Resources Of Mason County Considered At Meeting
A small group met in the Mason County courthouse to hear talks on local resources. Only one attendee showed clear interest, while Rev. C. G. Billups questioned unemployment numbers. Leona Kelly reported 1,900 registered unemployed in Mason County. Walden F. Roush suggested a laundry could succeed in Point Pleasant as some industries plan expansion and have received inquiries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chamber of Commerce
Fount Pleasant
Halloweeners In Court Of Mayor At Point Pleasant
North Point Pleasant youths faced Mayor Krode Thursday over boisterous Halloween pranks. The mayor warned of measures to curb disorder from outside interests. Speakers promoted local industry assets including river transport, cheap electricity, coal, housing, and a 94,000 population within 25 miles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
North Point Pleasant
Krode
Tom Jeffers
Walter Francis
Employment Service
Leo Loeb
State Unemployment Compensation Commission
Andrew Edmiston
Weston
War Manpower Commission
West Virginia
Jeffers
Sylvania Electrical Products Co
Huntington
Edmiston
Washington
Loeb
Roush
Ordnance Works
Navy
Married Ladies Bridge Club meets at Miller home
A weekly meeting of the Married Ladies Bridge Club was held Thursday afternoon at Mrs. Milton L. Miller’s home with most members absent. Mrs. T. Stribling won high score and the usual prize. Refreshments were served. next week’s host will be Mrs. Stribling at 1009 Main St. Pt Pleasants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton L. Miller
Married Ladies Bridge Club
T. Stribling
Reba Beate
E. E. Heiner
Robert GS. Meyers
Somerville Rites on Saturday
Mrs. Carrie Somerville aged 85 died at her daughter’s home The Willows on Jackson Ave from a heart attack. Funeral services will be Saturday at 2 30 PM from the home conducted by Rev Monroe Bush Jr with burial at Suncrest Cemetery. She was born Sept 9 1860 at The Flats and married Samuel Somerville in 1893. She leaves daughter Mrs Nelson A Park two grandsons Lt Nelson A Park USNR and Ensign Samuel J Park a sister and three brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Carrie Somerville
Nelson A. Park
the Willows
Jackson Ave
Somerville
Park
Monroe Bush, Jr
Suncrest Cemetery
Hamilton
Carolyn
Long) Johnson
Samuel Somerville
USNR
Nagasaki
Japan
Samuel 3. Park
Little Creek
Somerville Islso
C. J. Mitchell
Huntington
E. A. Johnson
F. L. Johnson
The
Flats Presbyterian Church
Gallipolis Sunday church services listed
Gallipolis churches schedule Sunday services led by First Presbyterian Church Church of God Nazarene Paint Creek Baptist and AME John Gee Chapel. Morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday School times include 9:15 to 12 noon with various superintendents and leaders. Evening services and youth meetings noted under each congregation.
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Gallipolis
First Presbyterian
Theodore Valenti
Julia Donnaly
Church OF God
Third Ave
H. M. Smith
Alien Bakww
Church OF the Nazarene
Vernon C. Shafer
Paint Creek Baptist
Hester Hill
Henry Doss
State Director Speaks At Service Fund Rally
State war fund campaign gains momentum as Ernest Storys Run plans rally at the Presbyterian Church at 6:30 this Friday. Rev. Monroe Bush Jr presides while Everett Plantz and Mr. and Mrs. Mueller coordinate the event. Nearby notes mention families visiting Columbus, a Lancaster fair attendance, and Cpl Ward awaiting discharge after three years in the Army and 19 months overseas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
W. W
Mra. Mueller
Everett Plantz
Ernest
Presbyterian Church
California
Monroe Bush, Jr
Noel Herrman
Frank
Mitchell
Son
Columbus
Herrman
Charley Farrey
Zoo
Charles Ward
Wesley Ward
Lancaster Fair
Helen Romine
Joe Schuler
Lena Evans
Roy Rife
Louis Fife
Paul Martin
Homer Abbott
Cpl
Camp Atterbury
Cpl. Ward
Social Security Agent To Aid Wage Earners
Huntington field office manager Bernard B James announced a Social Security representative will visit U S Employment Office at 10 o clock a m on the third Wednesday each month to interview wage earners and help file claims for old age survivors insurance benefits Many locals have inquired where to apply for due benefits Rev R G Ellis conducts a revival at Brighton Church with William Higgins assisting
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Bernard B. James
Huntington Field
Social Security Board
U. S
Jean Fife
Dexter
Columbus
Leslie Whittington
Plant to Receive More Coal Shortly Reuters Note
Gordon C. Jackson of West Virginia Malleable Iron Company said last night coal was in transit and production would resume Monday. The plant has been closed since Wednesday due to a temporary coal shortage, affecting about 125 employees at Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gordon C. Jackson
West Virginia
Patterson To Head Red Cross Group
G. G. Patterson, linked with General Chemical Defense Corp for years, is named chair of Mason County Chapter Red Cross to succeed C. I. H. Withers who declines another term due to his school duties. Executive council also names John Glass vice chairman and several officers and committee members from Point Pleasant New Haven Letart West Virginia Ord nance Works Ashton Leon South Side and Grimms Landing. Executive secretary position not filled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
G. G. Patterson
Fnel
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Mason County
American Red Cross
C. i H. Withers
Patterson
Hadeen
John Glass
Gordon C. Jackson
Cary Howard Rayburn
A. B. Woodrum iCliftten
R. F. Bryant
New Haven
Don Aien
Letart
F. W Ingraham
E. Kuffner
West Virginia Ordnance Works
John McCulloch
Ashton
Warren- Stewart
Leon
Dates for Bus Inspection Listed in Gallia County
Gallia County School Superintendent B. Lewis Jones announced the bus inspection dates. Listings include Gallipolis on October 23 with several stops at Green, Cheshire, Clay, Addison, and Walnut High School buses, plus Mercerville October 25, Guyan Crown City Harrison Cadmus October 29 morning at Gallia Cadmus Walnut, Rio Grande October 24 afternoon at Raccoon Centerville Perry, and Bidwell October 30 at Bidwell Vin ton Cheshire with Ira Baird designated for specific buses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
B. Lewis Jones
Green
Cheshire
Ira Baird
Clay
Addison
Walnut
Mercerville
Guyan
Ohio
Crown City
Harrison
Cadmus
Gallia
Rio Grande
Raccoon
Center
Increase in School Enrollment Reported
Gallia County Superintendent B. Lewis Jones announced Thursday county schools enroll 3 243 students, up 195 from last year. Teachers and principals total 122, with 32 janitors and 73 bus drivers employed. Dale Saunders was hired as a Fifth and Sixth Grade teacher at Rio Grande to fill the last vacancy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
B. Lewis Jones
Jones
Dale Saunders
Rio Grande
Scouting Trail of Citizenship Film to Aid Local Boy Scouts
A film titled The Scouting Trail of Citizenship will be shown as part of a campaign to raise funds for the local Boy Scout organization and military service uses. A dinner organized by Scout mothers will be served. An active group of about 30 workers is formed with R A Ferguson as chairman Walden Roush as vice chairman Hildreth Armstrong as secretary treasurer Bethel D Swint and S A Simmons handling publicity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.A. Ferguson
Walden Roush
Hildreth Armstrong
Bethel D. Swint
5. A. Simmons
Mrs Betty Black Visits Grandparents Then Returns Home
Miss Betty Black has returned to her home in Middleport after visiting her grandparents Mr and Mrs Ernest Black. Mr and Mrs Charles Ward visited with Mr and Mrs Cyrus Durst and Mrs Edith Thomas on Tuesday. Mrs Thomas expects her husband Cpl Archie E home from overseas soon after three years and four months in the Army.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Black
Ernest Black
Middleport
Charles Ward J
Cyrus
Durst
Edith Thomas
Thomas
Cpl
Archie E
Gallipolis Citizens Help To Clear City Park Area
Twenty volunteers aided the Park Commission in clearing the Public Square area for grass sowing.Ground clearing required manual labor. workers included Mrs. Charles E. Holzer and several residents, with Bill Campbell operating a liming machine and others using a barrow tractor. City trucks collected and hauled away debris to sidewalks.
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Gallipolis
Park Commission
Charles E. Holzer
Milo Wilson
Viola Plymale
Rose Cromlish
Harry R. Hurn
New Patients at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis
Gallipolis report lists several Holzer Hospital admissions including Mrs. Gomer Phillips of First Ave and Nona Kay Tope, infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Archie Tope of Oak Hill, admitted Thursday. Also noted are Myrtle Hanlon, W.M. Cheathan, Mrs. Virgil Webb, David Harris, G. C. Scott, Emma Burford, and others with conditions described as medical or fair and a few post operative notes. Discharges include Mrs. Jenkins of Vinton, Mrs. Harper of Pt. Pleasant, Mrs. Malone of Wellston, Asa Bradbury of Middleport, with short notes on their departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Gomer Phillips
First Ave
City
Nona Kay Tope
Archie Tope
Oak Hill
Myrtle Hanlon
Second Ave
W.M. Cheathan
Middleport
Medical
Virgil Webb
Pt. Pleasant
David Harris
G. C. Scott
Blackfork
Emma Burford
Rutland
James Jiiden
Racine
Robert Halley
Porter
Albert Saxton
Gallia
David Jenkins
Vinton
Robert Harper
Gilbert Malone
Wellston
Asa Bradbury
Divorces Granted in Gallia County Court
Divorces were granted to Mary Sims from Charles Sims on neglect and wilful absence with the defendant ordered to pay five dollars weekly child support. Marie W. Bristol was granted divorce from Clifford Bristol and restored to her maiden name Marie Chirch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary Sims
Charles Sims
Marie W. Bristol
Clifford Bristol
Marie ’Chirch
Rev R P McCarley Ill In Gallia County War Fund Drive
Gallia County National War Fund Drive general chairman Rev R P McCarley has been ill since Tuesday. Dr O A Vornholt said overwork in recent weeks requires complete bed rest for a week or so to restore him to normal health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
R. P. McCarley
Gallia County
Gallipolis Personal News Travelers and Visits
Gallipolis residents and friends are scattered on weekend visits. Captain Paul Myers and Mrs Myers, on leave from Camp Butner, visit Columbus with plans to return to North Carolina. Dr. and Mrs. O M Conley of Detroit visit Will Cox home. Clyde McCormick visits Somerset, Pa. Mrs Beary of Algoma and Mrs Sneed of Bluefield visit Frank Mills at Swan Creek. C S Catzen visits Ashland Ky. John W Ropeter attends Insurance School at Fort Hayes Hotel and plans to stay for Ohio State Purdue game. Mrs T S Cowden returns from Ironton visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Myers
Camp Butner
M. C
Columbus
Harry M. Miller
North Carolina
O. M. Conley
Detroit
Mich
Will Cox
Clyde McCormick
Somerset
William Beary
Algoma
Ww. Va
W. H. Sneed
Bluefield
W. Va
Frank Mills
Swan Creek
C. S. Catzen
Ashland
A Josser
John W. Ropeter
Buckeye Union Casualty Co
Fort Hayes
T. S. Cowden
Ironton
Sales Tax in Gallia County Shows Increases
Don H. Ebright reports weekly sales tax receipts for Gallia County, noting an increase of 1062.97 over the 1944 week, with the Oct 6 totals at 1432.21 in 1944 and 2495.18 in 1945. Cumulative collections to date reach 63150.03, up 11503.46 from the same period in 1944.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Don H. “Ebright
Gallia County
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