Athens High School leads Point Pleasant cleanup parade
Point Pleasant residents watch as junior high pupils and a school band march through downtown carrying banners and placards. The event promotes a local cleanup drive tied to an expanded rural electrification program by Appalachian Electric Power Company with speakers from West Virginia University and Virginia Tech.
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Point Pleasant
Power Company
Waldo E. Bell
West Virginia University
Earl T. Swink
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Blacksburg
C. C. Anderson
Mason and Putnam Counties
L. L. Koontz
Bluefield
Guilford Smith
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Henderson Church Group Has Program in Point Pleasant
Mrs Fran ces Clark hosted the Womans Society of Christian Service of Henderson Methodist Church in Point Pleasant. The group planned a lunch at Henderson Grade School on Tuesday April 16 and arranged benevolence allowances. An auction and prize distribution for secret sisters brightened the evening with Mrs Marvin Chapman winning a vegetable contest. A potluck dinner followed for the Rev L D Icard, Mr and Mrs Robert Mayes, Mrs Loyal Wright, and many others including Miss Evelee Watson and Earl Irard.
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Point Pleasant
Frances Clark
Woman’s Society of Christian Service
Henderson Methodist Church
Henderson
Marvin Chapman
L. D. Icard
Robert Mayes
Loyal Wright
J. T. Mayes
Susie Watson
Chapman
Lewis Faudree
Garry Roach
Wirt Robbins
Bennie Krebs
Charles Clark
Evelee Watson
Neva Jo Icard
Hazel Siders
Ellen Mayes
Earl Irard
James May
Towboat Blaze Quickly Controlled Near Point Pleasant
A small fire aboard the towboat Ernestine on the Kanawha River harbor was swiftly contained about 11 o clock Thursday morning by volunteer firefighters. Fireman Carl Smith said sparks from a welding outfit started the blaze and damage appeared light. The vessel, tied off from Point Pleasant Machine Works, was undergoing repairs. it belongs to Ralph Raike of Henderson. Responding firefighters included Chief Durst, Smith, Kenneth Keener, Vernon Miller, Glenn Goodwin, L. W. Getry and Billy Huddleston.
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Point Pleasant
Ernestine
Kanawha River
Carl Smith
Trustees By ahe Kenzie on Russo Persian agenda and UN
The piece argues the Security Council should keep the Russo Persian issue on its agenda to safeguard common interests. It says Persia’s strategic role affects Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East, and the UN should act as an observer to strengthen its stature. It contrasts with Geneva’s demise of the League of Nations.
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Ahe Kenzie
United Nations Security Council
Russia
Council
Moscow
Soviet Union
Persia
Security Council
Europe
Mediterranean
Middle East
United Nations
Little
U.N
Tto
Geneva
League of Nations
Frances L. Roush Funeral Set For Saturday
Funeral services for Frances L. Roush age 84 of Longdale will be held at her home at 2 p.m. Saturday. She died Wednesday and is survived by two sisters Mrs Alice Fry and Miss Sarah Roush and four brothers T L Roush L S Roush J S Roush and Marion Roush. In Athens County probate notices list numerous estate accounts filed with hearings suspended until May 6 1945 and creditor and exception details.
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Point Pleasant
Frances L. Roush
Longdale
A. J
Almira Roush
Roush
Alice A. Fry
Sarah D. Roush
T. L. Roush
L. S. Roush
J. S. Roush
Marion Roush
NOTIC
Athens County
Ohio
Boo’tink A. M
John J. Woolley
Paul Silvas
John P. Kelso
Margaret Meeks
Harold J. Rose
August Jonas
James Meeks
Sadie Williams
Iva L. Kempton
Jonathan M. Lewis
Wanda Lewis
Hiram Ray Wilson
Naomi C. Wilson
Frances Wheaton
Robert Arnold Wheaton
Harry BE. Hawk
de Bants
J. N. Crilins
Deceseet
Mary E. Covert
Benjamin M. Covert
Foster B. Cornwell
Ine EB. Hall
John W. Wood
Harve S. Sayre
Herbert E. Welsh
Duane W. Welsh
M. D. Hughes
Guy Bolen
Helen Quest
Aaron Pented
Merwin Mansfield
Bertha Louise Tedrow
Frances Mae Tertrow
Jean E. Finnearty
Guardian of
William
Robert Finnearty
J & W. Finsterwald
Desta
Colmer
Gale
Frangis
D. White
Seize Slot Machines Found in Crooksville
State Liquor Department agents seized three slot machines in Crooksville and they were ordered destroyed by the State Liquor Board. Crooksville Aerie 1979 of the Fraternal Order of Eagles pleaded guilty to permitting their use and unlawful possession of whiskey and wine. The group held a license to sell 3.2 beer.
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Columbus
State Liquor Department
Frank J. Lausche
State Liquor Board
Crooksville Aerie
Order of Eagles
Photograph gear prices to rise under wartime controls
The OPA announced that retail prices for new cameras, projectors, enlargers, and most photographic accessories will increase by up to 10 percent over prewar levels, plus an excise tax of around 18 percent.
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Washington
OPA
Miss Gorton to Wed Mr Ross Spencer
Miss Margery Gorton of Manchester England and Mr. Ross Spencer of Cincinnati Ohio are to wed soon. Mrs Spencer said arrangements were not yet finalized. Gorton met Spencer while she aided Red Cross work in England where he served in U S military. Spencer is connected with Columbia Pictures in Cincinnati.
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Point Pleasant
Margery Gorton
Manchester
England
Ross Spencer
Cincinnati
C. C. Spencer
Seventh St
Spencer
Mar
Ried
Miss Gorton
Clarence Gorton
Red Cross
Mr. Spencer
U. S
Washington
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Allen Recovers From Illness in Point Pleasant
Assistant Postmaster Raymond Allen is recovering after several days of illness and has not yet returned to work. Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Marvin Chapman spent Wednesday visiting Middleport Pomeroy and Gallipolis.
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Point Pleasant
Raymond Allen
Allen
Mervin Chapman
Middleport
Pomeroy
Gallipolis
Former Hartford Resident A J Coleman Dies In Steubenville
A J Coleman former Hartford resident died while working for Wheeling Steel in Steubenville Monday afternoon and was buried Thursday at Graham Station Cemetery. Born November 1 1875 in Mason City he married Ethel Gibbs in 1899. Survived by widow two daughters Faye Blessing and Mrs William Naper four sons William Archie James and Charles Coleman all of Steubenville plus two sisters Mollie Chapman Hartford Maud Desmond Falls Church and a brother John Coleman.
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Point Pleasant
A. J. Coleman
Hartford
Wheeling Steel Corporation
Steubenville
Graham Station
Mason City
Ethel Gibbs
Mollie Chapman
Maud Desmond
Follansbee
John Coleman
Hartford Election Announced Result
A large turnout in Hartford municipal election saw John Dillon defeat Norman O. Wein by 110 to 42 to win the mayoralty on the Citizens Ticket. Dillon led the Citizens slate including McKnight Judson Schray Holt McMillan and Fields Jr. for multiple city posts. Hartford remains a yearly election municipality in Mason County.
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Point Pleasant
Hartford
John Dillon
Citizens
Norman O. Wein
Peoples Party
Dillon
James McKnight
Recorder
Charles Judson
David M. Schray
James Holt
Russell McMillan
William Fields
Mason County
Pleasant Social Notes Highlight Bridge Party Honors Charleston Guest
Mrs. William H. Burdette hosted a bridge party honoring Mrs. Lantz Ogden of Charleston. Two tables played with Mrs. William P. Cherrington of Gallipolis high on the scorecard and presented a prize. Refreshments followed for a list of attendees including Mrs. Ogden and Mrs. Burdette. Lambda Chi Omega Sorority met at the Moose Club lounge for a spelling bee and to approve sponsoring Mason County cancer fund campaigns. Mrs. Hansel Poling presided. hostesses were Mrs. Redmond and Mrs. Sidney Brown.
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Point Pleasant
William H. Burdette
Jefferson Blvd
Lantz Ogden
Charleston
E. S. Matheson
Ohio St
William P. Cherrington
Gallipolis
Ogden
Marjorie Matheson
Cherrington
Gilbert Ball
Frank Martain
Homer D. Lowe, Jr
Casby Meadows, Jr
Burdette
Lambda Chi Omega Sorority
Moose Club
Cancer Fund
Mason County
Hansel Poling
Jack Redmond
Sidney Brown
Poling
Paul Parsons
James J. Hall
Ronald White
Richard H. Melrose
Glenn Sayre
George O. Harper
Grover Thildress
C. L. Head
Leon S. Thompson
Redmond
Brown
Edith Quillin
Vandenberg and Monroney Receive Collier’s Service Awards
Senator Vandenberg of Michigan and Representative Monroney of Oklahoma were honored with the first Collier’s awards for distinguished congressional service. President Truman presented silver plaques and $10,000 each at a White House ceremony, to be donated to a public cause. Vandenberg was praised for uniting the Senate across party lines to support American participation in world affairs, while Monroney was recognized for reform efforts in congressional organization and procedures and for backing the Bretton Woods plan and the United Nations.
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Washington
Vandenberg
R-Mich
Rep
Monroney
D-Okla
Collier's
Truman
White House
Senate
Congress
United Nations Organization
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Athens
Wee Ts
Point Pleasant City
Henderson Church Group
of All United Nations
Crooksville
Proctor’s
Main St. Ft. Pleasant
Iran
Iraq
U.S. S.R
Kirkuk
Armenia
Lakes Oy
Akhi
Miyo Adoub
Caspian Sea
Karoj
Vahrud
Vedin
Miles
Kuchon
Marx
Azerbaijan
Erivan
Afghanistan
Mr. Ross Spencer
Allen Recovering
Katydid Club
Rex Koons
Coaster
White Mountain
LaSalle
Leather
China
Red Ryder
P. S
Louisville Slugger
Sun Beam Ironmaster
Scooters
Food Choppers Universal No
Disston - Atkins
Carpenter Hardware CO
S. Court
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