Nelsonville Board Rehires Teachers for Next Year
Nelsonville City School Board re employed several teachers on limited contracts for the coming year. Continuing contracts list includes J K Kinneer principal and a host of staff at High Central and East schools. The board also eyed pool and athletic field repairs after high water damage and approved the annual budget.
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Nelsonville
City Board of Education
Floyd Walker
Gordon Thompson
Blanchard Pickens
Elizabeth Knox
Margaret Freyberg
Doris Pergrin
Eleanor Lockhart
J. K. Kinneer
Kathleen Boyd
Pauline Fierce
Helen Jackson
Lucille Long
Blanche Moorehead
Grace Roberts
Mildred Roberts
Cornelia Scott
Mary Sharp
Central
C. Roy Tomlinson
Beatrice Barber
Ruth Cook
Bertha Howard
Blanche Linton
Elizabeth Linton
Frances Cox
Estelle Reynolds
Ruth Kelch
Florence Cook
Louise Pearce
Lillian Young
Margaret Jones
Nellie Hamer
Josephine Baugh
Helen Stewart
A. W. Seabright
Harry Adams Retires as Mail Carrier
Nelsonville post office bids farewell to Harry F Adams after 31 years of service as city carrier on City Rt 1. Appointed March 1 1912 he served through foot distress and manpower shortages with steady duty and dry humor, earning patrons respect.
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Nelsonville
Harry F. Adams
Adams
City Rt. 1
Nelson Ville
Captain Jerles Receives Purple Heart Decoration
Mrs. Doris Woodruff Jerles of Columbus formerly of Nelsonville reports that her husband Captain Jerles was awarded the Order of the Purple Heart by the War Department for bravery in action in the Pacific theater. He was wounded and is hospitalized. A related note mentions Pvt. Robert Walls, son of Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Walls of Lucasville, also serving in Africa.
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Nelsonville
Robert F. Jerles
Doris Woodruff
Columbus
Jerles
War Department
Pacific
Bertha Nixon
Nixon
Robert Walls
Delbert Walls
Lucasville
Ohio
Here
Rotary Club Discusses Rationing and Food Distribution
Nelsonville report shows Ralph Cook of Sunday Creek Coal Co. detailing rationing’s purpose, equity, and corrections by OPA to fit local needs. He says plenty of food exists if hoarding ends and rationing is followed, aiding black market elimination and equal access.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Ralph Cook
Sunday Creek Coal Co
Rotary Club
OPA
Cook
Farm Bureau Meets At Rio Grande College
Gallia County farmers are invited to a Farm Bureau Tri Council meeting at Rio Grande College Community Hall in Gallipolis on Monday April 5 at 8 p m slow time. A talkie movie Here is Tomorrow by the Cooperative League of America will precede a folk games and dances program. J E Garrettson will assist. council directed by Mrs Dott Shelton chair and Mrs Clarence H Davis secretary.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Farm Bureau
Rio Grande College
Cooperative League of America
J. E. Garrettson
Dott Shelton
Clarence H. Davis
Young Seeks Divorce in Court Action
Charles M. Young files for divorce from Sylvia Young in Gallia County on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. They married in December 1913 and have three adult children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Charles M. Young
Sylvia Young
Meat rationing begins under Civilian Defense program
The community starts meat and fat purchases with red stamps from Ration Book No 2. A coupons are valid this week with 16 points per resident to match with cash for items like hamburger five points per pound and butter eight points. Many foods remain unrestricted including poultry eggs and milk for a varied diet.
Man Denies Charge Bound Over to Jury
William Casey denied the assault and battery charge at arraignment and was bound over to the grand jury under a $300 bond. Three Ryger youths Glenn Dean 11 Guy Lee 12 and Roger McClellan 13 were arrested with two men after midnight on Second Ave as they sought shelter from cold after theater. Mabel Buck was jailed Monday night on intoxication and disorderly conduct charges.
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Gallipolis
William Casey
Ryger
Robert Gibbs
Cecil Thivener
Second Ave
Glenn Dean
Guy Lee
Roger McClellan
Parents Sign Requests For Vaccinations
Miss Margaret Jones the city school nurse announced that 121 parents signed slips to vaccinate their children against smallpox. Students at Gallia Academy High School Lincoln Washington Maple Shade and Kananga are listed. Sixty ten requests have been signed for tuberculosis patch tests pending supply arrival.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Margaret Jones
Gallia Academy High School
Lincoln
Washington
Maple Shade
Kananga
Jones
Three Arrested for Breaking Plant Window
A rock shattered a window at the Marietta Manufacturing Company warehouse in Gallipolis early Tuesday. Police and deputies detained three men Martin Sherline, 25, of Gallipolis R. D. 1 Arthur Persinger of Weavertown and Harry Baldwin of Mill Creek Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Chester Leaner
Grover Hite
Point Pleasant
Morton L. Dickey
Martin Sheline
Gallipolis R. D
Arthur Persinger
Weavertown
Harry Baldwin
Mill Creek St
Red Cross War Fund Drive Totals in Gallipolis
The Red Cross War Fund Drive reached a total of 5420.79 in Gallipolis with block workers named including Meyer Maggied Herman Harrison and several Mrs. recipients. The report lists contributors Mrs C E Mayes Mrs Robert Harrison Mrs Homer Kerr Mrs George Hern and Ms William Wood among others.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
Aged Nelsonville Resident Violet Woodard Dies in Columbus
Violet Smith Woodard 88, widow of Ward N Woodard, died this morning in Columbus at her granddaughter Eleanor Parker's home. Born in Moundsville West Virginia, she lived in Nelsonville over 60 years and belonged to First Presbyterian Church Eastern Star and Woman's Relief Corps. Survived by three daughters Stella Hinman John Saltz and George Heilman related, a son Clyde Woodard predeceased by influenza in WWI, adopted grandson Wayne in England, two other grandchildren Wendell and Bernardine deceased. Funeral arrangements in Nelsonville pending.
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Nelsonville
Violet Smith Woodard
Ward N. Woodard
Columbus
Eleanor Parker
Woodard
Moundsville
W. Va
First Presbyterian Church
Eastern Star
Woman’s Relief Corps
Stella Hinman
Bridgeport
John Saltz
George Heilman
Huntington
Clyde Woodard
Violet Woodard
Wayne
England
Parker
Wendell
Bernardine
Band To Give Program at High School
Nelsonville program features Band and Junior Class in an evening of entertainment at the high school auditorium. Band director Blanchard Pickens showcases a new lighting setup for a highlight number "When the Lights Go On Again" sung by the Girls Chorus. Two one act comedies directed by Eleanor Lockhart and Elizabeth Knox star Junior class performers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Blanchard Pickens
Eleanor Lockhart
Elizabeth Knox
Mary Jack Miner
Donna Mallon
James Preston
Roger Webb
Louise Crafts
Margaret Warren
Bride
Harley Hubble
Maxine Cope
Esther Juniper
Bob Hutchins
Peter Schmall
Weber
Balfe
Theodore Bendix
Municipal Election To Use New Permanent Records
May 15 city election will use permanent registration records for the first time in POINT PLEASANT. Officials say the system prevents fraud by repeated voting and voting in dead voters. State editors praise the reform as an improvement and a curb on abuses.
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Point Pleasant
Titles Transferred On Two Properties
H B Ecker buys 63 acres in Walnut Township from Hollis A Harbour and wife. Corbie James and wife deed 10 acres in Morgan Township to Ralph Lemley. Lemley then deeds the same tract to Ralph Wheaton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H. B. Ecker
Walnut Township
Hollis A. Harbour
Corbie James
Ralph Lemley
Morgan Township
Lemley
Ralph Wheaton
West Columbia Social Notes Highlights Local Visitations
Mrs. Mattie Cartwright celebrated her birthday with a family dinner. Army private Howard Van Matre is on a 16 day furlough visiting relatives in Middleport. Corporal Marshal Riley has received word of his promotion. Several residents from Mason City and Syracuse joined local families for gatherings and visits.
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West Columbia
Mattie Cartwright
Ted Jr. Riley
Roy Stanley
Mason City
Howard van Matre
Army
Tod van Matre
Middleport
Mary Ruth Foreman
New Haven
Duffy
Syracuse
George Frances
Gloria Ann Kerwood
Clifton
Nannie Johnson
Clarence Quillian
Sarah Jane Johnson
Point Pleasant
Wilda Coleman
Holzer Hospital
Joy Foreman
Elsie Steward
Patty Riley
Marshal Riley
Etta Russell
Lannie Bass
Columbus
Hoy Roush
James Lee
Okey Roush Wins Point Pleasant Public Speaking Contest
Okey Roush won the ovation contest at Senior High School in Point Pleasant to represent the district at the regional contest in Huntington next Saturday. Other contestants were Ruth Bell Marie Martin and Robert Harper with Florence Buell winning poetry interpretation and Anabell Lee unopposed for extemporaneous speech. Regional winners advance to a statewide contest at West Virginia University in Morgantown with university scholarships for state winners. A V-12 examination for seniors will be held Friday at 9 a.m. to select candidates for college training for Army or Navy commissions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Huntington
William H. Bardin
Paul S. Thomas
Delbert C. Staats
Okey Roush
Ruth Bell
Marie Martin
Robert Harper
Florence Buell
Ruth Kimberling
Gallipolis Ferry
Anabell Lee
West Virginia University
Morgantown
Army
Navy
Arrested on Charge of Non-Support
Herbert Yates, employed by E. B. Badger and Sons Co. for a year, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ernest Hesson on a non-support warrant. In arraignment before Magistrate F. W. Quillin he was ordered to pay his wife 30 dollars monthly for herself and their five year old daughter. Unable to post bond, he was committed to the county jail. The Yates family, from Kenova, have lived on Lower Main St. and he was laid off last week as construction nears completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Herbert Yates
E. B. Badger and Sons Co
Ernest Hesson
F. W. Quillin
Yates
Kenova
Lower Main St
River Pilots Elect New Board of Directors
The Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association announced the election of new board members. Captains Leon Ash Vevay Ind George W Hamilton Gallipolis Oh Allen B Wood Louisville Ky and Captains J R Chambers W D Curry John R Douglass C A Gebhart Charles A Roberts C Stone and Homer E Varian all of Point Pleasant will serve on the board. The board will be canvassed by mail for officers for the coming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association
Leon Ash
Vevay
Ind
George W. Hamilton
Gallioplis
Allen B. Wood
Louisville
J. R. Chambers
W. D. Curry
John R. Douglass
C. A. Gebhart
Charles A. Roberts
C. Stone and
Homer E. Varian
Reverend Tullohh Attends Pittsburgh Evangelism School
The Rev. A. E. Tullohh, pastor of Trinity Methodist, travels to Pittsburgh this week for a school of evangelism and will return by week end. The preaching mission involving local ministers begins next Monday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
A. E. Tullohh
Trinity Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
Willegin
Health Board completes sanitation project in Point Pleasant
Mason County Health Department reports the completion of 150 sanitary privies in areas lacking sewer facilities with private housing projects on 23rd Street and Jefferson Avenue. The program aims to connect remaining properties to city sewers, citing Sanitary Code violations and urging owner cooperation to avoid enforcement actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Health Department
George B. Skene
Raymond Lyons
George M. Lewis
Health Department
Oliver S. Hord
Federal Works Agency
23Rd St
Jefferson Avenue
Marietta Manufacturing Company
West Virginia
Youth Held to Grand Jury in Burglary
Arnold Barnett age 18 of Gallipolis Ferry is bound over to the grand jury on a burglary charge. Bond set at 1000 by Magistrate Sam Taylor after Barnett pleaded guilty. State police served the arrest warrant. He allegedly burglarized the Riley home at Gallipolis Ferry and took two valuable watches and 26 dollars. The watches were mementoes of Mr Riley’s years as a railway trainman who later retired and bought a farm.
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Point Pleasant
Arnold Barnett
Gallipolis Ferry
Sam Taylor
Barnett
W. M. Riley
Riley
Lyons Seeks Damages Over Point Pleasant Highway
Captain John E. Lyons visited the city to pursue a suit against the state road commission. He alleges damages from the construction of the Point Pleasant highway last year. The road commission deposited 1650 dollars with the circuit court as a settlement offer Lyons rejected as insufficient.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John E. Lyons
State Road Commission
Oe Maéson
Released From Jail In Mason Man Faces May Court
Frank Wilson of Mason was released from the county jail after a non support arrest. He must appear at the May Term of the circuit court to answer the charges. Bond was set at $1,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Frank Wilson
Mason
Pond
Point Pleasant Ripley Road Cleared For Travel
The Point Pleasant Ripley Road is free of mud and passable though rough in places. State road commission grading machines are at work and a few days of fair weather will bring it to fair condition.
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Point Pleasant
Ripley
State Road Commission
Mrs Hall Hostess As Bridge Club Meets At Moose Club
Mrs James Hall entertained the Monday Evening Bridge Club in the Moose Club ladies lounge. Two tables were in play with Mrs Hall claiming high score and Mrs Richard H Melrose second. Others present included Mrs Melrose, Mrs Machir, Mrs Tuckerman, Mrs Long, Mrs Hannaman, Mrs Park, Mrs Koenigsberg.
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Point Pleasant
James Hall
Moose Club
Hall
Richard H. Melrose
William F. Machir
Melrose
Machir
Edgar Tuckerman
Frank C. Long, Jr
L. B. Hannaman
Victor E. S. Park
Max Koenigsberg
Local Residents Entertain and Travel Across Ohio
Mr and Mrs Harold Shadle of Mt Vernon Farms expected home today after short visit in Columbus and Sweet Springs. Misses Alice Marie Frye and Harriet Lewis visited in Gallipolis yesterday. Mrs John C Franklin ill with influenza at Ninth Street home. Carlysle Whaley’s grave condition continues after weeks at Viand Street. Attorney William H Bardin returned from Beckley. Bobby and Tommy Schneider recovering from illness. Mrs Leona Treadway and daughter Betty visited Hunting ton Friday. Mrs Gail Faires in Glouster to see ill mother D E Carr. Mrs Otto Aiker and daughters in Gallipolis recently. Ensign H Paige Bell Jr and wife visited maternal relatives before Parkersburg and Pennsboro trip to Washington. Misses Lenore Ji den and Betty Riker visiting Jacqueline Parsons in Ripley. Mrs Oscar Yeager buried at Love Cemetery after dying at daughter’s home in Athens.
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Harold Shadle
Mt. Vernon Farms
Columbus
Sweet Springs
Alice Marie Frye
Harriet Lewis
Gallipolis
John C. Frankln
Ninth St
Carlysle Whaley
Viand St
William H. Bardin
Beckley
Bobby
Tommy
Clarence R. Schneider
Leona
Treadway
Betty
Huntington
Gail Faires
Glouster
D. E. Carr
Otto Aiker
Jane
Ensign
H. Paige Bell, Jr
Washington
George Springer
Parkersburg
Pennsboro
Bell
Lenore Jiiden
Betty Riker
Jacqueline Parsons
Ripley
Oscar Yeager
Love Cemetery
Charles Goodrich
Athens
Point Clinic Birth and Discharges Report
Point Pleasant clinic notes the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Frederick Thomas of Leon weighing 8 34 pounds. Mrs Joseph Bray and infant daughter Mary Lynn were discharged and will stay with Mrs Rogers on Lincoln Ave before returning to Henderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
The
Point Clinic
Frederick Malcom
Frederick Thomas
Leon
Joseph Bray
Mary Lynn
Engineer Leaves Hospital After Illness
Leaves hospital in Charleston after a two week illness. Huskie No. 2 towboat engineer Jennings Byus, son of George E. Byus of Mt. Vernon Farms, is discharged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jennings Byus
Charleston
George E. Byus
Mt. Vernon Farms
Plan House Warming At Byus Home
Mrs Harry Childers plans a house warming for Mrs Leonard Byus at the Byus home south of the Kanawha. The event is set for Friday evening at 7 30.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Harry Childers
Leonard Byus
Byus
Kanawha
Area Eagles Meet Sunday in Nelsonville District 4 gathering
Nelsonville reports District 4 Eagles meeting Sunday April 4 with delegations from most lodges expected. A large class of candidates will be initiated. The session opens at 1 30 p m eastern war time with speakers from state and local organizations. Admission by paid up membership card. Refreshments served after. Local committee expects many visitors and a big turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Aeie of Eagles
Distr
Tye Tession
State Organization Department
Sun
Pythian Sisters Plan Thursday Night Meeting
Nelsonville notes that the Pythian Sisters will hold their regular meeting Thursday night at 7 30 in the K A P Hall. Business importance will be considered and members are urged to attend.
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Nelsonville
Pythian Sisters
K. A P. Hall
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