Main Street blocked for sewer work in Point Pleasant
City crews began installing two sanitation sewers along downtown Main Street from Sixth to beyond Fifth Street. One extension serves the new Arlee Hall building while the other runs west on Fifth and behind Main Street. Main Street should reopen by Saturday if weather allows, per Mayor John Clay Hutchinson.
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Point Pleasant
Main St
Fifth Street
Arlee Hall
Main
Fifth
Main Street
John Clay Hutchinson
Ohio University Freshmen Fall to Varsity in Preview
The Ohio University freshmen dropped their second game of five this season 39-31 to Varsity 6 in a preliminary matchup ahead of the varsity game with Cinci Grau. The freshmen led 22-19 at halftime, with Jerry Barry scoring 13 to lead all freshmen. Gene Williams paced Varsity O.
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Ohio University
Cincin Grau
Fresh
Jerry Barry
Gene Williams
County Race 2-Team Affair in Athens County League
Jacksonvil le Trimble leads the race with a 6 0 mark as Ames Bern battles toward the title. Trimble travels to Buchtel while Ames Bern hosts Shade in a tight standings push. The Greenies sit at 5 1 with two games left for each side.
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Athens County Basketball League
Jacksonville-Trimble
Ames Bern
Trimble
Greenies
Ames-Bern
J-T
Buchtel
Athens County League School L
Trimble Ee
Wwe
Aterloo
the Plains
Albany Rome
Troy Hee
Johnny Lujack Sets Bears Pass Attempt Record in 1949
Johnny Lujack of the Chicago Bears threw 312 passes in 1949, the most by any player in team history for that season, highlighting his passing workload and the Bears’ aerial reliance.
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Johnny Lujack
Chicago Bears
Manhattan Jaspers Run Three Man Weave Play
Coach Ken Norton outlines a Manhattan basketball drill. The sequence uses a three man outside weave and a double pivot to create weak side scoring chances. Player 5 receives a pass and moves in for a shot after a pivot pass exchange.
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New York
Manhattan
Jaspers
Toppling Ten Pins Short Second Step Timed With Downswing
A vintage bowling coaching note by Val Mikiel explains the second step in the delivery. It details left foot placement, ball control as the downswing peaks, and the arm extension keeping the body forward. The text primes readers for the upcoming third step.
Buchtel Bruins Rally Past Troy In Narrow Win
Buchtel High basketball team overcome Troy of Coolville 45 to 37 for their second win in six Athens County League games. Wagner and Williams top scorers as Troy briefly led in the second period before Buchtel pulled away in the final minutes.
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Buchtel
Bruins
Buchtel High
Troy
Coolville
Wagner
Williams
Schultheis To Roll In Cincinnati Tourney
LOGAN The Schultheis Ladies Bowling Team will take part in the Times Star Bowling Tournament in Cincinnati on Saturday and Sunday. Members include captain Mrs Rex Keller Logan Mrs Woodrow Nutter Logan and Mrs W A Roberts Shawnee with Mrs Eddie Burk New Straitsville and Mrs Robert Ward New Straitsville.
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Logan
Schultheis
Times-Star
Cincinnati
Rex Keller
Woodrow Nutter
W. A. Roberts
Shawnee
Eddie Burk
New Straitsville
Robert Ward
Ames-Bern caps 64 43 victory in regional game
Ames-Bern High defeated Boys Industrial School 64 to 43 as four players reached double digits led by McKinley with 19 points. The teams traded leads early, BIS led at halftime, and Ames-Bern pulled away in the fourth period with a 30-point burst. Benedict paced BIS with 17.
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Lancaster
Ames-Bern High
Boys Industrial School
Ames-Bern
McKinley
Brown
Armstrong
Minerd
Benedict
BIS
Koker
South
B. Jato
Icc Ecmisteei Des
Tore Cokin
Bolin
A. Jago
Dean
Boys Industrial
Andrews
Faymer
Mayosco
Johnson
Linardos
Kreisher
Junior High Newspaper Planned at Point Pleasant
Ground work laid at the Junior High School for a school newspaper to be published every other week. A meeting with local press representative Virgil W. Siders and principal Mrs Violet Gerlach set the plan with student editors and faculty adviser.
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Point Pleasant
Virgil W. Siders
Violet Rlach
Patsy Yester
Nancy Smith
Nancy Sayre
Beverly Wedge
Kenneth Neal
Okey Keefer
Jimmy
Billy Capehart
Jack Rogers
Vs. Gerlach
Parkersburg Driver Cited After Rear-Impact Crash
Parkersburg driver William Chester Dickerson was cited by state police for failing to keep his car under control after his 1946 sedan collided with a 1941 sedan driven by Mrs. Wilda Lake Montgomery at the Jackson Ave and 27th St intersection. The incident occurred Thursday at 12 10 p m and damage was estimated at 300. Dickerson is to appear before a local magistrate next Tuesday.
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Point Pleasant
Parkersburg
Jackson Ave
27Th St
R. C. Dilley
William Chester Dickerson
Dilley
Jackson
Wilda Lake
Montgomery
Mason
Dickerson
Parole Violator Held in Kanawha County
Adolph Hannibal of Kanawha County, originally jailed for intoxication, is now held as a parole violator. He had been sentenced from one to 10 years for grand larceny at Moundsville, and will be sent to Ford Winters, local parole officer. He received 10 days in jail and a $10 fine on January 19 by a peace justice.
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Point Pleasant
Kanawha
Adolph Hannibal
State Department of Probation and Parole
Hannibal
Moundsville
Ford Winters
Point Pleasant Royal Arch Masons Convene Sunday
A special convocation of Point Pleasant Chapter 7 Royal Arch Masons is set for Sunday at 2 p.m. Work will be conducted in the select royal and most excellent master degrees. High Priest Everett H. Bissell will preside.
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Point Pleasant
Royal Arch Masons
Everett H. Bissell
Mason County Land Transfers Summary
Land transfer list from Mason County includes Sarah J Redman and family selling multiple parcels in Lewis and Graham Districts to Annalee Redman and others. Transactions cover tracts in Clendenin Waggener Hannan and Arbuckle districts with coal rights reserved, fees paid to trustees, and several mineral rights retained by sellers. Named parties include King Lyons Caudill Blain Dodd Guthrie Guth rie and Burris among others.
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Sarah J. Redman
Horal
Leona Redman
Charles
Hazel Redman
Guy
Virginia Redman
Bonnie
Robert Guthrie
Annalee Redman
Lewis
James C. King
George B
Letha T. Lyons
Graham
Amanda
L. L. Caudill
Hilda Dodd
Rachel Blain
Ira E
Mattie Blain
Clendenin
George and
Letha Lyons
Ralph King
Waggener
William H. Bardin
S. F
Vesta Duncan
Lawrence Coleman
Lawrence Stewart
Lizzie Stewart
EUB Church of
West Columbia
West Virginia Coal and Transportation Co
L. E
Zelma Chapman
Dennis H. Spurlock
Hannan
Frank Wilson
Helen Wilson
Carrie Harris
Maude Young
Mason
J. B
Ocie O. Camp
Maude
Hannan Disct
Sam and
Anna Holley
Mazie Kensler
George C
Ara L. Jewell
Herman Layne
Lloyd Roush
Graham Disct
Walter Witt
Ivy. Witt
Mary Hopson
Charlotte
W. A. Newell
Hattie May
Andrew Gray
Otho
Ruah Lanier
J. H
Social notes from Point Pleasant list local visits and travels
Pt Pleasant social notes compile visits and travels of residents. Virgil Siders Jr plans a nine day mid term vacation from the University of Kentucky to his family home at 125 English Rd. Several residents and relatives are noted visiting or returning from trips to cities including Atlanta Charleston and Akron. Hospital and surgical recoveries are also mentioned for Jimmy Adams G W McDaniel and Mrs Oak Thomas.
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Virgil Siders, Jr
University of Kentucky
Virgil W. Siders
English Rd
Bertha Wilson
Mason
Joan
Point Pleasant
Frank Adams
M. D. Dyer
Atlanta
Bill Bell
Owen Poling
Deland
Fla
Homer Lowe
Daytona Beach
Pearl Biffle
Wade Randolph
Wade Norman
Patricia Ann
Sand Hill Rd
A. E. Rainey
Sand Hill
Linda McWilliams
Ruth Barnette
Patsy Bush
Winfield Rd
India
Trinity Methodist Church
Jimmy Adams
Holzer Hospital
Guy McWilliams
New Haven
G. W. McDaniel
Herman
Oak Thomas
Flat Rock
Ly J. Fisher
Ripley
Theodore Cash
Buffalo
W. Va
Robert O’connor
Columbus
Dick, Hoggsett
Akron
Ohio
Grover Bowie
W. C.bowie
St. Albans
A. G. Rayburn
Viand St. Fe
Robert Siders
Mt. Verenon Ave
Con Man Targeting Sweepers In Point Pleasant Area
State and local police suspect a con man targeting electric sweepers in Point Pleasant. A woman reported a man posing as a sweeper repairman offered a fix for one dollar paid upon return, then vanished with the attachments and left an illegible receipt. He is described as about 45, five ten, 190 pounds with a missing front tooth, driving a faded blue 1942 model car.
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Point Pleasant
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