Our House Tavern Gift to Ohio Archaeological Society
Gallipolis historic Our House tavern to be formally presented to the Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society by Dr and Mrs C E Holzer at a Lafayette Hotel dinner October 13. Miss Anna Simmerman will preside. Judge Henry W Cherrington to deliver the after dinner address.
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Gallipolis
Our House
Ohio Archaeological and Historical Society
C. E. Holzer
Lafayette Hotel
French Colony
Daughters of the American Revolution
Holzer
Anna Simmerman
Henry W. Cherrington
Ohio
State Historical Society
Tur
Marquis de Lafayette
State of
Arthur Co. Johnson
State “Archaeological Society
Bladen Soldier Reported Prisoner of War in Germany
Mr and Mrs Ralph Jeffers of Bladen learned through the American Red Cross that their son Sgt John J Jeffers was missing on a bombing mission in Europe on July 26 and is now a prisoner of war in Germany The couple also note another son Pic Joe Jeffers and a son in law Sgt Celvin Waugh serving in France The Columbus Dispatch reports these details with state officials to follow.
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Gallipolis
Ralph Jeffers
Bladen
American Red Cross
John J. Jeffers
Europe
Germany
Jeffers
Pic
Joe Jeffers
Celvin Waugh
United States Army
France
Gallipolis Social Notes and Local Updates
Gallipolis social notes recount visits by Peggy Amsbury from Van Nuys and a noon dinner gathering at Northup with Amsbarys from Huntington and Pomeroy. Also covered are open-house greetings for Mrs Emily Trotter of Londonderry, a Saturday wedding of Avanelle Harrison and Forrest Cremeens, and several short items on local residents visiting, returning from trips, and community events across Gallipolis and Rock Springs with notes on booster night at Grange Hall and local business expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Peggy Amssbury
van Nuys
Calif
Northup
Loren Amsbary
Huntington
K. D. Amsbary
Lucy
Jack Amsbary
Pomeroy
Kenneth Amsbary
Lincoln Hill
Avanelle Harrison
Forrest Junior Cremeens
Earl Cremeens
Harold Cremeens
Jennings Cremeens
Louis Shaw
Caroline
Taft and Stewart Open Gallia GOP Campaign in Gallipolis
United States Senator Robert A. Taft and Cin Cincinnati Mayor James Garfield Stewart spoke to a large crowd in the Public Square marking the Gallia County GOP campaign kickoff. A luncheon at the Lafayette Hotel preceded the event with local Republican leaders, and a public reception followed. Stewart praised Gallia County and led the tribute to the late O McIntyre during a Cincinnati delegation visit. Attorney Lewis C. Warden chaired the luncheon and meeting, with Judge Henry W. Cherrington delivering the welcome.
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Gallipolis
United States
Robert A. Taft
James Garfield Stewart
Stewart
Cincinnati
O. McIntyre
Gallia County
Taft
Lewis C. Warden
Republican Executive Committee
Henry W. Cherrington
Mrs. Elizabeth Lewis Dies at Beckley
Gallipolis notices the death of Elizabeth Lewis 79 wife of Shepherd Lewis a prominent local colored resident. She died Sunday at her daughter Edna Howard home in Beckley West Virginia after a paralytic stroke while visiting. Funeral at Paint Creek Baptist Church conducted by Rev Francis Maryland Story. burial in Rondeverte West Virginia. Survived by 14 children and five stepsons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Elizabeth Lewis
Shepherd Lewis
Edna Howard
Beckley
W. Va
Lewis
Paint Creek
Rondeverte
Beck- Hey
Bernice Brown
Cleveland
Ethel Barnes
Gilbert Haynes
Nola Haynes
Wheeling
Mattie Upton
Cleo Blakeley
Albert
Edith
Hallie Haynes
West Virginia
Finley Lewis
Bidwell
Homer
Charles P. Lewis
Lessier
L. Lewis
New Guinea
Elwood Lewis
Circleville
Current Events Club Meets for Program in Gallipolis
The Current Events Club of Cottage 8, C. H. E. held a regular meeting Saturday evening with Miss Troxil presiding. Miss Naomi Adams delivered the current events report, followed by a brief business session. Miss Pearl Enderle gave a poem as part of her initiation. Dr Ernest Wood spoke on Influenza Serum and Miss Rose Bodik read on Gallipolis early history. The meeting adjourned with the pledge to the U S Constitution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Cottage 8
Troxil
Naomi Adams
Pearl Enderle
Ernest Wood
Rose Bodik
the United States
Clifton Social And Personal Highlights At Local Homes
Clifton social notes record visits and family ties across Mason Cheshire Hartford and Point Pleasant. Parents Mr and Mrs Peart Roush welcomed a newborn son at Mason Chinic while relatives and friends—Edwards Stewart Fox Jeffers Stewart and Van Meter families—spend weekends and Sundays visiting or hosting in Middleport Mason Corning Pomeroy and nearby communities. Notable health updates include Herman Cartwright recovering from a foot injury and Mrs Cara Roush and Mr Asa Nicholson ill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifton
Peart Roush
Mason Chinic
Georgetta
Carol Jane Edwards
James Stewart
Mason
Homer Roush
Hartford
Raymond Adams
Kaylong
Ted Riley
John Boothe
Corning
William Stewart Land
Marie Perdue
Cheshire
Twila Stewart
Charles Edwards Land
Franklin Fields
Elmer Fox
Lloyd Fox
Point Pleasant
Raymond Lee Walburn
Middleport
Charles Edwards
Herman Cartwright
Columbus
Cara Roush
Asa P. Nicholson
Ollie van Meter
Robert van Meter
Gallia Sailor Is Made Commander in U S Navy
Albert Ingels, son of Rutland residents, has advanced to commander and is serving in the South Pacific. A 1933 Naval Academy graduate, he is believed to be Gallipolitan the first to reach this rank. His wife and child remain in California while he is overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clyde C. Ingels
Albert Ingels
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Commander Ingels
United States Naval Academy
Annapolis
California
Funeral Visit Highlights Local Ties in Harrison Township
Attorney and banker Fierd M. Boster of Detroit attended the funeral of J. Wesley Phillips in Gallipolis. Phillips, born and raised in Harrison Township, had ties to the area, and Boster, formerly a local post office clerk, is a foster brother of Mrs. Phillips.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Fierd M. Boster
Detroit
J. Wesley Phillips
Harrison Township
This County
Boster
Hold Burial Rites For Mrs Porter
Gallipolis notes that Mrs Rowena Porter was accompanied to Lexington Kentucky by Mr Jim Porter Jr Miss Dorothy Porter Mrs A R Henke and Mrs Stella Boston for burial rites. Services were held at Elias Wetherholt Funeral Home in Gallipolis Sunday evening. Final rites and interment occurred in Lexington with Co J Sherman Porter buried January 4 1943.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
WSCS
Methodist Church
Don Anderson
Dorothy Smith
Wiliam Folen
Rutledge
WCTU
Bert Beard
Charleston
Weber Theodolds
Wayne Lutz
Gallipolis
Rowena Porter
Lexington
Jim Porter
Dorothy Porter
A. R Henke
Stella Boston
Elias Wetherholt
Co. J. Sherman Porter
Winners in Poster Contest Announced in Mason County
In Mason County, Miss J Deloris Pike of Mason City Grade School took first prize of 35 in the state poster contest. Miss Gpal Caufman of Point Pleasant Mission School won the American Red Cross prize of 2, with Phyllis June Hunter of North Point Pleasant Grade School taking third prize of BL. Entries numbered 15, representing county schools, and posters will advance to the state level for prizes including 825 in war bonds and 10 and 5 in war stamps.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mason County Nutrition Committee
J Deloris Pike
Mason City
Gpal Caufman
Point Pleasant Mission School
American Association of University Women
Phyllis June Hunter
North Point Pleasant
West Virginia Federation For Women’s Clubs
West Virginia Department
American Leigion
Alps
J. W. Steenbergen
Columbus Runaways Return Home After Detention
Two Columbus girls who gave names as Margaret and Sue Graham were arrested for loitering in POINT PLEASANT. They later claimed to be Marty Sue Maher, 13, and Margaret Bray, 15. They provided a phone number for the Maher family to Night Officer Morrison. Four hours later Mr and Mrs Maher and the Gray girl’s mother arrived and the girls were turned over to them. The runaways said they ran away from school last Thursday as broadcasts had been sent and Mr Maher had driven over 1,000 miles seeking them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Margaret
Sue Graham
Columbus
Marty Sue Imaher
Margaret Bray
Toral Morrison
Maher
Mr. Maher
Mrs Daugherty Dies At Home After Illness
Mrs. George Daugherty of Highland Ave. died last night at 8 30 after a year long illness. Survived by husband, a son and a daughter. She suffered a paralytic stroke in 1943 while at the ordnance works hospital nursing school and had a weekend relapse. Funeral plans not set.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George Daugherty
Highland Ave
Daugherty
Red Cross
Ordnance Works
West Virginia youths attend national FFA convention
James Lewis state FFA vice president travels to Kansas City for the national convention as one of three West Virginia boys selected for the American Farmer Award. He is accompanied by Clifford Dunn, instructor at Senior High School, with other West Virginia representatives Kenneth McDonald of Martinsburg and Robert Ours of Buckhannon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
James Lewis
FFA
Kansas City
National Organization
West
Bumgarner Couple Sell Five Room Cottage at 1909 Main St
Gary and Mildred Bumgarner sold their five room cottage at 1909 Main St to Mrs Cora L Arrington of Henderson. Bumgarner is employed at the shipyard and will continue to reside there. Rupert L Kayser represented the sellers in the sale.
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Point Pleasant
Gary
Mildred Bumgarner
Main St
Cora L. Arrington
Hennderson
Bumgarner
Rupert L. Kayser
Bumgarners
Opens New Bakery in Point Pleasant
F. L. Heck opened his bakery here yesterday and put the first products on the market. He plans rapid expansion of production and an extension of delivery services to a large area. Eliza beth Bergman and Phyllis Davis left Windsor Court for Chicago to enroll at Vogue School of Art after leaving Ohio University.
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Point Pleasant
F. L. Heck
Elizabeth Bergman
Fred Bergman
Windsor Court
Phyllis Davis
Nelsonville, O
Chicago
Vogue School of Art
Ohio University
Athens
Pt. Pleasant High Field Lighting Upgrade
The Point Pleasant Athletic Association backed by local business leaders bought lighting gear for the school field. New equipment replaces abandoned Huntington used gear, with poles to be installed. Two weeks after supplies arrive, the system should be operable. Labor may be donated by shipyard workers, and the project costs about $2,000 with no board of education expense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant — Athletic Association
Point Pleasant High School
Guemibes of Commerce
Huntington
Dewey A. Windsor
Withers
Sanders
Roush
Board of Education
Birthday party and handkerchief shower in Pt Pleasant
Mrs. Ben H. Blagg received many handkerchiefs at a North Main Street home party arranged by Mrs. F. G. Musgrave and Mrs. R. G. Hail. Her son Okey Blagg gave a birthday cake during the social period. Fellow guests included numerous named local residents. Also, Miss Margaret Thomas preparing WAVES service received a dinner at Moose Club hosted by Miss Harrett Lewis and Mrs. Richard Peek. Local notices list several residents visiting, traveling, or on leave.
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Point Pleasant
Ben H. Blagg
J. O. Knopp
North Main St
T. Y. McGuffin
Vernon Jones
W. W. Crooks
C. L. Hale
C. W. Brown
Harry Machir
Eddie Biffle
James Marsh
George Parsons
Charles Baker
William Sholl
Musgrave
John Varian
Hall
Knopp
Harrett Lewis
Richard Peek
Moose Club
Margaret Thomas
WAVES
DAR Activities Are Announced in City
At the Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR October meeting in Point Pleasant officials announced state conference representatives for Morgantown and a dinner in Gallipolis to honor a historic site. The session featured remarks by Mrs Grace Stonedetzel and Mrs Hetzel on immigration and postwar treaties, with plans to renew refugee child sponsorship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
Da.r
Morgantown
A. Keith McClung
Hartford
Ray Proffitt
Mason City
Clyde Tallman
Charleston
John William Steenbergen
William H. Vaught
William Steenbergen
Our House
Ohio State Archaeological Society
National Defense
Grace Stonedetzel
Wheeling
Daughters of 1812
Congress
Hetzel
McClung
Vaught
William Meade
Proffitt
Eunice Beller
I. Marion Foglesong
N. A. Park
Louis Bateson
Carl G. Gardner
Ors P. Biddle
Hugo Juhling
Cary Howard Rayburn
Tallman
Former Leon Man Killed in Action in European War
Private Charles Graham, nephew of Homer Graham of Leon, reported killed in action September 15 in the European war area. Enlisted 18 months ago, he was the son of Everett Graham of Columbus, Ohio, but lived with his Leon uncle before joining the Army. He is the fourth Leon man to die in this war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Homer Graham
Leon
Charles Graham
Pvt
Graham
Everett Graham
Columbus
John Moses Killed In Holland Fighting
Joe Moses and his daughter Miss Helen Moses learned from a War Department telegram that their only son John was killed in action in Holland. John had worked at the ordnance works, was recently hospitalized, and Mr Moses had returned home two weeks prior. Miss Moses works at Bragg Grocery at 202 High Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Joe
Mason Teachers To Attend State Meet in Huntington
A West Virginia Education Association sectional meeting will be held in Huntington Friday, with Mason County among ten counties in the district. The event marks the first time sectional meetings are held as the state association grows too large for a single city. Meanwhile, 4-H club activities include animal husbandry and purebred pig projects as students in Mason County close Friday, with notable focus on Holsteins and Leghorn pullets as district clubs report progress.
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Point Pleasant
West Virginia Education Association
Huntington
Mason
Clar
Ie Knapp
Lin
State and Transportation
Schools
Bel
Hampshires
Delton
Sayre
Letart Luckies
Donald Green
Hartford
Pomr
Rob
Victory Club
Jeft Park
John Kirk
Ravens
George Green
The
Wood
Swackhammer Dairy
Kirk
C. C. Riddle
Bobby Parsons
Riddle
Lawrence Parsons
Letatt
Dolores Wogan
South Kanawha Hustlers
South Kanawha Hustlers, Has Shown That Girls Sometimes Eat, Do &H
Valeria Kaylor
Sale of Property Ts Announced in Point Pleasant
Mr and Mrs George Sprenger sold their residence at 14th and Kanawha streets in the R E Mitchell estate to Claude Cheesebrew councilman and departmental superintendent at the Marietta Manufacturing Co shipyard The six room steam heated house has a garage and barn planned asbestos shingles will cover walls Cheesebrew and his mother Mrs John Cheesebrew will occupy the property Rupert L Kayser represented the Sprengers in the transaction Also a note that Miss Garnette Tillis and Mrs Marie Hager will attend a home economics teachers conference at Marshall College with teachers from six counties participating
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George Sprenger
14Th and
Kanawha Sts
R. E. Mitchell
Claude Cheesebrew
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Cheesebrew
John Cheesebrew
Rupert L. Kayser
The
Sprengers
Garnette Tillis
Marie Hager
Wahama
Marshall College
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Summen
Logan
Monument Co
George C. Shaw
T. E
MAZDA
Kerr's
Over the Ball Pharmacy
James H. Wilson
Columbus Street
Nris
Columbus Dispatch
Harlow Lindley
H. C. Sherrone
E. C. Zepp
Gallipolis Social Notes
Mollie
Dorothy Roadarmour
Dorothy
Emily Trotter
Mary Rachel
Londonderry
Charles Northup
Ross Northrup
Catherine
Jean
Horace Blazer
Parnie Anderson
Sarah Margaret
Ethel Boggs
Isabelle
Bessie Comer
Everett G. Rover
Coshocton
Coumbus
Rover
Herbert Norton
Portland
Oregon
Marvin Cornwell
Cornwell
Norton
Otswego
N. Y
Eleanor Sandthorn
FP. McGovern
Cabelle Walker
Conn
Hazel Kerr
Merrill Jones
T. A. Thomas
A . W. Fish
Ernest Holden
Russell Chadwick
Akron
Delbert Scott
JSON, Witour
John Hartune
Bertha Conde
Pomeror
Agnes Grueser
Reed Jenkinson
and Wils
Floyd Spellmen and Son
Joe Weyers
Jesse Will
Freda McAffee
Cindy Arnold
Nettie Collins
Henry Bailey
Hazel Humphreys
Herman Grueser
Sophie Whitlock
Dan M
Hope
Grange Hall
Henderson
Lucile Leifnest
Granzers
Stewart and
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Sweden
Ladoga
USS
S.R
Romania
Turkey
Eee
Berlin
Gallia
Richard Canaday
Camp Lee
Scott iCanaday
Theron
MM. Conover
Indianapolis
Conover
Frank’ Utsinger
Corporal Conover
Fort Harrison
Ethel Jackson
Mary Bailey
Emma Spalm
Anson Jackson
Snc
Rocksprings News Notes
Porter
Pleasant High Field
Thomas
Leon S. Thompson
Fred Singleton
Lawrence Forbes
W. J. Kenny
Ohio St
D ‘Ar
William Gygax
Belle
William Shell
B. H. Bragg
Edwin McKay
Mt. Lebanon
William Smith
Ohio Ave
M. P
Jackson Ave
Camp Bragg
N. C
FE. Smith
Atlanta
E. A. Smith
Kanawha St
Smith
Army Dental Corps
Lawson General Hospital
DAR
John Moses
Holland
Mrs. Riddle
Tate
Williams
Quick
Athens, Ohio
Williams Formula
Stuart’s Pyramid
Stuart's Pyramid
Oakley and Oakley Insurance
Nelsonville, Ohio
Lenners
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