War Fund And Boy Scout Drive Starts In Mason County
Plans to raise seven thousand dollars for United War Fund and Boy Scouts in Mason County are announced with headquarters in the Board of Education office. Robert J Ferguson chairs with Miss Armstrong as financial secretary directing a 15 day campaign. Funds support USO services and will be tax deductible as campaign officials urge broad community cooperation. Former Premier Hideki Tojo recovers enough to walk in hospital and will be moved to jail shortly, doctors say.
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Point Pleasant
United War Fund
Boy Scouts Cam
Charman Robert J.serguson
Eadquarters
Board of Education
Fretary, Armstrong
Ferguson
Uscan
Ork
United War
Mason County
Camen
Walden Roush
Thessenger
War Fund
Mason Unity Boy Scouts
FUSO
USO Cammons
Army
Navy
USO
West Virginia
Topo
Yokohama
Hideki Tojo
New Pastor Is Well Received on Sunday
In POINT PLEASANT the Rev H O Shamblin began as Trinity Methodist Church pastor with morning and evening services drawing large crowds. Parishioners praised his sermons. The Shamblins have four children and plan to move soon. Due health, Rev W A Gregg will not vacate immediately. the Shamblins may occupy the former parsonage or seek a larger home in town.
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Point Pleasant
H. O. Shamblin
Trinity Methodist Church
Shambins
W. A. Gregg
Shamblins
Navy Day Parade Up River Vessels To Travel In Convoys
Com modore B Jordan of the United States Coast Guard announces Navy Day events with extensive movement of sea-going naval vessels upriver from New Orleans beginning Oct 2 1945. Convoys of 3 to 6 ships will travel various Mississippi Ohio Kanawha and Tennessee river routes toward Navy Day Oct 27 with river pilots steering lead vessels and standard running lights. The tri county area including Point Pleasant Gallipolis Middleport and Pomeroy is cited as a potential destination where vessels can operate safely given the Ohio Valley depth and river conditions. Hundreds from the area helped build these ships and may observe the celebration along the river.
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Point Pleasant
Robert J. Heslop
Commodore B Jordan
United States Coast Guard
St. Lows
United States
New Orleans
Mississippi
Ohio
Kanawha
Tennessee
Tri-County
Point
Pleasant
Gallipolis
Middleport
Pomeroy
Ohio Valley
Hogsetts Dam
Letart Dam
Farmers Lose Soybeans as Wet Weather Ruins Hay
Mason County farmers report many soybeans cut for hay rotted before curing since September. Weather has been persistently wet, causing losses. Several farmers chose to let beans fully ripen and harvest grain with combines instead.
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Mason County
the Messenger
Hodges May Be Picked To Head College
POINT PLEASANT Charles E Hodges president of the Charleston chamber of commerce is mentioned as a possible choice for the presidency of West Virginia University. He has been endorsed by several state newspapers and Congressman M M Neely says he will comment if Hodges is elected. Hodges father was a former university president. Politicians discuss Gov Meadows absence from a Wheeling Labor Day labor convention due to other business and a golf game. Rumor also ties Col James Kay Thomas of Charleston as a potential candidate to succeed Senator Kilgore.Thomas, a former Attorney General, served three years in North Africa and Italy and recently returned home. How war veterans will fare against labor-backed rivals remains uncertain.
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Point Pleasant
Charles E. Hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
West Virginia University
M. M. Neely
Hodges
Meadows
Wheeling
Coll
James Kay Thomas
Charleston
Kilgore
Thomas
Neely
United States Senate
Army Air Corps
North Africa
Italy
Falls to death at home roof in Fostoria
Jesse W. Colman aged 65 fell from the roof of his house and died yesterday. In Lancaster a 67 year old farmer Bert F Seifert was fatally injured when a crank on a corn sheller caused his death yesterday.
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Jesse W. Colman
Lancaster
Bert F. Seifert
Athens Man Feels Like Swollen Balloon After Meals
A resident of Athens describes severe bloating after eating, with gas and acidy liquids, lasting hours, followed by relief after taking ERB-HELP a herbal digestive aid. The ad claims rapid bowel cleansing and improved appetite, urging purchase at Athens Pharmacy and Betts Corner in Nelsonville.
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Athens
Nelsonvilla
Point Pleasant Social Notes Highlights Local Teas
Pt Pleasant social news covers Mrs Ham hosting a tea, Lt Peter Steenbergen’s Fort Bragg reassignment, Annabelle Lee visiting relatives, and local gatherings at St Mark's Church. Also noted are readings at the Reading Club, the Married Ladies Bridge Club meeting, and various visits by residents and former students connected to Holzer Hospital.
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Point Pleasant
Ham
Ton A. Johnson
Willam Meade
Fort Bragg
Ohio
WN. c
Annabelle Lee
Johnson
Heen
W. A. Lee
Gallipolis
John
4. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
John William Steenbergen
Byrone
Coral Gables
Fla
Charles W. VanMatre
Hester Lee
Cc. C. Lewis
Aenean
James
Lee
Wills
Lincoln Ave
Horton
Roseberry
William Russell Stone
Vaught
H. E. Shadle
Hatfield
Howard Guthrie
Viand
Nora Somerville
John Kay
Beech Hill
Carne Somerville
EB. F. Heiner
Discharge of 23 Gallians Reported in 1 Last Week
Gallia Countians discharged from the U S armed forces were listed by the Gallia County Selective Service Board. Names included J T Callahan John T Guuffin Chester Sealey Robert Fellore Delmot Palmer Floyd Brumsfield and others. Also noted are several local residents traveling, visiting, or stationed away including Carl Myers and F Christ on a Canadian fishing trip and Col Bush to be stationed at Fort Leavenworth.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Gene Plymale
John Bashore Jr
Hysell Persinger
Carl E. Roach
Headley Garlic Jr
Charles W. Hamminger
Harold L. Davis
Clarence Mulford Jr
Charles E Daugherty
Carl Myers
F.christ
Canada
Weldon N Martin
Stanley Joe
Cincinnati
Matins
Flora Leonard
Ruth Miller
Catherine Morison
Eulah Williams
Columailus
Ruth
Hartman Col
George E Bush
Jane
Fort Leavenworth
Col. Bush
Elias Wetherholt
H W. Wetherholt
Columbus
Dwight Wetherholt
Thelma Winterback
County Engineers Office
Thomas Rue
Fort Knots
John Rue
J. C Buthe
Miami
Fla
Burke
Army
Ile
Radcliff e Personals Radcliff e Personals
Vinton Rural High School pupils visited Wilkesville to see an educational movie. Cpl Edward F Dailey arrives home after 41 months service, 37 overseas, first time home since enlistment, anti aircraft unit served in Iceland England North Africa and on the Continent from D-Day to VE Day, discharged Sept 17 at Indiantown Gap Pa. Miss Mary Lou Pierce of Atheris visited parents. 1c J H Hoctor reports 44 points and near discharge, Navy since July 29 1943, Guam mission. Booster Night at Grange Hall. Kay Bertha Jeffers burned by boiling water, treated by Dr Chamberlain. Pic Donald Cane home on furlough, ETO four months overseas. Pic Virgil Riley back at Camp Atterbury after 30 day furlough. Gomer Bowen and Floyd Perry to Legion convention in Columbus.
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Radcliff
Vinton Rural High School
Wilkesville
Cpl
Edward F. Dailey
Cpl. Dailey
Iceland
England
North Africa
Indiantown Gap
Mary Lou Pierce
Atheris
C. E. Pierce
John Hoctor
J. H. Hoctor
Guam
Hoctor
Navy
Grange
Vinton Township
Kay
Bertha Jeffers
Pic Cane
ETO
Pic
Virgil Riley
Camp Atterbury
Gill Ripley
Firemen Called Twice on Sunday in Gallipolis
The Gallipolis fire department was summoned twice on Sunday. The first alarm came at about 3 am from Park Central Hotel where the blaze was quickly put out, damaging only a bed and mattress. A straw stack on French City Development Company's land across Chickamaugua prompted the second call late Sunday afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Park Central
Chickamauge
Twins Born to Becker Family in Marietta
Announcement from Gallipolis notes the birth of twins to Mr and Mrs Luther Becker in Marietta. A girl named Rebecca Lee weighed six pounds nine ounces. A boy named Robert Luther weighed five pounds thirteen ounces. Grandparents include Mrs Julia Dawson. Fae Beckers have two older children Donald and Julia. An unrelated line reports an average of three Americans die daily from automobile exhaust carbon monoxide.
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Gallipolis
Billy
Luther Becker
Frances Dawson
Marietta
Margaret
Leota Shuler
Rebecca Lee
Robert Luther
Fae Beckers
Donald
Julia
Julia Dawson
Shalers
Gallia Nurse Among First on Jap Soil
Gallia's First Lieut Bette Faulkner and four other army nurses landed in Tokyo aboard the hospital ship Fairold, becoming among the first American servicewomen on Japanese soil. They join the 42nd General Hospital unit to care for Allied POWs, following the ship’s arrival from Manila, marking a historic postwar moment.
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Gallipolis
Bette Faulkner
Jokyo Bas
42Nd General Hospital
Manila
Tokyo
Faulkier
Twe Holzer Hoyts] Schant of
Funeral held for Fo Bald Amsbary in Gallipolis
Funeral services for Fo Bald Amsbary 72 who died suddenly were held at 2 30 Sunday at First Baptist Church with Rev J Edward Hakes in charge. Burial was in Mound Cemetery. Survivors include Mrs Amsbary and nine grandchildren.
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Gallipolis
Fo Bald Amsbary
Fiedas
First Baptist Church
J Edward Hakes
Mound If
Amsbary
Song
Wallara Ams
Bary van
Gus Amsbars
Columbus
Missoultie Amsbars
Gueens Township
Tis Counts
Visit to Oberlin and New York After Army Service
Lieut Edward F. Robinson and Mrs Robinson Gannet Booth have left Gallipolis. He will visit his parents in Oberlin before proceeding to New York. He plans to return to Oberlin College to resume work on his master's and aim for a doctor's degree after recovering his bachelor's degree prior to service.
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Gallipolis
Edward F. Robinson
Robinson Gannet Booth
Texas
Oberlin
New York
Robinson
Oberlin College
Auxiliary Elects Officers for Lafayette Post
Gallipolis American Legion Auxiliary Unit elected last week Miss Tillie Denney president Mrs Frank Lyons Mist vice president Mrs John Richards second vice president Mrs VY M Elliott secretary and Mrs George Lear treasurer for Lafayette Post, with names and roles listed.
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Gallipolis
American Legion
Lafayette
Tillie Denney
Frank Lyons
Mist
John Richards
VY M Elliott
George Lear
Crstex advertised for nighttime urinary symptoms and kidney support
A vintage ad urges men who wake at night to try Crstex to restore pep. It links nightly urination to fatigue and old feeling, claims Crstex flushes kidneys, and promises rapid relief, money back if not satisfied. Includes dosing and price details for the druggist.
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Athens Messenger
Old Reliable Coffee
Tuedat
Ercaea Company
Long Island City
N.Y
Beters
Pepsi-Cols Bottling Co
Jap Joes
R. F Musgrave
Edward Foglesong
Harry Dromes
Grant Roberts
Raymond Musgrave
Kenneth Rous
Clayton Pullins
Hale Blessing
Dans Durst
Otto Rodgers
Roy Blessing
Musgrave
John Sayre
Charmana
Miteenausle Wawrante
Reading Club
Garrett Green
Ohio River Road
Green
Joseph Buffington
China
Emily Hahn
Emma H. Burnside
Mae Rhoades
George Skene
Sanford Rhoades
Buffington
Delbert Staats
Inez Barnett
Maudelien Skene
Bessie Johnson
Scotty Hyre
Elmer Piymale
Gallipelis Ferry
Hyre
John Carpenter
Georgia Reiker
Lester Gugel
Huntingtay
Piymale
Torney
F. G. Musgrave
Beaufort
Clarice Knapp
Retty
Lewis
J. Minton Lewis
Girard Fowler
Huntington
Alfred Gibbs
Mason City
Ernest Hesson
Clifford Stalnaker
Lewis Coe
Don Ray
Yiand St
Florida
Holzer Hospital
Steenbergen
Hamazlfaonson
Garnette Tila
M. Foglesong
Die
Ben
George Gardner
Roush
Emma
Board
Radcliffe
Gomer Bowen
Floyd Perry
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