Point Pleasant Editor Appointed at The Hinton Daily News
Gordon Meeker formerly of Point Pleasant has been named managing editor of The Hinton Daily News by Ogden interests. He came to Point Pleasant from Wisconsin ten years ago to edit the weekly State Gazette and later led the Moundsville Echo. He recently left the Army and is married to a local Point Pleasant woman.
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Point Pleasant
Gordon Meeker
Hinton
Ogden Interests
Meeker
Wisconsin
State Gazette
Ogden
Moundsville
Mildred Neale Delivers Lectures for Teachers in Point Pleasant
Miss Mildred Neale, from New York City, gave four demonstration lectures this week for elementary teachers in Mason County. She spoke at Senior High and Central Grade Schools in Point Pleasant on Monday and at Leon and Hartford grade schools on Tuesday. Neale represents the McMillan Publishing Company of New York.
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Point Pleasant
Mildred Neale
New York City
Mason County
Leon
Hartford
McMillan Publishing Company
New York
Campaign To Begin Saturday In Mason County Red Cross drives
Campaign to begin Saturday with chairman William Meade announcing an able Mason County wide team. A long list of assistants from Point Pleasant area and surrounding communities is named, aiming to raise about 8900 dollars for Red Cross funds.
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Athens Messenger
Mason County
Red Cross
Point Pleasant
William Meade
Funds Campaign of the Red Cross
Harry L. Dyer
New Haven
A. B. Woodrum
Clifton
Florence Rickard
Graham Station
W. T. Stone
Hartford
Evelyn Proffitt
Mason City
E. L. Younge
Kaylong
Dewey
Sayre
Arbuckle
Warren Stewart
Leon
Everett H. Bissell
Seven Mile
Earl Gerlach
Chestnut Ridge
Olin Roush
Henderson
Audrey Dabney
Arles
Ira Blain
Hogsett
Eldridge Saver
Ben Lomond
Jay Keister
Ashton
M. W. Stribling
Mercer's Bottom
Geneva Keister
Glenwood
Preston Anderson
Beech Hill
Freemont Miller
Upland
Mass
Nina Jones
Letart
Otis Young
Apple Grove
Oscar Sayre
Grimms Landing
JE. Sommer
South Side
John Tillis
Nat
Howard Smith
Ninth St
To Buy Stock in Holsteins Heads to Wisconsin and West Virginia
Diving expert Tom Mc Guffin rents today for Wisconsin to buy Holstein cows for his dairy farm at Gallipolis Ferry and will also buy cows for C R Dawley of Henderson. Dawley recently purchased 15 Holsteins.
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Foint Pleasant
Tom McGuffin
Wisconsin
Gallipolis Ferry
C. R. Dawley
Henderson
Dawley
Building of Bridge Delayed By Steel Strike
POINT PLEASANT Construction of the B and O bridge here is delayed by the steel strike. Slag supply was cut off but a small amount comes from the Wheeling district. John F. Casey Co. has suspended piling work as steel piling is unavailable since mills reopened. An additional piling order is expected soon.
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Point Pleasant
Wheeling
John F. Casey Co
Women's Club Leads County's Membership in 1945
Miss Virginia Parsons, county home demonstration agent, notes Leon Home Makers top county farm women’s clubs with 47 members representing towns and countryside. Club aims at home improvements this year. Officers include Lyda Smith president and Juanita King secretary. Meetings schedule shows several clubs hosting events through March with a joint gathering planned March 8 at First Presbyterian Church.
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Point Pleasant
Virginia Parsons
Leon Home Makers
Lyda Smith
Warren Stewart
Juanita King
Harvey Morgan
Charles Casto
George A. Rairden
Project For
Good Neighbors
Sebrell School
Anne Bailey
W. D. Stele
Washington St
Pioneer
C. F. Buckle
South Side
Niahee
Reginald Ae
Gallipolis Ferry
Mar
Rhododendron
Charles Jewell
New Haven
First Presbyterian Church
Mason Board Plans Retail Price Survey
Mason County Price Control Board will run surveys of retail prices in March. James E. McComb, chairman, announces panels will cover all retail food stores, restaurants, fertilizer retailers, and stores selling pre-ticketed low cost apparel under Maximum Price Regulation 378. Volunteers are urged to assist two hours weekly, contact Kathryn Grueser, chief clerk.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Former Convict Held For Investigation
Lissie Ellis a locally employed man was arraigned Tuesday before a local magistrate on intoxication. He pleaded guilty and was fined twenty dollars and costs and held in the county jail at the request of A Ford Winters Ripley investigator for probation and parole. Ellis said he was sent to the state prison from Logan County in 1939 for murder for a term of five to eighteen years. He was released on probation and came to Point Pleasant last September. Investigator Winters talked with Ellis and told the sheriff to hold the man until the department head reached a decision.
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Point Pleasant
Lessie Ellis
A. Ford Winters
Ripley
Department of Probation and Parole
Ellis
Logan County
Winters
Nesson
Restaurants Violate Price Regulations in Mason County
Mason County price panel assistants found two restaurants and three food stores in violation of price regulations during a February survey. James E. McComb, chairman, said violators will be asked to appear for compliance conferences to settle the administrator’s claim for overcharges.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mason County Price Control Board
James E. McComb
McComb
X Ray Examinations Offered Local Teachers
Mason County school personnel from all classes may have chest X ray examinations on Friday March 1 and Saturday morning March 2. Mrs John W Steenbergen superintendent announced the offer this morning urging teachers in particular to take advantage of the opportunity.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
John W. Steenbergen
Steenbergen
Veteran Attorney Told To Take Rest in Point Pleasant
E. J. Somerville, a longtime Point Pleasant attorney, has been ordered to cease work for a period by his physician, according to his brother George G. Somerville. He has remained active until recently.
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Point Pleasant
E. J. Somerville
George G. Somerville
Mason Tax Collection Starts March 25 at Various Sittings
Sheriff Ernest Hesson announces spring tax collection sittings from March 25 to April 2 with discounts on last half year taxes. Sittings occur across Arbuckle Cla- Henan Cologne Hartford Mason County New Haven Graham Station and other districts at local stores and post offices with deputies Morrison and Hesson coordinating north and south Kanawha areas.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Arbuckle
South Side
Shadle’s
Clen- Henin
Watterson’s
Mohr’s
B. C. Wallis
Cologne
Thomas
Union District
Jim Stone
Tribble
Nat
Waggener
West Columbia
Woodrum
Clifton
the Fountain
Mason City
Liverpool Salt and Coal
Valley City
Toral Morrison
Kanawha
Willard Hesson
Pt Pleasant Personal Notices and Visits Detail Local Moves
Local residents share news of furloughs visits and travel. Pvt Norman McBray stationed at Fort spends 13 days with parents Mr and Mrs Homer McBrayer of Std St and may be sent to Japan around March 10. Mrs Robert L Hogg and son Charles travel to Huntington then Chicago. Donald Coe leaves for Pittsburgh after funeral and may return by weekend. Mrs William Meade admitted for observation. Mrs Samuel Chadwick returns to Huntington after week with Mrs W H Morgan. Nancy Yerges and Jacqueline Windsor Ohio State students visit family. Mrs J Z Lovell plans several days with relatives in Charleston. Weekend visits include T Stribling and Lt (jg) T Stribling of Washington DC and son-in-law Lester Getzior and daughter in Columbus.
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Norman McBray
U.S. Sineer Corps
Fort
Homer McBrayer
Std
Japan
Robert L. Hogg
Charles
Huntington
Cyrus
W. van Biber
Chicago
Donald Coe
Nannie Hogg
Pittsburgh
William Meade
Holzer Hospital
Samuel Chadwick
W. H. Morgan
Main St
Missis Nancy Yerges
Jacqueline Windsor
Ohio State University
J. Z. Lovell
Charleston
T. Stribling
Washington, D. C
Lester Getzioe
Columbus
Brother and Sister In Holzer Hospital in Gallia County
Miss Caro lyn Lewis and her brother Sandy EE of Gallipolis Ferry are patients at Holzer Hospital. Friends say both are improving. Miss Lewis faces illness treatment while her brother recovers from surgery after hernia repair and then gallstone operation.
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Point Pleasant
Carolyn Lewis
Sandy EE
Gallipolis Ferry
Holzer Hospital
Lewis
No. 4 Ration Book Stl Used for Sugar
James McComb, chairman of the Mason Price Control Board, urged housewives to keep their No 4 ration book for sugar as the only rationed item remaining. He said spare stamps in Book 4 will be designated sugar stamps periodically, so the book should be retained even after Sugar Stamp 39 is used.
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Point Pleasant
James McComb
Mason Price Control Board
McComb
Runaway Is Taken At Point Pleasant
James Ed ward Starr formerly of Cincinnati is held in Mason County jail awaiting an Ohio officer from Sandusky. He was taken at his wife’s request after beating her. Starr escaped from Mansfield prison and was sent up for breaking and entering from Hamilton County.
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Point Pleasant
James Edward Starr
Cincinnati
Mason County
Ohio
Sandusky
Ashton
Ernest Hesson
Starr
Mansfield
Hamilton County
Deputy Registrars Named for Gallia County
Gallia County appoints John Phillips of 1128 Second Ave Ermel Ward of Vinton and R C Hineman of Crown City as deputy registrars of motor vehicles.
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Gallipolis
John Phillips
Second Ave
Ermel Ward
Vinton
R. C. Hineman
Crown City
Gallia County
Gallipolis Social Notes: Marian Pugh Busy with Wedding
Marian Agnes Remus Simmons wed Edward S. Pugh seaman first class in a Friday evening home ceremony read by Rev Edward H Dickinson of Rio Grande. Attendants were Helen Thomas and Alfred Simmons. Mrs Pugh to live with parents until husband’s discharge. Local society notes include honors and reports from Gallipolis, with many visits and homecomings. Lois Altman makes OSU autumn honor list.
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Gallipolis
Ray Remus Simmons
Rodney
Marian Agnes
Edward S. Pugh
United States Navy
Lafe Pugh
Dayton
Edward H. Dickinson
Rio Grande
Helen Thomas
Alfred Simmons
Pugh
Bridge Repairs Under Way on Kanawha Span
New York Central bridge crew repairs the Kanawha crossing near Point Pleasant with W. E. Davis directing. The structure was damaged weeks ago when struck by a U S Army Engineer Corps derrick boat. New ties were laid in 1945 during other work on the span.
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Point Pleasuwy
New York Central
Kanawha
W. E. Davis
U. S. ‘Engineer Corps
Court Action in Mason County Lands Suit Filed
A chancery suit in Mason County Circuit Court, by Ernest Hesson as sheriff and estate administrator of Bertha Alexander, targets 524 acres in Clendenin District to satisfy debts. Also noted is a trip by Iva and Emma Wise of Dover Apartments and their relatives to Akron, Ohio, for a family illness.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Mason County
Bertha Alexander
George Workman
Clendenin
Gallia Park Commission Plants Trees In Memory
Gallipolis park fund shows 1179.04 balance with 100 from Gallia Masonic and 103.29 from the sesquicentennial transfer. Eleven sycamores were planted on First Avenue as replacements, with oaks and other species to follow. Donations honor Merrill Niday and John Carnes, as committee members pledge more tree dedications to fallen soldiers.
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Gallipolis
Gallipolis Park
Merrill
Fred Rathburn
John Carnes
Harry J. Maddy
Viola Plymale
Leo C. Bean
Harold W. Wetherholt
V. A. Cornett Buys Office Building on Court Street
In Gallipolis William W. Sigler sold the three story brick Court Street building to V. A. Cornett. The first floor houses two business rooms one used by Mr. Cornett’s auto supply business and the state liquor store. The second floor holds two five room apartments occupied by Mrs. Dariene Leaper and the Harold Mackenzie family. The third floor is vacant though once served as a ballroom and armory used for basketball before school auditoriums were built.
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Gallipolis
William W. Sigler
Court Street
V. A Cornett
Cornett
Dariene Leaper
Harold Mackenzie
B P O E Initiates Nine New Members in Gallipolis
Gallipolis lodge B P O E held an initiation Monday night welcoming nine new members led by George B. Kratz Eugene Plymaie John J. Cooney Ir Robert Wolfe Merrill Odell Max Tawney Frank Clendenin Jr Luther C. Dayton and William J. McCormick Officers named W P Cherrington exalted ruler William Jones Rupert Trout Robert Sheets Knights C W Booth esquire A C Safford chaplain J H Bovie secretary Frank L Shaw treasurer David Pickens trustee Guards H W Dexter and Aron Davis A buffet supper followed the initiation.
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Gallipolis
Galipoulis Lodge
B.P.O.E
George B. Kratz
Eugene Plymaie
John J. Cooney
Robert Wolfe
Merrill Odell
Max ‘Tawney
A. C. Safford
J. H. Bovie
Frank L. Shaw
Davi Pickens
H. W. Dexter
Aron Davis
Boy Scout Troop Organized Here in Bidwell
Gallia County reports a Monday night meeting at Bidwell Methodist Church to organize a new Boy Scout troop. Rev Clarence Boyer named Scoutmaster. Edward McCormick and Reverend Boyer spoke. Edwin McCormicks and Bill Sprague led two carloads of Gallia County Children's Home boys to the session. Miles Epling Billy McClung and David Robinson of Gallipolis Troop 1 attended and demonstrated artificial respiration and signalling.
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Gallipolis
Bidwell
Bidwell Methodist Church
Clarence Boyer
Edward McCormick
Reverend Boyer
Edwin McCormicks
Bill Sprague
Gallia County
John E. Roush Rites on Thursday
Funeral services for John E. Roush who died Saturday at Allen Grove Wisconsin will be held Thursday at 2 p m at Eno Church The body arrived by train Tuesday afternoon and is at Wetherholt funeral home
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Gallipolis
John E. Roush
Allen Grove
Wisconsin
Eno Church
Wetherholt Funeral Home
Income Tax Experts Aid Gallia County at Post Office
Two officials from the Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue are at the Gallipolis Post Office until Friday to aid residents in filling out income tax blanks. The service aims to assist citizens with their tax forms and understanding the filing process.
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Gallipolis
Office of Collector of Internal Revenue
Funeral Services For Mrs Arnold
Gallipolis funeral services are set for Mrs George Arnold who died after a fall from a tractor while moving household goods. The Thurman Methodist Church will host the service with burial at Hill Cemetery. Survived by husband and five children Norma Betty Dolly William Arnold and Edward Thomas.
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Gallipolis
George Arnold
Holzer Hospital
Thurman Methodist Church
Hill Cemetery
Norma
Betty
Dolly
William Arnold
Edward Thomas
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