Two Downtown Blazes Baffle Point Pleasant Fire Crew
In one night both fires struck a Main Street block. A taxi fire at 423 Main St smoldered after a cigarette caused damage. Later a mattress fire at the Lowe Hotel prompted rapid response from Chief Vernon Miller and his crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Motor Mart
Main St
Franze Darst
Clayton Parsons
Bill Elliott
Lowe Hotel
Vernon Miller
D. M. Harshbarger
Harshbarger
Miller
Darst
Parsons
FE Elliott
First Orders For Exams Received By Draft Board
POINT PLEASANT The Selective Service Board 24 received the first physical examination orders Thursday morning. Forty five Mason and Putnam county men in 1-A were directed to Charleston on Aug 23 and must report at 10 30 a m to the Main and 4th Street Board office for transportation and meal tickets. The Mason County registrants listed include Richard Earl Roush Jack Karol Smith Everett Nibert Ivan Pullins Jr Frank Edward Yester Emerson Eugene Mayes Ashton Russell Thomas Byus John Meadow Workman Jr James Reuben Stewart Millard Preston Linville William Lee Stone Benjamin Franklin Barnett Joseph Ervin Harmon Robert Raymond Lee Donald Edward Roush Leonard Deward Oldaker Cecil Reed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Selective Service Board
Alma F. Bailey
Mason and Putnam Counties
Charleston
Main
4Th St
Mason County
Richard Earl Roush
Near Letart
Jack Karol Smith
Henderson
Everett Nibert
Apple Grove
Ivan Pullins, Jr
Gallipolis Ferry
Frank Edward Yester
Emerson Eugene Mayes
Ashton
Russell Thomas Byus
John Meadow Workman, Jr
Mason City
James Reuben Stewart
Arbuckle
Nat
Millard Preston Linville
Wharton
Apple
Benjamin Franklin Barnett
Leon
Joseph Ervin Harmon
Elmwood
Robert Raymond Lee
Donald Edward Roush
South Cida
Illahee Farm Women’s Club Picnic At Ben Lomond
The Illahee Farm Women’s Club annual picnic will be hosted at Mrs. C. P. Stout’s home in Ben Lomond Wednesday at 6 30 p.m. Members and families of the Friendship Circle of the Heights EUB Church will gather for a hamburger fry at Harmon Park at 6 30 p.m. today. The Jerrico Homemakers Farm Women’s Club plans its annual family picnic Friday at 6 p.m. at Mrs. P. S. Pickens’s home on Jerrico Road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Illahee Farm Women's Club
Friendship Circle of the Heights Eub Church
Harmon Park
Jerrico Homemakers Farm Women’s Club
P. S. Pickens
Jerrico Road
Allen Family Hosts Surprise Birthday for Arl Allen Jr
Mr. and Mrs. Arl Allen of 2407 Jefferson Blvd. held a surprise party Wednesday evening for their son Arl Allen Jr. Guests included Rev. and Mrs. J. P. Keefer and daughter Patricia along with many relatives and friends such as Mary Juniper Lena Bass George Elmer Jones Mary Ines Rainey Nannie Simpkins Lida Duncan Billy Garrett and more.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arl Allen
Jefferson Blvd
Arl, Jr
J. P. Keefer
Patricia
Windell Smith
Lena Bass
Elmer Jones
George Elmer Jones
Mary Juniper
Opal Simpkins
Dimple Clunch
Billy Vancikle
Patty
Betty Jones
Mary Ines Rainey
Nannie Simpkins
Lida Duncan
Mary Garrett
Junior Condee
George Crump
Larry Dungan
Roslee Norvel
Charlotte Norvel
Billy Garrett
Bill Crump
Odie Noble
Donald Nott
Joy Whittington
Lewis Lee
Kananga
Burton Fisher
Charleston
Herman Condee
Tommie
Roberta
Richard Roach
Rex Duncan
Elmer Sanger
Bessie Turner
Mildred Bass
Dora Rice
Paul Roach
van Bunard
Dickie Duncan
Jerry Abbott
Jackie Roach
Donald
Dick Juniper
Junior Mayes
Lethia Turner
Sandra Lee
Bobby Thomas
George Davis
Alice Irene Allen
Area families vacationing and visiting relatives
Mr and Mrs James Ha and children Terry and Natalie of Charleston Road spent two weeks at Lake White. Rev and Mrs O C Landrum of Viand Street visit their son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Louis Jackaroo in Cincinnati. Capt Howard Garland, employed on the steamer H A Bayless, spent Tuesday with his family at Gallipolis Ferry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Ha
Terry
Natalie
Charleston Road
Lake White
O. C. Landrum
Viand St
Louis Jackaroo
Cincinnati
Howard Garland
H. A. Bayless
Gallipolis Ferry
Pt Pleasant Church News in Mason County Parishes
A church notices section lists services for multiple congregations in Mason County. It names ministers, service times, church schools, youth groups, and midweek activities across St. Mark's Upper Flats St. Paul' New Haven Zion Broad Run Trinity Methodist Presbyterian Christ Church Parish Evangelical United Brethren Krebs Chapel Community and other circuits with weekly schedules and sermon topics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mason County
George C. Weirick
St. Mark's
Upper Flats
St. Paul’s
New Haven
Broad Run
Luther League
Trinity Methodist
S. D. Rexrode
Pioner
Andrew
Orie C. Landrum
H. M. Hayward
Pioneer and Youth Fellowship
Christ Church Parish
Episcopal
Robert Finlay Thomas
Bruce Chapel
Evangelical United Brethren
F. H. Capehart
Heights
Bellemeade
Christian Endeavor
Henderson
Mt. Union
Pine Grove
Church OF Christ
Christian Union
J. P. Keefer
WJEH
Christian Science
Mason County Lutheran Parish
Storm Line Work Set In Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant city crews resumed storm line work at the Junior High Gym after Maxon Construction finished a new sewer catch basin halfway between the gym and the floodwall gate at 10th and Main. The crew plans to connect 200 feet of line from the gym to the basin to relieve city sewers of rainwater and will grade gravel roadways on Lincoln Ave Friday and Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
City Street
Maxon Construction Co
10Th
Main Sts
R. V. Robbins
Robbins
Lincoln Ave
First Coat Is Completed At Central School Roof
Maintenance crew of the county board of education finished one coat of aluminum paint on the Central School roof. Two painters started on the upper part Monday and have touched up the belfry and roof trim. Brick replacement in the upper chimney nears completion with two men laying new bricks and pointing mortar. J W Cook and crew expect to finish both Central and Heights School chimneys by Saturday. Mrs Grace Currey from Baltimore visits her son in law Harold Call and daughter at 124 Park Drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
County Board of Education
J. W. Cook
Central School
Heights School
Grace Currey
Baltimore
Harold Call
Park Drive
Open house planned for new LaFrance truck at Point Pleasant firehouse
The volunteer firemen in Point Pleasant plan a Thursday night backroom office build out and a full interior painting to honor the LaFrance truck received July 2. They will install wiring for the new room and use salvaged lumber from a torn partition as they prepare a Sunday painting session with volunteers asked to bring brushes.
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LaFrance
Vernon Miller
Miller
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Draft Board
Grove
William Lee Stone
Ous
Leonard Deward Oldaker
Letart
Cecil Reed
Jarman
Europe
Ben Franklin
W, Va
Pt. Pleasant Church News
Dept
A-1
Piqua
Ohio
Porter's Liniment
Gulliver
Lilliputians
Lilliput
America
Tilliputians
Lillipatians
U. S. Department of Commerce
Republic Building
Cleveland 1
Berger. Beilt
Berger
Republic
PETTI
Cord Summer Jewelry
Miracle
Cannon Towels
Stevens
Casey Jones
U.S
Adel
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