Gas Pressure Restored In Point Pleasant From Ohio Supply
Residents in the northern city areas including Bellemeade English Court and Burdette addition faced gas outage after low local pressure. Ohio Fuel Gas Co. arranged increased pressure through the Ohio River line, and by 9 p.m. foreman C. K. Carpenter reported adequate supply. If not raised, all Point Pleasant residents could have been affected.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
United Fuel Gas Co
24Th St
Bellemeade
English Court
Burdette
Ohio Fuel Gas Co
Ohio River
C. K. Carpenter
Temperature Dips to Seven Above in Point Pleasant
A cold spell reached seven degrees above zero Tuesday night in Point Pleasant, then moderated on Wednesday. Local residents faced frosty conditions as the wind chill remained a concern.
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Point Pleasant
Hero
Purchase of Cottage on Lincoln Ave Listed
Rupert L. Kayser reports the purchase of a four room cottage with full basement at 2402 Lincoln Ave by J. H. Caudill of Arlee from Woodson and Ethel Austin of Mt. Vernon. Caudill bought for investment.
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Point Pleasant
Rupert L. Kayser
Lincoln Ave
J. H. Caudill
Arlee
Woodson
Ethel Austin
Mt. Vernon
Mr. Caudill
Higginbotham Dies at Home in West Columbia
Franklin Perry Higginbotham of West Columbia died Tuesday after a several month illness. A native of Leon, burial will be in Leon. Surviving are daughters Mrs. Frances Long of Henderson and Beulah Higginbotham and son William Higginbotham, both at home.
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Point Pleasant
Franklin Perry Higginbotham
West Columbia
Leon
Frances Long
Henderson
Beulah Higginbotham
William Higginbotham
Comstock and Hunt Grocery Deals In Canned Goods
Local shelf list highlights Comstock sliced pie apples Hunt’s syrup fruit cocktail and Lena Rich tomato juice in 46 02 and 24c cans. Also V 8 vegetable cocktail 46 02 per can and fresh medium oysters priced at 69c per pint.
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Comstock
Hunt
Lena
Mason County 4 H Meetings Arranged in January 1946
Three training meetings are set for Mason County 4 H club officers song adult council and local leaders. Instructors are county extension workers and local leaders. The sessions run January 29 at Wahama High School Mason City 9 a m January 29 7 30 p m at Point Pleasant Junior High and January 30 7 30 p m Sunnyside School south of the Kanawha. Conservation themes spotlight the month and upcoming months with notes on scarcity of sugar tires automobiles and electric toasters and the link to conservation of soil forests wildlife and water.
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Point Pleasant
Mason County
Wahama High School
Mason City
Sunnyside School
Kanawha
Extension Service
Deputy Appointed For Veterans Affairs In Mason County
Frank Dodd of Parkersburg has been named deputy with the state department of veterans affairs in Mason County to succeed Ray Taylor of Spencer who moves to Wirt County. Dodd will be in town Jan 30 and every second Thursday thereafter to help veterans file applications for benefits hospitalization or loans and to advise on veterans affairs per Elsie Vaught at the local employment office.
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Point Pleasant
Frank Dodd
Parkersburg
State Department of Veterans Affairs
Mason County
Ray Taylor
Spencer
Wirt County
Dodd
Veterans Affairs
Elsie Vaught
Mason County Native Dies in Ohio Town
William H. Wilson 72 of Rutland Ohio died Monday in Holzer Hospital He was a Mason County native who spent most of his life there The Rev W L Gearhart was to conduct services at the Mason City Methodist Church and burial was in Beech Grove Cemetery Pomeroy He is survived by a sister Minnie Parkins
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Point Pleasant
William H. Wilson
Rutland
Ohio
Holzer Hospital
Mason County
W. L. Gearhart
Mason City Methodist Church
Beech
Grove Cemetery
Pomeroy
Minnie Parkins
Wilkesville Club Installs New Officers and Local Notices
At the Wilkesville Pythian Sisters January meeting 1947 officers were installed led by Zelda Hall as Most Excellent Chief. Other posts include Edith Campbell, Mittie Nelson, Jane Cot trill, Evelyn DeVault, Mabel Wood, Cora Mahaffey, Dorothy Hill, Blanche Penn, and Shirley Spires with Jewell Strong, Gladys Major, and Gertrude Strausbaugh assisting. Local items note the Clifford Unree family visiting, Mrs. Mahaffey undergoing major surgery, and regional travels of the Strausbaugh and Phettiplace families. A First Aid Contest with Boy Scout troops from Vinton County is set for Jan. 23 at 7:30 p.m. in Wilkesville with two classifications, A and B. George Knox directs, Howard Nunemaker is chief judge, Rev. O. C. Lockwood tim er, and John Salts recorder. K of P Lodge plans a Jan. 22 dance to benefit the March of Dimes.
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Wilkesville
Pythian Sisters
Zelda Hall
Edith Campbell
Mittie Nelson
Jane Cottrill
Evelyn DeVault
Mabel Wood
Cora Mahaffey
Dorothy Hill
Blanche Penn
Shirley Spires
Jewell Strong
Gladys Major
Gertrude Strausbaugh
Clifford Unree
William Mahaffey
Holzer Hospital
Vern Strausbaugh
Dayton
Ida Phettiplace
Bessie
Carrie Steele
Steele
Barberton
Vinton County
George Knox
Howard Nunemaker
Rev
O. C. Lockwood
John Salts
K. of P. Lodge
Ohioans Join Brother In Hardware Business
Mr and Mrs Joseph Guarino of Coal Grove Ohio join her brother Charles L Bechtle in Farmers Hardware store in Point Pleasant They had operated a hardware business at Coal Grove for the past year or two Mrs Guarino assisted her brother in the business here for several years before marriage.
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Point Pleasant
Joseph Guarino
Coal Grove
Ohio
Charles L. Bechtle
Mason Plant Location Proposal Considered by Chamber
POINT PLEASANT The Chamber of Commerce heard a proposal from a manufacturer on Tuesday night to locate a plant here. No further facts were revealed.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Party Honors Capt E B McGowan Before Ravenna Move
Mrs D W Rothgeb and others hosted a party at 2001 Jefferson Blvd to honor Capt E B McGowan and his wife before he leaves for Ravenna Ohio to head ordnance works. Guests included Main Street Baptist Church members and many local families and friends.
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Point Pleasant
D. W. Rothgeb
Guilford Smith
A. F. Wilson
C. D. McGarry
Dave Garretson
E. B. McGowan
Ravenna
Ohio
Main Street Baptist Church
McGowan
Jhonorees
P. E. Barr
J O F Class Meets at United Methodist Church Pomeroy
J O F Class of the United Methodist Church in Pomeroy met Monday evening at the church. Mrs. Ralph C. Gilmore was newly elected to a position during the gathering.
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J.O.F
United Methodist Church
Pomeroy
Ralph C. Gilmore
P V Hartley of Point Pleasant Travels for Business
President Vitus Hartley of Point Pleasant Transportation Co. spent Wednesday in Charleston on business. Week end guests from Pomeroy included Mr and Mrs Wayne Gibbons and Miss Ruth Carson visiting Mrs Bertha Crooks of N Main St. in a sister of Mrs Gibbons and Carson. Capt E B McGowan D W Rothgeb Dave Garretson Guile ford Smith and C D M were visitors in Columbus on Saturday. Robert J Heslop visited friends in Gallipolis Wednesday evening.
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Vitus Hartley
Point Pleasant Transportation Co
Charleston
Wayne Gibbons
Ruth Carson
Pomeroy
Bertha Crooks
N. Main St
Local Notes From Syracuse Area Include Births and Visits
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow Hendricks on Jan 15. Garden club hosts gathered at Mrs. Capehart’s home. Mrs. John Gilmore discharged from St Joseph Hospital Parkersburg and returned home by ambulance. The Fred Will family and Barbara Jane din ned with Mrs. John Bowen. William Blake funeral held at Syracuse Presbyterian Church. Interment in Gilmore Cemetery. Herschel Manuel hired at Ebersbach Service Station near Pomeroy. J C Ferrell sustained foot and heel injury in West Virginia. Darrell Hartwig and daughter Sharon headed to Omaha after visiting Hysell family. Bernice Stowe visited from Columbus. Donald Holter and Huntington come for visit. Mark Duerr remodeling home formerly owned by Clinton Logan.
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Syracuse
Woodrow Hendricks
C. B. Weese
Frank Capehart
Syracuse Garden Club
Pomeroy
John Bowen
William Blake
Syracuse Presbyterian Church
Homer McMillen
Gilmore Cemetery
Herschel Manuel
Ebersbach
J. C. Ferrell
West Virginia
Darrell Hartwig
Sharon
Omaha
Neb
Dana Hysell
Bernice Stowe
Columbus
Frank Stowe
Donald Holter
Huntington
H. L. Holter
Mark Duerr
Clinton Logan
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Chuck Roast
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Yfield
Burrer
Sunnybrook
Jane Parker
BOKAR
A & P's Fruits
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California
Court ST
Orea
Shulton
al Shine
Gillette Blue Blades
Burma
Reese’s
Razors
Brune
Monogards
Remedy
Miles
Dr. Miles
Kondremul
Otis Pee
Pes Sane
Rte
Kotex
Abdominal
Lustre Creme
Vitalis
Au Rue
Tampax
Mennen
Konkler
Club
Morris K. Miller
E. B. McGowan, Jr
Suzanne and
Rebecca Rothgeb
Reta Sue Green
Albert Bitters
Boney Miche Maries Miller
A. R. Ted
Clifford Ebersbach
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