Bradley dies in action in Pacific Isle of Tea
Mrs. Louise Holzer Bradley, wife of Lt. Bradley, received a chaplain's letter on May 4 saying he was instantly killed by a mine on the Isle of Tea. The note spoke of his military record, his popularity, and last rites, with grave location details to follow. No War Department notice yet.
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Gallipolis
Louise Holzer -Bradiey
C. E. Holzer
John P. Bradley
Bradley
War Department
Isle of Tea
Ernie Pyle
APO
Gallipolis Social Notes and Personal Updates
Gallipolis notes recount Mrs F E Hut sinpiller and daughter visiting for a 90th birthday, plus a birthday surprise for Miss Dorothy Roadarmour. Local residents including Charles Rathburn, Robert Mackenzie Jr, Mary Bess Kent, and Lt Earl Zelle appear in society items with travel, jobs, and family visits. Model jeeps to be prizes in Ohio War Loan Drive and planting notes conclude the column.
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Toledo
Ohio
Aged Woman Stricken In Home Thursday
Gallipolis resident Mrs Libbies Jones Garrett aged 34 wife of the late Dr A B Garrett was found helpless on her kitchen floor Monday night after living alone at 300 block Third Avenue. Chief Leaper noted accumulating daily papers on the porch and indoors that morning. she was removed to Holter Hospital where her condition was listed as fair. Relatives had long worried about her solitary living since Dr Garrett's death years ago.
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Howard Foster
Holter Hospital
Evan Lloyd Dies at Home of Children
Evan Lloyd 72 retired manager of Gallia County Produce Oak Hill branch died Monday at the home of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Lowell Shaffter Oak Hill He left the company months ago due to ill health Surviving are two sons Lawrence and James Lloyd of Oak Hill a daughter with whom he lived two step children Wendell McCoy Oak Hill and Mrs Gladys Walden Columbus Funeral services will be held at Tyn Rhos at 2 oclock Wednesday Rev J D Law officiating with burial in the church cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Evan Lloyd
Gallia County Produce Company
Oak Hill
Lowell Shaffter
Lawrence Lioyd
James Lioyd
Gallia
Gladys Walden
Columbus
Tyn Rhos
J. D. Law
Church
Army Show Draws Large Crowd in Point Pleasant Last Night
Point Pleasant saw an army show attract several hundred people at the Sixth and Main corner. War bond drive leader Walden F. Roush praised Mason County’s bond purchases, with Capt. Earl Sleeper and Sam Lambert of Charleston highlighting the event. A bond booth operated nearby as veterans from Europe, Africa and Pacific theaters joined the program.
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Point Pleasant
Sixth and
Main
D. L. Wilson
Walden F. Roush
Mason County
Sam Lambert
Charleston
U. S. Treasury
Bond Booth
Mason 4-H Club Clears Westminster Church for Services
The Uncle Sam’s Helpers 4-H Club of Gallipolis Ferry cleaned Westminster Church after seven years unused. They repaired the organ and secured 50 seats for services begun April 29 with 100 worshippers. Club members also cleaned grounds, trimmed trees, and burned trash. Roosevelt School hosted seven 4-H clubs’ field day with exhibits and various races and contests.
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Foint Pleasant
Uncle Sam’s Helpers
Gallisolis Ferry
Marilyn Mayes
Gallipolis School
Peter H. Steenbergen
Presbyterian Church
L. D. Icard
Roosevelt School
Ripley Road
Wal
Eagle
Franklin Hall Owls
Roosevelt
Billy Dewees
Clarence Holand
Eagle Flyers
James Durst
Bright Star
Ora Mae Durst
Naomi Sayre
Maxine Lathey
Eloise Holland
Roy Kincade, Jr
Charles Oshel
Acky Star
Billy Durst
Bright Tar
Elma Lines
Imogene Hunt
Bessie Lathey
Eagle Flyers Club
le Club
Minersville Community Notes Brought People Together
Minersville notes list visits from families to relatives in Toledo St Albans Carmel Pomeroy and Chicago with Mother’s Day gatherings in Pomeroy and Pt Pleasant. Edith Burnell visits son Robert in Chicago. Death of Lizzie Williams noted. late husband Joshua Williams formerly near Racine. family moved to Montana three years ago.
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Minersville
Victor Brown
Toledo
Victor Stewart
St. Albans
Roy Jones
Frank Stewart
Jones
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
John Roush
Lof Carmel
Annie Thomas
Will Thomas
Annie Yaeger
Pomeroy
Linmet ‘Rummel
Leroy Watson
Elmer Grueser
Pleasant
Thedore Grueser
Charles Blumen Layer
Cleveland
Anna Blumenauer
Edith Burnell
Robert
Chicago
Lizzie’ ‘Williams
Will Williams
Sidney
Montana
Williams
Joshua Williams
Are To Marry at Grimms Landing and Greenwood
Applications filed for marriage licenses by Charles Higginbotham and Ella Hartman, both of Grimms Landing, and by Earl Mayes and Mary Jeffers, both of Greenwood. Also report of a German POW Mathias Bachlechner suffocated at a New London fertilizer plant chute, and John Mcsary, 28, killed by a taxicab in Barberton.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis Higginbotham
Ella Louella Hartman
Grimms Landing
Earl Edward Mayes
Mary Ellen Jeffers
Grenwood
Perry
Mathias J. Bachlechner
E. Bigelow Company
New London
Barberton
John Mcsary
Andrew Mocsary
Newark Country Club
Two Persons Appear In Mason Court
In Mason Court at Point Pleasant Anna bell Sharar was arraigned on a petit larceny charge but dismissed for insufficiency of evidence. John Lovegreen received ten days for trespassing on a New York Central train. Guard Jim Mills of Gallipolis reported the incident as the bridge patrol changes followed the railroad’s decision to discontinue nighttime lighting and reduce guards.
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Point Pleasant
Annabell Sharar
Sharar
John Lovegreen
New York Central
Lovegreen
Jim Mills
Gallipolis
Ohio
Mr. Mills
Man Claims Relief From Gas With ERB HELP Medicine
A local man describes severe bloating after meals and acid reflux before taking ERB HELP. He reports improved digestion, no gas or bloating, and regular bowels after using the medicine containing 12 herbs. Athens Pharmacy advertises the product.
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Erbhelp
Athens
Youths Taken to Grafton State School
Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison and State Trooper Coyner escorted Kanawha County youths Billy Wooten and Church Williams to the boys industrial school near Grafton yesterday. They were ordered committed by Special Judge W Frogress after arraignments for stealing a car near Delbert C. Staats.
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Point Pleasant
Toral Morrison
Coyner
Billy Wooten
Church Williams
Kanawha County
Grafton
W. Frogress
Delbert C. Staats
Clifton News Notes Highlights Local Visits and Travels
Clifton readers note visits and travel across towns. Mrs. John Kearns and children visited Letart with her mother Mrs. Robey. Mrs. Dorothy Van Meter returned from Toledo. Opal Harrison enlisted in the WACs and trains in Des Moines. Pvt. Harrison has three army brothers. Jesse M. Little left Marion for Washington after leave with wife and parents. Detroit visitors Mr. and Mrs. Albert Prince stay with Redmonds. Mrs. Thomas Edwards returned from Columbus visit with daughter Mrs. Hussey. Kate Harrison and Misses Sleeth spent the weekend in Parkersburg. Andy Stewart visited Mason. Bellaire and Mason guests called on the Harrises and Rab Stewart families. Ted Riley and relatives visited West Columbia. Eva Marie Edwards visited Bessie and Winona Pickens.
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Point Pleasant
F. H. Cunningham
H. O. Smith
Retail Beer Dealers Association
Parkersburg
Huntington
Rex
George Garrison
Park Drive
Holzer Hospital
Raymond Smith
Charleston
William’ Smith
Ohio St
Mervin Chapman
Philip Long
James Lynn
Gallipolis Ferry
Point Clinic
Audrey Williams
Dunbar
Earl J. H. Arnett
Sgt. Williams
W. C. Bird
Jefferson Ave
B. M. Berry
Canton
E. A. Berry
James K. Thomas
Berry
James Kay
A. H. Roseberry
Joan
Judy
Commander
John R.J. Sillman
Pittsburgh
Columbus
E. W. Early
Charles Harper
Pleasant St
Detroit
Pearl Tharp
C. H. Jones
Middleport
Denver Knapp
Kanawha St
Clifton
John Kearns
Robey
Letart
Dorothy van Meter
Toledo
Myrtle Barker
St. Joseph Hospital
Opal Harrison
Wacs
Des Moines
Iowa
Pvt
Harrison
U. S. Army
Jesse M. Little
Washington
Marion
Albert Prince
Mich
B. J. Redmond
Thomas Edwards
D. B. Hussey
Kate Harrison
Lucy
Lessie Sleeth
Andy Stewart
Mason
Rab Stewart
George Humphry
Bellaire
Frank Harris
Mina Harris
Ted Riley
West Columbia
Eva Marie Edwards
Bessie
Winona
Pickens
Point Pleasant Clinic Patients and Birth at Home
At Point Clinic in Point Pleasant Dan Burns is a patient with improving health. A son named Ronald Eugene was born Sunday to Dan Burns Jr of Henderson at home. George Baker of Letart, previously a patient, was discharged at the week end.
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Point Clinic
Point Pleasant
Dan Burns
Point
Ronald Eugene
S. Dan Junior Bonecutter
Henderson
George Baker
Letart
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Cian
Lieut. Bradley
Pacific
Gallipolis Social Notes
F. E. Hutsai
Pers Weller
Bainbridge
Letitia Mills
Hutsinpiller
Char‘Heston
Will Hutsinpiller
Dorothy Roadarmour
Roadarmour
Mollie Rosdarmour
Isabel Boggs
Parnie Ant
Riverby
Holzer
Spokane
Wash
West Point Military Academy
Tex
Charles E. Holzer, Jr
Cincinnati
Luther Loucks
Harry Wood
Okey Saunders
Esther
Edwin Rose
Melanie
Grover Shoemaker
Donald Shoemaker
John
Nancy
Jane
Edith McCall
Della Buckle
Frances Buckle
Gallifolis
Charles A. Rathburn
Portsmouth
Robert Mackenzie Jr
U.S.N
Jacksonville
Fla
Robert Mackenzie
Dayton
Mary Bess Kent
National Mattress Company
Charles L. Rice
Fia
John Jones
California
Frank Janes
William H. Janes
Earl Zelle
5. B. Huntington
Cincinati
Zelle
Marietta
Silver Bridge
Floyd Elton
R. C. Young
E. E. Clark
Oakley
Noah Calhoun
Europe
Spain
Portugal
Bennine
Tial
the Paper Mills
Baltimore & Ohio
B&o
Ewe
Westminster
Abcaucas
Russell Holland
Dick Rice
Emma
Evelyn Durst
Mt. Flower Sky Scrapers
Minersville News
Mutual Stores
Glouster
Lancaster, Logan and
New Lexington
Grafton State
Clifton News Notes
Coon
Tady
I. Priice
Studebaker
America
Cfs
Conia
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