Population Shifting In Defense Area Warned On Rentals
Perry Bailes OPA rent supervisor reminds four county defense area landlords to register all housing by month end. Forms, triplicate, handled at Gallipolis main office or at Pomeroy Point Pleasant and Ripley stations. Rent Examiner Caldwell to tally, with new rent inspector joining Gallipolis. War housing shifts fuel demand while ceilings, penalties loom.
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Gallipolis
Perry Bailes
OPA
Pomeroy
Point Pleasant
Ripley
Elmer E. Caldwell
Cleveland
Demolition Planned for 75-Foot Chimney at Waterworks
Gallipolis reports City Manager S A Clendenin awards a contract to J F Ferguson of McArthur to demolish the 75 foot brick chimney at the waterworks pumping station. Work starts next week using non steam equipment as the stack is deemed a menace. Ferguson will remove bricks and store them in McArthur.
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Gallipolis
S. A. Clendenin
J. F. Ferguson
McArthur
Ferguson
Four Marriage Licenses Granted
Gallipolis issues four marriage licenses naming pairs Walter C. Gabriel and Fauna K. Shiver. Charles Nolan and Patsy Kellum. Garland A. Frye and Dorothy Leap. Earl Jones and Kathleen Bowen. All parties reside in nearby Ohio and West Virginia communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Walter C. Gabriel
Athens
Fauna K. Shiver
the Plains
Charles Nolan
Patsy Kellum
Huntington
Garland A. Frye
Dorothy Leap
Logan
W. Va
Earl Jones
Kathleen Bowen
Proctorville
Mrs Helen Russell Returns to Gallia
Mrs Helen Russell will return this week from Columbus to resume clerical duties at the Ohio Valley Livestock Sales and the Buckeye Building and Loan Co. Her son J T Russell will remain there to pursue studies at Ohio State University. H W Cherrington and H B Ecker purchased two five room cottages in the Evans Addition on Portsmouth Ave. Charles Weichsel, a Rio Grande College student who fractured a leg in a Louisville football game, has returned to his studies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Helen Russell
Columbus
Ohio Valley Livestock Sales
Buckeye Building and Loan Co
J. T. Russell
Ohio State University
H. W. Cherrington
H. B. Ecker
Evans Addition
Portsmouth Ave
W. D. Myers
Charles Weichsel
Rio Grande College
Louisville
A. L. Elliott
Margaret B. Ralph
Ogden
Iowa
Eloise Wolfe
Herman Fierbaugh
Near Northup
Fierbaugh
Nina Marie
Verne Stout
Gallia County to Double Scrap Iron Quota
Gallia County plans to double its scrap iron quota from 100 tons as Sheriff E. E. Hatfield, the county chairman, collaborates with a WPA collection crew led by Irvin Kerr to boost efforts.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
E. E. Hatfield
WPA
Irvin Kerr
Speeders certified under 40 mph record in Gallipolis report
State Highway Patrol records show more than 0 persons certified for speeds over 40 mph in car operation. None were arrested, but certification has been sent to OPA and the rationing board will refuse tires upon application. About half the speeders checked are said to reside outside Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
OPA
National Rationing Board
Ohio
West Virginia Police Probe Fatal Crash
Stanley Derrickson, 37, involved in a Sept. 9 Buffalo W Va crash that left his wife fatally injured was released from Holzer Hospital. State Police say Derrickson was taken into custody for investigation after a high speed 85 mph collision with another car in the early morning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Stanley Derrickson
Buffalo
W. Va
Holzer Hospital
West Virginia
Derrickson
Mrs. Rhinehart Goetting Dies at Marion Home
Mrs Rhinehart Goetting dies at Marion home where her husband is a merchant. She was the former Miss Margaret Culp of Springfield Township and is survived by her husband and their five children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rhinehart
Marion
Margaret Culp
Springfield Township
Student Council Officers Installed at Gallipolis High
At a morning assembly at Gallipolis High School the student council officers were installed. Superintendent Edwin E. Higgins addressed the student body as devotional and musical numbers completed the program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Supt
Edwin E. Higgins
Rio Grande Host to Ohio U. B team clash
Ohio University's B team visits Rio Grande College for a night game on the local high school field on October 3. The event brings together college squads and the Rio Grande community for a seasonal matchup.
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Rio Grande
Ohio U
Gallipolis
Ohio University
Rio Grande College
Henderson Social Briefs Highlight Local Visits and Here’s a Birthday
Henderson social items note Capt. and Mrs. Harry Calloway visiting New Richland Ohio and Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Chevermt hosting relatives from Neville Island Pennsylvania. A birthday party for Amagene Casey age 12 featured fall decor and a pink candle cake with many friends listed. The British Museum in London reportedly owns the world’s largest coin and medal collection with over 500,000 pieces dating back to 700 B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gloria Gibson
Janet Casey
Nancy Matthews
Gallipolis Ferry
Sally Lou Durst
Janet Rogers
Carolin Long
Peggy Blain
South Side
Virginia Bush
Marcella Faudree
Cleo Birchfield
Ann Rothlesburger
Deloris Wagonn
Wilma Jean Adons
Marsha Dee Daugherty
Alvena Casey
Shirley Casey
Ruth Mayes
Joy James
Audry Treadway
Pt. Pleasant
June Austin
Francis Austin
Betty Collins
Bobby Joe Chapman
Bobbie Mayes
Garland Lee Meadows
Eli Siders
Earl Clench
Jack ‘Treedway
Pl. Pleasant
Willard Johnson
James Casto
British Museum
London
Chief Leaper Organizes Traffic Safety Program
Gallipolis police chief Chester Leaper leads a school safety push. Each school day 8:30 to 9:00 a.m. he patrols Fourth Avenue from Locust to State Street to curb speeding and protect pupils. Signs will urge speeds under 20 mph. School patrols and officials support the effort as enrollments rise. Residents favor closing the area during pupil arrivals and dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Chester Leaper
Leaper
Fourth Avenue
Locust
State St
Chief Leaper
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlights and Local Visits
Gallipolis social items include Mrs CaBelle Walker hosting a luncheon bridge for eight tables with prizes to Mrs Boyd Thomas Mrs Albert Miller and Mrs Donald Coe of New York. Out of town guests from Point Pleasant and New York attended events as well as club meetings and birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
CaBelle Walker
Wayne Sams
Boyd Thomas
Albert Miller
Donald Coe
New York
S. C. Wilhelm
Walter Windsor
Tal Stribling
J. J. Lovell
C. E. Hogg
Rural county schools reopen in Gallia
Schools in Gallia County are now functioning as Superintendent H. B. Bradbury reports, though not all schools have full teaching staffs.
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Gallipolis
H. B. Bradbury
Rio Grande Enrollment for Semester Reaches 83
GALLIPOLIS A total of 83 students are registered at Rio Grande College for this term. Eleven men enrolled are enlisted in the army and navy, subject to call when needed. The list includes Al fred Alibrando James Bragg He ber Corn Claude Estepp Edward Hall Charles Weichsel Ronald Williams Jack Duncan Donald Edington Robert Jenkins Donald Price and many others from Gallia, Lawrence, and surrounding counties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Rio Grande College
Army
Navy
Alfred Alibrando
James Bragg
Heber Corn
Claude Estepp
Edward Hall
Charles Weichsel
Ronald Williams
Jack Duncan
Donald Edington
Robert Jenkins
Donald Price
Jessie Abbott
Cheviot
Mark Baisden
Donald Burnside
Lois Locke
Oak Hill
William Ball
South Point
Expect Record Attendance for Gallipolis vs Point Pleasant
Gallipolis and Point Pleasant meet at the athletic field in an annual grid contest expected to draw a record crowd. A 30 member West Virginia squad will attend, and the high school band will perform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Point Pleasant
West Virginia
Concord Baptist Ladies' Aid Society hosts planning session
Mrs. George Byus of Lock Eleven hosted Concord Baptist Ladies' Aid Society on Wednesday evening. They discussed a pie social and soup sale planned for Sept. 30. arrangements were not finished. Refreshments were served to members and guests including Mrs. Harry Childress and Mrs. Howard Daugherty.
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Point Pleasant
George Byus
Lock Eleven
Concord Baptist Ladies’ Aid Society
Byus
Harry Childress
Howard Daugherty
Oakley Faudree
Betty Byus
R. L. Burks
Marie Childress
O. J. Byus
Youth Night at West Virginia Methodist Conference Attended
Mr Billy Stone and Miss Mary Hellems with Miss Kathleen Brown travel to Clarksburg for youth night at the West Virginia Methodist Conference. They stay for the conference closing session Sunday evening with Mason County attendees including Rev A E Tulloch and wife city Rev Eugene Dick Henderson Rev Rex Anderson Leon and Rev W L Gearhart Clifton Mason.
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Point Pleasant
Billy, Stone
Mary Hellems
Kathleen Brown
Clarksburg
West Virginia
Mason County
A. E. Tulloch
City
Eugene Dick
Henderson
Rex Anderson
Leon
W. L. Gearhart
Clifton- Mason
Ration Board Certifies Car Purchases in Point Pleasant
The ration board grants certificates allowing purchases of new autos for J. O. Stevens and James T. Stone of the city, Silas Pettit of Mason, Steve Buckrum of Route 2, and Inez Gerlach of Leon on Route 1.
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Point Pleasant
Ration Board
J. O. Stevens
James T. Stone
City
Silas Pettit
Mason
Steve Buckrum
Inez Gerlach
Leon
Car Hits Taxi on Route 62 Injures Passenger
Mrs. Addie Flowers of Bellemeade drove onto Route 62 from Sand Hill Road at 8 30 Wednesday morning into a taxicab operated by Homer Brown. Both vehicles were badly damaged and passenger James Hickman was slightly injured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Addie Flowers
Bellemeade
Sand Hill Road
Homer Brown
James Hickman
Cheer Leaders Named at Point Pleasant Senior High
Cheer leaders at Point Pleasant Senior High include Betty Reiker Senior Betty Sutton Junior and Jim my Shadle Sophomore elected by a convention of school delegates.
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Point Pleasant
Betty Reiker
Betty Sutton
Jimmy Shadle
Mason County Draft Board Calls 53 Men for Induction
The Mason County draft board has ordered 53 men to report for army induction. They must appear at 8 o clock on October 3 at the board office for transfer to the Huntington induction center. The list includes residents from Point Pleasant New Haven Rockcastle Hartford Beech Hill Hogsett Letart Gallipolis Ferry Elmwood West Columbia Mason Pliny South Side Grimm's Landing Leon Glenwood Chapman Kaylong Capehart Floyd Benton Pitts Delbert Balch and others transferred from nearby towns.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Huntington
Jessie Delmas Riser
Clarence Everett Burris
Clarence Richard Faren
Harold Francis Drake
Harold Edward Loomis
Harold Edward Cunningham
Thomas Stuart Burdette, Jr
James Freemont Kay
Lester Ray Hudson
Grimm’s Landing
Spence Sheridan Sayre
Harrison Otho Buck
Leon
Carol Emet Lines
Laban
Charles Jacobs
Sherman Odel Graham
Leslie Arnold McGarth
John Ottas Finnicum
Roy Reed McKinney
Glenwood
Lloyd Cleveland Chapman
Lewis Emmons Chapman
Chapman
Kaylong
Andrew Howard van Meter
Capehart
Raymond Leslie Smith
David Dolan Bray
Henryetta
Oxla
Floyd Benton Pitts
Havre de Grace
Delbert Wal
G E Byus to Manage Kanawha Farm Store
George E Byus of Henderson will take over management of the Mt. Vernon Farm Store south of the Kanawha on October 1. He previously ran a store at Lock 11 and at Couch for several years. Raymond Ord, longtime Mt. Vernon manager, and Mrs Ord plan to move to Gallipolis Ferry. Dr and Mrs R W Eschenaur visited Parkersburg on business yesterday.
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Point Pleasant
George E. Byus
Henderson
Mt. Vernon Farm
Kanawha
Byus
Lock 11
Couch
Raymond Ord
Home Defense Movies Shown in Pt. Pleasant
Movies on bomb fall and first aid were shown at Pt. Pleasant Junior High School on Wednesday. Civilian defense council members Walden Roush Delbert Staats and Garet Green directed the presentation and led the meeting.
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Pt. Pleasant
Point Pleasant
Messrs
Walden Roush
Delbert Staats
Garet Green
Civilian Defense Council
Mason County Men in Military Service Uncertain
Pat M. Wilson, chairman of Mason County draft board, says it is hard to know how many men who passed the board are now in military service. He notes it is easy to count those sent to induction centers but unclear how many have been released for various reasons including failure to pass physical and mental examinations. Of 50 men sent to Huntington induction center on Sept. 18, 22 are known to have been sent back home. The board has no control over those discharged or returned from service.
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Point Pleasant
Pat M. Wilson
Mason County
Huntington
Wilson
Will Examine Typists and Stenographers in Point Pleasant
A special examination for stenographers and typists will be held Monday September 28 at 9 30 am at Senior High School Building Room 9 Point Pleasant. Eligible applicants may be hired for Gallipolis Point Pleasant and nearby areas with salaries from 1260 to 1440 annually. Citizens 16 or older and with possible Civil Service ratings are urged to attend with rating evidence. applications available at the exam.
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Point Pleasant
Gallipolis
Point Plesant
United States
Victim of Accident Told To Go Home
Victim Stanley Derrickson of Detroit involved in a highway crash at Arbuckle earlier this month, in which his wife and six others were injured, was discharged from Holzer Hospital after state police and the prosecuting attorney deemed him not to be held. He said he was sorry he hadn’t died with his wife. their six year old daughter was sent to Philadelphia relatives.
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Point Pleasant
Stanley Derrickson
Detroit
Arbuckle
Holzer Hospital
Bardin
Derrickson
Philadelphia
Mayor Reports Progress On City Sewer Project
Mayor Krodel says sewer mains in North Point Pleasant are about one fifth complete with tile delivered. Final approval was received for water main extension pipes to serve housing projects under construction for about 600 families.
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Point Pleasant
Krodel
North Point Pleasant
Mason County Recount Delayed to Monday
Mason County recount of Republican U S Senator votes from the recent primary postponed to Monday. Chapman Revercomb attorney J G F Johnson demanded the recount and Revercomb has gained votes in Raleigh County with an unofficial 234 majority.
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Point Pleasant
U. S
Mason County
J. G. F. Johnson
Chapman Revercomb
Revercomb
Raleigh County
Musgrave Campaigns in Putnam County for State Senate
Attorney Raymond Musgrave Republican nominee for the 4th District State Senate campaigns this week in Putnam County. He visits local communities to rally supporters and energize voters ahead of the election.
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Putnam County
Point Pleasant
Raymond Musgrave
Pt Pleasant Sees Stable Business Amid Navy Yard Abandonment
Pt Pleasants leaders say local commerce has not declined since the navy yard project was scrapped on Sept 16. Some reports note slight improvement due to cooler weather and fuel shortage. A Greyhound rep cites reduced bus travel. housing shortage persists with few rooms available until hundreds of new homes finish.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Krodel
Navy Yard
Greyhound
Police Report Details Several District Arrests
Robert Rogers wearing a military uniform claimed furlong from Camp Breckenridge Kentucky was fined five dollars and costs by Magistrate Taylor. Henry Coe of Henlawson West Virginia held on a drunkenness charge by Policeman Noble. Mrs Roy Beil of Middleport arrested for intoxication on the Silver Bridge at two o clock Thursday morning and released to Mayor Krodel. she said she was a former resident of Pittsburgh.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Rogers
Camp Breckenridge
Coyner
Morrison
Taylor
Henry Coe
Henlawson
W. Va
Noble
Roy Beil
Middleport
Silver Bridge
Krodel
Beil
Pittsburgh
Mohr Buys McCarty Property at Lock Elev En
Lawrence Mohr of Gallipolis Ferry has purchased the McCarty property a combined store and apartment building long known as the Young place at Lock Elev en He plans to remodel and repair the structure to create two apartments according to reports.
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Point Pleasant
Lawrence Mohr
Gallipolis Ferry
McCarty
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