Fire Alarm System Suited For Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant volunteer fire department voted to seek city council approval for a fire alarm system. G. E. Godby of Huntington described a Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co. operated setup with a trunk line to City Building siren and another in the northern city, where an on duty operator would activate via a rented key instrument during alarms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
G. E. Godby
Huntington
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Co
Miss Mary Greenlee Dies at Home Here
Miss Mary Greenlee aged about 65 died Thursday at her Mt Vernon Avenue home after a brief illness. She was born near Flat Rock and lived in Point Pleasant after her parents Hezekiah and Catherine Greenlee died. Her sister Minnie Greenlee had preceded her in death, and Mary had lived alone since then. Funeral arrangements were incomplete. The piece also notes proposed fire department improvements including blue lights on the switchboard and additions of hose, tetra-chloride, lanterns, masks, waterproof coats, and gear, with councilmen investigating and reporting on department needs.
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Point Pleasant
Mary Greenlee
Mt. Vernon Ave
Miss Greenlee
Flat Rock
Hezekiah
Catherine Greenlee
Minnie Greenlee
Godby
W. #. Monroe
W.g.darst
Glenn Bonecutter
Charles Bechile
L. W. Getty
B. W. Krodel
OCD
Fall Fatal to iC R Sheline at Huntington
Charles R. Sheline, 46, marine fireman, died at St Marys Hospital Huntington at 2 15 pm after falling off a ladder into a barge. Employed on towboat Renown for Island Creek Coal Co he had been a riverrunner since boyhood. Survivors include wife Margaret McLeod two daughters Elaine McCoy Mary Alice Knight a son Charles Sheline two brothers Elza Levi Fred Harlow and three sisters Minnie Morrow Effie Snyder Jeanne Frye. Burial at Arnett Mortuary.
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Point Pleasant
Charles R. Sheline
St. Marya Hospital
Huntington
Arnett
Viand St
Sheline
Island Creek Coal Co
Mr. Sheline
Mason County
Joseph
Adeline Morrow Sheline
Henderson
Margaret McLeod
Elaine McCoy
iShoals
Mary Alice
Knight
Charles She
Une
Elza
December Church Guild Elects Officers In Pleasant Parish
Pt Pleasant Christ Church Social Notes report the December meeting of the Service Guild with a potluck luncheon and Christmas carols. Nominees for president and other officers were elected unanimously and will be inaugurated January 2. Members present include Mrs Lovell Mrs Meade and others. Also Mrs Meyer hosted the Married Ladies Bridge Club with high score prize awarded to Mrs Heiner and plans announced for the next meeting at Mrs Miller's home on Main Street.
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Point Pleasant
Christ Church Service Guild
Frank T. Cady
J. J. Lovell
William Meade
Harold E. Somerville
Howard Yerges
S. C. Moustin
Milton L. Miller
C. Wilhelm
Ora P. Biddle
Gail Faires
Walter A. Windsor
O. W. Lusher
Dewey A. Windsor
Durfee
B.M. Berry
L. H. Putz
Richard Peek
Arthur Stephan
Juliet Smith
Meyer
Robert 5. Meyer
Married Ladies Bridge Club
E. E. Heiner
Heiner
J. J.lovell
Juillet Smith
Main St
Pt Pleasent Hunters Bring Back Deer
Pt Pleasant hunters arrived home from eastern mountains with three deer. Capt G C Hite Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison Walter Rice and Landon Smith harvested six point and eight point bucks. Smith unlucky. They paraded downtown Friday morning. A Mason County party in Preston County reported good luck with Harold Carter and Tommy Harris each killing a buck. Other party members named Park Poling Casto.
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Point Pleasant
G. C. Hite
Toral Morrison
Walter Rice
Landon Smith
Morrison
Hite
Rice
Smith
Mason County
Preston County
Hive
Harold
Carter
Bellemeade
Tommy Harris
Hartford
Dennis Park
Hansel Poling
Gay Casto
Preliminary Work on IB & O Bridge Started
Kin Kincaid assistant Baltimore and Ohio trainmaster from Parkersburg said Wednesday that slag had been unloaded near Union Station for the new bridge but not much received. A catwalk on the old bridge aids workers placing slag while contractors prepare to build the south Kanawha embankment.
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Point Pleasant
E. C. Kincaid
Baltimore and Ohio
Parkersburg
Union Station
Services in Churches of Gallipolis
Churches in Gallipolis announce Sunday schedules led by First Baptist Reverend J Ed ward Hakes with 9 15 Bible School and 10:30 worship, Grace Methodist with 10 am service, Presbyterian 10 30 worship, St Peter's Episcopal 7 pm weekly with first Sunday Holy Communion at 11, Church of God 9 15 Sunday School and 10 30 worship, Nazarene 9 30 Sunday School and 7 30 worship, Paint Creek Baptist 9 15 Sunday School and 10 30 worship, John Gee Chapel A M E F noon Sunday School and 7 pm worship, Church of Christ 10 00 Bible classes and 10 45 worship.
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Gallipolis
First Baptist
J. Edward Hakes
Earl Saunders
God’s Hall of Fame
Youth For Christ
Grace Methodist
W. Scott Westerman
Church School
L. L. Lovett
Westerman
First Presbyterian
Theodore Valenti
Julia Donnally
ST Peter’s Episcopal
Charles G. Baird
Church OF God
Third Ave
H. M. Smith
Allen Baker
Church OF the Nazarene
Vernon C. Shafer
Paint Creek Baptist
L. W. Johnson
Ted Waller
County AAA To Meet In Gallia Saturday
GALLIPOLIS Gomer Richards was elected Raccoon Township's delegate to the AAA at a meeting in the Rio Grande High School building Wednesday night. He succeeds last year's delegate Willard Pete McCall as alternate to the AAA convention to be held here Saturday. Harley Thomas chairs the Raccoon Township committee with Dave Williams and Mortis Jones as members. Alternates are Herschel Winters and Wilbur Gooch. Walnut Township farmers were to meet Wednesday evening to elect their delegate and committee, but no report was obtainable Thursday. The county convention will be held Saturday morning at the Gallia County Conservation Association office, 456% Second Avenue, to select a committee to govern the Gallia County AAA farm program for 1946.
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Gallipolis
Gomer Richards
Raccoon Township
AAA
Rio Grande
Willard
Pete") McCall
Harley Thomas
Dave Williams
Mortis Jones
Herschel Winters
Wilbur Gooch
Walnut Township
Gallia County Conservation Association
Second Avenue
Highway Crash Near Bateman's Station In Gallipolis
State Patrolman P D McCreedy reported an accident on Route 35 when a semi driven by Claude Tinker of Flint Michigan failed to turn at Bateman's filling station and overturned after demolishing about forty feet of guard rail. Tinker and two companions were uninjured and continued to Flint by bus. the truck was left for repairs. Snowy roads made travel hazardous. only minor fender damage from icy conditions in the city.
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Gallipolis
P. D. McCreedy
Claude Tinker
Flint
Mich
Jackson
Bateman
Rodney
Tinker
McCreedy
Snowfall Keeps Many Gallia Students Home
Gallia city schools report 222 students absent Thursday as heavy snow and impassable roads disrupt classes. County and rural schools also slowed. Rio Grande and Cheshire hampered by snow and illness. In Gallia Academy High 56 of 475, Washington 138 of 903, Maple Shade 1140, Lincoln 480, Kananga 1245 absent. At Rio Grande 34 of 90 upper grades were out, lower grades normal. Superintendent Higgins notes weather and illness causing absences. weather observer McCormick cites 6 3 inches of snow and 1.5 inches rain/sleet.
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Dunty
Cca
Gallipolis
E. E. Higgins
B. Lewis Jones
Rio Grande
Cheshire
Vinton
D. W. Hoffee
Cheshiire School
James L. Clark
Higgins
Gallia Academy High School
Washington S
Maple Shade
Lincoln School
Kananga
Edwin McCormick
Gallia Masons Will Take Shrine Degree
Gallia Masons will be among five hundred candidates initiated by Aladdin Temple of Shriners in Columbus Friday and Saturday. Sixteen Gallipolis members are listed led by Charles Queen Amos L Adams J R Bartlett Elmer E Caldwell J W Lewis Maurice Bane Robert Richards Homer W Walter Raymond Shato W W P Cherrington Reuben G Wood Joe Donald Pollit Willard Grover Homer B Thomas Kenneth Welker Stanley A Saunders. This is the largest Gallipolis delegation ever to be initiated. W W Sigler says the local Shrine Club will reach about seventy members after the event.
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Gallipolis
Aladdin Temple of Shriners
Columbus
Charles Queen
Amos L. Adams
J. R. Bartlett
Elmer E. Caldwell
J. W. Lewis
Maurice Bane
Robert Richards
Homer W. Walter
Raymond Shato
Www. P. Cherrington
Reuben G. Wood
Joe Donald Pollit
Willard Grover
Homer B. Thomas
Kenneth Welker
Stanley A.saunders
W. W. Sigler
Shrine Club
Gallipolis Personal News Highlights
Mr and Mrs Robert Hardesty and Margaret Yeager visit Johnstown Pennsylvania where they once lived. Auditor Emmett W Slagle, Recorder Lucille Rees and Sheriff E E Hatfield attend a statewide county officials meeting in Columbus. Frank Christ D Gills and Stanley Evans couples return home from Columbus. Loren Phillips and family visit relatives in Oak Ridge Tennessee. Helen Arnold Park Central Hotel owner improves after a two week illness at Point Pleasant Clinic. James Leaper son of Police Chief Chester Leaper and Darlene Leaper returns home from two years in the Pacific aboard the Navy.
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Robert Hardesty
Margaret Yeager
Johnstown
Hardesty
Emmett W. Slagle
Lucille Rees
E. E. Hatfield
Columbus
Frank Christ
Gills
Stanley Evans
Loren Phillips
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Helen Arnold
Park Central
Point Pleasant Clinic
James Leaper
Chester Leaper
Darlene Leaper
Navy J
Pacific Area
Gallia County Fox Hunters Meet Friday at Lodge
The Gallia County Fox Hunters Association announced a meeting at their Morton Woods lodge Friday night at seven o clock. The notice appeared here on Thursday.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Fox Hunters
Imeet
Morton Woos
Local Eagles Host District Meet Delegates in Mason
Eagles lodges from Ohio and West Virginia prepare to entertain delegates in Mason on Sunday December 9 as local hosts welcome guests at the district meeting.
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Mason Point Pleasant
Ohio
West Virginia
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