Easter Fills Pt Pleasant Churches Sunrise Rites
Easter 1946 drew large crowds to Pt Pleasant churches with sunrise services across the city. Trinity Methodist presented cantatas while Heights United Brethren held services, baptisms occurred at Main Street Baptist and at the Ohio River Fourth Street Wharf, and Knights Templar attended Trinity Church.
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Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
Heights United Brethren Church
Main Street Baptist Church
C.G Billups
Ohio River
Fourth Street
J. P. Keefer
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Knights Templar
Trinity Church
R. M. Young Dies at Home in Point Pleasant
Robert Mitchell Young aged 4 died Sunday at the family home on 23rd Street. Funeral services are set for Tuesday at 2:30 PM at Bellemeade United Brethren Church, with Rev. C. G. Billups officiating. Burial will follow in Lone Oak Cemetery. Survived by widow Elizabeth and three daughters Minne Rodgers Susie Lewis and Ella Krebs, all of Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Robert Mitchell Young
23Rd St
Arnett Mortuary
Bellemeade
Attempted Assault Charged to Youth in Point Pleasant
A warrant was issued by a local magistrate for the arrest of Bobby Robinson, 18, of Upper Flats, on a charge of attempted criminal assault of a 14 year old girl. The complaint was signed by the girl's grandfather, P A Simpson. The girl’s parents were away when Robinson entered her home Saturday while she cared for a small child.
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Point Pleasant
Bobby Robinson
P. A. Simpson
Dr Charles Hamner Named State Hospital Chief
Dr Charles H Hamner a Columbus State Hospital staff member has been named superintendent of Spencer State Hospital by Gov Meadows on the State Health Council recommendation. The practice of appointing state hospital heads from politically influential physicians in the governing party continues in West Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
Charles H. Hamner
Columbus State Hospital
Spencer State Hospital
Gov Meadows
State Health Council
Anpoint
West Virginia
Church Drives To Raise 14 Million
The Rev. Cr. G. Billups of Main Street Baptist Church is named Crusade for Christ campaign chairman for the Teays Valley Association and will attend a Charleston meeting this week. The Northern Baptist Church aims to raise 14 million dollars for rehabilitation of a war torn world, with 800 thousand earmarked for West Virginia and 200 thousand for the Baptist Hospital and Broaddus College in Phillips.
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Point Pleasant
Cr. G. Billups
Main Street
Crusade For Christ
Teays Valley Association
Charleston
Northern Baptist Church
Billups
West Virginia
Baptist Hospital
Broaddus College
Phillips
Progress Slow in City Clean-Up Drive
Point Pleasant reports slow progress in the city clean-up campaign led by Mrs. Bartow Jones and Mayor Krodel. An inspection tour postponed to April 27 shows residential areas improving but business districts lagging. Merchants were blamed for sweeping trash onto sidewalks as rural visitors arrive, prompting plans to seek council action to end the practice. Publicity will follow after next Saturday's inspection highlighting remaining filth and needed improvements.
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Point Pleasant
Bartow Jones
Krodel
Senior Woman's Club
Leity
Kroder
Simade
Attack Charge Is Entered Against Moneypenney
Point Pleasant man A H Moneypenney was arrested Sunday evening by Patrolman T F Yost on assault and battery charges. Police say he struck John Varian, custodian of the Eagles Club, over the head with a walking stick at the Main and Sixth street corner.
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Point Pleasant
A. H Moneypenny
T F. Yost
Yost
John Varian
Eagles Club
Vornholt Home Scene Involves Injured Man And Wedding Hooks
Varian Vornholt, a student from Ohio State University, was injured after an incident at the home of Dr. and Mrs Otto Eschenauer of Cincinnati during a weekend visit. The head wound required 14 stitches and Varian received care at a clinic in Cincinnati before likely facing a trial today before Mayor Krodel.
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Rockine Nim Gow
Gallipolis
Otto
Gallia Pupils Score High In Recent State Tests
Gallia students excel on the Every Pupil Scholarship Test taken April 12. Principal M Harold Brown and County Superintendent B Lewis Jones note top scores across Gallia County with standout results from Cheshire Mercerville and Gallia Academy students in Bookkeeping World History Social Studies.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
M. Harold Brown
Gallia Academy High School
B. Lewis Jones
Cheshire
Mercerville
GAHS
Betty Roush
Aileen Blazer
Gallia Academy
Donald Grant
Joan Frogale
Gala Academy
Betty Jean Davis
Barbara Woods
Poppy Sale Dates Set by Lafayette Post Auxiliary
In Gallipolis the annual poppy sale will be held May 24-25, led by Mrs. W. M. Elliott. Girl Scouts will canvass homes and business streets to sell the scarlet flowers, made by disabled veterans. Proceeds fund child welfare and veteran rehabilitation programs.
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Gallipolis
American Legion Auxiliary
Lafayette
W. M. Elliott
lThe
Flander
Return From Service To Visit Relatives
Gallipolis Mr. and Mrs. Robert Clark and Eleanor Bentz arrived Friday for their first visit since marriage a year ago. They are recently discharged from the army with Clark in the Air Service Command and Bentz in the Womens Army Corps at Fort McPherson. They visited with her uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. M Hayward, and plan to reside in Springfield Mass, Clark's home state.
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Gallipolis
Robert Clark
Eleanor Bentz
M. Hayward
Army
Atlanta
Air Service Command
Women's Army Corps
Fort McPherson
Springfield
Mass
Markets Hold Slight Gains as Averages Peak Cues Profit
New York markets extended a gains streak with many leaders in the plus column while light selling tempered advance. Traders cited last week’s 15 year high as prompting profit taking and a potential technical retracement amid persistent earnings, dividends and cash reserves supporting bullish sentiment. Listings include Am Can, Du Pont, General Electric, General Foods, Procter and Gamble, Sears Roebuck, and various auto and steel names, with mixed price quotes and several auto ads and contact numbers interspersed.
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New York
API
County Officer Enters Federal Health Course
Gallia County sanitarian Max L. Bunce left Saturday to begin a three month instruction program offered by the United States Public Health Service. He will spend one week in Atlanta and the rest in Savannah Georgia.
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Allipolis
Max L. Bunce
Gallia County
Sanitarian
United States Public Health Service
Atlanta
Savannah
17 Discharged From Armed Forces Recently
Gallia County Selective Service Board named 17 Gallia Countians discharged from service in the week before April 18. The list includes Warren Wilbur Darnell Paul Theodore JaQuay James Franklin Hamilton Clarence Edwin Shupe Charles Marion Neal Floyd W. Casto Charles W. Richards Claude E. Winters Urban H. Baldwin Calvin Nolan John D. North Ralph E. Osler Elmer E. Brewer Clarence E. Fife Robert G. Sheets Dana J. Fields and Robert J. Morgan.
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Gallipolis
Gallia
Man Pleads Guilty To Defrauding Cab Driver
Gallipolis dispatch: William Barrows fined ten dollars and costs by Magistrate J H Shate for defrauding a taxi driver. Barrows released after pleading guilty and paying. Carl Steel of Pomeroy arraigned for fighting, fined ten dollars and costs, released after payment. Arrests conducted by the sheriff's office.
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Gallipolis
William Barrows
J. H. Shate
Barrows
Carl Steel
Pomeroy
Share Friday
Sheriff's Office
Troopers Investigating New Angle to Robbery
Sheriffs Ernest Hesson and State Trooper H D Coxner are in Pittsburgh today examining a new angle in the robbery of the state liquor store in Point Pleasant. Police now believe more than two men were involved, though only two entered the store and no other suspects have been seen nearby.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest. Hesson
H. D. Coxner
Pittsburgh
Classified advertisement policy and instructions
The notice presents classified ad rules for the Messenger publication. It covers cash rates, deadlines, payment methods, duration options, refund policy for errors, and guidance on replying to ads. It warns about accuracy, advertising exclusions, and confidentiality of advertiser identities.
unsigned letter urged surrender after Nagasaki bomb
An unsigned handwritten note dropped at Omura naval base after Nagasaki urged Prof. Ryokichi Sagane to persuade Japan’s General Staff to surrender. Discovered by Sagane, the carbon letter dated August 9 1943 was addressed by “three of your former scientific colleagues” and warned of total annihilation if Japan continued the war. The note circulated via Dr. Wilson Compton and referenced figures including Dr. Serber, Louis Alvarez, and others. Sagane believed other copies existed but never saw them.
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Nagasaki
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Omura
Ryokichi Sagane
Imperial University
Wilson Compton
Compton
United States
K. T. Compton
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sagano
Nakamura
Naval Command
Sagane
Radiation Laboratory
University of California
Serber
Louis Alvarez
P. Abelson
G. Richardson
Paxton
U. S
U. S.war Department
Headquarters
Atomic Bomb Command
Prof
R. Sagane
Hiroshima
Ane
Livestock Prices From Cincinnati and Pittsburgh Markets
Cincinnati and Pittsburgh livestock reports show hogs steady with strong weights and high top bids, cattle and calves active with varied grades, steers and heifers fetching higher prices, canners and cutters steady, and sheep and lambs at steady to modest gains. Buyers in Cincinnati paid up to 1830 for top hogs while Pittsburgh listed hogs around 18 to 20 dollars per hundred and cattle steady with primes near 17.
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Cincinnati
Pittsburgh
Grains and Produce Prices From CIACIGNATI Market
Wholesale grades listed for grains and produce with standard weights and consumer grades. Includes candied Grade A large 24 oz up white and brown onions, fowls and roosters with weight cutoffs, spring chickens, fryers, and roasting chickens by breed and weight ranges. Prices shown per unit or pound.
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