Federal Order Issued To Finish Work
Buckeye Rural Electric Co. reports that Washington authorized copper release to finish Project B in Gallia, Lawrence and part of Jackson counties. J Sanford Evans of Jackson leads the contractor effort to string wire for 400 patrons, while 650 are served on another completed project. further extensions into Vinton, Jackson, Athens and Meigs are blocked by wire shortages.
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Gallipolis
Buckeye Rural Electric Co
Washington
Gallia
Lawrence
Jackson County
Thurman
National
J. Sanford Evans
Jackson
Vinton
Athens
Meigs
Agent Urges Care of Home Equipment
Broadcast by Miss Clara Belle Mottier, county agent, urged housewives on caring for household machinery. She spoke on stoves refrigerators power cleaners and other common items noting many will be non procurable soon and should be maintained to extend their service life.
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Gallipolis
Clara Belle Mottier
Huntington
Halliday To Head Elks
Gallipolis Lodge of Elks members elected John E. Halliday exalted ruler and named J. E. Morrison leading knight Harry W. Dexter loyal knight R. D. Thomas lecturing knight Aaron Davis ruler F. L. Shaw treasurer J. H. E. Bovie secretary Rupert Trout trustee David Pickens L Hubert Carnes as trustees Robert M. Switzer retires from exalted ruler Installation of new officers set for Monday night next.
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Gallipolis
Lodge of Elks
John E. Halliday
J. E. Morrison
Harry W. Dexter
R. D. Thomas
Aaron Davis
F. L. Shaw
J. H. E. Bovie
Rupert Trout
David Pickens l
Hubert Carnes
Robert M. Switzer
Light Planned for Bridge Entrance
State patrols report dangerous conditions at the Ohio entrance to the Silver Bridge as traffic increases. A traffic light at the entrance may prevent serious accidents and will be placed before the county commissioners for consideration.
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Gallipolis
Ohio
Silver Bridge
Gallia Youth Honored by OSU Alumni Association
Lewis Stevers of Gallia County named most outstanding student by the Gallia County Alumni Association of Ohio State University. His honor will be inscribed on the high school roll. He is a sophomore in the Ohio State Medical College.
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Gallipolis
Lewis Stevers
Charles B. Stevers
Gallia County
Ohio State University
Ohio State Medical College
Gallia County Foxhunters Plan Weekend Trials and Show
The Gallia County Foxhunters Association will hold field trials and a bench show Thursday Friday and Saturday. Ben Dial of Wellston will judge the bench show at p.m. Thursday at the fair grounds. Field trials occur Friday and Saturday with prize caps viewable at the Lafayette Hotel.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County Foxhunters' Association
Ben Dial
Wellston
P.m
Fairgrounds
Layfayette
Many Books for Army Camps Arrive at Local Library
About 600 used books have been received at the public library for shipment to soldiers in army camps. Librarian Mrs. Kenneth Davis reports more books arrive almost daily. Books are classified and prepared for shipment as instructions are issued.
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Gallipolis
Kenneth Davis
Funeral rites for Chester W. Jones held in Thurman church
Funeral services were conducted this afternoon at Thurman Presbyterian Church for Chester W. Jones a 56 year old resident who died over the weekend at his brother David Jones home in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Thurman Presbyterian Church
Chester W. Jones
David Jones
Rotary address in Gallipolis by Mrs Barto Jones
Mrs. Barto Jones of Point Pleasant will deliver a patriotic address at tonight's Rotary Club meeting in Gallipolis. She will be accompanied by several residents of Point Pleasant.
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Rotary
Infant dies in Gallipolis funeral held at home
The two month old child of Mr and Mrs Connie Saunders died Sunday. Funeral services were held this afternoon at the family home conducted by Rev Earl Cremens.
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Gallipolis
Connie Saunders
Earl Cremeens
Mrs C Ross Ni ay Admitted After Major Operation
Mrs C Ross Ni ay is in Holzer Hospital after a major operation. Her son Verne Niday of Cincinnati is with her in the hospital.
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Gallipolis
C. Ross Niay
Holzer Hospital
Verne Niday
Cincinnati
Will Double Workers at Chickamauga Flood Road
County engineer says the Chickamauga flood escape road crew will be doubled on April 15 with two daylight shifts. WPA funds cover the action until June 30, and a new appropriation will be needed for remaining year work, expected under construction.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga
WPA
Unusual Crops Grown In Gallia County
Gallia County soil could grow peanuts says Rev. R. P. McCarley longtime early pea grower. He yielded eight to ten bushels last year and plans larger plantings in May. He tested Jumbo peanuts from Suffolk Virginia and will share seed and tips to locals. Ohio Valley Grange meeting features a peanut roast with nuts. Cherokee Indian Harry Griffin notes cotton success and sees no barrier to peanuts here.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
R. P. McCarley
Clipper Mills
McCarley
Suffolk
Ohio Valley Grange
Harry Griffin
North Carolina
Stores May Remain Open Friday Night in Gallipolis
Merchants' Committee of the Chamber of Commerce calls a meeting of all merchants tonight at the Lafayette Hotel to discuss a plan to keep stores open Friday nights weekly in addition to Saturdays. Friday will be pay night at Badger & Son Construction Co. Action tonight expected to favor Friday openings until 9 p.m.
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Gallipolis
Merchants’ Committee
The
Chamber of Commerce
All Merchants
Lafayette Hotel
Badger & Son Construction Co
Youth 21 Held on Robbery Charge
Gallipolis Evan Belville 21 of Guyan Township is held to the grand jury on a charge of assaulting and robbing Emory Crawford 73 of the neighborhood of about 75 dollars on March 10. He was released under bond of 800 dollars signed by his mother.
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Gallipolis
Evan Belville
Guyan Towship
Emory Crawford
Occupy Farm Keeps City Home Amid Purchase Deal
Captain Tom Wood and family occupy a Green Township farm recently bought from the W. W. Ingels estate. They will keep their town house in Gallipolis. Miss Lola Ingels, daughter of the former owner, will continue to reside there.
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Gallipolis
Tom Woodward
Green Township
W. W. Ingels
Lola Ingels
Elizabeth Connelly to Lead Red Cross Home Hygiene Class
Miss Elizabeth Connelly registered nurse with the county health office will begin a Red Cross course in home hygiene and care of the sick at noon next Wednesday. About 20 adults will attend, with the class meeting weekly for about two months.
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Gallipolis
Elizabeth Connelly
County Health Office
Red Cross
Beasley Named Chairman of Mason County TB Campaign
Walden F. Roush, chair of the Mason County tuberculosis association, announces Jack Beasley as chairman of the early diagnosis campaign. The drive runs from April 1 to April 3.
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Point Pleasant
Walden F. Roush
Mason County Tuberculosis Association
Jack Beasley
Will Discuss Camp Issue At Gallipolis
County agents and home demonstrators from Jackson, Lawrence, Meigs, Vinton and Gallia meet in County Agent Roger's office in Gallipolis on Wednesday to discuss feasibility of a 4-H Club camp at Keystone this summer. Discontinuance of Rural Youth and Adult Camp at Ross-Hocking is likely, with tires and transport a core reason.
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Gallipolis
Jackson
Lawrence
Meigs
Vinton
Gallia
Roger
Keystone
Ross-Hocking
Edith Bryant Dies After Prolonged Illness at 50
Edith Bryant 50 daughter of the late Rev I V Bryant died after a long illness at Holzer Hospital She taught at Lincoln School and other county schools Survived by her mother and brothers Herman Columbus and Clinton Lakin WV A sister Mrs John Lee died last week Funeral rites set for Wednesday at 2 pm at Bidwell Church with interment in Pine Street Cemetery
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Gallipolis
Edith Bryant
I. V. Bryant
Holzer Hospital
Lincoln School
Herman
Columbus
Clinton
Lakin
W. Va
John Lee
Licensed To Marry In Gallia County
Gallia County marriage licenses issued for multiple couples including Richard Walker and Imogene Gibbs. Stanton Jordan and Kathryn Canterbury. C B Hackett and Faye Carter. Montrose Brown and Jane Ellen Goodfellow. J D Arthur and Madeline Archer. Cecil M Childs and Eileen Hesson. Thomas Nash and Goldie Price. Harry Gress and Clarice Ray. James George and Mildred Clendenin. Erva Conard and Fannie Neighborgall. Less V Flynn and Nancy Bowling. Locations span Roslindale Mass Hartford W Va Belpre Dayton Scot town Mason W Va etc.
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Gallipolis
Richard Walker
Imogene Gibbs
Roslindale
Mass
Hartford
W. Va
Stanton Jordan
Kathryn Canterbury
Charleston
C. B. Hackett
Faye Carter
Bancroft
Montrose Brown
Jane Ellen Goodfellow
Glouster
J. D. Arthur
Madeline Archer
Belpre
Cecil M. Childs
Eileen Hesson
Dayton
Thomas Nash
Scottown
Goldie Price
Wheelersburg
Harry Gress
Clarice Ray
Mason
James George
Mildred Clendenin
South
Erva Conard
Fannie Neighborgall
Glenwood
Less V. Flynn
Nancy Bowling
James E. Davis Dies After Heart Attack
James E. Davis 79 of Rio Grande died at home Sunday after a heart attack. He is survived by his wife Jessie Thomas and daughter Mrs Maurice Jones. Funeral services at Rio Grande Methodist Church at 2 30 p m Wednesday conducted by Rev C D Copley, interment in Calvary Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
James E. Davis
Rio Grande
Jessie Thomas
Maurice Jones
Rio Grande Methodist Church
C. D. Copley
Calvary Cemetery
Supply of Bikes Nearly Exhausted
Gallipolis reports a bicycle shortage as dealers say few bikes remain and manufacturers shift to war production, diverting materials to other uses.
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Gallipolis
Stores Will Close For Good Friday
Gallipolis The Chamber of Commerce votes all members will close Good Friday from 12 to 2 p m Ministers who will speak from 12 to 3 p m in First Baptist Church are Rev Westerman Rev Evans Rev Hobbs Rev Tulloh Rev Baird and Rev Pobst
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Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce
First Baptist Church
Westerman
Evans
Hobbs
Tulloh
Baird
Pobst
Teachers Meet With Superintendent Roush at Pleasants
A group of teachers met Monday evening with County Superintendent Walden F. Roush in Point Pleasant to finish business left unresolved from the prior Friday teachers association meeting. Attendees included Miss Garnet Tillis Mrs. W G Carpenter Mrs Louise Sommer Mr W R Jarrett Miss Mildred Chapman Mr Robert Ferguson Mr Forest Bachtel and Mr Milton Burdette.
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Point Pleasant
Walden F. Roush
Teacher's Association
Garnet Tillis
W. G. Carpenter
Louise Sommer
W. R. Jarrett
Mildred Chapman
Robert Ferguson
Forest Bachtel
Milton Burdette
Teachers complete Red Cross first aid course in state
A class of 31 Mason County teachers finished a standard first aid course conducted by Red Cross instructor McKenzie from Gallipolis, marking completion of the program.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Red Cross
McKenzie
Gallipolis
Extension agent named for Vinton County well known local
Charles Hamrick a former resident of Gallia County and former agriculture teacher in the McArthur schools has been appointed extension agent for Vinton County.
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Gallipolis
McArthur
Charles Hamrick
Vinton County
Hill Discharged After Vine Street Wreck Injury
Howard Hill a 29 year old Negro man was injured in a automobile wreck on Vine Street Saturday night and has been discharged from the hospital.
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Gallipolis
Vine St
Howard Hill
Personnel Cuts Hit Badger & Sons Plant Offices
Point Pleasant reports that E. B. Badger and Sons Co. laid off several office staff members last Saturday due to overstaffing. In some cases, heads of major divisions were discharged as part of the cuts.
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Point Pleasant
E. B. Badger & Sons Co
Five Fail To Report Here For Induction
In Point Pleasant the Mason County Selective Service Board notified 121 men to present themselves at 7 a m Monday. Only 114 appeared and were sent to Huntington for induction. Three Greyhound buses transported the men. two had enlisted. One of the absentees reportedly was injured in a highway crash. Up to 500 relatives and friends accompanied the group to the departure point, crowding Main Street briefly.
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Point Pleasant
Mason
Main St
Daughters of the American Revolution Meet in Pt. Pleasant
Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR holds its regular meeting at Tu Endie Wei Mansion at 3 15 pm on Friday due to Good Friday services. Regent leads business followed by a review of Long Meadows. hostesses named for the event. Local social notes also list a Junior Woman's Club dance proceeds for Mason County Public Library with Earl Gibbs orchestra.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution
Tu-Endie-Wei Mansion
Christ Church
Episcopal
William Steenbergen
Long Meadows
Charles Edgar Hogg
Carl Gerdner
Howard L. Robey
Tom Halliday
Lillie Hogg
Mason County Public Library
Earl Gibbs
Offices to be built for ordnance plant project
POINT PLEASANT E B Badger and Sons Co contractors on the government 55 000 000 explosives plant near here will replace the Camp Conley mess halls with a permanent office building. More tobacco is sold at Wilson IN C than at any other market.
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Point Pleasant
E. B. Badger and Sons Co
Camp Conley
Wilson
IN. C
Federal Approval for Water and Sewer Lines in Point Pleasant
Regional director C L Vickers approved Point Pleasant officials aid for water and sewer mains through North Point Pleasant and Bellemeade to cover the full project cost. President’s approval will advance housing projects. Mayor Krodel and City Solicitor Johnson led the push in Washington assisted by Engineer Settle and Major Buell. Johnson also learned War Production Board priorities and was warned bath tub production would stop and stocks frozen.
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Point Pleasant
C. L. Vickers
Federal Emergency Administration
Richmond
North Point Pleasant
Bellemeade
Vickers
Washington
B. Walter Krodel
J. G. F. Johnson
J. E. Settle
Charleston
G. A. Buell
Access Road To Be Started By Engineer In Point Pleasant
Engineer Barney Lilly and right of way official Bruce Harper arrive to oversee the million dollar project linking Shadle Bridge to Mason Pomeroy Bridge in Mason. Bridges over Old Town Creek and Ohio Eight Mile will raise the highway above flood levels, securing Point Pleasant's external access for the first time in floods like 1913 and 1937. Start delayed by material shortages, but work soon to begin.
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Point Pleasant
Barney
Lilly
Bruce Harper
State Road Department
Shadle Bridge
Mason-Pomeroy Bridge
Mason
Harper
Charleston
Jefferson Ave
Old Town Creek
Ohio
West Columbia
Clifton
14Th St
Main St
Vland
Five Arrested by Officers of City
Five persons were arrested at the week end on charges of drunkenness. Ed Chamberlain and Joseph Scadding, soldiers quartered here, were arrested by Trooper Coyner and turned over to their commanding officer, Chief of Police Jiiden and Patrolman Morrison arrested Roscoe Layne and James Hayman, both of this city. They were tried by Mayor Krodel. Burton Hanson of Parkersburg, was arrested by Jividen, but the man has not been given a hearing.
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Point Pleasant
Ed Chamberlain
Joseph Scadding
Coyner
Jiiden
Morrison
Roscoe Layne
James Hayman
Krodel
Burton Hanson
Parkersburg
Jividen
Cafeteria At Camp Conley Turned Over To Chain Firm
John Rairden of Leon has turned over his Camp Conley mess hall cafeteria to a chain catering firm at the request of the West Virginia Ordnance Works.
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Point Pleasant
John Rairden
Leon
Camp Conley
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Plant Near Ready at Point Pleasant
Report says a concrete batching plant at the West Virginia Ordnance Works is nearing completion as construction advances in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Three Months Toll Of Rivermen Large
Hamilton A. Johnson reports seven of the Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association’s 150 members have died in the first three months of 1942. Three were killed when the W. G. McBride sank near Cincinnati. Capt. Ray Eddington of Augusta Kentucky Capt. T. R. Lalance of Ashland Kentucky and Capt. James Crum of Louisville Kentucky among the dead. Also lost are Capt. John Dippon of Swickley Pennsylvania Capt. Henry Holloway of Pittsburgh Pennsylvania Capt. Dennis Taylor of Cincinnati and Capt. R. D. Brown of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Hamilton A. Johnson
Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association
W. G. McBride
Cincinnati
Ray Eddington
Augusta
T. R., Lalance
Ashland
James Crum
Louisville
John Dippon
Swickley
Enry Holloway
Pittsburgh
Dennis Taylor
R. D. Brown
Will Organize Volunteers for Defense Unit
A class of civilians will be organized at the court house in POINT PLEASANT Tuesday at 7 45 pm. If enrollment exceeds 40 a second class will start Wednesday at the same hour. First group meets Tuesday and Thursday evenings. second group Wednesday and Friday evenings. Sessions run until 9 45 with a 15 minute intermission for three weeks. County Coordinator Delbert C Staats will teach, following state guidance on life and property protection and morale.
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Point Pleasant
Court House
Delbert C. Staats
Increased Activity At Ordnance Works
West Virginia Ordnance Works reports a noticeable rise in activity as Monday commuters form small groups downtown awaiting work cards. Men gather near the union offices, signaling more hiring at the facility.
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Ordnance Works
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Motorist Is Fined for Driving While Intoxicated
John H. Weaver was fined 25 dollars and costs and had his driving rights revoked for six months in municipal court on a charge of operating a vehicle while intoxicated.
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Gallipolis
John H. Weaver
Ground Staked for TNT Igloos Home in Point Pleasant
Report states that land has been staked in Point Pleasant for storage igloos to age TNT. Grading for the structures is expected to begin in ten days.
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Point Pleasant
Mrs. E. B. Jones To Address Rotary
Mrs. F Bartow Jones of Point Pleasant is scheduled to speak at the Gallipolis Rotary club gathering tonight at the Lafayette Hotel. She campaigned for the Republican party in West Virginia in 1932 and was a delegate at the Chicago convention that renominated Hoover. She will discuss the war and its aftermath.
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Point Pleasant
F. Bartow Jones
Gallipolis
Lafayette Hotel
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