Ravenswood Bridge Permit Sought Across Ohio River
The West Virginia Department of Highways filed for a navigation permit with the Second Coast Guard District in St Louis to build a bridge seven tenths of a mile below old Lock 22 linking Jackson County West Virginia and Meigs County Ohio. The span would offer 880 feet of horizontal clearance and 70 feet of vehicle clearance. The project aims to shorten Route 33 travel between Meigs and Jackson Counties with Ohio to construct an access road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravenswood
W. Va
Ohio River
Coast Guard Guard
The
Waterways Journal
West Virginia Department of Highways
Second
Coast Guard District
St. Louis
Great Bend
Meigs
Jackson
Ohio
Rutland and Middleport Firemen Complete 36Hour Training
Twenty three Rutland and three Middleport firefighters earned certificates after 36 hours of instruction in fighting techniques. Fire Chief Lewis Kennedy received a department certificate from Chief Charles Legar of Pomeroy. Training was funded by the State Education Service and Meigs Local Board of Education.
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Rutland
Middleport
Lewis Kennedy
Charles Legar
Pomeroy
Trade and Industrial Vocational Education Service
State Department of Education
Meigs
Board of Education
Legar
Buffalo Creek victims receive share of 13.5 million settlement
Survivors of the 1972 Buffalo Creek flood await payments as checks totaling 7.5 million go to adult plaintiffs against Pittston Co. A 2 million trust fund is set for underage survivors while the rest covers legal fees. The estate of Henry Trent tops individual awards at about 125 943.
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Man
W.va
Buffalo Creek
Pittston Co
New York
Robert Mitchem
Mitchem
Pittston
Buffalo Mining Co
U.S
K. K
Charleston
Hall
Deborah Ann
Henry Trent
Trent
Seniors from Mason and Point Pleasant Attend Picnic at Camden Park
The Mason and Point Pleasant Leon area senior citizens joined the Southwestern Community Action Picnic at Camden Park Huntington. Transportation was by Main Street Baptist Church bus driven by Catherine Wandling. The event featured a potluck meal and park attractions with planning by Pauline Marshall.
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Mason
Point Pleasant- Leon
Camden Park
Huntington
Main Street Baptist Church
Point Pleasant
Catherine Wandling
Mason County
Pauline Marshall
Mason County Community Action Program
Clara Smith
Clara Staats
Zelma Hunter
Wilda Coleman
Helen Elias
Mary Harris
Edna Burris
Pearl Roush
Blanche Jones
Josie Elias
Clara Roush
Mary Aumiller
Frances Stewart
Susie Brinker
Pam Sisk
Evelyn Russell
Kendall
Kerry Wandling
Cathy Rizer
Jason Fitzgerald
Lisa Stewart
Leon-Point Pleasant
Wayne Stover
Doris Sayre
Agnes Hill
Marilyn Hill
Daisey Gardner
Virginia Riffle
Community Action Office
Patricia Hudson
Helen O’brien
Maxine Arnold
Hit Skip Charge Filed In Wellston
Wellston police filed charges of leaving the scene of an accident from an incident on Michigan Avenue July 21. Harry T. Willis 23 of Jackson was located in connection with the hit and run damaging two cars on the west side of the street. One car owned by Charles H. King 624 S. Michigan suffered heavy damage and a second car owned by Laura Denny 628 S. Michigan was moderately damaged. Willis was cited into the Wellston Mayor's Court.
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Wellston
Harry T. Willis
Jackson
Michigan Avenue
Charles H. King
S. Michigan
Laura Denny
Willis
Water haulers report demand rise as drought bites Ohio towns
Ohio water haulers report a sharp rise in orders from rural residents as drought reduces rainfall. Dispatchers say weekly loads have surged with regular customers needing more water for wells and cisterns. Prices vary by truck size and distance, with city charges 20 cents a gallon in Chillicothe.
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Ohio
Teresa Donohoe
Chillicothe
Chillicothe City
Orient
Green
Medina
Paul Steingass
Bicentennial Spotlight in Mason County Fair Book
Mason County Fair Board releases the 1974 fair book commemorating the bicentennial with a cover Battle Monument at Tu-Endie-Wei Park and a Battle of Point Pleasant feature by Ben F. McKinley. Fair runs Aug 6–10 at the Point Pleasant grounds. Gov Arch Moore provides a foreword praising Mason County progress.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Fair Board
Tu-Endie-Wei Park
TNT
Floyd E. Rayburn
Walden Roush
Mary Freendt
Anita Hoschar
Virginia Rayburn
Sadie Bailes
Nora Staats
Earl McCoy
Darsel Keffer
Robert Watterson
Johnnie McDermitt
William Barker
Roger Clark
West Virginia
Arch A. Moore, Jr
Mason County
Ben F. McKinley
Meigs County Adds Eligible 1973 Homestead Claimants
Meigs County auditor says House Bill 1064 lets the auditor accept 1973 homestead exemption applicants who were eligible but did not file. The law took effect July 26 and the office has 120 days to receive applications. Contact James E. Roush at Box 551 Pomeroy Ohio 45769 or call 992-2698. Velma Dugan et al. were dismissed.
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James E. Roush
Meigs County
Pomeroy
Ohio
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Carl Kennedy
Fred Williamson
Paul Patterson
Charles Barrett Jr
Jack Goode
Jim Quilen
Raymond Wilcox
James Walker
Bill Williamson
Bill Brown
Merle
Messenger
Beulah Jones
William Brown
Merle Davis
Bruce Davis
Richard Foley
Archie McKinney
Robert Miller
Homer Parker
James Birchfield
Richard Fetty
Carl Kennedy Jr
Jim Quillen
Charles Rife
Jack Walker
Rutland Fire Department
Middleport Fire Department
Paul Chadwell
Wayne Davis
Harold Wolfe
Hebert
Camden
Racine
Erma McClurg
Southern High School
Future Homemakers of America
FHA
McClurg
Margaret Allen
Allen’s Water Service
Waverly
Lida Ratliff
Ill
Oak Hill Hospital
Hilda Hansgen
Holzer
Charles Halterman
Hamden
Ella Marks
John Rawlins
Pearl Marken
Elma Campbell
Ross County Medical Center
Meigs Licenses
Harry Shain
Beatrice Thoma
Thomas Morgan
Anitra Winston
New Haven
Mason Fair
Future Farmers of America
4-H Clubs
Fair Board
Carroll Casto
Charles Wood
Frank McDermitt
Lionel Smith
Beverly Forbes
K. W. Robinson
Veterans Memorial Hospital
Velma Dugan
Carmal Jewett
Frances Kline
Frances Conkle
Golda Rouwh
Marv King
Nelsonville Home Improvement Center
William S. Diles
Athens County
Diles Hearing Aid Center
Riverside Professional Building
W. Union St
Athens
Nelsonville Lumber Company
Watkins ST
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