Williams College Head To Give Talk At Point Pleasant
A Point Pleasant chamber meeting MondayJanuary 14 will elect officers after a dinner for members and guests. Speakers include Fielding Lewis of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad and Marshall College president. The group highlights postwar projects and efforts to buy the West Virginia Ordnance Works plant. Elmer Grueser to head Mason County clothing drive. Layton Sayre injured in a New Year highway crash and hospitalized. Also a feature on aging demographics and a note on a candlelight tradition linked to saints day.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of
com+merce
Moose Club
Elock
Walden F. Roush
Fielding Lewis
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company
Pittsburgh
Williams
Marshall College
Huntington
Chamber of Commerce
Kanawha
Ohio River Bus Company
Sylvania Electrical Products Company
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Elmer Grueser
Mason County
Sayre
Layton Sayre
New Haven
Middleport
Holzer Hospital
Miss Janet Byers McCulloch Nuptials Spotlighted in Gallipolis
Pre nuptial luncheon held at the Lafayette Hotel in Gallipolis honored Miss Janet Byers McCulloch on her marriage to Mr Robert Alison Fel ton on New Year s Eve. Guests included Miss Annette Lewis Miss Mary Eugenia McCulloch Miss Edith Dunn Mrs Alexander McCulloch the honoree and Miss McMillan hostess. The table featured pink rosebuds and baby s breath.
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Janet Byers McCulloch
Robert Alison Felton
Retha McMillan
Charleston Road
Lafayette Hotel
Gallipolis
Annette Lewis
Mary Eugenia McCulloch
Edith Dunn
Alexander McCulloch
Miss McCulloch
Miss McMillan
Big Blacks Open Season With Wahama
Preparations for the basketball opener in Point Pleasant involve Wahama High School of Mason City visiting the Junior High School gym Friday at 7 30 p m. The Big Blacks have painted interior walls installed new wiring and switch panels outdoor lighting and a repaired scoreboard as they ready for the season kickoff.
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Point Pleasant
Wahama High School
Mason City
Big Blacks
School Attendance Returns to Normal Across County Schools
School attendance in Point Pleasant and nearby districts was nearly normal Wednesday with twenty students missing at Senior High due to illness or holiday extension. The Mason County flu epidemic has eased, but schools remain closed in Monongalia County and disruptions persist elsewhere in the state.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Scholes
Monongalia
Rush Holt Critically Ill In Point Pleasant Home
Rush D. Holt, a Lewis County House of Delegates member and former U S Senator, is critically ill at his West Virginia home. George A. Rairden of Leon, a close friend and fellow delegate, reports Holt’s condition after a recent Cleveland visit.
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Point Pleasant
Rush D. Holt
House of Delegates
Lewis County
United States
Weston
George A. Rairden
Leon
House
Cleveland
Holiday Season Ends at Ingleside in Point Pleasant
At Ingleside the holidays near their end as Miss Jacqueline Windsor leaves for Ohio State University. Mrs. Richard Peek and Walter Mais Windsor visit Huntington. Walter Mills returns to Kentucky Military Institute now moved to Venice Florida for winter. Mrs. Peek's husband in India with the Army Air Corps declined promotion and base command for a one way ticket home and soon will be discharged.
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Point Pleasant
Earl H. Arnett
Elmer Casto
Iran
Point Clinic
Cheshire
B. B
Ewell Arnett
Charleston
Robert Peck
Marine Hospital
Pittsburgh
He Wright
Chicago
Charles E. Pullin
Charleston Road
Hazel Pullin
Arnett Powers
San Diego
Cal
Co. G. Billups
Florida
Irvin
Kanawha
Hugh J. Barr
Jackson Ave
Clyde Slater
Huntington
H. H. West
Teays
Ingleside
Walter A. Windsor
Jacqueline Windsor
Ohio State University
Columbus
Richard Peek
Walter Mais Windsor
Walter Mills
Kentucky Military Institute
Venice
Fla
Hartford Area Hears Wet Weather Wedding and News
Hart ford Miss Eva Van Meter and Arnold Clifford Gibbs wed Tuesday at Union with Rev Roy McCoy officiating. Guests at Gibbs home offered a old fashioned serenade. Best friends Ray Roach and Alice Marie Roach attended. Local service member Roland Gibbs returns from Navy duty in the South Pacific after 14 months of active service.
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Hartford
Eva van Meter
Oak van Meter
Mason
Arnold Clifford Gibbs
Harry Gibbs
Gibbstown
Roy McCoy
Union
Gibbs
Ray Roach
Alice Marie Roach
Leonard McDaniels
Army
Cpl
Russell Lewis
Allen Lewis
Russell Gibbs
Europe
Lewis
Italy
Cpl. Gibbs
Germany
France
Kathleen Edwards
Delmas Kearns
Billy Gibbs
Peggy Roach
Peggy McDaniels
EllInora Edwards
Donna Ruth Edwards
Emery Gibbs
Park
Loraburg
Roland Gibbs
South Pacific
Navy
New Mexico
Ramie Edwards
Mason Banks Report Excellent Year
Mason County banks in 1945, Mason County Bank New Haven and Citizens National Bank Point Pleasant, report strong results. Dividends were declared or expected, with substantial surplus carried forward. Combined deposits exceeded 4,000,900 reflecting a 200 percent rise since the war began, while total deposits held steady despite shifts in wartime activity.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Mason County Bank
New Haven
Harry L. Dyer
Citizens National Bank
C. C. Lewis
Betty Lewis Hosts 4H Club Meeting at New Year’s Eve
Senior 4-H Club met at Miss Betty Lewis’s Charleston Road home on New Year’s Eve 1945. Business proceedings were followed by social time and refreshments for members including Mary Zuspan Julia Pearl Thomas Anna Lee Roush Eleanor Roush Naomi and Betty Lewis Edwin Schui Albert Emory Roush Marcus Weaver Billy Lewis James Jones of Charleston and Milton Lewis and Mrs. 4.
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Point Pleasant
Betty Lewis
Charleston Road
Mary Zuspan
Julia Pearl Thomas
Anna Lee Roush
Eleanor Roush
Naomi J
Edwin Schui
Aljbert
Emory Roush
Marcus Weaver
Billy Lewis
Pie
James Jones
Charleston
Milton Lewis
Carbide Firm Takes Options On Coal Lands
Carbide and Carbon Company of Charleston and New York emerges as the buyer of multiple Mason and Putnam County coal parcels. Deeds for 100 acres and four tracts totaling several hundred acres were recorded in Union District. The seller includes J T Hulbert and Mrs Hulbert, with other signees Hazel and Fred Casto.
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Sam A. Siomions
Point Pleasant
Mason and Putnam Countes
John G. Aten
Union District
Carbides and Carbon Company
Charleston
New York
Lis
Hulbert
Hazel
Fred Casto
Putnam County
Cleveland
Charlestton
Unemployment rolls in district little reduced says clerk
Miss Leota Kelly manager of the local U S employment office said today unemployment rolls in the district had not been greatly reduced though some men and women have taken jobs. Many on the rolls will be removed after a 21 week period and after April 1 they can apply for unemployment pay under certain conditions.
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Point Pleasant
Dairymen Short Course At West Virginia University
Guilford Smith and Peter H Steenbergen Jr of Appalachian Power prepare to attend the dairymen short course at West Virginia University January 7 to 11. The pair will study dairy industry power needs in their roles as rural electrification specialists.
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Point Pleasant
Guilford Smith
Peter H. Steenbergen, Jr
Appalachian Electric Power Company
West Virginia University
Funeral services for George Mulford held at Baptist Church
Funeral services for 88 year old George Mulford were conducted Sunday afternoon at the Baptist Church with Rev. E. E. Barker officiating. Numerous relatives and friends attended while guests included Earl Grapes and son Kenneth of Akron and other locals.
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Cheshire
George Mulford
the Baptist Church
E. E. Barker
Earl Grapes
Kenneth
Akron
Lotlie Roush
W. J. Grapes
Hilah Little
Columbus
Effie Little
Nannie Totheeh
Huntington
Ethel Pife
Homer Kennedy
Middleport
E. O. Yeanger
Dell Fife
Aaron Davis
Gallipolis
F. W. Butcher
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Enrico Caruso
Wahama
Rush Holt
Bess
Mason Banks
Carbide Firm
Colgate Tooth Powder
Copdebes
DA OG Iy
DR. West
Gallaher's
Squire
Willard
Parke-Davis
Natola
Bax, Ae
Aules
Lederle
Cdus
Vital Min DB
Boris
Abbott
VITA
PEG
Everfresh
Gelioker's
Piaf
Sime
Johnson’s
Sie
Pebeco
Dr. Lyons
Grove's
Squibb
Squibb Dental Cream
Baume Bengaty
Cheshire News
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