Point Pleasant Republicans Renominate City Officials
In Point Pleasant the Republican ticket renominated all current city officials for the upcoming election. Long-serving figures include Mayor B. W. Krodel and council members Darst and Weissenburger. Late word shows a rival ticket forming as petitions surface with required signatures to challenge the slate.
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THE
Athens Messenger
Athens
OHTO
Vvodward Eissenburger
I Tohnson
B. W. Krodel
G. Darst
Jon Oliver
Claude
W. G
Darst
H. Quillin
Ward Harp
R. Hard Frand
der Durst
R. M
Wadear Thabet
G. C. Hite
J. Weissenburger
Gaskir
Ernest Hesser
Saeeld
Citi
Unused Bandstand May Be Removed In Point Pleasant
The dilapidated unused bandstand on the courthouse grounds may be removed. Built about ten years ago by the board of education for high school bands it has also hosted public speaking. The rotted unsafe platform makes music and speeches difficult amid street noise. Charles Ball and Ernest Kincaide run for clerk and mayor respectively with council candidates listed by ward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Board of Education
Zens
Ernest Kincaide
Charles D. Ball
C. C Stone
Neale Gunn
G. B. Woodard
D. L. Wilson
E. McElfresh
J. B. Couch
L. A. McMillin
Everett Sutton
William Williams
Emmett Proffitt
Kincaide
Huntington
Carolina Lumber Co
Ball
Mason County
WSCS Meets Tuesday At Henderson Home
The Women's Society of Christian Service of Henderson Methodist Church met at Mrs. Floyd Rothlisberger's home with Mrs. Loyal Wright in charge. Plans were made for a spaghetti supper on Friday evening, April 30, in Mrs. Burks' storeroom, with several named members attending.
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Point Pleasant
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Henderson Methodist Church
Floyd Rothlisberger
Loyal Wright
Suit Filed by Minor in Circuit Court in Point Pleasant
Shir ley Griffey an infant sues B W Krodel for 25000 damages claiming an injury from a taxi crash on Main Street at Eighth. Buddy Wiers operated Krodel's taxi and failed to report injuries. The suit, filed by Griffey's next friend Boyd Maynard, cites an accident near the shipyard area last summer.
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Point Pleasant
Shirley Griffey
Boyd Maynard
B. W. Krodel
Krodel
Buddy Wiers
Main St
Eighth
Miss Griffey
Wiers
Ohio
Robert Kayser
Eighth St
Main
Kayser
Viers
Jailbreak Charge Sparks Youth Inmate Arrest
State Trooper Hutchinson arrested Douglas Wilson an inmate of the Lakin State Industrial School for Colored Boys on a breaking and entering charge at the Point Pleasant post office. Wilson says he is 16 years old and a conviction would only return him to the industrial school.
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Point Pleasant
Hutchinson
Douglas Wilson
Lakin State
Outline Plans For Original Farm Program
County Agent C C Anderson says farm labor and food stability are wartime priorities. Extension officials Creech and Dorsey outline emergency measures including registering youth workers, pooling labor and machinery, and farmer cooperation to boost production and self help.
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Point Pleasant
C. C. Anderson
B. F. Creech
C. P. Dorsey
Agricultural Extension Service
Mr. Anderson
Creech and
Dorsey
Victory Farm
Athens Youth Befriended by Hartford Man
A 1935 Hartford incident is recalled by Vance Cross now serving as a Royal Canadian Air Force pilot. Deputy Sheriff T. E. Blessing and his wife gave shelter and supper to Cross after he walked from Pomeroy to Hartford seeking help. Cross later sent a letter of thanks to his relieved parents in Athens.
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Point Pleasant
Vance Cross
Athens
Royal Canadian Air Force
England
T. E. Blessing
Blessings
Hartford
Mr. Blessing
Equipment To Be Added to Mason Dairy
Mason dairy manager D W Rothgeb said the Kanawha Dairy will install a new five ton refrigerating unit within two weeks. The plant now bottles six times as much milk as before the war and serves Point Pleasant Gallipolis Pomeroy and Middleport with hundreds of customers. Rothgeb started the business in 1925 establishing the citys first pasteurizing plant.
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Point Pleasant
D. W. Rothgeb
Kanawha
Rothgeb
Gallipolis
Pomeroy
Middleport
Mine Planter Bundy Leaves Mason Area
The Mine Planter Bundy built by the Marietta Manufacturing Co. has completed final trials and departed Point Pleasant. Only the Ricker among the sixteen boats remains to be finished. The Marietta plans to launch the first of fifteen ocean-going tugs for the war department by month’s end, with four already on the ways and preparations to build two towboats for the Philadelphia U S Engineer Office.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Marietta
War Department
Philadelphia U. S
Nurse Miss Mariel Waugh Hospital to Henderson Move
Miss Mariel Waugh a nurse at Koenigsberg Clinic was moved from Huntington hospital to the home of her sister Mrs T C Caudill in Henderson yesterday Accompanied by Mervin Chapman and a hospital nurse the transfer occurred after she underwent surgery several days earlier.
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Point Pleasant
Mariel Waugh
Koenigsberg Clinic
T. C. Caudill
Henderson
Huntington Hospital
Mervin Chapman
Mr. Caudill
Miss Waugh
Junior Woman's Club to host music department program
Point Pleasant report notes the Junior Woman's Club meeting at the library this evening with Edith Quillin as chair and Irene Vaughn Doris McMillin Alice Marie Frye Florence Krodel and Margaret Thomas assisting in music. A marriage license application is filed by Lonnie Edward Bailes 27 and Agnes Veroncia Gerow 21 of Grimms Landing.
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Point Pleasant
Department of Music
Edith Quillin
Irene Vaughn
Doris McMillin
Alice Marie Frye
Florence Krodel
Margaret Thomas
Lonnie Edward Bailes
Agnes Veroncia Gerow
Grimms Landing
Pleasant marriage joins Miss Meabon and Mr Stephan
The marriage of Miss Margaret Corinne Meabon of Huntington and Mr Arthur Theodore Stephan of Long Island took place at Trinity Methodist Church Point Pleasant. The double ring service featured Miss Ann Lemasters singing and a reception followed at Rev. Perkins home.
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Point Pleasant
Margaret Corinne Meabon
G. L. Meabon
Huntington
Arthur Theodore Stephan
Long Island
N. Y
Arthur T. Stephan
Stephan
Trinity Methodist Church
A. H. Perkins
Frank T. Cady
Alice Meadon
William Baehr
Chicago
Ann Lemasters
Henry Fry
Perkins
Lillilee Meabon
C. V. Meabon
Edwin Meabon
Phyllis Schoenlein
William Ray Frampton
Clyde Huffman
Emma
Clara Frances Stephan
Central High School
Asbury College
Wilmore
Sybly Memorial Hospital
Washington, D. C
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Point Pleasant Deaths and Discharges Reported
In Point Pleasant Mary Belle Harless of Lock Eleven is listed as a medical patient at Point Clinic. Owens Plants, a local patient, was discharged yesterday. Mrs. Chester Thivener and infant son Ronald Lee were discharged and returned home to Gallipolis. The Rev James C Fisher conducted the funeral of Carrie Louise Plants age seven at Concord Church this afternoon.
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Norfolk, Va
Nannie Snodgrass
Henderson
Point Pleasant
Mary Belle Harless
John Harless
Lock Eleven
Point Clinic
Owens Plants
Chester Thivener
Ronald Lee
Gallipolis
James C. Fisher
Henderson Methodist Church
Carrie Louise Plants
Concord Church
DAR Members Prepare for National Congress in Cincinnati
A group from Colonel Charles Lewis Chapter DAR plans to attend the National Congress at the Nether lands Plaza Hotel in Cincinnati from April 17 to 21. Mrs C O Weissenburger and daughter Mrs Harold Sayre depart Friday with Sayre named a chief page. Others leaving Saturday include Miss Garnette Tillis regent of the chapter Mrs Olin Roush Mrs S Chandler Wilhelm Mrs Hugo Juhling and Mrs A Keith McClung of Hartford.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lewis
Netherlands Plaza Hotel
Cincinnati
C. O. Weissenburger
Harold Sayre
Army pursuit plane costs 137000 dollars in war bond terms
The price equals 1800 war bonds at ten dollars each or seventy five dollars per bond, valuing the aircraft at 137000 dollars in wartime finance terms.
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By Sam Simmons
WSCS
Sauladers Modern Drug Stores
South Court Street
Lady Esther
Colgate Shave
PEG
Norwich
Pepto Bismol
PAAS
WELCH
Plicatan
ENOZ
KCB
Admiracion Shampoo
Colgate
Wrisley
Coors
Gerber’s Baby Foods
Sal Fayne
Arlingcrest
Mason Dairy
Bundy
Mason
Peggy Gill
Ray Gill
William Thomas
That City
Thomas
D. T. Wartenburg
Ninth St
Merrts
Christ Church Service Guild
George H. Overholt
William Meade
S. C. Moustin
Crace Gibbons
Moustin
W. B. McClain
Walter A. Windsor
Gailaires
Grace and
Mabel Gibbons
At Point Clinic
Stuart
Cussins
Nei Oe
Sune
Fearn Wai. Fim
Paty
Master Quality Paints
C&f
Victory Gardeners
Scotts
Scott
Sane
Court St
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