DAR Banquet Supports War Bond Drive in Mason County
Malta, head of the Southeastern Ohio D A R district, spoke at the Abby Lee Ames Chapter meeting in Athens. Mrs Browning hosted with several assist ants. ritual was led by Regent Ferguson. Members heard about two DAR supported Tamassee Industrial School and Kate Duncan Smith School receiving funds. Anna Pearl McVay reported 505 Greece shipments totaling 2040. thirty Buddy Bags to be made for boys and farmed forces. funds raised for articles and refreshments served.
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D.ment Malta
Southeastern
Ohio
the Daughters of the American Revolution
Thabby Lee Ames
Adaline P. Browning
State ‘St
HG. Stalder
Laws Humphrey
Miamy Humphrey
Hockingport
A. ©. Stewart
Reedsville
C. 1M. Ferguson
TL. Atkinson
Anna Pearl McVay
Tamassee Industrial School
Tamassee
S. C
Kate Duncan Smith School
Grant
Ala
Robert C. Hess
Lancaster
Athens
Greece
Nabby
Army Show Delayed Then Reaches Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Army show scheduled for Saturday afternoon, delayed until evening after troops couldn't leave Fort Hayes. Robert Ferguson led arrangements, crowds gathered as equipment arrived with a duck amphibian vehicle attracting interest. Several West Virginia and Ohio veterans, including Maurice McCann and Renaut, spoke of bonds and thanks. a breakfast and talks followed at public homes and the Moore Club.
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Point Pleasant
Fort Hayes
Columbus
Ant
Robert Ferguson
Newty
Tary
Ordnance Works
Willameon
Cit Ses
West Virginelles
Travnet
Sten
Bert ‘Newind
Ottweeranany Tech
Sete
Maurice F. McCann
New Orleans
Piston
Pas
Teobert” Greaver
Prove
Utah
Pic Ste. Phcock
Laurie Ky
Moone
Mir Ferguson
W Gan Fe Rovsa County ‘Wer Oon
Bernard” Payne
Charleston
Trate War Manoe Tommatior
Newland
McCann Ani
Renaut
Wes Fred
Camden Hogs
Ginius Burris
Acond
Anne
Marjorie Watdie
Fan Krehe
Adilonal
Fred
Employes
West Virani
Mar Mate Manufacturing Coy
West Vit
Eitaens Rational Banks
Mason County
Kana
Heck’s
Sixth ‘St
Army Cooks
Alice Marie Frye
Emily Hope
Vir~ Finial Lewis
Marjorie Wardle
Anita Henderson
Marietta Manfacturing Co
Death of James Sines at 84 in Letart
James Sines of Letart aged 84 died at his home near Letart Thursday. He was brother to Mrs D T Wartenburg of Letart and survived by John Sines of Charleston, two sisters Lib Lambert of Charleston and Mallory of Racine, with another sister unnamed.
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Point Pleacac
James ‘Sines
Letart
D. ‘T Wartenburg
John Sines
Charleston
Lib Lambert
Charlestom
Mallory
Racine
Plains PTA Plans Tuesday Meeting On Child Health
Plains PTA will hold its first meeting in the auditorium Tuesday Nov 20 at p.m. The program focuses on child and family health with Laura Tipton presenting Health in the Home. Ninth Grade Home Economics girls will perform a playlet Modern Cinderella with several scenes in the Trotter Living Room. Cast includes Phyllis Trotter Juanita McDonald Thelma McHarg Aunt Sofa and others. Special musical numbers by Rosalie Metcalf Thelma McHarg Barbara Humphrey and Juanita McDonald. Ensign Thomas N Hoover Jr has returned to New York after sea duty and a new Liberty Ship gunnery assignment. Mrs H G Stalder and sisters depart for New York for Thanksgiving week, joined by Miss Mary Stalder from Red Cross duty in North Carolina. Mr and Mrs Elson Bowles and sister visit Columbus to see their father recovering from cataract surgery.
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Phyllis ‘Trotter
Juanita McDonald
Mrs. Trotter
Thelma McHarg
Aunt Sofa
June Heightland
Patricia
Patricia Bramme Joyce
Barbara Humphrey
Mary Louise
Rosalee Metcalf
Eleanor Ellen ‘Goodman
Lelia
Loretta Baughman
Rosalie Metcalf
Juanita’ McDonald
Ensign Thomas N. Hoover
Mary Stalder
Red Cross
North
Carolna
Dinners Honor Sailor Loyd Copeland in Ath ens Route Four
Mr and Mrs B K Morris hosted a dinner for their son in law Seaman Loyd Copeland with guests including Mr and Mrs Russell Bashore Mrs DK Nutter Jane Morris Mrs Copeland Stewart and families Mrs Mary Horn and children Mrs Mildred Poston Mr and Mrs Lloyd Copeland and family plus Mrs Harvey Wood and Mrs Cecil Copeland Their son Seaman Copeland returned to San Francisco after three days with his wife and children at 5 W Union St
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B. K. Morris
Athens
Seaman Loyd. Copeand
Russell’ Bashore
DK. Nutter
M Jane Morris
Copeland
Stewart
Seaman Copeland
Mary Horn Fand
Mildred Poston
Lloyd Copeland
War Production Board Sets Match Reforms for War Era
The War Production Board urges a comeback of kitchen and color tipped matches with widespread use by military buyers. Expect shortages in cigarette lighters and a shift toward matches carried from home for lighting and dining, as boards push priority allocations for penny box matches and book matches.
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War Production Board
Teast
Bridge
WPR
Buffet Supper at Conner Home Entertainment Honors Guests
A buffet supper was given Sunday evening at the Conner home in Ar. and Mrs. Hone hosted to compliment Mr. MC Nolan of Washington D C and other guests. Attendees included Mr A J Brodary of Detroit Mrs W A Conner Mrs B F Cutler Mr and Mrs James Scriven Mrs John Nichols and Mr A B Roe.
Athens Garden Club and veterans meet. Stalder brothers noted
Community clubs schedule Monday gatherings including Athens Garden Club at 8 p.m. and Spanish War Veterans at 7:30 p.m. at the American Legion Home. Cpl. Kenneth Stalder writes from England describing contrasts with the U.S. and family service in the air forces. other Stalder brothers serve in Ninth Air Corps and Camp Fannin. Grandson Pvt Aaron Eugene Hall is reported killed in the Philippines in a War Department telegram. parents Mr and Mrs Claude Hall mourn.
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Athens Garden Club
T. R Biddle
Park Place
Athens County
American Legion
Roy R. Nowell
WBA
Appa Phi
Carl Ferguson
Kenneth Stalder
England
Charles Tribe
W. Statut
Kenneth Joe Stalder
Stalder
Stila C. Stalder
Chauncey
Air Force
Engand
America
Chilly
Pt Gilbert Stalder
Ninth ‘Air Corps
Pvt
Carl Stalder
Fannin
Texas
Aaron Lewis
Patton
Columbus
Aaron
Eugene Hall
Philippines
War Department
Claude Hall
Hall
Robert
William
Jenagier
Magazine Praises McGraner Work on B&O Line
Ohio Magazine features Mrs. Ernest McGraner for supplying magazines and 24 000 postcards to soldiers on trains passing through Athens. Inez M. De Ville lauds Athens spirit and Kiwanis aid, noting magazines running low and requests for more deliveries to 7 1 2 West Union Street. Also notes Mrs A G Miller and a Pythian Sisters meeting at Lodge Hall.
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Ohio
B.’ and. O. Tailroad
Ernest McGraner
Athens
Inez M. de Ville
McGraner
Union St
A. G. Miller
Richland
New York
Pythian Sisters
War Bond Quota Set for West Virginia Ordnance Workers
Point Pleasant reports the West Virginia Ordnance Works quota for the Sixth War Loan at 128000 dollars. Each employee will be required to purchase about 700 dollars in bonds, with the total aimed at supporting the war effort.
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Point Pleasant
West “Virginia
Fatality on Jefferson Blvd After Pushing Car Collision
Friday night accident on Jefferson Boulevard near Ripley involved Herbert B. Parsons 39, fatally injuring him while pushing a stranded vehicle. Special Officer Walter Rice and Patrolman Curt Yeager led the investigation as a second car passed Parsons’ vehicle and Mrs. V A Romito’s car swerved to avoid him. Parsons, a Burdette Addition resident, had been employed at the ordnance works and died after being taken to Ripley from Point Clinic. He is survived by his wife Lupardus Parsons and eight children, plus several siblings.
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Pain Rleasari
Herbert B. Parsons
Jefferton Blvd
Arnett
Point Clinic
Ripley
Bellegrove
Jackson County
Walter Rice
Lincoln Ave
Curt Yeager
Rice
Parsons
V. A. Romito
Burdette Addition
Ray Flinn
Roy W Eschenaur
Jefferson Blvd
Flinn
Gallipolis
Ordnance Works
Romiero
Ordnance Works School
T. A
A. N. Parsons
Jackson |Sbey
Lupardus
Ers
Violet
Mary
Betty
Garnett
Roma
Ronnie
Leah Cobb
Dollie Cobb
Charleston
Jennie ‘Tully
Levi
Oscar
William
Edwin * Parsons
Charley Parsons
Magion Parsons
Evans
Rusty Hogston Arrested in Point Pleasant
Paul Hogston, a trusted inmate from the Moundsville state prison, working at Lakin State Hospital, was arrested by Chief Jiiden and Patrolman Yeager after patrons at Batterson Place reported threats. A knife was found in his shoe. a gun was not recovered. He admitted being a lifer for a McDowell County murder.
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Paul Hogstom
Moundsville
Lakin State Hospital
Jiiden
Yeager
Batterson
Hogston
Batterson Place
Hele
Houston
McDowell County
Car Crash Injures Four Near Ordnance Works
Four men including John Nowlin Jackson Crawford and John Chapman suffered minor injuries when their car, carrying them to work at the ordnance works, collided with a southbound vehicle driven by Jimmy Jones at the intersection of 22nd Street and Jackson Avenue. Chief Hoyt Jiden said Jones was uninjured and was not cited.
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Point Pleanass
Cecil Nowlin
John” Jackson
Crawford
Tohn Chapman
Apple Grove
Ordnance Works
Jimmy Jones
22Nd’ St
Jackson Ave
Jones
Nowlin
Hoyt Jiden
Ynd St
Jividen
Mrs William McKnight Telegram Reports Husband Killed in France
UNIT PLEASANT Mrs William McKnight of Hartford received a telegram from the War Department Saturday noting her husband was killed in action in France on October 5. GALLIPOLIS Mr and Mrs Leonard Ward have sold their Burkhart Lane property to E R Wallace adjoining the property line.
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Pleasant
William McKnight
Hartford
Th War Department
France
Gallipolis
Leonard Ward
Burkhart Lane
E R. Wallace
Two Gallia County Townships Finish Drives in National War Work Project
Two Gallia County townships completed drives under the National War Work project. The report lists participants including Margaret Edminston and E C Bie among others, noting local involvement and community effort in support of wartime production and labor contributions.
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Gallia County
Shipyard Worker Victim of Accident
A Walnut Street shipyard worker awais Flies-sentra l was seriously injured about 6:30 Saturday evening when his car collided with a rock at the New York Central underpass curve near Sixth Street. He was taken to Point Clinic and later reported improving. He sustained a brain concussion and a forehead wound. for hours he was irrational. Two men fled the scene into a culvert. police followed but found no trace. Police expect to identify the truck owner after state road office opens.
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Awais
Walnut St
New York Central
Sixth St
Point Clinic
Rose
Yeager
Jividen
State Road Commission
Charleston
Gallipolis Social Notes Marriage in Gallipolis
Announcement of the marriage of Beulah Houck to Seaman First Class John C. Mitchell. The ceremony occurred at seven on Wednesday November 1, at the home of Reverend H. M. Smith. Mitchell has reported for duty in Norfolk Virginia and Houck has returned to work at Crowell Publishing in Springfield. Local society notes cover church group meetings and various community visits and travel among residents and service members.
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Gallipolis
Beulah Houck
John C. Mitchell
H. M. Smith
Bidwell
Norfolk
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Point Pleasant Social Notes and Local Occurrences
A roundup of local society items includes visits by Washington D C resident MOBI and relatives en route to Athens to work with the McBee Co. Mrs Charles Kuhl heads to New York City to join her Navy husband. Mrs Hoyt Jiden returns to West Virginia Ordnance Works. Captain F A Smith from Atlanta visits his mother Mrs Irvin Smith. A daughter born Friday to Mr and Mrs William Fateley of Charleston Road at Holzer Hospital. R W Eshenaur bruised after a fall on Eleventh Street railroad tracks. M Rooper Coyner visits Clarksbury with Mrs Coyner. Roosevelt reportedly receives between 3000 and 4000 letters daily.
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Oals
Om. Mobi
Washington, D.C
Hoyt Jiden
J. A Rodgers
Athens
McBee Co
Charles Kuhl
New York City
Navy
Hoyt Jmden
West Vitg
Inia Ordnance Works
F. A. Smith
Army’ Medical Corps
Atlanta
Irvin” Smith
Kanawha St
William Fateley
Charleston Road
Holzer Hospital
R. W. Eshenaur
Raway Tracks
Eleventh’ St. Monan
H. D. Coyner
Clarksburg
Mrs. Coyner
Roosevelt
Emanon Club Holds Dance at Gallia Academy High School
The Emanon Club met at the Gallia Academy High School gym for a Thursday evening event for twenty four members and guests. Music was provided by a juke box, and the affair was arranged by the entertainment committee led by Mrs. Robert D. Thomas, Mrs. Robert Sheets, Mrs. Robert Ruland, Mrs. Harold Brown, and Miss Faye Alban.
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Lauaarvis
Emanon Club
Gallia Academy High School
Gymnnasium
Robert D. Thomas
Robert Sheets
Robert Ruland
Harold Brown
Faye Alban
Home on furlough brings decorated serviceman home
A serviceman returning from months of foreign duty arrives on furlough. He spent 17 months in front-line service and has been awarded the Purple Heart, Silver Star and the Major Battle Ribbon for his time in service.
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Gallifulid
Naywen
Car Crash Damages Vehicles on Route 7
A car driven toward Gallipolis on Route 7 struck a parked car on Eastern Avenue Sunday evening. Deputies report minor injuries to the occupants, and the sheriff's office is investigating.
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Gallipolis
Ellard Edkins
Addison
Gopolis
William Grove
Eastern Ave
Itatfield
Sulfa compounds promise relief for sinus skin and scalp troubles
Sulfa introduces three new products Sulfa Sino for sinus infections Sulfa Zema for eczema psoriasis and athlete's foot and Sulfa Ri for dandruff scalp infections. Each contains sulfathiazole in government-recognized amounts and is sold with a money back guarantee at $2.50 per product postpaid. Send check or money order to Sulfa Septic Products 3105 Holmes Dept NK-49 Kansas City Mo.
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Holmes
Dept
Kansas City
Adi
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Gallipolis Social Notes
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Vernon Myers
Woman's Society
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Jesse Sheets
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Hattie Chevalier
Blanche McCalla
Johnson
Nellie Storfer
Dewey Wilcoxen
Harold Broyles
Cornwell
God Will Take Care
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First Presbyterian Church
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Virginia Myers
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Otto Vornholt
James Rieger
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Eueka
Margaret Gaskill
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