Point Pleasant City Council Adopts New Appointments and Orders
Point Pleasant city council holds a long meeting with Mayor Kradel and all members present. W G Darst resigns as street commissioner to take the post full time. L W Getty elected to replace him. June revenue climbs to 15 033 33 driven by licenses taxes. The body considers a water system extension to Henderson and purchases a street sweeper at 4127 07 FOB Aurora Illinois. An incinerator proposal and theater age restriction for 16 and under are discussed.
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Point Pleasant
Brown
Caty
Kradel
F. G Musgrave
W. G. Darst
Claude Cheesebrew
H. A. Miller
E. McElfresh
Charles L. Bechue
W. G Durst
L. W. Getty
Darst
Musgrave
Sanitation Department
City Water Works Commission
Henderson
Kanawha River
Kroder
Water Works Commission
Kanawha
Crooked Creek
Aurora
Ill
Counce
Councilman Cheesebrew
Lavapiik Prompts Soothing Eyelid Relief Captured
Fragmentary ad style text touts Lavapiik for irritated eyelids claiming prompt soothing relief. Mentions of drugs stores and various garbled product names confuse the copy but imply widespread availability and consumer praise.
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BeAr
Mason Cattle Win At Indiana Show
At the Indiana Milking Shorthorn Show in Muncie C C Lewis and Sons exhibited four junior steer entries among eight others and captured first second third and fifth places. The champion steer Oldtown Lowcost then beat top steer winners in other classes earning the show’s top trophy. Show stock was shown by William N Lewis with assistance from Donald Lines of Leon.
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Point Pleasant
Muncie
Ind
C.C. Lewis and Sons
Oldtown
Point Pleasant Personals Highlight Local Arrivals and Departures
W L Beale of Washington DC visits Point Pleasant to spend weeks with his sisters at 1003 Main. Millie Bumgarner returns to Appalachian Electric Power work after vacation with relatives near New Haven. James R Ray on 20 day furlough from Dyesburg TN with his father Rue iert Ray in Kanawha St. Norman Myers back in Trimble Ohio before joining husband in Alabama military service. Betty Beach from Montgomery visits friend Alice Marie Frye. Philip Hennesy visits Norfolk VA to see stationed husband. John Carpenter and wife visit Fairmont guests. Aaron Allen Coast Guard stationed here on leave with North Bend Nebraska parents. Porter Alderson returns home to Cleveland after visiting HH Robes at Kavlong.
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W. L. Beale
Washington, D
Reba Beale
William Meade
A.H. Roseberry
Beale
Main St
American Security and Trust Co
Washington
Millie Bumgarner
Appalachian Electric Power Co
New Haven
James K. Thomas
Charleston
A. H. Roseberry
James R. Ray
Dyesburg
Tenn
Rue Iert Ray
Kanawha St
Norman Myers
Trimble
Alabama
Betty Beach
Montgomery
Alice Marie Frye
Philip Hennesy
Norfolk
John Carpenter
Fairmont
Aaron Allen
Coast Guard
North Bend
Nebr
Porter Alderson
Cleveland
HH. Robes
Kavlong
Slot Machines Destroyed After Raid In Mason County
State police and Sheriff Hesson destroyed five slot machines seized in a local Eagles Club raid. The machines contained 10315 in coins and proceeds were disbursed to Justice of the Peace Sam Simmons and state and county funds. Nearby, mourners attended last rites for Mrs J B Schirmer, with numerous relatives listed from Charleston Huntington and Parkersburg.
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Point Pleasant
Hesson
Eagles Clan
Justice of the Peace
Sam Simmons
Paul F.thomas
Sheriff Hiesson
Mason County
Miss Pauley Linked to Atomic Bomb Effort in Oak Ridge
Point Pleasant resident Miss Elizabeth Pauley daughter of Mr and Mrs J V Pauley of 121 Pleasant St worked in the legal section of the Corps of Engineers Manhattan District and spent 20 months at Oak Ridge Tenn where a major atomic bomb project began in 1942. She returned home on vacation and recalled few people knew the plant’s purpose until recent revelations. Leon Hutchinson of Kanawha St who worked at the local ordnance works later joined the Oak Ridge project.
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Point Pleasant
Elizabeth Pauley
Jv Ce Pauley
Pleasant St
Corps of Engineers of
Manhattan
Miss Pauley
Oak Ridge
West Virginia
Knoxvile
Expressives
TNT
Leon Hutchinson
Kanawha St
Ordnance
Marines Share "Hardest Campaign" Tales At Plant Tour
Capt. James R. Stockman and Pfc. Charles D. Cowan will address workers at Sylvania Electrical Products in Point Pleasant at 9 30 Friday about their World War II campaigns in Okinawa Guadalcana and Saipan. The tour, led by Lt. R. C. Cunningham, will also visit West Virginia Ordnance Works with talks in the plant area between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday.
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Point Pleasant
James R. Stockman
Pfc
Charles D. Cowan
USMCR
Okinawa
Stockman
Guadalcanal
Saipan
Pat Cowan
R. C. Cunningham
Industrial Incentive Division
United States Navy
Washington
West Virginia Ordnance Works
R. P. Ferrell Dies After Freak Accident
R P Ferrell 65 of Nat retired worker dies in Charleston Hospital after a tree he was helping to fell toppled and the root struck him throwing him over a bank. He lived in Mason County ten years and is survived by two daughters, a sister, and several brothers. Funeral services scheduled at Gandeville Roane County.
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Point Pleasant
Ferrell
Rosne County
Nat Ig Mason County
Vada Miller
Capehart
Ruby Miller
Columbus O
Retired Huntington High principal Orion Flesher ill at home
Mrs. M. G. Brown reports her brother Orion Flesher is seriously ill at his Chesapeake Ohio home. He is expected to be moved to a Huntington hospital shortly. Flesher, former head of the Huntington High School French department, has been in poor health for months and recently spent winter in Florida.
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Middleport
M. G. Brown
Orion Flesher
Chesapeake
Huntington
Flesher
Huntington High School
Florida
Equipment Business Opens in Pomeroy
POMEROY The Meigs Equipment Company owned and operated by Clyde Saunders and C. C. Thornton is now open for business on cash sales. Mr Saunders and Miss Betty Sue Saunders, formerly bookkeeper, will run the operation. The business aims to serve farmers beginning immediately.
Visit in Pomeroy Highlights Local Family Ties
In Pomeroy Corsin and son Millfield were guests with Mr. and Mrs A A Berry Ave Mrs T Corwin were school friends of Ohio At Athens Mrs M Paul Tedrow and Joyce Paulette recently visited in Columbus and at the Tedrow home have returned for the duration Cpl M Paul Tedrow of the US Army is stationed at a local base.
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Pomeroy
Mary AnneLegar
Nye Ave
Betty Beards
Louise Bartels
Lizzie Jennings
Dora Beards
Lila Sue Terrell
Martha Terrell
Kathryn Hess
John Terrell
Corsin
Millfield
A. Aberry
T Corwin
Ohio
Ta Tr
Athens
M Paul Tedrow
Joyce Paulette
Columbus
Cpl
M. Paul Tedrow
US 2C
With
Wilma Roush Returns to County Superintendent Post
After a month away secretary Wilma Roush has returned to duties under County Superintendent COG Chapman. The County offices in the Court House were redecorated this summer.
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Pomeroy
Wilma Roush
Secry
Cog Chapman
Court House
Oshel Building Sold To Jones and Butler
Oshel Building on Viand Street sold yesterday to Barton Jones and CFE Butler amid estate changes. The report notes production cuts in Ohio soft drink plants due to shortages, with a 10 percent decline in output and a 6 percent drop in 1941 sugar quotas affecting the industry.
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Oshel Building
Jones and Butler
Point Pleasant
Hudson Estate
Viand St
Barton Jones
Cfe Butler
COLES
Ohio
Amer
Twe Rivere
Mary Loug
Ohio Rottissovision
Maras
Tostes Sa
Van Horn on 2 Week Downtime After Foot Ailment
Van Horn, a business mastine at the shipyard, has been off duty for two weeks due to an undiagnosed foot ailment. Both feet are sore and painful. He recently visited Columbus where doctors found bones aligned and not displaced. He rests at home with slow improvement.
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van Horn
Wotan van Horn
Funeral services held for Air Biv Brooks Southworth
In Columbus weary funeral services were held for 28 year old Air Biv Brooks Southworth killed in a cane crash on Flausting Bay near Feb 15. Line creases note Mrs Char e aor Southworth and the family. Rawkings-Coats ambulance with the hospital staff aided the team from the Simon Cardinals baseball.
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Collumbus
Air Biv
Brooks Southworth
Flausting Bay
Middleport
Char'e
Southworth
Peer Y Southworth
Simoa Cardinals
Rawkings-Coats
Leavy. Hospital
Parking Lot Plans Considered by Gallipolis City Commission
Gallipolis engineers submit plans for a riverfront parking lot to the City Commission. Estimated cost ranges from 13 847.50 with macadam to 7 715.50 without. Commission delays final action and ponders funding via gasoline tax without a levy.
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Gallipolis
J. Roy Bartlett
City Commission
Bartlett
Raymon T. Allison
Stanley Saunders
N. Howard Foster
al Pond
J. Allison
Jules Wers
Pine Street
Stewart A. Clendinen
Returns to States From Pacific Area
Radarman Bill Wilson of the U S N arrived on the west coast after more than a year of service in the Pacific Theater of War. He planned a brief leave to visit his wife and their young son but told his parents the ship would not stay in port long enough. Mrs Wilson, employed in Boston, said their three year old son Jackie was ill and could not be left to greet him. It was hoped he might fly east for a short visit.
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Gallipolis
Bill Wilson
West Coast
W. Hobart Wilson
Bis
Boston
Mass
Jackie
Iill
Ihis
James Eggleton Receives Honorable Army Discharge
James F Eggleton, wounded in the German offensive and later in the South Pacific, has been given an honorable discharge from the Army. He arrived home Monday, the first time back in Gallipolis since enlisting five years ago. He is the son of Mr and Mrs John W Eggleton of 1071 Second Ave in the city.
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Gallipolis
South Pacific
James F. Eggleton
John W. Eggleton
Second Ave
Three Brown Brothers Home on 30 Day Leave
Wayne Brown C 2 c arrived home to spend a 30 day leave with his parents after 28 months in the South Pacific. His brothers Ernest and Merrill Brown also served long tours in the South Pacific and were all in the Navy. The three brothers had reunions at various points while in service, though they served in different outfits.
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Gallipolis
Wayne Brown
South Pacific
Earl Brown
Ernest
Merrill
Wayne
South
Gallipolis Teachers To Receive Pay Hike For Next Year
Gallipolis City School system will raise salaries by about 240 dollars for the coming school year. The board boosted other staff pay by 35 to 15 dollars monthly. 15 dollar raises go to Jeanne Jones Dart Mary Frances Coffey Anne Hill Lola R Suitor Robert Henke Kinzey Hill Tom Falk and Frank Washington. Five dollar raises awarded to several janitors including Kinsey Hill Ollie Williams Lula Lawrence Opie Isley Sally Mitchell and James Morgan. The swimming pool will close for the season on Wednesday August 22. The board approved transferring farms of Charles Hamilton and Mary Lanthorn Cornwell into the Gallipolis City School District, pending Clay Township Rural Board release. Teachers were tentatively assigned at the meeting.
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Gallipolis
Board of Education
Jeanne Jones Dart
Mary Frances Coffey
GAHS
Anne Hill
Lola R. Suitor
Robert Henke
Kinzey Hill
Tom Falk
Frank Washington
Kinsey Hill
Ollie Wiliams
James Rutherford
Lula Lawrence
Opie Isley
Sally Mitchell
James Morgan
Charles Hamilton
Mary Lanthorn Cornwell
Gallipolis City
Clay Township Rural Board
Fishing Trip Heads to Georgian Bar Canada
Dr H B Thomas and son Jimmie Hubert A Carnes, Bill Chambers of Eureka, and Am Johnson of Pt Pleasant sail for a two week fishing trip on Georgian Bar Canada Hubie Carnes joined the group after leaving Sunday. CLASS TO MEET MIDDLEPORT Philathea Women of the Church of Christ will meet Thursday evening at the church Mrs O L Roush is president and Mrs Harry Mills is hostess chair.
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Gallipolis
H.B. Thomas
Jimmie
Hubert A. Carnes
Bill Chambers
Eureka
Am’ Johnson
Pt Pleasant
Georgian Bar
Canada
Hubie" Carnes
Middleport
Philathea Women
Church of Christ
O. L. Roush
Harry Mills
Capt Chester N Denney Receives Flying Cross
Captain Chester N Denney 24 son of Mr and Mrs Denney Bidwell a P 40 and P 51 pilot in the 14th Air Force completed 95 combat missions and earned the Distinguished Flying Cross the Air Medal with two Oak Leaf Clusters and the Pacific theater ribbon with one battle star He is credited with destroying three enemy planes and a possible fourth after serving from October 1942 overseas a year later and is now stationed at Santa Ana Army Air Base California with RAF Redistribution Station No 4
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Gallipol
Chester N. Denmey
Denney
Bidwell
14Th Air Force
States
Santa Ana Army Air Base
California
Births and discharges at Holzer Hospital Gallipolis
New patients at Holzer Hospital include Mrs. Donald Pullen from Pt Pleasant who gave birth to a son after arriving at 5 36 p m and the baby at 7 10 p m plus Jane Rorrer of Lex Tart W Va born at 8 18 p m Monday. Discharges listed include RB Webster from Pomeroy and several Wellsonians.
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Gallipolis
Holzer Hospital
Donald Pullen
Pleasant
Jane Rorrer
Lextart
W. Va
Vinna Lambert
Pt Pleasant
Mra
Frank Dempsey
Ray
W.va
Dan Jones
Coalton
Ruth Broyles
RB. G. Webster
Pomeroy
Meigs County
Zella Midkiff
Jock Grove
Newberry Tackett
Thurman
Floyd Hollberg
Charles Leach
Mildred Sowers
Wells
Son
Mrs McGinnis Named New Gallipolis Lab Technician
Mrs Charles Mc Ginnis also known as Betty Bean will serve as the new laboratory technician at the Gallipolis Clinic. Miss Frances Hemblin resigned last week to take similar work at Parsons West Virginia. Mrs McGinnis and daughter Pat arrived from Miami Florida after visiting Ensign McGinnis stationed at the naval base there.
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Gallipolis
Charles McGinnis
Betty Bean
Frances Hemblin
Parsons
W. Va
Itchy Pimples Kill Romance Advertisement
Many shattered romances may be traced to scratching skin blemishes. Peterson's Ointment offers quick relief from itching pimples eczema and red blotches at 35 cents. Money refunded if one application does not delight you. The product also soothes irritated feet and cracks between toes.
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Peterson
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