Nelsonville Mayor Plans Canal Highway Improvement
Nelsonville mayor J. Howe spoke to the Nelsonville Garden Club on canal road projects and spring staffing for the effort. He recounted experiences on the old Hocking Canal and pledged help. Members heard a note from Jimmie Linscott in New Guinea praising the club’s canal road beautification work.
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Athens Messenger
Nelsonville
Garden Club
Melsonville
White Cottage
Katherine ‘Thompive
Athens
Murray City
Shemanity
Rose Cook
Poplar St
Wesley Hawk
Herman
Thompson
Ogg
Bertha Nixon
James
John
Fos Ing
Harl, Athers
Miles
Howe
D. R. Jones
Eph Huston
the Plains
Radner
Ohio
Belle Shaw
Doanville
Isaac Six
C. D. Grove
Ben
Elmer
Shafer
J. M. Hyde
J. Howe
Hocking Canal
Ed Cranmer
Hyde
Garen Club
Jimmie Linscott
New Guinea
Canal Road
York's Service Men and Burned War Materials at Mason
Local notes report Cpl Charles J Shirley of Nelsonville awarded the Distinguished Unit Badge and bronze cluster for B-24 bomber group actions over Regensburg and Ploesti. Other service personnel from Nelsonville area include Ensign Richard Bingman and Ensigns, with updates on training leaves and postings. At Mason near Pt Pleasant, a large bonfire destroyed discarded catch boxes at the West Virginia Ordnance Works under plant supervision, deemed a safe disposal of hazardous material after inspection and an Army Navy E award noted.
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Asth Raf
Italy
Charles J. Shirley
High St
Nelsonville
Robert E. L. Eaton
Belleville
Ili
Regensburg
Germany
Ploesti
Romania
Feria Cpl
Shirley
Nelsonville High School
Covert Ice Co
Army Air Force
AAF Technical School
Chanute Field
Mediterranean
Charles Shirley
Point Pleasant
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Mason County
Bethel Swint
Frances Stein
Middleport
W. E. Wendt
Fred Langhorn
John Goodwin
F. R. Montgomery
A. W. Lowe
M. Brown
General Chemical Company
Brown
Gerber
Jimmy Johnson
Norwood Eaton
Sidney Russell
Don Moore
Brad Hudson
Point Pleasant Social and Personal notes sweep
Pt Pleasant social notes report Five Hundred Club host Mrs Harry D Roush. high score prize to Mrs Cary Howard Rayburn with members listed. Honors include Miss Joan Jewell hosting for Miss Margaret Thomas WAVES enlistment, reception for Thomas, Harriet Lewis and others. Personal items list returns and travels of locals, hospital visit, club meetings, and community updates.
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Point Pleasant
Harry D. Roush
Five Hundred
Bridget
Cary Howard Rayburn
N. A. Park
The
Thomas
Joan Jewell
Jefferson Blvd
Margaret ‘Thomas
Harriet Lewis
Robert Foster
Gallipolis
Jewall
Nelsonville Circle Meets for WSCS Social Notes
Nelsonville Circle No. 5 of the WSCS met Monday evening at Mrs. Phil Miller’s home. De votions were by Mrs Frank O'Mara. A piano solo was played by Mrs. Hube Mender. President Mrs. Thomas Spencer led the business meeting as the group discussed the fifth chapter of the study book We Who Are Americans. The next meeting will be at Mrs. Spencer’s on Chestnut Street.
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Nelsonville
WSCS
Methodist Church
Phil Miller
Frank O'Mara
Hube Mender
Thomas Spencer
Spencer
Chestnutt
Nelsonville Rotary speaker recalls Liberty ship voyage
Warren M. Badger junior engineer on a Liberty ship told Nelsonville Rotary last night about a seven month cruise to Basra in Iraq at the head of the Persian Gulf. He described ports visited from Hull to the Suez and Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden noting Arab terms for the convoy and his home background. The visit included guests George Carr and Lawrence Harden of Logan and plans for an inter city meeting in Logan next Jan. 22.
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Nelsonville
Warren M. Badger
Basra
Iraq
Persian Gulf
Rotary Club
Warren H. Badger
Hull
Newcastle
England
Straits of Gibraltar
Sedterranean
Suez Canal
Red Sea
Logan
Mr. Carr
Logan Club
Suit Is in Gallia for Alimony and Custody
Marie Gall Robers files alimony suit against Mgr Benton Roberts in Gallia Court. Married December billed year, four children, alleging neglect cruelty and eviction due to rent nonpayment. Seeks injunction to protect property and prevent molesting children.
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Gallipolis
Marie_Gall_Robers
Mgr Benton Roberts
Dan
Murray City Honors Honor Roll and Halloween Plans
Murray City notes report the Murray City School honor roll for the first six weeks with perfect attendance in grades one to twelve and list numerous named students. The note also mentions upcoming Halloween parties at the school and high school, plus a PTA masquerade event with free lunch and inviting members to bring a friend, along with local visits and family news from area residents.
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Murray City
Ingron Eby
Perfect
Fance
Danetta S Bateman
Carolyn Canter
Bi ‘Bara Decker
Rea Rae Darby
Shir
Jey Robinson
Fannie Wilson
Ruth ‘Ann Wade
Harry Campbell
Billy Elliott
Pearl Keiffer
Lester Phillips
Charles Butters
Richard Lee Robson
Larry Smith
Gerry Smith
Jacky Wooten
Nina Canter
Mary Ann Laurisky
Patty Sorrell
Gary Dean “Barnes
David Jones
Harold Neal
Lorna ‘Thompson
Kenneth Martin
Jean Garner
Mary Johnson
Bobby Dixon
Charles Sorrell
Jerry Wade
Charles Barnes
Roger Barber
Jimmie Irwin
Roger Spencer
Mildred Gill
Connie Smith
Beverly Wade
Don Snyder
Dickie Collins
Coleen Phillipe
Rio Rita
Mahoney
Ave
Barbara Donson
Marion Curren
Dean Terrell
Betty Wolfe
Joy Gears
Betty Hughes
Martha
Lee Robinson
PTA
Twesay
Ask
West School Activities at West Logan Grade School
West Logan Grade School offers numerous activities under Mrs Turner with sixth to eighth grades publishing The West Logan Star quarterly. Third to fifth grades, led by Mrs Sayre, exhibit an aquarium and collect items for display. Boys build bird houses while girls prepare a nationwide doll contest and displays. The latter includes jars with minnows tadpoles snails while fifth graders mold globe earths. All grades fundraise for student project.
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Logan
West Logan
Turner
Sayre
Lowery
Playerouns
Upset Stomachs Yield Inches of Gas and Bloat
A local Athens testimonial touts ERB-HELP as a new remedy from Athens Pharmacy. The ad claims the juice blend of twelve herbs cleanses the stomach, reduces gas and bloating, and improves overall well being after meals.
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Athens
Eaalie Athens Pharmacten Ady
Rebekah Lodge Birthday Party Committee Named
Mrs Opal Rutgers Mrs Lillie Petty and Miss Lena Glass will lead the Rebekah Lodge birthday party Friday at 6:30 with a potluck dinner and initiation to follow. Miss Iris Lowery hosted her sister Miss Blanche Lowery of Powell over the weekend. Mr 5 H Schaad of the Farm Security Office visited New Lexington Monday and Tuesday while Miss Gloria Summers and Miss Betty Spencer traveled to Columbus Tuesday to visit Mr Rudd Summers at Doctors Hospital. Summers is convalescing from concelectomy. Mrs J D Yocum of Mechanicsburg is visiting cousin Mrs M H Cherrington and Dr Cherrington. Frank Blasius of Dayton visited with his mother over the past weekend.
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Point Pleasant
Hope Scheik
Meadville
Eleanor Scheik
James Scheik
Roger Cleveland
F. T. Cady
Thomas Pringle
Washington
Russell Stone
Buffalo
N. Y
Canada
Pennsylvania
M.A. Willams
Louise “Link
Yesterd
Columbus
W. Fitch
New Haven
Hartford
Chaek
Cary Joward’ Rayburn
Florence Howard
R. Hi. Melrose
Charlese Son
William Taylor
Hogsett
Arnet
Robert Haynes
Harold Haynes
Hotzer Hospital
W. A. Lee
Gallipolis
Tom
Sinter
Ruth Brooker
Betty Low Johnson
Starjore Altman
Carbon” Hill
Lester Sorrell
Emmett
Short
Sisses
Becky
Jean Craft
Selsonville
Wednnesday
Billie Brooks
Willoughby
Irs
Wm. Brooks
John Shelton
Clarence Cook
Emery. Hughes
Nelsonville
Robert Gilsder
Jayesville
T Flary
Ann Jones
Eddie Driggs
James Smart
J. A. Barnbil
Telatres
Nell Spray
Longstreth
Beasle Lovett
Stanley Phillips
Rosella Phillips
McArthur
Jim Boyar
Wellston
Clifford Brooks
Shirley
Leroy
New Pittseburg
Albert
Phillipe
John Currens
Mt. Sterling
Charles Hoffman
Virginia Short
Dayton
Clara Hellyer
Paul Cupp
Newark
Tom Smith
Opal Rutgers
Lillie Petty
Lena Glass
Rebekah Lodge
Iris Lowery
White House
Blanche Lowery
Powell
5. H. Schaad
Farmecurity Office
New Lext
Gloria Summers
Betty Spencer
Rudd Sumners
Doctors Hospital
Summers
J.D. Yocum
Mechanics
Ourg
M. H. Cherrington
Cherrington
Frank Blasius
Paper salvage distributed to community groups in Point Pleasant
The salvage committee distributed 271.40 to the Kiwanis Club for the swimming pool and 26 to Mayor T C Caudill of Henderson for his Boy Scout Troop. An estimated 300 will go to the Mason County War Fund when received. Money comes from paper sold by salvaging workers in August and September.
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Point Pleasant
Kiwanis Club
T. C. Caudill
Henderson
Mason County War Fund Committee
Funeral services for George W. Childers in Kentucky
Funeral services for George W. Childers 85 who died Saturday at a son's home at Gallipolis Dam were held in Irwine Kentucky Tuesday afternoon with burial in the Irwine cemetery. The Arnett Funeral Home ambulance transported the body to Irwine accompanied by Mr and Mrs W B Childers and Mr and Mrs G D Childers who were in Wine Shester for a visit with relatives.
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Foint Pleasant
George W. Childers
Gallipolis Dam
Irwine
Arnett Funeral Home
Cdy
W. B. Childers
G. D. Childers
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Dick) Bingman
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Miami Beach
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Cpl
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Camp Miramar
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Helen Paish
John Parish
Chestnut St
Nelson
Roy Bookman
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Nelsonville Social Notes
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Carbondale
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Allahabad
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Larry Jones Radner
D. W. Coding
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Cincinnati
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Burnell Shoe Repair Shop
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Gallia
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Leadway Coffee
Ce D. Shafer Co
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