Housing prospects for Isomer Walter acreage Sunrise Addition
Isomer Walter acreage and Sunrise Addition north of the Chickamauga Bridge attract builders after weekend talks with FHA official A L Guchert and contractors. Engineers survey streets and lots, map topography for FHA approval, with Clendenin hill side land likely added. 50 to 100 houses eyed as start, prefabricated and conventional homes planned, housing shortage noted by Fd Wise. Extension of Ohio Ave needed to reach Walter and Clendenin properties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chickamauga Bridge
A. L. Guchert
FHA
S. A. Clendenin
State Hospital
Hollis Wood
C. E. Holzer
Walter
Chamber of Commerce
John E
Stanley Evans
Rex Lineberry
Evans Heights
Portsmouth Ave
Fd Wise
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Walter and
Clendenin
Ohio Ave
Emancipation Celebration to Feature Albertus Conn
Gallipolis announces Emancipation Proclamation observance at Bidwell on Sunday September 20 with speaker Assistant Attorney General Albertus Conn of Toledo. War conditions moved date from September 22. program begins 1 9 am. Gal lispo lis Choral Ensemble performs. Rev G J Johnson leads religious services. basket dinner noon. Pomeroy High School band concert and Columbus quartet to sing. committee led by Dorothy Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Albertus Conn
Toledo
Bidwell
G. J. Johnson
First Baptist A. M. F
Lima
Pomeroy High School
Columbus
Dorothy Lewis
Rev
C M. Payne
Monroe Winston
Flisha Evans
Robert West
Myrtle Miller
Diessie Craddolph
Alex Wilson
Wallace Funeral Held in Huntington for Scott A Wallace
Gallipolis mourners attended services in Huntington this afternoon for Scott A Wallace 68 a local native who died at his Huntington home Saturday Interment followed at Mound Hill Cemetery Immediate survivors include his wife Erma Plymale a son two daughters sisters and a brother all residing in the area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Huntington
Scott A Wallace
Mound Hill
Erma Plymale
School Janitor Sharp Fall Causes Skull Injury
Gallipolis reports 48 year old Stephen Thiven er, janitor at the Washington School, hospitalized with a possible skull fracture after a fall while removing seats for a new primary classroom. Condition described as improved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stephen Thivener
Washington School
Grand Jury Meets in Gallia County Today
Grand jury members gathered in Gallia County this morning at 9 o clock and, after Judge W R White charged them, began a secret session. County Prosecutor John Howell expects completion by Tuesday night with 73 cases presented for consideration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
W. R. White
John Howell
Child in Cast for Months After Hip Dislocation
Gallipolis reports two year old Ariene Morehouse of Bidwell hospitalized with a dislocated hip. The child was placed in a cast and will remain so for several months. Also in Gallipolis the municipal court lineup this morning included ten men and one woman arrested on intoxication charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Ivor Morehouse
Ariene
Bidwell
Scrap Iron Drive Underway In Both City and Rural Areas
GALLIPOLIS county conducts a scrap iron collection led by Sheriff E E Hatfield. WPA workers under Irvin Kerr map roads and survey rural homes to avoid duplicates. Trucks unload at Third Ave and shipments head to the city. schools may become collection centers with teacher and pupil participation announced by superintendent Edwin F Higgins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E .E. Hatfield
Third Ave
WPA
Irvin Kerr
Plac
Edwin F. Higgins
Birthday Socials and Announcements in Gallipolis
Gallipolis social page notes several birthday celebrations and gatherings. Mrs James Danner’s birthday was marked with a picnic at Dunmovin near Evergreen attended by family and friends. Mary Jane Freese celebrated her ninth birthday with games and refreshments hosted by Mrs Charles Freese. Carol Jean Ball’s ninth birthday party was hosted by her aunt on Garfield Avenue with games and a decorated table. Carolyn Payne marked her third birthday with a games and refreshments gathering. Additional items include birth announcements for Thomas Earl Cremeens and various visits and travel among local residents to Mayo Clinic, Athens, Columbus, and other places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
James Danner
Charles Freese
Mary Jane
Margaret and
Marilyn Allison
Helen Butterfield
Mary Margaret Roberts
Becky Johnson
Lynn Brown
Carol Jane Ball
Jimmy Lefevre
Tommy Reid
Kenneth Curry
Jimmy Dailey
Carol Jean Ball
J. E. Myers
Garfield Ave
Ethel Rice
Katherine Ball
Carol Jean
Carolyn
Donald Payne
Sallie
Sandra Elliott
Margaret
Dorothy Gordon
Norma
Dallas Sayre
Roberta
Sharon Camp
Barbara Cooper
Eugene Haberstick
Jerry Lee Slaven
Gene
Janet Payne
Home Council Set to Meet at Grace Church
Gallia County Home Council members plan a meeting at Grace Methodist Church on Wednesday at 10 30 a m A covered dish lunch will be featured at noon Members will bring household appliances needing rehabilitation for a clinic
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Gallia County
School adds second range as pupil count rises
Gallia County board of education installs a second large range in Washington School kitchen due to expected rise in lunch program pupils starting October 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Board of Education
Washington
Cemetery Repairs To Be Planned This Week
Citizens' advisory committee in Gallipolis plans rehabilitation of Pine Street Cemetery with City Manager S A Clendenin this week. Dr G G Kinean will discuss plantings and a hedge around the enclosure. The committee has about 3800 in credit from a spring tax settlement and will receive 1200 more later, totaling about 6000 over three years from the levy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Pine Street
S. A. Clendenin
G. G Kinean
Ohio Hospital
Aid for Aged Office May Be Moved
Gallipolis considers moving the Aid for the Aged Office to the Knights of Pythias building at Second and Locust Streets from the current Attor ney Hollis C Johnston property on Locust Street. Johnston plans to use his vacated building for his law offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Knights of Pythias
Second and Locust Sts
Hollis C. Johnston
Locust St
Johnston
Peace Warrant Issued for Inmate Blaine Jones
Magistrate J. H. Shato issues a peace warrant against Blaine Jones, an inmate at the County Home, following complaints from residents. He is described as a former Bidwell neighborhood resident allegedly terrorizing people with threats and violence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
J. H. Shato
Blaine Jones
Bidwell
Licensed To Marry In Various Ohio Cities
License to wed granted for several couples including W. W. Kessell and Sylvia Daniels of Quincy West Virginia Donald Dalton and Maxine Clark of Nelsonville Thomas E. Thomas and Nellie D Stalder of Athens and Charles Eb lin and Ethel Partiow of Pomeroy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Wed
W. W. Kessell
Sylvia Daniels
Quincy
W. Va
Donald Dalton
Maxine Clark
Nelsonville
Thomas E. Thomas
Nellie D. Stalder
Athens
Charles Eblin
Ethel Partiow
Pomseroy
Squirrel Season Opens Tuesday in County
Gallipolis reports indicate a two week squirrel season begins Tuesday with hunters filling the woods. County conservation league licenses are being issued across many areas and a full license tally is not yet available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
County Conservation League
Clay Township Local Option Election Set for November 3
In Gallia County there will be a local option election in Clay Township and precinct Tuesday, Nov. 3, to decide a liquor sales ban. A petition filed by William Day prompted the election and many residents signed beyond the legal requirement. The county board of elections accepted the resignation of clerk Mrs. Helen Russell and named Mrs. Stanley Saunders as successor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Clay Township
William Day
County Board of Elections
Helen Russell
Stanley Saunders
Russell
Ohio Valley Livestock Sales
Columbus
Schools Open With Increased Enrollment
Gallipolis schools opened the first regular sessions with largely increased enrollment. Superintendent E. E. Higgins said the district is operating at capacity but prepared to care for all who register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
Joseph Cromley Dies at Parkersburg Age 68
Gallia county relatives report the death of Joseph Cromley 68 at his Parkersburg home during the week end. He formerly served as a railroad station agent at Gallipolis Ferry West Virginia and earlier lived in this city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Joseph Cromley
Parkersburg
Gallipolis Ferry
W. Va
Plan Ladies Night at Gal lipolis Lodge Hall
Members of Gal lipolis Lodge 1 C C F host a Ladies Night tonight at Third and State Streets hall with refreshments. Mr and Mrs Ileary St Clair sold a 50 acre Green Township tract to Fred Parker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
1.C.C.F
Third and State Sts
Ileary St. Clair
Green Township
Fred Parker
Mason Social And Personal Mason Social And Personal
Mason social notes list a PTA sponsored event at Clifton School for Friday Sept 11. The column reports on local visits including Mrs. Joe Grimm from Nitro and others in Point Pleasant. It notes a upcoming marriage Jean Ingles to Ralph Cartwright and lists residents in military service and welding school enrollees amid a jail lunacy arrest for Charlie Wray of Ashton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stella Chattin
Ralph Pickens
Point Pleasant
Eric Fox
Mary Walker
Hickory Chapel
Fox
Fort Knox
William Bleatner
Army
Fort Lawton
Seattle
Wash
Welding School
Dorothy Blake
Virgie Hall
Catherine Thorn
Henrietta Darnell
Kathleen Wallace
Lillian Fields
Marguerite Cartwright
Lillian Edwards
Helen Oseland
Eleanor Ewing
Leah Almquist
Congregation Honors Men In Service
Grace Methodist Church in Gallipolis yesterday dedicated an honor roll of members in service. The roster on the second floor foyer lists Major George Bush and many others, with more names to be added as known.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
George Bush
Samuel L. Bossard
George Caufman
Harold Fife
Lewis Green
Robert H. Mills
Arthur T. Norman
Paul Robinson
Alva Shoemaker
Jordan Wheeler
James W. Caufman
Loren W. Fraley
Douglas Mullineaux
Chester Social And Personal Report Highlights September Meetings
Chester Farm Bureau Advisory Council No 3 met at the Wilbur Parkers home on Thursday September 3 with 36 members attending. Reports covered include Mrs Michael on the Lancaster Women's Conference and Harold Hilli on coop progress and the scrap iron drive. The Chester Grange planned a pot luck dinner for September 22 inspection night with a program featuring Ruth Weber Marian Meredith Fay Pickens Jean Young and Vernon Weber. Social notes mention visits by Mary Lou Hudson of Parkersburg Betty Jane Mora Elma Smith and others plus graduations and teaching assignments for Grace Kautz and Lucille Smith.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chester
Farm Bureau Advisory Council No. 3
Wilbur Parker
Michael
Lancaster
Harold Hilli
Harry Guthrie
Parker
G. L. Michael
H. Guthrie
Chester Grange
Grange
The
Graces
Roll Call
Ruth Weber
Marian Meredith
Fay Pickens
Jean Young
Vernon Weber
Mary Lou Hudson
Parkersburg
Jean Richmond
Betty Jane Mora
Elma Smith
Donald Myers
Long Bottom
Elmer Kautz
Carl and Dale
Minas Mary Virginia Mora
Holver Hospital
Grace Kautz
Lucille Smith
Rutland
Rutland High School
Gerald Eiselstein
Mrs. Moore
Middleport
Blue Lake Schools see large enrollment and local visits
Blue Lake Schools opened Tuesday with many new pupils. Local residents visit Mr. E. N. Leonard and Mrs. Kent Thevenen hosts. Harold Keaton, a local high school graduate, recently saw war action. The area’s water famine eased by rain. engineer BE Leonard found only salt water. Pauline Houck recovers from injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blue Lake
Charles Gennison
Parkersburg
E. N. Leonard
Harold Keaton
J. Keaton
Francis Sheets
Bidwell
Wesley
Clyde
Lee Holcomb
Carapolis
Mason County Jury Finds Oscar Simpkins Guilty of Murder
Oscar Glenn Simpkins was found guilty of second degree murder in Mason County circuit court after a two day trial. The jury deliberated about 30 minutes and Judge Lewis Miller deferred sentence to be announced before term end. Simpkins admitted past abuse but denied causing death of wife Myrtle Simpkins on the night of November 15 1941.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Oscar Glenn Simpkins
Lewis Miller
Simpkins
Myrtle Simpkins
Quality of Hamburger Meat Being Checked
Point Pleasant health officials ordered non preserved meat for citizens defense workers and students after samples from delivery trucks tested by the local health department and verified by the state hygienic laboratory. The probe will continue until all supplies are checked and preserved meat sales end in the area. Local dealers were selling unpreserved hamburger and restaurants halted use when informed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Health Department
West Virginia
Health Board
Dixie Schoolhouse Moved to Viand St
The Dixie Schoolhouse from the ordnance works reservation has been moved to Viand Street between the clerk's office and the Army barracks, formerly the American Legion Home. It requires extensive repairs before the Mason County Public Library moves in and will house an information bureau for workers in war industries. The library is a Junior Woman's Club project, with other clubs aiding the building and information bureau setup.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Dixie
Ordnance Works
Viand St
Army Barracks
American Legion Home
Mason County Public Library
Thirteen Buildings Under Construction North Point Pleasant
A week’s end update shows 13 buildings with 28 shelter units rising in North Point Pleasant. Completion waits on water mains pipes and plumbing lines delivery to the site.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
North Point Pleasant
Charles Thornton Violates Game Laws Case Report
Charles Gerald Thornton of Letart is serving a 30 day sentence in Mason County Jail for violation of game laws. He was arrested by Game Warden Ed Huffman and Constable Oscar Hart and arraigned before Magistrate John Miller of New Haven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Gerald Thornton
Letart
Mason County
Ed Huffman
Oscar Hart
John Miller
New Haven
Judgment Entered Against H. F. Smith for $956.95
A circuit court judgment was entered against Horace F. Smith of Hartford for 956.95 in favor of the Standard Oil Co of New Jersey last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Horace F. Smith
Hartford
Standard Oil Co
New Jersey
Divorce Awarded in Point Pleasant Suit
In Point Pleasant the circuit court awarded divorce to Mrs Genevieve Shinn from Dr John A Shinn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Genevieve Shinn
John A. Shinn
Circuit Court
Point Pleasant pair receive marriage licenses
A marriage license was issued Saturday to Charles Samuel Cooper and Kathleen Peters, both residents of Point Pleasant, marking their formal union in the local records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles Samuel Cooper
Kathleen Peters
PTA session set for Tuesday at 8 30 PM in Henderson
Henderson residents are told the PTA will meet in regular session Tuesday evening at 8 30. Mrs Floyd Rothlis berger, program chair, urges all teachers and parents to attend to plan the year’s activities. The report also lists various local visits and personal notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henderson
Parent-Teacher Association
Floyd Rothlisberger
State To Pay 3365 for Highway Lands
State ordered to pay 3365 to Circuit Court for land taken for highway right of way between the ordnance works and Mason. Of this, 1565 is held for John E. Lyons and 1800 for Gwendolyn Stewart Marceline and others for two tracts totaling 0.168 and 0.755 acres.
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Point Pleasant
Circuit Court
Vernon Jones
Miller
Ordnance Works
Mason
Clerk Jones
John E. Lyons
Middleport
Gwendolyn, Stewart
Marceline
Alice B
John B
Lucille Bumgarner
West Virginia Ordnance Works Site Office Closes
The land acquisition section of the U S Engineer Office Cincinnati has completed the West Virginia Ordnance Works site purchase and closed its local office in Point Pleasant. Project manager John R. Pierce will report to Cincinnati for assignment, with other staff also transferring today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
U. S. Engineer Office
Cincinnati
West Virginia Ordnance Works
John R. Pierce
Collumbus
Dennis R. and
W. K. Knapp
Winfield
Mildred Krebs
Harry Krebs
Sand Hill Rd
Mary Preston
Huntington
American Legion
Viand
Fifth Sts
Ordnance Works
U. S. District Court
Cinccinnati
Pierce
Will Contest Filed in Mason County Court
An order in the circuit court chancery case between George McDaniel and others against Elizabeth Wilson and others moves the matter to the law side for a jury trial to decide if the paper writing probated on May 2, 1942, is the will of Morgan McDaniel, deceased. The plaintiffs allege the recorded document is not the will.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George McDaniel
Elizabeth Wilson
Morgan McDaniel
McDaniel
Four Arrested on Charge of Drunkenness
Paul Flint Henderson Charles Conley of Leon and Glenn Worthy Jones of Gallipolis Ferry were arrested at the week end charged with drunkenness. Flint was released to Mayor Krodel. Conley confessed when arraigned before Magistrate Sam Taylor and was fined five dollars and costs. The Jones brothers were held for trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Paul Flint
Henderson
Charles Conley
Leon
Glenn
Worthy Jones
Gallipolis Ferry
Flint
Krodel
Conley
Sam Taylor
Jones Brothers
Work Is Divided
Miss Helen Zuspan a Victory Oil Co clerk shares her employment with Lenora Jividen daughter of the police chief Hoyt Jividen. Both girls are still in high school and expect to graduate next May.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Helen Zuspan
The
Victory Oil Co
Lenora Jivieden
Hoyt Jividen
Arrest on Shadle Bridge in Point Pleasant
Charles Withers living south of the Kanawha was arrested on Shadle Bridge for drunkenness by Constable Taylor of Henderson. He had 76 dollars in cash on his person.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Charles? Withers
Kanawha
Shadle Bridge
Taylor
Henderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Wallace
Athens Messenger
Athens, Ohio
U.S. Army Signal Corps
NEA
New Caledonia
Southwest Pacific
Gallipolis Social Notes
Stanford Cremeens
Springfield
Thomas Earl
Earl Cremeens
Northup
Raymond Thomas
Cheshire
Misa Ethel M. Young
Rochester
Minn
Dwight Wetherholt
Don Strawn
Louise Cottrell
Madison
H. H. Henking
James Mossman
Raymond Mossman
Indianapolis
Pauline Beard
D. A. Beard
Bellevue
Earl Beard
Ruth Maddy
Ohio Valley Bank
Margaret Brown
Chillicothe
Elias Wetherholt
Home Council
Clay
Chester Grange Meerts
Oscar Simpkins
Charles Thornton
H. F. Smith
Christ Church Guild
Horace B. Ecker
Colonel Ecker
Paris
Forest W. Ingraham
Ohio St
M. G. Newell
Greensboro
N. C
Richard Newell
W. J. Kenney
Miss Windsor
Patricia Ingraham
Martha Lynn Rothgeb
Jacqueline Windsor
Waynesboro
Fairfax Hall
Ingraham
Rothgeb
Annette Lewis
Barbara Smith
Isila Anderson
Nancy Ferguson
Ann Capehart
John Nibert
Baptist Young Peoples Union
Main St
Ellis King
Joan Parker
Maxine Harper
Alice Slack
Betty Slack
Martha Lee Capehart
Dorothy Billups
Fedora Modula
Esterina Modula
Mandellen Skene
Charlott McDaniel
Doris McDaniel
Carl Adkins
Arnett Billups
Lee Cottrell
Daniel Simmons
Jack Legg
Clifford Slack
PTA
C. O. Parsons
Alley
G. E. Childs
North Main St
George Somerville
Laletta Hitchcock
Clarksburg
Alma Gwinn
Roy Price
Price
Majestic
UCL
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