Parking Plans For Sesquicentennial Parade In Point Pleasant
The Sesquicentennial Celebration Committee outlined traffic controls for the big day. Parking will be restricted on Main Street and Viand Street routes while the parade proceeds, with allowances elsewhere after the parade. Three ambulances and doctors will be on site at the football field, and the Point Pleasant Volunteer Fire Department will stand by. An exhibit boat, ventriloquist show, and donated lumber for ramps and walls are noted as part of the celebration.
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Raynes Chapman
Franklin
Carolina Lumber Co
Mason County Hardware Co
New Haven
Majestic
Boosters To Operate Lunch Stands In Town
Members of the Band Boosters Club led by 4 A Woolfit have exclusive rights to run lunch stands Thursday and Tuesday evening for the anniversary celebration. Stand erection began Tuesday night as volunteers stock 10,000 hot dogs and buns, hamburger, cheese, chips, peanuts, and lemonade. Food is prepared at the Home Economics Cottage near the Junior High School and transported by a Two River Motor Co truck. Stands operate from 9 am to 9 pm at the courthouse and high school field with captains directing shifts and co-captains overseeing the court house stand.
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Band Boosters Club
A Woolfit
Woolfit
Band
Two River Motor Co
Stanley Johnson
Faudree
Dunn
Roscoe Somerville
Tames Couch
P E Burt
Court House
H Withers
Shamblin
First Aid Stands To Be Maintained In City
Point Pleasant officials announce that first aid stands will be maintained all day Thursday in downtown areas and at the football field. Trained personnel from local programs will staff the posts, with a mobile unit arriving from Eastern Area headquarters in Richmond and remaining on duty.
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W A Woolfitt
Mason County Red Cross
Woolfitt
Eastern Area
Richmond
Sea Scouts Leave For Blennerhassett Island Rendezvous
Sea Scouts Ship 252 departed Point Pleasant today for Blennerhassett Island near Parkersburg for a Tri-State rendezvous. Leader Carl Gardner guides the group with Robert Smith Paul Woods OTF Hall Carl Gardner Jr Oliver Eschenaur Howard Brewer and Herbert Hughes set to return Saturday.
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Sea Scouts
Blennerhassett Island
Parkersburg
Tri-State
Carl Gardner
Robert Smith
Paul Woods
Otf Hall
Carl Gardner, Jr
Oliver Eschenaur
Howard Brewer
Herbert Hughes
Snake Found Under Auto at Post Office in Point Pleasant
A snake, described as a blowing i per, was found coiled beneath the car of Assistant Postmaster Raymond Alien at the rear of the Point Pleasant post office on Tuesday morning. After onlookers gathered, a reporter was sent with a hoe to deal with the reptile.
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Point Pleasant
Raymond Alien
Traffic Check Summary Issued in Point Pleasant
Paul F Thomas of the West Virginia State Police detachment released a six week Traffic Check summary conducted with cooperation from the International Police Chiefs Association. The report notes 280 contacts, 242 officer diner stops and 38 drivers who asked to have their cars checked.
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Point Pleasant
Paul F Thomas
International Police Chiefs Association
West Virginia
Set Thomas
Insurance For Flight Is Obtained
Point Pleasant officials announced a 31 million blanket policy with Aero Insurance Co of New York to cover potential damage or injuries from Lochbourne Army Air Base planes during the sesquicentennial celebration. The plan required approvals from air command and local officials, with the flight expected to be a major salute to Point Pleasant’s 150th anniversary and its World War II veterans homecoming.
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Wy Krodel
Aero Insurance Co of
New York
Lochbourne Army Air Base
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Harley MI Kilgore
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Air Command
Lochbourne
Egal
State Trooper Hehle Shifted to Beckley
State Trooper C A Hehle, attached to the present force for months, has been transferred to Beckley. Mrs Hehle and daughter will remain at 109 English Court until quarters are found in Beckley.
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Beckley
Hehle
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English Court
Child's Finger Caught In Spreader Mechanism
Barbara Wamsley seven daughter of Mr and Mrs Frank Wamsley was injured Monday evening when her finger was caught in the mechanism of a lime spreader near Point Pleasant Hardware Co while she and a companion were playing on the machine. The left forefinger was almost completely severed and she was taken to a local physician by the Rev H O Shamblin who helped attract the childs screams.
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Barbara Wamsley
Frank Wamsley
Foint Pleasant Hardware Co
H O Shamblin
Guilty Plea Entered On intoxication charge at arraignment
Elson Iyers appeared before Justice of the Peace S A Simmons and entered a guilty plea to an intoxication charge. He paid a fine and costs and was released. Sheriff records show multiple prior detentions since June 15.
Costens Return Home From Virginia Vacation
Mr and Mrs C L Costen of Ohio River Road returned home after a two week vacation in Virginia. They visited Cape Heart and Virginia Beach with much time spent in Suffolk, the peanut capital town. Mr Costen is a native.
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C. L Costen
Ohio River Road
Virginia
Cape Heart
Virginia Beach
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Prhch
Costen
Gallia County Councilmen Approve Coal Bids and Road Funds
Gallia County commissioners at a bi-monthly meeting authorized sealed bids for 4000 bushels of clean forked coal to heat the courthouse and 2500 for the county home, to court house janitor and county home supervisor approval. They also approved road ditching, grading and limestone allocations totaling hundreds of yards, plus $5000 for the county engineer to maintain and repair roads and bridges.
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M. Haskins
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Williams Creek
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Robsvile
Morgan Lane
Upper Creek
Clark Chapel
Morgan Township
CHR &D
Sand Fork Pennel
Firhield Centenary
Graham School
Harrison Township
Carter Road
School Board Probes Travel Expenses and Staffing Plans
Gallipolis school leaders push for adequate travel funds for the attendance office to support student discipline. The board notes pool ticket sales this season reach 312 student 22 adult and 21 family passes with profits of 1883 dollars, and reports renovation delays plus three teaching vacancies for 1946 47.
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Gallipolis
Edwin E Higgins
Swanson
State Department
Lincoln School
Mondas
Meadows Are Parents Point Pleasants First Born
Casby Meadows and Bet Thomas Meadows announce the birth of their son at Holzer Hospital Tuesday morning at 4:30. The newborn weighs 6 pounds 12 ounces. He is the child of Mr and Mrs Casby Meadows of 203 Park Drive.
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Casby Meadows
Park Drive
Holzer Hospital
Tuesda
Transfers Listed In Galbia County Real Estate Records
ALLIPOLIS real estate transfers recorded include Rachel A Clark to Luther F and Audrey Beaver for 20 acres in Harrison Township and Wilbert and Hattie Saxton to K F and Carne Ramsey in Centerville Raccoon Township. Arthur Roush to George F Bowe at Inn 12 Aleshire Gallipolis. Delegates to be chosen for American Legion Cleveland convention at meeting this evening. Miss Joha Pearl Thomas to speak at Trinity Methodist mid week prayer service in Point Pleasant.
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Berea College
Trinty Methodist Church
Gallia County Men Receive Discharges
Gallia County men were discharged from Army and Navy service the past week. James V Sheets of 18 Winton Ave received his Army discharge at Camp Atterbury Indiana June 26 after entering service July 1943 at Ft Thomas Kentucky and serving in the Southern France Rhineland Ardennes and Central Europe campaigns. Kenneth Glenn Wells received his Navy discharge at Great Lakes near Chicago June 26, having entered September 12 1944 and serving aboard the USS Tabora and at Ft Pierce Florida in the Pacific. Stanley Leroy Miller discharged at Great Lakes June 24 after entering September 1943 and serving at the Great Lakes Naval Hospital Memphis Town and aboard the US Delta in the Pacific. Isaac H Walker discharged at Camp Atterbury May 28 after entering service December 1944 and attending the Parachutist Demolition School at Ft Benning Ga and rated a demolition expert.
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Admitted Patients From Gallipolis Area
List of patients admitted to Holze Hospital on Tuesday and Monday includes Herman Ribs West Columbia W Va Delbert McElhaney Gladis Lawrence Gallipolis Velena Woonard Kananga Casey Meadows Pt Pleasant Harold Bowman Oak Hill Roger Butch two Racine Effie Runyon Omar W Va Guss Smales Jackson J M How Bidwell Route 2 Gould De Witt Wellston Sharon Kay Dav1 Weston Roy C Jackson Point Pleasant Anthony Childers Linton Route 2 Willard Houck Jackson and John Tipton Weston
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Meadows
Pt Pleasant
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Oak Hill
Roger Butch
Racine
Effie Runyon
Omar
Guss Smales
Jackson
J M Howall
Bidwell
Gould de Witt Wellston
Sharon Kay
Divorce Suit Filed in Gallipolis over Cruelty and Neglect
Jane Eileen Sheets filed for divorce against Roy Blaine Sheets in Gallipolis alleging gross neglect and extreme cruelty. The couple wed March 3, 1944 in Gallipolis. A porch theft alert notes a tricycle valued at 25 dollars was taken from F E Angel’s home at 448 Third Ave.
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Jane Eileen Sheets
Roy Blaine Sheets
Parking Meter Heads Are Reported Still Due In Gallipolis
Gallipolis residents awaited summer parking meters with poles and boxes delivered but examined boxes contained only sidewalk bases and plates. City Auditor McCormick found no meters. an official said meter mechanisms would arrive later. In a separate item, Squire John Shato set bond at $300 for Felled Simpkins Columbus charged with non support by a Gallia County woman.
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Galipolis
Fie3d
Simpkins Columbus
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Gall County
Police Chief Leaper Li Intoxication Cases Reported
Gallipolis report lists intoxication cases. Police Chief Chester Leaper and Raymond White arrested Tuesday and released after paying 120 fine and costs. Daniel Messick of West Virginia charged with intoxication and jailed for nonpayment of fine. Alva Amos and Lewis Davis paid 10 bonds on recent intoxication charges. Birth announced a son to Casley Meedows Jr and wife at Holzer Hospital in Point Pleasant.
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Chester Leaper
Raymond White
Daniel Messick
West Virginia
Alva Amos
Lewis Davis
Casley Meedows
Point Pleasant
Holzer Hospial
Mysterious Olne Tablets Advertised for Constipation Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr Eawards Olne Tablets claiming to promote daily bile flow and gentle thorough bowel movements after fatty meals. It promotes easy digestion and urges following label directions with price 89 cents.
Weather Stays Cool in Gallipolis with Pleasant Day
Pleasantly cool weather spread over Gallipolis on Tuesday as polar continental air from the Great Lakes region brought comfortable conditions. Temperatures rose to the upper 70s in the afternoon, then fell quickly to 61 by midnight.
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