Plowing of Nelsonville Victory Garden Plots Completed
Nelsonville reports completion of plowing and harrowing on the two large Victory Garden plots across from the passenger and freight depots. Gardens are ready for seeding. plots are being staked and a guide will direct gardeners to their locations on Wednesday. Maj Gen J C Murchie named chief of staff of the Canadian Army with temporary lieutenant general rank. He will oversee Dominion forces in North America while Lt Gen Kenneth Stuart remains in charge of forces overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
John Lawson
J. C. Murchie
Dominion
North America
Kenneth Stuart
Oldest Mother Honored at Nelsonville Church Service
Nelsonville Mrs Byron Lamborn was given flowers at the Church of Christ Sunday School for being the oldest mother present. The youngest mother and the largest family in attendance also received flowers, with a full Mother's Day program led by George Barrows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Byron Lamborn
Church of Christ Sunday School
Tom Keating
Pearl Kieffer
George Barrows
Roger Webb
George Shafer
Janet Cope
John Edward Cox
Edwin Johnson
Glen Allen
Delores Shafer
George Hartley
Oak Grove Grange notes and local happenings
Oak Grove York Grange held May 5 conferring first and second degrees on Trimble candidates. Ed Howard urged contact with L B Metchling about a locker plant. A rummage sale is planned. Visitors included Mrs. Raymond Lightfritz and Sue Ann from New Marshfield and others from Columbus, Lancaster, Carbondale. Dolly McDade had tonsils removed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Grove
York Grange
Trimble Grange
Ed Howard
L. B. Metchling
Nelsonville
Grange
Raymond Lightfritz
Sue Ann
New Marshfield
Teal Wilson
Kimberly
York Grange Hall
Lee Branscom
Tommy
Charles
Jimmy
Elizabeth Hart
Columbus
Catherine Wright
Lancaster
Fred Wilson
Carbondale
P. H
William Brown
Dickison
Dolly McDade
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Service Men News From York Area Families
Mrs. John Bennett learns Pvt. Le Roy Bennett is recovering from injuries at Anzio after a War Department telegram dated April 30. Messages praise sons in England and overseas, including Joseph Campbell now staff sergeant and six months in service, and Maynard Henshaw in New Guinea. Local relatives report transfers and leaves for Pfc. Barrows and Pfc. Mulligan, with others receiving Mother's Day greetings and flowers from overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bennett
War Department
Pvt
Leroy Bennett
Anzio
Italy
P. C. Campbell
Joseph
England
Marion
Joseph Campbell
The Plains School Notes May Activities At The Plains
The Plains School notes close of the year with class activities. Seventh grade girls organized a May Day party for home room boys with student teachers and advisers present. Ninth grade girls staged a spring clothing show for mothers and younger students. Tenth grade hosted a party at the Rollercade. The faculty held a reception for seniors and parents featuring speeches by Dr. A B Sias and student Nancy Burhans and Jack Bennett. A social hour followed with music by Mr Ruble and a cornet solo by David Miller. The county superintendent attended, and 50 guests joined the events including F H A officers and seniors at a theater party May 11. The Plains church and community mourn the death of Mrs Elsie Helwig as Mrs Pearl Coon was called to Pleasant Hill. William Johnson of the area is ill at his sister’s home. Funeral for Mrs Edward McCall was held at M E Church. The Plains School will close Friday May 19.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plains
Plains Home Economic Department
Mr. Humphrey
Miss Becker
de Lane
Miss Cone
Marian Richardson
Mary Mason
Lois Kail
Norma Howard
H W. Humphrey
Humphrey
Albrink
Elva Cooper
Mr. Ruble
David Miller
A. B. Sias
Ohio University
Nancy V. Burhans
Jack Bennett
Miss Cooper
Betty Cochran
June Miller
Eleanor Novetni
Jackie Baughman
Betty Deeter
Shirley Slater
Miss Densford
Glen Haines
F.H.A
Grill
Betty Hill
Eleanora Novatni
Chlorous Burton
Nalja Slater
A Slater
Elien Manda
Denna Baughman
Maccombs
Elsie Helwig
William Johnson
Oscar McGee Sr
William Huston
Splint
Ephraim Huston
Charles Cochran
Edward McCall
M. E Church
the Plains
GOP Women To Organize In Gallia Township Meeting
Republican women of Springfield Township plan a 7 30 Friday meeting at Bidwell Porter High School to organize and study current issues. Mrs Evan D Rees Gal lia County Republican Women vice president will attend with township organizers aiming to form similar groups across the county.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Springfield Township
Bidwell-Porter High School
Evan D. Rees
Gallia County
Republican Women's Rab
Republican
Ey Township
Ithe County
Funeral services held for Wm Breeze at Connett Church
Kimberly area brief notes list funeral services for Wm Breeze who died Sunday in Marietta Hospital after a long illness. He leaves wife Cathaleen Hayden Breeze and two children plus parents and siblings. Other items mention hospital transfers and visitors from nearby towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kimberly
Connett Church
Wm. Breeze
Marietta
Cathaleen
Hayden Breeze
Park Glenn
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
Pvt
Merle Bond
Camp Lee
Helen Bond
Jennie Fugitt
Wm. Howard and Son
Charles Howard
Rachel Hook
Nelsonville
May events at Buchtel School amid student activities
The Buchtel calendar lists a May lineup including Junior Class Play May 16 and Prom May 18, with Baccalaureate May 21, Eighth Grade Commencement May 24 25, and Senior Commencement. report cards go out May 26 and a lunch sale funds the honor roll. Local residents and families are noted with military and travel updates, and Bob Maccombs now a lieutenant piloted a low overflight signaling messages to his mother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buchtel
Buchtel School
Buchtel Service Club
Gene Lafollette
Naval School At
Great Lakes
Verda Lafollette
Emerson Barstow
Roberta
Naval Base
Mississippi
Starling Bowen
John Conkle
Cpl
Harvey Sayre
Camp Maxey
Texas
Nona Sayre
Nelma J
Jack Sayre
Columbus
Jimmy Sayre
Logan
Emily Gayle Steward
Saul Yates
Curt Smathers
Mary Willis
Buchte
Robert Maccombs
Air Force
Robert
George Maccombs
Ellen Maccombs
Pontiac
Gertrude Mason
Buchtel High School
Automotive Shop
Wilfred Sheets
Muskingum River
Straitsville News Briefs highlights local moves and notices
The Harry Nye family moved from the Wilson property at the Y to the late Herb Evans estate recently. Kathleen Brandt resumed duties as postmistress after a brief honeymoon and Lt Marvin Brandt wed here in a Methodist ceremony. Creta Stubbs to Winston Carl Fink announce their marriage, and James Edward Duglas promoted to baker in the South Pacific Navy. Local visits include Ardella Richards with two children and several weekend gatherings among Essex, Strain, Blankenship, Echard, and Pratt families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Straitsville
Harry Nye
Wilson
Herb Evans
Ardella Richards
Bess Callahan
Kathleen Brandt
Marvin Brandt
Owen Plumley
Russell Campbell
James
Sue Strain
Bob Stubbs
Creta
Winston Carl Fink
Army
Harry Duglas
James Edward Duglas
South Pacific
Navy
Margaret Delores
Jack Leroy Pratt
Aas Ortle Ratt
Logan
Nelsonville Social Notes Recap Of Local Weekend Visits
Mrs. Herbert Woody hosted a ninth birthday party for Violet with guests including Jim and Beverly White Sally Locke Eileen Barber and more. Several families from Columbus Dayton Groveport and Cincinnati visited area residents and attended events such as a Blossom Time outing in Columbus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Herbert Woody
Violet
Jim
Beverly White
Sally Locke
Eileen Barber
Ralph Kinney
Patty Raybould
Sharon
Maureen Kelley
Bonnie McCollum
Joy Parsons
Dick Brandenburg
Jennie
William Evans
Lawrence Cheeseman
Judy Henshaw
Ellen Thompson
Charles Woody
Management Upheld In Labor Board Ruling
The War Labor Board upheld management's right to discipline employees who strike in violation of contract. It reversed a Detroit regional decision that ordered Borg-Warner Norge division in Muskegon to reinstate 41 former workers with seniority but no back pay, a move met with dissent from labor members.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War Labor Board
Detroit
Norge Machine Products
Borg-Warner Corporation
Muskegon
WLB
Murray City Social Notes Highlights Local Visits and Events
Murray City May 16 local social notes report sea man Milton Campbell of Great Lakes on furlough at home. PTA president Lena Keeton notes $40 from F O E Lodge dinner and a band member party soon. Several visitors from West Virginia Toledo Logan Columbus and Glouster shown visiting or returning home, with devotional services led by Mrs Osie Strum and guests Rev W E Bancroft and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murray City
Seaman
Milton Campbell
Great Lakes
PTA
Lena Keeton
F. O. E. Lodge
John Brooks
West Virginia
William Brooks
Don Reynolds
Toledo
Oscar Hellyer
W. S
C. S
C. A. Barnhill
Osie Strum
W. E. Bancroft
Mahala Johnson
Fauna Matheny
Howard Bush
Edgar Hellyer
Wm. Bush
Logan
Almeda Moody
Dora Wilson
Cinda Lee
Glouster
Helen Wilson
Martha Huston
Joyce
Columbus
Harry Jonas
Nelsonville
William Barnhill
A. J. Barnhill
Clarence Hartman
Dayton
B. M. Hartman
Canning Sugar Allotments Set by OPA
The Office of Price Administration announced two rationing periods for home canning sugar. The total per person remains 25 pounds, with 5 pounds via Sugar Stamp 40 and 20 pounds through local boards. If the 20-pound allotment isn’t claimed in period one, a 20-pound second period may be granted if justified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Office of Price Administration
OPA
Are Parents of Son Point Pleasant Birth Report
A son named Joseph Sanford weighing 8 pounds 14 ounces was born at 8 21 Monday morning at the Point Clinic to Mr and Mrs J Sanford Rhoades of Jackson Ave Montgomery born mother Ruth Rea Chapman also of Montgomery this is the couple’s first child. The condition of Mrs Will DeVol at Marietta Osteopathic Hospital remains unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Joseph Sanford
Point Clinic
J. Sanford Rhoades
Jackson Ave
Ruth Rea Chapman
Montgomery
Nelsonville
Will DeVol
Marietta Osteopathic Hospital
Carbondale Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Wedding Plans
Mr and Mrs Dewey Arnold Mrs Raymond Brooks of Barberton visited friends here at week end. Mrs Gertie Evans Columbus spends week with her father Jasper Cox. Marjorie Lowry Washington DC stays with her parents Chester and Marjorie Lowry. Miss Lowry resigns from the U S Maritime Commission en route to Santa Ana to marry SSgt Dan Stright USMC.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbondale
Dewey Arnold
Raymond Brooks
Barberton
Gertie Evans
Columbus
Jasper Cox
Marjorie Lowry
Washington, D. C
Chester Lowry
Santa Ana
California
Ssgt
Dan Stright
United State Marine Corps
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Werner
Teel
Nad
Atrest
George C. Shaw
Logan Monument Co
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York
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U. S. Navy
New Guinea
John Hannahs
Ralph Barber
Pfc
Paul Barrows
John Barrows
Army Medical Corps
Albert Barber
Fifth Simmons General Hospital
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Colo
Dorothy Barber
Otis Triplett
Carl Triplett
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John F
Jack) Mulligan
Fred Mulligan
Camp Haan
Calif
Camp Carson
the Plains School Notes
GOP
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Kimberly Personals
Straitsville News
Nelsonville Social Notes
Carl Moody
Homer Mecum
Evelyn
Groveport
Wachenschwanz
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Margery Vorhes
Ella Burnell
Cincinnati
Charles Martin
Rose Marie Martin
R. C. Graham
Hartman
Thurman Dow
Grace Kelch
Corwin Cookson
New Lexington
John Cookson
Roy Sayers
Shirley
Imogene
Marietta College
Anna Schloss
Ti Rosser
Leighton Aumiller
Gay Aumiller
Will Burnell
D. F. Shafer
Marion Coakley
A. B. Wells
Deliah Chapman
Rebekah Rosser
Charleston
W. Va
Ed Rosser
Fred Craigt
Wayne, Mich
Labor Board
Murray City Social Notes
Carbondale Briefs
Oakley and Oakley Insurance
Ohio
James H. Wilson
W. Wash. St. Nels
Dreams
Gas Association and Gas Appliance Manufacturers
Chis Conia
GAS
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