War Veterans Plan Memorial Day Observance in Nelsonville
Committees from the American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and Spanish American War Veterans Association completed plans for Memorial Day on May 30 in Nelsonville. The parade starts at 2 pm from the Legion Building led by the State Highway Patrol and features the Nelsonville High School Band and marching ex servicemen.
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Nelsonville
American Legion
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Washington
Fort
Fort St
State Highway Patrol
Nelsonville High School
Fort Street
Washington St
Greenlawn Cemetery
East Washington St
SWAMS
Church Union Completed In Point Pleasant
In Point Pleasant Kanawha Presbytery approves a union of the former Pintses byterian Church with Membership First Presbyterian Church. The ceremony at morning worship marks formal consolidation after informally sharing property since last year. The joint congregation is led by Rev. Chalmers F. McCutchen who has served both churches.
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Point Pleasant
Nance Works
First Presbyterian Church
G¢ City
Kanawha Presbytery
Peter H. Steenbergen
G. R Wa
Flats
Ordnance Works
Bein
Chalmers F
McCutchen
Nelsonville Social Notes Circles Meet at Country Home
Mrs John Herrold entertained Circle 4 of W S of C 8 led by Mrs Harry Hartley at her country home Friday evening. Mrs John Fisher and Mrs W M George led devotions. Malvern Wilson reviewed Carrie Barge life as statesman. Ruthella Rodehaver led discussion then hostesses served.
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Nelsonville
John Herrold
Circle 4
W.S
C. 8
Harry Hartley
John Fisher
W. M. George
Malvern Wilson
Carrie Barge
Ruthella Rodehaver
Local visitors drop by area households this week
Mrs Eva Stalder of Athens joined Mr and Mrs John Hushower Tuesday. Mr and Mrs Charles D Learned and daughter of Columbus visited the end of the week with Mr and Mrs Earl Baker. Sunday guests at the DeWeese home in Deanville included John Werner and daughter Kathleen and son John L of Milford, Leonard Syx of Salem and Miss Wanita Toliver.
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Eva Stalder
Athens
John Hushower
Charles D. Learned
Columbus
Earl Baker
DeWeese
Deanville
John Werner
Katherine
John L
Middleport
Leonard Syx
Salem
Wanita Toliver
Mrs. Loretta Hickman Taken to Logan Hospital
Mrs Loretta Hickman was taken to Cherrington Hospital in Logan for an emergency appendectomy. Her husband Captain J W Hickman is stationed in North Africa. Her condition this morning was reported as satisfactory. Her mother Mrs Guy Sapulding and sister Miss Florence Fielder of Akron were called to the Hickman home and will remain until recovery.
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Nelsonville
Loretta Hickman
Cherrington Hospital
Logan
J. W. Hickman
North Africa
Kinnison Rites To Be Wednesday
Funeral services for Mrs. Charlotte Kinnison will be held Wednesday afternoon at 1 30 at the Stout Funeral Home. Burial will follow at Green Lawn. Friends may call at the funeral home at any time.
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Nelsonville
Charlotte Kinnison
Stout Funeral Home
Greenlawn
Masons To Confer Master Mason Degree At Glouster
Nelsonville Philadorian Lodge No. 157 of F and A M will meet at the Masonic Temple Wednesday at 7 PM and travel to Glouster to confer the master mason degree with transportation provided.
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Nelsonville
Era of Train Schedules for Major Lines
A condensed listing shows Baltimore and Ohio East and West Bound trains with numbers and times such as No 4 Diplomat 1:34 am and No 3 National Limited 4:36 pm, plus New York Central South No 3 12:09 pm and Northbound schedules, and Chesapeake and Ohio No 30 and No 37 with daily timing notes.
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East Boun
Diplomat
National Limited
NEW York Central South
Chesapeake & Ohio No
Otterbein President Delivers 1943 Commencement Address
The president of Otterbein College Westerville Ohio will give the commencement address to the Nelsonville High School Class of 1943 at the 65th annual commencement Thursday evening May 27 at 8 o'clock.
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Otterbein College
Westerville
Ohio
Nelsonville High School
Sorority Plans Anniversary Program at White House Logan
Tri Psi Sorority met to organize its annual anniversary to be held June 13 at the White House in Logan with Ruth Cookson as toastmistress and Ruth Beckler in charge of entertainment. Helen Washburn presided as president and Jane Rose led the party committee. A skit titled The Wedding of Archie and Rosie featured Imogene Sayre Wilma Gardner Ruth Beckler Ruth Kelch Betty Stewart Helen Washburn Irma Butt Dorothy Barber and Helen Stewart. Light refreshments followed. No meeting May 31.
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Nelsonville
Tri Psi
White House
Logan
Ruth Cookson
Ruth Beckler
Helen Washburn
Jane Rose
Archie
Rosie
Imogene Sayre
Wilma Gardner
Ruth Kelch
Betty Stewart
Irma Butt
Dorothy Barber
Helen Stewart
Home Council Plans Work at Methodist Church
About twelve attendees at the Gallipolis Home Council meeting hosted at the Methodist Church on Friday. Miss Clara Belle Motter demonstrated a woolen washing method and storage tips to prevent wrinkles for summer, followed by a pot luck lunch and a talk by Mrs Scot Westerman on keeping emotions balanced in war times. The group voted to attend the district meeting in Jackson on June 17 instead of a regular June session.
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Gallipolis
Home Council
Methodist Church
Clara Belle Motter
District Home Council
Jackson
Ira Denney Funeral Held in Bidwell
Ira J. Denney aged 89 died at his son Niles L. Denney’s home in Bidwell after six months of poor health. He was born April 22, 1854 and was the last survivor among Ezerah and May Coughenour Denney’s six children. Surviving are Niles Bidwell Harley Bidwell R. D. Eno Nellie Slack Lan caster and Mary Baird Cleveland. Funeral Monday at Bidwell with Rev. J. L. Stephenson officiating. Burial in Fairview Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Ira J. Denney
Niles L. Denney
Bidwell
Ezerah
May Coughenour Denney
Lela Penney
Niles
Harley
R. D
Eno
Nellie Slack
Lancaster
Mary Baird
Cleveland
J. L. Stephenson
Fairview Cemetery
Kennedy Rites To Be Conducted Wednesday
Mrs. Jennie Kennedy aged 53 died at her home near Dexter Sunday. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at two o clock at the Langsville Church with interment in Miles Cemetery. She is survived by her husband Wade Kennedy and two stepsons Corporal C E Kennedy Tulsa Oklahoma and Sergeant Floyd Kennedy Manchester New Hampshire. She also leaves her mother Mrs Alice Gardner Rutland and two brothers Hollis Gardner Huntington and Clay Gardner Peoria Illinois.
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Rutland
Jennie Kennedy
Wade Kennedy
Dexter Sunnday
Langsville Church
Miles Cemetery
Hollis Gardner
Huntington
Clay Gardner
Peoria, Ill
Nelsonville Soldier Cpl. Woodson Promoted in South Pacific
Nelsonville resident Chapman Woodson has been promoted to corporal while serving with the service men in the South Pacific, per his brother Hope Woodson. Amos Lehman in Whitehall Montana reports son Meredith Lehman has joined the Army and is stationed at Fort Leonard Wood Missouri.
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Nelsonville
Chapman Woodson
South Pacific
Hope Woodson
Cpl. Woodson
Amos Lehman
Meredith
Whitehall
Montana
Fort Leonard Wood
Missouri
Memorial Day Services Planned by Township Service Club
Nelsonville Yi Township Service Club will meet at the American Legion building to arrange Memorial Day services. All are requested to attend at 7:30 PM.
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Nelsonville
American Legion
Banquet Committee Sets Meeting for Alumni Event
Nelsonville officials announce the alumni banquet committee will meet at the Church of Christ to Night at 8 o'clock to plan the event. The notice names the venue and time for the planning session.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
Graduates of NHS Class of 1938 to Meet Tonight
All members of the North High School graduating class of 1938 are asked to gather tonight at 8 o'clock in the Tri Psi Sorority room. Members are urged to attend.
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Nelsonville
Tri Psi
Motorist Fined for One Headlight in Gallipolis
Andrew Sayre of Cheshire was arrested by the State Highway Patrol Sunday evening on a charge of driving with only one headlight. He appeared in Municipal Court Monday evening at 6 o clock and was fined five dollars plus costs.
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Gallipolis
Andrew Sayre
Cheshire
State Highway Patrol
Soldier Will Receive His Diploma
Nelsonville’s Wilbur Gathers, son of Mrs. Elizabeth Gathers, will have his Nelsonville diploma accepted by the Nelsonville City Board of Education and given by his mother at the annual commencement Thursday night. The board approved the action last week. Wilbur, in the Senior Class, was inducted into the Army in February and asked not to be deferred when his number was called for selective service. His brother John E. Gathers is stationed in North Africa. Seven Senior Class members graduating Thursday night will be called into service soon.
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Nelsonville
Wilbur Gathers
Elizabeth Gathers
Camp McCain
Miss
Nelsonville City
Elvin Reynolds
Fort Bragg
N.C
Elza Reynolds
First Ward
Eva Murphy
Barbara Ann
Phyllis Rengoso
Philadelphia
Murphy
E. E. Reynolds
Emith St
Billy Stone
David Davis
New York City
Pete Jennings
Pomeroy
Ed Bohn
Ohio St
E. C. Craig
Huntington
G. B. Woodard
Fourth St
C. C. Spencer
Charleston
Vaughn Spencer
Elaine Walters
Scotty Hyre
Leonard Dunlavy
Camp Hood
Texas
Flora, Myers
Patsy Frogle
Gallipolis
A.C. Frye
River St
Maurice Mayes
New Lexington
Stephan K. Vaught
Lewisburg
Gary Hogg
W. H. Vaught
Robert Vaught
Summerville
A. F. Kisar
Mt. Hope
Columbus
E. J. Somerville
E. E. Heiner
R. P. Liter
Gertrude Halliday
Augusta
Class of 1943 Youth Earns Homage Amid War Draft
An editorial salutes the 1943 graduates facing wartime duty. It lauds their poise under pressure while urging better treatment from a fatigued nation. The piece praises faculty and parents and notes the graduates will shape a future wartime world.
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Tae
Gian
Mason County Men Report for Army Induction at Huntington Center
Fifty six Mason County men left for Army training at Huntington induction center after a brief rain delayed ceremony in the circuit court room. The group included relatives and the Mason County Band, with remarks by Rev. Frank T. Cady and support from Adjutant R. F. McGuffin.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Huntington
Barbara Fisher
Selective Service Board
Navy
Coast Guard
Marines
F. W. Ingraham
Mason County Service Center Committee
Court House
Lewis
America
Frank T. Cady
Christ Church
R. F. McGuffin
Mason County Post
American Legion
J. W. Gibbs
New Haven
WAAC
Mason Countians Brave Revn Te Plant Corn
The Messenger notes two men using hand type planters and another with a large power planter planting corn Monday as rain fell. It also reports L B Hanna’s Columbus trip: hundreds of people cultivating gardens in the Scioto Valley under favorable conditions.
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L. B. Hannaman
Columbus
Scioto Valley
Simmons Occupies Ground Floor Space for Candy Business
Takes new quarters in the Massine Building Sixth Floor recently vacated by R P Let Mr Simmons use it as headquarters and for storage of surplus stock in his wholesale candy business.
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Point Pleasant
Holly Simmons
Massine
R. P
Simmons
Visit to daughter recovering after appendectomy
Mr and Mrs Ralph Lee traveled to Gallipolis to see their daughter Annabel who remains a patient at Holzer Hospital after an appendectomy. They expect her to return home early in the week.
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Point Pleasant
Ralph Lee
Gallipolis
Annabel
Holzer Hospital
Gibbs House Hostess Absent as Sister Travels to Philadelphia
Mrs H E Thomas of South Point Ohio acts as landlady at Gibbs House during her sister Mrs George Sprenger's absence. Sprenger left Friday to visit her son Ensign H Paige Bell Jr and Mrs Bell in Philadelphia.
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Point Pleasant
H. E. Thomas
South Point
Ohio
Gibbs
George Sprenger
Ensign H. Paige Bell, Jr
Bell
Philadelphia
Woods Funeral Held Near Vinton
Funeral services for Eva Leon ard Woods 76 widow of T E Woods were held Monday at Vinton Baptist Church with Eastern Star rites. Interment followed at Vinton Memorial Park. She was the last survivor of a 12 child family and married December 3 1903. Her brother Millard F Leonard a former Gallia County surveyor was mentioned among relatives.
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Gallipolis
Vinton Baptist Church
Eva Leonard Woods
T. E. Woods
Vinton
Order of Eastern Star
Vinton Memorial Park
Butler-McCoy
Woods
Millard F. Leonard
Gallia County
Claude
Floyd Leonard
Georges Creek
Addison Township
Young Woman's Circle Meet in Pt Pleasant Tonight
Pt Pleasant notes report the Young Woman's Circle of Trinity Methodist Church will meet at 8 o'clock tonight, hostess Miss Inez Barnett at Couch Apartments Vi and St. Other items list engagements, visits, and social calls across Pt Pleasant including guests from Huntington, Columbus, and Philadelphia with residents of Ohio River Road and Fifth Ward.
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Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Christians
Trinity Methodist Church
Inez Barnett
Couch Apartments
Vi and St
Drive To Raise College Fund Announced
The Rev A E Tulloh pastor of Trinity Methodist Church says a campaign will begin next Sunday to raise 500000 from 200000 church members for West Virginia Wesleyan College Buckhan non The school needs 1500000 for library building music hall chapel and dormitory The Reverend Tulloh notes large gifts from individuals will fill most of the total A woman has subscribed the full amount for the music hall a married couple will fund the chapel and another donor has funded much of the library Church members will subscribe what they can and pay over two years
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Point Pleasant
A. E. Tullohh
Trinity Methodist Church
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon
Tulloh
Walter Whaley Ill in Point Pleasant
Mrs. Lena Carr reports Walter Whaley returned from Cedar Grove to Point Pleasant where he lies critically ill. He is the son of Carlyle L. and Mrs. Whaley of Viand Street.
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Point Pleasant
Lena
Carr
Cedar Grove
Walter Whaley
Mr. Whaley
Mrs
Carlyle L. Whaley
Viand St
Woodard serves on federal grand jury in Huntington
B. G. Woodard returned from Huntington at the weekend where he served on the federal court grand jury. He was told his services are for six months and he will be called back at the pleasure of the court. Birth announced in Point Pleasant
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Point Pleasant
G. B. Woodard
Huntington
Federal Court
Grand
Woodard
Marietta official attends national purchasing agents convention
S. C. Wilhelm, secretary and purchasing agent for Marietta Manufacturing Co., travels to New York City to participate in the national convention of purchasing agents.
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New York
Point Pleasant
S. C. Wilhelm
The
Marietta Manufacturing Co
New York City
Arrest on Sixth Street man charged with intoxication
Robert Miller of Sixth Street was arrested Monday morning by Policeman Yeager on charges of intoxication and resisting an officer after a Monday incident in Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Miller
Sixth St
Yeager
Carbondale News Notes Full weekend visits and local gatherings
Carbondale notes list visits among residents including O. B. Carpenter, Carn Nelsonville, Eileen Lowry, Priscilla Kennard, Jessie Doolittle, Lottie Peck, Ralph Wil, Richard, J. Ulbrich, Carroll Taylor, Raymond Davis, Joan Stanley, Grace Freeday, Marve Brooks, Caverell Ulrich, Ralph Jewett, Ola Kemper, Goldie Stalling, Mary Stalling, Oscar Sheridan, Elizabeth Starrett, Fred Syx, Hart Chester, Inez Mace, Lake Watts, J. C. Landis, J. C. McCoy, Helen Clark, David Kennard injured in a life incident, and Bob Dishong visiting from Great Lakes.
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Carbondale
O. B. Carpenter
Con Carn
Nelsonville
George Carlin
Samuel Risley
Eileen Lowry
Donald Lo Rare
Paul Kennard
Priscilla
Oak Grove
Jessie Doolittle
Mm Lottie Peck
Athens
Ralph Wil
Richard
Roger Wil
Eee
Ohio
Lizzie Lowry
Jell Ulbrich
J. O. Ulbrich
Suniay
Junior Taylor
Carroll
Coonville
Raymond Davis
Carl Stanley
Joan
John Stanley
Grace Freaday
Marve Brooks
Caverell Uldrich
Ralph Jewett
Ola Kemper
Lancaster
Goldie Stalling
Mary Stalling
Oscar Sheridean
Columbus
Elizabeth Starrett
Fred Syx
Mansfield
Hart Chester
Inez Mace
Chester Lowry
Landis
Lake Watts
J. C. Landis
J. C. McCoy
Bob Dishong
U. S. Naval
Great Lakes
Illinois
David Kennard
Floyd Moshier
John Landis
Logan
Helen Clark
Bible Presentation Planned for Nelsonville Graduates
Nelsonville reports the annual tradition of presenting Bibles to Nelsonville High School graduates from First Presbyterian Church. The ceremony will occur during the morning service next Sunday at 9 o clock.
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Nelsonville
Nelsonville High School
First Presbyterian Church
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