Presbyterial Leader Attends Mason Event Luncheon
The Women’s Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church hosted a lawn luncheon at Mrs. Hamilton A. Johnson’s home in Point Pleasant on Wednesday. Out-of-town guests included Mrs. J. Maird, presbyterial president, and Mrs. Joel Perry of Charleston. The gathering featured cafeteria service and an informal social program with numerous members and friends listed as attendees.
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The
Presbyterian Church
Hamilton A. Johnson
Main St
J. Maird
Joel Perry
Charleston
W. H. Morgan
Laird
Perry
Eugene Sterrett
Garnette Tillis
John W. Teenbergen
Earl Gibbs
Irs
Dora Stortz
Bess Rice
Robert H. Rice
Bob
Margaret L. Lewis
Mae Rhoades
R. B. Rothgeb
Howard Proffitt
Paul Gygax
George Sprenger
Lewis Bateson
B. L. Burdette
Cary H. Rayburn
James E. McCombs
Jean Haynes
J. M. Foglesong
P. H. Steenbergen
J. T. Roberts
M. L. Johnson
William van Horn
Sanford
Annual Meet Is Sept 5 At Point Pleasant
POINT PLEASANT The annual meeting of Southern States Point Pleasant store and cooperative service agency Leon Milling Co will be held at Junior High School Thursday evening Sept 5 at 8 p m Guests will include representatives of agricultural agencies press county and city officials and leading farmers Reports will be read by O M Smouse district manager of Southern State from Richmond Va and Elmer Grueser manager of Point Pleasant store Other speakers will include C C Blessing Mrs I A Blaine Refreshments will be served E C McCulloch of Henderson and Miss Virginia Parsons County home demonstration agent will be in charge Mrs C P Stout of Ben Lomond will head a committee on special entertainment Directors will be elected to succeed E C Carson and A Ray Roush who are retiring also for two committee members to succeed Mrs Milton Lewis and Mrs Nolan Swackhammer who are also retiring.
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Southern States
Leon Milling Co
0. M. Smouse
Southern State
Richmond
Elmer Grueser
C. C. Blessing
I. A. Blaine
E. C. McCulloch
Henderson
Virginia Parsons
C. P. Stout
Ben Lomond
E. C. Carson
A. Ray Roush
Milton Lewis
Nolan Swackhammer
New Tractor Grader Used on Camden and Lincoln Avenues
Camden and Lincoln Aves see a new tractor grader this week as Street Commissioner W. G. Darst oversees grading on Third Street and a new concrete driveway at the rear of City Bus Terminal from Fifth to Viand Street. Terminal owner J. G. F. Johnson funds the driveway work, with Fifth Street traffic limited to buses and delivery trucks during progress. Special traffic officers Robert Kayser Ernest Knapp John Coleman and Wesley Weikl are appointed to manage traffic until completion.
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Camden
Lincoln
Robert Kayser
Ernest Knapp
John Coleman
Wesley Weikl
Mrs George Sprenger Hosts Bridge Party at Home
Mrs George Sprenger entertained a group at her Fourth Street home Wednesday evening. High score went to Mrs George Overholt with Mrs Bess Gygax as second high. Attendees included Mrs Homer Martin, Mrs Gygax, Mrs Overholt, Mrs Harold Shadle, Mrs Chester A Roush, Mrs E H Denham of Belle, Mrs Ora P Biddle and Mrs Sprenger.
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Point Pleasant
George Springer
Fourth St
George Overholt
Bess Gygax
Homer Martin
Gygax
Overholt
Harold Shadle
Chester A. Roush
E. H. Denham
Belle
Ora P. Biddle
Sprenger
Sweet Corn Demand Is Heavy in Mason
Mason County farmers produced a record crop of sweet corn this year yet demand for roasting ears remains strong. With no sweet corn available, dealers in Hunting ton and Charleston are buying field corn, paying as high as 25 cents a dozen in the field, per John A. Blain of Gallipolis Ferry. Mrs. Dewey Kay of English Court was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital in Parkersburg on Thursday for surgical treatment.
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Mason County
Huntington
Charleston
John A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Hospital Point Pleasant
Dewey Kay
English Court
St. Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Eer
Social Notes from Pt. Pleasant Update
Aviation Cadet Robert P Harper USNR arrived from Corpus Christi Texas for a ten day leave to visit his parents Mr and Mrs R P Harper 905 Vi and St Peter H Steenbergen and Ham lilton A Johnson local and Charles Steenbergen of Lexington Ky are vacationing in Canada to fish Will Boggess of Aust Mason County visits sister Mrs J S Roush of Le Start Route 2 and relatives Mrs Talmadge Lee and son Bob of Charleston guests of Robert S Gibbs and family Jackson Ave Miss Virginia Ott returns home after visiting Miss Betty Lewis in Charleston Road Mr and Mrs George Smith Childs and daughter Nancy of McKeesport Pa spend week with his father George E Childs High St and relatives and friends here Mr and Mrs A B Hilton of Columbus OH who have been visiting return home Miss Ta Jean Hayman of Leon visits Denver Knapp 1506 Kanawha St Miss Betty Burdette employed in Charleston spends weekend with aunt Mrs Eunice Beller Twenty first St Miss Mary Lynn Hogg of Chicago Ill is guest of aunts Mr and Mrs Clay Hite and Mrs ionn H Hutchinson visit Frank Hite in Covington Va then Delaware beach Mr and Mrs Robert Vickers and family Fallensbee visit Albert Sayers Jericho Road Jimmy Eads son of Mr and Mrs Oral Eads visits uncle Aunt Walter Crooks Middleport O Jimmy Eads to visit Okey E Bird Miss Pauline Whetsell and brother Harry Whetsell Detroit arrive weekend to spend days with parents Will C Bird Jefferson Blvd Mrs J A Gardner Charleston Road ill then improved.
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Corpus Christi
Texas
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St. Peter
le Start
Talmadge Lee
Bob
Charleston
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Jackson Ave
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Charleston Road
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Athens
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Leon
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Ruth
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Niagara Falls
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Twenty-first
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Chiscago
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Donald Coe
Viand St
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Ionn H. Hutchinson
Frank Hite
Covlington
Delajware
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Fallensbee
Will C. Bird
Jefferson Blvd
J. A. Gardner
Miss Flo Anne Jackson Weds Pearl H. Riffle Jr in Point Pleasant
Miss Flo Anne Jackson and Pearl H. Riffle Jr. married at Heights United Brethren Church on Wednesday evening August 21 in Point Pleasant. The bride wore aqua street length. attendants included the bride's grandmother from Joplin and the bridegroom's mother. The groom, a Point Pleasant native and Navy coxswain, recently discharged, and the couple reside at 2313 Jefferson Avenue with the bride's parents.
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Roy C. Jackson
Jeffer
Son Ave
Flo Anne Jackson
Pearl H.riffle
Pearl Riffle
Heights United Brethren Church
F. H. Capehart
Odolet Hogan
Joplin
Pearl Biffle
Riffle
United States Navy
Armed Forces
Jefferson Ave
Hayride and Wiener Roast Held for Local Friends
In POINT PLEASANT Misses Annabel and Wanda Lee hosted a Wednesday evening hayride and wiener roast for friends. Guests gathered at the Lee home on Jefferson Blvd at 7:30, rode a hay-filled truck to the recreation center south of Kanawha, and sang around the fire into the night. Attendees included Betty Poling, Maxine Yost, Lenora Jividen, and others, with Bobby Woods, Willian Wilson, Rush Krodel, and Charles Stephens among the men present.
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Annabel
Wanda Lee
Lee
Jefferson Blvd
Kanawha
Betty Poling
Maxine Yost
Lenora Jividen
Vivian Knapp
Local Market Sold to Middleport Man
J. S. Dun can has sold his grocery and meat market at 28 Main St to Mr. Bradbury of Middleport. Dun can, a war veteran, bought and ran H. G. Nease grocery after discharge this year. His declining health is given as the reason for the sale.
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Point Pleasant
J. S. Duncan
Main St
Bradbury
Middleport
Duncan
H. G. Nease
Man Guilty Of Non-Support In Mason County
Charles Woodall, brought from Columbus by Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison, was arraigned on a non support charge. He was found guilty in a local magistrate court and jailed for one year for failure to post bond. He must pay his wife Shirley Woodall $600 for Jan 1 1945 to Sept 1 1946 at $30 monthly and bond future payments until three children aged 15 reach 16.
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Charles Woodall
Toral Morrison
Columbus
Mason County
Shirley Woodall
Union District
Warrant Withdrawn On Motion of Wife
A non support warrant for Emmett Elias of New Haven, arrested under the charge, was withdrawn Thursday by a local magistrate upon motion of his wife. Two other cases against Elias for assault and battery and intoxication were continued to August 31.
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Point Pleasant
Emmett Elias
New Haven
Elias
Divorce action entered in circuit court at Point Pleasant
Margaret Hickman of Point Pleasant filed suit for divorce against Brady Hickman in circuit court on Thursday charging cruelty. They wed in 1942 and separated a month ago. They have one child, Connie Jo, age three.
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Circuit Court
Margaret Hickman
Brady Hickman
Connie Jo
Divorce Hearing News Awaits Report to Judge
Divorce hearings open with Commissioner Bardin saying no findings report will be ready until after submission to Judge Mil ler at the September circuit term. Emma Burnside, deputy county clerk, moved to St Albans to recover at her daughter’s home after ambulance transport to Holzer Hospital. Morris K. Miller, Appalachian Electric Power Co. special clerk, relapsed from a nervous attack and remains under physician care.
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William H. Bardin
Lewis H. Miller
Circuit Court
Emma Burnside
Holzer Hospital
Chautauqua Lake
St. Albans
Andrew Leishman
Morris K. Miller
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Hospital Notes of Gallia Area Gallipolis
The Gallia area hospital notes list admissions on Thursday and Wednesday at Holzer Hospital in Gallipolis. Names include Clyde Dowell, Mrs. George Channell, Mrs. Pauline Johnson, Mrs. Arthur Keesee, Mrs. Luther Lemley, Mrs. Paul Skidmore, Mrs. Gordon Reed, Mrs. E. W. Wines, Mrs. Ada Rosener, Ann Bowman, and others. Discharges include Clarence Myers, James Para, Danny Wigener, Harry Nicholas, Mrs. Gordon Stewart, Mrs. Bayard Murdock with infant Cor a Root, Mrs. Howard Smith, and Mrs. Frank Christ.
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Holzer Hospital
Clyde Dowell
South Side
George Channell
Jackson
Pauline Johnson
McArthur
Arthur Keesee
Vinton
Luther Lemley
Cheshire
Paul Skidmore
Gordon Reed
E. W. Wines
Ada Rosener
Ann Bowman
Clarence Myers
James Para
Danny Wigener
Harry Nicholas
Gordon Stewart
Bayard Murdock
Cora Root
Howard Smith
Frank Christ
Gallia Land Deeds Listed In Gallia County
Gallia County real estate transfers include Alice Shauer and Calvin Blaine to Lucille Myers for part of 100a Jot 521 in Gallipolis. French City Improvement Company to Harold W Wetherholt for Jot 28 Hedgewood Subdivision. Hedgewood Subdivision Lot 29 transfer from an unnamed company to L H Wicksline in Gallipolis. Essie Bibble to Howard C McCormick for 30.46 acres in Raccoon Township.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Alice Shauer
Calvin Blaine
Lucille Myers
French City Improvement Company
Harold W. Wetherholt
Hedgewood
L. H. Wicksline
Essie Bibble
Howard C. McCormick
Raccoon Township
Weather unsettled in Gallipolis with Thursday storms
Gallipolis experienced variable weather as clouds gathered in the afternoon and rain and wind moved into the valley around 4 PM. Temperatures fell from a high near 81 to about 68, following a cool morning that reached 38 degrees.
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Gallipolis
Two West Virginia Men Arrested Fined
Gallia County deputies arrested Jack Tooley of Point Pleasant and Charles Welch Bell of W Va for fighting at Kanauga Wednesday night. They were arraigned in Municipal Court Thursday and fined $10 plus costs each.
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Jack Tooley
Point Pleasant
Charles Welch
Bell
W. Va
Gallie County
Kanauga
Four Births Recorded at Holzer Hospital
Gallipolis report lists four births at Holzer Hospital on Thursday. All were boys, including sons of Gordon Stewart and wife of Mercerville, a son to an unnamed couple of Gallipolis, a son to Paul Skidmore and wife, and a son to George Reed and wife of Jackson.
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Holzer Hospital
Gordon Stewart
Mercerville
E. W. Wines
Cheshire
Paul
Skidmore
George Reed
Jack
Second Ward Edges Legion In 3 2 Softball Win
Second Ward tops Legion 3 to 2 at Pomeroy Junior High Field. Stivers won on the mound with a three hit effort while Dusty Durst allowed seven hits. The victory breaks a four way tie for first in the league standings with Second Ward, Blue and Grey, and Chester atop the schedule.
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Second Ward
Pomeroy Junior High
Middleport Legion
Pomeroy Bend
Wardmen
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McKenzie
Talilies
Arnold
Joe Weyersmiller
Arnold and Weyersmiller
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Arms
Clatworthy
Charlie Kapteina
Stivers
Dusty Durst
Middles
Port Legion
Syracuse
Blue & Grey
Chesiter
Victory Club Meets At Conde Residence
The Victory Club met at Blanche Conde's home Tuesday evening with Elizabeth Stewart of Minersville as assistant hostess. Fourteen members attended. After a business session, games were played and refreshments were served. The next meeting is planned for Sept. 3 with a chicken supper at Edith Hood's home in Minersville.
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Victory Club
Blanche Conde
Elizabeth Stewart
Minersville
Edith Hood
Markets Signal Mixed Strength From Opening Bids
New York stocks rise modestly as bids prop markets amid slight easing of foreign pension sales. In Cincinnati, livestock markets show gains across cattle hogs and sheep with varied price movements and robust early activity.
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