Mason County Shipyard Workers Get Holiday Back Pay
Most Marietta Manufacturing Co employees paid between June 22 1942 and Jan 11 1943 received back pay checks in a final settlement. About 1 500 checks were issued covering the period from the June 1942 strike to the January 1943 union contract. A separate note states William Henry of Gallipolis Ferry was fined for quarantine regulation violations after his child contracted scarlet fever.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Pather
William Henry
Gallipolis Ferry
Henry
Pliny Grower Reports Large Tobacco Crop
Joe Nowlin of Pliny said on business that his tobacco crop is ready for market. He estimates 1800 pounds from 1.7 acres and expects better than 50 cents per pound. His base is 1.9 acres with 2 of an acre planted under the limit.
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Point Pleasant
Joe Nowlin
Pioneer Club Meets At Mason Home For Yuletide Lunch
Mason line hosts Anna, Emma and Clara Diehl welcomed Pioneer Club members and guests on Tuesday December 14 for a Yuletide decor and dainty lunch. Members listed include Emma Robinson, Amy Jiden, Jennie Wolfe, Ida Wolf, Tillie Larue, Esta Bum Garner, Sara , Elizabeth Cooper, Margaret Bletner, Eliz beth McIntosh and Mrs Elizabeth Diehl. The club plans to meet in January at Mrs Jennie Wolf’s Main Street home.
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Mason
Pioneer Club
Anna
Emma
Clara Diehl
Emma Robinson
Amy Jiiden
Jennie Wolfe
Ida Wolf
Tillie Larue
Esta Bumgarner
Sara
Elizabeth Cooper
Margaret Bletner
Elizabeth MclIntosh
Elizabeth Diehl
Jennie Wolf
Main St
Dairy Income Rises for Point Pleasant Dairymen
A Mason County dairyman reports one day milk shipment to Charleston would yield just over 90 dollars, with several local producers noting higher monthly totals. While sales increase, dairymen warn of large feed and wage bills and the high cost of investing in buildings and registered cows.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Charleston
Attractive Christmas Window Display by Mrs Franklin
Point Pleasant notes Mrs John C Franklin created one of the prettiest shop window displays this season. Though not extravagant in lights or materials it is seen as beautiful and could have won former first prize in local competitions.
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Point Pleasant
John C. Franklin
Fire at Hartford Juhling Store Claims Smoke Incident
A. Keith McClung, store manager, was overcome by smoke while rescuing records from the burning Juhling Store in Hartford. He escaped, but the records were not saved. Point Pleasant volunteers faced extreme cold during the response, the fifth call in roughly 30 hours since Sunday afternoon.
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Point Pleasant
Keith McClung
Juhling
Hartford
Mason 4 H Clubs Hold Meetings
Mason 4 H clubs held December gatherings with candle lightings and songs at Yanger School and Peggy Lieving home. Bright Star 4 H featured a manger scene with a baby amid Silent Night as candles dimmed. The Chatterbox Club reorganized electing Eva Lee Frye president and others. Raymond Lieving led the group.
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Point Pleasant
Bright Star
Yanger School
Chatterbox Club
Peggy
Raymond Lieving
Evalee Frye
Chester Johnson
Peggy Lieving
Rosanna Frye
Jack Johnson
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Social hour followed by refreshments noted in a brief social column entry.
Perkins Interment Made at Lone Oak
Burial services for Mrs An nette Sharpe Perkins of Charleston were held at Lone Oak Cemetery. Local residents recall her days with John McGuffin on the Dr Bennett farm on Old Town Creek. A Ironton native, she had relatives in Charleston and Miami.
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Point Pleasant
Annette Sharpe Perkins
Charleston
Lone Oak
Miami
Native of Mason Invests in 800 Acres of Farm Land
C. R. Osh el, a Mason County native with 16 years in the Charleston postal service, has accumulated 800 acres of farmland north of Point Pleasant between Sand Hill Road and Hickory Chapel after several purchases.
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Point Pleasant
C. R. Oshel
Mason County
Postal Service
Charleston
Sand Hill Road
Hickory Chapel
Births and medical updates at Point Clinic
Point Clinic in Point Pleasant reports the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Carl Bryan Taylor of Henderson weighing eight pounds born Monday. A son weighing nine pounds was born to Mr and Mrs William Howard Boswell of Leon on Tuesday. Two patients underwent tonsillectomies at the clinic yesterday Serman Morgan of Leon and Virginia Dunlap local. Mrs Gladys Neal local was admitted for medical treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Point Clinic
Carl Bryan Taylor
Henderson
William Howard Boswell
Leon
Serman Morgan
Virginia Dunlap
Gladys Neal
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