Gallia County Children's Home to get own water well
Gallia County Children’s Home trustees approve drilling a deep water well for exclusive use after water shortages plagued the facility. A hydraulic pump will lift well water, financed by the trustees’ budget, to serve nearly 30 children attending Bidwell public school, with improvements aided by local contributions and new glasses for several pupils.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
H. P. Bradbury
Board of
Bradbury
Bidwell Public School
William Sprague
Fire Wardens to Meet in Gallia Friday
Gallia county fire wardens including M A Bunce Rife Roush Addison Bradbury Moore Cheshire Brucker Clark Hemphill Clay McCormick Northup Green Robinson Bane Harrison Harrison Hartsook Kirkendall Radcliff McGhee Simms Thaxton Morgan Boyd Simms Williams Rees Wood Cooper Evans Williams McBride Smeltzer White Drummond Walnut to hear briefing by John A. Bastian state fire control forester at 1 p m in the Gallipolis courthouse. Also noting 5 year old Vinton resident Harry Glenn hospitalized with a broken collarbone from a fall from an apple tree.
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Gallipolis
John A. Bastian
M. A. Bunce
Raymond H. Rife
Ted Roush
Addison
W. W. Bradbury
W. C. Moore
Cheshire
Herman Brucker
Harry Clark
S. C. Hemphill
Clay
Edwin McCormick
Itchy Pimples Quick Relief Ad Promises Balm
When skin bears pimples and itching this ad offers Petersons Ointment a 35c box from druggists. Apply the soothing balm to relieve itching and smarting and improve skin look and feel. It also claims use for itching feet and between toe cracks. Ady.
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Peterson
Civilian Defense Wardens To Begin House to House Survey
Gallipolis Civilian Defense block wardens will start a house to house survey of over 1500 residences listing occupants owners construction water access fire hazards and safety equipment. The survey records adults and children whether disabled and potential evacuation needs plus outbuildings and their use for protection. Wardens will refresh data with frequent home visits to track changes.
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Gallipolis
Municipal Judge Explains City Court Functions
Gallipolis Municipal Judge William H. Jones spoke to the Rotary Club about the city court. He described jurisdiction across the county in criminal matters and civil cases arising in the city, mainly from justice of the peace courts. He noted 344 state and 524 city cases heard since January 1 for a total 868, with an estimated $10,000 in fines to be collected for the city treasury.
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Gallipolis
William H. Jones
Rotary Club
Jones
Justice of the Peace
Estimte
Pheasants Released in Gallia County Hunts Begin
Crates containing 450 mature pheasants arrived from Urbana state hatchery Tuesday and were released across Gallia County by Game Protector Merrill McCormick. Over 600 pheasants raised by about 20 residents were released weeks earlier. Birds are banded. hunters who shoot males after November 20 should return bands to McCormick or send them to the state conservation department. Rabbits are plentiful and hunting activity is expected to increase.
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Gallipolis
Urbana
Merrill McCormick
McCormick
State Conservation Department
Sunrise Addition Plans Under Way Along Chickamauga Creek
Hollis Wood and Dr. C. E. Holzer hold option on Sunrise Addition acreage. An engineer surveys for streets and sewers while a building contractor visits to review the project.
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Gallipolis
Chickamauga Creek
Hollis Wood
C. E. Holzer
Permits to wed issued in Gallipolis area
Permits to wed have been issued to Harry H. Allen 33 and Dorothy E. Woods 29 Beckley West Virginia M P Martin 57 and Bessie McConnell 50 Montgomery West Virginia Glenn Penny worth 21 and Lorraine Wyrick 21 Huntington Don Shrontz 28 and Eileen Vincent 23 Mt Vernon Fred McKenzie 21 and Frances Love 21 Mt Vernon Philippines
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Gallipolis
Harry H. Allen
Dorothy E. Woods
Beckley
W. Va
M. P. Martin
Bessie McConnell
Montgomery
Glenn Pennyworth
Lorraine Wyrick
Huntington
Don Shrontz
Eileen Vincent
Mt. Vernon
Fred McKenzie
Frances Love
Ben Davidson Hospitalized in Coshocton After Illness
Ben Davidson, formerly of Gallipolis and husband of former Miss Jessie Cubbage, is critically ill and now a Coshocton resident. Local relatives relay the urgent health update.
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Gallipolis
Ben Davidson
Coshoeton
Jessie Cubbage
Church Board Sets Pension Plan for Clergy Group
Grace Methodist Church hosts the church board to review a pension proposal from a committee including William McKnight and C M Yeanger. The plan suggests local church members contribute 2850 plus 200 for the district superintendent totaling 3050 to create a permanent fund aiding retired ministers.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Ohio
William McKnight
C. M. Yeanger
A. IL. Lloyd
J. E. Myers
Lehr Davies
Ed McCormick
Elmer Niday
Students May Reach Military Age In County High Schools
Gallipolis report finds about 45 male students aged 18 or older at the high school likely to be subject to Army call if the service age is lowered. Seven rural high schools with smaller enrollments add to the total, potentially exceeding it.
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Gallipolis
Washington PTA Holds Initial Meeting Today
Washington Parent-Teachers Association met in the school music room for its initial gathering. Guest speaker Captain D Slagle of Company D Ohio State Guard outlined procedures to protect children physically and morally from war hazards. An instructive year is planned with increased membership anticipated.
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Gallipolis
Washington
Parent-Teachers’ Association
Co. D. Slagle
Ohio State Guard
Judge White and Dr Kineon Hospitalized After Heart Attacks
Favorable reports come from Gallia county hospital where Judge W. R. White and Dr. G. G. Kineon are patients. Both men suffered heart attacks and are under medical care.
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Judge White
Dr. Kineon
Gallipolis
W. R. White
G. G. Kineon
Funeral rites for Stephen Hayman held in Addison Township
Funeral rites for Stephen Hayman age 72 who died at his Addison Township home were held there this afternoon. He is survived by his wife and their six sons and daughters.
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Gallipolis
Stephen Hayman
Addison Township
Ulysses Sheets Faces Second Degree Murder Trial
In Gallipolis seventy seven year old deaf mute Ulysses Sheets will be tried for murder in the second degree later this month likely on the 28th or 29th. A sanity hearing was abandoned after an agreement among prosecutors and defense counsel. Sheets shot Gilbert Davis a co tenant in August and is confined in the county jail awaiting trial with jurors for the insanity hearing notified not to appear.
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Gallipolis
Ulysses Sheets
James Collier
Ironton
Sheets
Robert M. Betz
John W. Howell
Robert M. Switzer
Shearing
Gilbert Davis
Soldier Casts First Absent Ballot in Gallia County
Gallipolis reports Mercerville resident Marland W. Cremens, in Denver training, as the first absentee ballot cast in the county. Eligible service members file an application, get attestation, and ballots travel by registered mail both ways. More requests arrive as ballots are dispatched. sick and disabled voters may cast ballots starting Thursday.
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Gallipolis
Marland W. Cremeens
Mercerville
Armed Forces
Denver
Colo
Stanley Saunders
County Board of Elections
Election Board
Saunders
Groundhog Champion Reports Kill
Gallia County hunter Addison Merritt says he bagged 114 groundhogs in summer and fall, each 10 to 12 pounds, sold at one dollar apiece. He notes fat, prime winter meat and disputes a Feb 2 coma claim, saying many are seen in winter. Groundhogs are crop pests with no market value beyond meat. no closed season exists.
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Gallipolis
D. Addison Merritt
Merritt
Reclassification of Married Men Without Children
Point Pleasant reports a list update for Class I selective service. Between 200 and 250 names added after board physicians screen the men. those passing receive A-1 classification. Several men seek enlistment in the Navy and other services.
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Point Pleasant
Navy
Gallia County Nurses Plan Month Meeting
Gallia County district Nurses' Association president Mrs. H. P. Bradbury announces a city and county meeting to discuss enlistment of army nurses. About 70 registered nurses are urged to attend later this month.
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Gallipolis
District Nurses’ Association
H. P. Bradbury
Gallia County
Steenbergen Improves After Hospital Stay
Peter H. Steenbergen remains hospitalized at Huntington Hospital since early last week. His cousin Dr. C. Lewis reports gradual improvement after a Monday visit, joined by Mrs. Lewis and Mrs. Steenbergen.
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Point Pleasant
Peter H. Steenbergen
Huntington Hospital
C. Lewis
Lewis
Huntington
Wirt Meadows Undergoes Critical Operation at Huntington
Wirt Meadows, a prominent farmer from below the Kanawha, is hospitalized in Huntington after a surgical operation. His condition was critical yesterday and he had been in a coma for several hours.
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Point Pleasant
Wirt Meadows
Everett Dickason Ordered to Report to Draft Board
Everett Alex Dickason, colored, of Lakin, has been notified to report to the local draft board on October 23 at 8 a.m. He will be sent to Huntington induction station.
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Point Pleasant
Everett
Alex Dickason
Lakin
Huntington
Wiley Begins Another Term for Drunkenness
Pat Wiley who was released Monday after serving out a sentence for drunkenness was serving a new term yesterday for the same offense. He was arrested by Policeman Morrison and arraigned before Magistrate Taylor.
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Point Pleasant
Pat Wiley
Morrison
Taylor
Mrs Manford Blessing Joins Bon Ton Store
Mrs Manford Blessing, recently re elected secretary of the National Farm Loan Association of Mason County, has accepted a position with the Bon Ton department store.
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Point Pleasant
Manford Blessing
National Farm Loan Associaton
Mason County
Bon Ton Department
Birth of a daughter for Mr and Mrs Leo Plants
Point Clinic announces the birth of a daughter weighing ten pounds on Tuesday to Mr and Mrs Leo Plants of Greer.
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Point Pleasant
Leo Plants
Greer
Point Clinic
Miss Laura Caldwell and Lula Meadows Attend State Baptist Meeting
Miss Laura Caldwell and Lula Meadows attend the annual state Baptist Association meetings in Charleston on October 14 and 15 with October 18 noted as part of the schedule.
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Charleston
Point Pleasant
Laura Caldwell
Lula Meadows
State Baptist Association
Point Pleasant AAUW notes and civic events
The Point Pleasant Branch AAUW met at Mrs. Tom Halliday’s home with talk by Mrs Kathryn Eyster Christiansen on health program in national defense. Plans include Philip Parker concert on Oct 27 and a JC reception for new members. Also a meeting on Christmas seals and tuberculosis in Mason County. Attendees included Mrs Frank C. Long Jr and Miss Mary McCulloch. Budget notes mention Miss Susanne Fisher from Sutton and La Boheme in Charleston. Several members missed this week’s Five Hundred Club. Members to host next meeting Oct 20.
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Point Pleasant
AAUW
Tom Halliday
Main St
Kathryn Eyster Christiansen
Frank C. Long, Jr
Mary McCulloch
H. Piage Bell, Jr
Garnette Tillis
Halliday
R. P. Liter
Christiansen
Christ Church
Elmer Grueser
Edwin M. Brown
Mason County Public Library
H. Paige Bell
Clarence H. Corkran
Federal Bureau of Investigations
Bureau
National Defense
Department of Health and Sanitation
Woman's Club
Walden Roush
Mason County Tuberculosis Association
Board of Education
Earl H. Arnett
Emma Burnside
Alex Crucishanks, Jr
Vera Fadeley
Clyde McClain
Municipal Auditorium
Charleston
Susanne Fisher
Sutton, W. Va
Metropolitan Opera House
Five Hundred Club
Point Pleasant Personal Notes Span Local Visits
Mr and Mrs Hugh Curry were in Charleston on Monday. Mrs O S Kelley is recovering at home. Mr and Mrs Harvey Powers of Columbus returned home after visiting her parents the L L Caldwells. Mrs Caldwell will spend a week in Columbus. Mrs George Comstock is recovering from illness. Mrs Goldie Sullivan returns to Louisville after visiting Henderson Point Pleasant relatives. Mr and Mrs Raymond Musgrave spent yesterday in Columbus. Mrs Byrd Brown and Mrs F G Musgrave visited Huntington. Ensign H Paige Bell Jr returned to Washington after visiting his mother Mrs George Sprenger. Julia Burdette of the FBI returned to Washington after funeral services for her grandmother. Mrs Julia A Johnson and Mr and Mrs Mervin Chapman spent Sunday in Milton with his sisters. Mr and Mrs Garland Messick shopped in Gallipolis.
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Point Pleasant
Hugh Curry
Charleston
O. S. Kelley
Harvey Powers
Columbus
L. L. Caldwell
Caldwell
George ©. Comstock
First St
Goldie Sullivan
Louisville
Charley Mayes
Henderson
Raymond Musgrave
Byrd Brown
F. G. Musgrave
Huntington
Ensign H. Paige Bell, Jr
Washington
FBI
Julia A. Johnson
Mervin Chapman
Milton
McKinley Peyton
Walter Peyton
Garland Messick
Gallipolis
Mason County GOP Opens Campaign Headquarters in Masonic Building
The Mason County Republican committee will use the first floor of the Masonic Building in Point Pleasant as campaign headquarters from today through the polls on Nov 3. Assistant Chairman F G Musgrave said no manager is yet chosen. Assistant Chairman B Walter Krodel outlined a planned rally in Point Pleasant on Oct 31 with Krodel likely to speak.
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Point Pleasant
Republican County Committee
Masonic
Krodel
Closing of Navy Yard Slows Traffic on Viand Street
Residents along Viand Street report traffic has fallen by at least half in the last month, with the navy yard shutdown cited as the main cause.
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Navy Yard
Point Pleasant
Viand St
Clifton PTA Leaders Named For Year
Clifton Mrs Edith Fox presided at a PTA meeting as committees were appointed for the year. Alma Van Meter and Wilma Blake were chosen to purchase blinds and scales for the school. Home room mothers were selected for Miss Wolfe and Miss Holland's rooms.
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Clifton
Edith Fox
Clifton Pta
Alma van Meter
Wilma Blake
Miss Wolfe
Evelyn Nicholson
Mabel Johnson
Thelma Henry
Miss Holland
Mollie Fox
Clara Williams
Lorraine Lewis
Two Month Old Dies in Hogsett Home
Ronald Keith VanSickle aged two months died at the Hogsett home Sunday. Burial followed Tuesday at Pleasant Ridge Cemetery with Rev. Tommy Kinnaird officiating. Survived by brothers Garland and Dale and sister Janice. grandparents Charley and Nibert and Frank and VanSickle attended the funeral.
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Point Pleasant
Ronald Keith VanSickle
Foster VanSickle
Hogsett
Pleasant Ridge
Tommy Kinnaird
Garland
Dale
Janice
Charley Nibert
Frank VanSickle
Steve Hayman 75 Dies at Home in Mason County
Steve Hayman age 75 died at his home on Chicamauga Creek near Gallipolis on Monday. He spent most of his life in Mason County. Two sons Harvey and Henry live at Flat Rock. Services will be held today.
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Point Pleasant
Steve Hayman
Chicamauga Creek
Gallipolis
Mr. Hayman
Mason County
Harvey
Henry
Flat Rock
Attendance at the Howard Funeral Rites
Mrs J E Howard of Mt Hope and Mrs Paul Robertson of Arlington Va attended the funeral of Mrs W H Howard and remained for an extended visit. Also Mrs O W Fitch Charleston Mrs Robert Fisher Hamilton Ohio Mrs Della Brinker and Miss Ella Howard Huntington stayed until yesterday then returned home.
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Point Pleasant
J. E. Howard
Mt. Hope
Paul Robertson
Arlington
W. H. Howard
O. W. Fitch
Charleston
Robert Fisher
Hamilton
Ohio
Della Brinker
Ella Howard
Huntington
Jones Will Keep Some Old Rooster
Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones puzzled by a letter from A Hale Watkins of the Democratic State Committee about a rampant rooster emblem. He noted the emblem on a certificate and decided to use the traditional Mason County Democratic rooster, aiming to meet code. Pure gold covered many church domes in Kiev Russia.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
A. Hale Watkins
Democratic State Committee
Jones
Kiev
Russia
Parkersburg Man Freed From Jail for Foiling Escape
Parkersburg resident Henry Coe was released from Mason County jail days early after aiding in stopping two convicts escape plan. He was later arrested Tuesday afternoon for drunkenness and disorderly conduct, according to Police Officer Morrison.
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Point Pleasant
Henry Coe
Parkersburg
Mason County
Morrison
Miss Wimna Caldwell Joins City National Bank Of Columbus
Miss Wimna Caldwell daughter of Mr and Mrs L L Caldwell Main St Point Pleasant has accepted a new position at the City National Bank of Columbus and has just begun her duties.
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Point Pleasant
Wimna Caldwell
L. L. Caldwell
Main St
City National Bank of Columbus
Miss Caldwell
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