Moose Gift Demonstrates Iron Lung at Mason County Jail
About 50 people attended in the Mason County Courtroom for a demonstration of the iron lung presented to Mason County by the Loyal Order of Moose. Mayor Krodel and Sheriff Hesson accepted the gift, noting its life saving potential and availability at all times in Point Pleasant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Mason County
Loyal Order of Moose
John Clay Hutchinson
Lodge
William Machier
B. Walter Krodel
Ernest Hesson
Krod
Boy Scouts of America
E. McElfresh
Frank Long
Dorothy Watkins
Sybel Pryor
Pauline Anderson
Bertha Condee
Dorothy Crandall
Johnb. Spriggle
State Health Department
Change in School Laws Sets Board Term Dates
Mrs. John William Steenbergen, county superintendent, notes a 1945 legislative change to school laws. Board terms now expire on January 1 after elections, not July 1, with staggered elections in 1946, 1948, and 1950 for six-year terms, then as terms expire.
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Point Pleasant
John William Steenbergen
River Levels Rise Slowly After Heavy Rain
The Ohio River at Point Pleasant stood at 25.8 feet Wednesday evening, up three feet during the day. Weather observer E. C. Winger reported a slow rise expected for the next 36 hours as heavy rain swollen side streams and rainfall continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Ohio River
E. C. Winger
Pt Pleasant Personal Notes Highlight Weekend Visits
Mrs Anna Lee Talman of Charleston visited her father C G P Musgrave on Viand Street. Attorney William B Hoge of Columbus stayed with his mother Mrs C E Hogg and visited her patient at a local hospital. Donald Coe of New York City joined his wife at the Hoggs home for the weekend. Mrs John C Franklin toured Cincinnati business district earlier in the week. Mrs S T Chadwick of Huntington spent the week with Mrs W H Morgan on Main Street. G G Patterson left for Florida to join Bartow Jones vacationing there. Mrs Charles Sheline and her infant were moved from Point Clinic to Upper Main Street home by Arnett’s ambulance Tuesday. Mr and Mrs J C Nottingham of Sharon PA visited George H Overholt on Ohio River Road. they were en route to Florida. Mrs Leroy Daugherty and infant were moved from the Point Clinic to Hickory Chapel home by Arnett’s ambulance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anna Lee Talman
Charleston
C. G. P. Musgrave
Viand St
Wiliam B. Hoge
Columbus
C. E. Hogg
Cincinnati
S. T. Chadwick
Huntington
W. H. Morgan
Main St
J. C. Nottingham
Sharon
George H. Overholt
Ohio River Road
Nottinghams
Florida
Leroy Daugherty
Point Clinic
Hickory Chapel
Peter Myers Dies At Age of 77
Peter Myers age 77 died Wednesday at the home of his niece Mrs Ozie Plants of Brosia after a paralytic stroke on Feb 2 his condition remained critical. Funeral services 2 30 p m Friday at the Myers family burying ground near Elmwood Rev R G Ellis in charge burial there. He was a native of Union District and son of Andrew J and Emily Edwards Myers. Survived by brother Okey Myers Kananga Ohio and sister Mrs Matilda Priddy Rutland. The body will lie at the funeral home until the funeral hour. DIES IN CHARLESTON Mrs W J Kenny of 14th Street learns her nephew George Bibbee died in Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Peter Myers
Andrew J
Emily Edwards Myers
Okey Myers
Kananga
Matilda Priddy
Rutland, O
Conduct River Trials Russian Tug LT 823 Near Marietta
River trials were held Feb 9 and 9 for LT 823 the first of six 149 ocean going tugs Marietta Manufacturing is building for the Russian government. Soviet officials from the Washington Purchasing Commission witnessed the shake down and the vessel reportedly performed to the owners' satisfaction. A 275 26 by 11 foot hopper coal barge undergoing repairs on the Marietta marine ways had been nearly broken in two and was raised from the river with temporary bulkheads. Other marine work included docking and painting three bulk oil barges and repairs on a tank barge carrying special cargo.
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Point Pleasant
Marietta Manufacturing Company
Soviet Purchasing Commission
Washington
Marietta
Harris Funeral Held in Mason City for Mrs. Harris
Hartford widow Myrtle Baumgardner Harris died Feb 10 in Parkersburg hospital at 76. She married Thomas Harris 46 years ago and was a respected member of Hartford’s Bend family. Survived by six children Carrie Harris Agnes Harris Thelma Duncan Margaretta Duncan Thomas Harris and Elmer Baumgardner. Funeral services were held in Mason City with interment at Graham Station.
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Hartford
Thomas D. Harris
Parkersburg
Thomas Harris
Myrtle Baumgardner
The
Bend
Carrie Harris
Washington
Agnes Harris
Wheeling
Thelma Duncan
Margaretta Duncan
Elmer Baumgardner
Mingo Junction
Mason
Graham Station
Veteran of Pacific Visits Mason School
Hartford Fairview School welcomed Corporal Carl J. Gibbs, recently discharged from the armed services. Gibbs served with Company K, Third Battalion, Sixth Marines, in the South Pacific and fought at Saipan, Tinian, and Okinawa. He later witnessed Nagasaki after the atomic bomb. Gibbs is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Gibbs of Letart Route 1 and gave an engaging talk to students.
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Hartford
Fairview School
Carl J. Gibbs
Armed Services
Sixth Marines
South Pacific
Saipan
Tinian
Okinawa
Nagasaki
Japan
Corporal Gibbs
Arthur Gibbs
Nurse Ridenour to Resume Marion County Post
Miss Paul ine Ridenour will return to Marion Ohio to resume duties as county health nurse about March 1. She recently came from the Pacific after serving months with the Army Nurse Corps as a lieutenant and had previously filled the position before enlisting. She visited her parents Mr and Mrs K F Ridenour in Point Pleasant and relatives in Ripley Road Point Pleasant.
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Point Pleasant
Pauline Ridenour
Pacific
Army Nurse Corps
Marion
Ridenour
K. F. Ridenour
Ripley Road
Attend Jackson Rites in Point Pleasant Funeral List
Persons from out of town attend the funeral rites for Rev. Oscar F. Jackson. Names include Mr. and Mrs. B. H. Jackson of New York City, Mr. W. A. Jackson of Los Angeles, Mrs. Elizabeth Wallace, Mr. and Mrs. T. J. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Hinton Morris, and many others from Columbus Oak Hill South Webster Lexington Portsmouth and Gallipolis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Oscar F. Jackson
B. H. Jackson
New York City
W. A. ‘Jackson
Los Angeles
Elizabeth Wallace
T. J. Jackson
Hinton Morris
Pauline Goodwin
Myrtle Reynard
Andrew Tweed
Robert Tweed
Robert Heslin
Columbus
Elizabeth Kay Jackson
Myrtle Jackson
Carrie E. Crace
Wilbur E. Crace
South Webster
Jackson
Lexington
Nora Potts
Cora Kanouse
Anna Kanouse
Oak Hill
Raymond Mittendorf
Portsmouth
Bert Hansen
Gallipolis
Farm Sale Report in Cooper District Near Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Saxser reports the sale of 111 acres in Cooper district by Oran and Ruth Schools to Hershel Durst an ex serviceman who saved his money and recently returned home. Durst operates the farm of his late father in law Jeff Eckard on Old Town Creek and Mrs Schools is a teacher in Point Pleasant schools.
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Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Sxayser
Cooper District
Oran and
Ruth Schools
Hershel Durst
Sehe 3S
Jeff Eckard
Old Town Creek
Schools
Junior High Students Approve Hot Lunches
About 250 of the 400 pupils at Junior High School are taking hot lunches supervised by Miss Garnette Tillis, the home economics instructor. The program bids fair to succeed, she says.
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Point Pleasant
Garnette Tillis
Gallipolis Social Notes Recap of Two Local Weddings
Miss Eleanor Callehan daughter of Mrs. Callehan and Neil Cooper of Urbana wed at the Jackson Christian Church in a Sunday ceremony. The bride wore a tren dress and carried a white Bible. she will reside in Urbana after he discharge from service. Also married Saturday, Miss Bessie Lee McCalla of Gallia Academy and William Henderson Gillespie at the Methodist parsonage with Rev. Westerman officiating. The bride, a Gallia Academy graduate and Holzer School nurse, will move to Columbus with her husband. Gillespie is son of Mrs. Gillespie of Rodney.
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Jackson
Eleanor Callehan
Simon Callehan
Neil Cooper
QO. B. Cooper
Urbana
Christian Church
Erma Lou Callahan
Jackson High School
Morris Store
Gallipolis
Morris
Bessie Lee McCalla
John McCalla
Mr. McCalla
William Henderson Gillespie
Methodist Parsonage
Scott Westerman
Mary
Lola Gillespie
Columbus
Earl Smith
Gillespie
Gallia Academy High School
Holzer Hospital School of Nursing
Maren
Pennsylvania Railroad
J. C. Gillespie
Rodney
Propeller Club to Host New York Exposition in May
Local Huntington members from Point Pleasant look forward to the Grand Central Palace exposition in New York City. The event, hosted by the Propeller Club of the United States and the American Merchant Marine, runs the week of May 2025 and marks the first American steamship Atlantic crossing with a May 22 Waldorf Astoria banquet hosted by the Propeller Club Port of New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
New York City
Grand Central Palace
Propeller Club of
United States
American Merchant Marine
Huntington Propeller Clan
Atlantic
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel
Propeller Club
Port of
New York
Peden Speaks at Gallia Athletic Dinner banquet
Gallipolis Down town Coaches Club filled Grace Methodist Church for its annual gridiron banquet. Don Peden of Ohio University spoke on training rules, with Clyde Mitchell hosting and Lowell Halliday presenting cups to Lonnie Safford and Vance Johnson for outstanding character and blocking.
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Gallipolis
Grace Methodist Church
Clyde Mitchell
Don Peden
Ohio University
Athens
Carl Smith
Homer Beckett
John Halliday
Charley Swanson
Marshall Boggs
George Gilmore
H. B. Thomas
Athletic Board
Carlos Bradley
Downtown Stant
Paul Jarvis
Smith
Vance Johnson
Gallia Academy High School
Dixon-Beckett
Lonnie Safford
Ito Homer Burton
Rio Grande College
Mitchell
Italy
Edwin
Pete’ McCormick
Lt. Miller Presumed Dead After Missing 1945 Mission
Gallipolis report states Lt. James E. Miller officially presumed dead after a February 1 1945 B 29 mission over Singapore. Widow Janet Miller of Hamden receives the notification. Miller born April 15 1920 in Gallipolis and survived by wife and three year old son James Michael. Also, Loren L. Stone sells home at Third and Cedar to Ecker and Myers for about $6000 as stamps on deed show.
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Gallipolis
James E. Miller
Janet Scott Miller
Hamden
Miller
India
Singapore
Lt. Miller
Lorena Fee Miller
J. Warren Miller
Rio Grande College
Janet Scott
James Michael
Loren L. Stone
Third and Cedar
Ecker and Myers
Gallipolis Juniors Meet Wellston in Tourney
Gallipolis coach Marshall Boggs leads ten junior high players to Wellston for the Southeastern Ohio Tournament first round. Gene Wetherholt starts at center with possible starters Russell Woods Jimmy Jarvis Wayne Folden and John Epple. Substitutes include Dwight Williams Chauncey Johnson Tor Poling Meri Evans.
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Gallipolis
Marshall Boggs
Wellston
Gene Wetherholt
Russell Woods
Jimmy Jarvis
Wayne Folden
John Epple
Dwight Williams
Chauncey Johnson
Tor Poling
Meri Evans
Pneumonia Threatens Mrs Stanley at Point Pleasant
Mrs Eliza beth Stanley is critically ill after a paralytic stroke with pneumonia developing. Nurses Pauline Ridener and Ruby Crandall attend her as penicillin is administered. In other notes, Paul S Thomas was elected vice president of the Tri State Area Boy Scout Council in Ashland Ky with J D Spiggle and Walden F Roush joining the board. The Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce held a routine meeting after no business was completed. Johnshall discovered gold at Sutter s Mill in 1848.
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Point Pleasant
Elizabeth Stanley
Pauline Ridenour
Ruby Crandall
Paul S. Thomas
Tri-State Area
Boy Scout Council
Ashland
J.D. Spiggle
Walden F. Roush
Chamber of Commerce
Johnshall
Sutter's Mill
California
Edith Langdon Buys Columbus Home
Gallia county report notes Mrs Edith Langdon has purchased a home in Columbus in the University district. She plans to move there in spring with her two sons Fred and Harry recently discharged from service and daughter Dorothy a graduate of Holzer Hospital School of Nursing. The family intends Ohio State University attendance.
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Gallipolis
Edith
Langdon
Columbus
Public Health Urges Diphtheria Immunization Priority
Gallia County Public Health urges pre school children to be immunized against diphtheria as it threatens an epidemic in some areas. About 1 216 Gallia County school age children have been immunized about 75 percent of those enrolled. Also notes Mrs William Smith returning home from White Plains rest home after illness and paralytic stroke, and Captain Richard M Peek arriving in Seattle from India after 18 months with the Air Force.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Department of Public Health
de- Hina County
Point Pleasant
William Smith
Ohio St
White Plains
India
Richard M. Peek
Captain Peek
Seattle
Air Force
Judge Lewis Warden Resigns as Chairman
Gallipolis reports the Republican County Executive Committee accepted the resignation of Judge Lewis C. Warden as chairman and member. John W. Howell and J. D. Miller were named co chairmen to serve until a new committee is chosen after the May primary. Beatrice Briggs of Cheshire was endorsed for reappointment as secretary of the Board of Elections and Mrs. Stanley B. Huntington for assistant secretary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallipolis
Republican County Executive Committee
Lewis C. Warden
John W. Howell
J. D. Mileler
Beatrice Briggs
Cheshire
Board of Elections
Stanley B. Huntington
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Marjorie
Reynolds
Meey ME Broadway
Fred Bradye
Falkenburg
Dakota
W. J. Kenny
14Th St
George Bibbee
Fargo
Harris
Mason City
Gallipolis Social Notes
Peden
Gallia Athletic
Downtown Coache
RB. G. Ellis
Hickory Chapel Church
Church of Christ In Christian Union
Dr. Kohl
Kohl Co
Pomeroy
Ohio
Mer
Paramount Picture
New York Film Critics
Pesan Gus
Caraven
Ruth MIX
Buzz Barton
Phantom
Rider
Edith Langdon
Columbus Home
Public Health Dept
Lewis Warden
Fertery
Santi Get
Higa Bate Dionne ‘Quints
Shosue
A- Ahie
Fine Evans Foods
Rome
Frankfurters
K. P
Dixie Maid Coffee
Pillsbury Pancake
Pillsbury
Lic
Spic & Span Gar
Campbell's
Kellogg's
Hemo Goraens
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