Body of First Mason Dead In Korean War Is Received
The body of Pfc. Milan Edward Bardon the first Mason County Korean War fallen was received in Point Pleasant on a B and O train at 4 45 p m It was taken to Mohr Arnett funeral home Bardon was killed August 12 1950 Born May 28 1928 at Point Pleasant Enlisted April 1949 in U S Combat Engineering Corps Accompanied by his father Roy H Rardon Ravenswood and MSgt William Boyer escort from Brooklyn Army Base A service honor guard will be formed by Point Pleasant Ripley Ravenswood Legion posts Sunday at 1 30 p m at Beale Chapel Church Apple Grove Burial will be in Beale Church Cemetery Survivors include his father two siblings and multiple aunts and uncles from Ravenswood Ravenswood Reynoldsburg Canal Winchester Hebron Columbus and Middleport.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
B&o
Mohr-Arnett Funeral Home
Milan Edward Bardon
U.S. Combat Engineering Corps
Roy H. Rardon
Ravenswood
William Boyer
Brooklyn
Union Station
Ravenswood American Legion Post
M. J. Click
Point Pleasant Post
C. G. Billups
Andrew Sayre
L. K. Heiskell
William P. Rush
Ripley
Ravenswood Legion
Beale Chapel
Apple Grove
Beale Church
Rardon
Ida Nevelle
Adeline Sayre
Mayne Harmon
Edith Redman
Roy
Bardon
Reynoldsburg
Ohio
Maye Petry
Canal Winchester
Francis Lahen
Cora Snyder
Hattie Snyder
Hebron
Cliff Rardon
Columbus
Clint Rardon
Middleport
Coast GuardInspects 15 Barges Two Steamers in July
Point Pleasant Coast Guard Marine Inspection Office led by Lt. Cmdr. William H. Fuller reported 15 barges and two steamers inspected in July. Sixteen licenses were issued, with inspections on steam towing vessels Omar and Hatfield and multiple tank barges in Huntington and Point Pleasant. Several engineers mates masters pilots and operators had renewals or examinations, including Curtis Hall Schnitzler Selby Summerfield and others.
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Point Pleasant
U.S. Coast ‘Guard Marine Inspection Office
William H. Fuller
Fuller
Omar
Huntington
Es Hatfield
Reed
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Hoyt William Curtis
Long Bottom
Carl G. Hall
Peter H. Schnitzler
Linn
Sidney E. Selby
Steubenville
Ohio
William Summerfield
Charleston
Eris D. Price
Mt. Vernon Ave
Lole E. Johnson
Henderson
Emmitt J. Shelton
Wheelersburg
Moten Stanley
Roy B. Wright
Kananga
Russ
New Mason FHA Board Picks Gus Douglass Jr for Three-Year Term
Judson M Brake announces Gus R Douglass Jr as new Mason County Farmers Home Administration member. Appointed by State Director R G Ellyson, Douglass will serve three years, succeeding Oscar H Hanes whose term expired June 30.
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Point Pleasant
Judson M. Brake
Farmers Home Administration Committee
Mason County
R. G. Ellyson
Morgantown
Gus R. Douglass
Grimms Landing
Douglass
Arbuckle
Oscar H. Hanes
Pt Pleasant Moose Picnic and Social Notes Recap
The Pt Pleasant column lists the Moose picnic at Camp Conley Rifle range on Sunday and records numerous social visits and travel plans. Named individuals visit, host, or travel between Leon, Ambrosia, Bellemeade, Huntington, Greenup, Columbus, Toledo, and Charleston, with several mentions of family and aboard ships and stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Conley Rifle Range
Multiple Pt Pleasant Churches Schedule Highlights
Church listings across Pt Pleasant cover services for Trinity Methodist Christian Science EUB and more. Key sermons, Sunday school times, youth groups, and midweek prayers are noted for churches including Henderson Mt Union Beech Hill Pine Grove Harmony Concord Baptist Presbyterian Lutheran parish coverage across New Haven Broad Run St Mark's with worship times and special events.
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Trinity Methodist
S. D. Rexrode
J. B. Couch
Ohl
Borniansky
Christian Science
Main St
F. H. Capehart
Heights
WSWS
Bellemead
C. E. Haney
Graham
P.m. Letart
Hartford
Church. OF Christ
J. P. Keefer
C. G. Billups
Leon
Zion
Christ Episcopal
W. C. Bowie
Episcopal Youth Fellowship
Lakin
Bruce Chapel
Rufus Casto
Vaught Memorial
Henderson
Mt. Union
Beech Hill
Methodist Youth Fellowship
Pine Grove
Harmony - Concord
Mason County
Two Alarms Reported in Point Pleasant Fires
Two alarms answered by Point Pleasant volunteers. Mrs. Bessie Wallis found her Main Street home filled with smoke from an electric refrigerator motor fire. damage limited to a burned motor. A second blaze hit Sylvania Electric Co. as a transformer caught fire. Andy Wilson reported the alarm. Damage described as slight.
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Point Pleasant
Bessie Wallis
Main St
William Reynolds
Sylvania Electric Co
Andy Wilson
Enlistments Open for Two Years in WAC
Women can enlist for two years in the Women's Army Corps announced by Army and Air Force Recruiter Ta Sget in Point Pleasant. The move replaces the former three year requirement for WAC service. Ages 18 to 34 are eligible. WAF still requires four year enlistments.
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Point Pleasant
Women’s Army Corps
Army
Air Force
Ta Sget
William P. Rush
WAF
Road Work Slows Traffic In Route 33 Corridor
Motorists are urged to avoid Route 33 between Ripley and Spencer for months as prison labor crews rebuild sections of the 23 mile stretch. One way traffic will be in effect at several points starting Monday, causing 10 to 30 minute delays. Through traffic should use Route 60 or Route 50. Work on Route 33 expected to continue through year-end.
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Point Pleasant
Ripley
Spencer
Road Commission
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Mason Fha
Brake
Russell W. Selby
H. Marcus Weaver
Letart
Hanes
Linda Rainey
Bellemeade
Joan
Peggy Jean Browning
Ohio River Rd
Carolyn Childs
Ambrosia
Agnes Beaver
Leonard Byus
Winfield Rd
G. E. Byus
Dinnie Hazlett
Rena Shifler
Gary Bumgardner
Marlene
Jefferson
Mildred Ball
Jackson Ave
Ervin Dement
Greenup
Dement
Dupont City
Hogg St
A. L. Plymale
Ronald
Sharon
Stephen
Delaware
Judson Brake
D. Browning
E. J. Livesay
Coral Gables
Fla
Phil Thomas
Allen Thomas
William Longstaff
Corning
Sherman Beaver
Bertha Thornton
Gary Roach
Thoronton
Roach
Sonny
Johnnie
Dorsel Knapp
John Dower
Robert Powers
Ina Pratt
Betty Roach
Violet Morrison
Byron Dudding
Judy
Lincoln Ave
Clay Honaker
Pt. Pleasant Churches
Ben Franklin Co
West Virginia
Mike DiSalle
Office of
Coca
Parkersburg
Coca-Cola Bottling Company
Lem
Parkersburg Cola
Office of Price Stabilization
New Order
Cartons
Coca-Cola Bottling Co
Sears and Save
Logan
South Spring St
Fifth St
Housewives
Cannon's Cavalier
Cannon
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