Railroad Bridge Project To Cost Over A Million
Miles of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad visits Point Pleasant to pursue a right of way for a Kanawha River bridge. Condemnation of the Elimpisco subdivision in Kingtown is planned, with land purchases in Henderson and Point Pleasant. Construction is not expected to finish before 1848, with the bridge and approaches about 135 miles long and costing over a million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
S. K. Miles
Baltimore
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Co
Kanawha River
Mills
Somerville
Miles
Tate
Henderson
Isl
Elimpisco
Kingtown
First Werd
Heslop Reunion Fetes ETO Combat Veteran Heslop
A Charleston family marks a Heslop reunion party for Cpl. Robert J. Heslop who has just returned from Europe aboard the Queen Mary after service in the campaign against Germany. Outdoors picnic at the Bartow Jones home on Jefferson Blvd. includes Mrs. Heslop and several relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Heslop
Cpl. Heslop
Fred Brown
Charleston
Charles E Holzer, Jr
Karen Jnd Charles II
Cincinnati
Ugo Juhting
Keith McClung
Keith
Juhling
Hartford
Sylvania Plant Not Ordered Down Says Manager
H. M. Cross, manager of the Sylvania Electrical Products Co. in Point Pleasant, said there have been no contract cancellations and the plant is moving ahead. The statement counters town rumors that workers were told not to report for duty today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
H. M. Cross
Sylvania Electrical Products Co
Ellis
Hubert Ellis
Huntington
GOP
West Virginia
Washington
Spencer Roane Hotel Hosts Point Pleasant Wedding
Miss Johnnie Mae Girard wed T 5 Queillen M Keith in St Johns Methodist Church with Rev S Paris Bell Jr officiating in a double ring ceremony. Bride, daughter of Mrs W H Edwards and the late A M Girard, is a Spencer native and Glenn Roane County resident. groom, son of Mr and Mrs Russell T Keith of Spencer, served 8th Air Force in Europe. A reception followed at Spencer Roane Hotel with local relatives and friends in attendance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Betty Lou Bell
Spencer
Johnnie Mae Girard
P. Bell
W. H. Edwards
Cleveland,c
A. M. Girard
Russell T. Keith
Keith
Spencer High School
Mary Washington College
Fredericksburg
Bell, Heilmann and Bell
Hampden-Sydney College
8Th Air Force
Europe
Spencer Roane Hotel
Howard A. Neely
Glendine Minns
E. Paige Bell, Jr
Betty Louw Bell
James R. Moore
Sv Pow Hoyt
Washington, D. C
Peter D. Denbergh
Herman L. Sinnett
Local school staff buy Ninth Street property in Mason County
Mrs Gretchen Kenny principal of Central Grade School and her sister Miss Elizabeth Wilson with parents Mr and Mrs Pat M Wilson of Charleston Road plan a future purchase. Dinner guests included Miss Winifred Newman assistant county superintendent and Miss Mary Leckie assistant supervisor of elementary grades. Miss Betty Cook and Miss Hildreth Armstrong also attended. Miss Dorothy Watkins head of Leitwich Mason County health department heads the J W property purchase in Ninth Street Mason County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Gretchen Kenny
Central Grade
Elizabeth Wilson
Pat M. Wilson
Charleston Road
Winifred Newman
Kanawha County
Mary Leckie
Charleston
Betty Cook
Hildreth Armstrong
Mason
Annual Golf Tourney Held at Athens Club
POINT PLEASANT The fourth annual championship golf tourney of a General Chemical Defense Corporation group of 27 players was held Sunday on the Athens Country Club course. Rus sel Smith of the carpenters division won the tourney. After dinner J D Swords acid superintendent won the driving contest.
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Point Pleasant
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Athens
Country Club
Rus ‘Sell Smith
Carpenters’ Division
J. D. Swords
Navy Center Will Be Busy After War
Palne Pleasant notes the Navy materiel and redistribution center will expand after the war. It is a peacetime project planned to operate ten years or more beyond hostilities. Three large storage buildings are under construction, with work proceeding amid cancellations of new Ohio Valley projects shifting to Army enterprises. The center remains a Navy initiative.
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Palne Pleasant
Navy
Ohio Valley
Japan
Veterans To Be Given Training in Business in Mason County
Veterans of Foreign Wars promote a Mason County organization with temporary officers named including R. D. Anderson as commander John E. Spangler senior vice commander Howard Brewer junior vice commander James E. McComb quartermaster and Boyd Casto adjutant A meeting is set for August to advance plans for launching the group.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Mason County
R. D. Anderson
John E. Spangler
Howard Brewer
James E. McComb
Boyd Casto
Officers Named for Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association
Officers for this year are Capt. W. D. Curry president Cc C Stone vice president and Hamilton A Johnson secretary treasurer Directors include Captains Otto Reiker J R Chambers W D Curry C A Gebhart Chari Jes A Roberts C C Stone George Hamilton R S Rogers and Allen B Wood jr local to Point Pleasant Gallipolis Huntington and Louisville Kentucky
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Point Pleasant
Ohio and Kanawha Masters and Pilots Association
W. D. Curry
Cc. C. Stone
57 Mason Men Killed In Action at Mason County
An unofficial list from POINT PLEASANT honors 57 Mason Countians killed in action. Names include Joan Ryan McCulloch Otis M Schultz Eldon Maxtin L Sayre E W Johnson and many others. The wartime tally emphasizes local service and sacrifice as the conflict nears its end.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Joan Ryan McCulloch
Otis M. Schultz
Eldon Maxtin
L. Sayre
E. W. Johnson
Charles Perry Bardette
R L. Roush
D. L Mayes
C. R. Burdette
J. R. Jeffers
James Halstead
Faye Thabet
Roger Powell
Paul Delton Wogan
Michael Rickard
Henry I. Stewart
George R
William MacKnight
Albert I Watterson
Thomas Waldie
Samuel Patterson
Warren McKinney
Joseph Capehart
Russell Dowell
Daniel Slayton
Robert S. Jones
Otho L. Jones
George H. Davis
Richard L. Nibert
Homer R. Johnson
Robert L. Jones
James F. Byus
Burt L. Capehart
Robert Knapp
Peter Elson Schultz
Peter W. Hermand
Layton W. Slaughter
Kelson Edmonds
Oshel Chapman
Three Die in Mason Sunday
Three people died in Mason County on Sunday. Harrison Birchfield aged 93 died at his South Side home and is survived by four sons. William Allen Frazier aged 75 died at his Frazier's Bottom home, with wife Vinnie and son Elwood surviving. Zelphia Keefer aged 76 died at her Leon home with burial in Riffle Chapel Cemetery. survivors include two daughters and two sons.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Harrison Birchfield
South Side
George
Charles
Edward
William Birchfield
Roy McKinney
van Sickie
J. M. Gabbert
William Allen Frazier
Frazier’s Bottom
Vinnie Frazier
Elwood Frazier
Zelphia Keefer
Leon
Riffle Chapel
Roffle
Lizzie Upton
Lonie Shinn
Columbus Falls
Oren Keefer
Clyde Keefer
Gaspolis
Columbus
Vinton
Jacob Harrison
Christian Church
Miles Cemetery
Ray Darnell
Leathy Graham
Springfield
William Graham
Robert. Durant
Akron
Walter Bennett
Portsmouth
Mitt Spires
Victory Ball Planned in City
Victory Ball set for 9 p m on the day peace is declared with devotionals by the Rev Frank T Cady and songs of World War and the present war. Homer Alexander and his band will provide music. Local leaders Stanley Waldie and Emmett Fowler head the committee.
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Point Pleasant
Stanley Waldie
Emmett Fowler
Frank T. Cady
Homer Alexander
Japs Ready To Quit Before Recent Events
Chungking reports the Chinese Army newspaper Sao Tang Po claims Japan is ready to surrender and retreat to 1931 borders as peace terms even before the first atomic bomb, with a surrender clique growing in Tokyo as bombing and carrier planes strike Japan. The Empress Nagako is listed as a peace plan organizer.
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Chungking
Sao Tang Po
Japan
Russia
Hsieh Nan Kuang
Formosan Revolutionary League
Tokyo
Empress Nagako
Emperor retained in Japan surrender terms draw praise
In Sterling, New York Dr. T. Zhoo of the World Student Christian Association says there will be no opposition from Chinese people to surrender terms allowing retention of the emperor. Dr. Koo adds the emperor is a religious symbol to the Japanese and reflects his advisors. remove them and the government policy changes.
Rutland News Notes Rutland News Notes
Rutland reports a closed five week tent meeting ended Sunday. Rev Ralph Jacks returned home to Newark Monday. Local families hosted and visited relatives including Bernard Howell EM 3-c on leave, plus many others visiting Columbus and Portsmouth. Funeral attendance for Jacob Harrison noted with Miles Cemetery burial.
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Rutland
Ralph Jacks
Newark
Walter France
Susanna
Allen Greaser
Columbus
Business College
Sidney Smith
Leon
W. Va
Garild Graham
Garland Grate
Elmer Largent
Kenova
William Largent
Club Holds Meeting At Stewart
Stewart Willing Workers Club met Thursday at Margaret Ogg’s home in Stewart. A chicken dinner was served at noon. Ten members attended with prizes to Ora Copeland Lena Starlin and Wells Van Dyke. Birthdays observed for Vinnie Van Dyke Ora Copeland and Margaret Oge. Guests included Miss Forrestine Starlin Columbus Mrs Mary Pearcy Athens Mrs Blanche Bean Guysville Mrs Ethel Frost and Grace Brill Stewart. Next meeting planned at Lena Starclin’s home on Sept 13 with Olive Morrison’s birthday observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stewart — Willing Workers Club
Margaret Ogg
Stewart
Ora Copeland
Lena Starlin
Wells van Dyke
Vinnie van Dyke
Margaret Oge
Forrestine Starlin
Columbus
Mary Pearcy J
Athens
Blanche Bean
Guysville
Ethel Frost
Grace Brill
Lena Starclin
Olive Morrison
Long Bottom News Briefs Burials and local visits noted
Long Bottom residents attend services for Mrs Ethel Roberts at Sandhill Cemetery. Visitors include Mr and Mrs David Yates from Cleveland. Pvt Ray Riggs on furlough from Parris Island visits family. Several locals recover from injuries and host family gatherings. Red Cross meeting in Pomeroy.
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Ethel Roberts
Sandhill Cemetery
David Yates
Cleveland
Clark Swan
Ray Riggs
Parris Island
Lib Myers
Virgil Roush
Neville Island
Lindsey Lyons
Lyons
Riggs
C. 5. Swan
Charles Massar
Norman Webber
Jeanette Clark
Genevieve Little
Roy Hannum
Earl Clark
Red Cross Society
Pomeroy
Larry
Mary Matlack
Robert Matlack
Buckeye Lake
Joe Bissell
J. C. Swan
Milo Rhodes
Orville
Traffic Crash Victims In Hospital at Gallipolis
Gallipolis reports serious injuries to R. G. Chamberlain of Vinton and Dana Turner of Harrisonville after a Saturday noon head-on collision on the Wilkesville Berlin road. Both men worked for Fenton Construction hauling slag between Jackson and the resurfacing job. Turner lost a left hand and suffered a skull fracture. Chamberlain has a fractured arm and severed finger tip. Both were treated at Holzer Hospital after initial care by Dr. H. W. Gielin at Berlin. Turner remained in critical condition overnight but showed slight improvement Monday. Turner’s father also works for the same company and lost a leg in a 1925 accident while with the Meigs County commissioners. an amputation was performed at Holzer.
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Gallipolis
R. G. Chamberlain
Vinton
Dana
Turner
Harrisonville
Wilkesville
Berlin
Holzer
H. W. Gilien
Young Turner
Chamberlain
Jackson
Rutland
Fenton Construction Company
Wwho
Meigs County Commissioners
Holzer Hospital
Mrs. Tim Lewis Dies At Holzer Hospital
Mrs Tim Lewis died Monday at Holzer Hospital after an extended illness attributed to a heart ailment. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 PM at F J Entsminger Funeral Home with Rev Ted Waller of Garfield Avenue Church of Christ officiating. Burial follows at Mound Hill Cemetery. Tim Lewis and brother Bob ran a tin shop and built metal boats before closing the business and retiring to their Route 7 Kanauga area farm. Fred Earwood lived with the family as a son-like figure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Tim Lewis
Holzer Hospital
Ted Waller
Garfield Avenue Church of Christ
F. J. Entsminger
Mound Hill
Bob
Lewis
Route 7
Kananga
Fred Earwood
Cheshire Schools To Open Sept 4
Cheshire schools will open Tuesday morning September 4 for a half day session starting at 3 o'clock.
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Cheshire
Scout Camp Ends in Gallia County Camp concludes with promotions and feasts
GALLIPOLIS The annual Boy Scout camp at Pete McCormick's farm ended Sunday evening. Scouts advanced in ranks including Billy McClung and John Epling to Life Scout, Billy Welker to First Class, and several others from Tenderfoot to Second Class. Eagles are held by four in service. Alfred Ingerick is an Eagle and in service. The late Edwin J. Maddy was the first Eagle Hawk in Gallia County.
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Gallipolis
Pete McCormick
Scout Mathers
Kenneth Welker
Mothers
McCormick
Billy McClung
John Epling
Life Scouts
Billy Welker
Danny Thomas
Gene Wetherholt
Ward Hackworth
Francis Shane
David Robinson
Life
Alfred Ingerick
Huntington
Edwin J. Maddy
Gallla
Vacancies Noted in Gallia County Schools
Gallia County School Superintendent B Lewis Jones announced six vacancies remain in the county system. Open posts include Commercial at Vinton, Home Economics at Bidwell Springfield, History and English at Rio Grande, Science at Mercerville, plus two grade school posts at Hickory Grove and the Mudset principalship. Recent staffing moves include Gomer Morris named principal and coach at Centerville High School, Mrs Marcella McDaniels hired as high school teacher there, Mrs Muriel Allison hired at Mudore, and Miss Helen Donnally employed at Bulaville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
B. Lewis Jones
Commercial
Vinton
Bidwell-Springfield
Rio Grande
Mercerville
Hickory Grove
Mudset
Gomer Morris
Centerville High School
H. Ray Saunders
Marcella McDaniels
Muriel Allison
John Allison
Mercerville High School
Mudsore
Helen Donnally
Bulaville
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Monument Co
George C. Shaw
W. Main St
Ohio
Athens Club
Navy Center
Mutual Stores
Gilduster
Lancaster, Logan and
New Lexington
Point ,Pleasant
J. W. Lozier
USCGR
McGuffey
Point, Pleasant
Mason Point Pleasant
Leota Kelly
Williamstown
U. S
Wheeling
Ross Burford
Lewis H. Miller
Circuit Court
MISS
Nancy Ferguson
Robert H. Ferguson
Park Drive
Laidley Field
Ferguson
Ohio State University
Rutland News
Howard Camm
Pharmacy
Gallia
Maton
Red Skelton
Vette
Gene Kelly Wer
Dorsey Omcrestra
Virginia O'Brien
Rags" Ragland Zero Mostel
LET
Margreet Carpenter
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Sym
Margaret Irving Sarar Selby
Ips
Tarol Mnghes
Ireve
Ryan Wilbuan Stone
Fitepatrick Traveltalk
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