Dollar Day Draws Pt Pleasant Visitors To Athens Stores
An Athens Retail Merchants Association event invites Pt Pleasant area residents to Athens on Saturday for Dollar Day. Stores stay open until 9 pm to offer extra value, with defense workers and families from the Ohio River region urged to join. The article highlights Athens as a shopping center with wide merchandise and courteous service.
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Pt. Pleasant
Athens
Athens Retail Merchants Association
Ohio River
Five-Man Commission Named to Value West Virginia Ordnance Lands
Judge Harry E. Watkins appointed a five man panel of Cabell County residents to value lands seized for the West Virginia Ordnance Works. The group will report by August 24 after inspecting 161 tracts totaling about 8 006 acres, with negotiations ongoing for many parcels and a possible state hospital site inclusion.
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Point Pleasant
United States
Harry E. Watkins
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Andrew Northcott
Hans Watts
Karl F., Schoen
John H. Christian
Grady Risen
Cabell County
Watkins
The
Ordnance Works
A Huntington
Huntington
Lakin State
State Board of Control
State Farm
E. L. Youngue
Youngue
Charleston
Board of Control
Neely
U. S. Engineer Office
C. C. Lewis
FE. J. Somerville
F. G. Musgrave
Lewis
Behymer Divorce Filed. Grounds Desertion Since 1942
Elizabeth Stortz Behymer sues Claude E. Behymer in Point Pleasant Somerville for divorce after a 1941 marriage and 1942 desertion. No children. Behymer seeks restoration of maiden name. Also notes Assistant Postmaster Raymond Allen absent from POSTMASTER ILI office due to illness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Somerville
Elizabeth Stortz Behymer
Claude E. Behymer
Ili
Raymond Allen
New Plymouth Social Notes Highlight Regional Visits and Events
Local residents hosted and visited relatives from Logan Columbus Dayton Akron and Columbus. Events include a bean dinner at Bidwell a pressure cooker canning demonstration for 4 H Club work and an AA A gathering at Lake Hope with a large picnic. Several family health updates and hospital stays are noted.
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J. M. Jackson
Jane King
Earle Heinlein
A.A.A
Lake Hope
Elva Morton
Vinton County and Family
Radcliff
Frank Pugh
Athens Co
Pugh
Edward Pugh
Lorna
Larry
Albany
Maynard Coates
Sherry Ann
Athens
June Whaley
Pomeroy
Eldon Daily
Roy Gillen
Marshfield
Roy Brown
Dorothy
Clifford Radcliff
Londonderry
Charles Hammerick
MacArthur
Earle Duckler
Allensville
Blanche Cline
Frances Tripp
Pauline Chesser
McArthur
Irene Jackson
Ewington
Clem Waldron
Mary
Gerald
Lillian Peavey
Daly
Marion
Guy White
White
Vern
Mary Lou
Mary Lou Kittle
Millfield
Elizabeth
S. M. Heinlein
Frances Welch
Columbus
England bans stopping engine to save fuel
In England a new conservative measure makes it illegal for motorists to stop their engines while the car is stationary to conserve fuel. The rule targets reducing fuel waste and promotes continuous operation.
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England
Snails Move at Constant Speed Across Surfaces
Snails travel at the same speed over glass wood gravel or any surface as they glide on a slime band laid down during movement.
Middleport Personal News Highlights A visit from Talbott family
Mrs Talbott, organist at First Presbyterian, has substituted at Athens Presbyterian. The Talbotts attended a local church picnic with grandson John. Clara Ervin and Jack Stewart of Cincinnati visited Edgar and Clara Ervin. Mrs Vroman stayed a week in Parkersburg with Miss Sarah Dobbs. Mrs Nease of Parkersburg visited the Webers overnight. The Hawkins family returned from Columbus after a week’s vacation. Mr Hawkins works as a machinist at New York Central Hobson shops.
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John Talbott
Athens
Talbott
First Presbyterian Church
Athens Presbyterian Church
Clara Ervin
Jack Stewart
Cincinnati
Edgar Ervin
Frank Vroman
Parkersburg
Sarah Dobbs
H. D. Nease
James Weber
Gravel Hill
John Hawkins
Hazel
Juanita
Columbus
Hawkins
New York Central
Hobson
New Haven to Host Civilian Defense Classes Tonight
Walton Roush of the Pleasants county civilian defense office announced 7 30 p m meetings at a New Haven church to organize defense classes for The Bend area. Delbert Staats will lead and Major James P Easley will issue the blackout signal for a 10 county drill including Huntington Charleston Parkersburg and Point Pleasant with cross state cooperation.
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Point Pleasant
W. Va
Walden Roush
County Office of Civilian Defense
New Haven
Bend
West Columbia
Clifton
Mason
Hartford
Staats
Delbert C. Staats
the Bend
James P. Easley
State Office of Civilian Defense
Pleasant
Wood
Jackson
Putnam
Cabell
Wayne
Lincoln
Kanawha
Fayette
Huntington
Charleston
Parkersburg
Ohio
Lawrence
Gallia
Meigs
Athens
Washington
Boyd
Martin Counties
Kentucky
Judge Denies Request to Withhold Petit Jury
Judge Lewis H. Miller refused a board request to refrain from summoning a petit jury for the September term of circuit court. He said several criminal and civil actions need jury trials and delays have already occurred, including the wife murder case against Glenn Simpkins, jailed since late 1941.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
Circuit Court
Miller
Glenn Simpkins
Clear Land To Build High Tension Line
Appalachian Electric Power Co. clears a five mile right of way from its trunk line through the county to the navy yard. The route passes farms of J. O. Shinn Jeff Eckard Russell Oshel Levi Casto and George Burdette.
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Point Pleasant
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Jeff Eckard
Navy Yard
J. O. Shinn
Russell Oshel
Levi Casto
George Burdette
Pt Pleasant Personalities and Local Visits
Pt Pleasant residents report visitors and homecomings with Mr and Mrs James M Crump of Hartford and Mrs C F Blessing plus Miss Ella Blessing of Letart. Local figures Lloyd Cleveland Rev Frank T Cady and family greet guests while Mrs Eugene Hyatt and baby return from Holzer Hospital. Patrolmen arrest Virginia Doss and Edith Lemaster on drunkenness charges awaiting hearing.
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James M. Crump
Hartford
C. F. Blessing
Ella Blessing
Letart
Ed Blessing
Lloyd Cleveland
Belle
Frank T. Cady
Eugene Hyatt
Baby
Holzer Hospital
Claude Sheline
Gallipolis Ferry
Point Clinic
T. J. Creek
Columbus
Durfee
Douglas Turner
New York City
Point Pleasant
Morrison and
Noble
Virginia Doss
Edith Lemaster
Attorney A G Mathews Visits in Mason County
A G Mathews, attorney and banker of Grantsville, stopped in Mason County on business. He has owned Heck Addition lots for twenty years and recalls banks seeking deposits early in his career, now focused on loans. Mathews led Bank of Grantsville as president from 1902 until its 1929 merger with Calhoun County Bank, and he has served as chairman since.
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Hews
Grantsville
Mathews
Bank of
Calhoun County Bank
Seek Tax Approval in Charleston for Fiscal Estimates
President D E Wedge of the county court with Commissioners Hesson and Barnett and Prosecuting Attorney William H Bardin traveled to Charleston to obtain state tax commissioner approval of the fiscal estimates for the year.
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Point Pleasant
D. E. Wedge
Hesson and Barnett
William H. Bardin
Charleston
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Prday AG
Athens Messenger
Cornells
Athens, Ohio
Dickey
NEA
Solomon
Solomon Islands
South Sea
U. S
South Seas
U.S
Rommel
New Zealand
North African
New Plymouth
Allie Bay
Josephine
Logan
Jackie Paul Riggs
Whiting
Ind
Milton Bay
Gayle Marsh
Lavinia Miller
Orland
John McGathey, Jr
Richard
Dayton
McGathey
Garth Harris
Dwight Harris
Kenley Harris
Akron
Katharine Clewell
Eddie
Rosella Steele
Joy Sue
Bobby
Betty
Bidwell
Roy Sigler
Annette Smith
Miami
Wheatons
S. Court St
Middleport
Walues
Gillilan's
Jewelry Store
A. G. Mathews
Mason County
A. G. Mat
Gotham Rayon Reg
Milldecks Shoe Store
N. Court St
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