Dotson Named Mason Game Protector in West Virginia
B L Dotson of Doddridge County is appointed game protector for Mason County by the state conservation commission and has moved to 619 Main. He hosts Daniel Asbury, another protector from Putnam County, Noah Wayne, and J H Bonham of Kanawha County to discuss local needs. The new protectors wear a bright red top coat as part of the uniform. Mason County had no resident protector since Ed Hoffman of New Haven resigned in 1946.
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Point Pleasant
B. L. Dotson
Dodderidge County
Mason County
Main
Daniel Asbury
Putnam County
Noahayne
J. H. Bonham
Kanha County
Dotson
Ed Hoffman
New Haven
Mrs Sommer Funeral Rites Set for Today
Mrs Annabel Wheeler Sommer died at her home on South Side after a brief illness. A Mt. Alto native, she married John Sommer in 1883 and helped build a large Mason County farm family. Funeral services are planned at Harmony Baptist Church with burial in Lone Oak Cemetery. Survived by four sons and three daughters.
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Point Pleasant
Annabel Wheeler Sommer
South Side
Mt. Alto
Jackson County
Alexander A
Eliza Jane Williamson Wheeler
John Sommer
Cottageville
Mason County
Walter Caufman
Gallipolis
B. V. Bragg
B. B. Tallman
Charleston
Towboat George Ill Fire at Stone's Landing
Firefighters battled a blaze in the carbon in the exhaust pipe of the diesel towboat George Ill at Stone's landing near Point Pleasant. The vessel, owned by Capt. C. C. Stone, was towing oil and other commodities up the Kanawha river when the fire started and was controlled after the crew maneuvered to the landing.
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Point Pleasant
Stone's Landing
George
C. C. Stone
Kanawha
Fox Bounty Reduced in Point Pleasant Area
The bounty on foxes drops to four dollars with payments starting for foxes killed on and after a stated date. Claimants must present complete tails to game wardens or justices of the peace who will issue bounty applications. Kitten fox bounty lowered to two dollars and Wildcats remain five dollars but not used locally.
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Point Pleasant
Rochea
Hickory Chapel Church Adopted as Project
The Lucky Star 4-H Club met at the Kincade home on Ripley Road Tuesday evening. Miss Carolyn Foglesong led devotions. Hickory Chapel Church was adopted as the community project for the year. The yard will be sown to grass and shrubs added when weather allows. Fourteen members attended.
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Point Pleasant
Lucky Star 4-H Club
Roy Kincade
Ripley Road
Carolyn Foglesong
Hickory Chapel
Robert Lee
Governor’s Reception Attended by Johnsons in Charleston
Delegate and Mrs J G F Johnson of Point Pleasant attended the governor’s mansion reception in Charleston Monday evening for legislators and their ladies. Mrs Johnson also attended a tea at the mansion Tuesday evening hosted by Mrs Meadows in honor of Mrs old Vickers wife of the senate president.
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Point Pleasant
J. G. F. Johnson
Charleston
Dr Dan Glassman Leases Office Space In Point Pleasant
Dr Dan Glassman formerly of Charleston and discharged Army Medical Corps as a major leased office space in the Haynes Building at Fourth and Main. He will begin work here in a few days and has bought a residence at 806 Twenty Sixth Street in Victory Heights Addition.
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Point Pleasant
Dan Glassman
Charleston
Army Medical Corps
Haynes
Fourth
Ain
Twenty Sixth St
Victory Heights
Man Charged With Intoxication Arraigned in Point Pleasant
Harold Mattox of Leon was arraigned before a local magistrate on intoxication charges. City Patrolman J A Rodgers arrested him. Mattox proclaimed innocence and a trial was set for Monday in February.
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Point Pleasant
Harold Mattox
Leon
J. A. Rodgers
Mattox
Bangs Disease Prevention Hints Listed
Mason County farmer advocates strict sanitation and selective vaccination to combat Bangs disease. Experts warn wholesale adult vaccination risks market losses and delayed eradication, urging cows be isolated, barns cleaned, and proper vaccination timing for heifers.
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W. C. Roberts
Mason
Point Pleasant
lIt
Mason County
R. R. Birch
Veterinary College
Cornell University
Bang
J. L. Stansbury
Ohio State University
Officers Draw Blank In Hunt for Burglary
Sheriff Ernest Hesson and State Trooper H D Coyner were sent to Glenwood to investigate a reported burglary. They could not determine whose home was burglarized or its location.
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Point Pleasant
Ernest Hesson
H. D. Coyner
Glenwood
Four Prisoners Transferred to State Penitentiary
Deputy Sheriff Toral Morrison and City Patrolman T. F. Yost escorted four more prisoners from Mason County jail to the state penitentiary in Moundsville. They were the last of 12 men sentenced in circuit court earlier this month.
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Point Pleasant
Toral Morrison
T. F., Yost
Mason County
Moundsville
Buildings Weigh Options at Chamber Meeting
POINT PLEASANT The Chamber of Commerce met in the courthouse Tuesday night to discuss buildings for small industrial enterprises. No definite action was taken but the subject will be further considered by the directors.
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Point Pleasant
Chamber of Commerce
Robins Back in Area as Heat Concerns Rise
Robins have been returning to the Point Pleasant area for weeks, increasing in number. Residents worry about warmth and hesitate to turn off furnaces, reporting higher indoor heat. Over the weekend guests at Walter Rice's home on Lincoln Avenue included Mrs. Charles Goodrich of Athens and the Hoopers of Albany, plus Roe Wingett and daughter Dona Lee of Charleston.
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Point Pleasant
Walter Rice
Lincoln Ave
Charles Goodrich
Athens
Earl Hooper
Albany
Ohio
Roe Wingett
Dona Lee
Charleston
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