Holzer to Cut Ribbon for Bridge Freeing at Point Pleasant
Dr Charles E Holzer Sr will be invited to cut the ribbon on the Silver Bridge freeing ceremony set for 2 pm December 31 in Point Pleasant West Virginia. The event marks the bridge built by Walter Windsor and financed by the West Virginia Ohio River Bridge Co with caravan arrivals from Gallipolis and Point Pleasant and traffic restrictions by state police.
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Point Pleasant
Charles E. Holzer
iBilver
Warren T. King
Ohio
West Virginia
Polmt Pleasant
Gallipolis
Ake
Holzer
Final details set for Point Pleasant Chamber dinner
Warren T. King finalizes plans for the annual Chamber of Commerce meeting and banquet on January 14 at the Moose Home. More than 200 members and guests expected. Clem D. Johnston of Roanoke Va. will speak on chamber work. 1952 officers to be announced. roast turkey dinner at 6 30 p.m. The note about radio telephone links US with 88 countries appears accidental.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Warren T. King
Moose Home
Clem D. Johnston
Roanoke
Frost Bite Victim Goes To Hospital
Benjamin Hall, 74, of Henderson, was admitted to Holzer Hospital Tuesday after frost bite infection in feet and fingers set in from a night last week. He crawled to the house after a fall and lantern broke. doctors fear possible amputation of one foot, with the outcome to be determined after several days of treatment.
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Point Pleasant
Benjamin Hall
Henderson
Holzer Hospital
Hall
Arlin Hall
Gene Crow
New Parking Fines Enforced in Point Pleasant
Police announced a city council backed law took effect yesterday adding escalating fines for meter violations. A 25 cent fine applies if offenders appear within one hour, a $1 fine within 72 hours, and $20 after 72 hours with several new meters installed.
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Point Pleasant
Route 17 Improvement Scheduled
More than 180000 will be spent to improve a five mile stretch of Route 17 between Henderson and Couch. W L Smith, Mason County state road department superintendent, estimates the project will reroute the road to remove a bad slip and a dangerous curve at the Coast Guard base Lock Eleven. Crews blast the hillside south of the Kanawha River and under drain pipes have been installed. surfacing will follow next spring weather permitting.
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Point Pleasant
Henderson
Couch
W. L. Smith
State Road Department
Mason County
State Department of Highways
Coast Guard
Kanawha River
Smith
Ferguson On Radio Ferguson On Radio
Jim Ferguson of Point Pleasant and West Virginia University pre law student appeared on a Huntington radio program about the university and its activities. The WVU 1951 goodwill team and Jim highlighted campus roles including Beta Theta Pi secretary Kappa Kappa Psi president Homecoming chair and cast member in The Red Mill. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Robert Ferguson of Park Drive.
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Point Pleasant
Jim Ferguson
Point Pleaaant
West Virginia University
West Virginia
Huntington
WVU
Jim
Beta Theta Pi
Kappa Kappa Psi
Victor Herbert
University
Mountaineer
Robert Ferguson
Park Drive
Judge Waives Three Day Wait For Marriage License
Judge Lewis H. Miller waived the three day wait for a marriage license for John R. Carter 21 of Pliny and Emily Anne Saunders 21 of Apple Grove. Other Mason County licenses include Jabez Beard 30 and Agnes Beaver 23. Dorsey Roush 21 and Carol Williams 16. Donald Fowler 21 and Mildred Bass 22. Marion Ohlinger 19 and Coraletta Faudree 19. James Sprouse Jr. 22 in the armed forces and Virginia Harrah 16. Addra Bright 21 and Sylvia Bartrum 22. Junior Tucker 22 and Hazel Gordon 21. Also noted: Library of Congress manuscripts in air conditioned vaults and the Duke of York opening Australia’s Parliament on May 9 1901.
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Point Pleasant
Lewis H. Miller
John R. Carter
Pliny
Emily Anne Saunders
Apple Grove
Mason County
Jabez Thomas Beard
South Side
Agnes Almena Beaver
Leon
Dorsey Richard Roush
Letart
Carol Virginia Williams
New Haven
Donald Lonzo Fowler
West Columbia
Mildred Bass
Marion Kenneth Ohlinger
Coraletta Francis Faudree
Henderson
James Monroe Sprouse, Jr
Armed Forces
Virginia
Frances Harrah
Addra Elmer Bright
Marion
Ohio
Sylvia Annalee Bartrum
Junior Tucker
Grimms Landing
Hazel Gordon
Arnbuckle
Pleasant Point social notes list Christmas visitors and travelers
A long Christmas season note lists numerous Point Pleasant residents and relatives visiting in Charleston Huntington Glen Ellyn and other towns. It records holiday guests from Bucyrus Ohio Camp Conley and Weirton among others and notes soldiers on leave and family visits. The piece ends with a science fact about solar energy versus moonlight.
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R. D. Carnahan
Bucyrus
Ohio
Elmer Grueser
Camp Conley
Stella Grueser
Pomeroy
Della Carnahan
Flaxx
Fla
Kay
Keith Grueser
Grover Childress
Dickie
James
Charleston
Leon Thompson
Marlene
Tommy
McCullough Rd
D. C. Thompson
Huntington
Thompson
C. W. Adkins
William Keck
Billy
Raymond Welhelm
Point Pleasant
Robert Durbin
David
Lyn
Howard E. Duncam
Viand St
G. F. Durbin
Leslie Bright
Rose Mary
Aaron Bright
Henderson
Orman Bright
H. E. Bright
Ambrosia
Edison Baxter
Columbus
Everett Bissell
Charleston Rd
Billy German
Indiantown Gap
Lucy Rollins
Stella German
Second St
Heber Riffle
Canada
H. B. Riffle
Fred Blake
Burdette
Raymond Gibson
Main St
Emerson Wilson
Weirton
Wilson
Jackie Jewell
Joseph Jewell
Jefferson Ave
Alexander McCausland
Roanoke
John McCausland
Ernest Riffle
Frank Riffle
Barberton
Elmore Mossman
Indianapolis
Jessie Mossman
Sixth St
Justin Johnson
Birth Announcement for Carrie Sue in Gallipolis Ferry
Mrs. Dallas Roe of Gallipolis Ferry welcomes a daughter named Carrie Sue.
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Dallas Roe
Gallipolis Ferry
Carrie Sue
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Athens
Magic Carpet
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Library of Congress
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Sue
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Janet
Karem
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Charleston Road
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Joshua
Mt. Vernon Ave
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Wanda Couch
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Keesler Field
Tommy Holland
Romania Thomas
R. G. Holland
Athens-Ohio
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