New Law May Free Ohio River Bridges Early
Congress signed measure allows sharing of interstate bridge costs with federal aid. West Virginia toll bridges may be freed by 1947 with state action. Bailey notes plans to free Mason City Port and Weirton and other bridges, with Parkersburg and Wheeling areas targeted as soon as possible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Congress
Ernest L. Bailey
State Roads Commission
West Virginia
Fed
Stetate
Cubenville
Wheeling
Ohio River
Huntington
Cabell County
State of
Willigmeon-Marietta
St. Mary
Mason City
Pomeroy
Weirton
Mrs. Elsa Vaught Heads Point Pleasant Federal Job Office
Mrs. Elsa Vaught has become manager of the local U. S. Employment Office in Point Pleasant after the resignation of the former manager who left for private work in Pittsburgh. She is a longtime local employee.
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Vaught
Point Pleasant
Elsa Vaught
U. S
Pittsburgh
New Actions Filed in Mason Court
Court records show divorce suits and chancery filings in Mason County with the circuit clerk’s office briefly open on Saturday. Among cases noted are Walters vs Walters and Boyer vs Boyer plus others involving local residents and veterans’ families.
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Mason
Point Pleasant
Stephen Noble
Clerk Jones
Jones
Noble
Mrs. Noble
Sheriff Morrison
Edna L. Walters
Marshall E. Walters
Laura Boyér
Otho Boyer
Vivian Lucille Hall
Gary Madison Hall
Clara Varian
Daniel H. Varian
Howard E. Spencer
Viola Spencer
Eleanor Chapman
Earl
Chapmans
Hernesty
Charleston
Virginia
Farley Funeral Services Set For Tuesday in Charleston
Mrs. Minnie Frances Wilson Farley wife of Leonard S Farley of Leon died Saturday at Charleston General Hospital after two weeks illness. Funeral from Mt Zion United Brethren Church at 2 30 Tuesday burial in church cemetery. Survived by husband three daughters three sons one sister one brother eighteen grandchildren and one great great grandson.
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Point Pleasant
Minnie Frances Wilson Farley
Leonard S. Farley
Leon
Charleston General Hospital
Arnett Mortuary
Viand St
Mt. Zion
Mae Hulbert
Charleston
Iya Flowers
Kingston
Alma O'Neal
Léon
Ralph Wilson
Buchtel
Wilmer Wilson
Le~tart
Fannie Smith
Dudley Rollins
Salt and Coal Co resumes output after overhaul
POINT PLEASANT Liverpool Salt and Coal Co of Hartford reports it has replenished salt stocks since resuming production on June 25 and now operates at capacity. President Donald A. Smith notes a spring shutdown of two and a half months for overhaul, a yearly practice in the area, which temporarily reduced supplies but has since built a normal reserve for the upcoming fair trade.
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Point Pleasant
Liverpool Salt and Coal Co
Hartford
Donald A. Smith
Mr. Smith
Foreign Born Residents Count in Mason County
The 1930 census shows 32 foreign born residents in Mason County. Russia supplies 11 natives, with other counts including Greece 2, Italy 2, Canada 2, England Scotland and Wales 5, Norway and Sweden 4, France Belgium 4, Germany 1, Czechoslovakia 11, Latin America 1, Austria Hungary Yugoslavia 2. Hancock leads with over 12,500 foreign born residents. Wirt has two.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
West Virginia
Hancock County
Wirt
Harrison
Marion
Kanawha
McDowell
Logan
Fayette
Cabell
Russia
Greece
Italy
Canada
England
Scotland
Wales
Norway
Sweden
France
Belgium
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Latin America
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Shipyard Workers Grow Own Produce in Mason County
Many shipyard employees are thriving in a produce business supplying chickens, eggs, tomatoes, beans, and other garden goods to fellow workers. Before the war, many lived on farms in Mason County and the number of landowners has risen rapidly over the past three years across Mason Meigs and Gallia Counties.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Aes
Mason
Meig
Gallia
Five Arrested for Intoxication in Point Pleasant
Five persons were arrested over the weekend for intoxication. Harry Ray Sayre and Alvin Buys were arrested by Sheriff Ernest Hesson Fred Ger ach by Chief of Police Jmiden s and Patrolman Yost. George E. Yester and Howard Burns were arrested by state police. Earl H. Arhett took Mrs John Neville home from Holzer Hospital yesterday. Mrs Marvin Crawford and daughter were taken home on Monroe Ave from the Point Clinic.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Ray Sayre
Alvin Buys
Ernest Hesson
Fred Ger‘ach
Jmidens
Yost
George E. Yester
Howard Burns
Leaves Hospital
Earl H. Arhett
John Neville
Second St
Holzer ‘Hospital
Marvin, Crawford
Daughter
Monroe ‘Ave
Point Clinic
Park Theater to Be Modernized in Point Pleasant
Ross Fulton announced improvements planned for the Park Theater opposite the post office. The project aims to make Point Pleasant host a newer modern theater, with interior work to unfold as materials become available. Current work includes enlarging the box office relocating, glass wall panels by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., and new frames for advertising.
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Point Pleasant
Ross Fulton
Park Theater
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Firemen Respond to Awning Blaze on Main Street
Firemen were called at 5:15 PM Sunday to a blaze in an awning outside the Ben Franklin Co. store. Volunteers arrived quickly, with the truck en route in under a minute. Three boys were reportedly seen flicking cigarette butts onto awnings on Main Street 460 block before the fire, though the witness did not recognize them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ben Franklin Co
Main St
Seek Licenses for Marriages in Point Pleasant Area
Applications for marriage licenses have been filed by Harvey Albert Bush and Jane Loretta Cunningham of Point Pleasant, Elwood Edwin Wilson of Kenova, and Grets J. Rice of Point Pleasant. The notices indicate forthcoming licenses in the local registry.
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Point Pleasant
Harvey Albert Bush
Jane Loretta “Cunningham
Elwood Edwin Wilson
Kenova
Grets J. Rice
Federal Paper Waste Turned To Good Use
Hillsboro dispatch notes the Highland County Selective Service Board donated more than 300 pounds of paper to a local waste drive after disposing of occupational questionnaires for men aged 45 to 65. Gallia County remembers Edwin J. Madpaper campaign. obituary for Ed Maddy, Gallia Academy and Ohio University graduate, Eagle Scout, Coast Guard hopeful, died after long illness Von Recklinghausen disease. services held at George I Wetherholt funeral home. buried at Mound Hall Cemetery. Surviving Ruth Maddy, sister, and Harry Maddy, long-time cashier at Chip Valley Bank.
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Hillsboro
Highland County Selective Service Board
Gallipolis
Edwin J
Bostdn
Harry Maddy
Bearn
Buckeye Rural Electric Corpora
von Recklinghausen
Holzer Hospital
Mayo Clinic
Johns Hopkins
Holzer
Ed Maddy
Gallia County
Gallia Academy
I Ohio University
Beta Theta Pi
Gordon C. Green
J Ed Maddy
Ohio River
Ohio
Maddy
Coast Guard
St Louis
W. Scott Westerman
George I Wetherholt & Sons
Mound Hall
Ruth Maddy
Ohip Valley Bank
Fas Jong
Lottridge Community News Notes and Visit Highlights
Lottridge residents share Sunday dinners and visits among neighbors and relatives. Otis Wade celebrates 13th birthday with family gatherings in Parkersburg and Athens. Several trips to hospitals, camps, and relatives unfold through the week with mentions of Swartz, Gaston, Robinson, and Davis families.
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Charles Robinson
Linda
Bessie Robinson
Parkersburg
Paul Robinson
L. D. Robinson
St. Joseph Hospital
Julianna Boggs
Donna Grace
Walter Lewis
Boston Mills
Akron
Mildred Chapman
Kathy Jane
Roscoe
Burdette
Scotty
Lee Gasston
Velma Persons
Scot Snodgrass
Gallipolis
Persons
Bart Persons
Huntington
Montrose Ave
Athens
Walter Greiner
John Archer
C. M Warner
R. M. Allen
Eleanor
Mary Alice
Albert Warner
Swartz
John L. Morgan
Stoutsville
Glenn White
Ira Robinson
Like Davis
Ora Baggs
Ida B. Davis
John Chevalier
Johnny, Jeffers
Jeffers
Jacob Zumbach
Caroline Depoy
Carrie Gainer
L. H. Allen
C. M. Swartz
Harry Carleton
Coalville
Air Forces Move Thousands to States From Europe
More than eight U. S. Army divisions of 15,000 men each, totaling 125,370, were flown home from the European and Mediterranean theaters between May 1 and July as announced here. Also, ethnologist Prof. A. C. Haddon notes mankind splits into three hair types: woolly, wavy, and straight.
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West Palm Beach
Fla
Tte
Prof
A. C. Haddon
Cattle Areas Also Short of Beef on Menu
Cattle country towns in Oregon face beef shortages as cafes close and travelers wait amid locked doors. Restaurants in Canyon City and John Day cope while ranchers observe ample herds nearby. Rep. Lower Stacaman criticizes blanket OPA orders and cites regional variation.
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Canyon City
John Day
Oregon
Stacaman
Pendleton
OPA
Release of Doctors in Army Is Being Studied
Chairman Downey said his military subcommittee will have recommendations ready when Congress returns Oct 8 on releasing home physicians from the Army. Five boys were knocked unconscious and burned and more than 60 other children suffered shock when lightning struck a school near Livingston Tennessee Friday.
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Washington
Downey
D-Cahf
Congress
Army
Livingston, Tenn
Famous Gallia Native Enna Gatewood Keins Dies at 93
Enna Gatewood Keins of Gallipolis age 93 passed Sunday afternoon at her daughter’s home in Williamson County, Va. She was born near Crown City and spent most of her life in Gallipolis. Survived by daughters Helen Shaw Pearl Johnson and Mrs Booten, and sister Laura Mullineaus. Funeral Wednesday at 12 at the Shaw home with Rev. W Scott Westerman. burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Enna Gatewood Keins
O H Booten
Williamson
Crown City
Anthony Wayne Kerns
McIntyre
James Johnson
Booten
Laura Miullineaus
Kerns
French Colony
Chapter
DAR
Daughters of Union Veterans
Shaw
Third Ave
Miller Brothers to Do Grading Work for New Development
Miller Brothers have been awarded the contract to complete grading for a new real estate development by the French Ois Improvement Company across Chicamauga Creek from the central residential section of Millowns. The work, to be finished by September, includes installation of all drainage structures basins sewer lines and a roadway along the creek side into the flood escape road at State Street extension.
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TAP Tlipolis
Miller Brothers
Ois
Lavatea
Chicamaona Creek
Mwe
State Street
School Days Nearing For Township Pupils
In Mason County Point Pleasant announces the next term will start with a teacher meeting Friday August 31. Buses run September 3 Labor Day when pupils will be enrolled assigned to rooms and classes. Classes begin the following day.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Elect New Members at Point Pleasant Moose Chapter
Point Pleasant Women of the Moose chapter held a regular meeting with Mrs. S. C. Moystin presiding. She appointed Mrs. Ann Whalen treasurer and Mary Van Wears guide as pro tem officers. New members named were Lola B. Spander Kathleen Spangler Gertrude Winkler and Alma Essex.
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Point Pleasant
Women of the Moose
S.C. Moystin
Moystin
Ann Whalen
Mary van Wears
Lola B. Spander
Kathleen Spangler
Gertrude Winkler
Alma Essex
Discharges and Deaths Reported Across Ohio Area
At Holzer Hospital Gallipolis patents discharged Saturday and Sunday. Included are Mes Newberry Tacketthurmanz, Mrs Rarl Heading, Oak Hutt, Chic Grown. Also noted are Moss Mill death in Sewers Wellston and Mre Carl Rowe Wasely, Alta Tunker man in Crown City.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hesspital
Sunda
Rarl
Moss Mill
Wellston
Carl Rowe Wasely
Crown City
Camp Gallipolis Pigeon Report Seventy-Seven Counts Note
A fragment reports at Gallipolis a pigeon sighting near Bidwell Farm on Saturday. Joe Taikart captured a loaming dip from a loaming place with a portal triangular mark. Loren Glassburn confirms the bird appears old and notes the elip number 49 B 042.
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Gallipalis
Bess
Tall Win
Chillimoat
Howming
Gallipolis
Joe Taikart
Bidwell
Ows
Gallipols
Loren Glassburn
Postwar Jobs From Coal and Medical Advances Reflected
Postwar analysis notes coal related jobs rebounding alongside broader growth in medicines chemi cals and plastics that emerged during wartime. The text highlights Sulfa drugs and other life saving innovations deriving from wartime research and fuels future economic shifts.
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Gina
Surphu
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Nans
Hyre
John Point Pleasant, Jr
Clarence “Bill
Silk Matheny
Country Club
Arthur Birdsall Shave
Boston
Ordnance Works
A. E. Smith
Kanawha St
B. Harper
Villand St
Frank C. Long, Jr
Columbus
Lake Erie
Kyoyo
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Japan
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Kobe —E
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Igolia
China
Osaka
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Manchuria
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Sea of Japan
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Formosa
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Pacific Islands
Ari
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Farley
Edwin Maddy
Lottridge News Notes
Bolt Pits
Emma
McIntyre Column
Norfolk
Howard ‘Tinevener
Gerald Finks
West Gallipolis
Yeoman
Bure Doll Baadtuns
San Francisca
Calif
Relases
Kyger
Alee
Meier
Meier's
Liverton and
Samdusk
Varussles
Stokoe
Capudine
Beaco
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Ibs
Sam
Mts
Chesapeake & Ohio Lines
Chesapeake Avm
Nickel Plate Road
Pere Marquette Railway
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