New Law Could Free Ohio River Bridges Early
Point Pleasant report notes federal sharing of bridge costs could free Ohio River crossings by 1947. WV state road commissioner Ernest L. Bailey cites plans for freeing seven interstate bridges including Point Pleasant Steubenville Wheeling items and various Ohio crossings. Officials expect Parkersburg Williamson Marietta and St. Marys bridges to be freed first, with Mason City Pomeroy and Weirton to follow.
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Point Pleasant
Congress
Ernest L. Bailey
State Road Commission
West Virginia
Steubenville
Wheeling
Ohio River
Williamsport
Potomac
Ohio
Huntington
Cabell County
State of
Williamson-Marietta
St. Marys
Mason City
Pomeroy
Weirton
Point Pleasant Personal Notices Update
Lt. Alexander McCausland now stationed at Eustace General Hospital in Virginia as his mother learns. Dr. J W Diddie plans rest camp near White Sulphur Springs for two weeks. Erwin Plymale and family vacationing with Elmer Plymale and sisters in Point Pleasant. Clarence Matheny and family vacationing in eastern mountains for sinus trouble. Birdsall family returned from Boston visiting old home folks since war began. Donald A Smith and families visited Kanawha Street and Viand Street mothers Friday night. Dr. Frank C Long Jr returned after days with parents in Columbus and Lake Erie.
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Alexander McCausland
Army Medical Corps
Eustace General Hospital
Virginia
John McCausland
J. W. Diddie
White Sulphur Springs
Erwin Plymale
Richard
Jean
St. Albans
Elmer Plymale
Gallipolis Ferry
W. S. Hyre
John Carpenter
Point Pleasant
Clarence “Bull” Matheny
Country Club Addition
Arthur Birdsall
Boston
Ordnance Works
Donald A. Smith
Hartford
A. E. Smith
Kanawha St
C. B. Harper
Viand St
Frank C. Long, Jr
Columbus
Lake Erie
Farley Funeral Service Tuesday in Point Pleasant
Minnie Frances Wilson Farley of Leon dies after two weeks illness in Charleston General Hospital. Funeral from Mt. Zion United Brethren Church Tuesday at 2 30 p.m. burial in church cemetery. Survived by husband Leonard S Farley three daughters Mae Hulbert Iva Flowers Alma O Neal three sons Ralph Wil son Wilmer, two sisters Fannie Smith Dudley Rollins eighteen grandchildren one great grandson.
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Point Pleasant
Minnie Frances Wilson Farley
Leonard S. Farley
Leon
Charleston General Hospital
Arnett Mortuary
Viangd St
Mt. Zion
Mae Hulbert
Charleston
Iva Flowers
Kingston
Alma O'Neal
Ralph Wilson
Buchtel, O
Wilmer Wilson
Letart
Fannie Smith
Dudley Rollins
Shipyard Employes Raise Own Produce
Mason County and surrounding counties see shipyard workers turning to farming to supply their own needs and selling surplus to fellow workers. Many own farms, ranging from several acres to hundreds, spreading across Mason Meigs and Gallia. The trend grows as workers seek better food supply and a profitable market for farm products.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mason
Meigs
Gallia
Five Are Arrested In Week End Intoxication Roundup
Five persons were arrested for intoxication at the week end. Harry Ray Sayre and Alvin Burs were taken in by Sheriff Ernest Hesson. Fred Gerlach was processed by Chief Dividen t and Patrolman Yost. George E. Yester and Howard Burns were arrested by state police. Earl H Amnett transported Mrs. John Neville home from Hunter Hospital. Mrs. Marvin Crawford and daughter were returned home on Monroe Ave from the Point Clinic.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Ray Sayre
Alvin Burs
Ernest Hesson
Fred Ger‘lach
Divident
Yost
George E. Yester
Howard Burns
Hospital
Earl H Amnett
John Neville
Second St
Hunter ‘Hospital
Marvin Crawford
Monroe Ave
Point Clinic
Elsa Vaught Named Head of Federal Job Office
Mrs. Elsa Vaught becomes manager of the local U. S. Employment Service after the previous manager resigned to take private work in Pittsburgh. She is a local resident who has served in the office for the past year.
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Mrs. Vaught
Federal
New Actions Are Filed in Mason Court
Circuit clerk’s office saw filings as Mrs. Stephen Noble led operations while her husband served in the Navy. Divorces cited cruelty and multiple matches, while suits in Charleston and West Columbia allege damages, property disputes, and land values tied to 72 acres and a $3,000 purchase.
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Point Pleasant
Stephen Noble
Clerk Jones
Jones
Noble
Mrs. Noble
Sheriff Morrison
Edna L.walters
Marshall E. Walters
Laura Boyer
Otho Boyer
Vivian Lucille Hall
Gary Madison Hall
Clara Varian
Daniel H. Varian
Howard E. Spencer
Viola Spencer
Eleanor Gladys Chapman
The
WAVES
Earl S. Chapman
Chapmans
Dale G. Casto
Charleston
West Virginia Coal and Transportation Co
West Columbia
F. L. Johnson
iCasto
Oran Love
Henry Love
Edward and
Naomi Weigand
Cooper District
Salt Stock Replenished by Salt and Coal Co
Salt and Coal Co of Hartford reports resuming production on June 25 and replenishing salt stocks. President Donald A. Smith says the plant, closed two and a half months for overhaul, operates at capacity with a larger reserve for the upcoming heavy fall trade.
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Point Pleasant
Liverpool Salt and Coal Co
Hartford
Donald A. Smith
Mr. Smith
Mason County Holds Thirty Two Foreign Born Residents
The 1930 census shows Mason County with 32 foreign born residents. Russia and Czechoslovakia each claim multiple natives while Greece Italy Canada England and other nations contribute smaller numbers. Hancock leads the state with 2500 plus foreign born residents and several other counties show notable totals.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
West Virginia
Hancock County
Wirt
Harrison
Marion
Kanawha
McDowell
Logan
Fayette and
Cabell
Russia
Greece
Italy
Canada
England
Scotland
Wales
Norway
Sweden
France
Belgium
Germany
Czechoslovakia
Latin America
Austria
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Park Theater Improvements Underway In Point Pleasant
Ross Filson, owner, announces interior work at Park Theater opposite the post office. Plans include enlarging the box office, installing glass panels by Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co., and new frames for advertising material. Full completion will depend on material availability.
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Point Pleasant
Ross Filson
Park Theater
Pittsburgh Plate Glass Co
Awnings Blaze Near Ben Franklin Store Prompt Fire Call
Firemen rush to a Sunday afternoon blaze in front of the Ben Franklin Co store on Main Street. Volunteers reached the site within a minute after the alarm. Three unseen boys were reported seen flicking cigarette butts onto awnings in the 400 block, but identity was not established.
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Point Pleasant
Ben Franklin Co
Main St
Marriage License Applications Faced in Point Pleasant and Kenova
Point Pleasant residents Harvey Albert Bush and Loretta Cunningham seek marriage licenses. Edwood Edvin Wilson of Kenova and Greta J. Rice of Point Pleasant also applied for licenses.
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Point Pleasant
Harvey Albert Bush
Loretta Cunningham
Edwood Edvin ‘Wilson
Kenova
Greta J.rice
Federal Paper Waste Turned To Good Use
Highland County Selective Service Board donated over 300 pounds of mutilated occupational questionnaires from men aged 45 to 85 to the Incal waste paper campaign. The documents were destroyed per state and national directives before being released to the Boy Scout paper drive.
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Hillseboro
Highland County Selective Service Board
Lottridge Friends and Families Gather for Community Notices
Lottridge society members, including Mr. and Mrs. John Archer and families, Mr. and Mrs. L A Townsend, and Eleanor Wade, host and visit across Athens and Parkersburg. Otis Wade marks his 13th birthday with relatives from nearby towns. visits extend to St Joseph Hospital and Huntington. Several trips to Boston Mills Akron and Gallipolis are noted along with camp meeting plans and hospital calls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Gaston
Velma Persons
Scot Snodgrass
Gallipolis
Persons
Earl Persons
Huntington
Montrose Ave
Athens
Walter Greiner
John Archer
C. M. Warner
R. M. Allen
Eleanor
Mary Alice
Albert Warner
C. D. Swartz
John L. Morgan
Stoutsville
Glenn White
Ira Robinson
Lillie Davis
Ora Boggs
Ida B. Davis
John Chevalier
Johnny
Jeffers
Jacob Zumbach
Caroline Depoy
Carrie Gainer
L. H. Allen
C. M. Swartz
Harry Carle
Ton
Coolville
Air Forces Move Thousands of Soldiers Home
More than eight U.S. Army divisions totaling about 125 370 men were flown home from the European and Mediterranean theaters from May 1 through July 11, the announcement says. Prof C Haddon, ethnologist, states mankind can be divided into three hair types: polly, wavy, and straight.
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West Palm Beach
Fla—P
Prof . C. Haddon
Polly
Edwin J Maddy Dies After Long Illness In Gallia County
Edwin J Maddy, 25, of Gallia County, died Saturday at his parents home after a long illness linked to Von Recklinghausen disease. An accountant with Buckeye Rural Electric, he left the job last February due to health. A Gallia Academy and Ohio University graduate, he was the first local boy to earn Eagle Scout and served as an officer on the steamer Gordon C. Green during summers. He sought military service but was rejected for health reasons. last rites were given by Rev W Scott Westerman and burial was at Mound Cemetery. Surviving are his parents and sister Ruth Maddy of the Ohio Valley Bank.
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Gallipolis
Edwin J. Maddy
Harry Maddy
Buckeye Rural Electric Corporation
von Recklinghausen
Holzer Hospital
Mayo Clinic
Johns Hopkins
Holzer
Ed Maddy
Gallia County
Gallia Academy High School
Ohio University
Maddy
Coast Guard
St. Louis
W. Scott Westerman
George J Wetherholt & Sons
Mound Bul
Ruth Maddy
The
Ohio Valley Bank
Ras Long
Cazhler
Cattle Areas Short of Beef on Oregon Menus
Canyon City Ore Restaurants in the cattle country report closures with three cafes shut indefinitely and one temporarily amid a beef shortage. Locals blame OPA orders and statewide conditions as shoppers face empty meat cases while herds remain nearby. Representative Lovell Stockman defends local boards but criticizes national policy.
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Canyon City
Ore
John Day
Oregon
Lovell Stockman
R-Ore
Pendleton
OPA
enJl
Release of Army Doctors Under Study in Congress
Washington DC. Chairman Downey of the military subcommittee said on Saturday that recommendations will be ready when Congress reconvenes on October 8 regarding releasing home physicians from the Army.
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Washington
Downey
D-Calif
Congress
Army
School Term Opens in Mason County With Teacher Meeting
POINT PLEASANT announces the next term of school will start with a teacher meeting on Friday Aug 31. Buses run on Monday Sept 3. pupils will be enrolled and assigned to rooms and classes begin the following day.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Elect New Members At Pleasant Moose Chapter Meeting
The Pleasant Chapter Women of the Moose held a regular meeting chaired by Mrs. S. C. Moystin with reports of new members. The agenda noted a disaster in Livingston Tennessee where a lightning strike at a nearby school injured several children and disrupted activities.
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Point Pleasant
Paint Pleasant
Women of the Moose
S. C. Moystin
Kathleen Spangler
Gertrude Winkshere
Ler
Alma Essex
Famous Gallia Native Ema Gatewood Kerns Dies at 93
Mrs Ema Gatewood Kerns of Gallipolis passed away Sunday afternoon at her daughter’s home in Williamson West Virginia at age 93. She was born near Crown City and spent most of her life in Gallipolis. Survived by three daughters Helen Shaw Pearl Johnson and Beaten a sister Laura Mullineaux and an active D.A.R member and Daughters of Union Veterans. Funeral at Shaw home 42 Third Ave Wednesday at 2 pm conducted by Rev Westerman with burial at Mound Hill Cemetery.
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Gallipolis
Ema Gatewood Kerns
H. Booten
Williamson
W. Va
Crown City
Anthonys Wayne Kerns
O. O. McIntyre
Kerns
Pearl
James Johnson
Beaten
Laura Mullineaux
French Colony
D.A.R
Daughters of Union Veterans
Shaw
Third Ave
W. Scott Westerman
Mound Hill Cemetery
Miller Brothers Given Contract to Grade New Development
Miller Brothers awarded contract to grade the French City Improvement Company development along Chicamauga Creek. Work includes drainage structures sewers and a flood escape road along State Street extension with completion by September 15. Also notes residents leaving for Norfolk to join husbands at sea and a dairy herd auction planned near Point Pleasant on August 24.
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Gallipolis
Miller Brothers
Oarross Chicamauga Creek
State Street
Point Pleasant
Lottie Fruih
Mason County
Ohio Ten Mile Creek
Lieving Coal Co
Hospital Discharges Change Over Weekend
At Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis several patients were discharged Saturday and Sunday. Names include Mrs Newhers Tackett and Thurman of Oak Hill, Clyde Brown of Pomeroy, Mildred Sowers of Wellston, Carl Rawe of Wavels, and Alia Pimker man of Croan City.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Mre Newhers Tackett
Thurman
Earl Leading
Oak Hill
iClyde Brown
Pomeroy
Mildred Sowers
Wellston
Carl iRawe
Wavels
Alia Pimkerman
Croan City
Campers Return From Gallia County 4-H Event
Seventy seven Gallia County 4-H youths who attended the Camp Keystone yamjy returned home Saturday afternoon. A separate item notes a homing pigeon found on a Bidwell farm, identified by Joe Lunkatt and his son-in-law Loren Glassburn, bearing the number 43 B 24142.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Furis
Yamjy
Camp Keystone
Joe Lunkatt
Bidwell
Loren Glassburn
Triangle
Postwar Jobs From Coal Remain Unclear Yet Promising
After victory, business plans to quickly meet anticipated demand and create jobs across sectors. Before the war nylon and life saving sulfa drugs were coal derived, and wartime research expanded coal based medicines chemicals and plastics into new products.
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Athens Messenger
Lawf
Farley
Ira
Miles
Ishikoku
Mongolia
China
Xyoto
Jngking
Toyama
Wagofa
Manchuria
Kyush' Shanghei
Amosa
Deen
Okinawa
Japan
Honshu
Tokyo
Yokoham
E Marcus
Pacific Islands
Kyushu
Shikoku
Sea of Japan
Pacific
Edwin Maddy
Bolt
Emma
McIntyre Column
Norfolk
Howard Thievener
Daugter
Gerald Finke
Othe Ausbands
Pacific Theater of War
West Gallipolis
Burdell Bradbury
San Francisco
Calif
Rgger
Ald Oo
Eas
Ade Aiala
Meier's Wine Cellars. Inc Winemes
Siverton
AMO Sandusky
Ohne
Ardssle ST. Gedrd
Beaco
F Beasley Co
Jnrise
Sam
Chesapeake & Ohio Lines
Cleveland
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Nickel
Pere Marquette Railway
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