Gallipolis High School Glee Clubs to Dedicate New Piano
Gallipolis High School Glee Clubs and Mixed Chorus present spring concert April 1 at Washington Auditorium in Gallipolis. Miss Elizabeth Shough directs. Eileen Wells to dedicate the new piano with Beethoven Sonata Opus 14 No 1 first movement and Sibelius Romance. The program features choral pieces, solos, and ensembles with 50 voices noted for the mixed chorus and girls' ensemble.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis High School
Washington Auditorium
Elizabeth Shough
Eileen Wells
Patsy Haskins
Otto Carter
Howard Neal
Carolos Niday
John Baker
Calleatt
Handel
Rowley— Girls’ Ensemble
Romberg
Boskerck
Boys Glee Club
Rose Commandery to Hold Annual Inspection Tonight
Gallia County event features Lachlan M. MacDonald of Bryan as grand commander of Ohio Knights Templar guest. Program begins 5:30 pm at Masonic Temple with Division No. 4 council, dinner by Eastern Star, and inspection by Thomas E. Gibson of Athens. Rose Commandery lists 95 knights, led by Jack Knight.
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Gallipolis
Lachlan M. MacDonald
Bryan
Knights Templar of
Ohio
Rose Commandery No. 43
MacDonald
Council For Templar Advancement of Division No
Portsmouth
Ironton
Pomeroy
Marietta
Jackson
New Lexington
Logan
Masonic Temple
Order of Eastern Star
Farm Bureau Meeting at Rio Grande College
Gallia County farmers are invited to a Farm Bureau Tri Council sponsored community meeting at Rio Grande College Community Hall on Monday April 5 at 8 p m slow time. A talkie movie Here is Tomorrow produced by the Cooperative League of America will precede a recreational program of folk games and dances. J E Garrettson will assist. council directed by Mrs Dott Shelton chairwoman 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
Parents Sign Requests For Vaccinations In Gallia County
Miss Margaret Jones, city school nurse in Gallipolis, reported 121 parents signed requests to vaccinate their children against small pox. The namesake pupils attend Gallia Academy High School, Lincoln, Washington, Maple Shade, and Kanauga schools. She also noted 710 requests for tuberculosis patch tests, to be administered once supplies arrive.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Jones
Gallia Academy High School
Lincoln
Washington
Maple Shade
Kanauga
Joint birthday celebration in Gallipolis honors Reese family
A Sunday gathering at Mr. and Mrs. Paul Reese’s home marked joint birthdays for the Reese couple and their son Eugene with a noon dinner for relatives including Charles Reese Geneva Carter Jack Reese and Linda Lou Reese. Also listed are local residents visiting relatives and military or college assignments.
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Gallipolis
Paul Reese
Eugene
Charles Reese
Geneva Carter
Jack Reese
Herbert Klicker
Floyd Reese
Linda Lou
Red Cross Sends Bandages From Gallia County
Gallia Chapter of the American Red Cross reports 131 365 dressings made in five months. A shipment of 50 400 bandages goes to the medical section at the Quartermaster’s Depot New Cumberland Pennsylvania and to Columbus Ohio. Five workers totaling 785 hours are named plus a March April quota of 60 000 bandages.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
American Red Cross
Everett Royer
Gallia County
Roger
Quartermaster’s
New Cumberland
Columbus
Ohio
Garnet Sigler
William Danner
C. E. Holzer
J. G. Swartz
W. C. Safford
Gallipolis Waterworks Plots Diesel Engine Repairs
City officials seek WPB permission to buy replacement parts for diesel engines at the Gallipolis waterworks pump station. City Manager Stewart A. Clendinen returned from Washington with priority ratings to secure the parts, but purchasing remains uncertain.
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Gallipolis
Stewart A. Clendinen
Washington, D. C
WPB
Buckeye Building and Loan wins judgment in Gallipolis case
In Gallipolis common pleas court on Tuesday the Buckeye Building and Loan Company won a judgment against John E. Hazlett and others for 256 dollars with seven percent interest from January 1, 1943. Hazlett resides in Guyan Township where the property is located.
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Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Buckeye Building & Loan Company
John E. Hazlett
Hazlett
Guyan Township
Foreman of Grand Jury Is Appointed
Elias Wetherhold was named foreman of the first grand jury since September as it met to review 50 cases to be presented by Prosecuting Attorney Robert M. Betz. Four new talesmen joined the panel Mrs. Clarence Booth Mrs. Milo Wilson Mrs. Maude Bray and Clyde Smith replacing deceased or unavailable members. Judge Joan W Howell instructed the jurors and no spectators were allowed. About 35 to 40 witnesses answered roll call.
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Gallipolis
Elias Wetherhold
Robert M. Betz
Clarence Booth
Milo Wilson
Maude Bray
Clyde Smith
C. L. van Gilder
Margaret Lane
Ernest Lyle
Charles Baker
Joan W. Howell
Howard S. Haraway
Man Denies Charge, Bound Over to Jury in Gallipolis
William Casey pleaded not guilty to assault and battery at arraignment Monday night and was bound over to the grand jury on a Three youths from Ryger, Glenn Dean 11 Guy Lee 12 and Roger McClellan 13, were apprehended by city officers after stopping at a home to warm up near Second Ave. Mabel Buck was arrested 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
Mabel Buck
Three Arrested for Breaking Plant Window
A rock was thrown through a warehouse window at Marietta Manufacturing Company early Tuesday. Police Chief Chester Leaner, Chief Guard Grover Hite, and Deputy Sheriff Morton L. Dickey arrested three men: Martin Sherine, 25, Gallipolis R. D. 1. Arthur Persinger, Weavertown. and Harry Baldwin, Mill Creek St.
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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 dollars in Gallipolis with contributors including Meyer Maggied Herman Harrison Mrs. C. E. Mayes Mrs. Robert Harrison Mrs. Homer Kerr Mrs. George Hern and Ms. William Wood.
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Gallipolis
Red Cross
County Forest Protectors Plan Work
A meeting of county forest protectors at the courthouse outlined plans for the summer and fall season. Discussions covered fire fighting crews, reports, brush burning permits, and fire prevention with talks by officials including Ross Mellinger and E C Roush and many protecting members listed from South Side Gallipolis Ferry Letart Point Pleasant Grimms Landing and Capehart.
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Point Pleasant
Ross Mellinger
E. C. Roush
The
Soil Conservation District
Paul Thomas
Ed Hoffman
Thomas W. Skuce
Ralph Quick
Everett Williamson
South Side
Peter L. Hughes
Gallipolis Ferry
Buren Myers
Eli van Sickle
H. H. Plantz
Wesley Johnson
Geo. W. Gibeaut
Leon
Fred Kaylor
A. H. Rhodes
J. M. Huffman
H. M. Weaver
Lester Adkins
Dennis A. Roush
Letart
A. T. Pullins
Evans
Charley Nance
Glenwood
Stanley Bailes
Grimms Landing
Guy Sullivan
Capehart
Waide Cline
Gallipolis
Municipal Election Adopts New Permanent Records
City election officials will use the new permanent registration records for the first time at the May 15 municipal election. The system, already used in county and state races in 1942, aims to prevent fraud such as duplicate votes and voting under dead voters. Editors and political observers view it as a clear improvement with abuses curtailed.
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Point Pleasant
Titles Transferred On Two Properties
H B Ecker purchased 63 acres in Walnut Township from Hollis A Harbour and wife. Corbie James and wife deeded 10 acres in Morgan Township to Ralph Lemley, who then deeded the same tract to Ralph Wheaton.
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Gallipolis
H. B. Ecker
Walnut Township
Hollis A. Harbour
Corbie James
Ralph Lemley
Morgan Township
Lemley
Ralph Wheaton
Hospital admits and discharges list at Holzer
At Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis admissions include Harold Darst two from Langsville medical H L Slack forty four Pomeroy surgery Russell C Cross forty eight Gallipolis medical Mrs Earl Cromley forty six Nitro observation Tuesday sees Mrs Frank Cady sixty sevenPt Pleasant medical Mrs Brady Rice sixty six Jackson medical Marietta Canter twenty Oak Hill observation G C Scites sixty two Jackson R D 1 medical Discharges include Elza Moore Black Fork Mrs Brady Rice Jackson Florence Williams Thomas Fork Ohio Mrs E W Russell Thurman Joe Carter Patriot Wilbur Theobald Racine Mrs Herman Wolfe Racine.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Harold Darst
Langsville
H. L. Slack
Pomeroy
Russell C. Cross
Earl Cromley
Frank Cady
Oak Hill
Observation
G. C. Scites
Jackson R. D
Elza Moore
Black Fork
Brady Rice
Jackson
Florence Williams
Thomas Fork
Ohio
E. W. Russell
Thurman
Joe Carter
Patriot
Wilbur ‘Theobald
Racine
Herman Wolfe
Young Seeks Divorce From Sylvia Young
Charles M. Young filed for divorce from Sylvia Young in Gallia County court on grounds of gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple, married in December 1913, have three adult children.
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Gallipolis
Charles M. Young
Sylvia Young
West Columbia Social Notes
West Columbia social column records local visits and family gatherings. Names include Mat tie Cartwright Roy Stanley Mason City Duffy Kerwood Van Matre Foreman Quillian Johnson Steward and others with multiple weekend and weekday visits noted.
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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
Marsha Riley
Etta Russell
Andrew van Matre
Martin Stanley
Lannie Bass
Columbus
Hoy Roush
James Lee
Martina van Matre
Marline
Okey Roush Wins Public Speaking Contest in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant seniors gathered at the high school for the annual public speaking contest to select school representatives for the regional contest in Huntington. Okey Roush won, with Ruth Bell, Marie Martin, and Robert Harper among competitors. Florence Buell and Anabell Lee won poetry and extemporaneous speech divisions, all from Gallipolis Ferry. V-12 exams at the high school aim to select seniors for Army or Navy college training, with government funding and potential scholarships for state contest winners.
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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
Winters
Arrested on Non-Support Charge in Point Pleasant
Herbert Yates, employed at E. B. Badger and Sons Co., was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Ernest Hesson on a non-support warrant. In court, Magistrate F. W. Quillin ordered $30 monthly support for his wife and their five year old daughter. Unable to post bond, Yates was committed to the county jail. The family moved from Kenova and had been living on Lower Main Street. Yates was laid off last week as construction neared completion.
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Point Pleasant
Herbert Yates
E. B. Badger and Sons Co
Ernest Hesson
F. W. Quillin
Yates
Kenova
Lower Main St
River Pilots Choose Board of Directors
Results of the election for the board of directors of the Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association were announced yesterday. The new directors include Captain Leon Ash Vevay Indiana Captain George W Hamilton Gallipolis Ohio Captain Allen B Wood Louisville Kentucky 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.
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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
Homer E. Varian
Reverend Tulloh Attends Pittsburgh Evangelism School
The Rev. A. I. Tulloh, pastor of Trinity Methodist Church, is in Pittsburgh this week for a school of evangelism and will return by the weekend. The town preaching mission with ministers from local churches begins next Monday evening.
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Point Pleasant
A. I. Tulloh
Trinity Methodist Church
Pittsburgh
Willegin
Health Board completes sanitation project in Point Pleasant
The Mason County Health Department reports 150 sanitary privies built where sewers are absent. George B. Skene directed work with Raymond Lyons and George M. Lewis supervising. Oliver S. Hord inspected for the Federal Works Agency. Indoor plumbing and sewer connections will start on 23rd St and Jefferson Ave for Marietta Manufacturing Co. property as part of city-wide sewer efforts. The department seeks owner cooperation to avoid enforcement.
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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 18 of Gallipolis Ferry is held to the grand jury on a burglary charge. Bond set at $1000 by Magistrate Sam Taylor after a guilty plea. Warrant served by state police. He allegedly burglarized the Riley home at Gallipolis Ferry and took two watches and $26. The watches were mementoes of Riley’s years as a railway trainman who 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 From State Over Mason Point Pleasant Highway
Captain John E. Lyons visited the city to pursue his suit against the state road commission for damages from the Mason Point Pleasant highway construction last year. The road commission deposited 1650 with the circuit court as a settlement offer Lyons rejected as insufficient.
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Point Pleasant
John E. Lyons
State Road Commission
Mason Point Pleasant
Road Commission
Circuit Court
Lyons
Mason man released on bond in non support case
Frank Wilson of Mason was released from the county jail on bond after arrest on a non support charge. He must appear at the May Term of the circuit court to answer the charges, with his bond set at 1000 dollars.
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Point Pleasant
Frank’ Wilson
Mason
Point Pleasant Ripley Road Returns to Passable Condition
The Point Pleasant Ripley Road is now free of mud and passable though rough in places. State road commission grading machines are at work and a few days of fair weather should bring it to fair condition.
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Point Pleasant
Ripley
State Road Commission
Hall Hosts Bridge Club Evening at Moose Club
Mrs. James Hall hosted the Monday bridge session in the Moose Club ladies lounge. Two tables played with Mrs. Hall taking high score, Mrs. Richard H. Melrose second, and Mrs. William F. Machir low. Participants included Mrs. Melrose, Mrs. Machir, Mrs. Edgar Tuckerman, Mrs. Frank C. Long Jr., Mrs. L. B. Hannaman, Mrs. Victor E. S. Park, Mrs. Max Koenigsberg, and the hostess.
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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 notes from Mt Vernon Farms and surrounding towns
Mt Vernon Farms residents Mr and Mrs Harold Shadle expected home today after several days in Columbus and Sweet Springs Ohio. Several visitors stop by Gal lipolis and Gallipolis Ohio. Mrs Oscar Yeager buried in Love Cemetery Athens Ohio after dying at her daughter’s home.
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Harold Shadle
Mt. Vernon Farms
Columbus
Sweet Springs
Alice Marie Frye
Harriet Lewis
Gallipolis
John C. Franklin
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 Births and Discharges Report
Point Pleasant report includes the birth of a son, Frederick Malcom, weight 8 34 pounds, to Mr and Mrs Frederick Thomas of Leon on Tuesday. Mrs Joseph Bray and infant daughter Mary Lynn were discharged and will stay with Mrs Rogers on Lincoln Avenue before returning to Henderson.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Frederick Malcom
Frederick Thomas
Leon
Joseph Bray
Mary Lynn
Engineer Jennings Byus Leaves Hospital
Leaves Charleston hospital after a two week illness. He is engineer on the towboat Huskie No. 2 and son of George E. Byus of Mt. Vernon Farms.
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Point Pleasant
Jennings Byus
Charleston
George E. Byus
Mt. Vernon Farms
Plan House Warming For Mrs Byus At Kanawha Home
Mrs Harry Childers plans a house warming for Mrs Leonard Byus at the Byus residence south of the Kanawha, at 7 30 o clock this evening.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Childers
Leonard Byus
Byus
Kanawha
Family in Service Sought by Roush A s Hometown Record
Roy Roush and Mrs. Roush of Parkersburg head the National Association of the Roush Family of America seeking all available information on family members in military service. The goal is a permanent war effort record with parents listed alongside those in service to ensure accurate family records. The association, among the largest of its kind, has hundreds of members with Mason County hosting the most members.
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Point Pleasant
Roy Roush
Roush
National Association of the
Mason County
Kanawha
Custodian Ira Neal Returns From Winter in Gallipolis
Ira Neal custodian of the courthouse returns to his Swan Creek home after spending the winter in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Ira Neal
Swan Creek
Galpolis
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E. P. Mullineaux
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