Nelsonville proposes to scrap public fountain for salvage funds
Nelsonville council on first reading proposes donating the Public Square fountain for salvage to aid Civilian Defense. Funds from sale to be placed in the defense treasury with possible monument use after the war. Council also adopts emergency blackout rules and traffic control measures. Mayor Ogg notes $305.55 in fines for September.
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Athens Messenger
Athens
Nelsonville
Civilian Defense
Ohio
Seventy‑five Selected for Army Physicals at Columbus
Nelsonville area men from Athens County Draft Board No 2 left by two special buses for Fort Hayes Columbus for Army physical examinations prior to induction. Those accepted and taking furlough will be sworn in and returned home tonight. John Huddy and Harry Barnett led the group.
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Nelsonville
Athens County
Fort Hayes
Columbus
John Huddy
Harry Barnett
Coonville
Boy Scout Troop To Meet Tonight
Nelsonville Troop 63 meets at Central School at 7 o'clock with officers to be elected and patrols formed. Boys 12 and older invited to join the Scouts. Announcing birth: Meade Whyte announce eight and a half pound daughter named Tracie born Sunday Oct 4. Home nursing class canceled this Wednesday afternoon in Nelsonville per Mrs. Oral Daugherty.
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Nelsonville
Boy Scouts
Meade “Whyte
Tracie
Oral Daugherty
Absent Voter Ballots Now Available in Gallipolis
Absent voters may obtain ballots at the county election board office in Gallipolis. Sick and disabled voters can pick up ballots there from Oct. 15 through the current month. The board plans to move its headquarters from the courthouse top floor to the first floor for voter convenience. County Commissioners Dillon and Johnson and Engineer Leonard are in Columbus attending sessions of the Ohio Federation of Good Roads.
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Gallipolis
County Election Board
Court House
A. G. Dillon
Chauncey Johnson
E. N. Leonard
Columbus
Ohio Federation of Good Roads
Hawaii Cartoonist Spars Japanese Propaganda With Wit
Honolulu reveals Bill Moran a longtime Japanese newspaper cartoonist who now uses barbed cartoons to undermine Tokyo’s propaganda. Moran targets three weak spots in Japanese culture saving face caste hierarchy and fear of ridicule as he helps Hawaiian Japanese reconsider allegiance.
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Honolulu
Tokyo
Hawaii
Nippon
Red Ryder
Bill Moran
Bill
Imperial Bomb
Hirohito
Tojo
Midway
Social notes and visits fill Nelsonville week
Nelsonville social notes record Miss Donnie Lou Simonton hosting a surprise tenth birthday party for Gilbert at the Simonton home on Adams Street with guests including Dianne Crabtree Louise and Jimmy Ray Donna Hutchings and Betty Hanning among others. Several residents host church class meetings and visits from relatives in Columbus Dayton Richmond Hills and Fort Knox.
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Nelsonville
Donnie Lou Simonton
Gilbert
Simonton
Adams St
Donnie
Betty Hanning
Shirley Weed
Dianne Crabtree
Louis
Jimmy Ray
Donna Hutchings
Bill
Joyce Ann Fisk
Juddy Rosser
Russell Hopstetter
Sherry Crawford
Joy Parson
Neil Simonton
Stanley Rites To Be Held on Thursday
Funeral services for G. M. Stanley who died Sunday at his home near Carbondale will be held Thursday morning at 10 30 o clock at the Hocking Church. Burial will be in New Marshfield Cemetery. Friends may call at the family home at any time.
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Nelsonville
G. M. Stanley
Carbondale
Hocking Church
New Marshfield
Bill Lent Is Saved Despite Ship Sinking
Nelsonville noted William Lewis Lent, assistant steward on the George F. Elliott, reported destroyed off Guadalcanal on Aug 8, is safe per a letter to his parents. Lent says he has transferred to another ship and survived the sinking reports.
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Nelsonville
William Lewis
Bill) Lent
George F. Elliott
U. S. Navy
Guadalcanal Island
Solomon Group
Ray Lent
Athens Rt. 1
Young Lent
Grand Jurors Are Selected For Sanity Hearing
Gallipolis officials set a special grand jury for Thursday October 15 to review the sanity status of Ulysses Sheets 77 who shot and killed neighbor Gilbert Davis 35 in August. Defense attorneys expect to introduce insanity evidence. Sheets is an illiterate deaf mute. Jurors include Joe D. Miller Green C E Halley Helen Hughes Noah Dewitt Clay Lester Boggs Edwin Prose Perry Nellie Miller E M Gatewood Lillian Saunders A A Kelton Lucille Smith Gallipoli Joe FE Thompson Eli Swisher John Fulton Earl Gordon Eura Swisher Anna Roush Addison Denver Waugh Effie Slagie George W Cardwell Huntington North Carolina has 100 counties with Avery County created in 191.
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Gallipolis
Ulysses Sheets
Sheets
Gilbert Davis
R. M. Switzer
Joe D. Miller
Green
C. E. Halley
Helen Hughes
Noah Dewitt
Clay
Lester Boggs
Edwin Prose
Perry
Nellie Miller
E. M. Gatewood
Lillian Saunders
A. A. Kelton
Lucille Smith
Gallipoli
Joe FE. Thompson
Eli Swisher
John Fulton
Earl Gordon
Eura Swisher
Anna Roush
Addison
Denver Waugh
Ohio
Effie Slagie
Walnut
George W. Cardwell
Huntington
Government protests land findings in Mason area cases
The U S government challenges the commission findings in all condemnation cases over 8 000 acres taken near Point Pleasant for the West Virginia Ordnance Works The 161 tracts saw awards higher than government offers with increases up to and beyond 50 percent for several owners C C Lewis tract 623 acres saw valuations jump from 36000 to 54000 Attorneys Somerville Somerville Musgrave and Blessing represented most defendants with the commission expected to lead to jury trials in Huntington W V through the coming winter.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
United States District Court
Huntington
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Elliott Northcott
C. C. Lewis
Somerville
Musgrave
Blessing
Pt Pleasant Social Notes Highlights Club Meetings
The Point Pleasant Woman's Club opens fall with a 8 PM Friday meeting at the Presbyterian Church. Officers include President Mrs R H Ferguson and First Vice President Mrs Bartow Jones. World War I medley by Mrs Lou Davidson and stories from Paul Lohmann to high school students are featured.
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Point Pleasant
Presbyterian Church
R. H. Ferguson
Bartow Jones
S. Channings Wilhelm
Lou Davidson
Parkersburg
Paul Lohmann
Charleston High School
Germany
Lohmann
Fire Prevention Week Observed at Plant
Fire prevention week is being observed at the West Virginia Ordnance Works. Most buildings, aside from explosive manufacturing structures, are frame construction including the administration building and barracks for workers.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Licensed To Wed in Gallia
Applicants for marriage licenses listed include David Cochran and Margaret Hicks of Point Pleasant. Gerald Keifer and Reba Shrader of Huntington. Leonard Maston and Genevieve Canterbury of Charleston. William Miller and Fern Wilson of Washington D. C.. James Hoover and Lillian McNitt of Lancaster. Clarence Alberts and Verna Pinkerman of Barboursville. William Cruse and Virginia Walters of Columbus. Roy Cole and Opal Saunders of Sophia. J. D. Smith and Dorothy Cifers of Hamlin. Bruce Levy and Ruth Drenan of Huntington. Harold Roberts and Irene Linscott of Columbus. Andrew Dement and Myrtle Reed of Springfield. Lawrence Clark and Betty McKinney of Huntington. William Cobb and Violet Freeman of Flourster. John Evner and Ruth Augustine of Athens. Pearl Birchfield and Florence Thompson of Athens.
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Gallipolis
David Cochran
Margaret Hicks
Point Pleasant
Gerald A. Keifer
Reba Shrader
Huntington
Leonard Maston
Genevieve Canterbury
Charleston
William Miller
Fern Wilson
Washington
D. H
James W. Hoover
Lillian McNitt
Lancaster
Clarence Alberts
Verna Pinkerman
Barboursville
W. Va
William E. Cruse
Virginia B. Walters
Columbus
Roy Cole
Opal Saunders
Sophia
J. D. Smith
Dorothy Cyfers
Hamlin
Bruce Levy
Ruth Drenan
Harold Roberts
Irene Linscott
Andrew E. Dement
Myrtle M. Reed
Springfield
Lawrence Clark
Betty M. McKinney
William Cobb
Violet Freeman
Flouster
John Evner
Ruth Augustine
Athens
Pearl Birchfield
Florence Thompson
Seventy-Nine Men Called By Mason Co Draft Board
Seventy nine men were notified to report to the Mason County draft board for induction in Huntington. One group of 16 must appear October 10 and 63 on October 15, with full lists of names by town including Point Pleasant Henderson Clifton Elmwood Cottageville and others.
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Mason Co. Draft Board
Point Pleasant
Draft Board
United States Army Induction Center
Huntington
Harry Camden Franklin
George Frederick Berkeley
Wayne Paul Barnette
Clarence A. Watson
Clarence Roy Stover
Charles William Stanley
William Herald Higginbotham
George Wyatt Kearns
Leonard Porter Dunlavy
Clarice Lyons
William Thomas Harris
Tracy Robert Simpkins
Miles Leslie Biffle
Rolland Duffy Fisher
Arthur Henry Eads
James Harless West
Arnett Clinton Powers, Jr
Norman Junius Lemaster
John Wilson Slack
William Owens van Sickle
Robert Ray Sprouse
Byron Greenlee, Jr
Henderson
Fred Arthur Watson
James Kirkman
Scottie Solodean
William Geppert Ar
Defense Leaders To Meet in Gallipolis
Tentative plans set a civilian defense and public meeting in Washington Auditorium on Oct. 19. Organizer C. D. Single says Col. Earl W. Brannon, civilian defense coordinator and Ohio State Guard, will present as speaker.
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Gallipolis
Washington Auditorium
C. D
Clinic admissions and discharges reported for Point Pleasant
Mrs William McKinney of Route 2 was admitted to the Point Clinic Sunday for surgery. Mrs Dora Warner of Grimms Landing and Mrs Clayton Ash of Robertsburg were discharged Monday.
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Point Pleasant
William McKinney
Route 2
Point Clinic
Dora Warner
Grimms Landing
Clayton Ash
Robertsburg
Firemen Respond After Gas-Scaled Fire At Saxon Home
A damaged pipe in a coal grate at Charles Saxon’s Grover Street home caused a flare of gas late Monday. Fire Chief Dana Windon reported no damage after calling in firefighters.
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Nelsonville
Charles Saxon
Grover St
Dana Windon
Miss Doras Stauffer Guest Of Honor At WAAC Welcome
Nelsonville church hosts a six o clock covered dish dinner at the First Presbyterian to honor Doras Stauffer as the first WAAC member and to welcome Presbyterian families new to the city. Mrs. Kenneth Orwiler leads the get acquainted event serving coffee and guiding the family meal.
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Nelsonville
First Presbyterian Church
WAAC
Doras Stauffer
Kenneth Orwiler
Court Orders Payable at Bank in City
Mason County Court transfers debt settlement orders from 1939 to Citizens National Bank in Point Pleasant. Floating accounts divided four ways for 1939 1940 1941 1942 with payments due July 1 of each year totaling nearly 90000. Voters renewed a 1942 1943 1944 levy to cover remaining debt. bank to handle up to 4000. Present orders to Sheriff for date stamp. interest accrues after stamping. unpaid orders earn no interest.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Court
Citizens National Bank
Darsel E. Wedge
Wiliam H. Bardin
C. C. Lewis
State Tax Commissioner
Recent Arrests Reported by Police in Point Pleasant
In Point Pleasant arrests for intoxication over the weekend include Robert Neal Leon Myron P Coffman Leon H L Mason city Everett W Brannon Elizabeth Ernest Slim Smith Kananga Charles Haywood Leon Leona Pearson city arrested for disorderly conduct Brannon and Smith posted 12 dollar bonds and were released Pearson released on Mayor Krodes order Coffman Haywood Neal and Mason released to the Mayor.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Neal
City
Myron P. Coffman
Leon
H. L. Mason
Everett W. Brannon
Elizabeth
Ernest Slim Smith
Kananga
Charles Haywood
Leona Pearson
Brannon
Smith
Miss Pearson
Krode
Coffman
Haywood
Neal
Mason
Gallia Girl Delivers Milk Route in Gallipolis
Miss Vesta Shaver of Addison Township delivers a milk route in Gallipolis for John N. Mills Dairy. She reports at 3 15 a m at the dairy barn a half mile from home and works until late afternoon replacing James Thompson who was called for Army induction.
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Gallipolis
James Thompson
Vesta Shaver
Finley Shaver
Addison Township
John N. Mills Dairy
Condition Is Serious At Point Pleasant
Mrs. W. H. Howard of Point Pleasant is in critical condition after a fall at home three months ago left her bedfast. Her son J. E. Howard of Mount Hope visited Sunday.
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Point Pleasant
W. H. Howard
J. E. Howard
Mount Hope
Mrs Young Visits Sister in Point Pleasant
Mrs A G Young of Winfield is visiting Mrs George O Comstock on First Street in Point Pleasant where Mrs Comstock shows improvement after a recent heart attack.
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Point Pleasant
A. G. Young
Winfield
George O. Comstock
George O. Comstoc
First St
Marriage license issued in Point Pleasant for Knapp Keener
A marriage license was issued in Point Pleasant to Robert Gilbert Knapp and Ada Kathleen Keener both residents of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Gilbert Knapp
Ada Kathleen Keener
Somerville Expected Back From Washington Wednesday
George G. Somerville is due home from Washington on Wednesday after attending to county court business.
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Point Pleasant
George G. Somerville
Washington
Birth announced at Point Pleasant for Carl Oliver's son
The Point Clinic announces the birth of a son Monday to Mr and Mrs Carl Oliver of Point Pleasant. The child’s arrival adds to the family in the city.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Carl Oliver
City
Scrap Drive To Continue In Nelsonville
Seven tons of scrap metal were collected in Nelsonville on Monday. Citizens donated the metal which was hauled by city trucks to junk yards or salvage depots. Funds will go to the Civilian Defense treasury for the group’s use and the campaign will continue indefinitely.
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Nelsonville
Herman Ogg
Civilian Defense Treasury
Runion Named to City Service Commission
Nelsonville notes Runion named to the City Service Commission by Mayor Herman Ogg to fill an unexpired term of Mrs. Lou Allen who resigned to join the local Ration Board as clerk. The term runs until 1943. Runion is a former Civil Service Commission member.
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Herman Ogg
Nelsonville
W. S. Runion
City Service Commission
Lou Allen
Runion
Civil Service Commission
Madden Funeral to Be Held Thursday in Murray City
James B Madden died Monday at Murray City. Funeral services will be Thursday at 2 pm at Murray City Methodist Church with burial at Greenlawn. Stout Funeral Home will receive friends any time before the service. Bernice Crabtree of Alliance visiting local relatives. staying with Add Sanborn at Longstreth and with Mrs John Brown at Carbon Hill. The Hessian fly destroys nearly 40 million bushels of wheat annually in the United States.
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Nelsonville
James B. Madden
Murray City
Greenlawn
Stout
Longstreth
Bernice Crabtree
Alliance
Add Sanborn
John Brown
Carbon Hill
United States
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