Completion of Gallipolis Flood Road Urged as Federal Measure
County officials and WPA representatives urged a U S Army Engineers panel in Huntington to grant national defense status to the Gallipolis flood escape road. With WPA projects due to end by July 1, completion of the 220 000 dollar project was stressed, though final approval remained uncertain.
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S$ Messenger
Athens
Ohi
Gallipolis
E. N. Leonard
Messrs. Roose
National Defense
Leonard
Army Board
Sanitarian Bunce Takes Post in Gallia and Meigs Counties
Max Bunce assumes duties as sanitarian at the Gallia Meigs County health office in the courthouse. He will handle water testing and sanitary inspections in rural districts, focusing on tourist cabins and trailer camps to enforce state laws. He will test wells, advise on contamination, and seal improved wells to prevent recurrence.
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Gallipolis
Max Bunce
Gallia
Meigs
Bunce
State Laboratory
Ohio State University
Pownall Advanced to Lieutenant Colonel in Army Service
Pownall, a former Gallipolis CCC camp commander and Columbus resident, has been advanced to lieutenant colonel with service dating to 1917. Meanwhile Athens Wright Decorating Co. completed redecoration of the Lafayette Hotel lobby and main dining room and now works on the Palm Room.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
CCC
Fairgrounds
Virgil P. Pownall
Columbus
Wright Decorating Co
Athens
Lafayette Hotel
Child Injured In Gallipolis Falls On Stick
Ronald Carr two years old son of Mr and Mrs Jack Carr is treated at Holzer Hospital for a severe mouth injury after falling on a stick while playing in Gallipolis Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Ronald
Jack Carr
Holzer Hospital
Funeral rites held near Point Pleasant for Mrs Mary Jane Eads
Funeral rites were held near Point Pleasant for Mrs Mary Jane Eads mother of Jesse Eads of Cheshire.
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Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
Mary Jane Eads
Jesse Eads
Cheshire
Hold Wood Rites Point Pleasant
The body of Stanley E. Wood of Marmet was found in the Ohio Run at Eureka Dam and interred at Ironton yesterday. Ironton is Mr. Wood’s old home.
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Hold Wood
Point Pleasant
Stanley E. Wood
Marmet
Eureka Dam
Charleston
Ironton
Mr. Wood
Entered Hospital After Chickenpox Complications
Otho Douglas of Elmwood Road was admitted to Holzer Hospital by ambulance Monday evening for treatment of complications following a severe chickenpox attack. He resides with Leonard Stover.
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Point Pleasant
Otho Douglas
Leonard Stover
Elmwood Road
Holzer Hospital
Trailer Camp To Be Built On Federal War Plant Land
Point Pleasant will host a government supervised trailer camp on land of the West Virginia Ordnance Works reservation. General Chemical Defense Corp will operate the plant and housing for privately owned trailers, aiming to relieve scattered camps as worker numbers rise with plant and shipyard expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
General Chemical Defense Corporation
West Virginia Ordnance Works
The
Chemical Corporation
Ration Board Swamped By Sugar Applicants
In POINT PLEASANT the rationing board moved into the circuit court room to handle a throng of homemakers seeking sugar certificates for canning. The board appeals for volunteers to help. Chairman John Brown notes many county residents would apply if able to travel. hundreds live 10 miles away with little transport.
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Point Pleasant
Circuit Court
John Brown
Columbus Couple Arrested and Fined
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Vandrin were arrested Monday for drunken driving and arraigned before Magistrate Sam Taylor Tuesday. Vandrin received a $25 fine with costs and a six month car impoundment. Mrs. Vandrin paid a $10 fine with costs. The couple had come from Columbus. Vandrin worked at the government explosives plant. An erroneous report said Middleport.
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Point Pleasant
Roy Vandrin
Sam Taylor
Vandrin
Vandrins
Columbus
Middleport
WPA Recreation Project Approved
Telegram from Senator Kilgore reports a WPA recreation project approved in Point Pleasant with $12,105 allocated for five playgrounds.
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WPA
Point Pleasant
Kilgore
Annex Plans Hit Delay At Moose Club
POINT PLEASANT The Moose Club has not received a permit to build the planned annex and the project may be abandoned until the end of the war, said one of the club's officials yesterday. The club recently decided to build a dining room on the front lawn at a cost of more than $6,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Moose Club
Optson
Business Places To Close as Gallipolis Observes Holiday
Memorial Day will be observed with most businesses closed in Gallipolis on Saturday. Banks and courthouse offices will shut. post office hours follow Saturday schedule after instruction from the Post Office Department. U S Employment office stays open. West Virginia Ordnance Works employees will not cease observance. state liquor store will not open Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chamber of Commerce Merchants’ Committee
Post Office Department
Ser
U. S
Ferry Dillon
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Theatre completion hoped by June 6 in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant officials anticipate finishing the new State Amusement Co. theatre by June 6 after interim suspensions. President Holly H Hudson and Manager Ross N Filson added workers and verified materials including seats projections gear plumbing lighting fixtures and tickets are on site to support a mid July opening.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Holly H. Hudson
The
State Amusement Co
Hudson
Ross N. Filson
Questionnaires Delayed by Draft Office in Point Pleasant
Secretary Donald F. Roush of the draft board reports the mailout of occupational questionnaires to men aged 20 to 44 in February is impossible. Several hundred remain unmailed at closing time as local office workload overwhelms Roush and his sole assistant Miss Fisher.
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Point Pleasant
Donald F. Roush
Draft Board
Aneuet
State Police Grant Operators Licenses
Operators licenses have been granted after examination by the state police detachment. Recipients include James H. Armstrong and William O F Boggs of Gallipolis, and many others from Local towns such as Leon Letart Clifton and Apple Grove with names including Bivins Burton Cosin, Douglass Durbin Glaeson Harper Hogsett Jeffers Johnson Knapp Lesher Nuckles Neal Powell Runion Reese Roach Shultz Stephens Simms Sargent Schoonover Lines Tulloch West Wright Getty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James H. Armstrong
William O'F. Boggs
Gallipolis
Bill Bivins
James Burton
Arnold Cosisin
Leon
Gus R. Douglass
Grimms Landing
Griff Durbin
Leo Gleason
Robert P. Harper, Jr
Stanley Harbour
Hogsett
Ray Jeffers
Clifton
G. E. Johnson
Milton A. Knapp
West Columbia
Guy Lesher
Letart
John Nuckles
Viola Neal
Joseph Powell
Albert Runnion
Robertsburg
Lawrence Reese
Roy Ross
Bladen
Roy Roach
Howard Shultz, Jr
Arthur Stephens
Earl Simms
Apple Grove
Glenn Sargent
Charles ‘Schoonover
Carl E. Lines
Harry Tulloch
New Haven
John B. West
Herbert E. Wright
Sibert Sat
L. W. Getty
Johnson Attends Funeral of Father in West Union
Attorney J. G. F. Johnson and Mrs. Johnson travel to West Union for the funeral of Rev. A. F. Johnson. The retired Methodist minister, 78, native of Doddridge County, is survived by his wife, three sons, and five daughters. Funeral plans were not yet announced.
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Point Pleasant
Mitchell Snyder
Hunted
Edward Clelland
Catawba
Floyd Sayre
Clarksburg
Ray Johnson
Morgantown
Bert Mercer
Ellenboro
Barber Is Authority On Steamer Whistles
POINT PLEASANT aims to capture the era’s river traffic as barber Lewis Ball, a local whistle expert, identifies steamers by sound. He praises the Sam Craig whistle as prettiest, notes Capt Moten Stanly’s skill, and cites the Monongah as loudest while criticizing air-blast whistles on diesel boats.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis Ball
Lowe Hotel
Sam Craig
Mr. Ball
Ball
Moten Stanly
Graduation Exercises At Senior High School
Ninety five seniors will receive diplomas at the May twenty eighth graduation program at Senior High School. The ceremony opens with a processional led by Miss Emma L Clark and senior girls, includes The Prophet coronation march and The Star Spangled Banner, with Raymond as class speaker and Faye Plymale as second speaker. Diplomas and prizes will be presented, followed by a recessional led by Miss Clark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Emma L. Clark
the Prophet
Meyerbeer
Francis Scott Key
Emma L, Clark
Raymond
Faye Plymale
Paul F. Thomas
Real Estate Auction in Ben Lemonid Community Farm Sale
Real estate in the chancery case of Peter H Steenbergen versus Morgan Moore will be sold by Special Commissioner E J Somerville at the court house door to the highest bidder on Saturday June 20. The 312 acre tract fronts the Ohio River in Clendenin District near the Ben Lemon community and includes 250 acres of bottom land. The sale funds cash bequests in the will of the late Mrs Mary Morgan Moore totaling about 12000 dollars.
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Point Pleasant
E. J. Somerville
Lewis H. Miller
Peter H. Steenbergen
Morgan Moore
Clendenin
Ben Lemond
Ohio River
Mary Morgan Moore
State Hospital Plans Sugar Use Cutback Beginning July
At Gallipolis the state hospital aims to halve its 175000 pound annual sugar use by adopting per capita allocations through the county rationing board effective July 1. Corn syrup replaces table sugar in cooking and pastry, with desserts reduced where sugar is heavy and continued where lighter. Mrs Vance experiments with corn syrup in ice cream flavoring.
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Gallipolis
State Hospital
J. Paul Mossman
County
Vance
Praises Holzer for Conservation Work
GALLIPOLISOhio official E P Rinehart of the Department of Conservation praised Dr C E Holzer for conservation achievements as president of the Ohio Valley Conservation Congress. He urged resource programs for future generations and recommended short trips to southern Ohio game preserves and lakes.
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Gallipolis
Rotary Club
E. P. Rinehart
Ohio Department of Conservation
Marietta
C. E. Holzer
Ohio Valley Conservation Congress
Ohio
Fire damages former resident's home on Dublin Road near Columbus
Fire early Tuesday damaged the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ed R. Neal on Dublin Road near Columbus with estimated losses around 5 000 dollars. The Neals, natives of Springfield Township, were away when the blaze was found. Ed Neal is a vice president at Huntington National Bank in Columbus.
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Gallipolis
Ed R. Neal
Dublin Road
Columbus
Neals
Neal
Springfield Township
Huntington National Bank
Divorce action filed by Hayden Coleman against Iola Coleman
Hayden Coleman files for divorce from Iola Virginia Coleman alleging marital infidelity. The couple married in June 1932 and have two children Frances Virginia age 7 and Eugene Hayden age eight months.
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Point Pleasant
Hayden Coleman
Iola Virginia Coleman
Frances Virginia
Eugene Hayden
Point Pleasant Personal Notes Highlight Local Visits
W C Bowie former editor of The Register now a divinity student in Alexandria arrived Monday to join his wife visiting family here. Mrs Gail Wallace and son Charles Foster of Glouster recently visited her parents Mr and Mrs John J Dower and sister Mrs Hillis Townsend in Charleston. Postmaster William Greenlee of Nat was here on business yesterday. Mrs Dave Messick and Mrs M Chapman of Henderson were in Gallipolis yesterday. Mr Herman Kearns of Chillicothe spent Sunday with the Edward Blessings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. C. Bowie
the Register
Alexandria
Gail Wallace
Charles Foster
Glouster
John J. Dower
Hillis Townsend
Charleston
William Greenlee
Nat
Dave Messick
M. Chapman
Henderson
Gallipolis
Herman Kearns
Chillicothe
Edward Blessings
Workers Not Using Bus as Anticipated
Gallipolis reports bus service between the city and West Virginia Ordnance Works is not as popular as expected. Most workers favor private conveyance and many exchange rides to cut tire costs.
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Gallipolis
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Wife Seeks Divorce in Vinton Case
Mrs. Charles E. Jeffers of Vinton files for divorce and alimony citing gross neglect and attentions to another woman. She is mother of five, youngest an infant.
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Gallipolis
Charles E. Jeffers
Vinton
Ice Cream Festival Planned by Centerpoint Women
Women of the Centerpoint Church announce the first ice cream festival of the season at the church on Friday night.
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Gallipolis
Centerpoint Church
War Courses At Gallia High For Next Semester
Gallipolis report says about 6000 free books will be inspected and stored for vacation. rebinding and repairs planned. Over 60 high school boys enroll in manual training. 52 plan shorthand. A new journalism class has 27 students. Ruth Miller to teach Spanish and French. An aeronautical basic training course may join curriculum with federal support and equipment. a Gallia aeronautics club already exists near the airfield. Superintendent E. E. Higgins will discuss with a federal representative Thursday.
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Gallipolis
Ruth Miller
Ben Bachus
E. E. Higgins
Higgins
Pansy Bed Draws Attention at State Hospital Grounds
Gallia County showcases the largest and prettiest bed of pansies at the south entrance to the state hospital grounds. About half a dozen colors from deep yellow to dark purple appear among blooming beds while other plants decorate the grounds with few blooms yet.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
State Hospital Patients To Attend Exercises
Memorial Day observance at the state hospital is not planned. Many patients will attend exercises at Pine Street Cemetery with the state hospital band. A ball game is scheduled for the afternoon at the Institution.
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Gallipolis
State Hospital
Pine Street Cemetery
Alumni To Meet In Reunion At Vinton School
Vinton School Alumni Association members will gather Saturday night at the school building for a reunion. Mrs Ruth Evans Mayer a Vinton native and association member will speak on recent war experiences in Singapore.
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Gallipolis
Vinton School Alumni Association
Ruth Evans Mayer
Vinton
Singapore
Rio Grande College Choral Groups Set for Saturday Concert
Rio Grande College will present both men's and women's choral clubs in concert numbers Saturday at 7 30 p m led by Miss Hazel Hill music director for the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Hazel Hill
Gallipolis Airport to Reopen Within a Week
The Gallipolis Airport will resume operation probably within a week after a conference with Civil Aeronautics Authority officials. The field, closed for about six months, will be reconditioned and hangars readied for ships. A flying instructor will be chosen from several applicants and a flight school will begin with the reopening. Private plane owners expect to use the field and defense-plant officials will have landing and housing facilities nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cc. E. Holzer
Civil Aeronautics Authority
Holezer
War Bonds Will Be Sold by Merchants in Gallipolis
Gallipolis retailers prepare a July 1 sales push for war savings bonds and stamps. Benjamin H. Namm requests full cooperation from local merchants and urges the first 15 minutes after noon to be devoted to bond sales. Paul Mossman notes strong merchant support and a citywide campaign kickoff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Benjamin H. Namm
National Retail Advisory Committee
Washington
Paul Mossman
Chamber of Commerce
Retailers For Victory
Faculty Picnics at McCormick Creek
Washington School faculty and friends enjoyed a picnic supper at the McCormick Creek roadside park Tuesday night. High school faculty will break fast Thursday at Fortification Hill Park on tomato juice bacon and eggs hot rolls and strawberries with cream. State committee members in charge Katherine Kircher Betty Kratz Harold Brown Harland Martin.
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Gallipolis
Washington School
McCormick Creek
Fortification Hill Park
Katherine Kircher
Betty Kratz
Harold Brown
Harland Martin
Death of James L. Smith in Columbus
W. E. Noel learns of the death in Columbus yesterday of his brother in law James L. Smith at his home. A Mercerville native, Smith is survived by his wife Hattie Noel and their daughter Mabel Louise Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. E. Noel
Columbus
James L. Smith
Mercerville
Smith
Hattie Noel
Mabel Louise Smith
Marriage Licenses Listed for Gallipolis Applicants
Applicants for marriage permits include Harry Miller 30 and Rosie Robertson 40 from Princeton West Virginia John Koskey 21 and Reba Morehouse 21 Whitman West Virginia Albert F McDaniel 21 and Virginia Davis 21 Poca West Virginia E E Cartwright 29 and Helen Brockhart 21 Huntington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Harry Miller
Rosie Robertson
Priceton
W. Va
John Koskey
Reba Morehouse
Whitman
Albert F. McDaniel
Virginia Davis
Poca
E. E. Cartwright
Helen Brockhart
Huntington
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Black Jack” Pershing
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General Pershing
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Johnson
Barber
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Valley Forge
Valley Forge Military Academy
Wayne, Pa
Gallia High
Coca-Cola Company
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
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