Point Pleasant Eastern Star event features rainbow themed ceremonies
Mason OBS Inspection conducted ceremonies preceded by dinner at Trinity Methodist Church with Rainbow theme. Grace Rohrbough, Myrtle Blount honored. numerous officers and guests introduced. Rainbow balloons released amid songs and solos. Blizzard disrupts local city life as blizzard warnings noted.
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Point Pleasant
Order of Eastern Star
Trinity Methodist Church
Woman's Society of Christian Service
Grace
Joe Barr
Rainbow
Grace Rohrbough
Fairmont
Myrtle Blount
James B. Couch
Rohrbough
Blount
John J. Dower
Gloria Braden
Helen Brown
Kiam Steenbergen
Emma Burnside
Dorothy Daugherty
Bessie Musgrave
Jennie Stone
Zola Poling
Adah
Laura Caldwell
Ruth
Alice Barr
Esther
Mildred Bumgarner
Martha
Janet Capehart
Electa
Dorothy Poling
Flora Myers
Sentinel
Jennett Roberts
Wahama Senior Elinor Boston Named DAR Good Citizen
Wahama High School selects Elinor Boston as the senior class and faculty Good Citizen winner. She will submit a paper on American citizenship to the DAR Continental Congress competition with a chance to win a trip to Washington, D. C. if her essay is chosen.
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Mason
Good Citizen
Wahama High School
Elinor Boston
DAR Continental Congress
Washington, D. C
Miss Boston
DAR Good Citizenship Pilgrim Chairman
West Virginia
Washington
Crop Sprays Dust Discussed at Meeting in Point Pleasant
County agent Chris Thorniley led a Monday evening meeting at the Junior High School auditorium with dealers and others in farm production. Topics included types and quantities of spray and dusting materials for 1947 crops and Dr. Frank Bishop of West Virginia University spoke on a root rot resistant tobacco seed.
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Point Pleasant
Chris Thorniley
Frank Bishop
West Virginia University
Mason County
Appeal Papers Reached In Sayre Board Case
Circuit Clerk Vernon Jones said appeal papers are being prepared in the John P. Sayre against the Mason County Board of Education case but are not completed. A bond will be required to cover printing of the record and other court costs.
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Point Pleasant
Vernon Jones
John P. Sayre
Mason County Board of Education
Daughter Recovers After Major Surgery in Los Angeles
Mrs Flora Myers of Main Street reports her daughter Mrs C G Whittington of Los Angeles is making a good recovery after a major operation in a Los Angeles hospital.
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Point Pleasant
Flora Myers
Main St
C. G. Whittington
Los Angeles
Calif
Health Nurse Administers Typhoid Shots in Leon and Ambrosia
County health nurse Miss Doro Watkins gave typhoid inoculations on Tuesday at Leon and Ambrosia.
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Point Pleasant
Dorothy Watkins
Leon
Ambrosia
Mason County Farm Bureau Unveils Secondary Road Tax Plan
The Mason County Farm Bureau released a bold West Virginia secondary road tax plan at a Clarksburg meeting January 3-4. Proposals include a 5 million dollar annual state appropriation for five years, new excise taxes on soft drinks and tobacco, higher gasoline and sales taxes, a severance tax, and a 34 million dollar total annual raise for road construction. A Mason County district committee meeting is set for Friday at 7:30 pm in the courthouse, chaired by Fred Kaylor of Letart.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County Farm Bureau
West Virginia
Clarksburg
General Revenue Fund
Mason County
Fred Kaylor
Letart
Choice Grades Missing At Market In Point Pleasant Auction
Local livestock sale yielded no top quality cattle with Secretary James Johnson noting few choices offered. Medium grade cattle sold briskly with best steers $20 to $20.50. hogs ranged $22.50 to $23.25 for 180–230 pounds. calves topped at $27 with seconds $25.90 and mediums $20 to $23.90. No good lambs appeared. medium lambs $18.20.
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Point Pleasant
James Johnson
Theft Probed At Drug Store In Mason City
Ernest Hesson Sgt. Paul F. Thomas and Trooper H D Coyner of the state police investigated a break in at The Fountain drug and sundries store owned by former Sheriff F E Blenner. The theft occurred Monday night with about 50 in nickels from a music box a small amount of sale tax money jewelry valued at 200 or more and 20 cartons of cigarettes taken.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
Paul F. Thomas
H. D. Coyner
State Police
Mason City
F. E. Blenner
Hesson
Girl Scout Rank Claim Questioned by Mother
Mrs Bar tow Jones challenges a Mason County claim that her daughter Sandra Sue Jones is the first First Class Scout in the area. She argues earlier troops may have produced top scouts and asserts the newspaper error.
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Point Pleasant
Bartow Jones
Sandra Sue Jones
Mason County
Parkerburg and Point Pleasant social visits noted
Prosecuting Attorney William H. Bardin visited Charleston on business Tuesday. Mrs. George M. Grimm of Parkersburg attended inspection ceremonies at the Point Pleasant lodge as guest of her sister Mrs. F. H. Capehart Jr. Mrs. Lulu G. Harper traveled to Pom eroy to visit Aunt Florence Richardson recovering from a heart attack. Harper’s sister Mrs. Chester Roush stayed with the aunt last week.
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William H. Bardin
Charleston
George M. Grimm
Parkersburg
Order of the Eastern Star
Point Pleasant Lodge
F. H. Capehart, Jr
Park Drive
Lulu G. Harper
Pomeroy
Florence Richardson
County Court Meets as Commissioners Attend
Commissioners Living and Wedge attend the weekly county court meeting in Point Pleasant. D T War tenburg, 81, is seriously ill at his Ninth Street home.
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Point Pleasant
F. B. Lieving
Dorsel Wedge
MR. Wartenburg III
D. T. Wartenburg
Ninth St
Field Deputies Named in Eight Districts
POINT PLEASANT Assessor F A Morrison has appointed field deputies in eight districts and listing of property is under way in some districts. The present deputies are Walter Williams Union Donna Rayburn Robinson Russell Terry Hannan George Capehart Graham A F Watterson and C F E Blain Clendenin William Ball Cooper C F Buckle Arbuckle and Mrs Lillian Amick Waggener.
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Point Pleasant
F. A. Morrison
Walter Williams
Union
Donna Rayburn
Robinson
Russell Terry
Hannan
George Capehart
Graham
A. F. Watterson
C. F E. Blain
Clendenin
William Ball
Cooper
C. F. Buckle
Arbuckle
Lillian Amick
Waggener
Meigs County Appropriations Approved for 1947 Budget
Meigs County commissioners approved the 1947 annual appropriation January 17. The budget totals 103 940.33 with estimated revenue of 111 259.83 and multiple line items for county offices courts services and support programs. Major allocations include engineers road work elections and county welfare and charity funds.
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Pomeroy
Meigs County
Youths Help Lead Festival of Lights at Grace Church
The Grace Episcopal Church in Pomeroy hosted a Festival of Lights service with help from Grace and St. Peter's Episcopal youths of Gallipolis. Judy Robertson read psalm and lessons while Loren Miller spoke on The Light of Faith. Musical numbers featured Sonny Mackenzie and James Lochary, among others.
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Pomeroy
Grace
Lord Is
Sonny Mackenzie
Dr. Mackenzie
James Lochary
William Knight
Charles Baird
Charles Lochary
Cedric Clark
Marriages Recorded in Meigs Probate Court
Meigs County Meigs Probate Court issued multiple marriage licenses on January 18 and 20. The list includes Harold Davis and Virginia Hook. Raymond Marlowe and Lelia Allen. Ray Taylor and Neva Flanagan. Denver Kidder and Anna Maple. Paul Harrison and Beulah Fauver. Weyland Cleland and Jean Tucker. Dennis Miller and Helen Deere. Adolphius Keirns and Goldie McCulley. Crestie Fisher and Fay Duncan. Ralph Rosch and Freda Erwin. Charles Knapp and Edith Levers. Harold Martin and Annabelle Scyoc. Hollie Martin and Margaret Lawman. Lee Walker and Mary Adkins. W H Trudell and Georgia Moore. Harold Lamley and Beulah Bass.
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Pomeroy
Meigs
Harold Davis
Nelsonville
Virginia Hook
Raymond C. Marlowe
Walker
W. Va
Lelia E. Allen
Racine
Ray Taylor
Parkersburg
Neva Flanagan
Denver Kidder
Ravenswood
Anna Bell Maple
Paul E. Harrison
Nitro
Beulah H. Fauver
Weyland C. Cleland
Rutland
Jean Tucker
Langsville
Dennis Miller
Pedro
Ohio
Helen Lucille Deere
Adolphius Keirns
Millfield
Goldie McCulley
Crestie D. Fisher
Liberty
Fay Duncan
Middleport
Ralph Rosch
Letart
Freda Erwin
Charles Knapp
Point Pleasant
Edith Levers
Hobson
Harold Martin
Annabelle Scyoc
Long Bottom
Hollie A. Martin
Margaret Lawman
Lee Walker
Huntington
Mary E. Adkins
W. H. Trudell
Charleston
Georgia Moore
Harold Lamley
Beulah Bass
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Mason Obs
Couch
Vera Fadeley
Iva Wise
Harold McGuffin
Wild
Helen Chase
Bessie Wilhelm
Nina S. Lewis
Emma Wise
Ive Wise
Lenna Bruestle
Ruth Selby
J. B. Couch
Katherine A. Couch
Mildred E. McGuffin
Franklin Martin
Ethel Scholz
Genevieve Hite
Alice Woodard
Amy Jiiden
Jane Stone
Hallie Daugherty
Garnet Casey
Marguerite Johnson
Maude Mallette
Lucy Billups
Hallah Wilson
Chessie Frye
Masie Dunlavy
Joe
Mabel Tawney
Estella Arthur
Ethel Burdette
Anna Stevers
Minnie Catzen
Marie Meal
Zenia Shaw
Frances Laucks
Gallipolis
Elise Lawson
Swissvale
Anne M. Whalen
Athens
Roy M. Ogden
Annie L. Ogden
West Roxbury
Boston
Mass
Sadie Grimm
Ruth Batey
Ona Dyer
New Haven
Grace L. Rohrbough
Belington
Florence McGuffin
Georgia Bright
Guy E. Cain
Buffalo
Bertha Mackall
Buckeye Elec Cco
Home Laundry Company
Associated Radio
Harry A. Miller Main & Sycamore Pomeroy
Wahama
Sayre Board
Pomeroy Bend
Pat O’brien
Claire Trevor Herbert Marshall
Ray Collins
Wallace Ford
Mary Ware Also
Anna
Siam
Randolph Scott
Connie Marshall
Dean Stockwell
Lynn Bari
Peggy Ann Garner
James Gleason
Bendvue
Triple Bill
Rockies
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Bob Nolan and
Sons of Pioneers
Thunderbolt
Lobo, the
Dog
King OF the Forest Rangers
Larry Thompson
Bureau
Common Pleas
Board of Elections
Agricultural Society
Coats
Skein
Oz, Skein
Court and
Second St
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