Bids Sought for Mason County Courthouse Addition
Architect Bow ers and county officials reviewed plans for adding a second story to the 73 year old Mason County courthouse annex. Foundation work reached bedrock in several spots and was deemed satisfactory with no strengthening needed. The new second story will span the entire building and create a large front room above the circuit and county clerks offices to store records.
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Point Pleasant
Bowers
Frampton and Bowers
Huntington
William H. Bardin
Circuit
Fined for intoxication and appeal underway in Pleasants court
Burdell Neal was fined ten dollars and costs by a local magistrate for intoxication after his wife Marguerite Neal pressed the charge. Neal appealed to the circuit court. The piece also describes plans for a new county clerk office complex with fireproof construction, redesigned rooms, and a 210,000 budget with possible additional funds.
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Point Pleasant
Burdell Neal
Marguerite Neal
Neal
Circuit Court
County Court
Jones
John Stevens Rites To Be Held Sunday
John William Stevens of Gallipolis Ferry died at 11 50 Wednesday night in Memorial Hospital Huntington after a ten day stay. Funeral from Beale Chapel Episcopal Church at 2 PM Sunday, Rev Frank T Cady officiating, burial in chapel cemetery. Survived by two sons, four daughters, two brothers, two sisters, six grandchildren. He was a longtime Gallipolis Ferry farmer and Beale Chapel Church member.
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Point Pleasant
John William Stevens
Gallipolis Ferry
Memorial Hospital
Huntington
Arnett Mortuary
Viend St
Beale Chapel Episcopal Church
Frank T. Cady
Chapel Cemetery
Mary Forrest
Retsil, Wash
Eva Gibson
South Charleston
W. Va
George H
Benjamin E. Stevens
Atlantic
Marguerite Stevens
Stevens
Beale Chapel Church
‘am I In Kentucky Or Ohio’ Lady Asks at Point Pleasant
At Point Pleasant the Str. Gordon C. Greene anchored at the Fourth Street Wharf for an hour and a half Thursday morning as tourists wandered the city visiting monuments or shopping in local stores.
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Kentucky
Ohio
Point Pleasant
Str
Gordon C. Greene
Fourth Street
Two Gallia Children Die in Gallipolis Home Fire
The Messenger reports a fatal fire at a home on Mall Creek near Gallipolis destroying the residence of Walter Gore. Two children perished, a third is in critical condition at Holzer Hospital. A group discussion mentions the steamer route to Cincinnati and references Kentucky or Ohio.
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Gallipolis
Cincinnati
Holzer Hospital
Kentucky
Ohio
Walter Gore
Mall Creek
Services in Churches of Gallipolis
Sunday services in Gallipolis churches were announced with details of times and congregational gatherings for the Spurehes community.
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Gallipolis
Social Notes and Local Notices from Point Pleasant
Social notes record Miss Alice Frye hosting her bridge club and guest Miss Florence Krodel with Mrs. Spear high score and Miss Frye second. Many residents and relatives are listed with travels, marriages, and church notices. details include upcoming wedding of Miss Margaret Burdette to George T. Wise, of Wilmington.
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Seventh St
Florence Krodel
Raymond Spear
Miss Frye
Miss Krodel
Spear
Richard M. Peek
Charles Henry Stone
William Gygax
Harriet Lewis
Joan Jewell
Frye
Margaret Burdette
George T. Wise
Wilmington
Del
Jason T. Weissenburger
Harold Sayre
Mason Native Is Killed In Car Crash Near Charleston
Mrs An nalee Virginia Miller a Mason County native and Charleston credit manager died after the car she rode in crashed into a wall on Lock Six Road near Charleston She died at Charleston General Hospital She was the wife of U S Navy Coxswain Fred Miller and granddaughter of Mrs Mamie Wilson Farley Funeral services are set for Mt Zion Church near Flat Rock Sunday at 2 30 PM The driver was bound over to the Kanawha County grand jury without bond
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Point Pleasant
Annalee Virginia Miller
Mason County
Lock Six Road
Charleston
Charleston General Hospital
Miller
Star Clothing Company
Fred Miller
U. S. Navy
Minamie Frances Wilson Farley
Letart
Mt. Zion Church
Flat Rock
Kanawha County
Home Coming Is Held In Mason Sunday
POINT PLEASANT The annual home coming at Lock Eleven Church last Sunday drew a large crowd after morning services a basket dinner followed with talks by visitors. Attending from Huntington Parkersburg Pittsburgh London Winfield Columbus Hogsett were listed among attendees. James Melvin Waterloo C and John Harper Gallipolis Ferry waived hearing and were held to the grand jury to be impaneled Sept 4. Nibert Melvin Harper charged in bicycle thefts. all bikes recovered and returned by state police.
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Point Pleasant
Sammie Lee Doolittle
Fort Meade
Moter” Stanley
Leo Stortz
Miami
Fla
C. O. Weissenburger
Harold Sayre
Stortz
Parkersburg
Jerry A. Rodgers
Athens
C. M. Mohl
Rodgers
Charleston
Inez Barnett
Piedmont
Paul 3. Thomas
Thomas
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Cleo Vaught
Washington
Carolyn Vaught
George H. Overholt
Ohio River Road
Suzanne Rothgeb
D. W. Rothgeb
Jefferson Blvd
Walter Crooks
Middleport
John A. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Rochester
Minn
Mayo Clinic
Kerr Blain
South Side
Allen Wolfe
Pierpont, O
J. O. Shinn
North Main St
Mason County
Ohio St
William Burdette
Margaret Burdette
Columbus
Lock Eleven
W. E. Bennett
B. M. Keith
Thaddeus Fowler
William Dial
Huntington
Fred Prichard
W. M. Channel
Wilbur Spechtle
Pittsburgh
Ray Windon
London
Hugh Walker
Winfield
George Dickens
Harry Bright
Hogsett
James Melvin
Waterloo
John Harper
Marshall Wibert
Nibert
Melvin
Harper
New Street Lights Are in Operation in Point Pleasant
Fifteen street lights, approved by the city council, were lit Wednesday night in Point Pleasant. J. A. Ferrell oversaw installations on Jefferson and Jackson Avenues and in Country Club Addition. Appalachian Electric Power Company offices will move to the Rhoades Building early next week with extensive improvements to wrap up by the weekend.
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Point Pleasant
J. A. Ferrell
Jefferson and
Jackson Avennues
Country Club
Appalachian Electric Power Company
Rhoades Building
Citizens Bank Plans Liberal Loan Policy in Point Pleasant
C C Lew president of Citizens National Bank told The Messenger the bank will make loans to all applicants with reasonably good credit. He noted some risk cannot be eliminated and policies will tend toward liberal credit in the community.
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Point Pleasant
C. C. Lewis
Citizens National Bank
The
Messenger Today
Lewis
Schedule for Canning Is Announced in Gallipolis
In Gallipolis the community canning program for war reliefs in Rio Grande is announced by S H Fadely, vocational agriculture instructor. The cannery opens to the public Thursdays and specific August dates are set for Future Farmers, 4 H clubs, church groups, and others. Cans cost one cent each. processing will be done by participants, with Fadely supervising.
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Gallipolis
War Renefs
Rio Grande
S. H. Fadely
Fareau
Fadely
Young Wife Is Granted Divorce From Carl Lewis
Madeline Lewis by Fidelia Wallace sues for divorce from Carl Lewis in the U S armed forces on cruelty grounds. Custody of their three year old son awarded to the mother with defendant ordered to continue alimony for the child’s support.
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Gallipolis
Madeline Lewis
Fidelia Wallace
Carl Lewis
U. S
Employment Office Sign Missing Amid Jobless Rush
In Point Pleasant the U S employment office shows no jobs on the front window board, which has disappeared. The office remains crowded all day as people seek unemployment compensation and related help.
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Point Pleasant
U. S
Pimples Vanish Overnight With Kleerex Medicated Lotion
A claims laden ad from Athens Pharmacy Tennessee promotes Kleerex a medicated lotion that allegedly dries pimples overnight. It promises a money back guarantee if the first use does not convince and offers a price of 50 cents. The copy targets embarrassed readers claiming rapid clear skin.
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Athens Pharmacy
Court St
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