Body found of Miss Alice Pullins after bridge plunge
In Point Pleasant, Seaman William Newell and volunteers recovered 18 year old Alice Pullins from the Ohio River below the mouth of the Kanawha after she jumped or fell from the Silver Bridge early Saturday. The body was found Monday afternoon with funeral services set for Wednesday at Raynes Funeral Home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
William Newell
Lock Eleven
Coast Guard
Billy Elliott
Ray Hayes
Alice Pullins
Silver Bridge
Ohio River
Coast
Seaman Newell
Kanawha River
Miss Pullins
Mary King
Delbert
James
Melvin Pullins
Ripley Road
Raynes Funeral Home
Earl Purdue
Mason County Land Transfers Report
Transfers recorded in Mason County include Thomas J and Alice Duncan selling six acres in Clendenin District to Edwin W and Virginia Aten. Ruth N and Ralph Bright convey three separate tracts totaling about nine acres in Clendenin District to Lawwell Lev and Katrenda Morrow. A C Sehwar s to H A and Hage Lieving covers Lot No 1 on Anderson not Second Street in Mason City. Effie A and Fannie Blain transfer 27 acres in Clendenin District to Minnie Spears. Mary Donally and B O Blain transfer property to District W Minter transfers to Bara F and Rer Riffie, Lot 54 Burdette Adju.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas J
Alice Duncan
Edwin W
Virginia S
Anderson
Second St
Mason City
Effie A
Fannie FE
Blain
Minnie Spears
Clendenin
Mary Donally
B. O. Blain
W. Minter
Bara F
Riffie
Burdette Adui
Building Activity Increases In Jefferson Blvd Area
Four structures rise within two blocks on Jefferson Blvd signaling a local building boom era. Homes are underway for Dr. N. R. Gunn H. D. Wartenburg D. W. Rothgeb and Dr. Leonard C. Brown whose planned office use appears. About 15 to 20 projects prosper citywide including outside the city limits in Belle meade Burdette Addition and English Road. William Filson and Van Robbins build a Burdette Addition residence to be offered for sale upon completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Jefferson Blvd
N. R. Gunn
H. D. Wartenburg
D. W. Rothgeb
Leonard C. Brown
Bellemeade
Burdette Addition
English Road
William Filson and
van Robbns
Dynamiting of Fish Charged to Three Men
Appearance bonds of 1000 each were given by Eugene Thomas Frank Staats and Richard Gardner of Fiat Rock when arraigned before a local magistrate. A hearing is set for Wednesday. They are charged with dynamiting fish in Old Town Creek near Flat Rock a West Virginia felony.
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Point Pleasant
Eugene Thomas
Frank Staats
Richard Gardner
Fiat Rock
Old Town Creek
Flat Rock
West Virginia
Henderson Grade School PTA Box Supper and Auction
Pt Pleasant brief notes that Henderson Grade School PTA will hold a box supper Friday at 7 30 p m with John McNeill as auctioneer selling pies and cakes Mrs Howard fit will sing and Benjamin Franklin will perform tricks. Hickory Chapel United Methodist Church Woman's Society meets Thursday at 7 30 p m at Mrs Charles Oshel’s home to plan an Easter bake sale
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Point Pleasant
PTA
Henderson Grade School
John McNeill
Howard Fit
Benjamin Franklin
Woman's Society of Christtian Service
Hickory Chapel Methodist Church
Charles Oshel
Ripley Rd
Local social notes and visits from Point Pleasant area
Point Pleasant residents host relatives and friends in Henderson Huntington Charleston and other towns. Guests include Dan Griner and family from Columbus visiting the ONeals on Park Drive, Patty Pullem planning to finish school with the Braggs, and many weekend visitors to families on Main Street Burdette and Bellemeade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dan Griner
Donnie
Johnny
Peggy Lou
Columbus
David O'Neal
Park Drive
Patty Pullem
Proctorville
Ohio
Morris Bragg
Main St
Don Pullem
Florida
Pullem
N. F. Bush
Eric
Woods
Charles Kuhl
Thirteenth St
Burdette Addition
William Grove
J. F. Grove and Son
Gresden
Iron
Floyd White
Jimmie Lee
Columbia
S. C
Elmer Jones
Lincoln Ave
Jones
J. P. Keefer
Tenth St
Mr. Jones
Goldie White
Gallipolis
Leon Ratliff
Huntington
Charles Jones
Ripley Road
J. F. Mayes
John Mayes
Henderson
Russell B. Mayes
Mountain State Hospital
Charleston
Russell Mayes
Joe Fasnelli
Frances Clark
Cecil Lucas
Hutchinson Mentioned as Mayor Candidate
John Clay Hutchinson an insurance man is mentioned as a possible mayoral candidate for the Citizens Ticket in the May 21 election. The Citizens Ticket often aligns with the Democratic party in local politics and nominations must be made within two weeks. The Republican ticket is typically named at a mass convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
John Clay Hutchinson
Citizens
Democratic Party
Pitts Divorce Suit Filed in Common Pleas Court
Grace Verjean Pitts filed for divorce from Robert E. Pitts in the common pleas court on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pomeroy
Common Pleas Court
Grace Verjean Pitts
Robert E. Pitts
Lasher Honor Day Set for April 22 Observance
Ohio University towns join editors and radio directors from Ohio and West Virginia for George Starr Lasher day April 22. A convocation at Ewing Auditorium features Herbert Elliston editor of the Washington Post. celebration marks Lasher 25 years directing the journalism school. A Messenger open house and banquet follow with Bryan Hall dedication slated for April 23.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Journalism
Ohio University
George Starr Lasher
Lasher
School of Journalism
E. B. Bryan
Ewing Auditorium
Herbert B. Elliston
Journalism School
Elliston
Messenger
the Messenger
Howard Hall
Bryan
Ohio U
Shotgun Inventor Guilliano Boast Claimed Double Barrel
The article credits Guilliano Boast with inventing the double barrel shotgun. It notes the 1616 design feature placing barrels one above the other and mentions an India device context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guilliano Boast
India
Sale Was Success Reports By Kincade
Roy Kincade of Ripley Road reports a public sale was successful in Point Pleasant with favorable results and community interest noted.
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Kincade Reports
Point Pleasant
Roy Kincade
Ripley Road
Unsolicited letter promotes Kellogg breakfast cure claim
A fragment shows an unsold letter urging Kellogg’s SALL-B cereal to relieve constipation by bulk in the diet. It claims a money back offer and urges readers to eat an ounce of bran daily with water, promising results in ten days and a reply from the sender at Rock Hill South Carolina.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Starnes
Spruce Street
Rock Hill
8.C
Kellogg's
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Homer Pullins
Edith Lawhorn
Shirley Mash
Charleston Road
Mason County
Ima
the Heart
Athens
Ohto
WSCS
Robert S. Meyer
Edward Ohlinger
A. Keith McClung
Hartford
Hugo Juhling
Flor
Fred L. Johnson
Viand St
Mr. Maxwell
John E. Brown
Browns
Bart
John Rose
Eads
Cannonsburg
J. Oral Eads
Edward Jackson
Jason
Ed Bsharah
Eddie King
South Charleston
Hutchinson
Berry Hotel
Bidg
Nelsonville
W. Columbus St
George K. Appleman
Mar
Dow Chemical Co
London
Ont
Willard H. Dow
Midland
Mich
Boston
Washington
D. C
Poof
Texas Railway Equipment CO. V
Ordnance Works
Pleasant, W. Va
Ford Steering
Ford
Beasley & Mathews, Inc
Athens, Ohio
Fred R. Beasley, Inc
Ogg Motor Co
Glouster
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