Record Business Year Is Expected in Point Pleasant Area in 1945
Indications point to 1945 being the best year for business in Point Pleasant since 1342 as five war plants Gener al Chemical Defense Marietta Manufacturing West Virginia Malleable Iron Quality Manufacturing and Sylvania Electric expand hiring. Employment may reach 4 000 or even 5 000 with peak before April 1, boosting wages and local trade as homes and swing space grow.
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Athens Messenger
Point Pleasant
Sam A. Simmons
Ordnance Works
Navy Yard
General Chemical Defense Corporation
Marietta Manufacturing Co
West Virginia Malleable Iron Co
Quality Manufacturing Co
Sylvania Electrical Products Co
Recreation Center Drive Announced for Legion Hall
In Point Pleasant a drive to fund a recreation center at Legion Hall on Viand Street is set to begin Wednesday with a $3,000 goal. Dr. A G Arnett donated a large study table for pingpong, and more furniture gifts are welcome. Local groups including the ministerial association back the plan, though protesting its use for dancing. Superintendent Staats endorses the project and will support the effort.
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Point Pleasant
Legion Hall
Viand St
A. G. Arnett
Ministerial Association
Staats
Five Arrested in Point Pleasant Disturbance
Friday night officers Noble and Knapp arrested five people in Point Pleasant. Harry Varian a local man faced intoxication charges while Leslie Radcliff Cecil Donahue Wade and Jasper Rollins all from Leon were held for loitering. They were released to the city.
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Point Pleasant
Noble
Knapp
Harry Varian
Leslie Radcliff
Cecil Donahue
Wade
Jasper Rollins
Leon
Officers nab Clyde Stickler in Hamlin capias arrest
Mason area deputies and State Trooper recovered Clyde Stickler in Hamlin on Friday night. A circuit court capias ordered Stickler, who faced an outstanding support charge, was the target of the arrest.
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Point Pleasant
Toral Morrison
Harry D. Coyner
Hamlin
Clyde Stickler
Capias
Stickler
Ohio Eyes Expansion in Radio and TV After War
Ohio faces an era of broader radio activity with more FM and TV stations. FCC records show two standard stations, 28 FM, one educational FM, and seven TV permits in the state, plus an experimental TV project at Cincinnati. Nationwide, FM is booming though work on allocations and postwar timing varies by field. Ohio Education Department plans a statewide educational FM network for cultural broadcasts from schools.
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Washington
Ohio
Federal Communications Commission
Buckeye
FCC
Crosley Corporation
Cincinnati
Standard Broadcasting
Commission
Ohio Department of Education
Standard
Lancaster
Eagle Gazette
Ashland
Beer and Koehl
Ashland Times
Ashtabula
Ashtabula Star-Beacon
Athens
Messenger Publishing Co
Scripps-Howard Radio, Inc
WCPO
Cincinnati Times Star Co
WERC
Newark
Advocate Printing Co
Steubenville
Valley Broadcasting Co
CWSTV
Toedo
Toledo Blade Co
Wooster
Wooster Record
Point Pleasant Social Notes and Personal Highlights
Mrs Nellie Bennett hosted a birthday dinner for five year old Walden Bennet Roush with guests including Mr and Mrs Roush and Maudel len Roveh. Alice Marie Frye visited Charleston. C C Lewis vacationed there. Mrs James K Thomas and children returned to Charleston after visiting Mr and Mrs A H Roseberry of Old Town Creek. Mrs Roseberry and Mrs William Meade accompanied Mrs Thomas home. Mrs Meade leaves soon. Mrs Craddock of Charleston stayed with Miss Reba Beale. Ray Rhodes and Mrs Glenn Burdick were weekend guests of Sheriff Ernest Hesson. Mrs Clifford Stalnaker visited her father Raymond Shetine in Gallipoli. Deputy Willard Hesson of Glenwood attended to business in town.
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Point Pleasant
Nellie Bennett
Highland Ave
Walden Bennet Roush
Walden F. Roush
Roush
Maudellen Roveh
A. L. Stewart
John Marshall
Bennett
Alice Marie Frye
Charleston
W. B. Hycman
C. C. Lewis
James K. Thomas
James Kay, Jr
Berry
A. H. Roseberry
Old Town Creek
Roseberry
William Meade
Ray Rhodes
Glenn Burdick
Ernest Hesson
Clifford Stalnaker
Gallipoli
Raymond Shetine
Willard Hesson
Glenwood
Gallipolis
Robert E. Bischoff
Washington
DC. C
Ira Mills
John R. Felker
Freda Gillmore
FR. O. Gilmore
Lower River Road
Lieutenant Felker
U. S. Navy
Farragut
Idaho
C. A. Saunders
Pittsburgh
Carolyn Wetherholt
Dwight Wetherholt
Columbus
Elias Wetherholt
Stella Ryan
Benna Rathburn
Jette Rathburn
Huntington
Eve Moore Griffin
U. S Navy
Cleveland
Earl Moore
Roma Hutchinson
Charles Patton
Scout Workers Elect Area Scout Leader in Huntington
W. K. Gibson of Huntington was elected president of the tri State Area Boy Scouts at a meeting in POINT PLEASANT Friday night succeeding Judge H. Clay Worth of Huntington who had led the organization for years. Mason District delegates included Paul S. Thomas and others.
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Point Pleasant
W. K. Gibson
Huntington
tri-State
Boy Scouts
H. Clay Worth
Mason District
Paul S. Thomas
Walden
F. Roush
C. D. McGarry
Dwight Stewart
Polio Benefit Dance Largely Attended at Legion Hall
POINT PLEASANT The March of Dimes dance in the Legion Hall Saturday night was attended by about 13 couples, said Mrs. Richard Peek, a committee member. The amount raised was not known as not all committee members had reported.
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Point Pleasant
Legion Hall
Richard Peek
Peek Dapeane
Newelk Fn
Homer
Klicker Funeral To Be Held Tuesday
Lena Price Klicker 87 died at her son in law and daughter's home Mrs and Mrs Charles Rees She was widow of D H Klicker Survived by three daughters Mrs Jack Rees Mrs Elia Niday and the deceased daughter also three sons Julius W C and Herbert Klicker Funeral services set for Tuesday afternoon at Centenary Church with burial to follow.
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Gallipolis
Lena Price Klicker
Charles Rees
D. Ht Klicker
Jack Rees
City
Elia Niday
Springfield
Julius
Pittsburgh
W. C
Charleston
Herbert Klicker
Clay Lick
This County
Centenary Church
Gallia County Officers Launch War on Local Gambling
Gallia County Sheriff Hatfield and deputies with County Prosecutor Robert Betz led a Saturday night survey to curb gambling in Gallia County and Gallipolis. Officials confiscated devices near the Silver Bridge and arrested Ernest Slim Smith for participating in a game of chance, bound over to the grand jury. The sheriff vowed to continue raids until gambling is eliminated in the area.
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Gallipolis
Hatfield
Harold Wood
Morton Dickey
Robert M. Betz
Gallia County
Ernest (Slim) Smith
Silver Bridge
John Smith
Slim
Gallipolis Social Notes Highlight Delta Kappa Gamma Meeting
Gallipolis Alpha Chapter members enjoyed a January meeting at Mrs. Osa Baird’s home with a covered dish dinner. Year books were distributed, Lucie Markin named to the state legislative committee, and a round robin letter from members abroad added interest as many now live across the United States.
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Gallipolis
Osa Baird
Delta Kappa Gamma Sorority
Lucie Markin
Freda Wood
Gallia County
United States
Farmers of Gallia Discuss Legislation
Gallia County farmers numbering thirty or more met in the Jury Room at the Gallia Court House to discuss legislative matters with Ed Garretson the State Legislative Chairman of the Farm Bureau and Representative Craig D Slagle present to explain topics on the upcoming session. Subjects included soil conservation taxation reducing the voting age to 18 and other rural issues. Senator Tom Jones was absent due to illness as the meeting launched a series of county sessions to inform farmers on legislative matters.
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Gallipolis
Gallia County
Court House
Ed Garretson
Farm Bureau
Craig D. Slagle
Slagle
Tom Jones
Middleport
WAC Marge Moore To Return on Furlough
Private Marge F. Moore now stationed at La Garde General Hospital New Orleans after graduating from Beaumont General Hospital El Paso She entered service last August and was first stationed at White Sulphur Springs Moore expects a furlough within four weeks to spend with relatives in Gallipolis
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Gallipolis
Wac
Marge F. Moore
la Garde General Hospital
New Orleans
Medical Department
Beaumont General Hospital
el Paso
Texas
White Sulphur Springs
Moore
AAA Office Is To Be Moved to Haynes Building
Secretary Hamilton A. Johnson of the Agricultural Adjustment Association said the AAA office will move to the second floor of the Haynes Building at 506 Main St. The office has been on the first floor of the Arnett Building for three years, which has since been leased to Sylvania Electric Products Co. Walden Fas 4 manufacturing plant Roush said he is aiding A G Brummit of FE B Badger and Sons Co in securing rooms for 100 soldiers from Camp Hahn California arriving to help build the expanded water system at the ordnance works. Most soldiers will be housed at the Point Pleasant Hotel and the Sterling Hotel.
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Point Pleasant
Hamilton A. Johnson
The
Agricultural Adjustment Association
Haynes
Main St
Soil Conservation Service
AAA
Arnett
Sylvania Electric Products Co
Walden Fas
Roush
Chamber of Commerce
Free Press for Whole World Part of Peace
Rayburn at the National Press Club linked a free press to lasting peace and an ordered world. He argued that nations flourishing under press freedom should extend its benefits globally and urged universal access to its benefits. In New York City, Mayor LaGuardia prohibited coal delivery to amusements without written consent in a proof of ongoing city controls.
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Free Press
Washington
Rayburn
Tex
National Press Club
New York
tFi
F. H. LaGuardia
New York City
Paper Drive Sunday a Decided Success in Point Pleasant
Local Salvage workers collected more scrap paper Sunday afternoon than could be shipped in a freight car. After filling the car, several truckloads remained, creating a problem of storage until the next shipment. The committee reported difficulty securing a car for the next haul.
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Point Pleasant
Women of Moose Initiate Six at Lodge Hall in Point Pleasant
Six candidates were initiated by Women of the Moose at the lodge hall Friday evening. Among the new members were Mrs Faye Coder Mrs Ella McDaniel and Mrs Burdette. Senior regent conducted the ceremony. Refreshments followed the session and music by an orchestra from Miiddlport provided entertainment.
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Point Pleasant
Women of the Moose
Lodge Hall
Faye Coder
Ella McDaniel
Pot Burdette
Robert Schmidt
Lester Pulline
Tuantta Lowe
Philip Henosss Ir
Sas Dering
Tatnen
Ein Orchestra
Muiddleport
Clark Rites Held in Beaver Pa for Miss Etta L Clark
Funeral services for Miss Etta L Clark age 79 were held at Beaver Pennsylvania her former home Sunday afternoon. She died Friday at the home of her niece Mrs Homer Walter where she had resided the past year after a prolonged illness. She spent her early life in Beaver and East Liverpool and had lived in Los Angeles until twelve years ago. She is survived by two nephews and a niece besides Mrs Walter.
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Gallipolis
Etta L Clark
Beaver
Miss Clark
Homer Walter
East Liverpool
Los Angeles
Walter
Plant Equipment Brought to City for Pepsi Cola Plant
Two large trucks delivered heavy machinery and equipment Sunday to the rear building of 433 Fourth Ave in Gallipolis. The Pepsi-Cola Co plans extensive site improvements and expects the plant to operate in about 30 days. The firm aims to make Gallipolis the distributing point for five southeastern Ohio counties, improving local dealer service.
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Gallipolis
Peps
Cola Company
Fourth Ave
Athens Batthing Works
Frank Brugner
Gallipoli
Ohto
Institutions Under Fire Highlight Two State Facilities
Point Pleasant reports two state institutions, Spencer state hospital and Huttonsville prison, drew unfavorable attention last week for handling less dangerous convicts. An attendant, Roy Batten, was bound over to the Roane County grand jury by a magistrate.
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Point Pleasant
Spencer State Hospital
Huttonsville
Roy Batten
Roane ‘County
State hospital staff cited as under staffed in inquiry
C V Snyder faces charge for killing a hospital patient. A long term escaped prisoner, an aging woman attacker, and recapture noted. A legislative committee probing Weston State Hospital found staff shortages and a superintendent who cannot recruit attendants due to higher private wages. The panel likely will push for higher state wage scales.
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C. V Snyder
Weston State Hospital
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Gallipolis Social Notes
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U. S. Army
E. C. Patton
Ironton
Harold Smith
Grover ‘Smith
Clyde Saunders
Gotha County
Tampa
Fla
Smith
Drew Field
Dorothy Reynolds
Cheshire
Gallia
Marge Moore
Haynes Bldg
Paper Drive
Clark
Ag Geene
George Sand
Frederic Chopin
Willard Wiener
Jersifel
Pepsi
Pepsi-Cola Bottling Co
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