Gallia County Sends Large Delegation to Army Tests
Gallia County reports a large morning turnout as 124 young men leave Gallipolis for Huntington for pre army examinations. The call marks a record for the local Selective Service Board with many more large calls expected. The Corps trains with parachute and airborne units, supported by transport planes and heavy equipment.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Gallia County
Army— Center
Gallipolis
Huntington
Selective Service Board
George F. Watson
John C. Steinbeck
Frank L. Smith
Alva Ce. Amos
John F. Long
Emory P. Vance
Max Graham
Garfield Blazer
Frank H. Anderson
Floyd F. Blazer
Stanley M. Ward
Sherman McGuire
Kenneth L. Perkins
Horace FE. Dewitt
Miller M. Farley
John FE. Mayes
James EF. Vornholt
Thomas W. Johnson
Leverett C. Dulaney
von E. Cragg
Charles R. Darnell
Pearl H. Devault
Hobart R. Eskew
John D. Wise
Russell H. Roberts
Henry H. Smith
William R
Bladen
William T. Thompson
Emory E. Gordon
Charles W. Casto
Green W. Lynch
William H. Martin
Robert L. Goodall
Charles S. Baker
Cheshire
Richard C. Dabney
Curtis E. Adkins
Harry E. Phillips
Courtney Swango
William C. Sexton
Emory Westfall
Roger J. Thompson
Thomas D. Chick
William H. Cline
John E. Denney
Bidwell
Larcy Jaques
Carl H. Pope
Raymond C. Cochran
Elzie Hall
James M. Deckard
Philip F. Wilson
John E. Buchanan
Ralph M. Macomber
Frank W. Parsons
Wendell FE. Coy
Will A. Stewart
John P. Bennett
Pearl B. Angles
Robert H. Osler
Eli C. Lambert
Arnold Deckard
Harold R. Wooldridge
Stanton R
Charles R. Halley
Emma Sheets
James O Gooderham
William M. Hall
Vinton A. Rankin
Otis P. Williams
Loren F. Houck
Paul Rucker
Crown City
John E. Lewis
Peniel
John F. Straight
Forrest F. Atkinson
Paul L. Burleson
Loren W. Campbell
Cecil Mink
Delbert E. Davis
Clarence J. Chanman
Northun
David L. Holley
Homer W. Swain
Loamma Crouse
Eureka
Albert Miller
Oak Hill
Henry F. Myers
Harvey Pelphrey
Rio Grande
Fmer W. Hern
Alvin Long
Addison
Carl E. Day
Mercerville
John W. Lee
Carl Morrow
Leroy G. Lester
Kananga
U. S. Army
Sherritt Struck by Car in Gallipolis Incident
Roy Sherritt living near Gallipolis was hit Saturday on Highway 7 near the city by a car driven by Jack Swords of Nolan West Virginia. Sherritt suffered minor injuries, received hospital treatment, and returned home.
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Gallipolis
Roy Sherritt
Jack Swords
Nolan
W. Va
Highway 7
Sherritt
Fall Airmail Schedule Adjusts Arrivals and Dispatch
The north bound mail plane will arrive a half hour earlier in the evening under the new fall schedule. Post office officials say mailings for this service must be received by 4 p.m. daily. The morning south bound dispatch closing time remains 10 30.
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Gallipolis
Dispatch
Gallipolis Social Notes Update Highlights Local Visits
Gallipolis social notes list visits and travels among residents and families. Ogden Iowa member Mrs A L Elliott returns with Eloise Ralph and two children to join Vilas Karl family. another daughter Mrs Guy Miller attends. Mrs Hubert Carnes and spouse plan two weeks visiting son John N Carnes in Phoenix and Sam Carnes in Camden Arkansas. Major and Mrs Alex Wolfe welcome a son at Blythe California. Beall family totals include Neil Preston Beall called to service. Visitors to Crown City include Janet Gatewood. Langley Plymale heads to Massachusetts camp. Chevalier travels to Fort Smith Arkansas for Cam Chaffee posting.
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Gallipolis
A. L. Elliott
Ogden
Iowa
Eloise Ralph
the Plains
Vilas O. Karl
Elliott
Guy Miller
Penn Yan
N. Y
W. P. Beall
Cleveland
Neil P. Beall
Neil Preston Beall
Major Burtch Beall
R. B. Stophiet
Nancy
Shirley
Montreal
Canada
M. E. Gatewood
Crown City
Stophlet
Los Angeles
Janet Sue Gatewood
F. O. Plymale
Eva Langley
Columbus
Marion
Langley Plymale
Massachusetts
Langley
State Patrol Arrests Five in Gallia County Weekend
Gallipolis and Patriot figures lead weekend SHP actions with five arrests for driving while intoxicated improper parking and license violations. Officers issued 11 warnings, targeting excessive speeders.
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Gallipolis
State
Eugene Chipps
Nelson Rice
Patriot
Homer Morgan
Cheshire
Robert Schwartz
Columbus
Wilbur Smith
Washington D.H
Former Copal Rectory Converted Into Duplex Home
The former Fps Copal rectory owned by Fred J. Entsminger and recently vacated by Clyde Mitchell is being converted into a duplex residence in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Fred J. Entsminger
Clyde Mitchell
Fire alarm prompts Gallipolis unit. no damage reported
An alarm of fire called the Gallipolis department to East Gallipolis Sunday evening but no damage resulted.
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Gallipolis
East Galipolis
Mason County Sheriff Plans District Tax Collections
Deputy Sheriff Blessing will collect taxes in Waggener Cooper and Graham districts over the next two weeks. He visits Letart West Columbia Clifton Liverpool Salt and Coal Co Mason City Graham New Haven Hartford and Mason during the period with Sheriff Lieving assisting at Mason and New Haven. The discount period ends November 30.
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Point Pleasant
Blessing
Waggener
Cooper
Graham
Letart
West Columbia
Clifton
Liverpool Salt and Coal Co
Mason City
Hudson
Graham Station
Mason County Bank
New Haven
Hartford
Lieving
Mason
Arbuckle
Cologne
Cattle Auction Opens With Record Crowd
GALLIPOLIS The second annual feeder cattle auction opened briskly at noon with stockyards filled by buyers and sellers. A record attendance filled all viewing spots before the hour, and the auctioneer extolled the offerings and invited bids through the afternoon.
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Gallipolis
Lester White Family Moves to Columbus
Gallipolis reports Mr. and Mrs. Lester White will move to Columbus this week to reside. Mr. White has been with the Gilingham Drug Store for nine years and will take a similar post in the capital city.
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Lester White
Columbus
Gallipolis
White
Gilingham Drug Store
Henderson Social Notes From Point Pleasant
Charles Stanley of Point Pleasant enters Coast Guard in Cincinnati. Families travel to Charleston for work and condolences. Navy enlistment for William Arrington. Local and visiting residents conduct errands and attend events. Lois Lee Sheline hosts a winter room.
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Navy
Cora Arrington
Oakly Faudree
Howard Daugherty
Huntington
Lawrance Kelly
Gallipolis
Thelma Stone
Sons
Columbus
Homer Sayre
Nitro
Virgie Sayre
Robert Sayre
War Bonds and Stamps Sale Reported by Pt. Pleasant DAR
Mrs. S Channings Wilhelm reported full cooperation of the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter D A R for the sale of War Bonds and Stamps. The October meeting included delegates planning for the Charleston state convention with Miss Lena Charter Ravenswood guest speaker on Women on the Home Front and notes on the role of women at home.
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Pt. Pleasant Dar
Point Pleasant
Garnette Tillis
Charles Lewis
Daughters of the American Revolution
S. Channings Wilhelm
Charleston
Harold Sayre
Holly Simmons
William Meade
Lena Charter
Ravenswood
Miss Charter
Tillis
Mansion House
Roush
William Steenbergen
Louis Bateson
Mary McCulloch
D. C. Cole
Anna Zimmerman
Charles W. O'Brien
Gallipolis
Grace Stone Setzel
William H. Vaught
Charles O. Durfee
Olin A. Roush
Marion Foglesong
Ora P. Biddle
Eunice Beller
Mary Long
Half of Group Fail To Pass Army Tests
Half of the 50 men from Point Pleasant who traveled to Huntington for Army induction failed to be accepted. Only 26 were accepted, a group member said on their return to Point Pleasant in the afternoon.
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Point Pleasant
Huntington
Sayre Funeral Held Sunday in Henderson
Funeral rites for Robert Arnett Sayre age 29 were conducted Sunday afternoon at his mother Mrs. Virgie Sayre’s Henderson home, led by Rev. Eugene Dick of Charleston. Burial followed in Henderson cemetery with pallbearers Curtiss Nutter Junior Nutter Lawrence Kelly Dewey Mayes Robert Mayes and Scott McDermitt.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Arnett Sayre
Virgie Sayre
Henderson
Eugene Dick
Charleston
Curtiss Nutter
Junior Nutter
Lawrence Kelly
Dewey Mayes
Robert Mayes
Scott McDermitt
Charles W Stanley Enlists in Coast Guard as Seaman First Class
Charles William Stanley, a noted young riverman, has joined the Coast Guard with the rating Seaman First Class. He recently sailed on the steamer General Asburn and is the son of Captain and Mrs. Herbert C. Stanley of Henderson.
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Point Pleasant
Charles William Stanley
Coast Guard Service
Lainer Named Toll Collector On Silver Bridge
Lainer has secured the toll collector position on Silver Bridge at Point Pleasant after W. H. Woods of Hogsett vacated the post last Friday.
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Point Pleasant
Otho Lainer
Silver Bridge
W. H. Woods
Hogsett
Intoxicants Arrests Drop Over Last Weekend in Gallipolis
Seven persons were arrested for intoxication during the weekend by city patrolmen, a notable decrease from the usual numbers in Gallipolis.
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Gallipolis
Rural School Children Get Diphtheria Shots
Gallipolis immunization of rural school children against diphtheria is underway by county health department representatives and is expected to finish by mid October.
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Gallipolis
New Phone Directory Distribution Promised and Delivered
The new telephone directory was delivered to local subscribers on Oct. 1 as promised by Manager Pauley. It is greatly enlarged from former editions, with the Athens Messenger listed as number 67 under A.
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Point Pleasant
Pauley
Athens Messenger
Visit By Burdette Family At Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs J Wallace Burdette and daughter Elaine from Huntington visit Point Pleasant due to Mrs Julia A Johnsons serious illness. Burdette says plans to move back to Point Pleasant are not expected in the near future.
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Point Pleasant
J. Wallace Burdette
Elaine
Huntington
Attorney loses finger in office accident in Point Pleasant
Attorney J. G. F. Johnson suffered the tip of his second finger on his left hand when a heavy iron safe door swung shut in the office of Somerville and Somerville. The injury occurred Friday as he aided friend Attorney George G. Somerville with the safe.
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Point Pleasant
J. G. F. Johnson
George G. Somerville
Somerville
State Patrol Officers Enter Service in West Virginia
POINT PLEASANT West Virginia Sgt Paul S Thomas head of the local state police detachment reports Trooper W C Williams has joined the Coast Guard service. Troopers M A Murphy and J M Hutchinson have begun enlistment steps. The detachment expanded from two to five, leaving questions about replacements and broader enlistments.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Paul S. Thomas
W. C. Williams
Coast Guard Service
M. A. Murphy
J. M. Hutchinson
Thomas
Big Blacks Fall To Milton Greyhounds 28 6
Milton Greyhounds defeated the Big Blacks 28 to 6 at Point Pleasant Senior High. Persinger kicked four goals for the visitors as Milton hit two touchdowns in both the second and fourth quarters. Gardner scored for the Big Blacks after a misdirection play in the third period.
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Point Pleasant
Big Blacks
Milton Greyhounds
Persinger
Sanders
Barboursville Pirates
Gardner
Pauley
Locke
Lillian Nobles Rites Will Be in Mason
Mrs Mipe ford Nobles of Barnesville Ohio declines to claim her daughter Lillian Nobles who died here last Sunday night of acute alcoholism. Undertaker Franklin said the body would likely be buried in Lone Oak cemetery at Mason County. The woman known as Margaret had been identified as Jo Ann Mason and later as Lillian Nobles after living in Charleston. Police located the mother late last week.
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Point Pleasant
Mipeford Nobles
Barnesville
Lillian Nobles
Franklin
Lone Oak
Mason County
Margaret
Jo Ann Mason
Charleston
Five Arrested by City Officers in Point Pleasant
Five people were arrested in Point Pleasant over the weekend by city officers. Pat Wiley from Huntington and Carl McDermitt were taken into custody for intoxication by Policeman Redman. McDermitt was released to Mayor Krodel. Reaney Burger and Harold Jackeson, soldiers stationed here, were arrested for drunkenness and disorderly conduct. Betty Bush of Cheshire was charged with loitering.
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Point Pleasant
Pat Wiley
Huntington
Carl McDermitt
City
Redman
McDermitt
Krodel
Reaney Burger
Harold Jackeson
Betty Bush
Cheshire
Two Runaways Held in County Jail at Chelyan
POINT PLEASANT Jack B. White and Herston Holbrook escaped from the prison camp at Ashton on September 28 and were captured in Chelyan last week by state police. They are held in the county jail pending instructions from prison authorities. POINT PLEASANT The Reint Clinic reports the birth of a daughter Karen Marie to Mr and Mrs Burl Underwood of Leon on Friday.
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Point Pleasant
Jack B. White
Herston Holbrook
Ashton
Chelyan
Reint Clinic
Karen Marie
Mia
Burl Underwood
Leon
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Blythe
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Henderson Social Notes
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A. Keith McClung
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