Mothers Day speakers and services across Nelsonville churches
The Rev. W. M. George and the Rev. Father William Kelly will speak at the Fraternal Order of Eagles Mothers Day program in Nelsonville. Other observances include services at Pilgrim Holiness Church and Church of Christ with bouquets for oldest and largest families and special guests from Nelsonville Eagles Aerie 391.
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Nelsonville
W. M. George
Methodist Church
William Kelly
St. Andrews Church
Fraternal
Order of Eagles
W. Washington St
Ward Phillips
Nelsonville Aerue
Jack Raybould
Girls Glee Club
Nelsonville High School
Warren Funeral Home Quartet
Robert Green
Leonard Cooley
Ralph Parks
John Perry
Church of Christ
Bible School
Nelsonville Eagles Aerie 391
Corwin Cookson
Christian Endeavor Societies
Sermon Topics At Nelsonville First Methodist Church
The morning sermon at the First Methodist Church in Nelsonville will be about Mother and Home and delivered by Rev. Wm. M. George. The service starts at 10 30 o clock. An evening service at 7 30 p m features a sermon titled Behold the Wondrous Cross.
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Pilgrim Holiness Church
Rev
B. A. Awe
Nelsonville
First Methodist Church
Wm. M. George
Mother's Day Service at Concord Union Church
Concord Union Church three miles east of Jacksonville will hold a Sunday morning service at 9 with Rev. William M. George delivering the message on the theme Mother and Home.
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Concord
Concord Union Church
Jacksonville
William M. George
4 H Club Meeting In Nelsonville
The 3 B s 4 H Club meets at advisor Mrs. Gertrude Stufflebean home tonight at 7:30. A potluck is served and members are urged to attend to discuss important business.
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Nelsonville
Gertrude Stufflebean
Rosary Services for Mrs Wagner Tonight in Buchtel
Rosary services for Mrs Dora Wagner wife of Jacob Wagner will be held at the late residence in Buchtel this evening at 8 o'clock. Funeral services will follow Saturday at 9 o'clock at St Patrick Church Buchtel conducted by Rev Father William Kelly. Burial will be at St Patrick Cemetery Buchtel.
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Nelsonville
Dora Wagner
Jacob Wagner
Buchtel
St. Patrick's Church
William Kelly
St. Andrew's Church
St. Patrick Cemetery
Nelsonville R D 2 residents visit relatives and guests
Elvin Ward of Toledo visited his sister Evelyn Wollett here recently. Mrs. Ralph Robey spent Sunday with her Mt. Zion parents. Private Robert Campbell of Fort Knox spent a three day fur lough with his parents. Private Melvin Thompson also furloughed with his parents. Miss Joan Dennis of Obetz visits grandparents Lafe Wolfe. Sunday guests included the Henthornes and others from Cadiz Nelsonville and Connett.
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Nelsonville R.D
Elvin Ward
Toledo
Evelyn Wollett
Ralph Robey
Nathan Ellis
Mt. Zion
Robert Campbell
Fort Knox
Melvin Thompson
George Thompson
Joan Dennis
Obetz
Lafe Wolfe
Annabel Walter
Williard Henthorne
Cadiz
Ida Bond
Nelsonville
Charles Wolfe
Homer Wollet
Connett
Plea of Innocence in Assault Charge
Thelma Pickett pleaded innocent before Magistrate Loyd Brown on assault and battery and disturbing the peace charges. She is held for grand jury under a 150 dollar bond. The case was filed by Catherine Breeze and arrest was by Constable E F Katzenbach.
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Kimberly
Loyd Brown
Thelma Pickett
Catherine Breeze
E. F. Katzenbach
Superintendent Names Winners in Tests
Gallipolis eighth grade pupils achieving the highest ratings in the latest state test are announced by Supt. E. E. Higgins. The top performers are Bob White, Woodrow Holbein, Barbara Woods, Bobby Harrison, Nelene McKean, Louise Pickens, Bob Radbury, Earlene Saunders, Paul Harrison, Line Neal, and Aileen Blazer. Honorable mention goes to Mary Campbell, Tom Dale, Homer Walter, Wilma Gabrielli, Bob Dayton, Betty Haskins, Robert Clark, Jonnie Lou Baker, Charles Beridge, Jeannette Yeanger, Dan Black, Paul Smith, Audrey Davis, Robert Wells, and Janet Brown.
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Gallipolis
Supt
Bob White
Woodrow Holbein
Barbara Woods
Bobby Harrison
Nelene McKean
Louise Pickens
Bobradbury
Earlene Saunders
Paul Harrison
Line Neal
Aileen Blazer
Obituary: Mrs Rachel Drescher Dies in Columbus Hospital
Mrs. Rachel Drescher aged 80 long time Nelsonville resident died in Mt. Carmel Hospital Columbus after months of failing health. Surviving children include Carl Coakley Mable Radford and Grace Robinson with eight grandchildren and eight great grandchildren. Funeral Sunday 2 PM at Carl Coakley’s home Nelsonville conducted by Rev John Lloyd Evans. Burial at Green Lawn.
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Nelsonville
Rachel Drescher
Mt. Carmel Hospital
Columbus
Drescher
D. K. Robinson
Enoch Strawn
Logan
May
Florence Graham
Coakley
Carl Coakley
Mable Radford
Athens
Grace Robinson
Lewis Drescher
Students Plan Dinner Dance On May 15
Gallipolis invites and faculty members join the Junior Senior dinner dance set for May 15 in the Methodist dining room at 6 30 p m. Scott Westerman will toast and introduce Irvin Folden for an address of welcome. Tom Fife will respond. A boys ensemble will perform a novelty number. Ann Bradbury will toast and speak on Memories. Eileen Wells and Glorianna Foster sing a duet. Tom Robinson will sing a solo. Dorothy Wheeler offers To the Class with Elizabeth Shough closing the program.
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Gallipolis
Methodist
Scott Westerman
Irvin Folden
Tom Fife
Ann Bradbury
Eileen Wells
Glorianna Foster
Tom Robinson
Dorothy Wheeler
Elizabeth Shough
Junk Dealers Warned to Clear Old Autos by July First
Gallipolis reports junk dealers are ordered to remove all old automobiles by July 1. Harry Maggied says periodic War Production Board inspections will verify compliance. Abandoned cars yield about 300 pounds of metal each as scrap is shipped to Ashland mills for reconditioning.
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Gallipolis
Harry Maggied
War Production Board
Maggied
Ashland
Clendenin Orders Extra Precautions at Gallipolis Fire Station
City Manager S. A. Clendenin orders extra precautions at the Gallipolis fire station in the municipal building. Doors to firefighting equipment will stay locked and unauthorized access barred after reports of tampering in other cities. Gallipolis houses the largest firefighting gear in the area for civilian defense.
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Gallipolis
S. A. Clendenin
Church Group Compiles List of New Gallipolis Residents
Rev. W. Wes terman notes progress by a Methodist Church women’s organization in listing new Gallipolis residents attracted by defense industries. The active list may grow through summer with an estimated 150 newcomers currently in the city.
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Gallipolis
Westerman
Methodist Church
Cook Rites Saturday for Nelle Cook
Funeral rites for Miss Nelle Cook age 67 daughter of the late Mr and Mrs Samuel T Cook will be held Saturday at 3 p m in Entsminger Funeral Home conducted by Rev W S Westerman She is survived by brothers Harry Cook of Pittsburgh and Earl Cook Indianapolis and many distant relatives Miss Cooks illness was from a malignant growth She died Thursday night in Holzer Hospital
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Gallipolis
Nelle Cook
Samuel T. Cook
Entsminger
W. S. Westerman
Harry Cook
Pittsburgh
Earl Cook
Indianapolis
Miss Cook
Holzer Hospital
Point Pleasant
Betty Joe Dyer
R. N
Harry L. Dyer
New Haven
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
B. A. Buell
Florence
Rebecca
Wenonah
N. J
Buell
Buells
John A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Genevieve Sayre
City
James Johnson
Charasanna Ball
Howard Price
Marietta
Helen Poffenbarger
C. G. Bauerle
Robert Kayser
C. P. Taylor
State Police
Beckley
Mr. Kayser
Justine Sayre
Leon
Helen Rogers
Henderson
Bessie Mattox
23Rd St
Elizabeth Walters
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company
Tampa
Florida
Messrs
H. H. Heiner
Columbus
L. J. Heiner
Rutland
H. H. Heiner, Jr
Toledo
E. F E. Heiner
Main St
R. C. Cutting
New Orleans
O. W. Lusher
Euclid Pullem
Huntington
C. A. Rose
H. H. Pullem
Jefferlson Boulevard
George H. Overholt
B. Harper
W. C. Eads
Local Licenses Sought for Six Couples in West Virginia Area
Applicants for marriage licenses include Donald V. Adkins 29 and Ada Mae Ferguson Huntington. James A. Boone 26 and Frances Elizabeth Smith Huntington. Donald Moye 21 and Virginia Thompson 22 Beckley. Robert Norris 23 and Norma Kendall 21 Nitro. Edward Milem 27 and Betty Lighte 21 Covington. Paul Walker 21 and oo Carder 21 Coak Fork West Virginia.
Monterey widow of Gallipolis native dies in California
Mrs. Charles V. Gentry formerly Katherine Henshell of Huntington is dead at her Monterey California home. Her husband was a Gallipolis native and longtime merchant tailor. She leaves a son Lindsey Gentry, her mother and several relatives in Huntington.
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Gallipolis
Charles V. Gentry
Katherine Henshell
Huntington
Monterey
Calif
Lindsey Gentry
Ottawa County man held on fraud check charge
Ernest Witte, 72, of Ottawa County, is held in the county jail after arraignment before Magistrate J. H. Shato on a charge of defrauding J. E. Gills by issuing a fraudulent 2694 dollar check for livestock. The Gallipolis item notes painting bids for the high school auditorium as a major summer repair.
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Gallipolis
J. E. Gills
Ernest Witte
Ottawa County
J. H. Shato
Board of Education
Pt Pleasant Personalities and Church Group News
Pt Pleasant society notes report on Mrs W C McLaughlin missionary experiences in China during a Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary meeting. Delegates from the local group attended Kanawha Presbytery activities in Huntington and a Trinity Methodist Service Guild session. Several residents and visitors are listed with their occupations and moving plans. Mrs Overholt and Mrs Harper are improving in Holzer Hospital.
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Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Woman's Auxiliary
W. C. McLaughlin
China
W. H. Morgan
Peter H. Steenbergen
James Adie
C. F. McCutchen
Ross Filson
Frank Roush
William Filson
C. C. Spencer
Women’s Society of Christian Service
Trinity Methodist Church
Mesdames C. W. Reynolds
A. H. Jerkins
Flora Myers
Fay Coder
J. B. Couch
Cc. C. Spencer
R. D. Oseland
Ben Franklin, Jr
H. H. Pullem
Cabot Gas Co to Drill Deep Oil Well in Mason County WV
Cabot Gas Co of Charleston plans a deep test to the Orinsky Sand four miles east of Leon Mason County. The $25 000 well aims to locate oil near the Orinsky gas field with three months expected for drilling led by Godfrey L Cabot and managed by Hugh Burdette.
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Point Pleasant
Cabot Gas Co
Charleston
Daniel Matheny
Leon
Mason County
Cabot
Kanawha
Jackson Counties
Godfrey L. Cabot
Boston
West Virginia
Hugh Burdette
Spencer
Roane County
Fined for Starting Fire in Union District Field
Hesson, a Union district farmer, was fined 29.75 including costs for burning broomsedge in his field. Released after payment by his daughter Martina Withrow of Nitro, W Va. He told Justice John Miller he did not know it was unlawful to burn in his own field.
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Point Pleasant
Homer Hesson
Union District
Martina Withrow
Nitro
W. Va
Hesson
John Miller
New Haven
School Pupils Take River Boat Excursion
More than 1,200 Mason County pupils patrons and teachers enjoyed a day light excursion aboard the Steamer Island Queen. The trip ran from 10 a.m. to 2 30 p.m. up the Ohio to New Haven with games and picnics on the mezzanine and upper decks. Point Pleasant Junior High School sponsored it led by Principal Robert H Ferguson.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Ohio
New Haven
Robert H. Ferguson
Correction on Meeker marriage date and divorce suit
The Messenger corrects a May 6 report noting the marriage of Sylvia Meeker and Gordon Meeker as March 21 1941. The ceremony occurred February 21 1941. Mrs Meeker has filed for divorce in Mason County circuit court earlier this week.
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Point Pleasant
the Messenger
Sylvia Meeker
Gordon Meeker
County fire and sugar rationing official seeks courthouse office
John C. Butz, head of the county fire and sugar rationing committee, says he will apply to the county commissioners for a courthouse office. Mrs. Charles H. Switzer is engaged as clerk of the board.
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Gallipolis
John C. Butz
Charles H. Switzer
Lodge Remits Dues for Members in Armed Forces
Morning Dawn Lodge F. and A. M. votes to remit dues for all members serving in the armed forces. Plans to keep the Masonic Temple second floor recreation rooms open nightly for convenience of members.
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Gallipolis
Morning Dawn Lodge
Masonic Temple
Local Patrol Nabs Reckless Drivers and Unlicensed Minor Operators
Gallipolis resident Dewey Tench faces charges of reckless operation. Burdell Forth of Bladen and Robert D. McAvoy of Youngstown are accused of permitting unlicensed minors to operate their cars.
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Gallipolis
State Patrol
Dewey Tench
Burdell Forth
Bladen
Robert D. McAvoy
Youngstown
Mrs Paul France Wins Divorce in Cruelty Case
Mrs. Paul France formerly Gladys Beard wins a divorce on the grounds of cruelty and neglect. The decree dissolves marriage between the Gallipolis couple.
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Gallipolis
Paul France
Gladys Beard
Lincoln Higginbotham and Hattie Tucker Obtain License
A marriage license was issued to Abraham Lincoln Higginbotham and Hattie May Tucker, both residents of Grimm's Landing. The record lists their names and location as the basis for the license.
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Point Pleasant
Abraham Lincoln Higginbotham
Hattie May Tucker
Grimm's Landing
Mason County Prepares for Gasoline Rationing May 15
The Mason County rationing board received instructions and set May 12 13 and 14 for registration with rationing to begin May 15. School staff will handle registration and five classes of ration cards will be issued. Essential users including physicians and ambulance operators will receive full gas allowances. Only registered motor boats and cars may buy rationed gas and lending gas is forbidden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County Rationing Board
James Johnson
West Virginia
Kananga
Gallipolis
West Virginia Senators Lead Fight Against Gas Rationing
West Virginia's two senators and five of seven congressmen petitioned Price Commissioner Henderson to remove the state from gasoline rationing due to alleged no shortage and no transportation factor affecting supply. They argued bulk supply is overflowing and storage is the issue, noting Ohio consumes over 1.5 billion gallons yearly and must secure supplies from other states, including West Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Henderson
Ohio
14 122 Sign For Sugar
In Point Pleasant area sugar registrations progress with some delays as workers finish daily tasks. By 11 p.m. Wednesday 14 122 people had registered and Secretary James Johnson says registration continues until all county residents register. The first stamp covers registration through May 16 and the second stamp runs May 17 for two weeks.
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Point Pleasant
James Johnson
Johnson
Civilian Defense Staff Conference Held in Point Pleasant
Major Easley and Farley Bell led a conference with Civilian Defense staff at Point Pleasant. Attendees included Commander Walden Roush Coordinator Delbert Staats and group heads A E Tullohh Sam Waggener Ernest Hesson Hoyt Jiiden Dr B A Buell and Emroy Monroe from utilities police public works health and fire departments.
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Point Pleasant
Easley
U.S.A
Columbus
Farley Bell
Huntington
Walden Roush
Delbert Staats
A. E. Tullohh
Sam Waggener
Ernest Hesson
Hoyt Jiiden
B. A. Buell
Emroy Monroe
Land sale in Harrison township transfers 166 acres
Leslie White sells 166 acres in Harrison township to Claude W Grubb of Huntington. The transaction is reported in Gallia County records, naming Grubb as buyer and White as seller in the Harrison township land transfer.
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Gallipolis
Leslie White
Harrison Township
Claude W. Grubb
Huntington
Mayor Issues Notices Concerning Ohio Canal
Mayor P Vineees Jr acting district engineer warns the Ohio Canal channel at Letart Island is restricted to 135 feet along the shore with a red buoy marking the left edge. Repairs to the upper gate leaves of the auxiliary lock at Gallipolis Locks begin May 11 1942 and will take about 10 days, diverting all navigation to the main lock.
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Point Pleasant
P. Vineees Jr
Ohio
Letart Island
Gallipolis
Ohi River
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