Group From Athens County Boards Heads to Columbus Center
Eleven men from Athens County Selective Service Board No 2, previously certified as eligible, departed this morning for Fort Hayes Columbus for induction into the armed forces. Each man received a New Testament blessing at the American Legion building from a City Missionary Association representative.
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Nelsonville
District of Athens County
Selective Service Board No
Fort Hazel
Columbus
American Legion
Cily Mimesteria Association
Baptist Services Are Announced
Nelsonville First Baptist Church announces Sunday events for September 23 with Sunday School at 2 30 a m supervised by Mrs Goldie Brunston and a 10 45 a m sermon by Rev B J Ball on Beds are Too Short and Covers Too Short A 3 p m service features boys from Jamaica in song followed by a short sermon The public is invited Names of Selectees leaving for service include Lee William Marquis Amesville Harvey Leroy Kincade Athens Rt 4 James Benson Preston Nelsonville 40 Washington St Lyle Haymond Gainer Frost Rt 1 Russell Victor Cole Frost Rt 1 Hiram Dow Antle Amenville Darrious Warder Thompson Nelsonville Rt 1 Charles Edward Estep Albany Rt 3 W Richard Thomas Fouty Nelsonville Rt 1 William Sid Hart Stewart Lowell Wetzel Hager Albany transferred from Dundalk Md
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Nelsonville
First Baptist Church
Goldie
Brunston
B. J. Ball
Jamaica
Lee William Marquis
Amesville
Harvey Leroy Kincade
Athens
James Benson Preston
Washington St
Nelsonvile
Lyle Haymond Gainer
Frost
Russell Victor Cole
Hiram Dow Antle
Amenville
Darrious Warder Thompson
Charles Edward Estep
Albany
W Richard Thomas Fouty
William Sid Hart
Stewart
Lowell Wetzel Hager
Dundalk
Mrs Ball Is Candidate for City Education Board
Nelsonville news reports Bessie Ball a longtime Nelsonville teacher enters the race for the City Board of Education. With three seats open, only two candidates filed by the deadline, so Ball will run as a write-in. Ball has 30 years in education including tenure as West elementary principal and substitute at the high school. She heads the local Methodist Women’s Society and focuses on youth in school and church.
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Nelsonville
Bessie Peer Ball
City Board of Education
Methodist Guild Is Entertained in Nelsonville
Nelsonville reports the September Methodist Guild meeting at Mrs. Jeffrey Adams’s home on Clinton Street with Miss Blanche Moorehead reading scripture and prayers by Mrs. Carl Coakley. Program leader Mrs. George Call summarized Time for Decision by Sumner Welles, followed by discussion. Mrs. Donald Betts led business. hostesses served refreshments.
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Nelsonville
Methodist Guild
Jeffrey Adams
Clinton Street
Blanche Moorehead
Carl Coakley
George Call
Sumner Welles
Donald Betts
Louis Bromfield
Adamson
Florence Cook
Church Honor Roll Recognized At Nelsonville Service
Nelsonville church honors Church Honor Roll members during 10 30 a m service at the Church of Christ. Families of those recently added receive certificates. Rev L E Evans preaches on The Crowning Honor and Sigrid Love accompanies the choir. Bible School at 3 30 and Christian Endeavor at 6.
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Nelsonville
Church of Christ
L. E. Evans
Edna Dearing
Charlotte Thomas
Barbara Garner
Prsanens Nelsonville
Hayden
Ruth
First Landers, Recreation
Jeanette Methodist Church
Emogene Hays
Charles Walker
W. M. George
Union
First Methodist
First Church of Christ
Soldier on Furlough Honored at Dinner
ORBISTON Fvt Dale L McManaway of Camp Blanding Fla on furlough with parents Mr and Mrs Walter McManaway honored at a Sunday chicken dinner Present were Mrs Bellford Gwiliyn and daughters Columbus Mr and Mrs Lloyd Strausbaugh son Nellie McManaway Dayton Kay Jerry and Denny McManaway Millfield Mr and Mrs Walter McManaway and the guest Also Mr and Mrs Elwood North and daughters Murray City Mr and Mrs Frank McCreanor Glouster and Belland McCreannor Dayton
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Orbiston
Dale L. McManaway
Camp Blanding
Fla
Walter McManaway
Bellford Gwilyn
Columbus
Lloyd Strausbaugh
Nellie McManaway
Dayton
Kay
Jerry
Denny McManaway
Millfield
Will Preach in Concord Church
The Rev. William M. George pastor of First Methodist Nelsonville will preach at Concord Union Church three miles east of Jacksonville Sunday at 2 30 pm He will preach from the Christian Life.
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Concord
William M.george
First Methodist
Nelsonville
Concord Union Church
Jacksonville
Return from overseas ends 14 day furlough
Pvt Clyde Ly Sorrell has concluded a 14 day furlough with his parents Mr and Mrs Steve Sorrell of Orbiston and friends at Murray City Akron Waren Obetz and Fairfield and has reported to Fort Riley Kas
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Kansas
Nelsonville
Clyde Ly
Sorrell
Mr. and Airs
Steve Sorrell
Orbiston
Murray City
Akron
Wanen
Obetz
Fairfield
Fort Riley
Kas
Marshfield Briefs Celebrate 86th Birthday and Visits
Mrs Frances Nichols marked her 86th birthday on Tuesday September 1948 with gifts and cards. Adelaide Williams and children of New Hide Park sent flowers and roses. Lt Catherine Werkart of Youngstown visited sister Mrs Helen Stright. Elsie Brooks traveled to Beaufort North Carolina to join her husband SSgt WN Brooks stationed at Bogue Field.
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New Marshfield
Frances Nichols
Adelaide Williams
Chil ‘Dren
New Hide Park
Catherine Werkart
Youngstown
Helen Stright
Elsie Brooks
Beaufort
N.C
Ssgt. W. N. Brooks
U.S.C
Bogue Field
Dinner Party Honors Nelsonville Gurls in Apartment
Tri Psl Sorority members enjoyed a delightful dinner party at their apartment Monday evening followed by a social hour. Committee in charge included Mrs. Max Hoskins, Mrs. Gordon Thompson, and Miss Ruth Butt.
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Nelsonville
Gurls
Tri Psl
Nelsonville Soldier Hope Woodson Returns Home
Hope Woodson, recently honorably discharged from the U S Army, returns to Nelsonville after service with a headquarters company in France and Germany. He has been overseas with his unit and is welcomed back to his hometown.
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Nelsonville
Pic
Hope Woodson
U. S. Army
France
Germany
Middleport Social Notes Highlights Local Club Work
Attractive year books were distributed by the new Class No. 12 president at Heath Methodist Church. Officers, advisory board, and committees named for welfare, pecan sales, and church budget. Also reports on Judy Arnold’s birthday celebration and various local group activities at the church and community.
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Middleport
Heath Methodist Church
D. C. Miller
L. W. McComas
Main St
Miller
Beluah Strauss
May Lambert
Dorothy Kennedy
Garnet Jentsminger
Cecil Kincaid
Frieda Yahnte
Dorothy Roller
Katie Webb
Lillian Smith
WSCS
Rotary Club
Helen Lloyd
Alma Miller
Kathryn Knight
Eleanor Schast
Grace French
Robert Coats
Freda Mitch
Florence Britton
Yelen Lloyd
Virginia Lu Schaaf
Eleanor Schaaf
McComas
Pauline Galflagher
Ruth Blake
Doris East
Howard Ewing
War Plant May Be Kept on Stand By in West Virginia
Confirming a long circulating rumor, C. M. Brown of General Chemical Defense Corp said West Virginia Ordnance Works is among plants slated to be kept as stand-by. The TyI County Industrial Association has pressed to maintain the plant, and local members recently touted its promise. The Messenger was asked not to publish it.
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Point Pleasant
C. M. Brown
General Chemical Defense Corporation
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Tyi-County Industrial Association
Site Available for Use for Hospital Point Pleasant
Dr. Max Koenigsberg announced that 5200 raised in 1942 was given to E. J. Somerville for the Point Pleasant Development Company for 5.2 acres of land beside Country Club Addition. The failed postwar hospital project hoped for a government funded facility. now a hospital may be built on the site after the war.
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Point Pleasant
Max Koenigsberg
E. J. Somerville
Returning Soldier Sues for Divorce
Ernest E. Brown, freshly returned from nearly three years in the U S Navy, files for divorce from Mil dred Rice Brown. He claims neglect and unseemly conduct, noting they married June 12, 1938, lived in Green Township, and that he sent her money while overseas, expecting it to be saved for postwar use. He reports only 921 remained in their joint bank account on his return and seeks property settlement.
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Gallipolis
Ernest E. Brown
U. S. Navy
South Pacific
Mildred Rice Brown
Green Township
Plaintiff
de Posit
Ollie Evans Dies at Athens Hospital
Ollie Evans aged 46 died Wednesday at an Athens hospital after a long illness. Born in the county near Gallia she was a daughter of the late John W. and Alice Myers Evans. Surviving are three sisters and a brother. Funeral services were held at Sanders Baptist Church with burial in the cemetery there.
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Gallipolis
Ollie Evans
Athens
Galiia
John W
Alice Myers Evans
Marjorie Oliver
Jackson
Evelyn Miller
Waterloo
Mamie’ Evans
Lester Evans
Patriot
Sanders Baptist Church
Gallia Band to Perform at Mason’s Celebration
Gallia Academy High School’s sixty member band makes its first public appearance in Point Pleasant tonight honoring World War I hero Sgt Bernard Bell, Congressional Medal of Honor recipient. Gallia County Boy Scouts also attend, gathering at Washington School at 6, marching to the parade at 7. The event occurs between halves of the Big Black Blue Devil game, under new Band Master Carlos Bradley and drum major Bob Maddox. Scouting/band caps funded by Band Boosters at $260.
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Gallipolis
Gallia Academy High School
Point Pleasant
Sgt
Bernard Bell
Truman
Gallia County
Washington School
Court House
GALS
Carlos Bradley
Bob Maddox
Religious services listed for Gallipolis churches
Sunday schedules from First Baptist Grace Methodist First Presbyterian Church of God Church of Nazarene Church of Christ Park Creek Baptist John Gee AME list times for Sunday School worship and youth activities. Guest preacher noted at Park Creek service and cooperative teachers meeting announced.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist
J. Edward Hakes
Hake
Grace Methodist
W. Scot Westerman
Church School
L. L. Lovett
Youth Fellowship
First Presbyterian
Theodore Valenti
Church OF God
Third Ave
H. M. Smith
Allen Baker
Young! People’s Meeting
Church OF Nazarene
Vernot Shater
Church OF Christ
Gartfield Ave
Ted Waller
Sivelock
Pairt Creek Baptist
Hester Hill
Henry Doss
Co-operative Teachers
John Gee
Mary Lou Henderson
John Casey
Doris Casey
Wyema Shockley
Secy
Co-operative Forum
Student nurses begin six months at Cincinnati General
Eleven Holzer Hospital nurses departed Tuesday to start their six months' affiliation work at Cincinnati General Hospital. The group includes Florence Clark, Juanita Crow, Marie Davis, Beulah Fritz, Ruth Goldsberry, Wanda Harrison, Wilma Parsons, Mary Behmids, June Stone and Virginia Sturgeon, among others.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Cincinnati General Hospital
Florence Clark
Juanita Crow
Marie Davis
Beulah
Tona
Fritz Ruth Goldsberry
Wanda Harrison
Wilma Parsons
Mary Behmids
June Stone
Virginia Sturgeon
Emma Jo Blake Born At Holzer Hospital
Russell Blake and Marge Moore Blake announce the birth of a daughter named Emma Jo at Holzer Hospital Thursday morning. Mrs Blake served in the Women’s Army Corps and later as a medical technician at La Guardia Hospital in New Orleans before discharge last spring. M Sgt Blake, a Boston native, has been overseas and is currently in Okinawa. Also noted are local society items: Miss Nelle Wolfe residing with Fannie Kraus on Vine Street, Bert Bodimer’s return to Camp Lejeune after leave to see his new son, Mrs George Margoles visiting her parents, and Violet Brothers heading to Akron for a week with relatives.
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Aiddleport
James Pullen
St. Joseph’s Hospital
Parkersburg
Jessie Roe
Huntington
John Roberto
Holzer Hospital
Roberto
Baby
James Murray
Randolph Ward
Ravenswood
Charles Asa Bradbury
Separation Center
Cleveland
C. P. Bradbury
Toledo
Bunker Hill
Ind
Naval Flying Program
Howard Byers
Ruby Byers
Ralph Rateliff
Sylvia Ratcliff
Raymond Ratcliff
New Brighton
W. T. Byers
Raymond
Pete) Klees
Germany
Carl Mourning
Mary Mourning
Elyria
Dale Mouring
Julia Mae Schilinsky
California
W. P. Wilburn
Joe Stanford
Sheppard Field
Texas
Patty Devol
G.C.D.C
Columbus
Russell Blake
Emma Jo
Blake
Marge Moore
Women's Army Corps
la Guardia Hospital
New Orleans
Boston
Mass
Okinawa
Gallipolis
Nelle Wolfe
Fannie Kraus
Vine St
Bert Bodimer
U. S. Marine Corps
Camp Lejeune
N. C
Charles Richard
George Margoles
NewHaven
NewHaven, Conn., Is Visiting Her Parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave Pickens
Violet Brothers
Akron
Frank Swelter
Changes Court Order Extends Probation For Two Men
Gallipolis Common Pleas Judge Lewis C Ward ened one year for Jack Ours alias Jack Haskins and Théodore Washington. Ours was on probation for non payment and was taken into custody by Deputy Sheriff Morton Dickey and Harold Wood. Washington has not been on probation for petty larceny. Parents of a daughter Pamela born Sept 14 at Phillipsburg State Hospital Pa. Mrs Bovie living with her sister in law Miss Jane Ann Bovie, teacher in State College.
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Honor Judy Arnold
Judy Arnold
James Arnold
Kindersgarten
George
Harry Glaze
Ronnie
Sandra Fultz
Mary Carolyn Miller
Nancy Roller
Marianne Woodgerd
Roy
Roger Long
Beverly Ferrin
Charlotte Perrin
Sandra Brewington
Frances Brewington
Judy Ann Gregg
Sharon Jones
Jane Ellen Dabo
Megan Cluff
Eddie Kitchen
Jane
Ernestine Asbury
Gallipolis
Common Pleas
Lewis C
Jack Ours
Jack Haskins
Théodore Washington
Ours
Morton Dickey
Harold Wood
Washington
George Frederick Bovie
Pamela
Phillipsburg State Hospital
Coaches Club Honors Gallia Academy Gridders
GALLIPOLIS The Downtown Coaches Club banquet at the Lafayette Hotel honored the Gallia Academy High School Blue Devil football team with 110 in attendance. Speakers included ex quarterback Howard Yerges and Point Pleasant principal Robert Ferguson. Mentions of team captains and staff followed, along with a note on Armistice Day timing. County Agent Royer announced a safe wheat planting date of October 4 to avoid Hessian fly risk unless nearby crops are infected.
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Gallipolis
Lafayette Hotel
Gallia Academy High School
Blue Devil
Howard Yerges
Robert H. Ferguson
Point Pleasant High School
Marietta Log
Point Pleasant Gallipolis
Everett G. Royer
Gallia County
Schools Busses Are To Be Inspected In Gallia and Mercer Areas
Gallia County Superintendent B Lewie Jones announced inspection dates for school buses. On October 21 inspect Gallia Green Cheshire Addison Walnuts High School routes. October 25 inspect Guyan Crown City Harrison. October 29 inspect Gallia Cadmus Walnut excluding La Baird high school bus. October 29 inspect Rio Grande Raccoon Centerville Perry. October 30 inspect Bidwell Vinton Cheshire Ira Baird only.
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Gallipolis
B. Lewie Jones
Gallia County
Green
Cheshire
la Baird
Clay
Addison
Walnut
Schoo
Mercer
Ville
Guyan
Ohio
Crown City
Harrison
Cadmus
Gallia
Women’s auxiliary members attend Gallipolis St Peters district conference
Fourteen members of the women’s auxiliary from Gallipolis St Peters Episcopal Church attended the district conference held in Pomeroy on Thursday. The delegation included Mrs. Lottie Abbott, Mrs. Warte Cadot, Mrs. Frances Caldwell, Mrs. E. Halliday, Mrs. CBR Niday, Mrs. C A Saunders, Mrs. Frances Hanson, Mrs. Martha McCormick, Mrs. Earl W. Mack, Mrs. Eugene Spear, Mrs. Blanche France, Mrs. Winifred Switzer, Mrs. H. M. Robertson, and Mrs. E. No Tarrier.
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Gallipolis
St. Peters Episcopal Church
Women’s Auxiliary
Pomeroy
Lottie Abbott
Warte Cadot
Frances Caldwell
X Lj. E. Halliday
C. BR. Niday
C. A. Saunders
Frances Hanson
Martha McCormick
Earl W. Mack
Eugene Spear
Blanche France
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Robert Starton
Lywa Merrick Thurston Hall
Free Lares
Tem Micamind
Bellond
Mystery Island
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Heather and
You
Mighty Mouse Cartoon
Pluto
Japan
Ball
Buchtel
Are Cere
Joseph Queen
Ashland
Korea
MacArthur
Russia
Concord Church
Methodist
Beaco
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Marshfield Briefs
Middleport Social Notes
Pythian Sisters
Edith Russell
Bradbury
Teresa Rutherson
Lulu Mason
Margaret Hawkins
Pearl Gardner
Hawkins
E.R. Tompkins
Homer Rice
Anna Fink
Ed Price
Mary Meinhart
Martha Childs
Mabel Walburn
Alice Fink
Keffers
Freda
Cincinnati
W. Washington Nels
C. E. Whitmore
U. S. Highway
Nelsonyia
Coaches Club
Clyde
Mitchell
Bobby White
Don Robinson
Jimmy Simms
Lonnie Safford
George Foster
Vance Johnson
John Epling
George Hout
Garland Folden
Billy Joe Johnson
Cecil Arthur
Eddie Reese
Navy
Alex Cruickshanks
Charles Swanson
Blue Devils
Louis Marchi
Bob Marchi
Rob Burnette
Jim Saunders
Bobby Tope
Fred Wood
On Pollitt
Bobby Condee
Billy Dailey
Sonny Mackenzie
Miles Epling
Billy McClung
Billy Welker
Ralph Miller
Billy Deer
Clarence Hogan
Jimmy Jarvis
Milton Casey
James Craft
Leon Maggied
Wayne Folden
Paul Wells
Bobby Vesner
Bill Hill
Carl (Smitty) Smith
Holland Shoe Store
Martin’ S Dry Cleaning
Fort Street
Lie
Bob Madison
Eagles Hall
Nelsonville Eagles’ Hall
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Eagle Hall
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