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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1942
Page
4
Republicans hold Gallipolis meeting to plan 1942 turnout
In Gallipolis the courthouse auditorium packed with Republican committeemen candidates and supporters. Judge Henry W. Cherrington urged full voter turnout and praised state district and county candidates while noting the nation’s “dark hour” and honoring the late Judge W. R. White. Prizes were offered to top township precincts for 1940 vote proximity and several candidate introductions followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Robert M. Betz
Campainn
Henry W. Cherrington
Cherrington
C. D. Slagle
Emmett Slagle
Charles Boster
John W. Howell
W. R. White
Key Campaign Initiated For City Keys In Gallipolis
Gallipolis begins a state wide key collection drive led by Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co. local manager John McNeeley reports 13 pounds of keys sent to headquarters. Rotary Club sets a key deposit barrel at Second and State Streets and volunteers will solicit. City Manager Stewart Clendenin offered the official city key but it proved to be wooden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Columbus and Southern Ohio Electric Co
John McNeeley
McNealey
Rotary Club
Second
State Sts
Stewart Clendenin
Charles Donnett Injured After Collision With Truck
Charles Donnett 45 of Bidwell was injured when his car struck a heavy truck at the Chickamauga Park highway intersection Tuesday morning. He suffered forehead lacerations and a knee fracture. he is a World War I Navy veteran with a history of shell shock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chickamauga Park
Charles Donnett
Bidwell
75 Foot Smokestack Removed at Plant
Gallipolis officials report the obsolete 75 foot smokestack at the city waterworks pumping station has been completely demolished and debris cleared. The site had oil burning equipment installed years ago and the large chimney was no longer needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
City Water- Works
Rites Held For Joseph Albright
Joseph Albright aged 82 died Monday night at his home near Gallipolis. Funeral rites will be held at Mt Zion Church Walnut Township at 2 p m Thursday with burial in the church cemetery. He was father of twelve living sons and daughters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Joseph Albright
Mt. Zion Church
Walnut Township
Red Cross To Present Merit Medal
Gallia County Red Cross board honors Miss Margaret Shuler for 17 years as treasurer with a medal of merit and written appreciation. Rob ert Ruland succeeds her. Home service expands with added assistance planned. Roll call chairman selection for next March is under consideration. Junior Red Cross raises funds for eye glasses for indigent school children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
Junior Red Cross
Red Cross Committee Hosts Luncheon and Meeting
Gallipolis reports that Red Cross Home Service committee members held a Tuesday noon luncheon meeting to discuss the program. Later, directors met in regular session at Red Cross headquarters to receive reports from the executive secretary and department chairmen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Red Cross Home Service Committee
Red Cross
Deadline for Ballot Receipt Set at 6 30 P M Thursday
In Gallipolis the county election board reports fewer than 100 ballots returned, far below past years. The cutoff for receipt is Thursday at 6 30 p m in person and Friday noon for mail deliveries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Election Board
Holiday Parcels Now Being Sent Abroad
Gallipolis reports holiday parcels for men abroad arriving at about twelve daily. A ship carrying early October mailings was sunk in the Atlantic area. The post office department urges replacements if possible by senders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Atlantic
Post Office Department
Twenty Apply for Navy Enlistment in One Week
Gallipolis report states twenty young men have applied for U S Navy enlistment at the local recruiting station inside the post office during the past seven days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy
Gallipolis
U. S. Navy
Condition Satisfactory for Mrs Cromley After Fall
Justine Cromley sustained fractures to both arms and a shattered elbow after a fall Monday night. She is in satisfactory condition at Holzer Hospital where she is employed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Justine Cromley
Holzer Hospital
Drills and Formations Mark High School Military Lesson
At Gallipolis high school two lessons in military courtesy concluded with regulation formations and a bit of actual drilling during today’s training period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ensign Sherwood Walker Commissioned at Gallipolis
GALLIPOLIS The Naval Aviation Department announces that Sherwood Walker aged 24 son of Mr and Mrs Frank Walker of Gallia has been commissioned an ensign and awarded his Navy wings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Naval Aviation Department
Sherwood Walker
Frank Walker
Gallia
Farewell to Clyde Bush as he enters military service
Gallipolis notes report Clyde Bush leaving for military service with a farewell visit from relatives and friends including Oliver Bush Richard Gary Wyant Helen Garrett Harbour Black Doris Thaxton and more. A surprise dinner honored James A Reynolds's birthday with Amos Adams John Robbie W Strausbaugh Creighton Reynolds and others attending. Ronald Leon Carter is announced as born to Violet Saunders Carter. Further social items include gatherings at Etta George home and visits by Esther Rothgeb and Frank L Jones. Marshal Foch Canaday on two week Navy furlough visits family. Rio Grande weekend guests John Troth and Kerr Myers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Maggie Bush
Campaign
Clyde
Oliver Bush
Richard and
Gary
West Virginia
Herbert Wyant
Hurricane
W. Va
Helen Garrett
Porter
Harbour Black
Dan
Don
M. I. Clark
Doris Thaxton
James A. Reynolds
Bidwell
Amos L. Adams
John Robie
W. E. Strausbaugh
S. W. Swisher
Esther Rothgeb
Los Angeles
Calif
Ella Rothgeb
Cheshire
Point Pleasant
California
Ohio
Frank L. Jones
Cincinnati
Winchester
Marshal Foch Canaday
Anna Canaday
Navy
Rio Grande
John W. Troth
Wright Field
Dayton
Ed Troth
Kerr Myers
Columbus
Fred Myers
J. W. Rathburn
Jette
Albert Rathburn
High School Victory Corps Enrollment Grows
In Gallipolis the high school Victory Corps enrollment nears 500 with voluntary participation across the faculty and student body. Metal salvaged by students brings in about $100 profits to fund agriculture equipment and Victory Corps insignia while about 25 boys study pre flight aeronautics under Gerald Anderson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Victory Corps
Edwin E. Higgins
Gerald Anderson
Six Couples Secure Marriage Licenses
GALLIPOLIS Granted permits to wed are Ted Adams 40 and Bertha Kidd 41 Dayton James D. Smith 21 and Emma Belle Howell 21 Clarksburg Dennis Eads 47 and Freda Griffith 38 Columbus Carl Maddox 20 and Fdna Ingraham 18 Ravenswood James Alexander 30 and Eulah Johnson 26 Terre Haute Ind Harold G Carmean 36 and Evelyn T Dickson 26 Columbus
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ted Adams
Bertha Kidd
Dayton
James D. Smith
Emma Belle Howell
Clarksburg
Dennis Eads
Freda Griffith
Columbus
Carl Maddox
Fdna Ingraham
Ravenswood
James Alexander
Eulah Johnson
Terre Haute
Ind
Harold G. Carmean
Evelyn, T. Dickson
Funeral Rites Held For Mrs Blevins In Crown City
Funeral rites were held at Crown City this afternoon for Mrs Peter Blevins 30 killed in a Saturday night auto accident in Columbiana County. She is survived by her husband and by her father Joseph Fife twin brother Ivan Fife sisters Mrs Clarice Church Mrs Iris Farley and Mrs Bessie Henry all of the Crown City area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Crown City
Peter Blevins
Columbiana County
Joseph Fife
Ivan Fife
Clarice Church
Iris Farley
Bessie Henry
Highway Repaired on Key State Routes Near Gallipolis
State Highway Department reports new macadam surface on Highway No. 218 from Gallipolis to Mercerville and similar treatment on the unpaved stretches of Highway No. 7.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
State
Mercerville
Navy Attache Robert Jenkins Named Lieutenant Commander
Robert Jenkins, formerly with the state highway department, has been promoted to lieutenant commander in the U S Navy and is serving as naval attache in England.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Gallipolis
Robert Jenkins
State Highway Department
U. S. Navy
Locals Escort Huntington Resident Home From Visit
Huntington residents accompanied home by Ellis Rathburn who has recovered from a month long illness and resumed work at Point Pleasant. Mrs. Angus King returns to Cincinnati after visiting here with her mother Mrs. Carl Wall. Mrs. George Moore of near Delaware visits relatives including Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Saunders. Alva Shoemaker of Camp Green Bay Great Lakes Ill visits his parents Mr. and Mrs. Roy G. Shoemaker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Huntington
Ellis Rathburn
Point Pleasant
Angus King
Cincinnati
Carl Wall
George Moore
Delaware
J. W. Saunders
Alva Shoemaker
Camp Green Bay
Great Lakes
Ill
Roy G. Shoemaker
High Level Road Nears Completion Near West State Street
GALLIPOLIS The new high level road out West State street is nearly finished and ready for a river gravel top coat, according to County Engineer E N Leonard. No ceremony has been set to observe the milestone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
West State Street
E. N. Leonard
Rotary Club Plans War Project and War Effort
Rotary panel in Gallipolis discusses active war work with a committee to select club project. Honorary Rotarians named for one month. blood plasma bank at Holzer Hospital seeks 220 donors. Major N. A. Martin and Frederick Stone to receive remembrances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
lIn
Rotary Club
Raymond D. Hoy
Homer Beckett
Ernest Wiseman
N. A. Martin
Frederick Stone
Paul Foster
Holzer Hospital
Scott Westerman
Democrats To Meet Thursday Night
Gallia County Democratic Committee announces public meeting Thursday at 8 p.m. in the court house. Several speakers listed but names not announced.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Democratic County Committee
Dry Well Improvement Planned at Children’s Home
Gallipolis officials report a 200 foot dry well will be sunk to 250 feet with dynamite if needed. Commissioners and Trustees say water scarcity at the Children’s Home requires immediate action and will cooperate on the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Commissioners and Children’s Home Trustees
Complete Staff of Area Rental Office Appointed
GALLIPOLIS Executive staff of the area rental office is now complete with the employment of Mary S Middleton Point Pleasant as an inspector. Director Perry J Bailes states the program of rent adjustments is moving forward satisfactorily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Mary S. Middleton
Point Pleasant
Perry J. Bailes
Hold Funeral of Wellington Williams
Funeral rites for Wellington Williams aged 81 were held Monday afternoon with interment in Calvary Cemetery Rio Grande. A daughter Mrs Charles Broughman and a brother Charles Williams reside in that village.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wellington Williams
Calvary Cemetery
Rio Grande
Charles Broughman
Charles Williams
Mt Union Brief Notes Week End Socials and Visits
Mt Union notes several family visits from Ohio and nearby towns. Mr and Mrs John Wiseman and son Bobby with relatives from Chillicothe and Roy Wiseman with Springfield spent the weekend with O W Wiseman. The Live Wires Class held a reg war monthly party at Burr Peck home with games a devotion and pie and cider.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
MT. Union
John Wiseman
Bobby
Chillicothe
Ohio
Roy Wiseman
Springfield
O. W. Wiseman
Live Wires
Burr Peck
M. A. Epple
Dena Epple
Andrew Davis
Rock Springs
Harrisonville School
Dana Epple
Foglesong Funeral Held at Heights Church in Point Pleasant
Funeral services for Mrs. W. G. Foglesong were held at Heights United Brethren Church in Point Pleasant this afternoon. Dr. F. H. Capehart led the service, with Rev. O. H. Carder assisting. Burial followed at Lone Oak cemetery. Surviving children are Harry and Raymond Foglesong of Mullins and Wilbur Foglesong of Pineville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Heights United
Point Clinic Reports Recent Cases at Tonsil Clinic
Point Pleasant reports Tuesday tonsil operations for Mrs. John Stearns Miss Suzanne Rothgeb Charles Spencer George Stephens Miss Ruth Lyons and Opal Phyllis Cheesbrew all of the city Maurice Sebrell city for surgery and Mrs J S Reynolds of South Side for observation and treatment Mrs Charles Lee Kananga and Walter McDaniel city were discharged yesterday
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
John Stearns
Suzanne Rothgeb
Charles Spencer
George Stephens
Ruth Lyons
Opal
Phyllis Cheesbrew
Maurice Sebrell
City
J. S. Reynolds
South Side
Charles Lee
Kananga
Walter McDaniel
New Theater Manager Takes Over Alpine
Miss Gazelle Parrack resigns as Alpine Theater manager. Paul D. Hollen succeeds her, coming from Buckhannon to take new duties and has been in an executive role with the Alpine theater chain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gazelle Parrack
Alpine Theater
Paul D. Hollen
Buckhannon
Mr. Hollen
Alpine
Blue Lake Social Notes Reflect Wartime Visits and Departures
Blue Lake social notes detail visits from Willie Thevenen and family of Columbus, furloughs of Raymond Wooten at Randolph Field, and several guests of local families. It notes illnesses, enlistments, and military movements, plus a funeral at Clay Chapel and a freed under bond report for Clarence McDaniel in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clarence McDaniel
Real Estate Sales Reported by Keyser in Point Pleasant
The Ru pert L. Kayser real estate agency reports the sale of a house and two lots Nos 24 and 26 Block R Lincoln Ave by Mrs Freda Shank of Mason to George Woolfenbuarger an employee of The Marietta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Kayser Real Estate Agency
Lincoln Ave
Freda Shank
Mason
George Woolfenbuarger
Marietta
Social notes from Pt Pleasant bridge club and local visits
Mrs Ed Tuckerman hosted the Monday Evening Bridge Club at Monroe Ave two tables were in play. Sheriff F B Lieving and Deputy Ed Blessing visited Charleston on capitol business while Sgt Paul F Thomas Trooper J M Hutchinson were in Charleston on state police duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Edgar Tuckerman
Monroe Ave
Tuckerman
James Hall
Max Koenigsberg
Frank C. Long, Jr
William F. Machier
R. H. Eee
Victor E. S. Park
F. B. Lieving
Ed Blessing
Charleston
Capitol
Paul F. Thomas
J. M. Hutchinson
Sgt
Thomas
Williamson
E. S. Pugh
Beckley
Inlaw
R. H. Melrose
Main St
Ella Nicholson
Melrose
Pugh
Ross Filson
Polly Ann
Jerome Collins
Dottie
Will Collins
Juliet Smith
Jack Cochran
C. O. Weissenburger
Harold Sayre
Clifton O. Durfee
Payment of County Orders Is Urged
POINT PLEASANT The Mason county court uses newspaper ads to ask holders of outstanding county orders issued in 1939 to present them for payment. These orders do not bear interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Itchy Pimples Kill Romances Advertisement
Many ruined romances are blamed on scratching blemishes and irritation. Peterson's Ointment offers quick relief for itching pimples eczema and red blotches with a money back guarantee if one application fails to delight you. It also soothes tired irritated feet and cracks between toes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peterson
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