Park Improvement Committee Near Goal in Gallia County
In Gallipolis the Park Improvement Committee reports $6,500 raised by popular subscription toward park projects. A $15 donation from F. B. Amsbury leaves $3500 more needed to reach the $6,000 target. Mrs. Goldin Ward resumes duties as investigator with the Aid for the Aged office after time away to care for her mother. Edith Hutsinpiler serves as treasurer with updated totals reflecting continuing donations and goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
F. B. Amsbury
SA Sea
Goldin Ward
Aid For the
Dayton
Edith Hutsinpiler
Treas
Origurer
War Fund Campaign Set to Kick Off in Gallia County
Attorney Lewis C. Warden will deliver the principal address at a mass meeting in the Public Square Gallipolis Saturday afternoon for the National War Fund Drive to begin in Gallia County and nationwide on Monday. Rev. R. P. McCarley will lead the musical program. Local township and precinct workers are listed across Morgan Walnut Maple Shade and Gallipolis wards with captains and committees named. Also notes: southern coffee drinkers consume two to three times the national average, and the Boy Scout movement began in Britain in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens Messenger War Fund
Gallia County
Gallipolis
Lewis c. Warden
R. P. McCarley
Morgan Township
Harley Denney
Irene Roush
Ray Thaxton
M. M. Thomas
Lily Grover
Hazel Grover
Denver
Walker
James Simms
M. W
Brown
Elza Denney
Homer Kemper
Bill Hershman
Glen Hash
Rita Vaught
Grace Woodie
Elva Grube
Ernie Carter
Curtis
Eliott
John Russell
O. G. Lyle
First Ward
Evan Thomas
Harry Maddy
Paul Haskins
E. E. Myers
Hazel Halley
Warden Lewis
John O'Dell
Lucille Christ
Edna Campbell
A. W. Keller
Lawrence Gates
George Lear
Rupert Trout
Elmer Niday
Clyde Mitchell
John “Howell
Lear Davies
Reuben Wood
George Bush
Earl Moore
Betty Bean McGinniss
Janet Booth Robinson
W. H. Walker
Louisiana
Mississippi
United States
Boy Scout Movement
British Isles
Episcopal Guild Holds First Meeting in Parish House
POINT PLEASANT The Christ Episcopal Service Guild met for its first fall-winter gathering at the parish house with a 1:30 p m covered-dish lunch. Mrs S C Moystin presided as president with officers Mrs William Meade and Mrs Milton L Miller. Thirty-five members and guests attended. A rummage sale was planned with Mrs S C Wilhelm Mrs Stribling and Mrs Walter A Windsor named to manage it. Delegates to Kanawha Convocation at St Mark s Church St Albans Oct 12 were named including Mrs Frank T Cady and Mrs Meade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Christ Episcopal Service Guild
S.C. Moystin
William Meade
Milton L. Miller
F. W. Ingraham
Moystin
Kanawha
St. Mark’s Church
St Albans
Frank T -Cady
Meade
T. Stribling
C. O. Durfee
W. D. Curry
W. D. Curry. Mrs. Moystin Will Attend As President of the Scocal Guild
S. C. Wilhelm
Stribling
Walter A. Windsor
H. E. Somerrville
Mary Anne Somerville
Grace
Mabel Gibbons
Homer D. Lowe
M. EB. Tracy
Curry
Anne Leggette
Harry Wendleken
Country Club Addition
S. FP. Scheik
Meadville
Ora P. Biddle
Elizabeth Y. Kuffner
Chester M. Brown
J. D. Fraser
N. A. Eaton
Wafhelm
Howard Yerges
J. J. Lovell
Cady
Plan Rees Rites Friday
Funeral services for John Jack Rees will be held at 2 o clock Friday at Tyn Rhose with burial in the cemetery there. He died after a heart attack Tuesday morning while at work for the State Highway Department near Gallipolis on Route 141. He married Marie Klicker in 1929 and survives with several nieces and nephews including County Recorder Lucille Rees, with whom he lived before his marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
John
Jack) Rees
Tyn Rhose
Rees
Holzer Hospital
State Highway Department
Marie Klicker
Lucille Rees
Cars Damaged in Crash on Route 35
Gallipolis State Highway Patrol reported a two car sideswipe crash on Route 33 a mile and a half beyond Rio Grande. Joel Evans 67 of Oak Hill drove the southbound car and Paul Jackson 36 of the United States Navy Indianapolis Indiana drove the other car with wife Marcella Jackson. Neither occupant was injured though both cars suffered substantial damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande
Joel Evans
Oak Hill
Paul Jackson
United States Navy
Indianapolis
Ind
Marcella
State Highway Patrol
Youthful Airman Returns on 30 Day Leave from Romania
Gallipolis learns Staff Sgt. William Betz eighteen son of Mr and Mrs Roy Eetz has arrived home for a thirty day furlough. He was among German prisoners released when Allied forces captured Romania. His parents feared him missing in action before War Department informed them. His father works in defense at Elyria. Brothers Leroy Jr and Ferrell Betz are overseas in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
William Betz
Roy Eetz
Romania
War Department
Elyria
Knopp Funeral Held From Heights Church
Funeral services for Rutben Knopp nine year old boy were held at Heights United Brethren Church with Rev F H Capehart officiating. He died Tuesday night at the West Columbia home of Mr and Mrs Henry Edwards. Knopp longtime local resident and church member, survived by his sister Agnes. Nephew Oscar Knopp, a Marietta Manufacturing Co supervisor, is named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Heights United Brethren Church
F. H. Capehart
Ben Knopp
Henry Edwards
West Columbia
Knopp
Flats
Ordnance
William Burgess 75 Dies at Home of Brother in Kanawha
William Burgess aged 75 died suddenly Tuesday night at his brother Lee Burgesss home on Eight Mile Creek Kanawha County after a heart attack. He lived with his brother for a month and is survived by four sons Joseph Clell Arthur and William Burgess and his late wifes family. Funeral arrangements were made with Arnett Mortuary and Hafer Funeral Home Elkden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Burgess
Lee Burgess
Kanawha Eight Mile Creek
Arnett
Hafer
Elkden
Burgess
Kanawha County
Shale
Jennie Cook Burgess
Sorority Meeting at Moose Club in Point Pleasant
Mrs. Frank C. Long presided over a Lambda Chi Omega sorority business meeting Tuesday evening in the Moose Club ladies lounge. After the session, games provided social hour entertainment with members present including Mrs. Melvin Schmidt and Mrs. L. W. Getty among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Frank C. Long
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Moose Club
Long
Melvin Schmidt
L. W. Getty
Donald Getty
Wadear Thabet
Leon S. Thompson
William Filson
Gill Ball
Casby Meadows, Jr
Paul Parsons
Clayton Pullins
H. Paigel Bell, Jr
Richard H. Melrose
Hansel Poling
James J. Hall
Blue Lake News Notes Highlight Local Visits and Events
Blue Lake notes list visits by Mr. and Mrs. Lindsay Plymale and family from Westerville and William Wooten from Columbus to the Wooten family. Carren Smith visited Columbus on Monday. Elizabeth Chapel Sunday School held a picnic on October 1. Pvt. Tommy Loucks is home on furlough with his parents. Pvt. Tommy Price serves in New Guinea. The sermon for late Mrs. Luella Mart was given at Macedonia. John McGuire, 16, recovers from gunshot wounds from a hunting accident. Mildred Haffelt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Haffelt, is mentioned. Pegsy Hazlett and Eleanor Sheets stayed with Mrs. Nina Dorton in Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Lake
Lindsay Plymale
Westerville
William Wooten
Columbus
Nora Wooten
Martha Carpenter
Bidwell
Robert Wooten
Carren Smith
Elizabeth Chapel
Tommy Loucks
Long Island
L. B. Houcks
Tommy Price
New Guinea
Charles Price
James Lewis
Garland Caudill
Roy Thivener
Jennings Cremeans
Luella Mart
Macedonia
John McGuire
William McGuire
Mildred Haffelt
John Haffelt
Pegsy Hazlett
Eleanora Sheets
Nina Dorton
Gallipolis
First Distinguished Flying Cross Awarded to Indian Air Force Officer
Acting Wing Commander K. K. Majumdar receives the First Distinguished Flying Cross for courage in the Burma campaign. The note mentions Apogee in astronomy as the moon’s orbit farthest from Earth. Local social items list visits and birthdays including Mrs. Henrietta Garland turning 87 and gatherings in Ashville Kentucky and Gallipolis with family and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
K. K. Majumdar
Kanauga
Burma
Gregg
Janice
Ashville
Samuel Gregg
Henrietta Garland
Ethel Lamneck
Lillian Claybaugh
Nancy
Columbus
Albert Spencer
Wallace Pullihs
Homer Sowards
Isabel Boggs
Gallipolis
C. G. Houck
Helen Vickers
John Rocks
Sheets
Marion Martini
Thelma Coughenour
Alma Anderson
Jane Anne Dunn
Business College
Wreckage of Plane Moved to Columbus
An Air force truck towed the broken remnants of a BDB-7B bomber from Jackson County to Columbus for examination after Saturday’s crash. The largest piece was a four by six foot wing. about 15 tons of scrap were moved, with 28 ton tractor trailer and foreman W A Warner leading the transfer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jackson County
W. A. Warner
Lockbourne
Columbus
Weaver
C. BE. Swackhammer, Jr
B. Shellhammer, Jr
John Smith, Jr
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