Conservation enrollments reported in Point Pleasant
Local soil conservationist Lionel L. Smith notes several new cooperators including Julius A. Matheny Cecil S. Matheny Walter H. Hayes Madison Bowles Landis Absten Russell Null and Will V. Roush. Ten acres of contour strips were laid out for Cecil S. Matheny recently. Farmers who have requested assistance are listed.
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Point Pleasant
Lionel L. Smith
Julius A. Matheny
Cecil S. Matheny
Walter H. Hayes
Madison Bowles
Landis Absten
Russell Null
Will V. Roush
Tired Kidneys Sleepless Nights Doan's Pills Ad
Doctors warn tired kidneys disrupt sleep as kidneys filter blood invisible 15 miles of tubes. Signs include frequent scanty urination backache puffiness and headaches. Doan's Pills diuretic claim relief after 50 years of use.
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Doan
Doan’s
Seal Sale Collections Reach 8550 Mark In Point Pleasant
At the close of the second week of the Christmas Seal Sale campaign North Point Pleasant Grade School led with 7.40 dollars as Mrs. Chris Thorniley notes, and Capt. C. C. Stone along with Capt. Ralph Raike joined the band club Order of the Eastern Star. Several schools contributed.
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Point Pleasant
Chris Thorniley
Sale
C. C. Stone
Ralph Raike
Order of the Eastern Star
North Point Pleasant
Erosion Claim Highlights Lost Tillable Land in U S
Dr H H Bennett chief of the U S Soil Conservation Service says one fifth of U S tillable land is ruined for cultivation by erosion and about a third of the remainder is eroding. He notes ancestors did not know about erosion while discussing planting plans for trees.
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Mr. Smith
H. H. Bennett
U. S. Soil Conservation Service
United States
Few Fever Cases Reported by Nurse in Bend Area
County health nurse Miss Dorothea Watkins reports two or three scarlet fever cases in The Bend Area with no epidemic. Colds are common county wide. school attendance remains largely steady with about 20 absences at Central and North Point Pleasant grade schools.
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Point Pleasant
Dorothy Watkins
Bend
Central
North Point Pleasant
Services Held for W G Ramsey in Point Pleasant
William Garrison Ramsey, 83, died Tuesday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Likens in Gallipolis Ferry Route 1 after pneumonia. The body was taken to Gillispie Chapel for 2 p.m. services and burial at Rodgers Cemetery on Redmond Ridge. A Kanawha County native from the Elk River area, Ramsey had lived with the Likens for four years and had no known surviving relatives.
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Point Pleasant
William Garrison Ramsey
Joseph Likens
Gallipolis
Gillispie Chapel
Kanawha
Rodgers Cemetery
Redmond Ridge
Ramsey
Kanawha County
Elk River
Mrs. Likens
Gas Company Reorganizes at New Haven
Stockholders of the New Haven Gas Co. met on December 6 and reorganized. Directors include W. N. Hovis Mercer PA A. P. Greskovich Warren OH T. B. Roush and Ed Hoffman New Haven and W. E. Lines Racine. Officers are Hovis president Roush vice president and Harry L. Dyer secretary treasurer. A new well site is planned on the Warner Fry farm near New Haven east of town by the B and O track.
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Point Pleasant
New Haven Gas Co
W. N. Hovis
Mercer
A. P. Greskovich
Warren
Ohio
T. B. Roush
Ed Hoffman
New Haven
W. E. Lines
Racine
Hovis
Roush
Harry L. Dyer
Warner Fry Farm
B&o
Pupils to Stage Christmas Program at North Point Pleasant
North Point Pleasant PTA schedules a Christmas program by pupils in the school classroom at 7 30 p m on December 16. A playset will be presented and other features evoke the Christmas season.
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Point Pleasant
Elmer O'Grueser
North Point Pleasant Pta
Club Names Committee For Christmas Dance
Senior Woman's Club forms a committee including Mrs. J. D Swords and others to arrange a Christmas dance at the American Legion Hall on Friday evening December 26 with music by the Schadel Gill and Davidson Orchestra.
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Point Pleasant
J. D Swords
Milton L. Miller
Gail Faires
L. W. Getty
O. L. Easley
Woman's Club
American Legion Hall
Schadel, Gill and Davidson
Abe
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Jack Smith
Song
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Ellery Queen
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Henry Aldrich
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Burns & Allen
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al Jolson
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Willie Piper
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Village Store
Crime Photog
Dough
the Magazine
Family Theater
Eddie Cantor
Nbee
Lenny Herman
Earl Godwin
Abe West
Parkersburg Board of Commerce Dinner Attendee Linked to C of C Leader
G. G. Patterson, executive secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, plans to attend the 139th annual dinner of the Parkersburg Board of Commerce at the Chancellor Hotel on Thursday night. Speakers include Gen. Raymond A. Wheeler, Sen. Chapman Revercomb and Congressman Hubert Elis.
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Point *Pleasant
G. G. Patterson
Chamber of Commerce
Parkersburg Board of Commerce
Chancellor Hotel
Raymond A. Wheeler
U. S. Engineers
Chapman Revercomb
Hubert Elis
Community Notes From Blue Lake and Ohio Chapel
The Youth Fellowship of Elizabeth Chapel and of Ohio Chapel gave the church electric clocks. The Ladies Aid sent a heater to Ohio Chapel. Local residents visited relatives in Letart Falls and Columbus. Several families from Parkersburg and Pomeroy spent time with friends in the area.
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Blue Lake
Elizabeth Chapel
Youth Fellowship of
Ohio Chapel
Ladies Aid
Mrs. Julia A. Vincent Dies at 75 in Point Pleasant
Julia A. Vincent 75 died Wednesday at her daughter Mrs. Paul F. Thomas’s home on Jefferson Blvd after weeks of illness. She was widow of Rev. Edward G. Vincent and survived by daughters Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Henry Swiger and three sons, with siblings in Fairmont Washington D C and Columbus. Funeral plans set for Shinnston.
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Point Pleasant
Julia A. Vincent
Paul F. Thomas
Jefferson Blvd
Cumberland
Edward G. Vincent
Thomas
Henry Swiger
Raymond Vincent
Bridgeport
W. Va
Paul Vincent
Canada
Ralph Vincent
Baltimore
Viola Vandergrift
Fairmont
Pearl Pelltier
Washington, D
Magellan Claim of Philippine Islands and Later Colonization
The voyage of Magellan claimed the Philippine Islands for Spain in 1521. Colonization did not begin until 1565 when sustained Spanish settlement and governance started.
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Magellan
Philippine Islands
Spain
Farm Bureau Directors Chosen at Meetings
Farm Bureau directors selected Monday night in strict meetings include Gus R. Douglas Jr and Jim Cain Union district C R Osher and Milton Lewis Jr Lewis District and Donnie Rayburn and Marcus Weaver Robinson District. Meetings continue in all districts this week to elect directors. 1948 membership campaign underway with renewals at the county agent office.
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Point Pleasant
Farm Bureau
Gus R. Douglas, Jr
Jim Cain
Union
C. R. Osher
Milton Lewis
Pleasant Personalities and Local Visits Noted
Harold Shadie of Beech Hill with Attorney George G. Somerville visited Charleston on business Wednesday. Ned Jones, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bartow Jones, is ill with a severe cold. Mrs. Walter Windsor and Mrs. Nelson Park visited Huntington on Tuesday. Mrs. Leona Gold of Pomeroy visited Columbus earlier this week and planned to return today. Mrs. Bessie Gygax on Main Street has been ill but improving. Mrs. Leona Gold hosted a dinner for the Proffitts on Jefferson Boulevard. Mrs. Nolan Swackhammer of Mason City visited this week. Emory Proffitt of Marietta Manufacturing Co. is ill at home on North Main Street.
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Harold Shadie
Beech Hill
George G. Somerville
Charleston
Ned
Bartow Jones
Walter A. Windsor
Nelson A. Park
Huntington
L. K. Heiskel
Columbus
Bessie Gygax
Main St
Church Pays Fifty Dollars to School for Water Bill
The Holiness Church pastor Rev. Howard Killingsworth reports paying a $50.55 water bill to Superintendent Robert H. Ferguson of the board of education. He says faulty taps in the boys' toilet caused the charge from using the Mason City gym during cold weather.
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Point Pleasant
Howard Killingsworth
Holiness Church
Robert H. Ferguson
Board of Education
Mason City
Killingsworth
Ferguson
Leota Wolfe
Educators Attend Charleston Meeting
Superintendent Robert H Ferguson and assistant Garrett Green led a group of education staff including Mildred Chapman C H Withers Clyde Foley Milton Burdette and Mrs Harding Morrison in a Charleston conference with state department officials at Frith School on Tuesday. They discussed the hot lunch program and supervisory work.
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Point Pleasant
Robert H. Ferguson
Garrett Green
Mildred Chapman
C. H. Withers
Clyde Foley
Milton Burdette
Harding Morrison
State Department
Frith School
Charleston
Point Pleasant Births Daughter at Point Clinic
Point Clinic reports the birth of a daughter weighing six pounds eight ounces on Wednesday to Mr and Mrs William Lewis of 311 Fifth Street. She is their first child and the mother is the former Anna Louise Franklin. Mrs Erva Conrad and son Irvin Lee were discharged and go home to Glendwood. Allen Coleman, a surgical patient, was discharged to his home at Letart.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
William Lewis
Fifth St
Anna Louise Franklin
Erva Conrad
Irvin Lee
Glendwood
Allen Coleman
Letart
Birth notice for Randall Hunter's son from Parkersburg
Mr and Mrs Randall Hunter announce the birth of a son weighing seven pounds nine ounces at St Josephs Hospital Parkersburg born on Saturday in Point Pleasant placeholder text
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Point Pleasant
E Joseph's Hospital
Parkersburg
Randall Hunter
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