Service Members Listed for The Messenger Mail Call
The Messenger plans to publish military service addresses from families and personnel. Pfc. George E. Barris from Trimble, Pfc. Richard L. Bean from Athens Route 1, and Pfc. Harold G. Lewis from Nelsonville are named with unit details and APO destinations.
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the Messenger
Athens
Ohio
Barris
George E
Trimble
Pro- Barksdale Afb
Shreveport
Bean
Pfc
Richard L
Flight A
Camp Stoneman
Calif
Point Pleasant Struck By Series of Blackouts
Point Pleasant endured multiple outages as work on a new transformer at the Lakin Appalachian Electric Power substation continued. The city lost power from 10 a.m. to noon Tuesday, then again during the afternoon, and a third outage occurred at 3:22 a.m. Wednesday before restoration by 5:27 a.m. Officials said the new transformer will replace three aging units and handle the load, though residents faced food spoilage and business closures.
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Point Pleasant
Lakin
Sylvania Products Corp
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Citizens National Bank
Style Show Is Entered at Jacksons Mill
POINT PLEASANT Mason County will be represented in the annual style review to be held at Jacksons Mill Friday. First place county winner Kay Woolfit and second place Sally Lou Durst will compete with other county winners. Judging Thursday, show Friday evening. state winner goes to Chicago for the National 4-H Congress and national style contest. The national winner earns a college scholarship.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Jacksons Mill
W. C. Roberts
Kay Woolfit
Sally Lou Durst
Chicago
Groundhog Tries Civilization At Purdy Home
In Point Pleasant a woodchuck approached the door of Mr. and Mrs. D. C. Purdy on Ripley Road. The animal appeared curious, fled after being seen, then returned at the back door. Mr. Purdy trapped it in a sack and placed it in a pen, speculating the creature may be seeking civilization after leaving the ground.
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Point Pleasant
D. C. Purdy
Ripley Road
Purdys
Woodchuck
Groundhog
Purdy
Mr. Purdy
Mrs. Purdy
Mr. Groundhog
Orpha Rebekah Lodge Plans Pot Luck Picnic
Mrs. Fannie Piatt presided as noble grand over a Pt. Pleasant Rebekah session. A pot luck picnic is set for Harmon Park on Sept. 13 at 6 p.m. Attendees included Mrs. Sarah Kimbrel Mrs. Halley Eads Mrs. Gladis Durst Mrs. Kathern Derlach Mrs. Mary Wilson Mrs. Flora Myers Mrs. Margaret Dashner Mrs. Lida Gibson and Mrs. Vera Horbeck.
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Point Pleasant
Fannie Piatt
Noble Grand
Orpah Rebekah Lodge
Harmon Park
Sarah Kimbrel
Halley Eads
Gladis Durst
Kathern Derlach
Mary Wilson
Flora Myers
Margaret Dashner
Lida Gibson
Vera Horbeck
Hawkeses Travel for Son's Mesa Wedding
Mr and Mrs Emery H Hawkes leave Charleston for Mesa Arizona to attend the wedding of their son Sgt Emery M Hawkes and Miss Ivn Jean Allred. They travel with Mr and Mrs G M Scott. Hawkes has served 18 months in Arizona with the Air Force and met his bride there. After the ceremony the couple will visit Point Pleasant with plans for a honeymoon on the eastern coast.
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Emery H. Hawkes
Charleston
Mesa
Ariz
Sgt
Emery M. Hawkes
Ivn
Jean Allred
G. M. Scott
Sergeant Hawkes
Air Force
Arizona
Hawkes
Point Pleasant
Blanche Bartlett Visits in Charleston and Kroder Home Visit
Mrs Blanche Bartlett of 712 Main Street visited in Charleston on Sunday. Nicholas Kroder had a home visit on Monday.
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Blanche Bartlett
Main St
Charleston
Nicholas Kroder
River Transport Strike Halts 65 Workers in Pittsburgh
About 65 River transportation employees are idle due to a strike that began Monday in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. The National Maritime Union reports lines affected include Charles Zubic Inc Crain Bros Inc Edward F Smith Inc The Campbell Transportation Co and Coal City Towing Co with Hoy Jones of the union office making the announcement.
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Point Pleasant
Pittsburgh
Hoy Jones
National Maritime Union Office
Charles Zubic, Inc
Crain Bros., Inc
Edward F. Smith, Inc
Campbell Transportation Co
Coal City Towing Co
Fathers Invited To Grid Meeting at Point Pleasant
Fathers of Point Pleasant Big Blacks football players were invited to a senior high school meeting at 7:30 tonight. The session aims to settle remaining business before the Sept 7 opener and recruit father supporters and others who wish to help.
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Point Pleasant
Big Blacks
Twenty one Attend Committee Session at Mason County Farm
Twenty one attended the sixth meeting of the Agricultural Mobilization Committee at Ben Sayre’s farm. Farmers R C Jividen and Emmett L Badgely urged all government agencies in Mason County be consolidated under one roof for easier access. Attendees included R C Jividen, Andrew Sayre, Earl Barnett, Homer Shultz, Mary Sayre, Gail Warner, Garnet Warner, Arline Jividen, Donald Casto, Wayne Haynes, William Cain, Everett Badgley and others. representatives P E Roush Lionel Smith Jim Lewis Judson Brake chaired the session.
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Point Pleasant
Agricultural Mobilization Committee
Ben Sayre
USDA
R. C. Jiiden
Emmett L. Badgely
Mason County
R. C. Jividen
Andrew Sayre
Cecil S. Matheny
Earl L. Barnett
Homer Shultz
Mary Sayre
Launa Sayre
Gail Warner
Garnet Warner
Arline Jividen
Donald Casto
Wayne Haynes
William C. Cain
Everett L. Badgley
Infant Ronda Sue Smith Buried After Brief Life
Grave side services were held Tuesday for infant Ronda Sue Smith who died Monday afternoon after living only one and a half hours. Born at 2 30 p.m. Monday she was buried by the Rev. Donald Lockhart. She is survived by her parents Dewey F. and Lucille Taylor Smith of Ripley Road, three brothers Roy Gay and Dewey F Jr. and three sisters Gertrude Arawana Dorothy, all of Point Pleasant, and maternal grandparents Mr. and Mrs. T. E. Taylor of Athens.
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Point Pleasant
Ronda Sue Smith
Donald Lockhart
Ronda Sue
Dewey F
Lucille Taylor Smith
Ripley Road
Roy
Gay
Athens
Dewey F. Jr
Gertrude
Arawana
Dorothy
Mrs. T. E. Taylor
Social Roundup From South Bloomingville and Nearby
Mr and Mrs Harry Dennis stayed with Mr and Mrs John Starkey of Indiana for a weekend. Several families including the Notestones and Davises hosted visits in Laurelville and Columbus. Michigan and Canada trips were noted for the Shaw and Harper households, with multiple couples as guests or visitors.
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South Bloomingville
Harry Dennis
John Starkey
Indiana
Lillie Hill
Anna Davis
Jack Notestone
Edwin Notestone
J. J. Johnson
George Davis
Ey Davis
Laurelville
Betty Shaw
Ernest Hill
Columbus
Arthur White
Kalama
Clendell Reid
Jesse Starkey
Esley Davis
Freda Watters
Maxine Johnson
Evelyn Notestone
Deming Pritchard
Adelphi
Johnson
Laurel Cliff News Notes on Local Visits and Moves
Mr and Mrs Clifford Jacobs Shirley and Larry relocate to Madison West Virginia where he runs a coal mine. The Gilmore Eblin and Pearl Jacobs groups visit Columbus and attend the State Fair while Pearl Jacobs conducts business in Gallipolis. Nearby residents Brookover visit Sharp in Nelsonville and Howell kin visit Charley Howell in Columbus. Cedric Parker sends word from England about horse racing. Ruth Musser and Clifford Klein work at the Sylvania plant in Point Pleasant before Olen Rife and children visit relatives locally.
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Laurel Cliff
Clifford Jacobs
Shirley
Larry
Madison
W. Va
Jacobs
James Gilmore
Judy
Sanda
Steve Eblin
Beckie
Pearl Jacobs
Columbus
Gilmore
Eblin
Gallipolis
Lester Brookover
Theodore Sharp
Nelsonville
Pearl Parker
Cpl
Cedric Parker
England
Newbury
Marion Howell
Delores
Nancy
Howell
Charley Howell
Anna Dill
Kerri Run
Lawrence A. Smith
Oil Official Will Speak At Rotary Club Dinner
Francis C. Farley executive secretary of the West Virginia Petroleum Association will address a Rotary Club dinner business meeting tonight. His speech on good government will be illustrated by color slide film. Emery H. Hawkes, program chairman, is absent for his son Emery M. Hawkes wedding in Mesa Arizona.
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Point Pleasant
Francis C. Farley
West Virginia Petroleum Association
Rotary Club
Emery H. Hawkes
Emery M. Hawkes
Mesa
Ariz
Farm Bureau Directors Attend State Meeting at Jacksons Mill
Six Mason County Farm Bureau directors attend the annual state Farm Bureau meeting in session at Jacksons Mill. W. E. Kirk, president, left Monday for the gathering and John Kay, A. E. Sommer, Donnie Rayburn, Gerald Rood and Artie Roush departed Tuesday to join.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Farm Bureau Board
State Farm Bureau
Jacksons Mill
W. E. Kirk
John Kay
A. E. Sommer
Donnie Rayburn
Gerald Rood
Artie Roush
Divorce notices amid Athens County docket entries
Legal notices filed in Athens County Ohio include Addie Jane Greene seeking divorce from Carson T Greene on grounds of gross neglect and cruelty with a hearing set after October 14 1951. The second notice lists heirs and real estate described in two tracts in Athens County for the estate of Emma Wermer aka Emma Weethee aka Emma Wemer with administrators seeking responsive filing by late August 1951.
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Court OF Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
Addie Jane Greene
Carson T. Greene
Zephyr Hill
Rt. 1
Florida
Optum
Addie Jane ‘Greene
R. W. Finsterwald
Bernarda Shahn
Roosevelt
New Jersey
Jane Pope Fishlock
Grove Street
New York City
New York
Albert Weethee
Harry Bryson
Charles Pope
Emma Wemer
Emma L. Weethee
Emma W. Wemer
Emma Wemmer
Rees Court
Athens
D. M. Com
K. M
Jonathan Peethee
Wemer
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George Hinn
Newark
Roy Hall
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Doe
Son
Fisher
Fisher's
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S. M. IL
Farm Bureau
Anderson
South Side
Skip Dent
Chenille
M. L
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