Minersville WSCS Meets Elects Officers
The WSCS held a Jan 29 meeting with 18 members and guests including Rev and Mrs E L Miller. Officers chosen for the year are President Ethel Stewart, Vice President Linnie Pummel, Treasurer Zana Withrow, Secretary Mildred Phillips.
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Minersville
WSCS
E. L. Miller
Ethel Stewart
Linnie Pummel
Zana Withrow
Mildred Phillips
Fanny Phillips
Doris Grueser
Margaret Thomas
Mert Wiggins
Denner Roush
Holzer Hospital
Helen Roush
Laura Hayman
Cleveland
Fred Briggaire
Myrtle Watson
Herman Grueser
Gene Forbes
Forest Run Garden Club
Richard
Hugh Daniels
Brenda
Harry Bailey
Francis Lightfoot
John Custer
John
Linnie Rummel
Jacksonville
Lulu Mills
Chester Roush
Jimmy Hayman
Columbus
Hayes Roush
Donna Rea
Erb
Pomeroy
Chemical Industry Moves Downstream Toward Mason County
Diamond Alkali Co of Pittsburgh has bought 1 756 acres of the Eleanor subsistence housing project near Red House Putnam County and a adjoining 300 acres east of A J Wilkinson Huntington. Officials expect Eleanor plant within 18 months though no construction plans were released. The firm, a large soda ash chlorine and caustic soda maker, could employ 250 to 300 workers when completed. War Assets Administration netted 76667 50 for the property, about 10 000 more than the Gallipolis Ferry bid.
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Point Pleasant
Kanawha
Mason County
Gauley Bridge
Diamond Alkali Co
Pittsburgh
Red House
Putnam County
Mason- Putnam
A. J. Wilkinson
Huntington
Charles FE. Hodges
Charleston Chamber of Commerce
Eleanor
War Assets Administration
John E. Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Vacating portions of State Highway No. 156 in Athens County
Legal notice details the vacating of sections of State Highway 156 in Town 5 North Range 13 West Canaan Township Athens County Ohio due to realignment of Route 154. It orders publication and service to adjoining property owners and sets a March 14 1947 deadline for filing compensation claims with the Department of Highways. The notice also records probate actions involving the estate of Mattie E. Goodson and notices to related parties in Chauncey Village Ohio.
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Athens County
Ohio
Athens- Hockingport
Athene County
Range 13
Canaan Township
Athens-Hockingport
George Maxwell
Charles A. Ferguson
Department of Highways
Muskingum Drive
Marietta
General Code of
Murray D. Shaffer
Journal of the Director of Highways
M: Te
James Hale McMillian
Warren R. Hale, Jr
Third Avenue
Plattsmouth
Nebraska
M. D. Hughes
Mattie E. Goodson
Chauncey
K. & M. R. R. Company
New York Central Railroad
M. E. Church
K. & M. R. RR. Company
Main Street
R. & M. R. R. Company
Said Street
M. EB
James McKitrick
M. E
Weather and local land plans hint at Mason County chemical project
A cold spell gives a record 3 below zero in Point Pleasant with seven above later. Mrs. Ferguson recalls six below in Webster Springs. Local figures and landowners including Blain plan subdividing 300 acres of Kanawha River bottom land into five to ten acre farms. A large chemical firm holds options on Buffalo land near Mason County, suggesting early chemical development locally.
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Point Pleasant
Robert H. Ferguson
W. H. McCutcheon
Webster Springs
Himself
Sandy Lewis
Gallipolis Ferry
W. A. Lee
Gallipolis
A. Vaughn
Putnam County
Mr. Blain
Mason County
Buffalo
Mason Border
H F McDermitt Dies at Home in Point Pleasant
Harry Frank McDermitt 74 died Saturday night at his home near Brosia on Charleston Road after a month long illness. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the Raynes funeral home with Rev. J. E. Johnston of Leon presiding. Burial will follow in the family cemetery near Brighton. He was a retired farmer, son of Hiram and Jane Anne Pullin McDermitt, and survived by his wife Minnie Whitmore McDermitt, a sister Lottie Whittington, a brother Odus McDermitt, and several nephews and nieces. He was a member of Brighton Methodist Church.
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Point Pleasant
Harry Frank McDermitt
Brosia
Charleston Road
Raynes Funeral Home
J. E. Johnston
Leon
Brighton
McDermitt
Hiram
Jane Anne Pullin McDermitt
Minnie Whitmore MccDermitt
Lottie Whittington
Odus McDermitt
Brighton Methodist Church
Rabbits Stocked in Mason County Feared to Die
Point Pleasant reports conservation officials provided 68 rabbits for distribution in pairs across Mason County. Bert Dotson warned a cold spell may kill many, noting farmers can do little to protect the animals. Some residents had released 100 rabbits in New Haven and nearby areas.
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Point Pleasant
Bert Dotson
State Conservation Commission
Mason County
Veterans' Assistance To Be Explained
Frank P. Dodd deputy director of the West Virginia department of veterans affairs will visit the state employment office on Thursday February 13 to help veterans prepare applications for benefits under the G I Bill of Rights or to advise them on related rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Frank P. Dodd
West Virginia
Department of Veterans Affairs
Ambulance Transfers and Court Notices in Athens County
Ambulance trips report multiple residents moved from Point Clinic and local homes to hospitals or clinics for observation, with several taken home to Monroe Avenue and Jefferson Avenue. Notices announce executors for William D. Robinson and parole hearings for Frank Osler and Robert Stilwell, plus a divorce petition against Jack Elson Webb filed by Anna Mae Webb with court hearing set March 17, 1947. Local addresses include Kanawha Eight Mile Creek, Letart, 2403 Monroe Ave, 2101 Jefferson Ave, and The Plains Ohio.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
V. A. Rhodes
Kanawha Eight Mile Creek
Raynes
City Hospital
Spencer
Carl Neal
Monroe Ave
William King
Jefferson Ave
R. G. Ellis
Park Drive
Huntington Hospital
Chapman
Jack Elson Webb
Plains, Ohio
Albert Webb
Anna Mae Webb
Court of Common Pleas
Athens County
Ohio
John W. Bolin
Kanawha Man Nabbed In Union District
Kanawha County man Howard Edens was arrested in Union District on a grand larceny warrant from Kanawha County. Sheriff Ernest Hesson and Deputy Toral Morrison made the arrest. Edens was expected to be brought here Monday for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Howard Edens
Kanawha County
Union District
Ernest Hesson
Toral Morrison
Edens
Married Ladies Bridge Club Hosts Social at Ingleside
Mrs. Walter A. Windsor entertained the Married Ladies Bridge Club at Ingleside Thursday afternoon. T. Stribling won high score. guests included Mrs. Bartow Jones and Mrs. Ernest Kincade. Next meeting will be at Mrs. E. E. Heiner’s home at 1006 Main St before Lent.
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Walter A. Windsor
Married Ladies Bridge Club
Ingleside
T. Stribling
Bartow Jones
Ernest Kincade
D. A. Windsor
Stribling
S. C. Wilhelm
Milton L. Miller
E. E. Heiner
Main St
Mrs Steenbergen Guests at Presbyterian Luncheon
Mrs John William Steenbergen attended a luncheon hosted by her husband's parents Mr and Mrs William Steenbergen in the social rooms of First Presbyterian Church. Also present were her father Mr C G P Musgrave and her sister Mrs Clyde Tallman. The service was by members of the church women's auxiliary as the family prepares for their move to Columbia Tennessee where her husband works as a chemical engineer.
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John William Steenbergen
Columbia
Tenn
William Steenbergen
First Presbyterian Church
Steenbergen
C. G. P. Musgrave
Clyde Tallman
Woman's Auxiliary
The
Chhurch
Local Notices and Family Health Updates
Mrs Nelson A Park returns to Jackson Ave home from Holzer Hospital where she was a surgical patient. F W Ingraham head of Marietta Manufacturing Co sales, was in Charleston on business. Mrs C O Weissenburger visiting Pittsburgh, reported improving after illness. D T Wartenburg of Ninth St improved after severe illness per daughter Mrs Ross Filson. Eugene Chapman of Yardley Manufacturing Co Columbus arrived to spend weekend with his parents in Vic and St.
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Nelson A. Park
Jackson Ave
Holzer Hospital
F. W. Ingraham
Marietta Manufacturing Co
Charleston
C. O. Weissenburger
Charlotte Sayre
Pittsburgh
D. T. Wartenburg
Ninth St
Ross Filson
Eugene Chapman
Yardley Manufacturing Co
Columbus
Ohio
Mervin Chapman
Vic and St
Intoxication Charged In Three Arrests
William Turner was arrested by City Patrolmen T F Yost C E Yeager and Jerry A Rodgers for intoxication. Paul F Thomas and State Patrolman H D Coyner arrested Lester Young and John Wheeler of West Columbia on intoxication charges.
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Point Pleasant
William Turner
T. F. Yost
C. E. Yeager
Jerry A. Rodgers
Paul F. Thomas
H. D. Coyner
Lester Young
John Wheeler
West Columbia
Coal Heated Schools Likely To Open In Mason County
POINT PLEASANT Mason County schools were expected to open as usual this morning with coal heating. Schools in Kanawha Cabell and other areas using gas for heating were not expected to open until weather moderated.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Kanawha
Cabell
Deputy Collector Aids Taxpayers In Courthouse
POINT PLEASANT A deputy internal revenue collector will sit at the courthouse here on February 25 26 and 27 to assist taxpayers in preparing their income tax returns at no cost.
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Point Pleasant
Internal Revenue
Firemen Called Out in Point Pleasant Trash Fire
Volunteer fire department was called at 1 35 p m Sunday to the Musgrave Building rear 400 block Main Street where trash was burning. No damage was reported.
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Point Pleasant
Musgrave
Main St
Youth Fellowship Valentine Party at Trinity Methodist
The Youth Fellowship of Trinity Methodist Church plans a Valentine party at 7 30 p m in the church social rooms this evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Trinity Methodist Church
Grand Larceny Charged in West Virginia Case
Sheriff Ernest Hesson filed a complaint charging James P. Scruggs with grand larceny. Scruggs is jailed in Welch awaiting transfer to Mason County after a watch valued at $35 was allegedly stolen from Jess Lee Toler in the county two months ago. Deputy Toral Morrison will pursue the suspect.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
James P. Scruggs
Hesson
Scruggs
McDowell County
Welch
Mason County
Toral Morrison
Jess Lee Toler
Mrs. Carson Honored by Bashan Ladies Aid
Bashan residents gathered at the Herman Carson home for Mrs. Carson’s birthday with 24 attendees. The Official Board met at the Ralph Lee home Monday evening.
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App Young
St. Joseph Hospital
Parkersburg
Nevy
Rose
Rosa McKay
Buckeye Lake
Cora McKay
J. E. McKay
Langsville Ladies Aid quilting and local obituaries
The Langsville Ladies Aid Society met with Mrs. William Harmon for quilting and a noon potluck. William T. Miller, 84, died near Vinton on January 26 and was buried at the Vinton Methodist Church. He left a wife Ella Piper Miller two daughters Edith Hull and Elva Huntley one granddaughter Evelyn Treleven two great grandchildren Elinor Jane and Tommy Treleven plus three brothers three sisters and many relatives.
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Langsville
Ladies Aid Society
William Harmon
William T. Miller
Vinton
Vinton Methodist Church
Mr. Miller
Ella Piper Miller
Edith Hull
Elva Huntley
Evelyn Treleven
Elinor Jane
Tommy Treleven
Lewis
Ray
von Miller
Alice
Daisy
Ethel Miller
Frank Braley
Harrisburg
John Miller
Clair Nelson
Harold Miller
William Miller
Ray Miller
Charles
Ralph
Farkersburg
Alice Miller
James Crisp
Kentucky
Paul Barnes
Helen Taylor
S. G. Pickens
Charleston
Lena Pickens
West Virginia
Birth of Charlott May to Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sisson
Mr and Mrs Kenneth Sisson of Columbus announce the birth of a daughter Charlott May born January 22. Grandparents are Mr and Mrs Tom Collins of Columbus and Mrs Ollie Sisson Parker of Albany.
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Albany
Mary Porter
Athens
Perry Coe
Jess Coe
Kenneth Sisson
Columbus
Charlott May
Tom Collins
Ollie Sisson Parker
Ed Brooks
T. H. Morgan
Betty Gilham
Emmet Wingett
Lucille
Waldo Posten
Grace Bailes
Sheltering Arms Hospital
Charles Bobo
J. A. Turner
Henry Reeder
Play Seen at Columbus Point Pleasant Weekend
Mr and Mrs William H Bardin Mrs Kathryn Dyer and Mrs Ellis Overholt were in Columbus Ohio at the weekend attending a play.
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Columbus Point Pleasant
William H. Bardin
Kathryn Dyer
Ellis Overholt
Columbus
Ohio
Taft to Speak at Charleston Lincoln Day Dinner
Senator Taft of Ohio will address a Lincoln Day dinner at the Daniel Boone Hotel in Charleston Tuesday at 6 30 p m. The event is part of Lincoln birthday celebrations with Walter Hallanan introducing him. Other Lincoln Day events across West Virginia feature Revercomb and Hatfield among several national figures.
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Point Pleasant
Robert A. Taft
Ohio
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Lincoln
Republican National
Wanda Lee Nicholson Birthday Party in Clifton
Wanda Lee Nicholson celebrated her twelfth birthday with a party hosted by Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Nicholson. Guests included June Edwards Georgie Edwards Patty Riley Shirley Riley Phyllis Williams Mina Lewis Deloris Roush Betty Roush Bertha Smith Martha Henry Shirley Lyons Betty Jo Van Meter Darline Van Meter Dona June Johnson Joan Johnson Eleanor Van Meter Dorothy Blake Mickie Janet Janice Mary Nicholson and Wanda Lee Nicholson. Other items note visits and illnesses among local residents with multiple names and family connections.
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Harry Cartwright
McDonald, O
Rio Grande College Community Hall Hosts Varied Campus Events
Edward A. Wright entertained students at Community Hall as part of a campus assembly. Ota Porter visited Charleston over the weekend. Coach Sakal awarded football letters in a Thursday assembly. Ernestine Moore planned attendance at an Evangelism Clinic in Columbus. Tony Lollo visited New Lexington with Dan Trier. A student poll named Tony Lollo and Mary Couch as most popular, Warren Sheets and Dee Martin as most representative, Jerry Dosherty and Lynne Copley as best looking. Gene Murdoch will visit Hamden, and Ruth Figgatt with Moulton and Porter plan a Morgantown weekend visit to Miss Figgatt’s WVU cousin.
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Rio Grande
Edward A. Wright
Denison University
Granville
Ota Porter
Charleston
Louis J. Sakal
Ernestine Moore
St. Albans
W. Va
Columbus
Ohio Baptist Youth Fellowship
Anthony
Tony) Lollo
New Lexington
Dan Trier
Grandian
Tony Lollo
Mary Couch
Warren Sheets
Dee Martin
Jerry Dosherty
Lynne Copley
Gene Murdoch
Rio Grande College
Hamden
Lawrence Murdoch
Ruth Figgatt
Moulton
Morgantown
W. V
Miss Figgatt
University of West Virginia
Local News Notes From Crestline and Surrounding Areas
Mr and Mrs Harold Holcomb of Crestline Ohio visited his brother W R Holcomb and wife Saturday. They were with Mr and Mrs J A Turner at Albany and others from Middlefork Whitton and Pomeroy. Mrs D W Morris and Clyde brought Clayton home from Sheltering Arms Hospital where he improves after an operation. Harley B Pickett Jr of Darwin stayed with W R Holcomb and Everett Morris. Robert Molden and granddaughter Lynn Ann were in Pomeroy on business. Clyde Morris and grandparents visited Pomeroy. James Marrs of West Virginia spent weekend with his parents. John Bable visited his parents at Union Ridge. Maude Holcomb went to Albany to help care for J A Turner.
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Harley B. Pickett, Jr
Darwin
W. R. Holcomb
Everett
Robert Molden
Lynn Ann, Whittington
Pomeroy
Clyde Morris
W. M. Morris
James Morrs
West Virginia
Marrs
John Bable
Union Ridge
W. D. Bable
Maude Holcomb
Albany
J. A. Turner
Porter Porter WSCS Meeting and Local Family News
The WSCS met at the church on Wednesday with 11 members present. Hostesses were Garnet Russell and Dorothy. Weekend visitors included Nyron Halley and sons from near Marion. Several local residents were ill, and Loren Neal returned to California after attending his grandmother Mrs. William Lawless's funeral.
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Earl Saunders
Donald Cottrell
Loren Neal
California
Army
William Lawless
Walter Neal
Possum Stays for Dinner After Chickens Raid
Chattanooga police respond to burglary call and arrest a large 10 pound possum raiding a chicken house. The animal with fried potatoes added stayed for Sunday dinner at City Jailer Scott's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chattanooga
Tenn
F. E. Wiggins
R. L. Frazier
W. L. Scott
Troops To Quit Austria After Treaty Is Signed
The Big Four deputy foreign ministers agreed to withdraw all allied troops from Austria within 90 days after independence treaty is signed. They also accepted that control authority over Austria ends when the treaty comes into force, British sources report.
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London
Austria
Family Perishes in Home Fire in Ashland
Four family members died in a Sunday morning blaze that destroyed their Ashland home. Victims were Ralph S. Biddinger 36 his wife Marjorie 23 their son Jere age four and James seven months. He was a World War II veteran employed in the traffic department of F E Myers and Co.
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Ashland, CO
Ralph S. Biddinger
F. E. Myers and Bro. Co
Marjorie
Jere
James
Classified Advertising Instructions and Policies
Instructions detail how to place and respond to classified ads including blind ads obituaries and cards of thanks. It covers line counts per item per line word minimums how to handle payments deadlines and error reporting and notes about not revealing advertiser identities and acceptable submission methods.
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Cass
Cincinnati Livestock Market Report Highlights Early Trade
Hogs steady across weights with 140-160 lb at 25.25 and 250-275 lb at 25.00. Cattle activity fair with 980 lb steers at 21.50 and 1200 lb at 22.75. cows mostly 11.00-12.50, bulls to 16.00. Sheep light receipts with lambs 23.00 and some 20.00. Eggs and poultry prices listed. butter quotes given.
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Cincinnati Livestock
Cincinnati
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Washington Street
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SeaBee Outboard Motors
H. P
Eean
Chemical Industry
Mason
Putnam
Palestine
Paris
England
NEA Radio-Telephoto
Lillian Grayton
Mercury
H.F. M’dermitt
Golda L. Kasler
Roy W. Robinson
William D. Robinson
Francis D. White
Said
Frank Osler
Ohio State Reformatory
Mansfield
O.M.V.W.O.C
Ohio Pardon and Parole Commission
A. C. Forsyth
26Th Parole and Record Clerk
Robert KE. Stilwell
Ohio Ardon and Parole Commission
Union
Mrs. Steenbergen
Bashan
Mrs. Carson
Senator Taft
Clifton
Miss Nicholson
Bill Russell
Fred Lewis
Crippled Creek
John Kearns
Grantsburg
John Hoschar
Howard Hoschar
Kaylong
William. Stewart
John Talbott
Ripley
George Bardin
Isaac Lewis
Charlotte Young
Methodist Parsonage
W. H. Gearhart
Olevia Young
Canton
Marvin Young
Mack Stewart
Josephine Knopp
Fred Johnson
Carl Kearns
Kearns
Joe Kearns
Fairview
Ezra Zuspan
Middleport
Darnell
Allen Knopp
Dick Martin
Eileen Stewart
Will Russell
Harry van Meter
Ed van Meter
Point Rock
Ieee
Harris Hns
Red Men's Hall
Charter
R. C
W. E. Dicken
Outdoorsman Leather Craft Company
W. State
Harold Goddard
Bartlett
Competent—Public Accounting Service
Charles C. Randolph
Hockingport, Ohio
Bailey & Atkinson
Washington St
CHESS
W. Union
Dial
Mohawk Quality Tires
Athens Tire CO
Gerald Spurgeon
Watt Grover's
Bank
C. A. Parker
Tion
Bachman
N. Court St
Chauneley Depot
Studebaker
W. Union St
E. Dicken
William Carr
Plains
DODGE
Plymouth
Kenneth Cundiss
Syracuse
Mason City
Willliam Jewett
New Straitsville
Call
Leo Carsey
Rt. Rt
FORD
Athens Auto Parts
White’s Mill
Roy's Auto Supply
Texaco Gas & Oil
Autolite
Brown's
Richland Ave
Rosenberg
Athens Junk Co
Auto Service
Beasley
U. S
Coolville
Lodge
Will
W. A. Richardson
Marathon Gas A
E. State ST
C. A. Daugherty
Plymouth Dealer
Court St
Athens, O
Carley Bros
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