Nelsonville Minstrel Benefit Draws Full House
The Business and Professional Women's Club presented The Happy Hooligans minstrel at the Nelsonville high school auditorium to raise funds for the school milk program. Mrs Ruth Daugherty welcomed guests and introduced the cast as the high school orchestra conducted by J C Carter performed beforehand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Business & Professional Women’s Club
Ruth Daugherty
J. C. Carter
Lois Ann Robson
Columbus
Delbert McCray
Gene Powell
Rainbow Class to Meet and Present Minstrel Show
Nelsonville February meeting of the Rainbow Class at 7:30 p.m. hosted by Mrs. Carnes Hickman Adams Street. Gardner's Barbershop Quartet and Ruth Cunningham present a minstrel monologue with snappy costumes and stage effects. End Men listed include Jessie Shafer Margaret Kern Pearl Hartley and others as part of a clever village entertainment. Production overlaps with shows in Buchtel and Chauncey and a schoolchildren matinee was held Wednesday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelsonville
Rainbow
The
Christian Church
Carnes Hickman
Adams St
Jessie Shafer
Margaret Kern
Pearl Hartley
Gay Circle
Helena Kirwin
Janis Wyatt
Helen Largent
Margaret Johnson
Mable Haffner
Treva Shaw
Buchtel
Chauncey
Meeting Aims to Form Mason County Tobacco Growers Group
A Mason County farmers meeting set for February 20 at 7 30 p m at Sunnyside Grade School in Clendenin District will organize a tobacco growers association. W C Roberts county agent notes the 1945 census shows 427 farmers produced tobacco worth 205 000 on about 450 acres yielding over 1 000 pounds per acre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Sunnyside
Clendenin
Mason County
Roberts
Mr. Roberts
Southern States Cooperative
Official Scores Beer Tax Plan
George A. Rairden of Leon a former Mason County delegate opposes a two cent per bottle beer tax for school revenue. He argues brewers would welcome the levy as it would stabilize the business and reduce opposition to beer sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
George A. Rairden
Leon
House of Delegates
Mason County
Rairden
Mrs. Mary Knapp Dies at 84 in Leon
Mrs. Mary E. Knapp, 84, died Wednesday at her daughter’s home in Leon. Survived by son Denver of Point Pleasant and six daughters including Louise Adkins of Leon. Funeral services set for Friday at 2 p.m. at the Atkins residence in Leon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mary E. Knapp
Louise Adkins
Leon
Denver
Adkins
Warren Burns
John Rariden
Guy Burdette
E. M. Bourne
Charleston
C. H. Jones
Middleport
Atkins
Farm Credit Meeting Attended by Local Official
Miss Hellems, in charge of the Baltimore federal land bank local office, attended a meeting of farm credit agencies in Ripley on Wednesday. The event gathered officials from Farm Credit agencies across the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farm Credit Meeting
Point Pleasant
Mary Hellems
Ripley
Miss Hellems
Federal Land Bank of Baltimore
Peacetime Draft Protest by Antioch Vets
Six World War II veterans and An tioch College students mailed draft cards to Speaker Joseph W. Martin in Washington to protest peacetime conscription. They described the plan as an attack on civil liberties and vowed to oppose it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yellow Springs
Antioch College
Joseph W. Martin
House of Representatives
Washington
Martin
United States
4-H Training Class Meetings Well Attended
POINT PLEASANT The 4-H officers training schools at Wahama Mason City Junior High Point Pleasant and Sunnyside Grade School drew many club members and leaders. Attendees included Janet Ray Lois Bum garner Jimmy Roush and many others with four-H leaders Martha Howard Sibyl Knight and others assisting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Wahama
Mason City
Sunnyside
Kanawha
Janet Ray
Lois Bumgarner
Jimmy Roush
Bert Nease
Alice Nease
Gerald Marr
Barbara Stewart
Clarice Ferguson
Mary Sheets
Phyllis Sheets
Evalee Fry
Chester
Barbara Wallace
Donald Blessing
Kay Woolfitt
Betty Rader
Albert Stephens
Robert Thompson
Joe Cullen
Phyllis Trippett
Ruth Montcastle
Delores Bowen
Charlene Bryan
Peggy McCarty
Dana Nowlin
Jean Kinnaird
Eileen Ash
Tom Nibert
Mary Ann Withers
Joan Barnett
Charles Bright
Phyllis Powers
Ruby Lee Crist
Doris Jean Fisher
Lewis Powers
June Trippett
Goldie Crist
Tax Leader Selected By Governor Meadows
Clarence B. Koontz of Mullens was named state tax commissioner to replace the late George P. Alderson. Denzil Gainer of Grantsville was promoted from assistant budget director to head the budget bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Clarence B. Koontz
Mullens
Meadows
George P. Alderson
Denzil Gainer
Grantsville
Lincoln Day Dinner Draws Taft Speech in Charleston
Sheriff Ernest Hesson Prosecuting Attorney William H Bardin and George Gardner attended the Lincoln Day Dinner at the Daniel Boone Hotel Charleston Wednesday night and heard Senator Taft of Ohio speak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
William H. Bardin
George Gardner
Daniel Boone Hotel
Charleston
Senator Taft
Ohio
Two Men Fined in Gallipolis for Intoxication
Municipal Judge William Jones fined Carter Clark of Gallipolis and Homer F Crabtree of Rodney five dollars plus costs on intoxication charges. The ruling was handed down Wednesday.
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Gallipolis
William Jones
Carter
Clark
Homer F.crabtree
Rodney
Ambulance Trip Brings Supples Family Home
Mrs Harrold Supples and her infant son were discharged from Holzer Hospital and transported to their Henderson home Thursday morning by Chapman's ambulance.
Pioneer Farm Women Club details Feb. 22 sale in Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant social notes report the Pioneer Farm Women's Club met at Mrs Mervin Chapman's Viand Street home with president Mrs A E Sommer. They announced a countywide miscellaneous sale in Point Pleasant on February 22 to support club treasuries and the recreation center fund. A March of Dimes gift was voted. Guest speaker Mrs P E Burt spoke on Our Father's Business.
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Point Pleasant
Pioneer Farm Women’s Club
Mervin Chapman
Viand St
A. E. Sommer
South Side
Treasuries
P. E. Burt
Frances Sterrett
Jerry Atkison
Walter Sommer
Goldie Nystrom
C. E. McCulloch
Chapman
Burr
W. F. Harless
Madison
Otho Blain
Beech Hill
Atkison
H. J. Barr
Madge Byus
G. E. Byus
B. O. Blain
C. F. Buckle
Robert Durst
John A. Kay
McCulloch
Frances and
Rose Sterrett
Madison Woman Visited By Family Across State Lines
Mrs. W. F. Harless of Madison is staying with her mother Mrs. John A. Kay and sister Mrs. Eugene Sterrett on South Side. Guests include her brother and his wife Mr. and Mrs. G. T. West of Huntington and his brother Dr. H. S. Barr and son Bradford Barr of Charleston, visiting Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Barr on Jackson Ave.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. F. Harless
Madison
John A. Kay
Eugene Sterrett
South Side
Hugh J. Barr
Jackson Ave
G. T. West
Huntington
H. S. Barr
Bradford Barr
Charleston
Valentine Party Slated For Baptist Students
Mrs. H. J. Barr Mrs. Everett McCartney and Mrs. Stuart Burdette will host a Valentine party Thursday at 7 p m in the parlor of Main St Baptist Church. The guests will be pupils from the junior department of the Sunday School. Refreshments will be served.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
H. J. Barr
Everett McCartney
Stuart Burdette
Main St., Baptist Church
Chemical Firm May Institute New Methods
The Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp has taken options on coal lands in Putnam and Mason Counties and now owns thousands of acres on the Kanawha River north side. The company studied extracting chemicals from smoke or fumes and may apply underground coal burning methods, a concept reportedly used in the South and in Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
The
Messenger
Putnam
Mason Counties
Carbide and Carbon Chemicals Corp
Kanawha
Russia
Trucks Carrying Deer Arrive From Wisconsin
Two trucks delivered 26 deer from Wisconsin to Point Pleasant. Toll collector ey Boggess said the deer would be released in eastern state mountains as part of the conservation commission restocking program for game animals birds and fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Wisconsin
Silver Bridge
Ey Boggess
Conservation Commission
Navy Quotas Hiked Claims Easier Enlistment Choices
Recruiter J B Underwood CTM USN will be at the Navy Recruiting Station in the post office at POINT PLEASANT on Friday. He said there are many vacancies for young men and the recent quota lift makes it easy to pick a trade while in service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
J. B. Underwood
CTM
USN
Navy
Underwood
Store Ownership Change at Gallipolis Ferry
POINT PLEASANT Blain Lee Blain sells his Gallipolis Ferry store to Blain Mohr son of Mrs Stella Mohr of Gallipolis. The seller retires for health reasons.
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Point Pleasant
Lee Blain
Gallipolis Ferry
Blain Mohr
Stella Mohr
Gallipolis
Blain
Don't FASt Slippin LSE TEETH Advertisement
An advertisement promotes FASTEETH powder to sprinkle on dentures to prevent slipping while talking eating laughing or sneezing. It claims the alkaline formula provides a secure fit with no gummy taste or texture and urges purchase at any drug store.
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Raymond Vanselous
H. C. Williamson
Mission Circle
Women’s Mission
St. Baptist Church
Garrett Green
Home Mission
Barr
Richard Thomas
Emma McCassey
June Houghton
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Hattie Jordan
Road Master Bikes
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