County Buck Jamison Directs Local Marble Tourney
Buck Jamison will direct and judge the county marble tournament at the Junior High School grounds on May 10 starting at 2 p.m. Each school may enter one player, boy or girl, with the high scorer advancing to the inter county event in Huntington. Mrs. John W. Steenbergen backs the event and letters went to all county schools. Jamison, Marshall College graduate and ex Army officer, recently resumed coaching duties after World War II service. The article notes his prior military service and coaching success, plus plans for next year and summer pool duties.
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Point Pleasant
Buck Jamison
Huntington
Mason County
Jamison
John W. Steenbergen
Marshall College
Patton
Third
Nuernberg
School Band Appeal for Concert Tickets
POINT PLEASANT an appeal goes out from the school band for ticket purchases to Friday evening's concert. The band faces a deficit and needs strong attendance to fund the trip to Huntington for a state festival where bands from across the state perform.
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Point Pleasant
Huntington
Blenner Family Celebrates Golden Wedding Anniversary
Mrs. Herman Blenner of Mason City marked her and her husband’s 50th wedding anniversary with a family dinner at their home. The event brought together many relatives including Mr. John Sietner of Barberton Ohio and Mrs. Ella Maiden of Circleville. The actual date falls on Friday May 26.
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Point Pleasant
Herman Blenner
Mason City
Bletner
John Sietner
Barberton, O
Clarence Blessing
Clarence, II
Belle
Mae B
Heavy Offerings At Point Pleasant Livestock Market
Point Pleasant market shows strong activity with heavy offerings across livestock. Horse prices start around $102.50, hogs hit $14.75 ceiling, steers $15.60 to $18.10, heifers $16.30, fat cows $12.10 to $14.70, sows $14, and milk cows $125 a head.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Livestock ‘Sales Company
Mrs Minnie Farmer Dies at Age 73
Mrs Minnie Farmer age 73 died Sunday night at the home of her brother M H Raines in Leon where she was a guest She was the widow of the late A E Farmer of Vinton Oh The body will be taken by Arnett Mortuary to Vinton for last rites Wednesday at 2 pm from the Methodist Church Burial will be in Vinton Cemetery She is survived by an older brother Edward Raines of
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Point Pleasant
Minnie Farmer
M. H. Raines
Leon
A. E. Farmer
Vinton
Arnett
Dirs. Farmer
Anold
Edward Raines
Apartment Building Ready for Occupancy in Henderson
Mrs. Harry Calloway, recently selling a Middleport restaurant and residing in Country Club Addition, has completed a business apartment building in Henderson. They occupy the second floor and plan a restaurant and recreation center on the first floor near the Route 17 Baltimore and Ohio bridge.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Calloway
Middleport
Country Club Addition
Henderson
Route 17
Baltimore and Ohio Bridge
Proffits Buy Tract Plan to Build Cabin
Mr and Mrs Howard Proffitt purchased a small tract of land on Route 4 Letart. They plan to build a two room cabin and spend weekends holidays and vacations there. A babbling brook borders their land and runs from the Ohio River, ensuring easy access for fishing without trespass.
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Point Pleasant
Howard Proffitt
Route 4
Letart
Ohio
Rush Holt to Deliver Commencement Address at Hannan High
Rush D. Holt of Weston, member of the House of Delegates and former U S Senator, has accepted an invitation to deliver the commencement address at Hannan High School on May 16. The class includes Billy Steele Mildred Lewis Vivian Meadows Nellie Shank Adaline Deal Arlene Winkler Chester Young and Betty Taylor.
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Point Pleasant
Rush D. Holt
House of Delegates
United States
Weston
Gallipolis Social Notes Reunion and Local Weddings
Gallipolis covers social notes from a three year reunion at the Eliott home near Mercerville with many Elliott and related families present. Ethie Cochran of Patriot announces the marriage of Ima Hope to Vernard Fallon in Greenup Kentucky. The ceremony was performed by Rev. W. H. Mauney on April 17. The couple will reside with the bridegroom’s parents at Northup after his Army discharge.
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Gallipolis
O. E. Eliott
Mercerville
Victor Glenn
Cara Sue
Bedford
Ind
Max Elliott
Northup
Morris Elliott
Eleanor
Richard
Jimmy
Carl Elliott
Norma Lou
Carlene
Edwin Elliott
Lester
Ethie Cochran
Patriot
Ima Hope
Vernard Fallon
Justice Fallon
W. H. Mauney
Greenup
Kentucky
Morris Five and Tea Store
Gallioplis
Pacific Area
New Families Find Homes in Mason Area
Mason region welcomes several new residents in the past week. R H Allen and Wilbert C Roberts move to Victory Heights while W D DeVaughn arrives on Main Street. Werner Yonker relocates to Park Drive and Mrs Clarence Roach joins Burdette Addition along with John Utt and J M Reed on Park Drive.
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Point Pleasant
R. H. Allen
Victory Heights
Wilbert C. Roberts
W. D. DeVaughn
Main St
Werner Yonker
Park Drive
Clarence Roach
Burdette Addition
John F. Utt
Burdette
J. M. Reed
Yunker
Yunker Manufacturing Company
Reed
Standard Oil Company
West Virginia
Senior Woman's Clubs
Mason County Teachers Association
Pt Pleasant Weekend Visitors From Several Areas
Pt Pleasant society notes report Mr and Mrs Peter Chula and daughters Sandra and Lena of Lerain Ohio visited Mrs L C Somerville in Viand Street and returned home today. Mr and Mrs James Krebs and daughter Beverly Kay stayed Easter with the Pierces from Charleston. The Krebs visited Harry Kregs on Sand Hill Road and Windsor student with her mother Mrs Walter A Windsor. Mr and Mrs Arnett Powers Marshall College students spent Easter with her parents the McGinnises of Lakeland Florida. More than 1500 fishing licenses have been issued by the county clerk since January 1, slightly up from last year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Langley Plymale
Gary
Jane Tucker
Marlow
Plymale
Fred
Edward Irgens
Asherville
M. C
Artin
Iami
Fla
Pennsylvania
Gallipolis
Phillip Gilman
John Gilman
Mae Baker
Omaha
Neb
Arthur’ Gilman
Branch Gilman
Ellen
Man
W. Va
Fred’ Boone
Huntington
Gilman
Carl Wirmel
Eleanor Bush
Cincinnati
Gilbert P. Bush
John C. Butz
Granville
J. Carl Butz
Roy Maddox
Asheville, Ga
Brady Maddox
Rodney
Ruby Hedges
Columbus
Nas
Robert Morgan
Hillsboro
Carrie Plummer
Charleston
Ss. L. Bossard
Nina Ayres
Portsmouth
H. W. Cherrington
Cherrington
Billy Lanier
United States Navy
Philadelphia
Stanley Lanter
F. L. Slaven
Gary Lee Slaven
Waynesboro
Harrisonburg
Roy Pollock
Alley
W.va
Pollock
Peter Chula
Sandra
Lena
Lerain
Ohio
L. C. Somerville
Viand St
James Krebs
Beverly Kay
M. Pierce
10Th St
P. J. Johnson
Krebs
Harry Kregs
Sand Hill Road
Windsor
Ohio State
Walter A. Windsor
Arnett Powers
Marshall College
D. V. McGinnis
Lakeland
Fila
Point Pleasant
Refusal To Bear Arms No Bar to Citizenship
The Supreme Court ruled that an alien willing to perform noncombatant military service but unwilling to bear arms cannot be denied citizenship. The appeal by James Louis Girouard of Stoneham Massachusetts, born in Moncton Canada, and a Seventh Day Adventist, was noted.
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Washington
Supreme Court
United States
James Louis Girouard
Stoneham
Mass
Moncton
New Brunswick
Canada
Seventh Day Ad Lventist Church
Steel strike keeps 41 thousand idle in January dispute
The CIO United Steelworkers of America reports 41,144 workers remain idle due to the general steel strike. About 75,000 joined the strike earlier, with 27,781 idle in 95 fabricating plants and 13,363 idle in the Upper Michigan peninsula iron mines sector.
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Pittsburgh
CIO
United Steelworkers of America
General Steel
Upper Michigan Peninsula
Pre Easter Weather Aid to Store Manager
Mrs. Howard Proffitt manager of the O. J. Morrison Department Store in Point Pleasant notes fair weather on the Saturday before Easter. The store sold 200 percent more merchandise than the previous Easter Saturday when it rained, as hundreds of local women attended church Sunday in dresses hats and shoes reflecting her selection influence. She is the only woman manager of a full scale department store in West Virginia.
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Point Pleasant
Howard Proffitt
O. J. Morrison
Shuler Rites Planned for Wednesday in Gallipolis
Margaret Romaine Shuler longtime Gallia County business and church leader died Sunday night at her Third Avenue home. She served as vice president later president of Davis Shuler Company and retired Dec 1. Active in First Baptist Church, Red Cross Gallia County chair during 1937 flood. Survived by sisters Leota Belcher Reinwald and Florence Belcher, daughter Mrs Earl Hixson and Mrs Julia Dawson. Funeral at First Baptist Church Wednesday at 2 PM with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Margaret Romaine Shuler
Third Avenue
Leota Shuler
Miss Shuler
Davis-Shuler Company
Alfred Davis
Shuler
First Baptist Church
Gallia County
Red Cross
Daughters of the American Revolution
Business and Professional Women's Club
Leota
Florence Belcher
Buffalo
W. Va
Alice Reinwald
Erie
Earl Hixson
Belcher
Julia Dawson
Marietta
J. Edward Hakes
Mound Hill Cemetery
Claude Lewis Miller
Gallipolis Banker Harry Maddy Dies After Sudden Illness
Harry Maddy of Gallipolis, cashier at Ohio Valley Bank, died suddenly Monday while helping a customer. His daughter Ruth, a bank employee, was at lunch. Survivors include his wife Sid Campbell and his son Edwin, who died last year. Funeral at George J. Wetherholt and Sons Home Wednesday at 4, burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Harry Maddy
Ohio Valley Bank
Ruth
Edwin
Maria Ball Maddy
A. Dunbar
Upper
Ohio River
Silverman, Levi and Co
Columbus
Vic Donahey
Leon K. Rowley
George J. Wetherholt
Donahey
Maddy
Lago
Sid Campbell
Land
George J. Wetherholt and Sons
Theodore Valenti
Mound Hill Cemetery
Senior Woman's Club Plans Convention Delegation
Mrs. Bartow Jones announced a 22 member Senior Woman's Club delegation will attend the Southwestern District Federation of Women's Clubs convention in Charleston on Wednesday and Thursday. Local women skip the Tuesday banquet due to scarce hotel rooms and will commute for sessions. The 214 member club ranks among the state's leaders.
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Point Pleasant
Bartow Jones
Southwestern District Federation of Women's Clubs
Charleston
Ambulance Burns Near Holzer Hospital
City fire crews fought a blaze at the rear entrance of Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis Sunday afternoon. The Steve Thomas ambulance of Thurman was badly damaged by a short in the wiring before the fire was quenched.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Steve Thomas
Thurman
Licensed to Marry in Point Pleasant This Weekend
Two marriage licenses were issued locally to Oran Preston Love of this city and Betty Jane Johnson of Hartford, and to Julius Cleveland Shields and Bertha McDaniel, both of Point Pleasant. In Gallipolis, Virginia Hern and Kenneth Hern with Mrs. E D Hughes visited Ravenswood for Easter. they celebrated the Boggs twenty fifth wedding anniversary and Mrs. Boggs birthday.
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Point Pleasant
Oran Preston Love
Betty Jane Johnson
Hartford
Julius Cleveland Shields
Bertha McDaniel
Gallipolis
Virginia Hern
Kenneth
E. D. Hughes
Ravenswood
W. C. Boggs
Funeral Held for Minnie Brandebury of Rio Grande
Minnie Brandebury, longtime Rio Grande resident, died Saturday night at her home after a weeks long illness, including a stay at Holzer Hospital. Funeral services were held Monday at the Rio Grande Methodist Church by Rev. Lawrence McDaniel, with burial in Calvary Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Minnie Brandebury
Rio Grande
Holzer Hospital
Rio Grande Methodist Church
Lawrence McDaniel
Calvary Cemetery
Teachers To Meet in Point Pleasant Council Session
The Point Pleasant Classroom Teachers Association will meet Tuesday night with talks by Rev. H. O. Shamblin, Mrs. Garrett Green, Mrs. John W. Kirk, Mrs. William H. Bardin, and Miss Maudelien Skene.
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Point Pleasant
H. O. Shamblin
Garrett Green
John W. Kirk
William H. Bardin
Maudelien Skene
Relative of Heslops Ties Point Pleasant Family
A relative of the Heslop family from Point Pleasant is identified as Charles Lehew of Steubenville Ohio who died suddenly in Pomeroy on Sunday.
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Point Pleasant
Charles Lehew
Steubenville
Pomeroy
Sunday
Heslop
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Kreas
Bulgaria
Veri
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Paris
Albania
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Rush Holt
Gallipolis Social Notes
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