Point Pleasant Welcomes New Chamber Leader King
Thomas King newly elected director of the Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce began his duties after relocating from Lynchburg Virginia where he led the chamber for three years. Born in Little Rock Arkansas he earned a law degree and studied at Columbia and UNC. He has 22 years of chamber experience across several cities and is married with three daughters.
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Point Pleasant
Warren Thomas King
Point Pleasant Chamber of Commerce
Lynchburg
Chamber of Commerce
Little Rock
Ark
King
University of Arkansas Law School
Columbia University of Law
New York City
Southeastern Institute of Commercial Organizations
University of North Carolina
Greenwood
S. Cc
Baltimore
Thomas LeRoy Sharp
Richmond
Mary Rogers King
William and Mary College
Phoebe Douglas King
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Kiwanis Club
American Legion
Two Damage Suits Filed in Jackson County
Two damage suits each for 7500 were filed Monday at the circuit court clerk's office in Point Pleasant. Plaintiffs Samuel H. Reitmire and Russell A. Roush of New Haven report injuries from a Sept 14 auto crash near Letart involving Click Durst, the defendant. The Somerville Hyer and Littlepage firm represents the plaintiffs.
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Point Pleasant
Circuit Court
Click Durst
Jackson County
Samuel H. Reitmire
Russell A. Roush
New Haven
Letart
Durst
Reitmire
Somerville, Hyer and Littlepage
$380 Stolen At School
About $80 was reported taken when Hannan School was broken into Sunday night or early Monday morning. The cash box in the office was taken while another was left. Entry was gained via a basement window and hinges were removed from the door. State Police Trooper R C Dilley and Deputy Sheriff T L Morrison investigate.
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Point Pleasant
Hannan
Charles R. Withers
R. C. Dilley
T. L. Morrison
Prideful 91-Year-Old Avoids Jail in Mason County
Charles Hughes, nearly 91, hobbling on crutches, refused jail overnight after county officials said the infirmary was sold and he must wait for aid. He recalled a life as a farmer and sharpener, never married, and planned to stay at the Point Pleasant Mission with help from the Department of Public Assistance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Hughes
Mason County
Hughes
Briar Creek
Putnam County
Department of Public Assistance
F. A. Morrison
West Virginia
Ohio
Point Pleasant Mission
Ruth Grinstead
Travel story published from West Virginia school journal
Mrs. Louis Sommer, principal of Henderson Grade School, published a travel article in the December West Virginia School Journal recounting a summer tour of the Western United States and parts of Mexico and Canada with 38 teachers. Daisy Dorsey awarded Sommer a redwood lamp for publication, and Flagstaff Chamber of Commerce requested a reprint for its files. the 1949 trip marked the tenth Dorsey-sponsored tour.
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Point Pleasant
Louis Sommer
Henderson
West Virginia School Journal
Four Post Bonds Posted For Jan 2 Appearance
Four West Columbia men Lewis Young Leo Young Jr Robert McDermitt and Robert Van Meter posted 25 bond each in Point Pleasant for a January 2 appearance before a local magistrate. They were charged with intoxication in warrants sworn by May Fowler of West Columbia.
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Point Pleasant
West Columbia
Lewis Young
Leo Young, Jr
Robert McDermitt
Robert van Meter
May Fowler
Marvin De Vault and Pliny Jailed for Intoxication Bond Set
Point Pleasant police jailed Marvin De Vault and Pliny on an intoxication charge early Monday. They posted a police court bond of $10 and costs and were released Monday.
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Point Pleasant
Marvin de Vault
Pliny
Officials Find Eating Sole Business
City council in special session at Tiny Drive Inn led by Vergil Fike to discuss eating as the sole agenda item. Police Chief E F Geiger and Mrs Alma Swindell operated the eatery as local law officers and floodwall negotiators filled the room. several members were absent.
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Point Pleasant
Vergil Fike
Charleston
Drive Inn
E. F. Geiger
Alma Swindell
L. W. Getty
Wadear Thabet
Charles Fowler
Billy Burdette
Lawrence R. Gerlach, Sr
Abe Scarberry
Emory Hawkes
F. A. Morrison
T. F. Yost
T. L. Morrison
Mark Harshbarger
Russell Nott
Ray McClure
R. C. Dilley
John Clay Hutchinson
Robert E. Mann
Bob Heslop
Bing Woodard
David O'Neal
Gilbert Deweese
Bill Rose
Sgt
D. G. Wilfong
State Police School
Dunbar
George Kenny
W. G. Darst
Mrs Gardner Rites Set in Point Pleasant
Mrs Emo gene Shamblin Gardner 25 died unexpectedly at 11 a m Monday at her Madison Ave home after a weeklong illness from a heart condition. She was survived by husband Jesse Herman Gardner five daughters a son four sisters a brother and other relatives. The Rev Paul Carulla will conduct funeral services Wednesday at 2 30 p m at the Church of the Nazarene with burial in Lone Oak cemetery. The body is at Chapman funeral home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Point Pleasant
Emogene Shamblin Gardner
Madison Ave
Mae Rose
Vinton
Quick Thinking Man Prevents Rail Wreck
Herman Myers found a 150 pound steel wheel on the Baltimore and Ohio tracks near the Wilmington depot and notified acting Police Chief Don Summers. The wheel was removed before a train arrived, marking a second recent obstruction on Clinton County tracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilmington
Herman Myers
Baltimore and Ohio
Don Summers
Myers
Clinton County
Summers
Torch Seaman Serves Aboard Carrier Amid Atlantic Duties
Torch Seaman Robert E. Robinson seaman third class son of Mr and Mrs Dock Allen Robinson of Torch Ohio serves aboard the aircraft carrier of Sea with the Atlantic Fleet. His assignment highlights ongoing duties aboard United States Navy ships in the Atlantic theater.
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Robert E. Robinson
Seaman
USN
Dock Allen Robinson
Torch
Ohio
Girls Plan Installation Ceremonies in Point Pleasant
Recently appointed officers of the Point Pleasant Order of Rainbow Girls will be installed Sunday Feb. 5 at 3 p.m. Judy Romine, newly elected worthy adviser, and Past Worthy Advisor Patty Jones head the list of officials.
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Point Pleasant
Point Pleasant Order of Rainbow Girls
Judy Romine
Patty Jones
Wilma Melrose
Janet Forbus
Ruth Forbus
Delores Nibert
Vivian Goulder
Lucy Rice
Joan Donohue
Evalyn Riser
Fidelity
Sandra Jones
Beverly Wedge
Service
Joan Ashby
Confidential Observer
Anna Frances Thomas
Outer Observer
Jane Ann Kell
Janet Blessing
Joan van Horn
Janet Wears
Dotty Baker
Paulette Brown
Marlene Bumgardner
Betty Sue Caudill
Agnes Caynor
Joan Chambers
Barbara Cheesebrew
Marilyn Easley
Carolyn Foglesong
Patti Garrison
Betty McDaniel
Carol Oliver
Sandra Proffitt
Sadie Rainey
Ruth Ann Robinson
Jeretta Rogers
Shirley Thomas
Janet
Juanita Wears
Mary Whalen
Kay Woolfitt
Patriica Yeager
Beverly Clark
Worthy
Peggy Biffle
Charity
Patsy Treadway
Hope
Jean Hill
Faith
Betty Jane Harshbarger
Janet Stanley
Kay Fallfitt
Power Firm Employee Becomes II at Work
Edward D. Taylor 51 of Walton West Virginia became ill while working at Appalachian Electric Power Co in Point Pleasant. He was taken to Holzer Hospital after a two week temporary duty at the Beckley office. A heart attack is suspected as the cause.
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Point Pleasant
Edward D. Taylor
Walton
W. Va
Appalachian Electric Power Co
Holzer Hospital
Taylor
Beckley
Power Company
Meningitis Conquered Fifth Time by Lad
Little Johnny Cavallieri, not yet three, has won his fifth battle with meningitis at Children's Hospital in Philadelphia. Doctors note such repeated attacks are exceedingly rare and that meningitis targets the central nervous system.
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Philadelphia
Johnny Cavallieri
Children’s Hospital
Johnny
Ws Cs meeting notes and local social updates
Kyger Kyger WSCS met January 18 at the home of Mrs. Dale Sisson with scripture read by the hostess. Members listed include Harlow Athey Durst Bradbury Ward Malinda Bradbury Athey Rife Lemley and Audrey Bradbury with visitors Marcus McCord Kemper Burch and Janet and Christene Rife. carpet rags sewed. Numerous dinner visits and property transactions noted among local residents.
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Christene Rife
Malinda Bradbury
Nelle Werner
Jack
Billie
Charles Tipton
Tom Bradbury
Poe
Huntington
Helen Kennedy
Middleport
Flora Bradbury
Madge Mossman
Sadie Durst
Archie Thomas
Rutland
Lafe Rupe
Bobby Thomas
Bessie
Jack Little
Hobson
Leon Miller
Carol Coughnour
Popular Ridge
Beulah D. Miller
Harry Powell
Earl Dotson
Kentucky
Lone Pine
Dennis Spires
GSI
Trinity Church Class Plans Dinner and Recreation
Laurel Sunday Class of Trinity Methodist Church meets in the church dining room Thursday evening. A pot luck dinner starts at 6 30 p.m. Mrs John Reynolds leads the program and Mrs Howard Garland handles recreation. Married Ladies Bridge Club hosts Thursday at 2 p.m. at 2319 Jackson Avenue.
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Point Pleasant
Laurel
Trinity Methodist Church
John Reynolds
Howard Garland
N. A. Park
Jackson Ave
Married Ladies Bridge Club
Reading Club Hosts Evening Meeting at English Court
Mrs J G F Johnson will host the Reading Club at English Court on Thursday evening at 7 30. Mrs Garrett Green will lead the program as planned.
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J. G. F. Johnson
Reading Club
Garrett Green
Weekend visits and dances noted in Huntington area
Local residents shared weekend visits with relatives across Huntington and nearby towns. Cpl Morton Jackson moves from Anchorage to Sacramento with his wife. Several attendees joined a March of Dimes dance at the Katydid and others attended last rites at Creston Church.
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Marvin Dawson
English Rd
Avie Lake, Jr
M. A. Davis
Huntington
Davises
Lake
Morton Jackson
Roy Jackson
Jefferson Ave
Jackson
Anchorage
Alaska
Sacramento
Calif
Jerry Atkinson
Henderson
Mont Casto
Nitro
Charles Casto
Delbert Clounch
Jerry
Winfield Road
Atkinsons
Emory Litchfield
Montgomery
W. Va
R. N. Sheets
Charleston
L. O. Gaskins
Washington Ave
Earley McKinney
J. W. Kapp
Eugene Sterrett
South Side
W.va
Helen Vickers
Follansbee
Vickers
Boys Apprehended After Escape From Lakin School
Three boys aged 11 and 10 who ran away from the Lakin Boys Industrial School Sunday were captured by Patrolman Russell Nott in Point Pleasant Sunday night and returned to the institution. In Point Pleasant a marriage license was issued Monday morning to William Richard Oldaker 25 Letart Route 1 and Thelma Elizabeth Lyons 18 Letart Route 1.
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Point Pleasant
Lakin
Industrial School
Russell Nott
William Richard Oldaker
Letart
Thelma Elizabeth Lyons
Blood Poverty Idea Promotes CERTA VIN Medicine
An Athens pharmacy advertises CERTA VIN a new herbal vitamin blend with iron claiming to energize blood and improve digestion. The copy asserts relief from fatigue and gas, appealing to “gas and faded-out blood” sufferers and markets the product at a low daily cost.
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Athens
G S. Court
Nelsonville
Betts
Adv
Pastor fills substitute role at St. Louis church
Gallipolis reports the Rev. Fr. Adolph Golubiewski is serving as substitute pastor at St. Louis church while the Rev. Fr. Vincent Schiele is hospitalized. Golubiewski arrives from Athens and previously taught at a seminary in Steubenville.
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Gallipolis
Adolph Golubiewski
St. Louis Church
Vincent Schiele
Father Golubiewski
Athens
Steubenville
Hospital Births and Admissions in Gallipolis area
Holzer Hospital notes list birth of a daughter to Mrs. Kenneth Davidson of Gallipolis. Multiple admissions include Katherine Ohlinger New Haven Mrs. Edwin Wehring Pomeroy and others from Gallipolis Jackson Coalton Athens and nearby areas. Crown City man Ralph L. Sheets fined $10 in municipal court for parking in the road.
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Kenneth Davidson
Gallipolis
Katherine Ohlinger
New Haven
Edwin Wehring
Pomeroy
Joan Suthers
Coalton
Rachel S. McNeil
Athens
Clarence Boster
Lillian Volz
Glendon Scott
Jackson
Claude J. Woodruff
Virginia Rae Wilson
Cottazeville
W. Va
James P. Cardwell
Ewington
Fred Baker
Chillicothe
Edward D. Taylor
Walton
Crown City
Ralph L. Sheets
William H. Jones
State Highway Patrol
Howell made executrix in Boster estate
Gene Geneva Howell appointed executrix by the Probate Court in Elizabeth Boster's estate without bond, per the will's terms.
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Gallipolis
Geneva
Howell
Elizabeth Boster
Moore and Man Non Tie Marriage License in Ohio
Raymond D. Moore aged 21 of Garfield Heights Ohio and Pansy M. Man non aged 24 of Rio Grande secured a marriage license.
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Raymond D. Moore
Garfield Heights
Ohio
Pansy M. Mannon
Rio Grande
Bad Check Case Brings Pen Term In Gallipolis
Christian Osborne L. was sentenced to one to three years in the Ohio Penitentiary for issuing bad checks. Judge Betz sentenced him to run three counts concurrently after changing his plea to guilty. Arrested by city police, he is a sheet metal worker from Wellston with a prior jail term for bad checks. Four juveniles are jailed for stealing a .22 rifle intended for a planned robbery. Worthy C Bright of Ewington was fined $15 plus costs for assault and battery. part of the fine was suspended. Kenneth Perkins is to appear before Justice Maurice Grover on a fraud charge related to a truck deal with John Birchfield.
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Gallipolis
Osborne L. Christian
Ohio
Common Pleas
Robert M. Betz
Christian
George Ehman
Wellston
Worthy C. Bright
Ewington
Claude
Robert Queen
Justice of the Peace
Kenneth Perkins
Maurice Grover
John Birchfield
Misconduct Charged as Two Men Fined in Gallipolis Court
In Gallia County municipal court James Montgomery of Eureka and Richard Clark of Gallipolis were fined 10 dollars and costs each for disorderly conduct. Hershel Stewart paid 10 dollars and costs for speeding while Robert Anderson Garland Wood and Arthur Persinger of Gallipolis were fined 5 dollars and costs each for intoxication.
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Gallipolis
James Montgomery
Eureka
Richard Clark
Hershel Stewart
Robert Anderson
Garland Wood
Arthur Persinger
River Traffic Report from Gallipolis Locks
River traffic across the Kanawha and Gallipolis locks shows multiple boats with up and down movements. Vessel readings include Sailor Price Sullivan Louisiana Solvay Jayson Jones Walker Rand Weir Patriot J Zubic Sohio State and Sohio State, with upper gauge 18.4 feet lower 20.9 and Kana wha Falls at 4.55 feet.
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Gallipolis
Sailor
Price
Sullivan
Louisiana
Solvay
Kanawha
Cook
Winfield
Jayson
Jones
Walker
Rand
Weir
Patriot
J. Zubic
Sohio State
Kanawha Falls
Cheshire Man Is Accused As Assailant
Prosecutor John Halliday issued an information warrant for Ara Swisher of Cheshire on a complaint by labor organizer Joseph Kostecka. Kostecka says he was assaulted on December 6, hospitalized locally then at Bellaire. Swisher denies being on the premises during the visit.
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Gallipolis
John
Halliday
Ara Swisher
Cheshire
Joseph Kostecka
Kostecka
Bellaire
Swisher
Table Tennis Tourney Set at Community Hall
Gallia County entry notices announce a table tennis tournament organized by L M Ramseyer of Rio Grande College. The event starts January 28 with a January 27 entry deadline. divisions include grade school, high school, and open events for singles and doubles. matches run 10 am 2 pm and 7 pm with finals at 7 pm.
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Gallipolis
L. M. Ramseyer
Rio Grande College
Community Hall
Dog License Totals Rise Beyond Last Year in Gallipolis
The Gallipolis dog license deadline passed with 3708 licenses this year, exceeding 1949's 3564. Health restrictions and rabies treatment requirements drive the increase as rabies cases continue to decline.
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Gallipolis
Commission renews contract for prisoners care
Gallia County commissioners approved a contract with Dayton Workhouse to provide prisoner care at the same rate as last year, $1.40 per day. The session occurred on Monday.
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Gallipolis
Dayton
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Richland Ave
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Donald Burch
Sherman Weiman
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Lawrence Gerlach
Kanawha St
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Carl C. Bruestle
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Robert McCarley
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Brady Rice
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Homer Sickles
Alva Noble
Rosa Patrick
Ira Swisher
Samuel Bryant
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Clyde Angel
Leland Matteson
Carrie Robinson
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