currency and nearly all clothing were lost. Four year old Audra Bell lost all her clothing except night garments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Walter Cross
Eno
Audra Bell
City Manager Urges Public To Conserve Water Supply
Gallipolis City Manager Stewart A Clendinen urged residents to cut wasteful water use. He noted recent diesel engine and transformer failures strained power, risking outages and higher costs. He plans a house to house canvass to identify wastage and favors installing water meters after the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stewart A. Clendien
Fairbanks-Morse
Columbus and Southern Electric Company
Clendinen
Gallia social notes and transfers in Gallipolis
Gallipolis Social Notes recounts a misc shower for Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Wilson at Vinton Town Hall on March 19, honoring their recent home fire loss. Visitors report editor Harry Hurn and Miss Anna Simmerman attending the Ohio D.A.R. meeting in Columbus and visiting relatives in Galena. New Gallipolis Clinic receptionist Elvetta Presson arrives from Illinois, succeeding Thelma White in the clinic clerical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. C. Wilson
Vinton Town Hall
Wilsons
Columbus
Harry Hurn
Ohio D.A.R. News
Anna Simmerman
French Colony
Ohio Society Daughters of the American Revolution
Simmerman
Ernest Simmerman
Paul Simmerman
Galena
Hall To Interview All Interested in Navy
Navy WAVES and SPARS applicants will be interviewed by J. Clair Hall USNR at the Portsmouth sub station office from 10 to 3 on Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall
Navy
Gallipolis
WAVES
SPARS
J. Clair Hall
USNR
Portsmouth
New Patients Admitted At Holzer Hospital
Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis admitted several new patients on Saturday. Among them were John EF Fraley former police chief in serious condition at home for weeks Mrs Robert McKinley of Point Pleasant Mrs Leslie Deem of Kananga Mrs Maurice Grover of Gallipolis Mrs Cecil Childs of Point Pleasant under observation Mary Viola Wiseman of Jackson undergoing surgery Mrs Mabel Burnett of Jackson under observation and Mrs Joseph FE Lambert of Wellston undergoing surgery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
John EF. Fraley
Robert McKinley
Point Pleasant
Leslie Deem
Kananga
Maurice Grover
Cecil Childs
M. L. Spriggs
Lucasville
Motorist Blocking Drives To Get Ticket
Four men were arrested for intoxication by Gal lipolis police over the weekend. Two tickets were given to over parked drivers. City police will issue tickets to all motorists who block driveways especially those of doctors. Several complaints prompted action and violators will be prosecuted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Beggs Rites Held Today at Vinton
Funeral services for Charles Beggs seventy one former resident of Vinton were held at Vinton Methodist Church with Rev J F Brown officiating. Burial followed in Glenn Cemetery The Vinton Masonic lodge assisted in the services He was born to George and Kathrina McMillan Beggs and died at his home in Greensboro Pennsylvania He is survived by his wife and one son Charles
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles Beggs
Vinton
Greensboro
Vinton Methodist Church
J. FP. Brown
Glenn Cemetery
Motorists Fined in Gallipolis Court
Gallipolis reports William Edward Rucker of Patriot pleaded guilty to operating without a license and was fined $5 and costs in Municipal Judge William Jones court. Clarence Potts of Cheshire was arrested for the same offense and Foster Alden Little of Cheshire pleaded guilty to reckless driving. All defendants were fined $5 and costs before Mayor C. Q. Fisher of Middleyot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Edward Rucker
Patriot
William Jones
Clarence Potts
Cheshire
Foster Alden Little
C. Qo.fisher
Middleyot
Four Men Arrested by State Patrol in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis two Jackson men were fined five dollars and costs after being arrested for a car with inadequate brakes and a taillight violation. Luther Shoemaker of Route 2 was fined fifteen dollars and costs for excessive speeding and spent the night in jail before bond was raised and license suspended for three months. William Sheets of Bidwell was arrested for speeding and posted a fifteen dollar bond with a Monday hearing set for eight p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Jackson
Squire J. A. Leser
Earl Dunn
Luther Shoemaker
Shoemaker
William Sheets
Bidwell
Sheets
Gallia County Victory Fund Opens Second Drive
Gallia County Victory Fund Committee met Friday night to plan the second victory bond campaign starting April 12. Douglas K. Fuller, a former Gallipolitan now with a Cincinnati bond firm, spoke to about a dozen members. Dr. C. E. Holzer, general chairman, appointed Joe Moch, Col. H. B. Ecker and E. S. Spear as general sales managers to organize solicitors for a city and county canvass aiming at 840000 dollars in war securities during April.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Morgan School Board Buys New Busses
H Bion Bradbury, Gallia County superintendent of schools, announced Saturday that the Morgan Rural Board of Education has purchased two more school busses to be used Monday, bringing their total to three.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H. Bion Bradbury
Gallia County
Morgan Rural Board of Education
Holzer Hospital Admits New Patients in Gallipolis
New Holzer Hospital admits include Mrs Wilda Coleman of Columbia West Virginia for observation and Mrs Virgil Sutton of Point Pleasant West Virginia for surgery planned Monday. Mrs Morris Grover delivered a baby boy by Caesarian Saturday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Wilda Coleman
Columbia
W. Va
Virgil Sutton
Point Pleasant
Morris Grover
Two Cars in Accident at Pure Oil Station
Kenneth Rose and Burl Lanier were involved in a minor Sunday collision in front of the Pure Oil Station on Second Ave Gallipolis. One car was parked and the other swung into the station, its bumper catching the rear of the parked vehicle causing slight damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Kenneth Rose
Burl Lanier
Pure Oil
Second Ave
Carbondale Social Briefs Highlight Weekend Visits
Miss Mildred Barber from Columbus visited her parents the Barbers over the weekend. Sunday guests at the Lands were Woodrow Blum Floyd Moshier and Wilbur MacDonald from Logan. Pythian Sisters met in New Marshfield Tuesday night. Eileen Lowry visited grandparents the Lowrys. Agnes Drain spent a week with the Bodkins family. Army men on furlough visited Carbondale families including Pvt. Alva Johnson Clyde Prater Sgt Calvin Mace and Pvt. Brater. Mr. and Mrs. Guy Adams move into Albert Stanley’s house as Stanley moves to Dayton. Richard Williams, Nelsonville High senior, studies for the senior scholarship test March 24. Girls Friendly Club danced in honor of Paul Lowry Homer Prater and Robert Dishong. Eleanor Gifford presented gifts. William Brooks, in the Marines, married Elsie Stright of New Marshfield. Marve Brooks learns of the news. Helen France and Nelsonville’s Mrs. Bret France visited. Weekend visitors at the Lowry home included John Mecum and John Kennard Trimble Mayr Kennard and William Brown family.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Mildred Barber
Columbus
George Barber
John Landis
Woodrow Blum
Logan
Floyd Moshier
Wilbur MacDonald
Ralph Williams
New Marshfield
Eileen Lowry
Donald Lowry
Agnes Drain
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
Red Cross War Fund Drive Starts in Mason County Today
Mason County begins a Red Cross War Fund drive after earlier delays. J. C. Pauley notes groups such as Merchants Association Rotary Club Kiwanis Club and senior women's and farm groups will organize canvasses with quotas met by utilities and factories including U S Engineers and West Virginia works. Local towns New Haven and Mason show strong support as campaigns kick off in Point Pleasant and surrounding areas 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. Tulloch
Leon S. Thompson
Kiwanis Club
L. W. Getty
C. G. Billups
Ernest Kincaide
R. H. Ferguson
Woman's Club
Woman's Club, Miss Lida Wallace
Farm Woman's Clubs
Martha Atkinson
William Higgins
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Carl Lynch
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
H. L. Goodell
Navy Yard
U. S
Ordnance Department
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Standard Oil Co. of
New Jersey
Chespeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Pauley
New Haven
Mason
Merchants’ Association
Morgan County Court Notes McCONNELLVILLE cases settled and dismissed
Morgan County court notes record dismissed actions against H. H. Welch in two cases with Chester H. Minding as administrator. Inventory filed in estate of Evalyn Worthington showing total value 10,970.83 with 3,000 real estate and government bonds comprising most personal property. Real estate transfers and assignments noted for William Fleming estate and M. M. Richardson lineage. Marriage licenses listed for Cecil E. Kincaid and Carrie Scott Kincaid and Julia Trout. Recorder’s office transfers and affidavits detail multiple property deeds and acres in Ches terhill, York, Meigsville and Homer Two estates.
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McConnellville
Chester H. Minding
H. H. Welch
Center Two
J. A. Wood
C. J. Schofield
John S. Patterson
Evalyn Worthington
Marion
Cecil E. Kincaid
A. M
Carrie Scott Kincaid
Julia Treut Christen
Marietta plant toils on river boats for Army naval needs
Point Pleasant plant Marietta Manufacturing, on the Ohio River, is producing Coast Patrol boats and minesweepers for Uncle Sam. The facility, privately owned under contract, showcases designs from pattern rooms to the main production line, with tugs and ocean going vessels in progress and a plan to maintain rapid output. Warrant officer Locke notes low absenteeism, citing pay as a factor, while officers tour the plant, praising its output and readiness for future tasks.
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Robert B. Moran
Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Bypany
Kaiser Shipyard
W. J. Locke
U. S. Army
Ohio River
Robert van Ness
Robert Brown
J. S. Deutschle
West Virginia
Ohio
C. O. Weisenburger
Uncle
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Seven Seas
Weisenburger
Emee
Mason County
Meigs
Gallia
Spurgin
Locke
W. B. McClain
W. F. Robertson
Marietta
Marriages and local notices from Pt. Pleasant
Mrs. Charles D. Ball wed Sgt. Edgar M. Workman at her home in Pt. Pleasant with Rev. F H Capehart officiating. Bride wore blue with pink rose corsage. groom in military attire. They left for a brief Ohio trip. Mrs. Workman a Marshall College alumna. he previously worked in Columbus before Army duty. Reading Club hosts and program details noted. Several local social and personal updates follow, including travels and visits of residents to Parkersburg, Charleston, Huntington, Romney, and Gallipolis Ferry.
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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
Four arrests made over week end in West Virginia region
Richwood resident Mabel Buck was detained for intoxication then released by Mayor Krodel. W. S. Mossman of Cheshire was arraigned and fined $5 plus costs. Ernest Knapp, 33, of New Haven, held on lunacy warrant. beaten his father, then deemed mentally deranged by doctors. Herbert Vanhouse of Leon, held on lunacy warrant, released after exam finds 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 S and
Arnett
Washington Funera Held In Huntington
Funeral services for Miss Alice Washington, a former Mason County resident, were held in Huntington. Cousins Miss Nora Somerville and Mrs Jessie Mossman attended from here. Surviving are two brothers and two sisters including William Washington of Fayette County and Mrs William Powell of Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Alice Washington
Mason County
Huntington
George G. Somerville
Nora Somerville
Jessie Mossman
Miss Washington
William
Martha Washington
West Columbus
George Washington
William Washington
Fayette County
Robert Washington
Middleport
William Powell
Charleston
Willa Washington
Lowe Hotel Undergoes Repairs
Lowe Hotel in Point Pleasant is undergoing extensive improvements. The marble staircase from lobby to mezzanine is being reset after over 40 years of use. Interior and exterior woodwork are being repainted floors refinished and window casements repaired or replaced. The building shows time marks only in stone and brick discoloration.
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Point Pleasant
Lowe
Greenlee Rites Held At Baptist Church
Funeral services for Miss Minnie Greenlee were held at Main St Baptist Church in the afternoon with Rev. C G Bil lips officiating. Born June 30 1879 in Mason County she was the daughter of the late Hezekiah and Sofa Greenlee and is survived by a sister Miss Mary Greenlee. She was a devout Baptist.
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 Pleasant Clinic Discharges Two Admitted for Observation
Wallace Hall, long employed in a local war industry, was discharged from the Point Clinic and returned to Kentucky. John Rice of Flat Rock and Mrs. Charles Stephenson of Route 1 were admitted for observation and treatment. Greenland is noted 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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Athens Messenger
Athens
Detroit
Ford
John Hawker
Vinton Juniors
Cross
Gallipolis Social Notes
George Gableman
Jean McCormick
Earl McCormick
Cleaveland Milair
Art Carl
Courtland
N. Y
Robert Sheets
Wayne Lutz
Rutland
W. L. Brown
H. J. Brown
Cadiz
Ira Swisher
Island View Inn
Ralph Gregg
Gallipolis Clinic
Elvetta Presson
Illinois
N. A. Martin
Thelma White
Cork
Igo
Hs Pavice Inc
Joe
SF Wes
State Patrol
Gallia Victory Fund
Morgan School Board
Carbondale Social Briefs
Great Britain
Russia
U.S. P
Africa
Middle East
China
Edward Stettinius, Jr
Morgan County Court
Probate
William Fleming
M. M. Richardson
Wilkes F. Richardson
Bessie E. Patterson
Ano
B. P. Hammond
C. E. Glass
Chesterhill
Earnest B. Nutter
Anna C. Nutter
York
Edward H. Haas
H. H. Danford
T. V. Secrest
Industrial Gas Co
Homer
Sarah E. Ralph
Fred C. Barnes
Meigsville
B. F. Wells
Francis L. Wells
Et Ux
Theyre Producing
Frank C. Long, Jr
Viand St
E. Bartow Jones
Leo Bean
Long
Franklin Quillin
Ben Tracy
H. Arnett
Parkersburg
Milton L. Miller
Washington
Mary Jane Burdette
West Virginia University
Guy Burdette
Leon
Mabel Lucille Stewart
Warren Stewart
Homer D. Lowe
Ben Tracy, Jr
J. Sanford Rhoades
Mae Rhoades
Carl Hayman
E. H. Burdette
C. T. Bettinger
Nelson A. Park
Jackson Ave
Pittsburgh
Gallipolis Ferry
Hugh Juhling
Keith McClun
Hartford
Dana Bradshaw
Equitable Life Insurance Society
Edgar Don Smith
Norfolk
Edgar M. Smith
Leon Route 1
Seaman Smith
Lowe Hotel
Greenland
Denmark
Nelsonville
Marjorie Reynolds
Virginia Dale
Walter Abel
Mark Sandrich
Irving Berlin
Claude Binyon
Elmer Rice
Paramount Picture
Superman
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