Nelsonville Council Studies Routine Matters at Monday Session
Nelsonville city council discussed routine items at a brief meeting. Mayor Herman Ogg reported $371.30 in fines and licenses for the month, with the report accepted. A committee was formed to improve prisoner handling and contract interpretation with Mrs. Windon.
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Nelsonville
Herman Ogg
DeVore
Embers L. Keplar
William Raybould
William Powell
William Anderson
Ogg
Windon
Harry Blimes
Harper St
Boys Invited to Join New Scout Troop in Nelsonville
An open meeting for all interested boys is set for Tuesday at 7 30 PM at the Church of Christ in Nelsonville to form a new Boy Scout troop and enroll charter members. room remains for non members to join. In Buchtel the Ladies Auxiliary of the U M W of A plans a benefit party Thursday night May 7 at the Star Theater to raise funds for War Bonds. public invited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Buchtel—Ladies Auxiliary of
The
Buchtel
Star Theater
Milk Mixture For Stomach Ulcers
A new medical discovery used by doctors to treat stomach ulcers from excess acid shows rapid relief. It also helps gas pains indigestion and heartburn. Sufferers can try Lurin at home by mixing two teaspoonfuls in a half glass of milk. Sold by Athens Pharmacy and Drug Stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
Ady
Draft Board No 2 Receives New Classification Rulings
Nelsonville reports that Draft Board No 2 has received amended regulations listing eighteen classes for classifying registrants. The guide defines groups I A I A O I B I B O I C I H II A II B III A III B IV A IV B IV C IV D IV E IV E LS IV E H IV F and details who fits each category for wartime and civilian service.
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Draft Board No. 2
Nelsonville
Selective Service Director
United States
Senior Girls Honor Guests At Nelsonville Club Tea
The Nelsonville High School senior girls were guests as the Business and Professional Women's Club hosted a musical tea at Miss Helen Largent’s home. The program featured piano, vocal, and accordion performances with senior girls and club members in attendance and in charge.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
Business and Professional Women's Club
Helen Largent
W. Washington Street
Largent
Margaret Johnson
Nelle Dowler
McDowell
Ralph Parks
Don Johnson
Rasbach
Hahn
Philip Weller
Jack Pritchard
Alice George
Denza
Blanche Moorhead
Women's Business and Professional Club
Imogene Sayre
Mary V. Thomas
Frances Reeves
Lenora Mae Allen
Londa Pollock
Wilma Easterling
Martha Pergrin
Mary Jane Walker
Ruth Galvin
Louise Straits
Libby Shafer
Wanda Dupler
Alice Richardson
Emily Sharp
Marilyn Shafer
Kate Shields
Harriet Locke
Regina Taylor
Helen Galvin
Mary E. Shaner
Pauline Tolliver
Dorothy Jane Stewart
Winona Glenn
Betty Kesterson
Wanda Foss
Dana Barber
Wilma Adkins
Thelma Awe
Mary Jane Howe
Joan Fellem
Jean Fiske
Rita Dunkle
Margaret Warren
Business and Professional Club
Mabel Haffner
Ruth Kelch
Helen Stewart
Mary E. Kessinger
Anna Riley
Nutrition Classes Start Wednesday at School
Nutrition classes begin Wednesday night May 6 at the High School building under Miss Pauline Fierce with help from Mrs. Gordon Gray in Athens.
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Nelsonville
Pauline Fierce
Gordon Gray
Athens
Nelsonville Elks Set Regular Meeting Tuesday Evening
The Nelsonville Elks will hold a regular meeting at the Elks Home on Hocking Street Tuesday evening at 5 30 o clock. Members are reminded to attend and discuss routine lodge matters and upcoming events.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville Elks
Elks
Hocking St
National Honor Society selections at Gallipolis High School
At Friday morning's assembly, about six junior class students will be chosen for admission into the National Honor Society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
National Honor Society
Nelsonville WSCS social notes record meetings and farewells
Nelsonville WSCS of the Methodist Church met in the social rooms with Mrs. John Herrold as president. Devotions were led by Mrs. Margaret Riley followed by a dialogue by three children. New members were welcomed and a May 13 reception announced. A farewell party was held for Bill Prater, with many guests from Carbondale and surrounding towns.
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Nelsonville
WSCS
Methodist Church
John Herrold
Margaret Riley
Martha Betts
Peggy Ann Green
Mary Margaret Grace
Patty Mender
Jesus
Robert Kinney
Children of Our Church
George Hall
John Latimer
Rose Cook
Pauline Fierce and Associates
Circle 10
George Call
Besse Higgins
Miles Howe
Leonard Myers
Ralph Arnold
Carbondale
William
Bill) Prater
Donna Stanley
Max Prater
Robert Prater
Sherman
Sonja
Sue
Homer Prater
Cynthia Arnold
Joseph Prater
Charlotte
New Marshfield
Nelsonville Personal News Highlights Local Visits
Miss Nona Lane and Peggy Barber were guests of friends at Martins Ferry over the weekend. Mr and Mrs Delbert Kuhn are spending a week at Otsego Lake Michigan. Mr Kuhn has been accepted in the Army Air Corps and expects an early training call.
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Nelsonville
Nona Lane
Peggy Barber
Martins Ferry
Delbert Kuhn
Otsego Lake
Mich
War Bonds and Stamps Drive Under Way in County
Advance reports from about 100 canvassers pledge Gallipolis residents to buy war bonds and stamps. County chairman H. W. Wetherholt says canvassers should finish by Saturday night and results will be reported to proper authorities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
H. W. Wetherholt
Ora Slater Weds Lelia Chandler in Gallipolis
Ora Slater a Cincinnati detective married Lelia Chandler, a Cincinnati resident, Monday at 5 30 p m in the home of Mr and Mrs Hugo Vornholt. The couple honeymooned in the East after a wedding dinner.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ora Slater
Cincinnati
Lelia Chandler
Queen City
Hugo Vornholt
Slater
Vornholt
W. Scott Westerman
War Department Urges Sheep Disease Prevention
Gallia County Agent E G Roger reports a War Department request urging sheep raisers to prevent nodular worms as intestines from sheep are used for suturing in army hospitals. Gallia County has about 12 000 sheep led by owners Carl Wollborn John and Austin Gills Edward Beck Jesse Daniels and S E Scott.
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Gallipolis
E. G. Roger
War Department
Gallia County
Shropshire
Carl Wollborn
John and Austin Gills
Edward Beck
Jesse Daniels
S. E. Scott
Licensed To Marry In Gallia County
Permits to wed issued in Gallia County list couples including Harold Wiley and Gladys Carroll, Wilbert Cronser and Elsie Deel, Ira Sapp and Lena Rose, Charles Freeman and Maggie Jeffers, Ivan L Daniel and Sara Pentruff, Willard Simmons and Mary Elizabeth Browning, Wyatt and Freda Woodruff, James Derekson and Myrtle Parker, Orlen Buckalew and Louise Lieving across towns Chillicothe Sophia Mason Huntington Athens and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harold Wiley
Gladys Carroll
Chillicothe
Wilbert Cronser
Elsie M. Deel
Elkview
W. Va
Ira Sapp
Lena Rose
Crab Orchard
Charles Freeman
Maggie Jeffers
Chesapeake
Ivan L. Daniel
Sara Pentruff
Sophia
Willard Simmons
Mary Elizabeth Browning
Huntington
E. C., Wyatt
Freda Woodruff
Athens
James R. Derekson
Myrtle Parker
Orlen Buckalew
Louise Lieving
Mason
Sigler Relinquishes USO Campaign Chair Amid Duties
Gallipolis Ohio reports W W Sigler resigns as USO campaign chairman due to duties with the county selective service board and civilian defense. W M Elliott, former American Legion Post commander, is expected to take the chairmanship of the second annual drive opening May 11.
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Gallipolis
County Selective Service Board
Civilian Defense Organization
W. W. Sigler
United Service Organization
W. M. Elliott
American Legion Post
Cotton Planting Ahead Of Last Year At Route 7 Route
Gallipolis report notes Harry Griffin of Kananga born in North Carolina completed planting cotton seed two weeks early for the season. His 1941 crop matured well and drew attention from passersby along Route 7. Griffin is a Cherokee Indian.
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Gallipolis
Harry Griffin
Kananga
North Carolina
Griffin
Athletic Field Opens For Summer At Nelsonville High
Nelsonville high school announces the athletic field is open for the summer season with tennis courts and play grounds ready. Max Ervin serves as May custodian, and field prep continues. Decoration Day pool opening planned, with pool guards and concession booth workers sought via the superintendent of schools office.
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Nelsonville
E. J. Arnold
Max Ervin
Superintendent of Schools
Pt Pleasant Socials and Visits Highlight Weekend
Miss Mary McCulloch teaching at Lake View Ohio visited her mother Mrs A B McCulloch in Main Street with guests Miss Janet McCullough and Mr and Mrs John McCulloch. Other locals traveled to Henderson Huntington and Pittsburgh while hospital visits and steamer work tied residents to regional towns. C L Swain of Clendenin Hotel oversees repairs as occupancy nears for war workers.
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Mary McCulloch
Lake View
Hubert Howard
A. B. McCulloch
Main St
Charleston
Juliet Smith
Wilson
Perry Business School
William Reeble
Follansbee
W. Va
I. A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Reba Beale
William Steenbergen
Alex Crickshanks
Henderson
James Casto
Welby Casey
Huntington
Rex Casey
Gerald Stanley
Pittsburgh
Betty
Lowell Johnson
Ted Lyons
Williamson
Nannie Snodgrass
Oakley Faudree
J. H. Hilman
George H. Overholt
Holzer Hospital
Bess Gygax
Hildreth Armstrong
Glouster
Ohio
Raymond Brown
New York Central
Edward Swint
City
Roger Cleveland
Frank T. Cady
Robert S. Meyer
E. C. Somerville
Pomeroy
May Term of Mason County Circuit Court Opens
Judge Lewis Miller convened the May term with a grand jury panel of five special commissioners and eleven regular jurors. Five indictments were returned including felonies against Roy McDade Byers and Scott Wiggins for manslaughter. Wiggins involved in a fatal highway accident. Road commission actions affect property owners near the access highway as hearings proceed. The term is expected to be brief with judges and attorneys returning for several scheduled proceedings.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis Miller
Circuit Court
R. S. Gibbs
J. L. Barnett
A. H. Rayburn
Charles Smith
J.H. Cremeans
Charles Morrow
William Stewart
M. C. Lewis
W. E. Kirk
Earl C. Mohr
Ed Nichols
Emory F. Fry
Harry L. Dyer
Casey Ball
Russell Terry
W. D. Steele
A. T. Pullins
L. J. Ruttencutter, Jr
Mr. Pullins
William H. Bardin
Roy McDade
Carl Byers
Scott Wiggins
Wiggins
Charles E. Heisman
Omar Duffer
Henderson Cremeans
W. W. Rowsey
O. J. Click
J. A. Daugherty
Robert S. Gibbs
State Road Commission
Road Commission
Miller
Ferron M
Cremeans
Edythe Cremeans
Peter H. Steenbergen
Mary Morgan Moore
E. J. Somerville
Jessie P. Huffman
May Lainer
F. G. Musgrave
Interstate Utilities Co
D. E
Mason PTA To Meet Wednesday Night
Mason Parent-Teacher Association schedules a meeting for Wednesday May 6 at 7 30 in Mason. Officers for the coming year will be installed and Miss Eyster the new nurse will speak on health problems from changes at the ordnance plant.
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MASON
Mason Parent- Teacher Association
Eyster
Model Garbage Truck Purchased by City
Mayor B. W. Krodel announced Point Pleasant has bought a new model garbage truck for 4100 dollars. The city will assume pickup and disposal duties and charge a service fee, as previously done by a private contractor.
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Point Pleasant
B. W. Krodel
Booth Accepts New Post at Point Pleasant WV
Gallipolis reports C. W. Booth will resign as auditor with the state department of motor control in Columbus to take a similar position with the West Virginia Ordnance Works at Point Pleasant.
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Gallipolis
State Department of Mqnor Control
Columbus
C. W. Booth
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Point Pleasant
Graduation Exercises To Be Brief In Point Pleasant
Graduation events at Point Pleasant Senior High are slated for a brief sequence. The senior class play on May 15 is cancelled. refunds issued. Week opens May 22 with Jr Sr party and dance. class sermon May 24 by Rev Frank T Cady. Class Day May 26. commencement May 28 with speakers Raymond Hill and Faye Plymale.
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Point Pleasant
Peter H. Steenbergen
Frank T. Cady
Christ Church, Episcopal
Junior High
Raymond Hill
Faye Plymale
Few Farmers Vote in Wheat Quotas Referendum at Point Pleasant
In Point Pleasant only 15 of 40 eligible farmers cast ballots in the wheat quotas referendum. Fourteen supported quotas and one opposed. The election was run by Mason County AAA figures Riley F. Gibbs chairing, P. E. Roush vice chair, and C. F. Buckle a regular member, at the Candy Co. office. Eligibility required farmers to plant more than 15 acres of wheat or produce over 200 bushels.
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Point Pleasant
Riley F. Gibbs
P. E. Roush
C. F. Buckle
Mason County Conservation Committee
AAA
Candy Co
Dr. Eshenaur Moves To His New Offices
Dr. R. W. Eshenaur moved to his new offices on the second floor of the Thompson Drug Building Main Street in POINT PLEASANT. Only the hospital and clinic quarters are complete, with further rooms expected to be finished in about ten days. He hopes to invite the public to inspect the enlarged quarters soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
R. W. Eshenaur
Thompson Drug Building
Main St
Eschenaur
Body Found in River Buried at Gallipolis
Nude woman about 45 found in the Ohio River at Swan Creek and buried in Mound Hill Cemetery after no identification was made. Coroner N H Foster believes she may have been in the water for about a month. Only clothing noted were a brassiere galoshes and white shoes.
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Gallipolis
Ohio River
Swan Creek
Mound Hill
N. H. Foster
Check Registration Gallipolis A summary of registration in city and county
Summary notes registration of commercial sugar consumers in Gallipolis completed with 47 applicants as retailers and wholesalers 61 representing institutions and industries and two in combinations of these designations.
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Gallipolis
Expect More 4-H Clubs In Gallia County
Indications point to forming about 50 4-H clubs across the county with several members in each township. The total membership could reach around 500, about 100 more than last year.
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Gallipolis
Ancient statue yields twelve grains of rice discovery at temple
Archaeologists at a Shiga prefecture temple uncovered twelve grains of rice inside a 1000 year old statue during repairs. The lacquered surface created an airtight interior, allowing the grains to be planted and sprout. The piece highlights preservation and agricultural history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shiga
Japan
Two Are Arrested At End of Week
POINT PLEASANT Shirley Saunders of Hogset and a soldier named McGinnis were arrested for drunkenness at the weekend. The jail population has fallen to four, a new low. Sheriff Lievalng and Deputy Ed Blessing believe their decision not to release men arrested at the weekend on Sunday has sobering influence. Some of the regulars fear they will not reach work on time Monday morning.
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Point Pleasant
Shirley Saunders
Hogset
McGinnis
Lieveing
Ed Blessing
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Mason County
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Pt. Pleasant
Dr. Eshenaur
French Republic
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Rev. James & Friedrich
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